Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 12, 1900, Image 2
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Local Telephone No. 2(1.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1900.
'1 ho "rum, Romanism, and McSweeney"
circularj&d McS5\v&euey
more good tljn;j harm.
A nowepvper can say nice (things
about ? man and his whole family
/or two long years, and then incur
their lifetime enmity in one short
week by a soetuing slight, says the
Anderson Intelligencer. Yes, its
a fnet; njid you can hurrah for a
.candidate, back his friends, cuss
fain enemies and make a big fool
/of yourself all the way through,
without a thank in the end, only
to find Hint when yon are a enncii-1
_ 1- il.-i - _ o * * 1?J- *
Aiaio iiiui ne is "om, o pontics.
But lliore ia ono mnn that don't
forget you, and that's the man you
opposed.
Richard Olney'a "converdon"
to the Bryan cause is, in some respects,
the most notable event of
the campaign to ilate. Mr. Olney
was Grover Cleveland's secretary
of state, and by all odds the ablest
mnu in the cabinet. IJo is a Breton
wun, identified with many interests,
commonly supposed to be
antagonized by tho Kansas City
platform. But he is a Democrat.
He was the author of the Venezuela
message wherein ho made G rover
X Mfivnln rul rlpfi' Ilia P.riltuli
imminent to the point of war, to
try to extend its territories in
fSouth America.
When Theqdorp Roosevelt, two
yenrs ago wrote that now fatuous
lettor to the pecretary of war, in
which he declared that the "Rough
Rider's," of which he was the compiandor,
were "us good as any regulars
and three times as good as
^any State troops," he allowed, his
/egotism to get the better of his
judgment to a very considerable
.oxtont. Kighj: noyy Colonel Roosevelt
is greatly in need of the votes
of men who made up the State
troous of which ho wrote so con
tomptuously, and the spectacular
Jiero of El Caney nnd Poison
Gulch would give much to recall
thoBe words. After all tlio letter
is chnracteristio of tho man.
Whether the people of the United
Htntos want such a man for vico}>resident,
a position from which
?e would he liable to bo called at
any time to that of chief executive,
femains to bo determined at the
polls in November.
"A full dinner pail." This is
the favorite expression of the Republicans
in the present campaign,
and is used to satisfy the working
people thnt their condition ought
to make them supremely happy.
Mj:. Bryan was asked a few days
ago in West Virginia to discuss
this proposition, and in response
to a suggestion from tho crowd,
ho said:
'"The gentleman asks me to say
something about tho dinner pail.
Tho Republican party is trying
to escape a discussion of its attack
upon the foundation principles of
government nnd when a laboring
man accuses tho Republican party
of on attempt to destroy tho declaration
of independence, tho only
answer is that you have got a fulj
dinner pail fguj while you have got
plenty to eut, you shopld bo satisfied.
I wapt you to remember, in
tho first place, that you can not
anf icfv u man hit fiinmlir inrinir
" "'??* "j i"j h"'"h
him plenty to eat, and in the secpnd
place 1 want you to count the
post of what yqu have to buy as a
laboring maq and nicfisuro it
against your wages and see if the
trusts jmvo not raised the price of
what you buy more than they
have your wages. The Republican
party has no plan for the betterment
of those who toil, bpt has
perm it tod the great branches of
industry to bo monqpolized by a
^c^wnent) , Tillman, and Wluitan.
Th-a f.eccnd State primary olec,
tion has boon held and the returns
1 h^ye como in more completely than
i on any preceding occasion of the
! kind. Tho returns received by the
State this morning account for a
! total vote of upwards of Gw,OCO.
: There will liordjy bo from 10,000
to 12,000 more votes to be ieported.
j The returns were sent in promptly
| from most of tho counties, and by
1 o'clock practically everything
! that wuo received was in. It was
'rather a difficult undertaking to
ifi'i the letnrna in aKinalmnn en
. uw
.that they could be given to the
public this morning.
As n result of the election Uovernor
McSwooney continues in the
office of governor for the next two
years. He has received 114,1)21
votes against 27,412 for Colonel
Hoyt, his mi jority being 7,509.
In the race for lieutenant goveri
nor Colonel Sloan has been beaten
i by Colonel Tillmnn, the former's
; vote being 28,01)0 against the latters
133,974, the majority being 5,874
, on present figures.
. For railroad commissioner the
| vote was 53,880 for Wharton and
j 27,034 for Evans, the majority be
! ing Chairman Evanstis 1111j
doubiodly boat on.
! North Carolina purely Democratic.
Mr. Joshopus Daniels, editor < f
j the Raleigh News and Observer,
and Democratic ZSn ionnl Couuniti
tteeman from North Carolina, was
! . .
in Washington Friday, lie deI
clnred to a reporter of the \Vm;hI
ington Post that thoro was little
; foundation for the report that many
\ Deniocrntiemanufncturersand business
men in North Carolina would
vote for McKinley.
"Wo have been hearing that
chestnut in September of every
presidential year sinco I can remember,"
ho said, "but when election
day coinos tho prophets are
shown on what slender foundations
they based their prophecies. There
arc a few men who liavo been affiliating
with the Democrats who will
vote for McKinley, but in the main
they are the same 111011 who bolted
Bryan in 18JMJ. North Carolina's
electoral vote will he cast for Bryan
and Stevenson. The majorityAvill
not be as largo as in the',recent
iJI i _ i. _ _ 1 _t 1 *1 A..A
oiiiit? oicci iuii, wnen ji wus ou,v;uu,
but it will Hb lnrge., Many "negroes
did not enre to vote in tho JSlate
I election, but they*will bo nnxious
to vote for McKiuley. That will
I out down tho Democratic majority.
! The constitutional amendment
; does not <j;o into effect until 11)02,
! so that tho negro can vote in No|
vember. After 11)02, when the bulk
of the negro vote is eliminated the
Republican pnrtywill virtually disappear
as a powerful factor in
North Cnrolina, as it has done in
Louisiana, South Carolina, and
Mississippi.
''Without a large negro veto tho
Republicans in North Carolina will
bo in a hopeless minority until
there is Republican immigration
or a new generation is born. Ninety
per cent of the present generation
will live ami die voting the Demo
cratic ticket. Hero and there a
prominent man will join the Republican
party on protection, expansion,
or the gold standard, but
they will not be numerous.
"The talk of North Carolina becoming
a Republican Stato when
the negro is eliminated is an iridescent
dream."
.
The 1900 State Hair.
The time for tho holding of the
j last State fair of tlie century, which
all hands resolved Inst year should
bo the greatest in the history of
the society, is rapidly appronehing,
says The State. This will bo the
.TJd annual fair, and it" is to be held
October 20 to November 2, inclu
mu:- it-i n. .
I tfivu. AiiiH iiii'iiuH iimi uio mir in
! Icbh than two months distant, and
there is no time to be wasted,
i This year premiums have been
greatly increased, amounting to
|over 37,000, and the race purses
have l)oen doubled, $'_\000 being
i offered.
Premium lists and entry blanks
will be furnished on application to
the secretary, Col. Thomas \V. llolloway,
at Pomaria, S. C. Entries
must Ih> made in person or by Iottpf
to Colonel Jlolloway at l\?ipo
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"*IT^y ' ?-?' ^'1" " ?
' riii on < r before October 10; after
that date at hio office n Columbia,
until Saturday, October 27, at
which tirr.o the entry books close.
Colonel liollowny writes that he
is daily in receipt of entries. The
| largest number 6 ) far received
I from one exhibitor in from a man
( in Chester, who wants 20 stalls for
cattle and 10 for horses, and from
a man in Fairfield, who wants *11
i '
j cattle stalls and 4 horse stalls.
The Grand Army of the Republic
is becoming interested in the
j matter of history. At its recent
convention in Chicago strong resolutions
were passed condemning
tlie school histories used in the
South and looking to the abolishment
(if nil such books ami the introduction
of histories written by
< God-fearing and truth-telling hisi
torians from the North. Wo np|
prociato this nmrk of delicate con!
.vd- ration shown hy the pension
J drawers of the Grand Army. Hut
, we'll attend to our own alTairs a
I little while longer?until our Stato
'shall have ceased to furnish the
money to educate our children and
until imperialism shall have boon
! completely established over the
I i i ?.-< -M -j - i
imsi j^iiijicKir luciMiuey or
, somebody else shall been enthroned
, at. Washington and shall is-uo an
, edict that truth is mighty and
must prevail. Then we'll explain
how it was that six hundred thousand
men overwhelmed with numbers
on many a bloody Hold two
'millions eight hundred thousand
pun -hearted patriots, and how
those same six hundred thousand
. put one million out of the combat
and one million more on tho penI
sion roll forever! We'll show furj
tlier that we went to war in def nice
of a right which the North itself
had always claimed anil that we
fought for principles which Will
! yet bo triumphant or this whole
: Republic will tumble into ruins.?
I GnfTney I jt clijc r.
?
i Peoplo ought not to ihire up,
j snys Charity and Children, when
; nil editor publishes something they
: do not believe. A very intelligent
: gentleman told us not long ago
that the Now York Sun is a rabid
and hateful paper, but he hail long
been a constant reader anil admirer
of it. It spoke his mind without
fear or favor and this man stood
by it for that reason. Many would
order it never to darken tho doors
j again for that very thing. Sometimes
an editor has a better point
f - l ? ? .
I oi view man ms readers, and they
should at least bo sure of their
ground before they punish liim.
Wo heard of an irate father once
; who took his son out of school because
tbo teacher insisted that ho
must spell "later" with a p. And
then, dear brother, granting that
you aro right and the editor wrong,
you should have patience with u
man who is sometimes compelled
to dash off matter with the foreman
standing at tho door yelling
for "copy." Do you think yon
would always say the right and
| proper tiling under such circumI
stances? Never forget that no
j editor tries to offend, unless ho is
( a fool. He is your friend, not
I vnn r nnnmv it? ...c,
I VI1V lilj . A1U UIUJ UU T>1U1I^
hut be is generally honest; and
you can afford to put tip with a
I good deal from nn honest man. A
; broad paper is bound to have big,
' brond readers.
i In our English service, says the
National Review, the system
adopted for replenishing the ammunition
of the troops engaged
; has consisted in selecting a certain
number of men to carry cartridges
from the rear up to the firing liue,
1 it having been apparently supposed
thnt it would be possible for those
men to move along the line and to
I distribute ammunition to those
I whose pouches were empty. We
1 very soon learned that such a sys!
tern could not be of any use under
i modern conditions. The men cnr'
rying up the ammunition would
| inevitably be shot before reaching
the front, and the men in the firi
ing line would be left with empty
i pouches. So we must find some
| other method of solving this important
problem which lias also to
do considered in connection with
the action of artillery. We know
hat. at Colenso it was impossible
to keep the j^uns. afterward abandoned,
supplied with ammunition,
and with the prospect tlint the rote
of fire our gillie will bo cQneitl
, T?.. m mm. J MW>? 9 W
ernbly increased in the nenr future,
lliis problem bids fair to bo more
acute than ever.
In certaiu foreign armies the
service of specially trained dogs
have booii requihitionod to yet over
I the difficulty. These flogs are fit;
ted with a sort of saddle which
will carry a quantity of rifle ammunition,
and trained to race to
the front, and, arrived there, to
1 permit the eoldicrs to relieve them
of their burden. I think it quite
i possible that it may be found pos'
siblo to keep infantry supplied in
; this manner, but some other means
will have to be found for replenishing
the liuibeis of our artillery.
Jt is very probable that weshallsee
dogs utilized in many other ways
in tbo fighting of the future. For
instance, they would bo very useful
on outpost duty to give warni
ing of an enemy's approach, and
if dogs were attached to our field
hospitals they would bo of the
greatest assistance in searching for
the wounded after an action.
The Great Galveston Storm.
Houston. Tex.. Sent. 10.? The
first reports from the appalling
disaster, which lias stricken tlie
; city of Galveston. do not seem to
have been magnified. Communication
was had with'ilic island city
l>y bouts today, and repot ts i\ ceived
, here tonight indicate t hat the death
list will exceed J,500, while the
property los3 can not bo estimated,
: although it will reach several million
dollars.
The Initial of the dead has
already begun. The names of all
who perished in Saturday's great
storm will nev? r be known. At
the army barracks near Sari Antoniu,
a report is current that more
than 100 United States soldiers
^ost their lives in Galveston. Tiiis
icj ort however lacks confirmation.
' The stricken city is in imminent
! danger of a water famine, ami
strenuous efforts are making here
i to .supply the sutrorers. Relief
Indus are being organized and will
leave hero at an early hour to-moriow.
Reports from the interior
confirm the loss of life and destruction
of property reported in these
dispatches last night.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 10.?Mr,
Richard Spillanc, a well known
Galveston newspaper man and day
correspondent of the Associated
j Press iu that city who reached
I Houston to-day after a terrible ex.
perience, gives the. following account
of the disaster at Galveston:
One of the most awful tragedies
of modern times has visited Galveston.
The city is in ruins and
THIS SPACE
BELONGS TO
E. \V. MELLON & CO.,
THE LEADING
CLOTHIERS OF
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
READ THEIR
ADVERTISEMENT
NEXT WEEK.
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TURNIPS.
Now is the time to sow Turnips.
I have just received a frosh supply
?in nil varieties.
Have nlso received a new lot of
inolasses?reboiled Georgia Syrup,
Puerto Rico, Sugnr Houso, and
Silver Drip Syrup.
Octagon Soap is the best. I
have it.
White Fish, Fresh Cnkos,
Crackers and Canned Goods of all
kinds.
Highest market prices paid for
country produce,
! A, O.JONES.
/
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I .the dead will number one thous- j
; end. I am just from the city, hav- I
i ing been commissioned by tlie!
I mayor and citizens' committee to
; get iu touch with the outside world
j ajLjd appeal for help.
Houston was the nearest point !
at which working telegraph instru- J
uients could bo found, the wires as
well as nearly all the buildings
between hero and the Gulf of Mex- ,
ico being wrecked.
When J left Galveston shortly '
before noon yesterday the people
| woro organizing for the prompt
burial of the dead, distribution of ,
j food, niul all necessary work after 1
i a period of disaster.
The wreck of Galveston was
brought about by a tempest so terrible
that 110 words can adequately i
describe its intensity and by u'
Hood which turned tho city into a
raging sea. Tlie weather bureau
records show that the wind attained
a velocity of 84 miles an hour
W iiUII lilt* int'HHUIlU^ ILlill lll liU uiew \
awuy, so it is impossible to tell
what was the maximum.
The storm began at 2 o'clock
Saturday morning. Previous to
| that n great storm lmd been raging
in tho gulf uud the tide was very
high. Tho wind at first came from I
the north, and was in direct opposition
to tlio force from tho gulf.
While tho storm in the first part
piled the water upon the beach
side of the city, the north wind
: piled the water on the bay part of
the city.
About noon it became evident
that the city was going to be visited
with disaster. Hundreds of houses |
along the beach front were hurriedly
abandoned, the families flee- j
ing to dwellings in higher portions
of tho city.
Every home was open to the
refugees, white and black. The
o. ?,v; i
n juu.i r i iu nrm^ v uurirmiij <11111
it riiinod in torrents. Tlio wind
was so tierce that the raja cut like
: a knife.
By 3 o'clock the waters of the
gulf and bay met and by dark the
entire <;ity was subuiorged. The
flooding of the electric light plant
and gas plants left the city in darkness.
To go upon the streets was
| to court death. The wind was
then at cyclonic velocity, roofs,
' cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph
poles and walls were falling
and the noise of the wind and the
Quashing.of the buildings were torj
nfying in the extreme. The wind
and water rose steadily from dark :
until 1.45 o'clock Sunday morning.
1 During all the time the people of '
jR. F. GRIER,
PEALKR IX
HATS, SHOES,
I
PANTS, DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS,
j HARDWARE,
I I
TINWARE,
GLASSWARE,
GROCERIES, ETC.,
AND THE
BEST LINE OP
POCKET AND
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
W. IT. HOOVER,
LIQUOR DEALER,
t CHARLOTTE, N. C.
We look especially after the shipping
trade and below quote very close
figures. Will be glad to have your I i
orders. Terms cash with order.
Corn, per gallon. In Jug (boxed), 1 1
Sr.50, $1.75 and $2.
All first-class goods at $1.75 and
VERY OLD, I ]
Ryes from $1.60 to $2, $2.50 and
| $3 50 P??" gallon.
uina irom 91.00 10 anu 93.50.
Oenulae Imported "Fish Qlo" at $3 .
per gallon.
Apple Brandy, $3.35 per gallon.
Peach Brandy $3 50 per gallon.
No charge for jug and box on above, :
and no charge at these prices for keg
when wanted in such quantities.
I Lot us have your ardors aad oblige, I
W, H. HOOVER.
Galveston were like rats in traps.
The highest portion of the city
was four to live feet under water,
while in the great majority of cosca
the streets were submerged to a
depth of ten feet. To leave a
house was to drown. To remain
wns to court death in the wreckage.
Such a night of agony hai
seldom been equalled. Without
apparent reason tho waters suddenly
began to subside at 1.43
a. n?. Within 20 minutes they had
gone down two feet and before
daylight the streets were practically
tree ot the noon waters, lu the
meantime the wind had veered to
the southeast.
Very few if any buildings
escaped injury. There is hardly a
hnhitnble dry house in the city.
When the people who had escaped
death went out at daylight to view
the work of the tempest and tho
flood they saw tho most horrible
sights imaginable.
On the grounds which have been
selected as tho site of tho South
Carolina Tutor-State and Wost
Indian Exposition there stands nn
old colonial home, whioh was tho
scene of lavish comfort and open
hearted hospitality in days gono
by. It is proposed to restoro this
old homo, now somewhat touched
by tho tooth of time, to something
of its original state, and to collect
within it walls valuable rolicn of
the past. No State in the Union,
perhaps, contains more of these
relics than South Carolina, and
some or these are not only notnblo
ns antiques, but have the milled
value of being historic. The table
which Henry Laurens, president
of the Congress of 1777, used
while he was a prisonor in the
Tower of London is in the possession
of a lady of South Carolina,
Few cities possess finer specimens
of the work of the most famous
of the curly miniaturists than
Charleston does, while the old
plantation homes on the Ashley
and the Cooper have been in tho
same family for more than two
hundred years, urc full of reminders
of the men who made South
Carolina a great State in the early
days of the republic, and whoso
memories nro btiil kept green.
Mr \\ V. Sslurlrm
, .? f^.uvi^u, VI VliCBkCl ^
who lias been spending several days
with friends with friends in Fort
Mill,returned to hi? home Tuesday,
Miss Maggie Porter, of Steele
Creek, returned homo with him.
Fresh Meat
AND
Fresh Ice.
Yes; Ira G. Smythe & Son will keep
constantly on hand a supply of Meats
and Ice. Comparatively speaking, wo
have boon unavoidably out of the business
for two months, but we hope to bo
able in tho future, by olose attention to
business and fair dealing with our patrons,
to furnish them with both Meat
and lee in season, and merit a liberal
sllJiro of llln nnl.lin ?~
i?wuunmi.
Orders for Sunday loo received Saturday,
and loo delivered from 7 to 9 a. m,
Sundays. Call up No. 27 any tinio yocv
need beef or Ice.
IIM G. SMYTDE & SON.
Spratt Machine Oo.
Brick, Lumber, Laths, Lime, Shingles,
Building; Supplies, and House
Fittings of all kinds.
Contractors and builders. Estimates
on all work furnished promptly.
Ti.? r?- * "
jut- inner 01 /mraetion
for those who nro especially particular
nbout tho laundering of their Summer
garments is the laundry. Kveryouo
knows oxcept those who haven't tried
our work, how clean; properly starched
and ironed every article proves itself to
ho after it has been through our hands.
If you don't know us, let's get acquainted.
For ease of mind and comfort of hotly,
bo sure that your laundry goes to tho
Model Steam Luundry. Charlotte. N. U.
Cd. L. flcfcLH AN A Y, Agent,
Fort Mill, S. C.
We Feed the Hungry.
When in town and you want a
good meal, remember we feed
nAnttlo A ? ' '
-n. mem lor
2o cents. Our liestaurant is
on Depot street.
Hand Bros.