Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FORT HILL BEL&NCE. Fltliy Points ClaliierrU for the Perusal of Tinier Readers. Local b.iyers are jm\ i30 cents j a bushel for cotton so* J this wet k. Mr. J. li. Culp i < i-erious v il! ei!' typhoid fever at his home in Pleasant Valley. Mr. J. \V. Pott.*, of Pleasant Valley, entered the Urst-yonr class at ! Furmutt Uuivcrsitv, in Greenville,] n few days a^o. The 2-mouth8-okl babv of Mr. and Mrs. II. E. White died at his j old homo near Fort Mill Thursday morning. The child was a boy. The Standard Oil Company has j>urcbased from Mr. J. M. Sprat t u small lot near the depot in this: place and will build u coal-oil tank ; thsreou. liev. II. A. Yongue returned I from Piedmont, S, C., Friday even- j iug, after an absenoe of a week in | assisting Rev. T. C. Ligoti in u religious meeting. Prof. S. M. Mason has been offered a clerieal potitiou in the j Philippino Islands by the War; Department. It is understood that : lie will wot accept the place. Mr. Harper Woods, of Chester, j spent Sunday with friei.da in Fort j Mill. Several yearu ago he was j employed at the drug atore of Dr. T. 15. Meacham in this place. t Mr. W. P. Rawlins,on, who re- j signed the position of boss dy?r at , the upp?*r mill in this place a few | yunih ago 10 acoept a similar ] <?-itioti with the Sibley mi! 1b in A;igusta, (-5*., has loft Augusta and will travel extensively in this Stntc and North Carolina before he tries j to secure another position. Zeb Blake, a 12-year--?ld negro boy, was seriously scalded while at work Ht the elio^is of the Spratt j Machine Company in this place! yesterday morning. He hhvs thai another negro boy h1 iinto the ; boiler room arid turned the e tea 1:1 oti him. It is understood that Magistrate McKlhaney will take cognisance of the cast). About all one hears in military circles in this place these days is talk, of the parade and competitive drill which are to take place in j Columbia during fair week. The ! local company hopes to be able to ! participate in both the parade and i drill, though it is realized that tliei chances of winning one of the cash prizes to be given the three best drilled companies in the State are somewhat against it, as the company lias been organized only thice months. The members of the coin- : pnny are sanguine, however, tl;Ht they will make a creditable show, j Mr. Sain F. Massev of onr bus applied for the clerkship of the j State pension board- We would not like to loco him ns n citizen, j but we believe the State w->uhl he | benefitted by his appointun 111, at 1 least the old soldiers thereof. His 1 recommendations from u number j of counties and prominent indi- j viduals are of the best. He lias! not sought to prevent an array of j unmeaning narnee?every name j counts. He will be of incalculable t service in that, position by reason j of education, training and moral I force. Wo hope for the sake of j deserving pensioners hh well a*- j himself that no hesitancy will he ! made in giving him the appoint menl. $40,o?? P.?irlc4f in "this Township. About the mid Ho of April, 1 ' ' (Jo, < the Bank of Charlotte (K. ('.) had I in its vaults (10,OCX) in gold r.ud , silver. It wu? apprehended that General (Sloneman mould raid the ' city nod capture the money, and j the cashier and teller took it to j the country in four boxes for safe j keeping. They became nervous j and returned to the eitv. where I I they told Col. J. Hatvoy Wilson, a j director of the bn*k, that be mud ! make some arvKti^cir. nt to take i caro of the specie. CiJonel Wilson i called to his assistance (.'ant. 8. K. i White, of this place, who v.mk feeble c# wicka a* ?u<l n-cruitirt;: I at hid father'* home in Charlotte.! These two procured a vehicle and brought the money to the old White mansion, jusi outside Fort; Mill. There wi4* diftieulty in \ finding utensils with which to bury the treasure, and as tin y did cot want to arouse anybody Capr tain White took a uv shovel uiit going to a seeludt 1 op .1 on tin : plantation did the bo t no could t? secrete the I o ;os in a branch. | Is oil morning fearing that he had | not suecvidcd in his work on at- j count < i extreme i! u!,;; a, the cap | tain went t<> ii: va t-.ja'.e a:.d founi that he had l'nilcd to eovvr the boxes entirely. Having a bet's r ' tool to work with, ho moved tlej boxes and hid thorn so ho thoujJit \ they could not be loe.nl; but me] labor und want of sleep reiuleied him uuJjl t?? return to Charlo to * with Colonel Wilson, who bta.ld to retain on horseback. After] proceouing u short dmh.noo on his journey, Homo soldiers of Fergusson's command wanted lo t?Ui the oolouelV horse and lie returmd to! the White man sion, where Uuptuiu i Wliite and the soldiers hud nut altercation ah nit the horse Capt. j liohi . Full wood, n venerable ne gh- j bor, walked to the eait.uu's -ido ! ?uid raising his eaue h?ld the soi- | diors that they could not den ivo I him of many Pays and that ti?<*y 1 would < u!y ;* t the liaise over his dea<l body. This feeble resisli nee | would probably have been over-j enmo by lie- ?=< 'inlets, hut jusi then Cap . John >:il!? r do up -it the head of ids cavalry *itmpany ami peeing t lie t it nation culled to Captain White e.t.d asked if he 'tas i:i \ trouble. On receiving u reply, Cantabi 2ri I!h; f.m 1 n..*> action *j?id dir.p'Tftt ?i the mob. th.t th'. y Km.I a un un rovetn/c, for timl ni^ht tSii-y I?ui'in<1 the White ginhou?e *itli ovor h hundred bales of r* .{i< >n. During the past two years Cap- ' tHin White Iihh Teeeis'.Jvl lUrvo letters purporting to come fr*.tn Home one in Chwilotie, telling him treasure wan hid*!.mi on his place Mi:d olforinp: to fnd it for a * ltain , eoiisidemti. ui; but. no repb wh. vouchsafed, for the captain knew that in July, IKOiS, Colou* '.Wilson and other directors took, th^ money back to Charlotte, Howvcr, on Cuptain White's receut return I from western North Carolina it i was iouna tiiMi <lurui? Inn abience iomeone had du^ around one or ; two pillar* in the cellar it tin niarwiou, whieh has been for souie 1 inie unoccupied. It io supposed that his eorreep mdont took advantage of hit) abs nee and searched on hit; own account for th?v treasure. It i* ncedlci-a to ?ay that the! fellow hud bin work for u 'thino. It is i:(i{ known win-!her thi- writer of the three leltern i* . white man 1 or a ne. ro. ?*%#* That Ihr-llfiiK Kononce. "Ivlitor Times: lu your lad isstn and in a number of other pnpciB of thiSlate is a nolieo of a thrilling , story l>y Mrs. Thud. E. Hoton, ?-f j Atlanta, in the Ladiea Home Jour- ; i>rI. wherein that author ss j^ivep.n vivi?i deticripti >n of tins death o: Annie, dauoht.r of Govern o-I I'iekens, at the hridnl rd hi in the i executive niRusioii at Cohunbia. It iti fctranjro tiiat none of tl.e j cilireiifi of Columbia, v/ho have beru consulted, know my tiling of th*vi *id event; equally stranye that the scene is laid in the ir.nn- , eion when there wub no each building; and ]?is.dn? Btranpe 1 !<nt u h'stori.ii: eliould rcco. It-Gwrr. >r l'iukt ns as occupying the myi&ien when Hon. A. (I. Alngrath "was governor of the Slate. One of three excuses arises in my mind for this mistake: /* very f?Mtile imagination, which is not only pardonable but sometimes commendable i:i an author; imp sition by some shrewd person on the writer'? cn dulit v. which i? n?. J 7 *1'' fortunate; <>r plHiriurbmi mi i!i< writer's part, which in a literary crime. The ir.nin f( attires of the ciwf ?re represented as tmiiepiriir./ at Vieksbnrtr, fluting the n emor ii> s? i^e of 1 lint city, in h novt 1 titled "The Cave of llo^ohai, written by a Pruabytcian minister in isainsippi, Kcv Richard C'ro* ; *>or, who was also ftrtthor of "Through Fiery Trials," "The Confederate Spy," etc. The hero in that novel wna Pathurat neauiiiont, who, while at a northern college, her imc t! " affianced of tlu> hride'that was killed. After the war harl aopuratd them alu* drifted to Yickaburg rrid was. & i 1 tluv \ at tlio bridal altar, 1..I: : ! y a fIk II from a i derul gnu, after which in r lover ivj .ined his command and did many daring thliu-s The ca^-es are frt> similar that frronnd lor aeeussti >n ? f >?!; . i:\rism is r.ir.'i'tied; lad ! I us In ;.e that J.I .v.. Ilortoa has I. .-n ::;irled. 8. F. M. -ter- ?-? l.:)?hiu? backward. li in p. ?pini thiitjx for u i:i;m to have a family record, siys Charity mid Children. To bear an honored name is a tdoriotis heritage. li a t it becomes a t ity V.hen one depends upon what iiia a net iters uid rather than what he can d himself. Several ;.e:i1 U nion wore disonssintr the old worth it-s in their fnniilh s one day, and putting a liltlo extra tolnrinrj on their at.iiity and worth, when a iiKinher of the party who had not previously spoken lenunktd "We'd, o# ;>tleru< n. I liave :..,thu:;.; Hint 1 can say about my descent; mi usreut is nil thai 1 can boast about." ( liarlcMloii iiv.s li:r;;? ly in the pas;; Atlanta in the present. The bottom rail si:.? t* the war lias ri.-rn to the ' >p. Tt eats no t'.ouro now for a man to toll In \. many ne:poen his father on< *t* owned. "We rejo.ee that this is so. I n this cofiutry more than any other in the world tfit* man rises toward the lop who letH the will to wi i!i. while lie yruvi lutes toward the in ' 11on who leans linek u tlie old days who i his jjjrandf.-itin r used II i* nam; in.ns i.ir o-im waiul.n^ and spent his money freely. A man s!.on'ul build on tin* foundation of n ?<oo(i r.aa.o ? not bimply braj.; Rbont it. - ? (hvK'iau- jo Officiate. < Inventor AleSwoeney lias uecepted iui invitnti ni ?'.\t .'tided by two yottnt; men of Kin^st-ree to he present fit their iimrriai.'**, and *l.-?o to \v rfoiin t ho iimn iii;:(i eeremony. he irnrriaj'e is to take place on (}elober ol. This is rather an unusual robut f.s the e'<vi nmr is a peisona! friend of tin* parties, be lias accepted the invitation. Tn i their letters the yountr men state [that tb.ey are to bo married nt the I sumo time t<> tvn younvr ladies who are of the d, winli faith. They severally seem to have derided that | ileitis"* a priest nor a minister should oflieinte {<> mahe thein men and wives, and dolormintd to have civil cert rnony. The prospo live I.... .. -- - - ' c ' i . 41 , v t viit>r>;iii-n ii ; 11 l nouns Ol tlio ?;?i\vrnor, inviitd him * > porii ?i"?ii tho sr.-irriii;.',!-r? imn'y. (.TOV?'r:i?ir?? of South Carolina i:.vc ollK-ifilOil in manias:' ' oTviMnriioH l?< foro. v.l o i tii- hippy (roupicK I'Hin io his olhoo mmo m:vh> tho r.'iiui- t ilifi' ho nutko ?!?t-ri ?.no, I;n4, poii hjis, this is tin* fi.v.t null- in :!.o history of tho St tto wliot: I ho "uvornor will take tho place of a minister or priest it m In.no: wcihl'iig. -(\>5n;>iil?m llooonf. FARVT FOR SAiX A \:ilnnbte i mi m ar Thorn's fi .:v, lAirt Mill township, containing four hundred and oitrh?y-oao i "si j mvc., now rented r< ^o..il I nants. Terms, one fniivi h i-:ish, halumo on lnmr ? iiw. A.l.Iocs; \V. !.. KOPDHY. Hock 1 Till. S. < Fresh Meat AND Frsr.li Ico. Y'va Jy.v C;. Nmythe ??' Sou will -p i onstiiai ly on l and a supply of Moats ami I.e. ? .aaj.ara! icety HjH'akiny, \vo lmva been .ma voidab'v oai of the Ik, im\-s !'(I,- two ninn'liH, lm! \ . hop.- to l>o aid in t li? ftii>ir> . 1?v e!u nattention to ltnsiii' aiel fair <i I'iui? Willi ??nr pain.us. i > f. rni^li Min: with 1 > ?t !i Meat ..tiM I in m ;i- it, itml taerii a liberal sliar of tlM pnbiie pil rona.ne. i l; rs for fniwlnv i? ro?'"ivf(l r-':vlt> * I.ay, a:ul 1 ;*,* ?i?*liv? i| t 1)111 7 to i* it. I.I. Sumltys. I .ill n;i N<>. J7 a.iy t n you Uni'.l 1 a '.'t i ii" ten. lll\ SBYTHE iIt SOX. TURNIPSNow is the time to bow Turnips. I have ju11 reei veil a fit rih supply ?in all vnriotieK. Jlavo :u.-o ."ertivt (1 a new lot of i;v 1 i-?-( s rebelled (.? <>r;;ia Syrup, Puerto i Iifo, Su^ar llousc, ami tfiivi r i >i ii> Svrim M. S i. " (ktn^on Soap is the best. 1 have it. While Fi-!i, Fresh Cukes, (Ji ackers and Canned (loods of all kinds. Highest market prices paid for conntry produce. A. 0. JONES .M A} , 'i'ov. n (JiV. l^rdiaam o :vj;r.i in" ilio l?*vyi:i;; ami t -.llociioii of ta .< lit' ir ?) (lUTUvl 1?V ih' I.'li sillli Wart ms <>; * *? - i -v. is <it ! ?n >i i" I i.j t *ou L! ;> - ? ; h ?. ; ?>f sii* > . Hi. two : '> mi :i tho (! .. r nor-. li\ b.n: ?' i aou j:'i iv.,! ;; r >, :i\ \ iIti*i. tim: .. ?it 'I t?.\. ii i .1 .lam....a 1, I 1 ! >, bo in! to samo is h> .a by made 1- v t rliis.avy mrv t'Of. 'I h. i t\ shall la* a::-.I 1h'?m:uo tluo a Hi I jmyuh1 a on t i.< -Is; day of (.)' <o !* *i". l''i . ;ii tlio otii.'o of .!. M. t'j'.r.ill. i-> :;<vy a:;.! t i.r; ami- I ho tivasj r.ivi' tj boohs shall bp n;i."i f.?; I in* mi- j h aioU 'iis ii ii iiiiil tlia i:??* raid with o i? n.-nnliy opto and inoladia;.: th I It { i'.jv ??.' Novntitnu', r.at.i fwiiioh saiit ; ii. a > ia.iv In* > aid v.i i> i wo.ny j . r r a: add ii until i'ft"'inliiv; 1. I?. t o.'. 'Mi.ii iinaid alhor 1 h , i-ailuo' t. t 1900. uxuoulions will Ik ismod against ; all tli'!i:it|Ui ii;. fur tii full uiuiuiut of j , lac?s ?!?>:?, togutlior wilh twtniv p" ft' l! Ik liUl.V llld .ill f I '.. . i' I ii'..iil!U till" ti.illar ?' >v ovi py < wiMii in i> .a ' l.\ tin t :. aSiit'i'V. 1j?mp :tn*l ?mt it:-' 1 i i I'm:; -it a. ut- 1 b'od this C> tl'4?'?* ; I. 1. > !. ii. ? '. I Hill.I*. ia'i m'aut. J. hi. ST1! 1* "i". I rf i . and pa Ah Orrihiuneo pv i.idintj fir ihi> pan iditinoit ib* jut.- m* r's's: in/. Itiinl? riuy. , or obstrini in;: "I'Vit- sl.<- Town ?d 1* iri Mill in tho ilist lt.ir/o of ihor <i;i boo. 1. IV' i! n.\l:u:p'<l by llir Town ii.pp'i 1 1-1 ioni Mill ia I'o.iiu'il it.-'M'inbVd 'i 1 :ti any jvnvin v.bo in any innnwor j r slain, hinders. or nil-, raids any pair I i lt.;l. jiiiVit'i'it.au, or m iia! li'iri/.'il ...? ik <>i . i.. i 11: in ill' ; i : i harm of any of * In ilaiirs \nsti>il in stu-h ??ill mrs s*i;i'!, mi ?m:ivi<*lion, ho 51.1111 -.h i Iiy :i tin of lint i.t.uv i h?n lifty dollars or by iivin i. u:im-iu ot" .i> ino'.v than thirty ii.i;>.. <? hy wu ii on the - r* cis ?h" t-li-i:i y.i'ii: i*<?i ;ioro than thirty flays for oti-rj sin h o:V,?ns; ' 1 lilt i 'it l in Council this 'J ?;h day of, h\ i-uilit r, li. ! '. (illlKli, !nirnihint. i Attest: .1. M. iCN<rk. Notice of Kloriion. An election for an luleinlart imrl four Wardons, In sor\n I h<? town of Kurt Mil! for thu oitsuiu.; y,?ar. will h? hold I in l'orl Mill tin iii iviul Tuesday in .1 miliary. l'.K'l. ! W. it. Menchain lot 1 " n appointed royis r.ir, and tho hooks ol ration will boclost-l 10 ilavs hcfo'i t:i i !ir I tion. 11. I*', ( iKfioi, i Intoiuhint. t Al tost: J. M. ^I'llATT. < lork. j AT f~\TT aro p ""'d I" - ^ >'"n .A. vy vJ hi,,. your wiiV ami i liii-] till ii you wiU pin. I for rh- ir future| j ton.fori with a jmliry in I ho \Vi?-!ineu I of t h" Worl.l. ll ii safe ami t h :i{>. WhileO.iki au:pt*o."v. in Ma .- y .-hall . ~.i aiiti an j i:t.S(?;vy iu inch j month. t'oftun IViirrhou-P. ! Anyone wishint; to .-tore their citt.m | in n clean dry place will find that- wo | aire prepared to store and insure Kiiric : in our standard \v;;t\ house, near our mill. Oar price for storing ami itt-.j-; in;j will !..< t.'? cents w-r Kile per mouth ( or fractional j?ari of a liioiuh. W. will I sulvaiic money on any cotton stored with us at * per ecu' interest. 1 FT. Mill!. >i AN l*y. UTFKINU I'D. September UH, l'.'ot). i 'or First class S-rv ice j,#o to HWK/MfVs - fc.VfT. Opjwe.ito t-.i 1 n-r.bvterinu chife'i, rf! A iii.oti i;, s. ( . i 11 -si t >yst. rs in i he : ity. lair,'1 si lunch counter lit thr .? a!.-*. 321 West Trudo atrout. Photographs. . ? The best, in tie- r:iy :tt the price. Cabinets, s?J per dotted, thunder q aiititiis and other si/>\s yeas' iiuihlo. o. WkHM. n; ?M>. N. r. Nn. 1 We:.! Fifth street. N<-( iff J ;> 'i t oftris>t>r< .M! ;> r-'?: > ;i"f li??r.'?y \/; imcI n->r to i limit, ii oil. -lit : i ml" r <i.'t?rli. i \vi fr.'H , (iii th.- l.iii!-. i.f 11; * * n;iri,r>i:/riccl. i ?\ rams v i.iv i lit 4 wavniaj; u ii! lie iloaii. \\ ill: n.t" inline fu l.i ?.. y. NIMii, j. vv. a 1: i >i< .1. i>. v/rniKKs. s. ! :. u'siitj: Money Loaned We negotiate lnnrboip' !<*;ii;> <>1: . improved farniH ut iva.s< amide j mien. WiTiPiiisro(?: A Si'i.s*: s:i:. Tdook ifili and Vnrl;\ille, S. ( !>A1 VTI?PC i V/ i i\ i X j i ii ^i A <_'o!(l ; hj.* cfiii bo had by olicwj in'*\V:ii/lcy's (iiun.'' Tiu- most. rv.nifori ran bo had from '"Cuban Sly\" < i^ar.s. (larwood's lixtrncts are I lit hi 1 made tii. y net 1 lie mo:-;t. "Lo'tnen" in tin* brand and name of tl.o innkr r of tin* standard too'.Si brnsli <>f tin' \v( r!d. 'Wuh-Wnh" in tin- best smnkin;; tobacco. A clay pipe and i-trm <;oes witli it. "Match It" is the nnnio of the new <dieri? its that overr< p all the \v( il-kuonw brands. W. B. ARDKSY <?; CO. > * Or { ' -A i. t\ O i'ii y : re the cli ;ip"3L in the o: ,<vY\ aire iik)re e. y * ? -;h ! i.'ifi i^Tgryih.,. ^ I> ^ i.illy al | W\ ' - tu f? vij'ip/ >; .. . / ' i!'i\v\/ / t?:e A '/ -IIVAS/ AVV ' ^ f;Me JniliS-tr r my ?\ ^ 1-.Iram upon and thereby prevents indigestion a*T"Zr . simply O CSv) a-, . ( HYUHt 1,,(' ' r' 't-v / . ." I * inent ol I \c* .**' i J : ! popular / / - r jiC: ; \ \ //'*v v\ will try / V i ' ill Kowrl" v-kr::^ \?> The p.ri f??r other inakoo unly Si per I i j * fl . !jM EACH AM & . i Iuvo on sale two of ti Ameriea, viis Bay State Drew Shell iy A Co., of ]' j make men. wotnt a and ehi \y!mh'o wcuriji^ qualilirH c lor nmke ludieM' line *. reel line dn ks nh<; 1 iu ' ?if }j(j(id:(. \Y<> lit kid put it: the atr.ne pri( at ore usk to ace our Drew i s ^ I Factory Loaded * Leader" and "Repeat uj g powder and "New Rival $ Superior to all other bran S UNSFORH1TY, REM/ 2 . STRONG ; * Winchester Shells nru for i tit * having them when you buy : A ? OF LOV A' t~fT9 -r-.rr** i!VW rnw?^' ?. i:iii ?f iffff $i Isidi l&Li&Ii ill | Wo iiav.; n large and well-soleet< | Tf .vrir.-nc' A *? 1/ 1 ? < J ml, f*~ J AI so a nice lino cf { Arid we solicit a share of your [>; Our now Line of Lad ion' Dreus F.UI pl i. e you. (.'.ill r.n<l examine our lar^-c steel; I Onr salesmen art; oljii^ini* and < client bargains. (!orio a STOKE, FORI rotisi: TS. !<1 !.rc;:r. o tlioy hold tllen shape; >?; tot cable, mi.ro s!yl1. ii^'T. y rOf5 is \%-y Lrue.ivo. I. io the now ?nt or cre<*i form. It |y>A rhouivlers lmek iitto a //OT y p >it?e. It infli -tn n t?n> bust or uhdouieu v VI aEKiF Ladlo-j that have tried it say "it is grand." Wo have <<, oivod n full assort- v v* i-Y^ W- I f those famous and Af* 3.f^ CWts. If you < ii > pair yon will ^ t! y uuy other make. re is ncj hi^l: r 111hn pair M ASSEY. Ei'i'S In* Itvitii??vr nmkoa of liltoce i* Shoo Co., of Now York, and orlHiitiiHih, Dlii). The former ildron.V fine nnd medium gooda, mi not l)o tjnmlionod; the lat>xl?i only, and to thi* lady who > cvr(?iniy can rocominend ivo nt rer Boon as lino picco of gonda. When yon visit our Shelby ?lc Go. SliooH, MSA.CHAi? & E?P3. tc;:c4 0rtaci4Mf w litwtf I L lESTERj] i i i i 1 Shotgun Shells, i i l:r" loaded with Smokeless \ " loaded with Black powder, i; ds for ! | iBILlTY AND SHOOTING QUALITIES, i i < i sale by all dealers. Insist upon ( ' tnd you will ^et the best, X i'iOiiM V PRICES T THE i1 jj is ?j . si $ i y iiu. il stock of? Shoea, Hats, and BeadyMado Clothing. Choice Family Groceries. itronnge. (ioud.s nnd Rindy-nindo Skirt3 will ; ofMens' and Boys' Suits. couiteous and can sliow yon *om? ml see ua and we will do you good. ' MILL MFG. CO.