Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 07, 1900, Image 3
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FORT WILL WKLANUJJ.
Pithy Polntv^ithcrcU for the Perusal
of flrne# Readers.
Fort Mill was represented at the
S ate fair this year by a larger
numb r of persons than usually ntteml
lliis place. All report
that the *%hibita were first class
and that a great crowd wus in attendance.
At an early hour Monday night
thieves entered the residence of
Mrs. Eliza Fulwood on Booth
Streot, but wore frightened away
boforo anything was stolon. Entrance
to the house was gained
through a kitchen window.
The State and Federal elections
passed off quietly at this place
yesterday, very little interest and
no enthusiasm whatever being
manifested. Notwithstanding the
efforts of the Democratic chairmen
to arouse interest among the voters
in the Federal election, only 100
votes were cast, two of which were
for McKinley. Six more persons
voted at the State box than for
President.
As will be seen by advertisement
elsewhere in these columns, an
election has been ordered by the
town council to be held on the 19th
instant for a warden to fill out the
unexpired term of Mr. ?T. T. Mackey.
The Times desires to suggest
Mr. T. D. Faulkner as a suitable
man to fill the vacancy. Ho has
heretofore served very acceptably
in that capacity and should be
elected.
A Double Wedding.
For some daj'8 pnst a young
gentleman and lady have been quietly
preparing their future home
in this place. There, at i). o'clock
last evening, they were joined in
holy wedlock by Rev. I)r. J. fl.
Thornwell. The contracting parties
were Mr. Edward W. Ivinibrell,
of Fort Mill, and Miss Myra
Fravor, of Ilaldwinsville, N. Y.
About forty relatives and friends
witnessed the ceremony, among
the number being Mr. and Mrs.
Andrews, of Atlanta. The home
was tastily decorated for the occasion
and music was furnished by
Mr. L. J. Mueyoy. A number of
hnndsomc pn suits were received.
Mr. K imbrell is one of Fort Mill's
popular young business men and
has a host ot friends who will heartily
congratulate him on his happy
marriage. Mrs. Kiinbrell has lived
in Fort mill only two years, but
du ring that time she has become
very popular with all our people.
At the BAtue time and place,
Miss Zizu Youog, third (laughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young, and
"fir. J. B. Mills were married l>y
A. Finch, pastor of the bricic.
r-joir marriage was a complete
surprise to all except a few who
were taken into confidence. Mr.
and Mrs. Mills are deservedly popu
lar in our community and have
the best wishes of a wide circle of
friends.
Local Militia at the State Pair.
On last Tuesday evening at 10 20
o'clock forty members of the Fort
Mill Light Infantry boarded the
southbound passenger train on the
Southern Railway at this place for
Columbia, the purpose of the trip
being to participate in the individual
competitive drill and the military
parade and review of tin; State
militia, which were held in that city
AVednesdny and Thursday. Before
leaving Fort Mill the company
was formed in the armory and
an exhibition drill in the manual
of arms was given for the enter
tainment of a number of citizens
of tlio town who were present to
see the boys otf.
Ou the arrival of the company
at Colombia it was met by Captain
McKoown, acting adjutant of the
battalion, who ordered that the
company be formed and that the
tf-tnile inarch to the camp ground
begin at once. At first the boys
nfhrelied very well through Columbia's
muddy streets and to t ho time
of n drum corps whose cadence was
like unto the pulling of a locomotive
''hitting it up" for a mile a
minute, but the cyclone gait began
to get in its work so fast that the
company officer with two bars in
ouldei straps ordered one of
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meir marched wilh the precison of
; regulars. At 2.45 Wednesday morni
ing tho company marched into
| camp and %vns assigned quarters.
' The camp ground was an ideal one,
I overlooking tho entire fair grounds.
Through tho inelruiieutaliiy of
Colonel Boyd, of the First regi;
meat, the members of the company
v.'erc aumuuu lo ttio inir grounds!
free Wednesday morning, though !
it wan proviously intruded to!
charge militiamen 50 cents each for
1 a season ticket. At 11 o'clock Wed'
nesdny morning the competitive I
i drill between the Sunder Light In- !
' fan try, of Charloston, the Tim- j
' monsville Guards and the Liberty
! Hill Guards was witnessed by a
i majority of the members ot the i
, local company, most of whom cx!
pressed the opinion that tho third
prize of $1(M) could have been von
by the Fort Mill Light Infantry, i
had it entered the contest. Next ;
! came the individual competitive '
i
drill, in which Nergls. Arthur Larks
anil Karle Cousnrt of the homo;
'company participated. Their prol
ticiency in the manual of arms'
won for them tho congratulations
of a number of militiamen who
saw the drill, notwithstanding the
fact that they were oi do roil to fail
out, on technicalities.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
j the military parade, which some
i say was the greatest Columbia has :
; ever seen, was formed and passed \
| through Main street to CI in wood'
1 avomie, where it was reviewed by j
, Governor McSweijm y and stalT.
In the parade the Fort Mill Light
mtaniry appeased lo good advantage,
and several citizens of this
place who witnessed the parade say
that the company made as good
show as most ot her companies. The 1
company returned Thursday night.
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Outraged by a Negro.
A special to The State from
1 Kingstreo says that Sunday ovenj
iug while Mis. Mitchum, a respect
! able 'white woman, was ijuiotly
J sitting in l.or homo near Greeleyville,
in Williamsburg county,
nursing her baby, she heard some
j one knocking at her door, and
j upon oponiiNg it. she was met by a
j negro, who insisted on coming in. :
Mrsi Mitchum ordered him out I
and ho still refused to go, and Mrs. 1
i Mitchum thereupon grabbed a gun
I with olio hand, holding her infant
in the other arm. The negro, Maeon
Lesouse, grabbed Mrs. Mitchum,
took the gnu from her and
then at the point of his pistol
forced her to lay the child down '
I _?.i i-i
iiuu ucceinpusneu i'.is fiendish pur<
pose. As soon us Mrs. Mitchum
was released she imnudiutcly ran
to the nearest neighbors house ai.d
gave the alarm, Imbe in her arms.
The alarm was immediately given
and scouting parlies were sent out.
The negro was captured at (Jree,
leyville Monday morning, where he
was quietly working for a lumber
i company, ile confessed everything
and said ho was sitting in his
| shanty door Sunday evening when
he saw Major Mitchum, Mrs.
Mitchum's husband, go by in the
direction of Greeley ville, and ho at
once conceived and carried out his
hellish design.
Mrs. Meaeham is a very delicate
woman of frail structure and will
not weigh over 100 pounds. She
has been completely prostrated
ever sinco the occurrence and was
so overcome that sin; could not testify
or even go to the preliminary
hearing, which wan held at (JrocI
leyvilie Monday morning. The
prisoner was regularly committed
to jail. Ho was brought lo Kingstree
and received so quietly that
not half a dozen people in the town
knew he had been committed to
jail for several hours afterwards.
Excitement is running high and
trouble is feared, Governor Mc-1
Sweeney has wired Captain Gray-1
soil to order out the Wdliamsburg
Light Infantry and guard the jail
and save tlie life of the prisoner at,
all hazards.
The sheriff in taking the negro,
Macon Lestnise, from the jail t<>
the depot Monday night in order
to cany him to Columbia, as it
seemed he had been ordered to do
by Governor MeSweeney, let him
get away and riaho his escape.
(Ivrer) T: e v -ry label the a'.'
i h' s' n ' of . ) .iyon L? se.sne i
that l.l?o sheriiV deputised a scjuad
of men to cany him through 11 t>
country and that the party will
hoard the train nt (rreehyvillo (?
Foreston tomorrow (Ti:esdn\A for
Colunih a and that he will be
safely lauded in the State peinten.
tiary.
-?i ?- - - Scrap*
ot St*te History.
After tiie overthrow of the carpet
haj; government of South Carolina
in 187<>, by far the greatest
number of those who had been
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conspicuous ii^nrcs iimmgtiout the
era of "good steal ng" disappeared
as suddenly as they liiul ten years
before emerged into view. Moses,
the first scalawag governor, and the.
worst of them ail, ended his life as
a common tramp in a distant State.
The list of his vices comprised ah
that belong to the lowest stage of
moral depredation. It was said of
him by his p dilieal fi it mis that lawns
the greatt st spendthrift on
earth. Hit; pi? ligaey was bounded
i n!y by the means witltiu his reach
of satiating his low bom and vitiated
appetites and passions. He
paraded his criminal amours en the
streets of Columbia and used his
office solely lor what ho could get
out of it for himself ami for hin
companions in debauchery. lbwould
not have Ihh-h trusted with
a country post-oHiee, he was unlit
to umpire a game of baseball; ho
was incapable of governing a herd
of donkeys. Yet such a man under
the protection and through the instrumentality
of the lteimhlienii
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party of the ladled States was exalted
to the }*ovornoi6h ip us the
exponent and representative of the
virtue, intelligence and patriotism
of a proud and heroic Stale.
Scott, the carpet bapp'er who preceded
him, was an unscrupulous
political adventurer, v.ilh more
beaius and a little more regard for
decency, but in moral principle
not above Moses. He tilled the
State with nu armed constabul .ry
force, established armories and
ma^u/.iiH'S at the t our1 houses ami
harried at d tuhd the people with
all the tyranny of a military despot.
It was under his admiui-1nation
that what was railed "the Laurens
war" broke out, in which . cverai
of his constables w?.-te killed,
their armory captured and broken
up and the whole force driven p? ii
melt to hendcjUMrtese :.i i oiumbin
Scott, wo believe, died a lew years
nj.ro in a North- rn State in nth r
obscurity.
Chamberlain, whos" cceeih d Mo
gos, was also a carpel bagger, but n
man of re.-p. cfabie int. Ilectui'.l attainments
and of unobjectionable
moral character, lie was capable
under ordinary circumstances of
irivi11}_r lb" Stat" an acceptable administration,
but lie was a Republican,
and Republicanism at the
South then meant, as it now means,
though with modified intensity,
the domination of ignorance and
moral depravity over intelligence,
honor, pnti iolistn anil ail the virtues
that hold society together < nd
dignify and elevate mankind. No
man could long steer the slnp of
statu safely through the troubled
waters with only such a chart for
his guidance.
!l was under his administration
that the ICllentou riot occurred,
which. at one time threatened to
plunge the whole State into internecine
war. (Jen. M. ('. 1 hitler
was accused of inciting or at hast
of cncr u racing Mint riot, and tin
governor would have gladly liad
liim arrested and cttd to a
mock trial had not audi a st? p In en
too hazardous. Sintler publicly
heaped Ins .scorn and indignation
on the State government and < penly
defied the governor and all his
power. It would have required at
that time the whole I'nitrd States
army to hurt a liair of Butler's
head.
Chamberlain, after having ben
driven from theoahevna'ori d chair
by the revolution <f TO, loft 1he
State and hns since resided, we
think, in New York. lie is n lawyer
of considerable reputation, ami
his opini <ns on questions of law
and of politics }..?v<- \.ei<?. ht with all
who know him personally or by
reputation. He s the only oiu of
the . p' ba^' v- rnr , ate! so
far v i ; . ; v." v all, of i I t.he
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iiwn^y of that \v!j<? Las retained
the :osptot ant!. t > some extt tst.
the confidence of inti lligen* nrid
self-rosjM otinj* ])?.op'o. lie hits
Dai'! iriMitit lit vi-af? t<?
? 1 vx. V KJ
I in a nine* t he days of his political
exultation, arid while lbs visits excited
no enthusiasm, In* was treated
with respect an*l consideration.
CnlTney Ded^cr.
CUB BOOK CLUB
That we arc or^ranizini; now in
tin* ?:11o you want to join if you
want to l>uy some ??ocd books lor
1 Xmas prison's. and it is 11? - very
i scrl of present you want when you
lind how luiKilooiuo they are. And
you will tell your- neighbor when
you timl that we enn furnish you
at lw*).tliiids i I regular prices.
Any of the popular hooks of the
lay such as "David Uaruni,"
' .Janice Meredith," "Jlichnrd Caret
1" 'Siosurreetion." "J'l ieoueis of
Hope." 4*L?utlie of the Strong.'"
etc . all elegantly bound at
j The puhi fdier's j?rice is #1.50.
Other hooks, children's books,
standard sets, etc., in all kinds of
hindinu'S at correspondingly low
prices. To got. hooks at these
prices you must give us your order
before November 15. It you are
not satisfied with (hem when they
arrive you need not pay lor them,
| that's all.
\\. 8 ARDttEY & CR.
Cr W NORM A N K00
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
LIQ U0& DKALERS,
liloxtt-j. - - - CHARLOTTE, N. C.
T take much pleasure i;i ealiiny your
i utteiiturn i?) the. wry low prices of my
tii.o oM <>|h*ii furnace Whiskies, \\ hieli
j for lift ecu yours have had no e.pr.il,
; either for drink or trcdieiual purposes.
; 1 (avim? purchased lai\?o quantities of
i Old Mountain t 'orn Whiskey at vary
I low prices last summer when distillers
i wove pressed for cash, I am prepared to
1 jrive special at tout ion and very low <;uoj
tat ions to anyone wanting anything in
my line, ill orders must bo accompanied
by cash or bank reference
He careful to e\umin my price list,
whi' h includes jay and box:
Sweet Mar.li Corn $1to ^1.
Old Corn Whiskey, very fine .
(;?. el I*ti.,c (tin, I ,iM
i lies. Uoliund <iin, . SO.)
e iue (lenevu G?n, it.tr>
Hirst rate Sunk atn I?ye, . ].?;;)
'lest Sunbeam 1 {ye, li.PO
Him ?Iif?n( cade Kves,
North lla: >bua Apple Ihamly, . Jd.'i
Old N. O. lJe:i"i, Brandy, li./iO
Hum New Mn_rlaud Kuni, !.?.?
He ?ch a>ud Honey, . 12.00
itocls and five, I.!.*>
l'in I ot 11 1 Whiskies, in do b.;\ i.?> >
No eh.iryo will be made f >r!;e ? when
yen wane sneli ipiuu' it i. s.
Most resyt : fully,
a W nop MA M m
->^1 . ?* . _L t Xi-X t K'jL- K-'VJ.
VMIU FOR MMC.
A \aluahh- plantation near Tlmrii's
IVrry. Fori Mill township. containing
Jour hundred and oij/hty dium l-'SJ ):ictvs,
now rented ;<? .'rood t. nnnls. Terms,
olio fnirih cash, ha lance on lon^ time.
Addn ss; W. L. KUDDKY,
Kn k Hill, S. t \
r.lC LOC! KOLLlNtt now 0:1
in White Oal; Camp, Woodmen <?!" the
World. .lOlN Now and SAYK * ">.
You aro Siir dy ;joiii;? to die. (? I ready
wliiIf you rail.
Money Loaned
We i 'o 111 in to inoi t.yiijje loans mi
i m ] fovotL farms at reasonable
ralr.s.
WlTIlEKfil'OON & SpENCHH.
lio.-k Hill ami Vol k\ill.?, S. (,\
For First rla ir'erviee to
HimmVS - EiESTU R.lNT
Oj)|M<s;lr 1st ;Tesbyti rian cliurrli,
(*11A 1J LOTTK, N. l.\
I '< si < tysters ia i In* city.
1 aryes I lmirl) counter in the State.
'.J'.'I West Trade street.
NOTICK OF Ill.Ki TION.
An fleet ion for one Warden to
seine out. t'n iiim'xpiri'd term of J. T.
Mae key will in- hold in tho town of
Fiirt Mill on Monday, November 1st.
I'.kM. Tli" |' !l-< w ill !'? <>i> *11 from ID
it. m. to 2 ]?. in
Ira <1. Smylli", F. T. 1 e^'raiu ami T
II. ^prutf. huvo lii'aa ajijiomti'il niaiia?? !>.
I'.y onlor of tin- Council.
U. F (IKIKH, Intindant.
Attest: J. M. SI1 HATT, UU.rk.
AX AD
\ KUTISKMKNT
IX THE
TIMES WOULD
PAY YOU
11 AN DbOM ELY.
SEWING J
M'e have just received a do:*si
CHINKS the rich n an's machine a
N( \v Homo ims these improvements,!
extra room under press fool, autumn
reyulatino dial j^ives length of stitch
armor-plate olccl. 'liamoml finish, rui
wear two machines of other mukis.
operate it.
If yon need a machine why not j
ahunt li.M.r as snucli as you pay p? dd
big New Uohie Sewing Machine.} six
single eoinplaint. Tho only trouble
Call and see the in w styles and let u
terms, at cash prices, ami charge old
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NOTIONS,
IIOISERY:
Ladies' tloece-lined
LadieM* tilnin
1
1 ijulii's bulhriggan
Mi-s? s, an elegant one
Hoys' "Iron Clad," liko leather..
Ladies' cashiuicre
A full line mens' eashimere and
OneoiulotT DRESS SHIELD. Try
wardrobe. They are only
FASCINATORS and HOODS. Full
TALC LAW POWDERS
NTiee COLOUNE
A full line of LADIES' COLLARS
YOl N(i A!EN, we carry a full i
goods for you. Our stock of Sill I
fail dress, can not. lie su 1 passed. It
linvo a full line, and in I'undorwenr
cotton. In fact, anything yon wear
MEAOHM
5C-ficC-3SS.*C-2-5 S-T-Sd f
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^ "1 r-At U K" on,!
iv i i \; - J L./i 1 I-IV
$ powder and "NiiW Rival'Mc
Jt Superior to all other brands
8 UNIFORHiTY, REUAB1
1 STRONG Sii
tS
a/ VViib lu' .lci Shells are for sale
vt> a
?4> having tlu in when you buy and
a sti
or low
AT T
FIT MILL IF(
W < have a largo and well-selected st
Notions, Sk
Mi
Also a nioo line of?
Ch<
Arul wo solicit a slinre of your patrol
Our now Lino of Ladies' Dross (joe
surprise you.
Call mid oxnniino our largo stock of
Mi
Our salesmen are obliging unci cou
excellent buigciina. C?. .me and 8
t the pour man's price. Only the fjL.ff
Jouhie ball bearings, double feed,
tic tensicu with releaser, stitch Jgpyjg ? &
at sight. All beatings made
is without vibration and will
ll is so simple (hat u child' e*? \
^et the best? Our prices arepnlv
I n:.: avoids. "NVo have been tell- I
teen years and lmvo never had a
we have is they never wear out. V
s save you $25. "NYe sell on easy i^l
y 50 cents a month for extra time.
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NOTIONS.
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15 and 25c.
15 and 25c.
25c.
5, 9 1-2, 10c.
25c? JB|
15 and 25 c.
cotton hose. .
a pair. One pair will do for your jk u
'26c. J
I liuu in ull colors. 15, 25 and 50c. ^
in 1 ftA ' ^
xv arm zvc.
25 aud 50c.
10c)' j
and up to date line of furnishing
ITS, in negligee, stiff bosom and
i Col la re, C'i tli's and Neckwear wo jB
we show you the best in wool and
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sz^tfiaipi ;
OB f: Cl rJ* ?^ *
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shotgun Shells. |
' loaded with Smokeless $
m
xiclecl with Black powder, j
for I jlM
ILiTY AND 5
OOTiNG QUALITIES. |
by all dealers. Insist upon J
you will get the best. ? /fil
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CO S STORE.
ix-k of?
oes, Hats, and Readyide
Clothing. g |
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rice Family Groceries.
,nK?- 4 > .^9
ids and Ready-innde Skirts will
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we do you good.
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