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fort fail! 7imc.ru j^^V PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS. Win. R. BRADFORD. ^^^Buib-uu-ipt Cn prioe . . . . $1 )* r yc:ir. Correapoiifhmce on current subjects jx ^^ vuhI, but \v<? do not u^riM- to publish ^^^^ nnuiruiicntioiiK containing mow tlmn wonts, nuil no responsibility is asfor the views of correspondents. As an advertising medium for Char ^^ otte, Pinovillo, Port Mill, :iu<l I took ^^Hniill business houses TbeTunertis nnsurH^Hisissed. Raton made, known on npplicaH^Htion to this publisher. Local Telephone No. 20. B A tlappy New Year to All. H It is now too lnle for Tito Times to wish its friends a inerty Christ^B inns, hut wo cini hope that the ^ New Year litis in store for each of them much happiness nntl prosperity and that their lives may extend far into the now century which begins with the advent of tiexl Tuesday. This is no' hard to do. for. all tilings considered, the patrons of the pnpi r. who are in the main its friends, have been generous in their sunnort during the year which is fust drawing to a close. After an absence from Fort Mill r extending over a perio] of almost, seven yearn, we returned last .January and on March *21 revived The Times. S'lice that time the paper has been published regularly, and, . if we are to believe the words of a number of good citizens of the . . - place, it is more representative of the community than at any time heretofore. The busim ss men of Fort Mill and neighboring edits have made liberal use of the advertising columns of The Times and its circulation is probably larger than at any time in the past. For nil of which we are duly appreciative and extend the compliments of the season. course The Times has made ue enemies. Such was to be expected. If a newapuper possesses the courage of its convictions and dares to speak them, it. is too much to hope that there will not 1 1-1. . 11* 'II uc auuit; m iiikc uiii'UMi*. *\ 11 mankind do not view events and individuate through tho same pair of optics and there are a great many persons who have not learned that there is such a thing as honest difference of opinion, lint totlu.se whose pleasure it has been to disagree with The Times, we wish to say that it harbors no malice or ill will, but. wishes both fiieud and foe n happy and prosperous New Year. ? ? Child Labor in South Cniollnn. A special to the New York Sun from Columbia says that the question of child labor in factories in South Carolina is being vigorously agitated and when the Legislation meets next mouth a lull to prohibit tho employment of children less than 12 years old will be introduced. Such a measure was defeated last, year, the nuuiufaeturers bringing strong pressure to bear, bat the Legislature to meet next month is composed largely of new men. The promise made last year that the mill men of North ami South Carolina would reach an agreement not to employ children has not been kept. Children as young as 7, and some perhaps of <> years, are working in the mills. They spend the entire time from daylight till dark within the faetori -s. As a result i?lit of Education shows that the increase in tho number of colored children public schools in the past year was more than *hree times that of the whites, ami thfr?.|(n000 more negroes are heinu educaft*i j? j|H? public schools than whiFN^ The preachers are working for the abolition of f^dd labor. Tiny Bay they can mak^^^^ i in pre.- si on ? un fictory populntio^^,,!,-*-; limy can reach the children, atwLwhero ^ 11P in mills theys in dr nothine. l!L : y? soldi?.?.:- or the confederacy. Tin* ft?111 'v11:article is one of a ries that will uppear hiThe^f iines giving a synopsis of the war iccinil of members cf the Fort Mill Camp of Confederate Veterans. Records will he published in tl o order in whioh they are handed in. When the war of secession b : gnn, li. S. \\ 11 i*ri-: was a hoy < f lb ye ire. In October. he became old enough to j >in t!ie army, i and enlisted in Company M, ISixt fiit 11 North ('aiolina regiment, of which his brother, A. S. White, ' was a member. The first expoditliill \\ ill* 1 k ...... 4 . < u I i illC I I I 1*1 Mine Run, in Novcntb r of that year. There was no (i"liliui>, tin* Yankees noin;* bark aeross the river without a baltlr. After pass ing all winter in .-evere ramp and picket duty, the next move was to the "Wilderness, where the great campaign < 1' "<?l b-gnu. He went through the battle of the W ilderness, .Way 5 and <?; Spottsylvania, .Way 12; North Anna River. May 22; Cold Harbor, dune d, and I Vtersburg. June 22. A fter reaching Petersburg, there was a lull in lighting until August 21, when the severe battle of Reenis Station was fought; after that, Fort Harrison. north of the .lames river, in October. 11 is regiment at that time had to march 22 miles and only got there alter the wor t was over. The next was the hardest inarch of the whole war, I') miles without stopping, Dreomher 2>?. 1801. When the regiment stopped for eauip, alter marching 2' hours, there was nobody along but the eolom l. the adjutant, the color bearer, and one color guard, he hoing the guard. The balance of the regiment was s uttered far liehind and came up in duo time. For that performance lie was given i r...i ?..i. ...i.n.i. ? v ??ui # i i v i i i ( i I t I i I I I HI - ll, \> I I 1 < I i he was iii'vt'i" allowed time to take a 1 vantage of. The winter was passed at lYtershur^. The next lij^litino was after Marell 2">, lS(?o one Hi vere li^lil below Petorslnire, another at Harness Mill, then the breaku]) on April 2 and the re'reat to Appomattox, on t he evening of t he same day. At Sutherlands Stttioii he was detailed a rear nuard to hold the enemy in ehe U till the ("onfederate waoon trains passed a certain point, lie shot away all his cartridges and sat down to await orders, but there was no one to eive orders, and seeing the enemy j^ett ine around him on both thinks, he made a ran for it through the ballets, one of whi h en! through his pants under the knee- the only one to toiieli him in ali those tremendous in'lit imp*. The mirchinn and e.\ p >su i e of t hose days broil"lit on inflammatory rheum it ism of the ankles. < >n April o, ju-t beyond Amelia Courthouse, he was accidentally found by his br< ther totally unable to walk a step and was taken to an empty comiuisRary wa^on, in which he remained till the surrender at Appomattox. Then the march home. One day while our men were holding the lines at Spotsylvania waiting for the Yankees to try another route, All. Aiker, one of the company cooks, (<?ld me I ou^ht to send my brother somethiii" extra to eat, for lie was one o! the coolest men on the line and didn't mind Yankee Indicts ;iny mom than if they wnv nsiiiLC pea shooters. That was where tin* whitcoak tree wns cut down I?y rifit" hu I lot s. The Iri'i' did not stand exactly a! the | lata1 < t' our rooinifiit. hut farther on the lino. This i111*it 1 111 was a fact, for I hoard Major Intflchnrdt. adjutant jjeneral of our division, say h saw it with his own eyes. The tretwas said to he IS inches in diameter. One more incident: In otto of the severe hut lies the color hearer was sick anil it fed upon him to carry the tlai;. Some days after... .1 I * 1 * ' ' 1 W ll It IS t WIIS Hill llll I llg Ilt'lll V ..111jinny Or, and heard (*????rj^? ("alia* lian say, "l toll yon. Loo White earned that tlag the steadiest in battle I've seen yet." Then seeing mo lie it ma iked that he was not speak int.: h>r me to hoar. He was, ttv sum up, what you might call a inodel private s > It I i t?i*. He had no tluince for pr imotion, nor no jjesir?*\ for any. iiut was "^tere to do bi/duty, and he did it Hcv inis in every ongage11; ' < 11MMMMmm *< ?-a \i: riXteft. ' \ Dtmocracv's fight. j President (.i rover Cleve- ' l.'.ini coi:l rihi.if i t(?. last week's is- ' sac i t the Saturday ? veiling Post., i' 1 of Philiuh lphin, an extended article on the plight of the Democracy and the remedy. Mr Cleveland 1 begins hy reviewing tho history of 1 Jhe party imil lie discusses its defects since 1SG1 in detail. in taking up the ipi-'slion of the pies- 1 ent condition of the Democracy he says that the success of the party ,1 in 1 was so decisive and over- i whelming that a long continuance of its supremacy was anticipated. Then came "the fallacy of free 1 silver and populism.*' Mr. Clovelaud proceed:; as follows: ? ri. it...; ; f i * .i:.. woe \v:is reached when lis compact with these undemocratic forces was complete, ami when our rank ami li!e were summoned to do hattle under hauuers which bore strange symbols and were held aloft in unfamiliar hands. The result of such a betrayal was foredoomed. The abandonment of the principles of true ! Jeinocraey, this contemptuous disobedien -e < f its trail t ions and t his deliberate violation of tlie law of its st i ength and vigor, were by a decree as inexorable as tho-e of fate. t"?> lowed by the inevitable punishment of stu lining, st aggei iug defeat. 4'T!ie disaster of 1^7J. invited by similar adventure, was ipiiekly followed by a return to the professions and practices of sane Democracy. 1 bit the extent and persistency of our wanderings in 1SW? is illustrated in a most astonishing way by the command, issued on the <1 ty of our r ure and discomfiture, that a second battle should be touj^lit 011 the Mini field, with the same false war cries ami Ili?* same leadership, tiiat luid brought us to i the surround ill'.; ^loolli of defeat." Ao;dn lie sa\ s: "Thus in I'duO, the lesson of l.S'.lti was contempt uoiisly rejected, and every hope of Democratic success was wilfully ras i aside. A^niii our Ion;;' sulVerino rank and tile, whose loyalty ami obedience deserved better things, were saeritieed in a cause theirs only in name; and aoaiu it was demonstrated, but more clearly than ever before, that the i nly forces that can win Democratic success are adherence to reeooni/.ed Democratic principles an 1 reliance to Democratic councils and h ; th rsliip. "As new conditions arise, our priucipit s must be applied to them; but m the creed that "nidi d us through a c? ntury of party exist? nee we shall bud the key to every such application; nor shall we m ?'d the lexicon of populism to aid us in interpreting this creed." Further 011 he declares: "I believe no Democrat will have the hardihood to deny that we have fought oil'* last two campaigns in alliance with undemocratic forces. mul that this alliance was immensely costly in *li*t\?nt. Is there nut goo I ivn-xMi l.i sisj>[) >se that even in :-yc.? ss such an alliance Would h ive proved unprofitable and dangerous?" lie prcacho- the return of Democracy to its old faith, saying: "Sincere Democrats of every condition and in every part of the land realize that the situation f the party needs repair. Koorgani'/.ation is not necessary; but a return from our wandering is ahsolately essentir.l. Lot us he frank with ourselves and candidly acknowledge the futility of attempting t ? gain Democratic victories except in the Democratic cause and true Democratic met hods, lieorganization is worst* than useless; and the airotation of superior pjill> t 11 I ll>* Will I>i ? ? ?! only lii.scliief. This is a time for sober thought, toll rant language ami fraternal oounsels. Wo aro dealing with tln> condition of a party that can not bo destroyed by eternal foe.- ; and since its rain can be wrought only from within, it should be imperishable. Above alt things, there should be a manly ret; 1141010tiou and avoid nice <>f undue set-, lion a' control Democracy wdl |ul < rier di- efreieiitiy in section* M is 1 : ^ A11 , \ ie duty and oppi rinnitv. Our fighting forces will respond listlessly and falteiingly if summoned to ? third didt at in a strange cause;; hut if they hear the rdlying call of i true Democracy 1 hey will gather j for batile with old time Democratic j enthusiasm and courage. ' If 1 should attempt to epitom- ; i'/.e what I have wiilten, by sug- 1 gesting a plan for the rehabilitu lion and restoration of true Democracy, 1 should embody it in these j wot ds; '"(live the rank and file a chance.'" Him Ritriit llm And you will find nt the City Market dining the holidays the finest Meats, Oysters, Hothead Cheese. I.iverelle, mixed and all pork Sausage r.s low as the lowest. We served you through the summer and took no advantage of our monopoly and only ask a share of your patronage during the winter. SMYTHE & SON. AS 101IMY | dUbjL^iiUi?.i i Now is the time to buy your1 Xtnas (IKOCKHIES. All the j good things 111 the line of eatables are lioie in tempting array. 1 am .11 ,i r ... 4i... - i ! n< 1* oiut l\v II 1UI 111 U ?t"itS('II 11IIU <1111 sure to pi on 60 you. Order now and avoid Iho vexations delays f i wliioli will suroly occur if your buying is put (IV till the last moment. 'Phone 1 1 All kinds of FIREWORKS are here in abundance. A. O. JONES. THE l'OUT MILL MtB - STORE, * orposrru Tin: savings hank, . Is the place at which you can alwavs liml I'Vi'Wi murn no"""" -?4 w- uaiiciii^ I\qji lit a iir.st-i lass apothecary shop. 1 am running a drug store, ia every sfii.se of the woul. I can prescribe for you, fill prescriptions, 1111(1 sell yoll (ll*U>>8. I have had years of experience and am 111 >ronuhly acquainted with the drug business. A full line of the best ? CIGARS, CltiARETTKS, and Si\l( )K INC* and CHKWINti TOHACCO. Kveytiiinu in STATIONERY. T. B. MIMllIlM, >1. I). TAX RRllKNS FOB 1901. Ol'KICK OK (\?KST\ Al'MTOlt OK Yoiuc I'm xrv, Ma m Cakoi.inv. Yorkv ill**. S. I'., 1 >?*? * 1111 ?* i* 1. l'.KK). Oii.lamuiry loot. tlie Auditor *?f Yi?r.v county will begin taking returns of ]iersi>nul propeviv for the liscnl year ininleucine .Inunary I, 11M1. '1'lie law requires all p< a'soiis to return all ihtsoii.?1 property in their Jiossessioii mi .human 1, l?)ui, before the expiration of the tune allowed, winch is I'Vbrnary Ut>, T'll, after which f'lue the fifty jier cent. jKMialty will at taeh todcliiupicnts. All transfers of real ysiafe since last return must he noted, as indicated on the blank return. All iiuproveim nts by new building or otherwise must be ni voxi. 1'or the convenience of taxjciycrs, the auditor wi ll make t lie b >1 low ui? appointinent to lake ret urns: At Kort Mill, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the li'M, 2nd and 2lth davs of January, 11)01. All males bet ween the age* of "21 and C>? years, except ex Confederate soldiers above the avce of ."?() years, are liable t ? a $1 poll tax. As personal property is to be returned annually, no returns will be taken say- j iii>r. "same a* last year," but must be itemized and sworn to. Heal estate betnp assessud only every four years, can bo returned "same as last year," miles* changes have been made since last return, suck as buying, Helium or improvement*. Lkteli obaugo i a in to be imortetl to tli?- auditor. ? IJS&; W. W. BOYCM, f / / "THE OLD REI THANKS YOU FOR YOUR YEAR ANI) WISHES YOU A NEW YEAR. WATCH THIS SPACE t NEXT WEEK. T. B. BELK,...? if} if} \l F. GRIER, DKALEK IS MATS, SMOES, PANTS, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, DRESS QOODS, HARDWARE, TINWARE, ULA33W AKC, GROCERIES, ETC., AND THE BEST LINE OF POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY IN TOWN. L'oiton Warehouse. Anyone wishing to store their cotton in u clean dry place will timl that wo are prepared to store and insure same in our standard warehouse, near our mill. Our price for storing and insuring will lie 15 cents |*t hale per month or fractional part of a month. Wo will advance money on any cotton stored with us at 8 per cent interest. FT. MILL MANUFACTURING CO. September 'JO, liKMi. Photographs. The best in tlii' city at the price. Cabinets. ]>er dozen. Smaller quantities and other sizes reasonable. 0. J. ItADKR. Charlotte, N. C. No. 1 West Fifth street. J. U. Traywick & Co., DEALERS IN FINE L1QUOHS AND "WINES, * No. 4|Ea*t Trade St. ^^LOTTE. - N C. Wr V$ % titith nmrititim iimb wuu I PATRONAGE DURING TI1E HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 'OR OUR ADVERTISEMENT PROPRIETOR IE OLD RELIABLE STORB.** it it I Kersey and Melton, the popular smooth-faced Overcoating fabrics, have not been neglected this season by the famous Rochester wholesale tailors, the Stein-Bloch Company. While fashion decrees that the roughfaced garments shall rule this season, many men will bo loth to forsake the extreme Hcrvicableness of the Kersey or Melton Overcoat. Those that bear this label are made j from the high-class standard fabrics, but are tailored in the most fashionable forms. One thing is certain, that the man who buys a Stein-Bloeh Kersey or Melton Overcoat this season, will not only bo properly dressed, but he will have a garment that will nracticnl I ly be jnHt as well looking three yen is hence as now. $12.50 to $40.00. ed. \y. mellon & co., CIIAKLOTTE, N. C. Mnil orders promptly filled. I W. IT. IIOOVER, LIQUOR DEALER, cnmorTK, n. c. We look especially after the shipping trade and below quote very close figures. Will be glad to have your otd;rs. Terms ce~h with order. Corn, per gallon, In jug (boxed), $1.50, $1.73 and $2. A II " ~ .... ....1,-uavB goous at $1.75 and $2 VERY OLD. Ryes from $1.60 to $2, $2 50 and $3 50 PC"" gallon. Gins from $1 60 to $2, and $2 50. Genuine Imported "Fish Gin" at $3 per gallon. Apple Brandy, $2.25 per gallon. Peach Brandy $2 50 per gallon. No charge for jug and box on above, and no charge at these prices for Keg when wanted In such quantities. Let ud.ave your orders and .">^lge. A