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nrycs KidiVui'c tin current st bjerlw is
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coiMiuunicu*ions containing nitre than
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Slimed t"?? tli" views ??r* eorivsixmfleiits.
As :i:i ndvert isitiff metlbnsi Cut' Charlotte,
1 iucville, I'oVt Mill. and Koek
1 li 11 limitless Iu.'ukch The Times is n:nu?pnssod.
Rates made kivowti on aopbcaj
ion to (lie pablishuv.
Local Telephone No- 20.
JANUARY Hi, 11HU.
Tin- Y'.nkvillo corrcsp indent of
t ho News and Courier remarks thai
*tho action of tin* House < f Representatives
in ? xtendinjjj the time
for the payment of taxes is not indorsed
by anybody in this count)*,
n> far tis my inforinatioii j^oes."'
Well, your information doesn't lt?i
very far, Mr. Correspondent. Fort
Mill township is a considerable put
of York county and practically
everybody over hero indorses "llic
notion of the lfonso of Representatives.'"
? .
Mr. MeKinley has tlu? f^rip and
if ho is half "as Indly fri^htend as
the leaflet's of liis party are. ho is
ritot to be envied. It. isn't Mr.,
MeKinley"s present condition that
has fikdilcnd the Republicans, bnt
1 he po.-sibilities it. calls to their
minds. When Teddy v*as j;iven
the second plttco on the ticket it
was not wit li any idea t lint ho won !<l
over ha President. Tlinl i.s why
even Mr. McNinley'a slight illness
alarms lliom. Tlmy knowthegrip
i.s treacherous.
.
F. Hopkins Smith, n prominent
Northern man, talking before n
social club in Xowton, Mass.. last
Thursday night, after remarking
that "Hncle Tom's Cabin" precipitated
the war between the North
and South.snid: "This book, 'I 'nole
Tom's Cabin,' is the most vicious
book that ever appeared. Lt compares
with Kennan's lirst book on
Russia. I could go into the prisons
of the North today and write a
similar book. Tho book precipitated
the war, and made the North
believe nothing but the very worst
of tho South. We are not an inhuman
people; wo are all alike; we
are Americano. Tt was an outrage
to raise tho North against the
South. The book was appalling,
nwfiii fitui eii11 t..i-.. "
.. I?tavt v t luiiiKu iiuniaixr,
Bryan to Stay In Politics.
\Y. ?J. Bryan'* announced retirement
from national politics lias
made a sensation in Nebrska. It
now hc^ins to look as if Bryan did
not intend that his statement lie
taken literally. He returned to
Nebraska after his Chicago speech
and there was much discussion as
to whether he really intended the
public to accept it as a fact that
he was out of politics.
The following editorial utterance
of the Omaha World-Herald
last Sunday morning, prepared by
Richard L. Metcalfe, the bosom
friend of Bryan and the man who
took Bryan's ultimatum to the
Knnsis City convention, may be
accepted aspretically the uttcrence
of Bryan on th.o subject, as it was
evidently published so that the
Bryan loaders ini^ht know where
their choif stood:
I'Ti.o r,.i.. *i... o > '
x nv; n ion in iru iiri M > i nr ( II I
with those who would construe Mr.
Brynn's Chicagospeeh to moan his
active retirement from politics.
That speoch is not capable of
such a Construction. Instead of
intimating an intention of retiring
l'rom politics, Mr. Bryan emphasizes
his purpose of continuing
actively in the discussions of public
questions, 'I rejoice,'said Mr.
Bryan, 'that in the course of nature,
I have many years in which
to participate in the struggle between
human rights and the usurpations
of greed.'
"It is not difficult, from Mr.
Bryan's speech, to obtain the idea
that he does not expect to again be
a candidate for public office. Indeed,
ho admitted that, in selecting
journalism as a lield for usefulness,
he was not placing himself
in an advantageous position for a
candidate, and he stated that the
field was chosen deliberately because
he was more inserested in
the promulgating of democratic
/
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principles tlmti enjoying any honors
which his countrynum could
! hestow.
"There need he no lnisunder!
stand in _r 01 .'Nir. J'rynn's position,
tie <.o':id n-it, f he would, retire
from active participation in politics.
IF ever in the history of this
country the people needed a (?ryan i
to combat the insidilons influence
| of corporati uis and tni-ta and to '
sneak out in behalf of n covern
iiM'ist administered with a view of
obtaining tlie greatest ^ >?h1 jo 11 it*
greatest number, that, tinio is come.
Mr. Bryan is today the great Democratic
leader.
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Tiltman Wasn't Snubbed,
Senator Tillman makes prompt
and vigorous denial of the report
thut In; wes snubbed at tlie Jacksonian
banquet in Omaha, Nebr.,
on account of alleged r deness on
his part to Win. J. Bryan. In an
interview the Senator says:
"1 can not la* responsible for
imaginary statements which newspaper
report* rs make concerning
my attitude towards -Mr. Bryan in
in the future. 1 no not regret
going to Omaha, as some of the
newspapers have stated. On the
contrary. 1 am glad 1 went, hecause
1 had a royal good time. I could
not have received a greater ovatitui
than that which was given me !
at the banquet in Omaha. 1 gave
iHem 1113- mens < u i?emoeracy 1 :i*n 1
from lii*' shoulder and they whooped
it up for 1110 in ureal shape. I
set thorn crazy when I pitched into
Cleveland. I wish you could have j
heard liioui shout when I tore hint
to pieces, and the rest of the j^anjj
that worsldp at the Cleveland
sUrine, who want to reorganize the !
Democratic party, but who ^o to 1
the polls on election day and vote
tho Republican ticket. I did not 1
pose as a leader of the Democratic 1
party, but I told them that I did I
represent the sentiments of the j
Democratic party in South Caro- ;
linn. I told them thatMt would bo '
premature for tho Democratic par- <
ty to commit itself to any man or ?
any platform at this sln^e of the 1
f^ame, but assured theui that 1
1 . . .
would rather 140 down to defeat '
a^ain four years hence than accept 1
the leadership of or .surrender my '
principles to Hindi a party and to
shell a lender-hip as that Cleveland
crowd. *
Hob liiKiraoll on VV hl*ky ? A Reply.
'"1 send you some of the most
wonderful whisky that ever drove 1
the skeleton from the feast or
painted landscapes in the brain of 1
man. It is the mingled souls of
wheat and corn. In it you will
liml the sunshine and shadow that 1
chased each other over billowy
fields, the brenth of the lark, the i
dew of the ni^lit. the wealth of <
summer and ant 11 inn's rich content,
all golden with imprisoned li^ht.
Drink it, and you will hear the
voice of men and maidens sin^in^
the'Harvest Home,' miauled with
the laughter of children. Drink ?
it and you will feel within your
blood the starred dawns, the I
dreamy tawny dusks of perfect
days. For forty years tlim liquid 1
has been within staves of oak, M
lonuinu to toueli the 1 ips of man." 1
DR. .1. M. lll't'KI.KV's RK1M.Y. j
'I send you some of the most i
wonderful whisky that has ever
brought n skeleton into the closet,
or painted scenes of lust and
bloodshed in the brain of man. It 1
is the ghost of wheat and corn, I
crazed by tin- loss of their natural
bodies, fn it you will iind a 1
transeient sunshine, chased by <
a shadow cohl as Arctic mid- 1
night, in which the breath of '
Inin* grows ley, and the carol of i
the lark given place to the foreboding
cry of the raven. Drink it, '
and you shall have woe, sorrow,
babbling, and wounds without I
cause, your eyes shall behold
strange women, your heart shall !
utter pre verse things. Drink it <
deep and you shall hear the voice <
of demons shrieking, women wailing
and worse than orphaned ohil- '
dren mourning the loss of a father <
who yet lives. Drink it deep and )
serprcnts will hiss mi y<?nr ears. I
coil themselves about your neck
and seize you with their fangs,; for t
'at layt it biteth bke a 8< rprent ,t
V **
and stiugolh like an adder.' Fori
forty yours this liquid (loath has
boon within staves of oak, harmless
there as purest water. I send it ^
t.> you that you may put an enemy
in your mouth to steal away your
brains. And yet 1 call myself
your i'licnd.''
...
As I'o OebJ Paylnjc.
Alone: this time of tin4 year, and ,
especially of a year like the present
one. the struq^le between hou<
sty and dishonesty begins in the i
h arts of many people, says the
Anderson I ntoili^cncer. There are j
so many yood excuses for not pay
iwhat wo owe, now that pnyitig]
time liaa cotno. It is h > much
easier to do.l^e or jmt oil' creditors
than to take the hard earned and ,
Beauty supply of money and pay
up. In fact the temptation is not j
eonlined to those who can barely
or not. quite make buckle and
tongue meet.
The straight forward, manly, honest
way is always the best. Seek
your creditor instead of limiting i
him chase you and make you feel
like an escaped jail bird or a criminal
afraid of detection. Tell him
the whole, direct, honest truth and
make the best arr.anginents you
can. It. will make him respect
you and make you respect yourself
and feel better. The poorer you
are the more impoitant your character
is to you. It is your only,
capital. Aside from everything
else and ignoring all higher and
less practical considerations, remember
that this is not likely to
ho your last year on earth and
that it is likely that you will la' in
trouble ULraiti some day when a
:;ood reputation will see lire friends
for yoti, while a, bad one will deprive
you of thorn when they are
needed; ami reputation follows a
man around the world and clings
to him wherever he goes.
Pay up, no matter if it takes
your i:ist red cent. It will bo bet
ter for you in the end. If you
au pay and won't you are dishonest.
That is the flat truth of it
ind you know it. No matter how
hard it may ho you have no rijd.il
to make it harder for some other
man by holding back from him
what belongs to him. You have
used his stutV, his money or his
labor or whatever it was. IJe
trusted to your honesty and if you
wilfully disappoint him you are
dishonest. Ti.o fact that others
have wronged you jrives you no
excuse for wroneiiiLr someone else.
Anyhow, face your creditor liken
man. Above nil. (lout leave him,
in the lurch and then gonad spend
what cash you have with someone
else. If you owe a man and can't1
pay him. the least you can do is to '
help him all you can by throwing
ill the money you can control in
his way.
-* *Uncle
Sam Owes Us $170,000.
The reckoning of interest from
the beginning the middle of the
century, oven on a modest sum,
leads one into bio figures, as Congressman
Latimer of this State
well realizes. The decision of
Congress as to whether or not certain
interest shall lie allowed will
determine whether the Palmetto'
State owes the Federal government
something like $*200,000, orwhother
the Federal government owes the
Palmetto State over $170,000.
"! have been before the War
Claims Committee," said Mr. Latimer
to a Washington Post reporter
1.4 MM I . .. ...
kidi -luiuwuiiy, if) argue tsoutli
Carolina's claim. 1 think thegovernment
owes our State a big sum.
Dn .! uly 10, 1SJ2, thf government
settled with South Carolina for
money expended on arertunt of the ,
war of 1812 and the Florida war
with the Indians, except $77,028.(12
The interest on this little item,
from .Inly 10.J 1S22, till June JO,
1001, reaches the modest sum of
?:il8,0t>1.0(?. Hut we owe the gov- ;
eminent $125,000 on the bonded
debt incurred in 1850, and the interest
on that up to 1881. when the !
State was ready to pay It,'amounthI
to $123,750. or a total of $248,^7S.
Hut we could not got a settlMiieut
with the government in
liiS" itlthough we had the money
:o [^ ^ml^ antvd to pay. and now
he ipB^p'ment ^'Ohorit ;ey w ant
f \ * .
f ' v c
us to i>ay interest up to date. Tliey
also object to paying interest on
the old unsettled accounts of the,
war of 1S12 and the Florida war, |
although it was allowed many j
years uljo to Maine, Maryland and
Massachusetts.*'
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Buried Treasure Located by a Dream. !
A singular cirtificntiou of a
drc-ntn was the iccent experience
of Mrs. Kachaul Moon s, *?f Texar- j
katia, Ark. In lSf?(J, the year fol- :
n.4i... ..r ?i...
i\??? i tuv v. ???ou \jl mi; orvuuuai (
war. she was living with her hus- 1
band, Mnj. David Moores, on a
plantation about thirty miles south
of Texarkana. They had a large
sum of money, which the husband
took out one night and buried. I
Ten years later he died quote (
suddenly, without ever revealing j
to the wife the hiding p'ace of tihe j
money, and although diligent alvd .
repeated search was made, no trace '
of the tmried treasure was ever
found. Mrs. Moores, who is now ;
more than 70 years old, has re- mnined
a widow, living alone most )
of the time since her husband's
death.
A few weeks ago she had a vivid
dream one night, in which she saw I
in the old plantation, with certain
landmarks, the spot where as her
dream indicated, the money was
buried. In a few nights the drenin
was repeated, and thereafter at in- 1
tervnls for more than a dozen
times, each dream being an exact
repot it ion of tho first. Mrs.
Moores, while a leading member
of the Baptist church, is not at all
superstitious, yet this oft repoded
dream led her to make a secret
investigation during the past week,
when, strange as it may seem, the
lout* lost trenaure was found, and
that, too. at a p.aee in the woods
marked exactly as that so often in
her dreams. The money was all
in $20 yold pieces, and the total
amount was $2,800.
BARBER SHOP.
For tirst -class tousorial work go to tho !
barber shop of W. 11. Caret hers in tho |
bank building. Hair Cutting, Shaving,
Shampooing anil Singing. Ladies' hair
sh.llUjMMMMl.
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Always in
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jfertiliz
cow f{
^ we have on
a srpi'i.y of loose
^ seed meal, per
^ standard soldi
4 i'hate, kaxit a
a pnt ion ? v*n
A aoiit i' \/1
T Kioiit, both fo
Time.
\YK IH'V AND R]
Mclek.
A
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LINES AND Ol'R PI
+ von: INTER EST T(
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THE OLD RELI
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R. F. GRIER,
DEALKll IS
MATS, SHOES,
PANTS, DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, DRESS OOODS,
HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
I
OLASSWARE,
GROCERIES, ETC.,
AND THE
BEST LINE OF
POCKET AND
I
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
Run Right Here
And you will find at the City
Market dining the holidays the!
finest Meats, Oysters, Hothead'
Cheese, Liverelle, mixed and all
pork Sausage as low as the lowest. I
We served you through the sum-j
nu'i* and took no advantage of our j
monopoly and only ask a share of
your patronage during the winter.
SMYTHE & SON.
J. U. Traywick & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQUOKS
AND WINES,
No. -Iv2 East. Trade St.
CHARLOTTE, - - - N. C.
REWARD.
A reward of $100 will bo given to any
party who will give us information nee- i
essary to eonvict tho nialieions person
who attempted to set fire to our mills
011 tho night of Dec. vJ'L Itltto. Partienlars
can be obtained by railing at our
office, Fort Mill, S. C.
Fokt Mux Mko. Company.
! .! 1
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3- '
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1 store.' ?
I
the Lead, j
ERS, \
LED, ETC.
1iasdk a fl'i.l t
Hl'i.Iav Cotton
4
uvian Soli:cle, k
jle, Aoil) plios- t
js*j> ml luate of t
i*u Prices are 4
pk Cash axi> ox ^
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na.,1, nuiiSliS AND v
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COMPLETE IX ALL ^
ICES MAKE IT TO ^
>1TKADE WITH I S.
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A HAPPY
NEW YEAR. , ,
Wo extend to one and
all a lmppy and prosperous
New Year. Wo np
p roc i a to i no lioerni pat- I
ronage bestowed upon us
in tlio past and ask a
continuance in the future.
During tlie year
11)01 you will find our
stork always complete
and up-to-date. When
iti nerd of anything in
the Grocery line give us
a call.
A. O. JONES.
THE FORT MILL
DRUG - STORE.
OPPOSITE THE SAVINGS l'.ANK,
Is the place at which you can always
find everything usually kept
at a first-class apothecary shop.
I am running a drug store, in
every sense of the word.
I can prescribe for you. fill prescriptions,
and sell you drugs. I
have had years of experience ami
am thoroughly acquainted with 1
the drug business. M
A full line of tho best? 0
C1G A US, C1G A RETT ES, I
AND H
SMOKING Ani> m
C11K \YING TOBACCO. ^
EVLVTIUNC; IN STATIONERY.
T. U. MKUIUM. M. D. ^1
& 3 i y
jMgi |
' ~ CouvbiUBT
It's ii \Va?!e of Words
to argno with the jKitrons of tho
Model Steam Liiumlrv. Chnrlotto. N. (J.
?they know full well that washing
ami ironing of everything cleansihle in
the lino of wearing apparrel is (lone
nrtuw?rK? Ki* no W'U.?f *? " * " ? * ?
, t".... " ' "l "" "Olll ?s lur 1
von to know it. Henoo tins advertisement.
Will you favor us with u trial
order':1 Wo will be happy to call for
and to deliver anything yon may want
laundered.
We make a specialty of laundering
window curtains.
Lei. L. flcELtHNAY. Agent.
l:ort Mill, S. C.
W. ir. HOOVER,
LIQUOR DEALER,
IHIRLOITE, N. C.
We look especially after the shipping
trade and below quote very close
figures. Will he glad to have your j
oidcrs. Terms c.-nh with order.
Corn, per gallon, in Jug (boxed),
$1.50, $1.75 and $3.
Ail first-class goods at $1.75 and $2
VERY OLD.
Kyes from $1.60 to $2, $2 50 and
$.? 50 per gallon.
(iins from $1 60 to $j, 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 tor keg
when wanted In such quantities.
Let us I n\e your orders and oblige*
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