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Wm. E. BEASPOP.D.
t- ub ;:>ription pricjj. ... *1 p r year.
Oirrespondenoo oil current snhj-els is
invited. but we do in?t ayree to publish
communications ? <uitaiuinjf more than
SUM) words, and no responsibility is assumed
fertile views oi eorrespaidoni s.
As an advert isin;: medium ' >r t'har-,
lotto, Pineville, Port Mill, and Knelt
Hill business houses The Times is misur- j
passed. Ru;-es made known on applie.itinn
to the publisher.
Local Teleplione No.
JAM ADY IWl.
Tito jjjoml feeling and kindly
spirit Hint prevail in the General
Asseiidty is the most noticeable
feature of the pr? s tit session, savs
t lie ( \i! 11 ill ilia e< irresi?r?i:di?iit ??F t
News and Courier. Kvery out' is
well disposed; 1 here seems to be no
spo did axes to grind: no one seems
t be playing politics to any considerable
extent; the demagogue is
not so ui'.ieh in evidence us hereto- 1
fore; no especial radical legislation
has yet. been pr posed; sotue few
are playing fur p< sitiou in the.'
name of politi s, but generally (
speaking there has not, in a decade,
been such an easy-going, go >d- i
liatured body of good men in Co i
lit'nbia. It is not saying anything '
to the disparagement of other Assemblies,
and it is 11 >t keeping lip >
th<? old-fashioned and hackneyed i
expressions on the snnc line to say ?
that this (i moral Assembly has 1
better material than has been here :
in years. The tendency of the <
limes seems to ho for good and 1
experienced moil to route to the '
(Jouoral Assembly and serve their
State. No olio his yet heard the
appeal to the old-Iime argument of >
country against town or thai pro- I
posed legislation wjih in tin? interest
of the poor man. I p to tliis '
time measures have had to stand
on their own bottom, and the hope
is that none of tho young nun who ?
have such bright prospects will
either appeal to the country vs. the 1
town or the poor-man argument.
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The New Oil l-'lnds In Texas.
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T xas Ins been regarded for
inme years as one of the coming
States in the petroleum industry.
Bays tin' New York Sun. The discoveries
in the neighborhood of '
Jieaumont, the county seat of Jefferson
county, where one well is '
said to be flowing t d.Oo ) barrels of
oil a dav, are the latest and largest
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tind and are situated nearer the sea
than any other wells in the conn
try except in California. lleau- 1
inont is a bustling town and an '
important lumber market about do 1
miles from Lake Sabine in the
extreme southeast, corner of the '
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mate. Largo sums have been
spent todeepen Sabine l'nss, which '
connects the lake with the gulf;
and if the new oil Isold fultils its
promise, only short pii>o lines will
be required to connect it with refineries
and shipping facilities on '
the lake shores.
T xas has been known as a
source of petroleum for more than
thirty years, but it was not t ill 1S;>7
that the production became important.
In IS'It the city of <\>rsicana
sunk an artesian well for a '
supply of water and at feet
struck an oil vein. In this neeidontal
manner l!i large (.\?rsiranu !
tield wnu discovered. 1? was main- '
ly this tield that increased the
output of Texas from el) barrels in (
IS'.).*) to C.C.Otk) barrels in tSt>7. and '
55(1,000 barrels in I SIM. There lias '
been very little diminution of the 1
tlow from the more important '
wells and the quality of the oil 1
compares favorably with that of '
Pennsylvania. *
All the discoveries thes farmade
Tw^nTneoastern part of the State, I I
extending from I'orsicnnn, ahout 'I
50 iniles southeast of Dallas, in '
mi irregular line to near the sen in N
Jefferson county. The territory
ia largo nn<l other important (lis 1
i coveries are almost certain to he I
made in it. Supplying ns we do a *
large part af the world with petro- 4
leu in, the new indications that '
Texas will develop into one of the 1
great oil States arc gratifying. v
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Yesterday nl tJ.oO o'clock n. ni.
Victoria, Queen of Knglnnd and j.
Ireland and Jfchnpress of India, died
??t * 'owes. Isle of Wight. r
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l*ev. I>. t"'sr?ts?M> Passua Away.
Y ?r!:viil(> Yeoman.
Ah ipiietly as a babe falls into
sweet. and natural sieep lias Kov.
Pou<dass Harrison entered into the i
last earthly rest 1he srperation of
tin* present today from tin; j^rent!
tomorrow of eternity. The end
eatne yesterday | Thursday | morn- '
ino nt alout '.t oYlock. This had
been looked for by friends and rel- !
atives alike, and while there is
<lei pest sorrow there is no surprise. '
The evening shadows of old a??e
had been leni;tlienini? slowly until
finally the ni^it lias fallen, and tin*
servant of the Lord litis j^one to;
his reward on !iit^h.
Yorkviile has for many years
been the home of .Mr. Harrison, |
sillli.kiifilt til liici 11 11?? ? 1 I f.? !??? lnic
lived f.?r considerable periods at
oilier places, notably in Lancaster
eountv and at Fort .Mid, in this
county. The last few years were
spent quietly lieie in Vorkville.
(>ur information is that his first
years in this sort ion were spent in
association with the late Rev. Robert
l<alimn in school teaching. lie
was a erad'.iate of I Davidson colleire
and had for Jiltv years been a
minister of the oospel and a member
of Rethel presbytery, having
had during this time clrir^n of
;onie of the htr?jj-\st ehtirehes. I)urinj:
the last few years, on account
>f the eneroaehnuMits of n^e, he
lias not been fitted for continuous
letive work and sueli as lie has
lone lias been speeial work for the
[iresbyteiy. Mad lie lived he wouhl
have been NO years of nj^e next
Monday. For a while lie served
York county as school eommisdoner,
for which work he showed
himself well qualified.
Mr. Harrison married Miss Anrelia
Fatlerson, of Liberty Hill.
Kershaw county, and she survives
him. T<> them a number of chil1
ren were born, two of whom survive
Mrs. Fred Minis,of Fort Mill,
mid Mr. NY. l.\ Harrison, of Yorkvi
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Convict Camp in Had Condition.
Tile report made by the Mecklenburg
^rand jury in Charlotte
last Friday eoiitains sensational
matter in reference to conditions
in one of the county convict camps. :
The report says. "We find Standi
convict camp i:i lmd condition.
There are thirty-six men in chains;
sixteen trusties, two women and
three water boys, one about nine
y? ars old, and we would recommend
that ho be lioiiiul out. The'
prison quarters are too muuII, as
imst of tli.> prisoners are more or
ess diseased. The hunks or I?? ? 1m
in* too small f<>r the men to lie
full length on. Wo also found the
lrinkinjj watt r and cooking water
rery muddy and unlit for use. The
amp |ires nts an unsightly appenrinee,
and we fear would hare a
lendeney to lower instead of raising
the ? it i/.enshi p of the men in
outineun nt. We found them eating
their no als with sticks, pieces
if hark, etc., instead of spoons."
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Help n Dep'eted lie.isury.
In a lono editorial uruino the
'stahlishmeut of a dispensary ia
I lock 11 ill. The 11 era Id says, in part:
"We favor the establishment of
i dispensary in ilock llill, how?ver,
not for the sake of selling
ivhirtky, hut as the only means we
<ee within our reneh of eoutrolling
its sale. That way may not he as
tTeetive as ini^ht he desired, hut
ivi111 a dispt usury in our eity, tiie
uirdeu of hunting down and punshim;
the timers wotdd more larjjjey
fall upon the Slate than upon
his eity, with its depleted treasury. 1
We know there are people in Kock
I I ill who d I s-i ! .>!< vvitli nu :>i ,.nf
pinions in this respect, hut they
inve not investigated the facta as
ve linvc boon called upon to do.
iYe fell assured that we are, an a
natter of morals even, right in our
xnsition. It is better to accept i
iven an objectionable method of
ontrolling an evil than it is to
urn that evil loose upon the coin- i
nunity. untrammelled and with i
vide open jaws, to devour whom- ;
loover it will. '
Dutl Between St holt arid Knott.
J pari anbury Homlil. 1
A duei was lately fought in Tex- >
t oy An* ne -hott and John S. '
Knott. Knott was shot ami Sehott
was not. In this case it was hotter
to he Sehott tlian lyjiott. There
was a rumor that Knott was not
shot an 1 Sehott avows that ho shot
Knott, which proves either that
the shot Sehott shot, at Knott was
not shot, or that Knott was shot
notwithstanding. Circumstantial
evidence in not always good. It
may be made to appear when the
trial 'comes that the shot Sehott
shot, fliot Knott, or, as aceidents
with (ire arms are frequent, it may
he possible that the shot Sehott
shot, shot Sehott hiimolf, when
the whoh alTair would resolve itself
into its original element and
Sehott would bo shot and Knott
would bo not. Wo think, howovor,
that tlio allot Solicit allot, shot not
Schott nor Knott. Anyway, it is
hard to toll who wan ah-.it and who
was not.
MJ.< Counlry Newspaper.
"It is a fashion. 1 know, anion';
city folk to ridicule tho country
paper.'" says a reformed travelling
man, "but I have Ken a regular
subscriber t > tho L'nionvillo IJaiinor
for over thirty years. There's
one evening in the week that I
look forward to with zest.. That's
Monday ni^lit, when I lie;ht my
old pipe, put on my slippers and
lie back in tho batt-rod rocker
for a musiiiL; and dreaming over
Tho liunncr.
"Yes, there it is. 11 'isn't ehanded
a font of typo. I j^uess, in forty
years. Same old, quei r jot) type.
Same old Washington pr?-s3 still
grinds it out, I'll bet, as it did when
1 was a freckled boy and used to
hunt; around the front door of the
tumbling rookery where snowyhaired
Eilitor Moore used to bo
pieKing up the tyor inethodi- *
cully scratching down tin* fact 1 lint
'Miss Sallio Smith is visiting i
friends in our neighboring burg; j
or '.John Loft us is preparing to j
huilil a new barn. Most of tin }
lumber is already on the ground." j
"1 turn to the front page tirst, j
of course, and here, in my 'Local 1
News,' I ascertain that '.Miss .Mary j
Stuart has quite a class of music j
pupils here in town and also conducts
a class at I'altonsburg. .Miss
Stuart has a good quality of musical
talent.1 Why, dear mo, dear
me! don't it beat ail how things do
move! \\ hy, I used to go to the
high school in I'nionville with
Mary Stuart's mother. And many
a time have I hung May baskets
with her and then hung over the
old white paling gate and held her
hand until an ominous raising of
an upper window indicated that a
parent of Mary's mother desired
tlu> daughter's presence within.
"And, let's sec! Why, here's
something: 'Walter Thomas has
been to the city this week, laying
in a new stock of goods, l'etor.
I'd gel is helping out in The Lmporium
during \\ niter's absence." I!
issurprismo how some boys" 11 c<iiih>
up iu tlu? world in spit of poverty
11 ltd distress. Know who tint Walter
Thomas is? \\ < II, sir. he's the
grandson of old I'ap Thomas, as
We used to call liiiu, who used to
live away down then* by the railroad
in that little hut of a place,
and had a cabbage patch around
the house. l)-.\solnte a looking
place as you ever saw.
"I'ap was sort of half-witted and
had a son who I shout I siy was
fully three-quarters willed. A
peaceable, law-abiding well-dither .
he came to be. .Married a bright
oirl, really considerably above the
average, and here the son's become
the leading merchant in I nionville.
This I'eter Ki^el is a relation son,
maybe?of an old foreigner who
settled down in I'uionville and
earned a living at cobbling. Said
to be of noble birth lie was, and
mysterious generally.
"I shouldn't know the fares that
would greet mo on Main street, 1
suppose now. Most of "em come
up since 1 was a boy. 1 wonder
who really has made the truest
Bueees. the boys w ho stayed at home
or those who wore going to conqner
the great world outside. There
were my school mates who married
and settled down in I'nionviJle,
and their sons and daughters are
today's young n. n and women. '
was going to do such hig things
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when 1 struck the city that I
couldn't exactly make up my mind
t<> take time to come back and
court Susie Williams. I kept put,,
tin;; it otf and putting it olT until I
should ?40t a little better and a little
better position until, first tiling
1 knew. Phil Kerns up and married
her and I was left. So, that's
how it is, and ble.-s me if 1 don't
wonder sometimes as 1 muse over
the old thinner if the hoys who
stayed to home have made smh a
miserable failure of it after all.
"So, T read alon^ to ponder ovet
the memories that those qdnin
items in tli;? '.Local News" cnlv
forth. Well, you may poke* fufcj
at the country weekly as yon wir.
but i fail to see wliv the fact I
4lint 'a resid* nl of ITiionvillc has j
lately bought the place of an-,
other resident of I niouville, and
intends to move into it,' may not
he as well worth chronicling in*
the local paper ?>f I' niouville as the
fact that a dog of a fatuous actress
died on the steann r is worth twoeolnmn
pictures and a half-column
desci i pt.ion i n city dailies. 131ahicd"f
I can sec much difference in merit
between a poodle dog editorial in
n city daily and a bin; cabbage just
laid on the desk of \e editor1 of a<
country weekly.
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Mr. ?T. W . lhisbiu, who is now
with the Fort .Mill Manufacturing
Uohipuny. at Fort Mill, has been
in Yorkvillc on a visit for several
iIiivh. Mr. Ilusb'.n is a line machinist.
lie was here with the
Sutro mill a short, while, amf showed
that he uiiderstot d his trailc
thoroughly. There are few jobs
iuui una uicir way into a machine,
simp that In* can not handle.?
\ orkvillo Yeoman
?pnaptlfpiMwraCOBBOFIE. Bend model,
.J or ph-.to f ,r fro* rv?f??rton ps.'mitabilltr. Book "HowW
A'tnOl.taiu 1VS *nd Vorc>u )'ton to of a Trade 2k iftrk?.*"w
A FRE? IWr**5t <rrr <?f?er?d to in* entorp.CfJ
Vpatikt uwrr-u or so teirt pka ticl Ql
Xj "0,000 PATIN'j PROCURED THP.OUfiH T1 EM. $
A Ml builur?(i ? >nt. ..intul. t vitnd adNioo 1 *Jtl?fulyT>
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MATS, SHOES,
PANTS, DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS,
HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
OLASSWARE,
GROCERIES, ETC.,
AND THE
BHST LINE OF
POCKET AND
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
J. U. Tray wick & Co.^i
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQlJOliS
AND WINES,
No. 12 East Trado St.
CITARLOTTK, - - - N. C.
BARBER SHOP.
For lirst class tonsoriul work m> to the
barber shop of W. R. Cnrotlicrs in the
hank build in}?- Hair Cutting, Shaving, !
Shampooing a ml Singeing. Ladies' hair
shani)M? led.
Job Printing
At the
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OLD NEWSPAPERS
Folt SALE AT
THE TIMES OFFICE.
'20 cts. per 100.
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NEW YEAR.
Wo extend to one and
nil u linppy and prosperous
New Year. We appreciate
tlie liberal patronage
bestowed upon us
in the past and ask a
continuance in the future.
During the your
l'JOl you will find our
stock always complete
and up-to-date. When
in need of anything in
the Grocery line give us
a call.
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THE FORT MILL
DRi G - STORE,
OPPOSITE TilC SAVIXOS PANIC,
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.
f can prescribe for you. till prescriptions,
and sell you drugs. I
have had years of experience and
am thoroughly acquainted with
the drug business.
A full lino of the best ?
CIO A US, CI O A R ETT ES,
and
SM( )K IXO and
C11 E \\ IN*G TOBACCO
Eveytimm; in STATIONERY.
T. U. MKACHAM, M. D.
p?5S3S/l
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Mr I f 'MSB
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It's a of Words
to nrjr.li' with the patrons of tho
Model isteam laiuudrv. Charlotte. N. C.
?they know full well that washing
and ironing of everything cleausible in
the line of wearing apparrel is done
properly by us. What we want is for
you to know it. Hence this advertisement.
Will you favor us with a trial
order." We will he happy to call for
and to deliver anything yon may want 13
laundered. I
We make a specialty of laundering
window curtains.
I d. L. ncfcl.tHNAY, Agent, I
l-"ort dill, S. C.
AV. IT. 11OO YEll,
LIQUOR DEALER, *
flllRMUTE, N. C.
We look especially after the shipping
trade and below quote very close
figures. Will l?s glad to have vour
order*. Terms cash with order.
Corn, per gallon, in jug (boxed),
$1.50, $1.75 and $2.
All first-class goods at $1.75 and $2
VERV OLD.
Ryes from $1.60 to $2, $2 50 and
$.? 5? per gallon.
(iins from $1 60 to $2, and $2 50.
(ienuine Imported Fish Oln" at $i
pet gallon.
Apple Brandy, $2.25 per gallon.
Bench Brandy $2 50 per gallon.
No charge for jug nnd box on above,
and no charge at these prices for keg
when wanted in such i|unntitles.
t ct us I ave your orders and oblige,
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