' FORT MILL MELINIJF.
Pithy Points (lathered lor ttie Pcrusa|
of limes Readers.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hughes arc
visiting Mrs. Hughes'' parents in
Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. II. E. White, of
ltock Hill, are visiting relatives in
this community.
Mrs. 11. F. Uricr and little sou,
'Master Z ei is, are spending a few
days with relatives in Charlotte.
Miss NannieThornwell returned
' : to Fort Mill Monday morning, after
a visit of a few days to friends in
Mooresville, N. (!.
Quarterly conference was held at
the Methodist church in this place
last Thursday morning, llev. Dr.
13ays, presiding el lor of lloelc 11 ill
circuit, attended the conference.
Mr. S. L. Meacham tells us that
tll#? 'lilinno l!i?r? !..? ! I.... I -1
iittx, n itiv ii HV 1 "> UlllKling
between Fort Mill and Rarbersville,
Pleasant Valley and Ardreys
will be completed within ten days.
At n meeting of the stockholders
of tin? Fort Mill Mfg. Company
held recently it was decided to enlarge
the spinning department of
the mill by the addition of new
cards and spindles, for which orders
have been placed. It is said
that night work will be discontinued
at this mill when tins new machinery
is installed.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr. Duncan Wolfe to
Miss Lelia Yongue at the Methodist
church in this place on the
evening of February 11. Mr. Wolfe
is head clerk at the store of L. ?J.
Massey and is one of the town's
most, popular young men. The
prospective bride is the eldest
daughter of Rev. R. A. Yongue,
who will officiate at the marriage.
Prof. A. R. Ranks, president of
the York County Teachers" Association,
requests The Times to state
that the next meeting of the association
will be hold in Rock Hill
on February lti, and that all the
teachers of the county are cordially
invited to he present and take part
in tho exorcises. An interesting
program has been prepared for the
meeting, which it is hoped it will
lie largely attended.
Malloy tV; H >ggs, the Spartan- ,
burg contractors who are to build
the east wing of the dam across
Catawba river for the Catawba
Power Company, Ijegan work with
a large force of hands several days
ago. This wing of the dam will be
more,than 100 yards in length and
will extend from the hill on the
east side of the river to tin? water's
edge. Tramways are being put
down to transport the st<?n?> to be
used in the proposed wing from a
blutf about 300 yards above the
dam. It is also learned that the
foundations for the power hou.-o of
this company are being laid on the
west side of the river.
A farmer whose homo is near
the county bridge built across Catawba
river last summer remarked
a few days ago that a surprisingly
small number of persons have thus
far used the bridge. This state
ment tends to confirm the wisdom
of those who believe that the bridge
should have been located at least
two miles farther down the liver
to have been more convenient to
that part of the public traveling
the county roads between Fort Mill
and other sections of the county.
It is true that the bridge has shortened
the distance between Fort
Mill and Yorkville by several miles,
but it is farther by three miles
from this place to Hock Hill than
by the Nation ford road. The lar^o
amount of trade which some believed
the bridge would divert to
Fort Mill lias not yet appeared
Throwing Money in a Sink.
The bill to appropriate $50,0()0
to the Charleston exposition passed
the House yesterday by a vote of
1)2 to 2.1. This is the same proportion
in which it passed the Senate?
4 to 1. |
Representative J. It. Hnile offered
an amendment*^) reduce the
proposed appropriation from $.")(>,()()()
to Siiil.OOfl bill Iiij ,1......./I ......o
was rejected.
Mr. de Loach was the only York 1
county member who opposed the
appropriation, and ho is said to 1
have handled his side of the ques- 1
tion skilfully. I'
The Mouse cf Representatives.
Lust Friday not lx.-iii._c u busy
day at Tlio Times of!ir?\ the editor
was etiubh d to *_c??to Columbia and
observe tor a short while the personnel
and proceedings of the
lower house ol' the Genera! As.-etnbly.
Much to our surprise, we
were allowed tin- privileges of the
floor, and were iufotnud by the
doorkeeper at the main enhance to
the House that it is not utieommon
to see numhers of citizens occupying
the seals of members while
the House is in si ssion. One would
never see the like at the national
eapitol in Washington, where an
inflexible rule obtains that persons,
oth-T than ex-members and
attaches, must not b> admitted to
the hall of the House of Representatives
or tin- Senate chamber
during a session of Congress.
Members of the General Assembly
would doubtless 11 ml it easier to
?'Vl>i>ilio? ..
w,....... ? V-H- " Dl m 1 HI I
rule enforced at the State eapitol.
l/pon entering the House one is
impressed with tlie hiri^e number
of intelligent fares he sees, Hot that
the House isn't the place where intellect,
should abound on ever)'
hand, but because it has not been
the habit of our people, for several
years to di.v riniinate appreciably
in the soloe.ion of their representatives.
Of course there arc a few
members left who would adorn a
cobbler's bench more becomingly
than their seats in the House, but
perhaps they are 11 at iixluies. All
in all, the llousj appears to be
composed of representative men.
Naturally the visitor remains in
the House only a short time before
his eyes are cast in the direction
of the speaker, and if ho is ox pi etiliL?
to see a line looking man he is
sure to be disappointed, for it can
not be said in truth that the in- ,
cumhent, M r. Stevenson, is pn possisdiij^.
Tall, slender and loosely
made. with a thin crop of sandy
hair, a st ubby mustache of the .same
hue and a head that appears none
too larop, one is not apt to ^uess
the ability of this reinarkaiile man.
fu all South Carolina he is perhaps
the most forceful speaker and ready
debater, with one exe? ption. And
his elevation to the speakership
was due solely to the recognition
of his ability, llad there been any
polit ics in the elect ion, Mr. Stevenson
would have 1 >st, because lie
collies from one of the :nrt*1 spurred
ly populated and poorest eon 111 ies
in the State. He it was who bested 1
the nest- r ?.i the Southern Presbyterian
church, the venerable Or.
Palmer of Now Orleans, in a theological
discussion.
Citizen Josh Ashley, the inimitable
Anderson member, was very
I. :.. I ' ' 1 <
IIIUCI1 III I'VIUI'IKV Hi HIS! r rulMV S
session. At the conclusion of u
speech by Mr. Prince, also an Anderson
member, he and Citizen
Josh became engaged in convorsilion.
They had exchanged few
words, howoved, when one Shelton
stepped up an 1 unterto ok to josh
Josh about, something -perhaps a
vote of Josh's in the 11 use. Josh
did not acquiesce i:i Sh.dton's familiarity;
on tlie contrary, lie gave
Sheiton a swift push with his right
that landed Shellon full four feet
away,remarking to Mr. Prince that
"the next time that fellow annoys
moon this tloor 1 intend to unjint
his jaw, and if 1 d > hit him he will
feel like he has been kicked by a
mule."
While in conversation with Mr.
Beamgnard, of this county, he told
us of the bill which lie introduced
a few days ago "to further regulate
the resist i at ion of electors in this
State." 'idle bill is a good one, and
if it becomes a law our people will
no longer find it nee< ss.ary to travel
more than forty miles to scent 1
registration certiticat.es. in substance,
the bill provides that the
Bounty supervisors of registration
?lmll visit places of more than oOO
population in their counties once
in every general election year for
the purpose of r< ^istei i ie_r such
ipialitioci voters as may present
iheinst !\ es As the Ir.w now stands,
the supervisors of registration can
not leave the Court liousts in the
various counties lo issue re-istr i/
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ti n eerf ilientes. which results in
_:ivat inconvenience in many in- \
stances. Mr. l'ienm>runrd'g hill has
received a favorable committee re-1
port ami will probably pass. *
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York county made no mistake in
sending Mr. \\ . li de Loach to the
House. A sound thinker anil a
Uncut talker, this youn^ man is
easily recognized as one of the
leaders in die llouse. We were
much gratified to hear him remark
that lie did not intend to vote for
the ap(skprint ion of 5?50,t)tM) to the
(diarlostw^ exposition. It is a pity
that a i^?der numh.>r of repre- j
sentatives^do not seem to know
that it is unconstitu!ioiial to vote ]
money out of the Stale Treasury
for such a purpose. One of these
lino days the people of the f ifth
district are goiiirr to < lcrt Mr.de
Loach to Congress. Then we will
he tvpies nted by less avordupois
and more brain.
Nc-jrro Operntlve.i Won't Wnri/
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News and I'our'mr,
The announcement w is made '
yesterday 1 hut tin- Vesta mill, oral
least the textile maehinery. wimlil
be moved to (iainesville, (ia., to '
* ? 111ii? a new iadton factory at that
place and the plant in Charleston ?
will be abandoned. The poor re- I
suit are miplishod from nr^ro la!) ?r 1
is resp msilile for the al> indonment 1
of the property here, and the fael t
that negro labor ran not he made 1
a success in the operation of eot- f
ton mills is at last given a fair and !
tinal tost. The experiment was a
bigger faiini'" than the mill people (
had imagined, and out < f the very
large eolort d p. .pe.lat ion in ('buries- :
ton the management has bet li nnable
to sieure a few hundred men
:ilid wiimi'ii \v I... 1.1 '
.. i? i.w v \/??iu i#v* M>mr u>
siick t<> 1 In* looms.
A representedive of tin* mill said
last niolit that it was unfortunate
tin' property had to !? abandoned.
The diiiieulty, ho said, was with
the labor. One morning tho machinery
would la- started and every
operative mi^ht be present, hut
next morning there were ohnnetH
that tho mill would ho shy a couple
of hundred hands, and it went at ,s
that. The managers did the best
they could. \\ hen t lie negroes U"t ,
tired they would tpiit and u" home, s
and the weeks spent in training t
and iittimr them for the work t.
amotmled to nothing.
Mill people throughout the South
have been watching the Charleston u
experiment with a ureal deal of f
interest and it was doubted if it
would be a .success. The general
laziness < f the nouro and his trill
inu disposition made the mill people
b- liove that his habits would t
not he steady enough to lit him for
steady employment, and this has
ah mi proven to lie the ease. The j
ne^ro could not stand the confined |
nature ?if the work and, unlike tinwhite
people, tlu-y did not have to a
depend on the null salary as a J
means of snpp >ri. ?
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School Books.
\V. II. Ardrey <& Co. have the v
agency in this place for the school t
hooks adopted hv the Slate hoard 1
1'
of education under the now law,
which went into effect last Novein- x
her. 'ih use hooks adopted are (
cheaper by nearly one-half than
they were hef ?re the State took a )
hand in the matter. The law says j
that no pay warrant shall he issued i
1 >y any hoard of trustees or up- *
proved hy any county superintend- |
ent of education in favor of any '
teacher who, after duly 1st, 1001, <
Usos hooks other than the ones *
adopted. The publishers required
this guarantee in consideration of
the low prices at which the hooks
are offered. It "
\\ AVl KI) I'urehaseis for 100
bushels of Seed I'eas.
11 undies and Voting.
WOOB WAITED.
WANTED AT ONCE ONE
'JTTOESANDCOKDSOF FOCKFOOT
WOOD AT OFK YAED *
XKAIl FORT MILL.
CH4LGTTE BRICK CO. \
HHf
v
UillLDKEN
WonK1 inurh prefer that you
jive thein
Tasteless Cast or Qir.
They like to liek the spoon. It)
elits ]> T bottle, at
AUDEEFS,
\YK THANK Ul'Ll .MANY
Ml* t?- ?v
i.i it.A l irs M ?K it. i .i ii LI I>BKAIi
UATUONAU 11 1) 1' Ii 1 N(J
rilK V KA Ii AND WISH Til KM
\LL
A Happy lew Year.
cy/it' v. vw
u "nuv**^
l hone uuari.otti:, n.i\
1 Meat Market
At which reasonable pri os pivloininnte
has at last hrcu estabished
in the .loin s building, on
VIaiii street, where the choicest
J1:1: 1\ l'OINv and S.WSAdK
an he had at anytime. You have
iccii pa\ i;e_: ! l2 1 cents per | omid
'.?r Uotind Steak. I'il sell you the
lest at 10 cents. I'MS11 and < ?YS- ,
I'M US (in every style > Saturdays,
live uie your orders. "I'houc ! t.
W. E, D EATON.
! : ' ."WJ II :j
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M ilS Us
Iff;St SN
UTTIXH DOWN TO A MKAL
ample in <111 ;i111 ily. excellent in
jnalily, skillfully cooked unci well
lervt'il, the average man is m>t apt
o Itii(l limit willi tho cost. lie
-oukln'L at ?
HAND BROV. RKnT.U1R.ANT
ny way. We serve a most satisuctory
dinner for
lio CENTS.
5a nd Bros,no< u tm.L,sx
3. W.NORMAN a CO.
WHO! FC.AI F tvn OF-taii
LIQUOR DEALERS,
Sox <> >. ... CIIAUI.OTTE. N. C.
I take much pleasure in calling voiiv
ttenti >n to tin vcrj low prices of my
ititj old open furnace Whiskies, winch
or fifteen years have had no equal,
it her for dviuU or medicinal purposes,
laving pur hascd lariye quantities <
)1<1 Mountain Corn \V hiskey at very
nw price.-; last Hiiniiuer when distillers
cere press- d f>>r cash, i am prepared t<>
;i\ special at tent ion h ml \ cry low qnoations
to nuyono wanting anything in ,
ny line. All orders must l?c aecoin atiied
hy cash < r haul; reference.
Ik- earcfu) to examine my price list,
. hi< h includes jug and box:
iwect Mash Corn, $1 ."?( to .?l
)ld Corn Whiskey, very line . 2.on
iood Hose (Jiu, . . 1.<?'?
(est Holland (Jin, . . . 2 00
fine (.ieneva (Jin, . . JS.no
irsf rate Sunbeam Rye, . . 1 (Jo
Sc.st Sunbeam Rye, . . 2.00
'.ne High (Jrade Hyos, JS.00
forth ( arolina Apple lhandy, . 2.2"?
)ld N. ('. Roach hrandy, . 2.r?0 >
'nr.- New hill gland Hum, . . |,7fl
'< ach and 1 loney, . 2.0't '
lock and Hyo, . . . 1.7o
>ld Norman Corn, year old 2..?t>
'ine llottled Whiskies, in close box -1.00
No charge will bo made forked when
on want sacli quantities. i
Most respect fully,
j. W. NORMAN & CO. 1
PftYvTAi i
{ j, 1 om'w ULI^OLO
/V,". \ T M t D T. MARK.
Sjti . ' \ Cwli-.y r.:.: a=d A'.r:;:.
p:s#,
*W$? ' ' -' .v-;J:.:L'>. .i^sS
V. B ARttKKY & CO., l^nfs.
liKPATlt SHOP.
Messrs. \V. P.. Iloke ami N- L. Payne
itive opened u general repair .-%hop in
\>rr Mill and they solicit your work,
lave them she your horses. tf i
i
I. S .4.
JUST ARRIVED?
Hall tar Lead el U
Tin? kind that do not hum out.
for six yonrs and havo novor hail a c;
repairs of any kiml for thorn. Tlio p
stovos of an inforior quality. If you
investigate. If your wood pile is g,.|
niio of our Lender Airtight Heaters.
nmki'8 inoro hoat than livo stinks in a
very short time.
(>ur W1NTKU COST SALK e?
We still have some nice j^ooils on oui
New lot of Fl'lvN lTl'KE u-.il
o\v prices. *
3le? JTn m.R
White Goods,1
>,4> ?
We have received ami opened uj
at the following prieos ?
Oi^andits 1
1 udin Linen 5, 7 1-2.
N aus u ?!v.... .. .... . .... .. .. .
I * 1:ii!i Nunsot !;
IVr.-ian Lawns
Colored and eheeked Dimities
Also a tuil line of \\ hite Liu't', s
throw on our i'(iuiilri'.s a bundle of
short lengths, at I" rts. per yard, and
have a yard h it in a work. Tin so
10 els. a yard. Also loO yards I'iipn
10 rts. another tremendous bargain,
eounler in the renter.
MEACHAM
FAIiMCRS'
Y\ e desire to n inintl our farmer
Complete line of
Shovels, Picks, Hoes,
Tracechains, Eridles, ]
points, Horse Collars, E
FERTILIZERS?-lei
COTTON SEED MEA
Wo will buy Cotton5
them Fertilizers.
HI7C-32ES &
N KW'S AND OPINIONS
of j
NATK>NAL lMl'OKTAXCK.
TilE - SUN ,
A I.ON 10
CONTAINS liOTTT.
Dnilv, by mail, - - $6 n year.
[Jaily unii bundny by mall, $?S a > ear. '
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The Sunday Sun ij
IS TIIK 'ilSHATI'ST K!'\?l>\% \ I W.sI'A IT. II IN li
T1IK Wdlll.l). I t<
Price sc. a copy. By mall, $2 n > ear.
Address TI1H 5UN, New York. t|
For HOUDAY*PRESENTS
TheTanm of i
JUL
Tii" lnr:i[> tli.it doesn't fl.aro nji
yTij-jiv t" !*"> ' 'I lanj{isj?i;i> ; ti l>uti|
* jC. '|Y j <>n t it in I i nit'" "I : IE" l;
* r N !?irt witli,'?i"si you liuvi-i
*
'\ 5 V Orl.i-r I.mips in.iv ho filTered
\t ' 'J they in;n If, int.oiiuirc.il I ., I
sl;..i..*ilw''r lu i-, tlu"i oi.lv one. Tu>- AV
Mir" tie l;un]i')fT';i' <l youi-i-er
l-A*? o:i it ; every lump has it. ( >* 1
OJ<l fjimps IMC
XT, ; * - Vwj call nil vvt-ry !:?? |> want.
fr^< ' ' \\ v.- 'fit 11 imsv I:unp or fi/ovr, nn f>1<
W'-'T s'*'i ; i. iei|. i ii? ni'<unlpil fir other n
V'x ? '' "' ? '? IJ<5W Rochcstrsr
tU 1 '???>'/.' tor.I I e'.l lilff iiiir.- . I III" Ml .J"?
1^-. ..... We or j 51?l CIAI.ISTA in tie J
" i . Conanllai
7tit fOSIItSTEa UiViP no ,
MMnniKtfAM 1MT II | .V ,T r.t t
; 'S
jailer Cook Stoves, S. \
* fcjgw' "
\\V have been selling these stoves
ill for a tire back, nra'? or nnv
rices are no higher than for other
neoil a stove, it. will pay you to
[tin:' low, it will pay you to net
One stick of wooil in this heater
fireplace. It pays for itself in a
%
lutiuuos as lon?* as the n?ods last.
cost count or.
SEW IN (J MACHINES at very
.SSE?.
i'Mis Goods.
? a complete lino of white goods
0, 12 1-2, In, 25 and 35 cIh.
l??, 12 1 2. 15, 20 and 25 els.
5,0. 10 ami 15 cts.
... 12 1-2, 15, 20 ami 25 els.
12 1-2, 15 and 20 els.
Iik i .> i .? 1 .r 1 r?/? .
. . jw, i- i-w, AO UI1U iU (13.
tripes find cords. This week we
!.">() yards of Striped Dimities,
1 we guarantee that wo will not
aio the U\st floods we ever saw at
s For skirts, hoys1 waists, etc., at
Come to see tlietn ?on the tirst
& EPPS.
SUPPLIES.
friends that we are carrying, a
Haines, Plowstocks,
Barbed Wire, Flowtc.
d, Soluble, Kan it.
-L,
leed or exchange for
? TQUETCL
For First class Service ^o to
I WILTON'S - RKNTAURANT,
Opjxtsito 1st Presbyterian clitirch,
t' 11A KLOTT JO, N. C.
test Oysters in tin* city.
Largest lunch counter in tho Stato.
eel West Trade street.
L*S>Y WORK, OOOD PAY.
Make up a elul? f??r the YORKVI 1.1 .E
I KICK, the JUIST family newna|Mfi*
in Sunt h Carolina. Liberal com
' iisutioii to rliibinukers. Scholarships
i ( onverse ami Duo West Female oolites,
worth <>() each, to the young laics
who return ami jmy for the largest
sts. Now is i ho time to begin. Write
us for purl molars.
I.. M. CiUlST HONS,
Yorkvillo, S. C.
r? i>i 4.
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^?For EVERY PAY USeT
5teacly Habits
> or ftmokft, or ennsn vmi
> that loiiks (?<>?..| win n p V
.1110 tlmi you novel- vi ill- 9 ^
lochcster.
you .is juvt (rr>'u\ ffRffirfoj
I.lit f<<r nil uroiui'i it-nod- wrnjTnBM I
mine. liK.ii fur tho noma ( 1
hoinntti'i' wlinllmr you
it one repnlred or <-Bhf-.')'"J*
ial." ' f I imp transform P
v. ii ciiu do it. litit UR / *)
rcBtmrrt of diJcasca of
3f? Turk I'luce X ?.S Barclay St., Now York.