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?to? gtosipill fiunrs.
PU?TJ SHKD WKDNESDAYS.
Hui. H. BBADFOBD.
'bsfriptlou price ... ?J |>er your.
rnrreKpondeneo on current subjects 1m
Invited, but wo do not ujjree to pnl?lisli
('onijiiunioiitioiis containing inoro than
'too words, and no responsibility is as- ,
K lined for the views of ?mrrcsi>ondeiit s.
As uii advertising niodimn for Charlotte,
Pineville, Fort Mill, and Rock'
Hill business houses The Tillies is unsurpassed,
Rates made known on upplicn- ,
tion to the publisher.
Local Telephone No. 20.
MARCH 10. UK)I.
Polygamy may lie practiced in ;
Utah without fear of prosecution. |
under a law which ha* passed the
Senate of that State. The now law
grants immunity from prosecution, ;
except under the I iwted States
statute, to all persons living in polygamy.
The Federal statute applies
only to the eelehration of a
plural marriage. The avowed ohjei
t of this act, which is passed at
lictiou of the Mormon church,
is toullow men having several wives
i > ove with thein undisturbed, in
eon.sequence, preparations are al- j
ready bein^ made to resume openly !
p ily^uinoiiH relations.
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Treasury department officials in
Washington have become satisfied
that bubonic plague exists to an
alarming extent in San Francisco, 1
and that stringent inoasnres must1
!). taken to prevent the spread of
the disease. The State authorities
in California have maintained bore- |
tofore that the diseuse has not appeared
there at all, bat they have (
at Inst been forced to admit that j
i
the Washington offici iIh are ri^ht. |
A crisis was reached Saturday when
a commission from California, apj>ointed
by the governor of the
State, appeared at the treasury department
and spent nearly the
whole day in conference with Secretary
Gage and othor officials. The
Federal commission appointed by
Secretary Gage some time ago to
investigate the alarming situation
iu San Francisco, recently returned
a confidential report that bubonic
plague does exist beyond a doubt
in that city, that there have been
at least six recent deaths from the
disease and that there are a number
of cases at present.
South Carolina Democrats who
have watched the course of John
1 j. McLaurin in the United States
Senate will not learn with surprise
that he has gone over to the lie-j
publican party and that he does
not wish to be denominated a Dem- 1
ocrat in the future. He has turned
ins back up m the people who
elected him and he should resign.
This paper has never had any confidence
in McLaurin. In lH97,when
lie successfully opposed John Gary
Fvaus and J. L. M. Irby for the
Senate, we expressed the opinion
that he was a Republican and that
he would oventually desert the
Democratic party. For this The
Times lost patronage and we were
severely arraigned iu certain quarters,
Rut McLaurin has at last
thrown otV the mask which he has
worn for years. Witness the following
article from tho pen of Jos.
I U.I \\T?1.:~
>'in, ituion ?t iiaiiiii^ioii, una up- j
pouring in the Atlanta CotiHtitu:
ion oi Monday:
"Senator McDaurin, of South
Carol inn. is no longer a Detnocrnt.
His name has boen stricken from
tho Democratic cnuciiH roll, and
this has boon done with tint indorsement
of the gentleman himself.
"When Senator Jones, as chairman
of the Democratic stoering <
committoo, began sending out his
notices for the caucus of Demo- I
emtio Senators held last week, ho <
was undecided as to whether ho '
should send a notice to Senator I
McLaurin or should not. The i
South Carolina Senator had ho j
completely broken off his relations <
with his follow Democrats and had <
ho consistently voted with the He- <
publicans, even supporting the f
Philippine amendment to the army !
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WIII, UHU iicimiui UDIU'S WHK (UUIDI- |
fill of his Hiatus, and accordingly j (
consulted several of his fellow Dein- j i
oerats, asking them what oourse he 1
ahoidd pursue toward Senator Mc- 1
Laurin. The matter was discussed ]
ut somo length, and it was finally <
, 1
decided that the heat possible way
to solve the problem would be for
Senator Joiles toc< nsult tf?> w ishes
of Senator McLnurin.
"Thin the Arkansas Senator did,
making it plain that the matter of
party affiliations was entirely in
the Sout h Carolinian's hands. Senator
AIcLauriu asked that his name
bo strieken from tin? caucus rolls,
lie said he did not care to >40 into
Democratic caucuses in the future,
and that he would break off all political
associations with his late
party associates."
?~ No
Child Labor Law In North Carolina.
The present session of the North
Corolina Legislature has decided
not to enact any legislation re?;u
latiug work in any of tlio cotton
mills of tlio State. The operatives
as well as the mill owners were
anxious to avoid any legislation,
preferring to work out the problem
in their own way. An agreement
signed by near.v all the mill
owners of the St ito was submitted
to the Legislature, and this agreement
was accepted in lien of ther
proposed lawregulating labor. Following
is the agreement entered
into by the mill owners of the State:
First. That one week's work shall
not exceed Ofi hours.
Second. That no child less than
It! years old shall work in a cotton
mill during the term of an available
public school. Provided, This
shall not apply to children of widows
or physically disabled parents.
Provided, further. That 10 years
shall be the lowest limit at which
children may be worked under any
circumstances.
Third. That, we will cooperate
with any feasible plan to promote
the education of the working people
in the State, and will cheerfully
submit to our part of the burdens
and labors to advance the
cause of general education.
Fourth. (>11 the basis of the above
agreements of cotton mill owners
and managers we hereby petition
the Legislature not to pass any
labor laws at this session of the
Legislature.
- The
Andersnn Outrage <?).
The special committee of the
grand jury appointed to investigate
the alleged unlawful imprisonment
practiced against free men in
Anderson county, reported last
Thursday and recommended the
indictment of thirteen men. The
committee also recommended the
indictment of J. J. Gilmer, a magistrate.
for misappropriating court
fees. Gilmer's case is of small consequence,
as the amount is email.
He has resigned. The most remarkable
case coming under the
notice of the committee was that of
Elias McGee, who is present*d for
having built a stockade and treated
his laborers as convicts?locked
them up at night, worked them
under mmnl and put shaekels on
them. The report says tintt there
lire not more than twenty men in j
Anderson county who have worked
negroes illegally.
Friday morning Judge lienet 1
signed an ordeii for the present*
inent of the grand jury to he nerved
on thesovernl magistrates in whose
jurisdiction "the slave-holding"
planters of Anderson reside, requiring
them to issue warrants against
the presented men, and hind them
over to court for t rial on the charge 1
of false imprisonment and assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature.
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An Obstreperous Fellow.
Gastonia Gazette, 7th.
The man who brought smallpox
to (rastoniu was sentenced to the
?hningnng Monday and put. to work
Tuesday. His name is Jake Hoi
lingsworth. He had all along been
hi ohntnmormiu M<?rt /?f fntl/??* ? ..!
... , - .* c?im
just alxmt time he was rea?ly to be
lisch urged ho out up jack in general,
swearing he'd throw his old
ilothos 011 pasHors by and give them
uunllpox, and cussing out t ho guard 1
For good measure. He was fumigated,
brought into mayor's court
nul sent to the roads for disorderly
conduct.
Late yesterday afternoon Hoi- 1
lingsworth slipped the guard, broke ,
bis shackles and made good his
?acnpe. Up to this time he has !
/
not been captured. He was pronounced
cured two or three weeks ,
npjo, but was detained as a nurse.
Before beinjj disc-harped his body
was thoroughly disinfected by Dr.
Bunting and lie was <pven new
clothes.
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Hntlced Into Marriage.
In an article in the Charlotte j
News, the Rev. Dr. Holland, of
that city, says: "Seme of us have I
noted with pain certain flippant '
Jl lift it iliool l tier ttini rinw kti iol h.Ii*oh
tisements <>F one Samuel Bailee, J
who, it seems, lives just across the
South Carolina line, lie seems to
ho of genial, hospitable nature.
Doubtless ho believes he is doing
his fellowmen a kind service. No
license is required in South Carolina.
and the common law by statute
prevails. Consent of parents
is not required. It is said that in
South Carolina, which allows no
divorce, matrimony is the easiest
thing to get in to, but the hardest
to get. out of. This saying isveritied
in part in the advertisements
of Squire Bailes. lint it is well to
remind the squire that South Carolina
puts her ministers and her
squires upon their honor. In devolving
upon them the responsibility
of uniting two people in
marriage, she says, 'be n true minister
of the gospel, bo a true squire.'
It is an honor in South Carolina to
be clothed with such sacred respon
nihility. The title 'squire* meant
much in the olden time the lord
of the manor. Think of an ling
lisli lord of the manor standing on
the border line of North and South
Carolina beckoning to the lads and
lassies of the Old North State to
come right alongand have the knot
tied in his castle, irrespective Jof
tlmir age, their circumstances or
the rights and feelings of parents
or guardians! Think of a selfrespecting
minister of the gospel
flaunting across tho line such a
law-defying challenge as this and
boasting of the number of runaway
couples he enticed into his
home to be 'tied together' as man
l t> ...
mm wire: Could he preserve hie
standing in the community, in the
church? Would ho not be in the
true Reuse of the word n breaker <:f
the law, both civil and moral, of
which he is a commissioned master?
Do not both of them drag their
honorable titles in the dnfit, the
very titles which their own illustrious
commonwealth entrusted as
the guarantee of chivalrous and
loyal admission of a most sacred
office? In the name of law they
betray the trust reposed in them
by the State of which they are citizens
and beneficiaries.
"The encouragement thus given
by officers of the law to thoughtless
young people to dishonor their
parents and to esteem marriage a
mere plaything is not only looked
upon by many of our people with
disfavor, but with positive fear and
dread. It is scarcely less than an
insult to parents oil this side of the
line. JJut more, it involves a breach
in the moral law, and Hies in the
face of the golden rule. This rule
knows no State lines and links all
law into a common code <>t right,
justice, truth and brotherhood.*'
No (h)uht the "squire*' to whom
Dr. Holland refers in the foregoing
article is \V. O. Bailes, a notary
public who operates in the northern
part of this township.
Btjjgeat Man in the World.
A youiik French-Canadian giant,
at present in f.Mtnwa, is believed
by his admirers to be the biggest
man in the world. His name is
Edward Beau pre. He is 7 feet 8
inches tall. His weight is .'IP>2
pounds, and his feet are 17$ inches
long. Around the arm close to the
armpit, his measurement is nil inches.
Beaupre is only 20. He is i
a native of the Northwest territory
of Canada. I'd to the aire of 'A the
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younjc tfiant was no bigger limn an
ordinary baby of that nge. From
that time ho grew enormously, until
at tin* age of 10 In* was ( foot
tall. Ho is in excellent health.
All of his brothers and sisters are
jf normal size.
LI) >s EWSPA FEUS
FOlt SALE AT
THE TIMES OFFICE j
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To Business Men
i
WE PRINT
What is there in our line
oti which yon would like
quotations? We want your
trade, and if you will ^ive
us a chance, will submit
samples and prices that
will be interesting to you.
WE PRINT
Y? -S M T
rv. iTi. juonaon
ROCK HILL. S. C.
BARBER SHOP.
For first-class tonsorial work tot ho
Imrhor shop of W. K. Carothnrs in the
bank building. Hair Cutting, Shavintr,
Shumi>nom?ati<l Sin^ein^. lanlios* hair
slia in |h m mmI .
J. U. Traywick & Co.,
DKAL.ERS IN
FIXE LKJUOIIS
AND WINES,
No. 4. Fast Trado St.
CHARLOTTE, - N. C.
KIR
GOOD WHISKIES,
WINES,
BRANDIES, ETC.,
CALL ON WRITE TO
W. II. IIOOV'EH,
CHAKLOITK, N. C.
Co??> W;UMT
It's a Wa^lc of Words
to argue with the patrons of the
Model Steam Laundry. Charlotte. N. C.
?they know* full well that washing
and ironing of everything eloausible in
the lino of wearing apparrel is done
properly by us. What we want is for
you to know it. Ilenee this advertise- i
ment. Will you favor us with a trial j
order? We will be happy t<> eall for ]
and to deliver anything you may want '
laundered.
Wo make a speeially of laundering ;
window enrtaiiis.
td. L. flcELIi 4NAV, Agent,
l-orl Mill, S. C.
Increasing sales attt
WALTER
Tubular St<
Superior in construcl
over all other3 in qualit;
; improvements, includin
Wheels, Roller and Be
Simple Foot Lift of grea
and Track Clearer; a ma
draft and durability.
CATALOGI
A. A. Y()UN(?, A?cn
for HOLIDAY PRESENT
The Lamp of
tTho lamp tli.it ilof ,<n't flnro
to hail ltinKtmgo ; the la
you Ki t it ntnl Mays yoml; tti
iiinl\piirv with, "iioo you liav
"Che ]Ncw :
Oth? r Inmpi niav bo ofTere
th< y mny Im\ in koiiio n
ne^s. there's only one. Thr.
sure tlio lump otTere.l you i<
on it; every lamp bus it. |3i
Old J..(iirif>M 1
Wo cam till every lump wnn
v.'.'int a now lump or utovc. on
islnil, aviw' mnurtfl or othe
l into n New Rochrst
smitl vnu literature "i? the sni>
We ure API'CI AI.ISY.* In thi
umps. Consul
I ? THE ROCHESTER LAMP CO
FRIENDS,
Lend Lis You
The evil that men do
The good is oft interr
oTliough
the Rock
not dead, it lias undergo
ill its miiiinp-fvmmit 111
earnestly requests that
and guarantees absolut
1 ity, quality and prom]
AYe give ;>(> pounds
pounds of head Hour i
grade flour, for every (>()
ROCK 111LL R(
L. E. BKOW:
DAMEM
CORDOVA
Pound paekai
Tn our opinion all good housekt
good coffee. Hi ill on every package o
to tell you of a new wav to make it
in^ ei tl'oe, 1 >iit instead recommend t
CotVee. It hns no superior for puri
in your own old-fashioned way?HI
using thin brand .you will have a del
favorably with any you ever tasted i
this eotl'ee to a great many of our ei
better than any lfi-eent celTee they 1
Save your Cordova wrappt rs, ai
Hughes ?
Springlield Stock Farm.
(1 ragnn U.VSI 7. I
Hereford, Short Horn, Ahcrdcen-Angnsl'uttle;
Shropshire Sheep; Hig Haglisli
llcrkshire Hii^s; Hrnir/c Turkeys,
and Purred Plymouth ltoek and Indian
Game I 'hiekens.
Write for prices.
I. P. TIP )VYDKR, Snpt..
l'OKT MILL. S. C.
:st the worth of the
A. WOOD
iel Mowers.
tion and finish, ranking
y of materials and latest
g Steel or Cast Drive
ill Bearings, New and
t capacity, Spring Lifter
irvcl of simplicity, light
LJ tz. f~ HEi. El.
L FORT MILL, S.C.
:S?For EVERY DAY USE*
Steady Habits
up or miokr, or cam** von
u?p that looks p?mI when f V
is lamp Unit you never will- 9 jCV *
i? it ; that * f i
Rochester. ^gglg/
! you ni " jest as jrood WuWlfTfl
4. 1 nit f..r all aroiinil ^oo,j SCJ^SsSI
AV ?' Korltt <f< r. t.i innko *
niiine, I ...k fur the i.uinu ?- iif"?i3cWS h
k) Varieties ) V ?
tfmlo NPW. /
I. N.i a.a' : r w li.-i 1:1 r inn S-a >-<
oM one repaired or refill- F.
r make of lump transform 5?
er. \*o 1 in iit> it. 1.,'t im f~>. c~\
r treatment of diseases of l-V- \ OC:/
tatlon HRhli. J
>t 3S Park Plara A "II P.arrlay St., New York.
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t
r Ipars...
lives after them;
ed with their bones.
Hill Roller Mills is
me a complete change
id the new manager
; you give him a trial,
e satisfaction, if quan)t
attention merit it.
of head Hour, or 34
uul 4 pounds of lowpounds
of good wheat.
)LLER MILLS,
N\ Manager.
ILLEli'S
- COFFEE.
?es, 15 cents.
opers know liow to make a cup of
f roasted eotfee somebody is trying
We ( tier no new recipe for inako
you our tine brand of Cordova
ty, strength ami richness. Make it
te your mother made it ?ami by
ic-iuus beverage that will compare
it home 014 abroad. We have wolil
lstomern and nil agree that it is
have yet tried.
?d ask to see our premium list.
i Young.
DINING
ROOM
DELIGACIES.
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Yellow California Dessert Pearlies,
JO cents per can.
First quality l ie Peaches, 10 cents
per can.
"(Jwhleii < I lory" fancy Table Syrup,
in 10, v;.j and !."< cent cans.
"Pride of the Valley" Sugar Corn, 10
cents jjer can.
Finest quality Columbia River Salmon,
in 20 ami 2<*> cent cans.
v noire rmgnsn urawn, l.~i rents per
run.
Wellcr's Prepared French Mustard,
lo cents per can.
Home made Jellies ? plumb, blackberry
and peach?in jars, 10 cents.
Choice Fruits and Vegetables always
on hands.
Fresh Bakers' Bread every Saturday.
Send your orders early and bread will
be delivered promptly. |
A. O. JOIVTCS.
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STHKF.T TAX NOTICE.
Skc. 1. Be it ordained bv the Intendant
and Wardens of the town of Fort
Mill, S. C.t in council assembled, That
all i>ersons subject to street duty under
the laws of South Carolina, residing in
tin* said town of Fort Mill, S. C., shall
between the first day of April, lUOl.aiul
the fifteenth day of April, 11)01, pay to
the treusnrcr oj said town a commutation
tax of fwA dollars in* perforin tivo
days' work on The streets of said town
under the direct ion of the projicr authorities.
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Si c. 2. That all persons liable to work
on said streets and failing to pay said
commutation tax or labor as aliovc required
on or before the fifteenth day of
April, shall pay a commutation tax i
<>i r wo dollars and fifty cents or i*erform
five days' lalw>r 011 the streets of said
town, provideal such tax he jsiid or lalwtr
jierformod oil or before the tlrst of May,
11)01.
Skc. That after the first clay of May.
11MH, all delinquents under this ordinance
shall he arrested and brought before
the Iiiteudnnt for trial and if convicted
shall pay a fine of five dollars
or he iinprisoned ten days or sentenced
to perforin ten days' hard labor on thu
streets of said town.
Ratified this 4th day of March, 1901,
A. A. YOUNG, Acting Intendaut.
IRA <-?. SMYTHE. Treasurer.
Blacksmith Shop.
The Spratt Machine Company have
employed BillGtuldy to run their Blacksmith
Shop, and the patronage of the
public is respectfully solicited.