Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 27, 1901, Image 3
FORT MILL MEHM.L.
Pithy Points Gathered for the Perusal
of Times Headers.
Trof. J. A. Boyd, of Rock Hill, |
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. \V. ?J. Cavoney, of llock
Hill, visited her sister, Mrs. T. (j.
Culp, during the past week.
H f ' > 1 '
ohs. v j rier visucu ner sister,
Mrs. Bolwatv, in Rock IIill Thursday
and Friday of last week.
Capt. W. 11. Edwards, of Chester,
spent yesterday in town soliciting
ortiers for monuments and
tombstones.
Miss Sophie Meyers returned to
her home in Charlotte Friday evening,
after a visit of seveiat days i<>
Mrs. S. K. White.
The 1 -year-old daughter of Mr.
?T. L. Kite It died last Wednesday
afternoon and was buried in the
Fort Mill cemetery Thursday.
Mr. Miles .Johnson, who was well
known in this community, died at
his home in Rock Hill Monda\
morning. JJe was 7"? years old.
Religious services were eonducted
in the town hall Sniui ly afternoon
by a young man employed
atone of the cotton mills m this
place.
The Southern Railway iiov* has
a night operator at the telegraph
oflice in this place. The position
is being tilled by Mr. (). 15. Suggs,
who came to Fort Mill from !>arlingtou
a few < 1;?yh ago.
The meeting which Dr. Thorn->
well has been conducting at the
Second Presbyterian church in
Charlotte closed yesterday. The
Charlotte papers have spoken of
Dr. Thornwell in the highest terms*,
and say that much good will result
from Hie mooting.
At tlif drawing yesterday ttf the
petit jurors to serve the fiist we?*k
of the approaching term of the circuit
four!, .Mr. J>. M. Faris was tlx*
only Fort Mill man itupannelcd.
.Mr. F. T. Peg ram, as a result ??f
the drawing for grand jurors, will
serve during the ensuing year.
A special meeting of the local
camp of Confederate veterans has
been called for Saturday afternoon
at o'clock in the town hall. At
the meeting delegates will he elected
to the State reunion soon to he
held in Columbia and the matter of
uniforming the camp will ho acted
up m.
Friday afternoon a special meeting
of the town council was held
to consider tin? application of a
ltock 11 ill gentleman who wished
to be granted license to install a
slot wheel machine in this place.
Themnehine was considered a gambling
device by the council and t he
license was refused.
Dr. M. \Y. (Jrigg has on tile in
the patent ollico at Washington an
application for a patent on a small
! i nuf rtiinutkf 1*.* ? ?
vented recently. Last, week Dr.
(jrrigg showed his invention to a
represent at i ve of a dental supply
house who remarked that he had
never seen anything like it before,
and that, he thought it. worth thousands
of dollars.
In the absence of Dr. .1. II.
Thornwell. the pulpit, of the Presbyterian
church in this place was
tilled Sunday morning and eveniag
by the Kev. H. W. Moon, assistant.
pastor of the Sect nd Presbyterian
church in Charlotte.
Though a young man, M r. Moon is
a forceful speaker, and impress* d
all who heard him with his earnestness.
Sunday afternoon he preached
at Six Mile Presbyterian church,
near Wuxhaw, N. (\, of which lie
wns pastor some time ago.
A letter has been received in
this place from Mr. Parle Cousart,
one of the Fort Mill young men
who volunteered in the I nitial
States army a few weeks ago. Instead
of being sent to Sail Francisco
to embark for Manila, Mr.
Cousart was ordered to Fort Mcpherson,
near Atlanta, where the
regiment to which he was assigned
-,.~....:o..i
in uvifi^ i?-\ i iiiiriii j m < - j m i <i n ?i > i*?
service in the Philippines. He
writes that the food furnished the
soldiers nt Fort MePhorson is none
too good, and Hint In' is drinking
Brynn colTeo ll> grains of colTee
to 1 gallon of water.
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No lidltorn ill Hell.
An editor died and slowly wended
his way to hell. The de\ il met
him and said: "For many years
hast thou home the hlatue for the
errors thy printers have made in
the paper. The printers have
deviled thee on Saturday eve for
wages when thou hadst not n red to
thy name. Men have taken thy
paper without paying a cent. yea.
verily, and cursed thee for not
issuing a better one. Thou canst
not come in. In this place there
will be a continual dunning of de
linquent subscribers ( hell is full
of them) and the sad wailing of
the town killer will he like unto
an amateur brass band playing a
dirge in rag time, ltegone! Heaven
is your home
J
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DcaIIi oi u Youuk ."Ian.
Mr. Charlie Wntkius. I In* you tin '
gentlenthi whoso serious illness
wjiB noted in those columns lust
week, died of consumption at ins
home in this place Inst Wednesday
triontiti;;. Mr. Wntkins was only
lb yrais old. and imu-li sy in pat hy
was expressed for his mother. Mrs.
Kate \\ alkitis, whoso only child ho
was. Two years n^o ho ontorod a
commercial college in Charlotte,
hut was forced to a I m nd* at his st in I
ios last su mm or on account of a spell
of fever with which he wr.sstricken,
and from which In* novel fully recover!
d. In Deeonihor last heroturned
from a visit to Virginia and
seemed inuoli improved, hut consumption,
to which ho was predisposed.
had laid hold upon his
system. Intelligent, courtly and
of magnetic iti>po-i'.inii. ho pivi<
promise ? I developing into a useful
man. !! * was a mouther of the
I'lvshyterinn oliuroli. ami his re.
liiaius wore interred in the Foit
M ill cometoi y Thur.-day afternoon. '
The funeral sermon was preached
by Kcv. Dr. .1. H. Tlinruw. II.
An Appeal t'? Cotton Urowcrs.
I >r. a!.]..>.? Will. ... - f <1... C ..il.
. IV III 11 III* ?l II, ? >1 IIU' ? 11)41 I 11
Carolina < 'utloii tirower.-f Association,
lias issued the following rail
for the cotton growers to meet in
each county in the State on April
(> and take steps to reduce the acreage
of t lie ere]) soon lo bo plant ed :
" 1 o the ( 'ot ion (i rowers of Son t h
Carolina: At the earnest ie?jui.-tof
tin lion, llarvie lordan, ot (Jeoruia.
president of I he Sout hern t \?tton
(1 rowers' Protective Association,
I issue this call for the farmers
of our State to meet at their
respective court-houses < u the tirst
Saturday in April, to eonsidi r the
advisability of reducing the cotton
acreage, and also to discuss
ways and means for protecting the
price of our staple from present
inaiiipulati >ns. If the cotton aerea^e
of the South be increased, the
price of cotton will c" down to <">
ecu's next fall, w hich will result in
the creates! financial calamity that
has befallen the Southern tanner
in years. Now is the time for action.
because t lie price of the staple
for next season will lie fixed
according to the acreage planted
this spring.
"Let every cotton farmer in tliis
State at tei nl these co tint v nicotines
on the first Saturday in April and
determine to protect their property
from utter annihilation."
Death of Mrs. Bailes.
Mrs. Ida Itlankcnship Bailes,
wife of Mr. W. (). Bailes, a wellknown
citizen of this township,
died at St. I Vter's hospital in t'liarlotte
Saturday morning. after an
illness of several months. Mrs.
Bailes was removed from ln r home
wi the hospital alxmt ten days 11^1.
Wednesday ni^ht the attending
physicians decided to perform an
operation, in the hope of saving
her life. The operation was performed
and it was thought Thursday
that she was improving, lint a
change for the worse pel in Thurs,.;.,to
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? ? ? infill Hint nut- III^IIII MIIUIII1.;
mid never rnillicd. Mrs. Indies
was dJ years old. Sln? was a member
of Flint llill Baptist church
ami was a Christian woman ami a
ooorl neighbor. She leaves a husband
and one child, and was a
sister of Mr. C. 1*. BlunkciiBhip.
Her remains were interred in the
cemetery at Flint 11 ill church Sunday
moi niiiyr, the funeral services
heintf conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. Mr. Stouirli.
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South Carolina News.
A warrant was sworn out in
Charleston Saturday for Mrs. Kate
Morris, who, up to November last,
was State president of the \\ . C.
T. I eliuiher with obtaining
money under lalse pretense.
The Hummer school for teachers
will tie held at Converse College,
in Spartanburg, be^innin^ June
JO, ami continuing for about four
weeks. Ladies will be boarded at
Converse College for ?1 1 a month,
and ueiitleineii can obtain acconiinodations
at the \\ ollord College
dormiloricB for from to ?10 per
im nth.
Saturday morning, Frank M.
Flayer, ex-dispensi r at Kin^stree,
was sentenced to the penitentiary
for three years and six month for
stealing dispensary funds from I lit'
State. Sfvou years a^o I'layer was
siiperv isi >rof \\ i 11 in nisi hi r<r n unity.
Ili? litis a wife mill fourteen children,
Iiis youngest mi infant, nn>l
his oldest an invalid from birth.
It is stati il that Col. ?l. li. Ashe,
who roiiiin i 11 id suicide in Yoikvilli'
last Monday ni^ht, h ft a jn rsona!
i'stati' ovit and allow all linhilitii's
of about s. venty thousand
dollars. A n investigation of the
hooks of tin* N or !\ C. ?| t on M i I Is. of
which he w:e- pro>i?h lit. show that
tlm mills arc not onl\ solvent, hut
have a surplus ?>\, r and ah i\e al!
liabilities of thirty-three th u-:iml
dolla A ni e! ill; it the -1' a k
I
holders mid directors of the nulls
was held Thursday, mid Mr. \Y. K.
Carroll was elected permanent president
mul treasurer.
Judge William I*. Wallace died
at his homo in I'nion last Tliur.-rlay
afieiliocn at J o'clock. Judge
W allace had been sick for sonic
time and was thought to he improving.
but had a sudden relapse
Thursday, which speedily result* d
in his death. He was about 70
years old. lie was a brigadier
general in the Confederate arm v.
speaker of the famous Wallace
Mouse in 1877 and ciivul judge,
lie was a learned jurist and not
outranked by any man in the State
in his profession and in public
life. Mis remains were interred
in the cemetery at I'nion Friday
afternoon. The funeral suviees
were conducted at the First Metli
i 11: tg 11 111'< ti
Mis. 1 'rest mi S. 1' r? > ?ks, of I'M gofield,
the \vi(i?>\v of the iii.-iti who
eaned ('lmrit s Sum in'r in I ht' S.-niilf
of tin' I nited States, < 1 ii 11 i f
pneumonia in Norfolk. Yu.. Saturday
tligllt . Till' '1110110 i ?y ltrooks.
wlio was a Congressman. of Seuator
Sumner took plaeo in tin* Sennti>
rliainln'i' on May It
wasono lit t lie t hrilling ant i sl ivory
opisodos boba e t he Civil war. Sumnor
had inaclo a two days* spoooh
on tho "Crime Against Kansas."
in which ho referred unkindly to
tho vonorablo Sonator Ihithr, of
t his Stato. Tl.o s))oooh so inoi nsod
Soulhorn smitimonl that Ihooks
wont to Sumner'n dosk and di alt
him a blow that foiled him to tho
lloor. Siiinni r was unci nsoioiisfi r
several hours and it was throo
yours before lie fully recovered.
Hrooks* admirers gave him a goldlioadt'd
oaiio for this not and roolooti
d him to Congress.
Juil^e I. 1). V.'n herspoon Dead.
A special to Tho Stat.- from
Yorkvilie says that .1 udgo Isaac
Doiinom \\ itlu-rspoon passed away
at his homo in Yorkville Sunday
after an illness of t w.dve d.ays witli
pleurisy, lie was (iS vears of ago,
,owt I... i........ t ... . 1. . a:- r
X, |U tut- IIIMUIH 111(11ily
of Witherspoons, of which the
Uev. .1 <: 11ii Withcrspoon. of I'rincetoll
College, Sillier < f the Deelaialion
of i ndopendenco, was out' of
t lie most conspicuous members, at id
Robert \V it hersponn, ('onLpvssman
from South Carolinn, another.
At I ho be^innino of tlu> war,
Withcrspoon enlisted in the
Twelfth South Carolina rc>r iment
and served until delicate health
caused a transfer to the liraneh of
the treasury department of the
Confederacy in Columbia.
York county was spared by the
Inderal armies, but suffered worst
devas' at ion, if possible, in bs7l and
l>T'J because of the t irut a I Kit Klux
raids of the Federal troops, when
Maj. MerriII, an ollieer in t lie I *. S.
army, received reward for the
arrest of i'Vi rv n!l???mil U n 1* lui
iti111.00111 or ouilty. .Incite Witherspoon
had his hands full assisting
his friends and clients. Not
For years did the county recover
from t his draipmnade.
In 1 S7?? a determined effort was
made to t li row oil't he Kadi en I yoke
in this county, ?Jud?p* Wilherspoon
was nominated for the Slate
Senate by the I )einocrats, and after
a stirrintr canvass was elected with
the I .e??is!ative and county tickets.
He went to Columbia and was of
j^reat service as one of the Democratic!
lea 'era in the Senate, in
which the* Republicans had IS
members and the Democrats I'd.
and were trying to seat Senators
Cray, Todd and Maxwell, besides
placing incut. Coventor Simpson
over the Senate. The stru^le was
lon^, tint, was attencleil with success
at last. After Senator deter
became acting governor, dud^e
\\ ithers]>oon was chosen president
pro tern of the Senate and served
as such until he was elected jtulip*
of the Sixth circuit, in pi ice of the
unic|ue Thomas ). Mackey. After
serving several terms. ?J udjre W itherspoon
voiuntari y retired to piivate
life and resumed the practice*
i' I ?
D! iaw. llr was netlVely eni^a^ed
at the bar at t ho t imo of I lis tii at h.
d udfje Witherspoon was a panservative
man, n ^ood citizen and
a Haft' counsellor, lie had many
fiiriids throughout tlm Slate who
will be doubly grieved that ho has
so soon followed his friend and
rollea^uo, Jud^e \V. 11. Wallace.
A ud.Lfe ! laser, another contemporary
in the reec list met ion and subsei|Uently
on the bench, died not
four nionllis a^o.
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Latimer's ".Metllocrlcy of Ability."
We would not attempt to predict
who will lie the next junior
Senator from South ('arolina, but
we do emphatically protest a^ain I
t he Is 'oil) i lit; of ('nn^ivssmun Latimer
for that position. N\ e do not
ijucstion Mr. Latimer's ?nod inteii
lions, but there are other fpialith s
r<'? piisi te lo 1 ln> inak i n^j of a Touted
Sial< > Senator and these 'jua'.itrs
he is deficient in. If he is a man
ot ability, he has had ample ?.p.
portunity to demonstrate it on the j
floors of (. Ymei ess, and the fact that
ho has not unproved it will hardly
improve his cuanees of promotion.
! I lie has made a single speech of
any note during his long Congressional
career, we are yet to learn of
ii. If he has ever distinguished
himself or hoiioied his State I?v
any unusual service in Washing-'
ton. we are in ignorance of it and
await enlightenment from those
v h > are championing I>is cause, j
No do:c!iet: n of duty, no di-loy- |
ally to his district and State, is
ehar^ed, 'out implv incili?>criey of
ahilitv and intiueuec. something
il!-li iittim: a would-be Senator'
from a i^reat State. I ioien -e Advocate.
These i
i
A re Times
\\ hen one wauls a hair brush or
cotno, ;ui<1 1 eoai.se it is purchased
so inl've<pt< tit ly, it is | ifi* ft* i able to
oet a j*ood (,'u*. \\e have a si In t
assort incut of each, ami other
things in this line. hilmit brushes,
wo have a splendid assortment at
.*>() i-i tits, ittid si \i ral nice Iii'tisiu s
til 2o cents.
If we can't suit v at in ti tooth
brush. yon arc too hnr.l to please.
Another thine, In sides our varied
line of toilet Soaps, we have
the well-known and reliable cleansers
trrandpa tar soap, octagon
s >ap, ivory soap, p< arlinc ami sapolio.
ABBREY'S.
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1 I W: 'V M
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rm:i;itFUL mmiuih'ndinus
add to the pleasure of rating. Tat
r? 'lis of
HAM) BROS'. RINTU RANT
art1 made comfortable. ( )ur well
appointed dining room, courteous
waiters, well conk* d looil ot
tine quality ami moderate prices
make this an ideal place to breakfast.
dine ?>r sup, regularly or oceasii
>nall v.
Hand Bros, rock hiix,s.<
Silverware.
We are addiii" at all times to
our line of Sterling Silver all the
most desirable pieces lor table use.
I'or pre.-ents or use in your family
you can tind iiothine better.
'I'lionc "J77. (MIAKLOTTF, N. <
MONUMENTS,
T T *~1 TV m /-v ? * n??
I miii indent fur tin* (ieor^o \\r.
('link Monument and Headstone
( 'oinpany, <>f K1111nii. \t , nnil
lacks* nvilli', Fill., 111largest concern
i f lilt' kind ill the United
Stab h. Anyone in need of anything
in my line would do well to
call on me for prices before placing
tlieir oiders.
T. I). F H'l.KNKIt, Fori Mill, S. C.
i^eaci my j
AdverJisemerit
next
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New Sprii
We have ii. largest and prettie
in this town. We are a little later t
waiting.
OUR MILLINERY
w*:il ?... : It.- 11 .
n 111 III- i\-|??TliUI V UlirjlOMVO Mils K
Miss Ma hoi A I'll ivy will have rliarj*
ton days trimming paltorns in two
incuts in Ni w York jind 1 hilt inioro, i
I ropuroil to fix you up u hut in tho i
oxpoet to lwivo nil our millinery opo
OUR DRESS C
Arc rcuily f<>r your iusj ootion. "NYo
uhoIi hs to attempt to uoseiibo then
pU'iisuiv in showing you tho pretties
L. jr. MJ
SPRING i
As Keaster coinos on tho 7th, wo
mi Thursday, tho ttli, believing thn
!l Hl'W Il!ll I IV lliltllli.) filC Mini ?!?,?
spin" millinery this season. M iss (
with quite a number of pattern halt
styles for tho season. \\ e i11 vit?.> iti
surroundim* country to conn* to our
huy, mine and see anyway. Any li
who doesn't want it to remain in tl
put a.-ide at oiieo.
Our entire tine of DRESS (U
TI<>NS is complete. In EMBRO
and LAC E, we are the leaders.
Yours for Eastr
MEACHAB
1'. S. ?d iss Curtis, while in Ne\
a ?7."> En neh hat, and her work was
lion s > perfect that the manager of
hat displayed for two days with her
instruction room told Miss Curtis
only a few who received instructioi
Clearance Cl
A
"THE OLD REL
J u order to make ro(
are selling Lor a few d;
WHITER CLOT
We have a l>ii?' st oek
suits and men's fine
onlv last a lew (lavs, ai
7
will i?et extraordinary
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tfc()L'I) IIICKOl
We arc 1 lie Fori Mi
Hickory" Wagons. rl
i>or and need fewer r
wa^on on 1 lie market.
let us sell you an kk( )id
sat isfact ion.
T. B. BELK, ..T,
I
3g Goods.
' wK -Y3M
st 6tock that has ever been shown
han usual, but pot lower prices by
r DEPARTMENT
ensoti, both in stylos and prices,
o of this department. She spent
of the litrpest millinery establish*
ind with hor natural talent is fully
nost popular and latest style. Wo
11 by April 4th.
iOODS, ETC.,
have go many pretty things it is
), hut if you will call we will take
I goods ever displayed in Fort Mill.
?.ssey.
^IPENflNG'
liuvo decided tu have our opening
t a majority of the ladies will want
'This will ho our first display of
'urtis lias returned from Now York
i and her head full of all the new
II the ladies in Fort Mill and the
oj ening. If you do not want to
iiIy purchasing a hat on that day
jo displny, can have it boxed and
)ODS, WASH GOODS and NO11
>i:K V, TUCKING, ALLOVER
ir,
fl & EPFS.
v York making pattern lints, copied
; so nicely dono and the reproducthe
French room had Miss 0111118'
name on it. The manager of the
that Unit was a compliment paid
i. M. & E.
EAT
lothing Sale
T
,1 ABLE STORE."
>111 for spring1 goods we
nvs only all
*
UlXtfC AT COST.
hi?..' i i
wi v iiimii'ii f* <ui(i ooys
pants. This sale will
tnl those who buy now
bargains.
IY" WAGONS*
II agents for the "Old
'hose wagons run lon~
epairs than any other
I (' you need a wagon,,
Hickory." They give
PROPRIETOR
IE OLD RELIABLE STORE "