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* t V , $ltt ,|ort 9$liU Sinus. PU BLISI! E D W KON ES DAYS. Wm. R BRADFORD. Subscription price .... #1 jkt year. t'orrosjuuuioucn 011 current subjecth is invited, but we iln not aj;ree to publish conimuuicutions containing more than 300 words, and no responsibility is assumed for the views of correspondents. As an advertising medium for Uhur- ! lotte, Pineville, Fort Mill, and Rock Hill business houses The Times is unsurI Hissed, lint os made known on application to tlie publisher. luteal Telephone No. 211. APRIL 3, 1001. ft is slated Hint the Philippine 1*1 ntnls, since the beginning??f the | insurrection, have cost the United States $202,583,000 in money, (.M)8 in otliceiH and men killed nnd died i of wunnds, ntul 2,120 in officers nnd men dend from disease. Estimates made by expert ac couuta nts at the treasury department in Washington show that the cost of the nrmy aud navy since ihe insurrection began, February 4. lHb't, has been about $24(),5T)0,OOO more than it would have been had the same rate of expenditure been maintained that prevailed before the war with Spain. In the lust issue of The Commoner Mr. Bryan pnya his respects to David B. Hill, taking as his text Mr. Hill's recent letter to a Demo- , cratic club iu Baltimore. He says that if Mr. Hi 1 menus to condemn | the Chicago and Kansas City platforms he ought to make the attack openly and boldly. The Republicans, he says, prate so much about "safety" and "conservatism" that n Democrat ought not to use the terms without explaining what he means by them. He <Ioes not take kindly to Mr. Hill's surest ion that the Deuioeraey must conciliate the business interests of the country, ami wants to know if the D.muocnicy shall teach the business intere its Democratic principles or at their demand abandon them. He concludes with this thrust: '"Mr. llill is so skilful in the use of words that he Hhould have no } ditliculty in making his meaning plain. It is not necessary for him j to borrow Republican phraseology. He owes it to the party to give ex- . pression to his views in clear and unambiguous language. If he joins with Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Whitney, et al.. in their effort to Republicani/.e the Democratic party he will be a tower of strength to their side. If he intends to cast his lot i with the six millions and more who 1. . t it f *il 1 n/i/* ?oaa i Kfj)i me inku ui io;.fo ana tjuu lie hIi?>iiUl avoid 11)o verbiage tlint Reluibjieansund Gold Democrats have employed to conceal their sinister purposes." AdvcrtUe Your tfuiloen. Few men have more buaincHs than they want?it ia only aueh a man that should not advertise. We nevor heard of a man having more business than he cared f<#. Every merchant desires as large a trade as he can possibly secure, and in order to get it he must advertise. Successful merchants are the ones who advertise, and if you want to know whether it pays, ask them. If you have only recently started in business, your first desire is to build up a trade, and the only way to do that is to advertise?inform i lie people through newspnpers that you are in business and have something to toll them. It is a fact that all merchants do not advertise, but just point out the ones that do not use the column of newspapers iu displaying their business and we will show you men who have not got one-fith as much business as they desire. If you are nlready an advertiser you should not run your ud. a while and then discontinue it. People become accustomed to reading advertisements and when a busineae man drops his ad. they wonder why he did it. In nine eases out of ten they suppose he is not making his business pay or hn.-; no bargains to offer. The war department roeeived information yesterday from Gen. MoArthur that. Aguinaldo has taken the oath of allegiance to the United Htates under the terms of amnesty offered by Gen. McArthur by direction of the President. flic Dual Legislature of '76. Tno death of fion. Wallace recalls vividly to the minds of not a few the exeit- ' ing scenes enacted while South Carolina j was in the hands of a dual government. John S. Vomer, master of Riehlaiul county, was a member of the Wallace ! House, representing < >eonee. Referring | to the priuoi{Mil incidents of that time, j Mr. Verner recently gave the following statements to The State: In the general election of IK70 the Democrats elected a large number of representatives to the General Asrembly, which had formerly lieen overwhelmingly Republican. The election of the delegations from Edgefield and Laurens counties was contested, liowover. The Stato Democratic executive committee , urgerj the Democratic, members elect to J report to Columbia promptly. This was done, and the night before the assembling of the Legislature the Democratic representatives met in Clark's hall and in caucus nominated the following tick- j et: W. H. Wallace, Union, speaker; J110. ; T.Sloan, sr.,Richland,olerk; W. 11. Williams, York, reading olerk; and John Brown, Ilarnwell, sergeaut-at-arius. riio negro secretary of state. Hayne, had in tiie meant into refused to grant certilicates of election to the Democratic contestces from Edgefield unci Laurens, The Rep < licans gathered in the State capitol the day that tlio(Jeneral Assemhly was called to order and elected K. W. Mackey, of Charleston, speaker. The Democrats in a body, headed by the delegations from Edgefield and Laurens, marched to the State capitol, but wore refused admission. Whereuism John C. SliepjMird, of Edgefield, delivered a protest. The capitol building was in charge of Federal troops commanded by Gen. Ruger. The Democrats then i inarched hack to Carolina hall, which is ! now standing in the rear of (he Rich- | land county court-house. The building i is historic in ninny ways, having been huilt of brick still hot from t he smoking ruins of Columbia in lHti.j. In this hall the Democratic members, constituting a ouoruni. thoui/h not a maioritv. oro ?- ? - rv i cooded to elect tho ticket nominated in 1 caucus tlio night beforo. Tho Senate, | which was conceded to the Republicans, ] was notified of the organization at Car- | olinu hall, but took no notice of the body ] and recognized the Republican House, which was in session at the State capital. From this the Democratic House brought action in the State supreme court to mandamus Hay tie, tho secretary of state, to issue election certificates to the Democrats from Edgefield , and Laurens. The Democrats won their points. Then at the suggestion of tho State Democratic executive committee, , the Wallace House decided to get coil- | trol of the hall of the House of Representatives. (Jon. linger agreed to interpose no material interference if the I Democrats would conduct themselves j lieaceably. However, although admission to the building was obtained, it was necessary to pass the iiortals of the Legislative hall. Strategy and force wore [ brought into play. I The Radical House was to assemble at noon one Thursday. The Democrats, singly and by back streets, mado thoir way to the State capitol and obtained admission. The Radicals wore not expecting thi? movement. However, the negro scrgoant-nt -arms, a burly follow, attempt*d to prevent entrance at the swinging doors of green baize. Col. Jos. Orr, of Anderson, thrust him aside. Mr. , John S. Vomer scrambled through the j legs of the combatants and snatched the door o]Mm. The Democrats then tiled in I and (Son. Wallace took the speaker's chair. This was a few minutes before It! o'clock. When the hour of noon urrivod the Republican House officials attempted to get their seats, but were refused. They obtained chairs, however, and sat beside the Democratic officers. From Thursday until Monday ut noon the dual government continued, with two sjioakcrs, two clerks, two of every office. During that time no Democrat. left the hall for fear that he could j not gain roadmission. Food was brought, by thoir friends, and tho legislators slept in the hall. If a Democrat would riso to address Spoaker Wallace,a Radical would then address Speaker Mackey, and both members would speak at. the same time, each trying to drown the other. No j business was transacted or even attempted. In the meantime four negroes came over to the Democratic stiiiidnril I Hamilton and My era, of Beaufort; Wostlierry, of Sumter; Bout on, of Newberry, and another from Fairtield. Hamilton wan the fh*st to make a break. He is said to have been a negro of intelligence and means. He walked into the hall faultlessly attired in broadcloth. laying his l>oaver hat and gold-headed cane 011 his desk, and displaying his revolver, which he had also laid clone at hand, he addressed Jndge Wallace as "Mr. Speaker." The negroes crowded around him enraged. The white men also surged up toward his desk. "Whom did you mean to address as "Mr. Speaker i*'" Telling the negroes to stand back, Hamilton kept them at hay with his pistol nnd said that as soon as quiet was restored he wouldexplaiu whom he meant. The eager crowd fell back and the negro then proclaimed why he would uphold the deoeut political party and would aligu himself with the Democrats. The following Monday at noon, on the advice of Judge Wallace, the Democrats abandoned the hall of the House of Repk, h ndt A*, ak: .--J L V ^ VI - < resentat ives and wont back to Carolina | hull. This was(louo for the mison that no gixsl could be accomplished by renminbis, and it was feared that the terrible strain oil the people would bo followed by disaster unless the tonsioii be removed. j Having now, with the negro recruits, a clear majority as well as a quorum, the Wallace House elected Cien. M. (J. Hutler to the United States Senate. A stand was built in front of Carolina hall, there being 110 buildings betweeu ?l.? xi..:.. ?. 1 *? ? i ii<- n j* it mil I .iiuiu Mii't'i, nun iiivruuoii. Hampton wasinauguratedgovernor tlio oath being ad mini stored by J. Q. Mar- : slml, a Democratic trial justice, now i Senator from Richland county. The Republicans elected D. T. Corbin to tlio United States Senate. Corbin was an alien, but a very capable lawyer. ] No business was transacted, no laws enacted. Resolutions were discussed by 1 the three several branches of the Gonerul Assembly, meeting daily. Dr. James Woodward voluntarily did the printing of the Wallace House, but was afterwards repaid. Just before Christmas the Radical House adjourned and the i Wallace House followed suit. The expenses of the Wallace House were met 1 by voluntary services of the members and by voluntary contributions from putriots\ The next spring affairs were chaotic. The Democrats refused to pay taxes to Radical county officials, but made a contribution to the Hampton government. When Hayes became President, March-t, he withdrew the United States troops from houth Carolina, and the backbone of the Radical i>arty was gone. 1). H. Chamberlain, Republican governor, abdicated and Wade Hampton, the hero and idol of the Democrats, occupied the executive office at the State cupitol. A siiecial session of the (Jeneral Assembly was called, and as there were no funds for the expcusos of the Radicals, the Mackey House was dissipated. However, there were many Re- , publican negroes who sat in the Legislature after the Wallace House gaiued full control, because counties which they represented were undoubtedly Republican. The Future of the South. Col. John S. Mosby, the famous Confmlimilii miilnr imniriknina ? ing article to the current number of ' Leslie's Weekly. The article is headed "The Dawn of the Heal South:" "The real South is just at its birth. The growth of this child of the nation may be gradual, but in the end the South will he far richer and more powerful than the North. In the days to come, the South will become the dominant section of the country. "Without the war of secession the , South could never have honied to attain the future that is now certain. Slavery wus a great incubus, paralyzing natural energy. By abolishing this wrong our war benefited every State south ot Ma- j son and Dixon line. The negroes are producing more as freemen than they { ever did as slaves, and the great mass of the people are better off today than they were under the old ante-bellum system. "Socially, as well us industrially, the abolition of slavery was highly beneficial in its results to the masses, for . slavery was a great wrong ami no community can oxiat in the highest state of happiness when its systems are based on a wrong. "There are the soundest reasons for asserting that the negro's status is Ismnd to improve. While they are not as near to equality with white jteople us they were under tin* system of slave**;*, they are certain to be absored by iiumigra- j tiou and in this engulfmont they will I disappear. This is the natural and wisost 1 solution of what wo now call the 'race ; problem.' "Richmond is the city most likely to j become in time the banking centre and commercial headquarters of this coun- | try, and therefore of tho world. The | days of that famous old city as a political capital are past, but its career as the central i>oiiit of manufacture f6r the whole South, aud from there for the world at large, is just beginning. "While great forces have been working for the. change, industrially and so- , ciully tho political change is hardly less marked. It is well nigh follv todav to speak of tho 'solid South.' That, liy tlui i M ay was a phrase of my own invention, i When Hayes became tho Republican j i candidate for President, I ur^ed in a h letter (August, JH7tl) that it was better i for some Sim thorn men to 8upi>ort him, ( < because if he wore elected his udmiuis- I trat ion must necessarily rest on what- ! over supported it. It M as better for the j Southern people to divide between the ) Increasing sales attes WALTER Tubular Ste Superior in construct over all others in quality improvements, including Wheels, Roller and Ba Simple Foot Lift of great and Track Clearer; a ma: draft and durability. CATALOG* A. A. YOUNG, Agent parties, so that, no matter which side j won, there would Ih? iuoii friendly to: Southern people who would control its Southern policy. This contention is fully realized today, and the 'solid South' belongs wholly to the political past." Agulnaldo. Aguinaldo is 5 feet l inches in height, 1 slender, but strong and supple, and j weighs about 110 }iouiuIk. lie carries' himself erect and looks one fearlessly in ! the eyes. He has yellow skin, ready eyes, upturned eyebrows, short black j hair and j slight mustache. He luts a 1 luick temper and is extraordinarily j \nin. He is 22 years old. He Itcciiiim liiuvnr of bin Inu-n nt tin, ' UK*' 25 and w?k soon afterwards a lender of insurroctors. The SiMuiisli governor-general of the Philippines offered a reward of $25,1)00 for his head. Agaiunldo wrote him "I want money badly, and will deliver my head to you myself." Later a priest api>eared at the governor-general's palace. "lienedioite," he said, ami turned the key in j the lock. He threw buck his hood. A man with a sword stood in his place. It j was Aguinnldo. "I have brought Agninahlo's head," he said. "Take it ami pay me the reward. Bo quick," he added, "fori am in n hurry." The governorgeneral paid the reward. Ordinance Again*t Vagrancy. lie it oiilniued by the intendnut and wardens of the town of Fort Mill, in council assembled and by authority of the same: That vagrancy is hereby declared to be an offense against, the town of Fort Mill, and hereafter any and i all persons within the corporate; limits of the town of Fort Mill found guilty of vagrancy, as defined by Sec. 1184 of the Criminal Statutes of the Stute of South Car-I...II i... -i i ^ VMIIKI, OIKII1 ur |MllllH(lt*tl ny H line of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or hy imprisonment at hard labor for: a period of not less than ten days 1 nor more than thirty days, at the discretion of said town council. Done and ratified in assembly of' council under the corporate seal of the town of Fort Mill this first day : of April, 1901. Attest: T. \\\ McEliiakey, lulendant. I ha G. Smytiie, Sec. and Treas. FOR GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., call on or write to W. H. HOOVER, UllRLOITE, N C. Whem Uoing Out, One's ap|M>arnneo should he a subject ' for compliments, and not of apologies und explanations. Dress is so largely 11 matter of linen that tho laundry question is all important. Disregarding the rule of spic and span tolls severely against the offender The perfect work of the Model Ssteum Laundry. Charlotte. N. C., all the time at short prices has won the general favor of good dressers. Shipments made Wednesday evening. Kd. L. M<;Ei.hanky, Aoknt. ;t t Ha \i rnrtli '? ?aiv vfl L I u? LIIV A. WOOD :el Mowers. ion and finish, ranking r of materials and latest * Steel or Cast Drfre 11 Bearings, New and capacity, Spring Lifter rvel of simplicity, light JE FREE. , FORT MILL, S.C. HAVE YOU About that ni flour the people a lioek Hill nowadt not, it will pay y< by bringing a lo wheat over. ?c satisfy you beyoi ? tions. Try us a c and good flour. ROCK HILL R L. E. BROAY The Deere One-Horse Corn Planter. 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