Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FORT MILL MELANGE. Pithy Points Gathered tor Ute Perusal of Times Renders.. Mr. Harvey White, of Graham, C., is iti town. Mrs. M. E. Banks, of Rock Hill, is visiting her (laughter, Mrs. J. Ji. Mack. Mr. Roy Spratt, of Columbia, spent Sunday with his cousin, Mr. T. 13. Spratt. Prof. S. M. Mason, principal of the public school nt this place, expects to attend the summer fschool for teachers at WoiTord college in June and July. Monday morning a young white man employed at one of the cotton mills in this place was lined by Inteudaut McElhauey for being drunk and disorderly Saturday afternoon. Mr. E. 11. Patterson moved from this place to Lancaster last week, j Mr. Patterson had been orderly gprirplllif nF tlm K\ \I .11 I * ! . _ . V wt I ll? 1. V7I I 111 III | Infantry since the organization of the company. Mrs. T. S. Kirkpatrick wont to Rock Hill Sat unlay morning to visit her daughter, Miss Kittte, i who is it st udeiifr at Wint hrop college and who has boon indisposed for several days. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock , Catawba river had risen more than 21 feet, Mini wassaiil to be higher than for 25 years. The new county bridge across the river was not damaged by the high water. Dr. J. LI. Mack is expected to return from lJainbridge (la., next week, after an absence of several : months, during which lie has temporarily tilled the pulpit of tin1 \ First Presbyterian church in that city. Mr. and Mrs. It. E. lloggs ?u*e visiting relatives in Spartanburg this week. Mr. Hoggs is a member of the firm of Mutiny it Hoggs, contractors, who are building the east, wing of the dam for the Ca-i inwna L'ower Uompatiy. A telegram was recoi ved by I)r Thornwell from New York City yesterday stating that an opera- , tiou had been successfully per-' formed on his daughter, Miss Nannie, at the hospital of Dr. (lill Wylie in that city, hiwI that she ivas getting along nicely. Saturday afternoon two driving wheels of the locomotive pulling thenorthliound local freight, which is due in Fort Mill at it o'clock p. in., became- derailed a' the sidetrack of the Charlotte Brick Company, 2 miles south of town. After considerable trouble and delay the engine was placed 011 the track again. In the last issue of tho Yorkville Enquirer, we lind the following item about the Springfield Stock Farm, which is in the northern part of Fort Mill township: "It was established some half a dozen years ago with a view to breeding stock peculiarly suited to the needs of this section, and of superior grades to that found in the bauds of farmers general I}'. Tho management has given much careful attention to the subject, spent l.O~ ..r hi money una uiauc most gratifying progress." The llock Hill Herald says that Sheriff J <ogiin 1 liinUs he has spotted .Kube Stewart, the negro iiihii who killed the disreputable woman at tho camp near the dam of the Catawba Power Company on the .'list <>f March. Monday he sent a deputy who knows Stewart to Hamlet, N. C., where he has been notified Stewart is held under arrest,awaiting identification. If the prisoner should prove to be Stewnit., he will l>e brought back to this county for ! trial. Tho murder was wanton and without provocation, so far as lias been learned. Harrlage of ."IIss flailie flcDuffle. Miss Mollie McDufiie, eldest daughter of Airs. J. 11. Kimbrell, whose homo is near this place, was married to Mr. \\r. L. lilackweldor in Charlotte last Thursday evening at 9 o'clock by the pastor of ii>-. ? - ? . . >V> "NO I iranyifiiini (Ml urrll, j>r. J. \V. Stagg. Miss MeDuHie went from Fort Mill to Charlotte aevernl years ago, but is pleasantly remembered by a great many people in this coinmmiity. Speaking of the marriage, the Charlotte News Hays: "The bride is a native of South Carolina. She has been living here for 12 years, and has made a mini- ; ber of friends. For some years she filled a clearieal position at Alexander's, and in business, as in social life, was highly esteemed. She is a woman ot genuine worth. The groom has lived here for years and in the various business' positions which he lias held has always proved trustworthy,and not only that, but most cububle. At present he is agent for the Standard Oil Company, lie and his bride will ba at the behind hotel until th.ir house is completed.jl j-Closing liicerclses at UulU Mill Acade ny ? tilectlon of Teachers. I The closing exercises at Cold ! Hill academy ure always looked , forward to with a jjjreat deal of i pleasure by the patr >iib and frieiuls of the school, ami a larj?e audience was in atteudnace last evening when the third annual exhihitiou bejjuu with a contest by each class j of the primary and intermediate departments for throe silver medals. one awarded by the school, one by Mr. \Y. F. Boyd ami one j by Mr. W. II. Crook. This evening at 7.J>0 o'clock the I I public debate by the members of | j the composition class will occur, i The subject of the debate will be: j "Resolved, That South Carolina should have a compulsory school law for children between the aj?es of six and thirteen.** The debate promises to prove unusually inter- ' est in g. and will be partieipabd in by twenty youny ladies ami gentle men. Tomorrow evening the exercises ?-;n : i. - ...it wnii 11 ruucTn, alter tln? eouelusioti of which the con- , test for the K. A. Yongue gohl medal will take place. The program prepared for Friday morning, the exercises to be- i gin at ' > o'clock, cousists of more than thirty declamations and reci- ; tatioiis, liberally interspersed with music by the IJohl Hill orchestra. Friday evening the exercises I will close with the student's annual party. At a meeting of the trustees of the school last Friday evening, Prof. Jackson Hamilton was re- I tained as principal <>f the school for another year, with an increased salary. Prof. Hamilton appears to be the right man in the right place. Mrs. Kdua Kdwards, who has been one of the teachers in the school for the past three years.! tendered her resignation. I'oth the trustees and patrons of the school regret that Mrs. K.lwards ' will not be able to teach for them in the future. The trustees then elected Miss Frsula Hlankeuehip, daughter of Mr S. P. hliiiilfi'iicliin i.? an ii--. vacancy caused by the n silent ion of Mrs. Kd wards. Miss Blankensliip will graduate from the Presbyterian college, iu Charlotte, at the approaching coiiiiuenceiiieiit, and is doubless well qualified to till tlu' place. ? Vork Regiment Elects Officers. Pursuant to general onlerNu. 2, York Colin " regiment, I'. C. V., met in Kock ilili Saturday at noon to accept the resignation of Col. S. K. \\ lute. Cnpt. 1j. M. Davis and Messrs. 10. lb Mobley and \Y. -1. Kawlinsou represented Catawba Cainp No. 'J7S and Kev. Dr. J. II. Thornwell represented Fort Mill Camp No. i>20. A telephono message was received from the commandant of Michael denkins Camp at Yorkvillc stating that it was impossible for tho delegates from tiiat camp to attend the meet im; on account of hij^h water, but that any action taken at the meeting would receive the approval of that camp. Capt. L. M. uhvis was elected chaiimnn and Dr. ?T. II. Thorn well, secretary. The secrenry then rend tic following letter from Col. S. K. White: "Fort Mill, S.C., Apr. lit. WOl. '"Tothe Delegates of York County Kegiment, I . C. V. "Comrades: As colonel of your regiment, 1 hereby tender my resignation. The honor you conferred on me some years since has heen highly appreciated, and my object in resigning is that the honor may be shared by others that are more worthy to wear it than I. All of us, in course of nature, have but a few more years to spend, and my prayer is that when we cross the Jordan that we may have a happy greeting from tlnse who have gone before. Sam'l Iv White." ( >,, ....a < i. - -- - 1 * .... ...... h.ii, iiit* resignation ol Colonel White was accepted, and J)r. J. II. Thorn well and Messrs. A. II. Green and K. K. Molilry wore appointed a committee to notify Colonel hite of same in a letter expressing their regret at his resignation. The meeting then determined to elect a full set of officers for one year, and the following gentlemen were elected l>y a l ising vote: Colonel, .lames K. Hart, Yorkville; lieutenant colonel, T. C. iieckhum, Rock Hill; major, Ij. N. Culp. Fort Mill. The meeting tln-n ndjourued, after which the following letter of regrets was prepared hy the coinmitteo and forwarded to Colonel White: "Kock IIill.S C., Apr.20,1D01. "Col. S. E. White, Fort M ill, S. C. 1 "Dear Colonel: Upon accepting your resignation as colonel of th<York regiment the undersigned 1 were appointed a committee to express to you the sincere regret of your comrades that you should have taken this step. The roa ?on given in your letter, "that the lion- 1 /"v.. f "v > or may be sluired by others more worthy to wear it than i," is in keeping with jour dignity and humility. We do not expect your mantie to fall on worthier shoulders, for any of us would he more than pleased to be considered your equal in patriotism and virtue. Your touching prayer for our welfare is reciprocated, ami we earnestly desire the blessing of God to rest upon you and yours. "Respectfully and fraternally. "A. H. Green, "K. R. Mobley, "J. ii. Thorn well."" Is Reese Captured at Last? It looks very much as if Marion R. Reese, who was convicted of murder in York county ulonjr with j Daniel F. Luekie, and was senteneed (?> hanij, afterwards making one of the most daring, ingenious and successful escapes from jail ever attempted in the State, has, after about four years of liberty, been captured. Reese, though n . r - i ...<in .11 iias remained near home it seems all of this time, in- , stead of going to some distant j country. Mow lie has managed to avoid capture with vigorous efforts being made all the while to get him and large rewards olfercd is a mystery and shows that both he and Luckie were men of more than ordinary intelligence. The capture has been made in Oxford, .Miss., and the letter received by Governor McSweeney from Sherilf John R. llarkins Saturday morning is the very tirst tiling that has been heard of either of the men since their escape. Sheriff Ilarkins seems to have no doubt of having the right man. He mentions the woman Ellen Anderson in his letter; she has been supposed to be dead for the last two years, and this presents another interesting phase of t lie case. The murder was a brutal one. Williams, the victim, was shot: down at night in Blaekshurg. The | trial was a noteworthy one. Gen. j he Roy Youtnaus, of Columbia, and Maj. Jus. F. Hart, of York-j vilie, defending Reese.?The Stale. A gentleman familiar with Ihe circumstances of the Reese murder case expr. ssed a doubt Monday morning whether the man now held at Oxford, Miss., is the right ' mu\ says me i oiunibm Record. ; The sheriff wired Coventor MeSweeney .Saturday night. saying that the man answers to the de-j scription and looks like the picture of Reese. He scents to have no douht of the identification. in his first letter the sheriff said Mrs. Anderson was at Oxford passine as the wife of Reese. In this connection the gentleman referred to recalled the fact that a your or two ago a letter was written to the (iatfncy Ledger alleged to have Recti signed l?y Mis. Anderson's mother in which it was stated that Mrs. Anderson hud died, and on her death tied had made a confession that she had killed Williams. If she is now really living it shows that she is quite a shrewd person and will go to almost any extent to shield her lover. Mr. W. II. N ew hold, who is now practicing law in Chester, was State detective tit the time of the j escape and lie made an effort to capture the men. (inventor Mo-J Sweeney has determined to up- i . A i*.. v - i i i - JMM1II. ??i i. ^t'WIIOKl LO go to .MlS- ' sissippi to bring Reese hack. In a telegram h? the governor lie expresses doubt as to whether the , man is really Reese, and says that ' he will send for a picture of him. It may be decided not to send for the prisoner until this photograph is received and positive identification is established ? Alive In tier Coffin. .Mrs. Frank .Marlow came to life while lying in a collin in a room where the funeral services were being held at her home at Merrimac, near Iluutsvilie, Ala., on Friday. The room was fail of triends and t lie preacher was about to begin his remarks when the supposed corpse, which was lying in plain view of the mourners, gasped and drew a long breath. It r i - ? - '? 1 ioiiimi iiiiii ini- inkiy was warm and 1 lint there was a free pulse. A physician was sent for and for more than an hour Mrs. Mnrlow's relatives and friends believed that she would live. She regained Consciousness, but died in a short time. Silverware. We are adding at all times to our line of Sterling Silver all the most desirable pieces for table use. For presents or use in your family you can find nothing better. PUoue *i77. CHARLOTTE, N. C. . The Recent Rage Ik over "An English Wouwu's Love Letters." We have just five I ! copies, paper hound, which will be sold at 15 cents. "lihick Kook" and other good hooks at same price. I ... ! Pocket Dictionaries, leather bound and indexed, 25 cents. Visiting Cards, newest size, 11) cents ft?r fifty. Shoulder Braces for men, 50 ; . cents per pair. All of the above ami numerous other useful articles will bo found at AUDREY'S, ?lien doing (hit, One's appearance should In1 a subject for compliments, and not of apologies and explanations. Dress is so largely a matter of linen that the laundry question is all iiii]>ortunt. Disregarding the rule of spic and span tells severely ' apainst the offender. The jnu fect work of the Model Steam Laundry. Charlotte. N. tall the time at short priees has won the general favor of j;ood dressers. Shipments lmule Wednesday evening. Ei>. L. MCKmianicy, AOKNT. FOR GOOD WTI1 SKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., CAM. <>N (lit WRITE TO AW IT. 1IOOVEll, CHARLOTTE, N. C. To Business Men WE PRINT What there in our line on which you would like quotations f We want your trade, and if ...:o ? us a chance, will .stihiuit samples and prices that will be interesting to you. WE PRINT : | R. M. London ROCK HILL. S. C. For First -class Service go to llimTOYS - RESTAURANT, Opjmsitc 1st I'rcsbyteriau church, CIIA It LOTTK, N. C. i Best Oysters in the city. Largest lunch counter in the State. J'21 West Trade street. Canned i Goods. Tf you need any canned goods, come to see uie for llietn. 1 am very partieu ular about thin p<rt of my stock, iiiid claim to carry the lifst and freshest. Is that the kind you want? A- O. Jones-! Special Barga We are overstocked < want to divide with our c 75c Henrietta, Murk and colors now 55c $3 M< 50c yard wicle Albatros. now . 35c $ 1 I^i 40c Henrietta, lilaok and colors, now 25c $2.50 $1 Henrietta aud Serjje, now . . 75o 75c Si 10c figured Ora^audies, now . . 7'2c 15c Sj liest tblico. all at 5c $15 S< 15c Pique, electric blue, now . . 7,ac $10 Si 12'ac Percales, uow 10c $35 Si 12'4c Madras, now 10c 75o BJ $i Straw Hats, now 50c $1.25 50c Straw Hats, now 25c $35 1: And a thousand otliei ous to mention. Call and and compare our prices. at least *20 per eent. L. J. MASS Meacham & E HAYK A COMPLETE LINE OF SIIOl WOMEN AND CHILDREN. LADIES, luivti you ever worn u pair of E jhts? They are manufacturers of ladies' tint Shoes in turns, at $2, $2.35, $2.50 and $3; tl goods are known the country over, and 11 bought for the money. We also have a fill wo have been selling for the past seven ye: FOR THE HA BY we have a line of K tan, at 25 and 50 cents. FOR THE CHILDREN we have a linn faeturers of ehihlrens Shoes exclusively. YOU NO MEN, call to see our line of Sh for you in vioi. viei calf, wax calf, box call sell at $2, $2.50, $1 and $.1.50, and wo guar tion. Walkover Shoes, at $'1.50, are taking FATHERS AND < JRANDFATHERS: V you. We have a line of Southern Ties, w kangaroo calf, that will give you ease and less occupy your mind. Southern Tics ? t'omr :i>1(1 let us lit yon. MEACHAM <2 Do You Want Good Suit for If so, wo aro equal t< fving every one who come * C ' %' We know our stock is lai brought to Fort Mill, an for anything with you, vo * C ' 7 ? us. We have suits for i are as nice in quality and f in any city, and if you ar / 7 %/ her who think it neces> clothing from an out-of-t stylishly dressed, you are ? %) iflfflEBSE ^ ^ "OLD HICKORY" "the old relia; > *7 * f I \ V Ik hawl?owe^. Shoes, uow . $Jj^i|'i. p'M' tidies Hats, now .... $&$& Ladies Hats, now . lilor Hats, now 40c itilor Hats, now 10b ' Bwiuft Machines, now . . $22.50 owing Machines, uow . . $10.50 owing Machines, now . . 15.00 ton's Shirts, now 50o Mens Shirts, now .... 95c licyclcs, now $25.00 things too numerl see our new goods c will save you SET. * 1 pps j ES AND SLIPPERS FOR MEN, j >iv\v Selby & Co.'s Shoes or Slip- \ ?Shoes exclusively. We have their lieir welts, at $2.60 and $3. These ieer and bettpr Shoes can not be II line of Pay State Shoes?goods irs. id Soles in white, black, blae and made by tho Star Shoe Oo.t maimm oes and Oxfords. We have them * \ ' and kangaroo calf. Theee goods fM| anteo ovcry i>air to givo satisfac- I C the town. /? have not and never will forget ith broad plain toes, in vioi and comfort?two things that doubtre worth $1.40, $1.76, $2 and $'1. 5: EPFS. Spring? > the task of satiss here for clothing, ger than any ever - 5 id if dollars count >u will come to see aWB ncn and boys that 99 it as can be bought H e one of the niim- l|9 sary to buy your g?3| ;own dealer to be R9 wrong. 59 WAGONS. ISLE STORE." ?