Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE FORT MILL TIMES. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS. j Th? TIMES COMPANY. Subscription price is>r year. Correspondence ?>n current subjects i<? livifced, imt wo do not ujtruc to publish i e mimnnicuttous containing moro than JJ Ki words, und no responsibility is as- j mined for the views of enrrcsimuilents. As an advertising medium for ( lo'te, Pineville, Fort Mill, and Rock Hill business houses The Times is unsurpassed. Rates made known on application to the publisher. T/x*al Telephone No. 2(1. JULY 10, 1001. South Caiol na's Pitnsiun Sharks. The Pension Bureau at Washington ! is making a final ami determined effort to put au end to the frauds which have boon perpotrnte<l in the coast comities 1 of South Carolina. It is roiiuirkable. i that while the pension sharks, mostly j negroes, come from an ignorant, sandhill race, they have shown an ingenuit y for swindling which would do honor to . more cultivated rogues working 011 a larger scale. For years the South Carolina pension frauds have been notorious. Various agents and att iruoys have boon arrested and scut to prison, hut this has not broken up the business, and the Pension Bureau considers the South Carolina oases the most dangerous with which it has to deal. At present, there is a force of agents and examiners at work and the next term of the Federal court it is expected that imlietincuts will lie made out against several hundred negro men and women. The list includes doctors, lawyers, ministers, Nchool teachers, aud, it) fact, men of every calling, who have profited by dabbling in the government claims. It was not until the wholesale iuvosligation was started recently, that tlio j bureau was aware of the extendi-*'* sys.if ?.lilv..~?- T-. "I ? ... ...uuuij. xii viiiinumuu aim Beaufort counties, thousands of negroes ^ liuve lived oil the ill-gotten gains, and it i? not possible thus far to cstiiuuto the total atuouut lost hv the governI moot through false cjuims. When the claims wero presented tlioy hooiiihiI to | btar tjiu stamp of uutloubtod proof and | the atliouuts woro ]K|id without quits- | tioij. Later, however, it was found | that these stamps were of the most . bogus description. , With the roomit oonviotion of tleorge < P. MeClay, a pension attorney, the ex- j niuiuers were able to get a poop into | the mysteries of the system. MoClay's | operations had extended over a ]t?rind | of six or eight yours, During that time | he grew riuh. Men associated with hin> | lived high, and tlpur profits did not <x>mo so mauh from the government us from the individuals whose claims were honored. The money was held back ^ front the pensioners. The applicants wore told that the claim was hold up, and as late as two years after t ho first ' payment was made the agents would begin making payments to applicants. MoUlay was oonsidurod the most dan- j ' gerouH shark with whom tho duimrt- | mout hud to <lual. His work wus so , well done that it wus with ditthmlty , that ovidoijoo against him was soon rod, uud some of tho shrewdest men in tho oil)ploy of the government were sent to follow his swindles. Tho negro hud u marvelous memory. Ho could remember evory papor to which his signature was Used, the names of the witnesses . upi>euriiig on ouch paper uud the time uud place of the signing of the doon- ( moots. Time uud again the government tried to trip him. There were ( more tliun a score of cases made out aguiast him uud ho wus convicted more ] oil general principles thai) on direct proof. The court, however, hud no duuht of his guilt. ? New York Sun. - ? Negro Colonies In the South. A movement is on foot among the im gvoes of Atlanta, (?u., to establish a colony of their own race, ;n which no 1 white people may purtiei|?utoor intrude. ' They have selected a tract of I,not) acres ' of land, about seven miles from that 1 citV. Uisill wllie.il their tn?iw> nl""" I r -I " * 'V *' '?"? ? or more families, to ho incorporated in- ' to 111) association mill to he governed by u board of trustees. Tlioro is :v good deal Of donht about the practicability of tho project, although a similar coinny, milled Mound Bayou, in tho Yazoo delta of tho Mississippi rivor, has boon reasonably successful. ri'b(< result will j depend largely upon the manage- I snout. If the projectors can get a clearlioaded, cool-tcnrpered, energetic man of executive ability, like Booker Washington or Isaac T, Montgomery, who has managed the Mississippi colony, they will get on all right, but leader ship is everything- Montgomery is a remarkable man, unremarkable in some respects as Booker Washington, lie was ouoe a slave of Jefferson Davis, is < puii-vuauittwi, mm huh strong natural ubilitiuh. lie commands the rospoot of 1 everybody, and unlimited ceufideuce ' both in his integrity and ability. Mr. J, F. Itieliardson has been appointed postmaster at Greenville, 'ilia appointment is generally at. < t ributed to the influence of Senator ; McLaurin, of whom Mr. Uiehard- I a<>n baa all along been an ardent admirer, . t Piopused New County. A now county is to be formed in 111in State from a part of Beaufort county and Roberta township iiikI one.half of Coosawhatchie township in Hampton county. It's boundaries will be the (Joosawliatehie and Broad rivers on the nortli and east and the Savannah river on the south and west. All of the rice plantations opposite Savannah on Black river will !> in the new county. It. will contain 5(X) square miles and have a popuIiiiif<11 ,.f 11 niio it ? 1 ? WI i l.,VW. II in n? name this new division Keyword county, and the county seat, will be at Karkeev lie or Rid^eland. It is stated t tint this separation from Keaufort county will be greatly to the advantage of those who live in the section to be cut off, as it will reduce taxes by relieving them of a la roc untaxed population. An Interesting event. Columbia Record. Capt. D. ). Browne, who is in the city 011 a visit from Washington, tells a very interesting story ahout a picture of George Washington which has for yeius been a proniiiient. feature of the photograph gallery of notable men in the hall of the house of representatives. This 1 ict lire was stolen by Nort hern soldiers when tiny made their descent upon and Inirned Columbia and stole everything in si^ht, besides many things out of si^ht and hidden under earth. They could not steal the air, or they would have purloined some things in the heaven above. This particular picture of the ''Father of liis Country' finally ft* 11 into tin* i hands of (ion. \V. \V. Belknap, who was afterwards secretary of wnr under President. Grant. General Belknap tinally returned I lie picture to (lie State, and now it occupies its old place back of the speaker's desk. Captain Browne was sergeant- j at-arins of the house when (in Belknap returned the picture, lie look the correspondence, pasted it ; hack of the picture and nailed on the li^ht wooden back to the pie- j lure. This circumstance is not generally known, and very inter- ' - Htin^ historical documents are pasted on the picture. Captain Browne says the reason lie did this was for the preservation of the correspondence, and lie men Lions the fact now in order that I the secretary of statu may secure ihem, if he sees proper. ? The Cool South. Atmospheric conditions like lioso which have recently tornientul our fellow citizens in New York, Baltimore, lMiilidclphiu, WashingLon and many other cities have, never been known in the South I Atlantic and (iulf states. Since this fearfully hot season befell those localities the south has been the coolest part of the United oiiucN nun iieorgia coolest pail ot Lhe south. Wo reail of a temporal uro of 98. 100 and evon 10'i degrees olHOwhoro yesterday, while t he menu temperature in A t lant a was only 78 decrees, I lie highest only 85 decrees and the lowest 70. The greatest heat in Maeon went only to 88. Augusta to 00 and in hardly any localities in Georgia ilid it rise above that point. In the whole State of Georgia not a single death from the hca*, not even a prostration by it, ha* been reported. Sunstrokes are unknown here.? Atlanta Journal. Cotton Sect! Oil mil* nought. The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, that some time ago obtained entire control of the fertilizer factories in this State, has now closed a deal by which it got [> issession of the most important 'otton seed oil mill in the S:ntn. besides buying up all but one mill in eastern Carolina, this company Iimh bought for $l5.(MX),000 I ho eight mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. Two of the Inigcut in lis of this company are in Columbia. because of the close competition and high price of seed nearly all mills lost money last season. The purchase of the mills will h'litTit t lit* \ ir^inin-CnroIiiin company and may reduce the price of ferlili/,ora. Cotton Heed moid conaiiiH about S per cent of ammonia vhicli is the most costly ingredient n the making of commercial fertiizer. Not owning any mills they iiive heretofore been compelled to ise fish scrap or blovtd to supply 1 immoiiia* Apart from being a lource of ammonia cotton seed is in excellent "tiller" iii the inunuacturc of these goods. l> da'C Wear A ,?m>k ltnt tier beauty was completely birlleu l?y sores, blosches ami pimples till iho used Hnekloii's Arnica Salve. Then hey vanished as will all Kruptions, Pover Sores, Hoi Is, lT leers, Cnrluineles, uid Felons from iis use Infallible for Alts, Corns, Hums, Scalds and Piles, uiv guaranteed. 2 >catT. U Meat-ham's The Strike Situation. In a circular issued from Knoxville, Tenn., to striking machinists after reviewing the circumstances leading up to the strike, the circular says: ! "Not one of our men has returned, or shown any sign of weakness and during this time the company has had agents in over a dozen cities in the North, East and West, trying to secure men. They have spent thousands of dollars and so far have secured less than one dozen skilled machinists to take the place of something like 5,000, who are out. The rolling stock iH fast 1 i 4: i. i a * - . geuiug iinu hiumi a snapp nun it is not only dimerous to t lie bravo men who ride tin* engines, but. to the tiaveling public in general, nnd to add to tho danger, incompetent men sre being put to work on important repairs. Tins must naturally bring about disastrous breakdown on the road resulting in loss to life and bringing sorrow to many happy homes of rnilond men. \V II the public stand such a state of affairs, or will they rise in mighty i (liquation find force this great corporation to arbitrate with their men accor ling to rules of our present civilization? On Friday the Southern railway imported Sit) machinists, boilermnkers nnd blacksmiths to the shops in Charleston, to take the places of sttikers but the men quit work ft short time after reaching the shops. They were not satisfied with the conditions imposed and they decided to walk oat in ft body. Fight strikers carried five of the l'J imported men across the Ashly river bridge in Charleston Friday night, fired pistols over their heads next year. Mr. Hemphill in yet r : young num. just 52. He graduated ' at the South Carolina college, was sent to the legislature from ('lies- | ter county in 1870 and twice re elected. He was elected to congress in 1882, and re-elected continuously until 18H2. A very serious affray occurred near Kock Hill Tuesday. Two young men I)oas and Sims became envolved in a difficulty in the Man- 1 chestt r cotton mill, about two mil- 1 es from the city. Sims struck | Ileus on the head with some blunt insrument. The hitter's skull being crushed. l)r. J.lfi. Mnssey Jr., ( who attended the wounded man, j expected to be able to iift theskull from the - brain, but was afraid of cerebral heuunorrhago. Sims fled and had not been captured Tuesday night. Congressman William J. Stokes died at his home near Orangeburg on Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, i His death was a great shock to the whole communi y. though not tinexpected; for it was known several days ago that little if any hope was enteitained of his final recov- | cry. He had been in declining health for months, yet his desire, to serve his constituency caused i him to forget self and continue at i his official work until a short time hi no* when In* was forced by weak-' ness to give up all of his laborH.1' Tin* funeral was held in the Methodist church at Orangeburg on Monday at II o'clock. -4 ? White Man I urn* Yellow. (treat consternation was felt by the friends of M. A. Ilog-artv of Lexington, Ky., when they saw he was turning yellow. His skin slowly changed color, also his eyes, and he suffered terribly His malady was Yellow Jaundice. It ' was treated by the best doctors, bin< without benefit. Then he was advised to try Eleotrio Fitters, the wonderfa Stomach and Liver remedy, and lu'i writes, "After taking two bottles 1 wa's wholly cured. A trial proves its match-J less merit lor all Stomach Liver and Kidney troubles. Only Ode. Sold by Thus B. Moacham, Druggist. OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT THE TIMES OFFICE J V i iiud 1 hreatened to kill them if I hoy returned. Only two of the live men returned to the city. Oil a Preventative of Oust. Yesterday llio initial experiment with the use of crude petroleum oil oil the mncadntn streets, to keep down the dust was made, says The State. Bright and early yesterday morning Messrs. Graham, Troeger, Scott an others who determined to make the experiment on Blanding street, between Marion and Bull, at their own expense, had workmen ; out* A paint sprinkling pump | with hose and nozzle was used, and \ the contents of live barrels of oil was well distributed over the road way. It promptly soaked into the macadam, and the general appear- i mice of the surface late yesterday ! afternoon indicated that the surface would hold its own. Car- j riages and wagons would emerge from clouds of dust at either end ' of the driveway and as soon as the 1 oiled surface was encountered there ceased to be the slightest indication of dust either from the hoofs of the horses or the wheels of the , vehicles. The gentlemen who aro mnking the experiment at their own ex- | pense personally supervised the j oiling work and are thoroughly satisfied with the results thus far secured. Seven Shot at a Party. There was a tragedy Saturday 1 night ui tln? home of Aaron Chavis, near lieeses, Orangeburg county. Until tlm railroad recently ran through that region it has been cut oil' from the world. There seems to have been a "frolic" at Chavis' house, to which other members of the family and neighbors were invited. Liquor flowed freely de- j spite the hot weather, and neither j men nor woman can remember clearly what caused the trouble, ! but it is supposed a visitor was to familiar in behavi >r to one of the young woman. Pistols were drawn and tired indiscriminately in thecrowdedtoom. When tin' pitols were empty seven peisons were down, including two women. Knowlton Williams and Pope Chavis were shot through the lungs and will die. Mrs. Tom Chavis was wounded twice through both legs. .Miss Mary Piss was shot in the shoulder. Aaron Chavis was wounded in the knee, Tube Hoover in the head and Ansel Williams through the hand. W. P. Williams committed suicide at his home near Septus, eight miles above Anderson, last Saturday. Williams, while serving in the capacity of a constable last fall, Klllllt II IK I I.' I 1 !> < 1 I If...... ....I.... - V w,v/l t tl. Whether <?r not from this caiiRc it will In* l?-f t to conjuncture 1 >(it since then Williams has been <1> pressed in spirits. -? It Dazzles The World. No Discovery in modi* ino has over created one quarter of the excitement that has been caused liy Dr. King's New Discovery for Cniisu nipt ion. It's severest tests have been on hopeless victims of Consumption, Ptiemiioiiia, Hemorrhage, I'Jenrisy and Bronchitis, thousands of wtiom it has restored to perfect health. For Coughs Colds, Asthma, * roup, Hay Fever, Hoarseness and Whooping Cough it is ttie quickest, surest cure in tho world. It is sold by Thos. B. Meachain, who guarantees satisfaction or refund money, isirge bottles ode and ^l.>)0. Trial bottles froo. Items of State News. , It has been decided to run the Charleston Exposition from December I, lttOl, to June I, 1902. Col. W. A, Neat's attorneys have taken an appeal to the suppreme court. The bond whb fixed at $2,000. The annual meeting of the woman's Foriijn Missionary Society oF the South Carolina Conference will be held at Newberry, commencing July 1. At a meeting: of the board of the Carolina Manufacturing Co.. of , Newberry the past week it was de. ided to increase the capital stock, $30,000 to $50,000. Twenty-seven building: lots were disposed of at auction in Coluinia last Friday, the agjjre^ate amount i bein^ $2.*?00. Preprations have been completed ior me laying ot the corner-stone of the Negro building at the Kxposition grounds Thursday afternoon. The total assessment of property in the city liniitsof Columbia for this year amounts in round numj hers to about $5,250.000. Friday night the body of Logan i Dendy, colored was found in a road , near Laurens with the upper part of the body and neck litterally riddled with shot. It was evidently the work of an assassin. An attempt is being made to establish a new post olfice near Rioh M ill to bo called Whitostone Lith. in. Nothing olHciul has yet been done by postofiice authorities. The UC's locomotive that went through a trestle into ButTalocreek, York County, about two months ago, causing the death <>f the engineer, was gotten out last week. Architect Frank P. Milburn of Columbia has plans for a $7,500 Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at Newberry, and a $15,0U) building for Newberry College, The Sutro Cotton mill and machinery, with 24 acres of land nnd tenement houses, at Yorkville, was sold by \\*. W. Lewis, Esq. S. M. McNeal, as agent, b night the oron erty at the upset price of $10,(XX). It is presumed lie bought it for the bondholders. An attempt was made Wednes- ! day night to wreck No. 0(1 the Sea- j board's Atlanta special. Ah the ! train was speeding along northward, after leaving Greenwood, S. C., one ! of the sleepers jumped tho track. I It was found that the spikes had been removed for some distance. John 1). Collins, proprietor of the "l!oe Hive" store at Spartanburg, was shot and severely wounded Thrsday in his store by Clifford Gholston, a young clerk. A (lispute arose about some business | matter, which led to a personal encounter, and tin* boy drew a pistol and shot Co litis in the wtomnch. Physicians say there is very little chance for his recovery. It is reported that Hon. John J, Hemphill, of Chester, will be a candidate for the lT. S. Senate An Bdltc >(' Sad Appeal. A Mississipi editor makes this j appeal to del inquent subscribers: "Fish down into your pocket and diur up dust, the editor is hungry apd the paper 'bout to bust. We have trustee you for several months and d d it with a smile; so just return the compliment, and ti net us for a while. Our wife, she needs some stockings, and baby n eeds a dress; Jimmie needs some b reeclies and !so does Annie and Bess. Pud is on a hog train and fJetfUy is sick with grief, nay, isn't it possible to give a man relief? Shell out those nickles turn loose the dimes, turn 'em loose and whistle and we'll have belter times, there will be fewer patches on the b osom of our pipits, and we'd make tl ie paper better if we had a half a chance. Don't give us that old s? ory, long gone to sued 'bout takii ig more family papers than the ft imily want to read; but help to f< *ed the printer, and he'll make y our tcwu to grow. MOT WHETHER 15 MERE, But you don't care for that. .Tust c all regularly at our Ice Cream I 'arlor and enjoy a cool, refreshing d rink, or a phte of our delicious I ce Cream. 'Phone 43 and we will d eliver any of the above refreshments at your residence. i5IEACHAfl'S DRUG ErtPORIUil. lackxuifliingr ?nd Repairing. I thank my friends for their past i rkvoru nurt in fl>? fninru T II I cuo all in my power to please them aitid merit a continuance of their patronage. ; My thirty years experience in ljjtlacketnitliiiig and llepair work is the guarantee 1 offer. More satisfactory work for less money than you can get elsewhere. ' TdJ-tf A. A. YOUNG Why Do You Throw money away by buy ing a cheap grade of Harness, when you can get the besi Hand Made Harness at the same priceY How is your saddle? Now's the time to have it repaired. Give me a call. ' J. E. MARSHALL, Opp, Central Hotel. Rock Hli.u, S. C. J. U. Traywick & Co., jj DEALERS IN 5 FINE LIQUORS \ AND WINES. I> No. 42 East Trade St. h CHARLOTTE. - - - ' N. C. ? Call Up No. 27, When you want yood, fresh 11 it will pay you to buy from the I Special prices to our country lar^e quantities, Rest IRA G. swm MEAL, FLOUR and F Your attention ia called to the fi First that we tfiiarnntee ButisfaH orn and wheat. Our oapaeity is 1.1' wheat per day. Second, that we buy ear corn, si ity; and aell flour, meal, crushed am ItiiiRb and all mill products at Iowch "ROflir TITf T. nn x> vy wxx XXXLJU Xt\J Don't Make the Mij Of your life f>y H?>ino tn the wro BKK SiIOP, where you will find a ready to serve you. Our patrons nei of holes, rips, outs and fringes. "WV shave! Call at third door of llntik I! CAROTHER RAMBLER and II) J. L. Kimbrell, Agonl Repair Shop. I am still miming u Reualr Fliop at the Sprutt Machine Co.'s shops and will oontiiiun to do satisfactory work ut prices as low as the lowest. On account of the hard times and, scarcity of money, I have decided to cut the price 011 horseshoeing to 40 cents a round. Give ine a call. 0-19 N.L. BAYNE. SilverwareWe are adding at all times to our lino of Sterling Silver all the most desirable pieces for tnble use. For presents or use in your family ...... ?41.: t--4i ? jwu w?n Him ni'uiiii^ uouer, Phone 277. CHARLOTTE. N. C. DR. J. L. SPRATT, SURGEON DENTIST. Offloo in .lone* building. Main Street, Fort Mill, S. C. Mav 8. tf. MONEY LOANED. Wo negotiate loans on improved farms in York county. 7 jicr cent interest. lte-i>ayniont easy. No broker's commissions. Only actual costs of j?erfcctlng loan. Apply to C. W. F. S|*mcer. Atty. at l aw, Rook Hill, S. O., or to undersigned at Yorkvillo, S. C. U. E. SPENCER, Atty. at Law. May N. :5m FOR GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, MUNDIES, ETC., CALL ON OR WRITE TO W. If. IIOOVElt, CII1RMHTE, N C. You^re Ncxtl / ploy only experienced workmen. who ire in attendance at any time you call. Our shop will he found In the Leonard bnililiuir wi.ut Iluir Siiijjeinjj a siKKijnltjr. BII,I.UE A STEVENS. X promptly procured. QR NO FEE. 8ond model, kftch.'w V or ptmtn fur free re|Mrton patentability. K.-.Y lie* W UtoOOtain II.8 end Fuwign I'ateute and Trade -Maria. "(gJ U FREE Fairrat U>nni evrr offvffd to invtBlore ft) P PATENT LAWYERS OF ft* YXARB' PRA0T1CX CiJ 0 20,000 PATENTS PR0CURE0 THROUGH THEM. OC P All bunucM c<>nhaunlikl. Hound aJtim Faithful11) Paenric?. Moderate charter fj) rc. A. SNOW & CO J D PATENT LAWYCRM, IX) ^ Opp. U. S. Patent Office. WASHINGTON, a C.jfc EEF, unci when in need of ICE largest dealers in town, friends and others who want it in rectfully. 'HE & SON. EEI). Mowing facta:? lion in grinding, and exchanging I) bushels corn and 250 bushels lell corn, and whpat of good qual1 cracked corn, wheat brand, midt market price. (Juality best. iLLFR MILLS. stake titf place. Visit the CITY BAR* corps of white barbers always ,er away with their faces tall beautify the face with an easy uildin<?, facing railroad. IS & SON. >EAL bicycles. =3$ Fort Mill, S. C.