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mi . *' '* w * 'V * ' '<ifc gpR %$$$ TKFOETILLTIMES. The TIMES COMPANY. Subscription price . . . . 4) i*r your. I Correspou deuce on oiureut subject* is invited, but wo do not ttftrce to publish j cvnmnu mentions containing more than ! h(X) 'wgnls, and no responsibility is ;:n Kunied for tho views of oorrospondi nts. | As.uu advertising medium for Char lotto, Puiovilte, Fort Mill, and Rock ! {till business houses The Times is uusur- j pissed. Rates made known on applica , Hon to the publisher. Local Telephone No. 20. SEPTEMBER 4, 1001. The Sampson-Schley Controversy. The latest development in the t^nnitiRnii-Sfdilov i'??p is tho (lis poypry of the fact that the Cuban general, Garcia, knew, or surmised, that Cevera wan coming out of the k harbor of Santiago on the morning jpf July 8. His information came v frvjn the refugee French consul at jnantiago, and was, presumably, *? Sampson, 98 there wps a ?ode of signals arranged between Garcia and Sampson for that precise emergency. It would ^appear | therefore, that Sumpson * irdtonly thdught that Cevera might rppie opt at that time, and, as he hasnlreadv claimed, made all nr raugmomohts to stop him should I this happen, but ho actually know fhat the sortie of the Spauisli fleet jyas about to take place, and knowing, deliberately absented himself with on/e of the best ships of the squadron, and was hull down be bind the horizon, soven miles distant, wlrjen the tiino came for him to make his everlasting reputation. jC >11 ascertaining this, Admiral J Schley's friends took immense deiglit in arising and asking with one voice, "Why?" It really scorns, Homotjmes, as if the Schley press ' of tljO'country, which means most of the Newspapers, were one big totteyrogatjop poipt addressed to the unlucky yu/upson. South'e Progress ia Manufacturing. Go SSouth, young man! Gonsid er w|iaf she is doing in cotton spinning. In JHtK) her factorres Used ?45,000 bales of that staple, w|p|e in lUuO they used 1,507,000 bales. Observe how she iH increHSing her output of pig , iron, 'her product having increased from 046,410 tons in 181)5 to 2,147,340 toijH in 19f)0. Notice also, thai her j-gggd production rose from 12.297,P20 tone in 1894 to 19,978,297 tons in I899p A^id dp not' overlook ihp fact that all? ift not only ranking nioney, hilt saving it, lior hanks having h0,}31 depoaitors, with total doposi|h of $14,840,199 in 1990 as against 43,068 depositors, with aggregate doposits of $8,713,881 in 1899. rhe people of the North, the Jingt Qnrj the West may look upon the splendid material development i)f the South with a certain envy, hut it is onvy untinged or resentpiont, fpr they know that t lie changing conditions which seem likely to transfer important industrial y centres from one section to anoth- ( pr are the inexorable result partly .........nl 4 1- ~?v . i i/t uuiuidi mna in uiiur niuill.l III1U ; imrtly of honorable rivalry in com- j >etitive enterprise, which in the I ( on^ run nuist work for the coin- J liloti good. If the South prospers, we of othpr sections will rejoice npd prosper with her, for the ren- , son that opr political and civil re- ^ lationy are hapi)ily such that "Its ( all i? the family."?Leslie's . Weelky. A Xovft In tho Right Direction. At) effort in being made by pne pr ii)oro of oqr citizens to raise by ( Subscription a sufficient sum of i pionpy to employ a nigh J. watch- 1 ;nan for thp businesssection of the town. Those of ppr business men ^yhp hftyh be^u consulted on the < 4 Witter jtave readily consented to pay thoir proportionate share of . . Jhe reyiniroij sum. The town, it is j fu*id, lp'ia agreecj tq pay one-fourth ? S of tbp >vetchmaii'a salary and it c \ ja thought that Ijttle trouble will 1 I,he l)ad in raising the balance, j jHiqcp flip rofybery at I'iqeyilje a , f&$f piK^U ago, our people haye t pjyrtkpped tq the fapt that thp feafp- a ty of the town detqands a night 1 pflfccr, aqd it in hoped that all will 1 oonaider tho mntter and subscribe \ Ji)>erally to thp cause. Who knows c hqt that the jjniqo crowc| of r oh bora t who yjsitcd Pinqville Friday night c jnay pay fort Mill a like visit. A J j:pw ilay'a delqy in tins matter may ^ < poet the citizens of oqr town more than |t would require to pay the t wn tell man's salary for mouths. ^ B&FOR SALE?A*new. *2'2 calibre 3. Marl in Repealing It i tie. Will lie gold cheap for cash. Call at c [he Times qfhee. ?6cu Revealed by a "Ourpory Qlanca." ?? In r.egnrd to the baseball article published in last week's Times, wherejn it w$s stated that the ] llock Hill team had disappointed i our boys twice this season by call- ! itig.off the game and, as no reason was given for so doiug, that fear of defeat was believed to hive been the cause, the Rock Hill J Journal conies back at The T.ines ' in the following maimer: "A Journal reporter saw Capt. McFadden. of the home team, and called his attention to the > above, and he says if the editor of | The Times will take but a cursory ; glance at his sporting record, he will see that Rook Hill holds one victory over the Fort Mill team this season by a heavy score. Of course, our boys will be glad to see them anytime, and will endeavor to make it interesting." Since receiving The Journal, The Times man has taken a "cursory glance" into the record of the game in which "Rock Hill holds ! one victory over Fort Mill this i season by a heavy score." and it is learned that Messrs. Walker and I Moore, two of Yorkville's best ball j plnyers. did excellent work in the game. Probably this fact had something to do with Rock Hill's (?) heavy victory. It is also learned that the game which was to have been played on the 2.'trd was called otT on account of the absence from that city of Mr. E. S. Parka, and here it might be stated that Mr. Parks is u Fort Mill man, who has been employed in Rock Hill a short time. Rather than have been disappointed, after arranging a game, our hoys would have readily granted Capt. McFadden permission to again call Yorkville to his assistance. Its "up to" The Journal and Capt. McFadden whether or not we are right. ? "Liberty or Death." Finding it impossible to destroy the Boers with shot and shell, and that foarful crime?starvation? which they have imposed by destroying with tire all their stacks of grain and sheltered deposits of food, Lord Kitchener, the English general, has determined to banish all fighting men from the Transvaal, and an edict has been issued to that effect. It is more than possible that the Boers will not pay the slightest attention to this last cruel, inhuman measure for their extirpation, and this last assault 011 the Transvaal is verifying the prediction of the President of the republic. The tight is not 6ver, nor will it be until the Knglnsh have been taught a lesson which will cause their sordid intentions to stagger under tlio affliction which a people lighting for liberty, home, family and every God-given right which belongs to man has imposed on them. Much as the Transvaal people have suffered they are not only able but anxious to suffer more. They will drain the last drop of the foarful cup which has been prepared for their misery, but they will never low,...., l?\..?i;<L,l. desolated homes may l?o turned to ashes, their wives and children may be starved to death, but that will not break their indomitable , tlesiro to live free men or die doPending liberty. No people has lived on the earth which has given better ovideiioe of the right to be free, and no people will live in all the hereafter who will better deserve the encomiums of mankind than (It) the Boers. England has , aot yet compassed their defeat, ind it. were better that the mother >f wrongdoing should pass forever into history than that the lioers diould be conquered. They have SArned the right to be free, and, as i people, they will perish before they will submit to the yoke. Tadpoles in Cotton Field Near Fort Kill. Dhnrlottoltawa. * Mr. Coon Harris, who lives in i'ork county, South Carolina, was n Charlotte last Thursday and inorined the News that realf live tadpoles could be found all along the I sotton rows near Fort Mijl. Mr. larris stated that the idea of tadK>les in a cotton tiojd was a little nicominon but tlwp it is really and ruly a fact. .He says that after |je hard rain Wednesday he and ome ot})er gentleinap were going hrough a Held oi cotton abouj two nileq trorn Fort Mill and was sur>rised to see the ground fairly alive nth tadpoles. Even in cotton 1 otton blooms he noticed several. J>f course Mr. Harris Hny?, thoy -j :ame from the clouds as there is 10 other way for tadpoles to net j ntp a cotton Held unless tlie cIoiuIh \ pve them up. \ Mr. Harris says that anyone " hat doubts this statement can j sotne to the section adjacent to ?ort Mill and be convinced. ? 1.'10 bushels of wheat were made J >u one acre of ground this season < iy an Orangeburg county farmer, y i A ?-.J - f. A Regrettable State of Affairs. A reporter for The Times ovorh ard n party of middle-aged uien talking on tli.c streets Sunday afternoon. The subject of discussion was the number of young men who were learning evil habits on our streets which will follow them throughout life. An increase was noted in the number of young men who smoke and also in the number who drink aiul piny (aids. The question was asked, "Why this increase?" The younger member of the party was the first to respond. lie said: "Yon remember several years ago, there was not a town in South Carolina thnt had a better reputation for the entertainment of its young people than Fort Mill. Every evening through the entire summer the young people were entertained at the homes of some of our hoapitav,i,v ?1 ? i ?i uir uivi^ciir iii)u rvoi y uumr in uiu city was open to tho young people and the older ones wore eager to entertain them. The young men were continually associated with the young ladies and had no time to take up ba l habits. Last summer the decline of home entertainments was noticed and the young people were driven to the town hall to entertain themselvs. Many parents raised objections to this practice and some forbade their children to go there, but none offered their home for an entertainment. This summer it is still different. The young people have had no dances, sociables, or entertainments whatever, and our young men have been forced to spend all their idle moments sitting around on the streets and have gradually picked up one habit and another. This the luck of entertainment ? is the cause of the increase of vice among our young men." FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS. GOLD HILL. Sept. 2.?The health of this community is very good at present. The prospects for u cotton crop in this section are not as encouraging as they were some days ago. The boll worms and wet weather have damaged cotton considerably and the shortest crop for a number of years may be looked for. Mrs. Dr. Anderson, of llossville, S. C., is visiting her father, Mr. S. (J. Faris. and will probably call on all her friends while here. Mr. 1. L. Faris gave some of the young people an ice cream supper* ...? i ? - in * uu omuruay evening, ah enjoyed themselves vory much. I was up near the line Rome days ago unci some of my friends would not tulk in my presence for fear that 1 would "toot my horn" again. In answer to my friend "Roddy," whose letter appeared in last issue of The Times, 1 would say that I was a little more compassionate with Snap than lie gave me credit for. In referring to Snap's crop, 1 said that he had "tussocks" of grass six feet long, not grass that length, 1 do not know Redely, but if he is a farmer, he certainly knows the difference after laying by as grassy a crop as we have had this year. Now, as I am no Bartow philosopher, I can scarcely behove that my friend Redely wiU expect mo to write Snap another letter this week. Roy. flint hill. Sept. 3.?Mr. William McLellancj, Jr., who has been confined to liis bed for several weeks, is up again. The sound of the hammer can be heard in our community. W. L). and Victor Bailee are each building a large barn. Major J. K. Miller is hauling material to build i two-story dwelling. I noticed in last week's Times that I have a grent friend in l'lensint Valley. He calls himself "Rediy" and 1 believe that in hin right name. He is ready to keep bad news fresh. He is ready to criticize Hold Hill Roy at my expense. Sow he could have asked Roy to ipologize for the way he had trented me iu the past without naming jraas, <fco. Now if Hold Hill Roy vill quit trying to be so bright md Pleasant Valley Reddy so very densant we will have more peace. Snap. Their Sectet li Out. All Sndiovtllo, Ky., was curious to earn tho cause of the vast improvement a the health of Mrs. 8. P. Whittaker, vho had for a long time endured untold tillering from a chronic bronchial rouble. "It's all due to Dr. King's ?few Discovery," writes her husband. 'It completely onred her and also cured V lumping Cough." It iH>sitiveiCnugliH. Odds, la tiripi>e, HrOtlIdHK {Thr<>.kt and Lung troubles. rauntnt-eafl bottles oOc and 4\ .(K). Trial free at Menchum's dm# store. w.-s'fr.-r y_. So^tfc Carolina Sews. T. J. Castlebury, wlin wft? killed | iu the bridge disaster nt Columbia j Monday or last week lived at Woodruff'. Ho hud a family there, lie was carried to Woodruff and , buried Wednesday. lie was ill j years of age. G. W. Cleinmons. of Greenwood, I Johnson county, Ind., writes Governor McSweeney that, he has in j his possession an 5'SO bill on the State of South Carolina, dated February '5, 17N9. He says that i he realizes that the relic is a valuable one. and thought that some one in this State might wish to get possession of it. He says he got. it from a man who had had it. in his possession for t>0 years. Dr, James M. Dougb'83, of Blackstock. line been elect <xl professor of physics and astronomy at Davidson college to take the place of Dr. Heniy Louis Smith, the recently elected president. Editor J. H. Buchunnn, of the Chester Reporter, has received a message announcing the death of his son, John R., at Stillwater, Minn. This is the first news JNlr. Buchanan has had of his son's whereabouts since the young man left his home about 15 years ago. J. Porter Ilollis, of Rock Hill, is preparing a thesis on the "Ee! construction Period of South Oarj olina History," which he will submit for his degree of "Ph. D." from Johns Hopkins. A charter has been granted to the Williams-Hughes Company, j of Lancaster, to deal in general ( merchandise on a S20.00U capital. The attorney general recently expressed the opinion that graduates of the South Carolina medical college can practice without license. A young son of Robert Jones, the famous Edgefield family exter( mutator, who killed several of the Pr? sslys a number of years ago, | has again written Governor ' McSweeney a most touching letter | in which he pleads for the pardon ; of his father. The governor has ' heretofore refused to exercise executive clemency in thiH ease and there now seems to be little hope of favorable action. Arrangements are boine made to have a grand Democratic mass meeting in Abbeville sumo time tlii.s month. (iilos Irby, a negro convict from 1 Laurens county, was accidentally killed by n guard at a convict cump near Columbia. John Smith, a white man, escapi od from the Richland county gang ' and is still at large. The governor | has otfered a reward of $25 for the j capture of the prisoner. The trouble between the operators and employees of the Whnley Cotton Mills in Columbia has been settled. At a nuv ting of the union held Monday niglit it was agreed to return to work and no questions are to be asked in regard to unions. The mill people throughout the state will be glad to hear of this as it looked as if the question of . unions among cotton mil! laborers would become a serious one. Real Estate Tranters. From the Yorkville Enquirer we : learn that the following transfers1 of real estate in Fort Mill township were recorded in the county audi| tor's office during the month of August: S. E. White to T N Kirkpatrick; lot in Fort Mill. Cousideration SI 10. W. B. Meaehain to L Baker; lot nrwl l\n i U ! ??* I ? > *? IS 1? I III i Hi; r II ^fivnr, INI. K. Culp t?? X. E. Rogers; lot Fort Mill. Consideration $100. W. 11. Stewart to J. L. Kimhrell; 42 acres. Consideration $l,f>00. J. L. Kinibrell to J. 13. Knight; 42 ucres. Consideration $1,435. ' Apawxo^t In &o:k Hill. An exchange says that for several days lloek 11 ill's racing com; mittee, a self-constituted, but very ethcient and patriotic organization, has been furnishing the citizens of that enterprising town ! some good sport in the shape of watermelon races. A melon, that acme of coon inspiration, is placed ; at the goal, the word is given and away goes the straining bunch of i little darkies, every mar; for tlje melon and devil take the hindmost. "The one who gits it gits it." A?loundt-d The Editor. * Editors. A. Brown, of Bcnnottsvillo, 8. O., was once immensely surprised. "lttrongn long suffering from Dyspepsia." ho writes, "my wife was greatly rundown. She hn<l 110 strength or vigor ; and sntTured great distress from her stomach, but s,ho tried Electric. Bitters which helped her at once, and, after using four bottles, she is entirely well, can eat anything. It's a grand tonic, und its gentle la.vitive qualities are 1 splendid for torpid liver." For Indigestion, l?ss of Appetite, Stomach ami Liver troubles it'rj a positive, guaranteed curt?. Only 0*K- at Mcachaiu's Drug Store. Sr ' r r ' I > ? > i ! w^i_ i i ? m ii ' in ?m ? CbeAp Bjite; to the Mountains. ; The S. C. <fe (i. Ex. railrond has ' ""iiouiwed exoursign rates to Sh"l}>/ mihI Blaoksbnrg from Rook Hill ; i 1.1 $1.20. to Kutherfordton at j unci to Marion, N. C., at $2 00 ior I the round trip. Tickets will be o i sale Fridays and Saturdays un ; til Oct. nth, tcood to return Monj uay following date of sale. Tioki eta will also be sold for ten days . trip at ono first class fare for the ; round trip. Call on or write the j CROWN SALOOX,; FOR FINE WINES, LIQUORS, ETC. OLD NORTH CAROLINA EAGLE CORN' IVUIsKEY A SPECIALTY. J. M. WOODS1DK & CO., Pages. Queen City 'Phone 202. 31 W. Trade St. CHARLOTTE, N. C. , in i. it \Ye Like Your Dollar in payment of laundry work loft in ' ; our care, but wo strive .is well for your [approbation. Our aim is t<> wash . clothes clean, iron shirts, collars ami ' cv.flfs to your likinff (we mean by that polished or domestic finish), and fjonerallv to atl'ord von the best satisfaction | at prices commensurate wit li n ood work, i but st >11 cheap- The perfect work of the Model Steam Laundry. I "harlot te. N. C. all thi time at short prices has i won the netioval ftivorof good dressers. Shipments made Wednesday evening. ku. L. Mckmianky. Aoknt Fcrt Mil!, S. C. j I * ! J. U. Traywick & Co., DKALKHSIX FINE LKJiaiUS AN1) WIMPS No. -l-J East Trade St. CHARLOTTE. - - - N. C. Why DO You j Throw money away by buy- ' inj? a cheap jjrndo of Harness, j when yon can tret the best ! Jfand Made Harness at the , same price? I How is your saddle? Nov's tin* timo tt> Imvo it ' repaired, (rive mo a call. | J. E. MARSHALL, Opp. (V.ntr.il Hotel, liocu Him,. S. C. i " ~ - " - -y y TO promptly procured. OR NO FEE. SA:?d uiotlcl. ckrtch.w j | TO or |h?co fur free report on patentability. B?-"k "H?wW : i TOtoOMainl'.S rind Foreign Patent* a nil Trad' Marks,"TO i I FREE. Fitn st t. rim ever oifuted t?? tavoiilorn.TO ' | 3} PATENT tAWma OF 2k YEARS* PRACTICE TO ! TO 20.000 PATENTS PROCURED THROUGH THEM. TO ! yij All !>u#.ne?-a c nt'.ieitial. N*und advice. EuithfulTO jjjuervirt Moderate charge.' SVC. A. SNOW & CO.; PtTrNT lIU/VffDC ^ i ? ^ I '!> Opp. U 8. Patent Offica, WASHINGTON, 0. C.& i OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT THE TIMES OFFICE. " | MEAL, FLOUR and I Your attention is called to the First that we guarantee yntisfa j corn and wheat. Our capacity is 1 j wheat per day. Second, that we buy par corn, ity; and yell flour, mea), crushed jp tilings and all mill products at lo\v? ROCK HILL Ri .. ?? uon t make the Wii ()f your life by goin*; to the wi B?ll SHOP, whore you will timl ready to serve you. Our patrons n of holes, ri|)s. cuts and fringes. \\ , shave. Chill at third door of Bank CAROTHE! I J In Hcc Si el no T ? ~ Vinces. The sign which mean? most in the business world of today is the sign J ^ * of business judgment and good taste shown in printing. Ours is the right kind. It gives pfoaraetep to your busir ness announcement. Our printing stands for us and for you. R. M. LONDON, Rock Ilill, S. C. FOR GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., CALL ON OR WHITE TO Ur ii TI AAirmn l* . 11. IIV/U V XjIV, UmaOTTF, N. C. DR. J. L. SPRATT, SURGEON DENTIST. onicc in .lones building, Main Stroot, Fort Mill, S. U. Terms, strictly cash. TOE NEW YORK WORM). Thrice-a-week Edition. Tlu? Most Widely Rend Newspaper in America. 'I nut- has demonstrated that- the Thrice a-Week World stands alone in it.-, class. Other papers have imitated its form l>ut not itssuccess. This is because it tells all the news all ti>o time and tells it impartially, whether tnat news hp political or otherwise. It is, in faot almost a daily at the price pf a weekly and you cannot afford to bo without it. Republican and Democrat alike can r? ad the Thrie.e a Week Wqrld with absolute confidence in its truth. In addition to news, it publishes firstclass serial stories and other features suited to the home and fireside. The 'J hriee-a-Week World's regular sntwin-inf irm ni-i"" - -?I? *? ? in uui; fi.uu I*T yt'lir and this pays for !."><< papers. Wo oft'or this micutiuallcd newspaper and the Fort Mill Times together one year for $1. <; ->. The regular subscription price of tho two papers is $-.00. ffTeSESq Repeaters k-i V, \i T'J the original aohd \ \i'* 1/ ,0P a,"l "l"6 eiec,ors. l7\ \ ' ? r> This feature forms a IN'' \ \\M J. solid shield of metal iL-t-#" '? \ H It-JI between the shooter's w* - ' *\ > i head and the cartridge [' I V"-\ ifl at all times, throws the \ ? * AV'.t _ I empties away from him >? e " {y uS,-, instead of into his face. t V , iVl^Tll prevents smoke and /SSv2V? cases from entering his Sfj eyes and UittRs. and I i. V illrtSH keeps the line ot^sipht y X unobstructed. T li e works easily and smoothly, making very 'f'ietlti' 'V little noise. Our new tiijr^^Zz^'J^9BS-!3 automatic recoil-opcr1:^ ating locking ^device The Martin Pit* Arms Co. ^'cw H-^yen, Conn. FEED. following facts:? etion in grinding, nnd fixehnnging ."?0 bushels corn find 'Job busluds shell corn, nnd wl;ent of go,ocf qtialul cracked corn, wheat brgud, niid>st market price. Quality best. OLLER MILLS. istaLlce ong place. Visit thp CITY BARa corps of white barbers always, ever go away with their faces tull e beautify the faco with an easy Building, facing railroad. RS & SON. ' . , 1 < m i