Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f M FORT HILL TIMES.j DEMOCRATIC. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS. Tho TDC?8 COMPANY. Suhbc-riptirtn "price . .... #1 per year. Carrcapntnienee on current subject* is invite.. , l>u we do not agree to publish efuiiiitunir.'tion s coiituiniiu; more than ;UX> words, and no responsibility is usbuiih '1 f<>r tlic views of correspondenth. A . an ltd*ortisiitt; medium for Charlotte, l'im.n ille, Fort Mill, and Rock Ili'l hnsin >.; houses The Times is unsorpns R-it " made known 011 application to the publisher. Mien I 'i'elepliouc No. 20. TANTUARY 15. Ewrhody seems satisfied with List \' nrs administration of municipnl affairs. The old council whs re lectod by an overwhelming vote j at t!t? atiuunl election Monday. I In fact as boon as it heenme known ! tlint the fornit 1 officers lrad per- j mitttd their names to be used and i f Tf " that there wns no opposition there wns no further interest taken in the mutter and the election beenme n niero formality. Consequently n very small vote was east. The gf n 1 men who have been re-elect- 1 ed should ft e' much congratulated over the nmmior in which the peop!e have ho uiianimously shown thr-ir appreciation of their conduct ^ of public atfairs. The Times has | tho utmost contidenco in their J juil^meut end ho peaks for them another successful year. "Ti. A. R" i, the signature over | which several exceedingly inter? sling and instructive art idea on the Sabbath recently appeared in the Charlotte Observer. Many of our people have been wondering who tho writer in, a number infering i! ul h was some able devine, Hunposing that no one else could write i-m. *h able nvtiolcs. It is a . 1 . - . - i-*? J - r < -tuui n> u? iu iuircHiuce me w liter Mr. Howard A. Banks? and say that 110 in a member of the piefc t'rnlernitv and is well known in Fort Mill Amon^ Mr. Banks' firs; contributions to the press was an articlo written from Fort Mill anent the exciting clmse and capture of a wild bear, near this place some years ago. 0 0 0 Fn-opor.n industrial sharps are no. > v>i;that American workiri". Men are overfed, almost to gluttony. in timo they will probable il.rtc >ver that it is this overfeed'og that makes the American ./orl.'iig i? the moHt intelligent! in Mie wv r\\ and that is giving Ann i .on the industrial supremacy oi lilt- worlrl. * * * The Steel trust might make friends by operating its newly! Required IVnnaylvnnia coal lands in tl.o interest of th?? consumer, bid t?'s do liars to roil ants that it won'.. Operating everything to pay the bigg.-bt dividend is a trust! speei :lt.y. Ihe ! rcneh Minister of foreign ntfnirs is . ihc n his ii..y and gen- ! iration. He advises Franco to; keep oug.nil terms with America, i 1) . .'<uso its wealthy classes are tlie bust ciiatotnera for the luxuries produced by I ho French, ? * * h'v. u "llutelur' Weyler can do n gocii thing. ITis order that no i h ottioer shali marry until : - ?. 1 i.o >.i ;iu ii.oonie large enough to j i prop t?y take cure of h wife in good enough to be copied, and extended ! tO. ci v i hand. + * * Tlu Dem "rats in Kentucky and ho Republicans in New Jersey,v ho ptv ! ;cuinf after senatorial togas, might i together and arrange r r mo . it of consolation prizes f >> those who.se reach isn't long nit uyli. . r.jlincs will do very well for n I little < .e'tcraent once in a while, but. ?ha man who adopts it for n vgi.hr occupation must expect j to d.i most of his travelling over a ro i, li road,in aspiingleas vehicle. 1 * ii'ii. lotller seems to h> playing tile name role in Great Biitian ; that Vdiniral Schky in playing in tlte I tiil? 1 Stat as. ! , gigrees is going again, but the ??.*. i * not so warm ah it was be- 1 fore the ho'iday*. ? . W_>' * ; ' v.. .t Schley at Santiago. A book entitled "Soliley nnd Santiago" is in press nnd will be issued within a short time. The author is George E. Graham, a war correspondent, who had exooitlintin I f n/*i 11 4 loi: f#*r f#n ( Uiiri nrv \/v piivfiiiii t?i\ imn n iwi i iu^; materials, us he was on board the Brooklyn during the fight with the Spanish tleet nnd whs thus in position to tell the story of Santiago, "without fear or favor." The hook is said to hnve the unqualified endorsement of Rear Adtniial Schley, who read and corrected the proof sheets. When President Roosevelt was Governor of New York he was present when Mr. Graham gnvo an Account of the battle 1o State officials and members of the Legislature, and said: "1 am sure you feel as pleased at having listened to Mr. Graham as I do, for 1 have listened to the best account I ever heard, or read, of the naval fighting during the war." The hook vyill he the first, and only Complete story of the work of the fiybig. jsquadron, commanded by Schlep. t Mexican Weevil Destroying Cotton. The cotton farmers of Texns and eastern Louisiana have discovered with some alarm that the Mexican boH weevil, which has been playing havoc with the cotton crop of the former State, enn stand a greater range of temperature than any other cotton-devouring insect that has ever visited the South. The past year has been both the hottest and coldest during the cotton season ever known in the South. The hot wave which struck the country in .Inly was a scorcher, but it did not feaze the boll weevil, although the caterpillars, moths and other enemies of the cotton laid otf from work in consequence. It was concluded that the insect bailiff nlflr? lit ulinul i.vl > I.. > would sntfer from cold. With the last weeks of December came the coldest weather ever known in the cotton belt, accompanied by blizzards, ice and snow; but when the cold wave passed away it was found that, it had not done the slightest harm to the weevil. On the contrary, the pest seem* to have thriven and fattened under the intlneiice of ice and snow. Car Output Last Year. During tJieypar JDQ1 the various car buiiaiM* Works in the United States will have built, altogether, 14'J,f>l4 uw-fi of all kinds, the largest output for any one year, and 18,808 more than in 1000, according to the Railroad Gazette. These figures, of course, do not include ehrs buirt by railroads at their own shops. ()f the 14U.514 phth 1 "40 - 380 are freight,,2,OSU passenger and 508 street cars, for use iti this country, and 4,350 freight, So passenger hiuI 507 streets cars for export. The figures, for pass? nger cars include 202 and for street enrs a few for elevated service. Last year tlio total output of those works was 121,106'cars, as follows: 113,070 freight cars, 1,515 passenger and 0,001 street cars for use here, and 2 5(51 freight, 121 passenger and 781 street cars for export. Most of the figures for both years are official and in the absence of direct information we have estimated carefully from data, which makes it certain our totnls are not far from correct. In analyzing the returns it will Ire soen that a huge proportion of the increase over last year is in freight cars, while the output of street enrs is less. The primary reason for the latter i<naturally, the lack of demand by the street railroads; but some of the builders of street cars have been kept busy on heavy equipment for suburban electric and elevated service, offsetting the decrease in orders for smaller can Of the 134.7 18 ears built for freight service, 27,843 were either steel or j had styc4 ;und? rframes. We do not know the exact proportion of each, bnt it is sife to say that nearly four-fifths arc of steel throoghMit La-t year the totals wore 14,404 all steel and 4,140 with steel underfram-s only. A IY til I (M)nf 1 l?o oI.k/vI ......... ... VI 1 no nicoi rai .1 Lllllll in l'JOl wpre sent abroad. i. _ A DEEP K7STE3Y. It is a mystery why women endure Backache, Headache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy. Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands- have proved thnt Electric Bitters will tpiickly cure such troubles. < "I suffered for years with kidney trouble," wrilos Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, la., "and a lame back pained ine so I could- not dress myself, but Electric Bitters wholly cured me, and although 13 years old, I now am able to do all my housework." It overcontos Constipation, improves Appetite, irises perfect health. Only oOc at Meachniu's drug store $ ' W I S THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA. Short Items of State News Conveniently Grouped for Times Readers. The increase in taxable property in the State i? about, twelve million dollars. Thursday, April 10, will bo ; North Carolina editor's day at the Charleston exposition. The capital stock oftho Inmnn I Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, will be i increased from ?200,000 to ?.">00,! ooo. A lot of Egyptian cotton has, been imported into South Carolina to tie manufactured in the Clover Cotton mills. Isaac M. Bryan, Esq., of Greenville, has announced himself a candidate lor tin* United States Senate to succeed Senator McLaurin. i One of the caribou or water buffalo of the Bostoek collection of animals at the Charleston exposition died recently of indigestion. Admiral Schley and Captain ITobsou will visit Charleston on Feb. 27 as the guests of the South Carolina Daughters of the Auieri- j ( nil Tifvnlutiiui The secretary of state has issued ) a commission to the J. H. Bennett Company, of Clio, which proposes to do a general merchandise business on a capital stock of $">0,000. Columbia is nt Inst to lmve proppr union depot facilities, anil aftor Friday all passenger trains arriving and departing will use the new structure at the foot of Main street. At a recent meeting of the Johnston town council it was suggested that the streets be lighted with electric lights, the power to he furnished by the Johnston j Machine Works. Franklin J. Moses, once governor of South Carolina, was tried j nnd convicted in a Massachusetts court for stealing an overcoat. Moses was sentenced Friday to four mouths imprisonment for his theft. One of Greenwood's landmarks was destroyed by tire last Thursday night at 11 o'clock. The building was a part of the old Presbyterian chapel, and was j Known ny this tin me ior years wit en ! it was used as a school building. The South Carolina I). A. R. through Mrs. W. H. Richardson, state regent, have invited the delegates to the annual convention which meets at Washington on Feb. 22, to vtsit Charleston on Feb. 27. The heirs of Dnvid Orr, an aged | white mnti who was killed by" a frieght train in Spartanburg a , few months ago, have entered suit j : against the Southern railway t j through Hon. Stanyarue Wilson,! i attorney, for $15,000dnmages. The Columbia pnpers stnte that j that city is tloodecf with counterfeit silver coins. It is said the bo! gus is itard to detect as they are J standard in weight and looks and 1 lacks only the ring which good ; money has. It is thought that fakirs on their way to the Charleston exposition are responsible for the appearance of so much of the queer in the city. The United States government wants female teachers for IndianR. An examination will be lmld in Columbia February 18 and all the eligible* will receive certification to the position of industrial teacher at the Cheyenne River Agency school. South Dakota, at a salary of $(>00 per annum, or to a similar position at Crow Creek, South Dakota. B. W. Hughes, a negro fiend of Spartanburg county, criminally assaulted two little girls at Iteidsville last Thursday morning. Later in the day Hughes entered the i home of Mrs. E. M. Fowler and : attempted to lay hands on her. but her instant screams summoned t a man working near by, at whose.j approach the black tiend tied. Mrs. Fowler's son started in , search of the fugitive. He soon I found him in a lonely spot ami drawing his pistol shot the negro : in the neck. His capture was; then easy. BLOWN TO ATOMS. The old idea that the body some- ; times needs a powerful, drastic, j purgative pi.I has been exploded;! for Dr. King's New Life Pills. ! which are perfectly harmless, I gently stimulate liver and bowels , i . ? io expeis poisonous manor, cieansc the system and absolutely euro Constipation and Sick Headache. Only U5e at Meacham's dru>? store. A XSY TO EXAMINATIONS. A now book has just been published containing the Questions and Answers of every public School Examination in Georgia, since, 1888. Fourteen years work. Will i be sent, postpaid, on receipt of Ono Dollar. Descriptive circulars sent free. B. S Holden, Publisher, Box 'J7, Killijay, Ga. . i Tax Collecthns. The tax book of York county calla for an nypregale of $f)P*t,993 tW>. Up to ttie tune of the extension lust Tuesday t lie collections nmount eel to $5(),(i98.S8. The total number of receipts at the beginning was about. 10.500. Of these a little more than half, or 5,900. have been issued.?Yorkv lie Enquirer. Cow's Tongue Bitten Off by a Horse. Lancaster Lodger. Two cows belonging to Mr. A. M. Blnckmon, of the Antioch section, lost part of their tongues in a singular manner last Thursday night Mr. B. noticed blood about their moot lis and was at a loss to i account for it until in feeding his i horse he noticed blood at a crack : in the side of the feed trough. It : was plain that the cows had been pulling the horse's feed out through the crack during the night and the horse had bitten the pieces out of the r tongues when they would stick them through the crack. Horrible Tragedy at a Party. Three people were killed ami I two wounded on the Hlsl ultimo at I Bobbins. S. CM in a light which | occurred during n pnrty given at the residence of Jesse Griffin. The participants in the fight were white people and well known in tlint part of the country. The dead are George Dunbar, Harry Dunbar and Fletcher Bennett. The wounded are Mrs. George Dunbar and Arthur Dunbar. A ''watch party" was given at the residence of Jesse Griffin and during the evening William Cobb became involved in a dispute with George Dunbar. Cobb soon left the house. Alter his departure the quarrel was taken up by Fletcher Bennet and Dunbar drew his pistol. Griffin was the first one to interfere by taking Dunbar's piBtol from him. Fletcher Bennet suddenly seized the weapon and shot George Dunbar, killing him instantly. The hitter's s >n, Harry came to the defense, but was also killed by Bennet. Arthur Dunbar, another son, also joined in the tight, and shot Bennet. The shooting then became general and Benr.et received a second shot which killed him. Mrs. Dunbar was also shot but it is be ieved she will recover. Arthur Dunbar is fatally wounded. 1 Lot of Liquor. Yorkvillo Yeoxnau, The presence of Cflrdoza Hanipton, an exile from the municipal linrts of Yorkville. created some1 comment here Tuesday. It set ins tlmt the solicitor asked that he he not molested while here on his way to Hickory Grove, where he was going as a witness. Further inquiry developed the fact that Constable Scoggius had tak < en possession of a wagon in Bullock's Creek township, going in the direction of Union, but detained by high water, that contained 55 gallons of unstamped liquor. Cardozn Hampton now lives in Union and tho fact that he knew enough about the liquor in the case to be a witness, makes it very suggestivo. The liquor had been seized along with the wagon and team, by Constable Scoggins, for the State. The parties who had it were taken before Magistrate Plexico, of Bullock's Creek township, nnd gave bond for their appearance at court. THOUSANDS SENT INTO EXILE. Every year a large number of poor sufferers whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged togoto another climate. But this is costly and not alw-iys sure. Don't he an exile when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption will cure you at home. It's the uiost infallible medicine for Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings releif. Astounding cures result from persistent use. Trial bottles fioe at Meat-ham's Drug Store. Price 50c and J?1.0t) l-'.verv holtle imuii imtccil . j R A newspaper is printed in n rush. There in always something in it that should he left out;something left out that should he put in. It is sometimes too quick to act, hut with its faults and shortcomings. there is more education in a bright newspaper than thero is in any novel. Yon will find the brightest hoy on practical, sensible, every day questions is the hoy who reads the newspapers.?Ex. IT GIRDLES THE GLOBE. The fame of Buck lea's Arnica Salve, as the best in the world, extends round the carta. It's the one perfect heal *r of Outs, Corns, lturus, Bruises, Sores, Scalcl-t, Boils, Uleers. Felons, Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions. Only infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at Meachaui's drug store. 4 . (< v . ARE YOU WISE mAunn thoro is no roinody to et;tt j ! ' ae e and a sure way to tr Throat iu order to and insure healthy take half a glassfull it a teaspoonful cf IVIcsica] Jwir nnd with 1his rirclo t*io thr? Thci l*tho th<> ootxi'mof t ..otl ru-nt uutl uftor doisv.; tliisjHHir ?>i Ai*uUll<i tuo lii ck? It 1-i U I'Uijl i 1 iloc., aoc. uuJ $ E7 KAY BE YCU c.i 11 Mutatis Lillnuicnfc and you t For HOLIDAY PRESENT | The Lamp of J lump that doesn't flaro t<i ti!?' biul langiiaKit ; the lai you K?*t it atul hUiys Rood: tin Inylv nut with, <unt? you havi "Che ]Scw 1 Other lamps may l>e offem they may bo, in some re?iM-i-u Bens, there's only one. The Biire the lump ofrert' l you is : on it; every lamp bos it. (30 Old LanipN I Wo can till every lamp vrau want a new lamp or afoee. an islie.i, a vns? mounted or othel e?l imo e. New Rochest* aeiul vnu llternture on the Kiib We are SPECIALIST.* In th< Lamp*. Consul I ? THE H08HESTEH UBP CO 1 1We Like Your Dollar in payment of laundry work left in 1 our care, but tve strive as well for your ; approbation. Our aim is to wash | clothes clean, iron shirts, collars and 1 culls to your liking (wo mean by that I polished or domestic finish), and generally to aft'ord yon the best satisfaction 1 jit lirici'MPmnnioiwnriifn wifk --- r | I but still cheap. Tho perfect work i i of tho Model SteamLaundry. Charlotte. | N. C., all tho time at short prices has won the general favor of good clressers. Shipments made Wednesday e veiling. L. MCEI.hanky, Aoknt Fort Mill, S. C. TheEharlotte Observer North Carolina's Foremost Newspaper. Bigger and more attractive than ever, it is an invaluable visitor to tho home, tho oflice, the club or the work room. THE OBSERVER -.1 . f Contains all the news of the world. I Has the Ansociat^U Press Dispsiches; , special correspondents at the State and 1 National Capitals and tin experienced corps of correspondents throughout tho State. The Daily Observer Is $x per annum; $1 for six months; | $2 for three months. Tli^ Senil-Wef kly Observer, A perfect family journal. . All the news of tho times. Only $1 per annum. 8ample Copies of Either upon Application Trie CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. X frtnptlf proenr*d. OB NO TEE. Krtnl model. ?k?trh.& 3<or pho?u for fre* report on pntmlabtlirr. lh? h Hrw W A, lo' il,Lain I'. 8. and foreign I'aienta and Trade Mark,. "W AJritlt Fairrnt trrrnf ever olT?tr*4 to inventor*.CjJ JjfATElfT LAWTERfl or 14 YEARS' PRACTICS v ? ,,20.000 PATENTS PR0GURE0 THROUGH THEM. CC AJ All bnsmraa oaftoenltat. honncf ad?|.-* t aithfalA ;T() ?er?ioa. Mcdrrato charge*. ? |rc. a. snow & co.? 3) PATENT LAWYERS, a 0pp. U. A Patent Offlcs, WASHINGTON, 0. C.& i^R ji'. tnr re?plo *T2fT*?t- throunu l;nop. r don't kno^v thaw for all inllninMexican Mustoag LLaliucut* w y way cat a case of Sore kill disease germs throat action is to ? of water put into a IVIustang liment ifit at freqnont intervals. ir<iat thoroughly with tlio linimn en a sou cloth un?l v?rap \ *e L I.U. l.OO a bot tlo. boen troubled with n running or. Trout it at onco with Moxl:aa depend upou a t poedy euro. S?For EVERY DAY USE Steady Habits up or mnok*. or cause too tup lli&t look* good vtirn jf jr ^ ? lamp that you never will- y ^ Rochester. : tl you an " jimt an Rood HESflffi i, but for all around riTlJjTwi Xrio KocKratrr. Tu moke ra|ti|| enulnr. look for Use uame j- ^ Undo Now. /rflH\ t. No iuutt?T ? Ix-tlu* yon olil one or rrflnrmako of lump trnunfotin *>TlBHMwipflPwr0 pr. cuu ?io it. 1/ti u^^MjBpPBQ t treatment of dlieatu B - V tatlon f-KLB. hJ m 38 Park Place A S3 Ba relay St., Hew Yark. - - -?? < \ e. > J# V R. M- LONDON^ ROCK HILL, S. C. JOB PRINTING. y DR. J. L. SPRATTV SURGEON DENTIST. Offico in Jones building. Main Street:, Fort Mill, S. C. A fief- December 1, ofTloo will bo clotted overy Monday. Terms, strictly cnsli. I to write for our confidential letter before ap- I plying for patent; it may be worth money. I Wo promptly obtain (j. (f. and Foreign PATENTS and TRAD MARKS ir return EN- I TIRE attorney a ice. 8end model, nketch or photo and we send ?n IMMEDIATE FREE report on patentability. We giro the bent legal service and advice, and our charges are moderate. Try as. SWIFT & CO., Patont Lawy&na, Opp. U.S. Patent Otnce.Waahington, O.C. J. U. Traywick & Co., DEALERS IN ^ FINE LIQUORS AND WINES, No. 42 Kant Trade St. CHARLOTTE. - - - N. C. A