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W **' THE FORT MILL TIMES. DEMOCRATIC. PU PI .1ST IE D W K PN ESP A YS. B. W. BRADFORD, Publisher. Subscript ion prieo Jl per y?'ur. CoiT<'Ki?.nrU-nc? on current subjects is iuvitcd, lint wn do not agree to publish coiiiniuiiimtiniis containing more than 800 words, ami no responsibilit v is us Burned for the views of corruHpondeutH. An jin iiiUrrtliiiuK medium for t'lmrlotted Pjjm illo, Fort Mill, inul Roolc Hill btbinrHH houses The Times is uiisurjwissed. Rate* made ktiowu ou application to the publisher. I-orftl Telephone No. 2(1. FEBRUARY 12. l!M)2. Smallpox In Fort Mill. A number of ihe citizens of Fori Mill nre wondering why it is that the daily papers of Charlotte keep llieir readers so well informed as to the smallpox situation here, while ho little is said of the disease prevailing in their home town or other places in tliis immediate section Such a practice will eventually lead outsiders to beliove that Fort Mill is the only place in these parts that is thus afflicted. The News of Saturday has the following misleading statement along this line: "A Charlotte man who returned from Fori Mill luct TiMrlit i nl*. trmc a Npw'h mnn that while there in no excitement, there are a number of cases of smallpox within the town limits. The disease is confined to the mill operatives. The News' informant was shown a picture of an old woman who is now ill the throes of the disease. If the picture is genuine, the Charlotte man says this is one case of the old time smallpox." Such statements ns the above nre injurious, not so much to. the town, but to the mills in this place. If the disease was confined solely to the mill operatives and mill villages, it might be justly said, but. this is not the case. A large number of negroes and several white people who are in no way connected with the mills, are now recovering from the disca-e. And while it in true that several of the mill nnnrn iubq Imvn l....... Im.l smallpox, we were reliably informed ou Monday that there was not at that time a single case in the village of either of the mills in this p ace, We state these facts to eliminate the assumption that the disease is confined strictly to the mills and their villages. The Observer's statement of a few days ago, that a barber in this place had shaved a young man whose face was broken out all over with the disease, was in part true, but not near so bnd as all that. The young man in question was not broken out with the infection, and did not get shave !, but simply bad his hair trimmed, ami this after the attending physician had nssnred hini that there was no danger of spreading the disease by his going out. However, the barber was for a short time criticised for his action, but since having his shop thoroughly fumigated and destroying all the tools, etc., used in the work, everything is going along as smoothly as if nothing of the kiud had occurred. ? -* *- - ? The Railroad and the People. The following paragraph, which opens an article written f<?r the Charlotte Observer of Sunday by H. 10. C. B., is a very good rxpla Iwitinn tif u' li it lliu " -1 n II jr vil C Jjliuili; in IIIways eager to jump on tlio railfor damages when the slightest chush presents itself: "ft is passing strange the railroad officials think that the people ahouhl light tlieni. Juries give ve"diets against the ro<ds and all classes of citizens curse them. The railroads might hy ? systematic effort reduce thia animoaity. "The people judge the road by the representative!) with whom they eoineiu touch. Honesty, kindness and ooqrtesy on the part of station agents would help the roads. It is a rare thing that you find a polite agent. This seem* harsh, but if you do not bell ve it travel over North Carol inn and h r i r ?r yourself. I. hear this lit < vorv tiny. Now and (i . ' ? yon meet with n courtsi s. . d. truthful ageut, but the rule is to the contrary. The more insignificant n man is the harder be is to deal with. I would feel more nt ease in the office of the president of the company than I would in tlu? office of Bonm little ten-dollar-a-weck agent. You can't ftud out anything nh ?ut the trains I or anything el e, and oftentimes you art* insulted. 1 could give many instances of underlings rasping the feelings of persons | who were patronizing the road 1 Of course tlic managements of the i r >ads are responsible for much of : this, but by no means all of it. I have loafed around lit I le slat ions i for hours at a time waiting on J trains that were itidefiuit: !y late i on account of accidents, and yet, the prospective passengers were i told front time to time that the i train was but ."50 minutes late. ' \\ hy not tell the truth and relieve the people of anxiety and rut I short tin- suspense? It seems that it would be bettter in the I lotiLj run. livery man who travels in North Carolina lias had -the ; same experience time and apt in. Why rub people the wroni; way?"' i r ti.e ..r n i :n . . . a ?t I I V I V?? I I I \ ~ M I il/ \ r V\ I 1 I ; take a 11 i|> through this section he j will liiul that Ilic above stale of affairs is not confined to his own State, but that the people of these parts have to deal with the same' kind of 10-dollar-a-weok atrents. It does seem that the pitrons of the railroads deserve better treatment . Is it a Lack of Ambition or Opportunity? Fifteen yens a^oFort Mill built ber first cotton mill. A few years' later she added another. These! mills are owned and run almost i entirely by people who were raised in this community. Now. have , you ever ihouufbt how few of our 1 ynuno men have taken ndvanta e I of their time and expciience We have at least one hundred in the mills, some having been there j since the wheels first h-.iran turn lug, and here is their records superint -mionts, 0; boss weavers, 0: boss spinners, 0. Mow much did yon make ten years ago? $ 1,2."? How much are you nuiknig now? ?$1.2"). You'ng men, does mill' work destroy your ambition or have you no opportunities? When we compare our mills with others, we are compelled to believe that it is both. Th e writer had the privilege of visiting tifly or more mills during the past two years and found in almost every one that had run any length of time a young man of the town who held a good paying p >- ! sition. Aga n, we know of at least three mills whose superintendents, j and overseers are all home n en. Are they competent? My answer j in nun ine mills lire unking money. A gentleman who lives in North Carolina and who is a stockholder in several large mills, takes the brightest boys in his ditTeivnt mills and places them in positions where they can advance. Me has in the past ten years helped and secured positions for eleven young men who are now making from $700 to $ lb-r?00 a year. His requirements ate that you must always act a gentleman. Can you estimate the value of a man like this to a community. Wo think tnat our boys are as blight and deserving as anybody's, j (Mve them a chance. Make op port un it ies for I hem so that they may work at home and make citizens that we will be proud of. obkerykk. ^??h Gold Mill Gleanings. The health of this cutimnniilv i* (TOOCl. Mr. J. H . Colt harp has boon I quilo wick for tlio past. \v?'Ok, but : "Pill-Tonter' Thompson now lias ! iiiin upa^ain an 1 ho jsjieaohi11for ; his (rrnb mh uhiimI. Miss Sue Paris returned homo last wook from Yorkvillo whore sho has boon visitinir tho family of Dr. Lou ii i Anderson. Married on the 22nd ultimo at the bride'H residence, Miss Ada. daughter of Hon S. H, Kpps, to Mr. Pink Wilson, Rev. A. L. St oil jr h ollioiat ino. Tho hard times song is hoard in all quartets. Well, wo have boon in bu-inoss hero sixty-odd y< ars and tho times have all been hard or1 uood except tho four years from r(il to T>5, which Gon'l Shoriuan characterized as "hell." and to which we add, "and damnation." Sim.inter. A riBEMAN'S CLCSS CALL. mT stuck to my e iLji110. nl though every joint aelied ami every | nerve was nuked with p.in," wr.t> k C, W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Bnrdngton, Iowa, *'I was weak nnd pale, without any i appetite and ail run down. Ah I was about to give up, 1 got a bottle of Electric Billets and. after : taking it, I felt uh well an I ever did tit 'my life." Weak, sickly, ! run down people always gain new ' life, strength and vigor from their ! use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by T. B. Meaeham ! Trice 50 c?. a is. THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA. Short Items of State News Conveniently Grouped for Times Readers. FJi Souls, who was Hlu?t at Omlos ; Friday by M. 1). NeBinith, died Sunday morning from the ehoek caused by {lie lull's perforation of the stomach. Jus. T. Harris has secured the liolil of way from all properly owners on llie route designed for! the ear lino from Spartanburg loj While Stone Lithia Springs, and the work of constructing I he road will bee in at once. Frank M. Flayer, who was convicted io Williamsburg county last year of robbing the dispensary at Ivinestree, has received a pardon from the governor. A stronir }>e. j t it ion was presented in behalf of t he primnier. ()w:n<? to {he severe illness of his son, I'rcsplcnt Roosevelt will yot he in Charleston today as has | 1?? ?-n expected. Ail cIToit will be made t<? 1111v? the president attend tin- exposition at a later day. The tin i^11 i11lt touches to the exposition are now beinj; rapidly completed. The water will soo i l>e turned into Lake *1 minita, which will add much to the beauty of the efoulids. < >n and after the first of next Tilly it will unlawful in South i Carolina to sell or otTer for sale any pistol woinliini; less than three pounds and heint; less than twenty-two inches lono. A y?>uno man of Ileaufort re- j really cauujlit over S(t(l line trout and bass in one nii^ht. and sold them for S?dO. Adj. (ien. Floyd while in Washinotoii recently arranged with the war depat tnieiit to honor reipiisi lions for a complete re-epuipincnt of the Citadel with new cadet rifles. Since the recent fire in Tim monsville there have been erected : Mini nearly completed sixteen new slures. Imuk ami oflire building. an armoiy ami club room, a liall to lie nwneil jointly by the Masons and Kn nil Is of Pythias, and some stoingc warehouses. These buildintr are all of brick. The store of Thurlow Cane s at the overhead bridge. I .aneaster, : was b oUen into and robbed of clothing and ?i>5 in money on Sunday night. No arrests have been made. A young negro man, son of Noah Pate, was killed instantly on Friday, while working at tin* llaile gold mine, by a rock weigh- : lug several tons falling on him. , l.oeal dealers, says the Wil mington ( N. C.) Star, are inter-j ested in a bill in the South Carolina legislature which aims to I make tlnv oyster and elain laws! for I lorry county conform to that enacted hy the North Carolina legislature for Brunswick county, , adjoiuiiiL. The principal place atVeeted will b Little lliver, S. 0. 1 The ens of I'j. It rook Sligli, formerly a deputy at Colu'tibin, { S. C., charged with a failure tt i pay a board bill of sti. at tin* Coslilopolitau hotel, was called in the )) dice court yesterday. Mr. Sligh explained to the court that the bill was cipraeletl by a friend, fori ... 1 - 1 ? ? 1 * * wiioiii in* mid vouched. Mini that lie was I'cifoctly willing t > pay I ho amount. Mr. Sligh did. uiid the cms- was dismissed. Wash mud 011 Post. Uepresent.dive Lever has introduced a hill in the house appropriating il si'in sutiieient to erect a inoiiiimeiit to the inein<>ry of ('apt. lames liutlor and his .'10 comrades who were foully murdered hy j "llloody iiill* (.'uiminghain during the Uevolutionary war. I iio ntoiiument is proposed for the campus of Leesville collogo in Lexington 1 county. The sum < f ^100 per an- j num is asked for the maintenance of the monument. A little negro girl, the seven- i year-old daughter of Km ma Atkins, of Laurens, was limned to death las! week. The child's mother I..ft I I .11 . . 1 .. ii ii' i miiili- 111 III!' Ill >11H** Willi!' I she went ton spring near by for water. Screams were hoard in a few minutes, but by tlie time lielp r aelieil tier she was dead. | In the same neighborhood an lie- i eidoiit of a like charuc ? r happeno < ( to a little negro a few days he I ore, but in that rase the unfortunate chilli i? Mill alive. The governor is beginning to receive npplicnt ions for ?-i 1 k mulberry trees in accordance with tin' nnnouiieenn nts made by the prcsidents of \\ iutiirop ami the State colored college, showing that some , are heeoin ng iuteri'sied in the matter of silk eu.ture in South Carolina. Tlie governor requests j that luTealter all requests for trees ( from those wlu? wish to make experimoutH be addressed directly to tli presidents of the two colleges named. ? -* *> ? Wanted.?T.? buy t\C<> pigs or shouts of good stock. Apply to L. A. Hurris. I I f I j AFTER CARTOW WARREN. Governor .McSweeuy Offers a Reward \?f One Thousand Dollars for his Capture'. Now* and Courier. (jinvrnor MrSw..eny 1ms issnnl a proclnitmt ion. recalling tin* imi| dor a I Braiioltville of Tom Watnon by Itnrtow Wnnon. and offering; a reward of Sl.OkX) for his oapturlv Rack of this art lira tlirt slorv <>f lli** Oliver of n desperate and vengeful mini. Horn in ihe vicin ity of Ins latest crimen and respeo. tidily connected, Warren, following J1 n> bent of a reckless and adveij. turous disp-sition, enlisted in tljc army during the war with Spain, Inn deserted and wont to the tip W.st. Drifting back "to Branchvil^c without un ney, and in doubtful ropnte, lie biO'ieludjto two of hi> acquaintances ( Watson and Con. ner) a plan to hold upTnnd rob !u Southern Railway Irain. Tliek n fused to join him. but heboaidHI the train and secreted himself on the bnjjirniro ear platform, frori where, masked and with revolvei in hand, lie forced entrance in'e the express ear. secured what 1 i*11< im ?ney t lib expressman had atinl deeaiiii ed in the d trknesn. lb* was speedily apprahende< nud several months later was nr raioned for his crime. The tria brought on* aueli evidences o ltiii It t hat. de* r.ile st i en in n- tl"? >rts made to obtain his acquittal, tin jury was unable to atrree. One of the principal wilnensei against him was Watson. Hot I men returned to Hranehville ami one evening while Watson u a*| seated on the st? ps of on" of the village stores Warren, without! warning, shot him to death. : Since the commission of that cold. 1.1 -i ?t i?-? i 1: ----- M MVV vi lit" II penrt'd from this purl of thecouii-l try. I'"' justice never sleeps, nut! (iovernnr MeSweeney's proclninatiou is n reminder of licit deter-' IDi 11>tt ion which nil got d people] will nceept as evith nee that under h'K administration Ihe law shall he vindicated and hnurui life pro tee. ted to the utmost power of the State. It is a notable coincidence ' that oil the sntne railroid another train was at acked by several men in the same locality last week and robbed of a small amount of money. The railroad and * express companies have, in conjunction with the Stale, ottered a'reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension of the thieves. So far no (due to their d nlity lcs been obtained. Nevertheless tin* State officers and officials of tin* railway and express companies may be depended on to push the affair io a li 11 is h. ETJCKLSN'S ARNICA SALTS. 1 tlW VVlirlll W lit., flllll.i t > >> lire. .1 lolls eurrs. h surpasses any ot lior salve, lotion, ointment or lialni for Cuts. Corns, Hums. Moils, Sores, Felons. I "leers. Tetter, Snit Klinutu Fever Sores, Clmppod I lands, Skin Kriifit ions; Inlaililile f,?t Files, (hire irnainnteed. Only 25e at .Meaelmin's drun store. FOU (tOOl) WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., caLi. os or wnrri: ro W, H. Iioo V Mil, UnKUHTK, N C. 'ja?** \Yc I.ike Your Doll ir in payment of laundry work loft in our care, but we strive as well for your approbation. Our aim is to wash clothes clean, iron shirts, collars and outYs to vour liking (we mean by that jiolished or domestic finish), and generally to afford you the best satisfaction at prices commensurate with pood work, but still cheap. The |ierfeet work of the Model Steam laundry, l harlot te, N. I'., all the time at short prices litis won tho general favor of good dressers, Shipments made Wednesday evening. Ko. L. McKuianky, Aoknt Fort Mill, S. C. J 13. Trayw c't & Co., DKAI.ERS IN VISE . A N 1 > MI x i:s. No. 12 East Trade St. CHA RLOTTE. - - - N. C. | i CN A WHEEL an uix#ueul Uul?i*nb ib tt LvtUo oi JU i ! fc&J l Uflcei Runnimi need not become i\ l body. If they do i ' MEX KlUSTAMG will thoroughly, <1 , nently cure these ; is no guess work a | imerit is useil a cu YOU DON'T KNOW Si Biurtanj* lAuimeut. As a tk.-ii ? j r. m. x?oitfDoitf, ROCK HILL, S. C. JOB PRIMTISSTGr. i J c j i I Ever ?c That tlio best e<ui employ i> immt in a no\ circulates am of whom you Fort Mill' ani covered thoro |v THE 1 vi/in ;i i 1 1 IfoTholiday preseni 'The Lamp of 1| t] The lamp that doesn't flare yJJI<**V nso bad language ; the l( -t you aet it nnd stays prM ^1 ; tl f inglvpart with, "iii-u you i?ai Cbc |Sew ' u Other Thtrtps may b? offer 'Xlr> > ^7 they may he, in some rospeei ^siuVijbr there's only one. The TO?* ture the lamp offered yon is I on it; every lump has* it. (3 j Olil LnmpH "x Wo can fill every lnnip win - \ M want a new lamp or itove, ni J < ''* >*, -Wi /_ J Wicd. a va-<? in' 'tinted or othi it .' ^ "* " *y :l New Hoches! > *eini vnu literature on the sni I Jkj, L. VVa are SPECI ALISTS In tt I^WtrWw^ l.amps. Conau | THE ROCHESTER HHP C ( I } f ?;' " v . ?nllymoots with disaster, A --^ry lont fl',rt??r to hnvov itli von \*lun Lc*JLutu -jluy.uig JLLuliucu^ rs or ig Sores fixture upon your it io your fault, for iCAN L>r*!R1EMT uicldy and permaLifilictions. There bout it; i f this iinre xviii follow. quietly n burn or scald car. be eared )<>u have treated it with Mexican hauler it ttunds at the very U>p. DR. J. L. SPRATT, SUIU1 EC )N 'DENTIST. Office in Jones .building, Main Street, Fort Mill, S. C. After December 1, office will be closed every Monday. ?; . Terms, strictly cash. The Charlotte Observer N >?th Carolina's Foremost Newfpaptr. Bigger and more attractive than ever, it is an invaluable visitor to the home, the office, the club or the work room. THE OBSERVER Contains all the news of tho world. Has the Ansopiii^ed Hie*.* Dispatcher*; special correspondents at the State ami National Capitals and an experienced corps of correspondents throughout the State. TltP Ihlilv Oluervi r Seven Days ; . Is per annum; $4 fpr six mouths; for three months.' 1 1 Th" SmiMYti kly Observer, A perfect, family journal. All the news of the times.. Only $1 per annum. Sample Copies cf Either upon Application TME CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. I cur to U salesman you * an advertisevspapcr which long people expect trade? I township are uglily by "IMES. Jj rVf\V^ rs?For EVERY DAY USE Steady Habits i up or Hmoko, or cause* you nop that looks gooil wWn jf w fain|> that you uever wilV* ? ^ Rochester. Vg|?|fy e<t you ns "just as good lyMrVTnj la, hut F<t all arotinii frood- tSBfrfTM S'rw FfocKentrr. To make WjUWw " miiiif. look tor Uie liaiue f ? Miulo "N'O'W. / \ lit. Komatter whollier yott i ohl nn? r?-|?airYil or refln* CTIk^'^ip 'r?>t Tinakn of lump transform tor. we can Uo ?t. Lot lie ( O ic treatment of dlecasca efC-V_. ' 3., 3S Park 1*1 are A 33 Rarrlay St., Sew Tork. ) 1 1