Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 12, 1902, Image 2
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THE FORT MILL TIMES.
DEMOCRATIC.
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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.
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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
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; 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.
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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
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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.
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Wanted.?T.? buy t\C<> pigs or
shouts of good stock. Apply to
L. A. Hurris.
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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: -----
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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.
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(tOOl) WHISKIES,
WINES,
BRANDIES, ETC.,
caLi. os or wnrri: ro
W, H. Iioo V Mil,
UnKUHTK, N C.
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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.,
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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.
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every Monday. ?; .
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salesman you
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which
long people
expect trade?
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nop that looks gooil wWn jf
w fain|> that you uever wilV* ? ^
Rochester. Vg|?|fy
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la, hut F<t all arotinii frood- tSBfrfTM
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