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? * ' J mfwmijmei DFM^^RATIC. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS. B. W. BRADFORD. Publisher. Subscription i?rieo fl jier year. Correspondence on current subjects is invited, but wo do noJ.*j;ree lyiblish communications coutaiuitifr more than 800 words, and no rcsismsibility is usaunicd fpr the vi?;wspi corrwipnmktiitH. Ah uu udvortiHiiiK medium for Chiirlottc, 'Pineville, Fort Mill, uud Roolc irtii 1. <iiii vuniiivm n?ium:n <iir j imm in ?unuir Puhho<1. Rates made known on npplication to the puHliafo't. , * , Local Telephone Ro. 20. MARCH 5. I1K)2. Hon. W. Blackburn Wilson, of Hock'^Hilf* bun announced bin candidacy fur congressional honors from this district. Mr. Wilson is a strong man and will innko a strong race. He'ia^ably'fitted* 4n every respect to represent the people in BUch a high capacity and this fnet ia well known throughout the district and it will he appreciated to a considerable extent. He has servod two terms in the State legislature hikI one term in the senate and retired with a proud record to his credit. Few {men in the Slate are better versed in parliamentary law and his long experi' ence identified with the business interests of this section particularfits \ini to bela congressman. ..... . _ ,. * The \Wshnigton Post snys: . v ;**8peaking of.srt, we are in receipt of a rural exchange which J' v l>{ Vob|Idas'a, lg?If-tone- illustration of f.,. . J, 1 he Tdlinan-McLaurin bout, and was pointed on a band press ' > 'v<u was cold< U is even * ' ' ^drs^ tlian Hire ^otTeilse it is su\t-' / I-T1 i PklSfd to depict:", " , t A$ee whtzf WoiilTe^ if this ap i Vpli^to K<>^K HiJI Journal. 5 Oi^jof'tKe mrfortupatf , psiilts j / , . ( of t]b$ Tillniao-McLaurin tight in ' ' thft debate-is itne revival of st6ries j?* niout all the similar disgraceful rout n eei?M nao flmf 4 ?* lr wv.v\n icuvcn i iicn unvu mrvrn in OonitreHB?occurrencee it would 'j ' diertnuich better/p<he eouutry. to - 'io?Maj ijy rAi4'-' * * # /" 'The'PHnc,,e has looked con<sreiK --r - over aud couMce?H Iioh looked the Prince yver end the conventional ,'v thi?m&, ...have.^ been ?uid. The tlibdiiiifB <4i? both aides Weie tiled (.. . nw-ay for future ???. ! ' > ' ;; t'?* ;t ; 7 , '. J f/ |V,irele^B teleeraj3hy fimireH exr j tvlij'o'.j teivjively In tfSv newspapers, but it "didn't till any tfaps while the wuea in ine wnoie eastern section l?f' tlii'fcHiiiitry were down for. several days. V / - -* ? . Promoters of prize fights could fj ;J ; make, a ^iuucU of money Ijy at* itinging' a public "go'* between (.P\ 'JiMttfUtts Tillman and. McLaur$h\ ? under Marquis of Qucenabury ? ^ fvVruibsv- ' 1 "i. j< (. , . | . '- 'Hid'fl?i?t Senatorial scrap occtired while Princo Henry was iir iho gallery he would have been reminded of some occurrences in 'the Reichstag. ' ' doctors of New Yorlc and i j Washington are reported to be bi dly overworked, treating eases , of wretudied backs caused by bowI ing to'o'IbW to htd royal" tribe. i < '.]? **!*: The train hold-up in Virginia the other dny waa. evi i'ently the work of amateurs, as the robbers got only $7t>, which was taken from a box in the baggage cur. # Wonder if Mr. Cleveland scent i:4: it in i * |niiiik-h iu me v>nuc nouse ilinner to Prince Henry, wliicli lie declined tp.attend on the ground of poor health. For the Senate to declare the fighting Senators in contempt was all right aa far as it went, but it did not go far enough. The smallpox sear? is doing its annual stunt in various sections of the country. It puts money in the pockets of the doctors. Naturally men are unking if rou^h-and-tumbl? fighting is a j?art of ,the nineli-vannted ''senatorial courtesy." < + + + Even the D. A. R. can now point the finger of scorn at the U. 8. Senate. " + + \V nrler if Col.?Jimmy doesn't feel u "whole lot smaller now. uX fCil'ester man is exhibiting a slnngle' in sound condition, fiom the roof off a house built more t'haic si?nfy Vears ago> It is said , that the average life of a shingle /. J" "^<difptu(tbno^.-?* not.jkpxe. tUart / tweulj years. J ' '? J M Unknown ii\ f'ort .Will. Charlotte Observer. "Dr." James Mack wns before tlie recorder for an assault on his j pal, "Dr." 01)as. Crowder. From the evidence given it,,seejns that Crowder gave Alack VH) cents with which to buy a ticket to Fort Mill. S. 0., and being left by the train i tin no ^rl. \t nr?L UmVptuI tintuu f#*?* the money, whereupon Al'^k hauled away and slugged him twice in tlie jaws. Mack denied .making' the assault and sail! Iny-kept. the | money to keep Crowder from get - i ting dfonk. He was fined the costs of the trial for the assault, liotli of these men who call themselves "doctors," make up and sell ! some sort of dirty .dark fluid; Crowder calls his "Spencer's. Sar- : sapnrilla," anil Mack calls his "The j Golden Celery and Sarsupnrilln i Compound." Each of thein claims that his medicine will euro almost all known diseases. One may guess the value of the stuff when he knows that u niagistinte in this county has a warrant to bo served on Crowder, who sold some of his ! medicine to a white woman, who was made very sick by taking the stulT. . 1 y To Change Date of Inauguration. The governors of thirty States have consented to serve on a committee which will advocate a change in the date of the inauguration of future presidents of the United States. The senate has already passed a joint resolution to submit a constitutional amendment that will bring about the proposed reform. The C< mi mittsinners of the District of Colutn- I bia, the governing body of the I national capital, have only recent- j .ly set at work to organize the coin- 1 ?i .1 - *i-~- < ' Iiuiuu ci 11V4 UIU i.rrj; illOUO llllltl 1111"] ; lii^ve.been-prompt and the heartiest j of sympathy is expressed on all sidi's:. . Iti's proposed to change the date to April HOIh on . account ! of the bail weather which m nexuLly t prevails during the mouth of Mar'ch. . . * ?? ' 4 . ' . f / Selected County Ncas. 'A* . . . / 1L-* " ' " A few days aj_ro oil the farm of Mq. J., \V. fLxldeV, ' at Koddy's, -the wife of Ike Doinnn, colored, was burned tijMeatlj. Douian and his family hhd moved info the , bouse only about ah hotir* 'before; Domuu, however, hud Irone to the store at Koddey's and wheti he returned he found the body of his wife lifej^as. The woman had fallen with 1ier:h'ead .in the fire; Iter eyefi were burned out and her face horriblv charred. She had evil dently dropped dead and Tiad fal- ! len as indicated. Two young children were present when their mother fell and they gave the alarm. The Jasper'Jjight Infantry faded to get off to Charles ton last Kri- ' day to participate in the Military Day ex efc iseH.on Saturday. Cieii- I eral Floyd telegraphed that he Wanted's' full.Company of HO mop,, ai>d tha,t lie. wanted information at once so aslto make arrangements about forwarding a car. Only] about fifteen members of the,com pany were able to say positively that they would go. Others desired to go; but were not certain that they could complete their arrangements! While it seemed1 altogether probable that the' necessary 30 men would be on hand, I...V W v/? ?I(W vviiiputj' urvm- j tl to take no risks on the subject, 1 land they advised General Floyd j that they could not accept his ad- i vantngeoua offer. The arran^ementH provided for a five trip, without expense during the stay in Charleston The new hoard of supervisors of registration for' York county is as followsue**X). C. j Clark, of York villa; J. A. C. Xiove. j of Clover; and J. VV. Marshall, of Rock Hill. The two la&t named members displace Messr4?*_\V A. 1 Fewell, of Rock Hill; and I. H i i Gordan, of Yorkville. The newly I appointed members have not yet been commissioned; hut they proh- ; ahly will be before tlie next regular ; meetinu of the board, on salesday in March Clerk of the Court VVylie, Treasurer Neely and Auditor Will , HUM IlllVt, I filiilu I " - ...... ! busy during the past f?-w days j preparing the jury boxes under the new law. This law provides that the names of one-third of the , qualified voters of the county laplaced in the box each year. This means that, the York box must contain about l,2vX) names, and of these IDS must serve during the year. The six grand jurors who | were drawn from the former jury to serve during the present year j are, of course, relieved from further service The little 4-year. ! old daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. ,1. E. Latham, who live.near Hoodtown, was burned;to deAth last Friday. Mr. and Mis. Latham had left the. house to attend tb'ttte milking.? | YorWville 'Enquirer. THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA.' ' *. ! i Short Items of State News Conveoiently Grouped for Titties- Readers. ? ?. The (xiivernor Wednesday commnted the sentence of John Wil. hunts, convicted ' trt:1 GiVenville county in t S^pteriibeiv HHOI, fdr violation of dispensary :Taw and sentenced to nine .Otoliths.^on Lite cliningauft. , , 1 A freight train met witli an nc- , rw/letil nl lln-> Si>u rt mi I ?n rt r .1 11 >> ? _ ' - - - t? r --*? , v "{ ?;: tion 'at It o'clock Wednesday night and engineer Rolling puis painfully though notjwniouely.injured, by Ix-ing scalded.-,: \ The damage to the vara was not-serious. William L. .Durst,: one of ft he moat prominent citizens of'Greenwood, died athiH home there-fSuhday afteruoou afit?T a slnwt illness of pnuemonia. . At the time of j liia death Mr. Durst was president ' of the Greenwood cot tub will and was interested in almost every enterprise in the town. The city council of Charleston Monday night passed an ordinance authorizing the purchase for $25,000 of at Least half of the grounds oti whi :h the Exposition is being conducted.-' The, tract includes the colonial mansion, the oak grove and the lands bordering on the Ashley river. The purpose is to establish a beautiful city p>rk on the bajak of the Ashley river ufter the Bose of the exposition. The S??>oard Air Line's bridge over the Svannuh Kiie'r, at Calhoun. F^B, S.' C., )vns carried away Fi?Biy liight bv the hrgh water. V 1 The SlBe calls attention to' the j fact that were are only seven of the Soul if Carol-iniaoH wl.io signed the secession 'ordimniCe Dec. 20, 18U1, now living. They are: Chief Justice Henry Melvey? J osepli Daniel Pope, Dr.. James' H. Carlisle, Dr. Stokes, Robert A. Thoinp Hoa?, L'. W-. Sprott and R.C. Logan. One day last week tbe:-Court House at Newberry caught tire -j..- i - <? imi ? ? iroiu n mrei'iive nue. -JUKi DIM/-* Was extinguished Wfore mm-li dllHingO WHS (ioMit'v 'OoUrt WHS in Sessiou and was adjouhied' for a sbo(t i while, but soon ' continuedbusiness. * .Si'.i .. A 411 an i'ti a buggy 'harr^in^ a P>ilile tui'd tt ' shdtguA appeared rii Baril'Well nrtt long ago' ^o evangelize that c utility aiioixlihg to the latest Ainei^ -an hie^lickl' in 1 the Philippines. *The jjeoijKi'decided that they tiki not wa"rj't tliti gospel introduced iit the nniV.zlV oT the shotgun and*ti .fl the man sent to the hospital for tlie.intwrie. ' Work is progressing well oh the building of the Augusta-and Aiken elect ri?: rail way, which lias been ooinpleted tfroiu. North ; Angusta to Clearwater* between which pointH a regular schedule will be operated by April 1. The rolling stock has been shipped. r .. .. Col. Mike Brown, of Barnwell, lias been allowed by the t'nited States Senate $ 110,000 for the ,deaUul'tiou of property by Sherman's army. Eliza ("loodlett. white, 22 years oki, living wmi iior grand parents I uonr Uivors, Orangehurg county; after. retiring Inal-, Friday night ai'6~e and rushed from the house hare footed. Search wan coniineneed, hut she was not found until Saturdny morning, dead and buried in the?tiow. >>he was subject to ?pileplic attacks and was complaining all day Friday. i The recent snow storm caused i the St. John A. M. E. church; Spartanburg, to cnllapae. The iiow'organ was ruined. The loss falls heavily on pnatc^r and emigre, gation, who have striven so hard to build this church.'- An appeal to all the people has been issued. The Columbia State says since the system of State insurance of public buildings was put in oper at ion there have been no losses. Hut one has come at last. The burning of the roof from the] court house at Newberry is the first' Ins.* unstained, and it is believed that it will not'exceed $100. <* ? Is a Periodical a Public Utility ? Editor Times: I have just road yonr issue of the present week, and I hope yon will pardon mo, but I reel prompted to congratulate >*<"> oh tl?o literary and mechanical gef np .of. yonr . readable pajH*r. Yonr dippings are general and instructive with bits 6f news almost from Maiuo California. Every town, or I should say every family, needs just such a pu|>or as you arc dispensing. I win say what I have, said without fear or favor as I hav<J> no selfish ends in view. Any e.loan, wholesome paper will pay for itself many times during a year, ft may be trne that a paper is a private ooneorn, but at the same time it is a public utility,, and. if justly ri garded as such by <j\n*ry wide awake citisen. It stands for truth and morals and is a veritable menace to evil doers. The immoral are greatly hampered through fear Vjf ventilation in the papers, ami ifc. is well they do f?ur for "the pejpi* Tufphtie^than the sword." Editors like some other mortals come in for a fall shurb of froe disoos*iou and really they should no; bo averse to i>.?iitg dissented. I ^leaii the food one places before his'uuditoi-s. "A fountain oun not issue both sweet and bitter water," uor rem a stream rise above its source. Books aiul papers play a wonderful part in social life. The Good Book informs us, "As a man thinkcth so ho is," or we might interpret, as a man reads ho is he, for our literary food, like our diet, has much to do with growth. I heard an original speaker once say that he oonld look in a man's face aud toll what kind of biscuits he ate. Of i.. 11,t? ?. T i/V/uim; nu lauoiiv laciui f io? \u a j so interpreted him. However, I think it would be as ditticnlt to put in a man's j head what nature hud denied him as it would be to train a donkey to a threeminute gait. Nevertheless, good wholesome rending will stamp itself upon any man, and there is no better companion for a youth than a book or a fresh nice paper. Prison statistics will bear mo out in saying that tho fewest habitual readers turn out badly, or commit crime. The unoccupied mind that thinks no higher thoughts than those suggested by a benighted intellect ami a sensual appetite often Hud their way to a felon's cell. This within itself should arouse every parent- not only to put good books and periodicals before their children, but to tieo that they are well read?soon tho mind will be quickened and aroused, and a thirst for knowlodgo will be acquired. Somo of our best and most learned men attribute their awakening to a sermon or a chance book or a ]>eriodieal that fell into their hands. You may call it "fate," but such might be tho fate of any youth who has the capacity to think for himself. We can not put too high an estimate upon readiugand what to read. 1 once heard a man say that ho never read anything hut his Bible, and I was truly sorry for him. He was like the man of Ethiopia, whom Phillip met nv.ding Esaiss the Prophet. "How can I understand unless someone guide me?" Reading stimulates thought, and thought is the formation of character and character determines destiny. A man is largely the creature of his own creation. He moves within a sphere .circumscribed hv his own lunulu Tim fluid may bu enlarged or liniitud to his own liking. Reverses iiru but stopping stonus to greater and final success. (Rev.) W. A. Wright. fi?. ;?? i A FIEEMAN'S CLCSE CALL. "T'^st-udk to my engine, . al- i though every joint ached anil every nerve was racked with piin," writ* s C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington,* Iowa, 4'I was weak and pale, without any appetite anil all run down. Ah 1 wits about lo give up, I got a bottle of. Electric Bittern and. after taking it,'I felt ftB well aa I ever did in my life." Weak, aickly, nun dowh people nlwaya gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. ' Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by T. B. Meachaui Pride, 60 cents-. . DR. J. L. SPRATT, ; SUROEON DENTIST. t . '! ' % ? Office in Jones building, Main Street, Fort Mill, S. C. After December 1, office will be closed every Monday. Terms, strictly cash. ? I . '. ? / rTTTTTH^ II II We Like Your Dollar in payment of Inundry work left in | our oare, but we strive ns well for your approbation. Our aim is to wash | clothes, clean, iron shirts, collars and cuffs to your liking (we mean by that j polish^" <?r domestic finish), and generally to afford you tho best satisfaction I at pricoaoouiBieiiMurate with good work, but still clv,oap. The porfeot work of the Model Steam Laundry. Charlotte. I N. C., nil the timo at. short prices/has I won the'genorul favor of good dresjsers. Shipments made Wednesday evening. En. L. MoElhanky, AoKNTt Fort Mill, S, C. J. U. Tray wick & Co., . DEALERS IN FINE EIQUOHS/ AND WINES. No. 42 East Trade St. CHARLOTTE. ~ N. C. f Soulhern Rh Iw?y Schedule. Trains for Charlotte, etc., from 'Columbia, etc.. pass Fort Mill, S. C, No. .10, Richmond Limited, j (daily) 9:01 a. m; No. US. Local, (daily) H:05 p, in; front Cluster. No. r>4, Local, (except Sunday) 2:55 p. ni. Trains for Columbia, etc , from Charlotte, etc., pass Fort Mill, No. 27. Local, (daily) 7:4N a. m; j No. 29, Richmond Liu/iteel,(daily ) I 10:54 p in; No. 75, Local, (except Sunday) 2:55 p. in. Through sleepers for Richmond, Washington, New York. etc. and for Augusta, Savannah, Charleston. Jacksonville, et<;. Close connections at C/olumbia for all points and at Charlotte with through trains for the East. I / I % ? - " ' ** ..Jv . . Mexicart ., ?m ^m? i i*. o( s?b, Mustang Liniment I * * * : 15 -f : , . A toad under a harrow . . euflcrs no more than the fhlthfhl horse that is tortured with Sfravins. SwinnA* Sores, Sprains, cto. Mo^t horse owners know this and apply tho kind of sympathy that heals, known far and wide us ; Mexflcara ,.< MtLssfamg' Never falls?not even in the most aggravated easen. Cures caked udder in cows quicker than any known remedy. Hardly a iiiseaso peculiar to muscle, skin or joints that cannot btj cured by it, Mexican la tho boat remedy on tb? market for M 1 LL... . tVind (*a11k Sprain*and Skin Lumjio, iTIUStang Linimeitt It koepa torsos umlrouleain condition. SOUTHERN I RAILWAY \ >. r i\ ' ' . ] | | , . i | J the great highway\ of trade aw travel, Uniting th? Principal ConiAeroial C?n ?**? "id Health and Maatura RetorU of iha Aouth withtha^ Mr . . 1 " ' A-.'" f v imn<TT7 ant a THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. I tor HOLIDAY PRESENTS?for EVERY DAY USE || The Lamp of Steady Habits tTW lamp that doesn't Anre tip or smoke. or cause too to use tfntl language the lamp that looks when f jf \ Ton Ret It an?l stay 1} good; the lamp thai you never wiU- m A Inglv part with, out* you have it ; that's I f "Cbc JScw Rochester. -g^T Other lamp* may be offered you as * Jt'*< ita fit**! they may he, in some respect*. hut for oil aropri good HrTnH Dens, there's only one. Thr S'no A'orketfer. To make sure the lamp offered yon Is t'onmhr. look (or the name g ByMfSu . ou it; every lamp has it. (900 Vi^ieties.) . SyBfflflJS . Old I.ampH Mntla Now] I We ran All every lamp want. So matter whether yon KJ want a new lamp or stove, an o)rl one repaired or reAnbhed. a va ?o mounted or other make of lamp transform c<l into a New Rochester we can do it. Let UI^Mi|nlfl|7\ I end you literature on the sulyeyt. X* V\ Wa are >Pf:ClALISTA Id the treatment of dlaeaaa* of\^S 1 -.\S-J Lamps. Consultation PKLE. -O I THE ROCHESTER LAMP CO., 38 Park l?lara A Si Barclay St., Haw lark. | /s/fj i ana u/jij i. I Mlgh-CUii vMtlhul* Trklap. Thr>??^)i -Cere ' | b?IWM? Mow York tad N-w Orl.??, rim AiUat*. I . ... Cincinnati ttt4 rUrlda Polnlm vie Atlanta ftcd E Aakevllla. M k * ? Mew York ?ad Florida, aitkar rim l^fc'kuekikddr^, Damrllla H Jartaa^h, or rim RlcbaaoodJ O^airllla tad larannah. li "i ?j fit*l H ^ Kb Juparlor Dlnin^.Cair Sarricapn ?)1 Tk>)oa|k Yraiaaa. II tacallanl '**Tiea and Low Ralat ie: Ckarlatloa m<JN eeenc louih Carolina Iniarrttaia ,am4 Waal Imdlam I Kspoaliioa. ''' | Winter Tourl*| Tickets to mil RaaoHl new on male mt . reduced rat%a, E For Hmtaiiarf 'n formation, (KaralpM, (ima (alia*, ralat. ata.. | i. H. HARDWicK, W.H.TATLOI, | 9 G-moarmI Pmaaangrr Jtgont, Attl. Can. Peat. Jtgon(, ffl (llatilaflaa, t>. C. Jtllaata. Cm. I '/ ' | W. HURT, j. C. ItAM, I 1 I *><" F?'?*ngor J?gont, ?Ulrttl Faos. Jtgoat, ? | Ctarlaitaa, 1. C. ttllaale, Cm. I . naauAav K>, ia#v 7 ./' i rj The Charlotte Observer! j.; m it North Carolina's Foremost Newspaper. , ' i v :*:! .-.-i . Blgj?cr and more attractive than ever, it irf an invaluable visitor to tho home,! . 1 the oftioe, the club or the work room. I THE OBSERVER I r. m. London, C<?\tajus all .the- news of tho worldjB 7 Has tho Associated Press Oispaiches?.^ rnnir hit t r* ! sll(,c'n^ correspondents at the State and I KUbK HILL, S. C. National Capitals and an experienced! . eorps of icurrespcsulents throughout tlup JOB ; Is i*t annum; $4 for six months;K ! for three mouths. * Scnil-WcfLI) Obsrrvfr, I I A jierf^ot family journal. A ll th?t news of tiie times. Only #1 j>ef annum. ; Sample Copies of Either apon Application