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r TEE FORT MILL TIMES. Df MOCRATIC. PU13IJSI IEJ > WEI)N EST)AYS. E. W. BRADFORD. Fnblishor. Subscript ion prico . ... $1 per your. Correspondence on current subjects is invited, lint wo <lo not a^reO to publish conmmiiieations oonininin^ more than JttXt words, and 110 nwpnnsihility is nssuiucd for the views of eorresjiondeiits. Am an ud\ortisin^ medium for t'Fiurlotfe. Pinoville, Fort Mill, and lhjvk 11 i 11 business houses The Tinnm is unsurpassed. Fall's made known ou appliyutloll to the publisher. Ixh uI Toh phono No. 2ft. APRIL 2. 1002. A Review of lite Wilcox-Cropsey Case. Editor Times: I see Unit Wilcox has served notice of an appeal. In this notalile ease the point was ?.. I_~ *1. _ . _ __ i! ll i !! mime ity imc ]irostTiiii(iu (ii)ii 1MI8S j < Vopsey being a good swimmer could not have drowned herself, ( specially as the water at that place whn only two or three feet deep. Now, suppose in a mad tit she had plunged headforemost into this shallow water and struck any hard substance, would it not have produced t lie same concussion found and claimed to have been dono by a jack, and would it not explain the absence of water in the lungs, stomach, etc? In other words, as the evidence was purely circurcumstautial, does not this circumstance explain all the phenomena found and do away with the strained supposition that a man could fell a woman in a few feet of her friends and carry her a hundred yards and appear to a friend a half-mile away, without excitement, go homo to bed, etc ? _ Would you mind expressing an opinion f Bead cu The writer of the above has struck upon some points which 1 I __ l? *11 nnve 1 in pressed us very loreiniy nnd why the counsel for the defense did not lay more stress upon them lias been a puzzle to us. The popular opinion of outsiders seems to he that the verdict was influenced by prejudice. The fact that the victim was a popular young lady and that the accused was an unpopular young man?or ratherof a type calculated to be unpopular was the cause of this feeling. While a groat many believe Wilcox to be guilty they do not believe the evidence sufficient to convict. As forus,we are not yet convinced of his guilt. If ho is, ho is certainly a man devoid of conscience and feeling and altogether remarkable. " - -* ?- ? Yearly Chanres. In nn interview with a reporter of Tin* Journal, \V. J. ltoddey, president of tin* National Union bank ??f Hock Hill, gave noma interesting statements in regar 1 to' the facilities and rates of his institution. A mom; his remarks is to be fouud the following which is of interest to our people: "The bank iH trying to loan money so as to bring trade here, j M'e are reaching out into that rich Fort .Mill section just now, and as soon aH the way can be cleared for the ro?d to the tine new bridge out. there on which the Coininer- 1 rial club has been working for, Home time?we will bring those people to llock Hill to trade." Now don't that jar you V Hut how natural does this talk from our sister town sound. 'Tig a 1 voice risen from the tomb of wrecked institutions and bankrupt municipality seeking more worlds to conquer. Now let us transfer the scene to the Savings Hank of Fort Mill. "Mr. Cashier, do you need any money ?" "Yes, at a price." "What rate V" n "The Hank of England hasn't any to lend at. that rate." "Weil, I guess we have enofigli to do us on Hank-of-Kngland met hods." He patriotic, Mr. Roddey, and charitable and "reach in." ? "* * ? Bryan Roasts Cleveland. w r i? - ii i<v i- i ?y . niyau gives nx- rresKionT Cleveland a roasting in a ivpciiI , issue of The Commoner. He bays of Cleveland: "If we could punish betrayal of political confidence as we do em- I bezzlement of money he (Cleveland) would be receiving the limit of the |<w, but instead of Reeking forgiveness for the wrongs done by him to the parly, he nurses resentment and waits impaitently for the party to apologize to him for not j allowing him to lead it boldly into the Republican pirty." He declares that if Cleveland announced his candidacy for pres. ident he could not secure the delegation of a single State, ami says the party will never go back to the odious nnd odorous days of 1892 pud d$9G.- . . ISi-v rA Brief and Breezy. The St. Louis exposition rrtnnnL'frs have discovered that it the i I Chinese IjXcIiisioii bill be pushed ! by eongress in its present slmpe ! it will prevent China taking part in the exposition, tint) they will trv to get ii change made in the bill. * That this is an extensive country is constantly brought to one's at- ! tention. In the same paper that told of damages by flood in Maine , was news of a semi-famine in Northern Arkansas as a result of a long drought. * # * j Poulttiey Rigelow says Tlieo! dote Roosevelt is the greatest man j. living and that the (iertnoti I'hnper, or collies next. This is a free ] country, but is perfectly natural to 1 wonder what Poultnoy wants. t 4" "r Perhaps tli?-? bucccbrch (if the | Chinese- rebels are iiiHligrated by one of the European power* that wishes an excuse to violate the hun<JH-ol? policy toward China agreed upon by the powers. * The Charlotte ()lmerver man ev- | ideutly tried an April fool on Ins sultscrihers yesterday, judging the i date line on the first page of the i paper. .* * * . | Abuse was instrumental in making at least one man President, tint, suubbi ,g never made even u Presidential candidate. ? This is the season when the dear girls make even the vainest IIIMI1 HIM' (Mill III* 1HU I HI 11 Wltll ClOtllCS. * * 1 f Higns count for anything Senator Manila is after further political honors, lie is cultivating tin* ; correspondents at every upporluty regard less of cost. * + If the Cubans insist that 20 per cent reciprocity will do tliein no good, Congress tuny take their: word and drop the whole business. m m m As long as the Miles boom remains oil horseback and the Schley boom keeps atloat there will be no danger of a collision. * m m The New York jury which gave n pretty girl, on trial for murder, ! the benefit of every doubt and an acquittal, must have been coin- ; posed of average men. * * * Our gold brick dealers have nothing to tench those who sell the Filipino liolouion charmed shirts, guaranteed to protect the1 wearer from bullets and disease. * m m If Gen. Fit/.hugh Lee keeps on getting enthusiastic receptions in j various places he'll he accused of having aspirations. * * * We consider Italy very slow, hut 150,000 of its farm laborers arc on strike, which is ahead of anything in that line we have had. T T V Santos-I)umont is an expert in other things besides ballooning. The getting of free advertising, for instance. ? ? ? With forty-one governors of States helping to push along the change of inaugura ion day to tinlatter part of April the idea seems to bo reasonably sure of success. * * # Doubtless it was the office-seekers who made the President deem it necessary to take boxing and wrestling instruction from a professional., * * The United States Kennto is a Sunday school class in behavior and language by comparison with the British House of Commons. The president has been practicing his vaio power. Ilo should Iv able to nmk?' good iihh of it if that military bodyguard bill ever roaches him. Beware of a jealous wife. It Was one of the breed that betrayed the Russian colonel recently condetuned to death for selling goveriituent military secrets. + T + Our exohnnges indicate that the Congressional mania is raging with unusual violence in many quarters. + + + Our respect for London society has'taken a big jump since it stmt Lord liodney to coin entry for striking his wife, who lias just been granted a divorce from him. * Whims of spoilt kids are praise, worthy compared with those <>f a professional pianist now touring the country. ? The preacher who has his congregation behind him has no fear *>C a lu-tosy trail. ik ,' THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA. Short Items of State News Conveniently Grouped for Times Readers. On the lltli of April the people of Lancaster will vol.* on a !?l~>.OvHJ Ixnid issue to lie used in tile construdion of a handsome school building, ami the Lancaster papers seeni to he contident that the , bonds will carry. Tuesday ni?jht between 2 nod 3. a. m., hurulars ? ntered the county i treasurer's office at Hampton, cracked the safe and rifled it of all its valuables. Treasurer Laugfonl states that the loss is about $200. j Mr. H. J. Hrennen has received bis commission as treasurer of Kichland county and Thursday entered upon the discharge of his duties and bewail receiving taxes. Capt. d. M. Patrick, of Anderson, a son of the illustrious Col. j lolin It. Patrick, has announced himself a candidate for the office of adjutant and inspector genera'. Governor MrSw eny lias received a request from the har of Oconee asking for a special term of court for Oconee county! during the month of May. Chief Justice Mclvcr has been asked to name someone learned in the law to hold tin; special term of court.. It is reported that the pension list of Spartanburg county has increased by the addition of 1 -to names. The Anderson county lis4 has increased I!' nam's although twenty three pensioners di? d last year. No doubt there will lie1 many cnnnges this year in the poiioton lists. The appropri?Ii??i* was increased and the pensioners ! will also increase. The South Carolina Presbytery ( is appointed to convene in the iTeabytcriau Chuwh at Abbeville1 on the 11th of April. On Thursday (Jov. MeSweeny granted a pardon to Zanuah Mob j ley, a neyro who in IStM was eoi vietetl i f ^raiitl larceny and Henfenced to life imprisonment from j Lancaster county. At Yorkville Wedncslny were married W. K. Carroll and Miss Susan llill. The ceremony was performed by Kev. \V.(i. Neville. Mr. Carroll is president and treasurer of the York Cotton Mill Coin- j pany. The bride is the adopted ; daughter of Mrs. J. C. McKenzie. Miss Sallie Parhatu, 21 years old. a native of Cnion, committed suicide by takiiiLT laudanum in Co- I lumbia, where for the past ei??lil months she had been a clerk in a j dry ttoods store. A small boy whom no one knows anythiiiLC about has been found in Win unborn. He is about 12 yearold and says that he is from Kock- ; inoliam. N C. He ^jives his name as Archie McCoy. Henry Leituer, a nonagenarian I Fairtield farmer, lias a hale of cotton which was ginned before the | Civil war. It escaped Sherman's raid and the old gentleman will not part witii it at any price. Cornelius Ott has written the governor to ask if lie is entitled to 1 any reward for the finding of the I body of Bartow Warren in the F.disto. As the reward was offered for the capture and conviction of Warren of course nothing can lapaid by the State. John Hudson, Money Hudson and Jack Sentnell wen* convicted at Walhalla of manslaughter in i the killing of Rachel 'l'honias, alias > Powell,on tin- 25th of last November and were sentenced to the penitentiary for six years each. ! All were white persons. All the Aiken ministers have united against Sabbath desecration by the Northern visitors who are j spending the winter in that city, j Churchgoing and observance of a [day of rest does not seem to form i any pait of the lives of these people to whom money and eiijovuient are the chief ends of a I things. The ministers are earnest and aggressive. but it is doubtful if they accomplish much, as the Aiken people seem to have been captivated by the amount of money which the Northern visitois spend there, and the Sunday golf-playing, hunting, card-playing and other j fashiouable past imes will probably go on. ? He Kept His Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of llaitfoid. Conn., scratched his leg with a rusty wire. Intlammution and and blood poisoning set 111. Per f w. i Vinira li*? unlf.-iioJ i.. - - . w ? * nuilt ini III* tensely. Then t lit* best doctors ur?ied amputation, "hut," he writes,'*1 used line buttle of Electric Hitters and I 1-2 boxes of Duckies A mien Salve and my l< g was sound and well a-> ever." For Eruptions. Ecze ma. Tetter, Sail Uliemn, Sores and all blood disorders Klectrie Hitters lias no rival on earth. Tiy them. TIiob. H. Meaehnm will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. WANTED.? l'iue wood o.>. sabsc iptiou. The Times. * The Janes' Roller Mill. The Rock Hill Herald of today savs. Mr. ICdttar Jones was in town last t-atunlav ami stated to The Herald t hut definite steps arehein^rtaken toereet a roller mill at the old (inrvison mill site. The old buildinir, which was erected in 18.il, has been torn down, and lumber has boon liaulod to the river for the now [ struotnre. ! " will In* .'1 by '12 foot, two storios in hoi^ht ami will lm built on tho foumlations of tlio old mill. Tl?o murhinory in tho flouring dopurtmnnt will bo now and of tho latost niodols, tho rollor mill hivintr a oapaoity of about do bavrols of Hour jter day. Tho burr in tho old mill will bo *usod for nioal in tho now. Mr. Kdjjar Jonos will bo assooiatod with his unolo, Mr. W. I. Jonos, and thoy havo rlooidod to ostablish a forry at tho mill. Tho flat to bo usod tlioro j is now being niado. Mr. Jonos says that this will bo tho noarost possihlo way from Hook Hill to Fort Mill and untioipntos a groat doal of travel o\or his forry. 4*^?? Tin' trial <>!' William F. Breeze, president of the First National' bank of Ashevillc. N. C., on the charge of einh -z/lino several hundred thousand dollars, resulted in a mistrial. The jury stood 11 for conviction and one for acquittal. Miss Blanche Boise, a protege of Carrie Nation, horscwhipp d the mayor of Topcka. Kansas. She says she will give the governor a dose of the same kind. Job Couldn't Have Stood It If he'd had Itching Files. They're terribly annoying; but Bueklen's Arnica Salve will eure the wor-t ease of piles on earl It. It has cured thousands. For Injuries. Fnitis or Bodily Fruptions it's the lies' salve in the world. Price -."if a box at Meachmn's Drugstore. (.5 uai anteed Announcements. Candidates' announcements will bo inserted under ihis headline from date of receipt until issue preeedin^ the pri- j niarv election at $h.j'> each. Cash with order. For County Supervisor. T hereby aimonueo myself a caiidi<late f->r the olfiee of Count v PKlt V ISOIt. suhj a*t to the result of the Democratie primary election. T. (i. CULP. DR. J. L. SFRATTy SURGEON DENTIST. Office in Hank building. Main Street, Fort Mill, S. C. After Decemhor 1, oliiee will lie closed every Monday. Terms, strictly cash. r* mWffm t?, . 'fY f '/ - V s|i?f I ^Basis' i t Co"vki^Mr A Universal Verdict. All 111011 aro pleased with o.ir work? it is strietlv hifdi-jcrade and almvo reproach. Our work cannot be excelled anywhere?it is tin- truest represent a lion of the laundry man's art. Finish is perfect, and the best materials only ap? used in the process of washing ami tinishino. All laundry left with our Fort Mill ii^ent will receive prompt and careful at tcntiou. Rock Hill Steam Laundry Ed. L. McEmianky, Aokst Fort Mill, S. ('. Shipments made Wednesday morning TKLSSL'ASS WARNING. All persons aro warned not to limit, fish or for tiny purpose whatever enter upon any of the lands owned or controlled 1?v the under- i signed. The law will he rigidly enforced a<;ninst any one disreoarditttr this not ice. S. K. Wmiti:. Mas. .T. M. Onr.i.b. ,T. W. AltDUi Y. F. XlMs. J. M. Sim: att. Mi.-s Hesstr. Wiutk. j Edoai: Jonks. \V. I. JONKS. D. A. LKK. J. B. Mxck. ,T. H. t'oi.th \ite. W. H. Hokk. W. E. Sell att. I> M. seitair. T. M. Hi'ohks. T. S. Kikki*athick. T. C. SlMtatt. II. W. I tl'KKM an. No lit Iter it Ra Iwny NtlitduU*. i Trains for Charlotte, etc., from Columbia, etc., pass Fort Mill, S. ('. No. ;t0, Richmond Limited. (dailvl 11:01 a in X,i os I .....i y "" (daily) S:0.~> p. in; from (Muster. No. CI, Local , (exe? pt Sunday ) 2:5.") p. m. Trains for Colnrflbia, etc, from Charlotte, etc., pass Kort Mill. No. 27. Loral, (daily) 7: IS a. m; No. 2'.), Richmond Limited, (daily ) 1 ():ii 1 p in; No. 77>. Local, (except Sunday) 2:55 p. m. Through Hleepers for Hichmond, Washington, New \ ork, etc. and for Augusta, Savannah, Charleston. Jacksonville, etc. Close connections at Colnmhia for all points and at Charlotte with through trains lor the Last. TWO BRiLLI From the bran<l-tiew per Publi.-lr u Binultiiiieousl TUP ppAPnnir AN . . LinJ IJLJft'JUUXl mi I S C Cloth, l'Tmo, most daintily hound, an LETTERS 18 THE Clotli. 12mo, attracti READ THESE OPINK From the Syracuse TTcrald: Th? comin? poet has come. The name of the hard is .Tames Hampton Lee, and lie has ){ivon to the world Itis rare rhapsodies and soulful strains in ^orjjeously hound volume, entitled "The Peacock and Ot Inn* Poctm*." We discover a few Haws, but not enough to interfere with the beautiful sentiment tind exquisite diction of th se verses. We have nor space to tell one-tent h of t he beauties of Mr. Lee's book, but if a perusal of it is not sullieient to induce the reader to purchase the book, then his appreciation departed from amotions. From Ho-ton Ideas: "The Peacock" is :i really striking poem, and is tilled with vital feeling, dramati ally expressed. Mr. Lee possesses decided l>oetic tire and strong |k avers of expression. From the Mexican Herald: Mr. Lee has a merry muse, hut in both his poems and his letters there is food for the sentimental and the student of human nature. From the (Houeester Times: Here's richness. Mr. .lames Hampton l.ee brings out through the Abbey Press, cue of the most diverting serio-comic books of the year. Mr. late handles the utfuir, For sale by all booksellers, or will be eaelu. by THE ALLEY I'll ESS. One Hu York, with agencies in Loudon, Monti interesting works. "v JAMES \\A t I R. M. LONDON, ROOK HILL, S. C. <JCB PRINTING. i t Mexican Mustang Liniment ' ife mi; A toad uni a harrow Fllflers l;rt mo] that is tortured with Hpt Sores, Sprains, etc. Most and apply the kind of syi far and wide us Mexican Musi?. Li Never fails?not even in th Cures eaked udder in cows remedy. Hardly a disease i i .-iiunot bo 0r joiuW tba is tV i - I yfc ANT BOOKS i of a "Son of the South" y by ThO Abbey Press D OTHER POEMS : : > N E 1 printed in peacock bine ink, $1.00 OF TWO OTHER vely produced. $1.00 >NS OF THE PRE93: which lie says is a true ouo, with conHninuiate skill. From the Christian Intelligencer: There is a nuirkt d individuality about the poems. From the Baltimore American: Tlio Peacock rivals The Raven. From N. Y. Fourth Estate: Everybody ought to like Mr. Leo's dialect \KX'IM8. From W. D. Howell's: Your dialect pieces I rim honestly praise, they aro delightful, they dance, they express character. From t hef Baptist. Courier: His poems are sweet and pure and, though coming from a heart which lias suffered, aro ever hopeful and bright. Not only aro they full of pathos of life, but they sparkle with rich humor, like stars in a bank of clouds. From N. Y. Mail and Express: Mr. Lee does well in a diilicult field. From the Provincial Journal: Capacity for sentiment is obvious in every page. i sent post]Kiid for the price (one .dollar tidtvd and Fourteen Fifth Avenue, New cal and elsewhere who always issue mdtum i in: Li T & ? 1 \J i 1 i The Charlotte Observer North Carolina's Foremost Newspaper." Bigger aud n ore attractive than over, it is an invalus hle visitor to the homo, the otlioe, the flub or the work room. THE OBSERVER Contains all the news of the world. Has the Associated Press Dispatches; special corre>poudents at the State and National Capitals and an experienced corps of correspondents throughout the State. Thr Daily Dbservrr Is per annum; 11 for six mouthy $. for threo mouths. Tli" Semi-Weekly Observer, A perfect family journal. All tho news of tho times. Only $1 i>er annum. Sample Copies of Either upon Application THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. i 11 roodily overcome Loss of ITnlr, <i sen sod II'nil's and Scratches in hors inulos and cultio. Formers try iU ?8|ff der pn 4VA A-I ? . ~ ...uu mi; i.imiinn norso ^vins, Swinney, Harness liorso owners know this npatliy that lieiUo, kliowu I mg inimemit. o most afrirravated onso?t. quicker than any known peculiar ta muscle, skin oil by it. ie boyf rem ?ly on tho market for ml (>nlls. Spin ins and >ikin Luinpe. . cjumi mules iu coiulitiou.