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r f VOL. XI. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2.~>, 1002. NO 11 ' SilflAt Ut THE COAL MINERS. President Mitchell Issues an Address Statin; Their Grievances. "NYilkesbarre, Pa., June 22.? President Mitchell, of the United] Mine YVoikers of America, today, issue 1 an address for newspaper 1 publication. It is partly a reply! to tho letters of the operators declining to accede to the .dem uuls ' of the union, which were published about ten days ago. lirielly summarized. the address says that every possible means was resorted to in the effort to prevent the strike;! I'lnimo llml I li-i ?1 idc cwni <il living 11 Its increased to tuo point where the miner was compelled to ask for higher wages, denies the allegation of the operators that the produc-! tive capacity of the mine workers, has fallen off and says on the other liandit lias increased; quotes oflicial figures to substantiate the contention that the employers can: pay higher wages without increasing the cost of coal to the con-, sinner; asserts that the coal carrying railroads which control about { f*5 per cent of the mines, absorb the profits of the coal companies, by ch arging exlioibitant freight rales; and claims that a toil at the mines means from 2,740 to 3,100; instead of 2,240 pounds. The address also says that in the event the union is crushed, which it adds is not likely, a new organization would rise from its ruins. Jt concludes with an appeal for urbitra-; lion on jill questions. Wattorson Scores Cleveland. In n scorching editorial in the , Courier-Journal Saturday, with the caption, "A Death's Head at the Feast," Ileury Wattersou Hays Orover Cleveland in answer to his speech before the Tilden Club Thursday night. Mr. Wattersou goes after his o'd-lime enemy in his I usual vigorous stylo and does not mince words. lie recounts his various campaigns and his covert etrort for a fouith nomination, accuses him of treachery in various forms, and says in part: "We rather think the party wi.l agree without much division that it has had its till of Mr Cleveland. The idea of his nomination in l'.Ul is little short of ridiculous. He would be hailed hy the Republicans as the Diaz of Democracy? that is, as its only onliest ciptain general. It is safe to say that as a candidate for a third term in the White Hou-e?and for the'fourth time as a presidential nominee? he could not carry a contested dis-1 trict iu the United States. "The Tildeu Club has decidedly not put its best foot forem ?st. Rather, as the saying is, it has put its foot into it.. The name of Cleveland may si ill be a name to conjure with for the Republicans. With the Democrats of the West nud South it is simply hateful. Addressing it, the party miyht paraphrase the fuiniliar words of Kip Van Winkle, T got enough, I nnd I know when 1 yet enouyh,' thouyh it would hardly be able to complete the sentoneo and add. '1 am ylad when I y> t enouyh.' The substance of wh t Mr. Cleveland said was done in his characteristic vein of felicitous sublety, but of which the fables tells of a certain animal, with sad memories in mind, snyiny in response to a certain other animal, 'Mr. Fox, yon talk too well.'" Comparison Favors the Dispensary. Says the Yorkville Yeoman:' "There has been much valuable hot air wasted l>y the opponents of the dispensary i.i efforts to prove that the establis ment of this institution in Yotkville li <h I)-ell bad in effect, that it is morally blight injj the town. Such representations are puerile and disgust in^ to those who are sernpuloiiH about the truth and are at the game time candid and open to conviction. The figures of the mayor*.couit ouoht to fellow something of interest. If crime has increafeed, tliife oiii^ht to hIiow something of the disposition made of all cases that arc not mythical. The same mayor has presided over all the cafees in ea h month, lienee there has been no intentional comparison heretofore in passing sentence. The showing is therefore a fair i one. During the thirty days pre- , i ceding the opening of the dispensary fines were assessed to the i amount of while the record for tho thirty days after the dis pensavy opened amounted to only $55." TILLMAN CRITICISED For the Speech He Delivered at Winthrop College Wednesday livening. .Concerning tlio speech delivered hy Senator Tillman before the graduating class of Winthrop College Wednesday evening, the Rock Hill 1 leruld says: "The at trad ion of the evening wnn nviuwliiil ^ ov. i in imim J IIIman's address before tiio j^iauimti 1114 class. lb* had not prepared i) speech,and his talk vrns somewhat rambling, as he said it would b.?. His ad 1 re^s was a d snppoint incut to the meat audiour that had gathered to hear him, and there have been many criticisms of som-* of his remarks, which many felt were out of place, speaking, as he was, before a class of youuo lady graduates Of course, the worse construction possible has been put oil his remarks by hearers who dislike him, but there is no denying that in his rouj^h and tumble address ho was sometimes rougher by implication than he coul I have intended to be. lie said his talk would be a little of both sense and nonsense?th d he would talk about honi-', s veetbear's, men, mothers, fried chicken, tarts, and all that sort of tiling. "Senator Tillman did himself an injustice by having failed to prepare bis address. Much was ...1 r I r.\[jt;i:il-U l?l 111111, I)Ut 111 tilt1 Ostiiii 11i<?rt of his warmest friends, failure must be charged up to his account." One Million Deaths of Plague. A cablegram to llio New York Sun from London says that a government statement regarding tin' condition of India in respect to the plague from its first oulbieak in Bombay in September, 1800, to .March, ltH)2, shows a total of reported deith from the disease durino that perioil of 5^(?,fiU0 m tin' Bombay Presidency and 100 in other parts of India, or a total of 852,000 for the whole of British 1 ntlia and the native States. Making allowance for lint raced and unreported deaths it is calculated that a million died during the period mentioned. ? - ? Col. John.D. Frost. In another column there appears a splendid half-tone picture ul Uol. John I). Frost, candidate for adjutant and inspector perioral Col. Frost was born and reared (> miles north of Columbia. After attending the public and high s -bonis in Columbia, he matriculated at the South Carolina Military Academy in Oetobor, 1SS7. from which institution he graduated senior captain of cadets in ISM. Since then he has been connected with the military of the State almost continuously. At the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war he volunteered in the First South Carolina regiment, and was shortly thereafter appointed regimental adjutant. Up m the death of Col. Alston, he was promoted to major. In January, lifts, he was appointed assistant adjutant and inspector gem-nd. which olfice he has since held. Col. Frost is a thorough military man. and without disparaging the incumbent of the olliec to which ho aspires, it can be truthfully said that much <>f the credit for the splendid condition of the Stale mi Ii: ia today is due to his efficiency and untiring efforts. If elected, Col. Frost will make an ideal adju I n ul .....I ...... cwiw inspector ^enoial. tie is thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the olliee and is courteous and obliging itt all tiim s. In short, he is the man for the place. Cheap Summer Rates. Tho passenger otlieials <>f the Southern Railway are prepai iii" to handle hi" crowds to the mountain resorts within the next few weeks. Reduced rates have al ready been placed on sale and there is a constant demand for information al> >ut schedules to sum iner resorts. Following their usual eust an, they have granted the lowest possible rate, and mi extended time limit is given with each ticket. Western North Carolina resorts will be as popular as ever this summer, and the Southern Railway, which reaches almost every rection of thai d- lightful country, is preparing to give its patrons a splendid service from all points. ' f&fP$P3r ' A-' - . * . ^ > : v < ** ; :* ' ' . 1g? . - v. rV *1 - * .?; _ . *'.' . ' !' ' > . :y "^t>l' *| - [jf 4 if; ^ % $:$ j&~ - ' ^ "?&*' " ' S-t : "^fet-?' \ - V*i .. ?. %? <" .2 < * .V A . ^H3?: ' < ^ - ' ' .. I cf;c-o;, >! ___ _i_ ii_ COT-. JOHN Sell-Hanged from Same Rape. The bodies of T ir.-ij K ir/an nnd 11:h wife, Poles, were found Suturday in liie uttie at their home, in Put: orson, N. ?)., swin^in^ from u bourn. Tliey hud evidently been dead several hours. The man was about dd years old and the woman j two years younger. No cause fori the net has been found, but it was I evidently the result of agreement 1 b tween them. They had no chil- j dren, but the woman was about to become a motln r. The two bodies were within a few inches of one another and faein:*. They linno at each end of one piece of rope, which had been tin own across the beam, one body counterbalancing the other. After fix in-.' the i<.in> in*, .iiii.l ii.-*' ..n . <??<ruuu nun they had tied their hands unci kicked from under them the sup port they hud stood upon. Ono Newspaper CIian*23 Front. It is indeed a truthful saying that "polities makes strange bedfollowH." Until recently one would have looked in vain for such an editorial as the following from the Spartanburg Herald, which lias been unrelenting in its opp wition to the man it now wishes to see elected to tlie United States S 'lint e. 11 says : "The time was when we considered >)ohn (rary Kvans as a narrow partisan ami a coat-tail swinger for lillmun. We did not know the man, but formed our estimate of him hs a partisan upon pirtisan evidence. Since then, however, after knowing him p Tsmifdly nod Wat. liinrj liis rur . r d ::: id crested I v we have found him t > lie more ! able, independent, h no-t and honorable than we ba ! forineily thought. While we cann >t a- c j;t all ol the issues ev:-(i ?ve; n r ICvans stands for, we bliove that Ids election Would plain- in the I nitcd States S< nate one who would re. tloct credit up--a the State of S 11111 (htrolinn. Without disparaging the claims of others we do not believe that t her,' i s n Irm r ?>r <?> devoted ! >emocrat iii tin1 rare than lii'. * * * ! It? lias shown his ability lo cu|)i' wilii the lies! of them in debate, and we unh'situlingly pr< diet that us the cainpaij^n oiow.-. il wili !i found that tho man wlio f/> ts more votes than John (Jury Fvans wi I occupy Senator MeL.tur.n's seat in the Senate." ? ? McKlbbon Uied His Knife. Fiunk I'urks and Hob!. McKibboii. you ml; white men, are cm ployess of the Fort Mill M ft;. Coin pany. Saturday afternoon a few minutes after the mill closed dill'eronces arose between them which resulted in a tiirht. I'urks s a larger man than Mi Kibbon. This fact doubtless had to do with MeKibbon resorting to the use of Ins pocket knife, with which he cut a small <;nsh in Parks' left lei;. Monday liiornim; both yoini; men appeared before Intemhint McElhaney and explained tin* causes whieh led u|> to (lie diflieuity. Mel\ibbon was fined So. ^ L. I 1 ' - " > 1 ' V J{<:, s\ . ' H ' : ' %/ ^ " , <T tfl>, ] ? ? - ?. I). FROST. Frightened fcy a Chirvcy.int. I'nion 1ms s ;!Voit'tl tin* disastrous and fatal effects of one tornado this SrllS. 111. I!il(l H! '11)1' of the inhabitants have hardly iitovi r? ? 1 from their nervmi -ness, f r a little ' cloud ill the sky no hioirer than ;i man's hand s? ems to cause pjrave j apprehension. According to The 1 *. ogress of that eitv many of the knitting mill people anil others have been very mueli annoyed by the predictions of one Mrs. Ward, an Angus'a clairvoyant. She had visited t'nion and gained many followers, and alter she left it was stated that she had predicted a terrible storm for list. Sunday. She denied making such a prophecy, but the faith thai many of the people h id in her occult powers was remarkable, simply the ! port that she had made such a prophecy thro, i.io many people into a p ;nic. -4.fr Tlio hew Jacksonville. Ik-fore the fire that dcfl-royed a gnat part of the city of Jacksonville. Kill I I II -i ..QO^...I ? I 41 , _ ...., .vo-ivi ?<? mull, IIIC Icily has pra-'tieally boon rebuilt This statement tt<>t only describes a building opera tion remark.ib e for rapid execution hut also eovi is an incident unique in the experience of lircmeit. Jacks .nville was almost wiped out liy lire on May d of last year. An area if 11'} ih'ith. comprising IIS block.-, was hWcpl by the tl iiiieB an 1 property worth at least ?!d,()iKi.(kM) was deritroye.l. The work of rebuilding on a better and more substantial smile was started within a week and has "one on with rapidity unprecedented in Southern leiddimr < p rations, and now the eity is in far he h r shape t liati 11 was ' efoiv t h lire. About lime week-, a^o 1 lie clear in^ up of the l ist of the ruin-, was bejiun. T.ie laborers doin.j the work removed three or four inches of the mass of briek and stone on top iind then found to their surprise that i.ndci'iiealh the ruins was still In>t. Smoke bfim to rise out of the hole they had lu*j and the farther down tin y w. lit I he hotter was the ruins and the thicker b -ciiliie the ! iik?ke. At last a lines of red hot coals was found whit h sprang into Maine when the air reached it It h.ad been necessary several times w lhin the year for the I'm department to sold; this part of the ruins wish water, but it bud been thought for several mouths that the lire must be out at last. Alongside new .Jacksonville had already sprung into existence. Six months aft. r the destruction of the city a new one already covered the greater part of ill" site. Within . " - - . i. miiin in' m t' llllill 2,000 l>uildinj/.s were eroded, iifiy of't hem LC?iti??^ in o<> I $2,000,000. And the new Jacksonville is imineasura I> superior to the old. Capt. W. II. Md wards, of I'liester, was in iowii 1 ist We Inusday. Mis.- s Delia Mills and Susie White left yesteiday morning for I lock I'ill, t<> attend the State summer school for t aclic rs at Winthrop L'olic^o. FOHT MilL MELANGE. Minor Happening In nnil About Town lii!d in Parnvrohs. Mr. H. lv Whit.-, ..f lio.-k 11:1 . sj> nit Sunday i thi-; en mnunity. Dr. .1. I.. Kprati has la-en indis. p soil for s? vera! il iys. hut is now ( ron vah seent. Mrs. .Vex 1.1 u k, of 'i ir/.nh. is n , at the home of hi r n -pli w. Mr A. < >. Iones M -s. < "yfit Ilia 1*. 'Ik i-: soriomly ill at tin- i'.niiir of lief (lati^lit?-r, Mr.;. ; i/..',- Withers. A MU:iil)i r of \oano people ? 11 joy (1 another danee in tin* town hull I'i i>l y evening. M I?s-s Main 1 anil M iry Arlre\ an- visiting their emisin. M is* I iil I in ii Mi sey, in Ti:z di. liuolii sir* * t iaili'o nl bridge is said lil)' in sui 11 condition ns In ! do in iiiiil immediate repaiiH. Mr. Howard A. Ranks, one of the editors ( i' llii' Charlotte Ob server, spent Thursday ill {own. Mr. .1. I". Williamson left i'unlay ni-^lit For a rh >rt \i-*it in I i*'ids\ i I !e, N. V'. lie i ; expected tn return the latter part of tin Week. Tl.o Misses Nell all 1 l'ofis I* ill kill returned to Mt lloliy, N.C.. Monday cveiiinu after a week's visit at the lic.nn o| their brother. Mr. F. Nin s. I1'i ed Trues hale, a colored boy whose chief occupation is I inline oil the streets, pai I ?1 into the town treasury mr disorderly eonduel Monday morning;. Hi v. Dr. li iys, pr< si iuo elder of the Uoek lliil district, delivered an inij res-ive sermon to a lar^e eonoreoaiieit in the Methodist cluireh Sunday liiuht. The Rev. W. K. Thayer, of Reel; Hill, will pieaeh in the Fort Mill I?apiist church Sunday nielli at S,:td ii'e|i?'k. All are cordially inv:t? d to attend the services. The Fort Mill cemetery is in an in,sightly eoud tion, owiii!_r to the prcseiiec (.fa luxuriant growth of weeds and m*:isH. It is understood, however, that the town autlu cities w ill Have it eh aiiod in a few days. Monday in amino Mr. R. \ Harris r ueceedol Mr. (ieary Thoinp hoii as manager of tin- store of the Foil Mill M fo. Colli nail v. Ml i 'J ' ' Thompson has 11 inily friends in l'\nt Mill wh i will repret t?> loam thai it is his intention to leave tlu town. The following yon in* la lies, stud, n'aof Wintlirop ('.olle^o, re. t urinal to their respoelivo hoineK in the town and township Thursday morning: Misses Kiltie Ivirkpitrick, Wren llairis, Louise Me.M si ray, Curium* h'aiis, Myrtle iihmkeii. lop an 1 Mary ('rook. Tlie Soutliein Hallway has a force of workmen en^ i^ed in t?in*, iujj away and rebuilding 15 ? Irestie across Sujjrar eieek, (? miles north of l'\?rt Mill. A larye steam pile driver is beinj^ used to put down 1he p liny; on which the tOMIKlilt 1:JII8 of tilt* trestle will l>0 built. Tin' first cotton hi mm of llic si 'i mi vv< iv I?r?HI14S11 to Tim Times 1 si* Tli irsday from the plantu!i< us of Mr. ). AI Spoilt an ! Dr. i It. .M irk. .M.Ik Kirkjiatrirk, a I'nliii'iil truant on tin* plantation of .Mr. I> I . .M-issry, also disco\a red hloonis in our of his liolils diirin*r ( ! lio |Hint Wri li. This section \v s a^aiit vi-ilrd i by seasonable rains yoM'.rnla y nioi nino. .A It k tio|, only a work had passed since rain f* II hereaooiils. th" or mini had dried out very rapidly and tain was needed. . A number of f timers have hern | 11faid t i remark that crops tuner t looked tiller in litis section at this i lime of the year. > i Mrs. .Jot1 Person, proprietor of I In; we'd known remedies wliirli I hear ii> r mi inc. spoilt hi-vi ml da\s ' oil. its t week in I In* eiiy. 1J111 i 11 ;r Mrs. Person's stay in foil Mill sin* ' railed ill Tin* Times olli *> and ii ! ?!?* a contract for an advertise. ' ir.i til lo la* run in these eoltims for a > year. The liisl installliu iil of the advertisement appears in this. I is* no. 1 Tin* at tent ion of ami >i t ions you ng ladies who desire a college eduea lioll, lillt whose pireuts ille imalile lo pay for il, i* due led to I In* 1 aril I** published I Isewherr in this J issue in which a number of free I scholarships are ottered hy tin S uilh Carolina federal inn of Wo- \ men's 01 ulis. The Times would c he pleased to see oil or more i of these scholarships a.vardeil to f young ladies of this community. [ Proposed PineviHe Phono Exchange Mr. S. \t. Moaehnm has applied !<> the 'lie town council of I'incvii.o f.-rn I'ninehiHO that will enu!>lo him lo erect iiit*.I operate in il? ?< place a telephone cxclin?i*e. 11 fa vornhlc net ion is taken t?y the council, it is Mr. Mcuciintn's i?ileiition t<? lie-in creeling poles, to.. at the eai liest tlnte practicable. S5m?W<1.1? Ralllrf?re?i? ' - - . ? . Sunday ni^ht a short distance beyond tin* incorporfite limits ??F 11.<* t< wii rt 1m! 1*-c! //.en young tnou were temporarily engaged in it freo-for fill light. tin' net result of wliieli \v?is several bruised beads lluit neet 'ss i! a t ed tin- al tent ton of a physician. ()ne> young in in, \vlu? is sai l to have been acting as peacemaker, was struck on the f*?i 'hemI with a blunt iiistrumcnl. piobtbly u pair of brass knuckles, ri.c l'|o\v tJiseoloivtl his right eye .nil inflict ell a gash about an inch in length. ?? Cites: Players',Tournament. Mr. F. 15. Fishburne, a coiiducti.r .in iiiin 1 1 W?.?. VI MM I > >11 I I II I I I M IOC1II freight iruiiis which pass through t!iiplace, is ut the head of a movement to hold in the. city of (\jluii' i.i sometime during the faii a tournament amoii<r the chess players of tlio State, one feature of which will he a content, lor t In- chain pioiish i p of the State, the winner to he presented with a beautiful oi.ld medal .suitably engraved. Mr. Kishhunie will he pleased to coniinnnicate with any of the readi'rH of The Times who may he interested. His postolliee is Columbia, S. PiDtvllle's Bright Future. The people of l>ineville*~aro elat.i d over the bright future which seems to he in store for their town. The new cot ton mill which is nearino completion promises to aid the town veiy materially in a Commercial way, as will the roller mills which are to he hmll there in the near fntlire. (Jeile a number of nice residences are also in course ..r ' - i - * ... , wuniiiK mill, ami II IS ivpol teil that a thud cotton mill for tlm town i - con'cm plated, to he lo- ? cati d heyond the railroad tracks from the other cotton mill? * of which leads one to ' our sister ' pleied. New Co Mr. .1. lion with pauy as t; terminated ? when he was stir . I M nir, who reee to Fort Mill trmi Cairn ..i. Soiin- time at/o .Mr. Williamson intimated to tlie president of the c iiupany that his interests were such that he preferred to he udieved. llence the change. I'poll nssiiinintr the duties of superintendent, Mr. Muir dispeiised with the services of Mr. U ild. I >ill ier. who has held the position o! superintendent of or.e I the mills of the company for several years. In justice to Mr. Hull r it is stated that no fa .it was found with the management of the mill under his charge; the 'uiiipany simply wished to curtail l'Xi oiiscs. Another Cyolor.c in Union. The second cyclone this year -truck IVoj-.s Keys, in the western part of l uiou county, filiout 7 .eloek silunlny evening, lining 11 tic 11 damage. i'i'ii lielsi j, ii }>roiiiiiu lit fanner of that region, scciiis to have been tin- heaviest oj.it. i ivory nrf^ro ciilnu an?l out i<> 11 kt on liia place were blow i ii.wii, but ins home was not. 11;i:11i^oil to any extent. foi several niiloh a round ni my aliiiih, barns, out li aises, on* , ,m-ie blown down. it in haul that is inueli as i') acres of cotton, anbably k nee lii^li, was iii-hi r< ?y? d, in- "found bein^ swept us clean is a lloor. M0+ for tlio first. time in nriny nontlih 111 o southbound ex press ,-esteiday nioniintc failed to uu> oad any whiskey at foil mid. the county board of registration vill be in fort mill tomorrow, and very citi/ n of the township who s entitled to r ^i-b-r should not ail to take advantage of this op. lortuuity t ? secure a coititicaje.