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VOL. XI. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2.~>, 1002. NO 11
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Tlio hew Jacksonville.
Ik-fore the fire that dcfl-royed a
gnat part of the city of Jacksonville.
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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
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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. >
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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.
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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.
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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
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... , 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.
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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.