T:>n?.*uQHuU f THE PALMETTO STATE.
Sliorl h.cms cf State News Conveniently
Gro'iped for Times Readers.
tanburg is to have another
cotton noII, to cost $200,000.
Fifty-nine young ladies gradua'
(1 fi un Winthrop College last
week.
The trial of Maj. 13. 13. Evans
f the killing of Capt. (Trillin in
C-iumbia more than n year ago
has again been postponed.
Congressman Finley spent. a
povtio.i of Saturday in Columbia.
He paid his rtspects to the State
officers, and some of his fiiends
there. lie is extremely confident
oi re.dec'ion to Congress.
jdr. W. C. Irby, Jr., 2d years old
ntiu a son of the Into J. L. M.
Irby, Iihb announced his candidacy
f > the Legislature in Laurens
count v. He is said to be a young
Tiiati of pleasing address and a good
speaker.
There is a likelihood that boats
will soon bo running between
Colutj.biu and Georgetown. The
question is again being agitated
r motig the merchants of Columbia,
> iid the subject, has not been
dropped by any means.
A movement is on foot at Camp.
obelH. n thriving town 2d miles
f'om Spartanburg, to create a new
county by cutting off a portion of
t h * nori lu rn section of Spartanburg
county and a division of
Greenville county, with the view
< making Cauipobello the county
ii ill.
Cupt. Herbert M. Dnnlnp, of
Rock Hill, and Miss Mary doe
Witherepoon, of Yorkviile, wore
married in the Presbyterian church
in Vorkvilla Tuesday night, the
i rep ouv being performed by the
Rev. W ' G. Neville; Tho building
v. JiM elaborately decorated for I
tlm ) casion and was filled to its
utmost capacity.
'Gio election is soon to bo held
in i lie territory proposed to tie cut
<>iT from Barnwell and Hampton
counties for the purpose of lomn
infill" new county of Allendale.
Onite a lively fight is on over the
matter. Arrnngemouts are being
made, it is said, for a meeting and
joint debate this week on the
quer lion in Hampton county.
Helton continues to look well
thr uighont South Carolina. Tue
er. p is clean and well cultivated.
\ mis are not yet general, but
he plants are full of squares
{vnn^ report a yellow oast, bu*
*euemliy the plnnts are dark green
i. id healthy. In most places cotton
has fu ly recovered from the |
recent cool weather. Sea island j
oottr 11 has improved.
Mr. .1. B. Kin aid, who lived
".hou four miles south of Newberry,
was burned to death at an
ea.>-?'<our,Satunlay morning, his
l.onse > &niing down on him. lie
v. , a b?ici??lor, about f>0 years of
and lived alone. Foul play
riUflpeoted. He is thought to
1: \v> had in his house at tin* time
of iiis dentil abnit $200 and a s:lvor
watch, which was missing.
Saturday night, during a thunder
storm, a bolt of lightning went
through 1 ho kitchen of Mr. J. A.
Jtnvenport, in Greenville, and
thence into an adjoining room,
f'rnni if 4 1.
.. .rowiiun.^ IMIUUgll
the roof, but did not sot tire to the
building. Mr. Davenport's little
daughter was in the kitchen and
she was struck by the lightning,
which ran around her let; and tore
her foot for sovernl inches, but
fortunately she was not greatly injured.
ilor presence of mind was
remarkable, as she called ouo of
the neighbors to her assistance
before realizing that she was at
ail injured.
A competitive examination was
held in the court house at Yorkville
Thursday for a cadetship at
M'est Point. There were nine
young men who appeared for the
examination, as follows: Denn s
Colvin. Chester; H. II. Foster and
duo. C. Ililliard, Lancaster; A. S.
Zcjiip and Calhoun Ancrum, Camdcti.
W. S. Chapman and K. C.
\l.n. ...l? u:n r to... i?
n >i \ lllll, MIII1 .F U11 11 I V .
Ashe nwl Marshall Neil of Yorkvi11?*.
The cxatnination was a very
rigid one and the papers are quite
lengthy. It is liatdly expected
tiiat the name of the successful
contestant can be announced for
Several days.
Gold Hllf Notes.
The farmers of this section are
very busv at present. Cotton and
corn aie looking much hotter, owing
to the rains of hist. week.
Mr. M. M. Colt harp discovered
a number of cotton blooms on his
plantation several days ago.
Mr. Win. Owens, a student at
WofTord College, is the guest of
bis uncle, Mr. 0. T. C ook.
Mr. 11. M. Pounds, of Charlotte,
spent Sunday with friends in this!
community
The yon:: { people of this sec- '
nj ?v .1 an ier cream supper
in the r. 8idence of M\ C. T. ( rook
Saturday. M. C.
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ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.
Many Matters of More or Less Interest
Briefly Told.
Monday morning frost was reported
from many localities in
\v? stern Nebraska.
A trolley lino 1>0 miles long is to
bo built through the smear proi
?5 ? ? a ' -A. r -
uucing uisirici 01 jjouisumn.
The St. James hotel at Dallas,
Tex., collapsed at 2.10 Monday
morning, killing n number of persons.
Baltimore is considering a plan
of changing tli name of its North
avenue to Schley avenue, in honor
of the rear admiral.
Fanners in Kansas and Nebraska
offer $2.50 per day for men to
help harvest the wheat crop. Ten
thousand harvesters are ne. ded.
Saturday morning the Louisiana
Legislature passed a bill requiring
the street ear companies to provide
separate ears or separate accommodations
on their cars for negroes.
Anthony S. Sherman, cashier of
the Merchants' Bank, Newport,
1?. 1., slu t himself ia the head
Fr day night. The affairs of llio
bank arc said to bj in bad condition.
Fivrf persons were killed and
twenty-nine moro or leas seriously
injured in n collision be!ween two
passenger trains 011 tlie Northern
Pacific near Staples, Minn., early
Friday morning.
A plague of ants has appeared in
the northern central counties of
Kansas, and the insects arc de
stroying the alfalfa ami wheat
crops. All vegetation within a
radius of several feet of their hills
is killed.
The spread of cholera is increasing
in Manila. Theio were ?15
eases and 28 deaths from that disease
there Thursday. The total to
date are: Manila, 1,190 eases and
1.107 deaths; provinces, (i,959 cases
and 5,098 deaths.
The Senate on Thursday, after
months of hesitation and dtseussion,
decided in favor of the Panama
route for the isthmian canal,
the test'vote being 42 to .'51 for
' that route in preference to the
| Nicarauga route, while the final
vote was (57 to (?.
The contract for building the
Ash ville and Uutherfordton Railroad
was let Friday and work will
begir t. is mule stood
I Air Line is
nit, ami that the
(1 through the
cunessee 1
uat ion of
it 0?re than
' F idered.
wiu era in
and " pt .ue
diave i.. en killed,
bri'* . oi the Boer forces
at ' ig of the war to at
least nv.jV.
John Callaway, of Shawnee,
(Oklahoma, has been held without
biil for minder for setting his dog
; upon \V. L. Logan, an -ged neighbor,
and refusing to call it oil" until
Logan's llesli was so torn and
lacerated that his death resulted.
The neighbors of the two men are
j wrought up to a high pitch of excitement
and Qallaway had to la*
taken to the jail at Tecuinsoh for
i safe keeping.
The descendants of Hrighain
Young, the Mormon apostle, have
decided to hold annual family
reunions. Although ho died in
1S77 there are over one thousand
| direct descendants, and there is
not in Salt Lake City an available
building large enough to hold the
"'family," There arc living six widows
of the Mormon president.
Some of these women have positions
of high honor in the Mor;
moti church.
Pleasant Valley Items.
Quarterly conference was held
at Pleasant 11 i111 church Saturday
and Sun'ay. Presiding Klder \V.
\V. Hays was on hand and preached
a very eloquent and instructive
sermon from the text, "Lay not up
for yourself treasure on e.nth.
; where moth and rust doth corrupt
j and where thieves break through
and steal," etc.
The patrons of the Plenannl
Valley school will meet at the
i school house next Saturday at !
?\ U,.t r..- i\ - r
U . tu. n, j>. ill., lul lilt- Ul
fleeting it torn her for the ensuing
session. Several applications for
the place have already been rei
ceived.
Mr. J. Lester Wolfe, of C'hnr;
Istte, visited his parents in this
< community Sunday.
Miss Annie Jones, of Rock Ilill,
is visiting at Mr. D.O. Potts'.
Mr. J. W. Elms received his'
commission ns notary public from
Gov. McSwoetiey a few days ago.
l'rofs. O. E. Cunningham and
J. R. Walker, of Waxhaw, wore in
Pleasant Valley last week in the
interest of tho Waxhaw Institute.
There is to be another phone
I line erected in this community in
j tho near future. S. E. E.
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ARE YOU WISE
nation there is no remedy to equa
~
an eas
and a sure way to t
Throat in order to
and insure healthy
take half a glassful
it a teaspoonful of
JVle^tica
Ur
nrnl with this pnrprlo tho thr
Then hftthe tho outsiie of t:so t
merit au< 1 after doiiv^ this |?>iir s>
around thu neck. It is a l'OrtiT
2Gc., 50c. ami
IT MAY BE YOU
can Mustang Ldlniaonfc ami you i
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AN EARLY ROMAN AFFAIR. [
| Julius Cuesar was standing on tho
| front steps of the statehouse at Home
idly watching a blue jay building its
nest in a tall elm tree, when Brutus
came sauntering along, l'rutus noticed
that Caesar wore a worried look, and
! asked :
" What's the matter, Julius?motherin-law
?"
" Nix wife's mother," replied Caesar,
" it's knockers."
"Oh, shucks," said Brutus.
"That's what," exclaimed Caesar,
"I tell yon, Brute, that there isu't any
place ou earth that has more knockers
ban Rome. I'm next to a bunch big r
t han a wolf."
'Oh, I don't know," remarked Bru
.Sj in his non-committal way.
"Oh, of course you don't know."
Caesar went ou, " that this town is full
of men who have their hammers out for
me. You couldn't expect to hear of
them, for you are my old college pal,
and if they went to throwing the harpoon
into nie while you were around
you'd bat 'em in the block. -? *y know
that, too. But I've been f -ering
around a good deal of late, a. , find
that there's several prominent u.and i
| Senators, too, who would like to have!
my liido nailed 011 their back fence. |
Cassias is one of them, although lie
don't think I'm onto his game.
"1 once wrote that all Caul was dii
?- t , ,
I . ...V/ll I1IIW I1ILUU (Mills. i \V UUIUII I SUV
' that now. I believe that tho bulk of it
is all liero in Homo. And I tag the
backcappers. On tho square, if I had
all tho hanimor-tlirowers in Home on
my staff I could make those legions of
ininc look like a pair of donees against
a flush. I'm sure that tho president,
vice-president and general grievance
' committee of tho Unrcformed Order of
Knockers live right hero in Homo. You
can chase around to the alley poolroom
and lay your money 10 to 1, without the
consent of any man on earth, that the I
I best anvil chorus in the world is right
: here in romo."
Caesar looked down tho street and
saw several men sneaking along hack
of the First Baptist church.
" There goes Cassius and a bunch of
i Senators?a nice carload of decayed
: human fruit! " Caesar axclaimed with
i fine scorn.
"Somebody will blow out your lifois..i.?
-i? ? -
..*111, nmiui u;?> ior I a IK111 so ]>l:iin, j
Julius," remarked Brutus.
; "I'll Iks busy when they are doing |
it," rejoined Caesar; "and you know j
that I'm not a man that sits around tin- '
cigar store and makes a talk ho can't
back."
"Oh, 1 know you are no boo boo man,"
Brutus answered; "but I'm just giving
you a tip. Those hot sandys of yours
don't go with the push any more. The.
othir night I .was over in the third
ward and I heard several say that if
you ever crossed the tracks you'd be
) carried homo in the county hospital
ambulance."
j "I was jast telling you that there
was a big gathering of guys in this
town who would like to see me in a !
stone box," said Caosav, "and I guess !
the third ward has its share. I know j
that there's a dozen mombersof the gas j
works gang who wouldn't have to1
boozo up to stick a knife in me, but I'm
not afraid of thorn. It's the Senators,
that have got my fear strings jumping |
' ''
* ; '$% '* *
narr pooplo sufFar throiiRu ipmcr.
oy don't know tlint for nil intlain
1 Mexican Mustang Liniment*
y way
rent a case of Sore
kill disease germs
throat action is to
I of tvatcr put into
n JVIustang
ilmerat
nit nt frequent intervals.
Iiront thoroughly with tho lini>mn
on n sof o ciotii and wrup
IVE CURS.
>1.00 jv bottle.
? boon troubled with n running
-er. Treat it at oneo with Mexil'uu
depend upon a speedy euro.
They have pot it in for mo for fair.
They aro a hades of a jealous lot."
llrutus seemed nervous and did not
answer, and Caesar asked :
" What's the matter, pal?fleas?"
" No, Julius," replied Brutus, " I put
on my woolen underwear this luorninir.
and"?
"Drop ofT," said Caesar. "Woolens j
ou a hot day like this? Why?"
Caesar pot no further. Cassius and a '
number of Senators came running up
and started a rough house. Caesar was
game as a pebble, and he shot out his i
bunches of fives for fair, but there wore ;
too many?but at that he was holding
his own. Then Brutus drew a razor
from his boot leg and sprang into the
fray. The others made a clear way for
him. Caesar saiw the movement and,
springing back, he exclaimed :
"What ! are you, loo, feruiust me, 1
Brutus?"
"I sure am !" cried Brutus; and he. 1
swung the razor and cut a gash three by
six down the front of Caesar.
Then Julius Cuesar was all in.?
Judge.
From Bryan's "Commoner"
Brutally in utiifnim, not tho
critic who exposes that brn'nli.y,
dishonors the army of the Republic.
Kitchener has achieved a glori- |
| ous victory, hut another one like,
it would send John Bull to the
alms house.
Democratic platforms that are
framed by Democrats will not
require a second reading in order
to be cteary understood.
A monument ?>f dead men's
bones has been erected over the
graves of two republics in South!
Africa, and somo are trying to
erect, another iike it in tho I'liil
ipp. IieM.
Iii a few d iys some enterprising
iniporinli.it will nrine and declare
that tlio water euro is really a
health measure, and provo it by ;
pointing to tlu? fact that I) . Tanner
mire lived forty days on a diet
of water.
mn
m \ \?it
L5UN3RY WRRKS
that arc not found on linen fresh from
The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY,
Charlotte, N. O., are rust stains, ink ,
stains, fruit stains, and especially .
scorclios from overheated irons. That
is what wo particularly guard against,
rtockless, flawless, immaculate?whito
as white can bo, or as strong of color as
when you bought it (if originally of a
color pattern), your washable apparel is
returned clean, well washed, well
ironed.
Shipment made from Fort Mill every
Thursday morning and laundry retinnod
Saturday mornings by?
I D. L. McCLIIANCY. A*ent.
r
SPECIAL SALE OF
We hav<
Men's it
which arc bci
At Re due
This lot abounds wi
Think of a pair of j
Shoes lor Everybody
TjP ' ' < *
?i you arc noi a jsiioc
%/
your loss. Sec us
MiLLS &
f??' J
You have seen footlifts
that didn't lift;
foot-lifts that almost
broke your leg; and
foot-lifts that pulled
you out of the seat,
i But have you seen
the Walter A. Wood
foot-lift that has
none of these faults?
| " It's the Mow
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1 FOllT Ml
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the grejil
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\
the Prin
Cen ers and lieu
r^CLorts e * Ihe Soi
j NORTH, M!
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2 Hlp,h?C!r.r.? \ oKtihulo Trn!
belwot'it N?w York and
CinciMimtli anil Florida
1 AsIjeviHo.
| Now York and Florida, cilli
Iand Savannah, cr via
Sava n n* h.
Supi r or E ininff-Cnr Sorv'i
Kxccllrni Srrvlr.o and Lo
count ?nuth Carolina Iri
I Expasl Ion.
Winter TouvUl TScllots to
' reduced rjto?.
For detdt&rl Information, Hit
apply to nuaro.t tick* t'Ogt'it, i
\ S. XI. II A RDWICK,
Caltera I Fusicngor Agent,
Washington, 1-. C.
'< r\. IV. HUNT,
Cin. Festergcr Agent,
C i. c r! est on, S C.
W FfnuA?y 10. ior2.
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C? Pa.Ys f?r one
$l.Zd The Times
FiU'm, which is the h<
published in the Soutli
script io!is nt once.
PANTS AND SHOES.
e a lot of
Boys' Pails
in"- closed out
O
ed Prices.
Ill genuine bargains.
L?ood Pants for 40c.
, at Almost Any Price.
Custonierof ours it is
for the next pair.
YOUNG.
ILu,0N the
A.WOOO
The perfect foot-lift
is only one of many
good features on i ,
the Walter A. Wood 1
Mower?features I
ihat have placed it in I
the front. Come J
in and let us show < I
you the others ; or I
ask for a catalogue I
describing them. I
rer you want." 11
ng, Agent, j
tLL, S. C. I
HERN 1
.WAY 1
r HIGHWAY |
7,YD TRAVEL. ^
cipal Conimnrrlal
Itl? and F'lsakvro r
Liih with thts J& j?? I-'-!
rT end WEST. 1
r-.s, Thra?:((h 5lf?pin^?Cori |
New Orloins, via J\. anta. I
folntu via Atlanta and visa p
1
tor vi a Lynrhhur^, D?nvlU?t fj
RtcUctu r.d, Danville and l|
;o on ?*11 Through Trains*
w Kalos to Chsrlriion nc- (
ilor-Staie and West Indian
nil Flosortn now on sale at
rrerturo, time tables, rates, etc., H
>r address U
W. H. TATI.OE, f
X*i. Ccn. Pass. Stgent, r'ji
Jttlanta, Ga. M
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