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-3$ . 5j?l? F VOL. XJ. HOWLED DOWN. Tillman and Talbert Unable to Speak at the Edgefield Meeting. Columbia, July 3.?There was nu old time howling down meeting today nt Edgefield, tlio home of Col. Jim Tillman and Congressman Jasper Talbert, candidates for governor. Tillman's followers would not let Talbert speak and Talbert's friends would't hear Tillman. Other candidates were silenced. a f*..- ti:ii i--j ? ' * *? Auci jLiiiujaii iwui waited imriy minutes, while sweltering men in a frenzy of excitement screamed "Tillman1' and "Talbert" at each other, a crowd dashed on to the stand, placed a crown of flowers on his head and bore him awny on their shoulders. Then Talbert's men carried him awny in a like manner. It was the rowdiest meeting held In this Stale since 1802. The New Pistol Law. The new pistol law which went into effect on the 1st instant, nnd to which reference is made elsewhere in these columns, is as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, Thnt from and after the first day of July 15)02, it shall be unlawful for any one to carry about the person, whether concealed or not, any pistol loss than twenty inches long or throe pounds in weight, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to manufacture, sell or otfer for sale, or transport for sale or use into this State, any pistol of less weight und length. Any violation of this section shall be punished by u lino of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, and in case of a sale by a person, firm or corporation the sum of $100 shall be forfeited to and for the use of the school fund of the county wherein the violation takes place, to be recorded as other fines and forfeitures; provided this act shall not apply to peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties, or to the carrying or keeping of pistols by persons while on their own premises.1' Jones' Democracy Questioned. Thursday morning Governor Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, forwarded the following letter to President Roosevelt: "I desire. Mr. President, to say in behalf of the people of Arkansas, with all due deference and respect to yourself and your power of appointment, if you contemplate appointing Senator Jas. K. Jones 10 me Panama commission as a Democrat from Arkansas as an honor to our State, we would like to have an opportunity to protest against tlio proposed honor. He lias been repudiated here toy the Democracy, and by his recent utterance and actions has put himself beyond the party line, but if you desire to appoint him as a Republican pure and simple, of course we can raise no objection, though if you appoint him as a Democrat we would like to be heard." Tickets for All Railroads. A special committee of agents representing the differont passenger associations is devising a form of ticket which can be used on all the railroads of the country. A final report is expected at a joint meeting of the passenger associa tion on September 1. One of the forms submitted for a genera! J ticket, good on all roads, consists of a strip of thin pasteboard about six feet long. But something les-t cumbersome will be adopted. *f!'i , ^ * ' , CTffifcffy dj^ ORT F( SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS. In Enlargement and Improvement of Cotton Mills She Outstrips all Other Slates. During the post three months the announcements of the undertaking of new cotton mills and the enlargement of established mills in the South have been more noted than in any other three months since the Southern textilo indus- ! try received its great impetus more than a decade ago. The revived activity of this year will result in the great advance of the industry and the completion of the numerous plans made during recent months will give tho South a more prominent position tlian ever. The Manufacturer's Record publishes a table giving the names of the mills, their location and the extent of the new equipment by States. South Carolina leads all other States in the addition of spindles during the months of April, May and June. The figures are: Alabama, 84,1)20; Arkansas, 5-4,500 Mississippi, 15,000; North Carolina, 123,4 48; South Carolina, 171, 760; Tennessee, 26,000. This Stnte also exceeds in the number of looms, being 5,414, North Carolina following with 4,1)90. Don't Want to Give up Fort Mill. Commenting upon the proposition of Mr. John 13. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, to exchange Fort Mill and Indian Land townships, in this State, for Polk county, in North Carolina, so as to form a new county in South Carolina, the Yorkville Yeoman says, in part: "We, of these parts, speaking particularly of York county, do not want to give up Fort Mill township, and we know that Fort Mill does not want to go to North Carolina, with all due regard for our sister State. There are historical reasons why Fort Mill and Indian Land should be retained ns a part of this State, a suggestion of which is given in the latter name. If Mr. Cleveland will refer to the map of South Carolina made by Cook and Mouzjn in 1772, after these surveyors had run the lawful line between the colonies, he will see that when tliev r>nmn directly west from the Great Pee Dee river and reached the old Camden and Salisbury road they were in the vicinity of a reservation of 114,000 acres that had been set apart to the Catawba Indians. This was a square territory with the corners pointing almost diroctly north, east, south and west. If they continued their western course to the Catawba river and thence up that htream to the uoint where the generally westerly direction of the boundary was to be resumed, it would divide this reservation, lying on both sides of the river, throwing a little more than half on the southwest side, into South Carolina. Clearly this would not have been wise. To run around the southern and western sides of the reservation and put it all into North Carolina would hnve made a line fur more erratic than the present one. What they did was to make the line due north, from where the line west from tlia Pee Dee touched the Camden and Salisbury road, to the northeastern point of the Indian reservation and then follow the reservation lino back to the river. This today forms the line between North Carolina and Fort Mill and Indian Lnnd townships, in South Carolina. "Where the old Catawba chieftain, Haglar, and his predecessors, the faithful allies of the colonists in their war agninst the Creeks, the Cherokees, the Yemasees, and against Britain, once roamed the territory as the proud sovereigns of this domain of 240square miles, the white man has chiseled him and his posterity down to a bnre * MI] )KT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA tract of a few hundred acres and au annuity, and added to the State two of her host townships." Philanthropy of Charlotte Printers. Charlotte Observer. The labor unions of this city are giving practical consideration to the cause of education. At a recent meeting of Charlotte Typographical Union, No. II.'IS, it was decided to ho loot a mill operative, a girl under ten years of age, and educate her. To her mother will he paid the same wages that the girl would have received had she remained in the mill, and this money will mote than suffice for the child's schooling. The union will adopt this plan for permanent use, and hop?>s to be able to draw on its tienum-v continually for the education of one or two girls. <? The Mecklenburg Primary Considerable interest was felt in Fort Mill township over the outcome of t!io Democratic primary election held in Mecklenburg county, N. C., Saturday, and genoral satisfaction was expressed when it became known that the "regulars'' had defeated the 6ocalled "insurgents." In the list of candidates appeared the name of Mr. June Russell, who otfered for re-election to the office of clerk of the superior court, and who is well known hereabouts, having been a citizen of Pineville for a number of years. The opposition to Mr. Russell seems to have amounted to little, as he was re nominated almost unanimously. Mr. Russell's friends wore gratified over the result of the election in Pineville township, where he received every vote cast, which fact disproves the old saying that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country." Mr. \V. C. Dowd, editor of the Charlotte News, and a candidate for the Congressional nomination, carried thu county over Mr. W. C. Maxwell. The result of the Mecklenburg primary does not insure Mr. Dowd the nomination, however, as there are several other counties in the district to be heard from. Long Distance Service Discontinued. Differences lmve arisen between the Charlotte Telephone Company and the Fort Mill Telephone Company which resulted in the discontinuance of the lon^ distance service of the companies between Fort Mill and Charlotte and intermediate points on the 2ml instant. Mr. S. L. Meacham, proprietor and manager of the local company, stated to The Times yesterday morninir that lie conKl ?? ? ilw. ^ _ __ L,..J . exorbitant rates which the Charlotte company asked fur the use of its lines, and that ho was compelled for the present to discontinue all long distance service north of Fort Mill. The use of the lines between Fort Mill and ltock Hill is still open to the public,however, and the service will not be affected by the action of the Charlotte company. Contributing to Charlotte Streets. The Charlotte Observer of Saturday says that only one man showed true patriotism in that city Friday, the Fourth. Ho was from Fort Mill, and he grew mellow and sentimental early in the day. When ho ran out of his eont nnd tried to make a *pceoh not far from the square tho police came along and gonily led him to tho station. When he waked up at fi o'cl ck in tho evening he found that the authorities had estimated his sentimental outburst to be worth just $10. lie gave bond for that amount and left for home. . ... - _ - , LL 1 WEDNESDAY, .ILLY 9, 1902. DISPENSARY QUALIFIEOLY INDORSED liy the Rev. Mr. Wright. Pastor of the Fort Mill Methodist Church. 1 ii the courseuf hissermou mI tin* Methodist church Sunday evening; the pastor, Il? v. NY. A. Wright, referred to the establishment of u dispensary in Kort Mill a matter which is being agitated liy a number ??f persons who are of opinion that the legalized sale of whiskey in the town would be preferable to the conditions which now exist. Mr. Wright was quoted to the reporter as being unqualifiedly in favor of a dispensary. The following interveiw best presents bis view of the matter, however: "You ask me for my attitude on the dispensary question. 1 am very decided; I have always stood on tho side of Christianity and morality; on the side of the women and children, and that means against. tho sale of whiskey in any 6hnpe or form. Every time the question has boon brought before tho people, I have gladly east my ballot against it. Lint the great disregaul for the law. and 11 le way whiskey agents have boon boating around taking orders for a dollar's worth or less, and the tremendous amount of the vile stutV landed at our express oflice and hauled through the country for local eonsumption, has canst d me to view the matter from a somewhat different standpoint to that of many people. Worse than all this, 1 am informed that most of tho stuff smuggled into the community is a vile decoction composed of ether and other deadly drugs known to n n (ler the consumer a nervous wreck, ending in the worst form of insanity. Witness the report of Dr. Babcock, superintendent of the insane asylum at Columbia, in which he directs attention to the increase of this form of insanity among the negroes and poorer class of whites; the lax vigilance of our officers and the cold indifference of the more intelligent class. All this makes the future look dark and the situation more alarming. For these and other reasons patent to any observant eye, I am ready to catch at a straw, and shall therefore do nothing in opposition to a dispensaiy being established in our midst (as 1 in dicated in my seruiou Sunday evening), if it will in any way bring leliof. "The revenue on whiskey i-< $1.30 per gallon, besides local license, house rent, clerk hire, etc. How then, in the name of common sense, can the dealers sell it for $1.50 per gallon? It is explained in the fact that 25 cents worth of certain chemicals will make five gallons of "knock-Vm-out" stuff. The government must know of the fraud, and it should be prohibited under the severest punishment. It is nothing short of wholesale murder of the weak and ignorant. If for no higher reason, society demands their protection. 1 am bitterly opposed to the dispensary for many strong reasons, but if whiskey is to flow around us like a river, lot it flow in a legitimate channel. The degrading influence of the dispensary upon the morals r ' ' 1 1 cji our young people could hardly be any worse than to have the railroad station stocked with it, and to have negroes slipping it in under cover of night, in flasks, jugs and kegs. Away with it; let us rise in our just indignation and banish it from the town." ? The annual session of the State Summer school is now in full blast at Winthrt p college. The attendance this year is larger than in previous years, which shows that the popularity of the school is growing each session. State Superintendent of Kd neat ion McManan is in charge and is being assisted by President 1). Li. Johnson, ot VVinthrop college. riME FORT MILL MELANGE. Minor Happenings In and A boot Town Told in Paragrahs. Miss Lena Smith, of Charlotte, in the must of Miss Mary Ardrey. Misses Fllie and Cnrrie Parks spent Friday with friends in JLock llill. Miss Alien Hedge path, of Chester, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J < \ Warron. Mrs. W. I*. Menchain has been ill for several days, but is now eonvaleseent. For I Mill township was the recipient of another seasonable rain Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hayes and children, of Pincville, N. C., spent yesterday at the home of Air YY?? It. 1 had ford. A nuinljor of friends of the family enjoyed an ieocrenin supper at the home of Mr. W. II. Parks Sat unlay evening. Hon. \V. P. Wilson, of Rock Hill, spent a part of yesterday in Fort Mill prosecuting his candidacy for Congress. There will lie preaching at, the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at It o'clock by the pastor, Dr. J. H. Thornwell. After spending some time with their sister, Mrs. Ij. N. Culp, Misses Lou and Mat Pong returned to Hieklins Wednesday. Miss Carrie Fa win returned to her home in ltoek Hill Monday morning, after a short visit at the home of Dr. J. If. Thornwell. The teachers and pupils of the Methodist church enj >yed the pleasures of a picnic at the rock spring in the grounds of the old White homestead Friday. 1 Mrs. Leroy Springs and little son Elliott returned to Lancaster I yesterday morning, after a short vi.-it ut the home of Mrs. Splines' parents, Capt. unci Mrs. 5S. E. White. Mr. Win. Orr and daughter, Mies Matnie, came up from Hot k Hill Monday evening and are at the bedside of Mr. Orr's mother, Mrs. Eliza Fulwood, who is critically ill. Fred Unrgate, white, em ploy t d at the 1 ivory stable of W T. Iloaglatid, was fined $.'{ by lutendant MeElhnmy for engaging in a fight with Monk McKee, colored, SSutur tiny night. Mi.ss Celeste Wilder, a Charlotte s >eiety young lady, who visited in Fort Mill some months 11540, is in London, where she is receiving considerable attention from the English nobility. Mr. Kip Moore came up from Rock IIill yesterday morning and spent the day with Mr. J. M. Armstrong. This morning Mr. Moore loft for Atlanta, where ho holds a position with The Constitution company. Mr. fl. E. Ardrey loft Friday night for Georgetown, where he is thinking of embarking in the steam laundry business with a former classmate at the South Carolina College, Mr. A. A. Springs. The roiiif.iiifl of M'ss Kathleen Moore, tlie 19-year-old daughter of the late J. Lawrence and Mrs. M. A. Moore, were interred at the City cemetery in Uock Hill Saturday. Alter an illness of several months of consumption, Miss Moore died in Union Thursday. A meeting of the trustees of tho Pleasant Valley school will be held Saturday afternoon for the purpose of electing a principal for the ensuing session. Quite a number of applications have been received for the position and the trusters will probably experience no trouble in selecting a thoroughly efficiont t. ueher. All local lovers of music will be interested in the announcement that a number of young moil of the town are endeavoring to or ?v_ r :s, NO. 10. Cimizc u stiiug band, to be composed of six pieces. Messrs. S. L. Meachntn, Fret! Harris and B. W. Bradford, all good musicians, are belling the movement, and it is said that, the band is ail but as so red. Burglars were again active in Fort Mill Friday night, when the depot of the Southern Railway was broken into and two packages of clothing stolen therefrom. Kntrance t?? the building was gained through a window. No arrests have been made of suspects, and no clue exists as to the identity of the guilty parties other than the statement of a negro man who claims mat he saw two white nit'ii standing near the brokon wiudow striking mntches. A passenger train consisting of the engine and one coach and having on hoard only one passenger, Dr. W. L. Jones, of New York, passed through Fort Mill Saturday morning at 10.15 o'clock bound for Perrys, a small station a few miles south of Columbia. Dr. .Jones arrived in Charlotte too late to catch the regular morning train for Perrys. Kather than wait in Charlotte twelve hours for the next regular passenger train, Dr. Jones hired a special train to tuke hiiu to I Perrys, at a cost of $175. > Death ot Mrs. Jane Armstrong. I Mrs. Jane Armstrong, wife of Mr. \V. II. Armstrong,died in 1 lock liill Saturday morning, after a lingering illness of several months. The remains were brought to Fort Mill and interred in the town cemetcry Sunday morning. Mis. Annstrong was 01 years of age and was a member of the Methodist church. She was highly esteem* d by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in this township, from which she moved to Rock Hill with her husband about live years ago. Mrs. Armstrong was a bister to M essrs Jioht. and Jas. l.urns and Mrs. A. S. White, of Fort Mi!! township, and Mrs. M iry Alexander, Mrs. J. F, Mosteller and Mrs. Nancy Cruice, of Chariot to. Sli was also the mother of Mr. W. C. Armstrong, of this township, ami of a number of other hiiih and daughters who reside in different sections of the State. ? From Bryan's "Commoner." Defending the honor of the army does not consist in protecting the men who disgrace it. Now that Mr. Cleveland and Mr. r t i ? ? ti 111 navo noon liatmoiir/ed again, wliy not get up a banquet and hnrmonize Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Wattcrsoti V Judas went out and hanged himKeif and Arnold moved to England. In thia connection it may be mentioned as a matter of nowa that Cleveland attended the Tilden club. After proclaiming peace in South Africa the British proclaimed a mining tax of 10 per cent. The OutlauderH stirred up the trouble beenuBe the Boers levied a miuing tax of 5 per cent. Mr. Cleveland has opened tho doors of his church and members will tie received either on profession of faith in him or bv lottor J ~ - ? from any other orthodox brunch of the Republican party. ? ? ? Pointed Paragraps. Nothing hurts a self-made martyr like being ignored. Much of the milk of human kindness tastes of the pump. A man growls, a woman smiles? and the latter gains her point. Even the woman of few words is continually warming them over. Any pretty woman's jaw is a tiling of beauty?when it isn't working. It is one thing to do a good net and it is another thing to say nothing about it. One of tho greatest pleasures in life is to b? found in counting tho money we expect to make. It isn't tho little a man has but rather a desire for more {1st puts him iu the poverty-stricken i lass.