IN THE LOCSL FIELD.
V. ,?* ? ?.. 7
Mr. Kobt. Duller spout Wednesday
in Reck IIill.
Mr. A. A. Young spout Wednos
dny of Inst week in Charlotte.
M iss Do-sic 0; nice, of Charlotte,
spent Friday in town, the guest of
Miss Eunice Mall.
Farmers say that the hot winds
of last week undoubtedly damaged
the growing ? orn in this section.
Mr. J. D. Mills announces his
candidacy for reappointment to
the office of magistrate.
Mrs. Kate W.dkins has sold her'
residence in the northern part of
town to Mr. Edw. Merritt.
There are now nearly 100 no
gro.'S employed in constructing
the dam of the Catawba Power
Company.
Mr. \V. J. Waters, of Chester,
spent Thursday and Fri?ln\? i >
- J
town, the guest of his brother in
law. Dr. T. 13. Mraelmm.
Mr. nnd Mrs. (\ J. Say re, the
former a civil engineer l'or the
Catavrb.i Power Company, spent
the Fouilh in Hock I lill.
Lewis Atkins, one of the two
guards who shot and killed the
county convict Will Walker a few
days ago, is a son of Mr. Win.
Atkins of this township.
Dr. J. 13. Mack left Th irsdny
evening for Atin 1 In, Ala., to begone
two months, during which time ho
will fill the pulyit of the First
Presbyterian church in that city.
The wheat and oat crop in this
section is shorter than it has been
for years. This is especially true
of the wheat crop. Numbers of
farmers will not undertake to barvest
either erop.
A party of ab >ut a dozen young
men went seining in Sugar creek
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m etinesany and met witli consul
erublc success, I heir catch umouuting
to aboutV^o, one-third of t licit
11 inl>c?r being\ aio tisli.
The eight-yew'-old son of Mr.
James Garrison, who lives near
Belair, was bitten by a copper-bend
snake a day or so ago, I
and has since been a great sull'erer,
though he is now improving.
The Times was pleased to receive |
n call from Mr. W. E. Whitesell
Friday afternoon. Two years ago !
Mr. Whitesell moved from Fort
Mill to Spray, N. C., where he I
now has a lucrative position in a !
cotton mill.
Fourteen bales of cotton were
sold on this market Thursday
morning by Mr. J. W. Davidson,
of Pleasant Valley, at (J 1-4 cents
per pound. The cotton was bought
by Mr. W. 13. Meacham for the
Fort Mill Mfg. Company.
}The alleged '"Glorious Fourth"!
was generully observed us a holi- j
day in Fort Mill. Most of the
stores were closed, and the cotton
mills su-pended work for the day
to give the operatives an opportunity
to enjoy a day's outing.
Fort Mill pistol to'.ers would do
well to hear in mind the fart that
the law against carrying concealed
or unconcealed a pistol less
than 20 inches in length nnd
weighing less than 3 pounds went
into effect on the 1st instant.. The
| maximum fine in cases of conviction
is !?100.
Shnrley Gordon and Miss Mattie
Manney, aged 10 and 17 yens,
respectively, eloped from their
employment at tlio mills of the
Fort Mill Mfg. Company at 12
o'clock on Tuosday of last week,
drove to the home of Squire Howie,
in Belair, and were married
during the afternoon.
Ill (his issue of The Times Col.
^ W. II McCorkle, of York vi He, I
j announces hiins ?lf n candidate for
j re-election to the office cf probate
judge, and thanks those who
have supp >rted him in tl:o pist.
Col. McCorkle has made a very
I efficient officer and will probably
meet with no opposition for reI
election.
I Reports received nt The Times
office from different sections of the
I county last Friday indicate the
brightest crop prospects known
for years. Thus far copious-rains
have fallen just as they were need- j
ed, making the cost of cultivating
the crops much le&s than that
which attends the working of litem
the nverngo year.
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The Political Pot Refuses to Boil.
Politics is at a low ebb in Foil
Mill at present, considering the
fact tliut the primary is less than
two months ? tT. Indeed, as one ,
man put it, "you couldn't pull an
expression of political preference
from the nvetnge citizen with a
cork screw."' This remark is a hit
far fetched/of course, hut it tends
to show that the people are taking
little interest in the campaigns.
In the hope of being enabled to
make an intelligent forecast of the
result of the gubernatorial and
senatorial primaries in this township,
The Times man recently
talked with a number > f represen
tative farmers and business men
<>n the subject, but in almost every
instance these men refused to ? xiir<?<K
11 inr.v.. . .or. . . .
I X'*v avtv,lv v *v/l Wllirv^.
From llit? general trend of the
conversation of most of these \\?1 ii
whom the? reporter talked, however,
it can lie stated as an infer
euce fairly drawn that ox-Con
?ro8. man John ?T. Hemphill and
ox-Goveruor John Gary Evans
arc at present in the lead for the
senatorship. There is no denying
the fact that Mr. llemphirssp.'eehes
have made a f rvorable impression
in Fort Mill, and that he will
receive votes which would not
have rjoiie to him two weeks ago,
while ox-Governor Evans will
probably land the votes < f most of
those who originally intended to
vote for Mr. Eatimer.
The race for the ^overiifr.ship
seen.s to lit' between Capt. Ileywnrd
and Col. Talbetl, with the
chances in favor of the former receiving
the largest vote. CN.il.
Jim Tillman will, of course, ^et
some votes at tin* two preeiu'. ts in
this township, but fiom piescnt
indications lie will run far behind
Capt. Heyward and ('oi. Talhert.
i ? i.. ?? - ' -
\/Hij win.* IIIKII initt (.wprc.^svd lo
the reporter his intention of vot
iug for Mr. Anscll.
? ? ? *- - ?.
Dispensary Agitation in Fort Mill.
Gentlemen from Fort Mill in- '
form us that there is some ngila- i
lion for the establishment of a
dispensary in tliit town. The I
movement has not tak< n shape,
but we are told that there is no
doubt about the earnestness of the j
men who are feeling sentiment on
the subject. It is said, too, that
if a in lioritv of th ? n ?m ??F ?!. >
fresell olders can b> obtained to u
petition, the dispensary advocates
would have a strong hope of success.
-ltock Hill Herald.
The Times trusts that its os
teemo 1 contempory will not be
accused of undertaking to establishing
a dispensary in Fort Mill,
by noting the fact that the matter
has been discussed here recently. |
We are not quito certain, however,
that just s ich an accusation
will not be made. A little in >ro ,
than a yoar ago The Times pub
lislicd as n news item ?n >t in an
editorial utterance, mind you the
statement that some thought the
town should have a dispensary, in
view of tin* great amount of whiskey
shipped in hero. Forthwith
the editor was charged with
being the prime mover in the
agitation to establish a dispensary
ill I ho I nu n
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Tlio agitation to which The Herald
refers is not apt to result in a
dittponr-ary being established, li
is possible that the signatures of
the necessary one fourth of the
electors of the towft could bo so
cured to a petition requesting the
iuteudant to order an election, in
which event that oflicinl would be
bound under the law to order the
elect ion, but it is doubtful whether
a majority of the electors would!
then vote for a dispensary. Many
of the host and most influential citizens
of the town are unalterably
opposed to such an institution for
Fort Mill.
County Convict Killed.
A Yorkville special to the News
and Courier says that Will Walker,
a negro convict, was killed Monday
evening while trying to escape
from the county ehaingang, about
3 miles cast of Yorkville. Walker
was convicted at the recent spring
term of court <?f arson, having
burned a house on the place which I
1
lit4 was living, for the |inr|>?el
concealing llic fa> I that lie liad
curried oil' ami sold eoltou due tlie
In lit 1 lor' 1 f< r rent, and win sea
leneed to a term of eighteen
in;ml lis. The gang liat 1 been employed
during tho day in working
cot ii on the county home farm,
which is near the camp, and was
returning when Walker starto I to
run away. Two of the guards.
Kobinsoti and Atkins, tired at him,
after ordering him to halt, without
apparent elTect, for he continued
to run. Three trusties were or<h
red to follow, and as so hi as the
others had been made safe from
escape the guutds followed. Tin y
found Walker an I the liusties engaged
in a battle royal with stones
in a thicket. Walker still trying to
* scape. About the time the
guards arrived on the s -eue Walker
scaped linn the trust ies. going in
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.... .... v ...... >1 mmiu III I! M Il.St Ml,
who w is anr.pl with :i shotgun
loaded with buckshot. The s^tuud
tired at him. riddling his bre.ot
and kiilinLC liim instantly. Iln
authorities seom to think that tin
der the eiivuinstane.-s the guards
were justilinhb' in killing Walker.
This is the liivt convict that has
b m killed in this eounty since
thuestablishin nt of tl eclnin^anu;.
Micah Jenkins Revenue Collector.
Maj. J! eah .Jenkins, the former
ollieer i f tin1 Kou^U Kiders t?
whom President Koosevell present
eil a sword in Charleston several
months aou, was on Thursday ap
pointed internal revenue collect >r
for this State. (i?o. H. Kopstcr
was originally named for the of
fico, I) 111 1110 senate failed to confirm
the npp intincnt. Maj. den
kins" select.on was not for politi
cal reasons.
Jesse J2rti35' Ashes Rsinferred.
Tlie nioldorinir nshos of Jesse
James, the Missouri liandit kino.
Were buried a few days n^o for the
last time in the 1 baptist graveyard
in Kearney. Mo.
The body, which hud rested
since his tragic death at the hands
ot "Bob" Ford, in St. J. scpli, in
i^vj, was disinterred at tin- old
Samuels homestead, three ami a
half miles northeast of Kearney,
placed in a now black collin an!
reburied by the side of his wife
and little bro.her in the family
lot in the cemetery on the ed^e of
the town. The s'one shaft, which
has stood laid over his bod}' foi
'JO years, will be removed to the
new resting place.
Only youm; Jesse looked on his
father when the seal of the ^rave :
was broken. Tradition has it that
the State of Missouri paid f n -.Jesse
Jaiues* burial about ?~>0O. out if it
di l souieb idy seems to have been
mulcted lor about !?t i~>, or more,
for the collin was merely a sheet
iron b .x riveted closely together ,
and had rusted to piect s years n-_coThe
body was supposed to have
been elll bill llied, too, but this ev.
doiitly was not so, ft r the body bus
been dust so lonrj that it lifts near
ly nil disappeared.
?Te se, dr., picked up the skull of
his father and b i? k of the h ft ear
found a hole, perhaps an inch
long. Through it went the bullet
of Hob Ford, his treacherous compaiiiou,
which ended his care. r.
A Forgotten Statute.
There is one law on the s'ftt ite
books which is violated by nearly
every linn doing bnsinc-s in tin1
State, and the Greenville News
calls attention to it as follows:
4'\\ ilh hardly a single exception
every merchant in Groenville has a
sign boat d or plate in a oonspieuous
place at his or her business stand.
In fact, such boards tire noticeable
in i very eily.
"In conversation with a reporter
of The News, Maj. John H. Karle
referred to the following section,
which is violated by nearly every
merchant in Greenville:
"Section 1 Id of the Revised
Statutes of South Carolina, Vol. 1:
'Kvery mercantile partnership in
this State, in addition to a proper
or conspicuous sign board or plate
containing the name and style of
the firm, shall post and keep post cd
in some conspicuous place at
1
ill'.' IttlMIM'SH sI.'IIkI ill <1 ht.'liuls of
tin- linn. IIm i^i\a n iim! surname!
of 1'iu'li mi in I > r of ili*> firm, up !i i
pain. in ouue of dofuult, of l.oiim
mii'il and piorai di d n^uin.-t. wilhmil
naming tlit* individual uu in!)* rs
of llio fit in, and also of f u foiling
mil pnyinir, individual y nnd onoli.
tlio Mini ol tilty doll ns to any ono
who shall stif f?>r the sumo, for
each and ovory month liny shall
luako ih'f.inlt a- af - aid. Kvi ry
In iron vomlui'tiii.o any tnisinoss as
arroiit shall pi st up atul k< - p p >st
id up in liko inintnr tin* name of
his or her p iuripil. unilor the
liko penally.'
Progress at lie Uaro.
lJ*?-k Hill II* rat*I
l>i W.tidi Wylio's !;iiou I nisi
in s.s mtoi'i' ts in link Hill and
elsewhere in tiiis Siat* luin- h m
i if toil to our oily ilo vi-ited tin
plant *>f th ('daw'tu 1' iwi-r Coin
I any \Y dnosd tv, and is v ry in noli
grill iliod with till' progress ? 1 tin
Work mi tin- dam. 11: lo si. ho says
greal or m!\an-oinont has lio n
in ado dm iii^tlu* past three nuinth
than sinoo tin- work was liojjun
list slimmer. This is duo la:gol\
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lions, ihe c >n.'l- dam having been
covert tl I>111 oner since ral ly spi ini;.
Inn il is also attributable to the
enjmbili'v and energy of the pivs
out superintendent. Dr. W'yilc
is of the octillion that the [hint
will be coinplet* (i so as to furnish
power during the coining winter.
(Contracts f -r p >wer have been
ni.ule and signed with the mills in
Fort Mill, but not so with all the
Knelt 11 ill mil's. Several have tie
layed the matter for reasons of
their own, but Dr. Wvlie says that
applieat ions for p i\vei have been
made by otln r places to sueb an
extent that it is op'ional with his
comp my win I her t In y brin" it to
lv irk 11:11. The colliraets made
here are eon dimmed upon pur
mills taking in a^reijjatea definite
amount. If they do not do so.
it is not probable that Kork
Hill will hu able to secure t he ben
elits which nuo^H^H|Hn4iv
frnii) tin. ii < jIi 1
1 II
f^tvat pllUlt HO >I S.
The advantages of clH^ntinvi'r,
lie su^ s, it 1*0 just lie
appreciated arid wi t li t^^lH^^i.e-d
cost of coal, wliirll Or. \V ss*
must comy very soon, this marvelous
p iwcr will Ire generally installed
in ret ton mills wherever it
may lie p< issilde.
Esvcs a Woman's Life,
To have given up would have
meant deatli lor Mrs. Lois iraim,
of Dorchester, Muss. For years
she had endured untold misery
flour a severe lung trouble and
ohstiua e cough. "Often," she
writes, "I could scarceIj breathe!
and sometimes could not speak
All ?lo,-t, i- .....I -1: -
lint i! I i re I I )iv !\ in^'a New l)is
.-ovary t??r C'oiisnnipt ion ntnl was
completely ciifi <1 SulTeivrs from
C'<jUj^Ii(' ild.-, Tlir at mid Lnnij
TrouIil>- in i d l!ii.-> ^rand remedy,
for it ni'ViT di.-appoinl.s. (dure is
yrui ran teed I?y Tin h. I>. .Mrai-liain.
."lOc and $1 00. Trial In riling I ri*? .
The Lent ilcdicir.e Cold Tcir.y.
I.ovvell, X. ill J' 1 Ml.
A few years :i_' ? I was ;iItli<-1< 1 with
rht'iinial ism, which I t hi ill; was caused
by indite..* ion. l or about I ? years I
was < tulined to mv bed for I wo or three
weeks every spring ami fall, win-i I
Would In- so had oil 1 could not move i
muscle, iu my body. J tried several
different doctors but they failed to do
me. any eood. Daring tin-- altaeks
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...., ......i i.nn niniu'ii, iiii'i i:ius:;ini nun
lly plasters were ;i|?;>Ii? ? 1 i<? my h ad,
back, shoulders iiml feet, but Ilia?
treatment did it uo^oil. ?01110 friends
in Charlotte advised me to try Mrs. Joe
Person's Remedy. I It mjfht half a
do/.eii bottles and took it. Finding I
was getting hotter, I continued it until
I took two do/en kittles, which made a
permanent cure of me, as I have not
had any symptoms of the trouble since,
i consider Mrs. .Joe Person's Remedy
the finest medicine that is sold today.
I have recommended it to several, and
it tfave satisfaction in every case, i'e
foro usiiitf Mrs. Person's Remedy my
usual weight, was from PJ-> to 1 I
poinds. Now I wei^h 1 i t pounds, and
my general health is good.
.RUIN C. RANKIN.
President Sponcer Mountain Mills,
Lowell, N. O.
SKWINO MAOUINK BARGAIN.
One second hand NVhecler A. Wilson
sewiiiK machine, in fjood condition and
eajialile of doin^ first class work, is
oiVered for sale ai a oai^.iiii. Apply at
The Times ollicc.
Selling Ou
Summ
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Hiadies' Qlii
Millinery, 35
Wo moan oxaotly w
tholiino lor ^outline In
arriving daily.
Soo our Climax Ttlt
stool {'ramus, at Sl.iiO.
Fruit Jars and Rubl
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Par SUMMER CM
\ s ny now In CiiIi bin:
liei.iel up until cvi'iy var
(ioods is < !ran< <1 out.
These Prices Wi
Ail :? tvnt Lawns, now
All 7 I U v'tmil L iwiik, u >w
A 1 I <> c? n t La whs, i *:?\v
All I J I 2 and I .Veen t Lawns, nov
AII L'*? c ill Ijiiwih, now
(>ne pita-.' Fii nch Swiss, white ai
now
In Lai
One Mat, was !? I now
One Mat w s li*>. now
One (1 /en Mats, mostly hlaek, tie
ii you are out for barj^ai
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than at other places, imit as an additio
age we give you coupons free. Our oh
of our store as a trading place, and
undertaking.
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Ijcts at lowest prices,
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JjL Jfcli Jt~* Jrr9
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ware, Lamps, Etc.,
r?IING AT
r <i_* 0_J ?%TC3r"JS.
Iri you buy of uk you are fjiven
firiit numbers, will secure tho
rilli, you piy It'Ks for kooiIm hero
mil in.lucomout for your patronject
is to increase the popularity
we ask your assistance in the
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