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TEE FORT MILL TIMES.! DEMOCRATIC. VUBLIS11 KI> WKDN EST)AYS Wnv B and B W BKABFORB L J - F TKKMS OK SUH8f?>tIt*TIQN ; Ounyear $1.00 Six month* .60 | Throe months * . .2fi 1 CorrehiKmdonne on Gurront s ibjeots in invited, but no rosixmsibility is asmitiiod for tl?o views of corresuondontH. Advertising rates urn iii)tdu known to t liot?e interested on application to the publishers. Fort Mill Telephone (with loug distance connections) No. 2(1. JULY !'.K)$ luinrgFut ion into llu? United) States during the fiscal year just closed was greater lliuti in any previous year except 1882. The number of immigrants arriving itt tin- various ports was 71)0,7118, as against 788,002 in 1882, the record year. The immigration last yeur ; wiiH KJS/.UiO iii excess of the record ! of 11)01. The number of steerage immigrants last year was 487.018 j and the number of cabin immigrants 7 J/dnO. 0 0 0 The pre-arranged effort to howl down John Gary tivatis in Charleston a few days ago will do that , ' gentleman no harm in his race for i the U. S. Senate. 'Twas a con temptib|e effort to tlirottle free j speech?the speech of a man who | in an honorable nnd as good pemo- ' erat as any of )iis competitors. I True South Carolinians love fair | ]?lay,and many who did not intend ' (o vote for Mr. Evans will resent this unfair discriininalion by going to the polls on election day and ' pasting their ballots for him. 1 Without the least intention of ' offending or offering gratuitous ' advice to the voters of Lancaster county, Tlip Times wishes to ex press IIje hope that they will ooii aider favorably the candidacy of Mr. O. W. Potts for the Legislature. Mr. Polls is well nod favorably known to nearly everyone in Fort Mill, having lived here for j sovt*rn I vnni'u urifir lr> 1SM7 u lixn . J ? ? ....... ....v.. I ho returned to liin farm in IMeas- j ant Yr ii I ley. A man of pleasing ad- . dress, of hc hi ml business judgment . ami of the highest moral oliaraeler, ( ho would prove a valuable member j of (he Legislature, ll would seem j furthermoro that the northern see lion of the enmity is entitled to . one member of that body. I * * * I The Kansas farmers have overeoinu the physical inertia of the | ftoho. They did it with a gun. . The deficiency of farm hands in Kansas is estimated at about ten thousand men. The harvest ' fields, with their golden seas of ^ overripe urn in, are ending for men. ^ A fipight train westward bound ^ was wrecked near the town of Pratt. On tlie train there were fifty or sixty tramps bound for Colorado for thpir health. The farmers heard of if, and offered , 1 hem $3 a day Hud plenty of food find shelter. "J?hoy declined the offer. Thereupon the fanners triod shotgun persuasion, with the result that m firly nil of the trumps aye now toiling in !|ie harvest fields of Pratt county, and they will he kept at it until the wheat is all garnered. The picturesque feat urn of the episode in furnished by the women of the farms, who aye acting as guards, eaph armed with a shotgun. Anti-Imperialists After Cleveland. The New England Anti-Imperi HiiHiic i^epgne ib alter ex -J*re0Klent Cleveland for his address before the Tilden Club in New York, beeauae lie did not attack imperialism. The secretary has sent a personal letter to Mr. Cleveland, Baying in part: "It. may seeni presumptions to aniline since you had been persuaded after ao long a period of relicenee to address a political gathering with words of counsel that Hiese words were not fully and i tinally considered. Yet the omission of ?ny uistinet-ullneion to the j colonial policy in your address at the T'lden banquet has caused Biich general remark in r.li quarters, and iu many quarters such : acquto disappointment, that I veil- : tore to urge upon yon the import- i a nee of adding some recommend"- ! tion as to^its treatment to yonr diiH utisiotTo| the duty of the P? m i oeratie part3' and to ask you to define your views pf that duty toward a question on which the voice of the American people has not yet had a fair chance to be hoard. "As one who so earnestly desires Democratic harmony and who reuards with respect the independent and conscientious vote which can only bring about that success and restore the equilibrium and the health of the republic, I appeal to you to add the weight of jour ml vocaey to the principles already practically adopted as Democratic principles." Child Labor In Cotton Mills. The Industrial Journal, pub- j lished at Charlotte, N. C., oilieial i oronn of the Ktnte LVdm-nt i. m of i Labor, Iwih begun a strong fight against child labor in tho cotton inilIh and Iimh inaugurated the following plan for releasing children From mill labor: The paper proposes to raise a Fund to be paid to the mill chil dren?the same in amount as that paid them by the mills? the money j to be contributed by any person desiring to aid this cause. As some of the children make about twenty cents per day $1.20 will keep a child out of the mill for >ne week. The Industrial Journal proposes i to give the children the amount of ; Ihe wages and then let them go | entirely free, playing, eating and i resting, as they may desire, on ! condition, however, that each child dial! attend school during any i jfiven seh ol term. The in >ney, according to The Tournal, is to lie placed in the liamls of a committee, who sliall lispose of the Hame in the wisest tuanner possible, taking care to lid the most worthy and youngest lirst. Replying to an editorial of the Iiostoii Herald in which it is "re ^retted that during the recent ses- | lions of tht' Legislatures in the States of the South very little headway has been made in pissing restrictive laws in the matter of nnploying child labor in manufacturing establishments," the oil tor iii l^ilirn ami K'nhrii* i >1 ki ipi'i '1 mil glad tin- Legislatures of the Son ill had more imp >rtaut business lo attend to. TliiH education fad is being run into the ground. "An j idle brain is the devil's workshop' Keep the young folks at work. | Seventy live per cent *?f all that is taught in schools is forgotten in a lew years. When the boy has been taught what is needful for liiin, put 1 11iit) to work. The only good boy j is the boy who works, and the work iliop is the best school for young people. The woolen and cotton manufacturing industries were brought from hmglun I and planted by men who bad no chance to go i lo a school. Kdueaticn doesn't change man's nature; it doesn't make a man out of a fool. 1 write f the great majority. I am well ! nwnro that engineers, architects, ' builders, etc.. must have ail ednen- I Lion to fit thorn for their vocation. As for those win) teach divine law, they do not need oven to learn the alphabet; the inspiration within will manifest in words that can not he mistaken." ? -* ? Ages of Our Senatorial Candidates. To those of your readers wire ure interested in the campaign now go'ng on in South Carolina, for ( Ibiited States senator, will probahly he inter aster} to learn something about the ages of the six candidates, and 1 therefore give below n table stating when and where the candidates were born, ' says AfoDonald Furinan in The | State: \Vi| bun Elliott, of Ileanfort, born there September, 1838, and is now fill years old. George Johnstone, of Newberry, ! born there April, 1810, and is 50 , years old. Dan S. Henderson, of Aiken, born at Walterboro, April, 18ltt, I and is now 53 years old. John J. Hemphill, of Chester,! horn there August, 181!?, and will be 53 next month. Anbury C. Latimer, of Anderson county, born in Abbevillo county on the last day of July, 1851, ami is nearly 51 years old. John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, was born in wlint is now Uroenwood county, October, lSt?3, and is now 38 years old. Will Oppose McLaurin's Confirmation. A Washington special to the Baltimore Sun nays that the end: of the hitter and sensational light 1 l between Senators Benjamin K. Tillman and John L. McLaurin, of j South Carolina, is not yet. Sena- j tor Tillman says he will oppose oil the floor of the senate his col- ; league's appointment to the I nited States court of claims hencli. Tie ; fin thcrmore says that ho will not confine his opposition to the executive session, hut that he intends to say in open senate, and say plainly, why his colleague should not he continued as a judge. Mr. Tillman says he pr< poses to place in the UongresBlonal Itecortl all the allegations that have been made charging Senator McLaurin with betraying bis parly, ami in addition bis own personal criticism and bis own reasons for denying McLaurin's confirmation for a lefelong position. Friends of both senators now say that should Tillman carry out his threats it would only serve to renew the bitterness of the tight which last winter led to a hand to hand encounter on the floor of the senate while in session. On this account the president has been urged to give Senator McLaurin s line position outside the judiciary, for Tillman lias told bis friends Hint he would not carry j his opposition to an appointment that was not to the bench. The president is said to he considering this view of the situation and some other appointment is not impossih'e, Willi the Democratic opposition against Senator McLaurin, it is said that there is grave doubt if lie could bo continued as 11 judge of the court of claims. - The Battleship Maine. The new battleship Maine, sue censor in name id me veseel ilea troyed in Havana harbor more than four years ago, makes thisj week her unotlieial or "builders'" i trial trip. If Huecossful, she is likely to go upon the navy list bo- ! fore the etui of the year, says the . Now York Sun. 1 Tho Maine iH one of the three battleships authorized by Congress on May 1, lS'.lS, two weeks j after the war with Spain hail begun. Her keel was laid down on February 15, 1890, the anniversary of the destruction of hor predecessor, and she was launched on duly 27. j last year. She will thus have been about t hree years and eight in tilths j in actu il building. 3 The new ship is .193 feet 9 inoli s over all, with an extreme breadLh of 72 f?>?U 9 1-9. 1 her mean draught, with provisions, j stores, ammunition and 2.000 tons i>f coal on hoard, will lie 251-2 foot, and her displacement under j j t In'Ho conditions will he 13,5001 tons. She will he, hv 2.000 tons ' 1 of displacement, the largest battle- . ship in the navy, hilt will havo to i surrender this position when the ] vessels authorized in 1S00 are com- ' pleted. The Maine is protected by ] a belt of armor 7 1-2 feet high, } 12 inches thick to a line one foot ? h'low the water line, nnd thence 4 8 inches thick; above the belt the i side armor is 7 inches thick, the ] superstructure is protected by ar- j mor of the same thickness, and the s turrets ami barbettes by armor from 0 to 12 inches thick. For otfeuoe, she will carry four 12-inch rifles, nnd sixteen fl inch rapid-fire liih'B, tho former coupled in turrets, the latter in broadside and in barbette; as a secondary battery she will carry twenty (> pounders, six 1-pound era, four Catlings, and one field piece; her complement will be 551 officers and men. As planned, two submarine torpedo lubes were to be installed. ? -*#* ? Don't Fail To Try This Whenever an honest trial isgiven to Electric Hitters for any trouble it is rcommended for a permanent cure will surely be effected. It never ' fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate ' the liver, invigorate tho nerves and purify the blood. It's a wonderful tonic for run dawn systems. K- ! lectric Bitters positively ouscs Kidney and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and expels Malaria. Satisfaction guar- j an'ped by T.J1. Meacham.t hilyoOe. j n3@8@S0S?! Big Ju! ? IJ3ogiiuiii inventory of vert into 11101 CLOTH g NOTIOI 3 GENT'S ? FUKNH gS we 1)live cleei I pp ^ so low that t g following reel @ All short less of cost, a g that will intc ? Shirts, J 0 third less tha g Three eh ? worth investi 0 A lot of ? facturer's eos ? I n faet, a @ any of the u g J uly Sale, wl 1 THE OL s D. J. WILLIAMS, Stalesville's Lipor Dealer. jnrel Valley Corn Whiskey, 5 Years Old: 12 Full (Quarts, in neat cast), $7 50 24 Pints 8 00 ! 48 Hulf Pints . . 8 50 I 41?. Gallons, keg included, 0 00 One ami two gallons, jug and crate included, per gallon, ~ 25 'uro N. C. Sxeet Mash Corn Whiskey: New, i>er gallon,' . .1 40 Two to Three years old, per gal. I 77, 'urc Apple Brandy, per gallon, 2oe 21m City Club Bye. 7 years old, 12 tpturts, . . . . . 8()() 1 Twenty-four Pints, . . 8 50 Forty eight Half pints, . 9 00 One and r\vo gallons, jug and crate included, per gallon, . 2 50 Sscelsior Bye, jug and crate included, j?er gallon, . 2 00 ?cach and Hcncy, i>er gallon, . 2 oo , [lock and Bye, i>er gallon, . 2 00 j Soiland Sin, i*r gallon, . .2 00 I Romomber I am no roctifter or coin- j sounder, in buying my g?kmIs you are 1 lot. buying water. 4 guarantee all these i .joodssui>crior to auyt hingbeing shipped from this market. All jugs will he put in l?oxes instead of crates f?>r 15c. extra; kegs Ixixed for 25c. extra, and all boxes ire shipjH'd without any marks to indi ato their contents. Cash must accomnany all orders. They will lie tilled the tame day received. Send money by registered letter, postoitico money order >r express money order. Goods shipped jititer by freight or express. * As to my responsibility I refer yon to [lie liradstreet and Dunn Mercantile I .'ompanics and my hundreds of cusioinera all over the South. Remember, igain, that I guarantee satisfaction in ill eases or refund the money. i 14. J. WILLIAMS, KT \ TVXVT 1 IT XT m ~ I TRY THE 1 Git# Barber Shop For a first-class ! HAIRCUT, j 811 AVE, j j SHAMPOO, or 1 " HAIR SINGE. ~ Carothers & Son. rt pKOl'RIISfORK. J Third door Rank building, t" ? f FOR |) ft OUT! \VVTFftT.riro ? ? vy ' *? llik^VIUU) WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., CALL ON OK WRITE TO H.' W. II. IIOOVER, jHr, CHIRI.OTTE, N C. f t y Clearance Sale. | lg August 1st we will take an * g our stock, and in order to con- ?| lev our line of ? ING, DRY GOODS, ... ? SfS, SHOES, HATS, ... ? FURNISHING GOODS, ? L URE, ETC., | (led to put the || UUWN ? hoy will ho bound to go, as the ? notions will prove: ? lengths of Cloth to go regard- x nd White Goods to go at prices ? rest the closest buyer. ^ Jeekwear and Collars at one- ? 11 the regular price. ? [>zen Corsets to go at a price g gating. ? Shoes to go at less than manu- <? t prices. SS ve can save you 20 per cent oil gj oods named above during this ? lich begins today. g 1) RELIABLE STORE, I T. J?. J1KLK, Proprietor. ? ????????????????????????1 peRft^, IW^^A-Wooo ^rii ^^^^^^The^perfect foot-lift W You have seen foot- is only one of many lifts that didn't lift; good features on foot-lifts that almost the Walter A. Wood broke your leg; and Mower?features I foot-lifts that pulled j that have placed it in | you out of the seat. the front. Come /J i But have you seen in and let us show Jl the Walter A. Wood you the others ; or If foot-lift that has ask for a catalogue ft none of these faults? describing them. ' I "Its the Mower you want." 1 I A. A. Young, Agent, I FORT MILL, S. C. i ? V . i?iio? >4 pays for one year's subscription to )\.L%) The Times and The Home and arm, which is the best agricultural paper ublishod in the South. Send in your snb riptions at once. A.OLIVER, I DR. J. L. SPRATT, VRNESS, SADDLE, BOOT & SHOE SURGEON DENTISTREPAIRING. Office* in Bank building, Main Streot, i<*"s reasonable and all work gnarau- Fort Mill, S. C. eod to bo first class. Shop one door After December 1, office will be closed below Ardroys drug store. t everv y >ijduy,