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' THE FORT MILL TIMES. DEMOCRATICPUBLISH ED \V BDNESDAYS "Win. H. and B. W. BRADFORD. Tkkms ok Subscription : Oiim yuitr (?l.oo 1 Six months ,&'> Three months .25 Correspondence ou current subjects is ! invited, but. no responsibility is asKumcd for the views of correspondents. Advertising rates are made known to those interested on application to Unpaid ishers. Fort Mill Telephone (with long distance connections) No. 2(1. JULY 80, 1002. The Old Confederate Votcran. I The old Confederate veteran, we know him as In- stands; And h" listens for the thunder of the far-off battle lands. Ho hears the crush of musketry, the smoke rolls like a sea, For he trumped the fields with Stonewall, and he climbed the heights with Leo. The old Confederate veteran, his life is in the past, And t lie war cloud like a mantle, round his rngged form is east. Ho heart* the bugle calling o'er the far I and mystic sea, I For ho tramped the (ields with Stono- | , wall, and ho climbed the heights i with Lee. ?-? - ?<4 Tho history of tlit* first session of the Fifly-seventh Congress Ims ' been typical of the history of the Republican niul tjie Deinocnttie , parties from time immemorial, j Throughout the session the Demo- j crats worked for principle-*, Che 1 Republicans for votes. When the , oleomargarine tiill came up, the Democrats, realizing that it was i class legislation of the worst form, vigorously opposed it. The Hepublicans, appreciating that it would make votes in the rural districts supported it. They won in Congress, When the anti anarchy bill was reported in the senate, the Democrats saw in it a menace to individual liberty and a violation of the principles of the constitution and of the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. Generally speaking, they voted against it. The Republicans, on the other hand, knowing that public sentiment was outraged at tlio assassination of President McKinley and would approve of any measure which breathed the spirit of revenge, supported and passed it, although not till it had been materially modified in the house. When the Philippine hills oame up tho Democrats were aghast at fleeing every principle of American 1 liberty and independence ho mill- ^ lessly violated, and they fought to defont the measure. Senator Hoar, the otio Republican who was will > jug to place principlo before sue- ;1 Press, allied himself with them and ' t delivered a denunciation of the 1 measure which years hence will 1 l ing in the oars of those who heard 1 it. The leaders of the Republican 1 party, however, appreciated that ' the passage of the bill would satisfy a certain popular clamor and I would afford them great privileges I with which to trade for the sup- I port of the immense vested inter- ' cats of the country?and they t passed the hill. That is the history of the session in n nutshell. * In a recent issue of a county ex- 1 change there appears a communi- I cation purporting to have been fi written from Fort Mill, and over 1 tho noii) de plume of "Observer,'' 1 (in which the correspondent states " that York county does not send ' her best men to tho General As- j * sembly and claims that tho fault 1 lies with the volunteer candidate 1 system. As a panacea for the al- 1 logod ill, "Observer" would have c the county convention name eight " candidates for the General Assent- * bly and then allow as many others to enter the primary as elect ; t to do so. This papor is not wil- d ling to conoede that the plan out- f lined would in any way bfproduc- I tive of beneficial results. On the 1 contrary, it 19 inclined to the opin- ? ion that the plan would cause 1 * much dissatisfaction and ultimate- 1 Jy menu a return to the convention < method of nominating our cnndi- I dates. Strange that the Democracy 1 of the great State of Alabama should have recently adopted the ; $ Bfe. p*. Sou ill Carolina primary if i( is so \ much at fault. The primary is In into stay; our people realize that it! places every Democrat oil like) fooliin;, be he rich or poor. We wanted it; we got it; it suits us,; and we are going to keep it. 1 *ut the thought that we do not Bend our best men to the General i Assembly naturally raises the i (]iiestio;i, Who are the best men? Nowadays one hears urn h talk of electing busine.-s men to the Geni-ral Assembly; otherwise men wh ? have accumulated a cornpeteneo. j I t would not lie just to discriminate against a candidate simply because ^ lie nnRit>ssi>fl vv>>nllli \\..nlrli iu splendid tiling, but wealth alone fits no mail for legislative work. Brain in what wo want,and it in not confined to tlio le ads of men who have been fortunate in assembling this world's good *. u()l)8ervor'" would have us believe that our representatives are inconi potent. The facts do not sustain the ( -lairgo. Our delegation coinpares favorably with the members from the other counties, and the members from the other counties are about as intelligent as those of the other Slates of the I' n ion. ? - nr. Strait and SVir. Hemphill Friends. Chester Lantern. I ( Wo made no attempt t?? report the speeches at the Colvin picnic, lint there was one little point that leserved mention. A note was landed Dr. Strait on the stand taking liiin to tell about Mr. Hemphill's having him blacklisted a Washington. l)r. Strait said hat whatever tlie relations between lira and Mr. Hemphill may have jeen in the past, they are friends low and lire running for different ilfices. At one time lie thought Mr. Ifeuiphill was responsible for lis blacklisting, bul ho nmdo a borough investigation, and wiiou 10 m>t to tho bottom of tlio matter 1 ' found that it was another man iinl not Mr. Hemphill that did the ! ' vork. We ahould have regretted ' i ,o sec an old matter like this stirred ip, but as it turned out, it is fortu- , into that tho question was asked. t sets Mr. Hemphill right in the : ?yes of many, no doubt, who re* i leetod on him without just cause. , t. also presents Dr. Strait in a , rery pleasing light in the eyes of : nany people who admire what is nanly and honorable. Indeed we j i ire informed that several voters vere heard to remark that that in ident turned their votes to Strait. ... Whitman Bucking the Standard Oil Co A correspondent from Union has l vrillon a very entertaining account >f Walt Whitman's biennial picaresque raeo for governor; how he i 111 < rn i mi I nil 11 r. I*n/1 ???.... 4 1 I ..v. .h.ihiVi (III 111 unii 11/ I (UOV l?ll' j noney and how after all resources j ailed he managed to secure a sec- | iiid hand bicycle upon which he ; nade a tour of the State. All of this is familiar to the peo- j >lo of the State, but few of them | mow of Walt Whitman's present )usiucss and the prospects of him : linking money enough to run for jovemor whenever ho wants to. L'lie correspondent says: Whitman conducts a small groe- I >ry store in Union, and when Colo- j lei dunes ruled him out of the jrimary ho made a specialty of idling kerosene oil, and tinloimced himself in the public jrints as an opponent of the Stand ird Oil Company. Tn order to get lis supply of the iluid he hit upon m original idea. The owners of he cotton factories hereabouts all mi stores in connection with their )lants, using as a medium of exliango aluminum checks, which ire taken at the store in place of i lie money. Of course these checks ire not jjood at the dispensary and lie factory men often find them-i iclvea unable to j^et their drams, or the simple r? n&ou that the dis)ensary is.a Stale institution, and lie State will not extend credit to '. inyone. So Whitman offered to edeem a dollar's worth *>f alnmi- ' uim checks tor bO cents in real noney. The factory men approved of the idea and he has boon msy ever since raking " the aluninnm cheeks at a piotit of 50 p? r cent. With these checks he goes t ? the factory store, where I he buys oil at the fnce value of the checks, lie then dsposes of it to his customers at a small profit, and if he continues to sell oil as fast as he has since he hit upon the aluminum check idea, there is j very littdoubt that the next j time ho runs for governor 'lo w'" ride on a railroad train and not a bicycle. Tried to Prove Cel. Tillman a Liar. The most sensational incident thus far enacted in the State cam- ] paign occurred at (intfney Thursday. It came about as a result of i ! Col. >1 iin Tillman rending from n < recent issue of theCall'iiey Ledger I hm editorial in which ho was I churned with "hoinj* a gambler, a i liar and a drunkard."' Col. Till- i man proceeded in his usual vi?;- i orous style to denounce the edi- ? lorial, when M^J)e Camp, editor * of The Led^erisfepped upon the ! statue and said that he was the man ( who wiote the editorial and that lie 1 was responsible for it. DeCatnp ? then turned to Mr. Butler, chair- ? man of the meeting,ami undertook \ to substantiate the charge as to t Col. Tillm ui beintr a drunkard by t asking Mr. Butler if he had not t been drinking with Col. Tillman t in Columbia. Mr. Butler replied: "Not more than with you." Then \ the editor of The Ledger said h<could provi Tillman lied over his ! (Tillman's) own signature. Till- ( man requested the proof. Mr. 1 )e (/amp then went to his oflice < for the proof. In a short time he I returned to the meeting with two i letters wrilb n by Col. Tillman in < reply to advertising bills sent him by DeCamp. In the tirst letter ( pioduccd, Col. Tiilmau had writ- < ten that ho thought the bill had \ beeij settled, and that lie believed s reference to the books of the Ijed i i*er would disch so the fact that i the bill had been paid in advance, t in the second letter, Col. Tillman i stated that lie enclosed a check to , [ over the bill, but that he believed t the account had already been paid. ! \ Mr. De Camp insisted that Col. j ' rillinan knew he owed the account ~ when he claimed that it had been , paid. ( < ? c Loses In the Philippines. Major Jones Parker, of the ad . jutunt and inspector ^eneml's of- i ^ lice, has compiled some iuteresiin^ 1 statistics rc^ardin^ the iuaurrec-, ( lion in the Philippines. It appears I that there were 2o(> engagements with the eneuiy more or less seri- <; ouh, between February t, ly'Jt), which is the date of the battle of] Manila, and Aptil .50, 1902, fixed / us the virtual downfall of the in- ' ^ surrection. The larger proportion : of these tights were atlaeks from 1 ambush on the Ameriean troops or j skirmishes in which only small I detachments took part. | i "In almost no ease in these en- ;? gageinents," says Major Parker, * "did American troops surrender, ( or have to retreat, or have to leave v their dead and wounded in the r pot-session of tin1 enemy, notwilh- j standing that in many eases the 1 percentage of loss was high." The number of troops that have ( bo<fn transported to the Philip- ' pint s and have arrived there up to ' duly lb last, was 1,1 df) officers and : l2d,80d men. The average strength i' taken from monthly returns for | the p rioil of the insurrection was 1 approximately 10,000. 1 Major Parker suuun lrizos the i J easualities of the American army j fis follow-: Killed or died of i wounds, 01) officers and Odd eidist- ! I eel men; Ucnllis from disenso, -17 ; 1 officers nnd 2,51)7 enlisted men; j d. ntlm from incidents, (> officers;, and 125 enlisted men; murdered, 1 i olficer nnd (.H enlisted men; total I dentlis, 12.') officers nnd .*U>M) enlisted men; wounded, 11K) officers ' ( nnd 2,707 enlisted men, n total of l 2,H97; killed nnd wounded nnd ( deaths other than by disease, j 2?s2 officers and 4,188 enlisted men; t total 4,470. A largo proportion of j the deaths by drowning occur red i while in action or in active opera- ' lions against the enemy. Major ' Parker makes the percentage of ( killed nnd wounded to the strength , of the army t>.7. j r Coincidences Connected With Hampton, I have been struck with some [ oineidonceH connect eel with South Carolina's grand old iinn, the lamented Hamilton, which may in loivst your reader--, says McDoti 'tb! Furman in the News and Courier. Wade Hampton, brave and dashing as Mil rat, and one of the wisest find best governors of the State, was born in the historic city of Charleston, hut he was identilie.l ; with Columbia, the piftee of his paternal anci st ry. When he died he was survived ; by only two gentlemen who were dee ted on the State ticket with liiin in J87G. Like hitn, both were born in Charleston, but have been ((entitled with other places; one s Con. Iv W. Moise, now the "old ^ nan eloquent" of Sumter, who was looted adjutant and inspector gen- j r.il. The other gentleman isClov. . Hugh S. Thompson, formerly of i Columbia, now of New York City. ! tie was elected superintendent of ?l 1 IIP.'I l< ?!1 11 iwl lino oi iw.-* o.i? .?! VIIIV.IMIUU, ianun c: rj'"i > ru ? is oliiff executive of tliiscoinmonvealth, assistant secretary of the j rensury anil civil service comniislioner. lie is now comptroller of lie New York L fc limsurancc Jonipnny. We may mention here that the rear Hugh S. Thomps ?n was h.?rn - 1S1W ?was the same year Waile flampton ^railnated at the South' 'arolina College. That lovahl man of (rod, ]>iship Capers, who oilieiated at (Jen. Hampton's hmial, and who lives n Columbia, was also born in Charleston. Another interestin^r fact is that low Miles 13. McSweeney, who iccnpied the gubernatorial chair vhen (ii'ii. Hampton died, was nl io born iii Charleston, nml the coticidt nee is rendered more strikiilt still wlion it is remembered iuit it's home is iii ft COUiiiy innied for Gen. Hampton. It will ho soon that Gen. Flump- j on, the two surviving gentlemen vlio w'ere elected on the State! ieket with him in 1H7<>. the ch-r-I rymnn who ? (lieiated at his hnrial md the g< vernor in olHee at the inie of his death, were all horn in I Dhaileston, hut idontitied with >t her places. ? Neod More Help. Often the over-taxed organs of ligestion cry out for help t>y Dys- ! icpsia's pains. Nausea, Dr/y.iuess, | 1 eadaclios, I i \ er com pi tints, ho wei i lisoiders. Such troubles call for irompt use of l)r. King's New jife Kills. They are gentle, borough mid guaranteed to cure. !5c at Mencham's drug store. ? A bulletin recently issued by the Census Bureau reports the cotton ... .. f .. IT ? * n>l> ior x??rK county during the | mat tlnet' years as follows: lS'JU. IdOlO bal-s; 11)00, 25,-48'J bales; 901, 22,521 bales. ? Tavcs a Woman's Life. To have given up would have neaul death for Mrs. Lois Gragg, )f Dorchester, Mass. For years . die had endured untold misery . ront a severo lung trouble and 1 >bstina'e cough. uOfien," she | vrites, "I could scarcely breathe md aonictiines coul.l not speak, i VII doctors and remedies failed mtil 1 used l>r. King's New Dis- j ovcry for Consumption and was j oinptetely cured." Sutl'erers from i 'doughs, Colds, Tlir< at and Lung , trouble nerd this grand remedy, j "or it never disappoints. Cure is guaranteed by Tin s. It. Aleacham. >0c and $1.00. 1 rial bottles free. - The receivers of the Charleston Exposition Company will have a 1 public sale of the palace of com- j nerce, the administration, much in ry an 1 negro buildings, bridges,' porgolns, cattle barns, dairy and si lumber tf other buildings and irnlldl t V Mi tm /ir/l'inon milli 1 * ! mler of Judge Gnry i>f the court >f common plena. The sale w II >e hflil 011 July 111. The proceeds aill be devoted to the payment of ;ertuin claims. ?? ? Toa't Fail To Try This. Whenever an honest trial isgiv- j mi t?* Electric Bitters for any troub- j e it ih rcoimm ruled for a permanent ; ure will surely heetTected. It never rails to tone the stomach, regulate | he kidneys and bowels, stimulate he liver, invigorate the nervos and .unify the blood. It's n wonderful onic for run-down systems. Eoctric Bitters positively ousca Kid. icy and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders, Nervousness, Sleepless- ; less, Hhcumatistn, Neuralgia, and xpels .Malaria. Satisfaction guarlu'.oed by T. 1?. Mcue hum. Only 50c. j Just a Wore Before You During our July CI sold stacks of goods, incd to close out all rc. SUMME1 AN Y Oil This is no fake. Yov the benefit of some o why not yon ? A Little Chat About Shi AYe are still selling Shoes. The Eagle Sir continued making an shoos, an:l thov h ivo a Guarantee . of their shoes, Now,1 in buying another bra can get a pair of stylis personal guarantee, fo AVc arc the sole Fo Richardson Shoe for M shoe here, but is a kn sold in competition brands. It is both sD %> Do You Ncsd a Cooking We have just receh diana Stoves, in all si the closest prices. Furniture-We Like to This department c< Dressers, Wash Stand Tables, Extension Tab ing Bed Springs, Cliai Trv one of our Ir< just what you want. Trunks and Travelii See us for anytliing Furnishings, CJroeerici will save you money. THE OLD EEL T. B. I AT THE Drug Store DR. T. B. MEACHAM You will find the most complete | iind freshest Block of Drugs nnd Patent Medicines in this section, as well as a completo line of Toilet Articles and Stationery, and all of the best CIGARS, CIGARETTES. CHEWING A SMOKING TOBACCOS. I've had years of experience in tne drug business, and also as a practi- : tioner, and in cither branch of my business you can depend upon being treated satisfactorily. T. B. Meacham, M. D. I I R Buy. ea ranee Sale we have but wc have determMnainina: O RGOODS r? ) BBIOE, ir nieglibor will reap f these bargains, and 32S. the celebrated Eagle oe Company liave disything except men's uthorized us to Every Pair where is the economy nd of shoe, when you ill Eagle Shoes, with a r less money? rt Mill agents of the f omen. This is a new own value where it is with other leadinsr a lish and durable. [ Stove ? red another lot of lazes, which we offer at Talk It. onsists of Suits, odd !)?.! CU 1- n A a, in*u oieuus, vieiiire les, Mattresses, Fold* rs, etc. >ii Bed Steads, It is lg Bags. in Dry Goods, Gont's s, Hardware, etc0 We [ABLE STORE. ELK, ^ ^~TT~'" LAUNDRY MARKS that nrc nut found on linen fresh from Tho MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY. Clmrlotto, N. fJ., are rust stains, ink stains, fruit Htaius, and especially scorches from overheated irons. Tout is what we particularly guard against, fleckless, tlawloss, immaculate?>white las white can be, or us strong of color as when you l*mght it (if originally of a color pattern), your wasliublo apparel Is returned clean, well washed, well ironed. Shipment made from Fort Mill overy Thursday morning and laundry re* turned Saturday mornings by? ED. L. McELIIANEY, Ajent,