Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FORT JVHIL MELANGE. Minor Happenings In an<J About Town Told in Parairrahs. Messrs. L. .T. Mnseoy mul S. A. Kpps are spending the week in the Northern markets laying in full nod winter goods for their stores in this place. Prof. J. A. Tate arrived Friday evening from Yorkville and has taken hoard at the home of Dr. T. B. Meaeham. The lines of Monday a week ago eeem to have had a quieting effect upon (he rowdies of the town. Not a single sinner came before the mayor Monday. See the card of Hon. Banks Cnughmau in this issue. Mr. CaughmHu will be remembered as the author of the Separate Coaelx Law. Misses Taeoa Clark and Lulu Munn, of llock Hill, spent several days of last week at the home of 3.Lr. ?J T. Young. 'the condition of Mr. J. M. White, who lias been ill for several days with a suspected case of typhoid fever, is slightly improved. Mr. White is at the home of his father, throe miles south of town. Mr. Ed.. Gulp and sister, of Pinevilir, passed through Fort Mill Satui'duy eu route to Rock Hill, where they are visiting relatives. Cashier enchant has on trial at the bank an adding machine which is a complete curiosity. It is operated similar to a typewriter and adds correctly a column of figures of any length or denomination. The selling price of the niu VUHIO to H'f/'/U, Mr. T. G. Culp informs us that ho ground the first now corn of the season at his mill near towii hist Friday. Mrs. A. A. Bradford, Jr., and children returned Saturday evening from a visit to relatives in Columbia. Mr. Arthur C. Faris, of Eusley, Ala., arrived Sunday night and is a guest at the home of his father Mr S. C. Faris, in the Gold EXi 11 section. Mr. Faris has just recovered from a severo attack of typhoid fever. Mr. O. W. Potts' many friends in Fort Mill will be pleased to know that lie was successful in his race for the Legislature from Lancaster county, receiving a handsome majority over his nearest competitor. Henry Phillips, a colored brick mason who is well known in this section, died at his home in this place Sunday morning, after a two week's illness of typhoid fever. Mrs. W. T. Sellers returned to her home in this place Monday, after a visit to friends at Pinev.lle. Rev. A. Finch, of Blackstock, preached an impressive sermon to a large congregation at the Baptist church Sunday night. Prof. E. E. Thornwell left Friday night for Maysville, S. C., where ou Monday he was to have assumed charge of the public schools of that place. Mr. Ben Lee, of Savannah, Ga., spent Friday at the home of his j father, 3 miles south of town. Mr. Lee has a lucrative position with the Plant System Railway Co. A freight car of No. 74, an early morning train, was in n mysterious | manner thrown from the tracks i ? i . ?i.I . i nuu mriieu completely over just I north of the depot Friday morning. The wreckage was cleared away without delay to a ay of the trains. Mrs. J. F. Muir and children returned Saturday morning from a several weeks' stay at Connelly Springs, N. C. Mr. D. C. Barber has resigned his position as salesman at Meachain's drug store and accepted a similar place with T. 13. Belk at ' The Old Reliable." The election for magistrate of. Pleasant Valley township, Lancaster county, between Messrs. K. W. Doster and John Hall, resulted in a victory for the latter by an over- i whelming majority. Thero was said to have been the deepost interest manifested by the friends of the two candidates. Miss Hattie Curtis returned yes terday from her home at* Laurin ' burg and will again take, charge of the millinery department of Meach- 1 iu & i?pps store. Mr. K?>bt. B?lk and wife, of M t. Holly, N. C\, arrivinl Saturday night and are visiting relatives in Fort Mill. I Mrs. McManus, an aged lady i who has boon ill for some weeks | at the homo of her soil, Mr. fieo.j McMamifi, in the upper mill vil | lage, died Saturday afternoon. 1 The remains were taken to Lancaster Sunday for burial. The Fort Mill graded school, with Prof. .1. A. Tate, principal; i Miss Essie Hamilton intermediate teacher, and Miss Nannie Thornwell in charge of tho primary department, opened Monday morn; ing with an enrollment of ninetyJ five pupils. This number, howevI er, has increased each morning i and it is fully expected that within | a week the scholarship will have i reached the 125 mark. The fuiends of Mr Wl.Ie. will bo interested to lenrn tlmt lio has been trnnsforred from Washington to tho Philippine Islands. His present address is Cottnbato i Minnndo, P. 1. Mr. White is tin1 | fifth Fort Mill young man, to enlist in the army and go to the ; Pliilippirns. Mr. J. P. Crowder paid a visit to Columbia Friday which resulted in his closing a contract with Mrs. j L. 1>. Cliilds, of that city, to manage her big farm in Catawba township, this county. Mr. Crowder i has for nine years held the posi! tion of overseer for Messrs. K. 13. and 13. 1). Springs on their farms | near Fort Mill and dining that ; lime has established a record that is- sometimes reached but never ? xcelled l>y the average fanner of the day. Ho intends moving with his family to the Chi Ids place on! or before January 1. Shooting at the Dam. As Sargeant Jetton stood at the square last night at !> o'clock, says the Charlotte Observer, a strange negro came up and said: "Sergeant, have you heard anything about a shouting atiair at Fort Mill?" "No." "Well, there was a man shot down til ore last, night, and?" Here the negro became very much agitated. "What's tho matter?" asked the sergeant. "Why yonder trues the man who did tho shooting," was the reply. "Where," asked Mr. Jetton, becoming tjuite attentive. "1 reckon I'd better not tell, boss," said the negro. "That man ain't done notion' to me." "Oh, that.s all right," declared Jetton. "You show mo the man j and I'll see that you are not conI nected with the case." The negro then pointed to a man who was a block away, going in the direction of the Southern depot. Sergeant Jetton beckoned to Po- | liceman Pitts, hurriedly told him ; what was wanted, and the two 'shadowed their proposed victim I until ho walked into the waiting; i room at the station, when they ap- ' i peared, one from each door and (juietly made the arrest. "Certainly I Hhot the man," said a tall, well-built yellow negro. "Oh | you may search me, 1 haven't got a gun." He hadn't. "My name?''( "Why, liob Murphy. 1' ve got uotniug to be afraid of, and I was I going buck to Fort Mill tonight." When Murphy was locked up at the station ho talked quite lively to Sergeant Jetton and an Obser- ' vor man. "I've got nothing whatever to be ashamed of," he said. "1 am a workman on the big dam of the , Catawba Power Company, five miles from Fort Mill. I work every day and when I want to piny cards at night, i play, and 1 play fair. Down there at the dam thoy run a skin game all the time, but 1 only go into it sometimes and when I do 1 don't stand for any foolishness. Last night there was a big game! going on, over-10 people being in it at one time and another. At J o'clock this morning L was dealing aud there was a good many in the game. A negro named George | Young?1 think his name was 1 Young?got into the game and when he lost he reached over and grabbed $2 that belonged to me. 1 j told him to give me back my money and when he wouldn't 1 got blind mad and reached for my pistol and tired three times and 1 hit him | twice. He was set tin' on tho ground and when i fired he rolled over on his side. He never hollered or said a word. My wife, who | is here today, tells me that the bullets hit Young somewhere be- 1 tween the hips and the side aud that he is not dangerously hurt. "Scared?" "No, I'm not scared. 1 I wan play in' fair, and what ri^lit had that iiio^er my money? I can prove a grood eh rraoter, and I say, 1 don't take no foolishness. " Murphy will appear la-fore the i recorder this morning. There is nothing to indicate that in* is 1 wanted liy the South Carolina an- j tlioritics, and a telephone message to Fort Mill last iiii^lit ascertained that the otHcials of that town hail not heard of the shooting." Attention Veterans! I ( The last sesssion of the Lejpsla- , tare passed a llill providing for th enrollment i f,all South Carolina Confederate veterans and in pursuance of that Act the underaimied | eouwnittee was appointed hy a mass meeting of veterans held in Vorkville August -Oth to enroll those of Fort Mill township. This is therefore to request all veterans, ' friends or relatives of veterans. i;..:...- ? * v .... i iii in ucnu, i<> r?M"?n their names to this committee for ' enrollment, t ho object, of which in to preserve a permanent roll or JiKt of said veterans. .1. M. Aumbtkono. I. W. AftTincY. Ij. N. Or i.p. s. H. Et'ps. T. UJUCvlp. Recovered From the Grave. After noting 111?? item in The Tiinps of last Wednesday coneerniiif* the finding of an Indian skeloton, etc., near the river, the Rock Hill Herald adds: The hones in question were un covered by the j*reat freshet of last year, but. were not discovered until January of this year. They were found on the farms of Messrs. David and \\ iIlium Boyd in Meek liuihuric county, near Wright's ferry, and ahuiir the Catawba river Tlioy are evidently those of Indians who had been interred on the bottoms and are specimens of 1 hundreds of others to b seen | there. The beads had undoubtedly been buried in the graves of the I ndittns. Mr. W. II. Wylie secured 4(5(?, | of several colors, but the majority are of a blueish shade. Some are of reddish brown; others black with red stripes and blue with white stripes. They are of class, I chalk and bone. The two former kinds are supposed to bo of English and French make, and nvere traded to the Indians for their, lauds and furs, and for animals 1 caught in their traps. The specimens secured by Mr, Wylie are in good shape of preservation, except sotno of the glass beads show sitrns of disintegration. ; It is evident that they were under : ground since that far-oil* time when j \ \. r i i i ? iii*" wuiitwims roamed these regions I ?the mighty monarch^ of all their I surroundings. ? A Parson's Noble A:t. "1 want all the world to know/' writes Kev. O. .1. Budlong, Ashaway, K. I., ''what a thoroughly good and reliable medicine I found in Electric Bitters. They cured mo of j iiindice and liver troubles that had caused me great suffering i for many years. For a genuine, all round cure they excel anything I evt r saw." Electric Bitters are the surprise of all for their wonderful 1 work in Liver, Kidney and Stomach troubles. Don't fail to try them Only 50 ctH. Satisfaction is guaranteed by TIioh. B. Meacliam. , Mr. J. W. McKllmnoy is to he mnrri-ntiilutuil !? "?.. " - * . iijjwii uir r.M UiU'lll vote li?? receive in last week's dec- | tion. Out of ii total of 272 votes j cast Mr. McElhnney loceived 2-4*?, : and that the remaining 2G votes i were not given liiin is amounted for hy his having no opposition and some did not vote the magis- 1 terial ticket for that reason. ] A Boy's Wild Bide for LifeWith family around expecting hi in to die. and a son riding for life, 1 IS miles, to get Dr. King's New ] Discovery for Consumption, Con ghs Colds, W. H. Brown, of Les- | ville, 1 nd., endured death's agonies . from asthma, hut this wonderful ( medicine gave instant relief and cured him. lie writes: "I now sleep soundly every night." Like marvelous cures for Consumption, Pneumonia Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and (Jrip prove its matchless , merit for all Throat and Lung troubles. Trial bottles free at i Meat-ham's drug store. } CARD. To my fellow Democrats of York comity: i , I take this means of expressing my sincere appreciation of the support nocorded mo in the recent primary election?an unsolicited vote of 1411 out of a total of Should I hereafter decide to announce myself a candidate for some offjeo in tlm gift uf the people, and to ask my follow-citiaona for thoir suffrages, I shall find much eaoouragonient in the vote-received, under the attending circumstances. Gko. W. S. Hart, Yorkvillo, S. (J., August '-JX, Ihuy. ( Card of Thanks. Editor Times: Please allow mo space i i n yuur pu|?cr to thank tit" voters of I York comity l'<?r I)ib supiNiri driven ninin j h>- primary of the ~?>th. 1 trust that I shall he farther remembered by them ' hi the second election. I proniise, if) looted Itailruud < 'ommissionor, to do all I can fortho people's interest. It. L. < 'ACUIIMAN. Mt. Willing, S. (1., An^. Tt. l'.nrj. Srctuid Primary Kicction. Not ice is hereby given t hat a SK( ION D DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION will lie held at the various pre eincts in YOKK COUNTY on TU KSDAY SKIT EMI JEK Uth inst., for the pur|>ose of nominating a COUNTY SUPERVISOR, and of assisting in nominating a U.S. SKNATOR, GOVERN Oil AN I) OTHER STATE OFFICERS. THE POLLS WILL OPEN AT 8A. M. AND CLOSE AT 1 P. M. ALLPERSONS WHO WERE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN FIRST PRIMARY ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN THIS PRIMARY. Thero can be no further enrollment of voters. In Kr.m.l River ....1 Vert, a\?. u:.~. then' will also lie a scrotal primary for ' MAGISTRATE. J. S. IIUIOR, County Chairman. J. H. SAYK, fc?oc. Doiii. Kxc. Coin. - SKCONI) HANI) HOOKS WANTKD. j E^jjloston'H 11istory, Myor's History 1 ami Kirst Iavhsoiis in English. Apply to ' \V. B. Ardroy. WANTKl).?2o,0!M> |MUinds of sarup ' iron. Will pay highest rash prion for ' samo. \Vr. It. Smytho. LAUNDRY MARKS I that arc not fnuml 011 linon frosh from ! The MODEL STEAM LAU1TDEY, Charlotte, N. C., uro rust stains, ink stains, fruit stains, ami esitocially scorches from overheated irons. That is what we particularly guard against, tleckless, (lawless, immaculate?white ias white ran he, or as strong of color as when you bought it (if originally of a I color pattern), your washable apparel is ret uracil clean, well washed, well , ironed. Shipment made from Fort Mill every j Thursday morning and laundry re- I turned Saturday mornings by? ED. I.. Mcl I.IIAN' Y. Agent. j Ru M. LONDON, llOCK IIILL, S. C. JOB PRINTING. Mrs. Joe Persons'! WASH *3 isy A J. Tin* healing projiorty of mv WASH ~ is nut generally known. It will mini (Kiiosn osik every time. It is linn for I inhumation of the eyes, being perfectly I painless ami very soothing and healing. 1 It will heal any surface sore or eruption, | Imt if the trouble comes from blood iin- ! purity, tlie Remedy should lie taken in J onnertion with the Wash. It would _ pay any one interested in the subject to 1 lend for one of my pamphlets and eir- J ^ Hilars. I am, Very truly, MRS. .7OK PKRSON. Kit troll, N. C., Au? ~<>, 1no?. P To whom it may concern: | j I have been suffering for ten years j with an caring corn between my toes. " At times you conhl see the hone in my | y< toes. Mrs. Jikj Person's WASH was recommended to me. I tried it for two weeks and am entirely cured of my i oru. I would recommend it to all suf- ' faring with like troubles. A. H. Garner. Burlington, N. C . Aug. 10, 1008. J. TJ. Tray wick & Co.,' DEALERS IN V( FINE LIQUORS X AND WINES, I No, 42 East Trade St. CHARLOTTE. - - - N. O. I 0^500000?? 00 001 I ... ? I lUToti ^ 1 L J. WasM1) i ^ #lHiyiu? Fall tt?o <?) ^liere (o w rilo an ^ ^Look out for soi @ Inews mxt week | t gXXMXXMMMOM 1 FALL g For MEN ni ig Most of our Fall Hats are ^ and see them before tliey 6^ line embraces some of tin W ami lioys in Soft and St ^ Some Be W ;">2 inch Tahlc Felt worth (J^ *ry <^ou(l Talcum Powd ^ Wouioiih' Tenuis Shoes f ? Missus Tenuis Shoes.... ip) I Joys' Tenuis Shoes Hop Sacking wort h H^Tc 'gp Crash (ioods wr\>th 10c i | MEACIiAM ; WAN' ^ 500 Men and Ii< J Mills & 1 ^ and be fitted in J Pants, a dressy pai ^ latest style Hat, o 4 that was ever bong] # We oiler some real T lines and* can save ; ? Our line of Grc ? everything to be 1 ^ class grocery store. # We buy and sell ? Mills cfc '%/%/%' HOUSE FUR E. M.ANDREWS, R Everything for home (mi loll sold here, 011 ^ LOWEST C Everything favors credit. buying, rices elsewhere. Our qualities are ility. Our terms are practically Y( lent and the balance in weekly or 111 uur convenience. Our slock consist PAHLOU nnd BEDROOM SIONTAKLES. it ALL RA( ENAMELED BEDS, CHI 1)1 N IN(i H( )()M OH A IKS, J ('AIM'S. BABY CAUUIAGI Our stock represents nothing But tl cry latest output of the best fnotorii rofits just to advertise tile fact tlmt f House Furnishings. E.M.ANDRE J. S. LYNCH, A ^ Lee! I ^ # in Ni>w York? Q As and is nolj 5? ?>d. this wpek j[ Q9 ue interesting^ ? <t * ? 0? ?@??@???c?ii HATS I tid HO VS. g in, and you should call g are pickod ov/?r. This T? t? now things for Meu g ilF IlatH. * irgains, S 50r for 30c. IK or for 5c. (K or <")0o. >r 71-2 Pot 5c. ^ jk ms. I i^%VV%%%%V9 TED! I >ys to call at r T - ? * Loung s s l a nice pair of t* ir of Shoes, the \ r the hest Shirt % lit for the money. ^ bargains in these & you* money. ^ >ceries embraces ? iad at any first-1 ^ country pmluce^ ^ NISHINGS OCK HILL, S. C. CREDIT, SH PRICES.... Our credit prices are CASH personally guaranteed fur duraH'U 1**11118. A Binall first payloutltly amounts, arranged to i?uit 18 uf ail excolloilt HBHOI tUK*l)t OA FURNITURE. EXTEN'Ks. BRASS anil WHITE FF( )N IEKK, (j}( )U(HI Es, PORCH ROOK ERST G(K BHj FANCY ROCKERS. lie neweat Htyles of furniture, the i*h. We mvo Helling it at short wo carry a full ami complete line 1W& ROCK HILL, . . . s. c. MANAGER.