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THE FORT MILL TIMES. DEMOCRATIC. PUBLISH KD W KDNESDAY3 B. W. lVRADKt >11 I). Tkkmx <?K SviifMMtirrtusi: Ouo year $1.00 Six months .50 Three u ton (lis ... .25 Correspondence on current subjects is invited, but no roHitonsibility is assumed for the views of correspondents. Advertising rates are made known to those interested ou application to the publishers. Fort Mill Telephone (with lonjr distance connections) No. 20. SEPTEMBER 10. 1002. liOiron iaiR. An irt nlwnyrt the ease at this season of tlit) year, thrro an' ninny and various estimates as to I In* result of the cotton crop. While it is generally conceded that the output of this State and section will he at least a third larger than that of last year, estimates from other parts of the country are so conflicting as to render it extremely difficult to form a conclusion. The government estimate for the month, soni out last week, places the amount of cotton likely to he produced at hi per cent of a full crop. However, there has been a good ileal or com pi a hit made by the cotton men in regard to this statement, who think that the gov ernment's bureau will bo abolished or reorganized on account of what r>' 'mi- o<M inn Mini imilK is ( liner a fraud or a report made by persons ignorant of conditions. They say that Texas is now reported as having prospect of 53 per cent of a full crop, and this is far too low j an estimate they think. A dealer who has had years of experience, and whose estimates of last year's crop varied but slightly from the output, has an interesting article upon the subject in the I Sunday Stato, which would seem to further prove that the government estimate is striking wide of i.^> u - iijs. Uf Bliyu III parti "I think the government estimate indicating an average condition of til por cent for the cotton crop, wan ho extreme that all oouHervativo dealers are disposed to ignore it entirely. Up to August I, the conditions from North Carolina .to Texas were admittedly almost perfect. Since that time we have had well distributed rains with normal temperature east of the Mississippi river and abundant rains in Texas and the Territories, but considerable damage is claimed as the result of high temperature in (hat'seetion. "It is also claimed that the Mexican wenvil and boll worms have destroyed the entire August crop in the section infested by theln. As this, however, comprises only about operSevonth of the land devoted to cotton in the State, T think the damage from this source is largoly exaggerated, and the crop of Texas and the Territories will be the largest ever produced IIIiImM Wrt linvtl nil .inrl.t " ? * - 'J ? ? wm. Writing upon the subject, Theodora II. Price, the New York cotton expert, sends out this timely advice to the farmors of the South: "Since the publication of the government report on cotton, strenuous efforts to discredit it have b en made by certain houses in New York who are large dealers in spot cotton and whose purpose it is to break the future markets, that they may buy spot cotton more cheaply. Owners and producers of cotton in the South should not, in my opinion, be terrorized by such measures, into parting with their cotton. It. is worth far more than it is selling for, and unless holders can be stampeded it will bring such reasonable prieeH as tliey may demand." 4*#. Author of Jim Prow Oars. Inasmuch as there is a difference of opinion as to the author of the Jim Crow car law, now in force in this State, we give below rn article published, as a communication, in the Columbia Record of Monday: "It turns out that Cole L. Mease ! was the first man to introduce the dim Crow law. House Journal, 181)0, page 70, you will find the following: Mr. Blease, pursuant to notice and by consent of the house, introduced 'A bill to require railroad companies operating in this State to furnish separate accommodations for white and col-1 ored passengers.' I citeyouagain to pAges 280, 376, 358. Ca ugh man did not couie to the legislature tin ill I rod lice the same Iiiw ill winch became a law in ISHS, but il lnul been fought over all these past i yearn by other members of the legislatlire, and in IS'.t? the railroad commission recommended its pas sage and joined in to helppass il." ?"Law Takes a Turn." John Ci. Neely. the insurance 1 promoter, who was convicted in Maoist rate Sam Johnson's court, of obtaining money under false pretences, was sent to the cliningung i last Friday morning, but was released Monday morning and brought buck to jail on a writ of I certiorari, issued by .ludge Gage. ! Judge (I age recently fell and broke I one of bis arms. As soon as lie is able ho will hear argument of I counsel in his ease at chambers, in i Chester. The matter in a nutshell is this: Neely's counsel coii! tend that magistrates have no an I i iioniy loeommit to tin* chningang; j i hat it is unlawful because of the fart that the law permit lino them to do so excepts Beaufort county ' from its operations, while the oni st it ution of the State specially proi hihits such exceptions, i Neely has evidently sutl'-ied 1 great mental anguish since this j case against him has collie up. and I looks worn and haggard, lie is physically unable to do any work on the chaingang, and if p it there would only be a charge upon the county. ? Yorkvilli? Youiuaii. ? ? McMahan Won't Have It. Noti ig that his name had boon prominently spoken of in connection with the presidency of the : South Carolina College, State Superintendent McMahan positively | says that he would not accept the position were it offered him, since he led in the removal of Dr. Woodward, and, moreover, noth- , ing could induce him to give lip | his present work sooner than the expiration of the term for which he was elected. The Mecklenburg Fair. Prom the Charlotte Observer. | We would not have it forgotten i i,., it.., .r 4i. o. i. -i *. t y *ii*- |?c? ?jjir *?i nir nuiu1 in I lin.St1 of the general regions round about that the Mecklenburg fair will he held at Charlotte fourdtys within the next month, beginning Sept. dOth and ending October dd. An exhibition of great merit is assured and visitors to the fair will bo in no wise disappointe I. While the exhibits, inanimate and animate, will be worthy and attractive, they will not constitute all of interest. There will bo a tournament on the first day and on every day good races on the best track in the State; a number of horses are already stabled on the mounds. The number and character of applications for space on the midway give assurance that this will be an alluring feature of the fair. In a general way it may be said to strangers that the Charlotte grand stand is commodious and comfortable, that a splendid street car system will land visitors at the gates from any part or the city, giving a quick and comfortable trip, and the grounds wdl be open at night and lighted by electricity, so that if they fail to find entertainment in the city they can find it at the fair grounds or adjacent park. Prominent Railroad Man Dead. Mr. John David Wooten, who was well known and had many ; menus in Colt Xilill, died Wednesday morning at Blytliewood, after an illness of some weeks of typhoid fever. The State of Saturday gives a lengthy sketch of his life and career an a railroader, front which is taken the following extract: ' John David Wooten was born at 131y the wood. Jan. 21. 1851). After such an education as country schools then afforded, he entered railroad service in 187 t, on the old 0. C. A. A. road. His ristt front the position of track hand to that of section foreman, work train conductor and supervisor was gradual, hut steady. i "Mr. Wooten's success in rail. ' road construction was so marked , that ho was offered by W. J. I Oliver & Co., one of the largest contracting firms in the South, the position of general foreman, in charge of their work in North Carolina, on grade reduction between, Salisbury and Asheville. While I cn this work at Morgauton, he was J stricken with typhoid fever and dieo at 1.50 a. m. Wednesday. "Mr. Wout en was married in j December, 1878, his wife being' Miss Tarcie Man, of Fairfield ; county. He loaves four children; i and his mother, five sisters and two brothers survive him." The twenty-fourth annual State ^ f'iir will I). held in C thindiia < )et. Is Now a Standard Gauge, The Yoikville correspondent of (In' News and Courier. under date of Saturday, says that the track of the Carolina and North Western Railroad will he clian^ d from narrow to standard to-moriow between Newton and Gastonia, N. C., and that on and after Monday standard Ljau^je trains will be ! oberated l>etweeii Gastonia and Lenoir. liy this change only that part of the road between Gastonia land Chester- lb miles ?will remain narrow uauj^e, and in a few 1 L-, r??i.:~ :n j ('limited, as a I a r?^?* force of hands j ! arc at work makuiir the necessary changes in the roadbed and laying j standard ^autre cross tics between i Vorkvillo and Gastonia. After the ; change has been completed to Yorkville there will be compara- i lively little labor and time neees-I sary to make the change between i here and Chester for the reason that previous to 1875 a broad ^au^e road was operated between the two towns on the same road- ! bed that has since been occupied j I>y the narrow umi^e, and there , wdl be no trouble in ehnncpnn ! back to the standard uau^o. Supposed Convict Had Money. Says the Monroe Journal: A dirty, measly no-*ro was arrested in York county yesterday as a suspected convict from tho JMon- i mechanising. Me denied beini;! the man wanted and said that his name was Isaac Miller and said that he had ?150 in the bank at , j Monroe. He was brought hero i this morning and his story seeuis to be true, llo is certainly not the eseapod convict and there is not $150 but ?125 in the hank to I the credit of Isaac Miller. The | money has been in tho bank for i CPVornl vnnru u???l I i?<U/*.v? . ...... wv. ?.???? j \ 111 n (iu\i i lie vniK rin hi f | not sure that lie in really I lie man to wlioin the money b.-Iongs. <4* State News. The pistol law will have to he i amended at. the next session of the ; General Assembly, so as to pre-I vent the renting of pistols for a term of years. In a difficulty in the Dwight | section of Lancaster county last week Samuel I'slier was shot and | instantly killed by John Steele. Loth were prominent farmers. Clemson college opens today, September 10. Dr. 1*. H. Mell, the newly elected president, arrived at the college Thursday and entered up m his duties Friday. On account of the great coal strike and the high price of coal the Atlantic C? a?t Lino is having some of their smaller locomotives changed from coal burners to wood burners. The post office at Statesburg, Sumter county, has been moved one milo from the town to the house of the postmistress. This is the first move the office has made in 125 years. Tames McCotinell, a young man a ..j u.-j. < iwi iiici iy ?n /\ nun M()II , Dill HOW OI Hart county, Ga., tried to commit suicide Inst week l>y cutting his tliro t. He had been married only one day. The regular fall civil service examination will be held in Columbia on Sep'ember 2U. The examination is held fur any vacancies that tnny be in any of the departments, especially the internal revenue and railway mail service. While overseeing some repairs on the guttering of his house at Chester a few days ago Judge Gage slipped and fell from the ladder ! on which he was standing and broke his left arm just below the ' shoulder. The Columbia and Georgetown 1 Navigation Company is in a financial condition now to build the ' boats and operate them on the I river. It is the present purpose' ! to build two boats and preliminary steps have been taken to do so, though no contract has been let. A citizen near Milletville, barnwell county, was recently treated handsomely by some Northern nabobs, who intent on hunting, had come down last winter and partaken of his hospitality. The ; three who came each sent him his i check for one hundred dollars. Emmitt Styles, of Sandv Flat. Greenville county, linn been nr- j rested and placed in the county 1 jail by Sheriff Gilreath, charged I with being implicated in the murder of Walter McCarrell, which j occurred several weeks ago at a I campaign meeting, near Wilson's ; store. A rumor has been stnrted about j an electric railway from Spartanburg to Greenville. It is said that some men from the North have been talking about the matterHut up to this time there is noth. ing but talk. Such a line would take in several towns and cotton mills and the passenger list would Hot Deemed For Lifa. "1 was t rented for three years by good doctors," writes \V. A. (freer ' McConnellsville, "for Files, sue! FistuIn. but. when nil failed. Buckleu's Arnica Salve cured me in twe week." Cures Burns, Biuises, Cuts I Corns, Sores, Ki options, Sail Klieutn, Files or no pay 25 cte ul Meacham's Drug store. The Union county (N. C.) dispensary, located at Monroe, win voted down and out one day lasl week by a majority of 515. It h said that its defeat was due to tin fact that for the past year or twi the institution had been managed little better than a grog shop. Fortune Favors A Texan. "Having distressing pains in head, back and stomach, and beinu without appetite, I began to usi Dr. King's New Life Bills." write* W. B. Whitehead, of Kentiednle Tex., "and soon felt like a new man" Iiib.lhhl *? in winmtifli ntirl liver troubles. Only 25c at blench a'ms druo store. S. J . KIMBALL, DEALERJS Buggies and Harness, HOCK HILL, S. C. fll' \V<> sell the "Rook Hill Biipfry;" the best bnKfjy on the market for the money. TURNIP SEED. PURPLE TOP, FLAT DUTCH, WII1TE GLOBE, YELLOW GLOBE, SEVEN TOP, HUT A BAG A, SOUTHEBN PRIZE. ALL FRESH. VVV ? ? ? W. b. AHDHEY & CO. TRY THE City Barber Shop For a tirbt-clasa HAIR CUT, SIIAVE, SHAMPOO, or HAIR SINGE. Garoihcrs & Son. PROPRIETORS. Third door Rnnk building. FOR GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., I AM. UN UK WRITE TO W. IK HOOVE IK cm it mittr. n c. D. J. WILLIAMS, Statesville's Lipor Dealer. Laurel Valley Corn Whiskey, 5 Years Old: 12 Full Quarts, in neat, case, $7 50 24 Pints, 8 (HI 48 Half Pints . .8 50 4'._, Gallons, keg iuclndod, y UU Olio and two gallons, jug and crato incmdod, per gallon, . 2 2H Pure N. C. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey. Now, i>or gallon, 1 4(1 Two to Throo years old, per pal. 1 70 Pure Apple Brandy, por gallon, . 2 (XJ Elm City Club Rye, 7 years old, 12 quarts, . . . . 8 00 Twenty-four Pints, . . .8 50 Forty-eight Half pints, . 1) 00 One and two gallons, jng and crate included, i>er gallon, . 2 50 Excelsior Rye, jug and crate included, j>er gallon, . 2 00 Peach and Honey, per gallon, . 2 oo Rock and Rye, per gallon, , . 2 oo Holland 3in. i>er sallon. . 2 ?>o Remember I um 110 rectifier or compounder. In buying my goods yon arc not buyiug water. I guarantee all these goods superior to anything being shipjH'd from this market. All jogs will bo put in boxes instead of crates for 15c. extra; kegs boxed for 25c, extra, and all boxes are shipped without any marks to indicate their contents. Cash must accompany all orders. They will be filled the same day received. Send money bj registered letter, postcftlce money order or oxpross money order. Goods shipped cither by freight or express. As to my responsibility I refer yon to the Rrndstreet and Dunn Mercantile Oonipaubw and my hundreds of enslomers all over the South. Remember, again, that I guarantee satisfaction in all cases or refund the money. D. .1. WILLIAMS, STATKSY1LK. N. C. [sf : | want: i || To nrran i twenty-fix? | Tale pa,i*ties ii iM their 3E3ix"? ? isfl i sj year rouu ?jj Mighest 3 ; |j price ^TLXCXl ;| g See us ?*.t, < j fe f>i ftU I ! rv t*v"* "va n vx tt j | UUlllJJOJJLJ ? L A HARRIS, M ' 1^ m 'j Who SELLS Echo Rcj "BEI Yos, we aro in tlio 1 cotton, cotton seed, etc market price, and to s (joods, Shoes, Furniture ^4 < k.. i ^ ? i v i u <u till* 1W\> I'M pi'ICC iMH I ^H>? ?4 AVc have just received ness, Saddles, Bridles, I i will compare our prices place on earth and will ingly. If you need anyt ty, don't fail to see us. U /K1 1 ^iTk KZee**e 11VJU9** 1 Ilk i This line consists of Steads, Suits, Centre Tables, lied Springs, IS I Chairs, Sitting Itoom | Split Bottom Chairs, Sto Offer you at the lowest cj / easy ^payment plan. A new lot of Towels 10c, 20e, 25c and 50eo pe > ' I ?*?,,? I StvSish I A brail new stock of I] i styles, etc. We have tli< yourself or any of your i at prices to suit the time Jefferson Hats, it will \ | we will treijt. Yours for bu , m TT -r-* tr TV m m tmui TJ B. BELK, I P. S.?Out stock of Shi / wear, Suspmiders, etc., h ED- | g;e witli I? e relia ig 3 to use {S tor 1 ttio g d. j| ~ -m^K ? - -A LXXCtX JMs ranteed. j? 3I1C0. j? Store, 1 imager. lg ffiJ fs g!JWj SMr^Jgjg[s]gJMjfS 1 CHEAP? ilies ,K." ft**** MMMi uarket to buy your at the highest ell you your Dry * / J , Stoyes and Grocer's. a big lot of Hariines, etc., aiul we with the cheapest sell them aecordliing in this capacinishings. Odd Dressers, Bed Tables, Extension I at tresses, ltoeking Chairs, Cane and >ves, etc., which we fish price or on the which we offer at r pair. for Men. [ats in all the latest )m to suit your son, relatives or friends s. Try one of our ;ive satisfaction or isiness, dig eimdb >UJLili OlUllli, >roprietor. irts, Collars, Noeks second to none. v