Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 10, 1902, Image 2
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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 "
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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.
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cotton, cotton seed, etc
market price, and to s
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ness, Saddles, Bridles, I
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will compare our prices
place on earth and will
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ty, don't fail to see us.
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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
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easy ^payment plan.
A new lot of Towels
10c, 20e, 25c and 50eo pe
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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 \
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ell you your Dry
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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
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for Men.
[ats in all the latest
)m to suit your son,
relatives or friends
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;ive satisfaction or
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>UJLili OlUllli,
>roprietor.
irts, Collars, Noeks
second to none. v