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TEF9ST MILL TIMES.
DFMOCRATICVU1JIJS1T
KD W EI)NKSDAYS
Tku>i.s of Svvscuiption :
()ne ycsir $1.00
Six months .50
Throe mouths .25
CorresiHUulonco on current subjects is
inviteil, but no responsibility is ?s untied
for the views of correspondents.
Advertising ratea are mudo known to
those interested oil application to the
publishers.
Fort Mill Telephone (with long distance
connections) No. 20.
OCTOBEH 22. 11)02.
MR. BRYAN PROSPERING.
Tint prosperous financial condition
<.f William Jennings Bryan
will interest Ilia many friends
throughout the the country and
doubtless excite the envy of his
political Opponents everywhere.
When Air. Bryan, entered the
campaign of 18f(> one of his boasts
was Hint he was a poor man; that
In* was without a home, without
sin Iter and had to work upon n
weekly salary as a newespaper
writer to sustain himself and family.
It is sated upon unquostionablo
authority that ho now
has something like $l(?S,000 in the
bank at I.iticolti. Neb., which he
made from Ins campaign speeches, j
His now home near Jjineoln cost
$40,000. Mr. Bryan talked very
freely to a friend who visited hi in
recently about his financial con- !
dit ion, and seems to be happy
over his pvoat prosperity. From '
his conversation it was inferred
that his weekly income is some- 1
tiling like
Mr. Bryan in 1890 had a hard
time to raise money to make the
campaign. He feels now that lie !
can afford to make"!he campaign
out of his own purse, and would
not hesitate to spend the money
he has accumulated to elect himself
or to defeat any of those
prominent men who he feels are
responsible for his defeat in the
last two national campaigns.
NEGROES DON'T MIGRATE.
Thero wore <>500.000 colored
persons in tho United States in
1880, 7,500,000 in 1800, and 8,800,000
in 1000, according to the last
census report. A general movement
of colored inhabitants from
one State to another or form one
section of the country to another,
due to economic, political or hygienic
reasons has been declared
to bo in progress at intervals of
two to throe years since the close
of the war.
But tin* figures of each succeeding
census prove that, the colored
population of the United States is
by no means migratory; it. changes
little year by year except as the
ordinary increase in population.
Various ambitious projects of leaders
to colonize certain States have
failed entirely. In Kansas, for instance,
there are only '.1,000 more
colored inhabitants than were
twenty years ago, though Kansas
has long been the Mecca of many
colored colonizers.
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DON'T LIKE UNCLE SAM.
Reports which have for some
time been coining from Mexico
that an agent of the United States
government was there negotiating
lor land upon which to remove
P a \ I I' * 1 t XL I
soim* (>[ ilie mourn innt'H 01 mis
country have at last been explained,
says the Washington Post.
The I nterior Department and the
Indian Bureau have, of course, had
no part in any such scheme, but it
appears that Lone Wolf, a Com-,
inanche, who has long been making
.trouble in the Indian country,
says that he is tired of the guardianship
of the United States and
desires to take his band of
followers to Mexico, provided this
government will buy for them a
tract of land near Chiiinnhau, in
xchange for the land to which his
followers are entitled, under the
allottment, in ()klalioma. It is suspected
that some real estate speculators
are hacking the scheme.
CLAIMS TO BE THE OLDEST MAN
'
A negro man, who claims to be
the oldest person in the United
States, celebrated Ids 1150 hirt Inlay
Monday in ('lay county, Ky. He
r is nanud Elijah Bledsoe, and for
many years, in olden times, he
lived at Fayetteville. N. C. He re
members the war ?>f 1.S12 distinctly
itud kn?*w Aaron Burr. Bledsoe i
n?\- that ho did not like Burr because
he tried to buy him from
his master, and take him away.
The negro has in his possession a
pi ere of money that was given him
by Gen. Lafayette when he visited
' "ayettevillo. It was given in the
form of a tip for services in J830.
Bledsoe made hinself famous by
1'ie greatest running feat in h into;
y. He ran 33 miles in two
hours. Ilis opponent dropped dead
by the wayside,? Charlotte Observer.
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Hilled a Negro Hobo.
I Rock Hill Herald, today.
Yesterday morning nt 12.10 o'|
clocK, jimt lifter the arrival of the
1 first section of freight No. 37 from
1 Charlotte, Seasly Rodman, a negro
who once lived here, was shot
and Killed by H II. Lloyd, a flagman
on tho train. Rodman had
been stealing a ride from Char
lotte, had been put off the train
several times, and in tho presence
of several passengers he swore at
Fort Mill that, ho would continue
to ride on the train or Kill the
! whole crew. At Rock Hill he was
discovered on the rods under a car,
and when Mr. Lloyd attempted to
arrest Rodman for the purpose of
turning him over to the police, the
negro drew a pistol and raised his
arm to fire at the flagman,, hut the
latter fired first, the hall taKingefi
feet under the upraised arm. Rodninn
Fit I I ntwl ov i\i rial in o fo in mm
I lllllll iV II U1IU V III (I IV. U I I I I 1 I ,
utVS.
The coroner's jury rendered n
verdict that Seasly Rodman came
to his death by a gunshot fired by
tlie hand of II. If. Lloyd in selfdefence,
and considered justifiable.
GOLD HILL NUGGETS.
Editor Times: Our neighbors
are generally well. As for ourselves.
we are wabbling along in
the same old rut.
Wo learn that there Iiuh been
some trouble over in II? No. 2.
of late. A gentleman and lady
had a knock down and drag out
tight, and besides this, there were
several minor skirmishes. However,
all is quiet at this tiino.
We see in The Yeoman recently
that Bro. Roy takes us to task for
saying that, we were too much
like George W. to tell a lie, and
says we certainly make mistakes.
Brother, a lie may be a mistake
but iH a mistake a lie? Right, here
we will relate a lie we told .'IS years
ago. It was ill December 'OH.
while guarding some Yankee prisoners,
near ibistol, Tenn., that we
got into conversation with a big,
1 >11:?>-bi?l 1 ioi 1 ( 1i?n nect irnt Yiitikot'
about the negro. He asked me if
1 owned any of them and 1 told
him yes; that 1 had one hundred
of the wooly heads. Ho a6ko.i me
if 1 ever whipped them and 1 told
him yes, every day just for amusement.
"Well,'' he remarked, "are
you not afraid of going to hell?"
1 assured him that 1 had never
heard of such a place and asked
him if it was located in Connecticut.
Weil, he just looked straight
at me and said, "You must be a
damnd fool.'* Well, this was a
whopper, lie or mistake, which?
But then, we didn't go to do it.
Now Brother lioy, we intended
suing you for doubting our veracity
and we would not take taters as
damages either, but you just got a
gallon or so of oysters for Thanksgiving
and ask us to dine with you
and we will stop further proceedings.
Splinter.
YORK COUNTY NEWS.
Yorkvillo Yeoman.
M r. Geo. 1{. Wallace, a farmei
who lives on the Charlotte road, "
miles out from York, shot and bad
ly wounded a negro named Green
Garrison Saturday evening. The
trouble occurred at Gordon Bros.'
irilinnru Ooreiarvti m?ici fit*
^ a i \ i j, *? uvic \?cii i i ov hi vt?ir> hi
in# the engine. It is stated thnl
Mr. Wallace passed the negro ami
.said something about picking cotton
on certain land, to which Gar
rison agreed, then passing him r
few feet, Mr. Wallace turned ami
allot at him. The ball struck Gar
rison in the back. He is now snf
feting considerably from the shol
but how serious it is will depend
on developments.
Arthur Smith, of Broad Rivei
township, was allot on Tuesday tin
7th, by Martin Roberts. Smith
was a negro; Roberts was white
Smith ilied Sunday. Before the
inquest, held by Coroner Louth inn
Monday the principal witness testified,
Roberts was showing him
his pistol, that Smith wasstnudinp
on the other side of his mule, when
the pistol, one of 112 calibre, wne
accidentally discharged, the ball
entering his bowels. This tosti
inony was fortified by an ante tnortern
statement by Smith, and the
I jury returned a verdict that d? nth
was'due to an accidental wound
received from a pistol.
We have just seen a (iermnn lay
taken out some second hand bagging
shipped to Mr. B. N. Moore,
in tliis place. Ordinarily, there
would he nothing of particular interest.
in that fact, hut there is inasmuch
as examination of the bagging
showed that it originally covered
a hale of cotton shipped by
Mr. M oore last year. It had his
own private mark on it. Toe tag
horej the name *>f "Antlion Gnnther,
Bremen." The cotton had
been exported to and used in Germany
and the second hnud bagging
strangely enough found its way
hack to Yorkville along with a lot
of its kind.
FOR BALE?A small second-hand
cail ifcovrf. A \>J>W at Times Ottieo.'
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America's Famous Beauties.
Look with horror on skin Eruptions,
Blotches, Sores, Pi tuples.
. They don't have them, nor will any
i one, who uses Bucklen's Arnica
Salvo. It irlorities the face. Eczema
or Salt lvheum vanish bofore
it. It cures .sore lips, chapped
| hands, chilblains. Infallible for
Biles. -~>o at Meacham's drug
i store.
It is reported that a party of
, capitalists have examined the clay
and lime beds in the Santee river
in the lower part of the State and
are preparing to organize a coni'
pany to manufacture cement from
the mixture in the bed of the river.
Cut of Eeatks J awe.
"When <1? atli seemed very near
from a sever" stomach and liver
trouble, that 1 had suffered with
for years." writes I'. Muse, Dur!
ham, N. C., "Dr. King's New Life
Pills saved tny life and gave per!
bet health." Hest pills cm earth
and only 25c at Meachum's drug
store.
? - -4
Twenty Moros killed and three
forts captured is the record of one
day's operations against tho rebellious
Moros in Minande.
?
Sees Like Hot Cakes.
"The fastest selling thing T havein
my store." writes druggist C. T.
Smith,of Davis. Ky., "is Dr King's
i Now Discovery for Consumption,
[ Coughs and Colds, because it always
cures. In my six years of
sales it has never failed. I have
known it to save sufferers from
] Throat and Lung dn-eases, who
i could get no help from doctors or
j any other remedy." Mothers rely
on it, best physicians prescribe it.
i and T. 11. Meaeham guarantees
satisfaction or refunds price. Trial
bottles free. Keg. size 5()o and $1.
? ?
The net profits of the Yorkville
dispensary tor the mouth of Sepj
teinber, including an investment
I of about $1)0 in an iron safe
i amounted to $128, or at the rate of
$5,0(>1 a year. What showing the
town council will make for its
share of this is another question.
His Life in Peril.
"I just seemed lo have gone all
to pieces," writes Alfred Bee, of
Welfare, Tex., "biliousness and a
lame back had made life a burden.
I couldn't eat or sleep and felt almost
too worn out to work when 1
began to use Electric Bitters, but
they worked wonders. Now 1 sleep
like a top, can eat anything, have
gained in strength and enjoy hard
work," They give vigorous health
and new life lo weak, sickly, rundown
people. Try them. Only 50c
i al Meacham's drug store.
FLORAL SHOW,
Advance Prcmiun List
?OF THE?
Ladles' Floral Society of the First Presbyterian
Church of Yorkvllle, S C.
Contest to bo hold in tlio court house
on Friday, October ill, from 11 a. in.
> to 5 p. m.
Class A?Chrysanthemums.
I Best collection of cat flowers, not less than
, ten varieties. First prize, $5.00 in gold, do,
natcd by directors of Loan and Savings Bank;
second prizo, table sot.
Best ten whito blooms; lamp, donated by Dr.
t John B. Bowen. of York Drug Store.
Bost ten pink blooms; pair of Qucon Quality
Shoes, donatod by A. Friedhcim. Rock Hill.
Unit tAll vollnnr Klanma J ?
? - j ?..V TW W.VWIU0, VWUV, OUtUUU JliUl',
to be decided,
i Best single bloom, any variety; salad bowl,
[ donated by Mr. W. Adickes.
Ci.ass II?Rosea.
Best collection cnt flowers, handsome rng,
donated by 8mith Fowell Co., socond best ool'
| lection, pictnro, given by Mr. Walter Moore.
I Best collection any single variety. SI.00.
Class C?Put-tod Plants.
i Rest, collection of hotted plants, pic,
| tare, ponatcd l?y W. 11. Moore & Co.
llest potted plant, $1.
1um.es.
All flowers must, be grown by oxibitor.
All flowers must i>e exhibited on
i their own stems. All stoma of chrysanthemums
must beat least twelve inches
long. None but amateurs allowed to
exhibit.
An attractive programme has been
i i arranged from U to l p m, and again in
i the evening beginning at H.BO. Price
| I of admission 23 cents for adults; children
15 cents, or 25 cents for two of
same family.
For more detailed information apply
> to Mrs. R. T. STKl'HKNSON, President,
or Mrs. S. M. McNkei., Secretary, Yorkj
i villo, S. C.
' | October 13 ,'ltc
LOW RATES TO STATE FAIR.
' Low rates to the Annual State Fair,
Columbia, S. C., via Southern Railway.
For the above occasion the Southern
I Kiiilway will soli from ]>oiuts in South
Carolina, including Ashev ille, Charlotte
i Augusta an<l Savannah and all intermediate
points, tickets to the 84tli Annual
State Fair, Columbia, S. C., at the
rate of one-lirst-class far** for the round
trip, plus 50c admission fee.
Tickets to be sold October 2fith to 81st
inclusive, with dual limit to return
Novoinber 2nd, 1!K)2.
The Southern Railway will operation
October 21)th and 80th special trains in
: and out of Columbia in addition to their
regular trains.
Call u)m>ii any atront of the Southern
Railway for detailed information, or
R W? ilUNT, W. II. TAYLOE,
D. P. A. A.U.P.A,
' Charleston, S. O, Atlanta, Ga,
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WANTED!
WAN
Five 1 uiiulred me
boys to eome to see us
them up in i\ New Sui
In buying our stoc
aimed to double our s;
:< ,?v.. .i
ii > uii ruiiMitrr econoi
aid us to attain this ci
MEN'S Ci
\V c luivc a com
stock of Men's clot hi
per suit, from
$3.50 to
We guarantee our ^
equal in quality and st
?15.00 suits that can 1
BOYS' CL
Our stock of lUv
nious, and wo have pu
they will have to walk
HT.. - l* A _ 1
u ran in your I)
%/
sizes 5s to His, from
70c to
Our 2-piece Norfo
Suits for Boys from 3
known values, and we
land let us show them
buy or not. It costs i
Odd Tr
Two to three hum
that must go in the n
have to say about Tro
what you want, and
please you.
Ha
Just a word about
you intend to buy a i
see ours. We have Hi
jor price.
[THE OLD DEL
T. 15. BELK
9
? KINDS OF?
Chill - Tonic
"We enrry in stock nnd this is
the Benson for Chills. Groves
Chronic Chill Cure is the new one.
It is very strong and is especially
adapted to cases which are hard
to shake otT.
Let us serve you when you are
in need of chill cures.
Ardrey's Drug Store.'
*
P. S.?You had l)etter get your
spices for your green tomato pickle
; while others are.
f .f
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TED!
WANTED!
0
11 and three hundred
at onee and let us lit
t of Clothing.
l i* \ y vi I i I
K OI V Jill UlOTIllllff WC
o
dos of heretofore, and
my anything you will
id.
.OTHING.
plcto and up-to-date
ng, ranging in price,
1 $12.00.
1.00 and 810.00 suits
vie to any 812.50 and
>e bought elsewhere.
-OTHING.
rs Clothing is enorit
the prices down so
; about.
oy in any kind of suit,
>lk Suits and our Vest
to 8 years of age are
invite you to come
i to you, whether you
lothingto look.
ousers.
dred pairs of Trousers
ext (>0 days. All we
%>
users is that we have
at a price that will
ts.
Hats, and that is if
new Hat don't fail to
leni in any style, color
MLB STUBS,
, Proprietor.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons an- hereby warned against
limiting. fishing or ot herwise trespassing
upon any of the lands owned or eontrolled
by the undersigned jKirties. The
law will bo rigidly applied to anyone
disregarding this notice.
F. Nims. W F. Pattkuson.
W. H. Jones. T. S. Kirkpatriek.
J. W. Ardrey. W. C. Armstrong.
I). A. Lee. R. S. Torrence.
W. E. Spratt. T. C. Spratt.
W. B. I toko P.. M. Spratt.
Misses Addie and Do vie Harris.
J. H. Colt harp \V. I. Jones
13. F. Bonnett.
Fine Photographs
When yon fjo to Clmrlotte
don't fail to pay n
visit to
RADER'S PHOTO. GALLERY.
We make all the latest
styles and sizes, at reasonable
prices.
1 W. Fifth St., fkarlotce, N. C.
m
4 ififfi
S.J. KIMBALL, I
DEALER IN jg
Buggies and Harness, I
KOCJK HILL, S. 0. 1
glW Wo sclI tho "Rock Hill Bo*nry;" |
tlit" best butwy ou tho market for tho fi
money. 1
LAUNDRY JSARKS
that'art* not found on linen frosh from
The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY.
Chariot l o, N. C., are rust stains, ink
stains, fruit stains, and especially
| scorches from overheated irons. That
is what wo mrticularly guard against,
tleokless, (lawless, immaculato?white
ias white rati he, or as strong of color as
when von bought it (if originally of a
1 color pattern), your washable apparel is
returned clean, well washed, well
| ironed.
Shipment made from Fort Mill every
Thursday morning and laundry returned
Sat unlay mornings by?
F.D. L. McEMIANEY. A*ent.
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TRY TUB
I Shop
For a first-class
I IIAIII CUT,
SSI I AVE,
SHAMPOO, or
HAIR SINGE.
CEnroOiers Son.
I'UOl'UlliTORR.
Third door Bank buildinc.
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FOR
GOOD WHISKIES,
WINES,
BRANDIES, ETC.,
CALL ON OK WRITE TO
AVr. II. IIOOVEL?,
(IHliU)1TB. N. C.
D. J. WILLIAMS,
Statesville's Liquor Dealer.
Laurel Valley Corn Whiskey, 5 Years Old:
12 Knll Qiiiirti*. in neat ouso. . 47 ;"iQ
24 Pints, . . . . . 8tX?
48 Half Pints . . 8 h(1
I 41 . ( tiillniw l;otr iiiolmlml i\ i\i\
- f* ...\ 4u'? ' ? . f w?
One and two gallons, jug ami
cmte included, i<er gallon, 2 25
Pare N. C. Sweet Mash Com Whiskey- .
| Now, per gallon, . . 1 40
Two to Throe years old. per gal. 1 75
Pure Apple Brandy, i?or gallon, . 2 00
Elm City Club Bye, 7 years old, 12
quarts, . . . . 8 (HI
Twenty-four Pints, . . . 8 5(1
Forty-eight Half pints, . . U IK)
One and two gallons, jug and
crate included, per gallon, . 2 50
Excelsior Bye, jug and crate included,
per gallon, . . 2 (X)
I Peach and Honey, per gallon, . 2 Oh
Bock and Bye, por gallon, . . 2 00
Holland Gin, per gallon, . .2 00
Remember I am no rectifier or ormiponnder.
In buying my gnxls yon are
, not buying water, i guarantee all these
: gtssls superior to any thing being shipixxl
i from this market. All jugs will Ik- put
| iu boxes instead of crates for 15c. extra;
kegs boxed for 25c. extra, and all boxes
j are shipped without any marks to indi- *
I cato their contents. Cash must aeeom'
puny all orders. Tlicy will Ik- filled the
same day received. Send money by
registered letter, postoflieo money order
or express money order. (?(kh1s shipped
either by freight or express.
As to my reaiionsibility I refer you to
the Bnulstreet and Dunn Mercantile
Companies and iny hundreds of customers
all over the South. Remember,
! agiin, that I guarantee satisfaction iu
! all cases or refund the money.
D. .!. WILLIAMS,
ST A T CSV 11 .V. v r>.
J. U. Traywick & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FIXE L.IQIJOKS
AND WINES,
No. 42 E?.st Tr.ide St.
CHARLOTTE. - - - N. C.
dr. kbncps
TRY NEW DISCOVERY
FOR THAT COLD.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
Cures Consumption,Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Pneumonia, HayFever,Pleu.
risy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Croup and
Whooping Cough.
NO CURE. NO PAY.
i Price 50c. and $ 1. TRIAL BOTTLES FREE.
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