i H? FOBT MILL TIMES.
DFVOCRATIC.
?'UBLIS1I Kl) W KDNKSDAYS
B, VJ. BRADFORD.
TKKMS OK SL'KHOHIPTIQS :
Ouc year $1.00
Fix months .50
TUrttn month* .2i>
OomwiKHideucM on enrront s ibjoets is
invited, lnil no rnsimuHihility is iim
P imi'd^jr the views of coitok|k>!i<IoiiU.
Advertising rate.-. are made known (o
those interested on application to the
publishers.
Fort Mill Telephone (with long distance
commotions) No. 2d.
pKCRMBKU :t. IPO*.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Mrs. Molioeux Iihh derided to
give up lite divorce proceedings
airaiAsl lier huslmtid.
State Labor Commissioner Vnrjier,
of North Carolina, in his an
nual report, will recommend that
the I^euislntnro enact a strict law
retrulatum labor of children in
mills (Hid will tir^e that the employment
of children under 12
years of hltc he forbidden.
Somebody on the Kansas City
Journal has been looking up the
< hn istian names of the Sunflower
State's KovernorH. lie tinds that
the executive chair IraH been filled
by four Johns, (one of them a
John Peter,) two Jameses, two
Thomases, two Samuels, one Jeremiah,
one Nehemiah, one Daniel,
one Jonah and one Judas.
The candidates for office at the
recent election in Kansas have
been tiling their accounts for expensed.
Jan;os (J. Perry, defeat,
ed candidate for justice of the
peace in Prairie township, suburb
of Kansas City, said lie spent 51)
cents for cigars. Tl?e man who
defeated him, J. T. Parker, made
1 he characteristic statement, "gave
nothing to nobody; made no promises;
bought no cigars and didn't
spend a cent dm ing the campaign."
"Death from dreams" was the
coroners decision relative to Thnothy
Kt'Jley, a former Boston citi-.
zen, wlip was reared in Illinois.
Kellcy's case is one of the most
remarkable known to medical an
lials. He was 23 years old. For
years he had Buffered from horrible
dreams. He was found dead
on his knees several days ago at a
Philadelphia hoarding house in
the act apparently of supplication.
The physician who was culled says
fright in n dream caused death.
The management of the Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Newport News
Company's afcreet rail ways has
issued h notice that in future no
Unmarried men will be employed
<>U the lines and that all men seeking
employment must he married
und at leaat 30 years of age.
Postmaster Geperal Payne haa
issued an order providing that
after Decombpr I a female postoffice
employe who marries shall
loae her place. The present rule
fn the department iu that, the marriage
of a femnlo employe vacates
iter position, hut that she can be at
otice reappointed under )n r married
name. fl|r. Payne's order proven ts
the reappointment.
A Congregational minister of
Chicago has warned the young
women of bis cbmph to beware of
thedudeaml remain spinaterrather
than marry one. ''Dudes are
triflers." be unit) rooun I? ? ? >
. ,rr f ' "* .v^Vil.l f 1 " '?
mon. "They are gigliug jumping
jacks. All Limy know how to do is
to throw cigarette smoke into their
hollow heists in a hopeless chase
after brains, and to convert their
nostrils into smokestacks."
With s'niple ceremonies the
Ofoten railway, the most northern
road in the world, the property of
Norway, was opened last Thursday
at Narvik. The road reaches latitude
tW degrees, 30 minutes. The
most northern railway in Russia
js in latitude 00 degrees. The
farthest north line in Alaska is in
latitude Ob degrees, 30 minutes.
The new road extends from Narvik.
on the Atlantic const, through
difficult country, across Sweden
to Lulea, on the Raltio, them e it
reaches Koden, wuerc the great
Hweedish forts are situated. 07
inih-M !>?? '
r? vuv Mimmnil ll'Ullliri
Justie Harlan, of iho United
States Supreme Oourt, will have
completed twenty five years of service
as a member of that court on
December 9, and his friends at the
Uar throughout the country have
arranged toexpre s their appreciation
of his aervices by a dinner in
|ua honor on that evening at the
J*Jew Willard Hotel, in Washington,
The purpose is to make the
alTajr a national ono. The President
and his Cabinet, the Justices
of the Supreme Court, the Speaker
of the Hoiiae, the President of the
Senate and some other men of note
will be quests of the liar, and about
a thousand invitations have been
sent to lawyers in all parts of the
Union practicing before the UiiiSlulcH
Supreme Court.
Ifer:
"rr
Will iiridle The Whiskey Business.
The 1 teuioeralit? |Hir<y of North
Carolina feels that it jsa duly est|
iii|? on tin' parly to enact -i?>n??* ley
I illation at the next session of t li?general
assembly that will biiny
j about a ureal moral reform. In I
j furtherance of this objee.t 'I is |
HUgycHted that a law be i nacted
j to forbid the distillation and sale
,of spirituous liquors in anyplace
other than an inrorpoialed ciiy 01
( I own.
There are now ono thousand
j whiskey tlist illeries Ihtouyhoul the
S ale in full operation, mid wltor
over lliere is one 111?? immediate
community is debauched ami )
druukcness and crime greatly in
creases. During the recent el*>c ,
lion it is charged that every dis- J
tillery throughout the State was!
run wide open for two months ho- ;
fore the election in the interest of j
the Republican party.
Of course, a roform measure of i
this character will antagonize the
liiplor men and will inoel their
strenuous opposition before the
general assembly, but it will be of
no avail. There is a very strong
feeling in favor of prohibition
throughout the various counties
of the Slate. There are a number!
of counties which already have
prohibition, and local option prevails
in many localities. At a
recent election the county of Cumberland
gave l,r>0() majority in
favor of prohibition.
Boy Kills His Grandfather.
J. C. Sparks died at. ltock Hill
Monday afternoon as the result
of having been shot, by his Jo-year- '
old grandson, Cally Collins. The i
shooting occurred Sunday morning i
while Mr. Sparks was at breakfast ,
at the luiiix* of liis son-in-law, Mr. 1
I. .I, Collns, and there is some]
( doubt a? to whether or not it was
| accidental. Mr. Sparks had turned
I Ins hack toward ('ally and the hul
let entered his left side, passed
through the left lung and lodged
in his spinal column muscle, par
alyizing the entire lower part of ]
his liody, from his waist downward.
It. seems that young Collins had
been denied a cake for his birthday
and that the family was good nilturedly
laughing at him and the
shot that struck Mr. Sparks may
have been intended for the boy's]
father. Young Collins Hays thai :
the pistol felM'roin his poeket as
he was bending over to show his
father how he would prevent him
from whipping liiin if lie attempted ;
it.
Mr. Sparks was 59 years of age I
and leaves three children., lie was
a (Jonfederate veteran and was
wounded severely in the battle of
Mauosas.
4#^.
The Firecracker Law.
The dealers in fireworks are not
buying cannon crackers and bombs
for the holiday trade this year,
though it is said there is a loophole
by which they could. The
new State law prohibits the sale of
any fire *racker over three inches
in length or one-half inch in diameter,
under penalty of 30 days on
the gang or a tine of $100, and ah
KHlutely prohibits the sale of bombs.
This being the law, and the merchants
observing it. tho Christmas
celebration in South Carolina
this year will doubtless be less
noisy than in the past decade?The
State.
Would Raise Tax Assessment.
Comptroller General Derhain, in
Hptmking about the State's finances
said that lie did not know that he
would have any recommendations
to make in his report as to taxation,
but the fact is that the State
will be behind in hor revenue, as
has been stated before. Mr. I)erhamrknows
one way by which tho
State can catch up, hut there is
little hope that the lesislature will
urasp the opportunity of doing it.
and that is to assess all property
at 100 per cent?its real value.
It in too much to expect that,
however, in view of the fact that
tho legislature almost annually extends
tho time for paying taxes,
even at tho reduced assessment.
As has been stated, the State will
have to borrow about $300,000 this
year, and this has been accumulating
yearly until it has has reached
I 11 n 1 fiirtteu Ku I l?o I
limine ny mr I'limi llf
lions nmde. Had it not been for
tlio appropriations and bad about
the usual appropriations been made
the past two yearn, instead of b<>r
rowing money, by It KM the State
would start out with enough to
pay all expenses, and Would have
to borrow none. But as the appropriations
have beeti made the
State is badly behind and, there is i
no way out of it yet suggested t int l
is practicable except to raise the i
assessment.
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Work has been commenced on
the office building of Mr. W. A. i
Watson on Coil federate street, j
The building haa been rented to
Dr, T. S. Kii'kpatrick.
7;tns. noum ass is no mors.
Shcf Oeai in the home of Mis. Blanche
Anthony hy iter Brother. Snmual IV!cCraven
The Coroner's inquest.
I
A Bltootinif afTniy. in which Mr. !
Th i?K. 1 )?>lli;l:iSK, of ( 'lull ItlltO. lost j
his I ff. occurred Sunday morning
fit. 9 o'clock at lite lionto of M is. I
liianchc Anthony, in the village ;
of tlie Millforl mill.
The fuels which led to the killing,
'is ?ath< red at the coroner s i
i e... . i -
mijiMTM ?i;u a f C ? 11 tHIMT hi'll/t's,
WO I I' MS f< >111 I\vs:
Thomas 1 )oui?lAss was a dairy-1
limn, win?so homo was near Char '
lotto Mini in that city lio found a '
nuirkct tor tin* products of his
farm. lie was about I<> years old ;
and a widower. Until a few weeks !
au'ii Mrs. Anthony, who lives apart 1
from her husband, had kep house
for I )olifxlass, whose wife died si mc
years /if* .. A month aifo a disagreement
arose lie!ween Douglass
and the woman and she left his
plane near Charlotte and moved to
Kort Mill, where her mother and a
brother, Sam MeCravon lived.
MeCraven is an employe of the
Mil I fort Mill and rented a house
from the company in which his i
mother and sister were livin<?.
Sunday Don id ass, accompanied by]
his lit I lediuiohter, eame down from
Charlotte and w> nt. to the Inane of {
Mrs. A lit hony, evidently with the'
intention of spending the day. !
Sam MeCraven, it seems, was opposed
to his sister seeing Doiii^hiss, i
and, when lie learned or his beiiiy j
there, went to the house to ask i
Douglass to leave. The men en-j
gn^cd in a dillieulty and Douglass i
was shot dead.
The oceurroiiee was rep >rted to j
the ollieers. who upon their ai rival
a? the mill village found MeCraven I
standing in his house, and lie sni
rendered to Ollieer Massey and was j
lodged in the^uard house. Magistral
o .1 VV M.lell. I
- j * i
coroner, summoned a jury for the
inquest. Several witnesses were i
put up for the State, these being
Mrs. Ellon MeCraven, Mrs.,
Blanche Anthony, mother and sister
of Sam MeCraven, Dr. I>. (J.
Thompson and (Jeorge Butler.
MeCraven was also at the imptest,
but declined to make a statement.
The testimony, as given by the
several witnesses, was as follows:
Mrs. Blanche Anthony testified
that Thos. Douglass canto to her
home about S o'clock on November
d(); that her brother. Sain MeCraven,
cam*' in and asked Douglass
what ho was doing there hii.I also
to leave the house. This Douglass ,
refused to d*>. The woman then
left the house and while outside
heard a pistol report. When she
returned Douglass was lying .on
the floor and in a dying condition.
Said that she saw her brother hit
Douglass with a slick while the
latter was sitting in a .chair.
When questioned by the jury, Mrs.
Anthony said that she lived with
her two children and mother and
that her brother paid the rent of
the house in which she lives.
Mrs. Ellen MoCraven said that
Douglass came to her home about
0 o'clock. In a short, while her son,
Sam MeCraven, came in and asked
Douglass what he was doing there
and ordered him to leave. Douglass
refused to go. They then began
lighting. Dougless grabbed a
chair and attempted to strike MeCraven,
while the latter was trying
to force him from the house. Douir
lass caught McCraveti in the
collar and the lutter pulled his
pistol and tired upon Douglass. In
answer to questions, Mrs. McCraveu
said that herself, her son, and
Douglass and little daughter, were
the only persons in the room when
the shooting took place. She had
been living in Fort Mdl for about
a month. Douglass visited her I
home Sunday for the first time 1
since she has been living in Fort
Mill.
Dr. D. G. Thompson testified
that he was called upon to examine i
the body of Thos. Douglass, which
lie found upon the floor of one of
the Millfort Mill ImUsos. On ex- ;
animation he found a slight bruise |
on Doug.ass' nose, a sear about an
inch long on the side of the head,
and a bullet, wound over the heart.
Up m further examination he
found that the bullet had oassed
through the limit bihI lodged in
tho muscles of the back. That
such wound would cause almost
instant death. The bullet looked
to be of ;t8 calibre. He saw the
body seaiched and no weapons
were found. The parties wero evidently
facing each other when
Douglass was shot.
Tho coroner's jury rendered a
verdict in accordance with the
above facts.
The relatives of the Douglass
man wore notified of his death, and ;
the body was shipped to C. arlotte
Sunday evening for burial. Doug- >
loss iH said to have owned property
to the value of $10,0110.
Sam MoCraven was taken to i
York jail Monday morning by
Constable T. A. Mills.
FOR
GOOD WHISKIES,!
WINES,
BIIAND1ES, ETC.,
I
( Al,h ON OK WHITE TO 1
W. If. MOOV KH,
4 ai ? t% % ii it it
I IM1S : ?M I K. FM t;.
LAUMDRY N&RKS
t lisit art) not. found on linen fresh from
The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY.
("harlotto, N. C., aro rust, stains, ink
stains, fruit stains, ami UK(H-oially
scorches from overheated irons. Ttiat
is what wo ]KirticuIurly nuard against.
Heck less, llawloss, immaculate?white
ias white can bo. or as strong of color as
when you bought it (if originally of a
color (Kit t orn t, your washable up] sire 1 is
returned eloan, well washed, well
ironed.
Shipment- made from Fort Mill every
Thursday morning and laundry ru "j
turned Saturday mornings by?
ID. L McHI IIANKY, Agent. j
TKKSl'ASS NOTlUlfi. | ,
All ]>nrs'<?iin are hereby warned nirainst ! .
hunting. lishiict or ot her wise trespassing I
njhiii any of tho lands owned <?r con-1
trolled by the undersigned parties. Tho
law will bo rigidly applied to anyone
disretrariling this nolico.
F. N i MS. W F. I'ATTKltSON.
\V. 11. JotiuB. T. S. K irkpalriek.
.1. NV. Ardrey. \V. C. Armstrong.
1), A. Ijihi. 11. S. Torreiiuc.
W. K. Spratt. T. C. Spratt.
W.H.Hoke M. M. Spratt.
Misses Adilie and Dovic Harris.
J. li. Col I harp W. 1. Jones
S. K. White. 11. F. r.ennett.
J. 11. Mack. T. A. Mills.
W. F. Hoy il.
TRY Til K
City Barber Sliop
For u lirbt-cluaa
XIA1 It CUT, ?
ail AVE,
SHAM TOO, or <
HAlii SINGE. 11
M i
Garothcrs & Son.
BllOl'METORS.
Third door Bank building. D.
J. WILLIAMS, i
Statesville's Lipor Dealer. >
Laurel Valley Corn Whiskoy, 5 Years C14: ^
12 Full Quarts, iu neat case, . $7 AO
2-1 Pint* soo
18 Hulf Pints . . . . 8 AO
I'o Gallons, keg included, . i) 00
Ono and two gallons, jug and
crate included, per gallon, . 2 25
Pure N. C. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey:
New, per gallon, . . 1 40
Two to Three years old, i?er gal. 1 75
Pure Applo Brandy, per gallon, . 200
Elm City Club Rye, 7 years old, 12
quarts, . . , . 8IX)
Twenty-four Pints, . , . 8 50
Forty-eight Half pints, . 1) 00
One and two gallons, jug and
crate included, per gallon, . 2 50
Escelslor Rye, jug ami crate included,
per gallon, . . 2 00
Peach and Honey, i>er gallon, . 2 oo
Rock and Rye, per gallon, . . 2 00
Holland Gin, i>er gallon, 2 00
Remember I am no rectifier or compounder.
Iu buying mv goodK you are
not buying water. I guarantee all these
goods superior to anything being shipped j |
from this market. All jugs will be put '
in boxes instead of crates for 15c. extra;
kegs boxed for 25c. extra, and all boxes 1
are shipped without any marks to imli- '
cute t heir contents. Cash must accom- ,
pany all orders. They will be tilled the '
same day received. Send money by
registered letter, postoftloo money order 1
or express money order. Goods shipped
either by freight or express.
i.. ~ 1
na in my nisiHMiHiin iu v i refer yOU to '
iho Drudstrcut and Dunn Mercantile .
Companion and my hundreds of customers
all over thu South. Remember,
again, that I guarantee satisfaction in
all eases or rotund tho money.
D. .J. WILLI A MS, (
STATESVILE, N. C.
Anrono sending n sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion froo whwlmr ?n ,
liivnnilon In probably p'lti-nt 11IO0. Communications
strictly roiitldetiMul. Handbookon r.-itcnts i
sent Iron. (fldest ntcnoy for soeurtiiK patents.
Patents tliken tlirni.li Munn X Co. receive |
(<i( nettcr, without charge, tu tho
Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.arcest clrrulntlon
of an^ sclentino Journal. Terns, (3 a I
year; four months, 9L Sold by all nowsdealcra.
MUNN & Co.36""-4-'' New York . j
Ilraticli Oflloo. 636 F HU, Waahlugton. D. C.
The Times nnd the New York
World at $1.75 u J ear.
>> > 11111 111- Illil'11" <>1 I lit1 Ot'Sl r
inir Company speaks to every li
suits from her hakim; of Cakes
Dan Valley F
25 POUND SAI
50 POUND Sfl!
100 POUND S*
Some of you know -others n
no equal in this place. It hake
critics. Give us your or.lei ant
Delivered anywhere in town.
Fort Mill Hanulacturi
L. A. II\RKI
fffi OLD EEL
Annua! Cles
?
Since the inaugural
we have made it a ru]
December of each yeai
includes everything i
mil*-big store, always 1
Lions on all remnants,
Our clearance sale tl
Monday, December 1,
make this the most inl
so far conducted thi
counts will bo made 01
All our December sa
Fill, but the event of th
previous occasions of
tire a monoy saver yc
this opportunity to bu;
specially reduced price
WANTED?Cow 1
other kinds of Peas, i
1_ _ A. * <? * *
niiii Kut price lor mem.
[\ number of wagons ai
offer at bargain prices
Grain Fertilizer just
horses and mules to be
Yours*, for
THE OLD'BEL]
T. B. BELK
P. S.-?Highest ma
Corn, Hay, and Foddc
V . .
PlhotograpSus
Wlu'ii yon m> to Char*
lotip don't fuii to pay a
visit to
RACER'S PKQTO. GALLERY.
We make all the latest
styles and si/.es, at reasonable
prices.
I \V. Fifth St., Charlntec, N. C.
'LACE YOUIt ORDEBS
FOR JOB PRINTING
WITH THE TIMES.
Your Xrnas C
VJI.. ..1,! I. 1 r .1 i x r?
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Tho books of Registration for tho
town of Fort Mill for tho year I'JtKl are
now open, ami will bo closed on tho
third (21) day of Jununry, 1903. W. 11.
Meachum has boon apixiintod Registrar.
By order of tho town oouuoil.
J. W. McKLiHAJs'FY. Intoudaut.
NOTICE.
The annual nieotiiiR of tho Comity
Commissioners of York Comity will bo
held in their oflieo, Yorkvillo, S. C., on
Wednesday. Deeeniber 17th. 1902.
All persons holding chums amtinsb
the County will present thein, duly att
est oil, to tho under i^nod on or before
said day. Claims not presented tho
year i liny an* eoutracted or tho subsu'juuiit
your ui'e forevor burred.
MARV J. HUNTER,
(Jlork of Board.
November lib It.
1 j
*ake
'lour. The Fort Mill Mann fact ur>ousewife
who wishes the best remid
Bread lor the holidayr. We bell
lour"
SKS 60c
IKS $1.20
iGKS 2.40
nist tind out -that Dun Valley has
s hcant ifnlly and risen to suit all
1 be convinced as well as pleased.
ng Company's Store.
Manager.
W STORE'S
irance Sale.
ion of this business
le to conduct during
' a special sale, which
u all departments of
naking special redncodds
and ends,
his year will begin on
and it is our aim to
^resting sale we have
s year. Special dis*
i all
Clothing,
Shoes,
Furniture,
Stoves and
Trunks.
les have been successis
sale will outclass all
the kind, and if ypu
>u will not overlook
y high-class goods at
5S.
Vas, Whipporwill or
ind will pay highest
Wo have on hand
id buggies which we
. Two car loads of
in. A few head of
sold cheap,
business,
IMLB STORE,
, Proprietor.
rket price paid for