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wJi FGST KILL TIMES.! DEMOCRATIC. publisin:i> wkpnesdays Ji. \v. 13RADFOTtD. 'S OK SUB812UMJOM : n> year ....... $1.00 si- llHMltllH .50 Three months .25 on current s lhjeefs is oil, but no responsibility is as i .a <! for tlio views of correspondents. ! . \o \ ertisiiiK rates are Hindu known to j interesteil on application to the \J~ lishers. t Mill Telephouo (with long clis- ! ' a. connections) No. 20. 1 ' I jv l itU i > r< i\ ^ ?, l.rv'-.'. >.\s Gallant Twenty-Seventh. prom! of our old regiments, riieir history und thoir i'aim', I i i new one lias risen d.ling lustre to its name. II - t ho Twenty Solent h. Whose baptismal story told, Will go ringing down in history With the bravest of the bold. \ m id the wilds of Miiidiauno \\ In-re white men seldom tread, -AVI < nat ure showers her splendor \mi natives starve for bread, V, here Saltans, ruhjas and datohs h ir slaves still sell and hold, We come to tell a story < T u redeemer great of old. W eainc \\ ith good intentions, in;; wlr.it was just and ri^lit. l.ut when they took us unawares v ol killed us to make fight; Wl.i ti omlurnneo could no lougor stand \ml everything looked blue ?, brave Colonel Frank lJ. llaldwin said, Wil li soe what wo t an ilo." i'*. parleyed with these jieople, Talked |Miiao, hot all in vain. 11 ail soon enough of battle \ nl he wanted no more slain, : for the killed of his own regiment lie inusi have some redress i 1 on though it hi* a battle, Th nigh lie wished it something less. i"i colonel talked and reasoned, Kut the Morn's would have fray. W* li.it a glorious day in history I the soeond day of May. I'm i<t ty will remember it V> hua wo are dead and gone, Tin day the Twenty So.onth ! 'light the battle of llayan. \n to Bravo Colonel Baldwin w iltli of happy years \ :'or his well earned promotion "he Twenty Seventh cheers. \eri hoys we'll pledge a toast, l'roiul our regiment fought so well. I 11 \ i a eheer for thoso who are living 1 hop a tear for those who fell. Carle M. Cousart, Malahang-Miu?i..na< )\ I,, October 2h. 11KI2. Congressional Chat. The President is making the pre out situation a pretext for urg .tig ? 'ongress to appropriate for h:x tu v lialtle ships during litis session. With this end in view he ' nl i tained a number of congressmen at a dinner at which he proi!' d his views and ndvaneml the proposition that it was futile for ( 'ongross to expect the President to uphold the Monroe Doctrine without maintaining a navy of Ihe i'rst elaHS. s nator Morgan is seeking to j interest the war deputment in a I i .... i }i i jret wmcll lit* hopes will go a A !<>ng way towards settling the ne ?11 ih-stiou in the South, llis idea i> to colonize the negroes mi fie Philippine Islands. He would go so far as to give each head of i e tiniIv the timlitionul 'Twenty non V of land and would furnish transportation to the islands, lie ! believes that in this way the South could be relieved of its burden of 1 negro citizens and the Philippines would, p 'l imps, lie benefitted, and ! 1 i?11' sure that the in groos them- j selvt would be. There they eouhl enjoy citizenship and work out their own salvation. Secretary Hoot ia actively lobbyin. for his two bills, oueprovidiug f r (lie leorguni/ntion of the army j and. the other the reorganization i I the military, tin* latter with a view to establishing a reserve f. ee of perhaps 500.000 men who ; ui be called upon for active ser? 1 vice tiv the President whenever + ongiess shall declare war. A remarkable instance of the ex travagnnce of the present adminis- i tuition was revealed by the expos- , ure, by Seuator Morgan, of the expenses anil remuneration" of tliej ' Isthmian Canal Commission. To 1 lie great surprise of the senators, Air. Morgan a tated that the nuhn- ; iters of tlie commission were still drawing salaries to the amonnt of; *! .000 p r month notwithstanding the fact that their duties praotic- , ally ceased when they handed to I he* i president, nearly a year ago, their last report onThe Panama route. S. n f<v ^ilay has made a gal- < ianl tiglu tin ring the past week for , the udtmssiuu of lire three tori i - , < torii'H to whom statehood was promised in the national platform ol tmtli parties. lie ha- met \\ i111 . severe opposition from* Senator, lleveraye mid his supporters, hut in no instance have tliey gained any advantage over him. It was determined I?y mutual consent to j postpone further eonsideralion of; the measure until January the day on which Congress will reconvene. The house of repres -ntatives has . passed, clu ripo the past week, the* Cnioii Iva Iway Station hill, which j the Senate passed last session and ; whieh provides for a union station in Washington to cost not less than $1,0(10,1100. ? Mayor's Court. The following; cases were t;i-* posed of in the umyor'a court on Monday: Am/.i CotTov, colored, creatine a ilisturlmnce. fined ?.*>. l'.p'.i Yonun, colored, larceny. To I l'e 11 < d tloml < f $2.~>U. Several youn^ white men. whose names are omitted I?y request, were fined ?2 each for drunk and disorderly conduct. Sells Fort Mill Dirt in Spa-tanburg S. S. MeNineh of the Charlotte Rr.ek. Company spent yestciday in this city and arranged for tin* establishment of a local agency here. J. W. Alexander, who has a real estate ofli* e on Wall street,! will look after the interests of the company in Spartanburg. The plant of t he Chariot In Hrirk Company is located at h\?rt Mill, S, C. on the Catawba river. The plant has a capacity of ~>0.ui)v) In iek per day. Spartan bar*; Journal. ? Dec. 25fh Nut Christ's Birthday. 1 in* lot lowing article, written by Dr. .1. 15. Muck and published in tlio Charlotte Observer of Sun day, will be read with interest l>\ Dort Mill people: "Next Thursday, winch will be December Until, is railed Christ mas, because it is regarded as the | birthday of Jesus Christ. liv some ' it will be kept as a holy-day. and ! by nearly everybody as a holiday. 1 "The liiblo makes it clear that Christ could not have la en born in the last of December. Luke U:S 1 tells of the shepherds staying out doors all nijjcht. which was not the custom in that cold wintry month. It also tells of the tlocks beiui; in the tiehl at nitrht. which move t lint il could not have been later : in tlif year tluiii October. Indeed, the celebration of December 2.">ih < us tlio birthday of #Jesus Christ diil not infill until two hundred years nflor our Savior was born. "One thousand years (perhaps two 1 linusaud years) hefoio thi'i birth of fli-sus, tIn* people in Baby Ion celebrated tlio 2">tli of Decern boras tlio birthday of their m>d j Bel, or r.nal. Moreover, they also celebrated the 'Joth uf March as "Lady-day,1' and 011 that day coin nieinoratt'd the concept ion of hoi in tlio womb oT bis "Goddess Motlior.'" t > 11 this account one, inline of hoi was Zoro-Aslita, or "tlio Hood of the woman." "It is remarkable that tlio Babylonian pictures of the "Goddess ' Mother and Son"* are so exnetlv alike those of the Virgin Mary and lesns that are soon anions us. There is yet another remarkable charnetorisfic of these pictures, and that is the nimbus or peculiar circle of bj^lit that frequently encompass) s the head of the Christian .Madonna. Besides this, the Christmas tree, now so common a mono us, was equally common in Babylon, whore it j*-ivc to their io>d tlo? name of Bind Befith. "Did wo ^et the 2"?th of Decent dcr as the birthday of our God from the Babylonians? If tiot then can any one explain how the conception of the I'aijau ?nd Bel i'h in* v > nt* ceieuinieu in minyioti i (one thousand, or two thoUHMIld yonrs. before 1 lit* days of tli?* \ ir- ! L'in Mnry) on tin* 2.~>th of March? Also, how the birth of that Ihignn god came to ho celebrated so long before tlx* Christian era, on the; U.*?lh of I ieei-niber? Also, why so many of tto-ir customs are our Christinas customs?" +**The Southern's Big Engines. The Southern Kailway has just [>ut into service a number of the largest engines ever used by the pnuipaiiy*. These 'engines weigh ! in the neighborhood of 117 b ns. . Their tonnage as it^ is known in rai I way circles is almost, incredible, I lie drawing poweV beingl ,.'>00 tons. TJie tonnage of a single box ear is 'Mliimitcd at ab >ut l.j tons so i lint ?ni* of these engines can pttll 100 ? if 4 A*.' y ' . i or mi ri1 Ik>n crtrs which would yive >t Iniiii of cmi'h four-ti'lhs ?F it mile in length. Kour > ciirs the Inr. - I Sl (Ml^illt'K of 'lit- Si "lit I It'I'll CllIlM not dfnvv molt' tlwiri 40 boxes in m single I in in but these now euu.nes will pull twice ms much us those old < njjiin k The increase in tonittre 1i?b been si.iiietliiui.' remark nbie. These new engines were i nuule Rt. K ie.lt iiioihI, N it., heitii* m soullit'rn |>(*<><inot and aie sail! to! he the largest in 11 to world. 'l'lioy cost $20,000 each. In addition to tlip above the Southern has placed mii imlcr for S-I.0OO.OWJ worth of iipw engines him! rolling stork. The nrw ecpu potent consists S2 engines. 1 70.000 pounds; 2,500 uoudolii ears. 500 ventilated box rare, 100 ballast ears, four switch engines mill tin or j passenger engines. ? -+ ?+ The News of the County. Ynrkvillo Kwpiirer. The K. M. M . A . cadets are rend ino out invitations to a reception and l>m11 to bejpvoii at the i pern house on Thursday niir 111. .Ianu:u y 1. Arrinioonieiits'ure bt inn pei fi cted on an elborate Bi'ale and the ball promises to be a soe.nl event of unusual importance. The petition recently signed by the Voi k bar asking lor an extra lerui ol court to be held in this county b?<.onino on the first Monday in February, was presented to the noverin-r last Thin sdav ! by {Senator iJi'ico. I 'pon receiving the petit loll. < ioveruor MrSiveeiiey advised Mr. Urico that lie would, net upon it. That, tie* extra b rin will be ordered is praelieally assured. Although the railroad authorities ! have well grounded suspicions as to identity of the miscreant who fired into the east hound passenger t rain near Jlickory drove last Satnidav ni^ht . no arrest im- yet been made I'eople who are in position to km w say that it i-< quite pronable thai I 11C I'll I i l'i ill.! . 1111 I ii 11 i I i.?< will !?.. I. . to work U|> a euro 11 in t will w hi runt j the f. How's hi rest. I'lie party under suspicion is a wlii e man with a repaintloll for isenoral Wotl.lless11 ess. Rock Hill 1 Irralil. The SIhH' constables It ro con linnc lo^et in their work. Weil ncsday ('oiista! jle Tlioinitsson made It not 111 I* sli i pineiit to llic State null mill at ('olumbin. iMiss Amelia Jleckliain has accepted the place of lie I ivory clerk at the postotHee, ami enlertd upon 1 he discharge of the <l'ili< a of the plaee several days ago. g The t riistees of I he graded school nave decided to Rive the teachers and pupils a ton day's holiday or: account of ('bristnias, from Tues ibu before Christmas, until Janti hiv 1st. IfncU Hill .loui'iial. C. S. May, now s-orvint* as city clcik. will likely offer for the inav- 1 fit \ IT 1 * ' orniuy. >> lien seen i?y a Journal rerter, Mr. May was indefinite, hut looked and talked like a man who ' wanted to "yield to the pressing solicitat ions of 11ih friends." .1. ]. Hull, whom several people exported to offer lor the place, will not enter the race. The information cornea from Congressman Finley that the S? n ate hi the present session of Congress will likely pass the hill pass* d hy the House at the last, session providing for an annual term of the Federal court at itock Hill and Spai tiuibuig. Blizzard iti the West. The l>li/./.ard that raged on I ii d iy and Saturday in Knatein 1\>1< 'ado and Wyoming and Western Kansas and Nebraska was the most serious i:i vcara to the rail roads, so far as inti rruption of traf lie is concerned. All liains on the I n ion I'ncilieaiul Burlington roads were delayed tv\enty-four hours and some trains even more than that. To is is true of t rains over t he Kansas Bneilic hianch of-the In ion Pacific. Along the lines snowdrifts six to ten feel deep made the movement.'* of trains imp* s-ihle until tho tracks could he cleared. The Denver and Alliance branch of the Burlington runs to the Black Hills, and trains which left Denver on Fri lay were released from their positions in the drift Sunday. One train, which was completely hidden from siidit l>v o V tho snow, was relieved by hiiow ploughs from Alliance, Ncl). A supply train was run from Mercer, Ncl). witli fuel and provisions for ' the imprisoned passengers. It required desperate work to reach the stalled train through tin* l)l;ndinij storm and almost, impenetrable drift. REGISTRATION NOTICE. t 1 Tho books of Registration for tlio town of Fort Mill for tho year l'JOtt are now open, and will he closed on the third pi) day of January, Itrvi. \V. 1J. Mriioham has laxm appointed Registrar. Hlv order of the town oorncil. J. W. MeKUUNEY, luteudant. * s . ^ , ? . - ' FOR GOOD YY HI SKIES, MIXES, Iill AX DIES, ETC.,; cam. ?>n ou winrn t<? W. II. IIOOV Ml?, N r. K ^il " LftUHORY MARKS ' that arc not found 011 limn ITosh from The IICDEL STEAM LATJ2RY, Charlotte, N. ('.. are rust stains, ink: si.lips, fruit stains, ami ?>s j h*? m.? 11 y sr?>v< hes from overheated irons. That is what wo particularly guard against. , li?et;li'ss, flawless, immaculate -white i:\s white can he, or as strong of eoloi is when you bought it lif originally of a color pattern . your washable apparel is returncl clean, well washed, v eil I ironed. Shipment made from v'ort Mill every Thursday morning and laundry returned Saturday mornings hy ? t?. L. Mcl.l I1AMV. A cent. TRESPASS KOT1CIC. All parsons are herein warnedagainst hunt iiiK fishing or ot herv ise t respas.dng upon any of the lands owned or e.mtrolled hy the undcrsijjm 1 parties. The law will he rigidly applied to anyone <1 isreirardinit this notice. P. NIMS W F. Pattkkson. \V. II. .tones. T. S. Kivkpatriek. .T. \V. Anlivy. \V. <5. Armstrnng. 11 \ 1 ' 5? Vi ' - . ... . iv. i , lum ua;. W. 1C. Spratt. 'I'. Fprntt. W. B. Hoko II. M. Spratt. Mi-ses Aduie and Ho vie Harris. .1. li. l oil harp \V. ! .Tones S. K. White. B. ]'. Bennett. .1. B. Mark. T. A. Mills. W. F. Boyd. TRY THE Fur il t'l! t?t-rl'lH3 HAIR ('I T, SUA VE, SHAMPOO, or HA til SINCJE. Caroihsrs &L Son. I'liOPUIliTOHS. Third door Dunk building. D. J. WILLIAMS, StatssviUe's Lipor Dealer. Laurel Valley Corn Whiskey, 5 Years Old: 12 Full Quarts, in lieat ease, . ?7 .'>0 24 Pints. . . . . 8 (HI 48 Half Pints . 8 60 | 4'C Jul lens, keg included, . 0 00 l One ami two gallons, jug ami eraie iueiuded, per gallon. 2 23 Pure C. Sweet Hash Corn Whiskey: New, per gallon. .1 40 ; Two to Tliree years old, per gal. 1 7o | Pure Applo Brandy, i>er gallon, 2 oo Elm City Club Eye. 7 years old, 12 quarts, . . . . 8 00 | Twenty-four Pints, . . . 8 ,*>o i Forty-eight Half pints, . t> 00 One and two gallons, jag and crate included, per pillon, 2 AO Sscelsicr Rye, jnj? ami crate included. per pi lion, . 2 Oil ?:a:h ani Honey, per pillon, . 2 00 Eo:"s anf, Rye, f>cr pillou, . . 2 00 Holland Gin. i>or pillon, . 200 Kenieiubcr I ;un no re -titier or com1 jioniidcr. In buying my punls yon aro 110I buying \v;ii(T. i pi.'irautec all tin sc pxxls superior to anythingbein-t siiipjx d trom this iriirltob. All jujis will bo pal in IxiMs instead ol'era*i s for IV. extra; kep* l? >.<ed for :i'. extra, an 1 all boves are slnp,x>il without any marks I > indicntc t heir contents, t ash must accompany all orders. The}' will In tilled the sauie day received. Send mom % by registered lette\ postotlice money order or ex press money order. v lo.xla shipped , either by freight or express. As to my responsibility I refer yon to the liradfjtreet and Dunn Moivantile Companies and my hundred^ of <niSloiners all over the Sour It. R< niember, apiin. that I guarantee satisfaction 111 all cases or refund the money. U, A. WILLIAMS, sTATKSVILK, N. <\ Anvone noiirtlna a r ketch and rtrrcrlntlnn may qnlcklv Mcertiln ir.ir opinion free wfiether an Invention la prulmtilf pato'ilnble. < otnn.u.ilonl lona k! riell v coiifliloiitlitl. Handbook OH I'atentn rent free. Oldral nueiu y for necnrlng patent*. Patent* taken throncl! Munn A Co. receive tpfutl notice, wit boat charge, in tho Scientific JlnKfican. A hnndaomely llluMrntot vro't.'r. l,nn?e?t. dr. rnlnllon of any rctentltle J. i.tiiul. Twim, ti a I voir: four month*, ft. Sold by nil newrilealer*. MUNN & Co.=eil"?'","> New Ymk llrai.oli Ol?< o, ffio K St, Waihliulon, 1). C. The Tillies ami the New York World at $1.75 a year. p?PB AN OHDINANCH ' I t- it ordained by the town ooniioil of Fort Mill, S. '' . now -it t Iiislt in eonunou conn: il awl l>v authority of samo Sec. I. That, afror .Taunarr 1. lOOtt, it shall bo unlawful for any train on the Southern Railway to bo rati at a greater rato of speed through tins town of Port Mill, between Olobonriie street crossing (overhead bridge) and Sprat t street crossing (Millforl mill t than 1 "> miles an hour. See. 2- No whistle of len-jir blasts than one second each shall he blown bet ween said points. Tho penalty for every violation of either of t he aitove se<*tions shall be not less than $10.C0 nor more th in $ot).tm,? or iniprisonment of not less than lt>days nor more than to days. Done and ratified in council tbis 22nd day of December, l!K>2T. (J. I 17 LP, IntoudiMit. Attest: .1. M. SPEATT, Clerk. Your Xmas C Should lie made of ill- best F ins/ ('otr.jvniy sjM'.iks to evi ly In nulls I t oni li M' Lmkiny; of ( iiUcs i Bail YaSSey Fi 25 P0*!K?0 Sfll 5C miM SAC 100 PMK3 S& Some of y mi kn >\v ot tiers in no i i[util in liii< j:lnce. It Imke( lilies. (live lis your oriel asul .Delivered miywiiero in town. For! Mill Manuiactarii ] 1 {? 1 IM> 1. ? J* 1 IR I IkSU II OLD m Annual Cleg <5 Since the iuuugurat we have made it a nil December of each yeai includes everytliinu: ii our !)]<> store, always u i ,w. .,11 - liwn^ wu (111 1 I'ltiililiil ?>, i>ur clearance sale t'l Monday, December I, make this the most iut so far conducted thi counts will he made 01 All our December sa iul, but the event of th previous occasions of are a money saver vo this oppcrt unity to bir specially reduced prici WANTlvD?tow 1 other kinds of Peas, i market price for tliem. a number of wagons ai offer at bargain prices Grain Fertilizer just horses aiul mules to be Y ours for THE OLE EEL] T. 15. liELK, P. S.?-Highest ma Corn, Uav, and Fodde t+i i i . WW Fine Photographs When y??u no to Char* lot'o don't fail to pay a visit to DOER'S PK0T9. GALLERY, We ir.ako all tin* latest styles and sizes, at reasonaide prices. I W. Fifth St., Charlotce, N. C. . > PLACE YOUR ORDERS FOR .TO!) PRINTING WITH THE TIMES. , V \ 1'>i?r. The Fort M 'I Manufuet'nr* uisewil who wishes the host re Hid itrend lor the holiihics. Westell lour? 5?!2 69c :;{? $ 1.20 iikZ 2.43 'isl 1 i11i 1 <>nt -that I Valley has * hcuiit ?fnily ".?<l l ines 1<> suit all I he cdiivin -fcl as well as pleuHcd. ng Company's Store. 1 \ M.i n:?c:?*r. MIS SHE ira nee Sale. *>+<&<> ^o-a-oion of this business io to conduct during a special sale, which 11 all departments of uakiug special redueodds and ends, iiis year will begin oil and it is our aim to cresting sale we have s year. Special disi all Clothing, Shoes, Furniture, Stoves and Trunks. les have* boon successis sale will out class all the kind, and if vou / >u will not overlook y high-class goods at ks. Vas, Whipporwill or ind will pay highest We have on hand id buggies which we . Two car loads of in. A few head of sold el leap, business, riMD ofnnnn iidijd >>iunc, , Proprietor. rket price paid for r.