Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 31, 1902, Image 2
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DECEMBER 31. 1002.
A Prosperous New Year.
The Time extend* thanks to its 1
friends for their support during I
the year 1(.H>2 and sincerely and .
heartily wishes all a happy and
prosperous new year. It is a mat- i
Jer of gratification that prosperity
and good times are so general and
abundant and thiseondit.on naturally
adds much to the joy of the (
present holiday season. Our peo- i
pie in all avoeations have enjoyed
good new year and there is every 1
prospect of a continuance of the ,
material blessings of life during
the year about to open.
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Tillman to Oppose Drum's Confirmation j
It. was thought by some that j
Senator J'illi^an would pr<d;ably
make even with the "Von Ixolnitz" j
h>emoerutH by keeping mum in the
matterpf J)r. Cru.in's appointment
as collector of the wort of Charles- '
ton. Hut to have u negro fill such J
tin important office in South Caro- |
linn is not in keeping with the sen- ;
ator4H views of the race questiiiii
ami he will lead the fight 1,1 Hie ,
Senate against Crunks confirma- '
tio,::. Senator Tillman rarely
misses an'oppitunity of opposing
the Republicans in negro appointments
in Democratic States, and
when the question of Cruni and >
tlio collectorship comes ,up, the j
Senator is more than likely to J (
^naku his presence known and felt. <
Civil Service Examinations. '
The U. S. Civil Service Commis 1
sion reports that for the year en- i
ding June ,'H), 1902, there were 14,'98J
persons appointed from its registers.
There wns|4,092 more than i
was evor tiefore appointed in a Hin- i
pie year. Anyone wishing infor- i
mation about these positions can
secure it fre.e by writing for the
Civil Service announcement of the
^Columbian Correspondence Col- i
lege, Washington, D. C. The
commission will hold examinations
to secure young men and women
for these places during March and
April, at Charleston and Columbia.
Many people do not know that
these appointments are made with- 1
put political influence and that a
large share of them are filled by
those having only a common school
education, but such is now the case. <
Roosvvs!! In a Quandary.
There is every reason to believe
that J?resjdent Roosevelt now faces
the most serious crisis in his political
career and the feur that lie is
about to make n graye error is by
no ineaus confined to his political
opponents. When Germany nnd
Great Britain aspented to the proposition
of the United States that
^he Venezuelan situation Jae submitted
to a court of arbitration, it
was supposed that the Hague court
would be called upon to decide the
delicate questions involved. There
is reason to believe, too, that this
was the preference of Great Britain,
but Germnny objected and as
a result an Informal proposition
was made to Mr. Roosevelt to act
as arbitrator. As is customary in
diplomacy, this proposition was
made informally with a view to
permitting the president to decline
:e ?:? -i4? i ? m ..
im nnw in wiiuoui. resilstnu me
formal invitation of the Rowers.
He replied, informally, of course,
hut in such terujs as to leave it
evident that, while somewhat reluctant,
he was pot positively ad
verse to acceptiriic the responsible
position. That the president was
greatly flattered by the offer has
hns been evident from the reports
of nil who haye jL'ohspltefl him since
the invitation was tendered him.
As a result, the formal offer lias
now been forwarded to Washington
and even if the president de
termines to decijne the responsibility
he cannot do it as gracefully
as when the offer had beep made
only informally.
Tlit Governor Needs a New Mansion.
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One of the recommendations the
governor will make in his last message
to the Legislature, says the
Columbia Record, will be thatia
v new executive mansion be built.
jU has beeu admjlled by everybody j
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familiar with conditions that the1
present mansion has long since I
parsed beyond its use for such a \
purpose, and that for the sake of j
i he health, nut to refer to the com- i
fort of the occupants, soinething '
ought, to he done about it. (Jovernor
McSweoney has given tin(piestiou
careful consideration, and
lie believes a new mansion can be
erected in every way modern, suitable
and convenient w ithout a cent 1
of cost to the Slate. It is estima !
ted that the present building and
grounds would hj,i.ng about $40,000
and that i- not mere guess work, |
for some of the local capitalists |
who have been sounded on I he j
matter, lliink such a mini eonhl be
brought. Not only that but there
is almost a certainty that if it is
put on tin* market there would be
no trouble about getting a purchaser.
That being accomplished,
the plan js to secure two acres
from the South Carolina college
on Sumter at reel. The college
might be given $10,000 of the purchase
price for this lot, and leave
$.'10,000 with which to build a man
sion of a modern character an I arranged
for the special purpose of
being the residence of the chief
executive. This would help the
college and the State, and besides
that, would put the present trunnion
property on tho tax lists.
The Great Catawba Dam.
The following extracts are taken 1
from an interesting article published
in tho Charlotte Observer
of Sunday.
The nnm trwni...! ?4 T.wliim
Hook Shoals on tho Catawba river,
7 1-2 miles north of lioeK Hill, 41-2
miles west of Fort Mill and IS
miles southwesf. of Charlotte. The
[Ira in age area above the daiu is 3,iXH)
square miles, reaching to a
point about half way between Marion
and Asheville on the northwest;
Lenoir, Taylorsvillo and
Statesville on the north; Charlotte,
Ljncolnton and Dallas on the
west. When the dam is completed
it wi4l create a pond that will extend
from S to 12 miles up the
river, according to the stage of the
water. The back-water will extend
to South Fork, into the North
Carolina line, and not far from the
railroad bridge of the Air Line
division of the Southern. The
basin in the immediate vicinity of
t)io dam is a broad, deep valley
set between a range of high hi Is.
Two branch valleys leading to the
west will afford additional water
storage facilities, making practically
one large and two Binall ponds,
either ono of the latter which is
larger than any popd in tlfis see
lion of the country. The pond
really will be a great lake, with an
average length of 10 miles, and
half a mile acmes at its widest
point.
The plant will be completed and
in operation by June 1002. The
plant completed, according to the
engineer's estimate, will cost $850,1)01).
It is probable that additions
and alterations will bring the cost
up to $1,000,000. Indeed, it is
bard to get into the head of an
outsider who has viewed the gigantic
undertaking, that the work
could be done for that sum, and
one would be inclined to think
that Dr. Wylio will be fortunate
in getting out at that figure. But
it is for keeps. A Mood like the
great one of May, 1901, which carried
away the Air Line railroad
bridge, and which was the heaviest
tlood jp the Catawba since 187M.
woujd pass the overflow of the
dam, the constructors say. without
displacing a stone or interrupting
the workings of the plant. Dr.
Wylie has built upon a solid foundation
and his money is safely invested,
not only to his own profit,
hut to the manufacturing iuterests
tributary to his plant.
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Th? Art of Teaching.
The address delivered reoeptly
at. Barnwell by Superintendent of
Education Williams has attracted
considerable attention, and reference
has been made to it by numbers
of leading papers. The subject
of the address was. "The Insufficiency
of Country Schools and
How to Improve Them," to which
end Mr. Williams otters the following
Hiimrest ii him*
Build better and lnrger houses
of two or three rooms. Improve
the architecture, paying attention
to the decoration of the interior and
the grounds. Use paint and white- j
wash liberally. Cultivate the esthetic
and ornamental as well as
the practical and useful. Agitate
the good roads movement in your
country as a means of facilitating
the easy attendance of country
children, thereby making consolidation
possible. Diminish the
number of schools in each district,
put more teachers in each school.
Decrease the number of districts
auu Imve a graded school in the
centre of each large district. If
necessary, carry the children to
the schools, but do not attempt to
take the selio* Is to the children.
The school should he the social
centre of each community. Literary
societ ii h should he established,
for in this day we can urnke the
country as at rective as the city
and prevent the .emigration of the
people to the towns, .(lood teachers
only should he employed,
(iive preference to those who attend
the summer schools and en
coutaire the teachers to attend the
cou ii t y assgc i at ions.
The rescue of country .schools
means the perpetuating of our
American free instilutioiis, bought
hy blood and treasure on many a
hard fought battle field.
Civil War Claims.
An effort will be made during
the current session of congress to
secure the passage of a bill author,
izing the distribution, under the
direction of the eou.rt of claims, of
the fund in the treasury arising
from the sale of property captured
or aiiutnioued Uuriug tiio Civil
War.
On two or three occasions bills
having this purpose in view have
passed one or the other of the
houses of eo 11 j^rOHs hut have failed
of passing both. The Captured
and Abandoned Pro|verty Funds
new amounts to something like
$Io,0<,>0,000, which rightfully belongs
to owners ami heirs living
in ihe South.
The governors of most all the
Southern states have been requested
to co-operate in the eiTort to
get the general gote'rnment to return
this money to its owners, and
the congressmen of the South are
I certain to do what they can to help
the matter forward.
The News of Pleasant Valley.
Delightful "at homes" were numerous
in Plougant Valley duijng
Xuihh week.
Mr. IV n Alexander and Miss
Collins, daughter of Perry Collins,
of lielair, were married on ^'mas
night at the home of the In itle.?
A happy new year to both.
Messrs. Vance and John Crane,
of Concord, are visiting friends in
the Valley this week.
Miss Florence Kiinbrell, of Cold
Hill ....,i ..e
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Furl Mill, are visiting relatives in
P. V. ttiis week.
Mr Frjnik Potts is spending the
Xmas holidays at his home here.
Mr. James Hennigan, of Pineville,
spent a few days ip the \ alley
Xmas week.
The entertainment given by the
local C. M. A. lodge was a success
in every particular, both from an
entertaining and financial stand
point. Notwithstanding the fa.ct
that the admission was gratis,
about $15 were poured into the
coffers of the (J. M. A. Treasury.
Votes for the prettiest girl present
were sold at the rate of seven for
25 cents, You can see by this
how much the P. V. boys love the
the Pleusaat \ alley girls. "They
are the onlv nebbles on the he ie.l? '?
says one little fellow, who has
I never seen the ocean.
The patrons of the Pleasant Valley
school are requested to meet at
| the academy on Saturday at 1
o'clock P. M., for the purpose of
electing an assistant teacher.
Cherry Tree Swindlers Go to Jail.
Failing to raise the necessary
money to compromise their cases
some 12 or 15 defendants in the
famous Atnos Owen cherry tree
cases were given short terms of
imprisonment by Judge Boyd in
the Federal court at Charlotte on
the 17th inst. Rev. T. Bright was
sentenced to four months imprisonment
and fined $1,000; C. 1).
Wilkie, three months, and W. H.
Padgett o?e month. Wilkie will
be released provided he raises
#1,500, he having already paid in
$500 of that amount. The case of
Dr. F. Bright, the njleged originator
of the cherry tree scheme, was
continued, owing to the illness pf
his wife.
A receiver had been appointed
with a view to refunding the money
secured from thousands of
women throughout the country by
the means of the endless chain system,
but owing to the proceedings
of the Federal court the victims
f i I. 2 11 ? ?l - a ? I
vi int* o\viiiu 101m win noi remove a
cent.
dispensary And Saloon.
An interesting question will be
presented to the inembers-elect
from Mecklenburg county to the
next legislature within the next
few days. This question will be
! whet tier or not Charlotte is to do
j awny with the saloons in their
I present restricted form or whether
j a dispensary will be placed there.
At the present time there are 18
saloons iii the city of Charlotte
1 that are required to ohen at G
I o'clock and close at 9. For the
1 privilege of selling whiskey during
j these hours the saloon men are
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j taxed $1,000 by the city and $230
j by the state and county. The
present reform administration will,
, it is said, advocate a dispensary. i
During the campaign, in which t
, members of the legislature were
elected, there was little said in regard
to the whiskey question, as
there seemed to be a tacit under
standing that the present liquor
laws would stand at least for lire
next two years.
U now develops that there will
' be an effort made to drive the sa- i
; loons from the city of Charlotte (
ana pwe-e in meir menu on or two
dispensaries, to ho run on the !
same plan as the present South,
i Carolina law.
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FOR
| GOOD WHISKIES, |
WINES,
MtANDIES, ETC.,
CALL ON OK NVJU1TE TO
w. if. hoover,
CIHKUMTK. N. C.
LAUNDRY MARKS
that urn not found ou liuuu fresh frotn ,
The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY,
Charlotte, N. C., are rust stains, inli \
| stains, fruit stains, and especially |
scorches from overheated irons. That
j is what wo particularly guard against .
Heck less, Haw loss, immaculate?white
I ias white can he, or as strong of color as
when you bought it (if originally of a
color pattern), your washable apparel is
returned clean, well washed, well
j ironed.
Shipmout made from Fort Mill every
Thursday morning and laundry rei
turned Saturday mornings by?
tl). L. McELHANEY, Agent.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned against
limiting, fishing or otherwise trespassing
upon any of tl?e lands owned or controlled
by the undersigned (uirties. The
law will be rigidly applied to anyone
disregarding this notice.
F. Nims. W F. Patterson.
W. II. Jones. T. S. Kirkputrick.
J. \V. Ardrey. W. 0. Armstrong.
D. A. late. R. S. Torrenco.
. W. E. Spratt. T. C. Spratt.
W. B. Hoke B. M, Spratt.
Misses Addie and Dovie Harris.
J. H. Cqltlpirp W- Jones
S. E. Whitp. B. F, Bennett.
J. B. Mock. T. A. Mills.
W. F. Boyd.
TRY THE
Citjr Barber Shop
For u lirst-cjass
HAIU COT,
SHAVE,
SHAMPOO, or
HAIR STNC.E.
Garothers & Son.
Proprietors. .
Third door Bunk building.
Id. j.williams,!
! Statesville's Lipor Dealer.
Laurel Valley Corn Whiskey, 5 Years Old:
12 Full Quarts, in neat case, . $7 50
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?i i hum, ..... N (HI
48 Half Pints . 8 60
4'a Gallons, keg included, i) 00
One and two gallons, jug and
crate included, per gallon, . 2 25
Pure N. C. Sweet Mash Com Whiskey:
j New, por gallon, . . . 1 40
Two to Three years old, per gal. 1 75
Pure Apple Brandy, per gallon, . 2 00
Elm City Club Bye, 7 years old, 12
qip?rts, . . . . 8 00
Twenty-four Pints, . . .8 50
Fpvty-eight Half pints, . .1)00
(Due and two gallons, jug and
crate included, por gallon, . 2 50
' Excelsior Bye, jug and crate included,
per gallou, . . 2 00
I Peach and Honey, per gallon, 2 oo 1
Bock and Bye, per gallon, . . 2 00
Holland Gin, per gallon, . 2 00
Remember I am no rectifier or compounder.
In buying my goods you are
not buying water. 1 guarantee all these
goods superior to any t hing being shipped
from this market. All jugs will be put
in boxes instead of crates for loo. oxtra;
kegs boxed for 25c. extra, and all boxes
are shipped without any marks to indi
cate their contents. Cash must uccom|
ituny all orders. They will bo filled the
j same day received. Send money by
j registered letter, postoflfice money order ;
j or express money order. Goods sbipiied
either by freight or express.
As to my responsibility I refer yon to
the Hradstrect and Dunn Mercantile
Companies and my hundreds of customers
all over the South. Remember,
again, that I guarantee satisfaction in
all cases or refund the money.
D. J. WILLIAMS,
STATKSV1LE. N. C.
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The Tune. nuU tho New k'ork
World at $1.75 a ye a jr.
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AN ORDINANCE
Bo its ordained by the town council of
Fort Mill, S. C., now sitting iu oomuion
council and by authority of saino
Sec. I. That, after January 1, 1008,
it shall bo unlawful for any train on !
the Southern Railway to be run at a
greater rate of .>i?kh1 through the town
of Fort Mill, bct-wcon (Jlebourno street. !
crossing (overhead bridge) and Sprntt
street crossing (Millfort mill) than 15
.miles an hour.
Sec. 2. No whistle of longer blasts
than one second each shah be blowu
between said points.
Tbo penalty for every violation of
cither of the abyve sections shall be not I
less tbati $10.00 nor more than $.50.00,
or imprisonment of not less tlmn lOdays
nor more than 80 days.
Done and ratified in connoil this 22nd
day of December, 1002.
T. Ct. CULP, Iutendant.
Attest:
J. M. SPRATT, Clerk.
"V$7" e "W ant
Oui
Cotton See
and IVSeaB
We have them on
Fort Mill Manufacturi
L. A. HARRI
THE OLD BEL
Wishes its many patr<
i w m
A nai
M
and
Prosf
New
Year.
Otir business duri
mouths has surpasi
years, and we now lnr
Jv ?
tied customers than c
we owe our success in
ly extend to each our
es, hoping that all 111
and profitable year,
closing. In the futui
shall endeavor to mer
keeping on hands at
select stock of
CLOTHIIVK
DRY GOOI
FURNITUF
WAREANI
It's a well establish
can not be discounted
lotto, or other nearby
need of anything in 01
time and money by cc
Yours for ai
TEE OLD REL
T. B. BELK
P. S.?-Highest nu
Corn, Hay, and Fodd
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Fiue Photographs
When ypu go toVUhHrlotip
don't fail to lay a
visit to \
aacES's photo, gallery.
We make all the latest
styles and sizes, nt reason
able prices.
I \V. Fifth Sly Ch^rlotee, N. .
PLACE YOUR ORI>EBS
FOR JOB PRINTING
WITH THE TIMES.
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to Quoto
: Prices on
h PHI 11 *-*
nuiid
hamls at al) times.
ing Company's Store,
l\ Manager.
.IABLG STORE
)11S
ppy
terous
11 f*> *1, A o r* 4- 1
ii^ ciio jm?i IWI'IVO
scd that of previous
ve a larger list of satisver
before. To these
i business, and lieartithanks
and good wishay
enjoy a healthful
such as the one just
e, as in the past, we
it your patronage bw"
all times a new anp
3, SHOES,
DS, HATS,
31T UJlDn_
h_, i irini/3
STOVES
cd fact that our prices
in Rock Hill, Chartowns,
and when in
nr line you will s^ve
)ining to see us.
aother yaar,
MBLE STORE.
Proprietor,
irket price paid fqy