University of South Carolina Libraries
Miiili TIMES DEMOCRATIC published every Wednesday B. W. BRADFORD. Terms of KufcfJ'. 1 i,uio?: Or "ear $1.00 Si1* .non in 50 Tlirw inontli.v ! <'oi ii?j)oni!tnce on cuirfiil RUbjec-ts Is , Invited, lint no reaponslblllty Is as- | .AnnnymouM communications will not be published In these columns. On application to the publisher, nil- | vcrtblng jau.-i are made known to those int' ft sted. b'nj mi;i 'I'hone (wlih long distance I'oniit'i tloim) No. 126. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29. I A scandal of no sniidl propor. ! lions lias just c oinn to litrht in connection with tlie administration of army affairs in Alaska. A number ' of mi my otficers, ali of those in fact ; who were on duty at Skmjwuy about a year atro are to bo tried tiy ; court ma ial for hp!lint; commit-* nary stores to civilians and pocketing the proceeds. Another officer who lifts been on duty for some t me in Alaska is to be tried for a short aire just discovered in bis ne- \ Counts. He claims that his safe; was looted but that he will have to prove. * Governor I toy ward hns appoint..i i ? \\f: 11: * i i . . t'W VTfll. Wlllltf fJ < JlIHH Ml hlU'lTfl I th** In11* A. F. II. Dulcet on the hoard <>f directors of (lie Slate di" peusary. vion. Joiioh has accepted 1 ho appoint men I, but will not stand for re-election at the hands of the i Legislature at. tin1 expiration of; his form in January of next year. ! lie has served on the board before, ! having been chairman on the first board organized after the manage- J inent whh transferred from a board , loioi-t'iiu' of certain State otlicials ! to a board elected by the General Assembly. .* The work preliminary to the entertainment of tlio Confederate veterans at their approaching an- i nual reunion in the city of Columbia ou May 12, 12 and 14, is getting well under way. It is requested 1 I..O 4 1,.. ..r ..II ~ un< inr aiiriiiuiri n ui (ill I'dllljm , throughout the Stnte wear their camp badges when they go to Coliitnbin, thus identifying themselves and materially Milling the ( entertnimnent eonnnitteefl that will meet them at the depot. The entertainment committee proposes to establish headquarters at the depot, where veternns arriving can be given proper direction. ? i M The truckers of Eastern North Carolina are now in the midst of the strawberry season, which about equals the cotton harvest in this section. Thursday the shipments through South Itoeky Mount wore the heaviest, of the year, having amounted to 77 refrigerator cars of dOO crates each and 1,900 crates ! by Southern Express, making a grand total of 25,000 crates ox 800.000 quarts, This enormous single-day shipment gives a fair j idea of tho value of strawberry growing to that section. If the | shipments of Thursday alone net 10 cents per quart to the growers, j ?80,000 were distributed in that; section as a result. The dominion of the postmaster general requiring postmasters from whose offices free mini delivery routes start, to post, the mimes of nil residents along these routes in the local postoffices will probably occasion serious trouble for the administration. It has already been ! pointed out to the postmaster genera I that this custom is the occa- i sion of serious hardship to local i merchants and newspapers. These lists of names are used hy the great mail order houses and the big dailies to solicit business and subscribers to the detriment of the local business men and the latter | have protested, but in vain. Meanwhile the mail order houses are j reaping a haivest and the daily newspapers are adding materially to their subscription lists, m * * There are 500 more pensioners ! in the State this year than last year, says the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier. The increase in the list has been steady from year to year and now numbers 8,250. The increase has been general throughout the State. The State board has endeavored to hold the list down and to restrict the pension fund to those who were Absolutely entitled to its benefits. It will be interesting to know tnnt the most numerous class of pensioners will this year not only $17.35, wlv.erens last year they not $11105. This reduction in the amount to no to the pensioners is simply because of the increase in the numlief utljudged to be entitled to the benetits of the fund. York County has 315 pensioners this year us against 204 of 1U02. As u result of the election held fflin Gaston county, N. C? Wednes tluy, the county seat will remain at W * *' ^ I \ ^ . Dallas. ti.? iiihjt>rity favori* ^ that town be'ti^ "?<> in u total vote of' about 11.000. The campaign on tho question h?8 been vigorously waited for some weeks. Dallas is situated four miles from (lastonia, on the Carolina and Northwestern railroad. It. has been contended I during the rniupniun for removal ! that the town of (jrastonia luis! more county business than all tlie| other 8eelioii3 of tiaston combined and that beino the centre of popu lation and ImviiiLr better railroad facilities it should lie the county seat. The meat need of new county ImildinLis was emphasized, ami every argument brought, to bear in favor of removal, but Wednesday's election lias settled the matter, at least for the present. ? The Sayings of Others. Kansas lias butted into the Smith's race question so often that blue'; smallpox lias broken out in j the State.?Atlanta Journal. The number of pensioners in j South Carolina is said to have in- I creased r?OU over last year. They < will keep on increasing, mid the | further we get from tin* wnr llioj more pensioners we will have.? Spartanburg Journal. The penitentiary authorities are complaining that since all convicts sentenced for ten years and under are employed on the county cha'ingangs they have not enough in tiie penitentiary to do the work there, j Well, its making mighty good roads in the counties where the convicts are working.- Spartanburg Journal. They have decided in Washing- ; ton that the copy of the Declaration of Independence must not he any longer exhibited to the public. | The ink is fading, and in order to 1 preserve the document it must he locked up securely from the air. It doesn't make any difference wo suppose whether it is locked up from tin? public or not, for the way some things are done nowa days allows that its principles are back numbers.?Columbia Record. South Carolina News There's n new daily newspaper at Charleston. More properly ! speaking, it is a nightly publiea-j tion. It is The Fair Journal and' It is issued every night at the Ca- ! thedral Fair, at the Hibernian Hall. The Journal is a very excellent publication. It is edited! by Rev. 1'. L! DutFy, with Col. James Armstrong as associate ed- j itor and it is the olfici.nl organ of | the fair management. While lying in his bed recently j at an early hour on Paris Island Wm. McDonald, colored, was shot in the arm hy a litle ball, which passed through the hoards of his shanty. 1? was considered aeei- ' dental. Efforts to discover the j shooter have thus far failed. It is believed to have been a ransom shot, carelessly lired. The wound is not considered very serious, . Dr. O'Connell's Installation. The Rev. Dr. Dennis J. O'Con- ' nell, who was a recent visitor to his mother, Mrs. B. O'Connell, of; this nlnee. wiis nil w ( 1 m 'Hi 1 ii v' iii. i Rfailed ns rector of the Catholic j University of America, at Wash- j in^ton, in snccesRion to the Bi^ht Kev. Thomas J. Conaty. The ceremony, if bo simple a rite may bo termed a ceremony, Incident to Mm\ O'Connell's installation, occurred at a meeting of the trustees i of the university held in McMahcn hall. Cardinal Gibbons, of Haiti- J more, was the central figure of the day's exercises. As the president of the board of truestees of the university, he formally installed Mj^r. O'Connell as rector. In attendance upon the meeting were many of the highest dignitaries of the Catholic church of this country. n l irwl Kooii r rnvi/Mtultr rl.wwl.wl ...IV. ? . t v.. v.v.vv. tluit this installation should not he a public ceremony, because it was the desire of the trustees not to interfere in the slightest way with the work of the students nt. the university. The installation occurred, therefore, behind closed doors. At noon, the brief appointing Mgr. O'Connell as Dr. County's suocessor was presented and Cardinal Gibbons formally inducted the new rector into office. Notice. All mom hers of Catawba Lodge No. 5(?, A. P. M., are requested to assemble at the Lodge room tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to pay their last respects to the decen-ed wile or our friend and brother, Capt. Sam'l K. White. L. A. Harris, W. M. ? Card of Thanhs. We take this means of thanking our friends for the favors bestowed upon us incident to the recent loss to the family of one of lis heloved members. 8. J. Kimbbell and family. KABE A WjSTRIAL. Jury in the Johnston, Nivcns, Parks As cnult Case Hung Up at Ten for Conviction and Two for Aoqulital-Evidence Badly Mixed.-McCraven Got Two Years Imprisonment. From (ho Yorkville Enqu'rer. Tin* case of tin* state ngainst li. I'. IT. Nivi-ns. IT. (1. .IoIiiihom iiikI A. IT. Parke, chamed willi assault ami hattery with intent to kill which was in progress when the Inst issue t?f The Knquirer j wont to press, consumed the time of the court until a late hour j Wednesday when, the jury being j unable to agree, a mistrial was , ordered. This ease, as presented to the jury, was a horribly mixed nj> affair. ll had its origin in a row between 10. P. H. Nivens and H. Ji. Kirby. While policeman at Fort Mill, Nivens caused the seizure of whiskey consigned to Kirby and other employers of the Catawba Power company. Alter that one day ho arrested Kirby for alleged disorderly conduct, lie claimed to be doing his duty. Kirby and , his friends thought lie had been treated unjustly. Later Nivens went to the dam of the Catawba Power company and was beaten up by Kirby and others. He claimed that he was at the dam with a warrant for a negro and in pursuance of bis duties. The other side made it appear that iio was at the dam without any particular i.....:.... i ?i... * i._ i . i;imuirr?n, rum iiiut ill.) unriinr boisterous mid disorderly. Sometime after that in November last, Kirby was waylaid on the road between Fort Mill and the dam and beaten up. lie claimed that Nivens, Johnson and Parks and several others whom he was unable , to recognize, were his assailants. The defendants all denied the charge and sought to prove that they were elsewhere at the time. There were long arrays of witnesses on both sides and cross-swearing I the like of which Iiuh not been heard in quite awhile. It is under- j stood that the jury stood ten for! conviction and two for acquittal. Maj. James F. Hart and Congressman 1). 10. Finloy represented the defense and Messrs. Walter M. Dunlap and Thos. F. McDow rep- | resented the prosecution. Major James F. Hart having J withdrawn his notice of a motion for a new trial in the case of Samuel McCravtn, convicted of j manslaughter, the court sentenced 1 McCraven to imprisonment in the 1 state penitentiary for the term of two years. ? Mrs. Esther White Dead. Words fail to express the deep gloom which was cast over this commuuitv vesterdav afternoon bv : the announcement of the midden death of Mrs. Esther Phifer White, which occurred a few minutes before '3 o'clock at her homo on White street. Mrs. White had boen slightly ill for several days from an attack of gastritis, but her condition yesterday morning, it was thought, was so much improved as to dispel'all fears of serious results. During the afternoon Mrs. White had conversed with her husband on the piazza of their home, and, when the latter had left for his usual stroll down town, she had gone to her room to dress for a walk with her little grandson and Home other children. After waiting for some time the children became imuatient. and noon ?jroin?? into the house the little ones were shocked to tind tliat Mrs. White had been suddenly stricken ill and lay helpless upon the tloor. The alarm was immediately given and in a short time the physicians arrived but too late to render aid, as she was already cold in death. Deceased was a daughter of the J late Robert Allison, of Concord. : N. C, and is survived by a devoted husband, Capt. Sarn'l E. White, a daughter, Mrs. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, two brothers, Mr. ?J. A. Allison, of Concord, and Rev. Mr. Allison of Louisiana, ! and a sister, Mrs. J. M. Odell, of Concord. All of these were noti; tied by wire of the and occurrence and are expected to arrive hero during the day. Deceased was in her 59th year, and has tor many years been a devoted member of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church. SShe always i took an active part in church work, was every ready to contribute libi i-rnllv lit i-li ii i-i t n 1 il.a xnncnii imrl ! was prominently connected with ? number of social and charitable , organizations. The funeral service will be held tomorrow morning nt 10 o'clock at the home of the deceased. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned against hunti-p, fishing, or otherwise trespassing upon the lands of tlio nudersiguod, under penalty of the law. W. H. WINDLE. Purely Personal. Messrs. 1>. M. Howie and lien Patterson were up from Rock Hill Sunday. Mr. H. E. White, of Rock Hill, 1 spent Sunday in Fort Mill. Mre. 1>. W. Bradford nnd eliil- 1 dren visited relatives in Itoek Mill duriiiLT the past week. Mrs. P. K. Praven, returned to [ her home it? Itoek Hill Sunday, after a visit to relatives in this place. Dr. Lee Spratt, of Fort Mill, was at the Nicholson Wednesday. ?Chester Lantern. Mr. Z. V. Bradford has under | course of construction a neat cott ~ it... ..i.. e m.. i i\ uim* uii iiir- {iianiMi iuii in ih I i 9i . \J. Withers soulh of Fort Mill. Mr. Jiimi'ri Fulp emtio ovor Friday from the K. M. M. A. at Yorkvilie, Mr. Fuuhiio Mnssey is also at home from school at Richmond, \'h. Miss Renn Caldwell, of ITarrifihuro, N. t\, is visiting I.er sinter Mrs. R. F. (irier. Mrs. J. \V. Ardrey, Mrs. N. C. j Massey and Mrs. Snsan Brewer, I spent several days of the past week with Mis. \Y. A. Watson in Charlotte. Mrs J. B. Mack spent Saturday in Rook 11 ill. M .. 1\ I? I> f it. . T7* i?i i. it. vi. noney, i>i mi* runners" .Mutual I nsurance ('o . of Yorkville, whh a visitor to Fort Mill Saturday. Dr. .1. K. Massey, Sr., of Rook Hill, was up on a professional \*it-it Saturday. Mr. .1. C. Bailey, representing t'ie Southern Pivshyteiinii. of Clinton, paid The Times a pleasant call Monday. Mr. Bailey i* a vetornn newspaper man, having , for many years published The En- 1 terprise and Mountaineer at Greenville. Mrs. W. B. Moaeham has been seriously ill for several days. Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancas- 1 ter, was up on business Saturday Mrs. C. N. Graham, of Rock Hill is visiting relatives in Fort Mill. "Prof. S. A. Todd, of the Fort Mill school, was a visitor in the I city Saturday."?llock Ilill Journal. A new one on us. Misses Anita Harris and Ilattie j Campbell spent Saturday in Ruck llill. Mr. IJ. F. Massey returned Saturday from Yorkville, where he i had beon attending court as a wit- j liens. Mr. C. S. Link spent Monday i night in Chester. The many friends of Mr. J. E. j Ardrey will regret to learn that lie j I is suffering from an attack of appendicitis at the home of his father in this place. His condition this morning was said to he more favor- I able than for several days. -? ? A Thoughtful Han. M. M. Austin of Winchester, Ind. knew what to do in the hour of j need. His wife had such an tin1 usual case of stoumche and liver | trouble, physicians could not help her He thought of and tried Dr. ; King.s New Life Piilsand she got relief at once and was finally cured. I Only 5()c, at Meaehams drug store. ammmmummmmmmmmmmmmammmm A New Jersey widow married ; the nephew of her tirst husband, U'li(iUi> iinn iu ?i ii rut r'mi^iu i>f lioi' ! second husband, and now becomes bin stepson as well as his cousin. The groom is her husband, her nephew and the stepfather of her : son, while site is his wife, his aunt 1 and the mother of his first cousin. ! Now, whore are you? * A Great Sensation. There was a big sensation in Leesville, hid., when W. H. Brown J of that place, who was expected to die. had his life saved "by Dr. j King's New Discovery for Coni sumption. He writes: "I endured insufferable agonies from Asthenia, ; but your New Discovery gave me immediate relief and soon there ! after effected a complete cure." : Similar cures of Consumption, ! Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Grip are numerous. It's the the peerleas remedy for all throat and lung tronbles. Price 50c, an I $1.00. Guaranteed by Thos. 11. Mencham, Druggist. Trial bottles free. The case of Reuben B. Pitts, j the school teacher charged with killing hi.s pupil, Edward Foster, a few months ago at Inman, w ill | come up for trial in Spartanburg on May 4. Makes A Clean 3weep. There's nothing like doing a j tiling thoroughly. Of all the salves ' yon ever heard of, Bucklens Arui! ca Salve is best. It sweeps away i and cures Burns, Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils, I'lcers. Skin Ernp, (ions and Piles. It's only 25c, and ; guaranteed to give satisfaction by. I Thos. B. Menchaiu druggist. Eotoei The Grave. A stnrtlivivc incident, is narrated by John Oliver of Philadelphia, ok follows: '"1 w^is in an awful condition. My skin was almost yel low. eyes sunken, tonj^uo coated, pain conliuually in back and sides, no appetite, ^rowin^ weaker day by day. Tin ee physicians had triven mo up. Then I was ad vised 4 Ml 4 ? l? 11 . 4 io use I'lH'ciric miters; 10 my great joy, the first bottle made a decided improvement I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. 1 know they robbed the grave of another victim.No one should f.dl to fry t hem. (>nly 50 cento, guaranteed at Aleaehams drug store. $25 Reward, The town treasurer will pay reward for the apprehension, with evidence sufficient to eonvh't, the thieves who have been stealing chickens in Fort Mill recently, or who may hereafter commit such a theft. T. (1. Cl'l.r, Tutendant. J. M. Senatt. Treasurer. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements, not exceeding <> lines, will he published under the above heading at 2*? cents for each insertion. FOR SALE. I am prejuired to furnish t ho public with tin. trough bred l'.rown Leghorn Chickens and Eggs. My prices are. Chickens. $J per pair; Eggs, $ I per setting of l."i. Call on or address.!. W. KOONCE, E<irt Mill, B.C. fob 11-tint Chicken Cholera. AVe fill a mail order every day or so for our Chicken Cholera Cure while some people around here are allowing their fowls to die by the dozens. Move's the wonder when we guarantee the remedy. We have yet to hear of the first instance where it has failed and we guess probably a hundred people in the township have used it. Ardrey's Drug Store. P. S.?"A stitch in time saves nine." A small amount of Bed Bug Poison will be more effectual against insects if applied now, than a large A. 1 1 iiiuoiiiu init>r on. TRY THE City Barber Shop For a first-clnsa IIAI It CUT, S1IAYE, SHAMPOO, or HAIR SINGE. | Garothers 6c Son. PROPRIETORS. Third door Rank building. / Wi promptly obtain U S und'l?brelgn * i model, snotch or photo ct invention loi ^ I t free report on rwti ntftbility. For frco book , \ I [!"w,r YR/JQE"MARKS 'nu * | I WASHjNGTO^N^ BLACKSKITKING. We have opened n emit bishop in the Baileu shop, near McKlhniiey'i ! livery stables, and solicit you^ ] pjuroiin^e. unly first-class work is sent out from our shop, nntl oui prices are rensonnole. HALL & IIARTSELL. FOR GOOD WHISKIES, | WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., CALL ON OR WHITE TO W. II. IIOOVEK* i I'll 111MHTE, N. C. FOR I F13EL!QU88S,W!fiES,ETC. GO TO THE GOURD SALOON, MARK A. TEETER. Manager, 2t? W. Trade St. . Clmr lot to, N. C. PRICE LIST. Ilaekinnn's Delight, 1 yeurold Corn $1.50 44 ? 2* " 44 44 2.00 i I Old Style Mt. Queen 1 44 44 1.75 " '* ? " ;{ ? " 2.v-"? i Pure N. *C. Corn 3 44 44 3.25 i 44 44 44 44 r? 44 44 2.50 Fatapsco Rve 1 4 4 4 4 1.75 2 44 4 4 2.00 Pure Maryland Ryo .... 2.50 Ohl Oakland Ryo . . . . , 3.50 Old Cabinet, llyo . . . . .3.50 Malt Rye 3.00 Peach and Ilonoy .... 'J.OO ! A;>i>lo Brandy . - . . . . 3.25 Old Brandy .... . . 3.50 Port. Wine ...... 2.00 Sherry NVino . , . , . 2.0O (linger Brandy ..... 1.55 We respectfully solicit, your patronage and will guarantee satisfaction ami prompt attention to all orde-s. tin i ip n/ \ t ti > o 4_: i t f\t w AU" V7W* Mark a. Teeter, M^r. 1 >t>l 1 Plioue 285. . . . Chur. Phono 202. J. U. Traywick & Co., DEAEERS IN FINE EIQIJOES AND AVINES, No. -12 East Trailo St. Oil AKLOT'l'H. - - - N. C. DR. KINO'S y new discovery FOR THAT COLD. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Cures Consumption,Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, II ay Fever,Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, ! Sore Throat, Croup and : Whooping Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY. Price 50c. and $ 1. TRIAL BOTTLES FREE. LAUf?ORY that nrr not found on linen fresh from The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY, Charlotte, N. C., are rust stains, ink stains, fruit stains, and especially scorches from overheated irons. Tlrat i is what we particularly guard against, flock less, flawless, immaculate?white ins white can be, or as strong of color as when yon bought it (if originally of a color pattern), your washable apparel is returned oloan, well washed, well ironed. Shipment made from Fort Mill every Thursday morning and laundry re* j turned Saturday mornings by? ED. L. McEEHANEY. Ajfent. 1 ' " . Donr Mrs Person: A good while back my health commenced failing and I got in a low condition. 1 was always tired; with jioor appetite, so tired always that I did not feel equal to any exertion at all. I had enlarged glands 011 the neck which were very sore and when I would take oold they would enlarge and cause me much suffering. I often had spells of inflammatory rhouniaI tism which affeeted the whole of my body and rendered me helpless. 1 I tried medical treatment, which would give tomporary relief, but it t di?l not euro me. I tried various patent preparations, but they did me 110 good. At last a fvioml persuaded me to use mrs. <Joc Person's Remedy : : I I bought a luilf-dozen bottles, and after taking it I felt so mneh better that I (li<l not feel like taking any more. The next year in the spring I knew I needed more and again took a half dozen. I t?x?k it in that, way until it has made a complete curt of me mid my health is tine. The enlarged glands are entirely cured, rheumatism entirely cured, and I am now in stout, robust health, and I advise everybody a-1io needs a tonic or are "run down" to use Mrs. .loo Person's Remedy. MRS. .T. C. MORGAN. 1 | Marshville. N, C., May 28, RXtt. I ' ' 1 BO YEARS' ^ i^^fcEXPERlENCE ii k i pk ] Trade Marks Designs rfwW Copyrights Ac. ArrTOne sending a sketch and description mar quickly ascertain onr opinion free whether au Invention Is probably patentable. Communications strictly oonflilontlal. Handbook on Patent* sent free. Oldest ntrency for securing patents. Patents taken through Mumi A Co. receive tptcUil notice, without, charge. In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.sreest circulation of nny sclentiOo Journal. Tornia. |3 a year ; four months, 11. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Qo.3BlBro,dw,y- New York JUraucb onico. 62i F BU Wiistdngtofi. I>. C. v y i