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I OUT MILL TIMH8i DEMOCRATIC I'Ij HL1SHKP EVERY WEpKK^pAV B. W. BRADFORD. T. i ins t.f SuLsoriptinii; < ?!! y??:?r $1.00 Six months r.O ? Thr?H? months Ub hi m r-jMi||i;ril? r ??ll ? HI I fill .->UUJ'? in in j11viiI. bus nn rcMpnnMlblllty nsxuuietl f^r ilu- vle^ii o( eorc?iSiinn<letpi> \ nonymoos fommuplrotlons will not |iul>ll))li<Ki in llit'fie l<6!um(Ki. An application to the publisher. atlvci tlsinu rntcN are ninth' known to iiitt'ivMlt'ii. Kort Mill 'Phono twjtl) long (il^tancf 'OIIIO'l-tlMll.t) N>1. WEDNESDAY, JUNK |0. 1903. - -rzz -1 Seeator MeLanrln In Tangli lupk. Senujor MeliHiirui in in very |uii] luck. Some time a^o lie was ;nflueed by one Frank A. I'mated null others to jnyest $20,000 in ohhIi iu the Mohawk Valley Wire anil Steel Company, of Hrniiswick,Cth., nnil adjunct of Hie n'rnnewink ?piH ltirmint;Katn Railroad Company, reputed io t?e capitalized for JtjO,000.000, becoming president of the l . ' i %* t i ? i in'ier, which piace ije nnatiy re- ; sjjrned, however.' At tlife time of! tlie investment 'his money he j became secu rity for $i/o.(XM) nlore, ; and for this sum he in personally 1 liable. The Ainonut is iu three j not oh?one for $20,000, another for $">0.b00 and still another for ?25,000. The first note fell due a few | days ago and wag promptly met by Senator McLnnrin, who then obtained an attachment for the face of the note on the stock of Frank A. Uuisted, in the Mohawk Valley concern, which it whs claimed owned and controlled several hundred thousand acres of valuable coal and iron lands ip the country intersected by the railroad. Trivet ^ration has proved that the steel and wife concert} exists lip^e- j ly <m paper, as yei, ana iur. Me- j leiurin has yet to iiuci that it bus the absolute ownership or control of the lauds bo claimed. The Damooratlo Nomlnee; With Hanun out of the way. the nomination of Roosevelt hy the Republicans is regarded hh certain, and the tight of the Democrats is till cut out. ^hey must nomiuate a ijiap who can beat Kqosevelt. That such a man must bd conservative is admitted by hl|! Ife must command the respect or that large i le|uent in the East which regards ftobkovelt'aaerratio and unsafe, lie must command the support of ilie independent yo{,ers, that large and constantly increasing number ' wtncli refuses t6 accept brhvado for bravery,HhoutiufZabout AinericiiiiiHin for loyalty,' ntilitarisbi' for patriotism. Tht^ niorit astute Democratic. politicians do not fegard it as at all essential that 'their nominee be named at thia eaVly date. He would only become ' fhe butt of Hepubliqaij ridicule and in- j vective." No the policy will be to 1 keep the Hqpubhcahu ^u'essin^ for a while lodger and then nominate a strong man, conduct a' whirlwind campaign and land the proper man in the White Hortse. We do not' believe that Mr. Cleveland will be a candidate and ieel snre that lie will bo declare iiiinself in dne time. The wave of popular sentiment in ftlvor of Mr. i 'lowland shotild be regarded as an indic'nt job of the kind of man who could wl^ ^u'd that this wave of popularity ca'n l?> turned to gpuq ptiVpbbe ip makipK 'atVonxer j the actual 'uoniiYi'ee. 'There plenty of ^ood men in the party who eon Id command the' respect I (iud support of all factions and would serve to Unite the members j thereof in eW*ry section. "Sneli a man should lie selected' and then, ii' we all pui our shoulders to tile , wheel, \ve shall win. v Estimate if Cattaa AefW* Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co., the well known lauilters nnd Valium cotnni)fitsp>u ineycliants if New York, have just issued h very i comprehensive estimate'of the cotton acretme of the United States lor the present year. The estimate is I Mined upon 3,030 replies to 4,000 letters to hanks, linkers, cotton commission tnfei'chauU and responsible planners, embracing every cottoii-urowjiiK county in ^he South, ancr, therefore,' tile figiires carry weight. 'The total estimated iiu*re?iw? r\9 AAilni. I BP WMVU in the United States is giy6n as ?72 per cent, or 737,878 acres more than I at ^ear, and the average planting of the cVop ik aboui 15 flnyii later than normal, The acreage in 1002 was $7,114103, while that of llktll iti catlihated at 27,851.87.1. The season is 14.7 average clays later than usual. The increase in acreage ip lijloVth Carolina and Virginia is estimated at 4 per efcnt. Tfiat in Texas tfhd other plates iWitfe from \ 12 to '2 1-2 uer cent.' Teuuessee iw given'at 5 The Otfod Roads Convention. The nounty good muds convention, hold in llock llill on Tues- i dny of last ween, and of which I The Times failed to give an ae- t count, owing to tho hour upon which it was necessary to close up 1 the forms, was one grand success, i It was estimated that (UK) or 700 representative citizens of the county attended the meetjng and each manifested the Hecrj^st interest. Gov. 1). C; fT&yward was made < chairman of tjm contention, and led off with an interesting Hiid in < structive talk on'goojd roads. Then < followed the speeches'of Senators Tillman and Latimer, Flon. F. H. I Hyatt, of Columbia, and Representative Finley, of York. All < these gentlemen were heartily in favor of the good rouds project, and i quired the convention of i their co-operation in nny availa hie manner to bring about a roalization of the proposer! betterment of the county's highways. The following resolutions were adopted by the convention: 1. The organization of a County Goor} Roads Association, by the election of u president, four vicepresidents, a secretary and treasurer and an executive committee to be composed of the presidents of the various township associations. The president, secretary and treasurer of the County Good Roads Association to by ex-officioHiemners of the executive committee of the association! ' 2. Each township to form association and elect delegates to the cpuii^y association, a meeting to be held at Yorkville, the'tirst Monday in July, the number of representative delegates from the various townships to be tixed in proportion to population of township. 3. A committee of seven to be appointed at the meeting of this convention who shall utiueituke the general work of organization. 4. All oitizens of voting age to bo eligible to membership in the township good roads association. North Carolina's Illiteracy. More than 2ti people out of every 100 in North Carolina over ten years olcl cannot read and write! More than 19 out of every 100 vyhite people in North Carolina over ten years old cannot read and write. There is only ope other tttato tljat has so many illiterate white people as North Carolina. N^ 'tli Carolina has 4,'l counties in which there are more than 20 white voters out of every 100 who are illiterate; that is, who can not reatj and write. There are 217 oounties in the uiuieu rstntes 111 winch there are , more than 20 white illiterate voters <ii^t of every 100. North Carolina has 43 of these counties.' , North CaroliiJh has decreased her white illiterates over ten years old from 23.1 out of every 100 in j 1890 to 19.5 out of every 100 in 1900; she has decreased her negro i|ljteiates over ten years from <10.1 , out of ?very 100 in 1800 to 48.15 i out of every 100 in 1900. For ten | years white illiterates have decreased, therefore, 3.6 in every 100 and negro illiterates 12 5 in every 100 YorHvlllo Ytoman Plan) Said. Under foreclosure, in the case of w. G- White vs. ?T. 8. Ljrakeford, | the old Baptist church building, used as the printing office'of the ' Yorkvllle Yeoman, wns Hold at auction Monday. Bought by ?J. 8. ( Brice, attprney, fc?r $^00. C|H the same day Paul T. McNeel, receiver, Hold the printing 1 material, machinery, eto., bsed in 1 the publication of the Yorkville Yeotpan. The property whh eold | in parcels, iucluJing (jitferent ! l^qrtgage interests. The original j piapt of the York I-*ublinh'ing com ! pauy, including newspaper press, 1 job press, type, etc., was bought by | ?T. 8. Brice. attorney, for #H00. ? The machinery and iiiatc\rnl originally belonging to the printing 1 office of W. 6. de Loach, vyas bought i by G. 8pencer, attpfpe'y, for < $125. Two gasoline engines, covered hy mortgages, held by Dr. 1 W. Q. vyhite, were bid in by J. 8. i Brice, attorney, for $100. One : Baacomb folding machine, covered i by mortgage of the manufacturer, I was bid in by J. 8, Brice, Attorney, ! Sor $15. The good will of the rbrkville Yeoman was bid off for < [l oti/l m la/ml I a ??4 k J I v>t niiu i^int riiniiraJUH Uiun HTlICIfH ' brought about $150 additional. 1 The entire proceeds of the sal6' aggregated about $800.?Yorkville tDnquirer. # . <t> Earnest Haywood, tl^e slayer of Ludlow Skinner, in Rnteigh, the killing occuriug several lUbnths ago about a fascinating widoto, wAs admitted to hail Wednes^Ay in the suui of $t0,0OO. The Vf*hdutnAn justified in the sum of $75,000. The tig\U for bail was a ^ritliaiit legal battle aud the result inny be taken as aq apgury of >^hat will i happen when the case id 'finally | h^ard in cogrt y Trains Collide Near Fort Mill. The Southern .Railway's fust 1 mail from the North, which was to ! t Iihvo passed Fort Mill at 5.50 f o'clock Monday afternoon, met , t with a head op collision with i through freight. No. 71, one and a ei half miles north of this place ai d n a (piarter of a mile south of Stool j 1 creek trestlo. The freight train 1 had a "time order" to wait at Fort ; t Mi 1 for 97, but the engineer and ; t conductor, it seems, forgot qr mis- ; | interpreted the order and proceed ed northward. Engineer Wilson, J n i i- . _ _ ? ii i n ?i ' ui v^ouunoia, was in me cao or me freight engine, and Conductor i Drake was in charge of 1 lie train. D. A. Vaugn, of Charlotte, wan engineer oil the fast mail anil in the cab with him w.ik Supervisor j Fort, of Columbia, who \vnj? first! to discover the approaching freight I train. These with the colored fireman all saved themselves by jumping. Both engines were turned over the lpgh embankment and were completely demolished, the freight engine being entirely of its cab and driving wheels. Pieces of wreckage were found in a corn field 100 feet distant. Several freight cars and the front mail car were also totally wrecked. F. M. Qyktnati, chief uia 1 clerk, had a miraculous escape. He was in *h A frnnl mail for nltanttitwr liia i 1 ... .MV U.VVM?l?lh .?.? duties, when without the slightest I warning, he was hurled head* long i to the front of the car, then as f the car tilted was thrown through ! 1 an opening in the roof to the foot 1 of the embankment, a distance of j about 50 feet. He was uncon- i sciops when found and remained so i for an hour or more. The other | ' mail clerks on the train were C. i H. Butts and D. H. Dagnall, hoth j < of Atlanta- These men were no- I I tified of the'imjjending dangar by > the colorod porter and saved them- < selves serious injury by holding i fast to the rods in their cars The < mail was scattered over the ground i but was recovered, excopt a quantity of second-class matter, which was so badly torn as to render it worthless. ! I The injuries to the freight crew '? were as follows: I W. A. Wilson, engineer, left j I ankle crushed. ' U Colored fireman, natqe unknown, I left shoulder sorained. Wnp Culp, colored brnketuan, I internally injured. I Engineer Wilson was taken to ] a Charlotte hospital, while Clerk ] Dykman and the negro brakenian i were carried to the Rock Hill hos- ( pital. A message yesterday stated 1 that Dykipan'ts injuries were more i serious than at first supposed and t that his reoovery is very doubtful. \ The wrecking crew, which arat the scone about (lark, put in the \ entire night removing the debris and repairing tlie track and nt 4 j o'clock yesterday morning All the i trains resumed their regular runs. ' The wreck occurred at a point about 100 yards south of where a , freight train was wrecked three j months ago, in which the fireman suffered a broken leg, and ouo ( fourth a mile froir; whete a fast ( ?>n ? i ? f rv t li <\ i*aai? r\P ? ?*' ? uui^iiv i nil uii'^ iiic u (ii ui r* nut i\ < (.raiit Que year ago. Messrs. W. ?T. Stewart and Fley- j ' ward Merritt were firat to reach 1 the wreck, and, an far aa known, 1 were the only eye vyitneases tp the 1 collision. Their eaitiinate of the j rate of speed at which the freight ' ind mail trains were rnnuii^, was 1 40 and (10 milea an hour, respect 1 * ively. No. 07, the faat tpail, is one of the Monthf.n'a ^tlantn trains which for eeveral days haa been ! making its run via Columbia on j \ccount of washouts on the innin , line' ... i A City Without Qovernntnt. Pelzer a town of 7,000 inhabi* 1 tr.nts, excludes from its limits all i lawyers, editors, actresses and ne- 1 4roes, not allowing these classes of citizens to establish a domicile, ? With one exception the discrimi- ^ tion is perhaps about right, since it tends to the peace, if not the cnlightment, of thp community. Pelzer has no municipal oreaniza [ion, or government, being mnn ?ged by the president of the Pelter Cotton Manufacturing Company, which provides all nedeed 1 ichqols, chprches, hotels, banks, lycenm, stores, etc. The entire population is employed by the company, which is wideawake and progressive, Like Washington City however, Fplzer is an anomaly in j' municipal government in this land of politics and Spoils. ? ? Tkft Throbbing He^dacha. Would uuickly leave you, if yon \ used Dr. king's New Life Pills.1, nm t ' 1 i iiausanug or mrnerers hnve proved I their mntchleaa merit for Sick nod Nevyoua Headaches. They innke } pore blood nod build op your lienlth. ' Oply 25 cents, money back i if not cuijed. Sold by nil drug- < K??U. ? <4*^ Mr. J. W. Ardrey spent Mondny | after noon in Charlotte. ' ] Would Oust Notary Bailes. The adult male population of his community has found no little bod for discussion during the past en days over the efforts that are jeipg made by certain of our citi* :ens to induce the governor to reroke the cojnupssipu of WillardQ. Bailes, who holds the "high and tonorable ollice" (to borrow a nanmating expression ofejc-Gnbernaional Candidate Ansel) of notary jublic jn upper Fort Mill towndiip. Those who would have Mr, Bailos laid on the ?helf, chnrge hat he has been iruiltv of sundry litferent things in connection witfi lis office tlmt did not 4ijibe" with he public good. The charge is nade that ho in oui for the cash; lint herons his office solely with .ho view of pitting every son possible out of it; that ho has prostiuted his office into i) matrimonial nireau, that hp'lins adopted an un worthy scheme of advertising to increase the number of couples who apply to him to be married ind that he will tie the knot for my twain requesting his services, provided they have the price, re: jardless of nge, infirmities or other conditions or circumstances which chculd r?i)prnt?> ns ?? Hptprrpnt fn an effort to counternot tlifi inlu'ence of the pitition which has aeon fully signed by citizens herea* oolite requesting the governpr to re[hove Mr. Bailes^ Mr. Bailee it is mid, lias gotten up""h petition all of . lis own which i? being circulated for signatures setting forth pie alleged fact that he is as good an N. 1*. is ever came down the pike. It is jaicl that the sentiment pgainst Mr Bailfs was originally started in Charlotte by a number if ministers who aver that he has been the means of no little misery ind nil happiness by his alleged in iiscriminate marrying of children md others who were not suited to Jach oilier. As yet the governor iias taken no action in the matter. -* ? Starting Evidence. Fresh testimony in groat qunii:4.. : -i ii^ ir? t iiiinuiuiij i ? Milium in, urblaring Dr. Kind's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Cold? to be unequaled. A recent expression from T. J. McFqflnnd, lienLorville, Va., serves as example. He writes: "I had Dronohitis foy hreo years r.nd doctored all the lime without l>eing benefited. Then L be^an tukiug Dr. Kind's New Discovery, and a few bottles wholly Hired me." Equally effective in Miring all Lung and Throat troubles, Consumption, Pnuemonia Uid Grip. Guaranteed by all lruggists. Trial bottles free, reg liar sizes 50c, and $1.00. ?? - Mr. A. R. Kinibrell was up from Ltuok Hill Sunday. ? - ? Worst of All Experinac* s. ('an anything bo worse than to j ?eel that every minute will be your nat? Such was tlie experience of Mrs. S. II. Newson, Decatur, Ala., 'For three years" she writes, "I nulured insufferable pain from inligestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death seemed inevitable when loctora and all remedies failed. At ength I was induced to try Klecrio Hitters and the result was i^i aculous. I improved at pnce and low I'm completely recovered." For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and frowel troubles Kloctrie Bitters is he only medipine. Duly .">0o. Its guaranteed by all druggists. ? Prof. J.J. Hailes is attending n .unimer school in Lancaster. Irlven to DesperationLiving at an out of the way place emote from civilization, a family soften driven to desperation in P t - . . . iikc 01 accident, resulting m tiurns, Chits, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. [my in a supply of Jiucklen's Ariic? Salve. It's the best on earth. !."><% at all druggists. SPECIAL,, NOTICteS. iVANTKD?Wo need at once u few more teachers, both oxperionood and i lexperieuced. We'have mere calls this year than ever beforo. "Schools nnd colleges supplied with ooinjietont teachers free of Cost. Address wit\i tamp, American, Teachers' Associa; tiou, J. L. (imlutni, L"L. D., Manager, Memphis, Tenn. 5-27-2m NOTICE?P. D. DaifOU, Ks<i., of the law firm of Finley & Burron, will horcaftor visit lrort Mill on Wednesday of eaoh week and will promptly attend to all matters pertuiniug' to law that? mnv be eiltrnut.kri to-Vila ^are. 5-27-tf ^iutlirop College Scholarship itiid Entrance Examinations. Vie examination* for the award of raoaht 'seholurfchiuH in Wftithrop Colt;j?e and for the admifddon of new' stulent* Will bo held at the 06unty Co\irt floAsh on Ftfday, .TAly 10th, at 9 a. In. Applicants miufriot be Ibtw than flfrears of iwo.' " 1 " When scholarships are vacated after July *20th,' they' will lie hwnrded to hose making the highest average at" hi* examination* ' The next shhmIou will open ubout September 10, |902. For fiirtlnir information and a rata,ogue address Pn*.*. D B Julnison, Roek Hill, 8: C, Old Relial wnei town t a,iaci tj} call fx*eslx ^ self -w; drink < "W-A.*T IT'S IT FRUIT JAR* Haif-Galloi lowest Pfic Old - Relia TP* JdjpiXJiXXi "TZZJ? lJ--_ . ! A Regular 3,000 YARDS RMBROI Ko^k Hill nor Chariot Jine qf Trimmings for le: 'flic IS and 20c k ? 12 to ISc 10 ? 12c Balance goes a If you are interested yrill send or mail them t< The Gomp ' ,*NtTJP! s=r= Trip THE 1 lywES the i * ON TMCI iSUMI* gOUTHEBH ^ M?J JUILWW WAT?. _ rW Put. TwHlcMr II ^ WASHINGTON. D < i J, . <A^ . . ., " TRESPASS NOTICE. All perwonn are herobv warned against huuti-g, tirihiug, or ?th?rwi*o trt:s|KtsKing upon tho land.* of tho undersigned, under ponulty of tho law. W. H. WINDLE. 'XLu> ' 1 FOR GQOE} WHISKIES, WINES, $RANP1ES, ETC., CALL ON OB WHITE TO V-W.HOOVKH, iHiRiorrf, N. v. ble Store. X in. li-ecx icl x?@roxxr Ltlx st of IQS 1 " 1 >ML -- ( t-> XPTS1 JtSJwCJj ?, Quart and i Sizes at the ;e#. ble - Store, , PpG^riyic^. TT!T C g ' Pick HpDERY AND INSERTION. te can not shpvv a nicey ss money fhap wq haye ind at 13c the yard. ? ? 11 l-'2c the yard. ? ? 9c the yard, t from 3 to Sc the yarij. , ask for samples. We i) you. any Store, ?? - - ? --a I?;'' 'wtk ^^MBAH^^BI^c LINE FOR BUSINESS, LINE FOR PLEASURE, LINE FOR ALL THE BEST A1TW Q F^r\DTC iplste Summir Resort Foldn led Free to Aof Addreu. S. H. HARDWICK. W.H.TATUO*. r. C?n l Pui Agant. Ajii. Gan'l Put Aft. WA3HIHOTOH. D.V.. ATLANTA, OA. ' "?' " 1 1 1 ?f .y ' .T_ TT Travwint Hr f!n. DEALERS IN FINE LIQUORS AND WINES, No. 42 Kut Trade Si. CHARLOTTE. - - - N O. The Charlotte Observer North Corollas'* j Forcmoat Newpapei. j RiRKor and moro attractive than! eras* it is an invaluablri visitor to the 1 om?( the ottige, the glnty o; thje w<jyk ijgi ?*..