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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Starting Evidence.
Fresh testimony in groat qunii:4..
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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.
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Mr. A. R. Kinibrell was up from
Ltuok Hill Sunday.
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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
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Trip THE 1
lywES the i
* ON TMCI iSUMI*
gOUTHEBH ^
M?J
JUILWW WAT?.
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II ^ WASHINGTON. D <
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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.
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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,
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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 ?*..