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r FORTMILLTIMES DEMOCRATIC VUELISHED KYE^Y WEDNESDAY B. W. BRADFORD. Terms of Subscription: One yonr , 11.00 Six months....................... .50 Three months 26 Correupondence ,pn current subjects Is Invited; but no responsibility Is assumed for the v/ewi of correspondents. Anonymous communications will not be published Jo these columns. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are wade known to thuai Interested. Fort Mill 'Phone (with long distance 7 connections) ffp- ** WKDyESlMY, JUNE17,~l?0li. Better Put If a Fall Crop < Cars. South Carolina farmers are interested iu tlje report that the floods in jtlio \yest haye affected the crop of corn and wheat. Those I. a _ I a wuo preier 10 purcuoHt* Hoaiern corn rather thau cultivate 9 crop may ponder over the outlook with considerable concern. They will huve to pay a long price for the cereal and if cotton creeps to five cent*, the bottom will drop nut of the full dinner pail. In its review of the depressing situation, the New York Commercial says: "The heavy rains throughout the great corn growing regions beyond the flooded valleys, if continued much longer, will, it is feared, do irreparable injury. All of the the corn planting that was done wuh dope before May 15, and probably not more than 60 or 70 per cent of the planting was finished up to that date. Then the heavy fains commenced through Kansas, Atissopri, Nebraska and Iowa, and this prevented the farmera from continuing their worn in the fields. "The wet weather has continued * so long that the farmers have been unable to look after the corn which they had planted, and it is now becoming so late that, even if good weather should arrive, it is doubt fill if it would be advisable to add muub to 0)e corn acreage, for the reason that it would be likely to JMbring the late planted crop into gHUie season of frost, when it was in fe^Aw-itical condition. MProbably a large percentage of sown coru W01 be all advent of good weathBB^SHj^kon. At beat it is feared Hrot^^Hfcfill be a oorn shortage K the ri^^jf from ;t0 to 40 per ^^eeut. Oats are said to have been affected almost as much as corn. Wheat, l)?weyejr, has, up to the preaeut time, not been materially affected although the long continued wet spell wi)l probably make it^wo weeks later tuau usual." w far 9?r awi Qaad. The Anderson Mail says the most calloys and indifferent of men n)"8* he impressed by the great destruction of life and property by wind and lightning and ui^ii uivuiuutni njr iuu question will con e. Why a e the*.* things permitted? We may rack our brains for au answer, and there can be but one answer. They are sent by the Almighty for his own purpqse. Jt may be they are sent to warn us at individuals and as a nation that God reigns and his pretence and hit wrath are always at band- ft may a<-em to human minds to ? terrible and costly method qI warning, but most of us will a}} too soon forget it within a liipe after it has passed. We hfe tin huth^d and silent while the warnlpg is uppn pa. How few there aye who, in the time of storm end disaster, can look up to Qi d ***d teay: "I am not afraid." How ana r.'strui it win < 6 whein the storaiH have passed and we cai) can again see the aunahine and the h?W ?f promise. Jk Rtint NiaMr a! Ratal ft?ata* t ?? ? k Wqrd cornea from Washington L that the disooyery has been tnade ^^*hat a large npmber of the rural HBoutea being operated throughout ^Hhe county were established sira^Bply as $ favor to members of con^ gress, and that on some of the H routes the receipts are not $5 a month, or not near enough to jusB tify the existence of the routee. m j%m n cyHBruueiiL'o ui una aisnovery M it is stat*4 that it will be necessary ,io abolish qne:thir4 of the routes 'jn the Booth and one-fifth of those established in the North in order to pnt the seryipe in proper shape. I The Southern States which will | puffer the m?tt front the abolish: I paent of (he routes ere South Car: 1 plina, Georgia, Tennessee, Missis pippi end Alpbame- In the North, Maine, Vermont and Neff H?mpB ehire will be deprived of ebout B -MM>-flftb of fb? |pn|?e now in oper: Betiop. H No fpap is felt as to the HaboliebmeQt of either of the rootes Bhet lead out from Fort Mill, as Kb receipts i*e amply saffioient, is thpnglit, to justify the conidtiK** of th* service, Mm Til I MM Asks for Cbaa& if Vaaus. A Columbia letter to the Charlotte News saya Wednesday night i G. W. Croft, Esq , leading counsel ' for Jam*b H. Tillman, announced < that application for a change of < venue will be made on the grounds i that Tillman cannot get a fair trial in Richlnnd county. Affidavits to 1 his end were to be served 011 SoIt-iA mi / n I X % jicuor luurmoga r\aay) ana lUe court will decide iu what county the cube will be tried in the event the motion to change it granted. The Richland court ( onveues on the fuurth Wednesday of tins month, with Judge Townsend presiding. The criminal docket being light, it is probable the motion will be made and decided within three days after the court convenes. If a change of venue is granted, the case will be tried in Kershaw or Lexington county, the only two contiguous couuties in that judicial circuit, in conformity with the law on the subject, which says thnt in case of change of venue the case cannot be removed to a different circuit and that it must be tried in a county adjoi'ji ig the one from which it is moved. South Carollua'o Port. It is a matter of record that this State furnished to the armies of the flrmfpHprni-u npnrlu 10 OOfl men more than the voting popula- , tion of the State in i860. The ( census of the United Stntes shows that at that time there were in this State 54,046 men over the age of 21. The reoord of the war department of the Confederacy shows ( that that this State furnished 61,- ( 608 men for service. Of that number 24,608 died in battle, in the ] hospitals and in prisons. Nearly one-half of the State's troops never j came home after they set out to | establish a government which they ] thought to bo their acme of civic organization.?The State. ( Citadel CoMtietMtRt. The following commencement ' program of the Citadel Academy, 1 to be held June 27-30 in the high school building at Rock Hill, has | oeen reoeiven: ' Saturday, June 27th, 4 30 p. m. ?Competitive company drill, for ' company badge?competitive individual drill for ' Star of the West" medal. Sunday, June 28th, 11 a. m.,? 1 Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. F. W. Gregg, claaa 1905. Monday, June 29th, 4 30 p. m.? Review and inspection of batallion by board of visitors. 1 Tuesday, June 30th, 11 a. m ,? Annual addresa by Gen. Edward McGrady. Addresses by members ' of graduating class?delivery of ' diplomas to graduates by chairman of board of visitors. BrtktJall. < Sheriff Cornwall, of Chester, has J issued circulars offering a $10 reward each for the capture of Jim ( Gilroore and William Tolbert, two , negroes who broke jail at Chester , Wednesday morning. The prison- ' oners gained their freedom by the , use of an old ease knife which had been made into n saw, and with whioh they cut the bars of their cell. Gilmore is said to be a desperate negro, having already served sev- J eral terms in the penitentiary. Di. Irlfbt Qsts a Tarn. The famous Amos Owen oherry 1 tree case, about which so much has i been heard, came up again in the \ United StateB district oourt at Charlotte lrst week. It will be remembered that when several conviotious were secured in the case, about one y?rr ago, Judge Boyd gave the defendants the option of paying back the money many women had been induced tc put into the swindle nr nav fines and serve sentences in jail. Most of the defendants have made arrange ments which are satisfactory to the oourt, but Dr. Frank Bright was ( not among the number. He, with others, was under bond to appear < at the present term of court, and when the case was called Judge Boyd sentenced Dr. Bright to serve a sentence of six months in jail and pay a fine of $100. That postal ring at Washington seems to be about the rotteuest gang of thieves that ever disgraced the government. 'The rascals should be ferreted out and pnniahed to the extent of the law, regardless of the effect it may have on any political party. The people have a right to demand au honeat administration of the affairs of the department, aud they will insist that this be done We want no screening of the guilty because 4I ft I in: ft ft L iney uive poweriui political oaca* tag. That hut adda to the ahame and ateqcb of it. A apecial from J$eidavil)a, N. C., aaya that 42 peraoua having amalli pox are contmed in the peat hooae Ki *'u ?>.il , B ... 1 TM Newt of Gold Hill Editor Times: We hard nothing special to report, but don't want you to think that we are all lead or have skedaddled. No erir," we are iu business at the same old jtand. Our neighbors are all Well and ire quite busy with their crops, in our rambles the past week we jaw some fine fields of corn, but aotjton is little, lousy and grnssy, itrassyier and grassiest, with millions of other grass s tying to billions of other grass to please lie aver. But schools are out and our boys and giito are not kind of <rit to let the green take them. Little May, the 12-year-old daughter of Sylvester Coltharp, has been making a full hand driving her Father's mowing machine, cutting wheat and oatR and is still in the ring for other jobs. The Misses Bell and Lee Nicholson got home Inst week from Doncord, N. C., where they had been at school, and we hear they it once donned the industrial costume, armed themselves with goose neck hoes, and went forth to battle with the common enemy, Gen'l 3reen. Now, we think this is very commendable in the girls. Education is a good thing, but it lakes work, work, work, to make in honest living. Tot Crook also got in from icliool and no tot either, when it comes to work. Splinter. Mutant Vallty Data. Mr. Frank Potts is at home from the S. C. College to spend his vacation. Miss Clare Harris is visiting in Pineville. The young people enjoyed a delightful ice-cream supper at the bouie of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harris, on Monday night. Mr. John Hall has a mule in quite a critical condition, having been bitten by a snake last week. We think it happened at a very in opportune time, considering the progress "General Green" is making Invitations hav? been received in Pleasant Vailey announcing the marriage of Mr. ?J; Harvey Poster on the 24th insfv' It Will be remembered that M,r. Foster made the literary address at the commencement exerctpes of the Pleasant Valley hjgll-Jt^hool.1 , Rev. W A. Wright will preach a special aertnath to the ypung<^eople next Sunday morning:* It promises to be interesting, as he says he hap* something to show them, as well a* to 'talk to them. Mr, Green Garrison, who recently graduated from Wake Forest college, has returned-home. 8 E. B. I . * V t? A * # A number of cotton mills throughout the country are either closing down or running on short h inu nn n/n*/\nvtf nf ilia o/? u rni t it ?.? cptton and ita hi^h price; but their example will not be followed by the mills here. Our mills have sufficient cotton on hand, purchased when the staple was low, to run them until the next crop is ivailable. ? That-Throbbing Headacht. Would quickly leave yon, if ydu iised Dr. Kind's New Life Pills, rhousanda of sufferers have proved iheir matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and build tip your tiealth. Only 25 centB,.money back if not cured. Sold by all druggists. Mil I 11II I - I U-t I. 'lag*fU, r*t ? ' . The Prettiest Girl. The Ugliest Boy. Vote for your cfioTce. From this date to Jgly 45 each cold drink bought at our Refresh ment Parlor entitles the buyer to one vote each for the ptvttleat and most popular young lady and the ugliest man in the township; On July 15th the winpeF^ ^l eaoh be swarded a . t ;^ Valuable Pria.: A cofrect list of tliA Votes will be kept at-the-parlor-and those wishing may from tihve tp. .time see how the contest progresses. We have studied the cold drink question thoroughly and Hnd that the making of perfect driuk^ quires perfect materiala-^liipthiil'g, less than the very best. ' Tins redaces profits, bat profit is not all. Checks on sale in the refresh ment parlor at 60 eaoh or 6 for 25c. Meacham's Drug Store. Startling ZvidjnctFr.esb testimony in great quantity is constantly coming in, declaring Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds to be upequaled. A receujt expression from T. J. McFarland, Bentorville, Va.. serves as example. He writes: "I bad Bronchitis for Ihree years and doctored all the time without being benefited. Then I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery, and a few bottles wholly cured me." Equally effective in curing all Lung and Throat troubles, Consumption, Fnuemonia and Drip. Guaranteed by all druggists ' Trial bottles free, r<g ular sizes 50c; and $1.00. V An exchange Bays: "Any man who makes any pretensions to honesty should be above reading a paper for.three years and then refuse to pay ifor it." Worst of All Experiences. Can anything be worse than to feel that every minute will be your last? Such was the experience of Mrs. S. H. Newson, Decatur, Ala., "For three years" she writes, "I endured insufferable pain from indigestion, stomach and boWel trouble. Death seemed inevitable when doctors and all remedies failed. At length I was induced to try Eleetric Bitters and the result was mi i avuiuun, a iui j/i wni ai Ull\ U nivi now I'm completely recovered." For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel troubles Eleotric Bitters is the only medicine. Only 50c. It's guaranteed by all druggists. Under decree of Judge Goff, the Atlantic Coast Lumber company, is to be sold. The up-eet price is fixed at $1,000,000. The property is said.to be worth from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The plant is located at Georgetown, S. C., and is said A 1- ll 1 A .1 I ? to me largest ot tne kind in tlie world. Driven to DesperationLiving atun out of the way place remote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of accident, resulting in Burns, Cuts, Wouuds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply of Buckleu's Arnica Salve. It's the best 011 earth. 25c, at ail druggists. SPECIAL- NOTICES. ' r - - i . . CHOICE .MEATS.?I- will have on hand al.I this week n|pe western Beef Steak, Soup Bones, Roasts, Homoi?. made Sausage, Stew Meats, etc., and C< will soil for cash only. J. T. " J. HARRIS. V." ^HOTOCiBAPHB? Don't fait to call .,on W. A. Davis if you want fine phonographs at "Cheap John1' prices. nOnly this week in Fort Mill. Gallery ''over Ik-Ik'8 store. Bring your old j. piotares . ajui Act me enlarge them. ; All work guaranteed. W. A. Davis. ft WANTED"?We need at onoe a few " more teachers, both experienoed and jijoxponeucod. We have more calls this year than ever before. Schools and collegia supplied with competent -jteaohers free of coat. Address with stamp, Amerioan Teachers* Association, J. L. Graham, LL D., Manager, "Memphis, Tenn. 6-27-2m NOTICE?P. D. Barron, Esq., of the law firm of Finley & Barron, will horeafter visit Fort Mill on Wednesday of each week and will promptly attend to all matters pertaining to law that may be entrusted to his rare. 6-37-tf Winihrop College Scholarship niid tiuifancf t xamiiiatioiiN. The examinations for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will bfe held at the County Court Rouse on Friday, July 10th, at 9 a. m. Applicants mttst not be less than flfyears of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 20th,. they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. , The uext session will open about September 16, 1902. For further information and a catalogue address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rook Hill, B. O. FOR FINE LIQUORS, WINES, ETC. " ' GO TO THE GOURD SALOON, MARK A. TEETER, Manager, 99 W. Trade St. . Charlotte, N. O. PRICE LIST. Kaokman'e Delight, 1 year old Corn $1.60 ?< "2 " " '* 2 00 Old StyleMt. Queen 1 " L75 .. < . ( JJ ? 2.26 Pure N. C.. Corn 8 2.26 ?* M M" (i g ?i 2 go Patapaco Ry*1 M " L75 !* , " " 2 " #* 2.00 .Pure Maryland Rye .... 2.60 Old Oakland Rye-. .... 8.60 Old Cabinet Rye 8.60 Malt Rye . 8.00 Peach and Honey, . . 3.00 -Appte Brandy 3.2C Old Brandy 3.50 Port Wine . 1 2.0C wherry Wine 3.0c Hinder Brandy I.6f We reepeotanlly aolioit toot patronage and will guaienXM eetiefaction mid prompt attention to all arAara THE GOURD SALOON. > * i Mask A. Tester, Mgr. r Bell Phone 285. . . . Char. Pfeoae 302 *. t"C Old Reliat When town t j la-nrl t/h mmm mtmm w wmmm mmm i call an fx*eslx 3? self wi drixils: c "W-A.T IT'S F*: FRUIT JARS Half=Gallon Lowest Pric( Old - Reliat I T. B. BELK,! A Regular 9,000 YARDS EMBROIDI Rock Hill nor Charlotte line of Trimmings for less The 15 and 20c kin ? 12 to 15c ? >? 15 ft 12c ? Balance goes at If you are interested, will send or mail them to The Gomp? runner Ak ? THB LB ^rates ?" <summ .si "* ?z ^jptuw _r _ P*m. Traffic M*r. % WAJMIMOTOM. D.C. ? -1 I.I TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are horeby warned against \ hunting, fishing, or otherwise traspas-'-.aing upon the lands of the nndersigued, 1 under penalty of the law. W. H. WINDLE. J i ! FOR UOUl) WHISKIES, < i WINES, j : BRANDIES, ETC., CALL ON OR WR1TK TO W. H. HOOVER, CglBLoftE, N. C. 1 t '* ile Store. ..: ; l in I- * / . * .s.' Lreci ? ix*sty cL x*?- F roxxrtlx St 1 Df ICE! V EJR,. RE3E3. :.n :: . Quart and Sizes at the i as, ft - . ' " * ,***>* )le - Store, ^ Pronrietor* . . "i' j:, ... i.\ . ...? ' i. . HI , .1 i I ' MU Pick Up. ERY AND INSERTION. a can not show a dicer ; money than we have^v";-,f d at 13c the yard. ? 11 1-2'c the yard. ? 9c the yard. from 3 to 8c the yard, ask for samples. We you. .! my Store, ME FOR BUSINESS, MB FOR PLEASURE, ME FOR ALL THE BEST ER RESORTS let* Summer Rood Folder i Free to Any Addreu. S. H. Harowick. W. H.Tatlm, C?n'l Pau. Ae?nt, AuI.Cm'I Piu.A|i wasminotom. d.c. atlanta, oa. J I. U. Traywick & Co., DEALERS IN FINE LIQUORS AND WINES. No. 42 Km! Trade St. 3HAR*LOTTE. - ~ - N. O. rhe Charlotte Ohserrer North CmtlM'i Paw?I Newipoper. # . > Biffer end more ettraotWe then over, t ia au in vol liable visitor to the home, he office, the club or tfce worh room. .1 * J