'
FORT MILL TIMES
DEMOCRATIC
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
B. W BRADFORD.
Terms of Subscription:
One year 11.00
SI* months 50
Three mouths 25
Correspondence on current subjects Is
Invited, hut no responsibility Is an?umed
for the views of correspondents.
Anonymous eomtnunlcatlonN will not
he published In these columns.
Fort Mill 'Phone (with Iuiik distance
'utnoctlons) No. 26.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 80,190B.
Tlie tittvy Ims Ihhui etitlul^iiiif in
nnotli'T sorinw of blntKllesn ImttleH,
I . I i i ...
aim me near noys wt*re nil vieturn.
Having absorbed public attention
lor I be prove) bail ititie days,
I'ius X may now get down to business
like any other mortal.
.
'Tin said the I'hilipinos do not
take kindly to the new coins minted
by Uncle Sam. Well, they are
about the only people on earth not
willing to accept our coins at their
tiice value.
Ah a king of finance .J I'ierpont
Morgan has petered out and his
inflated stocks have gone through
u shrinkage of $-100,000,000 in
value. J. Pierp is like unto the
toad who puffed himself one.- too
much.
A few weeks ago the newspapers
were running columns about Pope
Pius X. To-day the space allotted
to him has been reduced to a few
lilies. All of which serves to remind
us that whatever may he our
greatness to-day, to-niorrow we are
practically forgot ton.
4 *
The negro might do worse than
to come back to his soutbern home.
It is true that lie may not enjoy I
the right of sntferage to such an
extent as he does in the north, but
the southern nin.ii uderstauds him
better, and everything considered,
treats him better than anyone else.
Climate, environment, and everything
else will be in bis favor, and
the plow and the hoe are the beHt
tools on earth for him to carve nut
his future with.
It itt time to pro.-ecute the eonl
trust. Winter in approaching and
the people will soon have to
lay in their aeneous supply of coal,
nud in anticipation of this the octopus
iH advancing the price of the
coimnodity in detianee of public
opinion and the law of the country.
If the administration desires
to do the whole country a signal
service it will take prompt steps
t ? put this grasping combine out
of business, and guarantee the
price of ooal to he somewhere within
the reach of the average citizen.
We have dallied too long over these
robbers. It is time to uot. In
other words, Mr. President, use
that big slick.
The negro problem is now confronting
the authorities of the war
and navy departments. Heretofore
negroes have been allowed to
enlist in the army and navy,and in
a few instances in the army commissions
have been issued to them.
One negro is now a captain in the
army, having graduated from West
Point some years ago. So far he
iias been assigns 1 to colored regiments
and no material embarrassment
has been encountered, llut
in the course of time and our system
of promotion ho will become
a colonel and entitled to command
a regiment, thereby placing him
over white officers?and then the
trouble will commence. As a result
of the present race agitation,
i!nil nit* proMem presented hy this
colored officer. it in not likely tlint
commissions will ho isailed to any
more negroes.
?- ??> - ?
One Woman'* Idea of Lynching.
We have heard enough pleas for
the poor negro; let us now hear
eomehting for the children, the
beautiful, innocent, young giria,
knowing and thinking no wrong,
crowned with virgin innocenotJ and
tiurity, flitting about their homes
like stray sunheams from Heaven,
when suddenly this dark, nameless
horror falls upon them and the
minlight of love and Heaven is lost
ina fate infinitely worse than death,
J*et ua hear something of the happy
homes which these negro ravishera
have destroyed, the fathers and
mothers who are bowed to tlie
earth with iiumpportnhle anguish
hi id h horror mo greHt that the light
of day and the mercy of God seem
h mockery to them. Lynoh law is
irregular and unlawful, but uo is
the crime which isavenged, There
is but one way. Just ho long na
white girls are ravished by black
fiends just eo long will negroes be
burned at the stake, bet them
read the writing on the wall. "Let
white girls alone," for just so long
aa they commit this crime, the
fathers, brothers and sons ?ill arise
to
j
in their wrath and scourge them
from the face of the earth. The
law is to protect law-abidiug citi
zous. Lyuchiug in to avenge
wrongs so deep, dark and hellish
that no torture that can be inflicted
i? couiuieuburute with the crime.
If the negroes will let white girls
ulone they can enjoy with other
citizens the equal justice of our '
laws. ? Ida A. Wright in the Hing- !
hampton, ( N. V.) Herald.
The Drowning of Norman.
There continues to he a great
deal of talk throughout the county
about the drowning of .1. It. Nor- !
man, whose death occurred some ;
weeks ago. A Hock Hill .Journal
man was over a few days ago seek
itig information, and, while unable
j to learn anything definite from the
parties concerned, prints the fol;
lowing as a result of his visit here:
A representative of The Journal ;
j went to Fort. Mill Wednesday hop.
ing to get a clear statement of the !
I r.... i i i
i HKllin, 1"! > *1 I M Min 1 II UK II M IOIIK1 IK' 1
heard. He found tliut there are j
two decidedly different opinions in
regard to tin* ease. The policeman, !
Mr. Johnston, has a number of
friends who think he is in no wise
responsible for the death of Norman;
there are others who think lie j
' is to blame. In a short time this
' difference of opinion was recog- j
nized and information was sought
from the two factions.
In a very positive manner, which ,
convinced tin* reporter of the man's I
sincerity, a prominent citizen gave
one side about like this: When
Norman went in the house to yet
his coat, he went out a back winI
dow or door. The policeman wait
ed for him about l.r> minutes, when
! he was told that Norman had run.
The dog was put on the trail, the
officer thinking Norman iiad, perhaps,
hid himself in a piece of
woods nearby within thecorp irate
I limits of tlie town.
When the dog started on the'
trail and went beyond the limits.
The policeman tried tocall him off
and asked others to do so. It could
not be done, and the officer with
others followed the dog, trying to
I L.S I. * ? i 1- ---??? 1
wring mm imca, ami neeiring to '
keep him from being hurt or injur- I
ing Norman, Ho feels sure that!
the policeniun <1 i<l not see Norman 1
after in* left the house.
The other aide ( not members of'
! NornmnK family, but other parties) i
i takes i|iiit a different view of the \
' matter. They seem to think that
! Johnston is responsible for Nor- '
I man's death, and that it will be t
easy to uonviot him. One innii who
was on the jury said something
aimut a hole in Norman's head, |
just behind the ear, but Dr. Mas
1 Hey says that is a mistake.
About the verdict of the c-oron- j
( er'? jury, The Jourunl has the folj
lowing to say:
The report to the effect that ?T. '
It. Norman came to his death by
drowtlinrv i?l nnlu Ii nurl ..f ll...
J " I'"" "
verdict reached by the coroiierV ,
inquest The full verdict lius been ]
1 Wltli-held, but will be to the effect that
Noriimu came to liiri death ;
by drowning caused by flight from 1
the officer. Thin conclusion in I
based on a conversation with a '
member of the jury and on a phone
, message from the coroner.
The coroner Hays that the papers
: are in the hands of the solicitor,
and that the full decision has not '
I been announced. When told that
there was strong reason to think
that his verdict would state that
the jury believed that Norman'
came to his death by drowning, i
caused by flight from the officer,
I the coroner said: "I can't say no,
it is something like that."
The reason for not giving out 1
the decision is the coroner wished
to be sure of his duty in the matter,
and felt that he should consult
i the solioitor and find out if such !
a verdict required the arrest of
these parties, or if other steps
would tie taken. Hence he requested
the jury to keep quiet.
The solicitoi is not in Chester,!
and he has not advised coroner
Louthiun how to proceed.
_
To Test the Dispensary Law.
Although the reporter has not i
j Been it, he ih reliably informed of
; the circulation of h petition look- ,
ing to the removal of the local die- j
i pensary, says the Yorkville En-;
quirer. There is no provision in
! the law for the removal of dispensaries
after they have once been ;
j established; but there are those!
who believe it will be worth while !
' to see what can be done. Their t
plan is to ask the town council to 1
call and conduct an election at
which the people may express their
I desire, and if it develops that a
majority of the voters favor removal,
the matter wili become the subject
of the representatives to the
general assembly. Each sillier of
the petition for an election pledges i
himself, in the event the election I
is called to vote for removal,
The J. H, Tillman Trial. I
I
A Lexington despatch snyB that ;
about a month hence it in expect- ,
ed that the little town will be en- J
tortaining the largest number of
visitors ever known in its history. ]
The trial of dus. li. Tillman for
the murder of N. f?. Gonzales is
act for that time, and it isgeucral- j
ly believed, will be delayed no j
longer. Almost 500 witnesses'
have been summoned to appear in
this case by the opposing sides.
All available space in the hotels
lias been engngeil weeks since by |
interested parties, and how the iin- |
inense number of spectators sure I
to be on baud will be aecommodated
is a problem. The last conhuh
gave the town something over
!J00 inhabitants. It is thought at
III H I will }? lln?ri> iliiriiifr
the trial. : 1
.Meantime the prisoner occu. '
pies his cell in the Lexington
county jail. Sheriff ('aughmnn
11iih made him iih comfortable as ,
possible, putting him on tlieahady '
side of the building on the tirst
Hour near the sheriff's own quar- i
tere and occasionally allowing him
to exercise himself by walking up
and down the corridor. Ah a rule
the sheriff does nut lock the cell
from the outside, but leaves the
lock for Tillman to turn if he so
desires. Tillman states that he
iluds Iuh quarters here more pleasant
than those in the' Hicliiand ,
jail, where he was imprisoned during
some warm days of -May and
>1 u in*. I
Tillman's little nephew, a hand
some boy of seven or eight Hummers.
is staying in the jail to wait
upon his uncle ami is said to be '
ii ipmeral tnvurite with the prison- 1
era.
So far sentiment does not weetn 1
to have crvstalized. hut it will he 1
a surprise if Tilltnan is either ?< - 1
quitted or sentenced to he limited 1
as a result of tilis trial. Not a few
look for a mistrial and then another
application for hail. I
Rural Fret Delivery.
Instead of decreasing the 1111111her
of rural free delivery routes 1
in this Stale , as was recently re t
ported, Postmaster .T. F. Knsor! 1
stated today that the postal an
t lion tins are steadily increasing the
number. At present there are in I
operation 224 rural deliveries in ; ,
this State, anil the salaries amount- ' ,
innto$t?Ol) per nniiuni, niakea hi
total of $1114,4iK) paid out for this I ,
purpose. The Columbia post office j |
looks after all of the rural routes | ]
in the State and tlie salaries of the |
carriers are paid each month by j
Postmaster Elisor. (
For some time carriers have ,
been cn^n^ed in other work in ad- : ,
(lition to carrying the mails. Re- *
eently the postotlice department ,
issued an order of instruction to ,
the rural deliverers forbidin^ them 1
to en^tiL'e in any other kind of
business.- The State.
|
Suspected Train Wrecker Proved to'1
be Insane.
A bold attempt was made laat
Wednesday evening to wreck No. I
.'14, the Southern's northbound :
evening passenger train near ('a- j1
tawba station. Upon approaching
the station, the train was running ' 1
at a slow rate and the engineer
nnf liiofl 4 11 ?? t 1 > i> ou?it??li 4 11? ^
IIUIM VII 111 T\ ' I IIU n? III II fll II c
south end of the long side truck
was partly thrown. The train was
stopped and an ivestigntion revealed
th*? fact that the lock had
been broken. Some negroes who
came Along informed the railroad
men that a white man hail been
loitering about the station for a
day or two, and believed he was 1
responsible for the broken lock.
They described the man hh having
on a white hat, hickory shirt and
overall trousers.
Thursday morning .Mr. H, C.
Gulp and others went in search of
the guilty parties and located a
white man, who tallied exactly
with the description given by the
negroes, at a small store near C'a- |
tawba station. The man gave his
name as M. M. Turner, and readily |
consented to return with the party j
to Fort Mill. Detective Bishop, of
the Southern, arrived on the evening
train and at once proceeded to
euamiue the prisoner. Turner
talked quite freely to the detective,
admitted that he was at the station
the previous evening, hut denied
all knowledge of the broken look.
The man told a number of conflicting
stories as to his whereatxmts
of the past few days, and this, and
other foolish talk, led Die detective
to believe that his mind was
not clear. A physician was called
and, upon examining Turner,concluded
that he was bordering on
insanity and should be taken to
tlie Huyliini. turner was tnkou to j
Yorkville Sunday And will reuinit^
in jail until the necessary arraqfpP'
meiits tire made. when he will ne
transferred to Columbia.
Turner's home in in Union couii
ty, N. 0., though he has been in
thin section for some week*, work
ug a purt of the time on the plan- '
tntioa of Mr. W. F. Harris in !
Pleasant Vulley. Mr. Harris says
;hat. while on his place, Turner j
ihowed signs of approaching
haziness.
When arrested Turner was almmt
elotheless and evidently very
lungry, as he ato ravenously when
"ood was given hi in.
?
Wholesale Degeneration.
There ih an excellent field for
die ministry, it seems, in the villane
of the Highland Park Mfg.
Poinpany at llock Hill, judging
From the language and conduct of
lie crowd who accompanied a hall
nine from that place to Foit Mill
Saturday. The crowd numbered
thout fifty. They were of ullages
incl sizes, and the sober ones could
[iossibly have been counted on the )
fingers of the hand. Young boys i
ii knee pants, with dirty, greasy
itn?i distorted faces, were seen to
dagger and fall under the in
lluenee of the demon drug, while
lie flow of language from their
youthful mouths made many of
>ur citizens sick at heart. Rut
lie bojw were not wholly to lilame.
IMie men, who at all times should
Hold themselves as examples for
he youths, were drunk and
liaorderly beyond description.
\nd it seems that this is no 1111'omtiion
oetuirrence, for our hall
men say that two weeks ago when
hey visited Koek Hill this same
;rowd were out in full force und
onducted themselves in an even
worse manner than that of Saturlay.
Our people enjoy baselm)!
tti?l would welcome the Park boys
'lack again, but, should they ever
return, it is the hope of all that
lliey will leave behind this crowd,
who t'or drunkenness, profanity
nid wholesale degeneration surpasses
any that has ever come
iImh way.
? ?
Kill Arp, the well-known Georgia
writer died Monday evening at his
home at Cartersville (?a.
ltiches become better after poverty
than poverty after riches.
W^TIm T imes has made ar
rangments whereby we can offer
bis paper and the Home and
barm for $1.25 a year.
End Of Hittar T'oht.
"Two physicians Lad a long and
duhhorn tight with an sheens on
my right lung'' writes .1. K.
Bushes of Dupont, (in., and gave
me up. K very body thought my
time had coine. Ah a last resort
F tried I)r. King's New Discovery
for Consumption. The benefit I
received was striking and I was on
my feet in a few days. Now I've
entirely regained my health.'' It
conquers ail Coughs, OoKIh and
Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed
by all druggists. Price 50c,
md $1 00. Trial bottles free.
Anlotnobiles made for the Geriiinn
army haul live to eight ton
loads through hilly country.
Puts An End To It All.
A previous wail oftimes comes
as a result of unbearable pain from
over taxed organs. Dizziness, Hack
ache. Liver complaint and Constipation.
Hut thanks to Dr. King's
New Life Pills they put an end to
it all. They are gentle but thorough.
Try them. Only 25c. Guaranteed
by ail druggists.
line iaci snoM^^tuke many new
exhibitors t'or^^^k next. State
Fair the societj^Hcs the freight
on all exhibits ^'loVur produced
in this State, thns^Bjbleing exhibits
to be sent h^uid returned
from the fair without cost to the
exhibitor.
Suicide Prevented.
The startling announcement that
a preventive of suicide iiad been
discovered will interest many. A
rundown system, or despondency
invarably precede suicide and
something has been found that will
prevent that coudilion which
makes suicide likely. At the first
thought of self destruction tuke
Kleetric Hitters. It being a great
tonic and nervine will strengthen
the nerves and build up the ays
tern. It's also a great Stomach,
Liver and Kidney regulator. Only
:>0o. Satisfaction guaranteed by all
druggists.
There nro in use in the United
States 1,840,220 railway earn and
41,228 locomotives.
The Death Penalty.
A little thing sometimes results
in death. Thus a mere scratch,
insignificant cuts or puny boils
Lave paid the death penalty, It is*
wine to have. Bucklens Arnica
Salve ever handy. It's the best
naive on earth and will prevent
fatality, when Burns, Sores, Ulcers
and Pi lea threaten. Only 2~>". ?t
all drug stoipa.
Old Relia
| ox
Jefferson ?
HA
For tliin fall have
parts. Do you want 1
|your eity friend? If
1? 1 I I i 1 I
your mil mil nere, win
latest styles to choose
*
we have the latest stvl
last year's styles, but (
>
'the fall of 1903. Item
|
son or Madison Hat In
with it. Come early
will outlast the seas*
floor you will find one
and up-to-date lines of
in Fort Mill. And th
that the prices are rig
Old - Relia
T. B. BELK,
P. S: We want to ta
this fall
The Times Mill do ;
inai nir inn hiiiiki on mii'ii irv.su inuu ;
The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY,
| i
i Charlotte, N. O., are rust stains, ink |
j stains, fruit stains, ami exjieeially j
' scorchtM from overheated irons. Thstt .
1 is what we particularly ituard against. \
i flock less, tlawless, iiniiiueulafe?white
1 iux w hite can bo, or as strong of color as
when you ltought it (if originally of a
color jmtternh your washable apparel is
; returned clean, well washed, wull
i ironed.
Shipment made from Forf Mill every
Thursday morning and laundry returned
Saturday mornings bv
hi). I . Mclil.hANtY, Agent.
GIVE US
| A TIM Ah ORDER
and net the
REST WHISKIES,
W 1 N E S,
i lil) AMl^FVC Po.
' At the most reasonable prices.
MARK A. TEETER, Manager,
ithe;gourd saloon,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
' No. 79 W Trade Both 'Phones,
"VV- vWWWWWWWWWt
> We yroinptly obtain U. 9. and foreign / ,
<| stend model. akutob or pboto o! Invention loi1 [ i
f me copnrt <>n j-atentabJiity. For free book, *: ,
<H(iw<?>??cuKTliinr UIDVQ write* i
I. J?;c- C* ;
ble - Store
r:r,
in Madison
.ts
no equals in these
o he right up Avith
so, eonie and select
?re you have all the
e mm r
I roill. w noil we say
I es, we do not mean
lo mean the styles for
ember, every Jefferis
a strong guarantee
and buy early?they
% ?
on. On our seeond
of the most complete
' Clothing ever shown
e beauty of it all is
ht,
ible Store
, Proprietor.
Ik Clothing witli you
your Job Printing.
DO YOU DRINK?
If So, Try Our
OLD NORMAN CORN WHISKY
Uuaruntood !l to 5 yoarsold.
Mild and Mellow.
Always the Same.
$2.50 per Gallon.
'Phonoand Mail Ordors Promptly Filled
O. VV. NORMAN,
Both 'Phones P. O. Box 5/?,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
J. U. Tray wick & Co.,
DKALRRS IN
VT in ? I /
AND WINES,
No. 4'^ Kant Trade St.
CHARLOTTE. - - - N. O.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
A11 |torao!it*?ro hereby warned against
hunti 'K. fishing, or otherwise trespassing
u]m>ii the lan<1.4 of tho undersigned,
under iKJimlty of the law.
W. H. "WINDLE.
Nothing has ever equalled it.
Nothing can ever surpass it.
Dr. Kings
New Discovery
rorCEI;r~i"V;lg?
A Perfect For All Throat and
Cure: Lung Troubles.
Monay back If It faita. Trial Bottlaa fraa.
FOR
GOOD WHISKIES,
WINES.
BRANDIES, ETC.,
CAI.L ON OR WRITE TO
W. H. HOOVEIl,
1'IHRI.OTTE, N C.