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Port MtU 'Phono (with Ion;; distance
onnectlonw) No. 28.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT'Mli'li !?. l'JO-'i.
AN ERA OF BIG THINGS.
We ore living today in an era of
big things, gigantic corporations,
vast business enterprises and immense
undertakings. They are so
great that upon a sober thought
one is staggered by their inagniude.
And tho tendency is to in
rease rather than diminish.
A hundred years ago the man
vho hud a few hundreds or thonstndo
was accounted wealthy by
lis less fortunate neighbors, while
today the millionaire is such a
ommon person that he fails to attract
any attention.
And why is it so? It is because
America is a land of freedom,
where the possibilities are open to
every man and woman. .Brains
nnd energy, coupled with honesty,
are the things that count. This is
a country of vast resources. Our
Inuds are rich in minerals, the soil
is fertile, and our forests abound
with the finest timber in the world.
Here, we are as one people, with
one object. We do not count un
on the honor of an ancient name
or the possession of an estate that
Jtfts been handed down from father
to son for generations. We depend
solely upon the result of outown
toil and our business sagacity.
We do not copy tho idoas of others.
Wo set the pice for the
world, and the world follow? it.
We never let an opportunity for
improvement pass us by.
'Good enough" is a word not
known-in the American vocabulary.
We have no use for it. It
is is a relic of a bygone time and
pthe.r cpuntries. It has no place
with us.
A few years ago America was
* an infant nation. Today she is
the mightiest giant in the world.
The tjmo is near at hand when she
will become the ewayer of the destinies
of nil nations, when kings
and emperors will tremble at tho
American frown.
Yes, this is an nge of great things
and America leads the van.
Criminal Statistics.
^Jr. Thos. .T. Lamotte.of Columbia,
has gathered some interesting
priminnl statistics from the tile-? of
the Nows and Courier for the first
six months of the present year.
()mittingall deaths from accidents,
he fiipls that for the first three
months of the year there were 10
suicides and 3d homicides. From
the tirst of April to the 30th of
June, 11 suicides and <?i! homicides
were recorded, making the total
for six months 110. The criminal
record of tho last quarter over the
first shows an increase of ol) per
petit. Mr. Lnmotte also finds that
there is n great increase over tho
reeord of a similar nature for previous
years. This is the reeord of
South Carolina for a period of s x
months, n convincing proof of a
strong spirit, of lawlessness and of
flit* untnll VnllWk l?lnOi\-l nnnn Lit
,..w ........ ^..IVUU ?.l?
man life.
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Business is Business.
The Anderson Intelligencer pertinently
and forcibly sets it forth
in tliiH way: "When a business
juan receives a statement from a
wholesale house?and he reviews
many?he sometimes finds on the
statemont that unless paid by a
certain date a sight draft will be
fit awn for tho amount due, and no
excuses are made for sending the
Statement. The business man has
to move about and pay up the bill
hut when the business man sends
out statements to those owing him
in an effort to raise money to pay
his bill, what takes place many
limps? Tho person receiving tho
Statement takes it. as an insult and
grows exceedingly hot. The person
who dops lids should engage
in business, and in a short time he
would get oyer his foolishness.
The ending out of statements and
collecting of accounts is one of the
most important parts of business
and thoqe who neglect it will soon*
er or later become short of money.
Comptroller (general .lones will
in \\ few days complete his report
pn the banks of this State, national,
fc^tnte and private, whioh will
phow the condition of every bnnk
gi , in the State up to December ill,
kl902. This will be the first report
of the kind ever compiled and will
lie of especial interest to tinancier$.
There are 133 lmnks in the
Slate of which 18 are national- Corr~
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f
HORRIBLE WRECK THURSDAY,
Passenger Train on Old 3C's Falls
Through a Trestle Near Yorkvillc
and Five Men Are Killed and a
Large Number Wounded.
Westbound passenger train No
I 15, on the old Three ("s railroad,
now operated hy the .Southern.
Thursday morning broke through
the Fishing creek trestle, 3 miles
east of Yorkvillo. and the engine
I with three cars plunged 45 feet to
the bed of the little stream, killing
; live men and injuring a number of
others. The cause of the wreck is
thought to have been the rotten
condition of the trestle timbers.
Engineer Henry iirickman. Lireman
Fred Khyne and three negro
passengers were instantly killed.
Conductor Ed Turner suffered a
l.w.l..... I. ...I I.... .....I \\T T vll. .. .1
i /1 ? m r 11 niiuuMn ?i J i?i ?i . J . ? ->1?i ? i 11
ter, of 11 iekory G rove. mul Julius
Johnston, of I lock (1 ill, worn scriously
injured. Marvin !l. Morrow,
of IMuckshurg, T. C. Hicks, oT
Lancaster, and IT A. Willis, ol
lOdgemoor, sutl'crcd broken bones,
j while a dozen or 111010 other p rI
sons wore less seriously injur; d.
The trestle that went down was
about 4ft0 feet long and l-"? feet
h il;h at t he highest point, and is
said to be the original structure
'erected when the road was built
in 1S8S. The e .tiro structure
| went down except two benches at
the west end and four at the east.
Upon approaching the wreck no
semblance of the train was to be
seen, except the badly disfigured
| shell of the first.class coa-di stickj
ing upright and perilously balanced
on the dohris, all t he balance
j being literally reduced to fragments.
The locomotive fell at
right angles with the lino of the
I trestle, and no part of it appeared
1 to have escaped destruction.
| A number of Fort Mill people
visuea nit' wri'CK nun an say it
, seemed a miracle that any of the
; passengers ??i* crew escaped injury.
I Tlio wounded passengers weio
taken to Hock Hill and Vorkville
| on special trains and arc beiic_i
j eared for at the hospitals.
Predicted War in 1798 It Came.
The late Sir Walter Besant, in
I tln? history of London, quotes the
! following romarkalde prophecy
i made by an Kn<xlishman, Col. (loo.
Hansel in 179S: "Should I live,"
he wrote, "to a ^jood old ai;e 1 am
j confident 1 should hear of the
Northern and Southern powers of
America wa^bii* war with each other,
whence one party will solicit
assistance from France and the
other from Great Britain.
"It will then depend on the
judgment of those men who at
that period may be at the head of
the French and British councils
] whether tliey will int??rfon* in
; Americau disputes. In my lunn!>le
opinion it would ho better for
both eonntvies to settle the matter
between themselves.
"I will be so bold as to offer an
other opinion: We should "ive
up Canada and Nova Scotia to the
i Americans, provided we could
1 make this sacrifice the found it ion
of an alliance offensive and d 'fen
I sivo with the I'nited States. Then
we never should be obliged to send
the prime of the British army to
I die in the West India Islands.
"I anxiously hope and trust that
i T shall live to see the day when an
| alliance, offensive and defensive,
will be formed between the two
countries, as* Great Britain and
I America may together defy the
united powers of all liurope."
Youth's Companion.
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A New Methodist Paper.
The Methodists of S >uth Carolina
are to have another religion*
weekly, the annulments beiny
perfected at Greenwood a few day.*
a^o by Ilov. C. W. Crei^hlon, now
at Cokosbury, and prominent men
in other parts of the State. Tin
new paper will be known as tin
i "Christian Appeal." The pipei
will be published at Greenwood
and will lie printed by the Green|
wood Index. Tlio first issue ol
the new paper will prnlmhya ppeni
I sometime next November. It ij
Hinted that the move has been in
contemplation for Home time and
that the work has been going on
quietly but with much progress
5 The editor of the new paper, ami
the only man whose name is given
out so far, is regarded as one ol
the best preachers in the South
Carolina conference.
i
Mr. W. M. Vandiver was at
the Southern station thin morning
]and, in conversation with norm
friends, remarked that he van tin
, | tlrst engine that ever pulled r
mail train on the old Charlotte
II Columbia and Augusta railroad
; This was the (>th of November
, 1830, and the train was run fron
; Columbia twenty miles in this*di
I rection. Noarly fifty-throe yean
i since that day, yet M Vnndive
' i iH erect and enjoying life, thong!
1 ho has long since quit railroad
' ing.? Charlotte Chrouice.
w
The Krap,'Jorgenscn.
t )n sendim; "til the new I\i:ilt
ritles t?i ih" vat ions military companies
throu^lrit the S ate, (J.mi
Frost instruct.? tit" captains t > sec
tuit tlnil tlf new >4tins tire Sum >t
in <4"(><l order, iiis letter rends,
in part, as follows:
'*1 deem it advisable to call vottr
j attention to to s've'al sail'mit
points connected with this rillc.
The first is: That it is :d)solnteiy
1 neeesaary to keep tins rill" oiled
when not in use; second, that von
should keep the ri tie in t he armory
where it ran receive the atP-nti >n
; of the coniinandin.j ( Hieer as \vi il
as t he nrtnorer.
'" These rides are now and of the
:latest pattern and I di sire t<> say
that your company in t r fettir*
will stand or fall from tin* tn-tivc
i>;i 1; 1;,.
largely in iii-iMrliui:'" \v i 111 11: ?
manner in which bis <-.v riiu*i:l
pmpct t v is preserved.
IN!iMiiI) rs of l!i ' 1 (??*n 1 ml!i ry
o mpany wo a I ! d(? \vi II to careful
I ly note I In' iil)i>vc farts.
dtiscini'tion of tiii: kkaos.
Till' mm is lighter limn tin* old
. Spi inmieid iiii<I i ; far sti; ei i >r. It
lias a strap thai servos as n cushion
! for thr shoulder, as well its for
slinmn?j over tin' shoulder when
on a march. The calibre is .'FJ. ii
luis a mMLrii'/aiu) l int holds live ear
. tridijes. which can be thrown into
position by a slight nn vein r,1 T
a le\or. Single cartridm s em abo
li- tired, wliiie the ainmuniti m in
: the magazine is kept in reserve, ho
that the mm is practically a sixshootlcr
and can !? tired ainio-t
' .as rapidly as a rev dwr. 1'V near s
of :i simple little tl:ro\v-otV, tie
trigger imi be thrown out > that
! the mm cannot !) nccidi nt.allv
1 <1 i.-eharm'd. riio penelrntint: i >r< <
(if till' mill is 1 relit lulO'.IS. S > tll.'l
i an ordin ny tree would furnish a
iitm 11 very litll-' protect ion wiiii.iiu
mile.
TIm' hnyotu I is of na entirely
now pal tern. 11 is in th I u on I'
a da^Lp'r, and htsideH it- u-e o:i
tlio end of tlio yiiu, serves lis a
short sword, a pi k or spade. n
bread knife, a meat axe in I act
for as many purposes as a vv man's
hairpin.
These i^uns of course require a
ma' I deal of eare Jo keep liieni in
t order to pass iaspeet ion. They
j are furnished by the' I'nited Stat
miveriiinent and evi ry man is n
sponsible for bis trim p, |(js eostimundiiu;
officer, who is responsible
to the Slate, and the latter in
turn to the war departnn nt."
Fort Mill's First Bale.
Duriiur the pas! we -k several
hales of new crop cotton have
been sold to t n' loeal buyers, and
judi:iut; from repotts from snrlb
111 111 1 1 11 < r -.I* 'I 1. .tic l!i.? / ii ' in
^ ' ' ? - ? ?? - ? ' I
dm will hi' on in lull I?:ji-1 in about
Ifii days. Wry Utile picking has
been done in the immediate \i in
ity, l)ii! over in Phnsant \ alley
and 11 arris mi the cot ton is opening
rapidly, and, as usual, will lie sold
| on this market when gathered.
The lirst hale to reaeli Fori
Mill this season was from the
Pleasant Valley firm of Mr. W 1 .
I larris, which eaine in la d Wo Iiiesday
afternoon. It was not of.
1 | I'ered for sale, however, until the
following day, when it was bought
l>V Messrs. Mills A Vniiuo. The
bile weighed 5'JS pounds, was
> I classed good mi Idiiiig, nicl at the
1 ! selling pi ice?12 I-2 cents nolt !
M r. 11 arris $(>(>.0 ).
On the same day Messrs. (). W.
Potts and dohn Kell, two other
i rominent farmers of the Pleasant
\ alley sect ion bioudit in mwmiI
new crop bales. 'I hose were sold
to Mr. T. 15. !?elk. the purchase
or iee tti>i it<r l.'* I ' n I ?
A Novel Advertisement,
Robert lioygns, the widely and
i j well-known hIu oinaker, Ii ih pasted
the following unique notice i: i n
number of eon.sj icuous ]>1;n*?
! about town:
I "Fort Mill, S. (\
" I luive opened up a boot ami
shoe hospital over Aidrey's drily
store. Also Innso inilinry guods
neatly repaired.
"R. I'oyyus.
4,'ln dm! we trust' ail others
1 rash."
Tribute of fiespac!.
Whereas, it pleas d Almighty
God, on the 17t!i day <>f 'July, to
' call from time to eternity, T. (I.
Culp, Iiitemhint of the town of
Fort Mill, therefore be it res >lved
b That in the death of Air. ('ulp,
the town has lo>t a frithful oliieer,
the Slate an honored citizen, and
' tin' church a zealous m? mber.
1 J. M. Spuatt,
\j A. Harkis,
Members Town Council Ft. M
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i The president is aaid to favoi
the catididney of Secretary Root
s for president in 1J>0S. Hut then
r the president may favor his own
i rcnomi nation about that time
- , Such tilings have been known be
' fore, ami are not surprising.
A Toy's Wild Ride For Lif:.
With tnnii y around oxpo tini?
Itiill Jodie, .miuI a son ridiinr f<>.
!if?*, IS inil?*s, t > l:< t Dr. Kinn's?
Now >y I n* ('oasuniption,
<.Min'i:; :111(i ( olds, W. II. Iit'own,
<>l JjI'I'SVllIt', 1ml.. flldllV?>(l r,Mill's
.ml; aiios fi annst lniKi: imt (i> is wonil.M
l'ul im <1 cino l; ivo in? imil n lit I
m:i(1 finai fin oil him. i!i- writes:
'1 now sU- p soundly every ni^iit
Like ni:ii vi'loas f tire*. of (Jonsninp
I on. i ?t'oMr1111 is. I oii^ns. \ Oiils
and (nip prove U s malt-bless merit
tor all L'hroat ami Lung trouble .
<innrn111?I bottles "?(>. and .Vl.Oh
Trial hollies 1'rt e ul till drugs ores.
(' !'unl>ia Miil'ere ] a very <. i.-astrotis
lir ensly Monday ntorshnj.
tlie pr< petty damage being Csli
mated at al> u' ',UbO.
IVnrfcl C:Jr -.' yz.i:
ludriddeii, alone an t destitute.
Such. i i In; f was t he coud lion < 1"
an old soldier by name of .1. .1.
!luven-. \ rsailtes. < ). For years
lie was troubled with Ki In y ili-i
a-e and n illier doctors nor medicines
gave liim relief. At length lie
II led " Fleet tie ttiers. li pit him
on Itis Icet in sin rl order an ! now
lie leal; lies: "I'm < n tint road to
complete reci'V. ry.v lJest on earth
'for Livi-r and Kidney troubles and
all forms i 1 Stomach and iiow* I
complaints. ( )nly 50c. (i iiarantet .I
by all d; u joists,
-In ian !olins on. tin* load; llil!
young una \vno was so dangerous
ly injured in tin* Fishing l'r?iL
A..,.,.! ..r 'i n.,.. ..11 ..
very eriiiral e 11.lit ion. ii iwvvt r.
the attending p!i\ ri.riiir.H are more
11<?pr f u 1 ot In - lerovery.
i uli1 CT/L CviiTc.
II'IH woi ld-wide fame f >r marvellous
euros It surpass au\
other salve, lotion, ointment < :
biliu for Cuts, Corns, I funis, I ho. Is.
I"? i, a ;, Sol i H, < "nappi I i i u up.
Skin l irupi ions; it.i dhbl -1 rl il.->.
(hire gu iranteot!. Only 21)e :i! .ail
drug stores.
l{rv. Martin lb Hard n. of Min
nenpdis, Minn., has ueet p'eil a
fill I to the Second I Tesl y lei ia:i
clnm-ii of Chariots . M.
V.'hit Is Life?
In tin last analysis nobody
knows, hut we do know that it iiin
< r striet law. Abuse that law,
even slightly, pain results, li uvular
living means derunginenl of tin
j organs, re-nSt i ng in Cunstipati< n
lleadaehe or Liver trouble. lb,
King's New Life fills quickly u
adjusts I his. It's gent !e, yet thorough.
()nly 2oe at all drug shun s.
I The Turn s has made ;ir
rnngnients whereby we ran ofl'ri
t ii is p ip,-'- an I the 11 nine and
, I\irm for Sl.'J") a y< ar.
AN OKHiN ANt'K.
Fixing (lie Levy nn?l Li-oviding f >" tin
("olleetioa of Properly 'faxes iu sin
Tuwu of Fort Mill, t . C.
IV il u.-ilaiM'-il 1) .' i lie intendanf iomI
wardens of ih.? town of lor; Mill.S. t\,
ami by au!h >rity of tin- -11110
Son. 1 'I'lia; two mills 011 tho dollar i
lvivhv lovioil 01 all ;a\al>lo property
\\ it bin t ii < < >vj> nto linti's of Fort Mill
S. 011 Jumrt 1, 1 1 ?;!, 1 ami the
sumo is han-by ma<l'' ! >r ordinary pur
p.Kl s.
Sec 2. That said taxes shall bo ami
boeonio duo and payable 011 1110 1st da;.
t?f Oi'tob-r, lIMJ, at lb* o'.lioo of .). .1,
Sprat f, so.nvtary and . a 011. r. an 1 lit
treasutvr's b o!;s shall l o opm on that
data for the ml - c ion'tif idia . -.an I
the sain ? may b paid up to ami tap!Iinn
the lath day of October, 1 a ) ;;f .
wliich data said taxes may l?o pain i; li
lfi per ooiit p naliy added until the 1st
day of Novomb >r, 11' I,
Sop. "> Tbat on and aftor Novoinbot
1st, H?executions will bo issued foi
all'dtdiu | a !i - for t li full amount <>|
taxes duo 'nor vri, h tho 1> prcoui
] tonally and all ousts, in 'India;* bat
dollar oust for every oxeeatiou issued by
1 ho treasurer.
Doao mid ratified in oonnoil tvssom
I bled this Nth day of September, l!);'.'?.
T. S. Kan; '.'.TiiirK,
Attest: Intendnnt,
I. M. Srr.vtt, Son. ami 'I roas.
DO YOU READ;
I('so, 1 can furnish you with tin
following t'imum! literature:
Broadway Magazine 1 "<
Aitisioo's .. B't
MeUlure's ,, K>(
Century ,, :t."?
Black Cat ,, (>"><
Leslie's I'opnlur Monthly 1U<
Borihner's 2.*><
Bmart Set !2o?
] Straml 1' ?<
Collier" a Weekly l')i
Vanity Fair Id;
Ladies' Home Journal 10i
American Boy 1
Judge 1 Hi
I'nck i 10(
Niekle Magazine 0>
, Mousey Id
A rg< >sy 10
Also several weekly newspa
pcrs for sale.
iri.. 1EC UPetrclcs
At Artfroif's Drug Store
to oun delinquents'
Those owitie us tnoucy will d<
i us a favor 1 >y ttlinn up at once
, We ne? tl the money iluc uh. am
don't want to he j ut of? until th
. last one to lie paid.
THE TIMES.
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[ or ishs lali nave
Oill'tS. [)o YOU AVfi!!'i i
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your city in end:' II
your Ii b:\[ hero, win
Iiilrsi styles to choose
wo have the latest sty]
hi si year's stylos, but t
,w?'\ O., 5 ! /tr i ' vf 1*1 5 \?X1V'
I 111 .4.1. ? i > l.'y. ' H 111
( i' iii(: is(i11 1.1 <i t ha
with it. Conic er.rly
will oat hist the soas<
door you will Ihul one
aiul iip-1 o-daie li;u*s o!
in Fort :-VM. And Hi
tli.d 1ao nricas arc n^s
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The Timos ^ ill do ;
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that :r. nut 1 ..ml 011 linen fi'w-h from
i * i trio; iN. i'., are rus. siaiu^. ink
slain-. frui stains, ami .; ia 1 !v
so. in,, from overheated irons. That
' is what \vo sar;iealarly jtuard amiiasf. ;
fit -!;losliawl ->, i::? uuenlatn- white j
ia> wliito can l>o, or : ? sir. m:.; of color as
when you lxinjjh: ir til* originally of a
color j>a!i 'i*n'. your washable apparel is
, returned el an, well wasiad, well1
, iron . ?1.
{shipment mad from Fort Mill every j
Thursday morning and laundry ret
urm-d r a", uv.k y n.nrniii s l?y I
lJ. !.. a A i.llAM.Y. Agent.
S?-ITT3?; I7&
A THf Ah ORDEU
! an J get the
15 EST W lIJSKiKS,
: W 5 N E S,
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:! HHANDIES, Etc.,
It tin* nrsl n^v limbic prieo.
MAHK. A. TEr.TUR, Manager,
THIS CiOCKD SALOON,
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no equals in these
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so, cojiu1 and select
revor, have all the.
from. When we say j
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lo mean the styles for
ember, every Jefter?
is a 11 ronsj; guarantee
a id i)uv early?they
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of i he most complete
i lotlung* ever shown
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I? jt oprfetoy.
Ik Clothing with vou
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i f So, Try Our
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Always the Same.
2.50 per (lalion.
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FIXE LIQIJOHS
AND MINES,
No. PI Fast Trade St.
CHARLOTTE. - - - N.^C. "\y
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