Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 23, 1903, Image 2
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Fort Mill '1'liono (with lonjc distance
connections) No. 28.
On application to the publisher, ndvertlrlnx
J'ntes are made known to
those Interest'-d.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT'MB'H S3, 1903.
If the liu Igariatis want to liek
t|i'.Turks they might wiih advantage
import a few sharpshooters
from li.eHthitt county, Kontuc k y.
m m m
Scant provision ih made for the
public schools in the Indian Territory.
Possibly the grafters fear
the result of educating the savages.
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TJie mnn who went after President
Roosevelt with a gun has been
considered a "harmless idiot" for
years. And yet the authorities
'allow such people to run at large,
regaraiet-s ot tue tact Hint no idiot
is ever really harmless.
!
A Washington statistician, says
Ihe Inter Ocean, hns discovered
that seventy-seven members of the
Fifty-eight Congress, twenty-six
senators and Hfty one representatives,
were soldiers in the civil
war. Forty-seven were in the
Union and thirty in tfie Confederate
army. Civil war soldiers
form more than 111 percent, of the
total membership of Congress.
The civil war ended more than
thirty-eight years ago. The
present average of these former
Boldiers is not stated. But the boy
of 16 who went into the army for
a few months only in 1865 is now
54. The young man of 20 who enlisted
in 1861 is now 62. Probably
the average age of the civil war
soldiers in Congress is at least 65.
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There is a belief widely current
in this country that the United
States is the only country with a
corn producing belt, hut this belief
is erroneous. Iiecent statistics
show that South America also
mines corn. Argentine, a country
two-tifths as large hs the United
States, has only 5,000,000 population.
With this spaiRu population
4,030.000 aores of coru were cultivated
last year, yielding 130,000,000
bushels. The United States
had in 04,000,000 acres, which
yielded 2,253.000,000 bushels. Considering
the population of the
South American country the showing
made was very flattering. The
average yield in Argentine was
tuirty bushels to the sere, while
that of the United States was but
twenty-seven.
It hna not been generally known
that the everglades of Florida
have not been open to settlement,
but such is the case. The government
laud office has only recently
thrown this large tract of laird
open to those who desire to settle
there and improve it and reclaim
it to civilization. Lake Okeechobee
receives the drainage of all
Central Florida. It is bordered
with vast morasses which extend
southward for sixty or Beventy
miles and this part is called the
Everglades. This tract, covering
something like n thousand square
miles which the foot of white man
may be said never to have pine*
trated, although small seclotis
have been visited at the risk of
life and limb, is now to be partial*
ly drained and parcelled out iuto
small farms.
To Prcytnt Wricks. J
The work of putting in the run*
sway switches on Saluda inouii* j
tain is Hearing completion, and
within a few days the dangers accompanying
the handling heavy
freight trains over the steep Saluda
grade will be practically ellmi*
nated. The rails on what is known
as switch No. 1, have been laid,
ii nrl ti t a uv 1 a/1 fKiu will
C??iV? IV in V.IJMJI.IVM H1IO oni VWIJ Will
be ready for use,* if the occasion
requires, in a few days. The work
of grading switch No. 2, which is
locnted near the foot of thA" ountain,
some two or three <jTuidred
yHrds this side of Melrose,Is being
rapidly pushed snd will be all oomplete
in ten or fifteen day*. These
switches will remain open day and
night with a guard stationed at
each one, and if the train going
down the mountain gets from under
the oontrol of the orew it simply
runs into one of iue*eswitches
snd, owing to their location, the
train is easily brought to n standstill.
If all is well with the downgoing
train the engineer signals
the mau stationed at the turn off,
the switch is thrown and tl e train
proceieds on down the uiouu tain.?
Columbia Record.
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The Tillman Trial Next Monday.
Dispatcher sent out from Lexington
Monday say that the trial of
Jus. H. Tillman, charged with the
i murder of N. (Jr. Gonzales, has
been informally fixed by acting
Judge Frank 11. Gary to begin
next Monday morning. Solicitor
Thurmond for the State suggested
that Thursday be fixed for the
I trial and made a brief but clear nr!
gument in favor of that day, but
the judge, influenced, as he said,
by a special i resentment of the
grand jury and a petition from
the fiscal officers of Lexington
j county, complied with the earnest
plea of the attorneys for the defense,
named the first day of the
second week of the sessions.
Some Good Adviceliishop
Fowler has given some
good advice to the young men who
would enter the ministry, and if
followed hi? advice would produce
a different grade of preachers than
some with which we are aillicted
now. Kays the good bishop:
"Preaching is your business, and
the question is. how can you beI
come able preacheis? It means
hard work. Get into your study
at 7 o'clock Monday morning, and
begin to prepare your sermon for
the following Sunday. Work till
about 1 o'clock, spend the afternoon
visiting your flock, return to
your study at <1 and stay there until
10 or even 12 o'clock at night,
if your physique can stand it. I'se
I only short words, ho that everybody
in the Intermediate department
at Sunday school knows
what you are talking about. Big
words are tombs in which to bury
little ideas. Work on your address
every day until Saturday
afternoon, and then you will have
the beginning of what may, by infinite
charity, he called a sermon.
In ten years you will be a good
preacher. You must not talk trash
Yon must compete with the best
literary efforts.in the l>nok.s ami
magizines. The pica her's toinplation
is neither liquor nor woman.
It is laziness. Excepting the
bishop tttill presiding elder, tiie
preacher has t.ue best opportunity
in the world of anybody to become
lazy. Even the cats and dogs
must know by our lives that we are
sanctified to Christ#"
Fort Mill Negro in Trouble.
Fred Truesdale. a young negro
man who, up to about two weeks
aco, lived in or near Fort Mill, was
locked up at the police 'station in
Charlotte Monday upon the very
serious charge of having criminal,
ly assaulted Mrs. T.J. Killough.
a white lady who lives in the Gingham
Mill district of that city.
The assault is alleged to have
been made on lust Wednesday,
while Mrs. Killough was carrying
dinner to her husband, at a point
near the railroad crossing of the
Southern and Seaboard roads
Mrs. Killough says that she met
Truesdale in a deeii cut. and atei>
ped aside ho hh to allow the negro j
to pasH. Trueadale confronted her
with a demand for her money. Upon
being told that Hhe had no
money, the negro grappled with
the woman, and, besides tearing
her clothes, felled her with a blow.
Mrs. ICiHough's screams frightened
Trueadale and he ran.
The assault, for an unknown
reae.on, was not reported to the
Ijol.ce until Monday, when Chief1
t win, nceompnnied by Mrs. Killough,
went to a brick yard near
the city, where it had been learned
TrucHdell was at work. The negro
was at once spotted, and. after
being identified by Mrs. Killough,
was taken to the guard house to
await nn investigation.
Truesdell denies the charge,
and says that he did not even accost
Mrs. Killough. The negro is
a bright mulatto, about 17 years
of age, and his mother is now residing
in this place.
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vjunncus v?cis itn i cars.
The trinl of Robert T. Ounnells, I
white, indicted for the rape, on
Friday, the 11th, of a 4-yeu-old
negro girl, began in Greenville at '
10 o'clock Saturday morning and i
ended at t> o'clock in the afternoon.
The evidence against the accused
was altogether circutnatant al,
but it was strong and convincing
and the only weak link in the
chain of evidence waa whether or
not the rape had been accomplished.
The injury to the child waa
serious and left no doubt as to what
was the intention of the brutal ae- I
sault, but the actual crime was not
proven. The jury must have taken i
this view of the case as after hii
hour's deliberation the verdict was
rendered of guilty under the
second count of the indictment
which was an assault with intent
to ravish, the penalty for which is
not exceeding ten years imprisonment,
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Fort Mill's Oldest Citizen.
Matthew ^1 11 whh horn .Tilly
1 (I, 1H12, 4 miles northwest of Foi^t
Mill, oil 1h?' place now owned hy
Charlie Crook. He wiih married
in Ih.'iT to Mis-? Lucrecia Bennett,
daughter of Jno, Bennett, To
them were horn nine children, four
living and live dead. There hio
45 grand-children, 15 being dead,
20 living, bee idea 44 great-grandchildren,
10 deail and 114 living.
Mr. Merritt is now !)2yenrs old.
lie remembers when there was n? t
a threshing machine in this conn*} ,
the grain being tranifl'd out by
I horses, and not a cotton press, cotton
being packed by having a hole
I cut in the tloorHiui a Hack fanttMiI'd
there, and packed by a crowbar.
A bab' weighing 250 pounds was
considered a large bale' Mr. Meri
l ilt says that in 1818 there whs
frost in every month of the year
except August, and that people
had to set by the lire in June, in
time of wheat harvest. He r?
members the stars falling in 18351,
also the first well dug in Fort Mill
township, it being at the old Who
ren blacksmith shop. Can recall
the time when people lived on dirt
floors, when plank had to tie Hawed
by hand. He says that the last
deer killed in or around Fort Mill
W--H killed near where the cotton
mill now stands.
Mr. Merritt volunteered to go to
the war in 1801. but was rejected
on account of his age, he being
then 54 years old, but was conscripted
later and taken to Columbia,
S. (J. He whh there when
Sherman's army took Columbia.
The nearest market they hail for
their cotton in those days, lie says,
was Charleston, S. 0. It generally
required about 51 weeks logo to
and return from Charleston.
Mr. Merritt joined Flint Hill
Baptist church in 1851G, of which
he is hull h mamoer.
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The Plank Problem.
Prof. ,T. A. Boyd, of Pineville, n
few days ago forwarded The Times
the solution, or rather results of
operations of the plank problem
published in last week's paper.
According to Prof. Boyd*8 solution
the plank, whieh is 12 feet
long, 15 inches at one end and 9
inches at the other, would have to
he cut at a point measuring 12.37
inches width, and each piece would
then contain 0 square feet. For
explanation of ti.e problem Prof-.
Boyd refers Times readers to Colaw
and Elwnod's Advanced School
\ l 41 :n u ...l _
I ?\i 1111 uir i ii", \> 11i-j r inr^ >viii Li1111 <1
similui' problem worked out.
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Of Local Interest.
Although as yet nothing has
been definitely decided, it is understood
that, the York bar will ask
for a special term of court this fall
in addition to the regular term.
The special term that was held by
Judge Dantzler last spring relieved
the calendars somewhat; but
there is still pending a great deal
more business than will likely lie
disposed of at the next regular
term.? Yorkvilie Enquirer.
Railroad Commissioner Harris,
with the expert, J. H. Averill, began
an inspection of the trestles
and bridges of the old Three C's
road, beginning at Blacksburg
Thursday. The inspection appears
to have been pretty thorough, the
whole day being consumed between
Blacksburg and Rock Hill.
?Rock Hill Herald.
Reuben Pitts Goes Free.
The trial of Reuben Pitts, the
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^' 11111 iii 11 mi i ^ tii' 1i oo i leacuer who
some months ago shot mid killed
one of his pupils, Edward Foster,
whs ended Saturday afternoon at
1 o'clock, and the defendant goes
free. Argument was delivered by
dudge Geo. \V. Nicholls and Mr.
Stanyarne Wilson, for the defendant,
and Solicitor Sease for the
prosecution. The arguments of
each of these gentlemen was the
subject of high praise and comment.
The findings of the jury
were received with an enthusias'
ic and prolonged burst of applause
by the large crowd present.
Anniversary of Sharpsburg Battle.
Chariot to Observer, Friday.
Yesterday was the forty-first anniversary
of tho great battle of Sliarpsburg,
at Sharpsburg, Md., between tho Fedoral
forces under Geu. McClollau and
the Confederates nndor Geu. Loo. After
this battle thoro wero f?0,(KX) dead
on the tiolds, tho Confederate loss being
3Q.(KX) und the Union 24,000. Both
sidosthought they wore defeated and
the Federals began to withdraw. They
learned of tho retreat of the Confederates.
however, and followed.
| The first tight was on the 17th and
both sides spent the next day in bnrying
tho dead. The Confederate retreat
began before dawn on the morning of
tho 10th and the Union forces followed
them to Shepardstowu, Va.. which
is on a river, and thohattloof Shepardstown
was fonght that ovening. The
Southern army crossed tho river and
one-half of tho Federal forces were over
when General Stonewall Jackson fell
npon them likoa thunderbolt and utterly
routed McClollan's army. The oarnugo
in this battle was great, although
Jackson lost very few men, tho Federals
being too surprised to fight,
"That Boy."
Under the ubove caption the following
article, written for the Southern
! Christian Advocate by Rev. J. W. Daniel.
D. D.t appeared in Thursday's
issue of the Chester Reporter:
No enemy is more dangerous to a
commonwealth than ignorance, or an
education u]Kirt from religious tnttuen;
ces. France is a country older than
: ours, and a country where institutions
of learning prevail: vet ovor the doors
of her public lmlIs, I'm told by one recaiitly
returned from that country, is
written, "There is no God and no religion."
That seutinient is fraught
with more danger to Frauco than any
invading army that might enter her
t writory.
Give that boy a chance. I know him.
You urn needlessly i>erplexed utxmt him.
W orse and more unpromising boys than
he is have made great men and become
a blessing to their oountry. Yes, I
know you have ,alked to your wife
about him, and she has gone into the
closet to pray for him; God will hear
her, if you will act with common sense
| and not defeat your good wife's peti*
i tiou. I know he is indifferent, careless,
may be bad?smokes oigarettes, spends
t >o much money?is visionary and
sticks to nothing long at a time. 1
know ic is provoking, but don't be two
hard on hiiu. Be thuukful that he is
I not a fool. Toll him there is a place
where boys may get broader visions,
| where a well trained corps of guides
! undertake to lo.ul aspiring youth to
heights where new beauties unfold, and
unbound visions open up, to the honest
seeker after truth. Try it and don't
get discouraged too soon about that boy.
That boy! Yes that boy! His mothI
or don't think as you do; she has contidenee
in him. Let. him go this fall.
Talk hint full of the trip, get him exi
cited over the prospect of what is to be
learned, and encourage him to go. That
boy! Why there is two hundred dol1
lurs annually in that boy?hear the doli
lavs jingle?he can make two hundred
dollars in the cotton field. Yes I know
, it, but if you think of him that way
yon put him on a par with your best
mule. Think more highly of him, he is
worthy of it because he is an immortal
soul. Put two hundred dollars annually
into h in until he arrives at young
manhood and yon will bo prouder of
i him than you are of tho whole plunta;
tion, with nil tho mules you have ever
| owned, and crops yon have ever made
tin-own into the bargain.
! (iive that thought less boy a chance,
! and if nothing else results, you will not
| be the father of the man with all of his
failures and mistakes. That within itself
is worth all that college education
will oost you?worth that much to you.
A Boy's Wild Bide For Life.
W i 111 fnniilv arniiiid e*r??eti n?r
i . j r>
Iti 111 to 11 it*, ami a son riding for
lift*, 18 miles, to yet Dr. Kind's
New Discovery fttr Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown,
of Leesville, lud., endured death's
agonies from asthma; but this wonderful
medicine gave iiiHtant relief
and soon cured him. He writes:
now sleep soundly every night."
Like marvelous cures of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds
and Ctri*) prove it's matchless titerit
fur all Throat and Lutig troubles.
Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at all drug stores.
There was a total eclipse of the
sun last Sunday, but was invisible
to this part of the world. The
track of the shadow was confined
to the Southern Indian and Antarctic
Oceans.
Fearful Odds Against HimBedridden,
alone and destitute.
Such, in brief was the condition of
an old soldier by name of J. J.
Havens. Versailles, O. For years
he was troubled with Kidney dis[
ease and neither doctors nor incdij
eines gave him relief. At length he
tried Electric Bitters. It put him
and materials. They're so
much better than the ordinary
run of clothes, yet
prioes are astonishingly low,
and your perfectly safe in ordering,
because if garments
are not satisfactory, you
needn't take them. WE
WILL BE PLEASED TO
SHOW YOU OUR OREAT
LINE OF SAMPLESCALL
ON
McElhany-Parks Co. j
Fort Mill, S. C. |
InaHssaaMBHHinMKCiouBaaJ
on his fret in short order and now
lie testifies: "I'm on the road to
l complete recovery." Beet on earth
for Liver and Kidney trochlea and
all forms of Stomach ami Bowel
complaints. Only 50c. Guaranteed
by all druggists.
We are continually closing the
doors against the nngeL of opportunity
because they wear a garb
that seems menacing and repellaut
to us.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Has woild-wide fame for marvellous
cures It surpasses any
other salve, lotion, ointment or
1 balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils,
, Felons, Sores, Chapped Hands,
1 Skin Eruptions; infallible for Biles.
! Cure gu ran teed. Only 25c at all
! drug stores.
The Jewish new year began ye?.
terday. Aa the Hebrew calendar
ia reckoned according to the lunar
count, the Sabbath and all holitlnya
are observed from sunset to suu|
set, and accoidingly the service in
consecration of the Rosh Haahonah
| began Monday evening.
What Is L<f??
In the last analysis nobody
knows, but we do know thnt it is
under strict law. Abuse that law,
even slightly, pain results. Irregular
living means derangment of the
; organs, resulting in Constipation,
I Headache or Liver trouble. Dr.
1 King's New Life Pills quickly re'
adjustr this. It's gentle, yet thorough.
Only 25c at all drug stores.
, ' . .1. - --J - -U ag
NOTICE.?Persons desiring The State
| can obtain it daily duriug the comi
ing week by calling on R, E. Parks,
i at Ardfey's drug store.
| Old Relia
FALL WJjffl
L. Greif & IVo, Halt
bear the reputation <
best Clothing made in
all over the country w
! goods say they give \n
!customers sav the sn
never before been so
line of clothing; as we
j garment is warrantee
land color. The goo
wear well, the styles ii
well and the prices ai
them well. They lit li!
you. You are cordial
examine the goods am
TJndLei
Before old Jack Fro
I pear get a suit of Wri
wear.
All wool Sweaters $
Cotton Sweaters at
Work shirts, "25 c uj)
81.50. Covert Coats
i?i
i*r> uiniy.
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Close figures on Ell
Old - Relic
T. B. BELK,
Highest prices lor c
The Times will do
DO YOU READ?
If ho. I can furmeh you \vi 11? thei
following btanoaul literature:
Ainslee's ,, 10? i
McCllire's ,, 10c I
I^slio's Popular Monthly 10c
Soribner's 2or j
Smart Sot 2-V ,
Strand 10c j
Collier'n Weekly 10c
Vanity Fair 10c j
Indies' Home Journal 10c
American Boy 10c ,
I Jiulw I Or '
Puck lor '
Mn n Hey lOe ,
Argosy iocs
The Hnrr Mcintosh Siics
W ide World 10cs j
Pernon'M 10c j
"This Stnto," on Sundays oo
Also several weekly ncwspa^ j
pers for sale.
K. E IP a, r k. s ,;
At Ardrey's Drug Store
S51' Tch^R )
MEASURE
TAKEN
for your new Fall garments.
It is the only proper and satisfactory
way of buying your
clothes, being that "GOOD |
CLOTHES ARE ALWAYS
MADE TO ORDER." Make
your selection from the tailoring
line of
STRAUSS BROS.
Chicago, Est. 1S77
Good tsllors for over a quarter century
You'll find a world of pleas- i
ure in wcariug the clothes |
made by Strauss Bros.,?
/aiiltlouu ?n of vIa f fitiiuti
,ble - Store
TfflKLOTBBt
timore and New York,
:>f manufacturing tlio
Anieriea. Merchants
ho have handled their
Tiect satisfaction. Our
mo tiling. Wo have
well pleased with a
are with this. Every
1 to retain its shape
ds are the kind that
ire the kind that look
re the kind that sell
vo they were made for
ly invited to call and
1 compare t lie prices.
st, with his chills np
ii?ht's Health UnderSi
.50.
any price.
i. Overshirts 40e to
and work j)ants for
win Blankets.
ible Store
?
, jrropneior,
ottoii and cotton seed.
? ?
vour Job Printing.
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If So, Try Our
OLD NORMAN CORN WHISKY
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Mild and Mellow.
Always the Same.
$2.50 per Gallon.
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O. W. NORMAN,
Both 'Phonos P. O. Box 55.
CHARLOTTE, K. C.
J U. Trayw'c't & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQI OKS
AND WINES.
No. 12 East Trade St.
CHARLOTTE. - - - N. O.
FOR
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uuuu uiiiMvlJiS,
WIN ES,
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and get the
BEST WHISKIES,
W IN E S,
1>I> 4 VI \ ri,Ul TO
divai^ipi riic.,
U (lie most reasonable prices.
MARK A. TEETER, Manager,
THE GOURD SALOON,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Nc. 29 W Trade Both 'Phones.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned against
limit i-'Ft, fishing. or otherwise trespassing
upon the lands of the undersigned,
under penalty of the law.
* W. II. WINDLE.
FOR SALE?Several hundred old news]>n|>ers.
20 cents per hundred. Call
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