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fa. - ? . FORT MI LI j TIMES DEMOCRATIC I'UBLISHKD KVKRY WEDNESDAY B. W. BRADFORD. Y? in.* Tt Subscription: i iMf v ?' .00 :ox months irt Throe month:' -o <'on e .pcnr.oni'o on ? ui i i'tit subjects is invit?3. hni no responsibility Is astinmei! for tlm view:: of correspondents. Anonymous '-?>nimunicnM'.?ps will not he published in these columns. On ippiii'it ion to the publisher, s?d> "rtisinu j'iites lire ntude known to 1 ho#c it?t? rested. MAS 3*>, UK>4. A number of I?* ?v?I colored wnfcien have been making tbchnselves entirely too conspicuous 'on our streets lately, and it is Imped that some ac tion will be ta uen to keep them in decent ohs. iliity. at. least. If Hindi vice is to la- ral l ied on it should be in sonet and let flaunted in tbe fares of re ep**ctobIe people, as ban been the canesever.al times leoenlly, 1'ioba lily the best remedy for Hitch nuisance is to linve t lie part ins t bus engaged locate in other tjunrters, p The department of agriculture is milking elaborate arrangements for its report oil the acreage and condition of the cotton crop on May lib, tin* condition of cotton on .J 11 no 2b, and for reports on other crops for June and duly. A very large number of correspondents will send in detailed reports on tbe -< 1111) I JiiTeimtJ niid i ' 111 (11 I 11 (11 f<> j) ?rt on May 20, and t hey have been onjoined to usn tin* greatest care, especially for acreage, and to base their opinion on inquires as well upon observation, and to avoid under estimating or over estimating this yours crop. Commissioner of ruternnl Revenue Yerkcs is issuing notices to the effect that after duly 1st the treasury department will refuse to redeem revenue stamps that were sold for the purpose of enabling the government to carry on the war with Spain. The collectors have been advised to notify the 'holders of these stamps to hurry up and tile their claims for redemption, as they will be worthless after the lapse of, a few more weeks. Notwithstanding the fact that the government docs not redeem thcsc Htum|)s ifi amounts of less than nearly $!t,OOt).00<) has been taken in from this source up to the present time. It is Useless, it seems, for the newspapers ( if all have experiences like The Times) to herald the fact that articles for publication should be accompanied by the writer's true name. Almost every week there comes to this otlice one or more cemmunications, some of which are very interesting and to which we would he glad to give space, but when the name of the writer is sought, we find only a n mi de plume mid the result is that the letter goes to the waste basket. Our latest experience along this line was on Monday last when there came to hand a well written letter from the "Fork'* section of the township signed "Ike Isye." Now. as The Tones man is uot uequuinted with anyone hv that name and for the fact that his, or her, letter contains several statements which the editor might he ceded upon to vouch, for the communication will not be published. It is unusual for a railroad com I'n.i T I IT (jr-nn l> > I III!" IC HI IVt'C III fill employe wlm ik killed otherwise than by neglect iiu ith pari. The Atlantic Coast Line has broken 1 lie* precedent, however by granting ji pension of $5,000 to the lather <>f Sec) ioiunaHter Murray, who whb murdered near Savannah ucv* Vera I uioutliK ago. During a 1 rack men's strike young Murray refused to join llie strikers and it was thought he was killed by them for not assisting in the fight at; bust railroad people. The young man had taken his father's place, the elder Murray having been forced 1o retire oil account of bis i?rie_ mm.i the $.">,000 ifiveu him by the railroad will enable him to live -comfortably the rent of hie days. Thin notion of the Goaet Dine is very coiptmeudable, and if other railI'oiuIh would deal more ppnieronnly with their employee#, they would probably figure in fewer tlauia^e Hiiita in the courts. ??Democratic ConventloB. The Slate Democratic Convention met in Columbia last Wednesday and Wednesday night and elected delegates to the National Convention. The delegates at large -are Senator Tillman, Govrruor Hey ward, (ten. Willie Jones and Mayor Uhatt. of 'Charleston. The district delegate* were: First, .1. K. Tindal and J. St. Clair Whit*; aecond, J. C. Shepliard anil Claude K Sawyer; third, fc>. H. MoGhev and -K. -F. Suiith; Kmis i V<J. t ^ ( ^ ' * fourth, ?J. J. Gentry and J. A. Hoyt; fifth, A. M. Aiken and Leroy Springs; sixth. I) D AleI Coll, Jr., and 1). R. Colter: seventh, Altamout Moses and T. (.?. Ml'jjpiwl. These delegates go to St. Louis on:list i acted. The platform adopted was, in brief, a renewal of the pledge of fidelity to the fundamental principles of .letl'ersoniau Democracy and an endorsement of the State government and admin is'rat ion and the I nitcd States Senators and their work mi receiving the $hU,0()O due the State from the National government. The I'nited States Senators' work in opposing the confirmation of ('rum was especially endorsed and the policy of Roosevelt, toward him con donned. The growing assumption of power by the president is viewed with ; alarm and a revision of the taritV is urged and a rigid enforcement of the trust laws is demanded. I I I ? l. :? ---I ijrim, uui llUl IO(lM , I III' 11 11 1 I IHU' WMK H<l(>()tl'(l (111(1 fill delegates I?? j the national convention were instructed to vote Mb a unit on fill (i nest ions. Judge Parker on the South. According to an exchange, .1 tidge Parker, in speaking to a friend recently concerning the problem that vex the social, political and industrial life of the Southern people, said: "They are a great, people; they are the countrymen of Washington, .TetTerson. Madison, Jackson and Lee. Their courage and their ' constancy have never failed. They have changed velvet, for homespun i and enduied the pinch of honor: able poverty, and are just now be. ginning to reap the reward of their ; great sacrifices. I have implicit faith in their ability to solve rightly and righteously the ditiicult i problems with which they are eon fronted, and I believe it is the duty of their countrymen at the North to permit them to solve those problems unmolested by irritating political interference from the outside," -? ? Evangelist Little Fought the Mormons. Two Mormon elders went to j Wingate, six miles east of here last. Friday, says the Moi roe Fnquirer, and before they left that village r>.?> n.> inn) i nut I w* i i |f n^l| I I I >1 I H V ? ( " . 1 I 1411 III*, a Baptist minister who iH well , known throughout this section for i his unique way of going for those ! men ami measures which are so ' obnoxious to him. Mr. Little and the elders engaged in conversation and the subject of polygamy, as practiced by the Mormons, was sprung. One : of the ciders said that lie had no argument against polygamy, but the mother of Christ practiced it. That assertion was too much for Mr. Little and we learn that he told the elder that lie could say what he pleased about dimmy Little. but that he had gone too far in slandering thai woman, and with that declaration he landed a list on the elder's mouth, and the elder, not being a man of war, turned to tli'O and as lie did so Mr. Little kicked him, and also kicked the I other elder, and threw a valise I which one had left after them, and told them never to come to Wingate again. Neither of the elders showed light. I I The Republican Leader. After fretting and worrying for two months the. Republican party has fiunlly selected. a manager of itn full campaign. IIh name in Theodore lioosevelt, and his pseilj douyni is George H. (Jortelyou. | It cannot be Haid that Mr. OorI telyou is anything more thau a mask for the real manager, for lie ih a politician who Iihh never had j anything to do with politics, a j manager who has neVer managed, ! ami a statesman who has practiced statecraft only a few months and nevef attended a cancan or convention except in the guise ?f a ijhonoi/rt'.nhic reriorter H? is? amiable official hut what hp doesn't know about the steering of parties and the arts of Mark Hunna, will be likely, if he escapes from his keeper before November, to cause consternation in such old stagers as Frye.^nay, Furaker. Fairbanks, Cannon, Piatt and Grosvenor. Barely eight years ago the youngster graduated from the Columbian University and almost his entire experience has been acquired as a shorthand writer and executive chamberlain. The mere mention of the new Republican manager causes the Democrats of the , country to indulge in a broad smile of acquiescence. > i %A Fout Xiix Woman Asks "have yon a floor paiut that, will last two weeks?" Yes we have Devon's; .It has beautiful gloss mid will wear two ? years if properly applied. W. H. Ati drey & Oo. ii i . ,v * . < . ( / ... . | y ,?(> ?. N? i . ~ ?. Battle of the Catawba. Rock I(i11 Humid, Saturday. Thfinlore Moliraw and George Gregory of this city left town to go to Catawba river bridge t'o fish lust \\ edneaday afternoon and later were billowed by Will Wint, and Frank and Walter Adkins. foitnci ly cf this city, now of Chester. They appear to have gathered there for a frolic and of comkc the whole crowd tried to see how much joint barleycorn they could con Mime. From drinking to card playing was but a elioit step and it was not lotto until they were engaged ... " 1.1 .... 1 . . 1 : ii nun |>rini I nil'. I LOW lOllg IIIIS continued is not related, n?>r is it stated who were the fortunate winners; but it ik fluid that MeGraw borrowed a pistol from each of two of tlie crowd, \\ alter Adkins being the owner of one. and when he 'was thus armed, ho cocked and pointed one of the guns at Walter Adkins and demanded his tnonoy. Adkins veininded him to ho careful, that the pistol might go off; but MeGraw, still pointing, re, plied that if Adkins did not haul out his money it would indeed go off, and suiting Imh action to the word, tired twice at Adkins, and then turning \ipon Frank Adkins fired twice at him. This is the report, and then too it is said that ! Wint, who had also been threatened, concluding that distance lendfl enchantment to the view, left rather hurriedly, when McGraw gave him several parting shots. Not satisfied with the result of the battle so far, however McGraw tired upon Frank Adkins twice, when lie too got out of harm's way, leaving MeGraw in undisputed possession of the field. Gregory had fallen by the waydde before the party, who had gotten together after leaving town, hud reached the river. Walter Adkins in the meantime hhd gotten upon the ground and while in a stupor McGraw proceeded to gather up the booty as con trA band of war. One report i* that he got while another ' says the amount was only $10. Another strange thing about the affair is that the buggy, which had been hired from the Messrs. Koin edv, showed the effects of a severe bombardment, being broken and smashed in such a manner as to I sljow that it must have been in ; the midst of a savage battle. Walter Adkins, when brought to I town that night, was treated by j Dr. W. li. Stevens, There were two wounds on his head, one under j the right eye and the other on top 1 of the head, which the surgeon at | tirHt thought had been made by ! pistol shots, but he is now of the j opinion that the wound under the : eye was made by a blow from a pistol, the hammer producing the wound; that on top of the head, : which is a groove in the scalp I about two inches long, was made by a pistol ball, but could have , been made otherwi.-e. The mau's condition is not serious. This is : the story as we have been able to | gather it. There is a mystery about the whole affair that can i/r r^|jiniiiru ?miy nil lilt" ineory tlmt a row occurre-d and that it grew out of a name of cards. McGihw took leg bail ami his aide of the story has not been 1 heard We understand, however, | that he intends to surrender to the authorities, when some things which now appear to he strange may be oleared up. The News'oTGold Hill. Editor Times: As yon have had no tidings from this sect ion in sevi oral weeks, I will attempt to write , a few lines for this week's paper. This section is needing ruin and l warm weather to induce the cotton and otiier crop-? in come up. Among our truck farmers, Mr. B. M. Faj.is deserves mention for . his tine cabbage patch. Potato raisers are more plentiful this year than common. Hope they will all lie hlcsHsd with good crops. Oats and wheat aie looking a little gloomy at present and rain would improve them very much. it Iihh been some time since grave charges were made against this scribe by two of your correspondents, of which I do not complain. 1 would like to know of the Pleasant Valley writer if lie is not erased over that Waxhaw belle? If not, let us hear from him again. Also, 1 want to know if Splinter has ever reuekved h box of goodies large enough to satisfy his appetite? Miss Corrine Paris is expected H"ii|r Iiiin wet'K trum mi exieuueti . visit ,to relatives iti Florida. Miss Florence Kinthrell is expected lioiue from Charlotte SntU rday. Miss Martha Bailea returned to her home in Pleasant 'Valley Friday, after h visit to relatives in this section. Kov. Pa ixt Yoitb Bi'ooy for 75 Cnts. with Devoe'a carriap* Paint. It weighs 3 to Mom. more to the pint than other, wears longer, and gives a glows equal to nvw work Sold by \V. B. Ardrey & Co. / SCHR AFFT'S CHOCOLATES and BON BONS Direct from the factory in Mos ; ton. We have a lar^e stock of tli*-r??* celebrated Candies, which have recently established through out tin- Cnited States a new .standard of excellence. 'Tis a new innovation in Fort Mill for hi^h quality in thin line. It is just a matter of 25 per cent hi^lnr in 1 price and 1U0 per cent higher in i quality. All in elegant p;ifka<^r?s cf 5, 10. 15, i?0 iiikI bU cents at Ardrey s Drug Store. Hybridizing Cotton. Five years ago the Inited States i department of airi ienlt ure began the effort at Columbia to obtain a hybridization between long and | short staple cottons. The experiments are under the supervision I of I >r. H. .1. Webber, of the department. assisted by |{. C, Keeiihii, of Columbia. They are conducted on a small farm on the outskirts of Columbia. The aim is to produce a cotton with staple not less than one and one-lourth inches : in length, and possibly a staple as | long ms one and one-half inches that will yield as much seed and lint as the three-fourth inch varieties of cotton now generally grown . .... ....i u. .... .........wo. While the experiments lmve been on a Kinall scale, and have at traeted little public- attention, they ; have been going ou steadily, and Dr. Weber says t bat be is confident that the loiter staples of umformity of type may be successfully . produced. The records of hybridization have been carefully kept, , and while it is not expected that the new cotton will be ready for the I growers for several years, the prospoets of eventual success are high j ly encouraging. Beauty aitd the School Yard. Here is a tine idea from West Virginia: The Agricultural Experiment station has entered upon a 1 practical campaign for the improvement. of rural school grounds throughout the State As it starter, I one school yard in each county iK to he beautified by a landscape gardener. There will be trees, shrubbery and flowers, and an ef-. fort to make real beauty spots of plots that are now unsightly, Thore isn't a more dismal'ap pearing spot on earth than the average country school yard. Generally it is a sizable lot, grown up with weeds and littered with lunch remnants, old newspapers and other debris. In the centre is a j weather-beaten building, pgly inside and out. Its hare walls nnd smoky citings would he an incentive to suicide, if it were not for the natural jubilanry of childish spirits. A little money, properly used, would put tin- home-like touch on the interior, and make the grounds a great garden. And it is a fact that the cliil dren, even in the most boisterous of country schools, can he interested in the useful life that lies out wide of their hooka. Tliey will i,rrow flowers if they have a chance and an example to follow. They I will ahsorh a love for the bemti lid, it they have the oppnrtunity, audit is a thing that will make them better men and women. Letter to L. J. Masscy. Fort Mill, S. C. Dear Sir: Tho cheap paint to buy is the one that covers more than you think; the cheap one to wear is the one that is young when old. Mrs. Moore, of Kelsey, N. Y., bought IB gallons Devoe to paint her house two i coats; her painters said it would take that. Mad rt gallons left. Mr. James Aokloy'g house, in Cairo fCatskill Mountain), N* Y., was painted Devoe; it. wore 14 years, and the paint 1 was in good condition then. He was going to paint , the last we knew, though, i That's the way to preserve a house; repaint when there's no occasion. Yours truly F W Drvoe it Co JI Now York I 1'. S. \V. B. Ardrey & Co. sollourpain t . I _ To tho Democratic Volars. While I am grateful to my friends for suggesting my name as a candidate for the House of Representatives, wonld say my political aspirations have been gratified. I therefore cannot cousent to reenter politics, Respect fully, S. H. Kpps, Sr. I SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING TO THE TIMES OFFICE. May, 1904, and the 1th day of .Tune, UKV jMiy to the treasurer of said town a com i mutation tax of two <$2) dollars or per form 5 days work on streets of said towi under the direction of the propter an thorities. See. 2. That after the 4tli day o June, 11)04, all delinquents under thi ordinance shall be subject to a tine o 50 cents or one day's additional labo on the streets. Kutitied this 2nd day of Mav, 1004. T. S. KIUKPATRICK. Attest: Iuteiidant. J. M. SPRATT, Sec'y and Treas. Win!hr?*|? Collie Scholarship and Kntrancc Kxaniinations. The examination for the award of va cant scholarships in Winthrop Col leg and for the admission of new student will be held at the (Jonnty Conrt Hons on Friday, July Nth, at 0 a. m. Appli cants must not be less than fifteen year of age. When scholarships are vacate* after July 8, they will he awarded t those making the highest average a this examination. Scholarships are worth fl00 and fre tuition. The next session will openSoi tember21,10O4. For further informal ioi and catalogue, address IT. KS. D.B.JOHNSON, Rock Hill, S.C T'T- r ' r% nunuuunu; 2 Flour Ad % df (,)ii hccoiiiit of the Henr.-i Flour Iwis advanced. "I)an per I arrel. Our price reuini ++ Dan Valley - ++ Southern Queen We advise huyinix f??r in T A.. Hal Tin' president 1 win app. iiite.l .limit's ]\I. Stewart postmaster at Lunctistet in place of Mrs. Relle Nance, whose term had expired. Mrs. Nance desired to remain, but the Republican managers in South Carolina decided against her. A Sure Thing. It is said that not h ing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not altogether true. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is a sure cure for all throat and lung troubles. Thousands can tostifytothat. Mrs. ('. R. Van Met re of Shepardstown, W. Va., says, "1 had a severe case of Hronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no releif. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then mi red me absolutely."' It's infallible for Croup, Whooping Cough, (irip. Pneumonia and Consump tion. Try it. It's guarenteed by all druggists. Trial bottles free. Keg. f)Oc, $100. Mr. J no. A. Neely. of Rock IT ill, announces through the columns of The Record that lie will not make the race for clerk of the court, His reasons are that circumstances will mil luumit Iiihj ninl'iiiir ii I'nii vhhh of the fouiity tliin summer. A Startling Test. To save a life, Dr. T. (i. Merrill of No. Mehoopanv. Ph., made 11 startling test resfllting in a wonderful etire. He writes, "a patient was attaeked with violent hemorrhages, caused by ulceration of the Htoniaell. 1 had often found Elec trie Hitters excellent for acute stomach and livor troubles so 1 prescribed them. The patient gained from the first and has not had an attack in fourteen months.' Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Duly 50c at all drug stores. A crowd of negroes lynched r negro at Seaboard, C., lasi Wednesday night for commit tint ! t he usual crime on onv of their owi race?a little seven-year girl. Quick Arrest, J. A. Gnllcdge of Verbena. Ala. was twice in the hospital oin ? severe ease of Pi les causing 24 turn ors. After doctors and all rem edies failed, Iluoklcn's Arnica Salve quickly arrested further in Humiliation and cured him, I eonqueres aches and kills pain 2oo at all dviifj stores. The Japanese have been losint ground during the past week They were repulsed in several bat ties, besides losing two ships. ? - ? ?? Make Young Again. *One of Dr. King's New Lib ! Pills each night for two weeks pn me in my "teens again" writes I) 11. T urner of Dernpseylown, Pa They're the best in the world fo Liver, Stomach and bowels. Pure ly vegetable. Never gripe. Only 25< at All Drug Stores. . ? STREET TAX NOTICE. Sec. I. Ro it ordained l?v the Iiitnn dant and Wardens of the town of For Mill, S. c\, in council assembled?Tha all persons subject to street duty nude the laws of South Carolina, residing ii said town shall between the 14th day o I I ; i i i i ?un?u???n I vane i n $. % ?-5- 8 11y <>t ?r<>?ul win'Jit. nil Patent Af \ alley" lias mivaiuvil -U> ets. Ww i lit; l lie hh 1 no for llii-. week; .... $;?.<)<>. ? ->.75, iiinediate use, TT # ris cfc Co *i ^u?uunt?m l\\nr\(i:\l r v T < Candidates' curds will be inserted nn<l??r this heading until the primary cleotiim for $ L'?t> each, Our tct'iiu to all j-? are CASH IN ADVANCE. FOR CLERK OF THE COURT. \\re arc authorized tnai'.nuunce Mr. J. ** C. WILHORN of Rook Hill, as a candidate for CLERK OKTH15COURT for York connfy. subject to the action of the Democratio party in the nominating primary next summer. FlMlKTimes is authorized to announce ' John R. Logan. of Yorkville, as a candidate for the ottice of Clerk of the Court for York County, subject to the rules of the Democratie jmrty in the approaching primary. I hereby announce myself a eumiidate for the ottice of Clerk of Court of York County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary, J, A. TATE, FOR COUNT YSUPT. OF EDUCATION FlNie Times is authorized to aunoutrce * .1 A. Shurley a candidate for l-he otlice of County Superintendent of Education, subject to the rules of the Democratic party in the August primary. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. I hereby announce myself as a caudi date for recommendation for the apimiutincut as Auditor of York county, at the approaching Democratic primary, ' subject the rules of the same. 1 J NO. J. HUNTER, 1 \ W m mm FOR SHERIFF. tTHE Times is authorised to announce * S. S. Ploxico. of Rock Hill. a candidate for the office of Sheriff of York <\ unity, subject to the aotmn of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself a candidate * for sheritV of York County; subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary, J. II. SUTTON.* . \\re are authorised to announce Mr, , * " JOHN F. (iORDON as a candidate for the office of S1IKR IFF of York county, subject to the choice of the Demol* i era tic voters as the same may be ex* t j pressed in the primary election of Auk* ' ust MO. ir ? FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. \\rK are authorized to aunontioe Mr. K. M. WHITKSIDKS, of Brand I liiver township, as a candidate for tha office of SV PKRVISOR of York County, subject iu the rules erf the Demuoratio I party. i ?'1 ?? | FOR REPRESENTATIVE , "l\re are authorised to announce Mr. ' * J. W. Ardrey, of Fort Mill, as a 1 candidate for the House of Representatives from York county, subject to tha action of tiie Democratic party at the primary elect ion. ? Work Well Done Have you Table Cloths, Counter* 1 pnines, Doilies, Window Curtains, ( Blankets, etc., laundered by the Model Steam Laundry, of Charlotte, N. C, > Prices for laundering the td>ove ' articles cheerfully furnished. Suits pressed ?i5c; suits dry. i cleaned and pressed. 50c? suits washed and pressed, 75c; coat or p> j pants pressed, 15c; cleaned nnd 1 pressed, 25c; skirts pressed, 25c; ' cleaned and pressed, 50o. _ Our shipments ure made Tliurs* . day mornings and returned "mtur3 days. - mcEihancParks Co, The Clothing and Shoe Men j J. U. Traywick & Co., f DEALERS IN FINE LIQIJOHS > AND WINES, | No. 42 Kant Tn\da St. s CHARLOTTE. - - - N. O. f . GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER and get the s BEST WHISKIES, W INKS, BRANDIES, Etc., At the most reasonable prices, J J. 0. Ross & Co. Props.. 0 THE GOURD SALOON, 1 CHARLOTTE, N. C. p No. 2<> W Trade . . fcoili '? noces. >- _ Eel The Time* sell you 1?>0 old \ neWHpnpers far 2? cent*