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FOKT Ml J/1 TIMES DEMOCRATIC TUBLiBHKD KYKRY WEDNEED AY B. W. BRADFORD. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.00 Six months 50 Three months 21> Correspondence 011 current subjects is Invited, but no responsibility Is ussiiintMl for the views of correspondents. Anonymous communications will not" jho published in these columns. On application to the publisher, ndvertlKliiK rates are made known to thoMP Interested. Kurt Mill "Phone (wilh long distance ? ?mncrtInns? No. 2'?. 8BPTKMUKK 21. 1904. The Call of the South. Fioiu Texas emies the cull for lulu ?rer* in t lit* cot Ion tie]< is cou pled with the nnuoutieenieni that the fdioi taj^e of In Ip is cV'-nter th in nt nny oilier period during the lust 'Jo years. Other States report conditions scarcely It hs sei ioiiH, and nil thronuh the South the deuiund for workers is far in ex <-ess of the supply. The change which inif. come over the neyro population of a considerable p ?rtiou of the South reeently has undoubtedly been ie no small decree responsible for t lie exfstinu state of affairs. From time to time there liavo lajeri ieports that the negroes were leaving the plantations and taking up their abode in the cities and towns, leaving planters dependent upon othei means for the euro of their cropn Waiving a dismission of the; .onUS' h that have led to this migration, 11 >ii which there appears to lie difference of opinio i. the sitnn-4 tion is such as to command carofnl .consideration, The Soul li is under jgoing ?" industrial awakening that is increasing yearly, and which promises to continue indefjuatcly. -Cotton still remains king, luit it no Ioniser has a clear field for developincuts and otleu lines are making themselves felt. The progress everywhere in evidence has created , a demand for labor that if. only strengthened by the reported abandonment of the plantations by , tinny negroes, It the country in! not to HtilTcr, the crops iiiuhI be j cured for, mid laborers must be : forthcoming. Already the cyei of the planters me turned toward the tide of immigration tiiat Hows through New York and other ports of entry, and efforts have been put forth to induce aliens to make their homes in the South. Italians have proved to be admit ably adapted to cotton culture, and ex|) rnneuts in that direction have been very satisfactory, pointing to this course us a source of relief alike for the planters and the country at lurgo. One Italian comfortably established in a rural com in unity is worth a do7.-u of (?) his countrymen crowded into nquulid quarters in a great city, seeking j out ft squalid existunce. The sutbe I is true of other nationalities who are Ho. king to the United States, and the salvation of the country i appears to lie in taking hold of j these newcomers and assisting them in teouribg h start in life. ! "Whether the South i^ 1o furnish I the future field for activities in. this line remains to he seen, hut \ indications are of a hopeful nature, ami point the way to a solution of the troublesome problem of immigration. 4*k Postmasters Elected hv Dosnia -j ..... . vV|iiy. Won. W. J. iiryan proposes in 1 the Inst, iBrine ??f Ins Commoner, n ! novel method for the neleotiou of postmasters u radical departure, i from the present plan, but likely 1 to meet the approval of the llhiss- | eH. 11 is aw follows: "Why should a president he permitted to turn the poslottire -department into a partisan maMiine and use thousands of post* iiiKsters as paid agents to advance Iiih politieal fortunes? lie should liot. Why should a member of (U mureas lie permitted to build tip j a poirioual organization composed of the postmasters recommended1 by him hut paid by the govern llll'llf Mill 111" llilJ * ...... ,in< uiin IJI ^(1 II I All I I 1)11 I (J defeat oilier congressional aspt rants in his own party? He should not. Why should ?i chief execu live be permitted to till the moot, frequent office in the community with a postmaster objectionable j1 to the community and reward lum , 1 for his scrvces with the money ' ' paid in by the community? lie 1 should not. Why should the ' "vireat Father of Washington," t iih the Indians call him, l)e per- ( in tied to electioneer amon^ the! colored voters of tlie North by up | pointing bhu k postmasters in tin* | Houtil n^Hill>t tin* protest Of tnO | patrons of the otHceY He should ; j not. And yet uil these things are- ^ openly and notoriously done to- | j <h?y. The election of postmasters t by the people wlioin they are to I Serve \yHl Correct all these anuses: J It fA*rnrlon-t7m?ry with Democratic i.'j principals; it is consistent with ' the doctrine of local solf ifoVeniIneuf. W|mt objection can be! ( raised to i! Y Can a President i : know tin* m-piinnts more intimate ly than the community and better | jndue of their qualifications? Is I lie more interested than the com- j in unity in piotui t, honest and e indent service? Not by leaving the j appointment, the removal and rejection for chuse in the hands of i the President, but by reetriotiimj ! ttnpoint incut to a list i'uini-lied by the community, the riuhts and interests of both the Kederal Govi crmneiit and the various coiiiimini- . ties can bo protected. Presidentand Conuressnien will then run on their own merits and not on tin* machines which tlicy have built up; the public service will be inn proved and the communities will t)<* protected I'rcnn the impositions i I intii ftre ihiw practiced upou t beiti.'' a??- ? ? The Pestiferous Sparrow. < After iii*i 11 y yearn <>t" resigned ; sufferiuir the inhabitants of the ! suburbs of all American citieH beuin to see the u.tter folly of the j introduction into this % country of I the Kuiflish sparrow. They were i brouuht here about 50 years ag > to destroy tho matiy injurous in- j sects that infest the fruit orchards, as well as ornamental trees in put)- 1 lie parks, but it teems that the birds have beeotae a nuisance, and 1 it is now clearly seen that Ameri ; ' can birds would do as much frond in this re peot as the sparrows, were it not that the latter have;' practically taken possession of the j ' cities, have run tho domestic bird 1 front its usual hnuntH,aud in many cases have entirely obliterated several species of tln> beautifully \ plumed Honij bird. The disappear- * mice of the thousands of wihl piye- 1 oris thrtt used to migrate biennial- i ' ly through the forests of the conn- ' ' tfV liiit'u li...... * 41 1 ..j ./. ii it i i i 11 mi i i'll in lilt" ; I U.mlUli sparrow, ana tin' seatcitv j in cities of the robin, pewit blue- 1 bird, oriol-, humming bird and ; i other varieties, are said to bo due ! ' to tin* presence of the spurow. I fitSchool Duties of Parent and Pupil. , < Seliools lire now opening for n ? year's work, and it may not lie out ( of place to make some remarks in ( reference thereto. One meat tiling , is to start right; anil another to j j keep riurht. It w 11 prove a very j ureat. advantage to pupils to start ! t in at the heLtittning and to attend , regularly. That iH ho obvious that , it would not seem worth while to | mention it; hut it is astonishing to t find so many parents who think a 1 j lost day now and then is of no ] conseijUeiiee. It. is of great gonRequeuco?so much so it ofteii marks the difference between a j suecesfiful year at school and a year wasted. j ^ Another important point iH the t nt in nd.. ,^r 11... ? 1 ........... ... .Ill- jiMirni lOWIini 111** ' j. school. A few days olT Ht the he- ' uitinin^ and, if it is hostile, or j t t'Voii critical, the chances are that t t lie ehihhvn will not derive much 1 benefit. Somet hues children whose < \ pareniH are limit tinders tin well at t school, hut it vs very rare, and in those eases the children would (lo t much better if the attitude of the ' parent were friendly and helpful, t There aroaome children even of s critical and cpnruloim partjnts, who 1 j are so j?ooii that they do well j > in spite of their parents'; hut tlti ? rule is tlie other way. i I Asa {jenei al proposition children j t will do well al scli.iol if tliey are ? tjiven a chance at home. School ?. troubles in nine cases of ten orii;in- 1 t ate at home. If the children henp f their parents speak slightingly of h the teacher, they will he pretty apt i to jjiVe trouble; but if the teacher ( has the support and co-operation \ of home influence the V'dry best i results will follow. i e There is possibly one teacher in t u million who would impose on a c pupil; one possibly in a half a mil- t li in who is ''partial'' or who is | v "prejuoieed " The i^ront body of | t touchers want to do their duty, and t they want, to do it iaipat'lially and I in the great majority of cases they it will do it efficiently if they are not i: hindered hy parents. Taken Altogether tttere is not n more devoted nor more conscientious and earnest class of persons in the world than teachers. r, Now, if every parent will begin if the school year with the determi- w nation to help the school and not n liindcr, sustain the teacher and d not fiiirl fault tlie teacher will have p i much plegHitnler year's work ami t! lie children will be greatly beneti - H hI.?Selected. T ?~* ? The long expected lins at Inst tnten place, the "mountain has lajored,'" the let er of acceptance of j | His Imperial Htrenuosilv. Tediiw i < - ^ T J -? I J] h before the people, and the conn (j( ry yet survives. The document h lenirthy, very lengthy, and yet hat id not its WOrat fault. From jreface to'conclusion it in aophiHieaJ'Khd mifclOadintf, a hot by any' -T* ni'aiia an able example of special ^ Reading, andcontaiua more covert- l' y expressed misstatements than J ^ )u" would really like to count. | ?' By action of the dir efWrnr the American Tobacco C< mpnny. I lie Consolidated Tobacco Company a id the Continental Tobacco Company meetings of the stockholders of the three comp nys have been called for Sept. 30, at which plans w II bo put before the stockholders lor a consolidation of the three -big conc? rns into one big corporation to be known as the Ainericau Tobacco Company. The earnit-tgs of the three I>t^ companies, it is pronosed to ujenje amounted to soiuet ling over $ 2 L> .OOO.fTOO in 1903. * ? The Greenville News tells bf a farmer living in another county, who, being conscience stricken at the thought of having swindled a cotton mill several years ago with a water packed bale of cotton, lias sent $5 in cash to Greenville, that being the amount to which he was . 4}.! 1 ' '? in.. rin.Mii ii. i lie ease 18 rather reintriable. Often it is found that a bale decreases after it in thoroughly dried, but it happens often tlirtt when coifiplaiut is made to the original seller, the fault is laid at lie- door of the ginncr. In this inula nee, however, the pinner Was tlie innocent pa: ty. At 11 roil1 ealeulalion the population of the world is more than ?ne billi >n souls. These speak *01110 3,004 languages. and are worshippers ot more than 1.100 re ligions. The average length of life is 33 1 3 years. One fourth of mankind die be fort* the seventh i nd onehalf before t ho seventeentil year. Only one-sixth live beyond the ago of sixty. Thirty-three millions die aimimllv ?t I (inn /Intl.. J I V4,4,,J' ? I 730 every hour, 00 per inimlte. While otic-fourth are capable of hearing aims, otily one in a thoiis unl ir; naturally inclined to the [iidfessioii. A canvass of Indiana has boon made by the 1 ndianapolis ISentinel unl the conclusion of its correspondent is that if the vote were taaken now there would bo a Detnicratic plurality Of five thousand >r niore. H ? finds the gold and diver d' inocrats united, a good leal of dissension aiming rt*pnl)l i rtns and that a great many business neii who supported President McIvinley are now supporting ditdge Parker. lie believes the republican vote will fall oir f> pet- cent or llore, and that the domoe-iats will rain this. The Sentinel editorialy believes its correspondent is too .conservative, and predicts a pluralty of more than six thousand for Pur Iter and Davis. ? The Texas Boll Weevil. A Texas farmer, writing to the \hheville Press and Rainier, eives he folldwing description of the jenuille Texas boll weevil: ii _ ? o ... it in a MiuHii urayisu insect ] neasuiing a little less thannqnarer of nn "inch, ami tesembles a arge Doodle bug with grayish rings-. The weevils begin their atacl upon tile cotton as soon as the squares begin to fovnt. It {iiineuies the Squares and lays its egtrs I'lie punctured squares usually fall o the grtinnd. Later in the flea ion the weevil rtttncksthe bull, depositing its eggs in it, nnd the vorni ttint hatches frotn it feeds ipou tlie interior substance of tile J. ill. This insect crOsscd over Torn Mexico into Texas in lSitli icnr Brownsville, rind it lias been : rradualiy extending i'ft way over lie Slate as far north as Dallas, as ar West as Louisana. In many i icctions in South Texas, especially i n tlit) bottom land, it has almost lestroyttd tlio entire crop for several 'ears. No adequate remedy Iihh j leen discovered and the iroverment xperts say that it is doubtful if ; lie boll weevil can ever be eradi- I ated and the farmers must learn | 0 grow cotton in spito of the boil ] ireovil. The weevil rloes its grea- i est dAiringe in those sections where i he cotton attains a rank growth. I Ipon the upland where the weevil ! 1 most abundant the dathagd that ! * done is very slight. Dean Gets Life Sentence iAfter remaining out for oho hour I ml seventeen minutes, the jury i the case of Marry Dean, charged 1 ith tin- mn der of Miller MeKiney, on Saturday returned a ver- , iet of guilty with receomendntion I > mercy. Judge Gary sentence'! le defendant to imprisonment for fo. NoticO of appeal was given, he killing of Me Kinney occurred early two years ago, on the road do near Duncans. He was ac>sted by Harry Dean and shortly , 'terwards the shooting took place. >oan claimed that he shot in self efenee. The tiial took phico at !, pnrtnnbfirg. The negro company that Wept om New llayeji, Conn., to the i lanassas manoenvres claim that 1 >ey were stoned while waiting at ie station to return by members I the Southern regiments. a . ;i_ . ,-wi-^as*_. ._ 212:* For One Dollar We will sell you a HAND- i SO M E FOU N T A IN P E N with a il carat gold pen that fof all practical purpose do the work of a much higher priced one. Everybody can afford one at this price. They are convenient, They are serviceable, They are cheap, They are neat. Thev iret er?n nix-nu J O- - J- J ?" " ?"*" bother of ink and rusted pens. Don't yon want one. W. B. Ardrey & Co. ! ., Flour Goes V\f. The steady advance in the price I r.T food st tiffs, especially (lour, dnr- j inj* the past several months, has i been w itched with a ^teat deal ot interest. The rise in the pr ce of i spring wheat Hour, frotti the lowest 1 point, just before t'lb new crop. ; came in siijht. has been about ; SI per barrel, while Some of the j inilla dealing in tile winter wheat Hour have advanced the price as ! I much as a $l.2o per barrel. This i ...i > > nivm fuivmire la(uu* 111 pari t< I ho ! ehortnge in the Western wheat | crop. The main damage to the crop has heen the rosMlt of rust. but io | ports an to the geilernl condition of > } the brop are very conilicting. This advance in the price of flour | hue been goini* oil for a period of | | about six inoiltlls. The n.arkot j during the {Just nix \Veeka or more has been fairly steady, though t here lias been fluctat ions, as shown by the fact that on August 15th a j | certain made of Hour was quoted at $5.70 per barrel, on August 21th at 5*().10 per barrel and the same flour was quoted on September 3rd at $(5.00 per barrel. j LETTER TO FORT MILL LAWYER, ; FORT MILL, S. C. Dear Sir: As your business is to net ! p?Vplc into and out of trouble, suppose you cdnsider their paint; it makes 'em almost as much trouble as money, ex- j cept of course matrimony. They buy poor paint a good deal; they don't mean to; they don't know any I better; they buy without thinkig. Ibid , j paint, isn't. It loooks Rood enough for ! a year; then begins td get rusty; but I i changes so slowly one don't notice it. I | Looking isn't all. The business of} paint, is to keep a liduae dry inside, the ! wood and iron of it; keep it from rotting dnd rusting. Takes good paint to d6 it. Good and bad paint are sold at one price or about that. One can't im hv t h<. ! nrico at all; as with lawyers, the price j lias nothing to d<> with the goodness or j badnUss; and coSt.4 are wdr.se yet; tlW> I painter and sheriff come in for their ' share. But the probability is that a j 1 man, who paints Devoo will come-out ' on top. Yours truly 1(5 P W Devoe & Co P. S. W. II. Ardrev & Co. sell our paint 1 1 Growing Red Colt oil. A specimen of red cotton \Vns on exhibition at lolin 15. Cleveland's office at Spartanburg thin week. j The red edtton stalk is considerably lar^e than the ordinary cotton, and the fibre is said to be very fine and well adapted to manufacturing ( purposes. The stalk contained i <t ion .?o -i ?> 1 until 1 \/\J Wfll llfYtMOpOCl Polls, and tl)?' specimen attracted a throat : dt'al of attention. Tlie prowor j brought in several heavily fruited ! stalksi of ordinary cotton, one bear I int* 73 bolls. This is the first instance, as far as is known, where an attempt is made to cultivate the red cotton in the Spartanburg sec. j . lion, rtl\d whether the experiment will result in the planting of lar&e fields in tliis variety of cotton cannot be predicted. A Widow At Fourteen. A romance which had itH origin { at the cradle fourteen years ni?o, i when Mrownlow Kino, then nine, fell in love with Eva Wilson, a tiny brieht-cyed baby whom ho rocked tn ?!? ??-? ..i - ' ... vv. M.X WJ# V* ? i t J (t I I I I YV IIISIII lit* afterward married, catrto to light, today, with the arrival of the young girl, notV n widow, at her / mother's home, No. 1817 Vine Street. EvH Wilson King wed at thir- , teen, is a widow at toilrteen artd is 1 still in short dresses, with brown eurls hanging down her back.j Her marriage took place at Anderson, 53. C., where hotli families lived. i "My husband liked me from the time I was a few days old, and was an almost constant- companions Bven when ! was a mere baby, so, mother tells me," said Mrs. King today.'" He always considerod the privilage of rocking me in the ?* ** * Cf - *? fr 11 * *?- |(t(f *?- ?fl f^lNCH S Factory Loaded | "LEAbER" and "Kepeate * powder and "NeW Rival" S Superior to all other brand SUNIFORniTY, RELIAI | STRONG S * Winchester Shells are for s; * having them When you buy ar ?****?-***<-**?*? cradle a i?ivnt favor " The youim widow expects to enter the public schools in a few months, and bus come to her mother s home (but she mnv buve her baby cared for propetJy while she completes her education.? New York World. A Boy': Wild Bide For Life. With family arouml expecting him to die, and a soil riding for life, IS miles to get Dr. Kilig'fe Mew Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, \V. H. Drown, of Lcesv ille. Ind , endured death's agonit s from asthma; but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. He writes; "1 now sleep soundly every night" l.ilco marvelous cures of Consumption, Pneumonia, LJri 'lichitis, Coughs, Colds I?rip prove its matchless merit for nil Throat flrid Dung troubles. Cuarun li >tt!its 50c and fl.00. Trial hottlesfree at all drug stores. Sou'b Carolina News The cotton crop on Fdisto Isiland is iti much danger of hein^ ruined by the too-frequent rains. New stores and new business firms have opened nd in Bishopville; and the town is on the hootn. Florence is to have a new school building. 11 will he erected in the near future and will be a splendid edifice. Wofford College will open its fifty first session on Wednesday. / Itl II. - ? !. - - < wini*i i iuu-^fs c >i 1 lit* B'HIU Will III so open tliis week. What Is Life? In the la fit Analysis nobody knows. | but we do know that it is under strict , law. Abuse that law even slightly, pain ! results. Irregular living means derang- ] ineut of the organs, resulting in Consti- j 1 Nit ion, Headache or Liver trouble. Dr. Kind's New JUifo Pills quickly re ad j justs this. R's gentle, yet thorough.! Only 2oe at all drug stores. Two highway robberies luive or curred in Newberry during the last two weeks. Both men robbed j were white men. Col. (ioorge dohnstone, of New beny, has nent in his ei iiiiniss.oti J us notary public in ordbr tlmt he: may be eligible for presidential elector. Inchlen's Arnica SalvoHas world-wide tame for marvellous ' cures. It surpasses any ol her salve, lotion, ointment or balm, for Outs, t orns, Hums, 1 toils, Sores, Frdons, Ulcers. Tetter, Salt Itheum, Fovhr Sores, Chap- , ...wi it.. -i~ > - - - .1 1II1.11|?, iniv ill rrupil'llis; 1II11il>Io 1 for Pill's. Cure guaranteed. Only 2.Tc it nil drug stores. rhos. F McDov, E. Earlo Thorr.well. W. W Lewis. I McDOW, LEWIS vV: TitORNWELL, Attorneys at Law, Yorkvillo, S. O. l'ructiee in the State andU. S. courts Our Mr. E. E. Thornwell will be in rar office in Fort Mill on Saturday of mch week to attend to any business inrusted to us. Jhn FOU GOOD WHISKIES.,: WINES, BRANDIES, ETC.,| CALL ON OH WRITE TO W\ IK HOOVER, fluxuiiTK. N. r? J?I I . J. U. Tray wick & Co, DEALERS IN Ft VP l.in-jnnfl * Jt. A.1 MS .MM ? V ^ ^ / I 1 KJ AND WINES, Ko. 4'2 East Traflo St. CHARLOTTE. - - - N. 0. I KILLthe cough I jknd CURE the LUNCSb WTH Dr. King's New Discovery ___ /^ONSimr?YiON rrico FOR I OUGHS and 60c i $1.00 | ^p^OIOS Free 'frial. |j SureaL ad<1 Quickest Cure ior all 3 ' THROAT and LUNG TROUB- I LES, or MONEY BACK. 1 \ ESTERjj j ? ' Shotgun Shells. | r" loaded with Smokeless J loaded with Black uowder. * Is for BILITY AND HOOTING QUALITIES. | ile by all dealers. Insist upon ? id you will get the best. -* Tie Cash Store. I piece Table Set of Glassware, only 25 cts. Lamp Chimneys, 4 and 5c. Lamp Chimneys. 5 and 8c. Small Pearl Buttons, 4c dozeu. Nice Finishing Braid, 5c. Spool Cotton, 2c spool. Turkey Bed Cotton, 2c ball. Shoe Soles, He. pair.. Fancy Pen Staffs, 4c Knives and Forks, 118 to 78c. Monkey Wrenches, 17c. Butcher Knives, 17c. Smoking Tobacco, 4c plug. Best Lead Pendila. 2 for 5c. Nice Parasols, 05c and up. Boys' Pocket Knives, 4c. Half Gallon Glass Pitchers, 15c. ! Pint Tin Cups, 2c. Boys' Fancy Caps, 23c. Nice Gents' Caps, 20o. Nice Trunks, $2,03 and op. Good Pants, nil wool, B2c, $1.0rt 1.30, 1.50, 1.63, etc. The best bargain in punts eve. ottered. We have clothing samples i f I DirauBB 13roB. They are Rmoti< the best tailors in the world. Your measure acc urately taken and t ^ guaranteed. * 8Will receive a fresh lot of nice shirts this week. F. G Moct Proprietor. GIVE US A TRIAL OliDF! and get the BEST WHISKIES, WIN E S, BRANDIES, Etc., At the iu?st reasonable prices, J. 0. Ross & Co. Props,, TIIE GOURD SALOON, CHARLOTTE, N C. No. 20 W Trade . . fx>th 'inures Work Well Done Have you Table Clothe, Counter puines, Doilies, Window CtirD.ins, Blankets, etc.* lat ndered by the Model Steam Laundry, of Charlotte, N. C# |*? Prices for laundering the abovoH articles cheerfully furnished. Suits pressed 35c; suits <l.y-^B cleaned and pressed, 50c; ?uita^| washed and pressed, 75c; cord c * pants preftaed, 15c; cleaned and Pf pressed, 25c; skirts pressed, 2.*>e R cleaned and pressed, 60o. Our shipments are made Tluirs day mornings and returned Salur I ,1 days. ' McElhaney^Parks Go, The Clothing an4 8hee Mto.