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FORT MILL TIMES DEMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY B. W. BRADFORD. Tuins of Subscription: One ye:?r $1.00 Six months 50 ti ?<k.. >>r. >?'** IUUHUW.. "? I Correspondence on current subjects Is Invited, but no responsibility is assumed for tlie views of correspondents. .Anonymous communications *111 not be published In these columns. On application to the publisher, advertising i-ute* are made known to fV?, cn < U * ? *'(>u t NOVEMBER 9. 1904. The Times has received from Mayor R. G. Rliett, of Charleston, a letter in re^ar I to an article published in these columns last week entitled "Charleston the l*nhealthiest City." Our information in the matter was gained through a despatch sent out from Washington and published in a iiumber of daily papers. The ties- i pat I) lold of the issuance by the census bureau of bulletin No. 1 r?. entitled "The Discussion of the Vital Statistics of the Twelfth Census," in which was given the yearly death rate per 1,000 popn- j 1 htion of the larger cities of the | country. According to the bulle- I tin, the death rate of Charleston was larger than that of any other city, the tiguies given for the j total population being 117.5 per 1,000, and of the white population | 2o.O. These figures, according to I Mayor Rhett's letter, are enornimnul ir oim>< iito/%ao tics a ro n 1 u. > f iioen iiiwiini j ri i viutvro, nn ni r ninw iiivor j published concerning the city of Savannah. "The actual number of deatliH as will be found in our year book for 1000," says Mayor ; Khett, "is 181 whites and 1,212! blacks, or a total of 1,720. This1 would make the death rate per j oiio thousand of population MO.!), and for white population 10.96? a very decided ditTeerenee." The Times' article of last week was published as a matter of news, with no intention of doiup an injustice to the city of Charleston, and it is with pleasure that we present to our readers thirt week the correct tiigures as taken from the official record of the city. The wity of the transgressor is limd, whs demonstrated in New York,when the son of Cyrus \V. Field, of Atlantic cable fame, was hauled up before a magistrate m charged with stealing an overcoat. ] The young in an was left a fortune by his father, but being "a jolly good Mow" with a host of friends : (?) he ran through his money, j f iends deserted him, strong drink 1 had fastened its grip upon him, and he became a tramp. When put in jail he said "these meals are a God send." Poor tellow, wealth, society and everything to make a mail happy was his portion, but whiskey, at first wa^ his pleasure, it gave hiin and his friends joy, then the monster turned and his cup of joy was converted into one of worm mood and gall. In his prosperity ho had companions, but when in the mire of degradation these companions knew him not, and past him by as they would anyother vagrant. This is only one instance in thousands, and yet there are young men, possessed of mental faculties who know the awful conso piences of whiskey, do not seem to take warning, but go right on defying the horrid motiuiui* It is fearful to contemplate the number of young men whose loved ones are devoted to tin-in, that do not consider for a moment the heartache their conduct brings. How many fond mothers lay awake in their beds wondering "where is my boy tonight'' while the thoughtless one may bo at the moment i nbibing in Jamaica Ginger, Peruna or whiskey, having a hilari ma time, never thinking of the awful consequences to health and character. The fate young Field should be an object lesson to young meu (dl over the land.? Ex. People who read the papers from the cities und towns can not help but reaoli the concluaion that the citezenship of 8outli Carolina is in a more prosperous couditon tllMli III line nlliui1 limu uitwi.i I li.i war. One can scarcely pick up a news paper without noticing ihe erection of new homes, tnnunfuc* turingamt mercantile enterprises etc; Jittle hamlets are springing up all over State, and former villages are assuming the proposition and airs of prosperous towns. All this spoalu well for the future of the Stat.'j and people who want to buy fHrtn lands or a home in town while the same is cheap, and where the the country is steadily improving, . should lose no. time in locating in the f'aluieUo Staae. ^ Yorkviiie's New Paper. Tlio New Era, Yorkville'e new newspaper came to hand Saturday. The paper is a six-column, fonrpa^e sheet, well gotten up, neat j and newsy. The paper is edited 1 and published Saturdays by Mr. Iv (J. Saudifer, a newspaper man of ability who up to a short while up'o did very creditable work on one of the State's largest dailies. Tiie initial nnmber of the paper Contains a nood lot of local and editorial writings, and the publisher should feel proud of the luroe amount of home advertising carried in his first issue. The j New 10ra is a worthy addition to I \ (tl'L v: lucf i if tinnni'o ????*! rPI?*i 1 . r?iyv,7 ^ i Times extends ?? cotdial welcome I to its exchange list. -? Catawba Power Company Rejects Board's Proposition. The hoard f eouuty commissioners has received a h-tter from the Catawba l'ower C<nnpany, slitting the Company's unwillingness to air- j cept the hoatd's proposition eon* j eerning the Allison Creek bridge, savs 1 he Rock 11 ill Record. It , will he remomhered that the old 1 bridge was rendered useless on account of its being constantly submerged by water from the Company's dam. The commissioners sought to enter into an arrange- ! tnetit with the Catawba Power I Company by uhicliu modern steel structure could bo erected to take tlit' place i>f the old bridge. The'^itawba Power people Imve refuted to accede to this proposition as they regard it as unfair to | tliem. They were required topay towards the cost of the ; bridge, which was to cost only $1, | (<00, and they regar the appoint-! ment as unjust- It is very likely the mutior will be taken into court. The Country Paper. The weekly country newspaper as an institution is. by no means declining. If one uiay judge by tin? evidence of the recent newspaper directories, it never nourished so much as at present. It has a character of its own. Its j place cannot be tilled by any met- j ropolitan publication It is the j intimate friend of its constituents 1 Its angle of visions is that of its cwii community, and this it truly reflects. Broad questions?state, nutiounl. international it presents and considers as a part yf its work of information, hut these are subordinate to its own peculiar mission. The uprising in the Balkans tin? breach in tin. Kiili^ti \1in5uti-u J1 the seandnls of the postal service tit Washington, are dwarfed in actual, present importance by the washout on t he State road or the project for a new trolley conneelion. And these, indt-od, are the real living concerns of local life. It is the home matters that make up existence, and with these the country newspaper deals. We do not sullieiently recognize,' perhaps, how great an inHuence : for the preservation of that spirit 1 I of local self-government, which is 1 I the foundation of our institutions, I I the country press has been and is I today. It is unquestionably a I power and retains tins influence , I of ll?? aO.rrl.r ! .%?..a*.? I ? ........ . iiwmniv ' " ' the country editor. Tin* country ( I press is the ideal of independence, i j It is. as a rule, unpurchasable and j ! incorrupt ible. The country newspaper has its ! place from which nothing can dis! Iodide it no quick delivt ry of metropoiitau dailes, no faacinat ing pictorials. And we are glad to see indications of the growth and prosperity of tins prodhet and aid of local entei prise and local pride. ? Aaron Williams Respited. (iov. Hey ward lias granted a respite to Aaron Williams of Ker. shaw, who was to be hanged Friday ! for criminal assault, upon a Mrs. Langloy. This action is based j upon the representation of repu till)It* citizens that Mrs. Langley whs ns guilty ns the negro, hikI in accordance wiih the lawns to ' afi ter disceovered evidence." Rev. \Y. B. Gordon, rector of the Episcopal Church, and Mr. L. \*. Roykin, a penetentinry director are among those whom interest themselves in the behalf of the condemned man and secured affidavits. The respite is to give time for a lull showing. LETTER TO T. R. RKLK. FORT MILL, S. O. Dour S|r: Three gallons saved is $12 to $1 5 earned. Mr, Han ford Piatt, of Rridgoport, Conn, ordered 15 gallons Dovoo to }uiint his house, and returned three gallons. His painter said it would take lo; a lead and oil painter. Hubhell ?Ss Wade Co sold it. They say every body has the same experience there. The reason is, of course: tlioy are used to poor lsiiut. What is )M>or paint? Anything not Dcvoe: some worse thfin others. Besides, paints wear about as thoy cover. Double the $12 to $15. Yours truly 33 P W Drvoe & Co P. S. W. B. Ardroy & Co. sell our paint Homicides In York County. The Charleston News and Courier oT October 23, contained an ' interesting article on the number and nature of the homicides committed in several counties in the , upper part of the State for the past ten months, the following having taken place in York County: On April 1 James Mason, an albino, shot and killed RufusCoul- ] ter, colored. Mason was arrested and committed to jail, where he j subsequently died of pneumonia, i 1 (>n April 27 James McMakin, ' colored, shot and killed Jake Frone- > burger, also colored. AlcMakin surlendered to sheriff. Has not been 1 tried and is now out on bond. t hi April 27 J. A. Kubanks, white, and a policeman at Kook j Hill, shot and killed Spencer Dos- j t?r,colored. Trial pending. Eu-j1 hanks out on bond. On may 7 \V. E. Denton, white t shot und killed J. Dowry Patterson, white, was tried at July term of conit, convicted of murder and! sentenced to life imprisonment in penitentiary. On July 22 John drier, colored, i shot and killed Robert Smith, col- j orcil. drier escaped and has not. yet been arrested. OiifJune 2 Smith Feenister. i Colored, shot ami killed Sam Sanders, colored. Feenister was tried at J lily term of court and acquitted. On July 11 John Pugh, white,, shot and killed his brother, Jake! Pugli. Coroner's jury rendered I verdict <J accidental killing. On August 25 S. L. A. Smith, white, shot and killed Andy Mc- i Noel, colored. Coroner's jury rendered verdict of justifiable homicide. On October 2 Fazier Simpson colored shot and killed Paul San- , ders, colored. Sim peon now in jail awaiting trial. October 23 Monroe Jones, col ] rod, shot and killed Jake Dunlap, ! colored. Coroner's jury returned j a verdict of justifiable homicide. ; October 3 James Thompson, 1 colored,shot and killed Isiah Jeter, 1 colored. Thompson escaped. This is a case apparently cold blooded and premediated. The Governor has offered a reward of $lo0 for the fugitive. Sweeping statements do not keep a campaign clean. A Western city lias made a rule that its policem n must have sound teeth. They expect their their cops to bib as well as bark. 9 m m Little King Alfonzo of Spain refuses to give more than eight hours per day to his royal duties. Alfonzy is eligible to membership in any of our trades-unions now. m m m It is a big thing for England and Russia that their recent quarrel was settled by the big guns of j The Hague instead of the big; guns of their navies. m A Dayton, Ohio woman is suing I her hunhand because he gave her only one dress in sixteen years. Some weinen don't seem to appreciate economical husbands no how. ?# 9 (irover Cleveland and Henry van Dyke have postponed their fishing trip until the Baltic fleet is docked. . ? Carrie Nation's daughter lias ; been sent to an insane asylum. | They undoubtedly took the wrong ! niembci of the family. m m 9 It is to be hoped that the armored cruiser West Virginia will not be as "doubtful" as the State from which it took its name. The code of a'hies of the auto moDile fraternity is improving. It is now considered proper to IihmI the victim to the hospitul after j you have run over him. mm* A European correspondent snys England holds the key to Tibet, j anil she does not expect to give Russia a chance to change the lock, either. In the division of household goods in Alabama a jury decided that a pretty wife's kiss was of equal value with a $10 stove. We take off our hats to Southern gallantry. ? A resident of Broadway street New York is making it a business to teach men how to become beggars. Wall street has all along been the best place for that sort of schooling. As h consoling thought for the losers, we will state that the mince i pies are now r?pe. The general election yesterday passed off as qu'etly as a cool summer breeze. The Downfall of Daniel J. Sully. The morning of March 18, 1901. , broke crisp and bracing. Sully got up early, feeling that the tine weather portended good. He had taken on new physical vigor over night. Intuition told him that this . wnc the day for the big fight. As i lie left his house to walk to the Astoria a telegraph-boy handed I)im an envelope. He tore it open with strangely nervous fingers, i then smiled- Liverpool was firm- . er. Kurelv the census bureau re- i port would be out today. That 1 would help pull him through. He ' [juicketied his pace to keep time . with his thoughts. Heininiscenses forcid themselves upon him, when ; he would have devoted his mind to . the fight; for it whs on now?tin* , exchange work was tin* only manifestation of it. When lie reached his office it was crowded with customers. They too, had felt that something omi- < nous was hanging in the air. Sul- , ly's unusually early appearance lent substance to their fears. They i assailed him with questions. Splendidly imperturbable he answered one and all alike, "[ am going to buy." The opening of the board was much the same as that the day' before. Sully bought desperately all through the morning, but at one o'clock his resconrces were exhausted. Hf could buy no more, lie had loaded up with three < hundred and thirty thousand hales on a rising market. He ceased buying. An ominous rour greeted the act. The infuriated men were Ht hi in a^ain. The world had been passed. Sully was nh?ne. j Snarling, they edged one another aside to tlirust their faces through and hiss their offers at the great Bull. Hut Sully was silent. They had sold liiin to a standstill. There was a pause. They held off for a moment. Then one bolder than the rest offered cotton down?no taker. Another block whh hurled on the market, then another, a stream, a tlood. Prices tumbled forty points in us many seconds. Sully saw his 141 eat fortune shrink six hundred and sixty thousand dollars in two thirds of a minute. Pandemonium was come? and in it < the gavel fell. And silence, and ; then the chairman announced the ' suspension of D. J. Sully and com - ' p?ny. That was two o'clock. Between 1 that time and fourteen minutes past cotton had dropped nine dol- i lars a bale. Sully's losses in less than a quarter of an hour were two million nine hundred and seventy thousand dollars.? November Wo. ri man a uumo v.otnpanion. . What Causes the Wrecks. A reason for the train wrecks; which are now of almost daily occurrence, says tlie New York Times, is found in the fact that the railroad companies do not enforce their own rules and are kind ly blind to infraction thereof which do not involve disaster. As a matter of fact, the rules of many railrouds relative to train oper- j ntions are not intended to be en forced at all, ami have practically ! no othar object than to a it 1 the company in evatlin^ responsibility in the event of disaster. A fjjieat deal is left to the "discretion" of the conductor or engineer who has the j^ood luck ttj take chances to escape the normal | confie(|uences of so doiiur. If a man brings his tram in safely and ' on time lie is not likely to be held very strictly accountable if to do , so be lias had to break every rulo in the eode. He mi^lit of course, , be too reckless and so destroy con- ' tidence in his judgement, but a ! certain amount of recklessness is a valuable asset for a railroad man. On the other hand, one too cautious, who should in every instance I be governed by the letter of the | .rules established for his govern- i nient, would quickly come to be regarded as impossible. He would be very likely to throw into hope- i less confusion every part of a h\h tern which is purposely kept measurably elastic, and would lose I his job as the result of doing hie duty too well. Perhaps one of the most interesting sights which t he world's fair ; ot St. Jjouis has furnished was the i ascent, a few days ago, of the Baldwin airship, under tin* charge of Hoy Knabenshue, of Toledo. | The lirst attempt of the vessel, if such it can be called, was a failure, it otdy rising to the height of about 100 feet then dropping to j the ground and breaking the rud: der. On the second trial, however, I I be aeronaut was more snccessI ful. The vessel rose rapidlv. evenly ton hight of about 2,000 feet and was navigated in every direction, the ship being entirely under control. Wind and weather were propitious for the flight, the dny lutimr / ! qo I- u nrl r?n I w is olinlO arnilli ; m wioai aau VIII j n nu^iu ivu ill I erly breeze prevailing. Aii important derision rendered ] by the supreme court h few days J ngo is to tlie effect Unit an arrest for uiied?inenn<>r connot l>e made I by a police officer unless flie a! loiicd crilue should be committed ; within thesioht of the officer or < unless there should b? ciicum stances showing Hint there is an ineruency justifying the urrest j < LVll lit .ill ' lisnstrous Wrecks. Carelessness is responsible for many a ' railway wreck and t lie same causes are making human wrecks from sufferersof Throat and Lung troubles. Hut since , I he advent of Dr. King's New Diseov'ry for < on sum pt ion, t "onghsandColds ven the worst cases can be cured, and ' lioprhss resignation is no longer neces ?iry. Mrs. Lois t'ragg, of Dorchester, i\jass , is one of many whose life was ' ?uved by Dr. King's New Discovery. | ' This great remedy is guaranteed for all Throat and Lung diseases by all drug- j ^i.sts. Price ode, $1. Trial bottles free. Terrific lighting for six days hefore Port Arthur in reported. The Japanese are said to have lost I I, [)00 men. The ttussiati loss is not i1 known. The stronghold is said to > he doomed, however, as the .Jap- ; nnese occupy positions which 1 plnce the east side of the town nt lln-ir mercy. Net a Sick Day Since. i "I was t;i".;on very sick with kidney trouble. 1 tried nil sorts of medicines, none of which relieved me. One day I saw an ad. f your Electric Hitters and determined to try that. After taking a few doses I telt relieved, and soon thereafter was entirely cured, and have not seen a sick day since. Neighbors (>f | mine have been cured of Rheumatism, ! Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney troubles and Cenernl Debility." This is what il. , K. Mass, of Freemoiit, N. C. writes. Only oUc at all drug stores. The work of the jury that was : appointed to investigate the (tenth | of .John Morrison ill Lancaster j (V)unty has been completed. The tiii'iiil) <rs working in conjunction with the coroner were unable to discover any evidence that tended to reveal the idetitiny of the lynchers, nod the affair must hence remain a mystery. A Suua^ay vBicyclo. Terminated with an ugly cut on the leg of.1. H. Oiuer, Franklin linnc, 111. It (lev loped a stubborn ulcer unyielding to doctors and remedies for four years, 'i lieu fiucklen's \rnica Salve i mired. It's just as good for Paras, Scalds, Skin eruptions, and l'iles. 2."?e, at all drugstores. The Conference for Kducation in (he Mouth will meet in t Columbia next April. This intelligence was recently transmitted to Supt. Martin by Secretary Kdgar Murphy. The association numbers among its members many men of national! prominence, and South Carolina is to be congratulated upon being' permitted to entertain them. Doesn't Itcspe:t Old A^c. It's shameful when youth fails to show proper rosp *et for old age, hut just thy contrary in the case of Dr. Kind's | New 1 il'o Pills. Thov cut otf maladies 110 matter how severe and irrespective of ohl age. Dyspepsia. Jaundico, Fever, Constipation all yield to this perfect Fill. 2f?c at all drug stores. ALL KINDS OP JOB PRINTING AT THE TIMES OFFICE Free. Everybody tal MONEY |?jsPj??ff ,{OX Now on cxhihiti It's -A-Ios Ol"U.t< Some flu}' it containu $100.00; ever shown in Fort Mill. If yon h try your luck. A key j?iveu with t from now until December 24th. If The money is This is n trade winner and f-hoi sell almost everything and havo mui X-I- A. IE5X SOU. RATLWA EFFECTIVE AU< S< )UTHJ Tra.n No. 25 Lv Charlotte 0.25 p. Ar * t tt 27 n .. ?-06 ji. ,, , i. 20 .. 10.05 p. ? ? ? 35 ? ,, 0.35 a. ? NORTH] rniu No. 20 Lv Chester 10.00 a. Ar ? ,, 28 ? Cola. 3.10 p. ,, ? ,, 30 ? ., 0.10 a. ,, > ? 84 .i i, 5,1.) p. It Note?Fort Mill is a regular stoppinj Nos. 20. 33 aud 3-1, which slop ou ilag. FOR BIRTHDAY GIFTS M i.-s IVtiicoals drip of Honor Ihiuglih r of t !ui Sioux David ilariini [ 'oeilia Concerning Polly Hearls Courageous Dorothy Vernon Phi* ('avnlier Warwick of the Knolis for <5 cents eaoli. Pin? Virginian Die One \Y iiimu n it* t 'lioir I n visi hlo Pin* Iloart of Koine Calumet "K" Pin? Conqueror W eliding Pells lilt'., i le. fur 50 c? i) th each. Dont worry thinking i>f something when a book is always acceptable. Some of these are regular *1 ..">0 editions, others are little cheapor paper and binding. Von had t?etter pick some out fur Xmas at these priees. Ardrey's Drugstore, WAT TED- .A t unco, male teacher for Pleasant Valley lli>jh School. Apply to D. K. Hall, Oseiula, S l'.t or J. M. Harris, Fort Milt, S. TRESSPASS NOTICE. All persons aro hereby forbidden to tresspass in any manner upon the lands of tlie nudersi^nod, which include tho Hutl'iuau plaee. I). A. LEE. TRESSPASS NOTICE. All persons aro hereby warned not to tresspass i|, ;,ny manner whatever upon t. o lands <>f the undersigned. Tho law will he rigidly enforce! against all who disregard this notice. 'I. S. Kiukoatbick, J. \V. Ardkkv, J. 1). WITIIKHS, Mrs. L. H Withers. J. ii. Coi.th uu\ Thos. F. McBow. 12. Earlo Thoruwoll. W. W. I.cwis, Ml now. L10WIS .& TlIOIINWELL, Attorney* at Law, Yorkville, S. G. Practice in tlie Stale and U. 8. courts Our Mr. 10. 10. Thorn well will he in imr oil ice in Fort Mill on Saturday of each week to attend to any business intrusted to us. Hill J. U. Trayw:c;? & Co., l"t KALE US IN FINE EIQUOKS AN 1} WINES, No. 42 lOast Trade St. CHARLOTTE. - - - N. O. for GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, BHAND1ES, ETC., call on ok white to W. If. IIOOVER, |'||n? 4* i'tj:* \t r JB'' res. Iks about the oil at our store. ; some $1)00.00. Nothing like it live money ami want to make more very dollar your spend with us your key unlocks the money box ALL YOURS. ild bring us your business. We ney to give away. So coine along. ^RRIS Y SCHEDULE. JUST 28TH, 1904. SOUND. Fort Mill 7.HO p. Ar Chester 8.30 p ? ,, 6.46 a* ,, Lola. 10.16 a ,, it 10.35 p. i. tt 1.25 p ,, 10.07 a. ? ? 12.45 p BOUND. Fort Mill 2.18 j). Ar Charlotte 3.20 p ? 6.85 p. ? 7.10 p ? 9.18 a. ., 9.50 a .t ?? 7.80 p. ,, ,, 8.03 p I point for all the above trains, oxcop Nos. 25 and 2C do not run Sundays. / I