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I ^ JggS t OHl MILL TIMES I DEMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERY-WEDNESDAY I B. W. BRADFORD. TrriiM of Subscription; One year 9h0$ Bx months .60 Three months liu I Correspondence on current subjects is V Invited, but no responsibility is asF ?umed for the views of correspondents. I nnnvmiiiiu rnmmnnlpntfnna will not Jae publiHhed In tliftM? colunvns. On application to the publisher, advertlalnR antes are mado known to those Interested. Fort Mill 'Phone (with long distance connection*!) No. 26. F K H \i\f\it Y 1,1 90.x Injury 13 Unhouted Gtf ton Cotton men, with long experience hh dealers in the staple, give it bb .'heir judgment that hundreds of bales will be seriously damaged for Jack of housing and proper care, says nu exchange. People nre now holding cotton who never lield any before, and, not knowing from experience how easily the ^staple is affected injuriously by weather conditions, they nre allowing their cotton to lie uncovered on the ground, about gin houses and in their yards, instead of storing it in warehouses or other buildings. The loss on this account will simj iy be enormous. Already some farmers nre talking abott their cotton being damaged, although it is not usuhI for the staple to show signs of injury until warm weather sets in. The following instance, which a correspondent of the News & Courier says occurred at Lancaster some years ago, gives a pretty fair idea of the extent of loss one may sustain hy letting his cotton lie out in the weather. A farmer in the siibmbsof this town had seven heavy bales of cottou piled in his yard all the winter, the bales being at ieuut a foot removed from the ground by means of logs of wood. When lie got ready to sell the cotton the following spring every bale whb found to be damaged, bo much bo that the entire lot had to be hauled to a gin and repncked. Out of the seven bales he got only four light bales of good cotton, there being a total loss of at least three heavy bales. Tlit Dlspsnury Situation Speaking of the dispensary situation before the legislature, the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says: No one seems to know much about what is going happen. There is no organization of those opposing the dispensary system, while the dispensary forces are united and diligent. Mr. Morgan, who has a license measure, is acting up- , ou his owu responsibility. Mr. Briee is working individually for his measure, and so it is all along the line, uud with a dozen or more individual uud differing plans of changing the system, it is a ease of too many cooks spoiling the broth. Then, again, a tidal wave may come along?it is not unlikely? ami sweep things, so that after the waves have swept by folks will get Up and blink their eyes before reuliziug what has happened. Civil Service Rottenness Recent charges against the Civil Service of the United States mny seem a little extravagant and exaggerated to far otT admirers of the government, and especially to those who imagine that it is impossible for the stars and fr tripes to tloat over anything that is not entirely and purely good. But those who have been behind the scenes, who have seen the greasy ropes and pulleys by which the Splendid stage effects are produced Hay thoie is no extravagance in the charges. There are, according to reports, thousands of i e sous receiving the pay of the government who perform no adequate service for that pay?no service in fact that niiirht not inst ?? w?.ll i - ?# J *'w " v** undone. They are the relicts and relatives nnd friends of members tuid senators and cabinet ministers, some of them ionif since dead and pnme still alivo and influential. The present fivstem will in time doubtless result in the purification and improvement of the service, but why should the government have to wait a quarter of a century or perhaps longer tor this improve liient and purification, when tlious- 1 and* of well equipped and compe tent persons are ready to take the ' places of these iuoapables? The government work in many de- I part meats is far in arrears simply because the people appointed by favor will not work, have never ' worked, and don't know how to work if they wanted to. ! Mr. F. O. Sharp, oF St. Louis, ' is here on a visit to his brolhervin ' I V . l i, mm ? '* y -? Concealed Weapons, (Fairbrother'a Ererytbiuf?.] Pistol "toting" 1ms long "??n a question with which the conservative of the earth have grappled, but foe Home reason have made but little headway. We 6b,-erve that the North O Molina legislature is now grappling with the question and some new legislation is proposed, It is well. The habit is entirely too general?nnd if pistol carrying were stopped there would be fewer lots purchased in the cemeteries. It is not out of bounds of reason to say that forty men in every hundred carry concealed weapons, either habitually or spasmodically. And it is not out of bounds of reason tj say that if a man is caught carrying a gun lie 111- - * * - Biiuutu uf eem 10 uie roads tor twelve mouths. Wlien a man puts a pistol in his pocket lie is either a smart Aleck or a moral coward. And if he carries a gun he is liable also to carry a jay. And a gun and a jag won't do. We kuow men who boast that they carry two guns. They think it smnrt?nnd they tell what great things they would do, while the chances are that were they assailed they would not have the presence of mind to draw a gun or the moral courage to discharge it if they did draw it. The man who does the shooting is generally and most always the fellow who has a gun nnd knows that his adversary hasn't a gun. We have been out in the wild and wooly west?out beyond the pale of civilization and in mining camps seen men who carried guus and it was entirely proper? because the whole camp was composed of people who were ''quick on the trigger" and who thought nothing ubout taking a life or los| ingoue. lint in communities where there is supposed to be law; whe.e law-abiding citizens have the majority there should be no need of carrying a concealed weapon. If a man means business and intends to shoot somebody, let hun do like they do in the west where they do business?carry a gun in a belt unci expose it to view. It is no uncommon tiling to see boys Htid young bucks half drunk pulling out their pistols nod flourishing them, threatening to do all kinds of murder. It is a matter of record that business men and professional men carry guns and pull them and occasionally shoot and miss? and the law fines them $20 or some such snmil Rinonnt for carrying concealed weapons. That ia all child's play. Let a man who con aiders that he needs a gun put it on his belt and carry it in the open. That is necessary sometimes. But make a law which will give any citizen the right to see if un,other party has a gun on his person and Tf he has, pull him?and send him to the roads for twelve months. Let this be the law for white or black?blue or yellow? rich or poor?high or low?and then yon will have something that will come pretty near prohibiting. There is no reason in the world why a man should carry a concealed weapon. There is every reason in the world why he should not carry one. If a man iH going to assail you and sees that you have a gun?if it is in full view, the chances nre that he will not bother or molest you. If you have a gun the chances are that you could not uso it if assailed, but if you got about half drunk you would be liable to shoot some friend or yourself (which would be (i good tiling) and therefore carrying a gun is against all rules of civilization. But the legislniure of North Carolina need not waste time passing any law on* this subject?because we have good laws now against murder?and yet in almost every county some redhanded murderer is walking the streels?a social lion or a gentleman, just the same. ? To Regulate the Sale of Drugs. One of the most, important bills which ha9 been passed by the house was that of Saturday seeking to suppress the misuse of narootics and anaesthetics. Sec. 1. Tnat on and after the approval of this act it shall tie unlawful for any person, firm or cor porntion to sell or give to any person irj this State any cocaine, encaine, opium and its alkaloids (except paregoric) codeine, heroin, laudanum and chloral, except upon prescription of a licensed physician i Provided this act shall not prevent regularly licensed druggists from purchasing cocaine, encaine, opium and its alkaloids, codeine. heroin, laudanum and chloral to be sold by them as above provided. Sec. 2. Any violation of the foregoing section shall he a misdemeanor, and any person convictltd thereof shall be lined not less than $10 nor more than $100, or imprisoned at hard labor not less than five nor more thnn 30 days. iwumm-u.. jii ? i,i lufui'i'i-i - i.j inuw'ni FOR BALK?01 newspapers. SO eta "r' 1,1 Stwatr Wayward WIN Astlra, Governor Reyward has made the formal announcement that be will retire from public life after serving bis second term as governor. Many Carolinians had the governor in veiw for the United States senntorsbip, though he himself has never suggested in any way that he would be a candidate for that place. The fact that his friends desired to honor hioi with such a position is but i not her evidence of the wide popularity of the governor and the high regard in which he is held by the people. A great many things may happen before another election for senator takes place, but for the present the people of the State may congratn late themselves that they have two more yeuis of Heyward. uuywuy. MoPue May Again Appeal The case of SSam'l J. McCue, the convicted wife murderer of Charlottesville. Va., which whs ou Thursday "decided adversely to the condemned man by the supreme court of Virginia, will, it is stated, be taken to the supreme court of the United States. The grounds of the petition which are to be presented are that McCue has been convicted without due process of Ihw, in that one of the jurors had prior to the trial formed i n opinion based ou newspaper reports. The Federal constitution vouchsafes to every citizen the right to defense of life, liberty and property, and the accused, it is said, will contend that this has not been accorded hint. The selection of the jury which tried McCue will be the point at issue. The Gonzales MonumentThe Gonzales Monument committee has issued a letter which thus describes the monument to be erected to the late editor of The State: The monument is to be made of selected granite furnished by the Winnsboro Granite company. The monument will be of the following dimensions: Full height from the ground, forty feet. A spire twenty-live feet in length snd two feet four inches will rest upon the plinth, three by three. The cap will be four feet two inches, resting upon a die four feet four inches by four feet four inches and four feet high. Upon the several faces of this die will appear the inscriptions to the deceased editor, all to be prepared by friends of the deceased. This die will rest upon a first base five feet four inches by five' fanf fitiit* i Kn I TM* will mIso bo a second, third and fourth base of proper dimensions, the fourth buae being 11 by 11 by 2 feet hikI this fourth base will rest upon a sub-base which will be twenty feet square. The space within the sub-base outside of the fourth base will be set in grass, which will present a most pleasing appearance. The following bill introduced in the house by Mr. Culler, if it becomes law, will rob "old hoss" : saloB of much of their interest, and buyers of such things of the intense mental pleasure of speculating whether they had been buncoed or have buncoed somebody else: "That from and after the ! passage of this net it shall be uni lawful for any common carrier to offer for sale at auction or otherwise any article or bundle of metchniuliso when the same is sold for the collection of charges or freight without first opening and exposing for examination such ar- j ! ticle or bundle." SPOILED HER BEAUTY. Harriet Howard, of 209 W. S4th st. New York, At one time had her beauty , epoiled with skin trouble. She writes "I had Suit Rheum or Eczema for years ! but nothing would cure it, until I used ( Bucklen's Arnica Salve." Aquicknnd , sure healer for out*, burns and sores. 26c at all drug stores. While there seems to hnve been j n complete reatorfttion of order in , St. Petersburg uud Moscow, con- ] dilions at Warsnw continue to go ' from bail to worse. Estimates of ;! the killed and wounded in conse* , quence of colltssiotis between mobs and soldiers place the number at ] 100. LETTEtfTO P. D. BARRON, < PORT MILL, S. C. J Dear Fir* What's the penalty for 3 making o- selling short-measure paint iu your State? ] Atul does it make any difference, if t three fourths of the paints are shorti measure? Is seven pints a full-gallon or a fool' gal Inn ? t , What's the penalty for making or i I felling whitewash for paiut? 1 Is whitewash paiut. if mixed with a i | little point and labeled "Pure mixed paint", or something like that? *1 But we don't intend to go into tho business. We make Devoe lead-aud* i zluo full-moosure and true. i Yours truly P W Dcvoa & Co 25 Jr. 8, W B Ardrey A Co s?ll? our puiut. 1 % ' "* *5 % i ? i<ii?aiin^iTi r i ittnii i .r, f,.,* j> OLD HICKORY CHIPS. !> ? Atlanta claims she started the cold wave last week. Hereafter it is hoped she will turn it into the gulf stream. ? The election investigation in Colorndo developed the fact that unites were actually voted. If this plan is adopted in Missouri, there is no telling what the Missouri mule would do. ?- Russia can now take her choice between the yellow peril and the red peril. ? The summer hotels linve at last solved the problem of a dull winter season, by burning down at the close of summer. ? Whenever a New York gam. bier commits suicide, Tom Lawson gets up and makes a polite bow. ? The Republicans in congress are trying to mnke trouble betweeu John Sharp Williams and the Democratic minority which he lias lead with so much ability. John "Sharp" is a thorn in their sides. j ? Those Russian revolutionists didn't seem to care whether they woke the Czar's baby or not. The citizens of the District of Columbia are not allowed to vote, i but since tlisy beard of those Den- , ver fellows who voted tk> times a day, they are beginning to crave rights in that line too. ? The beef trust is explaining that they only violate injunctions 1 when they interfere with their business. ? A San Francisco prenoher nd- | vises young wom-n not to marry . until they know the past lives of their suitors. This preacher is 1 certainly not hankering after fees. 1 ? As there are only three editors out for the gubernatorial i nomination in Georgia, it is pre- j suined the others are wniting until the next time. ? Millionaire Duke is discover- j ing that Mrs. Duke is much haid- j er to "loose" than she was to find, j 1 ? Oklahoma wants it under- j 1 stood that she can govern herself i a great deal better than the old j States are governing themselves. ? Those Russian stiikers were < very wise. They struck not only < while the iron was hot but while I the Czar was hot. I ? According to the St. Bonis! Republic, the Republicans con-1 duct their campaigns sub rosa and also under aiineheuser busha. ? ??? The-standpatters in congress arc being forced to a tariff revision, but they will see to it that ...... ......'I *-.ll *1... -1:4? - t juu v??ii i. icu tnu uiueience wut'ii _ it is done. ? Corea ia trying to figure it1] out where she will aland when the thing is over. She will probably | find that there won't beany "core" i 1 Cold Waathar In Dakota. According to the way the editor |1 of a North Dakota paper sings, * they must, be having some pretty ( cold weather in that part of the ' I country just now. Henr him:!' "Backward, turn backwark, oh!! time in your flight, give me July'" again just for tonight. Soften the J i ground where the frost king has | J lain; oh, let me hear one more mos- | quito again. I am so weary of ! frost bitten pie, give tne a slice of I | Fourth of July. Backward,swing backward. oil! season of kiiow?i J mercury fifteen or twenty below? ; t turn on the lieut of the tropical z me, and roust tne until I am cooked to the bone. I hid so tired | of freezing tny nose, weary of chilblains and corns on my tots, weary of tiyiug to sleep with cold feet-- v turn on the heat, mister, turu cn ; j the heat." -* *- t SICKENING SHIVERING FITS ! fc of Ague and Malaria can bo relieved : and cnred with Electric Bitters. This is a pure, tonic niediciue; of ospecial ^ benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true ' curative influence on the disease, driv- 1 it eutlrely out of the system. It is innch to be preferred to Quiuino, having none ' of this drug's bad after-effects. K. S. , Munday, of lleurietta, Tex. writes: "My brother was very low with mala- |( yial fever and jaundice till he took Clectrio Bitters, which cured him." At t &11 drug stores; price 60c, guaranteed. ? HALF RATES TO THE IN AUGUR A- 1 t, TION VIA SOU. RAILWAY. Account Presidential Inauguration . ' Ceremonies, Washington, D. C.. March , tth, 1906, SOUTHERN RAILW AY an- | 3 uounces the very low rate of ONE FARE (plus 26c) for the round trip. A t:till lower rates for Military Coin- 1 panics and Brass Bands in uniform, ; tweuty or more on oue ticket. 1 Tiokets will be aold March 2nd aud , Ird, fluul limit of March 8th, 1906. , 3 However, au extension of final limit ! to leave Wash'ngton not later than mid- | night of March UJth, .1906, may bo had by de|x>sitiug ticket with a special agent I o at Washington, ou or before March 8t)i, e 1906. and payment of a fee of $1.00 at t the time of deposit. For further information as to rates, sohndnlee, sleeping car reservations, etc, J vpply to any agent of the Southern Railway or address BROOKS MORGAN. A. G. P. A. Southern Ry. t*9*l Atlanta, G*. 1 ^ _ . - / J ' *' '.v' ' . " ? m 11 in n 11 Mfc i 1 Tfet Ctttta towan Meet The second meeting of the Fort Mill Cotton Qrowere' Association, in which much interest was taken, was held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the town hall. About 50 members wers present and each seemed eager that decisive steps he taken for the betterment of conditions. The meeting was called to order by President Kirkpntrick, who explained the purpose* of the meetfug. the principle purpose being to hear the report of Mr. W. F. Harris, who had been sent as a delegate to the National Convention 1 n "V Q ttf r \ l>li,n *,ri T t 1 ? * * MI aith v/ucaiio. XII (lit) VlUMCIJCt? of the secretary, Mr. J. M. Spratt was appointed secretary pro tern. Mr. Harris then explained in n very satisfactory and interesting manner the proceedings of the national convention, nnd at the close ) of his remarks was heartly thanked for the service he had rendered. The plan of the national association was read and ndopted. This plan is to the effect that a reduction of at least 25 percent in acreage and a like reduction in amount of fertilizer he made from Hint of 1904. A discussion then took place as to the best means of carrying out the plan adopted and n committe, consisting of Messrs. W. H.Windle, S. II. Epps and D. A. Lee, wero appointed to go among the farmers of the township and secure from each a statement as to the number of acres planted and amount of fertilizer used in 190-1, and also a pledge as to acreage and fertilizeis to be put in ! this year. No further business was brought ; up and, after a sufficient amount \ had been raised to defray the ex- ; penses of Mr. Harris to tlie New ! Jrleuns convention, the meeting adjourned. W. S. McFadden, who has been confined to his home in Edgeinoor with a severe case of the grip, returned to his post at the Charlotte ' hi-J/'b vnrrl \1i??ulut? GREATLY IN DEMAND. Not hi uk is more in demand tliuu 11 j medicine which meets moder.i requirements for a blood mid system cleanser, j moh as Dr. King's New life Pills. They [ vre just what you need to cure stomach \ ind liver troubles. Try them. At all j drugstores. Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Charlotte, is now limiting his work to EYE DiSEASES and FITTING GLASSES. Flo, having ceased his regular visits to )ther towns, can be consulted at all :iines in his oflice 208 N. Tryon 8t. Fees For consultation $2.00 and up according o the difficulty of the case. Glasses 12.50 and up according to lenses and Frames. llS-ihn Bear In Mind That while we keep in stink a arger and better assortment of i Drills and Medicines than is I tsually carried in towns much 1 ar^er tlian Fort Mill, we will lie jleased to order for our customers it nny time nny Medicine which ve may happen not to have. Don't I marine that a certain medicine j hat you may see advertised can't >e had here. We may not have ' t, but, if not, we can net f?r 'on, if you or anybody else can. j Did moreover we save you the rouble and expense of ordering, he risk of having the medicine ost and nine times out of ten all ransportnlion charges. We were never satisfied in mlf way doing business, or even hree-fourths. We want to serve i ou all the way. i\rdrey's. , it 'hoo. F. McDow, E. Earl* Thornwell. ! W. W. Lewis, icDOW, LEWIS .& THORNWKI.I? ! Attorneys at Law, Yorkvillo, S. C. |, Practice in the State ami U. S. courts | Ouv Mr. E. E. Tln>rnwell will be in J air otlice in Fort Mill on Saturday of! acli weok to attend to any basinesa iu- i mated to us. 8111 I ' ' 1 ' ... VLB KINDSOF JOB PRINTING AT THE TIMES OFFICE * i AlfcA Ti n 1|* ? i i %w *> ? * Biachnlltog and Rfpairicg. I have opened a genal repair shop in the Bailes stand, head of Main street, and solicit a share of your patronage M. A. Ilartis. J-JWU-U-l-J JJgJ-'-i? " -- .* -? TRESSPASS NOTICE. All persons lire lioreby wnniod not to tresspass in any manner whatever upon the hinds* of the undersigned. The law will Iks rigidly euforooi ngainst all who disregard this notice. T. S. KtRKPATRICK, J. W. Audrey, J. I). WlTUKHS. Mrs. L. b. Wi rn;5rs, J. li. COLTIi AllP. n. a. i-F.K. o. Barber. t. ii.barber. Mrs. T. E. Barber. Miss Aim a Barber. \V J. Kimbkkix. D. Ci. Kim broil. . Work Well Done# Hnve joti Table Cloths, Counter paines, Doilies, Window Curtains, Blankots, etc., laundered by the Model Steam Laundry, of Charlotte, N. C. Prices for laundering the above articles cheerfully furnished. Suits pressed 35c; sails drycleaned and pressed, 50c; suits washed nnd pressed, 75c; coat or pants pressed, 15c; cleaned ami pressed, 25c; skirts pressed, 25c; cleaned and pressed, 50e. Our shipments are made Thursday mornings and returned Saturdays. McElhaneyvParks Co, The Clothing aij Shot Mvn DR. KINO'S t?Y NEW DISCOVERY FOR THAT COLO. TAKE NO SUBSTH UTE. 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