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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
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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 '
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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
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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.
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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.
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FOR BALK?01 newspapers. SO eta
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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
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Jr. 8, W B Ardrey A Co s?ll? our puiut. 1
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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
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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."
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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.
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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*.
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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
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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.
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'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
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VLB KINDSOF
JOB PRINTING
AT THE TIMES OFFICE
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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.
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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.
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Mrs. T. E. Barber.
Miss Aim a Barber.
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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
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