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f FORT MILL TIMES DEMOCRATIC FUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY B. W. BRADFORD. -* Terms of Subscription: Do* y'?r . 91.00 Six moptha 50 Three months 25 Correspondence on current subjects Is Invited, but no responsibility is as. turned for the views of correspondents. Anonymous communications will not bs published In these columns. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. ax t Dfttr on innr iunnun Kuropntkin would probably welcome the Osier prescription without reference to his age. Philadelphia is slowly learning thnt damage done by votes can not be repaired by prayer. The new styles announced by the milliners show that they are convim ed thnt the husbands of the land are all prosperous. It is said that the Bnltic fleet is phout to take the first train for home. While it has not been to war, it has been quite close enough for comfort. Dr. Osier is at liberty to make what he can of the fact that I?uropatkin is under CO, while Ovama, Nogi and Kuroki are older than that. Between the "yellow" peril pbroad and the "red" peril at home, Russia may be pardoned for feeling blue, with a durk brown tHSte in ber mouth. <%%> Carnegie's fees for attending the Chadwick trial will aggregate $61, but he is a frugal man and will not spend the money rnshly. Russia may yet overwhelm Japan by ltripoHing on it the necessity of supporting so many prisoners. President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton, says the proper way to deal with the trusts is to moralize them. Others think that a better way is to demoralize them. <%/%< If Kuropatkin ever reaches St. Petersburg, he will likely be wearing a "delayod in transmission1' tug. . ? . ^ The Russian explanatory department now says, that the retreat is a part of the plan, and that the real fight will be at Harbin. <%/%> Mukden is famous as the tomb of Chinese roynlty. It uIho promises to be the tomb of Russian hopes and pride. If there nre any powers which may be thinking of helping themselves to a piece of Chinese soil, they would do well to consult Tokio first. Notwithstanding his claim that ma confidence ih clear, Senator Sraoot muHt be uncomfortable with the mothers' congress after him. %-%< "Student" is informed that there pre not ninety members of the United States Senato as he contends. There are eighty-six members, two vacancies, and two waiting for the verdict of the juries. The negro, Anderson, appointed to be colleotor of intornal revenue for New York City, is to be opposed in the Senate because ho is identified with raco-track gambling. That's a "ruce" question of another color. %>%> In a light of recent events, Senator Beveridge might like to edit out the story of his travels of a few years ngo, the prophesy of a great Russian Empire in the orient nnd the necessity of America fighting the bear to prevent its gobbling the earth. ? To Capture Washington. A dispntch sent out from Wash ington Monday says that plana for the combined army and navy maneuvers on the Potomac and Oheeepeake bay daring the coming summer are slowly being elaborated in the bnroau of navigation of the Navy Department and in the office of the chief of staff of the army for the army's end of the work. The idea of the maneuvers which will take place between the first of June and the 20th of the month, is for the navy to endeavor to capture Washington, while the army will defend. A large number of troops from all over the country are to be sent j to fort Washington and Fort Hoot on the Potomac, and exten- I Ijpive preparations are being made at both poata to accomodate the largely increased force. The ?um4j? bef of men employed in the campaign ijas not yet been deterniiq^d By the Authorities. u . Th? Past Week's War The Japanese victory at Mukden has been followed up to gnch an extent that what remains of the great Russian army is now making its way northward to.wnrd Harbin, with the enemy apparently iu hot pursuit. When the Russians reached Tie Pass (or Tioling), where fortifications had already been constructed, atjnarentlv with a view to just such ti contingency, it was supposed that the}' could at least remain there long enough to bring soino order out of the chaos into which the route from Mnkden had thrown the remount of Kuropatkin's army. Dispatches ou Wednesday hibt, via St. Petersburg, stated that no considerable body of Japanese troops was within ten miles of Tie Pass, and that everything indicated that the Russians would not be further pushed at that time. At 12 o'clock that night, however, the Japanese ocoupied Tie Pass, and the Russians again took up their flight northward. No particulars of the taking of the pass have been received, but the Russinus were apparently very much surprised by the development. It is not likely that the Russians can make any determined stand short of Harbin, which is about 205 miles north of Tie Pass, and if they do retreat to tl. it poiut, the present campaign will doubtless be ended. Harbin is on the northern border of Manchuria proper, and with the Russians driven thither, Japan would possess prac?: ii.. ..11 M 1 ? liCUliy (HI <J1 UX rl IJ I; 11III t<t| JUWl HW sho did Korea after slight resistance on the part of the Russians. It is regarded as likely that na soon as the ioe melts sufficiently, the Japanese will take possession of Vladivostock, the last Russian naval base in the Far East. Without a port and with her army driven out of Manchuria and almost battered to pieces, and, in fact, decreased 50 per cent in ett'ectivness through killed, wounded and prisoners, the Russiacs are almost helpless. If the war is to continue ?and the Russians firmly assert that it is?practically a new start will hnre to be made. Something like 30,000 fresh troops must be mobilized wherever the retreating Russians find a safe stopping plnce, and that will require many months, if not a year or more. The most serious development during the past week so far us Russia is concerned was not on the field of battle, but in the realms of finance. The loan that it wns intended to float in Paris has not been consummated, and it looks os though it may not not be. The Czar's government is said to have money in the Treasury sufficient to prolong the war until September, but even with this cash on hnnd, it is sorely in need of more funds. It is regarded as likely that the failure to secure nil the money they need will have more influence in bringing about peace than the defeat of Kuroputkins army on the n?i,i ,.t i. i.. iiuiu ui unL11v In accordance with orders from the Emperor, General Kuropntkin on Friday hnndecl over the command of the Russian army to Gen eral Linevitch. General kuropntkin retires in disgrace, the powers haying been taken from hi in by the powers at home. All save his avowed enemies are miid to have much sympathy for General Kuropatkiu.?Charlotte Observer, Monday. The Big Eleotrlo Power Scheme. The reported deals of the water power companies along the Catawba , vague and indefinate rumors of which have been afloat for some time past, seem to be settling down in the bounds of reality and fnot, and indicate that a master hand is directing the schemes now pending, says the Yorkville New Era. The lntest move reported is the acquisition of Mountaon Island fall in Gaston county by the Catawba Power company, which is about25 miles north of the present plant of that company. Here it is said a simnlnr tiIaiiL will be erected. The Yorkville correspondent of a Charleston paper learns from a trustworthy source that the Dukes who are largely interested in the development of this power will also soon begin the erection of a third and similar plant at Catawba falls, possibly the finest water power in the south, and which has been in the hands of the present owners for several years past. This nor- J respondent states that the com- ! bined power of the three plants is to be available over a circuit of wires taking in Lancaster, Wmns' boro, Chester, Yorkville, Clover, Gastonia, Dallas, Charlotte, Fort Mill, Hock Mill and back to i Lancaster. It is estimated that the power developed will he in the neighborhood of 80,000 horse power and if the plans are carried out as above it means, according to the optomistic, tremendous possibilities for this section. One gentleinau here however who is large # ly interested in such matters seems | to think the combination of the different power companies may not be exactly what the people want, He fears that it means a higher rate of power to the consumer than otherwise. The Return o! the Confederate Flag*. The decision of congress to return to the several States all the flag* captured in the Civil warapd i l. t 1 > 4i._ : uio jjiuujpi u^piuvtti uy iiju prem* idont of the bill authorizing such return seems to have created much enthusiasm in the South and complimentary letters are daily reaching the president thanking him for the part he took in the legislation. There is little doubt in the uiinds of Southerners that thie gruceful net on the part of congress and the president will contribute materially to theenthusiam qf the president's reception on the Southern trip he ip 6oon to make. There are 544 old battle flags, all told, about 100 belonging to Northern States, and the remainder to States which formed part of the Confederacy. They are all stored in the flag-room of the war departmenl, where they have been carefully protected from the ravages of time, and, us they were of good material originally, they are said to be in excellent state of preservation. Some of the flags bear no mark by which they can bo identified, and some difficulty will be experienced with regard to these, but all which have some mark by wliioh they can bo traced to a particular State will be forwarded to the governor of that State at an early day. Sues For $40,000. According to the Iiock Hill correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, Mrs. Hattie V. Ayers, the Columbia lady whose husband, Frank B. Ayers, was killed at the Catawba river bridge on the 8th of last January, has brought suit against the Phoenix Bridge Company, the concern which built the bridge, for $40,000 damages. The accideut by which Ayere lost his l it- _ * a. t...i _ .1 i _ _ l - _ t uie ib (uiriuititMi 10 negligence ui tlie company. The material need in erecting the Catawbn bridge, an well as that nscd on another bridg?, has been attached. The Phoenix company is seeking to have the attachment removoci and will carry the case to the Federal court. Electric Power For Yorkville, Mr. W. S. Lee, Jr., vice president and general manager of the Catawba Powe~ company, informed a Chronicle reporter today that, in all probability, work on building an electric transmission line between the dam on the Catawba and Yorkville would begin within the next two or three weeks. A number of manufacturing enter; prises iu and around Yorkville desire to make use of electric power, and the expense of erecting the line will be borne by Yorkville ' people. Everything has been settled except some of the minor delailb, and it is expected to have the line completed before the fanners are through planting their crops. ?Charlotte Chronicle. Pleasant Valley Items. Editor Times: I have not heard from P. V, for some time. TeBsie came in told us the news, but retired too soon. Wonder why? Well, brethren, I have been unable to get up any news, bh, you know, the owls und bats have been after me, or rather with me, as Tesaie lias said. We understand Messrs. J. W. Davidson and O. W. Potts have recently made some marked improvements at their homes. Mr. T. W. Culp will make ex| tensive repairs on his home in the near future. He has just completed a cotton warehouse and wagon shed. Heally, it seems that ' P. V. is on a boom. Miss Claire Harris, of Pineville, visited relatives in the Valley the past week.,.. Mrs. W. F. Harris and Muss Wren Harris, of Fort Mill, visited relatives here a few flays ago... .Mr. Coble Merritt, of Gold Hill, visited friends in the Valley on the 19th Misses Bessie Wolfe and llleeker Bailes visited relatives in Gold II dl the past week. Pleasant Valley's representatives at the vi rions colleges have complained that they get no news from the dear old Valley, so, Mr. Kditnr nleitse tell them that thoae of our people who have not had the mumps, or have them now, nre expecting them anytime, und they need not fret. We hear that there will be preaching at P. V. Baptist church next Saturday afternoon nnd night, but can not say this positively. Last, but not least, as the old bncehelor was nosing around the other day he saw some young chickens and heard of others, Always on the lookout for a good thing, yop kuow. li^RUY / J J It's Sho* pry III Cb|riott?. The Charlotte Observer offers apologies to the old Salem Alma STRIKES HIDDEN R0CJK8, When yonr ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of Consumption, Pneumonia, etc., you are lost, if you don't got help from Dr, King's Now Discovery for Consumption. J. W. MoKinnon, of Talladega Springs, Ala., writes; I had been very ill with Pneumonia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting 110 better when I began to take Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and one bottle cured me. Sure cure for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs and colds. Guaranteed at Ardrey's drug store, price 6U0 and $1.00 Trial bottle free. The committee which had charge of the president's inauguration has completed its work and its final report showed a cash balance over all expenditures of $4,000. The large sum oi S 150,000 was taken in as the proceeds from tickets to the inaugural ball, seats on the grand stand and special privileges. The guarantors will receive back the sums they subscribed, about $00,000, and the remaining $4,000 will be set aside to form a nucleous of a fund to erect a national convention hall. INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY. It would have been incredible brutality if Cjuis. F. Lembergnr, of Syracuse, N. Y., hud not done the best he could for his suffering son. 'My boy," ho says, out a fearful gash over his eye, so I applied Bucklen's Arnica Safvo, which quickly healed it and saved his eyo." 1 Good for huruH and uloers too. Only 25c I at Ardrevs rirm? store. Tho Greenville police bave a piculinr case on their bande which is puzzling them no little. A Russian immigrant with a name it would he neccessary to take abroad to get pronounced, after serving a sentence on the gang for a petty olTonce. was ho much pleased with his treatment as a prisoner that he refuses to leave and declares that he will spend the remainder of his lit'o with the police. He says life as a prisoner in America beats freedom in Russia. STARTLING MORTALITY. Statistics show startling mortality, from api>endicitis and peritonitis. To prevent and cnro these awful diseases, there is just one reliable remedy, Dr. Kings Now Life Pills. M. Flamiery, of 14 Custom House Place, Chicago, says: "Thay have no equal for Constipation and Billiousuoss." 25c by all druggists. Paint Yot'u BrooY for 75c. to $1.00 with Devon's Gloss Carriage Paint. It weighs 8 to 8 ozs. more to the pint than othors wears longer and gives a gloss equal to new work. Sold by W. B. Ardrey & Co mrrTP r?r\t nxTwr tit rpnnr aa i.n?j o nnimviivv. Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo, from JLiver and Kidney trouble. In a reoent letter, ho says: "I was nearly dead, of theso complaints, and, although I tried my family doctor, he did me no good; so I got a 50c bottle of your great Electric Bitters, which cured nie. I consider them the best medicine on oartli, and thank God who gave yon the knowledge to make them." yold and guaranteed to cure, Dyspopsia, Billiousnessand Kidney Disoase, by all druggists, at 50c a bottle. from tho Uwn oettao to tho LanaA lawn mower can be pa]rted ' Neal's Carriage ? Paints (Tho old Orlfinal) I TV I. , k.i.i, h ? no/ Hiouiaueiwiiniinin^ H anythlne?Indoorsoroutdoors I -^raiuUinea dnrabla vamlsh Only trifl*. I j W. B. ARDREY & COMPANY. inHfr? , , , i$orc>T CORN P: Until You JIave Seen IT BEATS See Planter at Beik's or IRi. Is/Cc_ : Cabbage JPlants & Sea Cabbage Plan* s for silo, aud now ready and "Charleston #Largo Type Wakefield" head ip rotation as uaine<l. "Succession,1 Flat Dutch," tli 3 3 best flat-head varietn Single thousand $1.50; 5,000 and over $1 Terms: Cash wit h ordor; or, goods sent C on money . Our j >lant beds occupy 35 acri understand grow ing thorn in the open ai vere cold withou b injury. Plants crated wo have special 1 ow ratos for transportat "cut rate" plants^ shipped from my farm to type and nans i, and grown from high most reliable soei houses in the United ! any dissatisfied c ustomer at. end of seasoi Qur Cotton Seed: Lint of our I/ong SUs this year in Charleston on Dec. 2, at 32c. 10 bushels and over $1 per bu. My specialty: l?rompt Shipment, Truo h^vo beeu in the plant business for thirt W C! "The Cabbage Plan Ks. Utl.lt>, postt?bTeloyrai>h SOU. 11AILWA south Train No. 25 Lv Charlotte 8.00 p Ar " " 27 " " 0.05 a. ? >. ? 29 ? ,, 9.50 p. ? ft it 33 ,, ,, 8.13 a. ,, NOKTII Train No. 20 Lv Chester 1.00 p. Ar ? ? 23 " Col*. 3.10 p. " .. .. 30 ? ? (5.10 a. " ? t# 31 ,, ' V.00 p. Note?Fort 51 ill is a regular stoppinj Nos. 29. 33 and 34, which stop on Hag. Work Well Done, Hnve yon Tab <> Cloths, Counterpaines, Deilies, vVindow Curtaiue, Blankets, etc., blundered by the Model Steam Laundry, of Charlotte, N. C. Prices for laui tdering the above articles cheerfully furnished. Suits pressed 35c; suits dry-1 cleaned and pi eased, 50c; suits washed and prei sed, 75c; coat or pants pressed, 15c; cleaned r.nd pressed, 25e; sk its pressed, 25c; cleaned and pre* 3t d, 50c. Onr shipments are mnde Thursday mornings an i returned Saturdays. McElhaney Parks Co, The Clothing zwd Shop K?o Town Hall Wednesday, March 21 POLK KILLER tolls stories of his boyhood on the plantation, and gives li amorous Sketches. Recitations and song 9 in the dialed of the negro, accompi. uying himself on the banjo. The? "Old south' Quartette is the very best aggregation of negro singers ever hoard on the platform, ami selected by Mr. Mil\er on account of their magnificent voices, amiable dispopositious and willingness to do that which public expects of them?to sing lika the old time nepro- discarding the disgusting airs of tl? 3 "rake walking" dude negro, or what is more commonly called the "now issuo." Admission 25c .... Reserved s< ats 30e GtfDooTH open at 7.30 p. m. Dr. W, H, Wakefield, of Charlotte, ! is now limiting his work to EYE DISEASES and FITTING GLASSES. He, having censed his regular visits t ? other towns, can he consulted at times in his oltice 203 Is. Try on St Fet j for consultation $2.00 and up according to tho difficulty of the case, tilu.s' i $2.60 and up according to lenses and frames, 1-18-Sin TO OTTU FilI FA OS! We are now located at lilt 10. Council street, Salisbury, N. C\, and solicit your trade. We have on hand a complete line of the best Whiskies, Wines, Brandies, Etc., and can supply your wants with anything in our line. Our Mr. M. A. Teeter, formerly of Charlotte, has personal super , isioi of our shipping department, and all mail orders receive prompt ami careful attention at his hands. Aak for price list and order blank with your order. W. H. HOOVER A CO., SALISBURY, N. C. Phone 2-te. r~ ~ TNk.'f ... f BUY A = LANTER My Recent Invention, rHEM ALL. Mills & Young's Stores, HOOD. Island Cotton Seed, for delivery. "Early Jersey Wakefield" two earliest Bharphead varieties and " "Augusta Trucker" and "Short Stem is and head in rotation as named. Prices: .25 per 1000; 10,000 and over $1 por 1000. ). O. D., purchaser paying return charges as on South Carolina Sea Coast, and we r; tough nnd hardy; they will stand sefor shipment weigh 20 lbs. per 1000 and don by Southern Express Co. No cheap . 1 guarantee those that I ship to be true grade seeds purchased from two of the States. I will refund purchase price to ii. Lple variety of Sea Island "Cotton sold per pound. Seed $1.25 per bu.; lots of Varieties and Satisftied Customers. I y-fiivo years. foHice Young's Island, S. C. Y SCHEDULE. nOUND. Fort Mill 0.50 p. Ar Chester 8.80 p ,, ? 6.40 a. ,, Cola. 10.16 % ,, 10.21 p. " " 1.25 p ,, 8.44 a. " " 11.88 ? BOUND. Fort Mill 2.40 p. Ar Charlotte 8.88 p ? 6.19 p. ,, 7.00 p " ? 9.18 a. ., ., 9.50? 9.20 p. " " 10.05 p g point for all the above trains, exoep Nos. 25 and 26 do not run Sundays. Tho?. F. Mellow E. Earls Thornwell. W. W. Lewis, MeDOW. LEWIS & THORNWELL, Attorneys at Law, Yorkvillo, S. O, Pract ice in the State and U. S. courts Our Mr. E. E. Thornwell will be in I our nftieo in Fort Mill on Saturday of each week to attend to any business in;r isted to us. 3m When in the Market FOR GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, !BRANDIES, ETC., CALL ON OR WRITE JoTcijcl Moyle, 1*. I). !!ox <J7, ISAJLISHURY, - N. C. I 7 1 jf y JRI If-A !&:- :^r-?:. * Wx a vh-, .JOTi; sir.vs.NS i I k ,\ ''.Hi?i I' ; .1 '-. i.-'f.K jjii" '. ringing j I K ?' V *? i- ' ' '11 r . ( Or.ut.faa vir- ' w t -ic cr? <: i o i iir out Itn* of i B pi:>c . r- 0.5. >' r,. .. ?..*n | y i .i .,< h. , - :.i -rl. ??. . -O'Uij a ^ R A', v a.r <!?alir 1 > ; 'v.rl -r.*l fu (| I . .vN V. - ' ..n n --v oad B I J. STEVENS ARMS AH0T88L GO. 1 [ P. O. QO* ?0V1 v I CHICOPEE FALL?, NJA33. U. G A. ' Y'^-v r ^ H 30 YEA1S* T:XPER'r*Cf. 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