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MAY 24. 1905.
JM Mr. Carnegie might establish >i
pension fund for decayed dukes
H just to show there is no ill-feeling,
Hobson, the hero, van of no
more importance at his own wed
ding than the groom usually is.
I
Moat of ua are still savage
I ouopgh to wish thajt the Fpr Eaat
pit nation would develops a little
I more war and leas diplomacy.
I
I Chicago wants to operate its own
' streetcars, hut at present it seems
the city is no! even able to run its
delivery wagons.
The real folly of the Indiana
legislature, is hot shown in its anti-cigarette
law, but in tho net
prohibiting elopements.
It is going to complicate matters
if the American SStoel manufacturers
offer rebates to the govjernmet
on the purchase of the
X'anama Canal supplies.
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Nan Patterson's original intention
of avoiding publicity if liher*
? ated, was a lnudible one and should
be encouraged, N?u could not
stand being lonesome.
Alexander Dowie in booming
Zion, might call attention to the
fact that none of its ofiicinls has '
been indicted for grafting, for (on
the side) he gets it first.
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1 It is asserted that municipal
1 graft is unknown in Scotland.
1 A little advertising of that fact is
1 liable to start some of our grafters
out to cultivate the virgin held.
Although the President is being
lauded for -his work for irrigation,
Oul. VVattv.rsou knows he's the
man who has relieved tnany a
"dry occasion." , v
+*> . President
Roosevelt's declaration
in Nebraska that he positively
will not accept another nomination
for the presidency, ought to
be accepted as conclusive at lpaat
<pr a year hYP-'
Some of the best citizens of
Texas and Missouri announce that
they propose to stop tho habit of
toting pistols in those states, even
if they have to shoot the life out
of men addicted to the vice.
The War.
Another week rolls around and
still no change, so fnr as apparent
to the world at large, in the
jrar neyowt the reports of
slight skirmishes in the neighborhood
of Gunshu'Paaa, nothing has
transpired to mar the planH of
Oyama in his alow move upon Vladivostok.
The Japanese cavalry
has been considerably stlengthened
and Oyaina's forces are said
to be better than ever prepared for
the fight that is song expected.
On the aes there aeema to he a similar
absence of developments,
though positive ovidence during
the week that Rojestveneky and
Nebogatoff had joined forces and
a later dispatch reports that the
Russian fleet was sighted May 14 th
sailing northward from Kamranh
bay. Ttio objective point in the
case of the Russian fleet, as of the
Japanese land forces, seems to be
Vladivostock, Naval critics nve
disposed to give * Roiestvenskv i
much credit for. tliP way he has
handled his owtf fiect and for the
junction with .NebogatotT, and nre
frank in expressing 'ho belief that
he will give a good account of himself
should the long expeoted pen
fight occur.?Charlotte Observer
pf Monday.
"!i Tba Dispensary Doomed?"
To the (>f the subject
h? News tfiul^^wrier of the loth 1
devotes a column of its valuable
Hpaee. 'i
It foretell? the downfall of the ,
dispensary in Pickens county, and
places Spartanburg and Union in
the list of those counties which
will in the near fplure follow the ,
wake of Cherokee. It cites the |
fact that for the paltry amps of I
pome ten thousand dollars profit ;
to the counties snd towns nnunnl- '
)y, hundreds of thonsands of the
peoples money must be spent.
Gianting til this, with the Wil* !
pen net still in force, and with the
habit fixed ou a large ppr
4
cexn of our people, does prohibition
or hitch license bold out nny
resent e prospect?
The three counties cited in the
article: Pickens. SDartanbur? and
Union, are nil withiri easy raach of
the north Carolina line, and nnijuestionably
spend their hundred
thousand a year each, with
the difference that the profits theri>H
wiil go'to fatten a debased and
degraded blind tinpr element instead
of reverting to the taxpayer.
It is pot surprising if Pickens
county should vote opt the dispensary
when one considers that it
hps taxed the yigilence of the
State and United States authorities
to keep down iliioit distilling
in that county.
A very small number of well
meaning, but misguided prohibitionists,
linked arips with the natural
enemies of the dispensary
would'easily make a majority vote.
From n financial stand point the
State will undoubtedly profit by
Pickens county voting prohibition.
There is authentic information
to the effect that the present cost
of suppressing illicit traffic in
whiskey in Pickens very much
exceeds the Stale's profit on sules
in that county.
The article places Charleston
and Columbia alone in the list of
counties which would not vote out
the dispensary.
At the outset, the writer will at
least be naked to excuse Abbeville
and there are perhaps others.
It is most likely that Charleston
and Columbia would decline to
vote out the dispensary, but it is
for decidedly divergent reasons
the people of Columbia are honestly
trying to enforce the IhH', and
with the effort has oome the realization
that after all, the dispensary
system is nearer in accord with
actual public opinion than either
prohibition or higher license. Our
people do dot want all .nigiit haifl
and 11 wiHrt wlui will liotiajuilv foi'o
the fact must acknowledge tlmt
we cannot have actual proltibiton.
Conditions must be met qh they
are not as we would have them to
be. If nil our people, or even a
majority were prohibitionists in
fact as well as in name, it would
be immeterial what liuqor lovers
we had. or whether we hud any at
all or not.
Now hb to. Charleston. The
time has bebn when Charleston
would have voted out the dispensary
by a vote of something like five
to one
Thut was when nu effort was being
made to enforce the dispensary
law in that city. Hut the people
of the state, and the offieiuls have
grown tired of undertaking to uphold
the law in the face of overwhelming
public opinion in favor
of frpe liquor. Like Ephriam of
old, she has been given over to
her idols.
It must be acknowledged that in
this one respect she has proven
herself larger than the State.
Dispensaries languish there at
the lo.-s to the Htate, or die, of inanition.
while tigers with fattened,
bloated but wide open eyos. thrive
in every section.?Press and Bunuer.
Cotton Bags Displacing Jute.
The idea of a more general utilization
of cotton bags instead of
jute is growing in interest throughout
the South. A few days ago
the ltoyal Dag and Yarn factory,
of Clmilestou, received a lurge or
der for cotton bugs from the
Orange liico Mill company, of
Orange, IVxib, that mill having
determined to qse cotton instead
of jute bags. Besides thin order
the Charleston mill has lately repeived
peverul other orders of a
like nature, and aw a result of the
increased demand for the eqtton
hugging, the nidi iu putting hi ad
ditional machinery and erecting
more houses for its operatives.
The more general use of cotton
bagging nutans much to the tanners
of the south, for it will create
a greater demand and better price
for the staple.
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J42TTBR ri O S L. M EACH AM
FORT MILIj, S.C.
Dour Sir: Hut few of tho men wfyo
sell tho hundred different paints in ttie
market know much about them. All I
pMvqa agents havu stivte oheiuist's curtiflcuto
tolling just what it'n tnude pf;
thoy kuQ\v u good depl, not qnly about
l)evoo but the rest; we see that they do,
\Vo buy ovory tlu>t lias any tale,
analyze it. Our agent finds-oat all 1
about it.
Whon wo know what paint in in ado
of. we know Uow it will act; \yo know .
how fqr it goes, t*?d how loug it we#it*, j
Dovoo is tlio standard; call it ltK). '
The bust of tip* rout is about 75; thn
worst about 25; the rust are hetwoon.
But tho mon, who soli litem, don't
know any lietter. 1 hoy know wl\at the
maker tolls them. That is: they know i
that he tells thorn. They don't know j
whether ho tells tl\em tlie truth or not. j
Th? tmsinoss is not copd acted Pn
knowledge; the loss they know, the
iporo ooinfovtuble they uro.
Yours truly
F WDKVOB & Co.
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P. S. W B Ardrey & Co., sells our paint.
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Fresh Baker's Bread ovory Saturday
at A. U. Jones'.
Farmers' Institute lor Rock HillThe
Roclt Hm Herald.
The following letter from Preei- i
dent P. H. Me 11 of Cletnson, has j
been received by the Secretary of i
the Commercial Club: "Cleinson j
College is n??w preparing plans i
for holding Farmers3 Institutes in
certain parts of the State during j
the period from July 19th to Au- ,
gust 5:h, this time having appear- |
ed most convenient in previous |
years. Your town has been se- |
lected as a desirable point for an |
institute and you have been sug- j
gested as one who would take local (
charge of the matter. Your work |
in this connection would consist (
principally in arranging for a |
tttniil I n<r i\l nfio rviif 1 I nrv t 11 <k
iiiv. v, i ii^ * lie poupir |
in yonr immediate vicinity inter- j
ested in the institute and learning i
from them the quettions they are i
so interested in so that these can |
be discussed by the speakers. If (
you are willing to take np this |
work, please write us your acceptance
and present an application <
for an institute to be held at your
town signed by fifteen farmers;
also state what topics it is desired <
shall be discussed." <
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Grand Lodge Xqlghfs of Pythias.
The grand lodge of Knights of j
Pythias held a large and very in- ,
teresting meeting in Beaufort lust
Wedueeduy. Among the more
important matters acted upon was (
that of appointing a eommitte to (
select a permanent location for (
future meetings, with instructions (
to report at the next meeting.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Grand chancellor, B. A. Morgan,
Greenville; grand vice chancellor, ,
M. Rutledge Rivers, Charleston;!'
giand prelate, M. R. Smith- Cam- : (
den; grand keeper of records and I
seals. Rev. J.H. Thornwell, Fort j 1
Mill; grand master of exchequer,
Wilson G. Harvey, Clia'leston; !
grand master-at-arms. \V. R. Bria- ,
tol, Beaufort ; grand inner guard,
G- Mclqtyro, Marion; grand outer j
guard, G. W. Ring, Tunmonsville;
supreme representative, J. H. '
Thayer. Charleston.
Sumter was chosen as the next !
place of meeting.
Cost of Rural Mall Rautes. '
The net loss to the government <
of operating the rural mail routes '
of the United States in the fiscal '
year ending June iU>, 1905, will he
not less than $8,800,000, and prob- 1
ably several millions in excess of
that amount. The minimum esti
mate4>f loss is cibtnined after allowing
to the credit of the rural 1
service every cent of revenue de- I
jived from ni^il sent by patrons of (
the routes anil front n>nj 1 received 11
by them, but ao a matter pf fact,
only a part of these receipts nre
due to the establishment of the
rural service.
It is impossible to tell what pro- i
portion of the mail business should (
?>e credited to the establishment of i
the rural service, but it is estimnt- I
ed by competent authorities that <
the real loss for the fiscal year will |
be nearer $12,000,000 than $800,800,000.
The law raising the salaries of
rurnl carriers is in etTect in the ]
present fiscal year. It increases
the most of the service to $.*58 per J
month for each route, exclusive of ]
the expenses of the field inspection 1
service. It is flip cost of rural ]
mail facilities that prevents the
financial waistcoat and pantaloons
from meeting in the postofQce de
4 A. Iff A% ? 1
piiruneui. i\ Miiovn ipis endless 1
and increasing expense the depart: (
meat practically would be self j
sustaining.
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Wintbrop CqlU^e^Commenccipent. j
We are indebted to presidont D, j |
13. -Johnson for an invitation to the ! |
commencement exercises of Win, ! |
thrup Normal and Industrial col- ! |
lege, to be held June 4-fJ. The ! <
program is as follows: !(
Sunday. June 4.?11 a in., ser- ! |
rpon before the Y- W. C. A.; ft:30 ,
p. nt. baccalaureate sermon, Rev. j
Egbert W. Smith, D. 1)., Groens- j
t)oro, N. C. i
Monday, Juno 5?10 a. in. ?
inspection of buildings and de- |
partments; <H:30 p in., joint rale- |
bration of tho literary aocietipi,
Tuesday, June 6?JO a. in. j\lnm:
nae reunion; 11 a.m. address alumnae,
Hon. fc). D, Smith. .Sumter, i
S C.; rt p. ill., Daisy chain pro- '
cession; 8:110 p. m. address to!'
graduating class, Hon. 3\f, F. An-'
He!, uroetiville, JS. I.;., awHrcithg of
diplomas and certificates.
saven by'oynamite.
Sometimes a flaming city U savod by
dynamiting a space that the Are can't
cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on so ;
long vou feel im if nothing but dynamite
would dure it. X. T. Orny, of Ogl|
iio.um, oa. writes: f'my wife had a very !
i aggravated ouugh which kept her awake i
nights. Two physicians could not help 1
her; ho she took Dr. King's Now Dis
oovery for Cfetsumptinn, Coughs and
Colds, which eased her oongh, gave her
sleep aud finally cured her." Strictly |
scientific cure for bronchitis aud La
(. iripne. At Ardrey's drugstore, price 50c :
and $1-00, guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
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Mpre About Mr. (feds*. :
The editor of the News and Cou*
rier Iihh received and published a
letter from a notable author and
writer of New York, which has the
following to say of Mr. Ogden,
the northern educator:
"If you had heard Mr. Ogden
introduce a negro to a Northern
iiulieuce. or eae him put his arms
ibout this negro and walk through
bis store hugging him bofore his
hundreds of clerks, yon might
have said something even more
interesting about his fitnesB to be
i teacher of tne South. The South
lias a mission to teach t:<e North
mid the werld ot? the negro question.
Mr. Ogden is a negro worshipper
pure and simple. His
interest in the poor white man is
merely a means to an end. I am
not quite ready for an attack on
this utternpt to pauperize the educational
system of the South in
the interest of negro equality, but
[ intond to do it before long. OgJen's
introduction of Booker T.
Washington in Cooper Union last
year was the most loathsome and
Jisgusting worship of a negro I
aver witnessed on this earth. Every
lime tins negro comes to New
York Ogdon pnts his arms around
liitn and leads him through his
store, exhibiting his worship to
the live hundred women of the
white race whom he employs. It's
enough to make a dog sick when I
think. of such a man daring to
teach the South, and see how
many gudgeons gape and bite at
the gold bait."
A Pleasant Reception.
Says a Fort Mill epecial to The
State:* No more enjoyable reception
has been given in this place
than I hat tendered tlip Adelphinn
uul Castilian clubs last. Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. >1 \V.
Ardrey. Sixty-five or more ladies
were the guests of the evening.
These wore met at tho door by
Miss Mary Aid toy and presented
to the presidents of the clubs, Mrs.
Alejf. Barber and Mrs. ?T. L. Spratt,
nid the oilier members of the receiving
party stood in the parlors.
Those wore: Meadamee J. W ArIrey,
0. S. Link, S. L. Moacham
ind XV. A. Watson. The house
was beautiful in its arrangement
and decoration, the colors of each
_l _ I m . r 11 . %
3iuo ueing lasieiuuy carnea out.
i'he parlors and hull were laden
with roses, the east parlor, where
punch was served by Mrs. J. 13.
Mills, Misses Bertha Massey, Zoe
White and Fiances Harris* being
hanked with palms and crimson
ramblers, while in the west parlor
ferns and white rosea were the
ilecorations. In the diping room
deiicjpus refreshments wore served
by Mrs. W. 13. Ardrey, Misses Ma,
bel Ardrey, Minnie Garrison and
Wren Harris. The tables were
beautiful in the pretty arrange
ment of white jessamine and favors
uf daisies. The majority of the
members from each club were
present and the evening w is thoroughly
enjoyed by them uud their
guests.
A CREEPING DEATH.
Blood poison creeps up towards the
lieart, causing death. J. E. Stoarns, of
Hollo Plaiuo, Minn., writes that a trend
Ireadfully injured his hand, which
iwelled up like hlood poisoning. Buoklon's
Arnica Salvo drew out the poison,
Itealed the wonud. and saved his life.
Best in the world for burn? and sores.
}5o at Ardrey'8 drug store.
The habit of fljwnys doing his
best enters in the very marrow of
me's heart and character; it effects
Ins bearing, bis self posession
rin; man who does everything to
i finish has a feeliUK of serenity*,
lie is not easily thrown off bis
balance; bo has nothing to fear
lie cap look the world in the face
because he feels conscious that he
ias not put shoddy into anything,
[hat ho has had nothing to do
with shams and that he has always
lone his level best. The sense efficiency,
of being master of one's
:raft, of being equal to any emergency;
the consciousness of ^osessing
the ubdity to do with superiority
whatever or?? undertakes
Kill give soul satisfaction which a
lialf hearted slipshod worker never
knows.
CLEARED FOR ACTION.
When the body is cleared foi* notion,
by Dr. King's new Life Fills, v >u can
tell it hv tl;o bioora of health on the
cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; tho
tlruiUCSS of the hesli and miianlen. th?>
buoyancy of tho mind* Try thorn At
Ardrey'a tlru{< ?ior?, 23o.
"Don't swenr at the mule Hill,"
siiid the old Uoorgia farmer; "that
old mole ns stubborn nil' weather
beaten as lie looks. kepps John at
college learning how to play footbnll
an' speak Dreek!"
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ICE?A car load just iu at A. O.
Jones.' Will furnish uuy quantity dosi
red.
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Pickens county <>n Saturday
voted u ohihition by a majority ol
about -1 to 1.
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X or over
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OF MACON, GEORGIA.
FOR PARTICULARS,
t FORT MILI
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LIMITED MEANS OR EDUI
ALL OUR 8,000 GRAPUATI
It. R P%ItK PA1I),
IIOABIMT 8H OO. |-|A ? A I A ft
600 Fre? Couimn. VIA\. nLi/At L>
sou. railwT
160UTHI
Tmin No. 2R Lv Cliailottu (>.00 p. Ar
M " 27 " ' 6.0.-I u. M
i? ?? 29 f9 ff 9.50 p. ff
ft ft ^ ff ft 8.1.1 l\. f?
NORTHI
Train No. 2G Lv Chester 1.00 p. Ar
? ? 23 " Cola. 8.10 p. "
30 ,, ? 0.10 a. "
.. .. 34 ,, ? 7.00 p. "
Not??Fort Mill is a regular stopping
Nos. 29, 38 ami 34, which atop ou tlag.
WZNTHROP COLLEGE
aciiQ^jisniP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION.
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Collogo
and for tlio admission of now students
will lie hold at tho County Court
House on Friday, July 7th. at 3 a. in.
Applicants must not l>o less than iifteeu
years'of age. When scholarships aro
vacated after July 7, thoy will bo a*
warded to those making the highest
average at this examination provided
they moot the conditions governing the
award. Applicants for scholarships
should write to President Johnson before
the examination lor scholarship
application blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and free
tuition. The next session will open
September 20, 1905, For further information
and catalogue address
PRES. D. B. JOHNSON,
tq-28 Rock mil, S. C.
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SO TEARS' EXPERIENCE. Our CHANCES ARE
THE LOWEST. Bend lioxlrt. phpto or ekisrh tor
i expert xouvli iuuI free report on pAtoittebilily. h
MPRINCEMENT nulls comtm-tal twK.ro ell
eourtA I'eieute obteiuud thiupgh u?. ABVBR* H
TISEOanU SOLD, fnv. 7RADK-M ARKS. PEN- B
SIGNS iuuI COPVNICHTS quickly al.fAtned.
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ST SCHEDULE.
?OUND. ;
Fwt Mill 0.50 p. Ar Chaster 8 30 p
? ? 6.40 n. ? Cola. 10 16 a
? 10.21 p. " " 1.J6 p
8.44 a. " " 11.33
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Fort Mill 2.40 p. Ar Charlotte 3.36 p
" ? 6.19 p. , ? 7.00 p
" ? 9.13 a. 9.60 a
" ? 9.30 p. " M 10.06 p
r point for all the nl?ovo train*, escep
Nos. 20 aud 26 do not run Sundaya.
When in the Market
FOR
GOOD WHISKIES,
WINES,
BRANDIES, ETC.,
CALL ON OR WRITE
J ohn Moyle,
P. O. Box 07,
sahsflurv, - n. q,
TO QUIUftUENPS!
We ure now located at 12J E.
Council street, Salisbury, X. C?
and golicit your trjnle. We have
on band a complete line of the
b. st Whiskies, Wineij, Brandies,
Etc., and cti) supply y?>ur w?"'a
with anythimr in our lipp, Our
Mr. IVf. A. Teeter, formerly of
Charlotte, has pe'rsomd supervision
of our shipping department and
all nif\il orders receive prompt and
careful attention at his hands.
Ask (or prioe liet and order
blank with your older.
w. n. iioovkk & co.,
SAI.I8BUKY, N. ('. Phone aid.
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STREET TAX NOTICE.
sspc. l. up it ordained by the Intou*
dttnt and Wardens of tho town of Fort
| Mill.JS. C., iu couuoil nfacui^led, That
(ill jiersona subject to Rtrpot duty nnder
ilt? Inwa of South Carolina, residing it}
i the town, shall between tly> 18th day
of May, 190?, and t^e loth day of June,
1905, pay to tho treasurer of said town
a commutation tax of t\yo or pojrform
6 days' wqrk pi) streets of aai<l
town under tip- direction of tho proper
authositias.
roc.*2. That after the 10th day of
Juno 1905, all deiiuounutH under this
ordiuance alkali be to a tine of
50 cents or perform one days' additional
work Qn thft streets.
Ratified this May 8th, 1905.
W- B. MEAOIIAM,
Attest: liituinilsiit.
8. W. PA?KF, Fee. and Troaii.
Paint Yoi*r Buoot *or 7Sc.
to $1.00 with Devon's Gloss Carriage
Paint. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs. more to the
pint than others wears lougorntid give*
si gloss equal to new work. Sold by .
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