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% FORT MILL TIMES DEMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY B. W. BRADFORD 4 Terms of Subs* ription: One yenr .. J1.00 Six months .... "'.TiO Three months ' .25 i OorrespfliuhMioe 011 currt nt subjects is lnvitv?L JLutt no responsibility is anKUined tor- tlu,; views of ?!orres:iondenlH. A nouytrtmiH communion t ions \n ill not 1"' pUUIishe.l in thm1 columns. On iniplic.iti-n to tin? publisher. advertising Jotes Are untie known to those intei Mtod. Li LJ-. MAY ill, 1005. Admiral Togo Defeats Rojesfvensk.y Accfirdiug to tin* Intent informs turn from the Far Fast, the naval battle between the Russian niul Japanese forces for the suptemncy of the Oriental sens, en which lianas the outcome of the war, has beuun, if it has not terminated derisively, says the CJliarfotte Observer of Monday. AH the dispatches received point to a Japanese victory,' t'liouuh it is not yet known whether the lull force of Vice Admiral Kojest vonsky'n jii;ht in# ships tool; pari in the contest, which, according to the dispatches, took piano in the eomp irutively iiarrow waters of the Hi raits of Korea. The first informal ion came in a dispatch from American consul at Nairaski to the State Departhirnt at Washington, telling that the Japanese had sunk one Russian bat tleship. four ot her warships and a repair snip in the Korean Strait, and this was followed by a dispat h received by the State Department, tbe date of which was not yiven, that the "Japanese uoveinment had made the announcement that its fleet had eti?jH^?ed the Russians in the Straij^litsof Korea r ... t it i 'i ii . i M rmiurnay arid ufiu neict mem. Tin* Slate ljcpai 111it 111 also 10ceivd information that two of the vessels reported to have been mink were the sister battleships Orel and Borodino, and that three oilier ships were cruisers. From Tsiugtau, I he German port on the Shantung Peninsula, cauie H report that a running naval engagement took place near the Island of Oki. in the sen of Japan, 200 miles northeast of the Straights ?>f Korea, and that the whole Kussian fleet did not participate, the slow vessels having been sent around i Japan. llhssian sources give no news of tlie battle, while the Jap ariose government, following its custom, is silent as to the battle or its outcome. Yesterday morning's dispatches confirm the magnitude of tin* disaster suffered by the Hussion fleet, and point to the fact that Russia's hopes, so far as this war is concerned, now lie in whatever may be accomplished by the oft-beaten army in Manchuria. An official report received from Tokio by the Japanese legation at Washington Monday evening says that the Knssiau losses definitely known include two battleships, a coast defence ship, live cruisers, two tpecial ships ami three destroyers sunk, and two battleships, two const defence ships, one destroyer nnd one special ki'i vicc ship captured. while ove r U,0(X) prirtoners have hwn taken, including Rear Adtnirnl NYbogatolf. The Japan. so, it would seem, arc still pursu ing the Russians it may ho Homo time before the final result is known. There is nothing to dearly indicate the extent of the Japanese losses and it is suggested that the Tokio government is wait in to hear from Admiral Rojest-' vensky by way of Vladivt stock hefom announcing to what extent its fleet lias Buffered. Sow Peas. Lot the farmeiH who have sol aside 12 to 15 acres to liie horse for cot ton figure just a little, says the Progressive Farmer. In this section it will eo-t Ave to six cents a pound to make the cotton. Let these cotton men fake about four or live aerra ot their cotton land, although prepared and ready to plant, and sow a bushel of elav or unknown pens to tin* acre. It the land would make 7<?0 pounds of ncrtl colt n to the acre, il would make a ton and a half of pea vine hay. ~\t H rents a p >nnd the rott>>ii and Hoeil would bring $120.U0. Pea vine hay arils fiom the wagon at 00 cents a hundred. The ton and a half of hay would bring $27.00 and tlie cost would not be half as much as making the co'ton crop. The land would be ready for the early seeding to wheat or oats. That is the way to reduce acreage so as to tuskc a more profitable crop and improve the land at the same tiiuo. Then when fornpe, corn, wheat and oats were ahuadat t the fowls, hogs and cattle \t|ouhl soon be added and fnrine n Could be utile "to live at houie and Cont'd at the same place." irili Pork. Boof and Suusn/e always oa k&d at A. O. Jones.' . I Note and Comment. ,r ' i 4 . If the Equitable directors want a : nidical ?-liMiig*, substituting Cor- ! , tleyon for young Hyde certainly ! would be one. # # i Those Okhihoiuonns, who are I building cyclone cellars, may find { them handy when Carrie Nation | reaches that territory. I Any ono having a few odd pounds ! ' of radium would oq well to sell it now. The' price has advunced to $d,0UQ,00U an ounce. '%*> Jf John p. J^oekfellow. Jr., swal lowed some of the things he has tod his Sntjday school class, it is i no wander Ins stomach js out of j order. I Jloch says the sftoner they hang him the better. That would go to bear out the claim of his attorney that he is a bright man. Every body will second Mr. Hoch's motion. " A wealthy bridegroom of ninety three in Mass., diet) shortly after 1 marrying a girl of twenty. He must have truly loved her, for it was kind indeed for him to die so ] i nroiimt.lv. I * " There is n sort of a solemn dignity in tl?e order ??f a Chicago court for a physician to cut down hits bill of $100,000, especially hi nee the patient is dead. Every onco in a while the Columbia base ball team gets absent minded apd wins a name. They I should break themselves of the j habit, it may be the forerunner of | worse ones. ]f Pari"} can prove that those are j not the bones of Paul Jones,Ooii' neeticut would tie pleased to man. ufacture substitute hums that can not be told from the original. The ilrst real step toward con: I plying with the Czar's suggestion of universal disarmament, comes, strange as it may seeru, from Tex! as, where the "pistol toter" is loos' ing caste. ?-< ?- ? Fort Mill. The Jlev. J. I). Hoggins, pastor I of t'he Fort Mill Baptist church, 1 and who recently moved hero from Paxville, has tin interesting article ' in the last issue of the Manning Times which says of Fort Mill: "It is the last'railroad station in South Carolina on the Southern, between Columbia and Charlotte, and has a population of 2.001), 'so they siiy.' Here are two cotton ' j factories, with lo.OOO spindles and POO looms; quite a number of good stores, one bank, one weekly ' paper, two livery stables, a good | hotel three white churches, and ! I one two-story school house badlyj in need of repaiis mid enlargnjeiit, i and ?- qiiipnient in the w?y of fur! niture. "The cotton iniUh are run hy elect liuity fnrui-hrd hy the Ohtaw ha Power Company, whose i dam and dynamo are some -1 miles away. From this source we iret our electric lights also. This company furnishes power at the rate of $]o.00 a horse power per year. They also furnish power j and lights for Charlotte, 20 mih-s I away. Hy the way. there must he i , something deficient in the public 'sentiment of a community where ! electricity is sulliciently cheap and I convenient for all private purposes and yet the streets are left in j entire darkness. Such is the condition in Fort Mill. There is not i even a kerosene street lamp in the I town. This lack of public interest ! tolls in n very marked degree on i the schools," Among other things that might I ' have been mentioned hy Mr Hug- ! , gins ih the fact that the town conn- j l oil has let the contract for the lighting, hy electricity, of a por| lion of the streets. the wires being till* Mil! I>na ?I .?L ? ?? vi i unci m i/j n rv plant with a daily capacity of 75, ; UOO brick, a prosperous building and loan asHoeiation, through the intliiencc of which many of our! (citizens have built homea, foftr secret organizations. all in flourish* ing couiliton, colored graded I schools and churches, meat . markets, barber shops, a dental pailor, a (Jonfedeinte memorial j park, (something which few towns can boost) and a healthy town, I with as good people as are to be found anywhere. Air. Hoggins'1 article was doubtless read with in- 1 j tereat by the people of Manning r I arid elsewhere, but, we think, it would have proved more bonefie.ial to Kort Mill hnd more apace been dovoted to what we possess aud leas to what we need. ^ CLEARED FOR ACTION. When the body is cleared for action, by v)r. King's now Life lMlls, you can 1 tell it by the bioom of health on the j j cheeks; the brightness of the eyos; the tlriuuesH of the ttesh and muscles, tho i buoyancy of tho mind. Try them At. I 1 Ardrey's drug s ore, 25o. - ' 7 ' - " 4 Spanish War Claims. - - ?-? - -4-? According to h letter recently 1 sent out from tli? treasury depart merit at Washington, aji Spanish war claims must be in by January j 1, *900, or there \yi)l be no payments made. A recent decision of ! the court of claims awards South j Carolina something like $40,000 for the pay of those volunteers i who were in the service several flays before being mustered in. Tlio govern men t does not recognize individuals in t)iis case, but |,hs payment is made to the governor, who can act as disbursing J agent.. An r.ct passed by the hut legislate,re giving Governor Heyward authority to sign the papers for t)ie soldiers of this State who were in the stervjce.'was afterwards f<>uiid to be defective and it is not ! known now what this State will do for its share of the money. The News of Qold Hill. Regular correspondence. We', like out neighboring coin- ; munities, are at war these days. Gen. Green, while he has lost some 1 of his men in the struggle; is stead- | ily recruiting hisjirmy with daily 1 reinforcements. The war promises j to be long ond severe, for the en'e- j my holds out With wisiderful vital- 1 ity. The "crop nation," over which the struggle is wrought, is very weak and fiail and is continuing to lose strength. It's grass in the garden; more grass in the corn Held; ami most grass in the cotton 1 patch. ' Who said Gold Ilill never would he up-to-date in the 'phone busi- ! nessV If she hasn't got three sep- j arate lines now, they were blown down last, night. Some have said that all in the world our coiiimu- > nity needed was the phone. Then! no wonder she is glnd to obtain the last touch of perfection!" There has been a lull in the finish ing work of the "tenant" house which Crook Furis was reported t??j be erecting, i suppose as "ten-' ants" are hard to get this time of year, he has decided ho will not hurVy, but will wait till* nearer Christmas. MiriM Miirv fVltlinrn lino lwim, 1 elected organist of the Philadelphia Methodist church. Mis. Dp. K. L. Anderson snd little son, William, of Hampton, Flu., are expected to at rive, within ten days, for an extended visit at tno home of her father, Mr. IS. C Faris. Mr. and Mrs. .T. G. Smith spent last Saturday in Charlotte, contemplating a meeting of the hitter's brother, Mr. .Lindsay of Concord, N. C. Miss Beiilah Kimbrell has returned from lied Springs. N. C\. where she has been attending the ' Southern Presbyterian College. Messrs. Grover Kimbrell and : Price Faris who have been temporarily employed in Charlotte, I have returned home for the sum iner. We are glad to have thes-e young people in our midst again i ? Don't Let the Boy Loaf. Parents, what are you going to do with that bright boy, the very apple of your eye. during the long summer vacationY. nsk-i an exchange. You say that lie is run down and almost prostrated from overwork at school and needs rosi in order to recuperate? Well, that may be true or it may not? ! very few school boys ever overtax their mental faculties. Would it not be best to give him some prof- j itablo employment in order to, keep hint away from bad associates who will lead him into perni- ! cious habits that sap the energies of mind and body. Do not allow ' him to become a loafer. Said Kev. Air. Peebles in the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday morning 1 last: "The honest bootblack should i he more respected than the timekiller, loafer and idling dude.*' ? - - LETTER TO MILLS & YOUNG. FORT MILL, S. 0. | Dear Sirs: Yon sell a good many things by the gallon, lining a decent man, you give full measure. You know what wo mean: you know that short weight and short measure are j common among?well, we hope there | arc no short measures and weights in your town. , | There are, though. Ribbons and lacesand trimmings, sold by the "Do/,en," measure nine or ten yards. There is no oompluiut, because "they all do it." You have tho same plague in your goods ?nearly everything, canned or bottled, cheats in the quantify. Almost nobody gives foil weight in a factory package! We am ono of the almost nobodies. We soil paint, by the gallon, to paint your house, and our gallon is just tho Mime size as yours that you measure vinegar with?2111 eubio inches. Good paint, too?Dovoe lend nnd zinetakes 'fewer gallons than ntived paint and Wears twice as long as lead and-oit. You own * house. That's why we nro writing to you. Yours Truly, P. W. Dovoe & Co fl2. P. S. W. B. Ardroy Co.,scllsonr paint. ("all at A. O. Jones' and get your fresh Graham Flour uud Home-Grouud Meal. , Mm \ ,TE RJUFIC R ACE WXTlTl)E*VTH. "Dmvh was fast approaching" writes Xtalph F. Fornaiidez, of Tanrpu., l-'la.', describing his fearful race with (loath, "as a result of liver trouble and heart disease, which had robbed me of sleep und of all interest in life. I had tried many ditl'ereur doctors and several medicines. but not no relief until 1 began to use Eleetric bitters, t^o wonderful was 1 heir effect, that in three days 1 felt iikfi a new in,*!!, and today 1 nin cuved oi all my troubles." Guaranteed at Ardrey's dug stove; prico'Wc. Fresh B .Iter's hruud every Saturday A. O. Jones'. SAVED BY DYNAMITE. Sometimes a flaming city is saved by dyniimiting a space that the fire can't cross. [Sometimes, a cough bangs on so long you feel as if nothing but dynamite would euro it. 7. T. Gray, of Calhoun. Ga. writes: "My wife had a very aggravated cough which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her: so she took Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep mul finally cured he;-. ' Sstrictly scientific cure for bronchitis and I.a Grippe. At Ardrey's drugstore, price 50c and $1.00,'guaranteed. Trial bottle free A table recently compiled by the census department shows the (jnnntity of cotton ginned from the crops jrroyyn ip the past live years by counties in South Carolina. According to t}ie table each hale is equivalent to 50tJ pounds. The table shows that Oiangebmg county stands at the head of the list tts producing more cotton than any county in the State. York county's production for the ps: five y? urs is as follows: 1900. 2~>. 18'.) bales; 11)01, fio.ofil bales; 1902. h0 129 bales; 1908, 2(?,2hlbales; 190-4, o<?.9o0 bales. A CREEPING DEATH. Blood poison creeps up towards the heart, causing death. J. 10. Stearns. of Belle Plaiue, Minn., writes thatufivnd dreadfully injured his hand, which swelled up like blood poisoning. Buckleu's Arnica Salve drew our the poison, ho&lbd the wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for burn? and st res. 25c at Ardrey's drug store. 1*111 the Blame Where it Belongs. Vou want full value for your money. You d <n't always get it . Too often you blame u on the merchant. Occasionally yon don't when you ought to. When you give \ip your dollar for a bottle of medicine you should m't coods of full value. You likoly don't g?-t it when you buy from a fly-speck ed stock often times in tin? eomei of a country grocery store that has probably been on the shelves f n months And the result is you unjustly condemn the medicine. Can you expect a small dealer who sells only a bottle or so a month to keep fresh goods? The host of medicine is none too good ami all of it is expensive. And in fact po >i medicine is the most expensive tiling in the world, for you p-ty your money, which is very precious to you. You pay your time which is the same as mom y and what is fur dearer yon pay your health and maybe your life for it. Then where?n does it profit tosae rifiee any of those for a mere matter of convenience? The telephone and the rural delivery has brought ns all together. We know what to hoy and how to buy. We charge no more for good goods than you pnv for bad goods. We know and arc told that we have a larger stock and a better class of goods than are eariied in most towns considerably larger than Fort Mill. We know it is to your ..I. ? . O i ' nil vruiin^r i'? 11 ? UUbllM'SH Willi IIS. We want to know how to make you realize it. W. B. AUDREY CO. Go to GASTON & HALL For your I FRESH MHATS, such as REEF, ' FORK, SATS AGE, FISH, Ete. We also early a line of Heavy ami Fancy Groceries, ? ! Canned Goods, Tohaooes, etc. 'Rhone orders receive prompt attention. Cull No. 29 and let n.< : serve you. GASTON 8t HALL. Dr. W. H. Wakefield, i of Charlotte, is now limiting; his \*ork tc EYE DiSEASES and FITTING GLASSES. : Ho, having ceased his regular visits t? 1 oth?r towns, run he consulted nt ill! times in his office 208 N. Tryon St. Fees for consultation $0.00 ami up according to the difficulty of the ease. Glasses $2.o0 and up according to lenses am ' frames, 1-1S 3m ' . ^ i ' I ' -V : , - > "T *? ^ * ??0???3@???? ? j? WE SELL <g? -h3a.ie5Cl .fcd 0 LooseE gi Sacked ^ Cotton! g Special prices on or Over ? I A. HAT 11118 WnX*'t Ci>v5C>\c>: >0* ^ i *1 SHINGLES I SHIISK < S * Car of No. I, bes ? (lar of No. 2, clic 5 T. B. BELK, J p-\ >.? %y%r US I FOR SALE, AT REDUC il SCHOLARSHIP IS THE I GEORGIA-ALSBm BUS j SF KSGOH, GEORGIA. I FOR PARTICULARS, r? r~\ ?- nn n . i rurtl IVIILI C /' 4-J UV*C ///' ' _ ^ LIMITED MtANS OR EDL AI.L COR t.OOO GRADUA1 it. 11 r *i:r i? \ i i?. i:O?I;i? n Ms mi. f, A bA| A P 6tJO Kiro I tin I'm'H. VJ r? ' sou^RATL w A ?H >UTH Train No. 2."> l.v Charlotte ti.io i>. Ar " " 27 " " .?>"? a. ,, ,, 2i? ? ,, ll .ll> p. ,, .. 33 ? ? K.13 a. .. NOHT1I Train No. 21 l.v Chester 1 .oo p. Ar .. ,, 2?i " Cola. 3.10 i>. " >> 30 ,, ., (i 10 a. " .. 31 ,, " 7..H) p. " Note? Kort 7-1 ill is a j-'.ptuiat Moppin Nos .... .! and 37, \\ itioii s op i ilaj;. j \V I NT. i HOP * ?tLLIuil, SC:l?-i./C-I. ' * NJ> V.NTRANCr i " A 711 :> ATH >N . The examination t'<>r the award of va?M?if scholar d)ips hi Wini.ii .p Colli .m ami ' tin -i Iiij si'iii i?i in .v s'a dears will he held at ill-' County Court House o,i L?Yi<i. y, .1 dy . i u .?t. a m. Applicant- must not 1 c h ss t uim lit'tccn years ot ap?-. When seholarshi|)s :,;v vacated atii r .?ui> i. they will ue a wariici! , i i r ns i up tu e ijtv.rst ' t! 1 i oMitiiui'it i> : pr n ith-d t hey una r th emnlit ions y iverninu t li<> awiinl. Applionu: < i r seliole ij s I should writ?> to I'rosulcnt Johnson beI'ort the i n pain.i; in; i >. Miioi.avliip appl i "it ii i hi m > li ilarsmps are worth $1 On ami free tnili >. 'J he i.et si isioii will open > ;>t? i her v . 1 For further in for , limti'Mi ai.*1 < atu '"-ju 1 acl lr > I'KbS. J). H JOHN-ON t '? -JS Ko . Hikl. c. i iWcrk VVell Done, 1 la,ve \ ()U Till )!e C'lo'.llH, Coil lit 01'paifn s, l)oilit's. Window Curtains, blankets, elt*., laundered by the Model Steam Laundry, cf Charlotte, N. C. i'rieei fo: la.mil rin_; tb uh<?vt articles olieei fully furnished. Suits press (1 due; sails dryI e| nil '1 and piessi ii. f otlf: Hlllth : washed and pressed. Toe; omit -r pnnts p <s-i.l. 1 ; e!i irneil ami ' pressed. ? . i !: p i d. 2>> ( leaned d , d hC \ ( bir shipuii : s ar made Thurs ! flay inoi h;.i?.r* and returned SaturdnjH. McEihaney^Parks Co, Tha Clolhin; an} $Uur W.vn cooru hum . i w. aovsh- jc| TlftKOniwI SOLO, t.' TnU.-U-MAMlvi.PrN- jSi M bioHi iuki corrrncwTj >t ki ?.uir. J. ** > H Oppoa.te U. S. Patent Ot.lce, tj I 1 WASHINGTON, D. C. fl I f i ? - r . .. ?.- I & Culls ' e lulls, ;?: . Hulls, ?x ? _-i -?k. jr n i'i\ JML&SLJL lots of 500 pounds !$> & COMPANY. || r. ? - I- ? ? ? u ' v ' . t 1 ILES! | iH INGLES! I - -. . y t Pine Shingles. & rap Pipe Shingles. | Fort Mill, S C | V?N?V<re?V?V^^t?y?v?v?v?v? | ED PRICE, | IHESS COLLEGE, * , &DDRESS | L TIMES. | KV A S5.00V. / V? / ?? * v mr ?. 1 bcc /(Ic I r!> ication no hindrance. es at work. WRITE T< >1)AY TO >US. COLLEGE, Macon Qq. Y SCHEDULE !?< )l'KD. Wort Mill 0.50 p. Ar Chester 8 30 p ,, ,, 0.40 a. ,, Cola. 10.15 i. ? J0.31 p. " " 1.35 J .. 8.41 a. " " 11.33 a, liouxp. Wort ili.ll 3.40 p. Ar Char lotto 8.35 p ?4 u p 7-oo p ? 9.18 a. .. .. 9.50 p " 9.30 p. " " 10.05 p 2 point frtr all the a hove trains, excep nom. 85 aud 20 (lit uot run Sundave. ' ... . When in the Market FOR iGOOD "WHISKIES, WINES, Bit AN DIES, ETC., (.'A LI, ON or. WRITE IJ oiin Moyle, I\ (). Box 97, SALISBURY, - C, | TO OUll FRIENDS! Wrt are now located at 124 E. i i ounrii street, isalislmry, N. C., and solicit your trade. We have on hand a complete line of the i b Hi Whiskies, Wines, Brandies, : Ktc . and can supply your wants i with uny'hinu' in our line. Our Mr. M. A. Toeter, formerly of Charlotte, lias pi 1 sunn I supervision of our shipping department Htid all mail orders receive prompt and careful attention at his hands. Ask lor price lint and order blank with your oider. W. ir. HOOVER & CO,, SALISBUKY, N. C. Phone 248. FTREKT TAX NOTICE s,> j. He it orduiiv-d l>y the Intends tl nd Wardens of the town of Port >i i 11, s. in council assembled, That 1*. p'rsons sul.y-rt to street duty under the laws of HouiU Carolina, residing hi h t'i vii, shall between the J3tU duy ot May, ll?.) i, and the 10th day of June, tl'iTi, jNiy to I hi treasurer of said town a column tat ion tax of two l$2) or p#rf rni ?"? flays' work on streets of said t ?wn under lh direction ol' tho proper II 111 ll/w I On { > 0..,. Thaf after tho 10th ?lay of Jut.. ItM)."/, all delinquents under thin ordinance shall bo suftjoot to a flue of .Mi mn's or tier form one days' addition* a wori; ?iu the streets. Until.id this MuvSth, HKV>. W. 11. MEACHAM, Ain-st: Inteudant. S. W. PAKKS. Sr.*. and Trcas. . Paint Yot n Bruoy foh 75c. to $1 (> with lJovoo's Gloss Curriage Paint. If weighs M to ? ozs. more to tho pint than others wears longer and given a gloss equal to new w ork. Solu by W? 1J Ardrey & Co