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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C? WEDNKSDAY.TOCTOBER 11,1905. NO. 29.
MURDEROUS ATTACK
Prominent Citizen Cnitaliy Slain and
Robbed in South Carolina Town
NO CLUE TO THE GUILTY ASSASSINS
Mr. R. A. McDowell, a Merchant of
Camden, Waylaid and Murdered at
9 O'clock at Night Whilo enroute
Home.
Camden, S. C., Special.?Mr. R. A.
McDowell, a merchant of this city,
was waylaid and foully murdered on
his way home Tuesday night about 9
9'clock and robbed of bis watch, keys
and all the money bo bad with him.
EIc was struck on the back of the bead
presumably with a heavy club.
Entire State Excited.
Columbia, S. Special?All South
Carolina was horrified ia reading the
account of the murder of It. A. McDowell,
brother of \Y. L. McDowell,
* alitor of the Camden Chronicle. McDowell
was on his way home to post
his books and was killed by a blow
from a bludgeon and robbed.
The dramatic effect was intensified
when the news reached here that It.
L. Parker, a member of the jury of
the Gillis case w;VS found in the river
near Camden. Parker is in a dying
rendition, lie states that be was
walking with McDowell when both
wore struck down at the same moment.
lie was found in roods on the
river one mile from the place where
it occurred. He knows nothing more
of the affair. McDowell's neck was
broken and Porker's forehead was
struck. Bloodhounds arc being used.
There is great excitement. There have
been many holdups in this State in
lha last fortnight and people are getting
desperate. Since the robbing of
Judge Gary in Columbia nobody is
surprised at the boldness of the Camdom
double murder. A train from
Sumter had just arrived and many
people were on the street when both
men were struck down. Rewards are
being offered.
President Duncau Resigns.
Union, S. C., Special.?The Union
cotton mills situation was greatly
cleared at the meeting Wednesday
a compromise bring affected bv which
Col. T. Duncan was re-elected president,
immediately resigned, and was
replaced by K. \V. Robertson, president
of the National Loan and Exchange
Hank, <>f Columbia, who was
elected president and treasurer, the
now by-laws providing that these twr,
oflices coil Id he held by the same person.
This action meets with the approval
and co-operation of nil the
stockholders and creditors. The compromise
came rather as a surprise u>
many, but nevertheless, was a great
relief.
Accidentally Killed.
Aslicville, Special.?A telephone
message from the big Ivy section of
Buncombe stated that the death of
Ellis Manor, of that place, was due
to accident. Young Manor was found
dead in the woods with a enn shot
wound in the stomach, and the failure
to find the gun that he had started
hunting with led those in the neighborhood
to suspect foul phiv. The
gun, however, was later found some
distance from the body, with one cartridge
exploded. It is supposed that
the unfortunate man accidentally shot
himself, when ho fell and died. Grasped
in the dead man's hands wore
leaves broken from a bush that he
caught in falling.
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U11UI 1L1.1 WUilOlli,
Atlanta, Oa., S]>eoial.?Croon Steermnn,
about 17 years, died at Crady
hospital as tlio result of a mvserious
shoot iner September 20th. The
boy declared that ho aeeidcntallv shot
himself, but his cousin, Thomas Steerman,
who was with 1dm, declared
that the wound was inflicted by himself
carelessly and unintentionally.
Compelled to Leave Town.
Columbia, Special.?W. H. Newbold,
former State Detective under
Gov. B. Tv. Tillman and a man conspicuous
in dispensary affairs, was
practically run out or the town of
Kershaw Tuesday. Newbold lias excited
the ire of the people there on
account of his being engaged as a
detective to work up evidence auainst
the parties accused of lynching a
white man .7oiir? Morrison, who had
killed three men and ruthlessly and
cruelly added a fourth victim on the
streets of Kershaw.
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rtXTILE NEWS_OF INTEREST
Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing Enterprises'
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.?Further
important developments of the water
power properties will be undertaken
by the Roanoke Rapids Power Co., of
that city, in connection with plans for
adding other manufacturing industries
to those two established to have
a capital with 50,000 spindles, and
it has about closed a contract ensur
ing the location of a large paper and
pulp mill. The Itnanoke Rapids
Power Co. developed 5,000 horse-power
in 1S03, and has increased its stock
to $500,000 for the purpose of building
a mill to be equipped and furnishing
power to manufactories, and plans
to further utilize its water-power to
the fullest extent. It is contemplated
to construct a concrete dam entirely
across the Roanoke river and
build an electric plant to transmit the
power by electricity ,the cost of this
work to amount to about $100,000.
The company's engineers are now at
work on the plans and estimates. II.
C. Cooper is general manager.
Spartanburg, S. C.?The Beaumont
Mfg. Co. will build the new
but will at lirst install 1000 spindles
mill for a capacity of 5IS4 spindles,
and power for the full capacity, construction
work to begin immediately
under the supervision of ?! E. Sirrine
of (Jreenville, S. C. lie lias been engaged
as I he engineer in charge of the
improvements. This will be Beaumont
Mill No. 3, its product to be white
and colored carpet warps, twines rope,
wieking and other special lies; output
proposed, 5,000 pounds daily. About
100 operatives will be employed iti the
mill. Beaumont Mills No. 1 and No.
2 will be tin* yarn mills, with a total
of 9,838 spindles; Ni?. 3 is the weave
mill, having 9,702 spindles and 252
-10-inch Draper looms. I). L. Jennings
is treasurer of the company.
Asheville, N. C.?A meeting of the
stockholders of the Elk Mountain
Cotton Mills Co. was held last week
to consider adding a blcaclicry to the
company's plant. An affirmative decision
was made and the capital stock
of the corporation will he increased
from $1 ."iO.OOO to $200,000 in order
to provide'the required funds. A site
has been obtained, and the construction
work is expected to begin in the
near future. There are 84 looms in
the mill and their product is damaslc,
bedspreads, etc., all of wheh is now
shipped to Lowell, Mass., for bleaching.
Electricity is the motive power
of the mill, and a steam engine is
kept ready for use if emergencies
arise or if water is to be pumped in
time of tire.
Charlotte, N. C.?The Magnolia
Mill, which is located on South Graham
street, is one of the most successful
of the many manufacturing enterprises
of this city. This mill was
instituted some seven years ago, and
since its beginning has always paid
handsome dividends. Time and again,
the equipment has been increased to
meet the demands of the trade. The
business of the plant lias reached such
proportions that -Mr. A. Siunmorville,
the proprietor of the company
has decided to add 2000 spindles to
the present equipment of 40,000, thus
making the total number of machines
available (5,000 devoted exclusively to
tho manufacture of hosiery yarns
Workmen are now engaged in the construction
of additional quarters, and
as soon as the new machinery arrives
which will he within the next few
weeks, the operation of the complete
equipment will he begun. The new
plant will he finished hv the middle
of November. The Magnolia mill is
capitalized at $40,000.
Textiles Notes.
Over $2o0,000 has been subscribed
for the now cotton mill which is to
he built at La Grange, Ga.
The Favettevillc Mill Co. of Fnvotteville,
Tenn., has been incorporated
with capital stock of $110,000, for
manufacturing cotton goods, by
Messrs. II. K. Holmnn, A. M. McLaughlin,
.T. II. Kees, J. II. Harms
aiul C. T. Harms.
Talladega, Ala.?The new machinery
of t ho Chinnabeo Cotton I ills
will consist of 1,500 spindles and the
necessary preparatory machinery.
About $20,000 will he the cost of the
additional equipment. The company
has been operating 3,500 ring spindles
and manufacturing yarns. It is located
at Talladega, Ala.
Messrs. I.. W. Brown and Charles C.
Vaughn of Winston, N. ('.. and Albert
M. Brown of St. Louis, Mo., have incorporated
the Pioneer Manufacturing
Co., with capital stock of $25,000
for textile manufacturing.
RARTLOTT TO LEAD
Bay State Democrats Held a [Noisy
Convention
DELEGATE WAS HOWLED DOWN
Was Determined to Rend Sub-Platform
"Which He Said Was Written
by W'. J. Bryan?Municipal Ownership
Endorsed.
Boston, Mass., Special.?Gen. Charlie,
W . i> r.
ii. uanii-u ul isosion was nomi-|
nated by the Massachusetts Pcmocracv
for governor. There were no 1
contests for any of the places on the
ticket. The remainder of the ticket
nominated was: Lieutenant governor,
Henry M. Whitney, Brookline; secretary
of state, Ilenry B. Little, Newburyport;
treasurer and receiver gen-!
oral, Daniel J. Doherty, Wcstlield;'
auditor, 1'. .1. Ashe, North Adams; attorney
general. John T. Leahy, Boston.
Up to the time that James E. Cotter
of Hyde Park arose to place before
the convention the name of (leu.
Barltlett as the gubernatorial candidate,
it was believed that there would
be a contest. Fornu i Mayor John
II. II. McNamee of Cambridge had
announced that lie would make a
struggle for the honor of leafting the
party in the coming campaign. To the
surprise of the convention, however,
Mr. McNamee did not make any eontset
but seconded (ten. Bartlett's nomination.
The platform adopted declares for a
revision of the tariff and the free admission
of coal, iron, lumber, bides,
wood pulp and other materials; it
commends the "diplomatic courage
and sagacity" of President Roosevelt
in aiding to end the war in the far
Oast ; calls for State supervision of
insurance companies and recommends
municipal ownership of public utilities.
Nearly 10,000 Perished.
Victoria, B. C., Sjiecial?Tlie steamer
Tartar which arrived last week
from the Orient, brought news from
Shanghai that the loss of life among
the natives of the islands at the mouth
of the Yangtsc river as a result of
the typhoon at the beginning of September
was tremendous. The North
China Daily News, of Shanghai, says:
"To the cast of Tabagining, two islands,
one called Vawoshwa, the other
Sitihiousha, distant about twenty
miles from Woosubf, have suffered
much from the typhoon, nearly all
the inhabitants having been swept
away. The islands have only been inhabited
for a short time, comparatively
speaking, as they are of recent formation
and are not much above high
water mark.
The Shanghai pa pel's say that the
damage to the Canadian Pacific liner
Empress of Japan by the typhoon will
necessitates the expenditure of $100,- j
000 for repairs. During the storm the
steamer l'eechili, formerly the Hio
Grande du Sol, foundered near the
month of Yangtse. Her crew of f?4
were saved by the German steamer
Albega.
Pay $2,509,000 for Mexico Mines.
Mexico City, Special.?Messrs.
Schullv, Perry and Newell, American
capitalists, have just acquired for the
sum of $2,">00,000 a group of mining
claims situated in tlie State of l>urango.
The first payment. .$1,400,000,
has been placed with the National
Bank of Mexico, and the balance will
be paid periodically. This is the most
important transaction that has been
made in mining claims for several
years.
Lord Invcrclyde Dead.
Wemyss Bay, Scotland, By Cable.?
Lord Invcrclyde, chairman of the Canard
Steamship Company, died Sunday
at Castle Wemyss. his residence
here aged 41. lie had been ill for a
month with plenro-pnenmonia. Lord
InvcrclydeV- broth, James Cleland
Burns, succeeds to the title.
Negro Mob Lynches Negro.
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i'tlJil<ni<l_i? ? Kl.i ' * 1(11. llilD
just renehe I Hainhridgc of the lynching
of n negro eight miles west of
here, by a mob of his own race The
negro hnrl criminally assaulted a negro
girl and had attempted to assault
another, wiuT cut him in the breast,
lie was arrested by Deputies Ivey and
Murkersou, .;*? were bringing hini to
Bain bridge, when they were stopped
by a mob of negroes, who said they
must have the negro. They got him
and forced the deputies to go away on
another road. The negro was strung
up to a tree and riddled with bullets..
None of the mob were apprehended.
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COTTON'S CONDITION
Government Report Shows Average cf
Over Seventy-Cne Per Cent
BIG SLUMP fODLOWS THE REPORT
Extremely Eearish Government Estimates
Was a Great Surprise and
Only Buying and Heavy Covering
By a Short on the Bearside Saved
the Market From Stampede.
New York, Special?A large amount
of selling' orders had been placed in
the cotton market to go into ctToct if
the bureau rojjurt made the condition
GO or better. Very few of the most
sanguine bears had expected a condition
better than that percentage.
Con sequel "v the government estimate
of 71.2 per cent, was a great surprise.
The largest Arms of spot dealers
and the lioavMtt and most iuiluential
operators rallied to the support of the
market. The buying and heavy covering
by a heavy short who has been
on the bear side for the past two
months, and his following, practically
saved the market, as the bulls had
been caught loo heavily overloaded
to render much support. The government's
report caused enormous selling
from the South and Liverpool,
hut the market was Anally steadier
under a continuance of active prolittaking
hv recent hears and by some
of the local and New Orleans bulls
later recovering their equilibrium.
Low prices show a maximum decline
of 123 to 130 points Iron: last
month's liieli level, wiiieh .w.iitv*
lout to between ."ft! and per bale,
ami are practically llie lowest prices
reached since early last summer.
Danville Council Oets Even.
Danville, Special.?The city council
passed sweeping restrictions, governing
the regulations of saloons, which
were recently voted back after two
years of local option reign. Blinds,
screens or obstructions of any nature
are prohibited and the opening and
closing hours fixed at (i A. M. and 7
P. M. No entrances to a saloon except
the front door are allowed, and no
pne is allowed in a bar after closing
hours. The right of wife or mother
to forbid a b.u keeper from selling
her inebriate Husband or son intoxicants
is recognized by the council.
It is also against the law to purchase
intoxicants for inebriates or minors.
Heavy punishment and forfeiture of
license is fixed for any vilation of
those ordinances. The majority of the
council is composed of 4"dry" men,
and the "wets'' claim that thetwislios
of the people as expressed at the polls
in favor of saloons have not been
carried out.
Electric Strikers in Berlin.
Berlin, By Cable.?The negotiations
between the electrical companies and
their employes for higher wages were
broken off and a general strike in the
?"iiva 11 i<111111 ?i( l111 i. i i i 11 it ?i i ;ij?parntus
aiul supplies has been ordered.
Two <niard regiments now maneuvermy
in the eountrv have been ordered
to return immediately to Berlin as
a precautionary measure against
strike excesses.
Entire Crew Lost.
Manila, By Cable?The inter-island
steamer Canlabenia, 1007 tons, was
sunk in the recent typhoon off Tvcao
Island, one of tlie Yisaynn group. Apparently
all on board were lost. She
carried live Americans, one Spaniard
and eleven native Chinese passengers
and a crew of 07 men and officers. The
island steamer Carmen is also reported
lost. Details are lacking.
Mississippi Schools Open.
Jackson, Miss., Speenal.-?The edit
ration il institutions supj?orted l>y the
State were ojiened Tuesday. The
opening lias been d<>ln\cd on aeeonnt
of yellow fever ami the qua ran tines.
It is hoped, however, that the epidemic
is so well under control that there
will he no trouble among the students
of the various institutions.
Ey Wire and. Cable.
It is now declared danger of a
financial breakdown forced Japan to
accept Russia's peace terms as modified.
Late reports indicate many lives
were lost and a number of vessels
sunk by the typhoon which swept the
Philippines.
lieeausc Great liritain contemplate*
dividing the administration of Peng u
50,000 natives have sworn to boycott
foreign goods.
Prince Louis of Hattcnburg is expected
to arrive with his squadron, 4
Annapolis on November 1.
[WHW>?w
I THE "DODB
of a woman's life, is the nai
||fl of life." Your menses come
255 scantier until they stop. Son
entire change lasts three or
|$fj much pain and discomfort, v
by taking
P Woman's Refu
[ ^3 It auicklv roliowc fim >
jffS miserableness, forgetfulness,
j|S3 cold flashes, weakness, tire
bring you safely through
^jg build up your strength for 1
At all druggists, in $1.0
$8 WRITE US A LETTER
1^23 fnt a-.ld? oil timidity anil write ns
B-jZa frw'ly and frankly, in :<trictrst conti&?,j
dvnce, telling t:s all your symptoms
' *rl mid troubles. We will vend free advice
(in plain, aval d envelope), liow to
cure them. Addreaa: .Ladies' Advisory
ijS*3 Hop!., The Cb o : ir.oo&a .Mcdiciuo Co.,
1 (. '. ttUUlOHIg
Congress will he urged to amend the
laws that foreigners cannot use American
citizenship in protection of political
agitation.
The question is asked whether Mr.
Roosevelt will pay out of his private
purse l'or the special train that will
carry him on his 2,UU0-inilo Southern
trip.
Secretary Metcalf lias ordered an
inspection of all the steamers in the
different districts.
Ryan to Build Vault in Richmond
Cathedral.
Richmond, Special.?It is understood
that Thomas F. Ryan, of NewYork
and Virginia, is to have constructed
in the half-million dollar eathrcdal
he has given to the Roman
Catholic diocese of Richmond, and
which is now nearing completion, a
vault to bo the place of sepulture for
himself, Mrs. Ryan ami the bishops of
this diocese, to cost about $10,000.
Three Children Burned to Death.
New York, Special.?Fire started
in the cellar of a four story apartment
house in Brooklyn and spread
so rapidly that the escape of Charles
Donnelly, his wife and three children
on the top floor was cut off. Firemen
rescued the father and mother,
both of whrm were seriously burned,
and after the tire was extinguished
the charred bodies of the chidren were
found in the apartment.
LABOR WORLD.
Organized labor is planning again to
have a Chicago bank.
Labor disputes in Canada Inst year
involved a loss of l.loU.oOO working
days.
The quarterly New York State labor
bulletin shows much improvement in
trade conditions.
Orders for KiO.OOO tons of shipping
have been placed with Clyde builders
at London, lOngland.
There are now atblialed with the
American Federation of Labor ltd international
trades unions.
Butte, Mont.. Is rightly called the
Oibraltar of trade unionism. F.very
conceivable occupation is organized.
Farmers of the Northwest are to
form a union and become atliliated
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Clerks in I.eigian railway offices esteem
themselves luok.v if after Ionic
service tlieir annual salary amounts to
?tiOO.
Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of
T-nbor, said, at Atlantic City. X. J? that
he did not expect a strike of coal miners
next spring.
The campaign of the International
Typographical I'nion for an eight-hour
workday in hook and job offices has received
the hearty support of the American
Federation of Labor.
Depression in the upholstering and
tapestry manufacturing industry, at
Philadelphia, lias resulted in the closing
of four large mills and a fifth will
probably shut down within u few
months.
New York is having a building boom.
Tlmro j? ? ? 11 * t idiMiioli m/iit in Irneii
do the work, and many architects fairly
groan wlion tlicy hoc new customers
come in to ask tor plans and specifications.
The International Miners' Association,
whose membership includes mining
men from all over the great Southwest,
lias been reorganized.
A OOIt OF WISDOM.
"If the average man wuz cz blzzy
peorln* into the future about ids own
affairs cz he is tryin' to flgger out
who'll git the presidential nominations
thr(ie years hence," observed
the Pohick philosopher, "there'd he a
hoap more vacant rooms in the poorhe
u-c throughout the kentry."
IKSPERtOD^I |
me often given to the "change j|m _ ?
at longer intervals, and grow ijffi 9
ie women stop suddenly. The SB
four years, and is the cause of H
yhich can, however, be cured, ' &
ige in Distress. g
pain, nervousness, irritability, H
fainting, dizziness, hot and ffi
d feeling, etc. Cardui will fl||
this "dodging period," and B
the rest of your life. Try it. B
bottles. |0
"EVERYTHING BUT DEATH S|
I Buffered," writes Virginia Itobson, Jajij
of Huston, Md., "until I took Cardui,
which cured incso quickly itsurpr^cd -J
my doctor, who didn't rnoi? waa
taking it. I wish I had known of Hu
Cardui earlier in life." ^ -t'3
ritOM LNKNT PEOPLE.
Mary Twain will be seventy on No^
vember HO. 4
It was flint the health of John
P. Koekefeller, dr.. was failing.
Aguinnhln, the former chief of the
Filipinos, lias settled down as a farmer.
llishop Potter tohl Piocesnn Convention
Sunday baseball is pagan in origin
and tendency. i
Funds for a memorial to the late
Mayor Collins, of Ilostou, have reached
$11,200. |
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M".
Shaw will leave the Cabinet Frebruurjr,
1, 1000.
London's rnrnnMllAn l.ns ..?.i *? '
- - rv?,i..u.. u.lil ll-OUIVVU IV
confer the freedom of the city on General
Booth. t
The German Emperor spends mncK
of his evenings at home in rending
aloud to the Empress.
Mr. Bonaparte, Secretary of the
Navy, agrees with Admiral Dewey on
the necessity for big ships.
Emperor William lias again posed for
a set of otlicinl portraits of himself*
this time in full regimentals.
President Itoosevelt is the most popular
of any forrigner among the Frencl*
people, especially the Parisians.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President
of Columbia Pniversity, declined
to serve as an Equitable director.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. .1. Bryan, necoinnanied
by their son and daughter, William
and Grace, have started on their
lour of the world.
Baron Boson, Russian Ambassador
lo the United States, is endeavoring to
secure the fine Washington mansion of
the late I.. Z. i.oiler as headquarters
for the Embassy.
Armed with cameras and note books,
many German tailors visited Mnrlen>ad
during the recent sojourn there of
ihe King of England, who is still vended
all over Europe as the arbiter
ji men's fashions.
Ono Killed in a Wreck.
Pirmiir-rham, Ala., Special.?In a
collision between a Louisville and
Nashville li:li! entrine and a Southern
railway Ir debt near Levies, II. K. Ahevcromhie
>!' Villa Kit a, Gal., extra
fireman on the Southern, was hilled
and M. I'ulaham, engineer, Hrakeman
Davis and fireman Glass <> l'thc Southern
and la ineer Jones and Conduct"!
Stewart ot t! Louisville and
Nashvilh were injured.
Urges Farmers to Hold.
Dallas, Tex.. Special.?Col. R. S. J
Peters, vice-president of the Southern
Cotton Association, has issued a letter
to fanners advising them to sell
their cotton. This letter is expected
to arouse criticism in the Southern
Cotton Association as the officers of
that organization, supported hy the
farmers' union, have advised farmers
to hold their cotton for eleven cents.
Colonel l'etcrs says lie helioves that
cotton will not go any higher, and he
predicts a hig crop.
Good Night! iJ'E
"Good ntfrht!" so low ;ilift sweet
The homely phnv; resounds
With far i* -echoed lx at .n-mtmv/titf
lteyond the n:inivn I mintls,
"(Inwl ni"ht!" 1' iismSnc -dirhs,
"Cocxl nlnlil!" the rose replica.
"flood night!" as and and clear
A tnte
The two brh f words I hear,
While \\ 't th? moon doth sail.
"Good night! Ainu we port! -rtHBHBlBfi
"Good nl#;ht! O dearest heart!"
:<>od night!" The moon does wane; k?H
More purple grown the sky, 7JM
Where sleeping farmsteads lie, V .?-> r3
"(h od night! tied d: am-.- of ixsiiet
Till tlai knesa have surcease!.
Ah. long have pone their way
Yet for 11a shine for ?>'? ,
Love's everlasting stars!
So whilst tlntn tal: th "ight. Tfi|
"flood night!"- and then "flood night!" lay
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