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- ?: pa m M FORT MILL TIMES, pit Terms: STRICTLY CASH. T BEST AOV. MEDttM*. \ INDEPENPENCB, JUSTICE. TRUTH, \ \ : ___________________ 14TJJ YEAH. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH I, J906. NUMBER IS. , ^ WHIPPING POST FOR WIFE BEATERS * New Law in Oregon Which is Accom p'.ishiag Much Good. The whipping post biw en no ted y the Oregon legislature of 190;* is Geli-eve:! by its Fiends to Ituvv n-eompltshed its purpo e. WitV beating I.us almost been stopped >n ' )regon they Bay. The law went into effect on Mpj *s last. Twenty lashes is the max. m 11 tit pen thy that can be iui|xjsed it is optional with the Court ether oonvirted"" wife beaters shall he sentenced lo the v\ hipping }? . ^t or confined in jail. There ic-ve been only three inflictions of the penalty sinco the law was enacted. A month after tile law went intoefFect a Portland waiter ,? arrested for beating his wife. ) le was sentenced to receive twenty lashes. He was taken to Multnomah county jail, the upper part of the h aly was bared and his hands were handcuffed together and tied to the top of a cellar door. Then 'he jailer struck him twenty times The whip used whh a short cowhide stock with four buckskin fl'.tjnu'H. This made every lash vallyf nir blows on the body. The whip the lirst of its vind in the Went, attracted wide attention, and it made toublesome hufthanhsfearful. The man whip7>t?cl left Portland as soon as ho was it liberty. An employee of the Southern Pacific car simp* in Portland was eviitenced in August to receive ten holies, Miswi'e sued for divorce while he was in jail awaiting trial, . ut after he had receivecil the whipping arid was nt liberty he Tected a reconciliation and the wife withdrew her complaint. The vife beater was discharged from is employment, and being unable oget other work left the city. The oulv other man to be whip ?d whs u former postmaster of Baker City, Oregon, ami the penalty wm imposed iu Baker County. Me received twenty lashes. An attempt was made under the terms of the law to whip a man w!io had assaulted his divorced wife; but. as 4i.e woman was not shoes. shoes. rj We now have as nice a line of shoes as were ever on sale in Fort Mill. Can suit anv man that wants to buy shoes. Also have a nice line of ladies' and childrens' * shoes. Following is a price list of some of our leading bands: Diamond Special (Pat.).... Si 00 ? Vici cushion inner sole 3.50 Cascade ( Bluclier) 2.75 18 C?tmt ( Vici Bnl) 2.50 High Art, cushion inner Bole and rubber heel 5 00 Pik'-r (Bin. Oxford) 3.00 Hot Shot (Bluciier) 1.5o Belmont ? 1.75 Bristol (Vici) plain toe 2 25 Clipper (Boy's)..: 1.75 Hummer (Bid) 2 00 Nice line Men's Suits, prettier styles and patterns this spring than ever before. Watch this column each week. M'EUIANY 4 CO then his wife, the Court held that the peiftilty could not be inflicted. He whs sentenced to oue year on the rock pile. Judige George J. Cameron, of ' the Municipal Court of l ortlnud, * says that men were frequently ' eharg* d with wife beating a few " mouths ago, but now it is a rare ^ u 'currence. He believes the whippint? post law is responsible for the change. Farm Work In FuQ Swinjf. 1 Extensive preparations are being ' made by the farmers in all sections \ of the county for the next oop In fact, many farmers have taken Mil vn ii t in ?V? nf I li?* fl^lii.tilfnl t I. r~,~ er that prevailed the past week and tunny plows were run steadily, except for m m!lit intei luptiou by the (Hits of Wednesday. While the fnrnters are making ready for early planting the merchants and fertilizer men are also 1 preparing for considerable activity. During the past few days general merchandise stores and hardware dealers have received large shipments of plows, plow slocks and other farm implements so as to be in position to supply the demand. The railroad companies are handling thousands Hud thousands of tons of fertilizer dailiy. Long j trains of the loud smelling stufT ' pasH through daily and a number of cars have already been received by the dealeis here. It is believed that commercial fertilizer will he more largely used this year by our farmers than for some veins past. About the Weather. Speaking of the weather, says the Newberry Observer, this is not going to be a good-year for low ground corn, for tnere are going to be heavy rains and freshet6 and overflows of the bottom lands. This is not The Observer's original prognostication, but Mr. D. E. Sease of Newberry county says so. Lie bases liia opinion on t lit.* weather of tUe 25th of January. He says he has observed foi the last forty years that if January ' 25th is a bright clear day the but. tornado not overflow and of course there are ^ood crops of bottom coin; but if the 25th is cloudy or lainiui; look out for overflows. The 2oih this year was decidedly cloudy and rainy. Another citizen's observation for the past three years contiiins Mr. Sense's forty years ol servatiou. So if anybody m>es ahead now, in the face of prophecy and plants his bottoms in corn and loses his crop he will have himself to blnme. Tillman for Governor. Something was said last summer about Senator Tillman running for i;overnor instead of for the senate and there has been some such talk, thou^h perhaps emanating froui some ambitious reprt sentatives not averse to bein^ called upon by the people to take a in ore exalted seat. Asked the direct question Senator Tillman said: -yes I llMVP llinimlit itionii - - ? ? V times of doing tlint. The only condition that would iduce me to fonts der it, however, from a peiaonal standpoint, would be the fact that my health should be such as to make it unwise for me to remain in Washington and attend to my dnties here. But snmedody ought to take up the fight in South Carolina and straighten thiegs in the interest of the Deopie who are being hoodwinked, put the dispensary in good shape and otherwise give an example of honest politics." 1 'I111 trUn I l?i ?* h KA ..A? I - ..vwv n iiv/ iilliau no running for governor say that in case of election, after serving otio terin lie would again seek election to the senate ami tliua break all previous records in bis or any other ' state. Of com?e lie would lose his prestige on committees and his recognized place as one of the leaders in debate and so forth. He says, however, that should he I ever leave the senate to become governor he would never return. "In that event" he observes, "1 am ; done. I'm getting too old." t * John A. McCall, until recently president of the New York Life Insurance company, died at 6.35 o'clock Sunday Feb. 17, at the j Laurel HotiBe in Lakewood, N. J., | where he had been taken throe I weeks ago in the hope that the < ! change might benetit his health, 1 which had suffered u break down. ACTS RATIFIED BY LEGISLATURE New Laws of Interest to the State in General As usual. says The State, the general Ht-Bntnbly dill a groat deal of local I giblatiou ami the.-o acts are not cf general interest, affecting generally only the counties in which they arise. Below will he found a lint of enactments it> which the public generally is interested: Establishing Christinas holidays iti Ilia C1..1- II ii kjinvu "lillt'UfS. Ci'.aitu'ing the name of South Carolina college to University of South Carolina. Providing a monument to mark the grave ot Gen. Sumter. Preventing restaurant and eating house keepers at railroad and steamboat stations from furnishing meals to white and colored passengers together. To have application fees of candidates for medical licenses to go to the general fund. Making appropriation for dispensary investigation. Establishing a hoard of pardons. Establishing a fish commission. Establishing a fund fi>r disabled firemen by taxing insurance companies. To lix the salaries of circuit stenographers at $1,51)0. To celebrate South Carolina day in the public schools. To buy new flags fur the State; house. Providing punishment for the stealing of car brasses. To prevent merchants when in debt fro n selling their slock otherwise than usual. Requiring railroads at junctional points through the railroad commission to erect depots. To require railroads and other common carriers to provide toilets at stations. To give tiie federal government (onlrol over the quaiuntitle stations. To prevent railroad companiea from charging extra fare for crossing bridges when entering the State. Requiring common carriers to reweigh freight and to es'ahlisii scales for that purpose. Requiring railroad companies to . f i: 1 give lnioruuuioii concernlug tlie shipment of live stock. To cut dead trees fiotn near the public roadrt. Punishment for indecent exposure. Allowing suits against insurance companies to Lie brought in tlie counties where the loss occurs. To allow an illegitimate eh.Id to inherent from its mother. To amend dispensary law, making regulations as to other counties the same in Horry and lieuufort. The general tiill on vodng precinc'8. The pure food lull. To pproprmte $20,000 for the Jamestown ? xpusitiou. The general magistrates' bill. To establish an industrial school for boys?the reformatory. To publish the names of beneficiaries in State institutions and the names of their parents or guardians. To prevent supervisors and commissioners from furnishing county supplies while in office. To make the solicitors' salaries $1,000. To repeal the law exempting e ? . " i^ouieuet'Mif veterans rroin license when dealing in seed cot.on. Allowing city councils rather tliii 11 boards of health to npp mil lieu I tli officers. To require State house clerks to fjivc bond. To have oxpert chemists examine the bodies ot persons supposed to have been poisoued. To prohibit wrong use of badges or insignia of secret oruers by persons not members. The Plight of an Old Soldier. Mr. R. E. Brown, n native of Steel Creek towiibh.p. 18 at St. Peters Hospital, ill and poor, says 111** i M.... I.oi.. ni. ,...,.. ii'i ...w wurri veil n lieu Hie war broke out Mr. Brown enlisted here. He belonged to Dr. H. J. Walker's company. After the war aMt. Brown went to the west and there lived until u few weeks ago, whe 11 lie drifted back here. An effort will be made to Het him in the Soldier's liotne ut Raleigh if lie improves so that lie can make the ti ip. Si">cclul to The Times. . ' "What Fori Mill Has." The Times hap received from a i snbscliber na old copy of The Clarion. Fort Mill's first, newsp tper. The Clarion was edited and published by J. S. Drnkefnrd, formerly of the Yorkville Yeoman, and was a fonr-pa^e. five-Colnmn i sheet. Amonnthe more intevestinix i items in the issue of August 21, 1881). is the following, which is i. i ; - 1 ttuiiit-vYii'ii amusing: "We have61 girls (that is in th** 1 neighborhood of sweet sixteen ) in ' the incorporate limits of Foi I Mill. Pretty? < )h, hoys hnsh! They oer- 1 tainly are. Why, visitors look at j them so loot; that their mouths ' be trio to water and eyes to get sore. Wo have 4 grass widows whose husbands have gone as missionaries for the clnb, b juries IT bona tide widows that will compare with the same number in any square mile in South Carolina. Only ? widowers. We have a boy of eighteen who weighs 285 pounds a man that will go 205; one 225; anil three that tio the scales a. 200. 205 and 210 respectively. Can 1 any (>11 acres on this part of the 1 globe beat this? If so we would like to hour from them." "Proud Citizen." A Fight on Tillman ? The following from the Lnurensville Herald is so much to our way of thinking tlist we consider it ' worthy of reproduction: ' If there was over any doubt that 1 the grout hoe and cry against the j dispensary system, charges of what 1 1 is called "graft, "rottenness,'' etc, ' was inspired more by hatred to J Tillman thm an honest purpose to reform the management of what ' its enemies s ircastically term the 1 "groat moral institution," doubt 1 can no longer exist. In other words, the whole tight is and bus been ' against Tillman rather tlian against 1 the dispensary; and if his political ' enemies would candidly confess < the fact, they could not deny that 1 their sole purpose is Tillman's de- ' feat for re-election to the United ( States Senate. This the Herald ' has said, substantially more limn I once before, and confidently re- 1 iterates the same now. The mouse 1 is no longer under the meal tub. 1 It's hand is not only shown, but iIh ' whole form. Destroy the dispell- ' sary and detent Tillman is the purpose of his enemies ? both political and personal?while caring not a snap for so-called prohibition. The Value of Blue Birds. Mr. Harry Wylie, of Rock IT ill. who is somewhat of an ornithologist, took time the other day, according to a report fr?>in that o;ty, to speak to the children of the graded schools on the subject of , birds and especially on the care of ' the blue birds,'' which are again j becoming plentiful in this sect ion. . Mr. Wylie took with him and ex- * hinited to the youngsteis a house, ' which he had made from an ordinary gourd and a half circle of wire, suitable to hang near the ' gardensntid in the ynrd to tempt the blue birds into taking pos- J session. Onee installed in a home these littlo fellows are rei/nlar 1 'Andrew Jacksone," ami will allow ^ neither sparrows or other email birds to oust them. . Mr. Wylie'e id?-Q in fostering the I bine birds is the fact that they are ' the natural enemy of all worms ^ and insects, but especially of the email green worm that infests the tomato plant and makes havoc j with the crop by bating into the J undeveloped green fruit. Hie ad- r vice to the boys, and all boys, is to make little boxes and erect them nfsr the garden, where the birds j can upe them as homes. Already I Mr. Wylie's talk has borne fruit. f,.,. ? *11. m i...?? ,.r i > ...? ?? iiuiiiun wi new l>U.\e? lIHVe been put up by the small boys who | Hie always ready to take a hint of i this kiud. \ John 15. Stetson, the millionaire hat msnufacturer of Philadelphia, died of heart disease at his winter c homo at Gillen, near Delund Fla. Sunday, Feb. 17. Pat Crowe, charged with the robbery of Edward A. Cndaby, the j Omaha packer, of $25,0(J0 in con. nection witli the kidnapping of | Mr. Cudahy's son, five years ago, was acquitted at Omaha, Neb. WANTED?Copies of The Times of August 9th, 1905, and November 1st, j 19<Vi. Will pay 10 cents each f??r' ?4mff The Tiwca. I END OF A STRANGE CAREER. Qeorjje Maxwell Lived a Lifr of Loneliness.? Home in the Woods. George Mnxwell, the cdd man who was found two miles south of Fort Mi 1 about two weeks ago ied a strange life. The following nocount of Ins career and ha hits ns published in the Clmilotte Observer. will readwith interest: Maxwell was about GO years old nnu whs one of the strangt st charncteiH tlint ever lived in Mecklenburg county. For more than a quarter of a century lie lived the life of a hermit, refusing to associate with any one and making his habitation a hut in the center of a large tract of woods in Crab Orchard townahip. The older residents of Crab Orchard township remember when Maxwell was a member of a family. His father, two sifters and himself lived on a farm near the Clear Creek line. They were tenants in fair circumstances. The father died, and shortly afterwards a sister. George and the second sister lived together until the sister died and then George begun the life of a recluse. He buried himself in the woods, building him a log cabin as far from the public highways and the residence of man as he could. lie lived in his tlrst hut 10 or 12 years and then, being warned to ge-t (jtT the land, he moved into the renter of a 200-acre irict of woods on the Lain mining place, where lie built another cabin ami cleared about an acre of ground. Here he lived for about 14 years, until about two yeare ago, when Mr. J. T. Lucas, the owner of the land, Fearing that the old man starve or freeze to death, had him removed to the county home. How Maxwell lived was a mystery. Ho had traps which furnished 111in meat and he could exist on berries part of the year, but the sorn from one acre of land would not firnisli him bread. He kept to himself and was never seen except . it jn ine annual or Heuit-aunual oe.uaion when he came to Charlotte to purchaae a few auppliea and neceswities. On these occasions he would walk to the city, tefiiHiug to accept a ride, and, returning, he would carryJiia purchanee on hia GRI Cleai $3,000 worth of 1)1 SHOES, HATS, CAPS, M PANTS, MENS' and BOY! uul TOP SHIRTS all go spec: Buckie Collee Everybody must have thwir quarter DASli Sale, mid will be quick work. InjjpA Five biuulred yards of Cs jdlluU price, while it lasts, is .. iPOT CASH! Not over Ten Van Dress Goods riiese are all new patterns?just wh [\dd D^nfc* Three hundred pai l>lll 1 3QIS atl(l Boys' Pants, y Mens and Boys Suits iVu'll nmke tbo price suit your pock iVe arc now opening n?fn Piinr >ur pprinK line of udp? Don't wait! Come to-d move things in a hurry. $oods at the selling price L A. HARRIS shoulder. He never worked for tLo fat uie"s of bis section mid it w?h nol known where be got his money. The writer on one occasion visited tiie habitation of the hermit. The cabin wan low, built of small "uuskinned" logs. the cracks filled with mud. When called Maxwell came hurriedly to the door, but he was anything but a cordial boat. He did not speak when greeted nnd. when questions, answered ii* moriosyl ables. lie was clad in a coat, a shirt, panta and shoes, which were in a dilapidated condition, allowing the tlesh to shine through in places and revealing the secret that he was without underclothes. He was above the medium height and was gaunt. Hie eyes roved und lie had a restless look, feeling ill at ease with company. The story so far as the interview was concerned was a fn i 1 *1 ro During the two years Maxwell spent at the enmity home lit* continued to be a recluse. Keeper Ilolton stated ihnt Maxwell kept to himself always and spent a a great deal of time in the woods. Sometimes he would remain away for several days and one time ho spent two weeks in the wood* without nny shelter except th? trees. After he had been away two or three days Mr. Holton would search for him and brim; hiu back. And two weeks ngo be ran away for the last time. Life among his kind had become unbearable to him and he wanted to get away from civilization, the civilization of a county home. He walked to Fort Mill, and two or three days after he went through the town he was found dead in a haystack, where he had sought shelter from the eleiner.ts. On his person was found $47.05; a $20 gold piece, four So gold pieces nud some silver. Maxwell's death was like his life?lonely, desolat". During his life of more than half a century he had never raised his hand to help a fellow man; never had he smiled to make life brighter for anyone, nor said an encouraging word that might have changed the course of a life. He allowed hiiuae'f to become sour; he hated the very sight of man; ho shirked from filling his place in the world. He died alone. Mb In* had livod. t ...J ! - l?..< J.'?^I?UHU 3-A-T 'ance LE. E*Y GOODS, NOTIONS, LENS' and BOYS' ODD S' SUITS, UNDERWEAR in this sale. LALS: lred pounds to he sold 1A 1 A between 4 mid fi p. in. at.. ?? 2 w ready, as this will be a SPOT 1-. A 1- - ? 1 \juiy two [ihcks 10 h customer, tiico, worth 0 to 7 cents. Oar lIh to h customer. 3 A ftp All 3oc nnd 2oc AA* / WW diess goods, now OwU nt you want for your Spring dress, rr 25c to ?5.00 17., rr\ n cs_:i._ t u unvr nuuui IJL Illt'CK? tTUIIN id if we can fit you Ha et book, for this line ulUdl llU 1 on A Qhnoc See ,hPBe > dllll uliUuu You'll be pleased lay! These prices will We can't replace these ;s quoted above. ... k COMPANY. If ,