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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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