Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 26, 1906, Image 2
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DEMOCRATIC
PUBLJSHKD EVERY THURSDAY.
B. W. BRADFORD.
Ohe yc;ir $1.00
Six months 50
Anonymous communications will not
foe published la tlmse columns.
< orreRpondencp on current subjects Is
Invited, but no responsibility Is a?suincd
for the views of correspondents.
Terms of Subset intlon:
lport M1H 'Phone (with lotijf distance
connections) No. 2?5.
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APRIL 26. 1906.
The Times office is now located
in the rear rooms of the Ardrey
building, up-stairs, over Ardrey's
drug store. We will be pleased
nav c uui 11 icuun v.an auu aut*
us in our new quarters.
Every white Democrat in Fort
Mill township should attend the
< lub meeting in the town hall
next Saturday. Every voter
owes it to himself and the party
to come out and exercise his right
in selecting the men who are to
represent us in the county convention
next month.
-It is to be hoped that council
will no longer delay in the matter
of having the old abandoned railroad
wells filled in. Not only
are these old wells breeders of
mosquitos and malaria, but one
is especially inviting to the
youngster who, heedless of danger,
meets death in a watery
grave.
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Just when the dispensary investigating
committee will conelude
its work is not given out,
but judging from the past progress
of the work there is little
room to doubt that with the convening
of the next legislature
the committee will be in line for
a further appropriation to continue
its investigations.
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It is perhaps unobservable to
51 majority of their readers, but
it is extremely disgusting to note
the manner in which some publishers
' 'squirm in the dust" at
the feet ot the mighty (?) daily
press. a And .this, too, for the
mere sake of recognition. Happily
The Times is not in the class
with those who seek a little free
advertising at the expense of
their convictions and conservatism.
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The Lucas-Mil liken fight over
the cotrol of the Laurens and
Darlington cotton mills has ended.
The Milliken party pays the
Lucas party $170 a share for
their stock, par value $100, marmarket
value $160, for the l^aurens
mill, and $65 a share, market
value $50, for the Darlington
mill. This means the retirement
of Mr. Lucas form the management
of the two mills.
1 The Waxhaw Enterprise wonders
"if Charlotte will double the
regular street-car fare and rates
during the big 2l)th of May celebration."
No, dearie, it will not.
PtcjviWsC Ufili nnt li., lw.
vuui tv lii n"t i7v an vaiiv.v vi uvyond
those always in efTect.
There will he no extortion and
severy visitor will get a square
deal. Charlotte Observer. Here's
odds that the Enterprise man
visited the State fair in Columbia
last fall.
We note that two members of
the dispensary investigating: committee
Messrs. Christensen and
Lyon?are about to begin a
junketing trip to Cincinnati for
the alleged purpose of discovering
crooked transactions between
liquor dealers and ex-dispensary
officials. This trip promises to
be about as productive of beneficial
results as the oth'*r trips of
the committee, and if any beneficial
results have been accomplished
heretofore they are so
infinitesimal that "you Couldn't
hardly notice them at all." But
the taxpayer foots the bill, so
w:iat omerence does it maKe 7
Another Veteran Dead.
Mr. W. D. Rogers, a well
known and most highly esteemed
citizen of Lancaster county, died
last Wednesday night, of heart
trouble, at the home of his
nephew, Mr. Lonnie Vaughn, in
the Van Wyck section. He had
been living this year with his
-old friend, Capt. J. C. Foster,
cfri the latter's plantation in the
Waxhaws, but when he was taken
sick, about three weeks ago, he
went to his nephew's. Mr.
Pvodgers was born and reared in
JChester county, but had been a
.president oi" Lancaster county
. 5 vttxuny years. He was about 73
Jhearaof age.- IJe was a Confederate
veteran, having served
Jn Jenkins' brigade.?Rock Hill
; ftlV, Rodrers was an uncle of
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Roosevelt Will be a Candidate in 1912.
President Roosevelt will probably
be a candidate to succeed i
: his successor in 1912. There is ;
i no doubt in the minds of the j
' President's friends that he in-1
| tends to stick to his determination
j to retire at the end of his pres1
ent term and that no consiaeraj
tions will prevail upon him to be
I a candidate in 1908. By the end
of his present term, the president
has toH his intimate friends
he believes he will have made so
many enemies that he would be
I ail easy man to beat were his
Eart.y to make him their standard
earer.
From now to the end of his
term, as the nresident has out it.
he will be obliged to be "very
! harsh to many interests." The
p lblic good will demand his administering
certain policies with j
little sympathy for those who |
unl'er with him, and the inevita-1
ble result of this iron handed \
j course, in the president's opinion, I
; will be the creation of "sore!
heads," who will by 1808 have
become a powerful army so bent
j on his downfall that were he to
I became a candidate at that time,-'
1 he would probably be defeated. ;
j His friends believe all these conditions
will have changed before
1912.
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Local Militia Inspected.
The Fort Mill Light Infantry
was inspected last Friday evening
by Cols. Fuller and Haskell, the
former of the State United States
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ui iiij , iuiu tut uuici ui hit* OLctlt*
, militia. Col. Haskell has recently
been appointed assistant adjutant
aim inspector general, to
fill the vacancy caused by the
, resignation of Col. ,1. M. Patrick,
who gave up the position on account
of ill health.
The company was commanded
| by Capt. T. B. Spratt and Lieu- !
I tenants S. VV. Parks and G. C.
Epps, and a creditable number
of men were in line. The in-1
| spectiontook place in the armory.
| A satisfactory showing was made
by the company, both from the
standpoint of numbers, proficienI
cy, in drilling, and the condition
of property.
An Enjoyable Entertainmeut. i
Polk Miller of Richmond, Virgirfla,
and his quartette of darkeys
appeared in the amusing'
a lid educational sketch of "Old i
I Times Down South" at the i
town hall Wednesday evening. I
Mr. Miller is one of the funniest
men in his line known in the j
South. He can fairly make a
banjo talk and as far as imitating r
'the negro of olden times, he '
cannot be surpassed. Dialect :
stories, songs and recitations
followed each other in quick '
succession combining the pa<
ip nnil lim-iinmniB !? ? c,..n.
.. ?%nu IIUIIIUIVUO 111 OIR II cl <
way as to make it an evening of
rare pleasure.
Mr. Miller was entertained
while here by Dr. J. L. Spratt.
Memorial Day Program.
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Memorial Day, May 10th, will
as usual, be appropriately observed
by the people of Fort '
Mill. The ladies of the local !
chapter of the Daughters of the L
i Confederacy have arranged the 1!
following program for the oc- ,
casion: ;
The people will assemble at
the Presbyterian church at 3.30 i
p. m. There will be music, lead 1
by Prof. J. A. Boyd and prayer
by Rev. .J. C. Chandler. Ad- !
dresses will be made by Mr. G.
( '. Kpps and ot . rs. The veterans
will form into line of march '
in front of church, and will he.
followed by the U. D. C's.. in
charge of the president. Then !
will come the sons of veterans :
in charge of Hon. J. R. Haile,
the school children in cnarge of
Prof Witherspoon, and the citizens
in charge of J. H. McMurray.
The procession will march to
the cemerery, where the song'
"Tenting On The Camp Ground,"
will he sung, the roll of the dead
called, and music by the school
I children will be had. The graves
of the Confederate dead will
then be decorated by the children,
assisted by the veterans.
The crowd will then repair to |
J Confederate Park, and will sing i
"Dixie," after which Rev. E. S. !
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.v^.w ?iu a. prayer. j.ne
camp will then hold a business ,
meeting, which will close with
the song, "God Be With You Till
Wc Meet Again."
i The merchants of the place
are requested to.close their stores
| during the exercises and take
part in carrying out ih^ p/<H
I gram.
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To Prohibitionists.
The following: editorial ap-.
peared in the Columbia Record of
the 10th: .
The Record wants to have a
friendly talk with the many
splendid men in this State who
are opposing the dispensary system
because they honestly be- j
lieve its defeat, will insure nrnhi. I
bition. The advocates of prohibition
rank among the upright, |
honest, capable, industrious people
of our State. They advocate :
their cause with strength and
warmth without considering the 1
alliance they have formed to
bring about the defeat of a sys-J
tem that has, in the judgment of i
scores of students, proven the j
best the world has ever known |
in making for temperance and
sobriety. They do not appear to ,
realize that they have joined
hands with an element which;
looks eventually to the reestab- ;
lishing of the old barroom system
in South Carolina and has noth- j
ing but contempt for the doctrine j
they represent. Should the dis- j
pensary be defeated, this barroom '
crowd, now posii.g under the
guise of high license, will once '
cut loose from its former allies 1
and throw its entire stuength^o
reestablishing the open saloA
with its alluring enticements !
the young and weak. There will j
he nothing hut a scornfOf4 joke j
for those who have done most of
the work and polled most of the
votes. The venomous matter now
directed against the ^fcspensary :
will be turned against f he prohi-11
bitionists; bitterness and inuendo '
will be widespread,.and men now
being cajoi d and complimented
as patriots will find how easy it
is to have their reputations be- '
smirched il' the cause of the sa- 1
loon can he advanced in that 1
m miner.
* Recent city elections in Maine ; i
resulted in victories all along the '
line for the Democrats, who are '
bringing to the front the hypo- !
crites of prohibition, its absolute i
failure, and openly advocating a :;
change to the license system.
Prohibition there, as elsewhere, ,
has made a huge crop of hypo- t
crites, sneaks and midnight dis- <
pensers of vile whiskey, patent
medicines and soda fountain concoctions.
It has not lessened ;
drunkenness and has caused ap- 5
petites for heavily loaded patent!1
medicines. It is a notorious fact j
that whiskey-laden patent medi- j ]
cines sell in immense quantities i
in Maine and other sections of!
New F.tigland where there is pro- : ]
hibition. The hyprocicy of it al! j
has at last appealed to the people.
Prohibition in South Carolina
would be no better or more sue- i
cess fill. It is having a trial in 4
seventeen South Carolina coun-;
lho iuua,y, iinu UX'UIIKVUIICSS, UC- (
caption. encouragement of viola- '
tion of law are widespread. Men ;
;ire not prevented from drinking. 1
The poor man resorts to the blind t
tiger, the moonshiner and patent i
medicines for the stimulation that <
he ought to be allowed if he (
thinks he.must have it, to get,
legally and under decent circumstances.
The saloon system with its |
attractive mirrors, mixed drinks, \
congenial conviviality, pool room i
attachments, breed trouble for I >
the youth and the weak of our 11
State. It is the social drink in (
the saloon that is the curse of
mankind. The dispensary sys- (
tern furnishes no such alluring j
inducements to drink. The man
who must have his "toddy" has
to get under circumstances that i
do not beguile him into the habit. 1
Ti e boy stays at home and finds J
no taste for the raw drink out [
of a bottle. Temperence is en- 1 ]
rou raged and promoted. 1
The corruption of the past is
over and the people of the State .
through their legislature next j
year, will get legislation that will 5
purify and satisfy. Because there i
was corruption in the great city j
of Philadelphia the city was not; ]
wiped off the map. It was the 11
corrupt politicians who were sent 11
into oblivion. Because corrupt j1
men in the postotlice department ]
made thousands out of the gov- j ]
ernment was 110 reason for the
abolition of tho department. The '
men were punished and the opportunities
for graft were re- 1
duced to the minimum. B^nnao
a human being is sinful and does i
wrong we do not cut his head off.
to cure him. "We try to reform '
and make him better, and we 1
generally succeed.
The policy of the prohibitionists
should be directed toward sup-'t
porting any law that reduces the i *
consumption of drink; that pro- J
motes sobriety; that aims to keep i J
temptation awny from the young i ]
and the weak. i
An Omission.
One of The Timea', Confederate \
subscribers, who ?ot^ carefully ,
the Yorkville list of <
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veterans and widows who hud
died since the pension rolls of
1905 were completed, informs
the reporter that there were two
omissions in the published list.
These were Messrs. John Felts,
of this township, and Mr. Joseph
Nivens of York township, both
of whom, our informant says,
died during- the years of 1905
and early 1906.
Pleasant Valley.
Mrs. Lee Wrenn, of Mississippi,
and sister, Miss Lizzie Cousart,
of Chester, are visiting relatives
and friends in Pleasant
Valley. Mr. Frank Potts, of
Parksville, S. C., is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. W.
Potts. ??Mrs. Dorcas Gardener,
of Charlotte visited relatives here
this wppk lVTre Mvvtlo Rut.
ler, and children, of Spray, N.
C., are visiting in this place.
Mr. Oscar Fnris spent Sunday
with his parents. Miss Grace
Faris is visiting in Gold Hill this
week. Mr. O. W. Potts expects
to visit relatives in Mississippi
and Tennessee at an early
date.-'?Mrs. Estella Richardson,
of Monroe, is visiting at Mr. ,
R. W. Doster's. Rev. J. C.
Chandler made several pastoral
calls in this place Saturday.
Quite a number of our ladies went
over to Fort Mill Saturday, purchasing
goods. Rev. Bennett,
of Monroe was in Pleasant Valley
Saturday and Sunday.
Prof. Hoke's school will close
Friday. He Willi not have an
an exhibition, but will give the
children a picnic near Ivy's mill
on Catawba river.
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Letter to J VS. STEGALL,
FORT MILL. S. O.
Dear Sir: Have you found this ?uto
You need less of Devoo leud-uud-zius
for ;i job than of anything else: lose
gallons, less money.
M. A. Thomas, i>ainter, Lynchburg,
7u., has found it out, ho writes: The
tirst j b 1 did with your paint I estimated
J7 gallons; had 12 gallons loft
iver. Since then I have not used any
it her kind of paint but Devoa lead-ami
ruuo; jl rocommouu it to all my costo- 1
ruor?. When I commence a job. I luck !
up a card muling us follows. M. A. ,
rhpmns contractor, Dovoe l'aint."
Putting lu on Costs two or three times ;
is much us the paint. Have you found
:his out? You can paint 1 Vvoo in less
time: loss time; less money.
Have you found this out? Devoo
wears louder than anything else.
You don't object to long titne between
jobs. Yonr customer likes it. And yon
like what ho likos. It keeps your customers.
Yours truly
i F W Dkvok & Co
P. S.: W. B. Ardrey soils out paint.
The State Press Association will
nold its session sometime in June
it the Isle of Palms.
Fresh Bakers' Bread
>very Saturday at JONES'.
Nothing except the United j
States mint can make money
without advertising-.
The prettiest shade of green is
;hat which is displayed by the
foung small grain crops in the
mnnfmr TUn AO! /?*"vrk >c<
,UUI1VI,T< 1IIV U.IL V.iup 1 ." > UJVMVlll}^
ixceptionally fine.
A LUCKY P03TMIS7BESS
a Mrs. Alexander, of Cary, Mo., who
ius found Dr. King's New Life Pilis to
je 1host remedy she ever tried for
teeping the stomach, Liver and Bowels
11 perfect order. You'll agreo with her
f you tvy these painless purifiers that
nfu.su new life. Guaranteed by all
Iruggists. Price 25c.
Spring chickens are in great
ieman at fancy prices. The crop
s late this season.
DEVIL'S ISLAND 70R7ULE
s no worse than the terrible case of
Piles that afflicted me 10 years. Thou i
ivus advised to apply Bucklen's Arnica
Nilve, and less than a box perruaully
Hired me, writes L. S. Napier, of liuglcs
Sty. Heals all wounds. Burns aud Sores
like magic. 25c at all druggists.
The season for picnics and
nand-shaking candidates is near
it nand.
HUMAN BLOCD HABK3.
A rale of horror was told by marks of
limnan blood in the home of J. W. Williams,
a well known merchant <>f Due,
Kv , He writes: "Twenty years ago 1
iind severe hemorrhages of tho lungs,
sml was near death when I began taking
Dr. Kiug'sNew Discovery. It coin
pletely cured ine and i have remained
sveli ev< r since." It cures Hemorrhages,
Chronic Coughs, Settled Colds and 13ron-hitis,
and is the only known cure for
Weait Lungs. Avery bottle guaranteed
l>y all druggists. f>oc and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
The .summer dullness has struck
the local news factory and almost
forced a shutdown of the factors.
IS THE MOON INHABITED.
Science has proven that the moon ban
in atmosphere, wdich makes life in
jonie form i*>saible on that satellite,
tint liot for human beings, who have a
nard enough time on this earth of oars;
^specially those who don't know that
Elect ri- hitters cure Headache. 1 uliouslexs,
Malanii, Chills and Fever, Jaulilice,
Dyspepsia, Dizzines.< Torpid Liver
i.idnejfi.P^niplftintH. General Debility
md Female?weaknesses. Unequalled
ma general Tonic and Appetizer for
A-eak Bwnoiia aqd especially for the
?X? <1- tV jnduces Bound sl< >p. Fully I
ftufrnhteea by all dri..;b'iits.^PlM;
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The York Countyf DiawSeiSfttc ^OOJ?-j
vention will meet in; the C^ort Hotuftj
| Ht Yorkville 011 Monday May 7th. |<JCH
at 11 o'clock A. M. *.j
Said Convention will be coinf* . </j
! dolikiriifpa hv fJtA vr? **A 1)L i M
clubs, oue delegate f?ir every
liv? votes cast in tl^p flrwt or tub?
of 1 904 and one delegate for a ba jpr'' J*
fraotlou thereof. I
The clubs will meet Saturday nftvfc/j
noon. April 28th inau from to>.f
o'clock and reorganize by eleotngvftit
proper officers, and, the igtembofotii*ft{jr
hxeuutis Committee or the Pr-siatatf
of tlioXdub will appoint throe malingers
ln"*writing to couduct the Osetlbd
! of delegates to the Convention. Tiw
i managers of Election Shall ttlre S<l
i oath to co1.duct the electiou fairly
i impartially and certify the remtt "V
All persons known to be DenocxatS
j and who are qualified to bee nut neuti
hers of the club, are entitle tQ V>te.\ 1
Each ( lub at said meeting WJ1 also
elect a member of the County Execu<
live Commute . ,1
The Convention is called for theupajrj
pose of electing delegates-to th? St-f)#e
Democratic Convention, whicl meets
; in the City of Columbia on tie 10th
day of A.nv next; the hleotioi qf a
| County Chairman, and, each ot.or tltid
further business as to tlie Con . cut ion
I shall seem meat and proper.
Hy order Democratic Electitie Cdni1
mlttee.
J. 3. RR1 'E,
J. TI. SAYE, f hni-m&p.
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-COMINGJetbro
Minor's Bible Sbiwaoi
Moving; Picture Exbibito,
Showing in life-like motion" the
Passion Play, .v . /
"Ten Eisrbts iu a Barjwi"
with lecture. Also show views,
in and around New YonL~City<
Illustrated Songs, Worjii$ Pictures
and Music. Comic; Anny
motion Scenes, Historical,* &c, J
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t&~ We travel in our cwf\ private
car and carry every thing for
a first-class entertainment. ^
tor- Will exhibit untie^ waterproof
tent at Fort Mill- Monday
and Tuesday nights, Apryli$Oth
and May 1st,
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?ar- Admission 15c; Children
under 10 years, 10c; Reserved
seats, 10c extra. K
COME ONE AND ALL.
JETHRO ALMOND, - Manager.
DR.KING'S NEW DlSCtFVERK
Will Surely Stop That <. uoh. *
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| MILLS &
| CHINA and JAP
jg Buying ii\ big lots
5? n very attractive s
*5 at most reasonable
wa}' we are able to
$ the very lowest lev*
you of a number of
^ We have tyccn very
^ ination of qualitie
you that ejvery yard
^ Call and sec the liin
5 REFRIGERATOI
^ It may be a little
$ Refrigerators, but i
6 buy this summer, y<
i it early and get full
^ our line in and it is
^ proud of. We hand
have proved their r<
\ my and we quote
; prices. There are a
the stock and we in
J BABY CARRIAC
^ If you want Baby
JT strong, take it out e
trouble is slight if
? convenient and nn
$ Carriages we are
|f3j ever so many differ
of the carts fold i
^ space that tlicy ca
^ take up hardly any
jj| tee everyone to givt
| mELSI
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Indian Ware. |
ifie Catawbas have about r
* Ceased to make their well k
known earthenware owing: to J
fact that the makers |
'have moved to other parts and j
making-more money in other |
pursuits and within a few short j
years samples of their work 4j
will be priceless relics. It is J
the patriotic duty of every j
family in Fort Mill to have one T
or more pieces. We want to !
close out our small stock. !
Ardrey-s. 1
P. S. Lots of people are
buying Cooper's Cholera Cure
to start their chickens otf
right. It is good for them no f
matter what the trouble is and #
good for them if there is no [
trouble.
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j-f Charlotte Sttar-LaiMry \
i I Launder Your linen. |
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\\ We have the Biggest and
!| Beet ^jnriudry Plant In
i [ the CHroiiufiB.' We do more ]j
!{ work than any laundry in \*
! j the Oarolihas. We do Bet*- jr
! [ , ter work, than any laundry >
![ ' yi the South. Our agents, j
whose onyTe is attached \i
uh8 instructions to J
!| give your full and complete Jr
\\ satisfaction or make no ij>
X charge. ' ]j ^
i Isn't that fair dealing ? G
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l PARXS DRUG CONP'Y, jj
Z * AGENTS 5!
ivT MILL, - - - 8. C. \\
YOUNG. |
AN MATTINGS. S
enables lis to offer &
election of Matting &
prices. Buying this f!
get prices down to $
:1, and we can assure
exclusive patterns. *
strict in our exam- ^
s, and can promise $
will give good wear. ^
IS, ICE CHESTS. 5
early to talk about ^ m
f you are going to A
>u might as Well kuy S
use of it. We have ^
a line we are justly J
le only makes that J
^liability and econo- ^
interestingly low ^
i number of sizes in ^
v ite your inspection. ^
5ES. GO-CARTS. | j
to grow healthy and ?
very tine day. The
you get one of the S$
odern Go-Carts or $
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snowing. We have ft
cut styles and many ft
ip into such small ft
in be set aside and ft
room. We guaran- ?
; good wear. j
YOUNG. | j
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