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oaiispiurT, W Dentist r* OK?i Up-S?alrs li M Bank Building ______ Terns: STRICTLY CASH. l^THYEAR. | RAILROADS AFTER TILLMAN'S SCALP. Will Try to Defeat the Senator's Nomination Next Fall. Washington special to the Greenviile News: The first gunshot of Opposition to Senator Tillman's ^nomination to the Senate came today in a letter from Detroit, in which it is stated that the railroads are understood to be preparing to defeat him for re-election and try to send some TnflTi trt WoaKirirrtAn ?V... II UUiUllglA/11 IV HKJlll HIC(V can manage. While there haa been speculation as to whether or not there V , was any one in South Carolina who cared to meet the Senator on the stump during the present summer to contest his seat in the Sepate, and while several local men have been suggested from i time to time as possesing the necessary requirements, etc., the ' railroads have been watching him, and keejfing track of the fight he has been making for better rates since the Senate bill was turned over to him to manage. This has not suited the railroads of the country- These gigantic corporations looking ahead in the future, see that he is making 4 trouble for them. They have a' greed that they cannot stand for ' this, and he has been notified by ' the people in the Far West that he may look for defeat if it is in their power to carry out their plans. He has been asked the point blank question whether he proposes tou continue to wage war against the railroads ana other corporate interests, and the peoDle who have inaugurated the "movement say that they demand of him a categorical answer to many i questions that they will shortly While the roads are .laeing Sen\ at?r Tillman, they are at the same to the a.MiB8fe? flpe of flMlrbiing Represenative Charles E. Townsend, of Michigen, author of the Esch Townsend rate bill. The South Carolina man is ready for any t fight the roads may make in their f efforts to unseat him. :i 'Squire Bailes Won't Quit. \ , ' ' 4 'R^seems that there is nothing under the sun that will stop 'Squire Wi O. Bailes from marrying people,\" said a South Caro^ linian whofwasin the city today. "More thah a year ago his com-1 missinn wns rpvnlfor! nir riAuawnx ?? ?? * V. ? vr?\vu \JVT VI IIV/1 Heyward, (but it didn't bother him at all. He went right along tying knots hard and fast, or, at least, hard and fast enough to satisfy the contracting parties; for I cannot say that the ceremonies would be considered legal if brought to a test. Now, to prove that nothing will stop him he has smallpox in his home and still marries them. The pesky germs seem to have no terrors ipr those about to launch into the matrimonial sea. Mr. John Knox ang Miss Alice Martin of Winston-Salem, drove- to 'Squire Bailes' home from Charlotte last week, and, in the face of a flaming yellow poster that looked gruesome by night, they knocked [ at the door and demanded that ' the 'squire marry them. The 'Squire, nothing if not willing, half dressed himself, and stuck his head out of the window. The couple stood together on the porch, and the knot was tied. 1 know of no way in the world of stopping 'Squire Bailes, much as he should be stopped.?Charlotte Chronicle. Jail Term for Green and Gaynor. Macon, April 28.?Judge Emory Speer granted an extension of time for the removal of Green atid Gaonor to the Atlanta Federal prison to May 6 to-day on account of the delay in the comparison of the bill of exceptions with the records in Savannah, now under charge of District Attorney Erwin. It is generally believed that the bill will go up, and that Green and Gaynor will spend the long time while the procedure is pending, in Bibb county jail. Both seem resigned to the delay, ? and there is little sign of impatience. They have made themselves comfortable in their tempo 'OWi F< EXPERIMENTING WITH FOREIGN LABOR. Charlotte Brick Co.'s Test of Immigration Scheme.?First Arrivals. Thirteen foreigners, en route from New York to Fort Mill, S. C., spent, several hours in the city yesterday, says the Chariotte Observer. In the party were four Poles, three Germans, three Sr'nnHinavi'ono on/1 -P/VM*. UHT>_ IU11U U11U XV/U1 ilUl A j garians. They came direct from New York over the Seaboard and left last night over the Southern for the works of the Charlotte Brick Company, located on the Catawba river, several miles below Fort Mill. This is the first installment of immigrants received by a local manufacturing enterprise. Should these men, all of whom are young, strong and robust, work well, Mayor S. S. McNinch will secure others; a number sufficient to run his entire plant. Mayor McNinch, president and general manager of the Charlotte Brick Company, was discussing the labor question with an Observer reporter yesterday. He stated that he had been having a vast deai of trouble with the 80-odd negroes employed at the works. So much so, that he had determined at almost any, cost to secure other help if possible. This first installment of immigrants is more in nature of an experiment than an vthing else. If the men work well, he will order others. The fact that these men are strangers will add to their worth, for they will have no occasion to be running about at night. One of the great dif-1 Acuities with negroes is that they are always going to some festival, to Salisbury or somewhere else. Mayor McNinch believes that his experiment will work well. The men were secured through one of the immigration bureaus in New York. Their cost of transportation amounted to approximately $10 apiece. They will receive $1.50 per day. The cost of transportation will be paid out of the wages at the rate of $2.50 per week. ' Orator For 20th of May. Hon Champ Clark, of Missouri, has accepted an invttation to deliver the address at the big 20th of May celebration in Charlotte. The address will probably be delivered on Wednesday, the last day of the celebration. The fame of Mr. Clark as a speaker is so far renowned that it is useless to say that something great is in store for those who hear the address. Mrs. Springs and Son in a Wreck. The Lancaster News says that Mrs. Lerov Springs and little son, Master Elliott, had a rhrilling experience Thursday while returning from New York, being aboard the Southern's Florida Express, which met with a serious accident near Greensboro, N. C. The engine ran into a derailing switch, and turning completely over, relied down an embankment. The engineer and fireman sustained severe injuries, the former having his leg crushed and both being badly burned and bruised. The passengers were considerably shaken up, but none hurt Njw Cotton Mill for Clover. The stockholders of the Clover Cotton Mill, in a meeting a few days ago, decided definitely to build a new cotton mill this summer. The new mill will be of 5,000-spindle capacity and will join the present Clover mill. Answered the Same Purpose. A druggist in GafTney tells an amusing instance which illustrates the difficulty people have in getting strong drink. A drug clerk says that he was astonished some time ago when a clerical looking darkey came in and called for about three bottles of Wine of Cardui, saying: "We are going to have communion at our church next Sunday and wine is sp hard to get that we are going to use this. They say it is good for the women, and I guess it won't hurt the m?n.' *?Cnerokee News. ' ^ fo.iiifilriJfc II , \ 1 MI DEMOCRACY, JUST ORT MILL, S. C., TIIU. A PEN PICTURE OF PANAMA Editor Times: After eight months residence on the Isthmus of Panama as an employe of the Isthmian Canal Commission, I have returned home on a six weeks vacation; and, at the suggestion of several, as well as in justice to myself, 1 submit the following sketch of conditions? past, present and prospective? along the line of "the Great Canal." Not that I consider any formal justification necessary in behalf of any individual who may participate in the tremendous task of digging "the big ditch"; on the contrary, I think any man may well be proud of his connection in any capacity with what is admitted to be the greatest engineering work of the ages. But so much interest has been manifested, and I have been asked so many questions regarding life on the Isthmus, that I feel constrained to resort to the medium of your columns in order to gratify the curiosity of all; and perhaps, I shall be, incidentally, of service. Now, naturally, no matter how good a place one has been living in, home always seems good, better, best; and while I found myself pleasantly located, and engaged in congenial as well as highly remunerative employment, 1 nevertheless have to confess that, on the voyage home from Panama, I perpetrated the following stanza, entitled, RE-VIVICATION I've taken my hand from strife now, And I've donned the soft kid plove; I've journeyed back to life now, And I've journeyed back to love. Relieved of onerous duty In the wilds where I have boon, x v?j cuiua nuw uui;h 10 ueauiy, ? And to my own kind and kin. I've come now back to all things That have made my life worth while; Where the voice that can onthralt sillRS ? And back to my sweetheart's smile. Hack to rest and roam now Under the scarlet trees; Hack to home, sweet home, now, Over the star-lit seas. And so on ad finitum. But there has been a gradual evolution on the Isthmus. Miracles have been performed in the way of sanitation, and the dread yellow-fever dragon has been driven into the sea. Out of anarchary has come order, and out of chaos has come comfort. And so, while the voice of love says linger here, the hand of duty beckons r.ie hack to that huge human bee-hive in the tropics? where heterogenous thousands, from the scum to the cream of Uncle Sam's and other domainsheroes, martyrs, drones and devils?as well as just ordinary men ?toil among the mountains and morasses like so many pigmies among giants. Yes, I am going back to resume wh it I was temnorarilv relieved of- keeping the record of holes drilled, pounds of powder used, material issued, cubic yards of rock and dirt removed and hundreds of other things?all interesting and fascinating. And ? after many years?perhaps about twenty?who knows but even home-loving Fortmillians may sail through the great gap from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in the making of which so many lives have been, and will be, sacrificed, and so many millions ox dollars spent. The towns ? which average about the size of Fort Mill(excluding the factory population) are located in the following order from the city of Colon, on the Atlantic side, to the city of Panama on the Pacific: Colon, Cristobal, Bas Matachin, Kohio, Bas Obispo, Las Cascades, Gorgona, Empire, Culebra, Paraiso, Pedro Miguel, Corozal, Mira-Floresa, Panama. Excepting a very small upper class, the natives are very listless and physically unattractive. The entire populace gambles from the cradle to the grave. They bet on everything imaginable from chicken tights to bull-fights; and from cards to the Panama lottery. They seem to delight in di:-t and they really revel in relic? They build or buy anything new only as a last resort. The Catholic church is the only church as yetBut the Americans?most of them - be it said to their credit? only observe the 'above-named pernicious customs without in ' p ' I ' ^ 4 L ' ' X * v-'1 -v'-' ?! ' -K' , XT! TCE, TRUTH. RSDAY, MAY 3, 1906. \ * HbAD, We wish the public building, we arc in in j and we want all qf oar quarters. Itead below /DRY GOOE t We carry a pretty lin La wife, Organdies, ? Homespun, Bleaching Ginghams, Briliantines eries, Insertion, Linen, Cloth, Lftcn Table Cl( good niaify other artic Dry Good's line, such i Ribbon, Finishing Brait \ Hr HATS. The Stetson $4.50 and $5.00 Hats in the latest styles can be found in our store. The Jackson $3.00 Hat is a beauty. Parties wishing cheaper Hats can find on our shelves most any style or grade wanted. Also pi ciitv of straw hats, j I and styles and prices to suitl PATTERNS We have a large stoi Call's Patterns on hand the store and select > want, or send the numb and we will forward san: ly. If you have not ret of our fashion sheets, write for one. ? We hope that we w ness with everyone in our goods, you will be value received. ' dulging at all. ' Of course, 'Single men in barracks don't grow] into plaster saints," but themor- j als of the majority are well up to the general average here in the States, and the force of clerks are mostly splendid specimens of! manhood?as the government exercises considei-able precaution in selecting. Paraiso is a village about four miles from Empire, toward Panama city, and it has the reputation of being an exceptionally healthy spot and it nestless back in the hills in such a way as to be very pretty, too. Culebra is between Empire and Paraiso, and is only 1 mile from Empire. These three places are really the choice r\loenc fa lttrA iv* 1./* ^ 1 1/iuov.o iaj iitc ut i ic enure Zone. At Paraiso there are, clusters of cosy, comfortable, cottages, neatly built and attractively painted, just as nice as you would find in the suburbs of the average New York or New Jersey town. The same is true of Empire and Culebra, and those at Empire and Culebra are; on a somewhat larger scale. ; Married quarters of course, are better than the bachelor quarters, | that is, more room and more | ' conveniences are allowed. But I all residences for Americans are O. K., that is not only nice, b-itl attractive, and much better th?? n could reasonably be expected in a i new settlement, This is due to j i the fact that Uncle Sam has it > 4 1 - \ . I* ( \ \ [MES ' {'? .. * * |m HUBJa ffiSRk, READ, to know that, havin position to give better ^customers to call to what we handle: >s, ci c of Silks, We handl Chambrys, Clothing, \> Calicos, as good a lii , Embroid- any market Duck, Oil $15.00. Ey 3tli, and a and summei les in the terns, and is Thread, has advance is, Etc. are selling ; underwear" i Gauze Undervests j for men. Shirts, Col- j lars. Hosiery, Suspen- i X'. 1.... uvin. itllU 5 anything else that men wear. OVERALLS, See our line of SweetOrr Overalls. There are none better. Prices the same. t :k of Mc- Mens' \V< . Come to colors at 5 vhat you ues. er by mail Black Sa te prompt- at 50 cents reived one The "Em call or is nice eno See our $1 * ill have the pleasure vnar.li 110 r*i-> /I ???" 1 iMii n nr*j anu rtXU Bi convinced that in dei AVc are yours for but IAN EY in hand: and everywhere everything is improving as the days go by. I have been there eight months, and there has been wonderful progress as to the comfyrts of life in that period. I am perfectly honest and unbiased when I tell you that there is neither danger, discomfort nor, disease there in sufficient degree ] to cause anyone, either man or woman, to dread going there to live. I wouldn't have said this when I first came, but now I know. There are perhaps about a hundred American women on the Isthmus ? maybe slightly more ?including the nurses in the hospitals, and I have noticed that women seem to stand the climate better than men. Probably this is because they are not exposed to the sun so much. Anyhow, I hardly ever hear of a woman being sick. And even if sickness comes, there is A neon Hospital near -and it is one of the best equipped hospitals in Lne worm. i nerc is still considerable malaria in the atmosphere, but it is not of a very virulent type. You get over it as a rule in a very few days, provided no dissipation?such as drinking intoxicants?has preceded it. And all that is necessary to keep from having it at all, accor ing to my experience, is to just keep regular hours and keep the system in order and?. ^ A - the TIIMES will fae ^ sent only a roatenabio P'^ y ^ time cn credit 'HE Don't Look for More. i Pay Up Promptly. 1 1 NUMBER 5. ~ -- * ! RPAM ni cEsaca i&sfiF ta g moved to our new service to our patrons/ > see us in our new ! | LOTHING. | le the Griffon Brand j iiich is undoubtedly 3 ne as can be bought <?n t . Suits from $5^00 to :tra Pants for spring r in the prettiest pat* although the market :l\ on these goods we Lit the old prices. i ~ ?mm I SHOES. I Wc are prepared to | lit you in almost any j kind of Shoe, with ] prices to suit, that can 5 . . he wanted, isee our j \ high grade Diamond 5 Brand Shoes. They al- j ways satisfy. Any jj Shoe bought of us is ! guaranteed against [ defect in workman- [ | ship and material. See this line. SHIRTS. ork Shirts, in assorted 0 cents are good valtine, reversible collar, ~ -~~Tr i. ^ *. ^ digee" shirt at 50 cents ugh to wear anywhere, line. They're beauts. of doing some busi#2} f nre that once you try ding with us you get uness, 8 . ;N ' !. co . f p . maybe once in in a few days if you don't just feel top-notch ? take a tablet or two of quinine. And in the meantime just eat all you want of anything you can get that's good, and you wont be sick, but will grow fat! The worst thing is lonesomei ness, the monotony and the being shut out, so to speak from the world; but this concerns mostly the bachelor., like myself; for what care the "two hearts that beat as one" for the social superficialities, when they have all they want in each other? Sufficiency! Now, as to a girl's fare there; > Well, I'll tell you--any girl of liW* orflinfjr-./ iveness?if she were suddenly ; dropped down there to stay and work -well, I'm afraid she I would hardly be permitted to work, unless she had come under I i a contract that she couldn't well j j break; at any rate, a really f I i pretty girl would be regarded by J the masculine portion of the Zone, J as a visitant from the Spirit M world. But once you permitted M them to get acquainted with her fl and assure themselves that she fl were real flesh and blood, her f] troubles would begin; for she would have to be ever on the alert fl| to keep some of the more ag**"*- 1 gressive ones from kidnapping f j her and taking her off into the j uncles. , (Continued on next page.) i i