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| 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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RSDAY, MAY 3, 1906.
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We wish the public
building, we arc in in j
and we want all qf oar
quarters. Itead below
/DRY GOOE
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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
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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.
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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 >
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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
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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
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ill have the pleasure
vnar.li 110 r*i-> /I ???" 1
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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?.
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sent only a roatenabio P'^
y ^ time cn credit 'HE
Don't Look for More. i
Pay Up Promptly.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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. ,
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