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P ?Jw Jort ?|UU Siutw.1 DEMOCRATIC j PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. | B. W. BRADFORD. One y?nr * 51.00 j months 50 . Oorrcfspomlencc on current subjects Is invited, but no responsibility Is nsf Runi^il Tor the views of correspondent*. ^ JUNE 21. 1900. An Insult to the People. Down in Conway a few days owiiic lciiuh, >3ijrini^; iiiinacii "An Interested Citizen." made an attempt to boost his "favori ite" for the senate in opposition to Mr. Tillman, and in doing so, allowed his prejudice for the senator to get so much the better of his good judgment, or sense, if he is guilty of possessing such, as to piake an ignoramus of himself. The "boost" came in the nature of a communication to the Columbia State, and the statements therein were the most foolish, rambling, and ridieuously absurd that have come under the observing eye of the writer in some time. There is little in the article to indicate that the writer is informed upon his subject or has the slightest insight into the political affairs of this State. On the other hand, it is plainly evi dent that he is the official correspondent, high-mucky-muck, and enjoying the plenipotentiary prerogative of being the high and 'exalted, specially appointed, and exclusive, chief, squeeze pen/ pusher of a gang of Tillmanlighters in his two-by-four necko'-the-woods. In the course of his remarks, this exalted scribe says: "While I am writing, I also desire to say that 1 and a great many more people in South Carolina think that the Hon. B. It. Tillman has fully served out his day of usefulness as United States senator for South Carolina, and we ought to have some one else as a candidate for that august office. Governor Heyward would be a most suitable person to make this race, and at least .give the decent people in the State an opportunity to express their preference at the ballot box." Tillman served out his day of usefulness! How absurdly foolish! Wonder if the man who believes such is really sane? The fact is this fellow deserves sympathy, and we want to offer the same in the suggestion that he at once take a course under a brain-food specialist. But "Interested Citizen" not only offers an insult to Senator Tillman but to every respectable Tillmanite in the State when he suggests opposition for Tillman to "at least give the decent people of the State an oppotunity to expresss their preferat the ballot box." We fail to see where the Columbia State hopes to hold favor with its many "decent" Tillmanite readers and at the the same time, and over a fictitious signature, allows such uncalledfor and dirty insults to be offered them through its columns. However, this statement, or others similar, will hardly belittle Senator Tillman in the estimation of the people or injure him in his campaign for re-election. B. R. Tillman, as every fair-minded mart will admit, has done, and is doing, more for this State, the South, and the entire country than any man South Carolina has sent to Weshington in a many years, and his friends will see to it that he is JlCT.lin plpetpd frr? tlin vk/^uit It is to lie hoped that Col. Lumpkin's entry to the political slaughter-house was not due to the suggestion of "Interested Citizen.'' The Same Over Here. "As a social organization the GafTney Commercial Club is all to the good. We would like to suggest, however, that it would be a good idea to have regular stated meetings and discuss plans to further the advancement of Gaffney.The Ledger. So Fort Mill is not the only town whose commercial club appears to devote its entire att.en i !-? * - * hoh to CTli' hoc mi reaiures oi the organization. There are several things which our club could perhaps accomplish that would advance the town's interests, and. like the Ledger, we would sug2est that these be taken up and iscusscd and acted upon. Good roads will lead to the general improvement of the' countryside. The farmer who] Irives to and from town over a spacious, smooth well-cared for i *oad will unconsciously come to i ' tfect corresponding improveffl aents in the management and ( operation of the farm, \ The State campaign opened Tuesday in Georgetown and for the next six weeks the boys will proceed to acqaint themselves with the dear people. There is promise of the dispensary being the most talked-of institution in existence. Don't have the nerve to send items to this office announcing doings gotten up for profit unless you want to pay for them. We sell our space and papers for a living. If advertising is worth doing it is worth paying for. This paper never has, nor never will, urge the people to stop taking the paper of a contemporary. We care not if you patronize fifty other papers so long as take ours. TV. u nnf i nwioc a " f Ua Q^of a x iiv unvi pi vi i-iiv kjun. v van not start too soon in its fight for ! the election of its champions. They'll need all the help available | next 2Stn of August. The whipping post should be set up in every county jail for men who beat their wives and unmercifully beat horses. It is now squarely up to The State and other anti papers to "get busy" in behalf of Col. Lumpkin. The Growth of the South. The following statistics taken ! from the Scrap Book make it ap! parent that "Dixie Land" is leading all other sections of the United States in rapid and substantial progress. The first named figures are from the government census of 1880, and the latter, which were obtained by R. II. Edmunds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, are for 1005: j From $257,000,000 invested in canit.nl for factories; tn $1 rutn (100. 000; increase $"l,243.000~00(). From $457,000.0(H) yearly value of products of factories to $1,750.000.0(H); increase, $1,293,000,000. From $21,000,0(H) capital invested in cotton mills to $225,000.000; increase. $20-1,000,000. From $313,000,0(H) annual value of cotton crop to $080,000,000: ; increase, $307,000,000. i From 225,000 bales of cotton used in Southern cotton mills tc j 2,163,000; increase 1,938,000. From $59,000,000 yearly lumber product to $250,000,000; increase $211,000,000. From 397.0(H) tons of pip: iron produced to 3,100,000 tons; in . crease, z.703,000 tons. From $261,000,000 yearly value of exports abroad to $555,000,000; j increase; $294,090,000. From $600,000,000 yearly value I of farm products to $1,750,000,000; increase, $1,000,000,000. From 20,600 miles of railroad I to 60.000 miles; increase, 39,40C miles. i From 179,000 barrels of pe1 troleum produced to 42,495,000: increase. 42.316,000 barrels. From $800,000 capital invested in cotton oil mills to $54,600,000; increase, 53,800,000. From 667,000 spindles in cotton mills to 9,205,000; increase o roo ???ii ? cv?oo,uuo npinuies. From 211.877 tons of phosphate mined yearly to 1,087.428; in'crease, 70.051. From 007.770 tons of coke produced yearly to 6,241,185; increase, 810,409 tons. To crown it all, from $3,051,000,000 assessed property valuation to $0,500,000,000; increase $3,449,000,001), or an average increase of $138,000,000 for the twenty-five years. From a Six-Acre Farm. (1. W. Baker, who owns four acres of land in the northern suburb of (laffney. last year , rented two acres from a neighi bor and went to work, and from i these six acres, after supplying his rather large family bountifully from his farm, he sold from one and two-thirds acres 3-10 bushels of sweet potatoes for j $572. From two acres of land in cotton he sold $98 worth and | from his snap bean patch he sold $35 worth of beans, making j a total of $415 in cash received for the surplus products made on this small farm. Besides the above. Mr. Baker made 50 bushels of corn and i_r11 i r<vv 1_ _.<? ? - i i . IVllK'U ?JUVJ pOUIlUM OL p()I*K, WTUCn he grew at home and fattened with, the products of his farm. During the last year Mr. Baker worked much away from home. Among other things he earned enough by work to pay for a one-horse wagon and mule, with which he made his crop. We had often heard about Mr. Baker's crop, and a few days ago we asked him about it. The above facts wore obtained from him, and no one knows him will doubt any statement he makes about his work or anything else. ?(juflfney Ledger, ! A Study For Cam ? a The Kershaw Dispensary. At its meeting in Camden Wednesday, says the Lancaster' News, the Kershaw county board of control decided to go ahead j with the opening of a dispensary j in that portion of the town of' Kershaw which is in Kershaw, county. Mr. urover Welsh was accordingly elected dispenser and Mr. Broadus Young clerk. , State Campaign Opens. State Chairman Wilie Jones at j noon Monday closed the list of i entries for the State camgaign,j which op ned with speechmaking | at St. George's Tuesday. The gubernatorial entries are M. F* Ansel, county dispensary; advocate, of Greenville: Senator ', Cole L. B lease, State dispensary as it stands; Joel E. Brunson, of j Sumter, straight prohibition; VV. A. Edwards, prohibition, of ': Wards; R. I. Manning, dispen- , 1 sary reformed: J. J. McMahan, i 1 dispensary reformed; Lieutenant : Governor John T. Sloan for the State dispensary. 1 The dispensary candidate for * Lieutenant Governor is Senator1 ' Thomas G. McLeod of Lee coun- ; , ty, 'on the same platform as ' Manning. The complete list of entries for. 1 other State offices follow. United States Senate?B. R , Tillman and W. W. Lumpkin; for Congress ? First district. ! - George S. Legaro; second dis trict, J. C. Patterson. (I. L. I Toole and Butler l>. Hair; third district. Wyatt Aiken and J. E. J P.oggs; fourth district. W. C. Irby, Sr.. J. T. Johnston and ' G. H. Mahan; fifth district, D. i E. Finley, T. J. Strait and W. P, j " Pollock; sixth district, J. E. El- : ; erbe; seventh district, A. F. ; Lever; Lieutenant Governor? ' Thomas G. McLeod and Charles I A. Smith; Secretary of State R. M. McCown, J. B. Morrison, j L. M. Ragin and M. P. Tribble; 1 Attorney General J. Eraser! Lyon, John. W. Ragsdale and L. E. Youmans; comptroller j general- A. W. Jones, G. L. j Walker: State treasurer?R. H. Jennings; adjutant general?J. ; C. Boyd. L. W. Haskell; railroad! commissioner James Canslcr, John C. Sellers, J. M. Sullivan, 1 .]. A. Summerset and John H. : Wharton; Suite superintendent; of education?O. B. Martin. Patrick Gets Another Trial. Albert T. Patrick, convicted; of the murder of Win. M. Rice, i is still alive and confined in Sin^ Sing prison, although his exe-j cation had been set and arranged for on last Monday. Patrick owes his present existence to Justice Win. K. Day, who on Thursday granted a writ of i error and stay of ex* cut ion in the | case of Patrick. I lov-'i- 'loni i v.nv?vTw 4/t*,) o uVv loiiyu ?i;;ain, and for the fifth lime, delays i the carrying out of the death1 sentence, and gives the counsel; for Patrick the privilege of carrying the case to the United States supreme court in October. Capl. T. M. Carothers Dead. Capt. T. M. Carothers, a wellknown and highly esteemed ! farmer ef the county and a| brave veteran of the civil war, 1 died at his home in the Indiahook community, near the! Southern Power Company's dam j on the Catawba river, Tuesday morning, the 12th. Capt, Carothers was 74 years of age and born and lived all his life, except; the four years he spent in the( i war, in the community in which he was living at his death. Capt. Carothers was the father of Mr. Chas, H. Graham of this I ! township. I / 1 ^WePX, J J to TaK^\ | - ofhsA, Te^r rru J Office^/ / ^ a /\ ' ^ ^ y^jzic: i dictate Lumpkin. [Courtesy Charlotte News, j Will Oppose Senator Tillman. The announcement Monday | that Col. \Y. \V. Lumpkin, ot | Columbia, had filed his pledge as a candidate for the office of I United States senator in opposition to Senator Tillman was a decided surprise to the people of the State. Col. Lumpkin's name had not hitherto been mentioned in connection with the senatorship and it was not known, except, perhaps, to his most intimate political friends, that he entertained the slightest idea of i entering the race. Col. Lumpkin is a confederate soldier with a distinguished career. He is a nephew of a! former Chief Justice, and a j brother of a member of the Supreme court and a grandson 1 - vi luimci vjuviTlsur Ul UreorgKl. He is the commercial agent of the Georgia Railway. Wcrk at the Gr eat Falls. "Few of our people realize the magnitude of the development being done down there by the Southern Power Company," said a prominent lawyer to a reporter for the Charlotte Observer. "If one were dropped down at the big dam, where the power house is to be located, without being told where he was he would probably conclude that he was in Cuiebra t ut and that in spite of the Senate committee they were I building a lock by means of which to navigate over trie mountains i of Panama. There is no river in ?i<rht?nnlv* nrnvsol vollau - 0>,v ,KI veil > ing between hills 2(H) feet high. Down in this valley is a wilderness of steam derricks, towering like ships' spars amid their rigging of guys and cables. Up and down the valley are railroads, steam shovels, engines, rock crushers, and hundreds of ne-i groes at work. Out on the sides of the hills are rock quarries, where huge granite blocks are being torn from the ledges to he placed in the dam. High up in the air one sees these great j stones, weighing eight or ten tons, being swung about by the derricks as if they weighed nothing. "The whole object seems to be ' to build a dam 1(H) feet high across a perfectly dry valley. Hut if you will go up this valley a mile you will understand the situation. Here the hills give way and you see the river. Across it at this point they arc building1 another dam. This one is only about 40 feet high, but is much longer than the other. It is built diagonally up and across the river so as to throw the whole current into t he valley. The fall thus obtained will he something like 100 feet. This immense pressure on the great wheels at the lower dam wiil generate enough power to run the spindles and looms of 100 cotton mills. The company expects to be able to furnish electrical power from this plant by the first of the year. German Laborers at B.ick Plant. President McNinch, of the Charlotte Brick Company, a few days ago received another party of foreign laborers, who were at niipc sent to his brick nlnnt nmir this place. The party consists of 16 Germans, the majority of them young: men. Mr. McNinch has, according: to the Charlotte Chronicle, been highly plsased with the energy and industry of the Germans and believes that this last lot will solve the labor problem for him. He now has about thirty-five foreigners at work. Among the number who came last is a young fellow who has five diplomas from schoois in Germany, hut he is unable to speak u word of English, He will oe a very valuable man, Mr. McNinch thinks, when he learns the language. He seems willing to do anything to become acquainted with American manners and customs. FOLLOWING*THE FLAG. When our soldiers weut to Cuba and the Philippines, health was the most important consideration. WillisT. Morgan, retired Commissary Sergeant U. S. A., of Rural Route 1. (!onmril. H says. "1 \vas? two years ill Cuba and two years in the Philippines, and being subject to colds, I took Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, which kept inu in perfect health. And now, in New Hampshire, we find it the best medicine in the world for coughs, colds, bronchial troubles and all lung diseases. Guaranreed at all drug stores. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. From June to September the average fly mother accumulates a family of 2,000,000 children. If all these children lived the flies would crowd mankind ofr the earth. EEADLY SERPENT RITES. are us common in India as are stomach and liver disorders wit^i us For the latter however there is a remedy: Elee. trie Bitters, the great restorative medicine, of which S. A. Brown, of Bennttsville, ?>, (J., says: "They restored my wife to perfect health, after years of suffering with dyspepsia and a chronically turpi! liver." Electric Bitters cures chills and fever, kidney troubles and bladder disorders. Sold on guarantee by all druggists. Price 50c. Trying to Kill Dispensary. "The whole trouble now is, continued the Senator, "that there is a crowd of sneaks in the state trying to kill the dispensary at all hazards, and while it may not be wholly possible to hold the present investigation J ? 4-? 4-1... ,.4 *.4. 1 f 1 uowu to til" &ti ict l ilies ui law 111 the matter of evidence I think a a great deal is admitted that only causes a waste of time and work that ends in no good result." Senator Tillman. DEATH FROM LOCKJAW never follows nil injury drussod with Bueklon's Arniou Sulvo. Its antiseptic ntul healing properties prevent. blood poisoning. Cluis. Oswald, merchant. of Rcussuluorsville. N. Y., writes. "It cured truth Rurch, of this place, of the ugliest sore on his neck 1 ever saw." Cures Cuts, Wounds, Burns and Sores, '^uc at all drug stores. Alien-McCain. The following announcement has been received in Fort Mill: "Mr. James Allen will give in marriage his daughter Julia to Mr. Frank P. McCain on Wednesday morning June the 27th nineteen hundred and six at half after seven o'clock at his home Florence, South Carolina." Mr. McCain is a popular young lawyer of Yorkville and is well known here. He was a York county representative in the general assembly some years ago. WllPll thp hllhv t'.illvS if i< limn tr give HoPister's Rooky Mountain Tun It's the greatest baby medicine known to loving unit Iters, it makes them cat, sleep and grow. !1."? cents, Tea 01 Tablets.?Parks Drug Co. Mr. M. S. Young, a student of Draughon's Business College, Columbia, spent Sunday at his home in this place. ? * ? AN ALARMIN3 SITUATION frequently results fr >m negle-jt o* clogged bowels and torpid I iv?>r, until eon sripation becomes ohrouic '1 his eondi lion is unknown to those who use Dr Kind's Now I.ife Pills, the best am gentlest regulators of Stomach am Bowels. (?nai-anteed by all druggists Price 2".e. Mrs. .las. T. McGregor, re turned Saturday to her home it Walterboro, after a visit to hei mother here. Don't be fooled and made to bolievt that, rheumatism can be cured wit I local appliances. Hollistcr's Rttckt Mountain Ten is tho only jtositivc cur* for rheumatism. :<*> cents. Tea oi Tablets.?Parks Droit Co. _ ? ?- Mr. Eld ridge Jones' of Baltimore, a nephew of Mr. Jones, and Missew l.illv Mnswou <>i Fort Mill, and Lillian Massey, ol Bock Hill, are guests at a house paily at Mr. S.M. Jones.'?Chester Lantern. ? ? If yon want ICE, call np A. O. JONES. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ftsr Candidates' cards, not exceed inn one inch, will he inserted in this column for the snni of $5.00. Cash must accompany all orders. We are authorized to nnnonnee .T. J. HUNTER as a candidate for recontnioudatiou to the oOiee of county Auditor. subject to the action t?f the Donioera t ic nrinuir\ election. Wni I 1*>TFP'Q flack;/ fountain Tea Huggeis A Bu?y Medicine for Bi-y P?oplo. Brings Golden healrli and Frrev red Vnro". A sporiflo for OonstipatIon. Indigestion. I.lver nn.,1 Kidney troubles, I impios. Impure iiiikxI. But! Breath. Slotrtrlsh Bowels. Headache an.l Backache. Its Hack? Mountain 'Iva in tablet forn. ocnls si box, Otouino made bi li'K.l.lxfKU DltllO CoMPtKY, M-Wilson. Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FQH SALLOW PEOPU - I liandalesburg Store, C. B. Kimbrell, Prop. Randalesburg, - - - - N. C. All goods advertised last week at same prices for June, and when in need of any of the following goods I have them at popular prices at all times: Chill Tonics, Viuotouo, Acids, all kinds: Witch Hazel Salvo, Custoria, Bliss' Native Ilerbi. Headaclio Curo, Toothache Cure, And mast all other Patent Medicines. Ilorso Shoes and Nails. Ilecl Bows, Coru ami Cotton Shovels, Cartridges, Gun Shells, Well Chains, Well Buckets, Truce Chains, And a full line of Hardware. Pels' Naptha Soap. Milk Crocks and Jars, the white kind. I Plenty of Turnip Seed, Lots of second-hand Pistols, nearly j now, at half price, lee and Lemons, J Then a Cold Drink. W1NTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAINATION, | The examination for the award of vacant scolarships in Winthrop College, and for the admission of new students will be helil at the County Court House on Friday, July Otli, at U a. m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July K. they will be 1 awarded to those making the highest I average at this examination provided they meet the conditions governing tho ! award. Applicants for scholarship i should write to President Johnson before the examination for scholarship application blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. Tho next session will open September10th, 11)00. For further in iunuuriuu aim catalogue, address Pros. D. B. JOHNSON, Roek Hill, S. C. Fresh Bakers' Bread I every Saturday at JONES'. J "IMPERIAL' $ FLOUR t J Is the PEST FLOUR on the J ! 4 market. (live it a trial and you 2 ' 4 will always have Good Bread, ^ You can always find it at J A. O. JONES' $ ? PHONE II. ? > [ i j; Let the | ;; | Ctototte Steam Launiry 1 4 Launder Your Linen. % We have the Digest and 4 Best Lnundry Vlant in 4 t lie Carol inns. We do more 4 work tlmn any laundry in Jp . 4 the Carolinaa. We do Bet- 'p k ter work than any laundry jp 4 in tho South. Our agents, ! 4 whose name is attached *f 4 hereto, has instructions to <p *j 4 yon full and complete Jp j! ? satisfaction or make no jp 11 ? eliur^p. 3 4 Isn't that fair rivaling ? ? ; | PARKS DRUG COMP'Y, f 4 AGENTS I I 2 VmTMTU,, - - - 8. C. J 3 ' ?? ??? ?# ?? ? ! ; ^ r Littie 'Doctor ' CURES Liver Complaints; uses only Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets, and gives your money back if not satisfied. Your liver is the biggest trouble maker. If you would be well, try Ramon's Treatment. Only 25 cents. ' For tule by W. B. Ardr?y i, . I.' L