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FORT MILL TIMES. 15TH YEAR. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5,190<>. NO. 14. ? ; ? UIITU Tlir n nn iri*irr?n mm inn tflinrfliuwcKS Candidates For the State Offices Make Their Formal Bow to the Public. A ikon, Special.?The generous citikmi of Aiken entertained the rampaiun party. The meeting was held in one of Aiken's many beautiful groves. A big crowd of Aiken county* representative citizens gathered about the stand to listen to the speaker-. Hon. D. S. Henderson called tin: meeting to order at 11 o'clock hi-.u made the address of welcome. He made a strong plea for close attention, iud for a clean campaign and primary. Mi-.-j.rs. Sullivan, Sumniersett, Wharton. Cnnsler and Sellers spoke lirst s- candidates for railroad commission Few New Ideas. Messrs. Ansel. Bleuse. Branson, Mdwards, A. C. Jones. Manning. MeMuhan and Sloan, candidates for (toverunr, were all present. Few newideas were introduced. Mr. Ansel lee's that the control of a county dispensary by the grand jury would in>iiin honesty in the dispensary system. He wants long terms for the common schools. Mr. Ansel concluded his address bv telling the "Brother t'rnwford" story, which was greeted with lively annlattse. Mr. Blcnse i- strongly opposed to the county dispensary system, suggested by Mr. Ansel. Mr. Bleuse claims to be the oe.lv consistent out-and-out dispensary candidate in the race, lie alleges I hat Mr. Manning V. and Mr. Sloan's record in the Senate in voting on dis pei.sary bills is inconsistent with their resent platforms. Mr. Blouse believes the State dispensar is being conducted honestly under the present mm of officers. Mr. Brunson made a speech based on moral grounds, against the present dispensary sys1 in. Mr. Brunson's platform is "A Righteous State and the Supremacy Law." Mr. Edwards says lie is out not to field the railroads, but to fight corruption. Mr. Edwards believes in (lie strenuous administration of law. lie alleges the railroads have disgraced the courts and the Legislature of South Carolina. He believes that the s.uitliern Railway does not deserve much consideration as would an invading army. Opposes Professional Politics. Mr. A. C. Jones made, a warm speech advocating the principles of his platform, lie wants an economical. business-like administration: lie > strongly opposed to putting nrofes politicians iu ulliee. Many candidates forMlu' Legislature put themselves on record in regard to lending i-siiMS of the day. Mr. Jones claims to tie the man wlio started the light thr* ugh 11 letter to tlie people which ha* caused many of tlm counties to vote out the dispensary under the lii ier act. lie claim* that it i* undemocratic for llli? Sl.ltrt l.? ? ? iii any business. Mr. Jones said that last year <he ineouie from the dispensary for school purposes did not amount to more than ten cents per pupil of all the students enrolled in nil tire common schools r.f the Stale. Mr. Jones says that there is a standing bet of $20 hy a Greenville man that you can never tell vhero he stands or. any question. He says some proplo say Mr. Ansel is hnwr-letrgcd "because he has straddled the fence so long. lie claims that Mr. Branson has never been connected with any limit leading to voting out the dispensary; that Messrs. Manning am! Sloan are running on the dispensary platform because of nopularitv. Mr. Tones manes sport of Mr. McMabnn's State lilr- insurance plan. Mr. Manning was glad to sec so many ladies pvt ert because of their retining and uplifting influence. Mr. Manning hasi (1 mi to discuss the burning issue. l1 <iis,i?'Tisnrv. tie feels ilint the dis)>< <ar\ lias done awav with the t: ?-i.jMtijr habit. lie claims that ho has i <>tliin<* t?> hide in his record in the Si note on the dispensary question. Mr. Manning* voted lor prohibition in 1802 because his countv, Sumter, had voted a large majority or a prohibition law, and so lie fell in- . arreted to vote for prohibition as the representative of his people. Mr. Manning explained in ih'tail what lie believes to he (lie strong safeguard ot the Uaysor-Manning bill. Mr. Manning says ho stands for fundamental public honesty. Mr.McMahan claims ilint tin- Governor -is a part <-? I tie legislative machinery as he is nominated "by a primary of the poople, he has a tremendous power over puni 10. opinion. Mr. McMalian Ls HIrongly in favor of a compulsory education law. Moderate at first, covering only the children between certain acres. Mr. "McMahan is advocating schools nrrvieultural and domestic science for every countv in ilie State, lie feels it would help to solve the servant problem if negroes Nverc trained industrially. Col. Sloan Explains. ..oh Sloan snvs his voting against >'ne dispensary in lSf)*2 was con*i*t1 cnt with the faet that he was elected by tlie people of Richland county on a prohibition platform. He says that after the introduction of the dispensary law, he came to believe in it. because he thouebt it a great improvement over the old barroom system. He believes that everybody in Columbia has forgotten the fact that Mr. A. C. Jones ever lived in Colum r?ia. iff ieois Miat it" a man were not allowed to change his opinions that his friend Blcase could never get to heaven. Messrs. Ragan, Morrison and MeCown spoke as candidates for secretary of Slate. Mr. McCown is running on a strictly business platform. Of the candidates for attorney general?Messrs. Lyon. Ragsdah* and Yonmons?only Mr. Lyon, was present. lie was glad to speak in a county of a clean dispensary record, lie is no straddler, lint is unalterably opposed to the State dispensary. He is afraid that the State will have to levy a special tax to pay the $700,000 of claims now held up. Charges of Graft. He says that the county dispensary of Athens Georgia has not been free from charges of graft. Mr. Lyon is in favor of local self-government. Ho says J. W. Kelly & Co., of Chattanooga .sold liquor to the dispensary at $.1.")0 |>er gallon, ami sold the same brand in the city of Chattanooga at $1.7"> per gallon. He was given very careful attention. He has investigated every man against wyiom there has been an honest suspicion. (Applause.) Messrs. .Tones and Walker spoke ( as candidates for comptroller general l<Y>r 11 ft i 111 nnf u,i<t ? * J U Iiu inc|frrtui ^I'lKTUl. j Col. Boyd and linskeli addressed the crowd. Col. Haskell said Aiken might to have a military company and he would work to that end it' elected. At Lexington. Lexington, Special.?Tlihe campaign meeting Saturday varied from the others this week in that there was some little excitement in it. and it savored somewhat of the older days, when there was bitter antagonisms and attacks of personal nature. Mr. J. \V. Hagsdale made an acrid personal attack on Mr. .7. Fraser Lyon, to which Mr. Lyon had but Utile opportunity of replying, such were the circumstances. , Mr. Jones made a speech of merit, and Mr. McMnhan advanced a new and ingenious idea that the State of South Carolina enter into the busij ness of manufacturing light wines in| stead of selling liquors. The meeting was held at Lexington ' and was quite well attended. In the court house at times, there was a crowd of about J00 people hut at other times the number dwindled to about 75. Asks For Damages. Gov. 1 ley ward lias received (he f?>llowi'ig letter from P. L. Redmond of Woodford. Orangeburg; county: "1 guess 1 was reported for selling liquors and two State constables came (town here and broke in my store while T was in Orangeburg, and left the hole open and last night there was a lot of my goods stolen out. and 1 can prove it. 1 would like to get i damages if there is any possible chance." $30,000,000 of Bonds Offered. Washington. Special. ? Secretary Shaw offered to the public $.'{0,000,000 of bonds of the Panama Canal loan, authorized by the recent act of Congress. The homU will I.not a! the rati' of '1 per cent., ami will be dated August 1, 19(Mi, ami the rtiteist will be payable quarterly. Tliey will be redeemable at the pleasure of the government after ten yea is from the date of issue ami will be payable thirty years from date. Items of State News. Columbia, Special.'?Julia Belmont and Irene Pelrnie, inmates of Annie ii 1:.. v i.. - xiaitiin ^ muni' in Ilie roil IItfIIt 11IStr*?t. were accidentally drowned in what is known as Horse creek, ten miles from the city. The women stopped into a hole over their heads and were drowned before assistance could reach them. Willie Moore, Ethel Met^uarters and Margaret Hamilton, ot the same house, were in the party, but they were saved, though Moore and McQuarters had narrow escapes. meeting Postponed. Many South Carolinians who will attend the meeting of the South Carolina society in Atlanta this year will be interested in the following from the Atlanta Journal: "The South Carolina society banquet, which was to have been held on June 28, has been postponed until October in order that there may be (present a number of distinguished *South Carolinians who otherwise wftuld ho obliged to miss the function. I . ; SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crop# for Week Ending Monday, July 2, .1906, as Given Out by the Department. The week has somewhat less than a seasonable amount of sunshine owing t?? the frequent oeeurrenee of thunderstorms during the middle of the day that caused much local cloudiness. The temperature was high throughout the week and over the entire State, the maximum temperatures having risen to 110 degrees, or above, every day ami at a few places rose to over 101) degrees on one or move days. The average temperature for the week was sliirhtlv above norinnl. I and Ili?* extremes were a maximum of 102 degree- at Hlackville 011 .Iuiio 28th. and a minimum temperature of ~>S degrees at (ireeuville oil .lane 2(>th. The preeipitatiou was unevenly distributed. some loenlilies having had exeeessive amounts and others recorded detieieneies. The -largest- loeal amount for the week was .">.20 inches at St. Matthews. The smallest amounts occurred generally on the immediate coast. The entire rainfall tor the week was due to thunderstorms. some of which were accompanied by high winds, and some by hail. .Ml pelt- of the State have at present an ample supply of moisture. State Teachers Association. The State Teachers' Association will meet at Winthrop College en tlie night of .Inly 4rh. The adddress of llu* president, Prof. A. G. Kemhert, ol" NVofford College, ami tbe address by President Seheter ot' Newberry College will be the features of the first ni^hl's exercises. For tbe remainder of tbe meeting', tbe following is the programme: Second Session, July 5, 4:30 P. M. Topic?The Lesson: (a) Length of Lessons: Claude Legge, Charleston: Miss Annabel Johnson, Columbia. (b). Tbe Teacher's Preparation: Miss Alice Selby, Columbia: Supt. \V. H. MeXnirv, Marion; Miss Mary T. Nance, Abbeville. (< ). Review: Prof. Patterson Wardlaw, I'niversitv of South Carolina: Supt. D. D. Lewis. Timmonsville. (e). General Diseussit?n of the 'Popit* : (Introductory talks will be liinitted to live minutes). Third Session. Jnlv f? R-sn P M Topic?The High School, (a). Needed legislation: Supt. \V. II. Hand, Chester. (1>). Organization: l'rof. P. !'. Claxton, I'niveisitv Tennessee. (c). Heneral Discussion of the Topic. Fourth Session. July 6, 10 A. M. Business Session. (a). Report ol' committee on reorganization. (hi. Report of special committees. Departmental Session. July 6, 4:30 P. M. 1. Woman's Associnttion for the Improvement of Rural Schools. '2. College department -programme to he announced. 3. Department for primary learhors. 8:30 p. in.?Reception ami Social session. Union B. & L. Association. I nion, Special.- At a meeting of the directors of the l uion Building and Loan Association .1. D. Arthur* wa> elected treasurer t<\ succeed \Y. W. Hitches, the defaulting treasurer, and dates for stockholders of the various series to meet were set. A Horse Thief at 9? Clarksburg, Special.- -Klijali Hull. I a 9-vear-old boy, is charged here with stealing two horses bitched to a luirgy. and driving them to a gvpsy ramp two miles from town, where he tried to trade a gray horse for a black one, so as to have a matched team, but failed. The boy was lodged in jail. Killed by Lightning. Union. Special.?A very heavy wind, rain and electrical storm passed over this section late Monday afternoon, the wind blowing at a fierce rate, while the rain came down in a perfect deluge. David Nelson, aired about 20 years, was killed by lightning during the storm, as was also a dog under the house. There were some ten persons with him in the house of his father. Nathan Nelson, who lives on Dr. T. B. Bates' place several miles from Santue, and all were considerably shocked, the baby being badly burned. THE PARKS KILLING Coroner'8 Inquest Held Saturday.? . Remains of Mr. Parks Taken to His Old Home. Orangeburg; Special.?-The death of Mr. James T. Parks, which occurred from the wounds received in the pistol battle with Mr. Robert 11. Covar, has east a shadow of universal sorrow over this entire community. Mr. Parks, in addition to his newspaper work, taught srhool at one time in this county. He was for several years one of the public cotton weighers at this place, ami had numerous friend* all over the county, lie was of a jovial disposition ami easily mado friends in this city. He has many strong friends in this city. He was always considerate of others and it was not eharacteristie of him to speak ill of any person. . Covar's Condition. It is understood that Mr. t'ovar has been suffering intensely from his wounds, and it is said that his right arm is paralyzed. He has not been resting well at all. The doctors do not consider his injuries as necessarily dangerous. The Inquest. Coroner ! '. N. Riekenbaker itupannelled a jury and the regular inquest was held according to law over the remains of Mr. I'urks. The finding was in the following language: "The said .1 .T. Parks came to liis death by gunshot wounds in tho hands of R. II. Covar.'' Tho jury of inquest was composed of the following: business men: Messrs. F. .1. D. Folder, A. 14. Dukes. K. R. 1 lulling, P. M. Smoak. R. K. Keller, A. lb Knple, J. X. Weeks, J. C. Pike, K. l>. MeMichael. .V W. HolTmaii, .T. W. Stack and J. I.. Weeks. The Testimony. Mr. C. P. Branson, sworn, says: "Ou June 'Jfi, 1006, about 11 o'clock a. m., T was driving; up to the court house gate. at niv office. Before getting to the usual place of slopping:, Mr. A. M. Bo/.ard came up and spoke to me. relating the death scene of his wife, .lust then I saw the deceased J. T. Parks, walking out of the court house, and at the same time Mr. R. IT. Covar toward Russell street side of the court house on Church street. I was looking at them. .Tust at the gate they met. Mr. Parks gave Mr. Covar a hand salute. .Tust then Air. Parks spoke to Mr. Covar and Mr. Covar replied. Just then Mr. Parks struck tl presume) Air. Covar. Just as that happened Air. Covar hacked a little, both hands to his shirt bosom: in the twinkling of an eye lie (Covar) presented a pistol at Parks' bodv and filed and continued tiring. Then Parks kinder turned and then drew a pistol and fired. Then it was continual firing by both men." Question. "Did anyone else fire a i..I >*' -M . Answer. "No one. T saw Air. Covar's father with a pistol in his hand. ami suvinir to his son. 'Kill him!' ami "oiiur in tin* direction of his son ami Paries. Paries was movin?r l"?elewards.'' Mr. A. P. Lindstedt. sworn, says: ' That on .Tune 2th 100(1. nhonl II 'clock a. m.. T was coining down t'hnrch stieet hv the court house fence. I saw Mr. Parks strike Mr. Covai". Then ustantlv shooting commence. Air. Covar tired tir-l. Tliev could not have hren over ei M or ("it feet apart at flm first shot. It could M??f have lieen more than a shroud to fore vapid firinir hv h<?th parties. Pnvks and Covar. Just at (the time they cee?rd firms' and commenced to reload. T rushed to Mr. 11. P. fivar and disarmed him. Just as I looked around T saws Air. Covar's father eoinimr up hollowing, 'llobhie. -ton! stop!' He was armed. T tried to take the pistol away from him. lie said. "Don't disarm me.' I said, 'Put if in your poeket .' Then he out it in his poeket and went off with his son. I then turned Mr. Covar's pistol over to the sheriff." Questtion by foreman: "Would you know tlie pistol now if you saw u\" . i Answer: 'Mrs. (Pistol presented.! Tt is 1 lie pistol; it was unbleached when 1 got it: had two loaded shells in it : no empty shells in it." Dr. A. S. Tlydriek. heinsr sworn, rays; ''That, lie h?s this day examined bv dissection the body id' .1. T. Parks and finds on the body of -.tin i. 1. I'arks three jjiundmt wounds, viz: first, on? shot enterim* and frneturin.* (lie chin and pnvdmr out. the di reel ion lioiiur from rbrht t<? loft mid from above. flown wonts: the second, n srnnohot vrounfl entering on the riirlit ndo of the body bet ween the ninth and tenth ribs, in the nvilnrv lino, and passim; through the bod,y wound' ' . i';r* *" " ' ing in its passage the right lobe of the liver ami the transverse colon, the point of entrance being tive inches below nipple. right side, and the point of exit six and one-half inches below nipple on left side; third, a wound below and to the right of the umbelliens, which was made by a spent bullet and did not pass through abdominal wall. There was about three pints of blood in the abdominal envitv. ami evidence of general peritonitis. Tn my judgment, the death of kaid d. T. Parks was due to the wounds described above." During vesterday afternoon, in spite of his intense suffering, Mr. Parks gave directions regarding the disposition of his business affairs, ami he made a will. There were some directions that he desired to give in regard to his business matters and lie apparently was in possession of his mental faculties until a short time before his death, lie made 110 antemortem statement, as far as has been made known. He made none to h:s > attorneys. Mr. t'ovar ha- not given out any statement. INJUNCTION ASKF.D FOR! : Former County Auditor of Barnwell Takes Book Depository Case Into Coxirt?The Complaint. Columbia. Special. As a result of lite book contracts by the State board ?!' education ami the decision of tlihat body ot establish a State depository 11 Columbia, a temporary restraining arder lu? been obtained from Chief Justice TVoods by Messrs. Bellinger ? Welch which will result in a liear.ng on the legality of the action of board on duly II and until that time no contracts can - be signed and all ol the school book business held up; The suit is brought by Messrs. Bellinger <k Welch for Mr. W. H. Duncan of Harwell, former auditor of that county. It is not known whom Mr. Duncan represents hut it is thought that some book bouse might be interested in the fight. The complaint presented to Associate Justice Woods at Marion states that the code provides tor county depositories of books, except in some four or five ..unin^ i-.vi'iiipitMi ny ino ad. The county boanl of education is required to set aside a certain amount of money each year to purchase these books and a certain profit is allowed each depository. All bids for supplying the State with hooks are supposed to include the prices laid down at the various county depositories with no charge for shipping; or drayage. The petition then continues: "Your petitioner is informed and believes and so alleges that since the late of the acceptance of the hid and the adoption of said books for the next succeeding live years as above mentioned, to wit: on the 2(ith day >f dune instant, the various publishers or a majority thereof, whose bids had been accepted by the hoard, met and selected, as the manager of the the "central depository" in the city of Columbia, a retail hook concern of said city, and then and there agreed to give as compensation to said book eongern, for acting as the said central depository. 10 per cent, of the gross pi ice of all hooks to pass through the hands ot said dealer or shipped to county depositories or individuals by its order, under its direction or through said 'central depository," the said extra It) per cent, being in addition to (be net price of said books as furnished to the county depositories, and tin* '10 per cent, allowed said county depositories for Ilii*ir immediate remuneration and XJHM1SO. "Ami your pel it inner contends ami hemes 11ijiI tho amount so allowed lo the central depository in an additional amount over and above tlie* :u*tual cost of tljo bonks which the law contemplates shall he charged lo tin' patrons of Hie schools, and heintr chained solelx for the maintenance of tlte central deposiinry. is a violation of the law in thai it inn-eases the number o| middlemen actinn wtheeeu the publisher and the ultimate purchaser, to the cost and dam u>o of the latter. ' Your petitioner respect fully eontend that by tin* statutes of this | rstjiI? Iii?* cost of tli?' bonks to pat runs I if I In* srliool sllilll III* till' not price received by tin* publishers plus the percentage allowed to tlic local cniinty depositories and that it i< unlawful ami bcv01 id tlic power of (be board to add. by any means whatsoever and especially by newly created and additional agencies, any sum however small to the cost of these books which the purchaser is rpijuired to pay." The point made in the above is that (lie publishers in their bids > ' .ecd nil additional charge ot 10 per cent on !lu books and for this reason r.one >f tin* bids are legal. Justice Wood will bear (lie arguments in the ease in July 11 and a decision will be rendered thereon as soon as possible. In the meantime, however, all of the book contrasts are held up. I J HEAVY APPROPRIATIONS Largest Appropriation Ever Made far Public Buildings. Washington, Special.?Subject changes, the Senate committee en public buildings and grounds, upon convetiin? made public the amendments made during its night session in the omnibus public building bill. Among the new items included, are the following: Lynchburg. Ya.. $80,000; Fernanditia. Fa.. $100,000; Greenwood, S. C., $7.~>.(>00; Clifton Forge. Va., $40,000; Dalton (la.. $7,n00; WavcroML Ga.. $7.">00. Reductions in appropriations from llu* llouse hill are as follows; Greenville. S. t$80,000 to $75,000; Florence. Ala.. $1 .">0.000 to $40.000; Tuscaloosa. Ala.. $1 AO,000 to $1 25,000; Oeala. Fla.. $80,000 to $65,000; Portsmouth Ya.. $08,000 to $00.000; Dotliau. Ala.. $40,000 to $55,000; Albany. (i?., $125,000, to $100000. The Senate committee made increases in the House appropriations f as follows: Marietta, (la.. $.">.000 to $.">0,000; Fayetteville. X. <$10,000 to $60,000; Paris. Teim.. $10,000 to $40,000; Chattanooga. Tenn., $.">0,000 to $110,000; Gainesville. Ga.. $4.">,000; to $.">0,000; Salislmr- X. <'., $60,000 to $75.000; Washington. N. ('., $60,000 to $75,000: Fredericksburg, Vu., $.10,000 to $40.000; Gritlin, Ga., $5,000 to $7,500; Newman, Ga., $.5004) to $7500. To the general legislation of (be House is added a provision for tearing down and rebuilding the public building at Richmond, Va., "and infracts are authorized not to exceed $'200,000. with a limit of cost for the. ' building when completed of $800,000. Leading Sunday School Workers Hold Meeting. Knoxville. Special. A meeting wa? held in Knoxville last week of some of the leading Sunday school worker* of Knoxville preparatory to the meeting of Sunday schools of East. Tennessee in Knoxville on September 5, (> ami 7. Secretary Edward Albright of the slate organization was in the city to give the matter impetus. A chairman of the entertainment committee was appointed, a committee selected to secure a place of meeting and other arrangements made. The program was discussed and the intention is to have a program of able \ speakers. In a few weeks, the program will he issued and the work will begin in earnest to secure a large attendance at the meeting. Found Dead in Her Room. Richmond. Special. Miss Albenia Fitzgerald was found dead in her room by a colored woman, Eaur;*. Clark, who had gone to the Fitzgerald home to gather the laundry. No one answering the call, she entered the house and went to .Miss Fitzgerald's room, where she found the. body lying directly in front of the grate, the head resting against a trunk. The coroner found nothing to indicate the cause of death except an affection of the brain. Miss Fitzgerald bad probably arisen and commenced to dress, and bad been stricken while crossing 1 li?? room. Mis> Kilz^erald was years o! 1. She had beer* in ill health l'or several years. Columbian Minister Named. Washington, Spceial Kuri(|ue Corte/ has been named the Colombian minister l<> the I'nited States to sueeeed Diego Monda/a. The State Department has been advised by th*1 American Mini ter llairett at Bogota, that the !!]>|n>iniiiient of Corlez followed the initiali >11 of preliminary negotntioiis at Dotoira looking toward the framing of treatie- Ijelween the I'nited Slates and Colombia intended t _ . # t I -. .1 11- ' m Willi- .in (i i.-jiuii's : i: i < i u in men rate h new era of friendly relations. Forest Fire Raqe. KIPa>o, Texas. Special.?Forest Arcs l)iiriiilfjj- in the lumber tracts near Magdalenu. Sonora, and the town of Mngdalcnu. is threatened. 11 is repcurted Ilial several mining ramps / have been desl ivyed. The region i* thickly populated willi American miners. Great Race Horse Dead. New York, Special. Perhaps the greatest race horse thi> country has ?ver known, and possibly the best <if nil time l'i-ll ilc.ui ill liis l???v afc Sheapsh' ;ld liny at .1 o'clorr? Sunday afternoon (!mna'.rcous to the end, h? i f:- <> five :;;? until the last ounce of his strength wa.- expended, and he died as lie had lived a bravo-hearted thoroughbred, dames 1?. Kecira, tluowner of Sysonhy, when an offer of $200,000 mcis made a few months ago for the animal, merely replied thaw money would not buy him. *< ,