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l'"* ""mmmT . . ?lu Jort put ?imw. t DEMOCRATIC ? PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, i B. W. BRADFORD. 1 One year .... $1.00 > Six months 50 j JULY 5. 1906. 5 . - j There is evidently something; t wrong with the sanitary condi- j i lions of Fort Mill. During the ! * 80 years' residence of the writer 1 in the town, we have never1 i known as much fever to exist in i anv nnp spnsnn as thprp is in thp 1 t place at present. It is not our object to discredit the health conditions of the town in the < eyes of the outside world, but 1 the fever situation here has be- '; come alarming, and it is our de- ? sire to impress upon the minds j of the citizens the necessity of 1 taking concerted action to stamp ] out this dangerous disease. \ Fever, as we understand it. may < be contracted by the inhalation \ of foul air or by consuming im- i pure foods or water. Granting: i this to be true, the question11 arises from which of these sources come the fever germs. A significant fact in connection with j the present epidemic of fever is . that the victims of the disease i are, almost to a unit, children who attended the last session of j the graded school. This fact < would seem to suggest, therefore, ] that the trouble lies in the water j supply or the sanitary conditions j surrounding the institution, and < the matter should be investigated. But, should this not be the cause of the trouble, then the spread of the disease is due to the condi- j tions in and around the homes of , our citizens. We have been asked j to appeal to local the board of ( health to make an early and , thorough inspection of the town, \ ...~ ,.u? rrtu:~ I <*uu WC UlIUCl 1U1I^ UU au. AI11H | matter should be attended to at , once. It has always been a puz- ( zle to the writer that so few ( people at this season of the year j give the matter of cleanliness . the proper attention. A stroll over the town any afternoon will convince one that many, hog- , pens, closets, and other places \ where filth collects, are not re- ^ ceiving proper care and demand the attention of the authorities. It is hoped that the board of health will at once issue orders for the cleaning of all premises and take other necessary steps ? , to check the spread of fever t which promises to continue un- 1 less some action is taken. t i ' T The Columbia Record on Mon- , day published an article con- . cerning J. Frazer Lyon, candidate for attorney general, which will doubtless have a very damaging effect on his candidacy. . Mr. Lyon was a member of the ' legislature as well as a member; r, of the dispensary investigating q committee, and during the lasti x session of the general assembly, J [ according to The Record, drew a > salary of $4 a day as legislator r and $4 a day as committeeman. ' This act The Reoord terms as ' "salary grabbing" and says that j Mr. Lyon would not acknowledge ! the charge until pushed to the i 'i wall and forced to answer yes or no. The Record's article is i quite lengthy and, seemingly, i shows that the people of the:. State have been looking to, and r at the same time paying for, one j t grafter to unearth the deeds of another. But the trouble with Mr. Lyon is that he did not cover j his tracks completely and his alleged crookedness has found . _ him out. j ? iv The Rock Hill Record of Tues- i ^ day informs us that we were i ^ wrong in our last issue in saying > that the local telephone company | \ of that city was controlled by the j Bell people. Our information i a was picked up from outside! ja/\nt*moa on/1 n/-??r * Laf *??/> tti iu uuyv t'lai IlilVt' | j The Record's word for it that we i j were wron^, we hasten to make j y apologies. However, that the j v Bell people have the strings on ! s the local system of that eity is ; s made plain by the statement in The Record that the A. T. &. T. i v Company holds a franchise in th9 city and that whenever they i a conclude that Rock Hill is a prof- j ? liable field they will go there and J j put the local company out of business. The A. T. & T. Co., ^ like other big corporations, seems d destined within the next few n years to own everything in its a line that is worth while. ''If Mr. Lyon is elected attor- h ney general somebodysays the t Yorkviile Enquirer, "will have f to sweat about the dispensary 1 stealing.'' Perhaps so. but the V lie formers of the State are not v going to vote for Mr. Lyon and .1 It does not cost so very much j *) own a home in cur city. Lots. ' ?plendidly located and of ample ; uze, can be purchased for little i noney. Building material is is reasonable here as at other I x>ints. Able architects and conductors are ready to satisfy every ' iemand, hence to own a home is ! vithin the range of possibility, ; 10 matter how meager the salary >r limited the means. If a man I s honest upright, and displays i willingness to help himself, ; :here are many people here who Ml 1 > ? 1 viu give mm vvnatever help is i leeded, so long as it be within he bounds of reason. If you know or hear of an interesting item in the community, j nake it a point to see that it finds ' i place in your local paper. We j should much appreciate your effort and will send our reporter , to ascertain or verify any lacking points. Anything which tends j to better or brighten the news 1 service of a paper makes it of so i much more value to the com-1 munity, and the subscribers are : tne ones mostly benefitted there- i by. Did you ever stop to reflect that it was one thing to talk about people and another thing to have people talk about you? [f those of us who use our tongues a little too freely, about aur neighbors, would stop and reflect about this matter and know the great evil that comes from too much gossip and tattling we are sure we would call a halt 1 - " *nu gossip no more iorever. The name of our town stands j for a picture in the minds of nil , who have lingered even for a i few fleeting days within the :harm of its wooing beauty. It stands not alone as a pleasant picture, but as the future ideal :o its own loyal citizens. It is inique among its sisters in this | ;ounty as an ideal city of homes, jven as the county is unique for ! ts wealth, fertility and manifold ittractions. That it takes a thief to catch l thief is forciblv demonstratoil d.v the recent reports from Columbia. Cherokee's First Hanging. The first hanging in Cherokee since the formation of the conn- ; y will take place on September j 4, when Ed Rainey will pay ;he penalty for his crime, tainey, according to the Gatfney ,edger, is a negro from Blacks)urg who was lodged in the raffney jail in November on a| louble charge of murder and j ape. Rainey was accused of ommiitin.tr this awful crime 011 j wo negro girls, one thirteen I rears of age and one fourteen. rn ? ..-11 * i- ? Lin- Luirietin-.veHi'-oia gin niea loon after, as alleged at the rial, lis the result of injuries ( nflicted by the negro. He was ' odged in jail at Gaffnoy and has emained in-custody ever since. Uthough charged with both ape and murder only the charge >f rape was embodied in t he case , igainst him that was concluded , he past week. This is the first sentence of leath that has ever been passed n Cherokee county and a pecuiar coincidence is that it is the irst death sentence Judge Prince has ever passed. The Value of a Newspaper. T never took a paper that didn't j >ay me more than I paid for it. j )ne time an old friend of mine tarted a paper way down South ind sent a copy to me and I Mibcribed just to encourage him and ifter a while it published an order o sell a lot at public auction. So i inquired about the lot and told , friend to run it up to $50. He >id off the lot at and it sold n less than a month for $J00, so made $(>2 clear by taking that taper. My father told me that rhcn he was a young man he aw a notice in a paper that a j chool teacher was wanted away i ft' in a distant county, and he rent and got the situation, and i little girl was sent to him and fter awhile she grew up sweet nd beautiful and he married her. Jow, if he had not taken the aper what do you suppose would iave become of me? I would iave been some other fellow, or maybe I wouldn't have been at .11.-Bill Arp. The Chester Reporter, which' ias been owned and edited for he past 30 years by John H. iucnanan, has changed hands, "he paper was sold to Messrs. V. J. Irwin and J. T. Perkins, 1 vho took charge of the business 1 ulv 1st. The new proprietors i pill issue a semi-weekly, all-home < irint paper, 11 The Encampment at Chickamauga. Adjutant General Frost on i Monday announced that it had 1 been decided to send the three \ regiments of militia of the State j to Chickamauga in this order: The Third Regiment, from the j low country, will leave home on ) July 27 and returning leave i Chickamauga August 3rd; the i Second Regiment, from the mid-! < i l. _ ni . i . Mi uie portion oi tne estate, win leave Columbia August 3rd and leave camp on its way back home on August 10th; the First shall be last, leaving the up-country on August 10th and leaving camp on August 17th. It was decided to send out the regiments in order of the rank of their colonels. Col. Schachte of the i Third is the ranking colonel of j the State, but as between Cols. ; H. T. Thompson, of Columbia. J and VV. W. Lewis, of Yorkville, the attorney general's office had to be called upon for an opinion, they being commissioned on the ; _ i mi . * . I same uay. 1 ne opinion was tnat Colonel Thompson outranked i Colonel Lewis because the for- ' iner had hold a commission in ! the militia longer, the Federal1 army regulation and law being! the foundation for this conclusion. Vacation For R. F. D. Carriers. Zack McGhee, the Washington correspondent of The State, writes that paper under date of July 1 as follows. Beginning with July 1st all rural iree delivery carriers will j be entitled to two weeks leave of absence on full pay. Several of of the South Carolina delegation have been urging this provision, bills having been introduced along i.u:~ 1:?i "kjt 4 ? mis ime uy lvxessrs. /vjkch, lvever. I Patterson, and I suppose the i others. They and others have, been din-gdonging after this thing until finally the committee itself put it into the bill and it is i now law. Some of the South Carolina members have been getting a number of letters from I rural free delivery carriers ask- ! ing about this matter, so many t hey say that they have been un- i able to answer them. Senator Tillman's Appointments. The following: are the appointments of Hon. B R. Tillman for the two weeks beginning on next! Monday: Columbia. July 9th; Mineral Springs, Lexington county, July 10th; Aiken. July 11th; Barnwell, July 12th; Bamberg, July 13th; Elloree, July 14th; Choravv, July 17th; Lamar, July 18th; Chester, July 19th; Lancaster, July 20th, and Liberty Ilill, Kershaw county, July 21st. Senator Tillmrm loft onrlvr in ! the week For Patterson Springs, j 111., where he had an engagement' to lecture, but will return in time ! to speak at. Sandy Flat, in C.reen- i ville county, next Saturday. The senator has had a number of in-1 vRations to speak at other places | but as yet has not arranged any j further meetings. Hard on Candidate Lumpkin. The following is from the xt iuiiirw^cviu<; i u<i; inw ?; "lion W. W. Lumpkin, who lived in this city for several years and was depot agent for the Georgia railroad, is now a citizen of Columbia, S. C., and has entered the race for the U. S. i senate in opposition to Ben Tillman. of pitchfork fame. It is, probably good for his candidacy that the people here cannot vote in his race, for it is believed that' he would be defeated if they could." Things Doing on Mr. Stogner'* Farm. Lunoafltvr Newrf. Mr. Oscar Stogner, one of the Antioch section's most progressive young farmers, is probably the happiest man in his community-happy because he has been especially blessed this year with an abnormally large number of Inyflna /\V. ??? ~~ O? ? ' 1 1 i'ii id 10 \/n jua juivcc. mnce xne first of January, to say nothing of a "new arrival" in every household on the plantation, Mr. Stogner's cows have each given l)irth to a calf, his mare to a fine colt, his sows to large litters of pigs, his Shepherd dog to pup- j pies, his sheep to lambs, his goats to kids, and the end is not yet in ; f ight. About the only things on i I 1..V 1 il- 1 1 nit- puice inui nave not contributed anything to the wholesale1 "increase" are a Tom cat and a 1 time-piece, but they may be heard from later. Housewives complain that' their chickens are doing no good i this year, and turkeys are in; the same line. Those who have j turkey dinners for Thanksgiving . my expect to pay for them. ... .-ai A-. Gold Hill. The rain Sunday night put the ground in shape for the far-1' mers to sow peas Monday. Our | farmers are very well up with j their work. Vegetables are 11 plentiful but there will be no | ripe watermelons in Gold Hill by j1 the 4th of July. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. ! Walter Hoover has been very!1 sick, but is reported better. Miss Maude Smith spent Sat- ! urday night with Miss Maggie ! Wilson Mrs. B. M. Faris spent j a few days last week with her1 sister, Mrs. Frank Culp, of Pineville, whose child was very ill. Miss Cammie Crook who Vino Konn vieifinrr rolofitroo in Mwii Titiiiiug i viav* in | Wilmington, N. C. was expected home this week.??Mrs. Edna Edwards and her little daughter, Mary, of Braidentown, Florida, are expected this week on a; visit to the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Faris. Flint Hill. Hot weather is all the talk these days, the farmers are working hard to get out of the field before the hot weather comes, but it has come. June has past and gone and no June , bugs come. Now some of you scientific farmers tell us why the June bug failed to put in its appearance. Mr. William Boyd, son of Mr. Theodore Boyd, of whom mention has been made, is still con- i fined to his bed, but is improving i He was clear of fever the 1st j inst. and his symptoms were I good for a speedy recovery. Mr. Josh Davis has been right' sick but is improving. Mr. Robert Harris is sick. The weather is so intensely hot those who are well can scarcely j survive, and pity those who are sick. Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Bailes \ Rave the young people a lawn party at their handsome resi- j deuce on the evening of the 29 I ult., which was very much enjoyed by all who were present, Mr. and Mrs. Bailes are very' hospitable and know just how to entertain and make their guests have a nice time. ' There was preaching at Flint! Hill the 1st inst. by the pastor Rev. Reeves. This community was blessed with a good rain last night, which makes the air much cooler this morning. Pleasant Valley. i Farmers are still battling' General Green, he seems hard to conquer. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wolfe, of Charlotte, were at Mr. J. D. 1 Wolf's Sunday. Mr. Walter and Miss Ella Bickett of Sard is. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bickett of Harrison, were at Air. Lee Bickett's Sunday. Mrs. Mamie Plyler of Lancaster is at her father's this! week. A. >1. Hughes from Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. McAsee were married Sunday by Esquire j 1). K. Hall. Mr. J. W. Davidson is con-' temnlatinc a trin tn T)nnvill^ week. At the campaign meeting at | Aiken last Wednesday, James, Cansler, the York county candidate for railroad commissioner, | said that the South would not | duplicate another Cansler, be-, cause it would take too much , work. He said that he intends} to run for office as long as he is j able to stand upon the stump, i and said that six years from now lie would not have U> distribute | cards for the people to know who he was.? Rock Hill Herald. INTERNATIONAL | The best known, The strongest. The biggest seller. Stock and Poultry Pnwripr & U TV UVI We have just received a big fresh shipment in packages and pails of this, the Standard stock ] onri ?v\n u~r ...a. , CfcJlVI J/VVUU/ JUvUil. ll 1*7 Ui tliu ' world. Ardrcy's Drug Store. Money Enough For Encampment. Adjutant General Frost a few days ago received a letter from the war department saying that the $18,000 which he had asked about, would be available for the purposes of the Chickamauga encampment. This will afford enough money for the three regiments to go to the interstate encampment, so it is likely that all three will uro after all. The rejriments will ro out separately, j the first to leave to leave the last week in July. A TRAGIC FINISHA watchman's neglect permitted a leak in the great Nort h Sea ilyke, which a child's linger could have stopped, to ! become a ruinousbreak, devastating an i entire province of Holland. In like! manner Kenno'li Melver, of Vance- j boro. Me,, permitted a little cold to go unnoticed until u tragic tinish was only I averted by Dr. King's New Discovery, ' He writes. "Three doctors gave me up to die of lung inftamation, caused bv a ; neglected cold; but Dr. King's New Discovery saved my life." Guaranteed best cough and colli cure, at all drug stores. oOo and $1,00. Trial bottle free. Candidates who want the farmers' votes had better not call upon them while they are busy fighting the grass, unless Lliey are willing to take a hoe and do a little work thorns. ~s. ; ONLY 82 YEABS OLD. "I am only 82 years old "lid don't expect even when 1 pet real old to feel i that way as long us I can get Electric I Bitters," says Mrs. E. II. Druucoti, of | Dublin, Ua. Surely there's nothing | else keeps the old as young and makes I the weak as strong as this grand tonic! medicine. Dyspepsia, torpid liver, in- ' flamed kidneys or chronic constipation j are unknown aftor taking Electric Bit- ! ters a reasonable time. Guaranteed by I all druggists. Price 60c. ? There is a great demand in j Fort Mill for all classes of me- j chanics and laborers, at good wages. ? - - ? TWENTY Y?AR BATTLE"I was a loser in a twent y year battle with chronic piles and malignant sores, until i trie?l liuolclen's Arnica Salve; i whiuli turned the tide by caring both, I till not a trace mmuins." writes A. M. ! Bruce, of Farmvillc, Ya Best for old 1 Ulcers, Cuts, Burns and Wounds. 25c ' at all druggists. - * ? A large number of the resi- j dents of this section contemplate spending a few weeks in the mountains this summer. . A HARD LOT of troubles to contend with, spring from j a torpid liver and blockaded bowels, i unless you awakeu them to their prop j er mtioil with Br lfinif'a f.ifr,' Fills; l lu< pleasant est amine 1 ti euro for Constipation. Tin-. prevent Appendicitis and tone up tho system. . 25c at ull drug stores. We have had some oppressively hot weather the past week, but it was needed to clean the crops, j - It has caused more laughs and dried more tears, wiped away diseases and driven away more fears than any other medicine in tho world. Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 85 cents, Tea or Tablets,?Parks Drug Co. Doubtless the peach, apple, blackberry crops are sufficiently large this year to enable the merchants to close out their stock of fruit jars. N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 81, 'OS ? j I've livi'il I.>in? I v..in,,ml... - - - "0> - - I when tno Mississippi was :t lcook. My good health and loiter life caino by ' takiiiK Ilollisti r's Rocky Mountain : Tea. ;to cents. Parks Dm*? Co, Since the excessive rains farm work is being pushed, grass has taken fine hold and is looking as if it has reached the fertilizer. Crops of both corn and cotton are unusually tine and very promising at this time. A little lovp, a little wealth, A little home for yon and mo; It's all I ask except trood health, Whieh eonicn %*ith Rod: ' Tea.?Parks Driitf Co. -77; : i xi you Willii XODES, call nj> A. O. JONES. NOTICE! I have for sale some fine pigs, ; bred from male which is entitled to registration. Some lots in Oklahoma at $50 each. Some second mortgages on j Real Estate in South Carolina? i good investments. Call at Ran-! \ dalesbur# Store, or address, C. B. Kimbrcll, R. F. D. No. 15, Pineville, N. C. Fresh Bakers' Bread, jvory Saturday at JONI-Sj'. ' ANNOUNCEMENTS. Candidates' cards, not exceecing uiih inch, will be inserted laths column for the sum of $5.00. Cam must accompany all orders. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. Wo are authorized to auuoutice J. J HUNTER us a candidate for recoijmeudation to the office of county Audi: or, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election. We are authorized to annouu< c W. H. WILLIAMS as a candidate fur appointment as Auditor of York county, subject to the recomiueudatiou of the Democratic voters iu the approaching primary'elect ion. FOR COUNTY TREASURER^ We are authorized to announce II. A. D. NEEDY as a candidate for recommendation for re-appoiutment as Treasurer of York county, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters iu the approaching primary electiou. f-UH COUNTY SUPERVISOR. Recognizing the ability and high worth of Mr. JOHN F OORDON, we do with pleasure present his name to the voters for Supervisor of York county, subject to the rules of the approacl ing Democratic primary. VOTERS. "We are authorized to announce ft' THOMAS W UOYD as a candidate 1 the Democratic nomination for re-elc tiou as Supervisor of York county, subject to tho choice of the Democratic voters in the approaching primary eltctiou. WJNTH HOP COLLI* i $ SCHOLARSHIP AM > ENTftANOE m:n ai il n The examination for the award f vacant scolarships in Winthrop Colleg anil for ilio admission of new studen will be held at the County Court Hoi ou Friday, July titli, at U a. 111. A} plicants must not be less than lift eon years of ago. When scholarships are vacated after July t>. they will Vo awarded to those making the high i average at this examination provided they meet the conditions governing t h award. Applicants for scholar-hip should write to President Johnsot > ? fore the examination for schola r* ; > application blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and iron tuition. The next session will open September i'Jtli, 1000. For furtlici uiforniarion and catalogue, ad ?re-Pres. D. 11. JOHNSON. Rock Ilill, S. $ "IMPERIAL' ? J FLOUR J J Is tlie BEST FLOUR 011 tli< ? ^ market. Give it a trial aud yor> ^ will always have Good Bread > ^ You can always tiud it at $ A. O. JONES' 5 ? PIIONE 11. Jj <? O 4s <6? -"t 1? t? V]2 <i?-V- J' \"V *? *& *? m .* ? Let the $ PharlnttP QtPam T anndm. n (> uuuiiUllU MIUUIII JJU.II11 111 ) V 4 Launder Your Linen. |? (\ \\ e have the liiy^est a:1 v ? Host Laundry Plant 4 t ho Carolinas. We do nu r y 4 V 4 work than any laundry in y <C the Carolinas. We do B< t V d. v> 4 ter work than any lauud.y v 4 in the South. Our ai?en:s, V 4 whose name is attach'd A 4 hereto, has instructions to 2 tfive you full and coinple'e y 4 satisfaction or make no 2 charge. ? 2 Isn't that fair dealing i V 4 _____^ JJ to 1 PARKS DRUG COMP'T { Z AGENTS 2 uAT MILL, - - - S. C. ? 4 ^ a - P UtileDocfor CURES Liver Complaints ; u c* only Ramon's Liver P^'. and Tonic Pellets, fi gives your money bac? not satisfied. Yourli.ii is the biggest trouble; maker. If you woul? . l>? well, try Ramon's Tri j ment. Only 25 cents . I For 5?lc by W. B. Aidroy I