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B :' .9 1 | Sllu 4?ort ittiU Siracs. I PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, f B. W. BRADFORD. S4x months 50 ' L- J..U1 . . . i - - 1 JULY 26, 1906. We were asked this week by a delinquent subscriber why we kept on sending: the paper after tiu suoscnpuon date nau expired. Every newspaper in towns of this size is forced to do this. Should we stop subscriptions when time expires, nine times out of ten the subscriber would give us a .'tcalling down" for insinuating* that his credit was not good. Rather than to cast a reflection against the honesty of a subscriber to pay a small debt, it is next to a necessity for a home paper to continue sending the paper after the time has expired. It is not necessary for the city dailies or weeklies to follow this rule, as their subscribers live at a distance and are not personal friends as is the the case with a majority of our subscribers. Our subscribers should deem it an honor to know that we do not doubt their integrity and continue to send them the paper after their time has expired. Should any desire their paper discontinued they should notify us and remit to date il they have not already done so. We notice in an exchange that a rural route inspector has recently inspected the routes oi Fairfield county and in his report to the department in Washington makes an adverse decision as to the condition of the roads ir that county. The result of this report means that if an improvement is not soon made in tht Fairfield roads some of the routes in that county will be discontin tied. We do not know in wVim condition* our roads are at pres ent, but the inspector's repori of the Fairfield roads and th< probable effect of the repori should serve as an eye opener t( our people who live on th< Toutes which go out from this place. The government is eagei to give the country people mai service but when the require ments are not complied with th< service is discontinued, regard less of whom it effects. The Rock Hill Herald says thai "the five Germans who came tc this city a week or two ago frorr Fort Mill and were given employment by Contractor Harry J. Carr, gave good satisfaction the few days they worked, but the> soon became dissatisfied and movedon toward Chester." Chester has a dispensary at which the immigrants can satisfy their natural thirst for beer, and that town will doubtless become the permanent home of five sturdy Workers. While the Yorkville correspondent of The State did all in his power to discredit the Reformers' conference on the 10th, the editor of the Columbia morning paper has doubtless read other and more correct reports of thA Vnrlf nAnfIV... " l-i W?*w A V?1\ VA/I 1 VI 11 1V/U, I<Jl 111 I11S editorial columns for the past ten days he shows added uneasiness of mind. The Columbia State does not favor Mr. Manning for governor, which, we take, is a pretty good indication that he will at least be in the second race. A Hew Postal Law. Complaint is made to the Department that rural carriers, at the request of patrons of their routes, call at express offices for packages of mailable matter and deliver same outside of the mails to the patrons and receive small fees for the service, and the following prohibitory order has been issued: "Postmasters at rural delivery offices are directed to inform rural carriers that they must not -carry, as express matter, for hire or as a favor, any article ? * 1 ioirr pounds or under, which is mailable, and carriers will inform their patrons that such packages can only lvo delivered by them after the required postage has been affixed to such packages" Tillman On The State. Being asked "by an admirer in ;the crowd at Chesterfield to say K| 'what he thought about the E -Columbia State Senator Tillman said: "It formerly had an editor that didn't like me a bit and didn't tare much for you, but he was a very brilliant man, hut the pres nnHKI^jg^i' "' v j ent editorial deparment of The State is five times as mean and hasn't more than one-fifth of the brains that the former editor had. If they like that kind of advertising I'll give it to them." Georgia Passes Child Labor Law. By a vote of 125 to 2 the lower house of the Georgia legislature has passed the child labor bill. The bill provides that no child under 10 years of age shall be I empioyea in any ractory or man1 ufacturkig establishment within j the State; that no child under 12 years shall be so employed unless ; such child shall be an orphan or j has no other means of support, ! or unless the child shall be the ! sole support of a widowed mother i or aged or disabled father: that I no child under 14 years shall be ! employed at night work; and that ! no child under i4 years shall be ; employed unless he or she can show a certain required ability j to write and read and shall have ! attended school to a prescribed extent. The provisions of the act are to become operative January 1, 1908. Kershaw Will Not Have Dispensary. At a special session of the supreme court held during the past week the county board of control of Kershaw countv was en joined from establishing a dispensary in | the town of Kershaw. The dej cision is of great importance to the people of Lancaster who have j fought against the establishment j of the dispensary for some time I and they will be gratified to learn i that the legal objections raised j by them were sufficient to j make permanent a temporary injunction ordered some time ago. Kershaw is a town on the county line between Lancaster and Kershaw counties. There was a dispensary there on the T Lancaster side of the town until the county voted out the institution. Then the dispensary was closed and nothing further was heard of it until a few months ago, when the State board of dispensary directors received from the Kershaw county board of control a petition sent in for the onenino 1? o of a dispensary at Kershaw on the Kershaw county side. The State board decided to grant the petition and the county board elected Grover Welsh dispenser. The people of Lancaster and especially in the town of Kershaw at once decided to fight this move and a temporary restraining order was obtained until the facts could be represented to the supreme court. "Blind-Tigerisin" or Dispensary? Mr. Editor: I have been thinking of the political situation in this county for months. The political pot has been simmering for I some nme, and you niav expect | it to boil from now until August 15th. It will then be properly skimmed by the "reformers" and nothing left but candidates for j the House who are straight out j for Tillman and the dispensary, i and every mother's son of us who | are opposed to court house "ring j rule" and "government by news! papers" must get on the "firing j line," and stand to our guns until the last shot is fired on August 28. This done, defeat is certain for the aggregation of political tricksters who for their hatred for South Carolina's and the J South's greatest statesman would have blind-tigerism in its worst I ' form run riot oyer our fair State and county. Will our people be influenced by the bitter wailing of the political traitors and dem! agogues backed by a corps of lying newspapers and newspaper correspondents? or are they going to heed the advice of Senator Tillman who is known all nvf, this great country of ours for his rugged honesty, who has been j the peoples' trusted leader for j the past sixteen years and who j has never advised them wrongly? Which side "benoni"? In speaking of a church mem-1 ber's duty as a voter, Mr. Geo. | R. Stewart is quoted as saying in his-efforts for prohibition, "Here is a chain with the following i links, a drunkard, a dispensary, a law, a legislator, and a voter five links." We will havetotakej issue with Mr. Stewart. There should be six links to the chain j and the most dangerous and the | i most damnable link is "blind tigerism," which we have known1 to go so far as to use a church as j a storage room, the pulpit for a bar counter over which to dispense the damnable stufF, and Sunday school literature as bottle stoppers, and it appears that nobody raised a "howl." Mr. Editor, every man with a grain of common sense knows that prohibition is a farce. Why this cry aga'nsjt the dispensary system I under which whiskey is sold legally and nothing is said against the "blind-tiger" system which has invaded the sanctity of the church? Why don't they turn their guns on "blind-tigerism," ; which is so much in evidence in | our so-called prohibition county? | Conditions in our county are bad i enough as it is. Remove the State i dispensary constables from the county and conditions would be; come indeed most deplorable. We have been informed that a certain member of the legislature ; who is now out for re-election on the "blind-tiger" ticket, said that he and five other members of that body ran the whole business in Columbia. If this be true, Mr. Editor, the other "blind-tiger" candidates had better get off the pot and let him run the whole A r?. inmg. .niter explaining to my neighbor, Snipes, the egotism of this political "Jumbo," he replied that we hated Tillmanites would i "look after his case (?) on Aug: ust 28th," as he had "an everlasting, invincible, diabolical and contemptible opinion" of such political "Jumbos." Vox Populi. Gold Hill, July 23, 1906. The Union Picnic. The various committees of the j Union Picnic which is to be he'd i in the grove at the graded school in this place on Tuesday, August 7th, met on Monday and arranged the following program: Exercises open 10 a. m. 1. Tug of war (bovs, ages 12 to 20) prize $1.00. I 2. Hoop race (children, ages 7 to 10) prize $1.50. 3. Bag race (children, age 11 to 16) prize $1.00. 4. Jumping contest (open to ; all) prize $1.50. 5. Fat and lean .foot race. I 6. Print race (young ladies) , prize $1.00. i 7. Handicap race (boys and 1 men) 50 yards. ! 8. Wheeibarrow race (ladies). 0. Obstacle race (boys and : girls). 10. Dinner at 1 p. m. Tournament. 3 p. m. Rules: Entrance fee $2.00; i lenght of lance, 8 feet; any costume. Entrances subject to discretion of committee. All riders subject to elecion by the committee. Riders must pay ; entrance fee by August 4th. All entries and fees must be made to Dr. J. B. Elliott, chair| man of committee. Prizes First, 40 per cent of entrance fees; second, 25 per. cent; third, 20 per cent; fourth 15 per cent; fifth, a tin bugle. The Clemson Extension Car Here. The Clemson College Exhibition Car, together with Professors Newman, Morrison, Michels, House, McSwain and Mr. H. N. Lewis, came up from Rock Hill Sunday evening and spent Mon clay at this place. The visit to Fort Mill was in response to a re' quest to hold a farmers' institute i in Pleasant Valley. The instil tute was held under the auspices of the Pleasant Valley branch of the Southern Cotton Association, and a good crowd was present, considering the had weather of the day. Speech.es were made ! by Profs, Morrison, Newman, and Michels, and are said to have been very instructive and enter-! taining. The exhibition car was kept open the entire day and many visitors were shown the various exhibits therein. The car is fdled with various examples of the work of the Clemson | experiment station, and these were artistically arranged and fully explained by those in charge. The agricultural exhibit was especiallp interesting, as was also the textile exhibit, which was thought by many to excel any of the others displayed. As a Vl'llfllP tho ' '>V t" ?11~1 ?:i1 ? v-cii iinfu wan tilings of a highly instructive nature to the farmer and all those j who saw the car were well paid for their visit. During: the after- 1 noon several of the professors spoke to a crowd of our citizens , in the town hall. The South Carolina Military Academy is not counted this year , by the War Department as one j of the six leading military institutions of the United States, an honor which it has held for sev- j oral years past, carrying with it the right of sending one of its graduates, free of cost, to the j West Point Military Academy, j The War Deparement, however, j will shortly issue a report show- 1 ivg exactly why it was not so i counted. j AuhuI .a D? uuuiu ui ivtgi^irciuon* lhe Hoard of Registration of York county will moot in tlio town of Fort Mill on Fridav, July 27th, for the purpose of registering voters of that town. F. E. CLINTON. i-'Luru of Luaud Reared in Luxury, Died in Stripes. Seldom in every day life does ! one run across a more tragic life story than that of the gentle KenI tuckv lad who died the other day j at High Point, a road convict with a hole through his body to mark the path of a vengeful bullet from the guard's remorseless ! Winchester, says the Gastonia Gazette. He is snoken of ns <ren 1 tie, because, though clearly lacking in high moral pun>ose, he seems to have been brought up politely; and besides, his dying , breath was a plea for the better treatment of his fellow convict on the road. He was considerate ! of his companion in suffering, 1 ! and all of the recorded utterances of the dying boy stamb him as possessing more of the finer in-1 stincts of his race than some of 1 his fellow-men who have been ; lucky enough to stay off the chaingang. Taking it as true that he was bred in a gentle Kentucky home, jone wonders what is the secret of his downfall. Was it here ditv? Was it lack of mother's nursing and a mother's prayers? Did this man sin or his parents, that he was horn to temptation like the rest of us and at last died a convict? Perhaps these things i will never be known until everything else is opened to the ken of man an?i tne angola, but there is one sentence in his last words that may serve to base a guess upon. "1 was reared to have any 1 thing I wanted," he said, and therein may have been the open door to all the ills that he could not conquer in his life's little way. There are few of us who do not need the saving virtues which j come from character, from discipline?hard austere discipline. , Endure hardness as a good soi! dier was the apostle's injunction. Hardness is good when endured for the good it brings, and some hardness must be endured by evj ery mother's son of us who would ; be more than a piece of driftwood on a sea of sin. There is training in it, and training always ! looks to the future, is always directed to an hour of trial, of. i peril, of triumph or defeat. The fair faced little boy mith merry eyes and loving ways anil evercheering laughter, overflowing with good fellowship, tempts fond parents and admiring neighbors ; to gratify his every want. Hotter not do that! He good to him and deny him some things. The | lad" the'guard's rifle killed had) everything he wanted when ho was growing up. And when the 1 I'hciee VMIJ nivic^nto.l it* l-i! ? J-. .-Viivvu IV lllllt DJ ' denying his pride or forging a j cheek he was weak on sell'-denial . and strong in the opposite direcI tion. He had not been trained for the test and the whispering of evil won the conflict. Temptations, trials, many perilous hours will come; woe to him who goes to meet them in his crude untrained strength, woe to him who goes with his powers already dominated by evil influences. The Hebrew lad in the court of 1 Babylon was disciplined before | the hour -he had thought of it, lie had "purposed in his heart that he would not" and he didn't. ; ! Our people are accumulating at a rate they have never before known the material things of life. Parents are better able than ever before to gratify everv want of their children. But it is a good idea not to do it. Teach them to work. Occupied with their work they forget many foolish wants, and that brain, which when idle is the devil's workshop, becomes at once a tristing place of* all of i life's good angels. Teach the boy thrift, that is all right; thrift is a good word and the word represents a thing that is tilled with self discipline, self-denial. Teach him thrift with honor to balance it, and one of these days somebody is going to be pro id oi' the boy. Mothers, don't fear to see your darling boys get their garbs mussed up at work. riou'L bo afraid to have them come home at night hungry and maybe tired, too. An honest day's work has never yet hurt a boy, and if it takes enough of the snap out of him to keep him o!F the streets at ?iight and send him to bed early, vou ouirlit not tn ?mv "Poor little fellow!" The raihe you ought to say, "Hurrah for the day's work!" The snap will ali bo back the next morning. Put if you pet and pamper and indulge and gratify because you | are weak enough yourself Lo prefer the ease of gratifying them to the sterner path of resisting and training by the virtue of wise denial, thep you have only to go far enough with it in order to lind a heartache that noting but heaven can help. Look into your boy's fair bright face and merry 1 eyes, listen to the music of laughter in his sweet voice, and if you can, do anything in the way of | training - hard t raining if neceaV % X sar.v ? to keep him from dying *- ( a strange land, in strange striped j garments, among strange people, j his thirst growing greater as his wounds bleed more, his dry lips wet with cool drafts from the hands of pity-smitten aliens, and from crying at the last, "The i way of the transgressor is hard!" , If you can keep your darling boy from a fate like that bv disci- , pline, by training, however hard 1 and stern, hadn't vou better do it. Gold Hill." If the dog day sign holds good, we will have plenty of rain. The farmers are having a good time now, and are going to almost every picnic in reach. Mi.ss Allene and Mr. Earle Steele, of Ebenezer. spent Satur- | day night at Mr. S. C. Faris's. Miss Bornice Brissie, who has been visiting in this section, was called home by the death of her brother, Mr. Sam Brissie, who was drowned near Charlotte Mrs. Frank Culp, of Pipevillc, visited her sister, iMrs. B. M. Paris last Wednesday Messrs. B. M. Paris and C. TI. Graham spent Saturday in I took Hill. The Children's Day program at Oak Grove was a 'perfect success. Dinner was spread on the ground and the picnic in tl c afternoon was very much enjoyed. Misses Annie and Bculah Faris entertained unite a monitor of young people Saturday evening. -? ?A .&Auiv * I.- ISIx* A watchman's 1 n 1? et 1 ! a leak in t h? great Ner* iiKcn d\I :e, \\ iii-Ui a child's finger con Id have stopped, to i become a ritinousbreak, d< \ ?st:?1 lug an entire province of Holland. In liU< manner KcnueUi Mel\n\ of Y mee-I hero. Me., riuittcd .1 ii !; < ?1.: 10 ^o unnoticed until a tragic. finish was only , averted by Dr. Kim. N >v Discovery, He writes. "Three doctors gave nie up to die of lung iutlamntiou, caused bv a neglected colli; hut Dr. King s New Discmery saved my lifo." Duaraufce.l best 'lough and cold cure, at all drug stores. ode and $l,OU. Trial b< t.tle free. Miss Sus'o White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. White of Lower Fort Mill, has been elected teacher of the F.benezer school, d miles north of Rock Hill. ?01TLY S2 YEAS 3 CLE"I am only years old md don't ex pect cm n when I get veal old ' > feel that way as long tut 1 can Kli 1 i Hitters," says Mrs. K. H. Uruncoii, of Dublin. Da. Surely there's nothing tdse keeps the old as vouug and makes ihew akas .o-omrns this grand tonic itiedieinc. Dyspepsia, tot pid ii\ -r. inflamed kidneys or chronic constipation are unknown it'1 er taking Klt-ctrio Hitters a reasoua'. '. time. (.Suarantce 1 by a 11 druggists. 1 r; v "?' e. Miss Aria Gordon, oT Roc1.: Ilili and iViiss Helen Lindsay, of Lancaster spent Thursday with friends in this place. 7WENTT YEAH BATTLE"I \v;t, it loser in it t\. enty yt- tr ) at r\ w11 h ehronie pi. Mil malignan t c untjl T (viid Hm:i lciiN Arnii-a Salvo; wliie.h t urni tl Iht< I i?l? by cunm; both, t'll not a tree nnuviiiM," writes A. M. l'?r ice, ol' Piirinv il\'a. I;? -1 for oM I leers, t'uts. Hum? ami Woumls. -1 i" , .it ail druggists. Mr. Thomas Cason, <>t Lakeland, Fla., visited triends here during the past week. A HAED LOT of troiihloii ' nli-nil with, spring from a torpid liver ami block;.doit bo ,s is. imloss yon awak<Mi them to tb.fiv propor notion with Dr. Ki i^ s J?e\v i.i ? 1'ilis; t ho pleasant est ami most eil'eetive curt! for i oust ij sit ion. Tlioy prevent Appemlieil i> ami lo:io up the system. J?'?c at ;t 11 iln r, sti li s. Mr. W. L. Thompson, of Charlotte, was a visitor to Fort Mill Sunday. Ii hits caii^d morn lavish on.! driml more tears, \vi|??-tl away <liseas> s ami driven away mmv l'< us than ar; her mt iioiiit 14 (a A ), id. iin!lister s Kooky Mountain Tea. <? ivnt.i, lea or Tablets. Kirks Drutf Co. Miss Lulu ?loaa, of 1 .ako a..d, Mil., is ;i truest of r.-T aunt, Mrs. K. G. Whitloek, on C iebourn street. N. ]>. Truth, St. I'aul, June ill, 'okI've lived s > 1 ronmiuinT well when the Mississippi was a le.ook. My ..jooil health an I !<> J life ?s. ie to lakinir llollister's Koe ;y Mountain Tea. .>a cents, i'arks Dai.' Co, Mrs. M. E. Henry and children of St. lvlersnurp:. Ma., are ; here on a visit to relatives. ? \ little love, i little waul h, A little home for yon an 1 mo; It's all I ask ex?;t i>t pood health. VVldeh ?: * 1 T* .. in-:* ii : i ii iu.ru Mount.UII T?a. ikirics Drug Co. -4 Mrs. John Richardson and Miss Bright Riehardson of Monroe, X. C.f are spending a week with friends in Pleasant Valley. Fresli Bakers* Bivad every Saturday at .TONKS . Don't bo fooled and nude to believe thai rheumatism can be en red wit local appliances. Hillister's Rocky Mountain Tea is the only |>?s'fi\e cure for rheumatism. v. cents. Tea or < TauLui.i-?l urk* Drug Co. , M - Announcements. ?????? . COUNTY SUPT. OF EOUCATION We urn authorized to announce JNO. A. SUURIjKY, of Bhenezor, :i candi* . dnt?> for the officii of Countv J^uporintcudcnt of hulncutlou of York county, subject to the action of tho Dcrnoom"; ? primary election. HCUSF OF REpftESENTATIVE3. The many frieiuls of Mr. i*. H. IOFPS, Mt , of Fort Mill, hereby announce him us a modulate for the IIouso of Reproheutativos, subject to the rules of tho Democratic party. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR^ . M'o nn> authorized to announce ,T. J. 1IUNTKK as u candidate for reoom- , mendatiou to the office of county Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic erimary election. We are authorized to announce W.B.WILLIAMS as a candidate for tpjioiii'wont as Auditor of Yorkcotuity, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in tlie approaching primary election. FOd COUNTY TREASURER. We are authorized to announce II. A. D. NKKI-Y as a candidate" for recommendation for re-appoint metit as 'I tvasurer of York county. subject. to : he h'-ie* cf i h" Dcuutcca.il voters in t he appi ia< !ti g primary ch ion. ! (.COM UPt. tYISCR. ] ecofjii / i h< a'? ' and high worth t Mr .JO! ,s ' t OKDON, w< do with pleasure present nis name t< the voters for Supervisor of York route. subject to the rules <f the approachinu 1 Jomorratic. primary. VOTERS. We arc j at hot* zed to announce Mr. T'lOM \S \Y !'.< iVD ?s a candidate for t he i)i mot mi tic nomination for re-election as Supervisor of Yovk comity, sub jeet to the ehoice of the Democratic vui- t's in the approaching primary oct ion. 17 a,..-., LA'O College of Charleston C harlestxm, S. C. 12lst year be ;ins September 28. Lett' rs. Science. Enpineerinr. One .scholarship. giving free tuition. to eaeb county of South Carolina. Tuitv-n $40. Boaid and room in Dormitory $11 ?. month. Alt candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boy ce scholarships which pay $100 a year. For catalogue. .address Harrison Randolph, j President. j "1mpekial' ; flour \ i Is the BEST FT OTTR on i ? a, inurU. :, <M > in 'ri ' ,u.; ,i $ will alwny.- Iihk .> t". V You mi always-find it .. * a. o. jones' j 5 PHONE 14. * r y n,^ v n. *. .J. e> * ? I.et the ? * | CliarltttB SieaiB Laundry \ i Laur.:lcr Your Linen. ; ? 4 * I W nnvo I l?e liinicest and > * last Laundry Plant in i <k I ho Ohrolinas. Wo do mort *" i- \v??rk than any laundry i v 4 I ho Ca rolinas. Wo do IL ! y * . . , v a lor work Limn any iaunfl v ^ * in liit) S mill. Our auoir *' 4 i ii V whoso name is attache! v 4 4 hereto, has instructions I * f, t 4 <_jivr y? u I nil and complet i 4 9 ft huiiKim'tiou or make * s * <? charge. ? ? Isn't tha* f . < 1 V ** 4 V ? _ . ? .r v. : # ? ? r, sc - v 1 * Pfr> -> - I t V.iM ' . * C) *>' 4 Ui!-> J ? i,?'T .MILL, > i * 4 o "is >* >*<ir'*> :'<* </ f OO ^ "* ' ?Handalesbiirg Sic:-. C. Kimbr 11. Prop., R. F. D. No. 1 >. I'inoville, N (' J iil v Price List Arlnu kle's Cob Su^ar ' r,? ij.ii a _ ?. _ i-..',1 Meat Brown \li.!o '!\ -acco Mau<l Alii !'i?b-ioeo Kerosene ; i;.u' >n lota) ior Fruit Jars, I-1 pal. GO . .< Fruit Jar- 1-2 pal. , . Jar Rubbers _ ?< Chill (wres, Vinot.una, 7 .i;\s Tonic, lluirhes' Tonic v ? >v. Tonic, Dr. Hers* Sl'ocK '* . < ? r , Dr. iic V I'oultry Foe i; a.'.r p I'uWil 'r, Heave Cure, KiiDr A full line of Ram - % ken-.' IJen. I c. n\v in aN <-eocenes, Dry (I' KKts, H wave, \v'hi* <1 early r . :inos, Lee, Lcuumo v.. Lrink-x S ~ -