Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 09, 1906, Image 2
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J AUGUST 9, 1906.
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r We are not given to boasting
bnit we are prouil of the farmer
boys of this vicinity. They are,
with rare exceptions, a healthy, j
intelligent and hippy class of j
young men. We feel like taking
our hat clean off when we meet
them upon our streets, and no
class is more welcomed in our
office. Too many boys leave the
farm where they would have
made substantial and good citi- '
zens, and go to the city where
only one in a thousand succeed
in life's battle. There are I
vvVirt I'nirlv drivo i
boys away. There is no excuse i
for this. The farmer boy is en- {
titled .to his vacations, to several j
.relaxations, his visits to the city, 1
good books, magazines and his ;
home paper. To the observing
.cm it is plain to be seen that the ,
old farm is the best place in the
world for the average young j
man and never fails to bring- a
happier and more useful life than
the city. Young men, you who '
tili the soil and earn your bread 1
by the sweat of your brow, we
are proud of you; our latchstring '
is always out to you and you will
always have a friend in this j
l paper. Come and see us and!
\ give us the news from your
\ neighborhood.
\ The editor of this paper would
\ be the last man on earth to:
\ knowingly say a word to hurt;
the feelings of any of its sub- j
scribers or citizens, especially at
a time when the dark winged :
\ messenger of death has brought:
sorrows to the home, but from
the best of motives we desire to !
,caii the attention of our readers
" \ to the custom of publishing j
"cards of thanks." It is a cus
torn that has outgrown its pur- |
pose, if it ever had one. When
.sicknesss and death comes to
your home it is only natural
that your friends and neighbors
should do what they could to
.assist you. They would be
heathens if they did not. They
know from the expression of
your face that you are thankful j
.and deeply appreciate all they do, '
and it is not necessary to rush i
into print and tell the world that
your neighbors were kind when 1
you was in trouble. The reading
public are becoming tired of the
old stereotyped "card of thanks" ;
You can express to your friends j
by a look or word your thankful-:
ness in a more impressive man- j
r ner than you can in a column of
, coldly pe.
T]^ere are but few editors in '
,our/state wno nave not maae a
Jm vigorous and continuous fight!
m ' against the city maii order house.
W < This -has been done in the interW
est oj the home merchant, and
I without money and without
r price, \ If the editors of the land
had received regular advertising
rates tfor all they have said
against these enemies of the
d>untry^ merchant they could now j
}e wearing diamonds. Now the
Jlepartrpent store man appreciates ;
advertising space and is willing |
to take Ull the average country
editor ha3 for sale, and at a
good price. What other class of
business or professional men
would refuse business to help1
their friends especially as many
of said friends never seem in the
least disposed to return the com- j
pliment or even appreciate it.
It is said that the best way to
preserve apples in winter is to
wra'p them in newspapers so as
to exclude the air. The excep- i
tion is made, however, that the
. newspaper must be cne on
j which the subscription has been
paid, else the dampness resulting
l'rom what is "dew" may result
in spoiling the fruit.
Each year the poultry business
-is becoming more lucrative and
now assumes proportions that
will soon rival any branch of
1 .jL ... _ _ *-%
imrn i nan scry. rnrmers nre
forced to acknowledge that the
VI ! old lien can lift her own weight
i in raising a mortgage on the farm.
Col. W. W. I^wis. Maj. Blythe,
Maj<* Walter B. Moore and Capt.
,M. C WiWis, quartermaster, fcll
the-^rst regiment, were in the ;
^^jpesterday on ^liferent mat- j
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York's Taxable Values.
Some very interesting figures
were brought out at the meeting
during the past week of the
State Board of Equalization,
which met in Columbia. Mr. T.
L. Johnston, of Rock Hill, is the
York county representative.
The total per cent, increase in
York county real estate for 1906 j
is 10.24. The increase in value :
of real estate outside of cities J
and towns is $398,045, the whole
being returned at $2,635,390.
The average value per acre of
lands for 190G is placed at $5.55.
For 1905 it was $4.57. York's
city and town property is returned
?1. 7Ri* "in inprunsfi
over 1905 of $342,907, this male- I
ing an increase of over $700,000 ;
taxable values. All cotton mills j
are asking for a reduction, think-1
ing CO per cent basis too high. j
I
Proposed Piedraomt Leacue.
The Chester Reporter says that
plans arc on foot to form a baseball
league to include the leading
towns of the Piedmont section? |
Rock Hill, Chester, Winnsboro, j
Union,.Abbeville, Anderson, Gaffney
and Spartanburg.
The idea is to furnish twelve
weeks of clean, high-class sport
;^ 4-u^. i i it j?: j i
in cn? way sji uui iiig mo |
1907 season. It is proposed to i
hire only college and local players, i
all native men, and hence as free !
as possible i'oom the usual variety I
of professionals.
Oscar Potts Fined $200.
Oscar Potts was before Mayor !
Roddey this morning charged!
with violating the State dispensary
law, and he played before a 1
large audience.
His arrest was effected by
State Constate M. L. Wiggins,
whose testimony was so conclusive
upon two similar charges!
that Mayor Roddey lined Potts
$200 or 60 days on the gang.
The prisoner's counsel, W. M.
Dunlap, promptly noted an appeal,
which will carry the case
before the York county court, !
Potts furnishishing a bond of |
$500 to perfect the appeal.?Rock
Hill Record.
Mr. Pollock Withdraws,
Mr. W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw,
who early in the campaign an- j
nounced his candidacy for the
seat in congress now occupied hy
Mr. D. E. Finlev, on Saturday
sent to Gen. Wilic Jones, chairman
of the State Democratic executive
committee, a letter stating
his intention of withdrawing
from the race.
Mr. Pollock was seized with
appendicitis some weeks ago and
has been unable to attend any of
the public gatherings in his dis- j
trict and he does not feel that it
.would be doing himself or his j
friends justice to remain in the
race.
Mr. Pollock's withdrawal loaves 1
the race between Mr. Finlty and
Dr. Strait.
The Greater Charlotte fhatann**.
Special to Th<- Time a.
Charlotte, August 7. ? The
Greater Charlotte Chataqua is!
doing its utmost to make the September
meeting the biggest event1
of its kind ever held in I ho Cnrolinas.
No expense will be spared.
Manager Reid says, to crowd the
week with the best oratorical and
musical talent to be had. It is
promised that there will not be a
dry number on the programme
from the first meeting, which
will be held Sunday afternoon,
September 8, until the close the j
following Sunday evening.
Among the distinguished speakers
and preachers who have already
been engaged are Senator j
B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina; j
Rev. Sam. P. Jones, of Georgia, j
the noted platform preacher; j
Kev. Geo. R. Stewart, known in )
the No^th as the "noted Southern
evangelist", and lion. John!
Temple Graves, editor of the \
Evening Georgian, of Atlanta.
Manager Reid is now busy in j
an effort to secure additional
speakers.
Several hundred dollars will he 11
spent on the musical feature of } I
the prop-ammo. Contracts have I
already been signed with the I
Daly Quartette and several solo- I
ista, including Madame Shbtw ell- :
Piper.
On account of the occasion, all {
the railroads will give special
rates.
[ i IK SELF DZFDilSE.
BfaWHnmin, editor and manager of
rtin CoiiatltationaMst, Emiwujee. Ky..
Whoru he vraji aturkoU, Xom*
yeat-s ngo. by Pi low. hough t n box of
Byyklon'* 'Aruiou Salvo, of which he
ngMK); ''It cured nio i<i toil days nud no
trantye ntneo." Quickest haahvr Of
Sores, Cuts and Wounds. 96c at
A Big Fish. ? A Story.
The Abernathy .fishery at
Jones' Mill on Catawba river on
Sunday made the biggest single j
catch of the season, and in I
fact the biggest single catch
since the establishment of the
fishery several years ago. The
fish was a sturgeon and was 5
feet, seven inches long and i
weighed 78 pounds. It was J
necessary to kill the fish by;
shooting before it could be taken j
from the trap. Police Officer'
TNltts hnncrfjt tbr"> 5tnr"Pf?n onrl 1
placed it on exhibition and the j
police station here, charging 10 J
cents admission to see it. This
was the first sturgeon taken from ,
this section of the Catawba in
many years.
The following concerning the
landing of the big fiish comes to ;
us through the Charlotte Chronicle
of Monday:
A terrible fish story comes today
from South Carolina. A man,
a North Carolinian, came into
The Chronicle office this afternoon
and, with a sort of youmay-not-believe-it
air. said: "I've
got a pretty good fish tale to tell i
you, if you care to publish it."
"Sure," the reporter said. I
"Let's have it. Where did you
catch him?"
"O, I am not the fellow that!
caught him,'' he replied. ' 'A man I
down in South Carolina, thecoun- |
try where they giow the biggest)
tilings in the world, had the good i
luck to have a trap built after j
the fashion of Noah's ark, and j
he run the fish to earth and I saw i
it."
"Now, you may not believe
this," the man who saw the fish J
continued, "but ;t's so. A fisherman
of Fort Mill, S. C., put a
big trap in Catawba river at
Jones' Mil! some time ago. He
caught small frying-pan fish until
he got tired and then he bait-,
ed for an enormous representa-1
live of the finny tribe. He went;
to his trap yesterday morning-and ;
found a sturgeon that looked like ,
the first cousin to a whale.
"The fisherman couldn't do a
thing with his catch. He called :
in all his neighbors to assist him j
in keeping the mighty monster |
of the deep from swimming off ;
with the tree, to which the trap j
was fastenedwith a huge chain.
"They hauled the sturgeon
ashore, but it snorted and cavort- j
ed around in such a fashion that;
it had to be shot. The fish was
about to scare the whole commu- j
nity to death. It died game?
the tail neves stopped switching i
and the eyes still gleam in rebuke
to the captors.
"The fish was dragged to the
largest scales in Fort Mill and
weicrhed. It tinned the beam nt !
78 pounds. It was measured, i
From snout to tail it was just1
exactly six feet long. In color,
the sturgeon was brindle, with ,
horny head like a bull of Bashan i
and tins like cross-cut saws. Its |
eyes were hazel.
"The fisherman took his unus
ual find to Mr. W. L. Ilall, mayor;
of Fort Mill, who paid $2 for it,
not to eat, hut as a piece of finan-j
cioriug. lie built an enclosure!
around the murdered fish and J
charged an admission of 10 cents i
for anyone to see it. At last accounts
lie had made $20 from his
investment. There will be a pic- J
nic down at Fort Mill to-morrow
and the sLurwreon will he not on
exhibition. Those in charge of'
the picnic are very anxious that i
every Missourian in North Caro-:
lina go down and take a look. !
Several guards will be kept in
the pen with large clubs to ham- j
mer the fish ii' it switches its tail
too hard."
The man who told all this j
claims no kin to Aesop.
[By bending low to the ground 1
we hear a rumbling that the Hon. j
J. J. Bailes spent Monday in j
Charlotte.?The Times. 1
A l etter of rhanks.
To the citizens of Fort Mill
and those in surrounding neighborhood.
I wish to thank you one
and all for your liberal patronage,
and the courtesy shown my
representative and myself while
here, and to assure you all that
I will always do my utmost to
stand high in your esteem. If
there are any mistakes or dissatisfaction
on my part, I shall
always be willing to make right
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Ill Villi! UXIJ l'U\ <U.J !!
few coupons not used that are
still out will gf>od any time at;
my studio in Charlotte or on my
next trip here, which will be
not later than a month. Will
Three Negroes Lynched .
A ;nob of over two tfc ousand
determined men entered Rowan j
county .jail at Salisbury shortly
after 11 o'clock Monday night, |
removed therefrom Nea: ie and,
John Gillespie and Jack ' Dillingham,
charged with the nurder
of the Lyerly family at Barber
Junction, July 13th, and marching
them to the edge of town,
strung them Up to a tree, 1 iddling .
the dangling bodies with Juliets. .
George Ervin was takei 1 from ;
his cell with his associate !S, but j
after closely questioning him, j
the leaders of tne mob r< turned
him to his cell.
Before getting in its wc rk the
? il 71 . _ _ M i 1
mco gave tne tnree victi ms an
opportunity to confess the crime.
Dillingham and Nease Gillespie
refused cither to con fess or
deny the crime. John Gillespie,
in tears, maintained his innocence
to the end. Tiring of
efforts to get confession > from
the negroes and heedless of the '
pleadings of citizens who urged
that the victims be spared, the;
crowd hurried the victims to thei
baseball field near Col. John S.4,
Henderson's residence and com- !
pleted their work. At midnight, j
less than an hour from thje time ;
of the final attack on tne jail,
the three bodies were swinging
in the moonlight from the1 limbs
of an oak tree.
Gold Hill" |
Editor Times: We have nothing
special to report, but feel
like talking some whether we say
anything or not.
Since laying by their crops the
one-gallus, wool-hat boys are
just lying in the shade, eating
watermelons, drinking cider and
asking no one to be da's paw,
and the young man is hauling his
best girl around having cords of
fun. Our genial friend Blackberry
Ned, of the Steele Creek
section, was nosing around in
this section recently. We learn
he has an eye on a lump of Gold
Hill's rich dirt. Come along,
Ned, and settle among us. We
are mighty clever folks, and as
you are noted for having lots of
good rations, it would just suit
us.
A couple of Mormon elders
passed through this section the
past week distributing articles of
their faith.
We have just learned of a
shooting scrape on W. H. Win
die's place last Sunday between !
some white men. No particulars.
Splinter.
Pleasant Valley.
Owing to so much rain some of
our farmers have not finished
laying by, but have quit.
me rieasant Valley and l'rov-;
idence nines crossed bats on the
latter's diamond Wednesday evenine:.
The score stood 12 to 13
in favor of Pcovieence. We
think the baseball fever has J
struck this place, as Mr. John M. ;
Harris has tendered the boys
land for a new diamond and they ;
are now busy getting it ready}
for a game.
Mr. J. Z. Bailes had the mis-!
fortune of losing one of his twin '
colts last week.
The Pettus family and friends '
surprised their parents Thursday
bv giving them a picnic at their
home at Belair.
Mr. Duncan Wolfe and wife
after spending several days with
relatives in this place, returned
to their home at Fort Mill Saturday.
Children's day exercises will
he held at Pleasant Hill church
next Sunday morning.
Miss Mollie Culp, of Pineville, ;
is spending a few days with
friends in this place. ?After a
visit of several weeks to relatives
in this place. Miss Emma
Ilunnicutt returned to her home
in Concord Monday.
Miss Azilee Skinner, of Charlotte,
is visiting her grandmother
Mrs. Patterson.
A State Line Joke.
A Yorkville man speaking of
Senator Tillman's explanation at
Filhert of the V-shaped State
line along the northern border of
Fort Mill township, tells a joke '
on an old lady who lived just
above the line in North Carolina.
Some years ago he says there i
was talk of changing the line, j
which caused considerable stir
among the people along the bor- j
der. The old lady was opposed
to being cut off into South Cam- J
Una giving as her main reason, j
that South Carolina "always was J
considered unhealthy."?York- i
ville New Era.
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Semt> c!?m ?
- . * Responsibility
for thr* Wreck at Hamlet.
T~
The responsibility rc- ih??
awful wreck at Hamlet 'Sunday
a week ago, in which twenty-five
or more people were killed, seems
to have been fixed by the railroad
dn the operator at Rockingham.
The railroad commission
investigated and reported as
follows:
"This wreck was caused by
the failure of agents of the
railroad company to observe and
obey the rules and regulations of
the company governing the movement
of trains. It would serve
no useful purpose for the eorpo
ration commission to find which
agents are guilty of negligence
in this matter, as such finding
would not be binding or conclusive
upon any one and might be
prejudicial in other investigations.
The purpose of our investigation,
as all understood it, is
that the corporation commission
might take such measures within
its powers as to prevent the recurrence
of such accidents. We
are satisfied that the wreck
would not have occurred had the
block system been in operation
on the portion of the road where
it occurred. The operator at
Rockingham and the operator
at Hamlet, only six miles apart,
permitted trains to leave these
places at about the same instant
of time, meeting each other, and
neither knew that this had been
done until the trains were beyond
their control. This could not
have happened under the block
system. Eight passenger and
freight trains, besides the soecial
trains, daily go over the
Seaboard Air Line's side track
between Hamlet and Monroe.
We have no power to order the
block system of signals to be put
in operation on this section of
the road, but we do most earnestly
recommend that the Seaboard
Air Line railway install |
the block system between Ham-1
let and Monroe as soon as praeti- J
cable.""
"/!rs. TWnwcll Entertains.
Mrs. J. H. Thornwell celebrat- j
ed her birthday on last Thursday j
by having a porch party at her I
home on Confederate street, j
About seventy-five invitations
were issued and porch benches, i
rugs and chairs and the like, and 1
the ladies were everywhere. Dr.
J. E. Massey, Sr., of Rock Hill,
and Mr. J. M. Spratt, of this
place, were the only men invited, ,
their age being the same as that i
of Mrs. Thornwell. Four little?
girls carried through the crowd
baskets with souvenirs done up
in boxes and tied with ribbon.
The hall was red and green
where frappe was served. Ice
cream, cake and mints wtrc
served on the porch. The entire
crowd was photographed by Plio-,
tographer Scott, and everybody
went home delighted with the
occasion.
GALVASTON'S SEA WALLmakes
"life now us asfe in that city as
oil the higher uplands. K. W. Goodloe,
who resides 011 Dutton St., in
Wnoo Tex., needs no sea wall fori
safety. He writes: "I have used Dr.
Kind's New Discovery for Omsumption
the past tivo yenv-j and it keeps me well
and safe. before that time I had a
cough which for years had been growing
worse. Now it's gone." Cures
chronic, coughs, I aGrippe, croup,
whooping cough and prevents Pneumonia.
Pleasant to' take. Every
bottle guaranteed at all drug stores. 1
Price 50e and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Mrs. W. S. Stewart, of Charlotte
was the ftuobt Tuesday of
Mrs. L. P. Fulp.
THE END CF THE WCSLD
of troubles 1 hat robbed E II. Wolfe, of
Bear Grove, la., of all usefulness,
came when he began taking Electric
Bitters. He writes: ' Two years ago
Kidney trouble caused mo great suffering.
which I would u ver have survived
had 1 not taken Electric Bitters,
They also cured ino of General Debility."
Sure euro for all Stomach, 1 iver
and Kidney diseases, Headache, Dizziness
and Weakness o- bodily decline.
1 rice50c. Guaranteed by all drug store.
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Mr. las. D. Fulp, of vhe Chnrr\\
* -
i'?ice wuscrvcr Torce, was amonjr
the visitors to Fort Mill Monday.
A MYSTEEY SOLVED.
"How to keep off periodic attacks of
billionsuess aud habitual constipation
was a mystery that Dr. Kind's New
Life Fills solved for me," writes John
N. Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind. The
only pills that, are gunranteed to give
perfect satisfaction to everybody or
money refunded. Only 2.">c at all drug
stores,
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Fresh Bakers' Bread
every Saturday at?'0NE8'.
?
Misses Maud and MarySledgre,
of Chester, are spending a few
days with relatives in this section.
? Old
lngLls would he acarco and hard to
Softld tbtv do tit
r h
v. fi
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I ANNOUNCEMENTS? I
COUNTY SUPT. CfEoOcAti^'" I
AVc are authorized to )? > ..4oe . I
i A. SHUItr ,utir.or. a < : I
! date for the office of Comity ?u*?.iw
temlout of Education of York oo nitty,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election.
We are authorized to announce T;
| E. McMACKIN of King's Mountain
j township as a candidate for cecity
! superintendent of education, subjeJb to
i the notion of the Democratic voturto lij.
j the approaching primary election, p
H0U3E - F MP
The many friends oi Mr. S. ... ;!*S,
Sk , of Fort Mill, hereby auuouueo him
as a candidate for the House of Representatives,
subject to the rules of tho
Democratic party.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR." ~ ' k
Wo are authorized to nnnontico J. J.
HUNTKR as a candidate for rcoouftlnendatioii
to tho office of county Auditor,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election. .
Wo aro authorized to announce
W. P.. WILLIAMS as a candidate for
1 appointment :is Auditor ot York comity,
subject to the recommendation of the
I Democratic.voters in Lho approaching
I primarv election.
! '
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
We an* authorized to announce
H. A. D. NFELY a> a candidate for
recoinmcudntion for re-appointment as
'Treasurer of York counry. subject to
tho choice of the Democratic voters in
, tho approaching primary eloction.
FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
Recognizing the ability and high
worth of Mr. JOHN F GORDON, we
! do with pleasure present his name to
the voters for Snperviser of York comity,
subject to tin; rules of the approaching
Democratic primary. VOTERS.
We are authorized to announce Mr.
THOMAS W. liOV Oas a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for re-eleotiou
as Suiierviaor ol' York county, nobj.-ct
t > the choice of the Doinooratio
voters in the approaching primary oieot
ion.
I IF ^
You would kindly call
for Colgate's Cashmere
Boquet or Violet Talcum
Powder and Cashmere
Boquet Soap, or any of
Colgate's Soaps,
IF jj
You would nave the satisfaction
of knowing you
are getting the finest
quality of the price, we
have a large shipment
just in.
Audrey's |
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Let the | L
1 Charlotte Steam Lamflrj jj ]
! \ Launder Your Linen. ]'*
c We have the Biggest niul xt
? Best Laundry Plnnt in 5
^ tlie Caroliuas. Wu do more V
? work than any laundry in ?
| | 1 lie Carolina.". We do Bet- ?
?. ter work than any laundry ?
tt in the South, Our agents, 5
k whose name is attached ?
2 hereto, lias instructions to J
? give yon full and complete SJ
$ satisfaction or make no 5
^ ' Isn't that fair dealing ? ?
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