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SB. C., as second class mottor.
W OCTOBER 11, 1900.
J Lynching Record For 25 Years.
f Tlie recent race riots at At-!
-)anta, Ga., have attracted attion
to the death rate among
negroes due to mobs. Figures
show that 4,000 persons have
been put to death without warrant
of law in the United States
in the last 25 years, and that
95 pel* cent, of these were negro
men, charged with assault on
white women. The methods of
execution adopted by the mobs1
comprise hanging, sl^ooting, j
burning at the stake and flaying, i
In one instance, in Arkansas, !
the victim's arms were twisted :
from their sockets. As a rule it j
has been the more atrocious the
crime, the more terrible the
punishment.
Before the whosalc killing of
negroes at Atlanta, Ga., Louisi-i
ana and Alabama held the lynch- |
ing record of the year, but
Georgia now goes to the head
with something like 55 victims.
The mobs vent their hatred in
various ways. Burning at the
stake has been almost as freuqent
as hanging and more so
than shooting.
Cotton Moulding in Boil.
The moulding of the cotton in
the boll lias beer, reported from
many sections of the State where
the fall of rain has been con- i
siderable, and in the middle of
the State, the damage is said to
have been heavy.
Picking has not been going!
forward to any great extent, !
though some pickers are getting
in ihe field this week. The j
rains and cold snaps have been
instrumental in retarding the.
* growth and the ripening of the
cron. ;ind it. is cronprnllv conrpH- I
ed that an early frost would be |
almost disastrous, as the crop is j
much behind, and frost would 1
kill the fruit already in the bolls. !
But despite the somewhat |
gloomy outlook for cotton in this j
immediate section, the farmers |
seem to be well supplied with i
money and the merchants report j
'the usual increase in trade, al-1
ways noticeable in the fall.
So far as is reported, there is !
very little damage from insects 1
and, except for the moulding, j
the crOp seems in good condition. '
Very little of the staple has been
, marketed this week, though the
daily sales arc steadily increasing.
Why March 4th is inauguration Day.
There has been many objections
raised to the date upon
which the Presidents of the
United States are inaugurated,
chief among them being the
' usually inclement weather which
prevails so early in the spring.
The first President Harrison
contracted the cold which caused |
his death, soon after he assumed
office, at the ceremonies attendtendinc
hi* innncmriitirtn* ?jnd
anxiety is always expressed lest
the unhappy incident be repeated.
There was a reason for
choosing that date, however,
which very few persons have
evor heard of.
When the day was fixed upon
the 4th of March, it was because
that date seldom occurred on
Sunday. But three times during !
our history has the inauguration
day fallen on that day. The
first was the second inaugura- i
tion of James Mouroe, the fifth
president, March 4, 1721; the!
second was when Zachary Taylor
was marie president, March
4, .1849; the third was the
inauguration of Rutherford B.
Hayes on March 4, 1877.
An exneriment will soon be
tried on the passenger trains of
the Southern railway which it is
hoped will enable the conductors
to devote their attention more
exclusively to the running of
j their trains and keeping them \
on their schedules. The conductors
will be relieved of the
duty of taking tickets and col-1
lectin# fares and will be given
an assistant, who will attend to
that part of the train work, i
Only a few of the ticket takers !
will be put on the trains at first!
until it is found how the plan
will operate and these will be
on those runs which are most|
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Laurens Dispensary Case.
The State board of election
commissioners met Thursday at
Columbia to consider the Laurens
dispensary situation. The
dispensaries there have remained
open in spite of the State board's
ruling last spring that the Laurens
county board was in error in
declaring the election against the
dispensaries void on account of
irregularities. Judge Hydrick
decided in favor of the county
board when the case went to
him on a certiorari. The Laurens
prohibitionists are now insisting
that the case go to the
Supreme Court, but there seems
to be no appropriation for
carrying it there. The board
referred the matter to the attorney
general, who will report
later.
Wants Twelve Cents For Cotton.
Recent events in the cotton
belt with the sensational advance
in prices are bearing out the prodictions
of Field Agent E. D.
? .J9 xi . a s-% li
onuui, 01 ine ooum Carolina
Cotton Association. Mr. Smith
has always stood lor high prices.
Some times he has been wrong,
that is, he has failed more than
once to get what he asked for,
but on the other hand, he has hit
the right mark time and again.
Several days ago in talking of
the cotton situation Mr. Smith
made the following statement:
"With trade condition as good
as last year, a twelve million
bale crop, which does not seem
probable, ought to bring 121-2
cents instead of 10 cents, the
price now being paid. By concert
of action we can make it
bring what it ought to bring.
Without concert ol action we will
have to take what we can get.
The world consumed last year
12,186,000 bales of cotton. It
consumed not only all the cotton
produced last year but 840,000
1 ?ales that were carried over from
the previous year. It consumed
more cotton than was ever consumed
any previous year. 310,000
bales more than in 1904-5,
more than 2,000,000 bales more
than 1903-4. The average price
paid was eleven cents based upon
the New Orleans market. Spinners
sold their products on a
much higher basis, a basis the
average of which was not less
than 121-2 cents."
Southern Machinists on Strike.
A special Monday from Spencer
to the Charlotte Observer stated
that about 900 machinists, helpers
and apprentice men employed
in 12 shops and a number of
minor ]>oints on the Southern
Railway system went out on a
strike at 11 o'clock Monday. The
shops affected are as follows:
Atlanta, 115 men; Birmingham.
90; Macon, 40; Manchester, 28:
Columbia, 80; Knoxville, 110;
Spencer, 160; Charleston, flu
Selma, Ala., 25; Alexandria, 00;
Lawrenceville, Va., 12; Sheffield,
Ala., 40, and a large number ol
men at outlying points. The
strike was made simultaneously
all over the Southern system and
at Spencer included nearly all
the foremen. The helpers and
apprentice boys went out in
Pleasant Valley.
Mr. \\ hite Cousart spent Friday
in Charlotte.?Mr. J. J.
Bailesand Mr. Bob Bryant passed
j through lleasant Valley Sunday!
i evening. ? Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stephenson of Providence spent
Saturday at Mr. J. D. Wolfe's.
Mr. Sam Harris, of Catawba
Falls is visiting his mother for a
week. Mrs. Joe Bailes has been
j very iii for the past week.?Mr. I
J. M. Harris went to Charlotte
Friday with a load of produce
from his farm. ? Mr. Editor when j
does the baby show come off; we
have a few over here that could
enter the show.?Mr. Oscar
Faris of Charlotte visited his
parents Sunday.
sympathy with the machinists.
The cause of the strike was the
refusal of the Southern officials
to grant the demands of the
employes for an increase in
wages from 30 to 321-2 cents an
hour.
Signs of a Hard Winter.
That the coming winter is going
to be the haulest. one for the past
20 years there is an abundance
of signs to show, and among
them it maybe mentioned that:
The corn husks are a foot and
a half thick, and all the stalks
lean to the west.
The geese?, ducks and chickens
are growing a coat of fur under
their feathers, and are rubbing
borax on the tlieir feet to harden
them up.
All the one-eyed owls are leaving
the country a month earlier
than usual, i.nd the bob-tailed
squirrels are laying in sweet potatoes
as well as nuts for winter
provisions.
The fanner who has taken the
trouble to investigate has found
vi>mv mii vtR tudUAlwl') tm Lilt" *1111
logs have wrinkles in them. The I
last time this happened we had
winter weather that froze the
handles oil' the plows.
Itabbits are sitting around with
a humped-up look to them, and
field mice have wrinkles in their
tails. If tlvs means anything, it
means 20 degrees below zero
from November through May.
Tyrone (Henn.) Herald.
Thin is t ho season of decay and weak oned
vitality. Natnro is being shorn
of its beauty and blootn. If you would
retain yours, fortify yonr system with
I loll is tor's Rocky Mountoin Tea. H5
cents, Tea or Tablets.?lJurks Drug Co.
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The Skeleton of an Ex-Ku Kiux?
An old ex-Ku Klux was in
Yorkvillethir. week and recited an
interesting story as to the sudden i
; disappearance of Kirkland L. J
| Gunn while giving evidence in
i the famous Ku-Klux trials in Coi
lumhi-1 years ago, says the Yorkville
New Era.
Gunn was a native of LlcCon- |
nellsvillo and had bee n a member i
of the Ku Klux, but for some:
| reason became a traitor to the j
organization and was a witness
against his former comrades. |
His evidence was extremely dam|
aging to York county Clansmen; j
t hp had hr?f?n tm tl?i? \\ stand '
I nearly the entire day and when
i court adjourned in the evening1, j
i his story had been only partially;
; told and would no doubt have :
consumed the greater part of the j
following day. When court con- i
i vened the next morning Gunn 1
J was not present, ilc had disap- j
peared during the night. Dili-j
; gent search on the part of the'
| authorities failed to locate the J
i missing witness. Gunn?s,disap-!
i pearar.ce battled everyone conI
nccted with the court. He has j
i never been heard-of from that I
! day to this.
The old clansman then gave an '
i account of a skeleton that was
unearthed in Columbia a few
weeks ago when certain excavations
were being made on lower j
Main stree t. K j happened to be i
in Columbia at the time and made ,
some quiet personal investigai
tions into the matter. When (Innn 1
was "lost" in Columbia some 80 ;
years ago that portion of the city ;
| where the skeleton was found i
1 was almost in woods, so to speak,
I and it would he hard for those
who who were present at the
j time to identify the spot now.
, However, personal acquaintances
; remember that Gunn had a
mouthful of sound teeth. The
} ravages ef time had not robbed
i the skeleton of this prominent
! feature.
Was it the skeleton of Kirkland
L. Gunn? The old Ku Kiux
Clansman would not s:
TLc S^atc Fair.
The State Fair will be held in
Columbia on the 2t?-27 of this
month. This is the annual reunion
for the South Carolinians.
Another feature to be added
this year is Home Coming Day
i for those who have moved out
i of the State, and who will be
! welcomed by their friends at
i this great reunion of South Caro- J
linians.
In speaking of the fair to a
reporter from the Columbia State,
Secretary Love says:
"i think you can safely say j
i that the State fair will be the
I biggest and best in the history
of fairs. it would take a circus
poster to describe all the attractions
arranged ar.d all that I can
say to the people oi the State
and to the 'home comers' is that i
we are going to have the bent
fair in the South Atlantic States, i
Think, for instance, of a free |
arraction in which a man offers ;
$100 to the person who can pro- \
duee a bull or a steer that ho
cannot throw. We have that.
Think of John L. Sullivan, the \
moving pictures, the midway, ;
j the football games, the races and
i the chance of meeting friends
I not seen in years that the visi-;
Lor to Columbia will have this!
i year. It's going to be a great,
i n '
liur auu nit; i>eopio are coming- ,
| Columbia must arrange to ac-1
j commodate several thousand
I moro than last year and the
I quicker the arrangements arc
made the better for Columbia.
Secretary Love further says
| that he is not joking about the
i attractions this year. All kinds
| of amusements wiil be pat on
and as to the exhibits, he has
received applications for more
space than ho can furnish.
The railroads will give very
cheap rates and run extra trains
so that everybody in the State
can go to this great reunion.
The people of Columbia should
arrange to house the large
j crowds that will attend the lair
i this \ ear.
A Sad Deed* in Pleasant Valley.
Parties from Pleasant Valley
Tuesday brought the sad intelligence
i>f the death of Mrs.
Nettie Bailes, wife of Mr. Jos.
Z. Bailes, which occurred about
midnight Monday at her home
in that section. Mrs. Bailes had
bfeen in feeble health for several
months, and, despite the best of
lc cal and hospital treatment, she
e mtiiiued to grow worse until
t te end.
Mrs. Bailes before marriage
was Miss Nettie Crane, of
Marvin. She was 2G yeai*3 of
s go and is survived by a hus-j
1 and and four children, the j
\ oungest of whom is less than
< ne year of age. She was a
Christian woman, a devoted wife
; nd mother and a good neighbor. ;
r 'he sympathies 01 a large circle
< f relatives and friends go out
1 o the bereaved husband and
thildren 111 tiieir sad loss.
1 The funeral service was held
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock ,
at the home, by Rev. .1. C.
Chandler, and the burial took
place at Pleasant Hill Methodist
church.
Cider Under the Ban.
j The city council of Charlotte
[at its last regular meeting passed
a prohibitive tax ordinance upon
the sale o\ all sorts of ciders,
including cherry, orange, etc. ;
Under the new ruling those who
deal in the so-called soft drinks
v ill have to pay an annual license
of $1,000 and for every
violation of the law they will be
fined not more than $50. The
new ordinance will become effective
on the first of November,
cv.. 1
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experienced a great deal of
trouble with the drunks arising j
from these sources; these alleged
solt drinks being claimed Py the
aldermen to contain, from four
}>er cent alcohol up tc ten. A
number of drunks who have
faced the recorder have said that
the cider has made i .cm intoxicated.
Hereafter only fresh apple
cider can be sold with immunity.
Soiac Smctvt Mules.
We see in one of the sensational
weeklies that a farmer out in
Kansas is bragging over the j
possession of a mule that drinks
beer and chews tobacco regularly, j
It must, be acknowledged that
the Kansas mule, intellectually,
ranks ahead of the majority of
his kind, but he can't touch a
mule in this township which is
said tog. with the best of the
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owner of this mule will take him
out one of these nights we are
told, to learn what his abilities
are in treeing 'possums. Now,
there may some doubting
Thomases among those who
read of this \vr> sensible mule,
and, if so, they are advised to
communicate with his honor,
Mayor Hall.
Letter to T. S. 21251?AT22CZ.
Pert Kill, S- C.
Dear Sir: Our agent ought t<> soil
nine truths of the paint ol' Ins 'own ami ;
region, no use to try for the other
tenth. The proportion of men, who
won't take good advice, and use the,
least gallons paint, is ah ut one in ten I
among even owners ot houses ami I
stores and shops ami burns and fences. I
?_>?jt man ::i ?en will buy a gold brick
or gr. en g-nx'.s, if he h is the money and
gets a good chance.
Dmoc at $ 1 To a gallon is better than
gold; adulterated and shortlneusure
paints are green goods and gold bricks.
Dtnoe saves half, more or less, of the
labor and wages of painting: it is all
paint, full strength and full mc:i....re.
There's no oth"r such paint within ten
per cent. Ten per c ent of labor and
paint is worth saving; and ten is the
least. There aro scores of paints that
throw-away half of both gallons and
labor on whiting, china-clap, ground
stone, barytes. benzine, water? all j
they are pond for is to ut tl gallons of
no'hiuguml b.ok like paint in the can;
more gallons to hex and more gallons
to pay lot t it ring-on?gold bricks and
gr? e:i goods. I hue's bow they work.
Judge I J). Fairfield owns two house*
exactly ahkein l.ufkiu, Texas, J. 11.
Torrenee (minted both houses, one
l?ec >e. I.V.J gallons, the oilier with
ano her paint sold a! same price, :1.">
gallons. That 2u gullon paint is weak |
ami ! *> per cent whiting, that's why it
took U'j. gallons more. ^
Yours truly
5 FW DKTOEACO
New York i
1'. \V. I'.. Ardrey & Co. sell our paint
The negro, Isaac Knicrht. lias
been convicted of criminal assault
at Aiken, in spite of Ids (
pica of not guilty, and Judge
Gary has sentenced him to hang j
on October 26. Knight assaulted
IV)rs. E. S. Chaplain, a Northern
woman, who had been living
near Aiken a number of years.
She had befriended Knight, and
when her neighbors warned her
of the danger of allowing him too
much consideration she replied
thashe was all right, that he
was n "perfect gentleman."
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Governor Heyward has offered
a reward of $75 for the delivery
to the sheriff of Spartanburg of
Mrs. Coburn, the white wofnan
who was whipped in that county
and who was last seen in Lancaster
county.
The annual State Baptist convention
will be held at Spartan- j
burg, commencing November 27, j
and lasting several days. Five j
hundred delegates, representing I
110,000 Baptists in the State, j
will attend the convention. Quite I
a number of prominent Baptists j
from various States in the South
will attend the meeting.
Col. John M. Patrick, of
Anderson, has been appointed
professor in the South Western
College of Alabama.
3AS0SB FSCM THE PLAQUE.
Tlirrc's grave (lunger from tho plague
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lent, unless you take t)r. King's New.
?Jiscovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. N:rs. Ci>o. Walls, of Forest City.
Me., writes: "It'sn (hid svml to people
living in climates when? coughs and
colds prov ail. 1 lind it quickly ends them.
It prevent8 Pneumonia, cares ' uCrippe,
gives wonderful relief in Asthma nud
Hay Fever, and makes weak lungsj
strong enough to ward of Consunipt iou, |
Coughs anil Colds. 50c and ^iKL? |
Guarantee i by all bruggiMs. Trial
bottle free.
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Mr. J. W. Ardrey spent Tuesday
in Lancaster.
Mr. \V. A. Watson was down 1
i'row Charlotte Sunday.
Mr. James IT. Patterson, who
was taken to the Rock Hill hospital
l'ov treatment for burns received
in an accident some1
weeks aero, is ao.ain at his home
in this place. Mr. Patterson's
burns at e healing rapidly and it
is believed he wilt be able to be
out in a short time.
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A iGUlTG KCTHES AT 70 'My
mother has suddenly been made
young at T ?, Twenty years of intense
suttering from dyspepsia had entirely
disabled her, until six moat lis ago, when
slm began taking Klcctric 1 utters, which
have completely cured her and restored
the strength and activity she luidin the
nriau of life." writes Mrs. \V. 1.. fiilwt.
rich, of lunforili, Mi'. Circa tost restoiative
medicine on the globe. Seta ^tomuoh,
l.iver anil Kidneys right; purifies
I In !>' I. anil cures Malaria Billiousncssund
Weakness. Wonderful Nerve
Tonic, i'rico 50c. Guaranteed by all
druggist.-.
Admiral Dewey favors the
annexation of Cuba.
a sadly lushed gi3l
or boy, man or woman, is quickly oat
of pain if tiueklcii's \rnicu Salvo is applied
i>i\ mptly G. J. \V? Ich, of Tckou.
sha, Mich., says: ' I use it in my family
for cuts, sores ami all skin injuries, and
liml it perli ct(Quickest iJilo cure
known lies: healing salve made. 2io
at all drug stores.
The fox as Socialists have nominaUrt
;\ woman for congress.
elcgd poisosnia
r-'sults f:\ m chronic constipation wliiih
is quickly cured by Dr. King's New Info
i'ills. The} remove all poisonous germs
from ill systrmi and infuse new life aril
vigor; cure -our stomach, nausea, headache,
d:, incr.s and colic, without gripping
or discomfort. xTic Guaranteed ly
all druggists.
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There are 10,(318 telephone
lines it1 use in South Carolina.
Many men give lavishly of gold,
To bail ! bridges and castles and towers
of old,
If you want everlasting fame, a beuofaet
or he,
(five the poor and needy Kocky Moantain
Tea.?Parks Drug Co.
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The State fair will be held
this year from October 22nd to J
the 27th.
If you have lost your hoy hood spirits, !
coarag and voafidenre of youth, wo of- I
for yon new life, l'resh courage and
freedom from ill health in Ilollist&r's
IlooKy Mouu.ain Tea. llf> cents Tea or
Tablets.?l'arks Drug Co.
A
school of medicine in Atlanta
has placed at Governor
Hey ward's disposal two scholarsi:
ins.
N 37 ICE TO ST0CKM0L3ERS.
l'i: 1 aunt to a nvohition of the Hoard
of Directors >? the Port Mill Muuafasturin.'/
t'oinpuuy, passed at a meeting
hold i his day . increasing capital stork
f s.i.d conijianj from $100,000 , to
r- H>.tMi ) l>y issuing One Thousand
shares of Preferred Stock of tho pir j
value of $100 ca h, stiul Preferred
stock to have i he following preferences,
liuhilitiff an<l conditions, to wit:
"Haiti stock shall l>e entitled to a
svrai inn.;al dividend of Jl'j i>or cent
(and i.o n or ). out of t he not earnings
of said orpni.it ion and -hall ho redeemablo
at par on and after Jany. 1st, 1917,
at the option of tin eorjxrratiou.
TiiaC no lien or mortgage shall 1 o
placed on the corporalioti's property
during the life ot said stock, unless
provision is made for the retirement
of said stdck at. par, together with any
unpaid dividends. And the bonded
indebtedness now outstanding shall he
retired before the issuing of this slock.
No dividend shall be paid on the
?'omnion i-'.toekof tho covjiortttion until
the so hi i annual dividend of per ,
cent has been i?iid or sot aside tolw
paid 0:1 the 1Jreferred Stook."
A moot ing of the stockholders of the
coii!|wfiv is called for tho. purpose of
eodsidot'iutf said resolution, said nieetto
bo held at thootlice of the Company
in h'ort Mill, S. 0. at the regular semiannual
met ting of tho stockholders. '
viz. November l'lth, I*)lkJ at 10 o'clock '
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CLOTHING.
A more complete stock of clothing
would be imrvl to find. We
can fit the boys, the young' men,
the middle used man, .and the
settled man. Considering quality
of goods, we can't be undersold.
Here are the weapons that we
fight competition with. They
have been conquerors for the
past half century, and if fair
treatment and honest dealing
will accomplish anything, they
will continue to ! >? i:
feclilosc Bros, and GritFon brand
Clothes.
J no. B. Stetson and Howard
Hats.
Hanan and Crawford Shops
Sweet, Orr, find Brand Bros.
Trousers. Bull Dog shirts and
other popular lines of goods.
Our motto: "The best goods
for the least money."
McElliiy k Co.
fBSOFS
HMR RESTORER
Is a fragrant preparation for
invigorating and beautifying
the Hair.
It will gradually restore
grey hair to its original color,
promote a new and
healthy growth where th^
hair is fallen, and is remarkably
useful in preventing
dandruff ami destroying parasitic
hair-killers.
Price 50c per bottle, at
ARDREY'S DRUGSTORE.
iflOTJECBli
Y Owing to ill ? delay in ^
$ finishing'v.; : tudio it will
be impossible or me to open a
T up for business before Octo- a
her 22.
^ My representative is now
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? in Forr Mill delivering the <
? work for which I was given 2
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/ orders on my recent vis-t
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? here, and th.o delivery will ^
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<$. continue until every order
t has been filled.
1 I thank the people of I
2 Fort Miil for their past $
A f > .i*c ;J>.1 liiiiia ' r\ Iia oKIa A
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^ to serve them again, not
? later than the iotl) inst. {
t Respectfully, x
t Z. E. Scctt t
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