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r DECEMBER 6, 1906.
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^ Anent Judge Dantzier's Decision.
[I On account of his recent decision
declaring that it was no violation
of the law for whiskey
drummers from other States to
solicit orders and accept t he cash
for their goods in prohibition
towns of this State, Circuit Judge
Dantzler has created a subject
which is being much discussed
by the press of this State. A
majority of the writers We of
the opinion that the decision will
? be reversed if the matter is carried
to the supreme court for
final settlement. A strong argument
against the decision is that
of the Times and Democrat, of
Orangeburg, which follows:
"If Judge Dantzler's decision
is sustained by the higher court,
the jug trade will increase materially
in South Carolina, We do '
not believe that the decision of j
Judge Dantzler will stand, asj
the United States supreme court |
has made some very sweeping j
decisions in reference to the jug I
trade in Iowa and other prohibi- I
tion States. If a man can go'
around and sell whiskey by the |
gaiion, take the money for it and
,/ ship the whiskey by express to
his customer from Atlanta, Charlotte,
or some other place out of
the st^te, we see no good reason
why he could not keep his stock
in Spartanburg, Columbia, or
some other town in this State,
aiWS sh^to it from there. It was ]
held b.^Uudge Simonton that the
originalf concerns in this State
were ieirai so long as they were
owned liy non residents of the
State, biit the United States supreme
ctourt reversed that decision.
It teems to us that Judge
Dantzlerys decision is along the
jtime line. He decides that an
agent can sell whiskey and take
the montly for it as long as he
ahips it from another State. If
this is tthe law it should be
changed ;kt once, as it discriminates
agUinst citizens of this
State in favor of citizens of other
States. '
It is to be hoped that the "higher
court will be asked to decide
I the matter at the earliest moment
possible, and that its decision
will reverse that of Judge
Dantzler. Increased jug trade
means increased blind tigerism
and lawlessness in those communities
which are not closely
watched by State constables.
We join hands with the Times
and Democrat when it says if
this is law it should be changed.
Prohibition in these parts is farce
enough as it is.
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Every citizen of the town should
he prepared to have a say in
matters which come up from
time to time and which can be
settled only by a majority vote
of the residents of the town.
Every public matter should interest
every loyal citizen of a
town, but suppose there are some
who care naught for matters affecting
others and neglect to
qualify themselves to have a say
in settling such matters. The j
result would be that they would j
be none the better or worse off. ,
individually, when the matter
cleared up. But, on the other
hand, suppose you do not qualify
and a matter comes up, the adoption
of which means a personal
gain or loss to you, what are vou
going to do about it? You would
certainly act the part of an im-,
postor by running around begging
other yeople to vote as you would
if it were in your power. We hone !
that none will be caught in this
predicament. The books for municipal
registration will be open
until the 22nd, and you should
call upon Mr. R. M. Hood, the
registrar, between now and that
time and get your certificate.
Present your county certificate is
all that is required.
The United States supreme
court on Monday handed down a
decision to the effect that whiskey
shipped into South Carolina
cannot, under the interstate com-1
merce law, be seized in depots
by State or city officers. Another
blow to prhibition!
If the Southern Railway would
get a move on and run their
trains a little nearer on time,
some of the numerous wrecks
prplpably be averted. I
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Who ever heard of a country
newspaper man owning 222 acres
of good farming land? Something
unusual, you will say, but 1
there is one nublisher in this sec- 1
tion who is toting this burden of
worldly goods upon his shoulders.
His name is Ed. H. DeCamp, and
he publishes a mighty good paper :
over at Gaffney, called The
Ledger. But what puzzles us
more is why a man possessing
this wide. expanse of territory
should have put up such an earnest
appeal for shirts and bought
cigars on credit before starting
to a press meeting at the seashore
recently. Truly, there
must be men of many minds
and unknown money in this old
world of ours.
Governor-Elect Ansel a few
days ago announced the appointment
of Mr. A. J. Bethea, editor
of the Darlington Press, as his .
private secretary. Now, if we
are to have a third newspaper
governor, and according to the
old adage that "the third is the
charm," we may expect somefrhinor
liniiQiial fr-v rlnrincr
the coming administration..
Mr. Leroy F. Youmans, attorney
general of the State, died of
concussion of the brain at his
home in Columbia Monday morning
at 3 o'clock. He was 72 years
of age and one of the most prominent
men in the State.
The Times man has been asked
why it is that the Southern Railway's
night trains come so much
nearer making schedule time
than the day trains. Too many!
We pass it up to wiser heads.
If the Columbia State doesn't
pave the streets of the Capitol
City, we miss our guess.
To Grattan This Honor Belongs.
The State of Friday says:
" 'Columbia' is the name of the
first native born American of
those brought over by Commissioner
Watson in the Wittekind.
'It's a girl,' and she was born
at 330 Tobacco street yesterday
morning. The family name of
the little one is Depotie and both
mother and Child are doing well, j
Columbia Depotie's father works !
at the Granby mill."
No, brother, you're wrong! |
"Columbia" loses this honor by j
just twenty days. The first1
native born American .to the
Wittekind immigrants, so far as
we know, saw the light of day at
the plant of the Charlotte Brick
Company at Grattan the morning
of November 9. The parents of
the child, a girl, came direct to
this place from Charleston and i
have since lived at Grattan, where
the father, C. O. Z. Bariog, is I
employed. We could not learn j
the name of the new-born Bariog.
No Dispensary For Kershaw.
The supreme court Thursday
handed down a decision affecting 1
the legality of the establishment!
of a dispensary in the town of ,
Kershaw in Lancaster-Kershaw :
counties, says the State.
The town of Kershaw is located j
on the line between Kershaw,
and Lancaster counties and when
the latter voted out the dispensary
an effort was made by the
county board of Kershaw to establish
a dispensary on the Kershaw
side. This movement met
with resistance by the people of
the town, and when the board
anno ineed that a county dispen-;
ser had l>een elected, an appeal
was mr.de to the State beard of
dispensary directors to prevent
the opening of the dispensary.'
At the same time an injunction
was obtained from the supreme
court which restrained the Kershaw
county board temporarily.
Afterwards the supreme court
considered the petition for an injunction!
on the legal points1
raised ar\.'.. in an opinion given
Thursday by Associate Justice
Woods tne temporary injunction
is made permanent and an act of
the generd assembly is shown to
dc iauicy. rne appeal for an in-1
junction vas made on the ground
that the dection for dispensary
by the Keshaw county board of
control hal not been advertised
20 days previously, as required
by law. ^ appears that there
was an err^r in the first advertisement
appearing in a paper
published ifc Camden, but the
I correction vas not made in time
for the election. Justice Woods
remarks tli k, it is easier to get
1 votes in an llection of this kind
: by a board fian to secure signatures
to a petition against an |
election wbfch was afterwards j
1 presented, i'he point raised that1
the petition vas jg signed by citizens
of bothponnties is dismissed
in view of several decisions in
which simlar questions were
j raised. [
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W,.Xkmiwell-McLees Nuptials
Vfc the prettiest home wedding:
Jk witnessed in Fort Mill, Miss
J una. Earle Thorn well became the
bride of Hpv. Richard Gustavus
McLees Thursday evening: at the
home of the bride, on Confederate
street. The entire house was
decorated in chrysanthemums,
palms, ferns and potted plants.
At exactly 7:30 Mrs. C. L. Link
began playing the beautiful
*15?we|. Song," and Messrs
T T i /? /-i i i t
u. x. x?ucer, 01 uoiumDia, ana i
J. D; Puilp, of Winnsboro, unrolled
the white carpet from the
alter to the parlor door. Then
Miss Frames Thornwell sang
very sweetly the sweet song
1 'Answer.' ? From this the music
was changed to the suggestive
strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding
March. Rev. J. H. Thornwell,
father of the bride and
R. L. McLees, of Orangeburg,
took their places in front of the
happy couple. On each side
were the bridesmaids and the
groomsmen aijd at the immediate
left of the bride was the maid
of honor, Miss Mary Thornwell,
sister of the bride, and Mr. E.
Earle Thorn wen t a brother of
the bride, who gave her away.
At the right o\f the groom was
the best man, Rty. F. G. Wardlaw.
Dr. J. II. Thornwell performed
the beautiful rintr ser
vice, assisted by Rev. J. L. McLees,
of Orange'burg..
The bride wdf gcwned in a
lovely hand-etnbroidered suit of i
white crepe de chine over white1
taffeta and wore a veil which,
was caught with a pearl brooch
consisting of 97 different yearls, j
which is an< heirloom handed j
down from sevei-al generations, j
She also wore a diamond studded i
watch, the gift of the groom and
carried bride's roses. The maid
of honor, Miss Mary Thornwoll,
was gowned in a beautiful white
Jap silk dress and carried pink
roser. The bridesmaids, Misses
J. Roberta Thorn well, Mamie;
McLees, of Greenwood, S. C., !
Marion McCrary. Elizabeth Bean, j
Eliza Horton and Katharine
Bean, of Clinton,S. C., were all |
dressed in exquisite white costumes
and carried pink carnations.
The best man, Mr. F. G.
Wardlaw, of Greenwood, and
the groomsmen, Messrs. L. T.
Baker, of Colombia, Jas. H.
Thorn well, Jr., . and Jas. D.
Fulp, of Winnsfcoro; E. Earle
Thorn well, of Darlington; J. A.
Withers, of Worthville. N. C.;
Lafar Lipscomb, of Gaffney, and
Dr. J. B. Elliott, pf Fort Mill, j
wore the conventional evening
attire.
The popular and sweet bride1
is a daughter of Rev. James H.
Thornwell, D. D.f and Mrs.
Plnronpn TVi/? " ? 1 '
- a "waweii, and is j
a universal favorite in not only
this community, but also throughout
the whole State For several
years she has been connected
with her father in his office as
grand keeper of records and seal
for the Knights of Pythias in
this State. She it} the sweet
flower of Pythlanisro and among
the people of the entire State she
is known and loved.
The groom, Rev. Richard Gustavus
McLees, is known over the
State in the capacity of evangelist
of the Synod of South Carolina.
He is the son of the late
Rev. John McLees, of Greenwood,
S. C., who for many
years the beloved psiator of the
First Presbyteriun church at
that place.
In the present room was the
most beautiful collection of presents
ever seen in this place.
Among the most har.dsome presents
were the chest of solid silver
given by Dr. Thornwell's congregation
at Ebenezer, the chest of
silver given by the sisters and
brothers of the bride and the
massive solid silver seven-'
branched candelabra, the gift of
Monsignor Dennis O'Connell, rector
of the Catholic Vniversity of
America at Washington, D. C.,
who is a native of trfcs place and
an intimate friend of the fnmilv
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of the bride, and the sterling
berry bowl and spoor.g, the gift
of the ministers of the lower
part of the State.
After the ceremory, he happy
couple amid shower? of rice and
old shoes, left on the 10 o'clock
train for their futvre home at
Greenwood.
Among the visitors at the wedding
were the following: Mre.
P. T. Hague and Jennie Anderson,
of Morganton, N. C., J. A.
Withers, of Worth ville; Mr. Gas-!
kin, of Flat Rock; Mr. Angus
Orr, of Atlanta; Mr. L. Mac
Kennedy, Misses Elizabeth and
Katharine Bean, Fliza Horton,
Marion and Emmie McCrary, of
Clinton; Miss Mary Erwin, of
Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. J. B.
Mack, of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss
Julia Stirewalt, of Moorcsville,
N. C.
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From the Pkilippbes.
The Times in in receipt of a
letter from Mr. Herbert L. Merritt,
son of Mr. I. M. Merritt of
the Point section of the county,
in whish is enclosed a year's subscription
to the paper and contains
some interesting facts connected
with army life in the
Philippines. The letter is dated
Fort Wm. McKinley, Rizal, P. I.,
October 24, 1906, and reads in
part as follows:
"Fort McKinley is the largest
pbst that the American government
has. It will accomodate
tr aaa 1 j: -it j- i *i i
u,uw auiuiers, an moaern Duna- |
ings fitted with improved sanitary
and sewerage systems. The
city of Mapila is in easy reach
either by rail boat or carriage?
distance about 6 miles.
"My old friend and brother
soldier, Earl Cousart, was up last
week and spent four days with
me. You can imagine how glad
we were to see each other. It
is something very rare, you know,
to meet an old home friend in
this land of sunshine. Earl transferred
when his regiment went
home and will remain over until
his time expires. He is in the
! fishery business down in the
Southern islands and is doing
well.
"There are good opportunities
over here for a man to make
money. I am in the picturs business
and have a nice studio.
"The climate is very good, but
if one is not very careful he will
go crazy with the heat. You
might say we have summer the
year round if it did not get so
awfully hot at times.
"I like the army to a certain
degree. We have almost everything
that goes to make life
pleasant, and yet with these com-v
forts of life, and with due consideration
of other things, there
are times when I would like very
much to be back in the "Fort."
Soldiering is getting to be very
strenuous these days: schools of
all kinds, hiking, marching, hasty
entrenchments, night attacks,
manoeuvering, and field problems
of all kind is the order of
the day.
4 'James Crenshaw is a sergeant
in the Tenth Infantry, stationed
in Alaska.
"There is very little cholera
over here now.
"H. L. Merritt,
"Sergt. Co. D. 16th Inf."
Pleasant Valley.
Last Wednesday Mr. White
Cousart had the misfortune of
having one of his fingers split
open by the gin saws. On the
same day Mr. J. M. Harris was
kicked by a mule.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Fotts at-;
tended the Thornwell-McLees
marriage Thursday evening
Mrs. John Miller and children of
Pineville 3pent Thanksgiving
with Mr nnrl Mrc .T/\hn Poftnc? i
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Justice
spent thursday with Mr. and Mrs
Chas. Ross. Mr. Will Bickett
moved to Charlotte Friday. Mr.
Walter Hall now occupies the
house vacated by Mr. Lee Bickett
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Patterson
and Mr. D. O. Potts spent
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Patterson. It is reported they
had a very large cake, but did
not say exactly how much Mr.
Potts ate. They were entertained
by the phonograph
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harris entertained
a few friends at a Thanksgiving
dinner Mrs. Lon Faris
gave a thanksgiving dinner to a
number of children which was
much enjoyed Messrs. Robt. !
and Fred Bickett, Oscar Faris I
and Joe Miller of Charlotte, spentj
Thursday with friends in this;
community... . Mr. Jno. Pettus
will move into Mr. Joe Bailes' i
new house this week.
Price of Cotton.
The best price paid for cotton 1
on this market yesterday was
10.75 cents.
Woodmen to Elect Officers.
The annual election of officers
for the local lodge W. O. W. will
take place at the meeting of the i
camp next Tuesday evening. '
Final arrangments for the annual
banquet to be given on the night
of the 14th will be made and it
is hoped that every member of
the camp will be present at the
meeting.
Card of Thanks.
We, the undersigned, bake this
means of extending heart-felt
thanks to those of our friends
who so kindly aided us in the
recent illness and death of our
darling little grand-son. May
the choicest blessings of the
Father reward them for their ;
many acts of kindness,
ivijlr. and Mrs, A. A. Bradford.
Thev Must <
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Everything la Dry
In the future we wi
Furnishings, Clothi
In order to close ou
December 10th, we
Yard wide Black Taf]
Fifty-six inch Broadcl
Fifty^six inch Ashlani
In fact, everythiu
AT COST. Seeing
is believing.
McElhaney <
SPECIAL NOTICES.!
HORSE FOR SALE?A good family
nniinal and buggy uud harness. Will
soli at a bargain .
W. B ARDREY.
FOR RENT One or two good farms.]
Apply to T. B. BEIjK.
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NOTICE?All persons indebted to me
for professional service or otherwise
are requested to call during the week
at my office in Fort Mill und settle ]
their accounts. D. G. THOMPSON. |
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FOR SALE?One fine young (dry ) Cow.
nearly full-blooded Jersey, 4 years ,
old. Price only $15. Apply to ALEX
BARBER, Fort Mill, S O.
A YEAR AE BLOOD
The year 190J will long be remembered
in the home of F. N. Tucket, of Alliance,
Ky , ns the year of blood; which
flowed so copiously from Mr. Tacket's
lungs that death seemed very near. He |
writes: "Severe bleeding from lho lungs
and a frightful cough had brought me
at death's door, when I bogan taking
Dr King'sNew Discovery for Consumption,
with the astonishing result, that
after taaiug four bottles I was completely
restored and as timo has proven
permanently cured." Guaranteed for
Soro Lungs, ?'ouglis and Colds at all
drug stores. Price 60c.
The remains of Samuel B.
Spencer, who was killed in It
railroad wreck near Lynchburg
Thursday, were laid away in Oak
Hill cemetery, Washington, Sunj
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uciy. uiturnouii.
Your stomach cliurns and digests the
tood you oat and if foul, or torpid, or
out of order, your whole system suffers
from blood poison. liollistcr's Kocky
Mountain Toa keeps you well. 35cents
Tea or Tablets.?Parks Drug Co.
Thanksgi vi ng day was observed
here by the closing- of all places
of business, hunting: parties, dinner
parties, family reunions, etc.
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In every clime its colors aro unfurled
It's fame has spread from sea to sea;
Be not surprised if in the other world.
Yon hoar of Kocky Mountain Tea.?
Parks Drug Co.
The sixtieth congress will be
composed of 223 Republicans and
163 Democrats, which compared
with the preceding house shows a
net Democratic gain of 28 members.
famotjs stbise bbeaeebs.
The most frmous striko breakers in
the land are Dr. King's New Life Pills.
When livor and bowels go on strike,
they quikly settle the trouble, and the
purifying work goes right on. Best
cure for constipation, headache and
dizziness. 25o at all drug stores.
Seed Wheat.
Tennessee May Wheat, for
sowing, at $1.25 per bushel at
A. O. Jones'.
had a cl c:e call.
"A dangerous surgical operation, involving
the removal of a nialigant ulcer
as largo as mv hand, froui my
daughters hip, was prevented by tho
application of Bucklen's Arnica Salvo."
says A. C Stiokcl, of Miletus, W. Va.
"i'ersisteut use of the Salve completely
cured it." Cures Cuts, Burns and Injuries.
lioc at all drugstores.
A report from Charlotte says
that the congestion of the freight
yards in that city is far worse
than it has ever been.
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every Saturday nl JONES'.
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To be sure the department
stores tell you that if their goods
are not satisfactory you can return
them. Sure! But you have
to pay express or freight both
ways and you decide to keep
them. If your home merchant's
goods are not satisfactory you
take them back and it costs you
nothing.
Taken an directed, it becomes the
greatestcurutive agent for the relief
of suffering hciunnity over devised.
Soch is Ilollistor's Itorky Mountain
Tea. Tcvt or Tablets.?Parks Drug Co.
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Goods AT COST.
11 cam only Gents'
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t our Dry Goods by
offer them at cost*
teta Silk - - - 83c
oth 82c
1 Repellaht - - 41c
g in Dry Goods
See for yourself.
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Hot Stuff!
Our Hot Soda is just delicious;
properly prepared and neatly
served. Every cupful has the
strength ?f a jniall meal aid is
easiiy digested.
Beef Tea. .
' Tomato Bouillon
Vigoral. f
Asparox.
Chocolate.
Piping hot. Soundh apptizing
doesn't it ?tastes might good
too. Cohtsa nickle-4any f 'em.
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