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The Foi~Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERT. THURSDAY. B. W. BRADFORD, 5 .Ed and Prop One year $1.00 j Correspondence on currart subject a Is j Invited, but -no responsibility Is atr umed for the vle\*s of correspondents. /-?? .nnllnatlnn A ?tm nnhllctlnr a 14.. VII 0(/^l|V?ilVil VV VMV | vertiatnK rates are made known to i those Interested. Enteral at the poetoffico at Tort Aiill, i 6. 0.. as second class matter. DECEMBER 13. 1906. g ei-i i 1 . - The trade territory of a town is not all dependent upon the dis- j tance to neighboring tra&ng points. The trade territory?epends upon the enterprise of |p merchants and the residcnwbf the town. If a town doej*ot j reach ofter the trade it wili ?ri<i 1 only as fast as it has to, afT it!1 will grow as it is forced to. /But1 if the merchants go after business in the surrounding co^Jitry, advertising in every possible fway, and making good every word of their advertising, trade vvitJ I come from an ever increasing radius, the town will gain a; ^ \ r ii reputation ior peing awnr.o p.-ia it will forge to the front. It is the men in the town and not ill- { ? together the men living within a certain number of miles from it | that makes the town. Readers of the Charlotte pa?xl>ers are becoming perplexed to JlKknow the exact population of of the town and township. So phenomenal has been the growth |B of Charlotte and the township in the past few years that even the ! closest observers seem to have lost themselves and are guessing. The United States census four years hence will clear up the MLi. X- J.1 i i * P 11 matter to me snusT?cuon or an. f ^ s!3?t{e Columbia State tells of a citizen killing an alligator in his back yard. We have heard of serprents invading even the bed rooms of some people, but the Columbia man is first to kill one these marauders. ? The professional man who buys of an order house and the merchant who has his printing done out of town belong to the same lodge?same degree. We can remember the time' when people asked when trains ; were due, but now it is "How, late are the trains?" A Shrewd Move. Senator Tillmftnrsppm<a nov. er tire of springing surprises. ! i "Age cannot wither him. nor custom stale his infinite variety." He never ceases to devise ways I of creating surprises and so ad-; vertising himself. He needs no j press agent, for he is abundantly able to Keep himself squarely in the center of the limelight. His latest exploit was his wholly unexpected criticism of President Roosovejt's dismissal of the negro solders. That criticism has been inexplicable to both friend, and foe of tht pitchfork states-! man. Neither could fathom his motives, though each was sine he did not speak within an object. The cat is now out the bag, if, his scheme for an investigation is correctly diagnosed in a Washington dispatch published in the , Rocord. He is to spring an even bigger surprise and create an even greater sensation. What could be more startling than the introduction in the senate by, Tillman of a resolution calling in- j to question the president's au+ f XT 4"/% ^-1 ? kitviibji w uiniiuns tut: UUgTO soldiers without a court martial? Whether or not the senator sincerely believes the president usurped a p3\ver he did not possess, he cannot take a more effectual course to have his action stand. Such a resolution will force every Republican senator to support the president for. while some of them might not object to his being disciplined through action of his own party, not one would dare to vote for a resolution, in effect condemning him, introduced that resolution, he will finally naff down \ the official lid upon the hopes of\ the negroes to have Brownville rase Li reopened and the negro sokLers reinstated in the army. ?Colli mbir Record. \ i Hers Deadly than War. J A A. newspaper of an analysis ; j turn has made very striking ( comparisons with these astonish-; j ing figures. in connection with i the casualty list of the great1 * battles oi the civil war. The . comparisons show that the |. "deadliest battles of the civil j ^ war were mere skirmishes com-' ( pared with the frightful havoc 1 wrought in times of peace by! q American railroads." In four! of these great battles fewer humans were killed than are j called upon by railroads to give up their lives in a single year. , At Chiekamauga 1056 men .were killed; in the Wilderness, 2246; at Spottsylvania. 2725; atGettys- . burg, 3070. The total number , of soldiers slaughtered in these four great battles was 9697, and \ in the one fiscal year ending q June 30, 1905, six more than I, this number, 9703, gave up their 1 lives on the railroad. j, Make the Home Bright. , - r How much bettor to use some ! j of the good things of life as we j go along: to makes our homos!1 as'cherrv and bright as possi-> ble now. I)o not starve today, < either body, mind or soul, think- , ing that poverty will knock at ( your door tomorrow. Don't; j hoard and scrimp through all ; tie best days of your life that | |du may be generous in your'] Ivill. Life is uncertain, and it j ns better to make your children ; (happy while under the parental roof, to call to that home every ; agency that will make their I, lives sweeter and 1 tetter, than to f j deny them these that you may leave them a large account1 when you are gone. It will be too late for them to return kind- , ness to you then. Don't keep the parlor shut up anil live in kitchen, unless you want the I boys and girls to be anxious to ( leave you. Don't think they I must not go anywhere but to Sunday school and prayer meet-; ing; remember you were young j nnpfl lln lint ',cl' tlinm ! to wp.ik two miles to a singing or lecture after working hard all day when there are two or three horses in your barn who 1 would enjoy the trip as much as they. For God's sake, show them you think as much of them as you do your beast i f not more. ' Take time to enjoy the society of |1 your friends, especially the companionship of your children; it will only be a few years at the : best that they will be with you, and these ought to be years of ; happiness to both you and them. J! Would you not rather have them 1 back when out in the world to that blessed home, though it < may not have been a mansion, where they received more joy and comfort than the world can 1 afford, than to have them forget ; home in a week and hardly return to your burial? If we are : very happy in this life we must enjoy what every day brings. We should be grateful and glad for all the good that comes into our lives, and patiently bear our trials, believing that all things if rightly used will fit us for the : enjoyment of perfect happiness hereafter. ? Selected. The Trouble With Japan. Many of our readers are doubtless unacquainted with the cause of the strained relations existing at this time between the United States and Japan. The trouble arose over the local Hoard of Education of San Francisco to provide separate schools for all children of Oriental races, including the ; Japanese, and to prohibit, their attendance at schools of white : Americans. Japanese Ambassador Aohi carried the matter to ' the State Department at Wash- 1 ington and asked that the Japanese children have the rights which are accorded to the children of any European race. The * Japenese contend that the treaty of 1894 has been violated. This treaty provides that the subjects ! of each country shall enjoy in ' the territories of the other the 1 same liberties, privileges and riirUtw? ou ito .n*U^vAi/? Igy I 1 J3 Clfl no OUUJWMl When the knowledge of the ex- ' elusion reached Tokio the news- ' papers there started an agitation , which tlie anti-American feeling and produced tne firm attitude of Japan, as expressed by lier Ambassador here. The San Francisco lx>ard ' claimed that it was acting in ac- 1 cordance with the state law and ' will continue to do so unless the courts decide it is in conflict with ' with the treaty with Japan. , 11 Price of Cotton. ( The best price paid for cotton on this market* yesterday 1 was 10 cents. ] 11 ;t - 1 I J Ir. Wall Improving. ; ? Mr. LJl Walker, a welt mown 'tizen of Lower Steel i >eek, via in toWn Saturday for i he fhratmie in several weeks. 1 tfr. WalkV was thrown from a ] i muld nei- his home about two < veeks ag<, and had his left 1 tnkle so VAllv iniured that he 1 ,vas unableV) walk until a few lays ago. X Fliis Mule llvedV Years. Old "BecA" probably the : )ldest mule tlVt has ever lived ( n this seCtionidied of "old age" ] >n the plantatwi of Mr. W. D. j Kimbrell on tfc morning of No- j /ember 21. ihis faithful old : nule was brokeko work by the 1 ate David H. Wbite on the old ; Brem place 3 mi\s east of Fort Mill in the sprin?pf 1872. She was 3 years okhat that time. Later old Beck \us bought by ' :he late James IVnbrell, who; >wned the mule uill his death, | tvnen she was glen to Mr. ; Kimbrell's three stis, Messrs. t T CJ T T.I \\r 1 rr: ? i 11 3. o., u. it. rtuu **. i. xvimureu. j rhe old mule was Vrked constantly for 34 years. \ iVhnf Carriers Musi and Mat Not Do. In the first place, Vey can't jarry any liquid that simulates i either on the inside ? outside! af their persons; indication1 means instant dismissal\nd they \ ire dismissed when thelare detected drinking even their: routes. Nor are they pWmitted to carry spiritous liquorslor the accommodation of their Patrons; personal friendship do y,i't ff} with the department ii these cases, and no exceptions are made with the rule. Rural carriers must c^rcy the mail and nothing elsft, even though business hous?s seek ofttimes to make erranuiijoys of j them. Carriers must n<t, either in person or through others, directly or indirecly, solicit money, gifts or presents nor issue for profit souvejiiis or postal handbooks, nor co-o>erate with or assist the publishers of the same to secure the patnnage of the public. They an also barred from compiling oi as-: sisting in the compiling <f di- j rectories for public use. Conference Appointments. The following appointments | of ministers to serve the Wrious churches comprising the I Hock Hill District were announced by the Methodist Conference in session in Columbia the past week: It. E. Stackhou^d presiding elder. Blackstock, M. L. Singleton; Chester, M. L. Fmnks; Chester circuit, A. E. I|>ller; East Chester, supplied by A M. Jones; East Lancaster, j?.| M. McKissick; Fort Mill, W.| M. Owens; Hickory Grove, J, C. Counts; Lancaster, R. E. Tirnipseed; Lancaster circuit, 'VuL C. , Winn; Lancaster and Chester mills, supplied by C. P. Carter; North Rock Hill. W. D. Beeknani, , Richburg, W. A. Fairev; Rock Hill?St. John's, W. B. Duncan; Laurel Street, W. D. Gibson; Manchester, supplied by E. Myers; Rock Hill circuit, , H. A rial; Van Wyck, R. E. Israrp; | Winnsboro, Henry Stokes; \ >rkville, H. J. Cauthen; S. A. W< >er, , supernumerary; York c!r uit, supplied by E. K. Hardin, j Pleasant Valley. Mr. Joe Lee, of this place, has been in the Charlotte hospital for the last few days.?Dr. Po\ts | made a business trip to Charlotte Friday.?J. A. Kell and J. L. Pettus have installed 'phones.? i Mrs. John Ilall spent Saturday and Sunday in Fort Mill.?Mr. j Hurt well Sturgis spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. T. W. Gulp. Mr. Tom Culp is having his dwelling painted. He had jt re 1.1- 1 ry xr kx y mvnieleu receiTuy Dy /j. y. jtsraciford, the popular contractor of Fort Mill. Miss Loma Harris lias just re-, L'oived a letter from her cousin. Rob Gray, who recently nhdved to Oklahoma. He also sends a photograph of his new friend, an jld Indian, who brings him in as many as nine turkeys at once. The Messrs. Stallings, of this place have gone into the trapping business, having 26 traps in operation. They have caught a number of muskrats and two large minks. Mr. D. O. Potts has the credit for the largest hog slaughtered o far, weight 475 pounds. Rev.1 >. J. Ormand killed one weighing 380. Mr. A. K. Hood's pork2r weighed 318. Mrs. Walter Hall has h<?eri sick for the past few days. Mrs. Sarah Coltharp is visiting ler daughter, Mrs. Lon FarisJ ind granddaughter, Mrs. White Uourart. Rev. J. C. Cha\Jlor preached is. farewell sermo j , icon at Pleasant Hill. iNppJi ry A ifcartiage which was witlessed by a large number of relatives and friends was that of lirs. Fa jjfnie Bennett and Mr. E. l L. Ritch, which took place Sunday evening at the home of Mr. Isaac Snead, in the village of the Fort Mill Mfg. Company. Sooth Carolina Pythians. The following extract from an article written for the Tri-State r~v .1 1 n . I. 1 TA T TT mi. uuu repow Dy ur. j. ri. mornwell, G. K. R. and S., of Fort, Mill, will be read with interest. "At the present writing there ; are 155 active lodges and 10,450 members. During the last six months there have been eleven new lodges instituted and 1,010, members initiated. This growth from 311 to 10,450 in the last twenty years by no means embraces all who have had their forgettery straightened or their courage tested in the Castle Hall. The seeds of Pythianism have often times fallen on the stony soil among thorns, or by the wayside, and, having no root in themselves may have been swept away by suspensionsv yet something like a tenth of the best men in South Carolina have been as good soil, and Pythianism is bringing forth an abundant harvest in knightly living. Not all in the Pythian ranks, for many good men disapprove of all secret societies, while others belong to different fraternal orders, but you have only to call the roll of any lodge in any part of the State to find the true, the noble, the great and the good. "Much credit is due to all the past grand chancellors, and each one may congratulates himself 4 1 ... A. 1- k J . 1 _1_ tuitt, ne na,s none a guou snare in building up the the cause. In our present grand chancellor, M. R. Rivers, of Charleston, the the cause is making steady progress, and at the end of his term of service he will be entitled to the plaudit, "Well done, good and faithful servant." He has already visited a good many lodges, and has instituted three, and has out petitions for three more. In the supreme domain Pythianism is making rapid grogress, increasing at the rate of 37,000 a year, thus keeping pace with her sifter fraternal organizations in the good work. TherO are between a half and three-fourths of a million Knights of Pythias in the supreme domain. South Carolina has forwarded to the San Francisco suffers $2,052,70, and is ..contributing annually one hundred dollars respectively to the Thornwell Orphanage, Counie Maxwell and Epworth Orphanage, besides supporting through the grand chancellor, others in their homes. The lodge at Clinton pays $G0 a year to the Thornwell Orphanage." Animal Reserve in Africa. Threatened disappearnnre of the wild fauna of South Africa has led the Natal govern. i?nt to form a reserve of 20,(KM) acres in extent on the slopes of the Urakensberg. In the deep "kloofs" of those secluded mountains tehos of berg express and other nuiiiral forest afford good cover for the eland, of which only some 130 specimens now remain in Natal. The reserve also contains herds of blue buck and klipspringcr. In this game reserve are also found many valuable si>eeimeiis of early i Hushman paintings and drawings, many of which are disappearing owing to the rppid disintegration of the rock surfaces. I 1 Feast of Kisses. Ilulniagen, in Koumnnin, possesses a public festival which is probably unique in tie* world. It is a little town of about 1,2* > inhabitants, and on the morning of its annual fair day the population from about 80 villages conic trooping in in swarms. To them ?0 out all the young women, married or single, of Ilalinngen, each hearing a small flower garland and vessel of wine, and nil attend cd by their godmothers this lasi preenulion is taken from motives of deference for Mrs. Grundy. As the visitors approach, the young Women offer to each a taste of wipe and?a kiss. ! < \ [Moraly a Trifle. "I suppose your late uncle did not fail to remember you in his ^vill," said the sympathetic friend. "Von Could hardly call it a re memhraifee," replied the poorer relation. "It was more like a faint recollection." ? Chicago Daily News. Os^iaS'^Naw UfePilii Th9 beftlln tie vnorlde 1 ! They Must ( Everything in Dry Tii the future wo wi] Furnishings, Clothii In order to close out December 10th, we Yard wide Black Taff Fifty-six inch Broadch Fifty^six inch Ashland In fact, every thin, AT COST. Seeing is believing. McElhaney < SPECIAL NOTICES.! FOK RENT One or two farms. Apply to T. U. liKLK. iNiJiii r.?aii persons limeuieu i<> me for profession:!I service or otherwise , arc requested to eull during the week at my office in Fort 2?ill and settle t heir accounts. D. It. THOUPfc'ON. J FOR SAI.F.?One fine voting (ilr> ) tow, nearly full-blooded Jersey, 4 years old. Price only ?! "# Apply to Ai FX BAKUliU, Fort Mill, fc> C - A Reward. 1 will given reward f<>r itif >rniation leading to the rec ?verv of my si tter dog whh n strayed from my premises Sunday. Dog was very small, had larpe brown sjiois. one fore lep entirely brown. Had on new collar. J. L. Sprutt. A YEAH A3 ELCCD The year 10011 will long bo remembered in the home of F. N. 'Jacket, of Alliance, Ky , as the year of blood: which flowed so copiously from Mr. Tucket's j limps that death seemed very near. He j j writes: "Sovero bleeding from thelunps ] aud u frightful tough had brought me at death's door, when 1 bepnti talcinp I Dr King s Mow Discovery for Consumption, with the astonishing result that after taking four bottles J. was completely r> stored and as time has proven permanently cured." ( r nam ti teed for >ore lamps, < oughsnud I '.Ida at all drugstores. Price ;Vle. Never ifo in tlobt lor a luxury or tin unnecessary article of any discijption. Your stomach churns aud digests the food you oat and it' foul, or torpid, or out of order, your whole system suffers from blood poison. Hollister's ltocky Mountain Tea keeps you well. Do cents Tea or Tablets.?Paries Drug < "o. | '1 Here was a good crowd here last Saturday and our merchants seemed to be doing some busi ness. -< >In every clime its colors are uufnrlcd It's fame has spread from sea to sea; ; He not surprised if in tho other world. You hear of Kooky Mountain Tea.? l'arks Drug v'o. ? The State Baptist convention decided to meet in Orangeburg next year. FAUOjS strike bssaeess. Tito nios' frmous strike breakers in tin- land are .Or King's Mew Life fills. When liver and bowels go on strike, ' thov quikly settle tho trouble, and the purifying work goes right on. Host i cure for constipation, headache and dizziness. 2,io at all drug stores. - -4*S Our merchants are beginning to open up Christmas goods. LOSE CALL. "A dangerous surgical operation, involving the removal of n maligant illi cor as large us mv hand, from my daughters hip, was prevented by the application of bueklen's * rniea Salve." says A. I' Stickel. of Miletus, \V. Va. I "Persistent use of the Salve completely cured it." C'mvs Cots. Burns and Injuries 2">e. at all drugstores. Presided r.on?cvclt ' ar igri got t in the neck. at lite hands oi hi? party. In the legislative, ju ilicial and executive bill reported by congress on Friday it was decryed that hereafter in printing documents authorized by law, or ordered by either branch of congress, the government printing office shall follow the rules ot spelling by Webster's Dictionary. Fresh ihikoiV Bread evrry Salunluv -it .TONKS*. There is a man in this section who claims to be conjured. He went to a "conjure doc'.or," who told him that the party who "tricked" him had t nine tacks in a piece of clou. nd put it under the door step and he had passed over it. But if h< .' would get the rag and tacks and I bring them to him he could re1J move his troubles. Where is the fool killer.?Ex. 10 At (W^ceB Goods AT COST. | 11 i /f*i x ! 1 ii carry omy yxeiits i ig and Shoei, and : our Dry Gobds by offer them at cost. eta Silk - - - 83c [)th 82c I Repellant - - 41c g iii Dry Goods See for yourself. * & Company. HOLIDAY ADVICE We can satisfy you in the selection of your Xmas presents provided you want to save yourself time and worry and be assured of the fact that the re- , cipients of your gifts will appreciate them. We have bookst adopted to every age of both^ sexes from the latest $1.50 nove'ad to the 5 cents juvenile. Ourustock has already been consider-5"' ably depleted and early buyers'! will have the advantage of' TOILET SETS XMAS CARDS CALENDARS' Candles and holders, Cigars, Pipes, Albums, Perfumery, Bibles, Games. The handsomest Cabinets of Box Stationery you ever saw. Wateman's Ideal, the original fountain pen, $2.&) and upwards. We have the Lfcughlin at $1.00.' Argpely's. I _ - ... ???v ? t "I M 1M'KuuLV/ Mt I \> FLOUR * | * Is the BEST FLOUR 011 the J ' I marlitft. Give it a trial and yon 4 s/& will alwavs havo Good Bread, v d a ^ 1 ou can always find it at ^ $ A. O. .TONES' ? | J PHONE 14. J HCLLISTER'S I Swcky Mawnhiisi 1>a Huggets n tl'.y Medicine for Susy People. B'inss Go I Jen Health and Renewed Viffor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. l.Jr?r nn t l< ntiic-y trouble*. I'lmp.;*. Kcretnn. lmpum lllooil. Had Breath. Sluinfi-h Bowels, lleadicho int.: IWuuche. Itn Rocky .dountoin Tt a in talrn l form. Sf> cants a bo: Genuine made by :. oluis ck? I>uu.) <. ohpj st. Madison, Wis. OLDEN NUGGETS FOH SALLOW PEOPLE nmircOUCHl ^ AND Cl/RE THE LUNCSj : ~ Sr. king's I ii Hew SIsscvery S /TONSUMPTIOM PrTco S ;*iUiTB OUGHSanti GOc&SIOOU I 7* * Fran Tri?l U ?rwr' iwwiij?n?J jj Surest anc E&uk'ke i* -jf\sro lor ail g |j THUOAT ilnd LUIJQ TliOUB- j f! LES, or IXJNEiT PACK. J ON YOb?> HUNTING TRIP BeMim to - p*m*T'v cur - t?ebtsla the STEV. I ENS end .' i L ASMUT f.o -MG. WtmiVe I RI7LK1| . . . frcg? ^S5t?$lB0 00 I PISTOIr . . - fr? <2 60tO BO 00 I RHOTG S3. . frrfl* 7.60 to 3600 | Atkyout' irr #n(f IiwW.t He Air t*n ; ir<- lllu*. I o??uiy . i.( *>??<? if i ciui(i| If inter- 3 >eueaaa ' W?l?, w ??bl|? ? In Silo -Ti *i.. \ <i rfimt. tm, iMgt tkarftl .! ;i to have It. VUle I f *?**!, oa mrH* of W" irr m?ln Aau|? to coe'ocpi >. Our tarn' n three ret <t / mat Kti -rr wOl be If i?frt"d nl la atom. r. J. STK INI AIM! (TO TOOL CO., | <fr o?f?7*0* ^