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? \ V , k; \llf ' I ff-Vux TfiejFort Mill Times.! V , ? DEMOCRATIC V \ \ Ff7BLtBl$ED BVEKY TH^RSe^T. W. BRADFORD, . .gdfud PMpV '" One year . .\ .. tl.00 Correspondence on current subjects Is Invited, but no responsibility V Is asjwmsl for the views of correspondents. On wppltcstlon to the publishA\ advertising cotes are made knoArn to these Interested. \ lCatatodat the postofflceat Fort Mill, M. CL, ? fpcpod olaas matter. \ " DECEMBER 20,1906. \ ' ?? ? V' .Many a man spends his mone^ lor a Christmas jug when hfc should apply it to some of tha | honest debts he owes. \ ^ With the inauguration of slow1 er schedules in South Carolina \ we may expect some author to put out a book that will out-rival thefaitious "Slow Train Through Arkansas." Cherokee county which was first to vote out the dispensary now ranks first in the number and heinous nature of crimes during the year. Can it be that .the Cherokee brand of prohibition is a breeder of crime. If any! of those papers that published^ an^advertisement for Buckingham's Ginseng Garden, Zanesyillel Ohio, about one year ago, will put us onto a scheme whereby we can collect pay for aanie, we will feel deeply grateJw ' i i i \ ?*little remains to be said in praise of the Christmas editions of the Charlotte Observer and The State, f^r the exchanges of botn have been showering1 boquetn upon them since Sunday. The issues were great and were deseiying of all the praise given them. Up to date about sixty voters of tie town have registered. This lumber represents about one-half of those who are entitled to vote. Butfa short time ^temains in which to register and you should not delay the matter. Register today. On every side one hears the prattlej^nd.merry laugh of the ilMo nnlia wtin aya Irmlfinir fnr. wewv Vll?/U ?f i iV V ?VVI\ti?5 ward with great eagerness to the joys Iwhich the coming week has in stbre. May there be universal] gladness among them, brought Jabout by the visit of Inasmuch as the Southern HaiJwayiAas placed the blame for its juBeck at Lawyers, Va., upon / brator Mattox, the | public L watch with interest whatypunishment will be petea to Mattox. Perhaps ? j/lt "dishonorably disthe service. nHklust Pay Box Rent Prompty. ? HBi order recently sent out < B Beting Postmaster - General ; H^Ecock reads as follows: ox rents must be collected beginning of each quarter HKe entire quarter, but no Ten days before the last j I^BBH each quarter postmasters ^Hfl^Riuired to piace a bill (on or 15381-2) bearing of the last day of the j in each rented box. If a j^^^Ber fails to renew his right Bix on or before the last R& quarter the box shall! H closed and offered for; the mail will be placed neral delivery." fltoU" spoken of above is form of a notification and . mm wv next quarter begins Janu-! ary 1st, Postmaster Massey will within the next day or two place one in each of the rented boxes ( at the local office. Those receiv/ ing these notices are requested b to return them promptly, with the amount due, to the postmaster for his signature, wnereupon the bill becomes a receipt There is hot much practical uae in being good unless you let everybody kijow about it. A : .. \ >' GOOD HEN NEEDED. . It iB but a few weeks now unW^tne voters of the towfcwiH'be called upon? to select from our citizens an intendant and board of aldermen to govern the town's affairs during the year 1907. In this matter every patriotic citizen should feel a keen inter est. Our town has made progressive strides of a marked degree the past few years and should continue to go forward, but a town never reaches that point along the line of prosperity that" it is impossible to completely check its progress. And there is .nothing more hurtful to a (town than the election of an incompetent set of officers. It was oyily a few years ago that our merchants suffered the loss of much trade through the adoption and practice of certain rules by our city fathers. The needs of fr i. >#:ii _i. i. _ ruic mm at present, ijl we are tu enjoy prosperity during the coming year, is the election of a set of progressive men?those who will continue to push the town? men with progressive ideas and men who are not afraid to put their convictions into effect. Fort Mill has accomplished much in the past few years and there are greater things to be done, but there is little prospect of achieving this greatness if our town is allowed to fall into the hands of an indolent set of men. Our voters should consider thfcse matters well before nominating a ticket. Give us a council that will do things and we will continue to grow. Slower Schedules For the Southern. It is learned that President Finley, of the Southern Railway Company, that owing to the crowded condition of some of its single track lines, and the double track work, including the revision of grades and alignment, now under way, for the purpose of relieving the crowded condition of the present single track, the Southern Railway Company finds it difficult to maintain the schedule of some of its passenger traijns, as now scheduled, and Willi, in consequence, in the ?arl>|pa?tof January enfeuing, reuse Ithpse schedules, putting vjnj the b^rs of slower speed, witfli the expectation of being abli to maintain them, and believing that under the circumstances this arrangement will be more satis-1 factory to the public. In this I connection President Finley says; "The double trafc work is; being vigorously pusjed, and on ' other parts of the load where double track work Js not now under way, but wheje traffic is heavy, passing tracks jare being put in, and those already. in extended in order to facilitate the movement of trains, all such passing track wor.c being done with the ultimate object of utilizing it as double track when double track work may be undertaken in those lacalitie3. "The imDrovement in nnssen gor train movement will naturally improve the movement of freight trains. "The Southern Railway Company is arranging to shorten its operating divisions, increasing the number from 14 to 27, each of these divisions to be in charge : of a superintendent. Men now j ihHbii -service will be promoted j to the aouitional positions thus created. This arrangement, it is believed, will result in in-, creased efficiency, and, will, it is further believed, promote the mutual interest of the public and the company. "In the arrangements referred to, the company is developing and making effective policies initiated by its late president." Dispensary Money For the Schools. Hon. A. W. Jones,, comptroller general, has announced another distribution of dispensary scnooi money on account 01 remittances received from that institution during the month of November. The total amount j distributed so far this year is i $175,241,50, but of this $100,-1 241,50 represents profits for the I year previous and was a balance brought over from 1906. The total cash received thk year is I about $75,000 and nte total amount distributed .in enrollment was $59,626.80, >r a little less than 30 cento for fcch pupil on a basis of enrolment of 280,000 putols. Of th amount distributed the schools 0f York county get $1,404.74. ^^ ProfKts at^leKf Pmr Ifcnt. 1 Within six weeks the 44,000 horde power plant of the 8#whiern Power Company, at Gteat Falls, S. C., on the Catawta, will be furnishing hydrvelectric power ty Mount Holly, lelmont, Lowell, Dollas and othei towns in this section of the Stat*. The army of laborers that constructed this enormous plar.t will be transferred to Rocky Creek, tw< and one-half miles below Great Talll, on the same river, and while this this force is at work, anoher force equally as large will be constructing four and a lalf miles of railroad track from he Marion division of the Southern i to Ninety-nine Islands, when, at no distant date, *an electrc I Elant of 20,000 horse-power wil | e put into commission. The magnitude of the work being done by the Southern Power Company can be realized only by knowing the future plans of ?the*:ompany, and the amount of work the company is now actively engaged in. The plant at Great Falls is the * largest in the South, the to al output being 44,000 horsepowe' and-it is to be transmitted frorr that point to connect with the Catawba nla'nfc between 30 and 4( miles up the river. The tower; and insulators the entire distance are up and wire is being distributed along route as rapidly as possible in order that power may he transmitted over the lim just as soon as the machidery is installed in that plant. The huge dam at Great Falls, which is approximately 1,000 feet wide was close 1 last week, the river is harnessed and just as soon as the water wheel is placed in position the several hundred ' car loads of machinery costing! upward of $400,000 wit. be 1 placed into commiseioiL More ; than 150 car loads of this machinery is already delivered and is being placed in position as rapidly as possible. With the transmiss:on lines up from a distance of four miles north of Clover, S. C.t to Qastonia, Lowell, McAdensville and Mount Holly, the Southern Power Company will be able to supply, soon after the first of the srnon nnnrlir AAA to the manufacturing plants in his section. Lines are being contstructed to Mooresville, Statesville and Concord. The plant at Rock Creek will be a sister plant to the one at n rnn t T?ollo L viivui ji alio nun WI!|)IU.UIA" I]1U~ chinero and idcntally the same output, 44,000 horse-power. A Blow to CcttoD Exchanges. % A notice which, according to The Observer, was to have been posted on the floor of the Charlotte Cotton Exchange Monday morning reads as follows* "We have been notified by the private wire system from whom we derive our quotations that on and after Monday, December 24th, this quotation service will be discontinued for posting. "This is in consequence of a contract between the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges and the Western Union Telegraph Company, giving the latter the sole right to furnish ci^nmercial bodies the quotations as made on the two exchanges. As the Western Union Telegraph Company insists upon the fulfillment of this condition with regard to this exchange our quotations from the present source will cease as above stated." The Observer then goes on to say .that this arrangement which has been entered into between the New York and New Orleans C<>ttop Exchanges and the West-1 er^i Union Telegraph Company is'a peculiar and annoying one and will work a hardship upon a large number of the smaller ex- j changes. The exchanges in the larger cotton centres, like Savannah. Augusta. Memphis and Houston, can afford to take the wemtern union service, which-is very expensive. J\jjF>t what effect the new arrangement will have upon the exchanges in the smaller towns will be watched with interest. The few K'of P. O/ficers. At the meeting of Electra Lodge K. of P., held Monday nighi the following officers werfe elect* for the ensuing year: J. L. apratt, chancellor commander; H. VVithercpoon, vicechari^ffionW. B. Ardrey, prelate; Stewijjt^ Jd[. of W.; j. B. Elhptt, F.-gSMtelggins., inner guard; f ^ outer^guard^Messrs. and pratt ^ were ^elected J4 York's ''Dark Corner/' The ' *D&rk\ Corner'' of York couiit&is faat\ becoming known as on$.of tfi4 fjfiimoug- moonshining: sections of the State. It is a strip of country about five miles wide and fifteen miles long running across A the northwest end of York and including in its U 1- 1.1 A. 1- L.i.i.1 -1 uvunus tut; lamouK uaiuegrouna | of King's Mountain. Numerous small streams flow through the | deep undergrowth and it fur- j nishes not only ah abundance or fine water for the making of the mountain dev but gives a splendid hiding place in almost any direction It ia said that' Sunday in that section is not a ; Sabbath, but a day of \ drinking, | gambling and fighting for the; class which furnishes tne moon- 1 shiners. This, although in thej neighborhood of Bethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian! Church, and -Bethany High School, which are attended and sipported by as good people as tie sun shines upon. The State coistabulary have been frequently raying its respect to the commmity and while by some these effo-ts have been sneered at as accunplishing no good these raidi have certainly made the lawbeakers more guarded in their iperations. Constables J. H. B. Jenkins, Hoy and WrigH have .ust returned from what could reasonably be termed t successful raid. Sunday morning, . tin 9th, they left their teams, h'dden in the neighborhood ani began scouting the countrv vhere thev exnected to firid a prizy. At eleven o'clock, while moVing- very cautiously, ; two of theXparty came suddenly upon a ^reat big fat greasy negro lying flat upon the ground in the sun aiyl a rather diminutive white nan of nondescript caste setting with his back against a big poplar tree. The negro lay flatter than before, but could not make himself invisible; the white man ducked his heac in the other direction before concluding to obey the order of ~*he pfficers to "sit still." ; While on all sides was the outfit of an active distillery these men clained that they had merely cone there to try and get some oi the output and they had nothing whatever to do with the plant This-may or may i not be true a*d it is known that ' the white mai last year ran a moonshine stil higher up *in ; Cherokee coun\y. Their names and residences were taken and their cases will be investigated later on. The oitfit which the ; constables found consisted of a 70 gallon copper itill which was, hot, nine ferms^sT, containing about 10,000 gall\.ns.. ?{ beer ready for/hstillin?% 15 bushelj of nice meal in ano neT fermej, ter. The "worm" j? the s*l was found but nctf thfe "ca?" j the most expensive 'Jart of -he 1 still, are nearly alwiys reni-ved and hidden as In thi^ase; ThP ! officers also captpr. ?7 the ;house of a man 1 }n8* Nearby ! 11 gallons of wh''^v' ri?bt 1 fresh. The beer was pouf^ out an<l the fermenters brokt UP- The , 'still also was dest^e9? *as it | was four miles fronthe team < j and no means of traiP?rtation. The nice meal too, yp mingled with the mud and wa>r ot> the 1 branch and thus denatTedThe worm and whirey were brought to town, and sipped to Columbia. \ The officers leame^ayta man living in the neipP?r'Vooti ? i cropper on a farmed lar^d, had ; confined his plants ta c>rn, ; and that it was jfobable hat the stuff destroyed, be beerand i meal, represented 1 of his share of ! poor devils right l'''l I King's Mountain of Bethany congres^^^^^BH Hill Herald. STRIKE I^B^^B Tho most Dr. King Wlion liver and the purifying work goes < < >hm i p.it inn, H dizziness. all otherwise nature backed him up. "A dangerous snrgiiijPB^^^^'J" volving the removal uJvmaligaut ful[ oer us largo ae mv |!id, from vpy! daughters hip, was p An ted by |he application of BuckleiS/vvnicaSalvtF' says A. O Stickel, of * loins, W. Ma. | "Feisiatont use of tho live completely I cured it." CuresOntgJnrus and Injuries. 2>"io at all drug sttf s. ^ ;j \ An author's brj|htness lsn* always due to the burning of midnight oil, J j I Fresh Bakes' Bread f9very SeturAty $tr JO?fcsr. M They |l\(ust ( PvcwlViino' in iSrv XJ 1 Vi J X** XV 1 J In the future we wi Furnishings, Clothii In order to close ou1 December 10th, we Yard \fide Black Taff Fifty-six inch Broadcli Fifty^six inch Ashland In ftct, everythin AT COST, Seeing is believing. McElhaney PlOICQtlt Vallov JL. JkV wi/tJMAi. U V WIAAVJI Mr. D. O. Petts anc J. 0. Hall attended the Woodman supper in Fort Mill la? Friday. | night.?Lester TherrellAnd Clyde | j Pettus spent three dayi hunting j ! near Waxhaw the pa it Week.? Mr. and Mrs. Wal,teij Potts, of Gunnison, Miss., art expected to visit relatives hereinext week. ?Mr. J. M. Harri.7 spent one day last week in Charlotte. N}t knowing whemer we were ' comctly informed last week 1 we nissed stating that Mr. Tom Culp, of Pinevillc, ' and Miss Lessit Norman, cf this place were lUarried on tl/e 9th inst. Dr. i'otts has, jest had a well bored oi his p/antation by Mr. Richardson of llelair. We h^ve just been informed by neighbor, P. R. Collins, that he has jiUt purchased an Automobile an-1 is now ready to give the forecast of the weather for another ytar. Mr. Joe Lee will go back to ! the Charlotte hospital^theX first i of January. | SPECIAL, NOTICES. ' FOR RENT One or two f:wu?s. Am.lv t.n T R RKI.K #i . FOR SALE?One?line you?g^(dr>, Cow, nearly full-blooded Jersey, 4 war* j IMoe only to \ make to'a i^irT jast beop^J*^ 1 you oughtito. MAJE HAFP7 FOB UFS^T \ Great huipiuess cume into the lkarno ( of S. C. illajr, school superin tendon*. at St. A1 banc, W. Va.. when hi,* little | daughter wns restored from thcj dreadful complaint he names. He says: "My little daughter had St. Vitus' Danae, , which yielded to no treatment but greW ' steu lily Avor.se until, as a last resort w^ tried Electric Hitters, and .1 rejoice to Bay, three bottles effected a comploto cuiv?" Quick, sure euro for nervous ^ complaints, general debility, female ? weakness, impoverished blood and ma- J' lanlt. Guaranteed at all drug stores. Pri4e 50c. 1 Cienius never amounts to much unless it is backed by common sense. . Taken as directed, it becomes the greatest curative ageut for the relief of suffering hemauitv ever devised. Such is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Lea. Tea or Tablets.?Parks Drug Co. A girl hopes that the veil of the future will prove to be a bridal veil. 4#^ k A YEAR AE BLOOD Br l'JO'l will long be remember- .1 B< of P. N. 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