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JANUARY 24, 1907. !!
The legislature is eighteen days j i
old and the dispensary liveth. <
When a man pursuing the daily <
peaceful avocations of life goes <
around with a revolver on his
person, it is prima facie evidence that
he is either a fool or acrim- ;
inal, and in either case he ought
to be locked un.
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There are too many men who !
expect an editor to slave in defense
of their pet notions and
hobbies, advocate their views
against the strongest opposition,
then coolly withhold the business ;
support by which alone a small
newspaper can exist.
Dr. Saye's till to create a commission
to provide a statue to
South Carolina's hero, John C.
Calhoun, is meeting with favorable
comment by the press and
people of the State. To the beloved
Calhoun the State owes this
honor and the bill should receive
early enactment.
Says the Yorkville Enquirer:
"As a matter of fact, neither Mr.
Epps nor Mr. Glasscock ever said
squarely where they stood on
this [the dispensary] question."
Annanias will now proceed to
roll over in his grave, utter a
series of groans, and pass up the
medal.
a sur.r.FSTinN t<i tfa runts
Reading, writing and spelling?
we say it regretfully?are no
longer thoroughly taught in the
schools of the land. Young men
and women who seek instruction
in telegraphy, stenography and
typewriting, although of good
ability and general information
are lamentably deficient in the
fundamentals of the English language.
They especially can not
spell. Out of thirty or forty
words used one sometimes finds
as many as eight 01 ten misspelled.
This every newspaper
man will stand ready to vouch
for from experience. The schools
no longer give the common rudiments
the attention they should?
too much attention being directed
to the higher branches before
the common ones are mastered.
In the rush to reach the higher
grades the children are given unreasonably
lengthy lessons and
when the book is finished many
a word, some even in the very
start, can be found that the child
is unable to correctly spell or pronounce.
It is our opininion that
the mind can be as easily overtaxed
as the body and our teachers
should reduce the amount of
reading and number of words to
be spelled daily by the pupils.
And the pupils should be thoroughly
drilled in reading aloud.
Not onlv will this heln develon
their vocal organs but it will |
greatly aid them in spelling and !
reciting. Teachers and parents
alike should see that the children
master the common rudiments
before entering the higher studies.
THE GREATEST DANGER.
The very gravest of dangers
that beset young men who aim
at success in business is, according
to Mr. Carnegie, the habit of
intoxicating liquors. In his book,
"The Empire of Business" he
say 8:
"The first and most seductive
peril, and the destroyer of most
young men, is the drinking of
liquor. I am no temperance lecturer
in disguise, but a man who
knows and tells you what observation
has proved to him; and I
say to you that you are more j
likely to fail in your career from
acquiring the habit of drinking
liquor than from any or all the
temptations that are likely to assail
you. You may yield to al
most any other temptation?maybrace
up, and, if not recover lost
Kround, at least remain in the
race, and secure and maintain a
respectable position. But from
the insane thirst for liquor, es-;
cape is almost impossible. 1 have
known but few exceptions to this ,
rule."
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330 barrel* White Flint Flour ami n 1
'Jot of Kuat Proof Heed Oats jnst j
received at the "Old Reliable Store,"
X B. BeiK, Proj>. 'i
?iw !!! nn 111
HONOR.
f. ' * *
There seems to be several kinds
)f honor, if one can judge by the i
lifTerent ways the press size up j l
people who step into the lime- s
ight. j
For instance, young Harry i
rhaw of Pittsburg and New York !
rpppntl v Icillprl n fpllnw-hpina- i
I
md he did it, he claims, in the <
name of honor. The victim had, '
it is alleged, dishonored Thaw's '
wife, therefore he must die. '
A correspondent in a New York ;J
newspaper, discussing the char- 1
acter of the victim of the tragedy, !
said he was "the soul of hor.or."
No doubt he was in some re- ;
spects. He would as soon think ;
of robbing his mother's grave as
he would of defrauding anyone;
out of a penny. Financially, his i1
character was untarnished.
But he would steal the brightest
possession a woman can have, I
and make a joke of it among his
friends. He would soil the char- j
acter of a girl too young to be I
away from her mother's care i
and cast her adrift or. the stormtossed
waters of Bohemia, with- i
out a qualm. !:
Ar.d the "honor" of young Mr. |
Thaw and his wife, too. This is
an odd institution, also. Mr. >
Thaw himself, so far as history j <
goes, has not had a worthy aim ,
or a noble ambition since his j
birth. He has lived for pleasure, ;
has soaked his soul in it until its :
keen acid has died it deeply. No |
doubt, if he incurred a gambling
debt, he would deem it a point;
of "honor" to nav if No nnnhf
he thought it a measure of honor 1
to be able to hold his end up as '
long as the rest. As to the honor |
of his wife?let the mantle of
charity fall over that toy of base
men that at last caused a tragedy.
They don't know the meaning
of the word. Never was a noble
phrase in poorer company. Men
and women of real honor would
never have sunk their souls so ;
deeply in the mire of human de- j
pravity as these people have.
It is such hideous, fantastic notions
of honor as these that make ;
men foul and women base. Real i
honor knows them not.
An Honor For Mr. Finley.
Representative Finley has been
tendered one of the most important
committee places in the!
house?that of a member of the I
judiciary, says the Washington
correspondent of the Columbia \
Record.
The vacancv was offered to Mr. j
mniey a lew days ago and came
as a surprise to him. He has
been so deeply engaged with his
work on the postoflice and post
roads committee that he has since
been unable to give the question
but little attention.
The member? of the South
Carolina delegation realize the
honor that would come to Mr.
Finley by accepting this place,
but they do not want him to give
up his position on the postotftce
and post roads committee. He
has been a member of the latter
for four years and has done most!
excellent work for the people of i
his district and for the State;
generally.
The postoflice and post roads j
committee is one that more peo- !
pie are interested in and one
where its members can do more
for their respective sections than
any other Derhaps in the house.
Georgia Wants Immigrants. ,
Following the example set by
South Carolina, the State of Georgia
is at work on plans to secure
suitable immigrants for that
State.
It is proposed to send to Europe
in the near future several
commissioners who will visit the
different countries to select the
immigrants. These commision- '
ers will be emnowered to select
the best class of immigrants and
to provide for their passage to
Savannah where they will be distributed
throughout the State.
Under the provisions of the immigrantion
law the commissioners
will have the right to advance
the immigrants funds with which
to come to America.
Pleasant Valley.
Miss Myrtis and Robt. Rickett
visited friends in Pleasant Vallev '
Sunday. ?Miss I/nna Harris is
spending a few days in Charlotte :
this week.?Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. 1
Potts attended the reception giv- '
en by Mrs. Ed Kimbrell lastMon-!
day evening.?Mrs. J. D. Wolfe;1
is seriously ill of erysipelas. ?Mr. ;
Hartwell Sturgis was in Pleasant
Valley Sunday.?Misses Mannie
Wolfe and Susan Bradford visited
Mrs. John Harris Sunday even-'
ing. ? Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Potts ,
spent several days in Charlotte !
the past week.?Mrs. June Potts ;
will go to the Charlotte hospital
in a tew days for treatment?Mr.
Frank Therrell is erecting a tenant
house on his plantation.
SENSIBLE ADVICE.
The habit of indulging in the
jse of profane or obscene, language
is one of the most nonsen- i
deal habits a human being ever :
acquired. Purity of thought and
speech are valuable virtues. And j
yet, it's our honest opinion that
the man who unwittingly "cusses"
a little now and then is not
Liail so biff a sinner as tne man
who continnously thinks evil and
speaks evil of his neiffhbors, and
refuses to pay his honest debts
upon the theory that "Jesus paid
it all, all the debt I owe." If the !
pulpits of the land would "ffo
after" the fellows who refuse to
pay their honest debts and to
love their wives and their fellowmen?
"ffo after" them as vigorously
as they do the fellows who
"cuss and chew tobacco," the
true reformation of the race
might be nearer at hand.
Protect Your Town.
Protect your own town and
Hirt'.'iKif eliAtir fVnof \rr\n nro in
lliv.l V/ KJJ ii 1 I V/ > Y ti III v J l/U ai V All
favor of protection. I f protection ;
is good for the nation it is good j
for the town. As townspeople |
we should favor our town above
every other as the growth and
development of it is what will
enhance the value of all property
both in and about it. Then buy
your dry goods, groceries, hardware,
furniture, etc., at home;
have your printing, your blacksmithing,
your shoe-making done
at home; patronize your home
in every instance that you can.
The success of our merchants
and mechanics means new business
houses and residences, additional
demands for labor of
various kinds. To the farmer
a first-class town affords a better j
market for his crrain, a better
trading point, and such a town '
is bound to increase the value of ,
his land. Unquestionably "in
union there is strength." Let
us protect our town.
The Wittekind Coining Ag*in:
If the schedule as "announced
was carried out, the good ship
Wittekind of the North German
Lloyd company sailed yesterday,
from Bremen, Germany, for
Charleston.
The vessel was to have sailed
December 28th, but on account
of the holidays, the date was;
changed to January 1G, and later
to January 23. The exact num-!
ber of immigrants which the i
Wittekind wiii bring over is not!
known, but the number is ex- i
pected to exceed that of the last!
trip ana me immigrants will in-;
elude a larger proportion of agri-;
cultural and domestic helpers and
less proportion of mill hands. It
is said the immigrants who were ;
landed at Charleston last Novem-,
ber and were placed throughout1
the State are generally satis- j
Tied and contented with their po- j
sitions. The twenty-two immi-1
grants who returned numbered
several labor agitators and now
that they are gone the rest of
the people are engaged at work j
and are doing well in their adopted
homes.
"Gold Hill7
Editor Times: As Gold Hill
has not been represented in your
paper in quite a time, we concluded
to give you a few items.
Our neighbors are fairly well,
I think, with the exception of
of Mr. W. H. Nicholson, who is
quite sick.
We learn that this fine spring
weather in January has stirred
up the farmers and they are I
moving up now, sowing oats, ;
breaking stubble, and just going
yon way.
The young folks have been on
the social whirl for some time, j
but they have been called to
books and now there is peace,
peace, sweet peace, which is a
great relief to our dogs. They ,
are quite hoarse from over-exer- j
tion.
For several days past a little
girl babe has been putting up
with Mr. Dave Gibson, or, may
be, he is putting up with it.
Several of the Gold Hill boy3,
engaged in a rabbit hunt the
past week, led by that veteran
hunter, Blackberry Ned, of Steel
Creek, and they bagged 98 rabbits
and a lot of birds, and then
? A, -1? * 1
ii sumptuous dinner was spread
on the ground. Several salons!
of coffee were made and alto-;
together they had a high old time j
of it.
Well, this leaves us fairlv well
and still a-hopin', as Arternus
Ward would say. Splinter.
At a conference in Washington
recently of congressmen from the
States of South Carolina, Alabama,
Tennessee and one man
from Florida, it was decided to
locate the United States subtreasury
at Birmingham, Columbia
losing out by a single vote.
Mr. Johnston Views the Situation.
Rock Hill, Jan. 33?Xrnas pawd Off
here exceedingly quiet considering the
amount ot liquor shipped here from
Salisbury, Atlanta, and many other
places bofore Xmas.
I ltuush that the disueusarv Question
will be fought iu the legislature from
start to finish. However, I have my
doubts of this question being soitled
daring this term. It is very generally
understood that thoro will be a big
demand on the legislature for more
and better appropriations. Our legislators
should be more careful in the future
in making appropriations that
would bo considered unnecessary, knowing
that 1119 State is already in debt,
and the people burdened with taxes.
The mill people are standing flat- j
footed demanding the ten hour law, and
are expecting our representatives to at
least use their influence for it. I don't
think any man of conscience will cast
his vote against this bill, or yield his
inMuonce against it, considering the
many women and children that are
exposed to all kind of weather going
and coining before day and after night
Therefore our now legisla' era, before 1
rusting their votes against this bill
should appeal to their conscience.
The labor question is one of much imimportatice
and of interest to all and the
enforcement of the vagrant law around
these towns would add much to the labor
demand.
I am opposed to flooding our mills
with these immigrants, especially with
Riff-Ruffs, as we have plenty of this
class already hero of our own raising
that w& would bo more than gla J to get
rid of.
I notice that Georgia has a child
labor law, certainly this is a good law,
but if the people of Georgia dou't respect
it any better than South Carolina
has, it is no't worth the paper it is
printed on. To these dear little children
so much spoken of when Captain
Marshall was fighting for this law, this
law has done 110 good, or but little
harm to anybody.
It apjHiars to me that any man of 1
common sense should bo ublo to seo ]
that we need a child marriage law in j
this state, consider the many children |
that are now marrying before they get j
out of childhood Such important things
as these seem not to be 011 the minds j
of our lawmakers and looking after and ,
doing things of loss liruport mice, for I
the general good of tlv people.
1 am in iavor of a law requiring all 1
prcaehers, magistrates, notarv publics,
to keep a record of all marriages and
have thetu recorded by the clerk of
court.
Well it seoms that there aro still
some people who take a great delight
in nagging and barking after Tillman,
especially the little politicians. However,
he treats them as he always has.
with contempt. But when forced to
turn loose ou them, he very gonerally
leaves the in as dead cocks in the pit,
politically. S. L J .
In Memori&m.
Die?l, at Fort Mill, S. C\, Decembor
27?h, I90l>, youngest child of R. L. O
and M. E. Belle, ago 3 mouths and 7
days.
Wtule, thou were mild and lovely,
Goutle as the summer breeze;
Pleasant as the air of autumn,
As it floats among the trees.
Peaceful bo thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in the grave so low,
Thou no more shall join our untiibor.
Thou no more our songs shall hear.
Dearest. Wade, thou hast left us,
Hero thv loss we deeply feel,
But 'tis God that hath bereft us:
He can all our our sorrows heal.
Wo again hope to meet thee.
When tho day of life is fled:
Then in heaven with joy to greet tlieo,
Where no farewell tear is shed.
? W. R. B.
JOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
For the Year Ending January 15,1907.
RECEIPTS:
Cash from former treasurer I 03
Street tax collected 880 00
Cash for lumber 8 00
Properiy tax collected 60181
1 Cemetery lot sold 10 00
Cash from civic society 8 60
Hall rent and license 150 04
Total lines collected 676 15
Borrowed from Savings Bank... 196 00
Total $8,02768
DISBURSEMENTS:
Police duty $508 12
Electric lights 168 84
Street and cemetery work 813 91
Cover and repairs guard house 80 00
Buildiug public closets 82(H)
T. B Hear ham' hoc y Bd. of U... 6 00
Painting hall roof 8 81
1 lamp 40
iusuruiico town hall 10 25
Interest, on town bonds 28 00
1 pump and freight , 15 85
Erecting pump ' ... 2 85
Election managers 1 50
Merchandise Accounts?Mills <fc
Young. 50c; A. A. Yonng, $1.90;
E. W. Kimbrell, 25c; T. B.
Belk, $84.78; R. F. Grior, 80c;
A O. Jones, $1.80?Total 4# 64
W. A. Fisher, commission 8 00
Ex. Charlot te to buy pump 1 "5
Painting town hull windows 2 00
Cleuuing park 5 10
Receipt books, etc 80
T. B. Spratt, lumber 28 72
Feeding prisoners 2 75
D. G. Tlioinpson, sec'y Board of
Health, 1905 12 00
Alex, Barber, lumber 2 10
Poonring guard house 80
Police uniform 1350
Repairing old pump 3 50
Savings B'k; uote and interest ... 2(H) 00
Ditching swamp 62 60
Adv. Fort Mill Times 40 00
Registration book 25
Treasurer's commission 101 37
Intendant's commission 169 00
Kxpeuse getting returns 5 (X)
Cash on hnud 169 12
Total $2,027 53
A. R. McELHANY,
Treasurer.
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Mr. Buyer* I
Would you *\ alk
u icn Steps to
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Save a Dollar?
If so, come our way.
Beginning Thursday,
January 24th, we will
begin to close out all
Men's and Boys' Winter
Clothing. In order
to do this at once,
we will offer you
2U per cent
off for cash
This will be your
chance to buy a good
suit cheap, even if
you have to carry it
over until next winter
We also offer some
specials in Men's
Half-Hose.
McElhaney
?ar
& Company
I PEAS FOR SALE, i
it ? S
II I have for sale on com- 4
i mission 5,000 bushels of Clay *
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j 4 ana low reas ana z-^rop 4
1 * Peas. Orders taken during |
! 4 January, Peat, delivered at 4
IJ Fort Mill, S. C., Pineville }
4 and Charlotte @ $2.50 oer 4
! ^ bushel. Delivery from Feb. *
4 1st to May 1st. No other 4
i T terms given. If I cannot ^
; fill all orders, will retnrn
4 4
, 4 cash. Send money by P. O. 4
' 4 order. I am strictly in the ^
?
i 4 Pea Business. 4
! Chas. 6 KimMj
I R. F. D., No. 15, i
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1 Gallon New Rye Whisk<
1 Gallon 1-year-old Rye ^
1 Gallon 2-year-old Rye 1
, 1 Gallon James E. Pepper
: 4* 1 Gallon Old Henry Rye V
1 Gallon Echo Springs R
1 Gallon Apple Brandy (n
1 Gallon Apple Brandy (o
4 Quarts 7-year-old Corn (
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That's tha house the Doctor built,
^yrhe bifrae^t housejidhi NM;
Thnuk stood ness ho dbn'tpret our money.
For vrtiwko Hoi litter?* Rooky Mountain
Tea?Parks Dru^r Co,
Mr. L. R. CilJp stopped over
here n few hours Monday evening
while returning- from Pine
ville to Columbia, Mfhere he is
employed in the yards of the
Southern railroad.
Possesses wonder ftol medicinal ucwor
over the linuintt body, removing all dis
orders from voor system, is what Hoilister's
Rocky Mountniu Tea will do.
Makes you well, keeps yon well. Hrets.
Tea or Tablets?Parks Drug Co.
?
A white man named Hoaglan
had his a?*m cut off. supposedly 1
by train No. 29. at a point near
Pineville Saturday night.
Ruilds up waste tissue, proniotos ap
petite, improves digest ion. induces re
freshing sleep, gives reitoWed strength
and health. That's what Hollister* i
Rocky Mountain Tea docs. Ho cents,
Tea or tablets?Parks Drug Co.
Rev. W. L. Lingle, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Rock Hill, has accepted a call to
the First Church of Atlanta.
Cared of Lang Trcafcle.
"It is now eleven years siii"c I had n
narrow escape from consumption."
writes C. O, Floyd, a loading business
man of Kershaw, S. C. "I had run
down in weight to 1-35 pounds, and
coughing was constnnt, both day and
by night. Finally I began taking Dr.
King's New Discovery, and continued
this for about six months, when my
cough and lung trouble were entirely
gone and I was restored to mv uormal
weight, 170 pounds *' Thousands of
persons are healed every year. Guaranteed
at all drug stores. 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
Fire at Portsmouth, England,
recently destroyed the entire
equipment of an army corps, valued
at $1,250,000.
Wire Counsel From tlie South.
"I want to give some valuable advice
to those who suffer with lame back and
kidney trouble,"says J, It Blankenship
of Beck, Tetin. "I have proved to an
absolute certainty that Electric Bitters
will positively* cure this distressing
condition The first bot tle gave me great
relief and after taking a few more hot
ties 1 was completely cured; ho com
pletely that it becomes a pleasure to
recommend this great remedy " 3old
under guarantee at all drug stores
Prico 50c.
?Five
men were killed as the re sult
of the explosion of a locomotive
near Bridgetown, Pa., last
Worlnocrlav
ITot? tc Cure Chilblains.
"To enjoy freedom from chilblaius;"
writes John Kemp, East Otisfield, Mo.,
"Iapply liucklen's ArnioaSalve. Havo
also used it for salt rhenm with excellent
remits." Guaranteed to cart) fever
sores, indolent ulcers, wounds, burns,
piles frost bites and skin diseases, 25o
at all drug stores.
The gold output of the United
States for the year 1906 aggregated
$100,700,000, an increase
of $700,000 over last year arrl the
largest in the history of the
country.
??
Tho Eight NameMr.
August Sherpo, the popular overseer
of the poor, at Fort Madison, la .,
says: "Dr. King's New Life Pills are
right ly named; thev act more agreeably,
do more good and make one feel Letter
than any other laxative." Guaranteed
j to cure billiousness and constipation.
25c at all drug stores.
| "IMPERIAL' t
$ FLOUR I
J Is the BEST FLOUR on the J
* market. Give it a trial and yon 4
S will always have Gc.?d Bread' ^
Yon <nn always find it at "
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GARS, TOBACCO, Etc. ]M
- - - Salisbury, N. C. gt
wing prices on Whiski e
*kev $1.50
WKiol/flv i ^ ^
T * X.Jd W*\
Whiskey 2.00 3w
Whiskey 2.50 /
Whiskey 3.00 WA
?y._ 1.75
Whiskey 2.00
Whiskey 2.50 Q5
Rye Whiskey _ 3.00 ^ '
Vhiskey 3.00 55.
ye Whiskey 3.00 ?5
ew) 2.50 53 ,
}d) 3.00 55
'case goods) 4.00
(old) 7.00 Kg:
3.70 58
3.80 52
3.70 33
Rye 3.00 ^ j
ing in our line and all mail 1 i
ittention. pjj '1