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I,. .'"' Tae Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC B. W. BRADFORD, - Ed. ami Prop. One yenr SI.00 Correspondence on current subjects Is Invited, but no responsibility is assumed for the views of correspondents. On application to the publisher, udvettleititc rates are made known to those Interest"'!. Entered at iho postofTloe .at Fort Mill. iL *6. O.. as second class matter. APRIL 11. 1007. ? j About the next thing the conn- : try hears of Harry K. Thaw he will be strolling around "at large." If you know a person in anot! er section of the country who) would nrolnhh* bo intrwostod in . t ie happenings of Fort Mill and j vicinity, give us his name and ' we will send him a sample copy of The Times. Every farmer and business man of York county should lend support to the efforts to perfect the county cotton association. With . such organizations throughout the cotton belt, and them properly managed, the farmers of the south would be able to sit back and make faces at the bears of Wall street in their efforts to rob the cotton grower of a fair price for his product. With a desire to keep the record straight, it is with pleasure that we publish the card from Representative S. II. Epps, which seemingly proves beyond a doubt that Senator Brice had little or no hand in the recent passage of the act increasing the salary of certain York county officers. This honor apparently belongs to Mr. Epps and it is but just that lie should be given credit for it. As published some weeks ago, there is a possibility of one of the rural routes out from this! place being discontinued, or the trips of the carrier being reduced to evefy other day, unless there is an increase in the number of pieces of mail handled on the route each month. The government does not care to serve people who show no appreciation of the service. We hope that the j patrons of the route in question, i No. 4, will bestir themselves and bring the volume of business up to the mark justifying a continuance of the daily service. The Times cannot help extending thanks to its friends for the | many congratulations upon the recent improvements to the papaper. These congratulations are not merely in the form of words, either. During the past ten days more new names and renewals have gone on The Times' subscription list than for the same number of days any time sirce the paper was established. And in the advertising columns are now found the cards of several business men who have not heretofore advertised. This increased patronage, we assure one and all. is greatly appreciated. We print in another cohr.nn a communication from "Citisen." i- >.11 r j? * toning ui nit; operation in mis county of a lodge of the "Guiding Star of the East," a negro organization. This is a new order to this writer, hence we are compelled to accedt "citizen's" word as to the operations of the lodge. Our correspondent does not say in what community the lodge is located or how long it has been established, but certain it is that the county and State would be much better off without it, if the workings are as painted, and it should be broken up. Such organizations as this is alleged to be can only result j sooner or later in bloodshed and riot. The Waxhaw Enterprise dislikes the idea of some newspapers advising country boys to stay on the farm and intimates that if the boys w mt to leave the farm and go to town it is their own business. And The Enterprise is exactly right. Eve**v hov who is reared on the farm is no more cut out for a jarmer than is every nil raster's son mold 3d to preach the gospel, or blacksmith's son to standi over the forge all of his days, la many of the higher walks of life I we find men who beg in life on I the farm. But some editors, like oth r individuals you oiten nruiet. are not content with running their own affairs. They seemingly have an unlimited supply of free advice and are always ready to dish i* out in big bunchj\ en. Very often wo see the country editor advising the farmers of his community as to now, what and when to plane at the dilTcrent seasons and in different kinds of soil. And many a time . the farmer hi3 had more experience, r?nd knows more in 5 minutes about raising a crop than his editor friend will ever know. Let the farmer and his son run their own aff airs. Il they m ike a crop failure or a failure of life, it is pretty certain they -will not hpld the editor of their country weekly responsible. fcv??ry woman upp^einfft* a bviatifol oomploxlou. so mwli Monro;! hy ini,jp hach coinplojsiou* Mini! to alf who rpo JHoilis' >'> K . . y Mono .uii T'Vi .r Test or Tablet*, Dr i<{ ? <v * I^SI MEN AND THINGS ray A. L-OOAL.MAN. lj Prei ident Roosevelt has come! nearer giving: to the American ; people a practical demonstration j of the old ad aye that "you can i fool some of the people all the j time" than any man in public 1 life in this country in many year?. Throughout the North a vast majority of the people have upheld him in his every act and utterance since the unfortunate assassination of President McKinley in 1901 landed him in the White House. With a hip and hurrah Yankeedori has endorsed the grandstand plays of the man with more unanimity than has e/cr been accorded any of his' predecessors; and, be' it said to the discredit of the South, there j ire also in this section thousands' of hero-worshinners who h;i i likewise thought the man inca-! pable of wrong-doing. But the | people, from the Atlantic to the J Pacific and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, are fast having their! eyes opened to the fact that the i president is more of a politician] than a statesman. One of the latest incidents to confirm this belief is the recent revelations of E. H. Harriman, the great railroad magnate, in connection with the enormous campaign fund collected in 1901 to debauch the electorate in Roosevelt's behalf. Harriman makes it plain that the trusts, railroads and insurance companies were the principal financiers of the Republican campaign that year and quotes from ietters which passed between himself and the president to prove his assertions. Of course the president says Harriman is a liar, just as he says other men are liars who make statements in opposition to his interests. But there seems to be a widespread doubt as to whether Harriman is a liar or not. One thing is certain, however, and that is Roosevelt is losing the hold he has heretofore had upon the peo pie. i'ney are tiring ol" the president eternally doing and saying so many little things that discredit the groat ofiiee which he holds. What a contrast between Roosevelt and Cleveland! It would require a greater stretch of the imagination than the average man is capable of to fancy Grover Cleveland, as president of the United States, so far forgetting his decency and disregarding public opinion as to call anyone a liar. Let us all thank God that there is less than two years more of Roosevelt. * * ? The makers of the daily newspapers in this section of the country are not apt to read this column in search of advice as to how to run their papers, but somebody ought to tip them that the superabundance of alleged society news which they weekly dump upon a patient public is not to the liking of the men who pay for, their papers. Society f The thing is overdone, and the men who put up the coin that keeps the presses running are not fooled into believing that they are furnished a live news iLem when their paper contains a half column account of a "literary evening," followed by food courses, at Mr. Lighthead's detailing the pitiful efforts to furnish entertainment that is beyond the family's understanding and means. Not only is there next to nothing of interest in the average society letter, but what is v*vii :>c must ui uiv; ictiers are so poorly written as to suggest the impossibility of the writer ever having had even a passing acquaintance with English grammar. * * * Pineville, our next door neighbor on the north, is not now widely known for its industrial activities, for the splendid macadam roads to Charlotte from the various sections of Mecklenburg county that some years ago contributed to the town's prosperity h ive left it high and dry with little rno *o to depend upon than the trail-' of the place itself and that of the township. Twenty-five years ago Pineville di 1 an enormous merchantilc business f >r s > small a place and as a cott >n m irkct was patronized by farm rs f >r miles around. Now. however, ail tnis is changed, and nut as many dollars pass from hand to hand as did a generation ago. 1.1 .it there is yet left in the town something hotter than the hustle and bustle of yesteryear, and that is the w hole-sou led cordiality and hospitality of the people. One does not make the acquaintance of the Pineville l?~/p!e and accept the favor of their hospitality and then readily f rget it. Theirs is a genuine 'Uth^rn fellowship, stripped of all trills and furbelows, that makes one long for the dead days in which the chase for the almighty dollar was not the issue of paramount importance. E1TT31T 37 A 3?I )S3. Thr mich hV>?l p/ic >;iin,{ cnxxl by a -.piU'M- bito, J liu ?v*Ksliingt >n of Bos qnc.ii: ? Iajx., vv.inll ha.'o ?> ' IiTh which b H-aiitu a uiiiks of ruuniiitf ioimm, hail h>' it >t pjesj.idc.l to try I.iusIom'k Arnica t til ?o. ilo "Tht fir it application a.'iil boxc* "The Guiding Star of the East." Editor Times: I have had some trouble and expense in getting a cor y of the charter of the York (county lodge of the "Guiding Star of the East," a negro organization, but ha-, e gotten it all, the same, and think it best to : i make some comments concerning ! the organization. While I have ' the name and number of this1 lodge and the officers, I shall withhold same for futtre use. I find from the charter that i this damnable order had its birth in the State of Arkansas, and, from the best information obtainable, it operates from the Rio Grande to Virginia. Now, Mr. Editor, what right has anyone to organize a similar lodge in any State except Arkansas. It is supposed to be a religious organi- j zation, as it goes on to say that they want to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity. Well do I remember back in the 80's we had just such a religious negro order in this 1 county. The negro would say: "Yes sir, dis a religious organisation. We looks after de sick an needy." And some of you I remember the brutal murder of ! | the Goode children in York coun- I ty and the l'ate of the murderers, | and when this infamous den was I raided here in Fort Mill and the j charter examined, nothing was; found in it that would condemn , the order and make it a violation of the law. But that word I "liberty" meant to them the right to steal and murder, if | caught, and in this charter there is the same word "liberty," and they seem to think that this means the right to burn, rape and murder, and they are bound by , an oath to defend one another regardless of any law. I have in mind now a case where one of the G. S. E. was tried and convistcd and the gang paid him off. And look at this Browns ville affair! Not one of the negroes would tell anything. Why, : because they are oath-bound and consider that oath more sacred than anything in this world. Now, if there is nothing said or done at their meetings but that which pertains to the good of the order, why is it that they put out sentinels and not allow anyone but members to approach within fifty yards of their meeting place. That alone dispels all doubt as to their hellish purDOf.es. I have talked with a friend that has been at their meetings, at least one of them, and he says there is no chance to get there alter they have once met, and that it is enough to freeze the blood in one's veins to hear the damnable plots that are hatched at some of these meetings, and ' when a member is appointed to carry out some of the hellish plots, he goes at it witli the same stolid indifference of an an irehist. You will pardon me for consuming so much of your valuable space, but 1 thought that this matter was probably new to the general public and would be of interest. Citizen. April 8, 1907. A Card Froai Representative Epps. Editor Times: Some time ago the Yurkville Enmiiror ?r?H nor hans other papers of the county, published an article concerning the act increasing the salaries of certain officers of York county, in which Senator J. S. Brice was given the sole credit for the paspissage of the bill. Now, injustice to myself and other members of the House, I wish to make a statement as to this-bill. We had a delegation meeting, the minutes of which I now have in my possession, and agreed on an increase. Senator Brice introduced the bill in the Senate. It came over to the House and took l its place on the calendar at about i page 30. I did my best to call the bill up out of its order, but failed as there were other bills on the same subject, so we i thought it best to have one gen i eral bill and everv county was | called. When York county was c died I oent up an amendment to the Brice bill. There was (some doubt as to whether the general bill would pass, but it did pass, and I have the data bei fore me that it passed with my , amendment. The general bill, of which the York county bill is a part, was the last act ratified , and will be found on page 75 of the House journal. I I write the above to set matters straight. S. II. Epps, Sr. Fort Mil!, Api il 8, '07. NejrQ Killed at Groat Falls. Harrison Anderson, colored, ! was killed Thursday afternoon at Grcaf Falls, Chester county. It is reported that Anderson had bet 25 cents that he could touch an electric wire without being injured. He climed one of the Southern Power Co. \> towers, after being warned by those in charge, to keep down, and placed his hand on the fatal wire. For a moment his body swayed in mid-air, then struck the ground with a sickening thud. When. picked up he was dead. 1.400 volts had p-.ssed through his body. j a " ,' : ? t "" v' The York County Cotton Association. The secretary of State the past week granted a charter to the York t County Southern Cotton Association and on Saturday the j books of subscription to the capital stock of $25,000 were opened at the office of the president, C. E. Spencer, in Yorkvilie. The general nature of the business which the association pr< poses to do is to erect standar d cotton warehouse3, and store ard insure and buy and sell cotton, and advance money thereon before sale, or to aid in, or negotiate concerning, any or all matters to, the best advantage for the cotton growers of York county, and especially for such of them as are, or may continue to be, | members of the association in good and regular standing; it u?: j.!. - _ c j.1. ! ueuig nit* uurpose ui uie corporation as soon as practicable to so increase its capital stock that every cotton grower in York county who is a member of the association may have an oppor- ' tunity, for a certain named pe- j riod, to subscribe for stock in said association to the extent of j $5 per bale for every bale of cotton grown by him in the year 1903, and thus to secure to himself his pro rate share of the then future profits of the business. The capital stock is payable 20 per cent cash, and monthly there- j after till payment in and the i the same installment full, with i the privilege to any subscriber to I pay any or all of the undue in- j stallments in cash at a discount | of 7 per cent per annum theron; and with the corresponding burden of paying a like rate of ii terest on any deferred installment or installments. The number of shares into which the capital slock is to be divided is five thousand, of the par value of $5 each. Encouraging News For Pythians. Dr. J. II. Thorn well, of this place, has received, in his official capacity as grand keeper of rec-! ords and seal for the domain of South Carolina, a letter from the j supremo keeper of records and ' seal, Knights of Pythias, which conveys good news to the Palmetto Pythians. 'PU.-w I 1- I AUT tvctr|jur 01 records and seal acknowledges receipt of ! Dr. Thornwell's annual report j and congratulates the State upon | the handsome showing made. He ! says that l'rom the standpoint of efficiency in Pythianisn, per capita, South Carolina now stands second among the 54 grand domains. and he will be greatly astonished if by next year she does not rank first. The Pay cf Rural Mail Carriers. Under the recent act of Congress, making appropriations for the postal service for the ensuing fiscal year, the Postmaster General may fix the salaries of carriers in the rural delivery service at a rate not exceeding $900 per annum, after Julv 1st, 1907. The highest rate now paid under I existing law is $720 per annum. The re-adjustment of salaries under the new law has not been fully determined, but it is pro posetl to allow the maximum rate of $900 to all carriers on routes 21 or more miles in length. This will give approximately 22,800, or about GO per cent of the carriers, an advance in salary of $180 per annum. Carriers on the shorter routes ranging from 12 to 14 and 14 to 16 miles in length now receive $504 and $510 per annum, respectively, being proportionally better paid than carriers on routes of 20 or more miles. The pay of substitute ' rural carriers will also be increased in many cases. This advance in pay of carriers and1 substitutes, it is estimated, will result in an approximate increase of $6,900,000 in the cost of rural delivery service. Pleasant Valley. Mrs. Alice Michael, of Tennessee, is visiting relatives in this community. ?We are glad to note that Miss Verda Wolfe, who was snake bitten on Easter, is greatly improved.?Mr. and Mrs. Hartweli Stur^is. of Rock Hi!!, "i it3d Mr. J. 1). Wolfe's this week.?Willie, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Ilall, is quite sick at this writing. We have been having more winter weather, but farm work is still progressing, as tic-re is a lot ofextru work being done on farm ->n the farm this year, such as deep plowing and suhsoiling. Some of our farmers will plant on a smaller scale, while one of our best farmers has already plowed and prepared to plant a pasture and front yard. The house is very high oft the ground and perhaps our brother will next be plowing under the house. LOm B73IME33 AO ATT. "When my friend* thought I was about lo mko of this world, on account of indigos! ion, nervonsncHH and general debility," writes A. A, (Ihisholin, Tread well. N Y.. "and when it looked as t lit'i'O was no h jp? left, I was pmiv.ided to try lee rio Hitters, and I rejoice to say that they are cnr'.ng mo. , 1 a in now doing btininora again as of j old, and am hi ill gaining daily." Heat tonic medicine on earth, Uuiranteed by all diaggitite, oOc. j ^ MW ? ??? ? a?aii i i* <m ii T^garaa-a*juc^tOur j Bed j Bug Poison Puts the bugs awav and keeps tlimn nwnv J One or two appli-i cations now will save von from tornient throughout the summer. A 25e bottle will renovate any household. W, B. Ardrey & Co, j NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. Yon will at nnrn call out all hands in your section to work and put your roads in good condition. Parties between 18 and 0 are lia.de to road duty. Ip any section is without an overseer, please notify one of us at mien. Thos. \V. i oyd. t-up r. isor 1 ad J Lumpkin. * 'oiuiaT* .Too. C. K irk pat rick, Conuu'r Or ITa/.el (Irist, Clerk. April Uth, 11M7. "PN?UlI0NIA'3 D3ADLY WORK had soseriously affected my right lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Conner, of Rural Route 1. Ueorgeiown Teiin., "that I coughed continuously night ami day and the neighbors predict ion- consumption ?seemed inevitable, until my husband brought home a buttle <>f Dr King's New Discovery, which in inv ease proved to be. t he onlv K iiA I, cough cur ami restorer of weak, sore lungs." When till other remedies utterly fail, yon may still win in the b .ttle against lung and tli.oit troubles wdh New Discovery, thu K1C \ L care, (luarauteed by all druggists. Tie and $l.(k?. Trial bottle free. :EATING HOUSE, j When in town, give us a call. We will :U , do ali in our power to please you. Everything that the market affords we . . : ;i serve in the best ij I style. Fresh Fish * ; and Ovsters in seas- f i I <>n I ^ R. E. RODGERS, j | j street tax kotice. Sec.. 1. Re if ordained by the Intcndant and Wardens of the uwi. of K\?? r Mil!, S. in council assembled?'i but nilpersons subject lo street duty under the laws of South I'nrolinn residing in said (own, shall between the Mi It ?lay of April, till? ami the lotii day < /May, 10 >7, pay to the treasurer of said town a com in mint ion tax of two i $2) dollars or perform live (a) (lavs work on sir ots of said town under direction of the proper an'liorities. Sec. 2. That after the !5lh day of May, 1 '!o7, all delinquents under this ordinance shall he subject to a fine of I .V, cents or one day'sndditionel labor on the si reefs. JKutilied this 2(5tb dny of April, 1PD7. W.UHALU Attest: A lutjjuidant. 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