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Tae Fort Mill Times.
DEMOCRATIC
B. W. BRADFORD, - Ed. ami Prop.
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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.
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APRIL 11. 1007.
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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
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MEN AND THINGS
ray
A. L-OOAL.MAN.
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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.
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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
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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.
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a?aii i i* <m ii T^garaa-a*juc^tOur
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Bed j
Bug
Poison
Puts the bugs
awav and keeps
tlimn nwnv
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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
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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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Irish Potatoes, Cabba^
Pickles, Peaches, and, ii
Canned Goods. Wheat
Peed, Molasses all kin
Hacon, Hams, Flour, Ml
tiling to cat. Fresh l is!
guarantee fair prices an
Call, as I want to sell
the 4th of July.
Yours for I
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Wo quote you the followi
Brandies, Wines, Etc.:
J Gallon New Corn_Whiske
7r? i uauon i-ycar-olct Corn Wl
$ , 1 Gallon 2-year-old Corn Wli
1 Gallon 2-year-old Corn Wh
<l 1 Gallon 4-.. car-old Corn Wli
1 Gallon New .Rye Whiskey
f -* 1 Gallon 1-year-old R\e VV1:
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1 Gallon .James E. Pepper R
** 1 Gallon Old Henry Rye Whi
a a 1 Gallon Echo Springs Rye
f ? 1 Gallon Apple Pi randy (new
?? 1 Gallon Apple Brandy (oldJ
4 Quarts 7-year-old Corn (ca
f.y 12 Quarts Mountain (lorn (ol
\ \ 4 Quarts Old Henry Rye
a: 1 Quarts Rose Valley Rye
H 4 Quarts Malt Rye
?? .J Quarts Hoover's Choice K>
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