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mm Fort Mill Times. fc. W. BRADFORD, - Ed. and Prop. .. . r r-i One yenr S1.00 Corrcupandeure on current subjects Is Invited, but no responsibility Is assumed for tike views of correspondents. On application to the publisher, ndvertlrhivf rates are made known to ?!'*??? Interested. Entered at the postolTieent Fort Mill, S, (/.. as soooud class matter. ' ' ' " APRIL 25 1907. rrr;?r;?_ . While there appears to be a big shortage in the fruit, there is evidently an over-plus of tin cans and earth worms. District Attorney Jerome ap- j pears determined to make Thaw serve a term for his crime, even if it is before he has been found guilty. With a desire to do no one an injustice, we gladly give space in this issue to the reply of the Yorkviile lodge, K. of G. S. E., to a communication which appeared in these columns on the 11th instant. It may appear to some as not r?.nr f hn Unr?ir>/%of? />f ?-?%-? i UW1115 buv: uuoincoo vjl au uuisider, still we cannot help expressing regrets that the citizens of Charlotte did not get together and elect a Democratic mayor. Mr. McNinch evidently counts, on the term to which he was' recently elected being his la.ct. else he would not have expressed himself as so strongly in favor of Roosevelt. The Times has received many paid-up subscriptions and new subscribers through its liberal clubbing offer published elsewhere. Many of these subscriptions come from the rural districts. This is a source of gratification to The Times, for it oKau.'C? f Viof f rJ Of i frt vr*nd if* oiiv^vo ttiau vnv ncoiic LV/ jcau IO steadily growing in this section and there is nothing more educating, or elevating, than reading good, clean literature. It shows j also that the people in the rural districts wish to show their ap-1 preciation of the daily mail scr-' vice which they now have and are not going to take chances on being deprived of this most helpful service. The Times accepted this proposition for the sole purpose of giving the country people an opportunity to boost their routes at a small price and it is indeed gratifying to see that not a few are taking advantage of it. ! The acceptance of this offer by rural citizens means that for less than 3 cents a week each subscriber will receive about twenty- j five additional pieces of mail per month and this will be of much help in maintaining his route. x A very striking instance of the little knowledge our Northern cousins have of real negro conditions South came to our notice a few days ago in a post c u*d published by a Northern concern which bore the scene of a "Typical Southern Negro Home." The "home" was pictured as a one-room log house, I eranks rhinU-pd with mini nnd only half of an old-time stack chimney, and this standing at ftn angle of about 45 degrees. In front of the house seated on a box was four little halfclothed negroes, while leaning against the board roof was a number of fishing canes. The proverbial hound dog was not present, which is positive proof that the artist didn't know what he was drawing. Not only this, but the picture as a whole was misleading. The scene might have filled the bill ten years or a generation ago. but there are no such dilapidated homes in the South today. The average negro has a good frame house to live in, many of which have several rooms and are painted outside and plastered within. He also clothes his children comfortably, has a ! cow, hogs, chickens, and garden find raises much of his supplies at home. If this Northern artist will take a trip through this section of the South he will reap a harvest of information to use in his next production of a "Typical Southerh Negro Home." ( FcrLy Homicides iu Cherokee. The Gaflfney Ledger says: ''about forty homicides have occurred in Cnerokee county since its organization ten years ago, and its a fact worthy of note that the first person to pay the death penalty was a white man >vho was a native of the county. This is not saving that others _ i l .1 x l i ts'iou'u noi nave Deen convicted, but it's a healthy sign that the juries of the county have arrived ! at the point where they are showing a proper regard for the ' rights of its citizens. Surely this will be a lessen and wiii check the flow of blood in this county." The Chicora cotton mills at Rock Hill, have been sold to the Hamilton Carhartt cotton mills, incorporated under New York jaws with a capital stock of $500000. It is understood that the output will be doubled. ?Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Watson, of Charlotte, visited relatives ber$ Sunday. .."'X.v. MEN AND THINGS * BY A. L.OOAL.MAN. During the past week the annual meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution has been in session in Washington. As the name indicates, this is a woman's society, whose membership is confined, or supposed to be, to d33pendents of Revolutionary soldie.-s. Viewed from a Northern sta idpoint, the efforts of the so- , ciety to promote patriotism and, ! incidentally, to keep alive the j feeling of resentment against i England for acts of tyranny which never occurred, is perhaps , commendable; but can as much be said if we look at the matter from a Southern point of view? Let us see. The misdirected ef- I f :>rts of the South contributed m u*e to the independence of the colonies than did the efforts of the North. This is a fact, but you will not find it recorded in the histories taught in our public schools, because these histories ' were written by Yankees who, I in this matter, as in all others, have stolen from the South credit j for everything they could profitably appropriate to their own use. j i'Vom lb'Jo to this day the South has had small voice in the conduct of the affairs of this govern-: ment; since the regrettable fail-1 u -e of the Confederacy we have e.'er been subject to the will of ' our Yankee masters, part of the | time with the nigger's heel on our necks, and it is not therefore inadvisedly asserted that the major part the South played in the establishment of this government was unwise. If the choice ' could be made between Yankee) rule and British ride, who will say that t he latter is not preferable. Furthermore, England did not turn a deaf ear to the appeals j of the South when help was needed to repel the vandals that were overrunning the country. It is I li!it P.ntrlnn/I niujop vupnir. nized the Confederacy as an independent government, but the only substantial foreign help the ! Confederacy received came from ; that country. The South certainiy should be willing for the North i to monopolise all the glory of the j Revolution. Our Southern ancestors gained the independence of this country, but in doing so! they played the devil for their descendants. i South Carolina maintains in : Lexington county a short distance i from the city of Columbia an alleged reformatory for juvenile i prisoners. This institution is i under the management of the j officials of the State penitentiary j and the prime reason givtn for its existence is the separation of ' the youthful law-breakers from 1 the older and hardened criminals, i so that the former may not he ! subjected to the evil influence of the latter. This is a com- i mendablc precaution, but abuses i are said to exist in the rcforma-1 tory. No one expects to find ideal conditions as to comfort i.1 any prison that is not what prisons are built for?but it is not too much to expect the, prisoners to be treated humanely, j and it was therefore perhaps' S'lrnrisincr tr? mnnv t.-? v.i'j/l ! r *W?*V? Ill the daily papers recently the' complaints of a boy who had! just been captured after having escaped and been at liberty a day | or two. This boy claimed that he and his fellow-prisoners were not only half starved by being given an insufficient amount of food which could not be eaten because it was filthily prepared, but that they were forced to work out doors in the coldest of weather in clothing that was not sufficient to keep them warm;1 also that they were often abused by the guard, who thpught little of striking them with a stick. The superintendent of the juvenile prison, who is also superintendent of the penitentiary, thought the boy's complaint of sufficient importance to rush in- j to print with a red-hot denial. This writer knows nothing of the conditions at the reformatory, but they are probably not what the people of the State pay for and expect. This opinion is based a,. J?-*-J *1 ui'vii mc: utmciiicu rumor rnai incorrigible prisoners are often unmercifully beaten with the lash at the penitentiary. I fit be true that corporal punishment is inflicted at the penitentiary, it is the duty of the governor to remove the present superintendent. Such a beastly practice should not be tolerated in a civilized country, for, aside from the awful pain and degradation to which it submits the prisoner, it is a violation of statute law. * * The baseball season has arrived and ere long the young men who play the came in this community will begin to practice for the contests which they will enter with oth-rr teams. Last year Fort Mill had a splendid club and it will probably be equally good this year. Composed of the same young men. the club, could be made much better than ever by the employment of a coach for two or three weeks, and one could probably be secured at no very great expense. All the Fort Mill boys are good ball players, hut they are handicapped by a lack of team work and the inability^ to execute the many fine plays of the game which-could easily be acquired by competent instruction. The "Guiding Star of the East" Editor TUf> N>w En?. The following appeared in your issue of the 12 inst. "A correspondent of the Fort Mill Times thinks the "Guiding Star of the East" organization is responsible for most of the barn burning and other devilment reported from different sections of York and adjoining counties." In justice to the organization referred to, its tenents and mission, in justice to the people both white and colored, who have read these lines, for the sake of truth, justice and fair play, we hereby enter our unqualified protest against this virulent report. Said Fort Mill correspondent claims to have secured and ex- i amined a copy of the charter of ! the York Co, lodge of K. of j G. S. E. Of this we have no j objection. The efficient mayor of Yorkville, S. C. has examined the same, ar.d thereafter granted us the right to erect a temple in this enterprising city. He finds ! no fault?not even with the much : despised and suspicious word, j "liberty." The fact that the order has "sentinels" should not give the Fort Mill correspondent any uneasiness. Is our lodge singular j in this respect? Have not other secret orders the same? A copy of our roiiRritiifinn has hwin placed with the Editor of Tlie ; New Era for inspection, and if j further information is desired, ' we will furnish minutes of our j meetings from the society's in- ! cipiency to the present. We wish it known not only to the correspondent in question, but to the public in general that the purpose and mission of our I order is a good, benevolent and elevating one, and will bear the scrutiny and inspection of the best people the world over. Lodge and Temple No. 22, Yorkville, S. C. j A New Order For Boys. The "Sons of Daniel Boone," is the name of a big, outdoor boys' society founded and conducted by Dan Beard, who is an authority on good times for; healthy boys. There already are j local clubs of this order, or "Forts," as they are called, all over the country. Any boy can organize a Fort. The officers of each Fort are: Daniel Boone (President), Davy Crockett (Secretary), Kit Carson (Treasurer), Andubon (Librarian), Simon Kenton (Keeper of the Tally Gun) and Johnny Appleseed (Forester). Each individual member is called a Scout. Get together all the boys whom you know who are fond of openair sports and would like to learn the secrets of woodcraft and the vigorous games of the old pioneers and Indian fighters. Elect your officers, send the name and address of each officer and Scout to Ttr v r me womans nome uompamon, to be enrolled in the Great Boone Book, and you will receive a constitution and olhcial charter with the seal of the Mystic Camp Tire, and every Scout will re-1 ceive an S D. B. button. There will be all sorts of novel sports provided for the Sons of Daniel Boone, and the Founder Dan Beard, will always be ready to give the members of the order his personal advice and counsel, j The Caiav/ba Indians. The tribe of the Catawba Indians has dwindled in everything except its capacity to give trouble to the State of South Carolina. ! Sometime ago a fraction broke j olf and went to Colorado. Another . squad crossed the Catawba and > located in North Carolina. Meantime the balance of the tribe remained on the old camping ground and never failed to beg for an appropriation every time the Legislature met. Some time ago 1 the Catawbas who remained in | South Carolina got an appropriation ol' $3,000. The North Carolina deserters heard of it and went back to camp. The Colorado members of the tribe also heard of it, and sent a trusted agent hot-foot all the way from their distant home to get their *u~ :i_ ri-1- i i aimiv ui uiu ^pUUN. Dill OlCl Chief Harris was ready for them, j II- refused to give them a copper and ordered them oil the reservation. He held that the money was appropriated for the benefit cf the Indians who had remained on the reservation and has gone to Columbia to g^t the State House people to back him up. The old Indian has the law and the right on his side. The deserters should not be given a share of the spoils. We have often thought, however, if it ever occurred to the South Caro- i: lina Legislature that if these Catawbas would work as hard for a crop as they do for an appropriation, they might soon be able to < buy out the upper half of the i Palmetto State. Charlotte Eve- ! ring Chronicle. 1 ? Mr. J. A. Withers, ofWorthville, N. 0., was a visitor to Fort I Mill Sunday. f N Bam and Slock Burned. A telephone message Tuesday morning from Steele Creek brought the snocking news that the bam, live stock and roughness of Mr. Frank Erwin had been destroyed . by fire. The barn was burned at 2 o'clock a. m. together with two mules, one horse, two cows, a large amount of feed stuff and a number of improved farm implements. The two mules and two cows were burned to death in the building, while the horse was so severely burned that it was killed, One horse, a colt, was all that was saved. It is stated that Mr. Erwin carried some insurance on his stock and barn, the amount being about $1,500. Suspected Barn Burners Captured. A report reached here yesterday that three negro men, suspected of being implicated in the recent barn burnings in Steele Creek, had been arrested early yesterday morning. Several farmers of Steele Creek have been watching their barns in the hope of detecting the incendiaries, and it was while Mr. S. M. Garrison was thus engaged Tuesday night that he saw three men approaching his barn from the rear. He commanded the parties to halt, but instead they wheeled and ran. Mr. Garrison shot at the men several times but without effect. He then went to one of the county convict camps near by and seci r d the bloodhounds. The dogs were token to the barn and at once took up the trail and followed it for a short distance when thev came upon three negro men. At last reports the negroes were being detained until the necessary papers could be taken out for their commitment to jail. The people of Steele Creek are confident that these negroes had gone to Mr. Garrison's for the purpose of firing his property, and hope to gain from them information that will lead to the arrest of all those implicated in the many fires in that communi ty recently. Attacked by Rabid Dog. Mr. Zack Bailes, who lives in the vicinity of Pineville, had a fearful encounter with a rabid dog a few days ago. The dog sprang upon the piazza at the home of Mr. Bailes, and plainly showed by his actions that something was wrong. Mr. Bailes was summoned by a terrified call from his wife, and a fight began which ended in the death of the dog. It was the same hog that had bitten several peoule who have since been treated by the application of Dr. Wlider's "mad stone." Fort Mill Man Takes Arozona Bride. Special to The Times. El Paso, Tex., April 20.?A quiet but pretty home wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ross, No. 1322 Missouri street, El Paso, Sunday afternoon, April 14th, at 4 o'clock, when Mr. Benj. M. Lee, of Fort Mill, S. C., was married to Mrs. May Dismukes. of Well ton, Arizona, Dr. Geo. Brace Brown, o^the 1st Baptist church, this city, tyinn- the nuptials. While the er nony was rather an impromptu affair, there were present a number of invited guests, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Thos H. Drakeford. After the ceremony refreshments of various kinds were served and the happy couple left for their home, Lanark. N. M., to spend a few days, after which they will take an extended bridal tour East. Pleasant Valley. The fruit in this section was killed by the recent cold wave. Several of our farmers planted corn about three weeks ago and now fear they may have to plant over. Small grain is looking well and a quantity of nitrate soda is being used on same. Gardens are backward for the time of year. Mrs. Calvin Hall has been quite ill for the past week. Fred and Myrtis Iiickctt, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in this place.?Mrs. Cora Morrison, of Dewitt, S. C. is visiting at Mr. Tom Culp's. ? Mr. and Mr,s. R. W. Cousart began housekeeping last Saturday.?Mr. Oscar Faris, of Charlotte, was in Pleasant Valley last week.?Rev. Statckhouse our presiding elder preached at Pleasant Hill church Sunday evening. A New $100,000 Sub-Station. The Southern Power Company has purchased a tract of land ; t Lawson's Fork near Spartanburg upon which will be erected a $100,000 sub-station for the transmission of power from the Catawba and Rroad risers. The property was purchased for $1,500 and embraces about four acres. It lies directly on the Southern's main line between Ro.Ok Cliff Springs and the Dravton Mills. The station t> be erected will be the main distributing point for all the j>ower transmitted to to the center of Piedmont Caro- j lina. It will receive the current both from the stations on the Catawba and Broad Rivers, but particularly from the Great Falls plant which is located on the Catawba about ten miles below Fort Lawn, S. C. "PNEUMONIA'S DEADLY WOSK had so seriously affected my right lung" writes Mrs. Fauuie Connor, of Rum) Route 1, Georgetown Tcnu., "that 1 coughed continuously night and day and the neighbors prediction?consumption ?seouied inevitable, until my husband brought home a bottle of Dr King's Now Discovery, which in my case proved to be the onlv REAL cough cur and 'restorer of weak, sore lungs." When all other remedies utterly fail, you muy still win in the buttlo against lung and throat troubles with New Discovery, tlvjREAL cure. Guaranteed by all druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. STREET TAX NOTICE. See. 1. Be it ordained by tho Intondant and Wardens of tho town of Fort Mill, S. C., in council assembled?That all persons subject to street duty under the laws of South Carolina, residing in said town, shall between tho 10th day of April. 1007. and the l"?th day of May, 1907, pay to the treasurer of said town a eommuoation tax of two ($0) dollars or perform fivo (5) days work on streets of said town under direction of tho proper authorities. Sec. 2. That after tho IRth rl?v <\f I May, 1907, all deliuqncnts urnlcr this ! ordinance shall bo subj >ct to n fine of 50 cents or one day's additional labor on the street8. Katitied this 20th day of April, 1907. \V. L. IIALL, Attest: Intendant. A. B. UcELHANEY, Treaa What $1.50 Will Do. This paper, at quite an expense and a great deal of work, | has arranged a club olfer of sixteen well known papers and magI azines, including the Fort Mill Times, for only $1.50, to new j subscribers and old ones who pay for The Times one year in adj vance. We do not make a cent , out of this olfer. In fact, we : lose money, but by increasing 1 our circulation, as we believe this unparalelled olfer will aid us j in doing, we can secure more advertising and also get a better rate for same. No paper evtr ! 1 * i ; oeiore maae an oner tnat equals ours. Every paper goes to you for one full year. All are well j known and long established and worth many times the price we 1 ask. They are from the South, j North, East and West. Their j I combined values, including The I | Times, is over $9.00. We are j able to make this offer for only a ! short time, and it will positively j I be withdrawn soon. If you want the best bargain offered you, orI der now. Do not wait, for you ; may hesitate too long. If you > are already a subscriber to any or i all of the papers in the ciub, i your time will be extended one year from date of your order. ; Probably you do not care to have | all the papers and magazines sent: ; to your address. If not you can I split the club and have them sent to any number of different ad-1 dresses, or two or more parties! I can come in together and divide j j the club among themselves. On | ! account of the limited time that i we will be able to make this wonderful offer, we will be unable to furnish sample copies to anyone. | See offer in another column. WOULDN'T YOU LIKE YOUR FOOT TO \ teTONIANS] It Most people look at tho 0 I fl round as they walk. They see ft I and judge more often by your ft I shoes than by your hat. Do you B m wain 10 ue juagea oy yours ( ! i Bostonians are correct; Q pa severely so. Moreover they M jbo stay correct?that it, hol<l their I n shape. That's due partly to the 1 B shoemaking, partly to the I h leather, partly to other things. I I Anyway, it's a fact. Try it! I | Prove it. jjr". The oxford shown VVHY M shove is made of patEjj ent coll on our special NOT G J Monte Carlo" oxford H last. This last is slight- HAVE | H ly thinned above the _ P| heel, which prevents 1 sTE? Cj slipping or gaping BEST Military heel* 9 Bj single solo. | Meacliam & a Epps. 7 ? QUEST Do you go to a blacks: medicine? We say 110, you go to j Then why do you go when you want to buy Shoes, a Hat, Etc. We ing, Gents' Furnishings, both sex. In conducting we have now, it enables complete stock than the s stores. A. IF1 A. /"A 1 i ? uur snoe trade has inc in the last six months, a lieve that we can offer y< of footwear in the place. See us for that pair of are going to buy. $ Jile^lhan JPpa Two Niglits in Fort Mil] : JETHRO HMOHO'S 31BL1 Tirn nrnmimn ni mix riuiUKi. hi With Lecture, showing tl the great attractive Life We have many New Seen ing "The Great Train Rot cisco Disaster," "Off 1 "The Escaped Lunatic." any of which are worth n of admission. Tent will be located neai will open at 7.30 p. 111. ( seated. Admission: Adu under 10 years, 10c. 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