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The Fort, Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC ?*W. BRADV\MII>, . Ed. and Prop. One y?-er ..... SI.00 Six months 50 l?n :t|>|)ife:*tiotl to the publisher. H?1 ertlslnj; jnt.-n me uiiuie liuown to those I lit* irst"'!. Entered at the pnstnttircat Fort Mill, $. (!.. ns itcoouil chtBH uinttor. AUGUST 8, 1907. ! Compulsory Education. What is the next Legislature going to do about compulsory education? This will undoubt- ' ably be the deadrng question be- : fore the Legislative body. This i i one of the most serious ques- i lions now confronting the people ! of the State. It is one that our law-makers should consider seriously. There is a deeiKuquestion at stake than appeal's on the mere surface. Is the State to decide that it has the power to direct the affairs of its individual citizen or is it to decide that each man shall direct his own home? Nobody doubts that education is a good thing; and it is a thing that should be j put within roach of every one 1 but is it right to compel a per- j son to take advantage of it? On the other hand ignorance in most people is a curse and shall the State permit it to remain? Then there is the negro question with which we southern people have to contend. This, however, is partially eliminated from the question as the negroes are already taking advantage of the educational facilities. It will appear to our readers that we have expressed no opinion on this question. We have not done so for the simple reason that the time when the people have to express themselves at I ho tviIIq ic t/v? ffir Wa ovn simply advising each of our readers to study the question carefully and to read all literature on the subject that can be found. Is the State to direct the policy of the home in the training of its citizens or is the individual to be the governing factor in the policy of the State is the question as we see it. In other words, how much power j has the state and how much has the private individual? The act of the Georgia legis- ! lature declaring that State dry : after January 1, next, will result in a financial loss to the State that runs into the millions. Au-! gusta will lose $2,500,(XK) in property values and license taxes. Coluu)iibs will lose almost treble that of all other whiskey selling places in the State. Brunswick's loss will run above the million mark. 1 Macon will suffer heavily in the loss of revenue from many saloon properties and one of the finest breweries in the south. Atlanta, the home of several big brewery and distilling concerns, j will also come in for a big share in the financial loss. With South Carolina practically a prohibition . State a majority of the Georgia whiskey interests will move their plants to Alabama and Fiorida. The railroads, it is Slid, will transport breweries' and stills to other states free of ; charge. A gentleman who was a visitor here a day cr two ago remarked that the pretty little school house in Pineviile showed a deplorable tack of care. Sunday afternoon the doors of the building were wide open, as they probably had freen for some time, and there wore a number of evidences that not only the building but the! furniture as well were being misused. The place is apparently the redezvous for some evilminded persons, probably hoys who have escaped their just share of parental flogging. For one thing, several disparaging sen lences about an eminently respectable young lady of that community were written on the blackboards. lEuli A Rock Iltil corresi>onde]it of the Evening Chronicle says that Rock Hill "still has the best strictly local amateur baseball | team in this section." To the j contrary, however, there are a numoer on this side of the Catawba who are from Missouri. Charleston will probably be able to give her sister town Savunnah a few lessons in "hahd Wc would ho glad to see all children grow to useful manhood and womanhood. They should be trained alopg the lines of industry. In sho?*t the home ought to be a sort of school for manual training, that through this useful occupali>n the real bent of the child's mind might be readily peiceived. Not all work, neither all play, but! enough of l*)th to make work and pleasure alike enjoyable and refreshing. Thus the child might he trained in useful ways and obtain physical vigor now almost impossible bv tlio usual strain put on the child inclined to studious habits. Our school hoards are to be commended for favorably considering hotter wages for teachers, continuous terms of school and better appliances for school rooms. In nearly every case they have manifested a willingness to appropriate the necessary funds to put the buildings and grounds in good order. What is needed most is some one in every district to lead. The teacher should not leave it to the director, nor the director to the teacher; both, with the assistance of the patrons and pupils, should lend a hand. All honor to the man who earns his living by honest toil, lie it is, above all others, who is always pulling for better things. He is always on the front seat of the community band wagon. He is the first resident to greet the strange.* and tell him that he is visiting the best town in the state. He is ready to fight, at the drop of a hat. the fellow who willingly runs down the community's best along with its worst, and there is something inspiring in his cordial invitation to the chronic croaker to "move somewhere else.'f Labor is one of the supreme laws of life. Toil is honorable. The progress which the world has made is a glorious testimonial to human handiwork. Those who work know more of genuine happiness than those whose lives seem dedicated to idleness. Passing of ilie 'Shiners. There has been a noticeable clearing out of the moonshiners in the section of North Carolina bordering on north-western York, and also considerable improvement on this side of the line. The change has been brought about by the activity of the North Carolina authorities, particularly the sheriffs of Cleveland and Gaston counties, with some assistance on the part of Sheriff Brown of York and Magistrate Paris of King's Mountain township. The North Carolina authorities have been particularly energetic in the matter. For years this has been one of the most notorious sections of the country, so far as moonshining is concerned. There were miTriov/'uics cfillo in which scores of people were interested, and the otherwise straight forward, law-abiding people living in the neighborhood were afraid to give information against them. It meant the killing of a cow, or a horse, the burning of oroperty or perchance revengeful murder. Under the circumstances the distillers had the situation very much their own way. Some few months ago the sheriffs of Cleveland and Gaston counties began to get busy in earnest. North Carolinians generally have both votes and applause fur officers who will do their duty, and these sheriffs were well aware of the fact. They or their representatives began camping in about King's Mountain and other adjacent towns, getting up information as to names, locations, etc. They found out about every st ill and every distiller on their side, and then went after thein. In several cases the distillers were liter ally run down by the officers in fair foot races, captured and punished either by service on the chaingang, in the North Carolina penitentiary, or in the Federal prison in Atlanta. With the cleaning out of the ring-leaders, the situation became very much impr. ved, especially on the North Carolina side and the influence of the good work is being felt on the York side as well. Sheriff Brown and Magistrate Faris have done some good work in King's Mountain township, breaking up stills and keeping the moonshiners on the run; but it will have to be admitted that if there is any difference now, it is in favor of - the North Carolina side. However, the situation is very tnuch improved, and the actual imprisonment of a few leading moonshiners up in the northern part of the county will : "> t&ffH " Lads L:g Ampaiatel A few days ago at the Rock Hill Hospital a little 8 year-old 1 boy's ley was amputated, says the Rock Hill Herald. The little fellow lives at Fort Mill and his father is a Mr. Belk. About five weeks ago while the boy was playing with some of his playmates he accidentally cut himself on the right leg with a sharp knife. The gash was a deep one and the wound bled consicl- \ erably. A physician was called j in and after dressing the wound , ' the bleeding ceased. Two weeks later while the wound was healj ing up and while the little fellow was enjoying himself by playing! j with his friends in his father's yard, in some way he hurt or bruised the wound and the blood commenced streaming again. The wound bled for three weeks, until he was brought to the Rock Hill Hospital. The physicians; i here examined the wound and j *? J ,i i * * I iuuna mat uiooa poison was' | about to set in and they found I j it necessary to amputate the leg. I The little fellow, on account of losing so much blood, is very j i weak, in fact for the first few j j days after ho arrived the doctors ; : jeenud to think the case was aj hopeless one. but his condition is i somewhat improved now and if | nothing else happens, it is thought the little fellow will re- i cover. A New Post?l Card Order. As the result of an order pro-! m ilguted lnr Postmaster General i i Meyer, messages may be written i on both sides of government ! postal cards, the ruling going, into e'Tect August 1st. Some; months ago the postal laws were amended so as to give that priv-1 ilege to users of private post' cards, but the concession was made not applicable to postal ! cards issued by Uncle Sam. It1 was to remedy this inconsistency 1 that the new order was made, j which provides that the face of a ' postal card may be divided by a vertical line placed approximate-' ly one-third of the distance from the left end of the card, the snnpp to tlio lnft- ! I used for a message, the portion to the right to be reserved for i address only. A very thin piece ' of paper may be attached if it: | completely adheres to the card, I and such a plaster may bear! both writing and printing. Ad. vertisements, illustrations or | writing may appear on the back of the card and on the left third of the front. Postal cards of a new design conforming to the conditions of the amended regu1 itions will soon be placed on sale ' ! at postoffices throughout the ; countrv. I Southern Buys More Equipment. It is officially announced that : the Southern Railway will at once purchase fifty new locomotives, four dining cars, six com-1 bination mail and baggage cars, : six combination passenger and j I baggage cars, and two hundred cabooses. The general purpose in view in i ordering this new equipment is i ; is the strengthening of the pasj scnger and freight service of the | . railway. The new coaches are j to be of the most approved mod-, i ern type. It is the purpose of t : the company in ordering these 1 coaches not only to supply imme- 1 \ : - I uia.v. uuuua, uuii in <1 11ica.sure, vo . anticipate future needs. The fifty locomotives will be of , ! the lighter type and for service on lines not now requiring the ; heavy Fv pe of engine now in use , on some of the main lines. The j two hundred new caboose cars i are necessary to supply a need which has grown out of the rapid increase in freight train service j not being sufficient in number to properly equip freight trains. Brickyard Boss Kill3 a Rowdy Negro. A Sunday special from Rock j Hill says that the inquest of the coroner's jury over the body of | "Tit'' Jones was held today. All the evidence was that while > | Mr. Frazier Anderson, foreman j at. Ashe's brick yard, was paying; oil" the hands Saturday afternoon, considerable confusion arose, and Anderson ordered a boy to clear the room and close the door, saying that he would call the hands singly for settlement. "Tit" Jones objected to this, cursed Anderson and at tempted to go in the door. Failing to do that cfov' Arl fAti?ov?/lo -J~ ? 1 ... vv.i rliI >LIIt-I with an open knife in his right hand. Anderson appeared in the door and told the others to take Jones av/ay. The negro continued to advance, and when in i : four or five feet, he was shot dead. The body fell toward An' demon. The jury's verdict was in accordance with the above, with the added statement that in its estimation the killing was justifiable. Anderson's attorney's will apply for bail at once. There are 1G,000 weekly ne\Vr papers in the United States a combined cireulatior^n^^^H 0C0 and ther^^M?^61||BH with a Ad Important Telephone Decision. A decision has been handed down by the Fede al district court at Helena, Montana, which will be welcomed by the users of telephones throughut the country. In substance, the decision holds that the Rocky Mountain Hell Telephone company must furnish connections, whenever desired, with independent tele- i phone companies at reasonable 1 rates. The reasoning of the court j is that inasmuch as the Rocky' Mountain Hell company is the ! recipient of valuable franchises from the people, it is under an obligation to accept messages and facilitate their transmission if thf?v ri?mo -fj*r?m /riirinofiiiir ? ?J AAVIM VV?1?|/VV1II^ companies. The reciprocal obli- j nation, of course, will persist on independent companies to handle the messages of the Ilell Company in the same manner. All I companies enjoying such franchises must work for the general convenience of the people who grant them. It seems that the decision is bottomed on sound principlesidentical with those by which ! the railroads may be required to connect with each other for the transportation of freight and passengers. It is a favorite saying of persons engaged in it that the tele- ! phone business "is a natural monopoly," but true as this may be, it does not follow that one com- ' pany should he permitted to practice throttling competition in j order that the suppression of j othercompanies may be hastened. There is no reason that the public should endure the sufferings ' of an innocent bystander while the battle is being waged.?News and Courier. i Reward Good Behavior. It would be a good idea for the legislature to pass a law empow-' cringthe keeper of the penitentiary and the sherihs or jailers of the several counties to discharge from their custody convicts upon the service of 11-12 of their sentences where in the judgement of those officers, such imprisoned persons have, by good conduct, merited commutation "of sentoneo. Afi is wpII known n federal statute gives such author- j ity of custodians or keepers of | persons serving sentences imposed by United States courts. If, for example, a convicted party is sent by a federal judge to a i penitentiary or jail for 12 months, he may be given his liberty at the end of 11 months if he lias made a record for good behavior. The matter is left to the discretion of the jailer or keeper of the place of imprisonment. The principal object of the the law, no doubt, is to encour- j age criminals to reform and become better citizens when free once more. The prospect of getting out of prison in a little less time than that fixed by sentence acts as a powerful incentive to good conduct. The national law works and we believe that a similar enactment by our legislature would prove equally as satisfactory. In Chester county convicts now have 1-12 of their sentences "knocked oil" as a reward for good^conduct, but by wiiat authorliy we know not. So far as we are aware, there is no state law on che subject.?Lancaster News. Mr. J. T. Ferguson Meets Tragic Death. Mr. J. T. Pci'trimon vvlin \\ r?<3 operated on at the Rock ilill hospital Saturday afternoon for in-! juries received at Neely's Creek ; church Friday, died at 11 o'clock Saturday night, without having regained consciousness, The in terment was made Sunday in Neely's Creek churchyard. According to reports, no one | knows exactly how Mr. Ferguson received the injury which re- j suited in his death, that is, what made the wound. The whole tiling was seen by a number of people, among them his son, and the circumstances were as follows: Services were concluded and Mr. Ferguson had gone to hitch up his horse to leave the church. lie had hitched the, traces and started to throw some part of the harness to the other side of the horse, when the animal got frightened and bolted. Mr. Ferguson held on to the lines ! which he had retained, running beside the horse, fie was quite active for his age, but he could not stop the horse and the pace got faster and faster until he was thrown violently to the ground, the buggy passing over him. When reached he was unconscious and never reg ined his 1 senses after being struck. SMrO&SSS BY 72E OOUHTY. "Tl?9 most popular remedy in Otsego , Comity. ami the best frieml of my fami lv." writes Wm.M. Diet?., editor and I publisher of the Ostogo Journal, Gil- ! bertsville, N. Y., "is I)r, King's New Discovery. It has proved to be an infallible enre for coughs and colds, making short work of the worst of them. Wo always keep a bottle in the house, j I l?oliove it to bo the most valuable pre- ! Hcription known for Jauig and Throat ! diseases " Gnarantcod to never dis , r*pl>oitit the taker, by all druggists. I*riou 50c and $1.00, Trial bottle free. the citizens of Florence have j HLd the postofficc department ^ stablish ? free delivery mail nL'm in their town. ? Ku Kiux Klan. In the book, "Ku Klux Klan," by Messrs Lester & Wilson, there appears some of the warnings sent out by the members of the Klan to carpetbaggers. A characteristic one is 'the following: "Damn your soul. The Horrible Sepulchre and Bloody Moon has at last arrived. Some live to-day, tomorrow 'Die.' We the undersigned understand through our Grand 'Cyclops' that you have recommended a big Black JNigger for Male agent on our nu rode; wel, sir, Jest you understand in time that if he gets on the rode you can make up your mind to pull roape. If you have anything to say in regard to the matter, meet the Grand Cyclops and Conclave at Den No. -1 at 12 o'clock midnight, Oct. 1st, 1871. "When yo? are in Calera we warn you to hold your tongue and not speak so much with your mouth or otherwise you will be taken on surprise and led out by the Klan and learnt to stretch hemp. Beware. Beware. Beware. Beware. "Philip Isenbaum, "Grand Cyclops, "John Bankstown, "Esau Daves, < "Marcus Thomas, "Bloody Bones, "You know who. And all others of the Klan." At the head of this warning appears rough pen esklches of all horrible signs as bloody moons, skulls, crossbones, daggers and coffins. Several versions of the oath taken before becoming a member of the Klan are given in the appendix of the book. The South Carolina testimony gives the following oath: "1 do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the ln\ isible Circle; that I will defend our families, our wives, our children and brethren; that I will assist a brother in distress to the best of my ability: that 1 will never reveal the secrets of this order | or anything in regard to it that i may corre to my knowledge; and if 1 do may I meet a traitor's \ doom, which is death, death, j death, so help me God, and so punish me my brethren." The main oath of the Klan! seems to be tbis: "I, before the great immaculate God of heaven and earth, do take and subscribe to the following sacred binding! oath and obligation: 1 promise and swear that I will uphold and defend the constitution of the United States as it was handed down by our forefathers in its original purity. I promise and swear that 1 will reject and oppose the principles of the radical party in all its forms, and forever maintain and contend that , intelligent white men shall < govern this country." The remainder of the oath , seems to be in the same strain as i that of the South Carolina oath. 1 The language of these oaths show that they were written by , men of thought and character and the members following these oaths were a power for good throughout the Sunny South dur- . iug its dark period immediately after the War Between the Stab s when, for a time, it seemed that we should be governed by the negro. Winnsboro News and Herald. ?Mrs. Augusta Culp returned Monday evening from a visit to her sister, Mrs. VV. J. Caveny of Rock Hill. "BSflULAtt AS TI!L SUN" is nil expression us old as the raep. No doubt the rising and Retting of the sua is the most regular perfornsaneo it: the universe, uiih-ss ir is mo anion <>t the liver and bowels when regulated wit li Dr. King's Now Life Pills. Guaranteed by uli druggists. '2fx\ > ( The citizens of Greenville have decided to build a $200,000 cotton mill. ?? THE LIMIT Or LIFE. The most eminent medical scientists are unanimous in the conclusion that the generally accepted limitation of human life is niauy years below the at- ; tuinmont possible with the advanced . knowledge of which the race is now' possessed. The critical period, that do. terminus its duration, seems to bo between fit) and tii): the prop r care of the body during this decade cannot be too strongly urged; cur lossupss then being ! fatal to longevity. Nature's best helper after ho is Llec ric Hitters, the ; scientific tonic, modi, iuo Ihit ro\italzes every organ of the hotly. Ouatan- | teed by all druggists, - ' ? "Doc" Potts, a negro man who was wanted at Salisbury, N. C., upon a warrant charging him with obtaining goods under false pretense, was arrested Friday by Officer Pott and, after being held until Sunday morning, was taken hack, to Salisbury in the sustody of an viiiCCI Ui CTTou s~l JT ULIS, j who had boon at work with the | railroad section gang, denied the ' charge, claiming that he had never been in Salisbury. "2V3SYBG2"if"sH0ULL KK07T savs C. < ? . Aays, a prominent business man of Bluff, Mo., that Bnekleu's Ar- | nica Salve is the quickest ami surest healing salvo ever applied to a soro, barn or wound, oi' to a case of Piles. I,ve used it and know what I'm talking about." Guaranteed by all druggists 25c. - Mrs. E. P. Galling, of Hallshoro, N. is a guest ai the home of hftHfetpthar, Mr. T. B. A Penny I I Was in keeping when tires were I ili i i aim puncK The MeCaskey Act aiul the Electric this age. That's the way . hooks. The dead-! it You do! I i jjQN ES,; Vn/E: R> IA DOLL. ! ^ eras S'KSKS *?NC ^?vr <. Wiv:v"ur . ^.??3Rar?ncL' * Starts an account in our 5 It '!<? may lead to the road to wea Lrf 'it Since nothing so fully de if I# breed habit" as the practice \i the ten fold b nefil obtain* money. We deem it a pviv; l$> tages of our Saving Deparl * * >i 4 PfcP. GEKT INTEREST, * Z CQMP 1 11 . o | THE NATIONAL 1^ |fl> (ABSOLUTE! Brock kill, B ^%*/*%, l^iUS: [Eigi! 1 SOUTH s-RJS ?j THE SQtSTH'S fift 1 . " ~ 'gj I ni'xrcllt'd Dining Our Sri' frtLi Convenient Srlivclnlop on n Throuuli Pullman Sleeping ?= Jamestown Exposition Iiai Si ?<: For full information ny to niton. S S nitlicrn Hallway Tit-kit Ai^t ml | S. U. SLLEfl, ,"3i 0. P A., AHsnla, Oa 9 5 'SEE'.SfSlljSSEjSJSI 3? C J W. F, HARRIS & S 6 FORT Mil ^ S 'bcr Service day and night. ^ able. For moving1 in w T'ors i ^ per load. Passengers to and ^ each 25?. Surry on rlr ' or hours. If you need a nice Ti ^ for it, rate $1.00 per hour, 1 Here for busine.- >. ? W. F. HARRI f?i ^V< We Feed The If \oil parish, ii is no ahlcs are here for you, floods for the least mm where and &o broke, doi trade with us live weil a are not one of them, hui Good Livers. We are public with all kinds of! sible prices, quality coi new to the trade and ki Gall oi phone No^j Fancy Groceries^H|gj| WF* "i 'ass Book with , the times ;hted with Hint m m . m lounting Systen Iloater are of * s - - Jones keeps his beat doesn't like T H E: G ROCEF:. I J ^ % \V YOU TO SAVE .#1 A. R I ? ??? 11 k't-y f^TC: J ^ , {l' savings Department, which V 1th. f I monst rates "how use doti\ ' i "? ill snvmir en ?i\llnn? ... . u uui/iiiiig y iciu ; ^| ?d by the suvi?\f of small ?1 ilojre to explain the advari ^ Lment to all interested. X,: OUNOED QUARTERLY. \ UNION BANK. ? Ar SAFE.) * IS - - s. cij J SS !!T^rMnS'^JEJj2feS!S| ? 1 RAILWAY.! ? EaTEST SYSTsH. l|l fffil "l" ... !I L? ml Tivins. jgn| Cars on Throneh Trains. [Sj ? tes now in cfTfct. !Jf^j i L? rouli fl, t tc.. consult nearest =p IE nit, or el. W. KUHT, I' D. P. A , Charleston, S Q. g 9 s !7inS ^ P ^ ^ %> <&*&%/%{ a IONS, Liverymen K Rates for teams rear on- T. :mv place in the city, 30c. ^ from depot, 23c. Trunks gk? rt Rail'. ; ? > pot at ail 7^ ap lor your friends call passengers. fP S At, SONS. !u *9' ; People1 our fault. The eatal and v. e sell the he si ney. Jf you buy else* ft blame us. All whd lid are happy. If yo4 i} and jo ii the host oft prepared to serve 11 J Eatables at the best pos-i nsidei^^gi^e arc ik;? ^>U|A I