The Fort, Mill Times.
DEMOCRATIC
?*W. BRADV\MII>, . Ed. and Prop.
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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
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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
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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\
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The citizens of Greenville have
decided to build a $200,000 cotton
mill.
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THE LIMIT Or LIFE.
The most eminent medical scientists
are unanimous in the conclusion that
the generally accepted limitation of
human life is niauy years below the at- ;
tuinmont possible with the advanced .
knowledge of which the race is now'
possessed. The critical period, that do.
terminus its duration, seems to bo between
fit) and tii): the prop r care of the
body during this decade cannot be too
strongly urged; cur lossupss then being !
fatal to longevity. Nature's best helper
after ho is Llec ric Hitters, the ;
scientific tonic, modi, iuo Ihit ro\italzes
every organ of the hotly. Ouatan- |
teed by all druggists,
- '
? "Doc" Potts, a negro man
who was wanted at Salisbury,
N. C., upon a warrant
charging him with obtaining
goods under false pretense, was
arrested Friday by Officer Pott
and, after being held until Sunday
morning, was taken hack,
to Salisbury in the sustody of an
viiiCCI Ui CTTou s~l JT ULIS, j
who had boon at work with the |
railroad section gang, denied the '
charge, claiming that he had
never been in Salisbury.
"2V3SYBG2"if"sH0ULL KK07T
savs C. < ? . Aays, a prominent business
man of Bluff, Mo., that Bnekleu's Ar- |
nica Salve is the quickest ami surest
healing salvo ever applied to a soro,
barn or wound, oi' to a case of Piles.
I,ve used it and know what I'm talking
about." Guaranteed by all druggists
25c.
- Mrs. E. P. Galling, of Hallshoro,
N. is a guest ai the
home of hftHfetpthar, Mr. T. B.
A Penny I
I Was in keeping
when tires were I ili
i i
aim puncK
The MeCaskey Act
aiul the Electric
this age.
That's the way .
hooks. The dead-!
it You do!
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'it Since nothing so fully de
if
I# breed habit" as the practice
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the ten fold b nefil obtain*
money. We deem it a pviv;
l$> tages of our Saving Deparl
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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.- >.
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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
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savings Department, which V
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monst rates "how use doti\
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?d by the suvi?\f of small ?1
ilojre to explain the advari ^
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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
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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
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