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AUGUST 21). 11107.
The Telegraphers' Strike.
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i ne . swiKe or tiic teiegraun
operators of the Western Union
and Postal companies is still on
and is, apparently, as far from
settlement as when the. strike
was inaugurated some weeks
ago. Meanwhile the interests of
the public suffer. In various sections
oF the country it is sought
to discover a way to force the
c mnpanies to come to terms with
the operators, hut all efforts to
that end have proved futile so
far, and there appears to be little
prospect that the companies will
be induced or forced to treat with
their former employees. This
condition of affairs is not, however,
surprising to those who
observe the conduct of the affairs
of these companies, both in
relation to the public and their
employees', and particularly is
this statement appbcabie as to
the Western Union.
In degree only is the Western
Union Telegraph Company a less
iniquitous corporation than the
Standard Oil, which has deservedly
won the enmity and ill-will of
tho whole country. This telegraph
company docs not and
never h<.g paid its operators a
living wage and does not render
f V>n cArin'oo urUhiU 4-U/\
* tv owl VILt WIIIV II CAUIbitant
rates for the transmission
of messages over its wires demands.
It is the one corporation
above all others whose business
should be taken over by the
national government and administered
in the interest of the public.
Then the country would not
only receive better service at a
more equitable charge, but a
brighter day would dawn for the
poorly-paid and over-worked operators.
Hut to return to the strike,
the contention of the strikers is
a just ?>ne and they have the
sympathy of the public. Their
chance.; of success seem to improve
every day, and the progress
of the strike as furnished
the daily papers by the Associated
Press, which ures the
wires of the Western Union, is
not to he relied upon as accurate.
Notwithstanding th" claim of the
Western Union and Postal companies
that conditions are assuming
a nonn.il basin, as a
matter < ' f r ather ..'umpany
is able {.> v. ;J!.? promptly one,tonth
<1 the busirc.se oifared,
but i.i the can? . > 4 he former
jr.omp.ni . ... i '. a ) h a;
of resulting to ibe .so of
the mails to fo -vvu* i mcs
r>?i-;v.v> iii'iniiir 1 IT v ; illKl
for this service (Ik* Western
Union company is. sai l to charge
full telegraphic tolls knoviugat
the time the messag- *s n > i.ccepted
that J hey \ ill he 1' ?rwaivied
through th mails. If
this is not highway uobborv,
then the <li ti muries .ire at fault
in defining the term. The grievance
jot I'm operators dorter
hours and longer pay is a just
one and may t hey win.
Trend of the Times.
Have our women, especially
our Southern women, t he same
*mnce and degree of modesty
that they once had? Last week
Aslioville, N. ('.. had the unique
Spectacle of two white women
Iiein.tr present at the hanging ol'
{i negro rapist. Why they were
fnere or what attraeti >n tho execution
of the negro brute could
li ive had for them is more than
we can see. We have always
looked upon the Southern woman
;is a being to be shield d and
protected from even the knowledge
of such things and is she
|mw going to break through
fill these restrictions and proclaim
to the nati >n that she is
man's equal and must see and
know all things.
Some of us have sometimes
Wondered win the "Unwritten
Law" lias lost its force. We
h ive wondered whether it was
the fault of the man or woo an.
Net. long ago in the State of
Virginia a father was indicted
for slaying a man who had
ruined his daughter. At the
trial the evidence came out that
the girl had drunk whiskey from
X\ liottle with the man. J>oes
anyone suppose lids man could
have forced the whiskey into the
;young lady witlioilt her permission?
V\'?is the young man altogether
to blame?
Coming do\yn from a North
.Carolina sojomer resort not long
since we witnessed the sight of
four beautiful an 1 attractive
young ladies playing cards on
the train. We must admit that
it was a new sight, for us, and
one that made us think seriously
jr?* . of where our women were drift%
ig. Those may not have been
fjoathern women, but still they
were traveling in our own S rath-!
land.
The South has always been
the home of chivalry ami courff*y{
It has a.ways be n the
. r
place where a man would die for
jthe protection of woman, but if
such things the above are
to continue, there will undoubtably
be a change in the Southern
j man's thoughts in regard to
| women. It is a pleasure to note
iJhat none of tliese cases happened
in our own community,
rn conclusion we would say to
all women. "Ho true to yourself
and you will find the Southern
man always willing to uphold
and defend you. but forget yourself
and throw aside your modestv
l?vr?n to n linvi^af] rln.rf >o nnrl
! you cannot expect men to look
j upon you with t he same respect
! and reverence."
Blocking tlic Wheels of Progress.
Alabama, Georgia and North
Carolina, are hell bent on putting
blocks under the wheels of proI
gress. Under the leadership of
demagogues, with selfish ends to
serve, each is striking like a
j blind snake at those interests
' which have made and are still
1 making the south one of the
favored spots on the earth. The
railways are just an especial object
of attack. But after the
the railways will come other
interests unless the people arise
I in their wrath and pot the whole
j brood of Glenns and Comers and
Smiths to flight.
But what is done in three
( states might not he so injurious
, in the end if it were not for the
fact that what their demagogic
leaders are doing is almost
damaging the whole south and
materially regarding its growth
j in wealth and population. For
; forty years the south has been
1 handicapped by the never settled
| race question. Its progress has
| been hindered because of the
presence of the negro. Immigration
hos been almost impossible
with the negro hordes fill:
ing the several states. Now,
with this problem still unsolved,
comes foolish legislation against
corporate interests to futher
; handicap it.
The Constitution, of which
these demagogues prate so much,
is practically overridden. Justice
and fair dealing is a forgotten
art. That the railroads are
responsible for some of this
foolish legislation and its attendant
evils is admitted; but to war
upon them without justice, to
I seek to deprive them of the constitutional
right of appeal to the
courts of the land, is going to an
j extreme which cannot but cause
a revulsion of sentiment in this
great land of ours.
The South has indeed been
{exceedingly prosperous within
the past four or five years and
I has outgrown everyone's expectations.
even the railroad. For
a*few years past there has been
a howl from all parts of the
South for more railroad facilities,
j give us what we ne ?d double
cracks, i he rni'ron >. uot only
the Southern hut m ?si all other
roads, have made Port.- to keep
pace with this fan growing country
but it has been impossible
lo accompli <h much. Just when
the South. rr> was in re't of doing
great things i\.r North Carolina
anil the other t\ o Stales, they
stamped their f t upon the rai road
ami tried to break i's neck.
Deal \ iih the railroad jwsth hecause
they deserve it. Anderson
Mail.
YorkviUe "New Era" Sold.
A special from YorkviUe to
: The State says that the printing
outfit, consisting of presses, type,
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i-ii-., ui 111 iaie in ow raa newspaper
was sold at pul)lle auction
j on Saturday, und<T forecInsure
i of mortgages amounting to about
$400.
It was bought by .1. S Brico,
! Esq., attorney for creditors, for
I the sum of $150. It is rumored
that an effort will bo made to
' organize a joint stock company
to take bold of t lie plant and
j make additions to it, and secure
the services of a competent
newspaper man and essablish an
up-to-date newspap. r and do
a general printing business.
From expressions that have been
heard there is quite a probability
that a strong company, with
plenty of capital, will be organized.
High School Election Called Off.
The election which was advertised
to be held here Saturday to
determine whether or not a high
school department would he ucided
to the Fort Mill graded
scuooi was not ncld. The calling
olf of the election was due to
a misutuh rstanding betwo* n the
members of I he local board of
school trustees and the county
and State boards oi' educat ion as
to the provisions of the act granting
the establishment of the high
j school. Some weeks ago Pro.'.
W. 11. Hand, of the University of
South Carolina, was here in the
interest of hi rn schools and in a
talk in the town hail explained
the law in detail, anionic other
things saying that the only re<li:ircinent
to securing the school
was the co-operation and moral
support of the residents of one.
or both, of the other school disidnctsin
the township; -'hat no
extra tax or cost what* \\ r v.ou'd
| be incurred and that the $TC "5 allowance
of the State would become
available as soon as the
voters 01 the three districts cxtafias
ft
! pressed themselves at the polls
as desiring the school. Those
present were deeply and favora|
ably impressed with Prof. Hand's
talk, and agitation of the proposition
to establish a high school
department in connection with
the local graded school was at
once begun. The proposition, as
explained by those who heard
Prof. Hand, met with favor on
every hand and it was with little
if any difficulty that the required
number of signatures to a petition
calling for an election upon
the subject were secured. This
petition was forwarded to the
county board of education and
the election vas duly ordered
and advertised for last Saturday.
Trie result would doubtless have
be.a unanimously in favor of the
high school had it not been for a
1 ttor received the oast week hv
j tho chairman of the local board
of trustees from County Superintendent
of Education McMackin
in which he stated that Prof.
Hand had misconstructed the
law in regard to high schools and
instead of there being no cost
, attached, in order to estabi
lish the high school an extra tax
levy was necessary in each of
the three districts involved. It
at ontc became evident that the
chances for the school, if the extra
tax was necessary, were very
! ix)?>r, and as the time was too
short to get further information
upon the subject from the aui
thorities at Columbia, it was decided
to postpone the election
until a future date,
i The local school board is now
in communication with the State
authorities and if it develops
that the high school can be had
wit bout the special levy the election
will doubtless be called within
a lew weeks. Otherwise the
: subject is not likely to receive
further consideration by the people
of this township.
?The two games of ball
played Wednesday and Thursday
of last week between the Steele
Creek and Fort Mill teams were
both taken by the latter. The
lirst game was very close and
was not won until the 12th inning
when Fort Mill scored and
the victory was ours by a score
of G to 5. The game Thursday
was uninteresting from the
siart. Pitcher Iloover, for Fort
Mill, had the visitors at his
mercy and allowed them only two
; hits in the entire came. The
! score was 5 to 0, in favor of Fort!
Mill.
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? Misses Clara and May
Smythe entertained a number
of friends at a lawn party last
Thursday night.
?Mrs. J. H. Thornwell, who
was operated upon last Saturday
at the Presbyterian hospital in
Charlotte, is steadily improving.
Mrs. Thornwell has had no fever
since the operation and should
no complications arise she will be
able to be at home in about a
month.
EN COBS ED BY THE COUNTY.
"Tli3 moat popular remedy in Otsego
4 Vtiiti y tr a ?<! f Ka 9* ?? -
wum j ? mm vuu uuav moim ui in jr lamr
ly." writes Wm. M.. Dietz, editor und
publisher of the Ostego Journal, Gilbertsville,
N. Y., "is L)r, King's New
Discovery. It has proved to bo an iufaliiblu
euro for coughs und colds,
making short work of the worst of thotu.
Wo always keep a bottle in the house
I believe it to bo the most valuable prescription
known for Lung and Throat
diseases " Guaranteed to never disappoint
the taker, by all druggists,
l'rice 50c and $1.00, Trial bottle free.
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?Messrs. T. B. Belk and J. B.
Mills left Monday evening for a
ten-day visit to the Jamestown
exposition.
"aSQTJLAB AS THE SUN"
is an expression us old as the race. No
doubt the rising und setting of the sua
is the most regular performance iu the
universe, unless it is the action of the
liver and bowels when regulated with
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed
by ull druggists. 2oc.
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? Mrs. J. T. Young and children
are visiting relatives in
Charlotte.
THE LIMIT OF LIFE.
The most eminent medical scientists
are unanimous iu the conclusion that
the geuerally accepted limitation of
human life is many years below the attainment
possible with the ndvunced
knowledge of which the race is now
possessed. The critical period, that determines
its duration, seems to be between
60 and tiO: the proper care of the
body during this decade cannot be too
strongly urgod; carelessness then being
fatal to longevity. Nature's best helper
after 50 is Electric Bitters, the
scientific touic medicine that revitalzes
every organ of the body. Guaianteed
by all druggists. 50c.
?
?Mrs. J. B. Mills has returned
home after a very pleasant visit
to her sister, Mrs. Bruce, of
YVinnsboro.
"EVERYBODY SHOULD ENOW"
says C. G. A ays, a prominent business
matt of Bluft', Mo., that Bncklon's Aruica
Salve is the quickest and surest
healing salvo ever applied to a Rore,
burn or wound, or to a case of Piles.
I.ve used it and know what 1'iu talking
about." Guaranteed by all druggists
25c.
Accounts
led on a
Register
\v, as tho grass,
a McCaskey
s for CASH.
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paid as conscientiously as you #
bts. If you are a wage-earn-J
we yourself and your family ^
re in case of sickness or dis- ? i
PARTMENT solves the prob- J
lounts weekly or monthly as S
ount with a dollar the first#
nd week, three dollars third '
,h week-and you have ten<>
a dollar a^ain. and so on;?
you have $1130 to your credit. *
ourself will have been paid, r
s department this week. ?
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POUNDED QUARTERLY. *
. UNION BANK. \
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Meals and Lunches, |
| To my friends: I have fitted
up a First-Class Lunch Room in
connection with my Cold Drink
Stand and will appreciate a share
of your patronage in this line.
When in town call and let me
serve you a good lunch or meal.
JAS. H. PATTERSON.
NOTICE.
j Tho Board of Trustees of the Fort
Mill Graded School has adopted the
following fees to be paid in advance at
the oucmiiK of School September 2nd,
which pays all tuition charges to Janj
uarv 1st, 1D0H:
1st atul 2nd grades $ .50
Urd and 4th grades 1.50
5th and Uth grades 1.75
Ttli aud 10th grudes 2.50
By order of the Board.
W. B. Meachnm,
Clerk.
I TO THE PUBLIC!
I have opened a Barber Shop
in the room in the Bank building
recently vacated by Mr. Curtis,
and will appeeciate a share of
your patronage. Prompt service
i and first-class work.
! Give me a call.
W. B. McKinney.
NOTICE TO ROAD OVERSEERS.
All Seotlons Must be Put In First
Class Condition at Onea.
Offico of County Board of Commissioners
of York County, S. C.
4 LL of the Road Overseers of York
County arc herebv called upon to
j call out the HANDS ON THEIR RE1
SPECTIVE SECTIONS and put the
| Roads in Frst-Class Condition at once.
All able bodied male citizens between
the ages of Eighteen and Fifty
| Yearn and not specifically exompted by
, law, are liable to road duty, and must
work FIVE DAYS of 10 hours, or 50
j hours.
The roa is should lie well ditched on
I the sides and the loose earth pulled to
I the centre; all holes should be tilled in
as permanent a manner as is practic!
able with the facilities at hand.
I The regular road hands can make a
wonderful improvement on the roads
j if they will and it is hoped that the
I Overseer and hands of every road sec;
tion will strive to do their work bettor
than t?.e Overseer and hands of any
other section,
THOMAS W. BOYD.
Supervisor of York County.
Hazel Grist, Clerk of Board.
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