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W ' '-'.V'v. paeuj/i -J'. -iji J J t - -. ' *' . t ... , i iThe Fort Mill Times. [ DEMOCRATIC p. W. BItAEiFQRQ, . Ed. aijd Prop. One year 51.00 Six months 50 Three iponths .25 On ni>j?He:?tton JO the pybllghAj. ndyertlsiiiK tales are made Uyo.wji to ihuro Interested Entered at tlje postoftico at Fort Juill, ' p. p.. ua aeogijd claw mattpf. OCTOBER VQ. 190?; "S i? '. Twelve. Rotund Fight Now (hi. The fqH^wing circular, which may be of interest" to our farmer friends, was received by The Times a few days ago: 1st. Rooud. August?Cotton scarce. Farmer recoiving $10.00 per baje'more than New York gamblers quotation. Both sparring; gamblers confident, yet farmers have this round. 2nd Round. September?New York pulls itself together. Forms pools, attempts to cause panic as farmers bring in some cotton. Farmers get upper-cuts and right and left pabs, is knocked down at beginning of round. Later pulls himself together, hauls his cotton home or stores it in warehouses, becomes stronger and gets in a few jabs. New York crowd resort to underhand Jalows and fights foul. Farmer stronger and heavier. N. Y. crowd on to every kind of trick, resort to anything when farmer shows strength by not selling. Referree knows their dirty tactics but allows them to fight any old way they can to injure the farmer. Farmer stronger and i holding his own (cotton) at end of round. N. Y. gamblers had best of this round. 8rd Round. October?Farmer comes up strong, selling practic- ! allv nothing. N. Y. weakens and "stops action for the time. Farmer seems standing as a unit, j Farme'r realizing N. Y. iow-down j methods hut referee imhnlds the gamblers in their dirty work. It is not a fair light, still farmer is .eatching on and odds appear in farmer's favor as there are nine more rounds. Farmer been whipped (robbed so long, didn't know until last few years he .yould fight) realizing more and more his strength and that he is / . up against dirty methods. At! |>eginning of this round farmer puts in telling blows for the future, but N. Y. bold and hammering, depending on dirty, foul work to win. No matter whether the government report be sixty-eight, no matter whether over two-thirds ginned, N. Y. gamblers are ready to hit a sneaking, dirty, underhand blow, and will, regardless. Keep your nerve (cotton) farmer and fight for your life. Be independent of yaur dirty antagonist and let the N' Y. cotton exchange realize they have won their last fight, and have held you as slaves long f nough. York Farmers Selling Ahead. It is claimed that the farmers pf York County sold not less than 10,000 bales of cotton at prices varying from 10 to 121-2 cents, to be delivered during September, October and November. Of course, the exact number cannot be ascertained, but there is little reason to doubt that is large. The prices looked good to them last spring and summer and each fellow evidently imagined that his contract affected only himself and would not enable the speculators to use it in "bearing" the price of the whole crop, but such is the effect. It is to be hoped that the farmers generally have not acted so foolishly as thosa or York County, but if they have it means that onefourth of the entire crop will go at the prices indicated, and that practically all the "distress cotton," amounting possibly to onehalf the entire crop, will go along with it, thus leaving only pne-fourth to be held for a >- nigher price. it is being claimed that the crop is not going to be nearly so large as the outlook of a few weeks ago indicated, but it is safe to say that there will be a good sized crop, and even at present prices it will bring quite a snug sum into the county. The yiel^Hjpp*'', peo 100 pounds of seed uoiton, is said to be not quite up the average. ?Yorkyille cor. News and Courier. p The Farmer is Blessed. The farmer, if he only knew it, is a liltle nearer the kingdom of heaven than anyone on earth. He is certain of three square meals a day and is the only man who 1 m X* a m n Ut vm r, A.1 X* ? m n ?rv . 1 I ? v ? m ?UU itiULC luinnt'ii in emu nvc 111 Spite of the rest of mankind. A few cattle and sheep and fowl provide himvd^food and cloth mg, while flfl^Tetds yield him flour and a source of revenue. So generous are these provisions and so common, that hardly one farmer in ten makes any account of them, although the ordinary I business man thinks he has done r well when he reaches the end of the year and finds that he has a little more than made ends u IU| . J - ' I 1 .L > Some Large Trees. In a letter in the Yorkville Enquirer Mr. T. D. Faulkner, of Fort states that there is a poplar tree on the land of our fellow townsman, Capt. S. E. White, about a half mile from Fort Milt," which measures 18 feet in circumference at a point 2 1-2 feet from the ground; and at a point 5 feet from the ground it is 15 feet and 3 inches in circumference. There is, or was some years, ago, a gigantic oak in Chester' county, on the Jack Howze place about four miles from Richburg, which for many years was regarded as the largest tree in upper Carolina. Its dimensions were at one time published in the old Lancaster Review, but we do not now recall the figures. ? Lancaster News. The Price of Cotlon. The following from the Carolina Spartan is probably the true j cause of the low price of cotton: | The condition is about the same it was a week aero. The New York cotton exchange and the J spinners are still in power. Their j grip is so strong that they can ; keep the price down if only ten ( million bales were made. Much cotton was sold for future delivery. That has to go at once, i Many are obliged to sell. They count on six to seven million bales that have to be put on the market before Decembrr 25. That amount will supply the ; mills till next April. Farmers in the Atlantic States are rush-1 ing cotton to market. The receipts at Wilmington, Augusta; and Savannah are ahead of the same date last year. Then the; cotton exchange gamblers say that the drop in price has been , caused by legislating bucket' shops out, by the legislatures1 monkeying with railroads, and by the president's talk about trusts. The real cause is that; the exchange men want to make money and the spinners want cheap cotton. If they can force the price down to 5 cents they ; will do it. After Big Damages. Yorkville special to the Char-1 lotte Observer: It is learned by i the Observer's correspondent that a suit for $30,000 damages j has been entered against the j Southern Power company by the i family of a Chester county ne1 gro, who was killed during the winter of 1905 while he was I thawing dynamite for the com-: pany. The negro, it was goner-1 ally conceded, was killed through | his own carelessness. On one i particular night all the dynamite j froze stiff and hard and the ! next morning this negro pro-, .ceoded to thaw it out by laying if near a fire, and while the explosive was sizzling hot undertook to insert a fuse, with a cap : i attached into a cartridge. As : a result not only the cartridge j with which he was working, but ! a large number of others laying 1 around the fire exploded, killing I the expert and seriously wound: ing one or more other negroes. A Compliment For Dr. Thornwcll. In speaking of Dr. Thornwell's recent visit and address at the ; celebration of the eighteenth : anniversary of Calhoun Lodge, J K. of P., of Charleston, the News i and Courier has this complimentary notice: "The Rev. J. II. Thornwell, the grand keeper of records and seals, readily accepted as the I most popular Pythian in South Carolina, addressed those present on the duty of Pythians. Dr. 1 Thornwell's address was filled: with apt illustrations and anecdotes, and the eloquence of his manner was in L'^pnirwr \*rit-V? tl-o i reputation which he has acquired all over the State as the embodi, inent of Py thianism. No Pythian ; in South Carolina is more wcl] come in Charleston at any and at all times than is the Rev. Thorni well." Powers of the Wateree River. "The Wateree and Catawba rivers have sTx valuable powers, I all of which are owned by the i Southern Power Company, of | Charlotte, N. C. These powers ! are as follows: I "1. Wateree Canal, just above | Camden, where there is a fall of 52 feet. Drainage area, 4,37f> square miles. "2. Rocky Creek Falls and j Fishing Creek?these three powers have a total fall of 173 feet. The development of Great Falls has just been completed, and the others will be undertaken as soon as the demand for power warrants. ??0 T J o. uunusiyru, near juancaster, is the next power, where there i3 a fall of 40 feet. "4. Catawba comes next, where the Southern Power Com- i ! pany has had a 10,000 horse power plant in operation for kcv- . cral years, furnishing power to Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Pineville! and Charlotte. "These mentioned powers do j not cover 100 feet of the rivers' j fall, some of which could probably be developed, especially between the Wateree Canal and i Rocky Creek."?Selected ( York County News, < Yorkville Enquirer, Fridrty. Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Matthews, died at her home at Old Point last Saturday, after a long illness, aged 51 years, lacking three days. Mrs. Matthews was the eldest daughter of Mr. Zimri Carroll of Clover, and was the widow of the late S. A. Matthews, who died in 1900. ^She leaves two children, Miss Regina and Master Carl. The funera^ took place at Ebenezer on Sun- , j_.. a _ i i? 1 uuy, uie services ueing con- i ducted by Rev. J. S. Grier, pas- , tor of Tirzah church, of which Mrs. Matthews was a member. ( Attorneys for Policeman C. J. M Miller of Rock Hill, who shot and ( killed the negro Elliott Jackson, j { took him before Judge Wilson at1 j Winnsboro Monday and obtained bail in the sum of fifteen hun- . ' dred dollars. The bond was j ' signed by Messrs. J. M. Cherry, I J. F. Reid and J. B. Johnson. < The King's Mountain Chapter | of thj Daughters of the Ameri- | can Revolution have just gotten out quite a handsome 1908 calendar ior saie,, during the year, j 1 The distinctive feature of the ( calendar is a handsome photo- I engraving of the King's Moun- j tain Battleground, reproduced; on white in autumn tint, and mounted on a blue ground. Under the engraving is its title and under that, the insignia of the D. A. R's with the first stanza of Mrs. Clara Dargan Maclean's centennial lyric on either side. Itock Hill Rocord. Mr. Thos. F. McDow returned from Virginia yesterday morning where he had been in the interest of Peters, formerly of this coun- ! ty, who is sentenced to be hanged on the 18th of this month. He 1 was to have been hanged during September, but Mr. McDow succeeded in getting a month's stay of execution. In conversation with the reporter of The Record he stated that he was very much afraid that it was a hopeless case, but said that he had made a strong fight and that the governor promised to consider the papers i carefully, but that he was afraid that nothing could be done for . him. j Mr. D. W. Newell, formerly ] superintendent of the Mores- j < ville, N. C., division of the; i Southern Railway, which has i been discontinued, has been ap- h pointed superintendent of theI j Rock Hill division, and is now i in charge. This makes the j third new superintendent here in ! six months. It is to be hoped the road has the right man here now. The Rev. C. M. Richards, of < Statesville, N. C., has notified ; the officials of the First Presby- ! 1 torian church of this city that ; he cannot accept the call to the , local church. This decision was received with regret by the t members. Rock Hill was not in the field early enough for this , man, as he already had twoj other calls under consideration. . Installing More Electrical Machinery. j From the Fort Mill correspon- ! dent of the Charlotte Chronicle j it is learned that the work of installing the electrical machinery in the new central power d's- i tributing plant near here is being rapidly pushed and it will be finished none too soon to avoid the seemingly inevitable dilem-1 nm that would prove exceedingly ; embarrassing to the Southern Power Company and its patrons, who are now the public gener any. it is saul tiiat the pond formed by the dam has filled in with an immense amount of sand and mud misplaced so much water that there is not much to < spare after a day's run. There arc sand Kates for cleaning out this accumulation from the bottom of the pond, but there has < not been a time when the water j and the time could be spared for : this purpose. However, at an ' early date the overloaded hydrants here will be relieved by the power from Great Falls plant and there is no cause for alarm. It is said that the depth of the pond is reduced about two feet during a day's time in developing 9,000 horse-power. A Word For Union Prayeruieeting. Editor Times: Allow me space in your valuable paper to say a few words on the subject of the mid-week and union prayermeetings. I know my past church history will Ku !l'l filial niftinrc Kill I I i wovi uvvivii) uut X I1UVU | j a faint hope, maybe, my breth- ; ren can notwithstanding hear ; me with patience on this sacred subject. For more than 251' years it has been my regular i habit to attend the mid-week prayermeeting if in my neighborhood, and during my stay at Berea, Kentucky, I went to two and part of the time to three every week, each of them being ] by a different denomination. For a long time it was only a dry duty, but after a long continucd importunity, Jesus, my Saviour, manifested himself to i me there clearly and tenderly j! almost every time. A brother j, whom I love and respect once j said to me, that he felt free not 11 to go as the time was not, like :' r??0?@??G?GSK JS/L. ? "8" H R i " I | i n c. i g Call 011 us when 1 I MILLS i???? ????????? We Feed The If you perish, it is in ables are here for you, goods for the least mo where and go broke, doi trade with us live well; are not one of them, liui Good Livers. We are public with all kinds of] sible prices, quality cc new to the trade and k Call or 'phone No. 2 Fancy Groceries, Fresh Yours foi "W. ,X-j- 1 the Sabbath, appointed by the Lord. But I have found sounuch lommunion with the Saviour in these, and especially in the union meetings, that I want to recommend them to all others, especially in times of confusion and trouble. James Spratt. Fort Mill, Oct. 8. Care For Your Stock. As the winter season approach-j es> let your influence be felt and ; your voice raised in behalf of dumb animals.- They suffer like ; you; they hunger and thirst and wish for kinder treatment. They ^re helpless in the hands of man. j God gave us dominion over ani-1 mals that we might protect them | and be aided and made happy by them. Be a lover of animals and help to protect them. Hov/ She Stopped the Conversation. Two ladies in a nearby rural j: ? j - a- - - i u ? district were taiicing me other 1 day and in some way the tele-: phone subject came under dis- j cussion. They both had "partyline" telephones. One of the1 ladies was telling about how | mean somebody in her neighborhood is. To use her own language, the somebody will "talk to some other fool for half an hour and never say anything either, and here I will be nearly wild to place an order at the village store or tell what to bring home from town. Are you ever bothered that way?" The other replied "1 used to be, but am not any more. A friend of mine who is connected with the service told me how to put on a choker and I wiil tell you. You may have noticed those two metal knobs at the top ol the instrument. Well, they are there, whether you have noticed them or not. Now, when somebody! has used the line about twice as long as they ought to, I just lay a key or a wire hairpin across those two knobs. Then, in a minute or two, I take off myj short circuit and can get central J all right. I used to feel as if I wanted to say bad words, hut | now I let the gossips feel that way." The hint was thankfully received by the one to whom it was given and perhaps others will be thankful too. After one of the most exciting and hotly contested elections in i the history of the city, Asheville, i N. C., on Tuesday voted prohi-1 bition bva majority of 848 votes, j The prohibitionists carried every j precinct in the city. BIS DEAU OLD MOTHDTt. "My dear old mother, who is now eighty three yours old. thrives on Electric Bitters," writes W. I?. Branson, of Dublin, (in "rfhe has taken them for 1 ibout two years and enjoys an excellent appetite? feels strong and sleeps well." That's the way Electric Bitters nlTect tin n.^od, and the s.iino happy results follow in all cases of female weakneas and gene ral debility. Weak, puny children - ., .-.it ly st iv.i?*thtnmd by them, Guaranteed also for stomach, liver and kidney troubles by all druggists. 60o. EUfCTRIC bMSSK0" BITTERS A.NuKlb.NEVA 1 ' ILLS & FURNI Are ever on the ji! \ thing new and up 1 tare to make horn 1 store is full of boa m will make your In * , carry everything ings. iceding anything in 1 Sc VOUN ?0@0?0^sKS?????< ! People. Dt our fault. The eataand we sell the best ney. If you buy elsen't blame us. All who ind are happy. If you rrv and join the host ol prepared to serve the Eatables at the best posmsidered. We are not now what you want. 9 for your Heavy and Meats, Etc. ' business, E3ZA3LiX-ISPECIAL NOTICES. (25 cents each insertion.) FRESH FISH Every Saturday at C. B. Kimbrell's Randalesburg Store. Fresh from the coast on ice. FOR SALE Any of my Houses, with easy payments. $2.50 per week buys a home, or an investment. L. A. Harris. COTTON SEED Your- Cotton Seed will bring all they are worth at T. B. Belks' ware house. See Shell Patterson. WANTED- Your Cotton S d, highest prices paid. Shell Patterson at Belk's. FOR SALE- One good secondhand, two-horse buggy and harness; two second hand saddles, and lot of good seed wheat. D. A. Lee. OUT CF SIGHT. ' Out of sight, out of mind," is an old saying which applies with special force to a sore, burn or wouud that's been treated with Bucklon's Arnica Salve. It'sout of sight, oat of mind and out of existence. Piles too and chilblains dicumnAnr imdnr it-j Guaranteed by all druggist. 25c ?The authorities at Washington have decided that the State of Louisiana cannot legally pay the fares of immigrants from Cuba. A CHIMINAL ATTACH on an inoffensive citizen is froquentlv made in that apparently useless little tube called the "appendix." It's generally the result of protracted constipation, 'ollowiug livor torjior. Dr. King's New Lifo Filis regulate the liver pre vent appendicitis, and establish regular habits of the bowels. ?5o at all drug stores. The jury in the case of Dr. and Mrs. David Rowland, on trial at Raleigh, N. G., for the murder of the woman's former husband, Ohas. R. Strange, on Sunday rendered a verdict of acquittal. -4 fr- ? HARP TIMES IN KANSAS. The old days of grasshoppers and drouth are almost forgotten i:i the pros porous Kansas of today; although a citizen of t'odoll, Earl Shamluirg, has not yet-forgot ten a hard time ho encountered, Ho says: "I was worn out and discouraged l?y coughing night and day. and could find no relief till I tried Dr. King's New Discovery. It took less than one bottle to completely cure me," The safest and most reliable cough und cold and lung and throat healer over discovered. Guaranteed by all drug stor.s. 50c and $1,00, Trial hot tie froo. To Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to the estate of John Gordon, deceased, will make payment to lue at ouoe. All persons having claims again*! said estate will please present them to me, duly authenticated, withm the time prescribed by law. Jno. W. McElhanoy . ; X30??SQQ???S?? s YOTJMSn TURE # ert to secure some- /jg -to-date in Furni- fjjfj e attractive. Our jTOl utiful things that *isg )me bl ighter. We ^ vl in house furnish_ l this line. Your credii G FUR. C REAL ESTATE! Mr. Buyer: j DO YOU NEED WOULD YOU LI 1 REAL Ei IF SO, LET I WANTS. Wc think we can wanted. Mr. Seller: LIST YOUR PRO WE WILL FIND THERE IS ONE For further inforn lice of the comoan at the store of Mill FOR! MILL M $ W. F. HARRIS & : & FORT MI ; ^ Sober Service day and night ^ able. For moving in wagons \ load. Passengers to and from j 25c. Surry on street or at R ti I W you need a nice Trao for your j per hour, 4 passengers. $$ Here for business. \A/_ H. M PRICE LIST OF WHIS* i Ono gallon new Corn whiskey $1 00 | Ono gnl. l-yi,*vr old Corn whiskey... l 7) I Ono gal. 2-yoar old Com whiskey... 2 00 i Ono gal. 2 year old Corn whiskey... 2 60 I Ono gal. 4-yi ar old Cora whiskey. . S0O [ Ono gallon N? w Ryo 1 <K> > Ouo gallon X llyo 1 76 One gallon XX liye 2 Oft Ono gal. Sunny ir'ontli Bvo 2 00 One gal. Old Henry Rye 2 no Ouo gal. Hoover's Choice llyo 2 62 Ono gal. Roonoy's Malt 2 t>0 One gal TSoho r pring- llyo iJ 00 Ouo gal. 1 faoli and Honey 2 00 (>ne gal. Applo l.r.tiiiiv. now.. 2 60 Ono gal. Apple Brandy, very old... 2 60 Pices on tv \v other ^o^ds vvil W. II. HOOVER, m . ?r mrnmm i h &?s???????? ?? MEN! t is good with lis. g OM P'V 1 S)???3?S<5????? JUL ESTATE! A HOME ? [KE TO INVEST IN STATE? JS KNOW YOUR s>ivo you just what is t i PERTY WITH US. YOU A BUYER IF IN THE MARKET. nation call at the oh y, temporarily located s & Young, SONS, Liverymen, % LL, S. C. ^ Kates for teams reason- ^ any place in city, 50c per depot, 2oc. Trunks each, lvvay depot at all hours. If ^ friends call for it, rate $1.00 * OOVER, RV, N. C. illiS AND BRANDIES. One gal. Pwh 'Rmtvly 8 CO CA^t GOO OB: Four qts. Old Mountain Corn $2 CO Twelve qts. Old Mountain Corn... 7 CO Four qt.s. Old Bailey Corn HtiM Four qtn. Rooney's Malt 4 00 Four qts. Shaw'H Malt I, 4 ("X) Four qts. Pual Jones Rye 4 00 Four qts Rose Valloy Rye 4 00 Four qts. Motuwrnt-.i Rye.., 4 00 Four qts \Vllano Ryo COO Four qts. Prijntioe Tlvo 0 00 Four qts. llnttyer's Choice 8 00 Four qts. Apple Branny, new 8 00 Four qts. Apple I 'ran ty, old 8 AO Four quarts ."ouch $raudy .tV4 ...... 8 .>4) " - . ^ ll bo mailed on t pplieatton. m S.VUSBU ^Y, N. C. I