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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
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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 :'
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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.
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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
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-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
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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.
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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,
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MEN!
t is good with lis. g
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JUL ESTATE!
A HOME ?
[KE TO INVEST IN
STATE?
JS KNOW YOUR
s>ivo you just what is
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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)
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ll bo mailed on t pplieatton. m
S.VUSBU ^Y, N. C. I