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Tbo Fori Mill Times.1 DEMOCRATIC I W- PRApEORP, E4. *?>.? Prop. On* ynr Sl.OO j Kutcre4 po^nWonnt Fort Mill, j p. 11, M ?sco?4 clM? i. . ? .'jj ? j. 11 jjr^Tai mm?i mi>. ^ DECEMBER 5, 1907, 1 ^ New Rising as to Post Cards. The following from the No verm ber issue of the Postal Guide will; be news to 4 majority of the; senders of post oar da: ' 'Post cards and postal cards n a led under cover of sealed ei - I velopes (transparent or other- > wise) are chargeable, with post-I age at the first-class rate?two cents an ounce or fraction thereof. If enclosed in unsealed envelopes, they are subject to postage according to the character of the message?at the finit-class rate if wholly or partly in writing or the third-class rate (one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof) if entirely in prin', and the postage should be tfflxsd to tho onvilopos covering the same. 4 'Postage stamps affixed to such cards inclosed in er velopes hav- j ing an opening exposing the stamps cannot be recognized in j payment of postage thereon." < Tea Hetjr Law Effective Jan. 1. The second section of the act limiting the hours of labor in rnt.tnn nnrl wnnlpn mills ornps into effect within the next four weeks. It will be recalled that the last session of the general assembly an act*was passed limiting the hours of labor in these| establishments to 60 hours a week. The law, however, did not go into effect at once, but? allowed the mills to reduce the number of hours to 62 on the first day of July and to 60 o.u the first of the year. This law was in line with resolutions passed at a meeting of the officials of the principal mills of the State three years ago, gradually reducing the hours of | labor, which were formerly 66 a week. The change, it is said has been satisfactory to the mill owners and to the operatives and ] preparations were made for the change as scon as the law was passed. County Horae Supt. Under Fire. The following etxract is from the grand jurv's report to Judge Wilson the past week: That we are informed that the Superintendent of the County Home is charged with drunkenness and mismanagement, and we furnish you herewith a li3t of names of persons who will testify to same, namely, [Signatures]. Prom the above report we get sufficient information to justify an investigation of the conduct of Mr. Brown Gaulden, Superintendent of the County home, as to the charges substantiated. We recommend that if he does not resign within the next thirty days that he be prosecuted, but if he resigns within that time that he be not prosecuted. The Town of Fort Mill. Charlotte Chronicle: Fort Mill Charlotte's first neighbor across the South Carolina line, is known as a town of thrift, enterprise and monuments. To this is to be added another distinction. It is a town that does not owe a debt. Speaking of the finances of the town, The Times says that "in the year 1890. the town of Fort Mill issued bonds to the amount of $1,000 for the purpose of erecting a town hall and making other improvements. The bonds found ready sale and were taken mostly by heme people. Since the issuance of these bonds the work of retiring them has gone on steadily and at a meeting of the town council Monday night it was decided to retire the remaining outstanding bonds and this wilt be done at once. There h. XV - X? -.I 1 ? umy luur ox uie^e Donus, each of $100 value, to be raised and these are held, two by the K. of P. lodge and two by Oapt. S. E. White of Lancaster." The distinction of being entirely out of debt is one enjoyed by very few municipalities. Fort Mill is a progressive town, and we are divulging no secret when we say that much of its present prosperity is due to the past influence of Capt. S. E. White. From The News it is learned that the town of Lancaster like Fort Mill, 13 free frtmi debt. It has been some ten years since the writer visited Lancaster, which was then perhaps not as Urge as Fort Mill is at present. Tae Lsncrster of today is a good big town full of the spirit of progrossiveners, find Tho News' statement that the town -is .'[roe from debt would to disprove the old saying t ?t a r i -n cannot ever aixyvi p - - 1 it g( -s v * The Circuit Court. Yovkvillo Enqnirt:r. James Izard, convicted last Tuesday of burglary and larceny, was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years, James Belk and Adam Belk {dead guilty to the charge of arceny and were each sentenced to two years in the penitentiary j or on the chamgang. Gilson Richards, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was allowed to plead j guilty of assault and battery of I a high and aggravated nature, | and was sentenced to $40 or 20 : days, lie paid the tine. Maj. Kimble, alias Major Kimball, plead guilty to the charge ! of violating the dispensary law and was sentenced to three months. Minor Watson plead guilty of violation of the dispensary law and was sentenced to three ' months. Maggie Thompson, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was convicted of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and was sen enced to $50 or two months. The case of C. J. ^Miller, policeman of Rock Hill, charged with the murder of Elliott Jackson, on the 29th of September last, consumed the greater part of Wednesday morning. The evidence showed that the policeman showed much forbearance l in the matter and fired only in defense of his life. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Alexander Wilson, charged with housebreaking and larceny I was acquitted. On Wednesday afternoon the; court took up the case of Alexander Massey, colored, charged ; with the murder of Robert Davidson, another negro in the Smith's Turnout neighborhood a few weeks ago. The testimony showed that there was bad blood i between the two men because ! of Massey's attentions to DavidI son's wife. Massey had called 1 | at Davidson's house while David- j I son was at home, and the woman i : sent word to Massey that her husband had it in for him. Mas-1 sey bought a gun and went after Davidson. Davidson went out of his house, ostensibly to go hunting, and the two men met in a pasture. After a few words both fired and Davidson was killed. The jury heard argu-, ment of counsel Wednesday | night until 9 o'clock, when the case was continued until this morning. After hearing the charge of the court the jury | took the papers, considered the I evidence carefully and returned | a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Massey was sentenced to I ' eight years in the penitentiary, j George Webb, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, plead guilty of assault and battery and was sentenced ; to $15 or 30 days. He paid the ] 1 fine. j William Lewis, alias William \ | Allison, the negro who was ar- ; ! rested recently on the county | home farm on the charge of : violating the dispensary law, 1 was tried this morning and ac! quitted. The last case taken up before ! recess today was that of John | Blair, charged with obtaining I goods under false pretenses. I 1 I County Items From The Enquirer. The total tax collections for , the season up to last night ; amounted to $12,708.69. The to: tal number of receipts issued was ; ; 1,826. ! Mr. Jame3 Cansler of Tirzah ; claims the possession of the largest white oak tree in this coun ty if not in the State. It is lol cated on his farm. He says that Presiding Elder Stackhouse of' the Roek Hill district measured ! it recently and reported the cir- i cumference to be fifteen feet and one inch. The tree is of symmetrical proportions and perfect- i ly sound from bottom to top. ! In compliance with a recent 1 recommendotion of the grand' jury, the county supervisor at I this term submitted itemized statements as to the expenses of the chaingang, county home, and outside poor charges during 1906. The road account aggregates $5,527.83. The chaingang account aggregates $5,316.65. The county home account aggregates ; $2,849.26. The outside poor account aggregates $1,611.07. Follow ing is a list of delegates ' elected to represent the York j Baptist association at the Baptist State convention which is to convene at Orangeburg on Decern iberG: Revs. I. G. Murray. W. E. ; Hurt, Edw S. Reaves and Messrs. . ! Sam M. Grist, D. E. Boney, E. j B. Price, \V. R. Bigger, J. J. ; : Waters, M. A. Edwards, J. C..; Smith, R. B. Youngblood, S. A. Epps, J. B. Wilkie, \V. G. Nance, V/m. F. Boyd, i I I -In his annual report to the ! county commissioners, Magistrate McElhaney, of this town-' ship shows that during tiie year i onding October 31 he collected fines in the ruin of $lf>0.30. MagistAte Smith, of Broad River, did\fchr Ingest volume of business oi any of the York Magis-' , w:it }. ri 15c the y ? r. collecting .>3o8.50. ' THE SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY Tke Tremendous Scope of the Enterprise.?It's History Traced. The following: interesting sketch of the Southern Power Co. is from the pen of Wm, E. Curtis, the celebrated correspondent: The Southern Power Company is a $10,000,000 corporation, with headquarters at Charlotte, and is bftcked by J. B. and B. N. Duke, the tobacco kings. It already has the largest electric plant in the United States, except thoae at Niagara, and is now carrying; out projects that will develop 200,000 horse power from the Catawba river. It owns nine separate sites in the Piedmont section, where rapids occur in that river between the foothills and lowlands, covering a distance of 110 miles and a fall of nearly 1,000 feet in the aggregate. The engineers claim that by owning this Croat distanoo on tho km mo I stream they will be able to control the flow of the water as they need it. Dr. W. Gill Wy'ie, an eminent physician of New York, is the promoter of the project, and he told me an interesting story: "I served through the war in the Southern army," said Dr. Wylie, "and commanded a company before I was 16. When peace came I attended the University of South Carolina. wher6 the LeConte brothers and E. P. Alexander, three of the best en- i gineers this country ever produced, were my instructors. After graduating I went to New York to study medicine, and was a partner of Dr. Marion Sims from 1870 to 1905. I was able to lay up about $400,000, part of which I invested in a little electric plant at Anderson, S. C. It was the first long distance electrical power plant for cotton mills in the world. That was in 1896. when Anderson had 5,000 people and 19,000 spindles, and farm land was worth $16 and $20 an acre. We demonstrated there that electricity would save 25 per cent in friction over the steam plant and produce from 2 to 4 per cent better results from the same machinery. Realizing that, the people began to come there, and now the the town has 15,000 population and 250.000 spindles and land in the neighborhood is worth from $40 to $60 an acre. "In 1901 I organized another company and purchased a site on the Catawba river, near Rock Hill. I became president, secretary, general manager, chief en i ?-u:? ~ Kincrci u:iu cvci y uiiii^ i?tr? sides keeping up my practice in New York. While making my plans 1 was called to attend J. B. Duke, the tobacco manufacturer, professionally in New York. He a was very sick man for six weeks or more, and when he became convalescent I used to chat with him. One day I told him about my plans for an electric plant, he became interested, and, after investigation, arranged to furnish the capital necessary. So we bought up the land on both sides of Catawba river for 110 miles commanding a territory about the size of Connecticutt and within reaching distance of half the cotton mills of the South. Our water rights extend almost from Asheville to Columbia, and we have nine splendid sites be! tween Salisbury, N. C., and Greenville. S. C., on the line of | Southern Railway. "At first T did everything myself, but soon I found two splendid engineers, Mr. Kickling arid Mr. Steinmetz. of the General Electric Company, who helped me get uo my nlans, and I got hold of W. S. Lee, Jr., a young Southerner, of Anderson, S. C.? who was educated at the military school at Charleston. He took the details off my hands and finished the first plant in eighteen months. We now distribute power to Charlotte, Concord. Rock Hill, Kanapolis, Statesville, and other places from two plants, one of 10.000 horse power, called the Catawba, -and the other of 40.000 horse power, called the Great Falls plant. We are buildin^ a plant, at Rocky Creek that will furnish 10,000 horse power and another at Ninetv-Nine Islands, near Spartanburg, that will develop 24.000 horse power. We have plans for similar plants at ITorseford Shoals, Lookout Shoals, Mountain Island, Landsford, Fishing Creek. Wateree and other places where there are swift rapids in the Catawba river. Thev will cost altogether about $10,000,000, and will furnish not less than 200.000 horse nnu'or nf \vV?i/>V? ?ta will ^ell under contract to mills in this vicinity." Up to date only 18 citizens have registered to vole in the municipal election to he held January 14th, next. There is little time lost yet in the matter of repfisterinp-. hut it is a matter that easily escapes one's notice, and it is well enough to attend to it at the first opportunity. Mr. J. T. Your.tr, the registrar, will issue town certificates to those who are otherwise qualified. . N? >TJ< .'IS TO HUNTERS. n pnrtie* arc hereby warned ntrainxt hinting or tre<*pnKKin?f upon my lauds. _ ... - i.f.fi .. ' r" IfXll I ^ X I MILLS We Feed Thi i """ If you perish, it is r ables are here for vot ! goods for the least m where and go broke, d< trade with us live well are not one of them, hi i Good Livers. We are public with all kinds ol sible prices, quality c new to the trade and 1 Call.or 'phone No. ! Fancy Groceries, Fresl Yours fc -w, X-i. : i| UNUSUAL PRI | ^ 'Seventy Dollar Quarter I 4 to the Catawba Township < 4 ing for a larger number of VILLE ENQUIRER than an; ^ Mill Township. Every clu | 4 pensation for all names ret he gets the buggy or not. ? this and other otters, addr< t L. M. Grist's Son $ Wright Died a Nntural Death. Mr. John Wright, an operative at the Highland Park mill died Tuesday afternoon alter a few , weeks' illness and the remains were interred in Laurehvood cemetery Wednesday afternoon, says the Rock Hill Herald. Coroner Louthian was summoned to hold an inquest over the dead man's body by the famI ily of the deceased. From the result of the inquest it seems ; that about the 3rd of October the deceased and Luke Jordan bej came envoived in a personal diffi1 culty, at which time the family ily of the deceased claimed that Wright received injuries about the head that caused his death. The jury of inquest heard testimony from two eye witnesses and after hearing a statement from the family's physician, Dr. , Carothers, rendered a \erdict that "John Wright came to his death from natural causes." A Y>T>T*VT M ? iiii JiU.i I J Is due in a large measure to abuse ol ! the bowels, by employing ririMtfc pur , galives. To avoid all dHug r. use only l)r. King's New l.i IV I ills, t bo safe, gen t le cleansers and invigoralors. (.iuar an teed for headache, billion-ei ss, malaria and jnaudieo, at all u.'ug stores, vk.c. - ?? The Annual meeting meeting of the South Carolina School Improvement association is to he held in Colunibia on December 30-31. A SiaMIFICAWT FRAY2R"May t he J.ord help you make Rnck] len s Arnica JSalvo known to avl,' writes J. (!, Jeniiins. of ?'Impel Hill, N. D. It quickly took the pain out.of a felon for uie and cured it in a wonderfully short tune." hest on earth , for sores, hums and wounds. C5e at all drag stores. The Jamestown Exposition I was closed Saturday night, the date set by Congress for the termination of the affair. It will go ' down in history as a great finan. / ???! f -u 1111 viui jiuavu v.. A UAH'S SZLT TC PAT'I (iwp a <lebt of gratitude (hat can never he paid o(T," writes <! S. ("lark of Wcstfi 11?1. town, "for the r * uo ; from my death, by I>r Kind's Now ; 1 >iseovtry. Both lungs wore so serious Ijyafticled that death aoouied immiiieuf, when I coinnieiioc 1 taking N'ow i Disco-ery. '1'ho ominous dry, harking rough ijnit- before i lie first bottle wax ' used, and .w?? more hot ties made a corn pinto rtire.' Nothing h ut e?or equalled Now i iaeovery for rough* cold* and all throat and lung com p!lt juts. (innrAiitctd by Ml druggists. &.:o and $1.00. Trial bottle free. - { J OFFI j :r. isr: Before going into V doubtless need some ne so, we can fit you up. tress, bed-room heater and our line will pleas< Our stock of bed-ro duplicate when you c price. Come to us witl Our prices will convinc make you our customei f our Credi cS6 VOUN }?8???CBft^5*????? e People. lot our fault. The eatai, and we sell the best onev. If you buy else>n't blame us. All who and are happy. If you irry and join the host ol ; prepared to serve the ' Eatables at the best posonsidered. We are not know what you want. 29 for your Heavy and fi Meats, Etc. >r business, EHIAX-OIj. 5MIUM OFFER. J ~ . 4 iPatlipr Tnn Itnpk T?ii' Rncrcrv ? ? - -x' ------ ^ dubmaker returning and pay- 4 Subscribers to the YCRK- ^ y other Clubmaker in Fort ? bmaker to receiye full com- 4 urned regardless of whether <; For full particulars as to * -SS $ s, Yorkville, S. C. i * To The Public! i I am carrying a first-class lint of Groceries, Confectioneries, | Notions, Cigars, Etc., and when | in need of anything in this lint 11 wiil sell you as cheap, if not cheaper, than you can buy elseI where, j j I have a first-class stock of I Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery, Etc., that I bought right and will sell RIGHT. i i WANTED; 1000 doz. Eggs at 30c per doz. 500 Turkeys at highest market | price. Yours very truly, j E, P, H, NIVENS, R. P. D. No. 1, I PORT, MILL, - - - - S. C. AN ORDINANCE inrrikiso tim Rocnoriks ok Ward; ok 'l hk Town ok Fort Mux, S. U. lie it oiiaotod by tho Inteiidunt uu<i Wardens of tli?* town of Fort Mills5. C-, I and by authority of the -i!?iiu\ that th i town shall bo divided into four wurrh . having t ho following boundaries: Ward 1?Shall b< gin at south west corner of foot bridge over So. Ry. Co. and shall consist of south side Faulkner and White streets to Ardrey street; j meiicc oa.si siue 01 j\rurey sireei if> uur i ris street; thenco south side of Harris j street to corporate limit, thence with eorpfirate limit linetos'o. Ity. Co; thence | wost side of o. Ky. Co. to foot bridge I at beginning point. Ward 2?Shall begin at north west corner of foot bridge over So. Ky. Co. ' amino isist of north .>k1, Faulkner ami White street to Anlrey st root;tlieiiro west side of Ardrey street to Harris street, thence north sitle t?f Harris street i to corporate limit lira;, thence with corjxirate limit lino to Sc. lly Co ; Lhoncc ' westside of So lty Co to foot bridge i at the beginning corner Ward H?.'ball begin at nor lit east side of foot bridg? over So. lty Co ; i tli 'itce :04th side of l'arkand Confederate H-roots to eorp iralelimit line, thence j with oorporat-j limit liue to so Ky Co.; t-hence east ?i<lo of So. Ky. Co. to *'oot ! bridge it th bellitriitig corner. Ward 1 -shall begiu at S -K. aide of ' foot bridge over So. ity Co.; thence smith side of 1 'iirii and Confederate g reets to corjM?rate limit line; thence withco -p rate limit lino to So Ry. co ; thenco east side of so. Ky. Co. to foot bridge over Southern Ky. co. at the b< ginning p >infc. I)one and ratified in common council this the-ml day of r cj?'i>iub ir, W, L. HALL .' Attest: Iniendaut. A. ki. McELHANEY, Clerk. & f I' i ERING [ TU R Winter Quarters, you will tw pieces of Furniture. If If it is an odd Bed, mator whatnot, we have it, 5 you. om Furniture is hard to onsider the quality and h your Furniture Needs. :e you and our terms will r. t xjs Good a <3 FUR. O 0???????0?????( SHOEg, g We earnestly requee jshowing you our stock I the shoes. Compare I Seeing is believing. It is no i rouble to si will be given the most whether you buy or n< to fit and please the |? WE CALL YOUR ESPEC The PATRIOT sho The PILGRIM sho 1 The MUSIC shoe fo The MAYFLOWEI The GREATEST si The OUR FAMILY The E TERNITY sc and girls, and the fa the Law" shoes for i shoes and must ha stand severe service We will save you moi iciiascs. One trial will ct MILLS & W. F, HARRIS & FORT Ml JI IP ??t l & Sober Service day and night ; a able. For moving in wagons 1 ^ load. Passengers to and from ^ 25c. Surry on stieet or at Ra ^ you need a nice Trap for your ^ per hour, 4 passengers. 1 40 Here for business. V\/. H. H SALISBU PRICE LIST OF WIIISJ Oiih gallon now litirn wliiflicv $>1 60 1 , ??uo gal. I-yietr <>!i1 l orn whiskey... 1 7 ? I Olio gnl. 2-yi?: old ?'orn whmkey... 2 00 I One K>il. .H year old' orn whiskey... 2 50 I Ono gal. 1-year old Corn whiskey... '100 , Ono gallon Nrw Rye I Oil | One gallon X Rye 1 75 i Ono gallon XX Hye . 2 00 ! One gal, Sonny South Rye H00 i One gal. Ul<- Henry Rye 3 00 One gal. Il'ro. er * i hoieo Rye. .. 2 50 One gal. ll<*)iit!,v'ii Mult HoO One ;.il Hoh > pring-ityo 300 j One gnS. :h and Honey ... 2'HI I (?n? gal. Apple Rinnnv, lieW 2 ;i0 I Onu gal. Apple Jhan ly, very old 85J Pices on any other goods wi W. H. HOOVER. )8?009?0?S?0? S IN || ,ZH1. I | fl . ufl I | p OMP'Y 1 !>: SHOES. The "Star Brand." Wc carry a full line of "Star Hrand" Shoes, and guarantee them to be honestly constructed in every particular. We have a shape for every foot. d an opportunity of dome and examine quality and prices. j io\v the shoes. You | courteous treatment >t. it is our business Bople. :IAL ATTENTION TO e for men for men r women ^ shoe for women loe for women | shoe for all the family liool shoes for boys mous ''Stronger than men who are hard on ve a slioe that will icy on your shoe pur^pfl||l| >nviucu you, J 0 UN (fl^ SONS, Liverymen, ^ ILL, S. C. ^ Rates for teams reason- ^ 1 an> place in city, 50c per ^ ^ i (i. p-it. innil ; H-I::1., ilway depot at all hours.^^M friends call for it, rate ,-y; OOVER, RV.JSi. C. LI IS AM) BRANDIES. flu- gill. r<n<'h Brandy M .VJ CASE QOOOS: Four qts. 0*1 Mountain Corn Twelve qt?. Pld Mountain Lorn.. 7 50 Four qta. < >lq Bailey Com 8 60 Four qia. Rortjjoy'n Malt 4 00 Four qtrt. Fhaw'r Malt 4 00 Fonrqts. Paul Jones ilyo 1 00 Four <jta. Koao Valloj Hyo 1 00 Four qt*. Monogram Rye I 00 Fourqta Wilaou Rye >00 1 'our qta. Prentice Rye 600 Four qta. Hoovor'a Choice ... MOO Fourqts. Apt-o P-ran iy now..., M00 Fonr qta. Applo Bran'y, old M 50 I our quarts reach Brandy 0 50 II be mailed on application. SALISBURY, N. C. n