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r* > k **/ .A - '. V . ? The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC T B. W. BRADFORD, - Ed. and Prop. c One year 51.00 T Six months ' 50 Thr?x? months 25 0 ??????????????? j. On iiiipilnntion to the publisher, ad- r vertlelnn rates are made known to ? those Interested. f Entered at the postofflcent Fort Mill, ^ 8. 0.. n? second class matter. ' ^ THURSDAY APRIL 23. 1908. -iu - - ?J?...J 1 The Present List of Office-Seekers. J1 a A few weeks ago there were ^ 6even or eight candidates out for s the United States senate to sue- a ceed the late Senator Latimer, a but Messrs. Dargan, McCullough c; find Hf?ndprsr?n navp withdrawn I S and this leaves at present Messrs. a 0. B. Martin, John Gary Evans, a George Johnstone, E. D. Smith d and D. C. Heyward. From expressions in the State press, it a appears to be the opinion that the race is between ex-Governor a Evans and ex-Governor Hey ward, 0 but Mr. Martin seems to object to the promulgation of this opinion, and doubtless the other can- ? didates do also, but they do not t express themselves as freely as t does Mr. Martin. The withdrawal of Mr. Feath- v stone from the race for governor J" leaves Mr. C. L. Blease, senator t from Newberry, the only candi- r date against Governor Ansel. Mr. Blease was always a stalwart,^ State dispensary supporter and ^ since that institution's abolition, a he has come out on extended | local option platform. Gov. Ansel, on the other hand, announces his platform this year to be re- J stricted local option, favoring a 1 law making the entire State pro- J hibition with the right to coun- f tie? to exempt themselves by r majority vote and sell whiskey through county dispensaries. The office of State Superin- c tendent of Education is the only c one of the State offices for which ? there are as yet several candi- ^ dates. Mr. Martin being no k longer an aspirpnt for this place, * the way is open for a new man. County Superintendent of Education E. C. Elmore, of Spartanburg; County Superintendent S. It. Mellichamp, of Orangeburg, and Prof. J. E. Swearingen, of j Cedar Springs Institute, have announced their candidacy. The office of railroad commis sioneris always contested for. *' Commissioner Caughman's term ? expires and he is a candidate for * re-election. So far it is known ? that he will have opposition from Mr. J. II. Summersett, of Co- c lumbia; Maj. Fishburne, of ? Charleston; Maj. II. W. Richardson, of Columbia; "Cansler," of ' Tirzah, and perhaps others. \y It appears now that the other State olficials will not have any c opositions. However, the cam- ? paign has just started and the 1 J election is yet four months off, J but the entries for State offices } close in June. Two Helpless Classes. t We are entirely in accord with ^ Charity and Children in its sym- f pathy for the candidate, says the J Charlotte Observer. He is ill- t used. He is the victim of every i species of beggar and is held up ? at every turn. Everybody who f wants money on any pretext t whatsoever presents a subscrip- c tion paper to him, more frequent- i Itr f Vin?> /\f - * wuaii vjlucti wise III tlie prt'SUIlCt! ^ <of others, or makes demand on T him by mail. If he declines to : ? respond with alacrity and with ail 1 the evidence of joyfulncss he is t mean and loses votes,' if he c yields he does so under duress j ? and people who have no claim : upon it get his money. What- t ever the alleged object, tribute ! t is levied upon him and he is in a r sense at the mercy of all who I would iieece him. No man is in ( a worse position to decline to c give and for this reason a de- c mand upon him for money and taking it under such circum- t stances is in a degree like rob- ^ bing the defenceless. ( There is another class which i is likewise the victim of the 2 hold-up game ? the merchant f class. The solicitor of alms? t contributions if you want to call 1 s them so?regards the merchant s as his natural prey. Doesn't he \ "keep a store" and isn't he f therefore rich? The man who sells goods first has to buy them 1< and by the same token to pay c for them, but these facts seem f to be overlooked. But are they? s T A. ? 1 1 _ I . 1 ? 1 * il us more iiKeiy mat assessment i is levied upon the merchant for I the same reason that it is upon v the caudidate; he is dependent c upon public favor. To decline to c give, whether he is able give or t not, may be, no doubt often is, r to lose trade. i This beggary ought to stop but v it never will, for it is one of the v ineradicable promptings of humanity, and one of the meanest t to take a fellow-man at disadvan- y lage when we can. i Bishop Capers in Extremis. C The Columbia State of yester-' v day morning reported Bishop t Capers, of the Episcopal church t of South Carolina, as being ex- r tremelv ill. His condition was f such that members jof the family t did not expect nim to live t; through the day. i r.^ li'SHB V The Circuit Court. 'orkville Enquirwr, Saturday. , In the case of William Dunlap, 'hess Lockridge and Robert , ohnson, charged with the murer of Nathan Lindsay, in progess when the last issue of the i Inquirer went to press, the jury ound a verdict of not guilty as o Chess Lockridge, and guilty /ith a recommendation as to Vm. Dunlap and Robt. Johnson. In the case of J. E. Jackson, , 'hos. Christenbury and Harve j lichacl, charged with gambling, lichael was allowed to turn ' a . ? 1 * * taLc s evidence. jacKson was entenced to pay a fine of $75 ' nd go to jail for one day, or pay fine of $5 and be confined sixty ays. Thomas Christenbury was entenced to pay a fine of $25 nd be confined one day, or pay , fine of $5 and be confined 30 [ays. Walker Ilardin charged with .ssault and battery with intent o kill, was convicted of simple j ssault. The sentence was a fine j f $25 or 25 days. Walter Baskins plead guilty to he charge of violating the dis>ensary law, and was sentenced o pay a fine of $100 or serve hree months on the chaingang. Press Massey was convicted of 'iolating the dispensary law and ecommended to the mercy of he court. The sentence was four nonts or $125. J. M. McCorkle, charged with issault and battery with intent o kill, was convicted of simple issault and sentenced to pay a ine of $20 or go to jail for tweny days. The fine was paid. Andrew Witherspoon, charged! vith mnrder, consented to be ried by a jury of eleven men, it lot being practicable to obtain a : ull panel at the time. The jury I eturned a verdict of not guilty. ] In the case of Ollie Barron and ^oster Wise, charged with lar- ! :eny, the jury returned a ver- j lict of not guilty as to Wise and juilty as to Barron. Barron was , entenced to two years in the i State penitentiary or upon the! lublic works of the county. Gad Dover and Andy Spencer, :harged with violation of the lispensary law, plead guilty as :harged and were each sentenced i 0 pay a fine of $100 or be conined at hard labor for three nonths. Dover paid his fine, :ash. In the case of J. E. Jackson md Thomas Christenbury, charg;d with assault and battery with ntent to kill, the jury returned 1 verdict of not guilty. Fiedman Huey, tried on the fiarge of violating the dispen- i iary law, was acquitted. Lum Parham plead guilty of cceping a gambling place and of violating the dispensary law. There were quite a number >f the most prominent citizens | >f the Bowling Green neighbor- ! lood on hand to testify against f lim, arid his conviction was a | 'oregone conclusion. For kecpng a gambling place, the court rnposed a sentence of $100 or hree months, and for violation >f the dispensary law the fine vas $200 or five months. The ines were paid in both cases, fudge Watts advised the prisoner fiat there was still another ndictment pending against him, ind that if he should come be'ore this court again, the senence would be . something un:omfortable. William Hunter the young vhite man, charged with burnng his way out of the Yorkville I fuard house two years ago, dead guilty and was sentenced o serve six months in that part j >f tlm State penitentiary set I ipart tor me criminal insane. Samuel Brown plead guilty to he charge of assault and batery of a high and aggravated lature and was sentenced to, >ay a fine of $40 or be confined >n the public work of York , :ounty for a period of ninety lays. A good part of yesterday was ' aken up with the trial of A1 Villiams for the murder of Jim >ockett in February last, Solic- 1 tor Henry for the prosecution tnd Thos. F. McDow for the deense. The testimony showed ; hat Williams had taken possesion of Crockett's wife, and de:ired to put Crockett out of the j vay. Williams provoked the dificulty and laid in wait for Crockitt to kill him. There was in the filling all the elements of murler, and although Mr. McDow or the defense made as good howing as was possible under he circumstances, Mr. Henry >ut the matter up to the jury in a vay that left no escape for a onviction. The jury remained nit about half an hour and re urned a verdict of guilty with a ecommendarion to mercy. It is ! inderstood that four of the jurors i vere for conviction of murder vithout recommendation. The next case taken up was! hat of Alfred Williams charged vith the murder of Elias White, n Fort Mill township on Februiry 8. Solicitor Henry representd the prosecution and Thos. F. >icUo\y, the defense. The plea vas self-defense. It appeared hat while White was probably lie aggressor, both parties were : nore or less at fault. The jury, lowever, took a lenient view of he matter and returned a verlict of not guilty. The case of the State vs. ' ''' * '* 'T 7-': L " Lawrence Marley, charged with murder, was continued on motion of the defense. The first case taken up this J morning was that of the State 1 vs. Bert Joseph, charged with < violation of the dispensary law. } The jury returned a verdict of ] not guilty. The next case was that of the 5 State vs. Dr. G. W. Hill charged 1 with assault and battery with < intent to kill. This case grew 1 out of the shooting of Mr. Sep < Massey by Dr. Hill at Catawba Junction during the latter part j of December. The papers will ' go to the jury this afternoon. 1 1 the cabbage capital. j Meggetts isn't the biggest , town on the map, and it makes ] no particular pretension to civic < glory, but there is something | doing there or thereabouts all 1 the year around, and N. H. i Blitch does most of it, with C. M. < Gibson pushing him close, and < the Geraty's and the Towles' < whose domain lies chiefly on the opposite side of Wadmalaw sound i but whose enterprise can not be , confined to one island?coming in with a pretty likely share of ] activity. It is mostly in the way of cabbages, but there is right ] smart of potatoes, and there are also beets and peas and beans and cucumbers and other good green stuff that keeps the Americans from becoming a scurvy people. It moves out of i Meggett's during the season of three months, now about reaching its height, at the average j rate of sixty-five carloads a day. Some days they send out eightyfive cars of the stuff. A carload of cabbage is exactly the product of an acre of ground, as ( the planting is reckoned at Meggetts, that is to say, it is two hundred crates of seventy heads , each. The car starts out from Meggetts with five tons of ice ^ in it and that is replenished as needed along the way to its destination. It might be bound for Chicago, or New York or Boston or St. Paul, or any other center of population. Last week two or three carloads were sent to Montreal in Canada. A * Af a A? A 1 ? iuckk^us Liicrt: is a comfortable little frame building in ' which the office of the British . company is located. Th'ere is a telegraph operator in there at the key all day long, and he is , at the end of a leased wire which runs to all the great markets for truck in the United States. The orders and the questations that come in over that wire every <lay don't astonish the natives of Meggetts, but they would startle the heads of some mighty big business concerns in metropolitan places. There is more express 1 forwarding out of Meggetts than from any other station in the United States, and, of course, it is all in cabbages and potatoes and like fruit of the earth. There is more profit to the railroad from the spur tracks centering at Meggetts than from any other equal length of track on the whole Atlantic Coast Line system. Meggetts is not a very 1 big place, but it is worth its area in gold. In 1882 Norman H. Blitch was ! i working for one of the farmers I on Wadmalaw Island at twenty t dollars a month. .The next year he planted six acres on his ac- 1 count, in addition to doing the work for which he was hired, ! and he turned a profit of $1,900 (? on cabbages and potatoes. The \ next year he planted twenty-five i acres. This year he has under cultivation fifteen hundred acres, j1 five hundred in cabbages, five hundred and fifty in potatoes and 11 five hundred in miscellaneous ...Jit ^..4- ?m;? I biuv-n. nc win tui nve million cabbages, at least, this year, and that is not so many as he has cut in any one year for several seasons past. He owns all the land on which he raises this produce, and some of it he bought for twenty-five dollars an acre. He won't sell it now at any price, nor will any of the other planters in the Meggetts section. They know a good thing when they see it and they have made the lands on which they plant about as good a thing as anybody could want. Comparatively few people in Charleston know what is doing about Meggetts and Younge's j Island and across Wadmalaw sound on Wadmalaw Island, or even on James Island, which is right across the bay from the city. It is only twenty-one miles down to Meggetts, over a verv fair road, as roads go in! South Carolina, and an automo-1 bile can run it in an hour and a half. Blitch and Gibson and j some others go down in their I cars every day and come back j in time for supper, or during the ' baseball season, in time to see j the game at Hampton park. More of the automobilists of! Charleston should run their machines to the cabbage capital and see what is doing to make this region of magnificent resources, all tributary to this city, yield abundantly. It is an inspiring demonstratisn of the development of talents given by nature to an intelligent people. ? Charleston Post. ? Messrs. J. W. Ardrey and J. M. Spratt attended Presbytery at Kershaw the past week. Will Uie Mills Cut Wages? Will the cotton mills of the Piedmont section of the State nake a reduction in the scale )f wages of the operatives? It s said that at a meeting of eot;on mill presidents held in Laurens the question of making i cut in the wages of the operatives was discussed. With reference to this question the followng special from Laurens will be )f interest: An important meeting of representative mill ^.presidents has just been held here, at which the advisability of reducing expenses was discussed and an agreement to reduce employees' wages was practically reached. Just when the reduction will be put into effect, if definitely decided upon, is not known. The prevailing idea seemed to be that there must be a cut in running expenses and that a reduction of the wages of the employees was the most feasible and wisest plan. The presidents were not disposed to run their mills on short time, and it was about decided to keep up to the full time. The majority of the mill interests of this entire section were represented at the meeting. State Will Borrow $300,000. The list of pensioners who will receive their share of the State appropriation this year is being rapidly completed and will be ready for the various county boards shortly. As a result it will be necessary for the State to borrow about $300,000. There is at present enough in the treasury or due from the franchise tax collections to pay the pension appropriation, amounting to $250,000, but the ordinary expenses of the State amount to about $60,000 per month and on July 1 there is the semi-annual interest on the public debt, amounting to about $85,000, to be paid out. This will make a loan necessary and until taxes are sent in during the fall months the State will have very little to pay the ordinary running expenses. A large loan will give a lower rate of interest and it is probable that it will be about $300,000 this time.?The State. ?The pupils of Sutton school enjoyed a delightful egg-hunt on the school grounds Friday afternoon. A TWENTY YEAS SENTENCE. '"I have just coinploted a twenty your health seutence, imposed by Bucklen's Arnica ^alvo, which curod me of blecdiug piles just twenty years ago," writes O, S. Woolover, of LeKaysville, N. Y. Bucklen's Arnica Palve heals the worst sores, boils, burns, wounds and cuts in the shortest time. 25c at all drug stores. The annual convention of the South Carolina Fire Insurance Association will be held in Columbia May 5-6. PLENTY". OP TROUBLE is caused by stagnation of the liver and bowels. To got rid of it and headache and billiousness and the poison that brings jaundice, tako Dr. King's New Life i'ills, the reliable pnrilierf that do the work without grinding or griping. 25c at all drug stores. ? ? A movement has been started in Colleton county to vote out the dispensary. DeWitt's I ittle Early Risers, the famous littlo liver pills. Sold by Ardrey's drug store. George A. Bristow, the young man arrested in Columbia on the charge of using the mails for the purpose of committing fraud, is said to be insane. HERE Located Up^Stairs o\ Making Pi Penny Pictures Post Card Pictures This is my specia early and have your a here only 3 or 4 weel or than 4 weeks. So wait. I also make fa is your opportunity U tograplied. Satisfact can't please you, I do J. Tra i L\ A big rot or a little cot, small sontchw ' or bruises big ones are healed quickly by Do Witt's Cnrbolizod Witch Hazel ^alve. It is especially good for piles. (let DeWitt's. Sold by Ardroy'sdrug store. At the Republican convention in Union county resolutions were passed criticising- the President for dismissing the negro soldiers who figured in the Brownsville affair. Tlio kiduoys are delicate and sensitive organs and are very likely ut any time to get put of order. De Witt's Kidney | and Bladder Pills are prompt and thorough and will in a very short time strengthen the weakened kidneys 111 ii<i itiinv iruuuius arising iroiu in' flam mat ion of the bladder. Sold by Ardrey's drug store. < ? The negro doctors of the State met in annual convention in Orangeburg yesterday. There are about 40 colored doctors in the State. To have perfect health we most have perfect digestion, and it is very important not to permit of any delay the moment the stomach fee Is out of order. Tuke something at ouce that you kuow will promptly and unfailingly assist digestion. * There is nothing betttr than Kodol for dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach, belching of gas and nervous headache. Kodol is a natural digesting and will digest what you eat. Sold by Ardrey's drug store. The Massachusetts Republican convention has omitted endorsement of Taft from its resolutions and it is feared that such a plank will cause political strife in that State. Scunody's Laxative Cough Syrup?tho cough syrup that tastes nearly as good as maplo sugar and which children like so well to take. Unlike nearly all other cough remedies, it does not constipate, but on the other hand it ucts Sromptly yet gently on the bowols, irougli which the cold is forced out of tho system, and at the same timo it allays inflammation. Always use Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. Sold by Ardrey s drug store. ? The 100th anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, will occur on June 3. Kodol For Dyspepsia has helped thousands of people who have had stomach trouble. This is what one man says of it: "E. C- DeWitt & Co., Chicago, III. ?Gentlemen?In 1897 I had a disease of the stomach aud bowels. I could uot digest auything I ate and in the spring of 1902 I bought a bottle of Kodol and the benefit I received from that bottle all the gold in Georgia could not buy. 1 still use a little occasionally as I find it a fine blood purifier and a good tonic. May you live loug and prosper. Y<Virs very truly. C. N. Cornell. Rodiug, Ga., Aug. 27, 1900." Tne North Carolina Press Assoc'ation is holHino- it? onnnoi meeting at Charlotte this week. About 100 editors are in attendance. HE GOT WHAT HE NEEDED. "Nine yearn ago it looked as if my t juie had come, "says Mr. O. Farthing, of Mill Cr. ek, Ind. Ter. "1 was so run down that life hung on a very slender thread. It was then my druggist recommended Electric Bitters. I bought a . bottle and I got what I needed? streugth. I had one foot in the grave, but Electric Bitters put it back on the turf again, and I've been well ever since," Sold under guarautee at all drug stores, 50c, A reason is no better than an excuse when you give it to anybody you have disappointed. DEATH WASTn HIS HEELS. Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va., had a close call in the spring of 1900. Ho says: "An attack of pneumonia left me so weak and with such a fearful cough that my friends .teclared consumption had me, and death was on my heels. Then I was persuaded to try Dr. King's New Discovery. It helped mo irn mediately, and aftor taking two and a ' half bottlos I was a well man again. I found ont that New Discovery is the best remedy for conghs and lung disease in all tho world." Sold under ' guarantee at all drug stores 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. AGAIN er Parks' Drug Store lotographs. - 28 for 25c - 6 for 50c 1 line of work. Call vork done as I will be ts; positively not longcome at once, don't mily groups, and this [) have your home pho;ion guaranteed. If I n't want your money. B. Baskin, veling Photographer. A N 1 MTr.T.ff Xr ? X1XX UJUU \M I New T. Nearly every f g many of the passer 0 daily roll into Fo q something new in 0 niturc. AVe watcl g when we see a ne> @ think would plea: ? we sit right down i g ticle. In this wa g stock right up-to-i 0 to call your attenti | Summe: 0 Note the folic 0 Baby Carriages, ? Beds, Art Squares, A j. nr i ? jg tors, water uooie @ and screen Wiiuh ? Porch Settees, Lac @ cess Steel Ranges ? makes cooking a g weather. Our F ? insure you a good @ ing the hot season, g Come to see us; ? visit profitable to ] j| Mills & Y ?@@@????@G?? ? W. H. H SALISBU PRICE LIST OF WIILSJ One gallon now Corn wliiskoy $1 <50 Ouo gal. 1-yoar old Corn whiskey... 1 7a One gal. 2-year old Corn whiskey... 2 00 One gal. !1-year old?'oru whiskey... 2 50 One gal. 4-year old Corn whiskey... 200 One gallon New Rye 1 60 Ono gallon X Rvo 1 75 une gauon aa uye 2 00 One gal. Sunny South Rye 3 00 One gal. Old Henry Rye 3 00 One gal. Hoover's Choice Rye 2 50 One gal. Rooney's Malt 3 00 | One gal Echo J-prings Rye 3 00 i One gal. Peach and Honey 2 00 Gne gal. Apple Brandy", new 2 50 One gal. Apple Brandy, very old... 3 50 Pices on any other goods wi W. H. HOOVER. j^SJl'jSSIliSlSiSSiS HOtS 1 SOUTHER? 1 THE SOUTH'S G \m i Unexcelled Dining Car St w Convenient Schedules on Through Pullman Sleepinj S Most direct route to the B si S3 For full information as to ratei ? Southern Railway Ticket Aj ES ig R.W.HUNT, g A Q P. A., Atlanta, Oa. MID For Weak Kidneys Inflammation of the bladder, urinary troubles and backache use DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills A Week's] I Treatment 25c E. C. DflWITT 8c CO., Chicago, 111. Sold by Ardrey's Drug Store. { ? 2h3@?????@0??? YOUNG I hinffs. 1 reight train and x igor trains which g rt Mill bring us g the way of Fur- g t the markets and ? <v thing that we g so our customers X and order the ar- g ty we keep our g low. We desire g ion to our line of g r Goods I >wing: Go-Carts, g Mattings. Iron g Hugs, Refrigera- ? rs, Screen Doors g [>ws, Bent Wood g e Curtains, Prin- g , the range that g pleasure in hot g elt Mattress will g night's rest dur- g we'll make your g you. g xjr oung Co. 1 ??Q??<S^@???@? OOVER, IRV, n. c. KIES AND BRANDIES. One gal. Peach Braiuly 8 50 CASE GOODS: Four qts. Old Mountain Corn .$2 50 Twelve qts. Old Mountain Corn... 7 50 Four qts. Old Bailey Corn 8 00 Four qts. Rooney's Malt 4 00 Four qts. Shaw's Malt 4 00 Four qts. Paul Jones Rye 4 00 A Four qts. Roso Valley Rye 4 00 y Four qts. Monogram Rye 4 00 Four qts. Wilson Rye 5 00 Four qts. Prentice Ryo 0 00 Four qts. Hoover's Choice 8 00 Four qts. Apple Brandy, new 3 00 Four qts. Apple Brandy, old 3 50 Four quarts Peach Brandy 8 50 ill be mailed on application. SALISBURY, N. C. I J - I'M fmrdl Til Jtairc. iKMircjraiifrLiEairrjtairc rti-irja[ ra 4 RAILWAY. | [03 REATEST SYSTEM. 1 1 ?51 irvice, ^ all Local Trains. gj Z Care on Tlirough Trains. ? North and East. I? si In b, routea, etc., ccnault nearest g ^ent, or [SB J. C. LUSK, I D. P. A , Charleston, S C. f m i EU^J tgjgj SBfBMlR KILL.the COUCH \ and CURE the LUNGS I w,th Dr. King's I New Discovery FOBC8ldss t.kISJ AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUULES. g GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY! ^O^JIONE^^EFUNDED^^I HOLLISTER'S ftocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Bu>y Medicine for Busy People. Brines Golden Hea'th and R newed Vlyor. A specific for Constipation. Indltrestlon, T.fvey nod Kidney trouble*. iMmplea. Rctemn. Impuro Mood, Had Hrcath. Slujririch Howels. Hcodacbo nnd ilarknche. Its Koeky Mountain Tea in tal>-> lot form, 35 cents a box. Genuine made by Holi.istkk Duuo Company. Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE