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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10,1998.
In the news columns this week
appears a signed statement from
Clerk of Court J. A. Tate regarding
the fight at Yorkville
a few days ago between a Fort
Mi l man ar.d a Yorkville newspaper
editor. Upon hearing of
this difficulty it was our intention
to give as nearly as possible
a correct report, and with this
week's publication we have {r*-"n
our readers the statements of
the two participants as well as
that of an eye witness. Knowing
Mr. Tate to be an upright,
honest and truthful gentleman,
we are compelled to accept his
statements as facts and conclude'
that he was not, as has been
intimated, a party to the affair;
that he had no intimation that
the fight would occur, and that
he did not show partiality to
either of the combatants during
, the light. As to whether the
alleged causes for the affray
were of a nature to justify the
assault, we shall permit those
who arc more familiar with the
circumstances than The Times to
decide. Onr opinion of the matter
as a whole is that it was indeed
unfortunate for all parties
concerned. It would have been
a great deal better had the al1c
ged statements been left unsaid
and the difficulty averted.
Democrats do not lack live issues
for this campaign, and by
no means the least of them is
tec extraordinary extravagance
of ihe government under the
Roosevelt administration. If the
people wish to continue reckless
and extravagant expenditures
just because taxation produces
the money they will continue the
Republican party in power. But
if they wish the government administered
on tfce same economical
system which rules in every
veil-conducted business estabment
they will turn the government
over to the Democratic
party, which stands for retrenchment
in public expenditures.
This issue is not likely to be lost
sight of in the campaign.
Here's a pointer: It is not
unlikely that an election for a !
bond ijgsqe will come before the
people of Fort Mill this year or
next. You may favor the issue,
or you may think it to yqur individual
interest to vote against
the bonds. But will you be prep
tred to vote either way when
the election is called? Certainly ;
not, if you fail to register. The
board of registration is here to
.syue new certificates to those |
wno are entitled to vote and
none shoujd let the opportunity
pass. Register today!
Have you started your child to
school? If not, you are neglecting
a duty upon which depends
?he future success of your offspring.
Give your child an education,
even if you find it necessary
to do so at a sacrifice to
yourself, and in after years when
you hijve reached tha^ age where
you need help, the phild >vill repay
you for those sacrifices.
If you are a citizen of the
town and care to have a say in
the election of the next set of
town officials, get a county registration
certificate. You can not
procure a town certificate without
you show your county regis-:
, tration, and will therefore be
(debarred from voting in the
irvwn olo/>tir\r\Q nnvt 11
>v?f ? Vivw?v?iu nvav VC4I . Villi
on the board this week and |
regi'ster.
?Contractor Z. V. Bradford,
with a large force of carpenters,
(eft yesterday morning lor Fort i
Lawn, Chester county, near
>vhich place he will remodel the
residence of Mr. W. C. Shurley.
Mr. Bradford expects to complete
the job in about four weeks. ,
Kodol will, in a very short time, eniil?lo
tho stomach to do the work it
should (to, and the work it hould <lo is
todijrest nil the footl yon oat. Wlu-n
the stotn wli cau't do it Kodul docs it
for it and in the meantime the stomach
is KoUiux stronger and utile to take up
its regular natural work ugaiu. Kodol
digests all yon cat. ft makes the
fjtnmach sweet and is pleasant to take,
jt is sold here by Ardrey's drug store. )
Second Democratic Primary Election. '
(Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1909.)
County Ticket.
* Ft. Mill York Co.
Vote Yote
For Congress:
T. B. Butler 40 402
D. E. Finley 227 2,889
Jror Supervisor:
Thos. W. Boyd 158 1.262
Clem F. Gordon 108 2,011
For Auditor:
J. J. Hunter 124 1,706
B. M. Love 143 1,565
For Co. Comm'rs:
W. A. Aycock 185 2,046
M. S. Carroll 97 1,084
J.C.Kirkpatrick 90 1,501
L. J. Lumpkin 171 1,874
State Ticket.
Ft. Mill York Co.
Voto Vote
For U. S. Senator:
Jno. G. Evanfj 192 1,524
E. D. Smith 74 1,837
For Supt. Educ'n:
S. R. Mellichamp 236 1,484
J. E. Svvearingen 30 1,802
For R. R. Cornm'r:
Jas. Cansler 125 2,360
B. L. Caughman 140 915
Total vote cast 267 3,361
THE STATE ELECTION.
The State, 0th.
For U. S. Senate?Smith, 51,224;
Evans 31,432.
For R. R. Cornm'r?Cansler,
38,760; Caughman, 37,976.
For Supt. Ed.?Mellichamp,
31,407; Swearingen, 40,959.
For Congress, 5th Dist.?Finley,
8,052; Butler, 5,605.
Mr. Tate Writes of Grist-Windle Fight.
mi m i - /M * <i
me ^nariotue uoserver 01 tne
3rd contained the following account
of the recent Grist-Windle
fight at Yorkville written by Mr.
J. A. Tate, who was an eyewitness
to the affray:
Editor The Observer:
Your Yorkville correspondent
gave an account of an assault on
Editor Grist, in last Fribay's issue,
which was very unfair to all
the parties mentioned, except to
Editor Grist, and especially unfair
te me.
Your correspondent is a brother
to Editor Grist, and I am the
clerk of court of York county.
The account states that Mr.
Windle and Mr. Jackson entered
my olfice together with sticks and
that Windle jumped on Grist and
continued to beat him over the
head with his stick, and the only
interference offered by me was
that I "suggested" after awhile
that the assault had probably
gone far enough.
The facts are that Mr. Windle
entered the office alone and began
the attack on Grist, unexpected
by me, striking him about two
or three blows. I was sitting on
the opposite side of the table and
as soon as I could got up and got
the stick and put it out of Mr.
Windle's reach. At this juncture
Mr. Jackson entered, carrying
a stick, according to custom.
Windle was pounding Grist with
his fist, and I caught Windle's
arm and pulled him back. He
turned on me and demnndpd
twice that I turn him loose.
Jackson said, "Turn him loose,
Tate, and let them fight it out."
I turned him loose. Windle struck
Grist several blows with his fist,
and said, "You draw your pistol
on me, you ? , and I will
kill you." I could not tell from
my position whether Grist made
any attempt to draw a pistol or
not. Windle choked him and
Grist hollered police. Jackson
standing near the door, closed it.
Windle made two attempts to
get his stick, and I would not let
him have it, and told him not to
use his stick. Windle and Jackson
then walked out.
The Grist family and I have
been enemies for about thirteen
years, but there has been one or
two periods during that time
when we were on good terms.
For the last two or three years
they have been bitter, especially
your correspondent, and they
have done all they could to defeat
me in the recent election,
but failed. Your correspondent
was influenced to a wonderful
degree in his "write-up" by his
prejudice, and has tried to attach
QC m 11 l"\ vnOl\Anoil\ilif t* ??
uu MIUVM n.o|/wiiLiiL?iiiiy IV IIIU as
possible for political purposes.
Editor Grist is a strong man
physically, and I think I afforded
him all the protection that he
could reasonably expect of me.
I am not a peace officer and have
110 more to do with preserving
the peace than any private citizen
in such cases. He was able
to proceed with his writing after
the performance. Windle attacked
Grist on account of offensive
publications about Windle,
a matter about which I was not
concerned.
I had no knowledge or intimation
of the attack and was in no
way responsible for it.
J. A. Tate, C. C. C. P.
' Yorkville, Aug. 31, 1908.
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Many pooplo naffer a great deal from
Kidney and Bladder troubles. During
the past few years much of this complaint
has been made unnecessary by
the use of DoWitt's Kidney and Bladder
pills. They are antiseptic and aro
highly recommended for weak hack. 1
hackaclie, rheumatic pains, intlammamatioii
of the bladder and all other an- ,
noyaneos duo to weak kidneys. They ;
are sold by Ardroy's drug store.
Aidiog the Democracy.
Probably the first contributions
ever made by citizens to this city
to the Democratic party for us,e
in a presidential election were
collected Friday afternoon by
Mr. W. R. Bradford, of Columbia,
who was spending a vacation
of several days in this section.
Mr. Bradford is an enthusiastic
i n -itr *
supporter oi oryan ana ivern ana
is proud of the fact that the first
vote he ever cast, in 1896, was
for the great Nebraskan. The
following citizens of the commur
nity contributed to the Democratic
fund:
E. W. Kimbrell $ 1.00
J. B. Mills 1.00
W. B. Moacliam 1.00
L. S. Smith 50
T. N Lemons 50
J. T. Young fO
N. L. Carothers 50
J. L. Kimbrell ........ 50
Dr. J. L. Bpratt. 50
Dr.J. B.Elliott 50
J. M. Sprat t ,50
J. W. Ardrey ...... .50
K. S. Parks .'. 25
E. R. Pattorson 25
R. F. Grier 25
A. O. Jones 25
D. N. Gaston .25
B. G. Ferguson 25
Gash 25
T. H Merritt 25
W. J.Stewart .25
A. R. McElhaney 25
D. F. Lee 25
T. B. Spratt .* 25
V. B. BliuiUenship 25
W. O. McGinn 23
Cash 25
Cash , 25
Total $11.40
Two Novel Bailes Marriages.
In The State of Sunday appears
an interesting article upon
Gretna Green and its origin from
the pen of Mr. J. M. Charlotte,
of Greenville. In the course of
his remarks, the writer has the
following to say of the doings of
'Squire W. 0. Bailes, who until
a short time ago conducted in
upper Fort Mill one of the country's
most famous Gretna Greens:
Among the Gretna Greens in
the South none has become bettor
knnwn flinn flio
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'Squire Willard O. Bailes at Pineville,
located in North Carolina
quite close to the South Carolina
| line and only a short distance
I from the city of Charlotte. Five
years ago I spent a day at the
Bailes home, driving out with a
1 party from Fort Mill. We were
there about five hours and in
! that time we witnessed three
: ceremonies?and it was not "a
; good day for marriage business
, either," remarked the redoubtable
'squire as we were leavinng.
| Then he told these two stories:
"One couple came to my house
with two attendants and stood
before me. 'Where are you
from?' I asked the couple. They
both replied, 'From the poor
, house.' 'From the poor house,
' and yet you want to get married?
On what principle of economy
and self-sacrifice do you justify
yourselves?' They said, 'We are
the managers.' It really made
no difference to me, so I soon
sent them on their way rejoicing.
"Another couple came and
with two attendants stood ber
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i lore* me. 1 asKea tneir names,
but neither spoke. They were
deaf mutes, as I was told by one
of their attendants. I married
them with their attendant as
interpreter on his fingers. It
was the only time I ever thought
it right for an outsider to have a
finger in the pie of matrimony."
With which brilliant display of
wit he bade us good-bye.
The Newt of Gold Hill.
The farmers are glad to find
out that their crops are not
damaged so seriously as they
thought for when the storm
ceased. However, it caused the
cotton to throw off much of its
late fruit.
Many of the Gold Hill people
visited the Catawba, while she
was at her highest, but failed
! to find the places where it was
! 52 feet above the low water
marks (as was reported.) We
are glad, indeed that it didn't get
that high, since (by the calculations
of the government civil
engineers) it would have flooded
the greater part of Gold Hill and
part of lower Steel Creek.
Most of our^ farmers are be
I coming indifferent about the
price of cotton. Some of them
say they don't care to sell, even
if it does go to 15 cents, because
they think their cotton would be
a nice thing for their children to
inherit.
The young people of Gold Hill
had quite an enjoyable time at a
party Friday night gi /en at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Epps, Sr.
Mr. Clawson was very well
pleased with the gold that he obtained
by his first week's run.
He is running his stamp mill
j regularly now.
The summer session of the
Flint Hill school will close next
! Wednesday. Mr. P. M. Bailes,
the teacher, has given perfect
satisfaction during his two
months work there.
Miss Evelyn Blankenship, who
has been visiting relatives in
Fort Mill, Gold Hill and Steele
! Creek, left for her home in Atlanta
Inst Fi iuay.
Messrs. C. >1. Kimbrcll and
P. M. Fans spent Monday night
in Charlotte. Spyche.
DoWitt s Little Early Risers are small
pills, easy to take, geutlo and sure.
Sold by Anlrey's drug store.
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OOMMEZNT
Bv A. ISJ. IDLER.
i read the ambition there planted
in the parental heart, they would
look well to the fulfillment of
those buoyant hopes and ambitious
prophesies. An hour's
reflection on those early hours
on mother's knee with an amj
bition to carry out the noble impression
made by such reflections
[make great any life. Young
| men, young women, your parents
have expected great things of
you. Will you disappoint them?
Is it because teachers fall intc
[ mechanical, monotonous ruts of
teaching and perform their work
in a manner so little school-like
1 that it never occurs to the pupil
that what he learns from his
books has any connection with or
I application to the things that occur
in everyday life? Here we
think is the trouble, and in this
we should reform. Let each
teacher make his or her work
i more and more practical; let
I them strive to lift their pupils
from their unthinking, imprac,
tical methods of study; let the
teachers give them matter for
thought upon the simple, common
things aronnd them; let them en!
deavor to create an interest in
j their minds upon the subjects
I discussed by the older people of
the community, and soon we will
| have a race of children in our
j schools who will know more at
j the age of 12 of what is practical
l and useful than our children
' know when they leave the common
schools.
Every growing ambitious town
is composed of three elements.
Those who work patriotically.
vigorously and intelligently for
j its advancement; those who are
in a state of apathy or indifference,
and those who take a
curious delight in discouraging
the effort of others by ridicule,
and by a persistent denial that
any progress can or has been accrmplished,
and by boasts of
every other town besides their
I own. The last class are called
croakers, but they are really
; somthing worse, for their opposition
does not arise simply
from despondency but from that
i unonviable spirit that will neither
act itself or suffer others to act.
The annual value of poultry
and eggs sold is more than that
of the silver gold and pig iron
produced. There is millions of
money in poultry and eggs, and
but little capital required. The
, annual import of eggs in England
approximates 100,000,000
dozen, and into the United States
: 17,000,00 dozen a year. Here is
an industry in which the demand
is greater than our home supply.
Look well to the poultry and they
She sat holding her first born
upon her knee awaiting the click |
of the photographer's camera i
that she might see on paper the 1
lovable form she calls her child.
She looks into its face to see a
thousand charms, The little one
is placed in different positions 1
and the click ot the camera is
1 heard that different expressions
1 may be caught. After the artist
is gone the mother begins to
soliloquize: This is bone of my
bone, flesh of my flesh, and blood
of my blood. This is really myself
in miniature. The little one
is pressed close to the mother's
bosom with many tender thoughts
and noble ambitions. Back of
the sparkling eye she sees an active
brain and in the little beating
heart she sees a spirit of
J greatness and in the unfolding
: of the after life and sees nothing
; but nobility of character. Were
one to whisper in the ear of the
mother with her first born that
that childish rose bud would unS
fold with thistles and thorns to
pierce her soul and tear her
heart strings ruthlessly from her
' breast she could only ask how
| can these things be? The life
is so swecj, the acts so gentle,
the expression so mild. If our
boys and girls could go back with
parents to the boastful period
of parental life, while in innocence
they sat on mother's knee
and lovingly smiled into her
beaming eyes, and could but
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The Perpetual B. and L. Association, j 6
The annual meeting of the ?
stockholders of the Perpetual 2
Building and Loan Association, j
notice of which appears in anoth- C
er column, will be held in the of- C
fice of the secretary Tuesday, ^
September 15. *
Organized one year ago, this
association has done much to aid j
in the development of the town. C
It has furnished money for the (
erection of 10 dwellings and (J
plans for several more have been a
drawn and these will be com- J
menced as soon as the funds are ! J
available. About $8,000 has been \
invested in this way during the (J
year. If this record is kept up (J
for the next five years which it a
takes to mature the stock, there \
will be a total of fifty or sixty ^
new buildings jn Fort Mill, owned (
mainly by wage-earners and peo- (
. pie of moderate circumstances, (
I most of whom would never have #
owned a home but for the easy J
Eayment plan offered by the J
uildirig and loan method. V
The building and loan is truly (
a great institution for the town, (
and all indications point to a very /
successful career for the Per- J
petual. N ;
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? Miss Carrie Culp, of Fort (
Mill, spent Sunday in the city (
with relatives, says the Rock ?
Hill Herald. /
DoWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salvo (
is recommended as the best thing to ( /
use for piles. It is, of course, good for i ^
uuything where a salve is needed. Bo- (
waro of imitations. Sold by Ardrey's /
drug store. |
?Register to-day! (
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Wlion you have a cold you may bo suro V
that it has been caused indirectly by | (
constipation and consequently you must a
first of all take something to move the ! '
bowols. This is what has made Ken- (
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup so sue- a
cessful and so generally demanded. It *
does not constipate like most of the old | (
fashioned cough cures, hut on the other a
hand it gently moves the bowels and *
at the same time heals irritation and (
allays infiammatiou of the throat. Sold , a
by Ardrey'e drug storo. j
?Mr. Brevard D. Springs j
spent Tuesday here on business. ,
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Kodol will, without.donbt, make your (
stomach strong uml will almost instant- <
ly relieve you of all the symptons of *
indigestion. It will do this because it (
is made up of the natural digestive <
juices of the stomach so combined that *
it completely digests the food just as (
the stomach will doitfsoyou see Ko-} j
dol can't fail to help you aud help you *
promptly. It is sold here by Ardrey's (
drug store. i ^
\ City Restaurant.
i ?? ?(
> Everything new. With ' (
? enlarged quarters, we ? <
are better prepared to * i
/ serve the public with 5
$ first-class eatables. Call ?
g on us at Merritt's old <
stand and see how we
? are fixed. Fresh Oysters ?
g Fridays and Saturdays. ?
Paiterson & Mills. 5
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S. EUGENE MASSEY, M. D.
Office in Bank Bnilding.
Night calls answered from Phone 121.
J JUST RECEIVED |
Z Car Load of best Virginia J
J Car load" Portland-Atlas jj i
win assist you to find the "golden
egg."
The merchants of a town ought
to keep every foreign ad. out of
their home paper by buying all
the space the editor has to spare
and utilize it for their own good.
This would place the editor un!
der obligations to them and he
! could freely and conscientiously
blow thp trnmnnf ir? fKoii
W.W v* Hi llltui"
est only.
There is more joy in a printing:
office over one sinner that pays
in advance and then abuses the
editor on every possible occasion
than there is over ninety and
nine who borrow the paper and
! sin*; its praises from the housetops,
without contributing: one
I cent to keep it out of the poor
i house.
Somebody claims to have discovered
a substance which is 300
times sweeter than sup:ar. The
I substance is supposed to be about
18 years old, wears a bustle, and
it not as scarce in most communities
as would be supposed.
; ?-7?ixx?n"t *
j 0 Can sell you cheaper than ?
j j| the cheapest.
! i; V, B, Blankenship, j|
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Cleaning, Pressing,
and Dyeing.
Join the Fort Mill Pressing
Club, membership $1.00 per
month. Dry, chemical or wet
I cleaning. Besides Clothing, we
clean or dye Furs, Skins, Rugs,
Mats, Feathers, bleach Straw or
Panama Hats; old Neckties and
Ribbons made new; cleaning and
dyeing of Gloves.
'Phone orders to 146. or call on B
us up stairs over Parks Drug Co.
GUY A. ROSS, Proprietor.
Kodol For
Indigestion;
Our Guarantee Coupon
It. after using two-thirds of a % too bottle of !
Kodol, you can honestly tar it has not benefited
you, wo will refund your money. Try
Kodol today on this guarantee. Fill out and
sign the following, present it to the dealer at
(he time of purchase. If it fails to satisfy you
return the bottle containing one-third of the
medicine to the dealerfrqrn whoin you bought
it, and we will refund your ntoncy.
To?"
State
Sign here
t: at ThU Out ?J
Digests What YouEat
And Makes the Stomach Sweet j
E. C. DeWITT & CO.. CEtcu?o. III.
Sold by Ardrey's Drug Store. |
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1 Bagging and Ties 1
and arc especially anxious to furnish <g)
you with what you will need during*
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Bagging and Ties will be found as ?
cheap as the cheapest and you will ?
have nothing to regret if you get all g
you need from us. g ^
I Cotton and Cotton 1
Seed. I
We arc again in the market for ?
your cotton and cotton seed, and ?
will as heretofore give you honest
weights and best prices. S
LMills & Young Co. |
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