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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER12,1908.
Democracy's Leader.
In ;tjpe presidential election
held ^st week Che Democracy
met v*fcth another defeat and Mr.
Bryan will receive less than 165
eleetoijal votes out of a total <of
483. Various reasons have been
assigned for the failure of ;the
Democracy to wrest control of
Che national government from
the party which has so long
prostituted it jp the interests
of the corporations and other j
favored few of the North, but in j
<our opinion one .does not have to |
far afield to discover the real
peasona. ,Certain we are that
mistake was ,made in placing
the standard of ,the party -in the ,,
jfiapfis of Mr. Bryan. No other
leader that the party might have
}narped could have mustered withpn
a million votes of the total
vote Mr. Bryan received; he conducted
a campaign that no other
^available Democrat could have
^ppraacfied -such a campaign as
pa seldom ecmpled and never sur- \
passed. One might call the roll
VI v??c nunu ? lUlAWia tilIU I1UI
^until he reached the name
of the great Apostle Paul
.would he find Mr. Bryan's peer, i
Nothing coul<J have surpassed the
wonderful lucidity of statement, j
the complete mastery of every ,
subject discussed, which jvas
jevinoed Vy Mr. Bryan in a hun-!
$red different speeches. But the 1
people heeded neither eloquence
$pr reason?the trail of the al%
mighty dollar was over all, and,
/ie\t to the principles of free
^pvernment for which the South
so heroically struggled in the ear^
ly<60s, no more worthy cause has
Jjeen championed by a mightier ,
intellectual giant than this year
?908 witnessed for the Democracy
by Mr. Bryan. By the exer- !
cise of every known species of
bribery, corruption and intimidation
Mr. Bryan is denied the sue-;
cess which his splendid abilities
and fight for the right entitle
him; but there are harder things
to bear than the cross of defeat
in a worthy cause and greater
things than being president of
the United States. Mr. Bryan
will live in the hearts of his
Countrymen when his successful
opponent has long since been j
iorgotten of man.
North Carolina ?Past and Present.
ffFirst at M nnnsaac forfVioof I
| iUl bllVOt [
fft /Gettysburg, last at Appomat- !
pox." These are the words that
ff.ru graven on the monument
/erected at J)4anassas, Va., to
/commemorate the deeds of valor
and daring of the troops contributed
by the Old North State
pQ battle for Southern independence
in tne War Between the
States. The accuracy of the inscription
has Jaeen questioned in
Virginia, where it occasioned
some indignation; but however
that may be, whether tire epitaph
?s wholly or only partially true, ,
(the iact is undeniable that the
iNorth Carolinians who fought
pnder the Stars $nd Bars were
ps fine soldiers as any captain
tever commanded. In every battle
where blood ran freest and
,<Jead and dying lay in great
I VT . t /V
uuinuxsra, ixonn Carolinians I
J nvariably were to be found. No
/one questioned their prowess as
lighting men or doubted their
loyalty to the cause of the South.
That was from 1861-'65. Where
fio we today find some of these,
same gray clad veterans and
Jhqusands of their sons and
grandsons? Are they still enlisted
in the fight which their
native land is waging against;
Yankee greed or hav? they gone
pver to the enemy? jb'or answer
read the election returns of last
week, and you will learn the
deplorable fact that three congressional
districts in the Old
North State were lost to the
Den?9cracy, ?he party of the
South, the qnly par?y in the
country today worthy of the support
of respectable Southern
>vhite men. 11
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Uo be sure, to be sure! The
YoiVyjUe Enquirer is one high
toned $?per which looks too closely
aft^r the morals of the people
to ever condone such a thing ar
perjury. We ki,pw this to be a
fact because we have the Yorkyille
Enquirer's word for it. And
who ever suspected that the
Yorkville Enquirer did not have
the most painstaking regard for
truth? It is permissible for
papers like the Fort Mill Times
to lie a little on extraordinary
occasions, but the Yorkville Enquirer?pever,
no never! Perish
the thought, if you ever entertained
it, that the Yorkville Enquirer
would handle* try,th carelessly
about anything .at any
time. Jt is not the Yqrkville
quirer's way.
Prolapsus of intellect ^whatever
that is?appears to he the
affliction w;th which a nuinher of
weak-minded individuals are suffering
.since the presidential
election last week. A day or two
ago we read in ,one of our daily
exchanges the proposition that
after W. H. Taft has served four
years in the White House the
whole country unite in demanding
the return of Theodore Roosevelt
to the presidency for another
eight years?that his election be
made unanimous. We prefer always
to be considerate of the
wishes of our fellow-man, but in
this instance we are forced to
dissent. There will be perennial
ice skating in ?well, a country
that is not noted as a summer
resort before Theodore Roosevelt
is ever elected president without
one dissenting vote at least.
Veteran Railroad Conductor Dead.
Capt. William J. Sprinkle, than
whom there was no better known
or more popular railroad conductor
in this section of the country,
died Monday morning at his home
in Charlotte, after an illness of
one month.
Captain Sprinkle was born in
Mecklenburg county in December,
1834. Early in life he began
railroading, and was first
given the position of conductor
on a run between Wilmington
and Columbia which place he
filled for a number of years. He
was then transferred to the
Charlotte-Columbia division and
has held this place steadily for
the past 25 years, or more.
During the late war he served
valiantly as a member of the old
Hornet's Nest company of Charlotte.
He is survived by two
sons and one daughter.
Captain Sprinkle was a d<vout
member of St. Peter's
Episcopal church and the funeral
service was held yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock from the residence
by Rev. Harris Mallinckrodt.
The State Half Wet, Half Dry.
As a result the past week of
the voting out of the dispensaries
in Chester, Laurens and
Clarendon counties, exactly half
the counties in the State are wet
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anu nail, ui y?UUIUI
The prohibition line up at present
is: Anderson, Cherokee, Darlington,
Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Edgefield, Greenville,
Greenwood, Horry, Lancaster,
Laurens, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry,
Pickens, Oconee, Saluda,
Spartanburg, Union and York.
The dispensary counties are:
Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barn
well, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun.
Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester,
Fairfield, Florence, Kershaw,
Georgetown, Hampton,
Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg,
Richland, Sumter, Williamsburg.
It is perhaps merely a coincidence,
but an interesting one,
says the News and Courier, that
the representation in the house
of the prohibition counties in the
above list is exactly the same as
the representation of the dispensary
counties?the 21 prohibition
counties having together 62 votes
and the 21 dispensary counties
having a combined vote of 62?
which is, of course, half the total
number of votes, 124, in the
nouse of representatives. And.
of course, since each county has
enly one senator, the representation
in the senate is also evenly
divided, 21 votes each. But in
the senate the president has the
deciding vote, while in the house
the speaker votes as a member.
This does not, however, in any
degree indicate tfcie standing of
the legislature on the question of
prohibition, for the reason that
some of the representatives and
senators from prohibition counties
are not prohibitionists, and
v ce versa, some of the representatives
and senators from dispensary
counties might vote for prohibition.
There was no such issue
in their election and it is simply
impossible, without a poll of
the two bodies, to tell how they
do stand on this question now.
In Rice county, Kansas, which
has a population of 14,444, there
was only one criminal case on
the court docket for the Aprjl
term,
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! Burglar* Visit Fort Mill Merchants.
Thursday morning whew Mr.
John McLelland reached the store t
of Meacham & Epps, where Jbe is j
employed as a salesman, he was 1
surprised to find that someone <
had preceded him, and that the
rear door to the store room was ]
standing open. An investigation ]
showed that the store had been i
burglarized some time during 1
Wednesday night. i
It was also found that the j
burglars had attempted to force
the rear door of the E. W. Kim- ]
brell Company, but were either j
frightened away or failed because !
they y/ere unable to dislodge a ,
heavy bar across the door. The ]
door w.as considerably defaced by ;
having a number of holes bored ,
through it near the lock. 1
Entrance to the store of
Meacham & Epps was made by !
boring out a hole in the back
door large enough to insert a :
hand, unlock the door, and re- j
move a bolt which secured it. 1
Once inside the burglars proceeded
to help themselves to
various articles, such as shoes,
stockings, cloth, etc. The
stock was pretty thoroughly
torn up and scattered over the '
counters and shelves. Mr. Epps
was unable to give an accurate <
estimate of the firm's loss, but :
it will possibly reach $75 or i
more. The tools with which the i
robbers entered the building ?
were secured by breaking open :
a carpenters chest in the new j
'Parks store building pear by. <:
There is yet no clue as to the
identity of the perpetrators of ;
the robbery. A gentleman on :
! the early train from Charlotte
Thursday reported having seen
two men with bundles on their 1
backs walking beside the railroad
! between this nlare unrl Pin*?villo 1 .
This clue was followed up, but j:
| gave no definite results.
Former Fort Mill Man Suicides.
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A despatch Monday from An- j1
derson to the Charlotte Observer .
says that Thos. Augustus Sims, ,;
aged 30 years, a weaver in the j i
Brogon Mill, committed suicide i
in a patch of woods near the '
I mill just outside the city limits ]
(this afternoon by firing a 32- j
! calibre pistol ball into his right s
'temple. Death resultedminj
utes after the shot.
Sims moved to Anderson from '
Fort Mill some four years ago. '
Two years ago he married Miss '
Bessie Finlayson, daughter of
Robert Finlayson, of the Ander- (
son Mill, and his family troubles ,
have been many. It is said that i
he drank considerably at times, 1
: and that on account of his intern- 1
| perance his wife has left hpn i
! several times. She left him last *
week and he has been intoxicated ;
for several days, so it is said.
He has not worked for four ]
weeks, and it is supposed that i
remorse set in and caused the ;
| awful act. ,
Graded School Work For October. 1
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(By Supt. Bauknight:)
The month of October was 1
somewhat unfavorable to our ;
| school in some respects, yet we i
I made some progress which shows 1
up well and is substantial. A 1
I great many of the children from \
; the mill districts had to withdraw ,
j from school as the families moved !?
elsewhere to get employment; "
! however, with the new pupils
who have come in, some of the
lower grades are much crowded
j yet.
The upper grades prove to be
the most substantial working element.
taken as a whole, because j
of their permanency, and it is j
from these that most should be
expected; but it is noteworthy to I
observe how well the teachers of ,
the lower grades have managed
and proved to be masters of the j
situation in this period of crowd
and charjge.
The work for the month might
be characterized as that of a;
high order. Those who have been ,
punctual have, as a rule, come
out with high marks and are
leaders of their classes. No
one thing proves more helpi
ful to a pupil's substantial development
than punctuality.
The attendance during this
month has not been quite so
1 1 mi
gooa. mere are several causes
lor this: first, we have had some
very rainy days. Then we have
j had some shows and fairs in the
neighboring towns, and of course
some people must go to these.
Quite a number of the mill people,
as stated, have moved away
and took their children out of
school, thereby lowering our gen-;
eral average.
The enrollment in the high
school is 36. The average attend-'
ance was 31 4-5. The average attendance
for the common school j I
was 152.9. Total average at-!]
tendance for the month, 184.7. 5
Average for September, 206.
Miss Mattie Smith, the music
teacher, is improving. We hope
to have her with us soon.
Kodol contains the Maine digestive
juices that are found in un ordinary
healthy stomach, and there is, there- i
j fore, no question but what any form
of stomach trouble, Indigestion or
i Nervous Dyspepsia, will yield readily
| yet naturally to a short treatment of
Kodol. Try it today on our guarantee.
Take it for a little while, as that is all
you will need to take. Kodol digest*
, what you eat and makes the stomach
sweet. It it soli} by Ardrey** drug |
1 More.
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Literary Society at Graded School.
Last Friday the 7th, 8th, 9th 1
ind 10th grades of the public!
>chools met and with the aid of
:he teachers organized an up?to-1,
iate literary socioety.
The society is to meet every ,
Friday at 1.10 o'clock. A busy i
program has been adopted and it (
is believed that when the pupils
become familiar with the work 1
it will be very interesting as well
as helpful.
Officers were elected as follows:
President?Clarence McMurray.
V-Prest. ? Miss Louise
McMurrav. Secty.?Miss Kate
Ardrey. Treas. ?Carrie Merritt.
Literary Critic?L. M Bauknight.
Reporting Critics?Annie Russell,
Julia Boyd, Juanita Erwin, Mattie
Epps. Sergt.-at-urms?Ed.
Branson. Page ? Mamie Jack
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The literary society is a new
feature for the school and, with
its large membership, it is expected
that some fine talent will
be shown in a short while.
Fever Situation at Winthrop.
According to advices sent out
Monday from Rock Hill, the typhoid
fever situation at Winthrop
College grows more and more
alarming. Dr. J. T. Kinard, acting
president, stated Monday
that there were seven developed
cases in the infirmrry and ten
suspects among the students.
Analysis of the college water
supply have failed to discover a
typhoid germ and the college
authorities are puzzled as to the
source of the epidemic.
Bruisea. scratches, sores and burns that
other things have failed to care will
heal quickly ami completely when you
use DeWitl s Cttrbolized Witch Hazel
Salve. If is especially good for piles. |
Sold by Ardrey's Drug Store.
The Salvation Army has a,
factory in England where musical
instruments are made for its
members.
?
DoWitt's Kidpev and Bladder Pills are
unequaled in cases of weak back, backoohe,
inflammation of the bladder,
rheumatic (tains, and all urinary disorders.
They are antiseptic and act
promptly Don't delay, for delays are
langerous. Get DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. Sold by Ardroy's drug
itore.
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If the appetite of a man was
as great in proportion to his size
is that of the sparrow, he would
2at a whole sheep for his dinner.
Kennedy'!) Laxative Cough Syrup not j
>n!v heals irritation and allays intlanimitioti,
thereby stopping tiio ?*ough,
>nt it moves tJio bowels gotitly and in
hiit way drives the cold from the svs?ui
Contains po opiates ltispleasint
to take, and children especially
ike tho taste, s<> nearly 1 ko maple
mgur Sold by Ardrey's dru<; store.
Mr. John R. Schor \ aged !
linety, passed away at lis 1 ome
n'Yorkville Thursday aftprnoon,
after a short illness.
Ton can euro dyspepsia, indigestion,
lour or weak stomach, or it! fact any
'orni of stomach trouble if yon wili take
ivodol occasionally?just ; t the times'
,vhcn you need it. Kodol uocs not. have
>o be taken all the timo: Ordinarily
ton only take Kodol now and then, bemuse
it completely diyests all the
food you eat, ami after few days or a 1
iVeok or so, the stomach can digest the
'ood without the aid of ivodol. Then
ton don't need Kodol any longer. Tyv
t today on our gmiruu' je. We know
what. it will do for you. Sold by Ar- j
lrey's drug store.
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--Pleasant Valley community j
was saddened last Friday unexpectedly
bv the death of Mrs, ;
Martha Bickett, who was the |
victim of pneumonia, being ill '
only a few days. Mrs. Bickett
was 5G years old and was a consistent
member of the Methodist
church. After the funeral services
at Pleasant Hill church,
conducted by Rev. W. M. O wings,
her bodv was laid to rest in the
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x ivaoaiiu inli ccrucicry wmung |!
the general resurrection. 11
NOTICE. J
All persons indebted to the estate of i
Dr. T. B. Meacliam will make payment
to the undersigned at Fort Mill, S. C., '
ami all parties having claims against |
the sai?l estate will present satno, sworn
to, and in itemized form, to thy under- 1
signed at Fort Milt, S. U? within the i
time proscribed by lg\v .
Mrs. M. A. Meacham,
Executrix. i
TAX NOTICE-1908.
Office of County Treasurer.
Yorkvillo, S. <' , Sept 15. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the Tax
Books for York county will be opened
on the 15th dav of October. 1908. and
remain open until the 81st day of Dooember,
1908, for the collection of Mate,
County and School taxes for tho fiscal i
year 1908, without penalty; after which
day One per cent, poualty will bo added
to all payments made in tho month
of January 1909, and Two per cent penalty
for all payments made in the
month of February 1909, and SSeveu per
cent penalty will be added on all payments
made from the 1st day of March ;
to tho 15th day of March 1909, and af- |
tev this date all unpaid taxes go into
executions and all unpaid Single Polls'
will be turned over to the several .
Magistrates for prosecution in accord- |
anee with law. ,
For the convenience of taxpayers, I !
will attend at tho following places on '
the days named.
At Yorkvilie, Thursday, October 15,
to Tuesday, October 20th.
At Smyrna, Wednesday, October
21st.
At Hickory drove, Thursday and Friday,
October 22nd and 23rd
At Sharon, Saturday, October 24th.
At Mc< onueilsvillc, Monday, October,
20th
At Tirzali. Tuesday, October 27th.
At Clover, Wednesday and Thursday, '
October 28 th and 29th.
At Yorkville from from Friday, October
30th, to Tuesday, November 3rd.
At ? oate's Tavern from 12 o'clock,
Wednesday, November 4th, until 12 in.,
Thursday, November 5th.
At Fort Mill Friday and Saturday,
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<1U<CIUU<71 Hill UUU I III.
At Rook Hill from Monday, Novem- I
ber Dtli, to Saturday, November 14th. ,
And at Yorkville from Monday, November
10th, nntil the 01st day of Do- I
coiuber, 1U08, after which day the ,
penalties will attach as stated abovo.
H- A. D. NEELY, I
County Treasurer. (
Oct 22-41
Kodol For j
Indigestion'
Our Guarantee Coupon
It, aft :r usine two-thirds of a fi.no bottle ot
Kndol. ou can honestly say it has not benetiu-ii
y? u. we will tufitnd your money. Try |
Kotlol today on this cuarantee. Kill out and
sik'ti th.- following, present it to the dealer at
the tim ot purchase. If it fails to satisfy you
return he bottle containing one-third of the |
medio a; to the dealer from whom you bought
it. and ?o will refund your Money.
Town |
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Sicn In-re I
- I'uS This Out
Dig ;stsWhatYouEat
And I^iakes the Stomach Sweet
E. C. LeWITT Uc CO.. Chiuuo, 111.
Sold by Anlrey's Drup Store.
COLLAR LABEL |j
I STYLE
9ft in Clothing counts j i
aSi for very little, if anything,
without
<4& QUALITY
?*3?^ Everything that goes
to make up stylish,
serviceable clothing
4 *s ^oun^ *n
tfj^j SHIELD BRAND"
*\ It appeals most fore
W&* yfl ibly to men who rec- 6
ognize the imopr- y
KB tance of these two |
Matures and is a rev- I
elation to those who I
do not. As a matter I
t of business, compare I
51V it with other cloth- I
ing sold at like prices, I
attached to sleeves, 11
ranging from 9
$10 the Lowest 1
$18 tie Hiilsst |
and be guided by the $
same principles as I
you would when I;
, making any other I
, investment.
iRELL OO. I
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If You Pay More
I YOU PAY 1
S If You Pay Less 1
1 TOO DOH'T GET
? Therefore be safe
1 FURNl
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? an odd piece of 1
? most needed, and )
x it because you feei
J8J of your home are
? some. Of course yc
X affairs better than i
0 come to see us, we
? can make you pric
g reasonable that yo
@ deprive yourself (
? needed.
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? Cold weather w
0 and many's the f
g need a new Heate
? old, burnt-out one.
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Remember: We
< things away, but w
for a dollar than ai
in these parts.
| Mills & Y
S??? >??????? 6K
FOR SALE.
For 60 days I offer t he O'Conuoll
property, situated close to the Graded
school, just across the street from corporate
limits of Fort Mill. Has nine- |
room two-story house, besides pantrys, 1
510 acres land, good orchard and out '
buildings, 5 acres pasture, 4 acres in j
original oak timber. This is a groat <
chance to buy a piece of property and 1
sell enough lots to pay for it, as a big j
portion of the placo fronts the street, j
For particulars seo me. Tonus reason- j
able.
136 acres of land in Fort Mill town- <
ship, near Pineville, N. C., at $0.50 per j
acre, if taken at onco.
About 250 acres tine fanning land '
near Fort Mill, Particulars on upplica- '
tion from parties interested. I
A place containing 100 ueres, within
1?^ miles of Pineville, N. O., in good
condition. Fairly new dwelling and
out-houses. Fifty acres of this place is
in woods. Price, $1,400. Terms?Onethird
cash, balance in one, two and
three installments, with interest. '
A nice building lot in Sprattville. 1
The last three available business lots <
on the shady side of Main street, Fort (
Mill, are offered at reasonable figures, ,
if taken at once. Two of these lots are ^
$5 x 100 feet. J
WANTED. |
I have applications from several who
want to buy plantations, so if you want
to sell your place list it with me at 1
nice, or if it is town property you want
to sell, let me handle it for you.
A, R. McELHANEY,
Fort Mill, S. C. i
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that the expenses ?
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/ Everything new. With ?j
? enlarged quarters, we a I
' are better prepared M>
serve the public witn
? first-class eatables. Call S
J on us at Merritt's old ?
/ stand and see how we 5
? are fixed. Fresh Oysters s
^ Fridays and Saturdays. ?
\ Patterson & Hills. ?
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Cleaning, Pressing,
and Dyeing.
Join the Fort Mill Pressing
Olub, membership $1.00 per
nonth. Dry, chemical or wet
ileaning. Besides Clothing, we
dean or dye Furs. Skins, Rugs,
Mats, Feathers, bleach Straw or
Panama Hats; old Neckties and
Ribbons made new; cleaning and
lyeing of Gloves.
'Phone orders to 146, or call on
1 a Til 1-~ r\
u u^i ljmiio uvcr rurns LTUjf L>0.
GUY A. ROSS, Proprietor.
Koflol Fop Indigestloa.
V*m. Relieves sour stomach.
wdpitation of the heart Digests what you ea?^
fttirufX
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1 Pure Old
y Corn Whiskey
Direct to You
By "Ortr-Nifht Express" j
(Caarantvd Under tkm
National Pur* Food Low)
Four full Quarts of the best
lorn Whiskey you ever tasted, in i
lain sealed package, guaranteed ,
gainst breakage, for $3.00*or in I
igs at $2.50 per gallon.
Send mcner by Registered Lett,
Express or P. O. Money Order.
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