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^ MMocratic, ^ a p. yt. IfAOfORO, - - IOITOR, v One year' 7. 11.00 / Jfjxtere4 >t the po?tQfflce?t Foot Mill, ^ P. O.. as necoud '?: a On njipUiutlon to the publisher. ad- t ??rtlitine ratea' Are made known to j thoee lntc^ea]Lod. ? ' 1 Jl THV1S0AY. NOVEMBER 26,1908. a No man can tell with any de-1 ji gree of certainty v/hat the mor-1 ? - -v - row iyJU bring forth in the cot- I * ton market-* whether the price \{ will go up or down?though it is ^ a reasonable deduction that the t extensive operators (called opera- t tors through courtesy, hot in v reality they are gamblers of a ? very ordinary type) in Wall Street have a better line on the future fluctuations of the market 1; than any other class. And look- r |ng to their own selfish interests, t . ft pearly always is the policy of c these operators to depress the ( price of cotton; but they do not uniformly succeed in bearing the market. The farmer is at best between the devil and the deep i b)U? seg?he may lose by either t holding hjs cotton or selling it. j This is a matter which it would y seem can best be decided by the t Individual farmer, for, in the ? end, one observant man's guess ? as to what the price will be a -] week or a month hence is about ? at ^ r I ps rename as anotner s. ui v course if it were possible for all f cottop growers to form an alliance not to seii a bale until a t Certain price were offered, then t no power of Wall street or any !j other combination that might be j effected could keep the price ( down. Unfortunately for our \ pection, however, this can not * be done, because there are hun- ! dreds of thousands of poor far- J, mers who are forced by their c Creditors and general circum- } pl-jtnces to rush their cotton to P ?he market as soon as it is ginned. s The fjpaufort Gazette is edited J |>y State Senator Neils Christen- e pen, who, since his term of ser- p vice in the senate began, has j v been one of the active opponents j 0 of the oM State dispensary. It j J Js perhaps due to the pleasant, j p-elations of Senator Christensen c jn connection with his duties as c p member of the inquisition com- 1 mittee of the dispensary that ^ The Gazette soulfully sings the ( DraiscK of t.ho nn#? individual tn f whom it wishes to accord all the c credit for the overthrow of that % mismanaged institution. Senator ^ Christensen, it will be recalled, t was the colleague of Attorney p .General Lyon on the committee and it was doubtless during the time Jtfiat the two were associated in running down the grafters t that Senator Christensen formed c fiis jdeas as to the masterful ^ abjjjtiea pf Attorney General ? Lyon, and, incidentally, the debt ? pf gratitude which the people s pwe the distinguished law officer i for his incomparable services. ?h>w, far be it from the purpose pf this paper to say one word to }*edim the halo of greatness which, whether it be day or pight, whether he be awake or asleep, always and forever enpi rclea the form of the attorney general. But we protest that it neither fair nor in accord with the wishes of the people that Attorney General Lyon should be accorded the major portion of the credit and gratitude for sending to the penitentiary the pcores and scores of grafters now pt work making sox in the yarn mill. Senator Christensen is no jess a man of parts than the s ^istjngujshed law pfficer, and we ! * will never agree to any distribur 1I tion of greatness and gratitude j | jvhich does not accord him the a full share which his unsurpassing c service has earned. J Tl)ere is a grain of consolation s jn tl)e fact that South Carolina ? did her part in the recent presidential election to insure Demo- if prapic government in Washington c pfter the 4th of March. Out of ,N jk total vote of about 67,000, Mr. ^ Bryan received 63,000, which i j, pstftb)jshes for the State the a enviable record of being the ban-1 ner Democratic commonwealth pf tfce Unjon. In only one other Tex$a, did Mr. Bryan re- J ceive a larger majority than in p South Carolina, and in that t ^ta^ the percentage of the Re-1 c publics!) vqte pQnsid^rabjy j [n excess of what it was in this BMfc s # * All along we have entertained . suspicion that the Caucasian /as a point or two ahead of the ; African in civilization, etc., but \ tow and then we eould not dispel ] , lingering doubt that perhaps 1 fter all we were mistaken and j hat we would wake up some fine fioming'to learn how badly mis- i aken we had been. Henceforth, \ lowever, doubt and uncertainty ; re not to be entertained and 1 rom now to the end of time life 11 or every man with an A1 white 1 kin promises to be one glad < weet song. Verily, the mil- 1 snnium is all but here: The < Torkville Enquirer does not luesi? ate to say that in a general way i he feeling of superiority of the i vhites over the negro is well j ounaea. John D. Rockefeller says he >e)pngs to the brotherhood of nan. Perhaps he does, but the rouble with John Dee is that he loes not pay his proportionate >art of the dues. Yorkville's Cheap Light Rata. The Times has no "kick" comng as to the rate paid the Elecxic Company for current to light ts office, for we have what is cnown as "flat" rate per month tnd if power is not used to the imount charged it is no fault of he company furnishing same, rhere are, however, other parens of the Electric Company vho ;t cannot be said are satisied with the current rates chargid and who make no secret of heir dissatisfaction in the mater. It was by one of these that he following speech of Mayor fno. R. Hart, of Yorkville, deivered before the Municipal Convention jn Charlotte the past veek, was handed The Tjpnes vith the request that it be pub- , ished, and that it will be interestng to patrons of the local electric ompany, by way of comparison ; ?f the rates "charged here and at! forkville, we feel assured, dayor Hart is quoted in part as aving: "Yorkvilli's nuhlie works nrp n the hands of a commission if three men who have absolute ontrol. Yorkville has taxable j >roperty amounting to $700,000, vith a bonded indebtedness of inly $59,000. Lights are furlished the citizens at 61-4 cents >er k. w. h. as against 121-2 and 5 cents in other towns and ities. The tax levy there is , ?nly 10 mills, and by statute can- ; lot exceed this. Yorkville sells , onsumers of electric power, ' ip to 10 horse-power as low as , wo cents per k. w. h. The own pays all the expenses of operating public utilities, the , vear and tear of same, and is .onstantly improving the plants rom the revenue derived from ! he sale of water, lights and >ower." It's Easy to Own a Home. ( The building and loan associaion will enable any man, who 1 :an lay up one or two dollars a ' veek, to build a nice residence' md pay for same in about six md one half years, paying only I lix per cent, on his investment, ays a writer in one of our ex- i ihanges. Now, if you wish to J ake stock for the Durnose of. juilding a new house, or to im)rove an old one, suppose you ake four shares of $100 each, or >400 in all. You will pay 25 :ents as admission fee on each ihare, and then pay $1.47 per veek for the next six and one lalf years, when your stock maures, leaving you a new house, :lear of all indebtedness. Now, emember you can do the buildng of a $400 house and pay for t in six and one half years for i little less than what the rent >f the same house would cost 'ou. If we count the rent for a 'ear on a $400 house, it will be it least $48, in any town, and rou have nothing to show for ^our lay out at the end of the ear, except that you have had i place to live, without any lien or the next year, if the owner ays "git." If you had paid the 11.47 per week, or had paid >7(^.42 per year, you would have i home, all of your own at the | ;nd of that time. If you had >ought the $400 house and paid or it, borrowing the money from omp individual, you would pay, it simple interest at six per cent., f your man would wait the six | ind one half vears. the ?nm r>f !556. In the first case you paid nly $458.52, while in the latter , on would pay $556, which would 1 five you the advantage of the < lifference of $97.48, if you be- , ong to the building and loan issociation. Sooth Carolina's Official Vote. j1 The official vote in the recent , iresidential election was made tublic on Monday by the Secreary of State, as follows: 1 Bryan 62,289; Taft 3,847; i Socialists 101; Independence! .^ague 43. In 1904 for President Parker i 2,563; Roosevelt 2,05-1. ? * 'f )W? C? Wti TVnm* H The Fort SCO! acquaintances of Mjv C, D. Mttlor, formerly ex- C press and freight agent at this i; place, will read with Interest the a following news d&patth of Fri- r day sent out by the Columbia o bureau of the Charlotte Observer: r "The hearing before Insurance s Commissioner McMaster this af- e temeon in the case of Charles P. \ Miller against the American s Surety Company to have the r commissioner revoke the com- f pany's license to do business in t this State on the grounds that it canceled his bond as agent for 1 the Southern at Fort Mill last c February because of testimony 1 Miller gave agalnsty the surety i company in a case at Laurens c several vears ago, turned out a i stiff and energetic boomerang for t miner ana tne complete vmaica- t tion of the surety company, t Miller made no attempt to vindi- r cate himself or explain any of t the serious charges against him, 1 putting up no evidence. His at- t torneys were taken by surprise and could do nothing for nim. l At the conclusion of hearing Mr. j McMaster promptly rendered his 11 decision in writing that there |1 was 'no evidence to support the j complaint of the said C. P. Mil- J 5 ler, but that there was good and . I sufficient reasons why the Ameri- i can Surety Company should havo j \ declined to remain on his bond. ? Therefore the rule is dismissed.' a 'The surety company introduced evidence to show a long chain of misdeeds on the part of ( Miller, who is the son of a prom- t inent banker of Florence and > highly connected through the' j State; beginning with his seduc- c tion of a girl of respectable * parentage in Charleston seven- ' J teen years ago under promise of i 1 marriage, deserting his wife and a child after an alleged military marriage and refusing to contribute to their support. To support | J this records from the supreme court carrying all the testimony ! in the case were introducer, J Postoffioe inspectors' reports were ? also introduced to show that r Miller, while in the service, ? forged a commission and was j Jj dismissed. It was also charged \ that he padded his pay rolls and ? falsified his bank records while working for the railroad at Laurens. The surety company, it * was claimed, never actually 1 bonded Miller, merely issuing f him temporary protection and! immiuliotalv Aiiftinn i iiMtuvviiuhViJ vUbWIII^ IVA/OC XI Villi * him on investigation of his ? record." J t Soldier Boys Guilty of Desertion. ? A case from which members 9 of the Fort Mill Light Infantry, j as well as the militiamen of the j entire State, should take warn- ! , ing was tried by courtmartial at I v Spartanburg the past week and ,. as a result several young men are now in a fair way to pay dearly for their disregard for the ^ militia laws. The daily papers y gave in part the following ac- I count of the trial in question: v Privates Lester Holt and C. M. * Quinn, members of Hampton l Guards, South Carolina National j f Guard, plead guilty to the Charge ' * of desertion at the court martial j* trial this morning, and W. Av ! J Holt, a private in the same com- v pany, entered a plea of guilty to d the charge of refusing to obey i * orders. , The court martial ordered by Col. Lewis, commander of the; First South Carolina regiment, of which the Hampton Guards is a member, is the result of the calling out of the troops on Oc- , tober 10 to protect the jail from ' mob violence. It will be recalled ll i. ./A T 1 _ T I tnat aiter ?ioim-^irDy, tne negro , who is now serving a sentence J of 30 years in the penitentiary on the charge at attempting to make a criminal assault upon : Miss Leila Dempsey, was cap-1 tured and lodged in jail, an attempt was made by an angry mob to take the prisoner from i jail and lynch him. The Hamp- j ton Guards along with other ! military companies were called out by Governor Ansel. The above named members of the companv refused to respond and they were arrested and charges preferred against them. The officers of the court had nothing to give out for publication. They will report their findings together with all the testimony in the case to Col. Lewis at Yorkville. He will review the case and fix the sentence. AMIIim r>M?. *1-1. A northern man, Mr. R. S. Wheeler, who has been livingseveral years in Sumter county, near SDringfield, has invented what his friends say is a practical cotton piaking machine. , These friends nave written Commissioner Watson about the machine and Mr. Watson has arranged for a public demonstration of the machine on a farm near Columbia. This demonstration will be attended by Columbia newspaper men and such farmers , as care to be present. j In observance of Thanksgiving j the graded schools suspended exercises yesterday afternoon and ! will not open again until Monday. I Most of the business houses, the 1 postoffice and rural maii c irriers ' arc also observing the dry. I ! Frrer Situation at Wirthrop. The fever situation at Winthrop College continues to improve. It ) now more than a week since jty suspeetcd cases were adnftted to the infirmary and two >f the sick girls have had no ise of temperature for a week ind the other nine are improving iteadily. The few girls who developed fever after going home ire doing: well. Encouraging eports have come to the college rom each of them. The cases have all been very mild so far as he college has been able to learn, 'hingfe at the college are going >n in the usual way and excepl 'or the vacancies in the dining oom and class rooms no one :ould realize that the college hac massed through such an exciting lme as existed lor a lew days ecently. The students are re urning rapidly now and in a lew nore days, with few exceptior.t hey will all be back and at work, 'or even now talk of examine ions is frequently heard. todol contains the same digest iv? aices that are found in uu ordinary icalthy stomach, and there is, thero ore, no qaestiou but what auy forix if stomach trouble, Indigestion 01 Nervous Dyspepsia, will yield readilj ret naturally to a short treatment o vodol. Try it today on our guarantee L'ake it for a little whilo, as that is al :ou will need to take. Kodol digesti iVhat you eat and makes the stoiuacl weet. It is wild by Ardrey's dm* itore. ?Mr. W. B. Hall, of Macon k., is visiting his mother ii his place. 3rnit>es, scratches, sores and burns thai itlier things have failed to cure \yil teal quickly and completely when yoi ise DeWitl s Carbolixed Witch Ha7.0 Salve. It is especially good for piles k>ld by Ardrey's Drug fcstorc . - - ?Mrs. J. T. Young has beei :ontined to her home on Clobourt itreet for several days by illn< si **?? ? JeWitt's Kidney and II1 adder rills art mequaled in cases of weak back, back die. inflammation of the bladder heuiuatic paius, and all urinary dis rders. They are antiseptic undue irouiptly Don t delay, for delays art iuiigernus. Ge; DeWitt s l\.uliioy am 'ladder I'ills. hold by Ardrey's drufi tore. ? Mr. J. B. Mills and famih noved the past week to theii landsome new home 011 Con ederate street. Kennedy's Laxative Comrli Svrim not lily heals irritation and allays iiulatnnatitm, thereby stopping the cough, mt it moves the bowels gently and in hat way drives the cold from the sysem Contains no opiates It is pirns lit to take, and children especially ike the taste, so marly like maple agar. Sold by Ardivy's drug store. ? Mr. John M. Thompson, of )oncord, N. C.. wtis a visitor to lis uncle, Mr. T. D. Faulkner, ast week. ? fon enn cure dvs|?epsia, indigestion, onr or weak stomach, or in fact any orm of stomach trouble if you will takr vodol occasionally?just at. t he timet rhen yon need it. Kodol does not have o be taken all the time: Ordinarily ou only take Kodol now ami then, beause it completely digests ull tin ixkI you eat. and after a few days or a voek or so, the stomach can digest the ood without the aid of Kodol. Then ou don't need Kodol any longer. T-y t today 011 onr guiinntuiv Wo know vhat it will do for you. Sold by Ar Irey'a drugstore. Jf"1 Ar > V MB*-/ *.: *-- ' E. W. KIME FORT Ml * ,.* -1' ? * *% fc.' ~a*i Rock Hill Items From The Herald. The Charlotte Observer says: l The Westinghouse Electric and i Manufacturing Company has sei cured contracts for the apparatus ?, to drive the textile machinery in ?i the Wymojo Yarn Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., and the Arlingtor r j Cotton Mills, Gastonia. This Company has almost completed : its plans for reorganization anc : has lately secured the largest ' electric railway order ever giver 5 to any company. 51 Tuesday night while Dr. J. E ! Massey, Jr., was riding in hi! '! run-about on the Leslie road hi! -.machine became unmanageable > j and ran into a steep bank alonj, j; the wayside. He was going ai ' ! a lively rate and the jar threv ;. him out upon the ground. Ir Stalling he received slight, bul ' J not serious, injuries, llis auto mobile was damaged considera1! bly. j The $5.00 prize offered by tin ; Audubon Society for the best es say on birds was won by Mastei Anderson Huey of the 8th grad< j and ljttlp Miss Lena Sturgis 01 ' the 3rd grade, both of the Cen [ tral Graded School. The de r livery of the prizes was mad< r last week at chapel exercises b> f Game Warden W. H. Wylie, j with an interesting address t< s the children on the subject o: i birds. * 9 Col. Leroy Springs has mad< arrangements to have the South \ ern Power company furnisl electric power for the operalioi of his Lancaster and Chester cot t ton mills. Announcement of th< fact was made in the Charlott* i Observer of Sunday.. I Pleasant, Bure, easy, safe 'it tie live Pi Is, are DeWiti's Little Early Risers ^ Sold by Ardrey'a Drufl Store. , FOR SALE?At The Times office Real Estate and Chattel Mort .' gages, Crop Liens, Notes, Etc KOTK EL t All persons indebted to tho estate o ' Dr. T. B. Meacham will makepayuien i | to the undersigned at Fort Mili, S. O. and all parties having claims nonius t sum i'stuto will present same, swori to, and in itemized form, to the under r signed at Fort Mill, { '. 0? within tin . time proscribed by law. Airs Al. A. Mencliain, Executrix. Bucklen's Arnica Salve The Besl Salve In The World. Kodol For Indigestion Our Guarantee Coupon If. After using two-thirds of a $1.00 bottle of Kodol. vou cm honestly say it has not benefited yon. wo will refund your money. Try Kodcl today on this cuarantee. Fill out anal sign the following, present it to tbo dealer at ll'.o time of purchuse. if it tails to satisfy you re turn the bottle rontaining one-third of the medicine to the dealer from whom you bought I it. and we will refund your money. ' ' Troan l . State Sign here DigestsWhat YouEal And Makes the Stomach Sweei E. C. DeWXTT & CO.. Chlcaxo, 111 ! Sold by Ardrey's Dnip: Store. t r a n r i ont LAbtL kWhy? You will like "SHIELD BR&KD" Clothing to begin with BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD. You like it better after you wear it awhile BECAUSE IT RETAINS ITS GOOD LOOKS. You will like it still better after the gar- | SHE!7*SM^B UL W("" out because of its IEJfflT l0ng service w+%3f and genuine ESp satisfaction. wears better ani) retains its shape longer than any other clothing sold within the range of prices? $!0 tk Lowif.1 $18 the Hiiikst BRELL CO. l_l, s. c. MMHMMMMHMMBMlMUBMaaMBPHH VUB 100??00?0O?00 ?6 I Winter's Cti ijto Need have 110 1 \<k home that is fii one of the splen ;| Heaters, Stovi I of which we 1 stock. We have of sizes and styl select from, an< you, now that cold, to get bus your needs in t We have a full ; Rugs, Carpet! and ask but th to prove that w< money on yoi Our place is He ;| Every Kind i 1 @ At this store tin g assured that L< x not obtained at i ;<? quality. We wa I Mills & Y FOR SALE. For (50 dnys I offer the O'Connoll | J property, situatod close to the Graded * school, just across the street from cor- * porate limits of Fort Mill. Has nine- \ room two story house, besides pantrys, t 30 acres land, (food orchard and out 4 buildings, 5 acres pasture, 4 acres in 4 original oak timber. This is a great * chance to buy a piece of property and 4 sell enough lots to pay for it, as a big j i portion of the place fronts the stroot. < [ For particulars see me. Terms reason- 4 . able. i ? 136 acres of laud in Fort Mill town- '* . ship, near Pineville, N. 0., at $6.60 per J acre, if tukoh at once. I About 250 acres fine fnvming laud 1 - near Fort Mill. Particulars on applicu- " f ; tion from parties interested, t A place containing 100 acres, within l1^' miles of Pineville, N. (J., in good condition. Fairly new dwelling and outhouses. 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 buildiug lot in Sprattville. r Ihe lust throe available business lots ( ou the shady side of Main stroot, Fort , Mill, are offered at reasonable figures, . if taken at once. Two of these lots are t za x iw reet. 1 WANTED. \ I have application* from several who want to buy plantation*, so if yon want to sell your place list it with ine at 1 ouco, or if it is town property yon want tosoll, let 1110 handle it for you. A, R. McELHANEY, ] Fort Mill, S. C. t ! Hunting I ^ PTZRB wcqrn"vvf. IJ\ Reaches You the ? I y ^ Send us $3.00 (rcj * express or pcst-office l and you will receive the ncxl Four Full Quart Bottles Old Corn Whiskey you have $2.50 per gallon, in jugsWe gumantce safe delivery of al J. A. COUCH, Manaj J. A. McDonough Co., 901-90^: WrIU fur rnntp1*!, TrlCC | II i wi ' minima )@?<SHg? 0 660O illy Blasts I I terrors for the 8 tted up wkth ? bs or Grates 1 have a select gj i a wide range x es for you to ? \ it behooves & it is growing X y and supply " ? his direction^. 8 assortment of S Tapestries I e opportunity ? 3 can save you ? * ir purchases. ? adquarters for ? if Furniture. 1 13 purchaser is SM >w Prices are 8 a sacrifice of S nt your trade. 2 oung Co. I VXXXXXXXXNXXXNXXXXXSXXXXX* $ City Restaurant I / Everything new. With i , enlarged quarters, we S * are better prepared to 5 i serve the public with 2 * first-class eatables. Call a * * on us at Merritt's old 5 * stand and see how we $ f are fixed. Fresh Oysters * Fridays and Saturdays. j; ; Paiterson & Stills. ^xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxvxxxv* Cleaning, Pressing, and Dyeing. Join the Fort Mill Pressing }lub, membership $1.00 per nonth. Dry, chemical or wet :leaning. Besides Clothinpr, we :lean or dye Furs, Skins, Rugs, dats, Feathers, bleach Straw or ^anama Hats; old Neckties and tibbons made new; cleaning and lyeing of Gloves. 'Phone orders to 146, or call on is up stairs over Parks Drug Co. GUY A. ROSS. Proprietor. Hodol Relieves tear Hnm>fb, lalpiution oi the heart. Digests what yovMfc, T^DPimrl rjn. Sealed. jPacAa^ea' ffgjp ? r ' iA^ t day, by "Over-Night Express," of the best guaranteed Pure ever tasted. 1 shipments. ?er Shipping Dep't i E-Cary St., Richmond,Vau -uh. do rr mow. J , i? v. 1 j|