Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 31, 1908, Image 2
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One year 11.00
Wx months 60
Three months . .56
TMTtSOAY. DECEMBER 31,1906.
How time flies! It seems only
yesterday since this paper twelve
months ago extended the greetings
of the New Year to its,
friends. Tonight at 12 o'clock
the old year which was then
young will have died and in its
place will be enthroned a newborn
babe, the year 1909, The
king is dead, long Hve the king!
And may the reign of the new
king prove one of continued
peace and prosperity for all his
subjects. All hall 19091
PROHIBITION.
The advoeates of State-wide
prohibition for South Carolina,
which subject probably will be
thoroughly considered at the
ceming session of the Legislature,
are invited to sit up and take
notice of the conditions that exist
in Atlanta under the Georgia
prohibition laws. The Saturday
following Christmas day 74 cases
were tried in the police court on
the charge of drunkenness. This
was a greater number than ever
appeared in the court for the
same offense under the bar-room
system, according to press dispatches.
We would not be understood
: s favoring the bar-room system
over prohibition, however, but
pjint out the conditions in the
Georgia metropolis as an illustration
of what may be expected
in this State if the Legislature
enacts a general prohibition law.
Fortunately South Carolina is
not between the Scylla of saloons
And the Charybdis of prohibition.
The county dispensary law seems
to be working satisfactorily in
. those counties which still retain
the system, and we see no reason
for the repeal of the law. If the
system is not satisfactory, it is
within the power of the counties
which retain it to vote it out.
The proposition advocated by
Governor Ansel during the campaign
last summer was inane, to
say the least. He would have
the Legislature pass a State-wide
prohibition law with the provision
that those counties which
wished the dispensary could then
vote it in. There is no sane reason
that can be advanced in support
of such a proposition, but it
is in line with other recommendations
of the man who had nothing
to say when the Democracy
nominated Mr. Bryan for the
presidency last July.
We trust that York county's
representatives in the Legislature
will not lend their voice and
votes to any such absurd proposition,
and that they will not
vote for a general prohibition
law. It is not in keeping with
the principles of the Democratic
party for the representatives of
one section of the State to force
upon the people of another section
of the State a law which
they do not want. If Orangeburg,
Florence, Abbeville, Sumter,
Richland, Georgetown, Lee
and a doeen other counties in the
State are not satisfied with the
dispensaries in their midst thev
fare in position to get rid of them,
but they should not be forced to
do so at the pleasure of representatives
from other sections of
the State who are not acquainted
with their interests.
This paper is against the prohibition
movement for another
reason ?it is being engineered
by the Anti-Saloon League, an
organization which fights the
Democracy of the North and
West to the last ditch. As an
example of its opposition to the
Democraty party in the recent
campaign one* has but to recall
the strenuous efforts it made to
defeat. Governor Marshall in
Indiana to reach the conclusion
that there is no field in South
Carolina for its activities. Furthermore,
the interests of the
league in this State are being
advanced, more or less, by a
bunch of discredited preacherpoliticians?another
good reason
for leaving it severely alone.
HUMAN GORILLAS.
The Time? is pleased to note
that the efforts of the officers of
Florence county and the activity
of th? white citizens generally
yerc rewarded .Sunday by Jhjr
m
capture of the black gorilla who
tm days ago assaulted a white
#oman, Mrs. Perry, at her home
in Hartsville, Darlington county.
The negro slipped into the home
of Mrs. Perry while her husband
waa at his place of business and,
at the point of a pistol, accomplished
the diabolical purpose
which consumed his degenerate
being.
The circumstances of the crime
make it one of the most heinous J
ever perpetrated against the
womanhood of the State, and
| there would have been little
regret had the beast been cap'
tured by the righteously in- j
! dignant citizens of Darlington !
county and the only punishment1
which fits the crime summarily
meted out to him. The negro
deserves to be put to death with|
out the expense to the county of
a trial and the exceeding
humiliation to which his victim
will be subjected in testifying
against him. When the negro
| laid his foul hands upon Mrs.
Perry he forfeited all claim to
humane consideration, and the,
sooner he is destroyed the more {
salutary will be the lesson to the
other black gorillas who want
! only the opportunity to follow in
i his footsteps.
But thanks to the activity of
the Ansel administration in protecting
this class of criminals,
the negro was no sooner caught
than he was rushed off to the
penitentiary in Columbia for safekeeping,
where he will be con- !
i fined till the day of trial, then
, taken to Darlington, probably in
I the custody of a comnany, or:
numerous squad, of militia, at
several hundred dollars expense
to the State, to protect him from
the fury of the outraged citizens. ,
This, however, is one of the j
beneficent features of the Ansel j
! administration to which the peo-'
pie will have to submit for the
next two years.
Doubtless there are those who
will see in The Times after the !
expression of these sentiments J
an advocate of lynch law and
i anarchy. If there be such, they
are entitled to their opinion. It
is well to remember, however,
i that this paper does not draw its
inspiration from those who are
1 too indifferent to accord the
women of South Carolina the
protection which they must have
if OI1P piviliTAfinn is tn Ko main
! tained. The experience of the
| past teaches that no home in
South Carolina is immune from
} the depredations of the black
ravisher. Down with these human
gorillas. No punishment is too
severe to inflict upon them.
It is a very noticeable fact
that people in attending public
, entertainments in halls have
j no hesitancy in taking front
! seats; in fact, there is a general
rush for them, and usually a
i higher price willingly is paid for
the privilege. We also notice in
church that the custom is just
the reverse, everybody crowds
into the back seats and-if there
| are any empty pews they are
always between the preacher
and people, and the glad tidings
of salvation lose half their charms
in having to bound over empty
j pews to reach the audience. Why
this should be the custom is not
_1 i- -- i
cAntny ciear to ub, uniess in tne \
latter instance position is taken
according to scripture, "The low- i
est place first in order to be in- j
vited higher."
The delivery clerk in the country
office has much to annoy him.
There is the drummer who wants
any letters that may come for
him during the next ten days
I forwarded him at New York;
J the man who wants to know if a
letter now will go east on the
I 2:50 train; the boss mailed a let-'
ter without a stamp and wants 1
it back; six men who forwarded !
their box kevs and want thp i
mail handed out to them: the'
i
woman who knows there must
be a letter for her, ask# the;
clerk to "look again;" the man
who gets angry and wants the 1
smart clerk to "come out on the
sidewalk just two minutes."
Fort Mill, S. C.?The mills
at this place, the Fort Mill Mfg.
Co., and the Millfort Mill, whicn
have been closed down for several
months, are making preparations
to start up on full time on Mon?
day, January 4th. C. H. Bran
son still holds the position of ,
superintendent and we have had
no notice of any changes in the
o\ rl iter, .i wrul
Dm With Carafob. (
As day by day we read in the
papers of the crimes committed 3
in the different cities and towns ,
in which carnivals are being: held ,
we more and more respect the
city author'ties of this place for ,
their stand against carnivals. ]
And in this they have the backing
of the great majority of our ;
citizens.
Only the other day a black
and awful crime was committed
in Hartsville and in the same
article telling of the crime was 1
the statement that a carnival is
now being held in that town.
We do not say thdt the carnivals
are responsible for the crimes
directly but we do say that they
are always the thing behind
which the rowdy and lawless
elemeut hide. The Hartsville
crime, too awful for this paper to
narrate, the murder in Barnwell,
the killing in Greenville, the
shooting in Newberry all took ;
place while carnivals were in
progress. It is useless to argue
as to whether or not the carni- |
vals are beneficial in other ways i
/v? Tu:n ..1 ?i
vi nuu una icvuiu ui me jjctst |
few months is enough to set all.
law abiding citizens against
them. And the awful and fearfully
revolting crime in Hartsville
is the worst
We hope that Chester will
never allow one to come here.
Thiy are no good to a place In
fa.t they are a frightful source
of harm. Down with Carnivals.?Chester
Lantern.
Jim Tillman Goes West.
The latest issue of the Edgefield
News contains the following
communication:
Varied emotions possess me in
bidding adieu, perhaps farewell,
to 'South Carolina, and to the
people who have known me from
childhood.
It is hard to say good-bye, and
only those who do so can feel its
sorrow.
When I think of the thousand
kindnesses friends did me, of the
forbearances they have shown
my shortcomings, 'tis then the
heart throbs strongest with gratitude,
and beats the sad farewell.
But destiny decrees that
I go.
In a distant section of the
country, in far-off California,
where it is said all is sunshine
and clouds are unknown, I wander
in search of health. There,
among strangers in coming
years, if years be left to me, I
nope to clasp the hands of many
and call them friends?friends
such as I leave behind.
But if it be otherwise, then, as
in the oft-quoted, but none the
iv.ol.j bUU?.illlig lilies U1 ill-lit teu
Byron:
"Here's a sifh to tlup^who love me.
And a smite to {Rose** ho hate;
And whatever sfcy's^L? me.
Here's a Uear^J^^m fate
J^^^WIMILLMAN.
B^bt Skopo ttd 0 | 'ton Prices.
The Pleasant Valley correspondent
of the Lancaster News
gives the follov^ng interesting
comment on the operation of the
bucket shop and the/ price of
cotton:
It is said that death and taxes
are the two most certain things
in the world. I think that the
next most certain thing is that
in the course of human events
all Southern farmers at divers
times and places theorize on and i
"cuss" and discuss the price of
cotton. On seeing quite a number
of bales of the fleecy staple
being hauled to town a few days
ago, your correspondent fell into
a contemplative mood and began
to soliloquize somewhat as follows:
Did not the Southern
States make a mistake when
f V>t\noo/wJ !?% - J ?' ? ?- 1 * -
mcj ^ooacu i?wa ueBtruying tne
bucket shops? The Southern
people are all bulls and the members
of the New York cotton exchange
who are financially able
to do anything are nearly all
bears, and it seems that the
South is pursuing a suicidal policy
when she takes away from
her own people the privilege of
rendering aggressive bull support
to the cotton market. Daniel J.
Sully, the erstwhile cotton king
who a few years ago raised the
price of cotton to 17 cents, did so
with the solid support of the
Southern speculators, and did it
in spite of the combined opposition
of the rest of the New York
cotton exchange. Since the abolition
of the bucket shops in the j
South the price of cotton has j
gradually gone down, and who;
is there to help bring it back to
a good price since the Southern
speculators have be6n deprived ;
of their only medium of 4 boost-1
ing" the market? The bucket |
shops doubtless had their bad
features, but it seems somewhat
absurd to kill the Southern bulls
on account of a so-called moral
issue and then let the New York I
bears flourish like the green bay
tree. Before destroying her bucket
shops the South should have i
restricted and regulated them <
and then proceeded to rout the ?
gambling element of the New 1
York stock exchange. This last;*
we must yet do if we would insure
a better price for cotton; ,
and if the South will make as I \
great an effort to do this as she <
did to destroy the bucket shops, '
we may yet have "peace within !
our borders and prosperity within i
our pa)*cesr'' jr
Mriw OkcnriBe? tkL^ni Ago.
The following'article Written
for the News and Courier by
Capt. Chas. Petty will be of interest
at this season:
The approach of Christmas,
with Its tinsel toys, tooting: horns,
bespangled trees, blazing and
popping fireworks, turns the
mind backward to the Christmas
times 75 to 100 years ago. From
1800 to 1840 there was not a toy
store in the county, and perhaps j
not in the upper part of tne
State. In those days the stockings
were not hung up and Santa
Claus never came down the chimneys.
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There were very few towns at
that time. Greenville, Spartanburg,
Union and Yorkville were
little straggling villages. There j
were no firecrackers, no rockets, !
no toys. The men and women j
in the county, 75 and 80 years
old, never expected Christmas
gifts. Preachers never gave
special sermons suited to the
season. There were no* big school
celebrations. You will think that
the boys and girls, 80 years ago,
must have had a very dull time.
But they did not. They had fun
and enioved themsplvps 5irid crrpw
up to be good men and women.
They were your grandfathers
and grandmothers. One joy that
came -especially to the boys was
the fact that they got their new
shoes at Christmas or a few days
before. You see in that day boys
got only one pair of shoes a year.
The leather was tanned at home
and a neighborhood shoemaker
made the shoes. The women of
that day had big dinners. They
swapped around and went from
house to hou&e. Sometimes there
would be a quilting, which afforded
much fun. The men would
organize hunting parties. There
were no double-barrel shotguns
and the men did not fool with
partridges. They used the homemade,
double-trigger rifle which
shot 75 to 100 bullets to the pound
of lead. They never measured
by calibre. The fact is, that
French word had not been heard
of by the Piedmont pioneers. It
may be well to state that 38calibre
means thirty-eight hundredths
of an inch; Some of the
hunters used shotguns, singlebarrel,
mostly^gL English mpiif^
The barrels wen*48 to {j^TirtcIH
long and when load^l With buSf
shot, they would wfag do^H
deer at 100 yards. There vjflKa
also a few muskets in the couiH[
that were used in the Revolution
Bear in mind th-?t all these
had flint and ? eel lockfc^'S'^H
expressions as 'pick y&hHrth^Bg
"a flash in the pan," &
powder dry," were in
use in the flint and
period. Expert gunners v^rT
rifles could bring a deer down
when running. While at a stand |
they would be able to tell from
the barking of the dogs when
the deer was approaching. They
would get the range and pull j
down just as the deer's head was j
i:^^ !I.L al. - i i * '
in line wim ine signis 01 tne
gun.
When it came to Christmas
hunting it meant the shooting of
rabbits and squirrels. Several
neighbors would unite and form
a party and then divide into
smaller parties and see which
one could kill most squirrels. It
was considered bad markmanship
to shoot a squirrel below the
shoulders. The expert would
always aim at the head. Often
a good rifleman would kill a
half dozen or more without missing
one, and every one shot
through the head. No one with
any pride would shoot with a
rest. After the morning's hunt
they would meet at an appointed
home and enjoy a hunter's din- j
ner. Turkeys were never hunted
by these parties. The successful
turkey hunter would go alone
or only with one companion. The
hunting of deer was also a
specialty. The deer had certain
ranges. The experienced hunters
knew the best stands. The
stand was a place which deer j
would pass when driven from
one place to another. *** But
by degrees this graceful animal
has passed out of the Piedmont.
It is doubftul whether or not a
wild deer has been seen in this |
county in the last 25 years, unloCO
A?/\ J J ' * *
?<_oo one ou ayea uown irom tne
mountains of North Carolina, j
Shooting matches were not
unusual in those days. Sometimes
they would shoot for a
beef, which was always divided
into five quarters. Prof. Clinkscales,
of Wofford, may know
enough about beeves and "figgers"
to explain how one beef
can have five quarters. The
shooting was generally offhand,
but sometimes with lying-down
rest. The distance ranged from
10 paces to 100 yards. There
was never any apprehension of
accidents from firearms then.
The old style guns were slow,
but they were safe and sure.
After the quilting*, hunting,
horse racing and social enjoyments,
the people would settle
down to work again che first of
January, and then began the
work for the New Year.
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Kenuedy'u Loxatlve Cough. Syrup
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Home-Raited Can aid Neat Pleatifal. ?
"Well I did not make a big: jj
crop of cotto i but ! have some- V
thing: better -plenty of corn and C
home raised meat," said a well (
known farmer, who lives near ?
the city, upon being ask 3d how J
his crop turned out this year. J
And if every farmer in the coun- \
ty was in the same shape?had (
plenty of hog: and hominy, low (
priced cotton would not hurt so #
bad. It is very gratifying to
know however, that the farmers
1 of this county are in better shape
than in former years. And
i while the slump in the cotton j
market may work a harkship
on some, they will not feel the
j effects of it so keenly as they
I did a few years ago. The farmer
quoted above went on to ;ay
that he cut his cotton acreage
this year and he expected to
cut it again next year if he had
i to let the land lay out. And it
will pay him or any other farj
mer too. ? Rock Hill Herald.
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bladder inflammation and rheumatic ; V
pains is dangerous if neglected, for such I
troubles are nearly always due to weak .
kidneys. Take DeWitt's Kidney and I
Bladder Pills, They are antiseptic and /
soothe pain quickly. Insist ui>on De- .
Witt's Kidney and Bladder pillsRegu I
lar size 60c. Sold here by Ardrey's |
drug store. .
Doster Held Guiltless. (
" The case which has been a
pending for some time in the J
Federal courts against Mr. J. E. '
Doster, of this place, in which (
he was charged with certain (
irregularities while in the err- j
I ployment of the United States i
! Government as a rural mail J
earner, has, after careful pri- V
vate investigation, been nol (
prossed by District Attorney (
Holton, for want of evidence (
to justify further Droceedure in a
the case. This ends the matter :
finally, and Mr. Doster stands '
vindicated of the charges against (
him. This will be good news to (
Mr. Doster's friends every- I
where. ? Waxhaw Enterprise. a
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op rH sire to thank
^ customers for the 1
? given us during tin
0 solicit is continual
@ surance that we
g merit it in point of
\% dise and value.
5 May the recoiled
year live as a pleas*
? time that's gone.
H And sorrow?ma
g the goodness and tl
? New Year has in si
And now, a Hapj]
? New Year to our fi
? mers! M^y you li
IL W. KIM!
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A year in the career
?5 marks some in^provement
|9 vancament in ideas?is ceri
c> tor enthusiasm. Such is th
^ ing with us. A new record
Iopnc uic cry or "nard time:
of customers who have helj
due the compliment of clea
in choosing a house with w
is not weighted down with
chandising, nor disposed tc
the demands ot the hour as
Our aim has always been tc
^ service, better goods and
n! could get in any other esta!
secret ot the success of th
g| reason that the year 1908 h
r* last, the last better rhan tin
3 back to the start. We ha<
Sc things just as you have wai
& we have been to a degree s
5 deavor to inprove the next
o! merit to even a greater ex
5a patronage. We trust that
5 on you during the year 19c
K prosperity on your every v<
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ine time, we deour
friends and ?
liberal patronage @
^ past year. We ?
ice with the aswill
endeavor to g
service, merciiantions
of the dying ?
fint memory of a K
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of .1 business house-that a
: in methods?some ad- ^
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led us to this record is
irness of business vision ?
hich to do business that Sic
obsolete ideas of mer- \ fig
> be unwilling to bend to Vx
voiced by its Customers.
> give our customers better fin
better values than they ?
blishment, and that is the
lis business; that is the ?
as been better than the
t year belore, and so on fift
ye tried our best to do ?
nted them, and feel that *
uccessful. We will en- 6$
year in order that we may v |
tent your friendship and
Dame Fortune will smile ?
)9 and stamp her seal of
:nture. X
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Cleaning, Pressing,
aiul Dyeing.
Join the Fort Mill Pressing r J
Club, membership $1.00 per |?|
month. Dry, chemical or wet V
cleaning. Besides Clothing, we
clean or dye Furs, Skins, Rugs.
Mats, Feathers, bleach Straw pr
Panama Hats; old Neckties and
Ribbons made new; cleaning and
dyeing of Gloves. 'wM
'Phone orders to 146, or caii ui,
us up stairs over Parks Drug Co
GUY A. ROSS, Proprietor.
STEVENS I
DON'T BUY A GUN g
until you have seen our New
Douhle Barrel Models fitted,
with Stevens Compressed Forged
| Steel Barrels?
DEMI-BLOC SYSTEM
The mode of constructing theao
superb Trap and Field Gunn is
fully sot forth In our New Shot
I gun Pamphlet.^ Scud two-cent
I stamp for it. /
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111 Aak yoar Dealer
MM ,?v, I for StCTMS
Demi-Bloc Goa*.
Insist on our tnnArr?
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|MR" F.O. BeaSOM
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Indigestion
Our Guarantee Cotrpon
If. after using two-third* of aft.oo bott1*^
Kodol. you can hoiieitly say it ha* rot besl
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nit* time or iiureliane. If it faila to satisfy Toi
return Hie bottle eontaniinir one-third cf lit
meilieine to the <lraler from whom you bouttk
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TRESPASS NOTI' k-HHH
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irn forbidden to hunt, rinh, *
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