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FORT MILL TIMES DEMOCRATIC 0. W. BRADFORD, r r EDITOR, j One yunt ... H.OO Six month* . 60 Three months .26 fJn npi.Ucntlun to the publisher, nilVftlitluu rules are pja/je kijaun to |huse Interested. IL.B. I J U. ! -X. . . ?. L THURSDAY. APRIL 15,1909. PASSENGERS ENTITLED TO SEATS. There are perhaps f?\v people who travel on raihoad trains to nmr L .1 ^ ->-l- - 1 ' pujr v.v/uoiuciauit; caieia who nave ' not experienced the inconvenience and discomfort of being defied a seat through the selfish?: ness of some fellow who has! (deposited his hapd baggage in a j seat apd then hiked off to the! praoking compartment or other part of the train, thereby occupying two seats- eften at the expense of ladies and children. The practice probably is more or Jess common throughout the entire country, but that is no reason why it should not be reguJated by the railroads. Apparently the most frequent offenders j in this connection are commercial, travelers, many of whom arrogate to themselves the right to thus occupy two seats, regardless pf the hardships to which they are subjecting others; and if some fellow-passenger is bold enough to attempt to occupy the baggage-laden seat the owner of the baggage protests in a loud rnouth, most often, as is the wont of no inconsiderable number of "drummers," that the seat is 1 his by right of reservation. Unfortunately there are too many people who accept this u 11 war- I ranted statement as a matter of fact, preferring to suffer from Such ViocroMsVmpcis ml Vw?r tVion WUMM p>me embroiled in a personal difficulty. There is not, so far as our information goe3, any law j upon the statute books of South i pirolina touching this matter, Jjut it is safe to assume that if a pise were taken before our courts 1 a decision would be rendered following closely that of the New York court of appeals, which >lds that the placing of baggage 11 a soat in a railway car does not reserve it for the owner of the baggage. In affirming the decision of the lower court the New York court of appeals i establishes definitely for that i State three points: Seats in a 1 t i passenger car are for passengers to sit in; seats are not for goods, i chattelc or baggage; seats con-j taining baggage are, in the eyes of the law, vacant. The Southern railway, on whose trains the people of this section often have to submit to the hardships pointed out, would be safe in instructing its conductors ta follow the 1 New York decision. CftEDIT VICTORY TO ABNEYIf the people ^f South Carolina rfiofer to give the credit to Attorney General Lyon for the recent victory of the State in the dispensary litigation before the | supreme court of the United [ States, The Times has no protest to enter, but we do not hesitate ! to exprcs? the opinion that Mr. I Lyon could not have won this case or any other case in the high Federal court had he depended S)leIyupon his own knowledge of the law to present the interests of the State. He is a lawyer of \ erv limited capacity if reports be true, though it is stated in his behalf that he has been sue- j; cessful generally in his practice before the magistrate courts in 1 Abbeville county. But aside from the minor or major portion of credit to which Mr. Lyon is entitled, all patriotic Carolinians j hre gratified over the State's! < victory and hope that those who l ave been guilty of wrong-doing 1 in connection with the con?: j duct of the affairs of the late . C'rn*-A ,1: ? - ~ -- < ' ' .. laic uiojiciisury wui ue Drought | to justice without unnecessary < delay and at as little cost to the ( people as possible. There is no ! J reason why lawyers of other j ] States should be employed to as^ ? : i-t the attorney general in the < prosecution of the alleged thieves; 5 t here is reason why lawyers of -j our own State should be so em- j ployed exclusively. There are ' good lawyers in South Can^ . 1 1 ta as there are in Georgia or ' j elsewhere, and they should be ' l "-given the preference. Ben Ab- j [ ney the rjct^ry for t '"'i - I ' - ' ' ' - V " State in the supreme court; why pot give him the job of conducting the criminal prosecutions for ! ^he Commonwealth if he will have it? . v V-; C SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. i 1 The people of the country are \ gradually coming to realize that < the South is something more than a winter resort. The possibilities . of its industrial and agricultural j development are better under- , stood every month. The eyes I of the nation are being turned ' toward the South as never be- ' fore. This is due to many reas- , ons, but to none more than to the development work that has been commenced by the Southern < Commercial Congress. This is a ! booster organization. It is prob- 1 ably the largest organization of , its kind that this country has ? known. Its plans are for a ' greater development work than ! has ever been undertaken in any ' part of the country. It is planning now to erect a headquarters buildjng in Washington from , which it will carry on it3 cam- < paign of educating the people of the nation regarding the claims J that the South has on the investor < and the worker. As the South , has great natural advantages? 1 the thing to be advertised ?the boosters' campaign can scarcely ' fail to be successful. It is the intention of the congress to give I its services to the entire South, '! not to any particular nart of it. Sixteen States are represented in the organization, these 16 be- , ing Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, \ Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, j i Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vir- , trinil and Vii-trini* 0 v? ?* ^ww ? i/cita | regarding the conditions and rc- i sources of these States will be collected, interpreted and distributed. The congress will encourage, promote and foster all . of the legitimate industries and < business enterprises being con- i ducted in the South at present >1 and will try to obtain the es tablishment there of other in dustrics. It will search for both i caprtal and labor. Its work is to < be impartial, but the building up the South as a whole will be the ! congress' slogan. The devlop- ? ment of particular localities will 1 be a secondary consideration. The South has made much proj:- ' ress in the last ten years. It 1 j will make much greater progress , in the next ten years because its 1 promotion work will be sys-1' tematically conducted. The Times wishes to express : its good feelinors to our people i t over the prospects for a hand- j some new school building before , j the year is out. This is one of the several improvements for j which this paper has been talking t for several months and it is in-. deed gratifying to note that there is little likelihood that it will fail < of success this time. That the ! people have become awakened to j \ the needs of the town along this 't line, and are eagerly wording to i supply the need, is proven by the readiness with which the ^ signatures were appended to the petition for an election upon the ( subject. The petitions were in ? circulation only 48 hours before a 1 sufficient number of qualified 1 voters had affixed their signa- r tiwes. It is not believed that \ there will be any dissenting 1 votes in the election, and there c should not be; the result should ; * be unanimously in its favor. Do 1 not throw any obstacles in the ! 1 way, but do your duty to the up- c building of the town and educa- j ? Lion of its youth by casting a * vote for the school. a To Vote on "Elect Infant Clause." j" The spring meetings of the ' several Presbyteries over the \ State will be held during this; a and the remaining weeks in a A.pril, and much interest at- d taches to the proceedings, not s anly on account of the usual f local questions coming up for e action, but because the Presby- a Leries this time will be called up- 1 an to vote on the "elect infant11 ilause," from Section 3 of Chap- a ter 10 of the Confession of Faith, f which has been referred to the h Presbyteries by the last General Assembly for vote on a proposed a :hanj?e, which if made will pive "V \ more liberal view of the sub- n je?t. This is the change which s nas been pressed by Dr. J. B. s Mack, of Fort Mill, and John h Temple Graves, formerly of At- v lanta. v . a DoWitt's l.ittlo Early Itis .s. tho h a p (iinwn pillH aucS tho b<>*t pills made, . ire easy to take~aul aot gmtlv and ' iro ocriuin. Wo soil and reuommou I a ? rdrey'a tlra^ storo. a YORK COUNTY NEWS. (Yorkville Enquirer, Friday.) The county board of commissioners held its regular monthly ; meeting in Yorkville last Wed-, lesday, and spent the day principally auditing and paying ac:ounts. There are sixty-two cases on Calendar 1, of the court of common pleas; but there has been no meeeing of the bar yet to de termine which will and which will not be. taken up. It is probable that a special roster will be made when Judge Klugh sounds the calendar an April 11. As to whether there will be drawn a venire of petit jurors for the third week of the approaching term of the circuit :ourt will depend upon the pleasure of Judge Klugh. There is some doubt as to whether there will be work for the third week and Judge Klugh will settle the question next week as to whrthor the jury will be drawn. Andrew Meeks, a negro, was committed to jail last Wednesday on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, the charge growing out of an assault on his brother, near Sutton's Springs during the morning. Andrew used a shot gun, and the understanding is that the wounded man is in a dangerous condition; but his wounds will not necessarily prove fatal. A telephone message from Sharon brings information that Rev. J. S. drier, pastor of the Associate Reformed church of that place, fell in his yard I his morning, broke his arm and is in a critical condition, there being but little hope for his life. Mr. Grier had been ill for about two weeks, suffering with acute indigestion, and his fall seems to have been the result of weakness greater than he was abfe to realize. There are fifteen prisoners in the county jail at the present \ time most of them await ing trial *t the term of the court of general sessions, which convenes next Monday, and these together with the large number of* defendmts who are out on bond promise quite a busy week or more. Fhe names of the prisoners, with ! the cause ef the confinement of each are as follows: Love Robinson, convicted of murder and awaiting re-sentence ;o death; Harper Williams, as?"iuIt and battery with intent to 1c 11; Berry Anderson, larceny; Will Hunt, housebreaking and larceny; Ed Adams, attempt to, commit rape; Will Williams, malicious mischief; Paul Sanders, murder; Levy Ltich, burglary; Wallace Jackson, assault and jattery with intent to kill; Herbert Crosby, housebreaking and larceny; Foy Feemster, forgery; John Lowry, murder; Charley Moss, violating quarantine laws; Jennie Evans, lunacy; Andrew VIeeks, assault and battery with ntent to kill. Harper Williams, Will Williams and Will Hunt are ;o be prosecuted for firing the j iail in an attempt to escape on :he night of January 22, last. When the last issue of The En)uirer went to press the small- , jox situation was quieter than t hud been since the first alarm >n March 14, and since then here lias been further improve- ( merh, rather than otherwise. There have been no new developments of the disease within he limits of the town of Yorkville, that of Peter McFadden, >n the outskirts, being ths first j md only one up to this time. On Tuesday McFadden was thought ,o be out of danger, but on Wedicsdav he had a relapse, sup>osed to have been caused from mprudence, and Lis condition j igain became serious. Informaion today is to the eifect that he s improving and that lie will r ? u. ?- * jrooaoiy get well. I he only new 1 ases reported are those oi Mr. ind Mrs. VV. W. Williams at the fork cotton mill village. These 1 ire the parents of Miss Julia ' Villiams, whose case has been >reviously mentioned, and they lave become infected through 1 lursing their daughter. Mr. ? Villiams had not been vaccin-. ited, but Mrs. Williams has been, J i short while after the disease 1 leveloped in her house. Jeffer- i on Pettu6-, out at the county lome, is still free from the disase. He has been having quite J . painful time with his one arm, . >ut shows no sign of smallpox. . t is thought that he is now safe, j nd there is but little fear of a urther outbreak on the county lome premises. The excitement that was prev- ' lent throughout, the town of ' forkville upon the first develop- * nent of the smallpox on the outkirts, seems to have about sub- 1 ided; but the health authorities j mve in no wise relaxed their ? igilance. Traveling people who t irere for some days a little shy 1 bout coming to Yorkville, have * ;otten a more satisfactory com- } rehension of the situation, and l re transacting their business fa usual. - ^ ? ' * > .. - . - - ?T~"? 11.1 The Circuit Court. From The Enquirer of yesterday it is learned that the follow- c ing cases h-id been disposed of in t York court up to Tuesday eve-! ning: ! j Paul Sanders, charged with t murder, was allowed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaugh- 1: ter, and was sentenced to two t years on the chaingang. Will Williams, Harper Williams y and Will Hunt were arraigned : on the charge of arson, in attempting to burn their way out i of jail last January. They desired to plead guilty, and a jury j was impaneled in order to have a verdict in regular form. The 1 case as to Will Williams was nol prossed. There was a recommtn- i dation for mercy in the c?sc of i -* ! i. -rr wuc wtiid" twu. xiarper wiinJirns j ) was sentenced to twenty years . i and Will Hunt to twelve years. 1 Foy Feemster plead guilty to i forging the name of Mr. E. W. 1 Long on an order ->to the Tliom- 1 son Co., and was sentenced to : twelve months on the chaingang. ] Love Robinson, the negro boy, i who was convicted last summer ' 1 of murder, and sentenced to he < hanged, which sentence was sus- ; pened on account of an appeal to i the supreme court, was arraigned again yesterday afternoon and 1 re-sentenced, Friday, May 14, ] being fixed as the day of cxecu- : tion. - i! The first case taken up Tuesday morning was that of the I State vs. Roland Steele, charged < with housebreaking and larceny. < He was convicted and sentenced ' to two years on the chaingang. 1 Jim \\ hi tenor and LumCavenv, 1 both white, plead guilty of dis- i tilling and retailing and were each sentenced to pay a line of < $100 or go to to the chaingang I for three months. In both i cases, sentence was suspended, i pending future good behavior. Herbert Crosby, a little negro " boy, aged 11, plead guilty of i housebreaking and larceny, and ; was sentenced to two years in the State reform school at Florence. Amzi Gaston plead guilty of assault and battery with intent j to kill and paid a fine of $100. j William Williams, was con- i victed of malicious mischief, | and was sentenced to nine months , ] or one hundred dollars. - 1 Cure For Smr.llpox. ; < A correspondent of the Stock- ] ton (Ga.) Herald writes as fol- : lows: "1 herewith append a re- 1 cipe which has been used to mv ( 1 1 l-i * ivuuwieuge in nuncirecis ot cases. ( It will prevent or cure smallpox, though the pittings are filling, i When Jenner discovered cow pox ) in England, the world of science ! hurled an a\aianche of fumoupon J his head; but when the most sei- t entific school in the world, that . of Paris, published this l'ecipe as a panacea for smallpox, it passed unheeded. It is as unfailing is fate and conquers in every instance. It is harmless when 5 taken by well people. It will also 1 cure scarlet fever; here it is as I ] have used it to cure smallpox: , Sulphate of zinc, one grain; fox- ( glove, (digitalis) one ^rain; half teaspooni'ul of sugar; mix with two tablespoonfuls of water. J Take a spoonful every hour, t Either disease will disappear in 12 hours. For a child, smaller ) doses according to age. If coun- . ties would compel their physicians to use this, there would be no need of pest houses. If you value advice and experience, use1 this recipe for that terrible dis ease.'' Suae I.hits to Farmers. ^ 1J Are you going to cut down your cotton acreage, or the price < Df cotton? One or the other has to be cut this year. A little chunk of a cow that will make 40 pounds of rich yel- ; low butter a month is worth 300 pounds oi' tobacco and two yellow, glass-eyed dogs in the family. iI The time of the year has ar- , rivet! when some people v. ill H spend hours on J.he creek with r hook and line when there are not j Lvvo pounds of fish to the mile in j the stream. In planting corn put in enough J for a stand for replanting is t worth little if not done as soon 2 as the corn comes up. 1 Some inquiries have L?een made r [or seed corn. If you have a hrst-class variety for sale, do a ittle advertising. 1 Two hogs that will weigh 300 }, sounds each will be worth more ^ .0 your family next December r( ,han forty days spent at depots t md stores where you have no jbusiness. J The time has ai rived for you o buckle down to your work six < lays in the week and eleven j -lours a day. Such as that will '.ell. ?Ex. t 1 foil should not delay under any eir j nniRtances in cases of l.idnoy and Sludder trouble. You should ?alce ioni thing promptly that you know is liable. something likeDeWiu'iKid l2 ley and lil adder bills. 'I b<y are nu tqualed for weak buck, backache, in I laiumaiieu of the bladder, rhonnm.ic : >ain<*. etc. When yon ask for Ut-VViit's V iiduey and JUaddor Pills, bo auio you J pot them. Thoy aroantiseptic. Atscopt L 10 substitutes. iiwist npm pitting flio iight kind. Sold by Ardrey's ^rug it ore. imtm ii iwnnwi^H"iiwi ? w m\mm ??p?i The Barometer of Local Industry. If a member of your family lied, would you print the resolutions on a billboard? If your wife entertained, would rou send an account of it to the theater program man? If you were going to enlarge, /our business, would you adver-| tise it in a hotel register? If you were going to have a wedding in your family, would you get out a handbill? You would send such items to newspaper, wouldn't you? Then why don't you put your advertisements in a newspaper? Every man who uses a billboard is adding to nature faking. Every dollar spent in a theater program, in a register, in a di rectory or or in a handbill, is a legitimate dollar taken from the newspapers of your town. The newspapers build your town, Why not help build up the newspapers? There is no better advertisement in the world for a town than a good newspaper. A newspapr" is the barometer of the town s industry. Show us a good newspaper, full 3f advertising, and we will show you a good town, full of live merchants. Billboards are an eyesore; handbills are a nuisance; theater programs are worthless; hotel registers, from an advertising standpoint, are ridiculous. Newspapers are town builders, town advertisers, fortune makers, news disseminators, sermon deliverers prosperity forecasters. They are a necessity, not a luxury. They must be maintained. Without them we would retrograde to the mediaeval days. Don't patronize them from a charitable standpoint. Patronize them because they deliver the joods?that is, if they are the right kind. Cut out the foolishness and work for the upbuilding of your town and State by upbuilding your newspapers? Selected. Fort Mill Fines Cheaper? "The next time you decide to jet drunk, I'd advise you to stay in Fort Mill. You will probably find it cheaper." This was the terse advice of Recorder D. B. Smith yesterday i to Lafayette Jones, a colored man from the town jnst over the South Carolina linr* TT.? i?-? :ourt for intoxication. He stated in reply to a question that he had x little money. His fine was made $o and costs. -Charlotte Observer. "hildr-.u especially like Kennedy's I Lnxutivo Cough Syrup us ii tastes; icnrly as good us maple smgir. It not icals irritation and allays intiniuniuion, thereby stopping the cough, but t also moves the bowels gintly and in .hut way drives the eold froiu the sys .em. It cqptuius no opiates. Stold by ( Xrdrev's drug store. It- YOU WANT \ Steak or Roast that is tender, ; sweet and juicy, I can furnish it. I have* Steaks, Roasts, Chops, I Ham and Sausage, the best that noney can buy. I also handle Groceries and all kinds of Canned . Joods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage ind Potatoes on hand at all imes. See me, it's my treat. W. LEE HALL, 'Phone 29. NOTICE^ We Exchange MEAL FOR CORN. Toll same as that charged by grist mills. Bring us your corn. ----File Cottan Sill Store,. L. A. HARRIS & CO. h\i A RSiON RATES. Via. Southern Ry. TO CHARLESTON.-Account neetingof Shriners the Southern ' >:i vuii way announces very low ound trip rates. Tickets will be sold April 21 and 22. limited for eturn, leaving Charleston not ater than midnight April 2d, 1)09. TO COLUMBIA?Account of dusical Festival very low round rip tickets will be sold April 21, 12 and 23. limited for return, easing Columbia not later than nidnight April 24. 1909. TO S P A RTA N BU1 tG - Accoun t loath Atlantic States Musical "estival very cheap round trip ickets will be sold, April 19, 20, 11, 22 and for trains sched. to ar-1 ive Spartanburg before noon Vpril 23, 1909. Limited for re- j1 urn, leaving Spartanburg not fiter than midnight April 24. 909. TO WASHINGTON-Account Annual Meeting, Daughters of he American Revolution, Washington, D. C., very low round rip tickets will be on sale April 5 and 16 only, from all stations, mited for return, leaving Washington up to and including, M :it not later than midnight April ' 8th, 19 J9. < For detailed information, tick- ' ts, etc, a^iply to Southern Rail:av ticket agents or address, < . L. MEEK, A. G.P. A., AT-M -ANTA, ( A. or J. C. LUSK. ! h P. A., CHARLESTON, S. C. ! . 1 @????????s?e {s | For Spring ? The Spring* seas H with it comes t g cleaning and pre hot weather soon do For the com for 8 fimiilv nc ??. ? 7" c,i ? pearance of you P doubtless be callec a few things in tl I* furnishings. We P and inspect our lii jgj cially adapted to ? mer use. In our st ? Screen Doors ? Porch Bookers, (? orators, lee Bo ? Freezers, Han ? Swings, China ? tings, Orintal ai Art Squres, Lac <?) Call and see our li AVe'll please you. | MILLS an ?@?0????????? ^OgjlL {Mi 1 OUTHLRf I | THE SO'JTH'S G ?i I ^ I iiexcrllt'il Dinint; Cur S< iii Cduvj'iiieut Schedules on "I Tbrouuli Pullniiin Slcepin iJ -ri Most direct route to the Q & For full information as to rate fv.ntliiin I tail way Ticket A | R, <#. HURT, A G. P A,, Atlanta, Ga s '? ^lair^^mi^Iai grgj TO DEBTORS AND ('liEDI'iORS. A1 persons indebted to the estate of J. M. Sprat t, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to us without delay. 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