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SBSJK^; v .' ' <*>,*Ta ';v'v. " FORT MILL TIMES!' DEMOCRATIC ! s W. BRADFORD, - - EDITOR. ! j Ont rear S1.00 I i Sl>c month* 60 1 Thr** mouths ' On application to the publisher, ad- I t t vertlslng ratpa ure made known to | lliuet Interested. tj IJ.1SJ ! ? 1 I. ? 1- - l.'.Jl - i THURSDAY. APRIL 22. 1909. { ? luJ .t ?JL .-JL JMS A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING. The Time3 is, of course, in 5 hearty sympathy with the move- s ment now being prosecuted in this community to issue bonds 1 for a- new school building, and it c is gratifying to learn that the ef- ? /\^ 4- ??*Ua n wn nnflirol f lVllO Ul mvac >YIIU flic UI.UYCIJ * interested in the proposition are \ meeting with very little opposi- t tion. No argument should be i necessary to convince any one1 f who is acquainted with the condi- t tiona at the public school in our s little city that a new building \ which will afford ample accom- I modation and modern improve- 1 ments for the children of the i community is a pressing neces- ji sily. The old building which has ! f been used for the last third cen- j tnry has long since served the, j purpose for which it was intend- ; r od. It is unsafe, unsanitary, an- j tiquated and and entirely too j t s nail for present day needs. It ^ s is in a remote section of the, ^ town, and therefore too inaccessible to a majority of the pupils. It is on one of the streets on i v.hlch little work has ever been j i done, which fact often entails ( hardship upon the pupils in going to and returning from school. Mud in our streets is not uncom- 1 mon. but in Academy street there < are so many different kinds of' mud in bad weather and it is of | such depth that the street is.J -often all but impassible, necessi-11 fating unnecessary physical exer tion for the children to travel j over it. The way to eliminate j thes? backward and deterrent! ^ conditions is for our people to get j f together and vote the bonds nec- t C8:a*y for a new building. If i the parents of this community J owe their children anything, it is ^ a decent building in which to i send them to school. Little won- ? der there are many boys and 1 girls in town who actually feel: j that their parents are perse- j, cu'cing them by sending them to $ school in the old academy that j ? serves as an apology for a school building. There is noth- ] ing attractive about the place; it is not even comfortable. A new y building is an urgent, pressing! J necessity. It should be of gen-:1 erous proportions, built upon ( modern lines and centrally located | i LEVER'S RECREANCY. ( In the congressional elections J next year the tariff thieves, ^ otherwise the Republicans, doubt-! less will be able to use with no j little effect against the Democracy the fact that a number of j Southern representatives have j , proved recreant to their duty and violated one of the first prin- j ciples of the party to which they owe allegiance by voting against j -llf^proposed amendment to the ! Payne tariff bill placing lumber } on the free list. The action of these Southern representatives; [ is nothing short of traitorious; in ! aligning themselves with the' A blood-suckers they have become : A recruits in the great army of j A political corruption, selfishness ( ?| and greed; they have done whatj |P they could to rob the Democracy j | of its prestige and power as the a nnn rrrnn nrtlitionl nrnranivafirtn VHV V.UV, WtVUI v/i , * in the country which time out of ; 8 mind has preached the doctrine of tariff for revenue only, there- f by ensuring to the humblestciti-! zen in the land equal opportunity c . by equitable taxation. This * political recreancy is of peculiar!*3 i interest to the people of South [ Carolina since one of the State's ! c representatives, at least, has ? proved unfaithful to the people | f and unmindful of the plank in 1 * the Denver platform which de-; * rnanded the immediate repeal of j r the tariff on lumber. Repre-. a sentatiye Lever, of the Seventh j \ district, was unable to withstand ' s the pressure of the handful of 1 1 imbermcn who went from this ? State o.i a special mission to ? Washington to influence the;fh South Carolina congressman to n disregard the interests of the ! Jj great mass of o?r people by1 a ':<v'^' -'' '** ' vl'- *fgH| 'oting to continue the iniquitous lystem which enriches the few it the expense of the many. Mr. l>ever, it is generally understood. < s a candidate for the seat now ' leld in the senate by 8. R. Till/ ' nan, in the event that Senator Tillman does not offer for re- ; Section, which he probably will \ ioc ao, owing- to declining health. The fact therefore that Mr. ' liever has gone over to the enemy , >y voting for a tariff on lumber jecomes a matter of especial con- : :em to every Democrat in the state. He has thus proved himself to be the wrong man to i ilect to the United States senate. ,n the event that he is a candi- 1 late for re-election from the seventh district next year, it is o be hoped that some man vhose loyalty to the interests of he people and whose party < ealty is unquestioned will deeat him. The Democratic newsrnpers of the Seventh district should make it a part of their business to impress upon Mr. ^over's constituents that he has loisted the banner of Republicansm in defiance of their interests md in behalf of protection beneiciaries. Every voter of school district ^o. 28 should go to the polls Tuesday and cast a vote "For Sonds." This is an obligation hat you, as a citizen, owe yourself, your children and your leighbor. A vote for the bond issue \ neans a vote for the greatest mprovement ever attempted in >ur town. | Don't fret about other mu-1 licipal improvements; they will | :orae later. Vote for the school. ; It is to be hoped that the dis- ] >enting ones will be few and far jelween in Tuesday's election. The Circuit Court. In the ca3e of the State vs. J. 2. Wallace, charged with assault md battery with intent to kill, ;he jurry returned a verdict of fuilty of simple assault and the sourt imposed a senetnee of $5 ine or five days in jail. The ine was paid. Wallace Jackson, charged with ; issault and battery with intent j ;o kill, was allowed to plead guil- j ;y of assault and hattery of a; ugh and aggravated nature and , vas sentenced to pav a fine of >75 or go to the chaingang for line months. He paid the fine. Levi Leech and Samuel Hilton vere convicted of larceny and jentenced to three years each. William Porter plead guilty to /iolation of the dispensary law ind was sentenced to three nonths or $100. Lohn Lowrv. indicted of mnr. ler, was acquitted. Andrew Meek, charged with issault and battery with intent ;o kill, was acquitted. Henry Robbins was convicted )f violation of the dispensary aw and sentenced to pay a fine )f $100 or go to the chaingang for three months. In the case of John Parrot, Vrthur Holmes and Clarence iolmes, charged with house>reaking, the solicitor nol prossed he indictments against the first ,wo on terms. Clarence Holmes dead guilty and was sentenced ,o two years in the penitentiary >r on the chaingang. Lula Powers plead guilty to he charge of assault and battery >f a high and aggravated nature ma was sentenced to pay a fine >f $25 or imprisonment for three nonths. The fine was paid. Everett King, a negro boy 13 rears of age, was acquitted of >f the charge of murder. "Not guilty" was the verdict >f the jury in the case of W. R. lurgess, who was tried upon the iharge of breach of trust with raudulent intent. A verdict of not guilty was endered in the case of J. M. Mexico, charged with assault tnd battery with intent to kill. C. H. Feldman plead guilty to he charge of violating the dis>ensary law and was fined $100. The case against W. H. Winlie, charged with assaulting W. ). Grist, was continued upon re luest of the prosecution. I ?The present price of flour is pausing housewives to sit up and ake notice. During the past ew weeks the price in all grades ias increased almost one-fouth, md the end probably is not yet. , rhe bakers of the country are iow making smaller loaves, for, it the present price of flour, they vould lose money on each loaf \ old were it not reduced in size. Children especially like Kennedy's I jutative Gongh Syrnp an it tastos i early as good as maple angar. It not , eals irritation and allays inflanimainn. thereby stopping the congb, hot t also moves tht> bowels gently and in hat way drives the cold from the sya cm Zt contains no opiatoc. Sold by irdrer's drufc store. \ "AV 4 ' tmi ?f a Mm( >MHflnW> Cast. The jury in the case against Marshall Steele, tried in York court the past week on the charge of assault with criminal intent, cm Saturday returned a verdict of guilty of simple assault and the court imposed a sentence of 30 days' imprisonment or a fine of $100. The finding of the above verdict marked the closing of one of the most remarkable cases ever tried in this section of the State. The beginning of this trouble, says a press despatch of the 17th, was on Saturday night, February 6, when a lady came to Rock Hill from Lancaster, to meet her husband, from whom she had been separated for seven or eight years, the husband having just received his discharge from the United States army, had written his wife to meet him there, but the husband's calculations miscarried, and the wife after alighting from the train and not finding her husband, secured a colored hackman by the name of Price Cloud, and was driven to her uncle's. Steele was at the depot, and bein*? an almost exact counterpart of the husband, the wife naturally gave him a searching glance, which Steele claimed was more than ordinary, and one that might be expected from a woman of the world. After she was carried to her uncle's, the driver returned to the city, and meeting Steele told him the lady he had just carried was looking for some one to meet her, ana from the description given Steele filled the bill. Steele told the negro that if he thought she was "all right" to go and get her and that he would be in the pool room. The negro returned and informed the lady that a man wanted her uptown, and the negro described Steele. The lady, thinking that her husband had sent for her, came with the negro, and was driven up in front of the pool room, the negro going in and informing Steele that he had the lady. Steele went out* to the carriage, which was a closed one, and on opening the door was greeted in a very affectionate manner by the lady. She called him by her husband's name and he indulged the deception. The negro was instructed to drive, and the couple was driven to the outskirts of the city. Wh3t happened in the v.c*i i i w ao mil 1U1IV UIV/U^IU out at the heal ing before a recorder's jury, as Steele was being tried for disorderly conduct. On this charge he was convicted and a fine of $100 or 30 days given, from which he appealed, but the evidence showed conclusively that the lady thought Steele her husband and Steele was just as sure he was not her husband. After considerable parleying the driver was instructed to drive back to town, Steele telling her he was sorry the mistake had been made and that he thought her a perfect lady. The driver was told tc take her to her uncle's, and that gentleman learned of the affair. He immediately had a warrant issued for Steele's arrest, and he was tried as above stated, on the charge of disorderly conduct in tht city of Rock Hill. On the charge oi attempted rape before Mayor Beckham he waived examination and was bound tc court under a $500 bond. Respectfully Referred to Mr. Bailes. Editor The Times: I have read with much pleasure the recent articles in your paper from Z. T. Bailes, of Flint Hill, and had about concluded that he was one of the best posted men in the community. His views on the leading questions of the day are good, and his recollection of interesting events during the wai are very entertaining. But, Mr. Editor, can you or any of his friends tell me where he was and what he was doing along about May 21st, 1896, when more than 1,500 people congregated in Fort Mill (only about 5 miles from his home) and with appropriate ceremonies unveiled a handsome monument erected to the women o 1 the Confederacy by Capt. Samuel E. White and generously donated to the Ladies' Memorial Society. He says in his article of April 12, in speaking of the monument to be erected to the women ol the Confederacy at Columbia, "Let us build one at Fort Mill; our women deserve to be honored; let us build it before they all die." Now, Mr Editor, the only excuse I can find for his forgetfulness or ignorance of what his neighbors have been doing in the past ten years is tnat he does not come to see us as often as he should, and if you will jog: my memory about it when he comes down to pay his taxes next fall, I will take him down to the Park and show him this beautiful monument. If he wijl spend the day with us, I will also take hirn for an auto ride over the city and show him our pew $10,000 school building, mjles of new cement walks and macadamized streets and handsome residences. S. Mr. W. M. Kimbrell was up from Columbia Saturday. TW MiriiliiWi Cihbrttiia. Special to The Timet. Charlotte, April 21.?Work on the mammoth reviewing stand, from which President and Mrs. Taft will review the parade during the Twentieth of May celebration. will be begun in a few days and completed in time for the big event. Seats to the t- IJ _i. AA 1 sloiiu win ue sum at $i.uu eacn while $2.00 will be charged for several reserved seats. President I Taft will make his address im mediately after the parade. Or.e of the special features of the E recession will be the floral exibition. The Colonial Dames, Children of the Confederacy and other patriotic organizations have consented to take part, their organizations to be represented by members not only of Charlotte, but also from-other sections of this and adjoining States. There is every indication that the city will have within its borders more people than ever before in its history. Every town in North Carolina will be represented and a large number from other States will be present. It is estimated that not less than 100,000 people will be here on President's Day. All railroads ! have offered special reduced ! rates. : Flint Hill. i Flint Hill, April 20.?Since our last communication we have had fine showers and all kinds of vegetation has taken on new life, and our community is blessed at i1 present with health. ! I Planting is well under way, i and from observation it would seem that cotton acreage is being ; increased instead of reduced. ! Some of our neighbors have i plowed up their pastures and i filled in the gullies to plant in i cotton. And that isn't all, we are using more guano than ever i before. One of our farmers has ; advised some of his renters to : use a ton of guano to the acre. . j Such manoeuvers doesn't sound :; much like reduction. If it does, i! then I don't know any thing about | the business. { Cotton is bringing 10 cents, j and a few of our neighbors, who i seem to be both lucky and rich, j have been in the market. W. T. McLean, James R. Miller and 0. f H. Bailes have each gotten off nice lots of the staple at 10 cents and I have no no doubt they are . feeling good. I hear on good authority that lots of our old veterans are in! mates of the poor houses of our 11 State. Brethren, it makes me 11 shudder to think of this state of affairs. Every man who served in the Confederate army deserves ; better treatment in his old age. ! Let us do better for our less for' tonate brother soldiers. I think t every Southern State should have a soldiers' home. Some of them i have, and I have seen a few that ' 1 were good ones, too. I will refer i you to Mecklenburg county, N. C. ; One of the most prominent men >, of Charlotte said that the only , mistake made in building the Mecklenburg home was that it ; ought, to have been built in Char! lotte on one of the^^ost impori tant streets and called a hotel. ; My informant was Mr. Geo. B. t Hiss. Now, let us get our home j at Columbia furnished and take | our comrades out of the poor > houses. The name "poor house" doesn't sound good to such men. It sounds too much like one who said, "Live horse and I will give you grass." I don't know what j my end will be, but do don't let me be taken to a poor house. Such places beat no home at all, I but we all deserve better. . Z. T. Bailes. ! How to Grow Tomatoes Successfully. k 1 * The seed should be sown in boxes or hotbeds in February, and as soon as large enough > thinned. They should be put in I a cold frame, four inches from ; one another until they develop t fibrous roots and become strong ; enough to bear the change to s open ground. When the plants . are ready to be put in the garden . the ground where they are to be f put must be properly prepared I and fertilized and holes dug 3 1 feet apart. Pour a quart of water in each hole and set out [ the plants so that their tops will ; be below the general surface of f the soil. Several important advantages will be gained by set; ting out the plants in this way. First, the plants are easily proi . ?i ??- ?? *- -* I tccieu in sucn position irom tne ' frosts. Second, the cutworm ! does not like to go down below the general surface for his vic;! tim. Third, the tomato plant has ; to bear the brunt of the hottest ; season, and if its roots are deep i! in a well manured furrow it will : withstand heat and drought. ; When the fruit has become < about half grown put a wagon ! load of pine straw on the bed, i close up to the roots of the plant. This will keep the ground underneath damp and will protect the roots from the sun. When fixed this way with straw the bush bears for a longer period than it would otherwise. DoWitt'B Little Early Risera, tho bout known pillx and tho bout pill* wade, are ea*y to take and not gently and are cortain We *ell and recommend them.?Afdrey'a drag More. - .v ~ * _i_ Capt Bum (u G. K. I. B S. ^ Editor Fort Mill Times: Jl A great deal of genuine pleas- j ure has been ??ven me at the C notices in the dfe'ly press of the ( State over the announcement of the candidacy of my good friend 3 and brother knight, Capt. Ed- J mund Bacon, of this city, for j the office of grand keeper of v records and seal for the Pythian C domain of South Carolina. The j candidacy of Capt. Bacon should 1 a be of equal interest to the (J knights of Fort Mill because of, 5 4Lm 1 -1- !- 1*1- I ^ tue warm xrienusnip wnicn ex- % isted between the late Dr. J. H. ( Thorn well and Capt. Bacon, it j having been the pleasure of * Capt. Bacon on three occasions ; to nominate Dr. Thorn well for V the office of grand keeper of v records and seal. % ( It has been my good fortune * to be associated with Capt. / Bacon during his encumbency of : the office of grand chancellor J and I know something of his v Pythian work and the interest! ( he has always taken in the # upbuilding and spread of Pythian- * ism in South Carolina. Truly I J it has been said of him that ' 'he j V is a knight without fear and with- ! j out reproach." He has risen j ( rapidly in the order, being elected , t grand prelate at the second con- | * vention of the grand lodge he | J attended and afterwards filling V the chair of grand vice chancel- ( lor and grand chancellor, r$- ( | spectively. I wish it were so ! j I so that I could write at length I ji of the good work which Capt. J J Bacon has done for Pythianism, j V but I do not wish to trespass up- 1 ( on your space. It is sufficient to j ( say that no more worthy, whole- i / | souled, competent knight could , * j be elected to the important of- IJ 1; fice of grand keeper of records j' and seal than Past Grand Chan-' ( , cellor Edmund Bacon. I can ( only hope that at the convention j of the grand lodge to be held in * ! Charleston in May next, the J ' knights of the State will place ' him in the office which his friends ( know he would fill so acceptably. ( J. C. C. LEVY. ( Columbia, April 20. 5 1 ... t . ?-.LI-.. " IF YOU WANT , V I A Steak or Roast that is tender, ( sweet and juicy, I can furnish it. ( I have Steaks, Roasts, Chops, ( Ham and Sausage, the best that1 ( !; money can buy. I also handle 11 Groceries and all kinds of Canned i Goods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage ? , and Potatoes on hand at all , times. See me, it's my treat. W.LEE HALL, I 'Phone 29. i NOTICE. We Exchange MEAL FOR CORN. i Toll same as that charged by grist mills. Bring us your corn. ----The Cotton Mill Store, L. A. HARRIS & CO. EXCURSION RATES. Via. Southern Ry. j; 1 TO CHARLESTON.-Account j [ meeting of Shriners the Southern i \ j Railway announces very low ' ! round trip rates. Tickets will be j ' j sold April 21 and 22, limited for ; ; return, leaving Charleston not 11 laver than midnight April 23, 5 1909. if TO COLUMBIA?Account of ;1 Musical Festival very low round 1 trip tickets will be sold April 21, | 22 and 23, limited for return, i leaving Columbia not later than J miHr.irrV>f Atsm'I OA 1 Crf\Ci ' .iiumgiib npin i/t, X?7U>7. TO SPARTANBURG - Account J j South Atlantic States Musical ? j Festival very cheap round trip j i tickets will be sold, April 19, 20, | i 21, 22 and for trains sched. to ar- | I i rive Spartanburg before noon i 1 April 23, 1909. Limited for rei turn, leaving Spartanburg not | later than midnight April 24. i 11909. For detailed information, tickets, etc, apply to Southern Railway ticket agents or address, J. L. MEEK, A. G.P. A., ATLANTA, GA. or J. C. LUSK, D. P. A., CHARLESTON, S. C. ?~? SEE THAT SPOT? \ How did it get there? Don't know. Never mind; send the trousers here or, better, the * suit, to be pressed, cleaned and 2 { repaired if need be and you will 4 never know there was a spot on ^ it. , Our charges are moderate. < FORT MILL PRESSING CLUB. < 'Phone 146, ! . e mmmmtmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmammtmmmmmmmmmm ?se000O0se0si? I For Spring 5 The Spring seas< g with it comes t] g cleaning and pre] 8 hot weather soon t g For the comfort g family, as well as g pearance of youi ? doubtless be called % a few things in tli |j furnishings. We X flnri inenrw.f nni? li* A ? V% A A 1 *J |/V V I. \/ III III cially adapted to mer use. In our st Screen Doors i Porch llockers, erators, Ice Bo? Freezers, Han Swings, China tings, Orintal ai Art Squres, Lac< Call and see our li We'll please you. 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