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' ?> 1 1 '-! ' - jL,. J* -'-i The Fort 111 Times. DEMOCRATIC. ' Published Thursday Morniojp*. B. W. A?D W. E. BRADFORD - - - rX'BLlSKERK. B. W. Bradford . - Er.j-roit and Manaorr, bvssci^iftton kates: On* Year . ....$1.09' On application to the publisher. advertising rnt.bs are marie known to those interested. lire Times invites contributions on live subjects, but doej not aifrev to publish mure than JUrt words on any one subject. The riicht is roserverl to edit every communication submitted for publication. t 1J .Ui i. _! i; * WODT ATM f O P AimUOT r?n?4 VIK.Uf o. jwvjwo I f. f -- 1 1 ' I-.- = ? =?T I The Rage Problem. The southern section of the. United States is not the only' part of the world in which there ; is conflict of political and social equality between the white and black races. In far-away South Africa, where the blacks vastly ; outnumber the whites, conditions are such as to demand the attention of the English parliament, which has just passed unanimously the South African constitutional bill. In the course j of the debate last week ex-Prime J>li?uster Balfour said that the English public in dealing with the question of a constitution for the federation of South African colonies?the Transvaal, Cape Colony, the Orange River Kree ! State and Natal?was discussing one of the most important events : in the history of the British em- | pire. He strongly denied that, it was intended to give the the colored races equality with .Europeans, declaring that so far as the government, society and the higher forms of civiliza- j lion were concerned it would be impossible to give equal re-1 l? i l? i rt * U/i 1 ? ? ^ P|/ui;oii/iiti.; tu tuc tuiuicu niti; : without threatening the whole j .fabric of civilization. This is the view which the j' South has stoutly maintained as j the correct one, and it is gratify-1 ing to read from time to time ! evidences of the light which is filtering into the obdurate heads of our Northern brethren. We have not in the past been j, willing to trust our civilization ;md material welfare in the ! hands of an inferior race and we wi-il not consent to do so in the future. There is no social or political hope for the black man in the South. A Case for York Voters. What is this we hear about a '' nonirv/"?rolio /\f T ?~ uviuwiuiib uiv.itiwv;i ui iiic Jature from York county being 1 an actjvc candidate for census supervisor for this congressional . district and trying to land the ] plum through the influence of; ] his good Republican friend, Ceif- j1 gus Director Durand, upon the equally good Republican powers j ] that be in Washington? It must be true that the Hon. J. Porter : IIollis, York county member of j ] the Legislature, has been en-!' gaged in such an undertaking, ;' otherwise he has been badly j' misrepresented by a naniber of j 1 newspapers which have pre-j3 sented him in this unfavorable I' light.. j What do the voters of York . County who elected Mr. Hollis J1 to the Legislature think of 1 the consistency and party loyal- j ty of the man who will one j year solicit their votes as a true- j blue Democrat and the next year 1 about face and become an ag- gressive aspirant for a job und#r :1 a Republican administration ( which he seeks to land through , ] Republican influence? Is this 1 the degree of Democracy which j' trie people 01 rork county are.', satisfied to exact of the men! < whom they honor with their i suffrages? We scarce think so, ( Unless party fealty is woefully different hereabouts from what t most of us are pleased to be- t lieve, Mr. Hollis will find when i lie next seeks office in this coun- t ty that he is in the all-in, down- y and-out class. < We congratulate Congressman , i Finley upon his success in press- i jng the appointment of Mr. I Lcroy Douglas, of Chester coun- i ty, for census supervisor of the i i Fifth ( ongressional district. The 11 impro.v ion that certain Rock 1 Hill partic.i have tried to create t in connection with this appoint- 1 mentis absurd, to sav the least, i Their suggestion that Mr. Finley i fc** Vi- i was instrumental in defeating the aspirations of Mr. Hollis because the latter had congressional aspirations will not be taken seriously. Mr. Finley has nothing to fear in this connectior. Mr. Finley'a Party Standing. In the September number of the National Monthly, the Democratic magazine established some time ago by Norman E. Mack, national chairman, at Buffalo, N. Y., there is a splendid picture of Congressman D. E. Finley, of this district. The picture of Mr. Finley is one of a group of the four members of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, the others being CongressT T* T I I /if: n r micii u. i. l-iiu.vu \missoun;, Lincoln Dixon (Indiana) and A. Mitchell Palmer (Pennsylvania). Representative Lloyd is the chairman of the committee, Mr. Finley is first vice-chairman, Mr. Palmer is second vice-chairman and Mr. Dixon is secretary. The National Monthly says that wisdom was displayed by the Democratic members of Congress in selecting the entire list of offiicials of the committee. The work of the committee is second only in importance to that of the national committee and extends into every congressional district in the country where the Democratic nominee has opposition. It will thus be seen how the representative from this, the Fifth, congressional district stands with his colleagues and what reliance they place upon his ability as a campaign manager. Mr. Finley has been a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for several years and in the work has devoted much valuable time, without compensation and often at personal financial loss, to the good of the party. The following brief sketch of Mr. Finley accompanies the picture of the Congressional committee: !!Hon. David Edward Finley, of YnrUvilln SI (y ? ?. . .. . ...V, V. I I vpi vocuto the Fifth Congressional district of that State. He was born February 28. 1SG1; is a lawyer; was a member of the house of representatives of South Carolina in 1800-91. and of the State senate 1892-1890; was elected to the1* Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fiftyeighth, Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, and re-elected to the Sixty-first Congress." Tillman Talk* on Negro Question. Senator Tillman continues to warn the people of South Carolina that the negro question is not settled. In a speech at Heath Springs, Lancaster county, Saturday the senator did not mince words in discussing the subject. He said, in part: "The only thing that keeps the negroes from voting or being voted is this, the registration law. Now Mr. Taft is very pleasant and tactful, he has been down South spreading molasses, he is coming again and will see about organising a white Republican party, confer with Mr. Hemphill, get some weak-kneed Democrats to join his party. If Lhe notion is got into their heads 30,000 negroes may be mobilized and led to the polls and voted. "Then what will be the result? The 15th amendment declares that no man shall be debarred from voting on account of race Di- color. "The number of negroes is still increasing as sure as yonder sun shines in the heavens. Unless we can get the 15th amendment repealed the time will come when these negroes will be mobilized and voted by sharp white men. [ tell you there is devilment brewing when Tnft comes in South Carolina with molasses. His purpose is to mobilize the negroes and use them in dominating Democratic States. Whoever says we have no race probem is an idiot.. We want to be iberal and kind to the negroes, nut they don't know anything tbout government and never will. White people are going to rule South Carolina no matter how nany Republicans between Cape ?.od and hell say to the contrary.'' There is evidence to substan; 4 ^ o l m?n ? ' ouiuaor unman s claim iiat the negroes are still taking in active interest in politics, and hat the day is coming when the vhite people of the State will igain have to reckon with them is a factor* in politics, not only n the government of the State, Hit in the selection of representitives in Congress. The following item, anent the dispensary ?lection last week, sent from 'lolly llill, Ilerkeley county, to ;he Columbia State, and pubished in its issue of Saturday, is lot without interest in this conlection; jt tends to prove the | senator's claim: "The two colored pastors did , much good work and secured many dry votes. One colored man went among his people with the advice: 'Look hvar, men, liens done out, you'd better vote wid de buckra!'" The Times, along with tHe public in general, sees the need of an arrangement at the Southern passenger station whereby the crowds can be prevented from crowding up to the cars. At times it is wellnigh impossivble for passengers to alight from and board the trains on account of the throngs which gather there for no other purpose ap- j parently than to see and be seen. The autnorities should, if posi sible, do something to remedy this condition. ? No Boll Weevils in This State. j The statement of Dr. W. D. ! j Hunter, in charge of the South ern field crop investigations by: j the government, denying the re- ' ; port that the Mexican boll weevil j had invaded certain sections of | South Carolina, will be read with : 1 interest by the farmers of this section. "Announcement has recently, been made by prominent parties . in South Carolina," said Dr.; ; Hunter, "that the weevil was j ; present in that country, and that: it was discovered that it was j committing considerable damage \ throughout the cotton growing district of that State. The dej partment of which 1 am in charge , , has looked into the matter for i j the reason that we are always on the lookout for new weevil colonies far ahead of a general invasion. The result of the in- j vestigation which we made] brought forth a report of denial i ] from the agent who had been | sent to that territory. "The insects which it was re- ' ' ported were damaging the cotton ; I in South Carolina were identified j by several prominent people as j j ; being the Mexican cotton 1k>!1 | weevil. The report of our agent; ! describes the insect in question ; | as having absolutely no general ] j or other resemblance to the boll | weevil, and says that they do j j very little damage to the cotton 1 ( I crop. ; "We are keeping in touch with j' j the country there, and will head j j oif any approaching weevils that i ! may be mierratinir that wnv At I ; the same time we are keeping: up I I our search for weevil colonies | which may be found at any time, j and always run down any rumors : I of newly infested localities. In case anything is found on which ( j to base such a rumor we under- ' take to stamp out the colony. "At present we are getting! j ready to make another examina-: I tion of the cotton growing States ! ! to the conditions incident to! the boll weevil, and will have a j report touching on the result of i | this examination ready within a j short time." How People Traveled 80 Years Ago. The Rock Hill correspondent of ^ the Charlotte Observer tells of j i ' an old copy of the Camden Jour- i ! nal, in the possession of Mr. ; ; R. B. Cunningham, of Winthrop, j j which contains a number of j j interesting facts concerning the ! town of Camden in the year " 1832. Among the advertisements < in the paper the following ap- j pears: ; Charlotte and Lancaster Four | Horse Post-Coaches. Leave Camden and Charlotte every Sunday and Wednesday, and arrive in Camden and Charj lotte the next day in time for j the Columbia and Charlotte. stages, and the north stages in ! j Charleston. The stage fare is 0 1-4 cents per mile. Passengers who take this stage in Camden i will pass through Lancaster, ' Charlotte, Concord. Salisbury, ..Lexington, Greensborough, Caswell. C. H., and Milton, N.' C., ! to Fredericksburg, Va, To 1 Washington, 05 miles by Steamboat. At Lexington the roadsi fork, the middle one passing j through Danville, Lynchburg, i Chariesville, Culpeper, to Alex! andria, to Washington, 8 miles by Steamboat. From Lynchi burg, a first rate line of Stages to bweet Springs, run three times a week. The stage leaves Charlotte at 9 o'clock a. m. for Lexington. artd to Salem on the same evening." The above lines are equal to any Western States -they are furnished with the very best of horses and most careful drivers 1. - this is a delightful part of the world to the passenger; he has a vie\V of the handy works of provjdonce, of the high mountains and the low valleys. "At j Charlotte he has three hours for | viewing the Gold Mines." ; ^ The stage fare is $33; the time from Camden to Washington 6 days and a half; and the pas senger has from 4 to 8 hours sleep each night; he is out a day < and a half longer than on the lower route, but saves $4 ex- t pense. Stages go from Charlotte to Catawba Springs, Lincolnton, Rutherford. Statesville and 1 Warm Springs, Va THE GRAVE OF A CHILE* IN THE CITY CEMETERY. Away off in a neglected lot in the Fort Mill cemetery is a little grave, barely three feet in length. The lot and grave are overgrown with grass and weeds ; and neither bears evidence of j having received kindly attention j for years. Indeed, it is probable i that of the many who have visited the cemetery in recent years not more than a score have seen the little grave. At its head is a small wooden slab, now all but rotted away, the only token of a child that came into the world many years ago to brighten and bless for a brief season the home of its parents. Then the little one, stricken with a malignant fever and unable to withstand the emaciating ravages of the disease, passed out into: the great beyond, leaving be- j hind a sorrow-stricken home. Shortly after the death of the child the parents, compirarive cf rnn(Tpvc rwAt'n.l nvii., unnv-UiUi (1\ , tlllU I not until a few days ago had any- : thing been heard of them in this J community; so far as the peo-j pie here knew they had gone j the way of the child. Few remembered that the family i ever lived here and they were I as seldom thought of as the child's grave was seen. But the : grave was not forgotten ?by one. j It is the last resting place of a! child whose memory is loved as; devotedly by its father as it was on that far day, 20-odd years ago, when the little one was taken. Late one afternoon some weeks ago I was standing in the shade of a tree on the lawn in front of the Presbyterian church, watch-1 inga number of little boys play- j ing ball. My attention was di- > verted from their play by the' approach of a buggy, whose oc- j cupant drove up to within a few j feet of where I was standing and hitched the horse. The man's face did not seem to be that of a stranger--1 thought I bad seen him before?and as is the custom of South Carolinians, ! I said good-evening. The man returned the civility and presently we were in conversation, I doing most of the talking at first, for it was evident the man was none too glad again to meet with Dne he had known here many Shoe Sale! We have placed cn ?ale cu Fords at a tremendous reducti< Edwin Clapp's $6.00 Oxforcla Bostonian $5.00 Oxfords at__ 4,00 " " . 3.50 " 3.00 " Oxfcrcs wrrth $2.50 at _____ " 2.25 at This is certainly your chanc< low class prices. You can, a rxear Xmas, so come on at one MEACHAM ll _ iTN _ |i & ne afi Of the town is under th |i handsome Soda Fountair ?{? for suffering from heat wl Ij tion and we serve you Ice Cream, C and Crust || to be had anywhere. W || refreshing drinks and sen | to-date manner. Our Fc 8 and sanitary in every resp | Try "Fa >3 The popular new drink I Parks Dm Sw nam ?'<B nil > TTBfnHI I m CAR LOAD RECE We have all kinds of Bugg ^ide or End Spring, Open cr T >n a Buggy. Come and see tf Our livery is complete and p W. F. HARRIS & S< ' --T~ - ' - . /ears before. This discovery ^ wa3 enough to arouse my curiosity and to impel me to continue the conversation. After we had talked for a fewminutes the man, noticing that I had observed a 3mall buneh of flowers which he carried, ap i parently from a sudden impulse began to tell me of his life since he resided here and of the purpose which brought him. back not, however, before expressing the hope that I would not mention his name to any one in connection with his visit. j "Perhaps you will recall," | said he, "that I, with my wife and child, resided in Fort Mill some years ago. After the death I ai i r* * > *\r \tt nn/1 t 1 i VI VUl VL1I1V4| IIljr >> 1 I v UlIU 1 \ decided to make our home in another section of the country. Less than a year had passed; after we left here when I went; home one night to find that my wife was missing. Of course I; was terribly distressed over her j disappearance and at once began ' a search for her which has not i ended to this day, but my ef- 1 forts have gone for naught, fori I have not been able to find the j least trace of her. "Why she left, I have never i known. We had had no dif- j rerences to which I could at-, tribute her reason for going \ away. The mystery which sur- j rounded her disappearance, to-' gether with the irreparable loss i we had so recently sustained in the death of our only child, all but overcame me. I determined J to leave the town in which we j were living at once and have since been as 'a rudderless ship on a shoreless sea.' never stay-1 ing in one place longer than a few months. No one could know : the sorrow her disappearance: has caused me. Now I am old [ and almost worn out, but-1 have come back to this place once' more to visit the irrave of mv; child. Through all the years ,' that have passed since my home I was broken up I have had my ( face and "heart turned full to the i | imperial glory of the Master's', throne and some day I shall ' find that for which I have so ' long looked in vain on this ( earth." ( Take Kodol at tho time when you feel I . what you have eaten is not digesting. ( Kodol digests what you eat so you can / eat sufficiently of any good, wholesome . food, if you will just let Kodol digest it. I ( Sold by Ardrey's drug store. ! { Shoe Sale! | " | r entire line of Mens' Ox- ( :>n. Note the following: i i at $4.90 3 90 I 2.90 M 2 50 i! 2.35 1.75 ; 1.50 i 1 f i . . i i ! < e to get nigh class goods at ^ nd do, wear Oxfords until ^ e before sizes are broken. [ & EPFS. | | ol Spot J mumujuw.ui 1 ii ? ii iia?PJI P e big Electric Fan at our I 1. There is no excuse I len the big fan is in mo- I with the most delicious >eam Soda t H i ied Fruits e serve all the popular || re them in the most up- |1 untain is handsome, new |1 ect. IS n Taz," I I of the baseball fans. E g Comp'y. 1 s! BUGGIES, Surries, Wagons U and Harness. | 'IVED TO-DAY. ;ies Rubber or Steel Tire, op. We can save you $10 lem. rices reasonable. TELEPHONE NO. 28. _/FORT MILL, S. C. { ' SG????SHS^<X>??f? | The Peop 9 The Fastest Growing , 1 SOME' jg 1 N~ X * r- A n *?T -I gj is J)U lents Worth 5 We give you a < g cash purchase and ? worth of coupons U 50 Cents 0 (Wholesale bills 0 This includes ( g Dry Goods and Gr 0 except Feed Stuff, g oats. If the pi 0 you get a coupon; q get a coupon, and 0 alike. Come in an g the big cash registi 0 the trade checks w g The Best goods i g Highest prices ? produce. Come to | The Peoj ? MILLS & YOU ?9???????????? I x&ae&xixaavie a# ? v-, S" i~> ? 1 tor all t V August is the long, di the grocer sells the ch Canning Time is Her W We sell the best F ru: db at the lowest prices. R Absolute cleanliness i R part of our Meat Mar R nice Steak or Roast. | JONES $ "Everytliiri That Lame jvidney And to Relieve the La You Must First Re There is no question about that | at all?for the lame and aching bark Is caused by a diseased condition of the kidneys nnd bladder. It is only common senso, nny way ?that you must euro a condition by removing the cduso of. tlio Condition. And lame and aching back nre not by any means the only symptoms of derangement of the kidneys and bladder. There are ft multitude of well-known and unmistakable Indications of a more or less dangerous condition. Pome of these are, for instance: Extreme nnd unnatural lassitude and weariness, nervous Irritability, heart irregularity, "iforvos on edge," sleeplessness and inability to secure rest, scalding sensation and sediment in-the irrine, Inflammation of the bladder and passages, etc. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Tills are nn exceptionally meritorious remedy for any and a~l affections or diseased conditions of these organs. These rills operate directly and promptly?and their beneficial results nre at once felt. They regulate, purify, nnd effectually heal and restore the kidneys, bladder nnd liver, to perfect and healthy condition?even in some of tho most advanced cases, 1 Sold by Ardrey INSUR FIRE, LIFE am I represent only the Give me a share B. W. BRADF >0? ?e?<s?&??es| Ae's Store Store in York County THING 1 W I Anything To Yg?i ? ^ coupon with each ^ when you get S20 ^ we give you free in Trade | being excepted) ?\) ? werytliing in our & CO ocery Department, such as corn and O ircliase is 1 cent % if it is $50.00 you ?>) everybody shares g id lfet us show Yvm Jjj) . cr and explain lunv g ^ 1 ' A ?* ?l it Lowest prices. p paid for country $ * see us. ? CP _ -1 de s Store | NG, Proprietors. (Oj o Month | he Folks. ; vi I "y, dull month when eapest. & e* oj it Jars and Rubbers | | s demanded in every ket. Try us for a ft i the: grocf"r -x phone; no. 1^ &c tg to Eat." Back Means Disease me and Acjiinc: Back, ilieve the Kidneys ^ want every man r.r.rt woman who havo the ieast suspicion that they uro afflicted with kidney and bladder diseases to at once write them, and a trial box of tbc.se Pills will bo sent free by return mail postpaid. r\s Drug Store. ?>t. > -OrvT.-' ANCE, J TORNADO. I best cf Compaies. of your business. fi ORD, Agent. |