The Fort Mill Times.
DEMOCRATIC.
Published Thursday Morn ins*.
B. W. and W. K. Bkadtobd PublishRRu.
B. W. Bjlaoford .... Editor and Manackr.
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Credit Where Credit i* Due.
There are none so blind as
those who won't see. It is high
time for the few South Carolina
and many Virginia newspapers
which habitually deny the North i
Carolina troops credit for their
gallantry at Gettysburg to read
up on the history of the war. j
Wherever there was fighting to !
be done and sons of the Old
North State were available for
the conflict, General Lee and the
other great captains of the Confederacy
did not hesitate to send
the Tarheels into the thick of
the fight, and it is with poor
grace that any Southern newspaper
tries to take the laurelsj
won by the North Carolinians1
and give them to the soldiers of
another State. All the soldiers
of the South fought well and except
in isolated instances did
their duty, and there is therefore
glory for all. But when
we come to consider the efforts
of the soldiers of any particular
Commonwealth at Gettysburg,
the lion's share for bravery and
desperate courage, such as has
seldom been seen and never surpassed,
must be given to the
North Carolinians. "First at
Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg
and last at Appomattox." The
Virginia papers, reinforced by
one or two South Carolina papers,
deny the accuracy of the
quotation, which is graven on
the North Carolina monument at
Appomattox, but they are unable
to prove the inaccuracy of it,
while the "Rebellion War Records,"
the Federal government's
history of the war, substantiates
every claim set up in
the inscription. As to the claim
of the North Carolinians that
their troops went farthest at
Gettysburg, there is positive
proof that not one of the 15
Virginia regiments in Pickett's
charge penetrated the Yankee
lines as far as did the Twentysixth
North Carolina. Further
more adding tne Killed and
wounded of Pettigrew's North
Carolina brigade on the third
day at Gettysburg, viz 300, to
its killed and wounded on the
first day's light, viz 1,105, it
makes a total of 1,405 killed and j
wounded from these four regi- !
ments, which is within 33 of the
loss in killed and wounded sustained
by the 15 Virginia regiments
of Pickett's division. The
newspapers which refuse to give
the North Carolina troops credit
for what they did at Gettysburg
are flying their prejudice in the
face of facts.
Not the Stewart Law.
A Fort Mill subscriber to the
Rock Hill Herald has called the
attention of The Times to an error
which appeared in Saturday's
issue of that paper in which
York county's (Stewart) road
law is made to appear anything
but what it really is. The Herald
copies an item from a recent
issue of the Chester Reporter
telling of Chester's township
road committee recommending
that a road law for that county
be fashioned after the present
York county law, and puts a scare
head over the article which
reads: "York's Road Law
Copied." In the item from The
Reporter we find this sentence:
"That there be a township supervisor
appointed on recominenda
tion of the Legislative delegation
who will work the roads by paid
overseers and by contract system
with commutation tax labor and ;
by hired labor." Farther down
we find: "We recommend that!
the commutation tax be placed
at $3 per capita, or in lieu thereof
six days' work on road."
Evidently neither The Herald,
c
The Reporter nor the Chester
township board is familiar with
the Stewart Law, for it has no
provision calling for working the
mads by contract system any
more than it has a provision calling
for six days' labor in lieu of
the commutation tax, and The
Herald certainly hit wide of the
?:.i "v?n i
11mi iv vviicii ii> aaiu iuj a e> ivuau
Law Copied/'
In our mind Chester county
could not do better than to adopt
the York plan of road work, but
there seems little excuse for
the Reporter and The Herald
getting matters jumbled in this
fashion. Let's keep the record
straight.
The seven banks in Chesterfield
county are live institutions
and are continually pulling for
new business which is evinced
by the fact that each institution
is liberally patronizing the advertising
columns of the Chesterfield
Advertiser. York county
has eight banks, if we are not
mistaken, and all of these, with
one exception, also use printer's
ink cjuite freely. The fact that
advertising is just as essential to
successful banking as it is to any
other line of business needs no
argument, and most of the
bankers have grasped the idea.
Signs at Cross Roads.
There is one law in South
Carolina that is being sadly
neglected, it is said. The law is
of great importance just at the
Cresent time and is destined to
ecome very important in the
future and more essential than
ever before. The law referred
to is the one requiring the pub
lie roads to be posted with
sign boards at all forks or crossings.
It is very clear, but few
of the counties enforce it. Now
that a good roads movement is
sweeping over the State, the
enforcement of the Sign Board
Act, together with the improvement
of the highways, would be
of great benefit to all classes,
especially to strangers passing
through strange communities
and over unknown roads. Any
person who is found guilty of
destroying one of the mile posts
stands liable to a fine of ten
dollars. The fine of ten dollars
will be placed upon the person
who shall willfully demolish,
throw down, alter or deface any
guide post. The county board
of commissioners neglecting to
cause the public highways in
their county to be posted and
numbered and to have pointers
erecetd at each fork of highways,
are subjact to a fine of ten dollars
for every negject.
The Civil Code of South Carolina
has also a section bearing
upon this which gives the county
commissioner authority to erect
such sign boards and charge the
r?Aof tb A TU/v -11
vuov tu tnc V.UUIIIJ'. JIIIC 1UIIUW"
ing is the section of the Act:
Section 1,33". "Each road overseer
within his district may
erect and keep up, at the expense
of the county, at forks or
cross roads, a post and guide
board, or finger board, containing
an inscription in legible letters,
directing the way and distance
to the town or towns, or to
public place or places, situated
on each road respectively.''
August a Cool Month.
The monthly meteorological
summary for the month of August
issued by the Charlotte
weather bureau shows some
1 very interesting features of the
; weather condition, perhaps the
1 most striking being the corres|
pondingly low temperature of
the summer. The mean tem1
perature has been 76 degrees for
August, which is usually considered
the hottest month in the
year. The absolute maximum
for August for 31 fears, was 100
, degrees, and the average daily
deficiency of this month as com'
pared with mean of 31 years is
; .9 degrees.
| The precipitation has been
: 5.16 inches, the greatest in 24
! hours being 1.88 inches on the
! 1st and 2nd. The total precipita;
tion for the month last year was
114.61, which will be remembered
as the heavy rainfalls that did
j so much damage to the crops
1 throughout the South. August
this year as compared with tho
' precipitation for the month of
I August for the last 31 years, has
a deficiency of .66 inches.
August had a noticeable num;
ber of totally clear days, being
' 13 in the 31 days. There were
11 partly cloudy and 7 cloudy
days, and 11 days on which .01
inch or more of precipitation occurred.
Peniel Won, 49 to 1.
A correspondent of the Walterboro
Press and Standard writes
that paper that the "Peniel baseball
nine played the Pine Grove
nine last Saturday on the Pine
Grove diamond. Score 49 to 1."
The errors were not given for
the reason perhaps that the
correspondent ran shy of figures.
^North "Cmro^km ?t^ Crttyi^'g^ ^
The announcement that Col.
A. H. Boy den, of Salisbury, N.
C., has in preparation a history
of the North Carolina troops at
the battle of Gettysburg doubtless
will prove of interest to
many in this section. A number
of North Carolina veterans who
participated in this great battle
have lived in this neighborhood
*u 1 ii
I 0111V.C luc win uuu to tnose wno
survive as well as their descendI
ants and the descendants of the
: Old North State's soldiers gener;
ally the intention of Col. Boyden
is certain to be gratifying news.
In a letter to a gentleman in this
[ place some days ago, Col. Boyden
i states that he will be thankful
| for any information relative to
j the North Carolina troops at
Gettysburg. It is the purpose
of Col. Boyden, as he states, to
make the foundation of his history
the work of the Twenty,
sixth North Carolina infantry, at
, Gettysburg.
No other regiment on either
side during the entire war suf1
fered as did the Twenty-sixth at
Gettysburg. On June 30, 18G3,
the day before the battle began
at Gettysburg, the muster rolls
of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina
infantry made the aggregate
i present for duty, enlisted men,
1885. Allowing 10 per cent, for
extra duty and details, about 800
muskets were taken into Gettysburg
on the first day, July 1,
1863. Of this number 708 were
killed, wounded or missing at the
end of the third day's fighting
on July 3, making a total loss of
over 88 per cent. Thirty-four of
' the 38 officers who entered the
fight on the first day were killed
or wounded and at the end of
the third day's fighting the regiment,
the pitiful remnant of it
that was left, was commanded
by a lieutenant.
Three veterans of the Twentysixth
North Carolina infantry
have lived in Fort Mill since the
war? Capt. N. G. Bradford,
Capt. T. J. Cureton and Private
S. L. Laney. Capt. Cureton, as
I gallant a soldier as went to the
| front for the South's riirhts
I during the four years' struggle,
! participated in tnat sanguinary
i battle. Mr. Laney lost his right
leg at the Reames Station fight,
incapacitating him to enter the
i battle of Gettysburg. Capt.
Bradford was at Gettysburg,
, where he was desperately wounded
at the head of his company,
I, in Pettigrew's heroic charge.
Captured at Gettysburg, Capt.
Bradford was held in Northern
prisons until some time after
Appomattox, meanwhile being
taken to Morris Island, this
State, as one of the 600 Confederate
officers who were placed
on the Federal breastworks to be
shot at by their comrades. It is
the purpose of a grandson of
Capt. Bradford to write a sketch
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!The purpose ol
people of this
opened a First
and to solicit tl^
best of everytb
(opening what
stock of Heavy
to Fort Mill an<
article in our st
I and if fair deal
patronage, we ;
I a success. It v
best goods at t
longer be excus
| to order grocer
I places to make
his table at reai
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of his grandfather's services to 1
the Confederacy for publication J
in Col. Boyden's history.
Do not be deceived by unscrupulous
imitators who would have you believe
that the imitation pills are as good as
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
There isn't anything just as good as
these wonderful pills for the relief of
Backache, Weak Back, inflammation
of the bladder, urinary disorders and
all kidney complaints. Any one can
take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills as directed in perfect confidence .
of good results. Sold by Arnrey'a drug I
store.
Meacham
We are making great pr
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Coat Suit Dc
We have added this line for
department you will find all th
$6.75 to $25.00. These suits a
focturers of New York City.
$10.00, $12.50 and $15.00, Wc
department will be opened.
Hair C
Three Stem Switches, 22 inc
Switches, 24 inch (liner) at $2
These goods are worth a great
All Pure Irish Linen Waists
with tucks and pearl buttons,
as a starter, for $1.00.
Millir
Miss Hinshaw and Miss M;
work getting ready for our Fa
prettier than for several seaso
MEACHAM
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handsome Soda Fountain
for suffering from heat wf
tion and we serve you ^
Ice Cream, C
and Crush
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ie patronage of those
ting to eat. We have
we claim to be the
and Fancy Groceries
J we guarantee the qi
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ing and low prices mei
are certain that this br
vi\\ be our aim to give
:he lowest prices, and
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sure that he is receivir
sonable prices. Our ]
delivery wagon is at
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vrevj i * FARMERS!!
When you need any kind of Blacksmithing,
Tainting, Wheelwrighting
or Repairing, give me a trial. My
work gives satisfaction and my
prices are reasonable.
Horseshoeing is my specialty.
Fred. B. Kimbrell.
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eparations for this season. |
m have we had such a dis
;partment.
the coming season. In this j
e newest things. Suits from 1
re made by the best manu- 1
Our special suits will be
( will give notice when this
Loods.
h, at $1.98. Three Stem !
.50. Puffs, all shades, 95c. 1
. deal more.
and Shirts, neatly made
never sold for less than $1.50
icry. I
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who wish the
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lality of every
new and fresh
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That Lame
Kidney
And to Relieve the Lt
You Must First R<
There is no question about that
at all?for the lame and aching
back Is caused by a diseased condition
of the kidneys and bladder.
It is only common sense, any way
?that you must cure a condition
by removing the cause of the condition.
And lamo and aching back
are not any means the only
symptoms of derangement of the
kidneys and bladder. There are a
multitude of well-known and unmistakable
indications of a more or
less dangerous condition. Some of
these are, for Instance: Extreme
and unnatural lassitude and weariness,
nervous irritability, heart irregularity.
"nerves on edge," sleep
lessness and Inability to secure
rest, scalding sensation and sediment
in the urine, inflammation of
the bladder and passages, etc.
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder,
rills are on exceptionally meritorious
remedy for any and a'l affections
or diseased conditions, of
these organs. These Tills operato
directly and promptly?and their
beneficial results are at once felt.
They regulate, purify, and effoc-,
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blmder and liver, to perfect
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belt breaks, come ?
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want every roan atui woman wlio
have the least suspicion that they
aro afflicted with kidney and bladj
der diseases to at once write them,
and a trial box of theae PIUk will bo
I aent free by return mail postpaid..
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