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npjppp'; The Fort Hill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Morn hues. B. W. and W. K. Bradford - - - Pubummms B. W. .Bradford .... 1 ditor and Managbr, Subscription Rates: One Year ........ ........ S1.0( On application to the publisher, advertising rates arc made known to those interested. The Times invites contributions on live subjects, but does not agree to publish more than 200 worth on any one subject. Tho right Is reserved tc edit every communication submitted for publl cntion. FORT MII.I,. S. C.. SEPTEMBER 1?. A Tirade Against the South. The Waxhaw (N. C.) Enterprise is, presumably, Southern in sentiment and Democratic in politics. It was, therefore, with some surprise we noted that the editor found space in the last issue of his paper to publish as a communication a tirade against the Southern people generally and against the people of South Carolina in particular because slavery once existed in this section and because the Southern people resisted the encroachments of the North in trying to free the slaves and in otherwise defending the righ ts which were guaranteed them under the Federal constitution. Slavery is a dead issue and we have not the time to waste disscussing whether it was right or wrong from a moral point of view, but it is worth while to observe that the black surfs of the S >uth were as much the property of their masters as i9 the cotton crop which is now being harvested the property of the planters, and there was no more justice or reason in the North trying to free the slaves without compensation to their masters than there would be in that section ol the country today confiscating ever.v bale of our cotton. The incident of the fight in the United States Senate between Congressman brooks, of South Carolina, and Senatoi Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, which the correspondent of The Enternriso fancies was the first blond shod in the Civil war, came as a natural re. suit of Sumner referring insultingly to Senator butler, of South Carolina, who was too infirm to resent the insull by cowhiding Sumner, the one mode ol punishment would have flitted the crime, so the chastising of the fanatical abolitionist was left to Senatoi butler's nephew. And we are v.erj glad that he did a first-class job. It took Sumner three years to rccovet from the 'logging which Congressman brooks gave him. Commander Peary has weakened his case by abusing Dr. Cook. At first the public was ready to believe that both men had reached the North Pole. Now, however, there are thousands who have concluded that Peary is a faker pure and simple. It is worth recalling that he warm*! the public not U> take too seriously Dr. Cook's claim of success because Dr. Cook could not substantiate the discovery of the pole by a white man. Now the fact is brought out that neither did Peary have with him a white man when he claims to have reached the pole. Peary says that Dr. Cook's Esquimo companions are unreliable and that their word is not to be believed; but Peary himself must in part rely upon the testimony of Esquimos to prove his claim. Why should the public accept as truth the word of one Esquimo more than the won! of another, and why is it that neither man had with him a white companion on the last dash to the pole? Roth men may have reached the goal which has for centuries baffled the efforts of mankind, and neither may have succeeded; but jt is certain that tlie vindictive attitude of Peary towards Dr. Cook has shaken public confidence in the former. The alleged dispensary grafters arc about to be placed on trial in Itichland oounty and there is every prospect that the most sensational cases which have been heard in the South Carolina courts in years will focus public attention for the next few weeks. There i3 little sympathy for the men accused of steal n?g irom trie state and if they are not convictcd and given prison sentences it will not be due to a lack of damaging evidence. Thus far Attorney General Lyon seems to have directed the prosecution of these men in a wise manner and on the showing he has been able to make of their guilt practically everybody believes that he has them enmeshed so strongly that they will not be able to free themselves ?that is, in the estimation of the public. Whether the accused will be convicted is, of Course, quite another matter. I'olitics is certain to prove an important factor ' in the trials and in Richland county, as i in the other counties of the State, there are men, some of whom are apt . to be drawn on the juries, whose ' political bias outweighs their sense of justice. Up to this time we have not heard of a carnival company asking for license to show in Fort Mill, but would not be surprised to hear of such any day, as there are several now showing in this State. We have never been able 1 *i * - iu ncc uic uuiciiui, ii mere ue any, to be derived cither by the town or its > people from these traveling shows. Our opinion is that the visit of the carnival means the carrying away from ( the town of a large sum of money > which in most cases should have been used in settling honest debts and pro' viding the wcccssaries of life. We . hope that should a carnival desire to visit Fort Mill any time in the future council will promptly refuse to grant it I license. The Columbia State facetiously replies to an editorial which appeared in I The Times last week directing at! tention to the splendid work of the i North Carolina troops at Gettysburg. , | This is one of the tricks?we do not use t the word in an offensive sense?of newspaper writers. When they have a bad case it is much easier to dismiss it in a jocular way than to try to combat facts. The Times proved that the | North Carolinians did hotter work at Gettysburg than did the Virginians. . We are willing to let it go at that. The progressive merchants of the ' j town are making extensive preparai tions for the fall and winter business. 1 and are telling their patrons and : friends of it through the columns of I The Times. It therefore behooves j every reader of this paper to watch 1; the advertising columns and see who ' . has what you want at the most reason ' i able price. Many a dollar may be 0 I saved in this manner. Cupid Busy in Col. Mack's Firm. I { Cupid?that little fellow who strut? about attired in a fig leaf and wearing ; a pair of wings that are so diminutive in I size thutit would be a pity to enter him : in a contest with a Wright biplane ?has I ; been working overtime in the offices of the American Law Dock Company, New York City, of which company Col. ' Win. Mack, formerly of Fort Mill, is 1 secretary and editor of one of the t company's principal publications, "Cy clopedia of Law and Procedure." , ! During the last six months 21 employes of Col. Mack's firm have been married, which fact was noted in a recent issue of the New York Herald as follows: "Officers of the American Law Book Company at No. 60 Wall street, are seriously considering the establishment of a housefurnishing department as an i .adjunct to the business. Twenty-one employes, including some of the men occupying important positions with the , firm, have been married within six months, and apparently the end is not yet, as several engagements are i rumored. "In three cases both principals in 1 the wedding have been employes of the company; in the others, employes , 1 have married outside the office, and, so i far as the young women have been j concerned, the company thereafter has : been without their services. "There are about 125 employes, the i total being about equally divided as to sex, and notwithstanding the epidemic ' of matrimony the majority are still in ! the unmarried class." Hence the consideration by the officers of adding a ' j hcum-furnishing department. ; "As each wedding date has apI proached the fellow employes of the 1 | young woman or young man have chipi i ped in for a present, and the contribui tion plate has been in commission almost 1 | constantly of late. The firm also has i j been making glad the heart of each | marrying employe by giving some sub1 | stantial present?furniture, silver, cut ' I glass or other article ?by which the ' employe may be enabled to remember ! his or her previous condition of serviI tude." ' Gold Hill News. 'j Gold Hill, Sept. 14. ?A two-year-old I child of Noon Bayne died on Saturday ' j morning and was burled at Flint Hill [ on Saturday evening, Rev. Edw. S. i Reaves conducting the funeral service. The little child of Mr. J. D. Gibson, which has been sick for quite a while, ! j is still in a critical condition, i : As for ourselves, our left prop has , about give out of late, which has greatly impeded our locomotion. Crop prospects which were so promising one month ago, have been cut short by wet weather, cold weather, dry weather and hot weather, and in our opinion the present crop will be i light, lighter and the lightest that we , j have haltl since the dry summer of '81 or the wet summer nf '?A _ %> wv. * i w rvv: ? I' I . ? j ' to use Bill Arp's words, "Let us be ' , thankful for what wc have got and if we haven't got anything, why then, be thankful for what we haven't got." It is narrated around is those parts that two men, Cook and Peary by name, j are disputing about which of them ' found a certain Pole, when there is not i one in a thousand who ha* ever heard about a pole being lost. We received a letter a few days since | from our old army comrade, Henry F. Johnson, of Milan county, Texas. He 1 gives a distressing account of crop con1 ditions in that county. He says that a half crop of corn and a third of a crop , of cotton will he a big production for , them this year. And water is scarce, but otherwise he is getting along nicely, 1 i for he is now singing baby songs to his &'lrd child, a girl of a few months. So, from the above we learn that he bar V been in the "infantry" service ever since I862 ~47 years--and we judge is r, well drilled by this time, and no doubt is a veteran of many crosses, ' Mr. Ham D, Smith, who lived just across the line in North Carolina, died T suddenly Thursday night last, aged 73 1 years. He was a veteran of the Civil ^ war. 0 W. J. Coltharp had a fine cow to get tt a leg broke on Sunday last, Mrs. Bowman Merritt, Sr., got a fall o I last week which laid her up for several d days. j Well, ain't.the town of Rock Hill enterprising? They report having several cases of Palagracy over there and poor ! little old Fort Mill not so much as a smell of it. " SPLINTER. Feed the Market Slowly. (From the Union Farmor.) That the cotton crop as a whole will j be short this year is conceded by every; body except a few bears who are reI Rnrtinty to nvorv nlTnrf Knot . ....Q ?w V < V* J v i i V i v W l/uau WV/YYll prices. If it takes a thirteen-million bale crop to keep the spindles running, an eleven or twelve-million bale crop means high prices for cotton if the market is fed slowly, and the farmer is the man who should hold this product until the world needs it. We realize, I however, that our ruinous crop lien and mortgage system will force a lot of "distressed" cotton upon the market during the main gathering season, regardless of demand and regardless of price paid. Hut "distressed" cotton does not hurt the market as much as "scared" cotton?cotton that is rushed on the market by farmers who do not have to sell, but who lose their nerve and also their business sense and pile cotton upon the market "for fear it will go lower." If the white farmers of the South who are able to keep their _ cotton off the market will hold a steady j nerve this year and not overfeed the f market, there are favorable prospects 1 for as good prices as were realized be- I fore the panic, but the best prices can- I not be realized until the "distressed'' I cotton has been sold. By a suicidal system of marketing, ! Southern farmers have been losing an j I average of three hundred million dollars j I annually on the cotton crop. In other j I words, the farmers who have been been laboring to produce the cotton crop have been getting about six hundred million dollars annually for this staple, while the speculators, who produce nothing, get three hundred million dollars. But we should not blame the 8 speculators and cotton merchants. They a are filling a demand that we make. We I refuse to hold a product, which is our | own, until there is a legitimate demand 1 for it and somebody has to take it and | feed it to the markets as it is needed. I We foolishly create a demand which I the speculators liH the position as I distributing agents. It's our own I fault and we ...v I j enough of us get our eyes open. ! Take care of your stomach. Let Kodoj I digest all the food you eat, for that is I what Kodol does. Every tablespoonful 1 of Kodol digests 2$ pounds of food. I Try it fcxlay. It is guaranteed to re- < lieve you or your money hack. Sold I by Ardrey's drug store. * if 1 Announce H The purpose of 1 (people of this ( opened a First-cl and to solicit the best of everythir (opening what v stock of Heavy < to Fort Mill and (article in our stoi and if fair dealin (patronage, we ai a success. It wi best goods at th longer be excuse I to order grocerie places to make s his table at reaso .I is 1 5 and our c I Stew W. J. Stew 1 - ? v*v?l It is reported from Hock Hill that J. I. Cherry, of that city, will organize a mpany to electrify Rock Hill's street ailway and extend the linetotheriver. >o not be deceived by unscrupulous nitators who would have you believe bat the imitation pills are as good as >eWitt's Kidney and Bladder I'ills. 'here isn't anything just as good as hese wonderful pills for the relief of taekache, Weak Back, inflammation f the bladder, urinary disorders and 11 kidney complaints. Any one can uke DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder 'ills as directed in perfect confidence f good results. Sold by Arnrey's drug tore. a Meachan We are making great i Never in the history of this 1 llln\r rvf Vl 5VAAIO* Coat Suit I We have added this line fo department you will find all i $6.75 to $25.00. These suits focturers of New York Cit.v $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00, V department will be opened. Hair Three Stem Switches, 22 ii Switches, 24 inch (fines) at i These goods are worth a gre All Pure Irish Linen Wais with tucks and pearl buttons as a starter, for $1.00. Mill Miss Hinshaw and Miss I work getting ready for our ! prettier than for several sea: MEACHAR ICor The Parks Drug l MACHINE OIL, (SEWING MACHINE Oil FLOOR OIL, j HOUSE and BUGGY PA | DRUGS and RUBBER C 1 Largest assortment of < I TOBACCO in town. STATIONERY of the be: FrPsK a5?nrfm<?nf r>f I C\\ il DIES. | Parks Dm a ilHsvaMBMinMnMnnva III Mil I nil 8 MM *ment ? N< this announcement u city ancl community ass Grocery in the IN patronage of those lg to eat. We hav /e claim to be the ancl Fancy Grocerie we guarantee the q e. Our goods are a] g and low prices m< "e certain that this h 11 be our aim to give e lowest prices, am for any householde s from Charlotte, Co ure that he is receivi nable prices. Our lelivery wagon is ? art & C art. i FARMERS! i i When you need any kind of Black- I smithing-. Painting, Wheelwrighting I or Repairing, give me n trial. My ( . work gives satisfaction and my prices are reasonable. Horseshoeing is my specialty. Fred. B. Kimbrell. : i i & Epps. ^reparations for this season. irm have we had such a dis)epartment. _ - . I r tne coming season. In this the newest things. Suits from are made by the best manuOur special suits will be Ve will give notice when this Goods. rich, at $1.08. Three Stem ?2.50. Puffs, all shades, 95c. at deal more. ts and Shirts, neatly made , never sold for less than $1.50 . mery. dary Thornwell arc here at 'all Opening. The styles are sons. \ & EPFS. bo? job uxauaao c mssasa crwEnaHa? -asaa s 1 no to Company's Store dNTS, J ! iOODS, || 1 CIGARS and SMOKING h If i: Ri it quality. VMEY'S FAMOUS CAN- lii 91 a ig Comp'y. || k^air?xxuuraoiiiim ibiiiii ita.aa?ftay.i i t i raca sw Firm* I dk i i i iyac? i uiiiiiB it**mw*z mi in? I; 3 to inform the r that we have /lassey Building, who wish the e just finished most complete :s ever brought luality of every 11 new and fresh *rit the public's usiness will be : the public the d there will no r in this section S lumbia or other ng the best for "phone number it your service. pj I I!ulp. I O. T. Culp. p i , rwa -HW : '; & . p ^ses?G'??9e?Gf@ | You Farmers ? RS7F3S7TH We are headqu; g and Ties, Cotton i || Etc. We handle jg ging and best 0 bought, and will ^ close prices on the Ginners, if your 0 or send to us for 1 H Rivets and Burrs t g We ^ jlj Y our Cotton an ? will pay the high ? f?i" same. We ha ? rooms, so you wil ? unloading your set | Just R* A shipment of ? Seed. 0 Make our store } ? while in Fort Mill. | The Peop & MILLS & YOU ^ Epssenaat II ji WE ARE ? a i ffl With the patr 8 i 11 ceiv,ing' b,ut ^ G 5 | evidence that || j| customers we || Illl HIGHLY S B | Get your Gro ! H S from us if yot and fresh. E g || grocery line. | || JONES, t That Lame Kidney And to Relieve the La You Must First Re There is no question about that lit all?for the lame and aching back la 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 capse of tho condition. And lame arid aching back are not by any means the only symptoms of derangement of the kidneys and bladder. Thero are a multitude of welt-known and unmistakable indications of a more or 1 l.-ss dangerous condition. Some of1 tlicso are, for instance: Extreme and unnatural las. it tide and-weariness, nervous irritability, heart, irregularity, "nerves 011 edge," sleeplessness and Inability to secure rest, scalding sensation and sedi mum in me urine, mnnmmation of the bladder and passages, etc. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder rills are an exceptionally meritorl"ons remedy for any and a'l affections or diseased conditions of tlie.se organs. These Pills operate directly and promptly?and their beneficial results nre at oneo felt. They regulate, purify, and effectually heal and restoro tho kid* jieys, bladder and liver, to perfect and healthy condition?even In gome of tho most advanced cases. 1 Sold by Ardrev I I N S U R LIFE, HEALTH I represent only the Give me a 'share B. W. BRADf <??s?s?e?s?<s?^ ntion I and Ginners! | L-T MM W arters for Bagging g| Sheets, Steelyards, g the heaviest Bag- ^ Ties that can be H 1 make you very g im. 0 belt breaks, come Lace Leather and ? hat will hold. g N ant 1 d Cotton Seed and jg test market prices ? ve three big seed ? 1 1 have no trouble sceived | Clover and Rye i } 'our stopping place |jj j tie's Store I : NG, Proprietors. ?>) a agr-.'arrw-.a *--^j rri[ -nMnwn (p? .PLEASED |J ; onage \vc are re- j this is only an yv I he hundreds of ? serve daily are I ^ I Si PLEASED. || ceries and Meats g .1 want them nice S .verything in the H 1^ I elephone 14. I ^ he Grocer, j $ BBHBBHHBBPtOBBMHBnfi * m Back Means Disease | imc and Aching Back, ' ilieve the Kidneys E. <\ DoWItt & Co., Chicago, 111., wai-t every man and woman who havq t!io icast suspicion tli.it tUcjr aro a filleted with kidney and bladder diseases to at onco wrlto them, and a friahbox of these IMlls will be sent f;-ee by return mall postpaid., s I)rui? Store. A N C E, I and ACCIDENT : best Companies, of your business. ORD, Agent. |