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I The Fort Mill Times. i _______, f FORT MILL. S. C.. DECEMBER 0. 1?09. ^ THE LAST Cf RECONSTRUCTION, A. B. Williams in Richmond N?wa-Leader. j November 7, the 33rd anniversary of the final overthrow of ' the reconstruction governments in the South! In the year 1876, November 7th, in the States of Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida, especially, was looked to with dread and nope. It was the day of the general election. These States, as officially deQPnKorl of fLnf fi'mA wvi.iwvu at tuat, tunc wcic ai tutu . camps. The negroes, carpetbaggers and scalawags and their ; camp followers and dependents j had normal majorities,. ranghig from 50,000 to 20,000. The native white people were gen- j eraliy enlisted as Democrats. As a matter of fact, they were giving no thought to party principles. They represented home ] rule and white rule locally. The fights were the most desperate * and spectacular in the political j history of civilization. In South Carolina and Louisiana, on the ] face of the returns as they came ] from the polling precincts, the 1 Democrats had majorities. The legal authorities, the returning boards, composed of State of- 1 ficials calling themselves Re- ' publicans, but really the most intelligent elements of the scum " intent on plunder, threw out \ enough Democratic majorities, on the grounds of fraud and | intimidation, to give the States : to the Republicans. Unquestionably the fraud and intimidation existed. In a scuffle like that j nobody thought much of the fine points of law. The negroes and their carpet-bag leaders defraud- ' ed and intimidated where they 1 had the power and the opportunity. The white men rode , their neighborhoods whooping J and shooting during, the night, fired cannon at daylight, repeated from precinct to precinct as long a* their horses would hold j out and without hesitation shot * up and burned. hostile ballot boxes, beat hostile election officials and obnoxious negroes i over the head with the barrels of long navy revolvers and when it i became necessary for the exigencies of the occasion, turned loose bullets into the persons of < unduly stubborn opponents. In South Carolina the conditions were especially dramatic. * In the early, part of December, 1876. two houses of reDresenta tives were occupying the same hall in the State house with two ['/> speakers sitting side by side, E. < Lji W. M. Mackey, of Charleston, ' |fl& presiding over the Republican nouse, William H. Wallace, of 1 Union, presiding over the Pemo cratic house. Sitting so close I together that either could touch I the other with his hand, each B declined to recognize the ex- i J' istence of the other or of the I house presided over by the ] B other. The white men and their i || few negro allies had walked into ' B^the chamber stiff-legged with Winchester rifles inside their ] Bflwrousers and stores of six shoot- 1 and ammunition in their i H overcoats. On a Sunday night ! ^Gen. Wade Hampton, supposed 1 KB to have been elected governor by i '; taSF$iie Democrats, while Daniel H. ! ^ Bhamberlain was officially dej^aBfcared by the Republican repa^ferning board to be the governor, P^^Bceived an anonymous letter inIRrming him that during the IjOTmght several hundred desperate IBpgroes brought up from Char- i gBfeton and officially commissioned I BV deputy sergeants-at-arms of | II ill tB WHIm I V? All OA iifAIlM V%VAolr nrvrl l Iiv-, vvv/uiu uitaa anu i uil 1 Democrats or slaughter < id that they would be < jp by the United States 1 i regiment being quar- i Columbia and under the i ders of President Grant, i ?re sent out by telegraph c 3 courier. Special trains died into service. At c ; Monday morning the i rts were piling in by s nd pelting headlong on cs of horses, driven at 1 ed, every man armed, t f them veterans of the * irate army trained to < te fighting and eager for ? nity to know again the i 3 exhilaration of battle t smell of powder smoke, i Hampton had concentrated in Columbia probably 8,000 armed and fighting men ready to sweep away the Re- I publican government and to go t against the United States regu- 2 lars. The rank and file of the 1 United States army, consorting * with the South Carolina people, t had given it out confidentially t that if called on to fire on the f Red Shirts they would "bust h?1 out of the stars," the plain c meaning of which was that,! they would fire over the heads of j1 their antagonists and permit * themselves to be run down and * captured. Probably their of- I ficers understood vei^wel^^^i purposes oi the men and wouM _i 3 Tillman Hits Money Power. Senator B. R. Tillman was in Vugusta a few days ago and while there gave out the followng interview: 'I believe," he said "that the recent Federal court decision igainst the Standard Oil company s like the $29,000,000 fine and I im going to watch which way ;he pieces fall before I throw up hy nat and start a hurrah. It ilways appears to. me that in wery such decision of the United States courts the judges fix it so ;hat their millionaire and multimillionaire friends can slip out jasily. The law was passed ten pears ago and why in the thunier didn't Roosevelt jump into ;hem and raise the devil with them instead of shouting aloud md tearing his hair about what lie was going to do? I am going to, and the people of this country 3hould also, watch the grafters like a hawk, for I expect that they will find it an easy matter to sliD out and co thnir wav nn punished. If a nigger or a poor white man steals a small amount of money or some little goods he goes to the penitentiary. But let a high financier make off with millions of the people's money and he is presented with a chromo and hailed as a hero. "About the mine disaster: It is not for the national government to attend to the punishment of the irregularities existing, but the States should be held to account. The Illinois horror is only a repetition of another result of the greed of capitalists, x The clamor of the States for national aid is a bad thing and it is rapidly destroying the belief of the people in State government. The recent utterance of President Taft for the health of the country to be placed under national control is all wrong for the health of the people was always intended to be regulated by the police laws of each city or State." Railroads Treated Unfairly? Editor Fort Mill Times: Very few people seem to be familiar with the injustices the railroads have to suffer. As a rule all railroads have a rightof-way which extends sixty feet from the centre of the track and it seems that the public invariably turn their livestock out to roam the countrv at this time of year and, as is often the case, they get on the tracks of the railway and are killed by some passing train. The owner then has a nice large claim to file against the corporation, his stock is always the best that is going and he must realiee a nice sum in order to replace the killed animal. This right-of-way belongs to the railroad company and why should they be responsible for the stock killed on their property? You might contend that the railroads should stop their trains, which they should do if possible, but it is impossible for them to always stop as .the stock may be. on a curve and, besides, it is dangerous for passenger trains to apply the emergency brake when they are going at a good rate, of speed and it is especially dangerous for passenger trains to apply the emergency brakes as some passenger mav be standing in- the coach and may be thrown violently against something. It is certain the railroad company would never be able to collect anything from the awner of the stock to pay for the injuries received by the passenger. It appears to me it would be a good idea for our Legislature to :ake this matter in hand and project the railroads against such niustices as t.ho "? ? ~ ?- V..V M. Villi V/WUO XL C Ulir )f the greatest benefactors our country has, in fact, they make che country. Erase the railroads from our great United States ind what would we have to transport our grain, cotton, merchandise etc. ? I was informed by a railroad pfficial that his livestock file ?or the past five years only showed two cows that were not 'full blooded Jerseys." It hardly ooks reasonable that the country has so many Jerseys. There nust be something fascinating lbout a railroad track for Jerieys. Why not give the railroads their rights and make ;hem give us ours? Sllh9PriKoi? M fc/fcJVA. * Lancaster, Dec. 7, 1909. ?? The 7-year-oId-son of B. F. Martin was run over by a freight rain and had both legs cut off ibove the knee in Gastonia last Friday. heir demands. Blood is thicker han water and it was a race ight. That was about the last serious , lemonstration of the reconst rueion and Republican governments n the South. The rotten fabric I fell to pieces in May when Hayes, >y some juggle or ? mysterious >argaih, never yet clearly rehaving been counted in ^ president, withdrew the Wt 9 THE ESKIMO AT HOME. The New York Press has an article giving some facts about the men who made it possible to reach the pole?the real Eskimos. Following are a few extracts from the article in The Press that will doubtless be of, interest to the reader who is searching for North Pole information: "The Eskimos are the filthiest people in the world. They never wash, not even face and hands.The smell of their fur clothing and secretions from the skin causes a stink about their persons, and especially in their igloos and tents, that is unbearable to tenderfeet. "Living in huts of stone or ice in winter, in sealskin tents in summer. Eskimos never marry in the sense we use the word, but mate like animals. Swapping of mates for an indefinite time is common. Furs are used for the common family bed, and everybody from father to babe ctrmo ofovlr r?olr nrl oun^/o otai rv. naacu u^ivjl^ ittiring. "Eskimos are all children, contented, peaceable, honest and hospitable, without rules and without ambition for fame or power.. They live almost entirely on raw animal food, and this explains the absence of a number of diseases which are common to civilization. Salt water contains iodine, and all sea animals as well as all who eat them uncooked, absorb more or less of this pickle chemical substance. "Scurvy, so common and deadly among early Polar explorers, is totally unknown among Eskimos who eat raw meat. This iodized raw food also explains the absence of enlarged tonsils, glands and goiter. Their perfect, splendid teeth and strong lower jaws mark them completely carnivorous. The exclusion of vegetable food has shortened their intestines, and indigestion is unknown. One would suppose their pure flesh diet would cause biliousness, etc., but the large percentage of oil in their food acts as a gentle laxative and protects against all harms. The Esk eats with relish old rotten blubber that would stagger a buzzard. "Esk's skin, though covered with filth and vermin, is smooth as satin and totally free of disease or blemish. The very fact that these people fear and hate washing in water may account for their fine'Arctic'skins. Exposure of hair to midnight sun for three months of the year favors hair growth. Baldness is unknown, and even time seldom bleaches the hair to gray, and at 60 it is still real black. Their snecial senses are' verv keen and eyesight seems undiminished by age. Consumption is unknown, nor is there any skin or bone form of tuberculosis. But when brought to the United States they contract consumption in most virulent form. Of six brought to New York all contracted the disease in less than six months. One who returned to his Arctic home made a quick cure. "It is well known that the long Arctic winter, with its depressing effects on body and mind, often upsets the best balanced nervous system, even of the native. But this hysteria vanishes with the summer. Explorers have suffered in the same way, and two have committed suicide. In summer Esks get so full-blooded that nose-bleeding is very common. "All degenerative diseases that cause so much suffering and death in civilization are absent from the Eskimo. No arteriosA Ovtl A*U A ACM VIVIUOIL, Ullgllt O UiaCOdC, tilrhosis, diabetes, cataract. The pure, sterile Arctic air contains no germs, but Esks invariably take a bad 'ship cold' when they go aboard white man's ship." Worse than Pellagra. Barnwell People. There is among Southern cotton mill operatives a general and increasing ailment, of which physicians and politicians teye made no note. It affects all ages, men, womerMind children. The sufferers lack appetite, ambition and energy. Nostalgia is the name given it in the medical books. It means homesickness. In long standing cases tne only cure is a change of location, occupation and diet. These mill victims are longing for the country life that they abandoned so cheerfully from one to a dozen years ago. They are hungry for the free work on the farm, for eating the products of their own hands, cornbread without Western pellagrous >. germs in the meal, peas, pota-! toes, collards and cane syrup, all the week and chicken pie on Sundays, sausage aud spare ribs toward Christmas. Land owners in need of repentant tenants may find it to their interest to let the mill people know that there is work and welcome for them in the country. , \ < . * GET TH CHRIS EDITIO efrt IB 1 H DC & SUNDAV, DEC South Carolina's leading i the news of the Capital City try at large up to the hour < will be devoted to interest poems, etc., and the entire < I trated. The Christmas State teresting newspaper?the bi| ever bought. Send in your < W. R. BRADFORD, F Phone No. 112, I Don't Go 2* And say you could n< we have it. M Our exclusive businej ^ only the purest good; lowest prices. Comj Jr our goods with those - town. Send in your ' i * #X pnone 14 ror every eV demands. V We don't keep eve U everything to^eat. | JONES, *^F ^F t gjjgggj B The above brands an jSilj Highest Quality) and Li tjjjifl prepaid. Send for free price-list. Pur Prices on the above are as follov !t Hunting Creek 13. Cooper's Laurel Valley 3 Couch's Pride 8 Macdon 3 Jacco 3 Original Cascade. |I8 00 per caseRemit P. O. or Express Mone] first express. No charge for jugs or pa< J. A. COUCH, THE J. A. McDC Eat You want of t\ Kodol wil You need a sufficient amount of {food wholesome food and more than this you need to fully digest it. Else you can't {fain strength, nor can you strengthen your stomach if it is weak. You must eat in order to live and maintain strength. V A iuu must not a let, necause t lie body requiros that you eat a surticient amount of food regularly. But this food must be digested, and It. must be digested thoroughly. When the stomach can't do It, you must take something that will help the stomach. The proper way to do Is to eat what you want, and let Kodol digest the food. Nothing else can do this. When the stomach is weak it needs help; you must help It by giving it rest, and Kodol will do that. Sold by Ardre m ^ Jk,'\ IE JTMAS N OF Htrt e. EMBER 19, 1909. newspaper. It will contain all , South Carolina, and the counnf publication. Special pa??es :ing Christmas articles, stories, edition will be beautifully illus: will be an immense, "live," inggest FIVE CENTS worth.you srders early. 't. Mill Representative at "The Times" Office. ~ 1 i Home 1 3t find it. If it's good to cat 5s is to sell to our customers 5 in the grocery line at the ^ 3are the quality and cost of W* ! of any other merchant in ^ orders by messenger or over ^ thing to eat your appetite g rything to eat, but we sell ^ The Grocer, | 1>^P^ ft/^F */^Ft^F f^F ^^^F ra-FinMrir.il !?J?^ macdon ISREY I li I I e widely known as the "BIG &&4?5^n >f flavor will suit every taste. "JvVifc^i iWest Prices. Express charges W/R e Food guarantee covers all of our brands. Ns|\\ >al.2Gal. 3Gal. 4 Gal. 40ta. 6 Qts- 12 Qt. 00 95 60 ?8.25 910.00 93.25 $5 00 9* 25 25 6 25 9 00 12 00 4.00 5 75 10.00 W//i .75 5.00 7.35 9.65 ? .50 6 60 9.50 12 00 3.75 5.35 9.73 NV=S uu 3UU 8.25 10.00 3.25 4-7 5 8-7S f Order, and goods will be forwarded by :king. Every thing in Wines and Liquors. Manager Shipping Dept. ||? JNOUGH COMPANY. Tfifll Richmond. Virginia [//r: What ie food you need 1 digest it. Our Guarantee Go to your druggist today, and purchase a dollar bottle, and if you can honestly say, that you did not receive any benefits from it, after using the entire bottle; the druggist will refund your money to you without question or delay. We will pay the druggist the price of the bottle purchased by you. This offer applies to the largo bottle only and to but one in a family. We could not afford to make such an offer, unless we positively knew what Kodol will do for you. It would bankrupt us. The dollar U>t tie contains2141 imes as much as the fifty cent bottl6. Kodol is made at 1 he laboratories of E. C. l>e\Vitt & Co., Chicago. y's Drug Store. *| /|V vevlue ^ when you get shoes j with the name Selz \n on the sole. That's our reason for sell \\ ing them; we know that every pair we sell is giving our customer XX full value for the money; Sclz t^lc ^iggest value posRoyal '^^^^^ble^ Look for this CLOTHING, HATS AND We have a full line for Boys and Men and during this month we must convert a big portion of this stock into cash, as we are going to move across the street soon and add other lines to our business. It will pay you to see usHbefore buying. McElhaney & Co. | Don't Buy Grocer-1 | ies Until You H <>+ ^ 4 + * See Ours *1 _ * e-aar?Jt- v. . rar^-wuuo. .r^/'rrr rraa? ? .. ? ?> o e + |< I'Otn t no ll:>\" nnv (M\nn.vl 1W/-K 1 -J 1 *- * - -"V viwv/i u u^iiv.11 ? *_ Iictvc IIUU UUL LWU ft objects in view the making oi' a reasonable profit and t*, ^ ^ ft the accommodation of our customers. Our long record ft 44 ft is before the public. ft <>+ We have the best appointed Grocery House in this sec 4 44 44 tion of the State and give the best of service and prompt- 44 I .* est delivery. Our prices arc always as low as heavy buy- <; ' t ft ft ! ' ing. a due regard for quality and our long experience can 44 44 . . <?T> ft *,ve- ft ft ft ' >* We use every known d v ice that will help sales or make 44 It ^ our service periect and. < r phone orders'are attended to 44 - 44 ^ with as much care as we give personal ones. Our custom- ^ * ersget the closest prices at all times. 22 , || During the present year our business has increased im- < T. mensely and the house of Mills & Young stands as the ? synonym of the best of everything in the Grocery Line. ?t + This space is too small to begin to enumerate even a v 11 small portion c?l our line stock, but if it's anything you +1 ii wish in the a Grocery Line. it. I: THE - PEOPLE'S - STORE. 1 a % MILLS & YOUNG, Proprietors. ^STABLISHBD1B37 SLSSmBS? JOHN WHITE & CO.. Loumyilia KT. i -f.j' iri/ii'TMB