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^ ^Li. fifl * . , *; . r , ,\ ?T.^.i>^?L,: "*? '7^. . ;l v'. The Fort Hill Times DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Morn in as. B. W. * W. ft. Bradford Publishrr W. R. Bradford, Edito B. W. mtXui'QKD Manaof Subscription Rates: Ono Year SI.I Six Months .1 '?p ; On application to the publisher, advertisin rates nre made known to those interested. Tho Times invites contributions on live subject but docs not airreo to publish more than 200 wore on any subject. The riaht is reserved to ed every communication submitted for publicatioi Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. FORT MILL. S. C.. DECEMBER 23. 1909. I'D BE A BOY AGAIN. I know it's folly to complain Of whatsoe'er the Kates decree; Yet, were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish would be; I'd wish to be a boy again, Back with the friends I used to know For I was, oh! so happy then ? But that was very long ago. Eugene Field. Old Santa Glaus is on the pre gram to make his annual house to-house visit tomorrow r.igh and The Times hopes the goo< ^old fellow will not overlook an; JRPbf the little boys or girls in thi community. We wish all of then a merry Christmas. Our advice to John J. Hemp hill, ex-congressman from thi district, is that'h^ accept the ap pointrnent as .commissioner of th< District of Columbia which it i: said Tai't will offer him, if he ha: any hankering for public-office Hemohin is all in. down and ou in South Carolina politics an< Pmilrl iimror "hnnn Kn . vfvi I.VMV- tv ciccicv to ary office here. Some days ago a number o: Rock Hill citizens were observec boarding the train in Charlotb for home with their arms fillec with packages. We would sugges to these and other citizens of Rocl Hii! who rind in necessary to g< away from home co supply theii wants that it would be mor< convenient and less expensive t( come to Fort Mill to do then shopping. They would find ii profitable to read the advertising columns of the Times. With the single ""exception o1 Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. Cook alleged discoverer of the Nortl Pole, appeai*s to be the most colossal faker any living mar has ever seen. The consistorj of the University of Copenhagen, to which Dr. Cook submitted the evidence of his claim to the discovery of the polo, says in effect that the Brooklyn doctor is i swindler. It is now all up with Cook and he will do wpII to koor out of the public view in the future. There are few left tc say a word in his behalf and he can not hone ever to rehabilitate himself in the confidence and respect of those who have stood by him in the midst of the doubt and uncertainty which have existed as to the validity of his claim since Peary first branded him a faker. The second trial of the Tennessee night riders charged with the murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin at Reel foot Lake has resulted in a mistrial. There is nothing to occasion surprise iri the refusal of the jury to convict these men. when one stops to think of the highhanded, outrageous way in which they were "railroaded" into the shadow of the gallows in their first trial. This paper has no sympathy for murder or murderers, neither does it indorse such farcical trials as was accorded these men when they w^re convicted at the bayonet's point and sentenced to be hanged some months ago. The supreme co n't of Tennessee very _ 4.1., J - * ^accorded! them a new Ui ll. and our prediction is tnat they wi!i yet be acquitted as a result of the treatment accorded chem under their martial law trial. . The best grade of cotton brought 15 cents on the Fort Mill market yesterday. Few bales were sold. Seed were bringing 45 cent t ho bu ; 7 % ;J8S ?' J* . DRANESVILLE FIGHT RECALLED. Three Fort Mill Soldier* Killed and Another Lost an Arm. 8 Mr. A. H. Mefritt, Sr., is one * of The Times' good friends who _ was in town Monday morning from his home in Gold Hill and dropped in to pass the time of day. While in the! office Mr. Merritt recalled that 48 years ago to the day he contributed his left arm at Dranesville, Va., to the j cause of the South in the War Between the States. The battle at Dranesville was unexpected, being more in the nature of a skirmish than a regular battle for K which both sides had made prep50 aration. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, the gallant and much loved Vir '* ginia cavalier, was in command B. of the Confederate forces, cornis posed of three or four regiments * of infantry and a part of the " cavalry of the Army of Northern _ Virginia. No great loss resulted to either side from the engage ment, but it cost the life of three Fort Mill men, Lieutenant Fred MoPre, and Privates Sam Huflfman and John Faris, all members i of Company B, Sixth South Caro! lina infantry. This company was j commanded at the time by Capt. .. j (afterwards Colonel) John M. White and was recruited largely | from the young men of this community. Mr. Merritt was wounded early >- in the morning and was carried f- to a negro house some distance t from the battlefield. There he j remained until the afternoon of the following day when he suc " i ceeded in getting word to some s | of his comrades of his condition, t) i They responded to his request for help and carried him to the Confederate hospital at Centreville, 20 miles away. His wounded arm was amputated on Christs mas day, 1861, and the operation - was performed in part by Dr. e Babcock, of Chester, father of s the present superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, s Dr. J. W. Babcock. Mr. Merritt was a boy 17 years old at the t time and he was so greatly dis1 tressed at the loss of his arm I that when he awoke to learn that it had been taken off he gave way to tears, the superintending surgeon of the hospital having f assured him before administer1 incr fHp pthor fnv tto 0 V..W XVI III N-' V/ Jltl anuil 2 that the limb could be saved. J Mr. Merritt is one of seven ' brothers who went from this, I township to the firing line for II the Confederacy, each of whom > did his duty as a soldiei. Three j r i of the brothers were killed in ! j battle and the four others were ~ more or less seriously wounded. } The brothers were: Thomas, [* James, Bowman, A. H., Henry, t William and Newell, the last I r three being the ones who died on the battlefield. j. Popular Young Man Bereaved. J. C. Hunter, prescription clerk ' in the drug store of W. B. Ar1 drey, received a telegram Saturt day morning from his parents at i Owens, Laurens county, telling r hir.i of a distressing accident which resulted in the death of ' his 7-year-old sister Friday even; ing. In some way the little girl's - dress caught fire and she was so , t badly burned that she died a few t hours after the accident. Mr. ' Hunter left for his home, via Charlotte, immediately upon re1 ceipt of the telegram and reached i home in timo tr? v.vvx,.lV4 VIIV^ i UIILI) al of his sister. He is a popular ; young gentleman whose bereave| ment will be regretted by his j many friends in this section. I Help the Postal Employes. Considerable trouble is exJ perienced, especially during the i Christmas holidays, at the local 1 postofhce by the careless and insecure wrapping of packages and parcels intended for transmission through the mails. Postmaster ' Massey wishes, therefore, to rei quest the public to exercise more care in the preparation of this . class of matter before it is , posted. It often happens that the flimsiest kind of cotton cord is ; 1 used to tie up packages and par eels and this cord not infrequent; ly breaks with the most careful , handling, necessitating work on the part of the postal employes j , which should be done by the sender. It is also well for the sender of packages or parcels to put his name on the. outside wrapper so that they may be returned in the event the addresse cannot be located. Left* I -M- .. The express shipments of Christmas liquor to Fort Mill shows a marked decrease compared with the amount received here during the holiday season for the last few years. The decrease in receipts is attributed to the delay and greater inconvenience now experienced in procuring liquor, since it mtist bei ordered from ]>oints several hundred miles farther away than Salisbury, N. C., the city , which supplied most of the liquor , ; for this place before the prohibition law in North Carolina went into effect the first of the year. i The ordinance against shooting j fireworks in the fire limits will , be enforced. iv | < * * ^ ' . ^ *??-.* Local Building Note*. Frank D. Lee, local ticket agent for the Southern railway, on Saturday bought a lot on Spratt street from T. B. Spratt, near the home of the latter, on which he will at once erect a residence, to be occupied by himself and family. The contract for the building, which will contain six or seven rooms, likely will be awarded Mr. Lee's fatherin-law, W. T. Beamguard, a Clover contractor. Work on the building will commence about the first of the new year. Mrs. Jennie Spratt has award ] rr tt rv eu io v. tsracitorri the contract for remodeling and enlarging her residence in "Sprattville." Contractor A. A. Bradford has recently finished the construction of a number of small brick cottages at the plant of the Charlotte Brick company, two miles south of town. The cottages are to be occupied by colored laborers of the brick company. Work was begun several days ago on the Main street building i which is to be used as a store room by Fite & Hoover, the Charlotte merchants who are to engage in business here as soon : as the building is finished. Work on the building has necessarily been slow on account of the rainy weather of the last few days, but the contractor hopes to finish the building by the 1st of February, next year. Two cottages for the use of tenants are being erected on the plantations of W. J. Stewart and T. M. Hughes, respectively, near town. The work is in the hands of Contractor Z. V. Bradford. ' tems of Local Interest. Appreciated visitors to Fort Mill for the holidays are Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Masseyand child. They are guests at the home of Mr. Massey's father, Mr. B. H. j Massey. Mrr Massey is a former j Fort Mill boy* who some years ! ago graduated for the Presbyi fprian minic<Mr nf TT^.w.%-. ? ..... at u mull 1 lieu- j logical seminary in Richmond, | Va. He is at present located at Mossy Creek, Va., where he is pastor of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Massey delivered an excellent sermon in the Fort Mill Presbyterian church last Sunday morning and will again preach to thai congregation next Sunday. W. S. McClellan, game warden for this section under the Audubon laws of liie State, gave strenuous chase to a party of North Caiolii i hunters in the upper part of the township last Friday. Mr. McClellan succeeded in overhauling the hunters just across the State line only to learn that all but one member of the prrty had secured the license | necessary to hunt in this State. This man was told of his violation of the South Carolina law and warned not to come in this township to hunt again without paying the $10 license fee. When Bird Hunters Meet? Two bird hunters, whose homes I are in different sections of the township and who do not hunt over the same territory, met in a Main street drug store yesterday and began to tell of the luck they had had with gun and dog since the bird season opened on November 15 and naturally inquired of each other whether there seemed to be as many birds this fall as heretofore. "I do not think there are as many birds in our section this year- as there was last year," said hunter No. 1. "I attribute this to the unusual number of hunters this fall. There may have been as many birds when the season opened as there ordinarily is, but-they are scarce now. I have often wondered why our Legislature does not follow the example of the North Carolina Legislature and prohibit the shooting of birds for a few years. Then they would multiply and become plentiful enough to afford a day's real sport to the j gunner." "I deplore as much as anybody the useless slaughter of our partridges," said hunter No. 2, "and I wish seme way could be devised to prevent any one man from killing in excess of, say, ] half a dozen birds in a day, for i a: 1 * ? uus mimoer is surncient to altord a mess for almost any family, but I cannot agree with you that the number of birds would materially increase by the passage of such a law. Cock partridges are ferocious little fowls and delight in fighting the same sex of their species. When two cock partridges engage in a fight it is nearly always to the death unless their 'scrap' is interrupted | by man. I have while hunting found many dead partridges whose bodies were badly cut to pieces, the injury apparently having been done by another bird in a fight. For this reason I am convinced that the passage of such a law would not prove as beneficial as you think." F ROFESSIONAL. Dr. S. Kugene Massey has returned ' to Port Mill to resume the practice of j nedicine. Calls for Dr. Massey may ye left at either of the drug stores or ! tt the residence of Mr. B. H. Massey >n Booth street. i H! m I The IV SUITS?That fit, an. from start to finish. UNDERWEAR?Of tl today. SUIT CASES?In mor we can name. NECKWEAR?In inn Xmas boxes. SUSPENDERS-Of all boxes. FANCY VESTS?Wea SWEATERS?All colo GLOVES?In every kr Many other articles ap /' McE I GET E | FOR CHI t = 5 With a very short time for Chr your sake and our sake, "do it n< X by delay. Last minute buying m vexation for you. Here Are a Fei y Best Seeded Raisins, 1 pound 8 packages j 10c Best Cleaned Currants, 1 pound Q packages 10c Best Citron, free from sugar, Q per pound * 30c Finest Dried Figs, per lb. .?.20c Q Best Dates, 1 -lb package 10c ?4X Powdered Sugar, per lb... 10c 3-Crown California London Lay9er Raisins, per lb 12Jc Choice Cranberries, per qt. ..121c 9 New Almonds, per lb 20c New Walnuts, per lb 20c Q New Butternuts, per lb 15c g S. C. Pecans, per lb. ..^.20c 5 We are prepared to take care o but we want to do it smoothly, ca y cannot visit our store in person, given prompt and careful attentic 3 Ct ^ o r? u Jiewcll l OL V_1 0 momoHoiotiOHoncxt Death of a Young Man. David I. Kimball, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kimball, died suddenly at the home of his parents in Rock Hill Sunday night of heart failure. Mr. Kimball was about 20 years of age and was a member of the firm of S. J. Kimball & Sons, who conduct large sale and feed stables in Rock Hill and Fort Mill. His remains were buried in Laurel wood cemetery Monday afternoon after funeral services at the home by Rev. Alex Martin of the First Presbyterian church. ' -,>3 :< " " * *???* * / r' " ' I ? , ^ !an's il ' r ' ^f]HE WE -? is the I values for t That's th< vajiiic acre \ iSchloss B coats contai and workm you can fin< f $ d are stylish and correct le best kinds on the market e sizes and varieties than umerable colors in fancy colors and kinds in Xmas Table with any suit, rs and grades, town style. >propriate for holiday gifts .1 jtiiciiicjr < tEADY | RISTMAS. J istmas buying, let us urge you, for Q Jw!" There is nothing to be gained ?| leans rushing over things for us and * 6 v Thing* for You: ^ Best Mixed Nuts, containing only JR the newest and best of Nuts, fl| per lb ,20c JR Mince Meat, per lb 15c Sweet Florida Oranges, per doz. 20 and 25c Finest Celery, stalk. .10c Xj , Apples, per peck .35 to 60c V Fine Assortment French Candy, jjj per lb 10c Peanut Brittle, per lb 20c Q Crystalized Pineapple, per lb. .50c 5 -And- 3 ' MISTLETOE" HAMS and {j "MELROSE" FLOUR. f any and all patronage given us, w irefully and as you want it. If you phone your orders. They will be ^ 1 Telephone LUP> Number 15. V 0 xtoooononnM Lumber For Sale. We have moved our mill across the river, 1-2 mile below the ferry. Ferriage free to persons buying lumber. Lumber on yard, $1.00 for ordinary bills, or delivered on Fort Mill side of river for $1.10. Barber Lumber Co., Jim A. Barber, Mgr. iristmas NNER in the mal man who gets he money he spe - 5 sort ot winner > for an overcoat. ros. and Griffon in more value in anship than any d. ;io to $2 AN INEXPENSIVE AND PLE.< CHRISTMAS Four pairs of famous ShleiwtM TOE-HEEI MEN'S HOSE, put up in a spec box, $1.00. These socks are Fine texture, snug fitting, perm; with a world-wide reputation fc PRESENTATION BOX. contair & Comp; KIOTHnnHMBBHi Books for all Agt Bibles and 1 WATERMAN'S IDEAL $2.! FOUNTAIN PENS. Uf Kodaks Box Sta 1 Oc to Th<> hnn/loAm^af rfl ?21 1 /1 - ... .mnMWHHBt lull? Ill llllll'l I ;iSr Shop early and pet choice. We ha ARDREY'S D1 J Special Bi \ in La ^ We have just received i ^ show room a job lot of 50 Lap next 30 days offer at attractiv X are all of pretty design and w I ^ noiiuay gift. ^ We are also offering for 2 ^ all kinds of horse accessories ^ Whip Crackers, Collars, Br J Pads, Brushes, Combs, etc., e I W. F. HARP J m y^ A A A A A yA A A ( ?1 Store. 1 I tter of rlftthpc i 1 ? ? v vu r the greatest I nds. | I ^ou'll be if you j I i Brand over- | I style, quality I other clothes ! I !S. I ISING | | jn the genuine Interwoven, anent silk-lisle colors and ^ >r wear. d is four pairs of sox, $1.00 b c any, i is, for all Tastes. I r estaments I A MOTTO t. FOUNTAIN PEN j Albums tionery $3.00 1 s ever in Fort Mill, 2~>c t<> $.r>.00. ve the goods that satisfy. RUG STORE. ai^auib # ip Robes, j tnd have on display at our ^ Robes that we will for the ^ e prices. These Lap Robes ^ ould make amost acceptable \ ^ !() days special bargains in j Robes, Blankets, Whips, j idles, Check Reins, Itoots, ^ '] tc. A AS & SONS. I j IWWWWW 1