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- . SOUTH CAROLINA'S DARK CORNER * A. B. Williams in Roanoke Times. With some surprise we observe > various Southern newspapers | print and apparently accept as a 1 fact a story from the St. Louis 1 Post-Dispatch of the appearance ] before the national conference of j Charities and Corrections in that city of Mrs. Shankie "of the j Squirrel Mountain school in the < Dark Corner of South Carolina." Mrs. snariKie is matte to tell of ' conditions in her school and :; neighborhood supposed to be;: typical of those in the Southern mountain countries. She is quoted as saying: that the boys at her school shoot pistols around her head, that preachers who go into j the section are shot at and chased out, that the people generally practically are savages and uncivilized. The story bears falsehood ? probably the falsehood of a newspaper reporter- on the face of it. The woman is represented as j saying that her scholars have become so far civilized that they raised last year "six bales of cotton and 400 bushels of corn" on the 108 acres of school land. If they have succeeded in raising cotton in the depths of the mountains, they have done what nobody ever before succeeded in J doing. We happen to know this special Dark Corner quite intimately and also the people who live in it. They have some moonshine stills, but they treat revenue officers as | revenue officers treat them. They do not shoot at strangers or flmmnnitinn firinor nrrmnrt the heads of school teachers. They have churches and we never have heard of a preacher being molested. To the contrary all through the Southern mountains the Methodist and Baptist preachers have done far more to run the blockade stills into the farm hollows and to put 4;he moonshiners out of business than the United States government has been able to do in 40 years. The mountain people have their own rows among themselves and settle according to their own codes. That is because they have been an isolated people with little access to towns and courts, but they are getting out of that. In most of the mountain sections it can be said as was said of England in King Alfonso's time that a maiden might walk through it from end to end with a crock of gold on her head and never be disturbed or injured. They pester nobody who doesn't pester them. They attend to their own business and want other people to do likewise. They are as eager for education as any people in the world and when they get religion get it as hard 1 and stand to it as faithfully .and J rigidly as any people in the world. They have their peculiar faults and their peculiar virtues, but nearly always thev have charac ter and force which if directed in the right ways will make them the strongest people on the continent. There is no sense or justice in . allowing these people to he, advertised to t he world as i swaggering, murderous savage j ruffians. As fast as they get a chance they develop into the finest kind of men and women. Like all people who are kept shut off to themselves and depied advantages, they have pre- j judices, and their prejudices are strong, but where the world gets 1 to them they play their hand j against it and their part in it as well as any people we know. Fake Consumption Cures. Over $15,000,000 annual 1 y is j poured into the coffers of those who exploit and advertise fake consumption cures, according to j a statement just issued by the j National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; and in the majority of cases cheated out of a chance for a real cure. Worse still most of this money is paid by those who can least afford it. {The national association has Ynvestigated several hundred socalled "cures" and "treatments" for tuberculosis now being advertised throughout the country and finds that more than $3,000, 000 a year is being spent in soliciting the patronage of the public. On examination, it has been found that the great majority of these "cures" contain harmful and habit-forming drugs, such as morphine, opium and chloroform. None of them will cure consumption. The only cure for this disease that has ever been discovered is the combination of fresh air, rest and wholesome food. :OTTON CONDITION SUMMARY INDICATES UNCERTAIN YIELD Reliable information bearing jpon the South's prospects for a full cotton crop is a matter of importance to every farmer in Lhe cotton belt. The condition reports of the government and :>ne or two great Southern newspapers are therefore1 awaited with interest by every cotton grower. monaay tne Memphis Commercial-Appeal issued its July summary of the crop conditions, which indicates that a short crop is in prospect. The summary is as follows: "The wek gives mixed and rather uncertain returns from the cotton fields. Considerable improvement attendant upon dry weather is shown in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, while northern Louisiana is rounding into a state of fair promise. "The Carolinas and Georgia sulTc red from heavy rams early in th"e week, SO that little cultivation was done on the later days, while Texas and Oklahoma, without rain, are approaching a time when the crop may sulFer. In fact, some lo s has already been sustained in southern and southwestern Texas. "In the Central and Eastern States the crop is being Maid by* in a rather poor condition, some of the fields still being very grassy. Ten days without rain would permit of a rather considerable improvement, but the crop has received much less work than it would have gotten with normal weather. The plant remains small and teems late. It has put on little fruit, and in many places has not 1 egun to bloom freely. Estimates on condition seldom run higher than 75 per cent, and are often below this. There are limited districts in the Valley and Atlantic States, however, that give a good account." | GREAT FALLS. Great Falls,, on the Catawba river, where the Southern Power company has one of its plants, is a picturesque place, and well worth a visit by all who can do so, says a writer in the Rock Hill District Bulletin. The natural scenery, the high hills, the huge rocks, the deep ravines, the turbid river waters, the trees and wild flowers ? all conspire to make it a place of more than ordinary interest. But the work of man ac KAV>/\ ^Inrvlo??/vJ ? ^ J- A iicic viiojjic?jrcu in inc construction of a 70-foot dam, which holds back an ocean of water, to be applied as needed to turn the gigantic wheels, and the whirling, buzzing machinery itself is as interesting as the natural scenery. From this great plant go out currents of electric energy to turn the millions of spindles and operate the thousands of looms in the cotton mills of Lancaster, Chester, Rock Hill, Yorkville, Charlotte, etc., as well as to light the streets and residences and business houses of all these growing cities. Besides all this, several cotton mill companies are planning to erect in the near future three or four very large mills here ?one very large mill having been already begun. It is conjectured by many that within a very short time there will be a city of several thousand inhabitants nestling among these hills which, until recently, were known only to the few settlers in the immediate vicinity. Already a railroad has been built to the Falls connecting with the Seaboard at Catawba Junction, and having a regular schedule of two trains a day each way. A splendid hotel overlooks the great pond and power house and has up-to-date conveniences and splendid fare, as the writer can testify. So far no denomination has built a church, but as soon as the first cotton mill is buik, a handsome church, for the use of all denominations, will be erected by the company. There is already a good school here. D. A. R. Picnic at Old Waxhaw. No more delightful or interesting place could have beer selected by the local Daughters of the American Revolution foi their picnic last Friday than the churchyard of old Waxhaw Presbyterian church, in Lan caster county, some 20-odd miles southeast of Fort Mill. The grounds are ideal for such ar j excursion, the sober and inviting I shade 01 t he old wateroaks seem i ing to prepare the mind for th< solemn cotemplation of the live: and services to their country o the Continental soldiers whos< graves are in the churchy an hardby, for, be it known, it wa the purpose of the Daughters ii visiting this old and histori meeting-house and its cemeter to speculate on the "wrecks o splendid mortality" that li buried in this magazine for th final reception of mankind rathe than to enjoy the delights of social occasion. Both the old church and th i cemetery are rich in Revolutioi ary tradition. This was th house of worship of many sol- j" diers who bared their breasts to I I 11 J 1 i - / i r* . 1 uau anu oayonec 01 ureal cmain's armies in the cause of the struggling colonies. The graves of most of the soldiers who went to the front from the W&xhaws settlement are in the old churchyard. It is an interesting place. Many of the old tombstones, now moss-covered and crumbling, bear unique inscriptions from which may be gathered much of the life and customs of the hardy pioneers of that remote era. (Alt I* I. IN V .V NOIITII-WKHTKKN It V. COM I' t \ ^ ?AND? (AI.IIWIll.l. A MlltTllllItN It. It. CO. mil, umiii. ' ? - Z^' S 'A Northbound. ...T* y' .7 ' j ~*l.v.? "hosier ... 7.filial 1 1.15p| Vorkvtlle ... 8.42a 2.40p Gustonln ... 9.30a' .. Ar. 1.30 j ' 1 iastonl 1 L,v.' 1,1 uroltiton ..'10,2?}a ?i.4?">p' Newton .... 11.05a ..... 7.4 Op' Hlckorj .... 1 [.56 1 ... . S.36pj I.enlor l.lOp '10.05p 3.15p Mortimer ... 2.42p r.. *r. 1 Ar.Kdgemont . 2.55| | .... C.OOp S'botiml. N'"-- * 1 Lv.Gdgemont .|12.06p| ' j ?.16d Mortimer ... 12.13p ' . ...1 7.2f>a Denolr I l.2Spi ! 7.00m 9.40a ITiekory .... 2.52pt I 8.40u| Newton .... 3.20p ! 0.30a Lilncolntoti . 3.67p' 10.1 ?la.stonla ...| 4.50*1 . Ar. 11.40a' Gastonia ...1 ' ..I,v.) Vorkvllle ...! 5.39|> . ... 1.45a Ar.Clieiiter ...( 6.26p( | 3.20p| Arrive. Connect Ioum : Chester- Southern Uy.. S A. 1. anil U & C. Yorkville?Southern Railway. Gaston la?Southern Railway. 1.1 ncol nton?S. A. I*. Newton ami Hickory -Southern Ry. l^enolr?Plowing- Hock Stage Pine and C. AL- N. E. F. Held. G. P. Agt.. Chester. S. C. Furniture Bargains We are offering many attractive hot-weather bargains in our splendid stock of Furniture. Lots of folks are < taking advantage of our bar- ' gains. We are sure that you too could find something here you would like to have. Can't you come down here where the goods are to be seen"? I HAMMOCKS | '.:V " 1 afford relief from hot weather. Anyone can enjoy the pleasure and comfort of a Hammock for a very small outlay; not only for this sum mer, but for years. Our handsome pillow Hammocks, with : neat fringe, have several special features over other makes I that we will be glad to have 11 you examine carefully before ' you buy. W. G. RE1D & SON ROCK HILL, S. C. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS (The Old Reliable) J YORKVILLE, S. C. , Monument dealers the country over | carry practically the same line of designs, and usually the customer must - take not what he wants, but the near5 est thing he can find to it in the list i submitted. ' Or in other words, he must take one of the regular stock designs and console quently gets a duplicate of hundreds of - other monuments already erected and a I exactly alike except possibly in the lilialitv of the wnrk ?rwl We make a specialty of Riving our 1 customers exactly what they want; D taking their ideas and combining them ^ with our experience we endeavor to work out an original design, which in the completed monument reflects the ft taste and individuality of the purC chaser. y If you want something above the 'e average, let us make it for you. It will cost you no more than the ordinary e kind. e JOHN E. CARROLL, ,j> Pres. and Treas. _______________________________ a WANTED?To lease for a term of ? three or five years, beginning January 1, 1910, a tract of land containing 10 to J" 30 acres within three miles of Fort Mill. ie Address, "Lessee," care The Times. | if i ju: j iv I How often hav< have you heard ol opportunities hav< These things sh about it, and thin] dred dollars woul< I soon you could ha spare money, insfc Come in and ta show you how ; hundred dollars, your name on oui Money deposit draws interest at months or longer. The Peop I ROCK H 1SAFE' ; GALLONS PUT UP OI>T/^t7 T in jugs. rnJljtj I. EXPRESS PRE CORN WHISKEY. 1 Gal 2 ( New Corn $2 10 $3 One-Year-Old Corn. 2 35 4 Two-Year-Old Corn 3 00 5 Three-Year-Old Corn 3 25 5 Old Mountain Corn 2 75 4 Old Private Stock Corn Pocahontas Corn Old Process Corn ........... . .. Primrose Corn, old and mellow RYE WHISKEY. Gibson .. 4 50 8 Old Times 3 75 7 Old Prentice (case goods) ...... C ascade .. Old Taylor ...... 1 <k? 7 Moll wood (bottled in bond) .. . 3 75 7 Overholt Jefferson Club . ..... 3 75 7 Old Henry 3 60 6 Savage Mountain Rye 3 50 l? Old Grand I>ad 3 50 6 I. W. Harper Paul .I ones Rye .. . . .... . Rose Valley Rye . Sherweed Rye. ...... Excelsior 2 25 4 Hoover's Private Stock Rye Mellwood . .. 4 5(> Wilson Rye Green River 4's Calvert _ .. MALT WHISKIES. Hoover's Old Malt .3 25 5 Rooney's Malt .. .3 50 6 DufFy s Malt GINS. Booth's Old Tom Turkey Gin 3 60 6 Swan Gin . . 2 50 4 Holland Gin . 8 00 <> NO CHARGE FOR JIB W. H. HOOVER & CO., I I You Can't D | on Hoi It requires cash and credi incubator that hatches both means and large integrity 1 promote his fortune. I Use This Ba for deposits, loans and any with a bank. We will be pi | THE SAVINGS BANK I W. B. Meach "l - : s" ST HAD IONEY e you said this? thers say it? And 3 you missed by no ould start you to t\ k hard. Think of > d do for you right r ive it if you would ead of carelessly tY ik the matter over you can soon acci and help you to c list of depositors. :cd in our Savin the rate of 4 per c< >les Natior IILL, - - SOUTH CAR< SUCCESSFUL, T OT OUR MOTTO? * * ^ ' Pure Goods. Honest Dealing. 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Many a man of small las a bank as a vehicle to ink business you may have eased to serve you. )F FORT MILL, S. C. am, Cashier ' pHflg y$& some|| fj And how often I how many good t having money? linking. Think | what a few huniow; and of how only save your irowing it away. with us. We II umulate several lo it by entering igs Department snt. if left three lal Bank, DLINA. SECURE. 8 BEACH-IHRIE'S S 9 ? 9 g Attention, Ladies! g 0 ' 8 ~ \\ i' want to rail your attention 35 to our swell new line of the latest D g in design of |K g Long Hat Pins jj fl Just what you want for that Q jw large hat. We have them in solid *5 | Vf gold i' r $2.(K) up; highest grade jgf ifl ffold fiileti. laautifs, :?t Hoc, 7">c, Q i * $1.25 up to sterling ; 13 silver at 25n, 35c, 5nc. $1.00 to 0 ft $2.00. h w Mail ord< rs aUenrlt <1 the same ? ! jj (lay received. 13 j|j Beach-Ihrie Jewelry Co., jjj 0 Reliable Jewelers, 0 Q Rock Hii!, S. C. Q + iC? O' *3.; -n:: -"0-< viZ? "Oi+ Reach Baseball Goods I y \ Br The Reach trademark is a guarantee of satisfaction anil ntpfonticr, VU.. confident of the quality of these goods and will replace any defective Roachmade article (except baseballs and bats costing less than $1| with a new one. Baseball clubs will find it to their interest to correspond with us about uniforms S. H. McMASTRK, COLUMBIA. S. C. Notice to Landowners. Notice is hereby given to all landowners and their agents in York county to remove from the running streams of water upon their lands all trash, trees, rafts and timber during the month of Augutt as required under the statute law. Any streams not so cleaned during the month of August will be cleaned by the township supervisor after August and the costs there of is made a lien upon the land. C. F. GORDON, Supervisor of York County. ' /