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FORT MILL. S. C.. AUGUST 18. 1910. <
Mr. Butler'* Pnrty Loyalty.
The following is taken from
the Chester Reporter of Septem- <
ber 7, 1908:
NOTICE TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
Gaffney, S. C.. Sept. 2. 1908.
It having reaqhed my ears that it is
reported that T. B. Butler, candidate
for Congress, ran on independent ticket '
here, now I, J. Eb. Jeffries, clerk of j 1
court, hereby certify that it is untrue. 1
He ran in same election all county of- j
ficers ran in and is beinp supported by
his county almost solidly and deserves
the support of all pood Democrats. '
J. Er. Jeffries,
Clerk of Court. <
The voters of the Fifth con- 1
gressional district are entitled to
a little more information relative 1
to the party loyalty of Mr. 1
Butler than is conta'ned in the
above certificate, which, in ad- 1
dition to being published in the
Chester Reporter and perhaps
other papers, was distributed in
the form of a handbill through
the counties of Chester, Chesterfield,
Kershaw and Lancaster between
the first and second congressional
primaries two years
ago.
It will be recalled that in the
campaign two years ago, Mr.
Pollock was eliminated from the
race by the first primary and
that Mr. Finley and Mr. Butler
entered the second primary.
During the joint canvass of the
district by Messrs. Finley, Pollock
and Butler, neither Mr.
Finley nor Mr. Pollock made any
reference, publicly or privately,
to the fact, known to both of
them, that Mr. Butler bolted the
party in 181X) and ran as an
independent candidate for the
Legislature. But Mr. Butler's
political record became noised
abroad through the district and
his friend, the clerk of the court
i?f Cherokee eonntv inmiwil
the broeeh with the foregoing
certificate, the purpuse of which
was so obvious that it can be
stated in a few words: It was
designed to injure Mr. Finley
with the voters, by leaving the
impression that he had been responsible
for the circulation
throughout the district of the report,
which we shall presently
see was true, impugning Mr.
Butler's Democracy. Mr. Butler
has never run as an independent
candidate for the Legislature in
Cherokee county, and he is
entitled to whatever credit is due ,
him for sticking to the party
there. Certainly he did not run
as an independent in Cherokee
county in 181)0; that would have
been impossible: the county had
not been created. But how
about his independent candidacy
for the Letrislafnrp in TTninn
county in 1890, along with Sam
Farrar and a man named Littlejohn,
against the Democratic
nominees, John R. Jeffries, Godfrey
B. Fowler and a Mr. Welch?
The certificate of the clerk of
the court was designed to deceive
the Democrats of the Fifth dis-;
trict into voting against a man ;
who has always fought fair and
boasts a clean party-record.
Big Men in Legislature.
Recently the Charlotte Observ- ,
er referred to the prospect of ,
the North Carolina Legislature i
which is to be elected this fall I
containing a number of distin- I
guished men, among whom will 1
be Gen. Julian S. Carr and Col. 1
Ashley Horne, the latter ail un- 1
successful candidate against Gov- j
ernor Kftchin for the guberna- \
torial nomination two years ago. |
Both of these men doubtless will t
make sacrifices to serve the peo- t
pie of their respective counties1 c
^ \
in the Legislature and their pa- I
triotism should influence other >
eminent men of the Old North *
State to subordinate their per- '
sonal interests to the general
good.
But the Legislature of North
Carolina will not be the only i
Southern Legislature which will
contain distinguished men. In
our own State the rolls of the
lower house of the General Assembly
probably will bear the
name of an ex-United States
senator. Frank B. Gary, besides
those of three ex-speakers of the
house, M. L. Smith, W. F. Stevenson
and Richard S. Whaley.
In the State senate there is certain
to be one ex-congressman,
G. W. Croft, of Aiken, and possibly
another ex-congressman in
the person of Dr. T. J. Strait, of
Lancaster. The more or less
trite saving that there is no longer
honor in being a member of
the General Assembly certainly
is not true of the representative
who strives to become a worthy
colleague of such men as these.
The Confederate Reunion.
The State reunion of the Confederate
veterans is in full swing
at Spartanburg and hundreds of
the old fellows who marched
under the Starry Cross to the
inspiring strains of "Dixie" are
again living over the days of the
early '60s. We have been
fortunate enough to attend one1
or two of the reunions and it was
one of the real pleasures of life
for us to witness the meeting of
comrades who had not seen each
other for wellnigh half a century
and to listen to the tales of the
common hardships they suffered
in behalf of the fairest land the j
sun ever shone upon. We would <
that the veterans of the Con- J
federaey were not ncaring the '
clay when their annual reunions !
will forever be a thing of the
past, but they, like all mankind. ,
must ere long answer the last
bugle call. May a merciful .
Providence he kind to all of them
in their declining days. They \
suffered much for our common j
countrv. '
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SCOURGE OF SLEEPING SICKNESS. j
We passed by many islands, <
green with meadow and forest, j
beautiful in the bright sunshine. \
but empty with the emptiness i
of death, says Theodore Moose- 1
velt in "African (lame Trails" 1
in the August Scribner. A <
decade previously these islands
were thronged with tribes of <.
fisher folk: their villages studded i
the shores, and their long <
canoes, planks held together \
with fiber, furrowed the surface
of the lake. Then, from out of c
the depths of the Congo forest c
came the dreadful scourge of l
the sleeping sickness, and smote \
the doomed people who dwelt c
beside the Victorian Nile, and ?
on the coasts of the Nyanza
lakes and in the lands between. | \
Its agent was a biting fly, l
brother to the tsetse whose bite {
r?1 i-_ i.u_ j ?- -
ib iciicti tu uie uomesnc animals.
This fly dwells in forest, beside f
lakes and rivers; and wherever (
it dwells after the sleeping sick-1 r
ness came it was found that man
could not live. In this country,
between, and along the shores
of. the great lakes, two hundred
thousand people died in slow
torment, before the hard-taxed *
wisdom and skill of medical 1
science and governmental admin- (istration
could work any better- '
ment whatever in the situation, j
Men still die by thousands, and !
the disease is slowly spreading 1
into fresh districts. Hut it has *
proved possible to keep it within N
limits in the regions already 1
affected, yet only by absolutely '
abandoning certain districts, and 1
by clearing all the forest and 1
brush in .tracts which serve as '
barriers to the fly, and which 1
permit passage through the 1
infected belts. On the western !
shores of Victoria Nyanza. and '
in the islands adjacent thereto, '
vnt'OK-nn
niv. iiiinf.;cn ui uif resilience
were such, the mortality it *
caused was so apalling, that the (
government was finally forced to 1
tleport all the survivors inland, c
to forbid all residence beside or N
fishing- in the lake, and with s
this end in view to destroy the *
tillages and the fishing fleets of 1
the people. The teeming lake !
ish were formerly a main !
source of food supply to all who
I welt nearby, but this has now 1
icon cut off, and the myriads of
ish are now left to themselves,
o the host of water birds, and Y
:o the monstrous man-eating Icrocodiles
of the lake, on whose h
v
)lood the fly also feeds, and
vhence it is supposed by some
hat it draws the germs so deady
to human kind.
Much Interest in Magisterial Race.
If the 30th of August does not
ecord the largest vote ever
rolled in a Democratic primary
n Fort Mill it will not be the
?ault of the friends of the two
candidates for magistrate of
his township, who are working
jetimes to interest every voter
n the election.
TKp onnnnnon?v??mf I
* u-- cuMiv/vuiv.V(iiriii Iddl Cf U
)f Mr. V. B. Blankenship that
le would oppose the incumbent
)f the office had the eirect of
naking the friends of Magistrate
VlcElhaney sit up and take
lotice and they have gone to
,vork in earnest to see that he
loes not run second best. Ditto
Mr. Blankenship's friends. They j
;oo are as active as bees in'
buttonholing the voters and
bromise to keep things humming
'or him until the votes are all in.
The race for magistrate
promises to redound to the advantage
of other candidates as
.veil as lending excitement to a
Fort Mill election that has not
been known since the strenuous
lays of Tillmanism ?except that
here will be no bitterness or!
bersonalties injected into the
ocal campaign. Congressman i
D. E. Finley is expected to be
>ne of the chief beneficiaries of
he energetic contest for magisrate
in Fort Mill.
In and Around Clover.
Fort Mill Times Corresi>ondence.
Clover, August 10. A very incresting
game of ball was played
it Filbert Friday afternoon be:ween
the Clover and Rock Mill
cams. The game was good
from start to finish, resulting in
i score of 3 to 0, in favor of
? v. . i iiv w? uiu
fame were the two-base hits by
dudisill, Neil and Johnson for
'lover and Pickett for Itock Hill.
Parish made a star catch in left
ield for Clover. The batteries
were: Clover. I)r. Neil and H.
Johnson; Rock Hill. Rivers and
J. Archer. Umpire, Walter Neil.
The married and single men of
the town played a very amusing
fame of ball on Wednesday afternoon,
the result being a victory
for the married men.
Howard Mathews, son of R.
A. Mathews, met with a very
peculiar, but quite serious,
accident Thursday afternoon
while engaged in pitching a
fame of ball. In attempting to
throw a ball to a base to retire a
jase runner he broke his arm
iet ween the shoulder and elbow,
de suffered severe pain but is
retting along nicely.
Several from the surrounding
country attended the good-roads
neeting in Yorkville Saturday
md were very much pleased
vith Mr. Winslovv's talk.
The work of repainting and
iverhauling the school buildings
if Bethany High school has
ieen commenced and the school
vill be in readiness for the
ipening term of 1910-'ll on
September 8.
Yl?. r* 1- tt<?*
itii. vix tiny r aris, wrio nasi
>eing playing on the Forest City
>aseball team, returned home
Friday evening.
Mr. Oscar Neil left Thursday
or Spartanburg to join the
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
ailway's excursion to Canada.
J. L. R.
Pat Objects to Courtin'.
Pat Rodgers is a native of the
Emerald Isle who is just now a
esident of Fort Mill. When Pat]
:ame over from the old country
ie brought along an assortment
)f ideas as to things generally,
ncidentally, Pat is a prohibition- [
st sometimes ?and has adverised
several temperance lectures j
vhich he said he would give in
he town hall, but has as often j
ailed at the last minute to show
ip for the lecture, thereby dis- j
mnointiniT all of nnfrnns nf i
lis clothes-cleaning establish-,
nent and the other half of the
jublic. Ordinarily, Pat is an j
wen-tempered man. One day i
ast week was the exception, ;
lowever. Pat then got mad beause
the cheery "busy" of cenral
came in response to his reluest
for a number over the
elephone which has long borne
vidence to the up-to-date conveniences
of Pat's place on Booth
treet. Forbearance soon ceased l
o be a virtue with Pat. He got
nad all at once and tore the telephone
from the wall and pitched
t out a window. ' Pat says there
> too much courtin' over the
elephone, anyway.
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Miss Hattie Taylor, of Due
Vest, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
'red Harris, at the Palmetto
lOtel.
Progress of the County Campaign. <
According to the scheule of
luc* county uemocratic executive !
committe, the campaign meeting ,
for Fort Mill township will be j
held in Confederate park Friday. , ]
The meeting will open at 10:30
o'clock and probably will be 1
presided over by the local member : j
of the executive committee, Mr.
W. H. Windle. (
So far three campaign meetings
have been held- the first at '
Blairsville, Friday; the second at j
MeConnellsville. Tuesday, and,'
the third at Ogden. yesterday. <
Today the campaign party is at ,
Tirzah. Saturday the meeting
will be held in Rock Hill and (
next week the meetings will be j
as follows: Clover. Monday: U
Poorest Hill, Tuesday; Bethany.
Wednesday; Piedmont Springs, I'
Thursday; Hickory Grove, Fri- '
day; Yorkville, Saturday. j,
Both the State and county:
primaries occur one week from i
next Tuesday.
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Saved the Life of a Negro Child.
Miss Lizzie Kizer, wife of a!"
well known Providence farmer, ^
saved the life of a little negro
girl that fell in a well on the1
j Kizer plantation a few days ago. :
The child was playing around j
the mouth of the well, which was jJ
[partially covered with boards.!',
She walked out on one of the!*
I boards, which broke and precipi- }
tated her into the water, eight
feet below. Fortunately, the J
water had risen to within six <
feet of the mouth of the well, ?
which enabled Mrs. Kizer to 1
fasten the prongs of a garden ,
rake into the child's clothing and i
draw her safely from the well, j1
The child was in bad condition i1
when taken from the well, but ,
Mrs. Jftizer applied restoratives ,
which soon brought her around
right. J
FOR SALE Several hundred cords
1 of splendid four-foot pine wood and
two-foot oak wood, at $11 per cord de- .
livcred or $2 at the wondvard, two
, miles from town. T. 11. MEKR1TT,
' Phone No. 53c.
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FOR SALE llonie-grown Cabbage
Plant* B. M. PARIS, Phono No. 111a.
Congressional Campaign Schedule.
The candidates for Congress from
this (Fifth) district have arranged |
their schedule for York county meet- ,
ings as follows: i
Rock Hill Thursday, August 18.
Yorkville Friday, August lib
Clover Saturday, August 20.
Hickory drove Monday, August 22.
SOUND B
PR1NC
Every day since the Finevil
opened its doors for business
growth and development. 1
methods and painstaking att
comprised of careful men wh
correct rules of banking be ol
This conservative manage
safety of every dollar deposit
We respectfully solicit youi
The Pineville Loan
GEO. W. BUNC
PINEVILLE.
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Marble and Granite
Monuments.
A larpe stock at prices from
$5.00 ui).
Call and see the line at
our storeroom, Boulevard and
Palmer streets. Phone 1618.
Write and let us call and
show designs.
Queen City Marble &
Granite Works, I
Charlotte, N. C. &
Take Dil worth street cars to ^
reach our plant.
Phone 112 for
!
"Haile's on the Corner"
HEADQUARTERS FOR
[CE CREAM AND
DELICIOUS FOUNTAIN
DRINKS,
cigars,
cigarettes,
smoking anl)
chewing tobacco.
pipes,
chewing gum, etc.
pine line of drugs and
medicines.
cood place to loaf.
welcome to all.
Fort Mill Drug Comp'y
J. R. HAILE, Mgr.
KORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS
(The Old Reliable)
YORKVILLE, S. C.
Monument dealers the country over
:arry practically the same line of dedans.
and usually the customer must
.ake not what he wants, but the near st
thing he can find to it in the list
tubmitted.
Or in other words, he must take one
?f the regular stock designs and consejuently
gets a duplicate of hundreds of
>ther monuments already erected and
xaetly alike except possibly in the
quality of the work and material.
We make a specialty of giving our
customers exactly what they want;
taking their ideas and combining them
.vith our exj?erience we endeavor to
vork out an original design, which in
the completed monument reflects the
Laste and individuality of the purchaser.
If you want something above the
iveragc, let us make it for you. It
kvill cost you no more than the ordinary
tind.
.11) 11N K. CARROLL,
Pres. and Treas.
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The qualifications for voting in the
i-nsuing Democratic Primary Election
on the .'10th inst. are as follows:
The voter must he a white Democrat,
lil years of age, or become so before
the St h clay of November, 1910,
and a resident of the State fe>* one
year, and of the county sixty days, and
have had his name enrolled oil the particular
club roll where he offers to vote
at least five days before the first primary
election.
Then can be no other or further ? nrollment
after the 2">th duv of August.
W. lb WILSON. .III..
County Chairman.
US1NESS
iPLES
le Loan and Savings Bank
it has enjoyed a substantial
This is due to the careful
ention of the management |
r, insist tk-?t lU,. 1 I
v iiioioi. iliui Lilt I CtU^Ill^CU
bserved at all tim s.
ment insure* the absolute
ed here.
* account.
and Savings Bank,
H, Cashier
, - n. c.
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Job Printing.
Political Announcements.
ELECTION. AUGUST 30.
For ConvrrM 5th District.
The Times is authorized to announce
I). E. F1NLEY as a candidate for reelection
to the National House of Representatives,
subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary.
1 am a candidate for r*onKress. and
will abide the result of the Democratic
primary election.
TIIOS. B. BUTLER,
GafTney, S. C.
For House of Representatives.
JAMES E. GETTYS of York town- ^
ship is hereby announced as a candidate
for the House of Representatives, subject
to the choice of the Democratic
voters in the primary election.
The Times is authorized to announce
Dr. J. II. SAYE, of Sharon, as a candidate
for the House of Representatives,
subject to tlie action cf the Democratic
primary.
The Times is authorized to announce
C. W. WALLACE as a candidate for
the House of Representatives, subject
to the choice of the Democratic party
in the approaching primary election.
The Times is authorized to announce
S. H. ERRS, Sr., of Fort Mill township,
as a candidate for the House of Representatives,
subject to the action of the
Democratic voters in the primary election.
I am a candidate for election to the
House of Representatives, subject to
the rules of the Democratic primary.
THOS. F. Me DOW.
The Times is authorized to announce
J. S. GLASSCOCK as a candidate for
re-election to the House of Representatives,
subject to the action of the
Democratic party in the primaries.
The Times is authorized to announce
O. L. SANDERS, of McConnellsville,
as a candidate for reelection to the
House of Representatives, subject to
the approval of the 1 )emocrat ic primary.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the House of Representatives
from York county, subject to the
' action of the Democratic primary.
J. E. REAMGUARD.
For County Treasurer.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Treasurer of
York county, subject t?> the rules and
regulations of the Democratic primaries.
ROR.T. L. GO Eh.
I hereby artnounee myself a sa candidate
for nomination for appointment to
the office of County Teasurer, subject
to the action of the Democratic voters
in the primary election.
JOHN A. NEELY.
The Times is authorized to announce
HARRY E. NEIL as a eandidate for
appointment as Treasurer for York
county, subject to the recommendation
of tin- Democratic voters in the primary
election.
For Supt. of FducAtion.
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for Supeaintendcnt of Education
for York county, subiect to tbe
of the Democratic voters in the primary
election.
MINOR R. RIGGERS.
The Times is authorized to announce *""
Mr. JOHN WARREN (Jl'lNN, formerly
of Rroad River, now of York
township, as a candidate for County
Superintendent of Education, subject
to the action of the Democratic voters
in the approaching primary election.
For County Sup?-rvinor.
The Times is authorized to announce
THOS. W. ROYI) as a candidate for
Supervisor of York county, subject to
the choice of the Democratic voters in
the primary election.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the office of
Supervisor of York county, subject to
the rules of the approaching Democratic
primary election.
CLEM F. GORDON.
The Fort Mill friends of JOHN F.
GORDON take pleasure in presenting
his name to the voters of York county
for the office of County Supervisor.
Mr. Gordon tilled this office some years
ago and his administration redowned to
the interests of the county as well as
reflecting credit upon himself.
For County Audito .
The Times is authorized to announce
JOE M. TAYLOR, of Newport, as a
candidate for Auditor of York county,
subject to the recommendation of Ihe
Democratic voters in the primary
election.
The Times is authorized to announce
Broadus M. Love, of Smyrna, as a canf.
T'
mi inr wemocrattc recommendation
f<?r appointment as Auditor of
York county; subject to the choice of
the voters in th?* primary election.
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for nomination for reappointment
to the office of County Auditor,
subject to the action of the Democratic
voters in the primary election.
JOHN J. HUNTER.
We are authorized to announce
T. E. McMACKIN as a candidate for
appointment as Auditor of York
county, subject to the recommendation
of the Demociatic voters in the primary
election.
County Committsioncr.
The Times is authorized to announce
W. A. AYCOCK as a candidate for reappointment
to the oflice of County
Commissioner, subject to the choice of
the Democratic party in the primary
election.
'riw. ? *
.... ir> .luuKinxi'u 10 announce
I.. J. I.LJMPKIN as a candidate for
County Commissioner, subject to the
recommendation of the Democratic voters
in tlie primary election.
For Maitiilralr.
The Times is authorized to announce
V. It. HLANKENSH11'as a candidate
for Magistrate for Fort Mill township,
subject to the recommendation of the
Democratic voters in the primary election.
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1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for reappointment as Magistrate for
Fort Mill township, subject to the recommendation
of the Democratic primary
election. JOHN W. MoELHANEY.