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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20


2,5so.ooo,o EusheIs-wfoat Ss,sz SCsarst.
Will Also Exceed Amount HRiscts g.sas1
Ecar-Practically Immune Asai-lee Ss1ri5
weathcr-Kansas' Crib WIN Burst
ChiCagC.-\aturc ana the fartu~rs eG-
the United States have outdouc urczli-
selves in the wheat. corn and oss7S
crops of 1902. The most hou1lt fl l,S
harvest in the history of tue uaaau.
has already been garhcrcd ar is prss-
ticallv immune against damage Dy ru.s-
favorable weather
If the general prosperity he IN pro-
portion to the wealth gathered from tia.
tcntmcnt and comfort for all classes
Millions more in mortgages VIII g.e.
lifted from the broad acres. and iiiSrgI--
sands OF farmers will face the yeS:r-
1903 with clean financial slate
From Il compilation of VaTiOUss
figures of crop economists one is cI;s
blCd To say that the profits for tle<s
farmer this year will he 81. 600 WgttEsS
or more. most of which has been Ccsx{
tzed upon corn and wheat
The calculation is based on an av,x,-
age of the estimates of various siss1iNs-
ticians. This average givr., approx
matcly the following results FOR tIrs-
wear:
Wheat. G33 .5O0.CoO bushels: corn. =
1S9.951 ,00O bushels: barley. 2O.!kIO. .S.1iS
bushels: rye. :O.3IO. 500 bushels. ay,vI
oats. lbs, ,12I bushels.
Therefore total of I.12S. 2;;u. .5,,Es
bushels of cereals was produced ga
loss than l.Ooo,0G0 farmers on StI.toss.-
ono acres of soil. the land upon whis2s
these crops were grown hciu" wuCtl.
500 ONO OOOOOO.
Wisconsin anmoauccs to tn" world
that she has TN" biggest oat CrOIA SlN-
"v q raised. aUd TIN llc. corn is iri AK
"clcul condition. indiana calls h.,s~
corn crop 'uhcuomcnar' and submits,
The figures. 1TO,0Oo,o0o bushels. topyuv,.
1t. Her wheat Cron. too. is much {,ex-
ter than Sh@ thought several weeks
ago il would he.
Nebraska declares she hSS fOUSa. GNACs
bushels more corn in her fields tH2rs
she ever had before. ana Illinois hunpes
To add nearly u hundred millions "a icc,l-
last crop of that cereal Ohio utiSS.ss
her wheat crop practically tho salut. ks
last years. 3n1 raises h"r corn :i,.lr
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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
Mob Attacked Washery.

Attacked by a mob, guards of The
Warnke washery, at Duryea. Pa. used
their rifles and put the strikers to
hight. The guards and men employed
In the washery Were arrested. Several
men were severely beaten and one was
shoi. The washery was badly dam
aged
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
Washington is Disappointed.

Washington. ID. C.-Thc decision of
Judge Caron in the Greene and Gaynor
cases was Il decided disappointment 10
the Government officials interested. as
they had hoped for favorable out
come of the efforts that have been
made to secure the cXtradition of the
two men
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
l.. II. Marsh Dies in Quiet sIeen.

Luther II. Marsh, the venerable jur-
lst and widely known as Spirituaiist.
dted a few days ago at his home in
Mlddletown, n. Y. He was ninety
years old and once a law partner of
Daniel Webster.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
Nine Years For Farmer-Burv,sr

The farmer-burglar of Chester VT,
misrepresentation Clarence Adams.
VINO for upward of twenty years had
piundered mills, stores and residences
IN his home village undetected. has
Deen sentenced TO States Prison for
not less than nine nor more than ten
years
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
Train Robbers Got 100000.

One hundred packages of greenhacks.
Ncach containing $1,000, were secured by
the bandits who held up the Buy)!Ug-
Ton train gear Savanna. Ill
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
G. L. FAIR AND WIFE KILLED
Their Auto Ran Into Tree by a
Roadside in France.
The Bodies of the California millionaire
and His wife Were Hurled High Into
the Air ami Terribly NInnglcd.

Evreux. France. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Fair, Americans. brother and
sister-in-law of Mrs w. *. Vanderbilt.
Jr. Miss Virginia Fairl. were return.
ing to Paris from Trouville. when
their automobile Swervcd ana crashed
into a tree. fifteen miles from here.
Both Were killed at once. The chauf-
feur became insane aS consequence
OF the shock. He was badly injured.
The accident occurred at 2.3O o'clock
in the afternoon and almost in front
of the Chateau Buisson du Mai The
wife of the gatekecper of the chateau
was the only witness of the disaster
She says she noticed n big red auto
mobile coming along the road ut tre-
mendous pace Suddenly something
happened, and the heavy machine slid
Sideways from the right to the left
side of the road for about sixty yards.
1t then dashed up an cmhanllment.
turned complete somersault and
crashed into n big elm tree in front
OF the gate of the chateau. The auto
mobile was completely wrecked; the
front axle was broken and other parts
of the machine We're smashed. includ-
ing the steering gear. When the auto
mobile turned over. the wife of the
gatekeeper says. she saw Mr.. and Mrs.
Fair thrown high in the air and fall.
The chauffeur. who was sitting behind
the Fairs, was precipitated into
ditch. He staggered to his feet. call
ing for help
The gatckccperS wife rushed to his
assistance and aided him in cxtricating
Mr.. and Mrs. Fair. who were buried
beneath the wrecked machine and in
the throes of death. Both had sus-
tanned ghastly injuries and were al
most unrccognizable. Mr.. Fairs head
had been crushed in. while his wifc's
skull was split.
The accident was evidently due TO
the bursting of tire. At the time it
occurred the automobile. which was
capable of running seventy-four miles
an hour. was going Mt the rate of sixty
two miles an hour.
Charles Louis Fair was tho second
son of the late Senator James T.. Fair
He was born in Nevada and passed
his early life in San Francisco. His
wife. whom he had met in San Fran.
cisco, was native Of Jersey City. She
was known on the Slope as NIaude
Nelson, but her real name was said 10
be Carrie Smith. His family disap
proved of the marriage although it
was generally admitted that he led n
much NOR regular life after his mar
riage than he had led before. 1t was
he who broke the will after the long
litigation over the Fair estate and he
received his share of ST.OC0.O0O. Just as
the other two chil1ren did
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-20
NATIONS LARGEST CROPS
Western Farmers VIII Reap Four BiF-
lion Bushels Of Cereals.
BOUNTlFUL HARVESTS ASSURED

All Records Excccded-Corrt Esutfis Syasts
23so, ,oOo, 900 EusheIs-whcatu un,z oa1.s.
Will Also Exceed Amount RaiscSs y-sas1
Hcar-Practically Immune A..air,ee SsztL5
Weathcr-Kansas' Crib WIN Rsar,.f
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
Improving the Eyes.

A singular story is told about the
shape of the eyes of Nine. Jane Had
ing, the French actress, which are
very remarkable. They are of the clear
est and purest brown, like that of
mountain brooks or wave washed onyx,
and yelled with thick fringe of black
and silky lashes. But this is not all.
Her eyes are unusually and extraordi-
narlly long, and this length is due to
artificial means. 1t is custom among
the Turks to lengthen the eyes by cut
ting the corners. This is done very
early, at the age of two or three years,
the outer corners being deftly split
with a lancet about the twelfth part of
an inch.
While the wound is healing the lids
are drawn outward every day, and
when 1t is quite cured the eye is still
submitted to the drawing process every
day for long time, with the result
that 1t becomes long and narrow. The
story about Nine. Hading proceeds to
declare that her father was in Turkey
and saw the practice and determined
to try 1t on his little girl, then about
three years old. Whether the story Is
true or not, one thing Is certain-the ad-
mirers Of the actress declare she has
the most beautiful eyes on the stage.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
SPOILED HIS DINNER.
An Unpleasant Thanksgiving Day
For Politician.

For a Politician.
"Bluest Thanksgiving l ever spent?"
mused the fine old gentleman who has
an unconquerable antipathy to prac-
tical politics. at stands out in my
memory like an obelisk on a plain, and
it was not so very long ago, either.
81 had been induced that fall to run
for an important public office. 1t was
done against my better judgment and
under great pressure, but when man
enters such a fight he wants to win.
was in close district and determined
to put up the very best fight that the
circumstances would permit. 1 adver-
tised at once for an extra stenographer
and from the many who responded Sc
lected beautiful, bright and dashing
young woman who justified my imme-
diate faith in her ability. She did all
my private correspondence, knew as
much about the inside of the campaign
as l did, worked day and night with a
willingness that was surprising, and
even took from one of my shrewdest
advisers the list of voters in the stron-
gest section with which l had to con-
tend, with full instructions as to how
the most influential persons among
them could be won to my cause. 1t
was great work, and yet l fell several
hundred short of the normal party vote.
MY successful opponent lived in a
neighboring town and graciously invit-
ed me to be his guest ON the following
Thanksgiving. 1t would have looked
surly to refuse, and l went. 1t was
really an admirable social function, but
the few hours l put in there were tor
ture. The host met me with hearty
handclasp. Turning, he said, My
wife Resplendent in satin and jew
els, | saw my stenographer. Love and
war; she murmured. He thinks was
visiting my old home in New Eng
land l held my peace, but that fatted
turkey tasted like rk."-Detroit Free
Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
The Rotation of Uranus.

Everybody who takes an interest in
astronomy is aware that the two outer
most planets of the solar system, IRA
nus and Neptune, are believed to rotate
backward; that is, in direction con-
trary to the rotation of all the other
members of the system. But the evil
dence that they do thus rotate is indi-
rect; such, for instance, as the fact that
their satellites revolve backward in
their orbits. Recently, however, Henri
Deslandres of the Meudon observatory
has applied method of determining
the direction Of rotation by spectre
scopic observation, which gives direct
evidence that in the case of Uranus at
least the rotation is really backward.
The method Is based on the inclination
Of the lines In the spectrum of a ro-
tating body, and resembles that by
which few years ago Professor Kee-
Ter demonstrated the motions of Sat
urn's rings. 1t is to be applied next to
Neptune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
Says the Druggist Is Passing.

John II. Lanning of Cincinnati rises
to assert that the American physician
Is handling too much medicine on his
own hook and not giving the druggist
a chance. He says: "The drug trade is
badly cut into. Ten years ago all pre-
scriptlons were handled by druggists
exclusively, but now they don't stand
half chance. In former times no
physician carried his own medicines,
but at each place visited wrote pre-
scription. Nowadays he Is equipped
with bag, In which In tablet form
are all the combinations to combat dis
ease.
1.-THE big drughouses are responsible,
together with the fact that nowadays
nearly all medicines can be tabletized
The wholesale houses sell to the physi
clan, who In addition to his services
furnishes and charges for the medicine
Aside from occasional prescriptions
about the only thing left for the drug
gist is the sale Of proprietary articles,
toilet sundries and the like"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
The Science of stoking,

According to Consul General Mason,
at Berlin, the trailing clouds of black
smoke from mill and factory that hang
over so many American cities, darken-
ing the atmosphere and befouling the
buildings, could be eliminated if the
scientific methods of constructing Chin
neys and stoking furnaces that prevail
in Germany were adopted here. at is
not every strapping laborer who can
shovel coal who Is permitted to stoke
boiler furnace in Germany" says Mr..
Mason. "The stoker in that country
must learn the theory and practice Of
economical firing, whereby the coal is
SO distributed over the crate surface as,
to secure the most perfect combustion.
The use Of fuel briquettes for domestici
purposes in Berlin also tends largely to-
the prevention Of smoke" ...Y 4
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
TURKEY A LA PURITAlNE.
A Novel Way of Preparing the Bird
For His Doom.

A Novel Way of Preparing the Bird
For His Doom.
Anent the subject of turkeys, one of
the dealers in the great national feast
bird asked reporter, says the Florida
Times Union, if he knew how to pre-
pare and cook n turkey properly. The
scribe confessed ignorance.
Get you a half pint of good old
whisky"
whats that got to do with the prep
aration of turkey?"
Everything. Saturate enough corn
in the whisky to soak up all the spir-
its. Feed that to your gobbler. The
old fellow will like 1t. First thing you
know he feels his oats, or, more prop
erly, his corn. He will spread his tail
to the breeze, trail his wings on the
ground and map off circles under the
impression that he owns the earth and
is the boss of everything on it. He will
fluff up his feathers, wrinkle his neck
and look intensely serious, all the
while splitting the atmosphere into
small chunks. By and by the old boy
gets to staggering, his gobbling is more
frequent, but less coherent, he gives
lurch backward and another forward,
jabs his bill in the ground, reels and
falls.
'Now for the ak. His head is off; he
is bled and hung up for twenty-four
hours in cool place. Make your stuff
ting to suit your own taste. Put him
in the baking pan breast downward.
Only idiots cook fowls breast up. You
want all the succulent juices to run
into the breast. A juicy breast is the
perfection of cooking. He comes to
the table smoking hot and breathing
an aroma like zephyrs which have
soughed through gardens of roses and
fields of ripe corn. Then lay to-"
"Yes," commented the reporter, "but
the Society For the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals would be horror struck"
mot at ALL The bird has got to die,
SO let him die happy"
'How about the very good people?"
"Why, bless your soul, man, that
way Of cooking turkey is an inven-
tion of the Puritansw
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.
A Contemporary Account of the Pio-
neer Fenst In 1921.

A Contemporary Account of the Pio-
neer Fenst In 1921.
The first Thanksgiving day was cele-
brated in the autumn of 1921.
An account of the pioneer of all these
L feasts has been presented in letter by
Edward Winslow written in the same
year:
You shall understand that in this
little time that few of us have been
here we have built seven dwelling
houses and four for the use of the plan
tation and have made preparations for
eleven others. We set the last spring
some twenty acres of corn and sowed
some six acres of barley and peas.
Our corn did prove well, God be
praised and our barley Indifferent
good, but our peas not worth harvest
ing Our harvest being got in, our
governor sent four men out fowling, so
that we might after special manner
rejoice together after had gathered
the fruit of our labors. They four in
one day killed as much fowl as, with
a little help beside, served the whole
company almost week, at which time
among other recreations we exercised
our arms, many of the Indians arriv-
ing among us, and among the rest their
greatest king, Massasoit, with ninety
men, whom for three days we enter
tanned and feasted. And, although 1t
be not always so plentiful as it was at
this time with us, yet, by the goodness
of God, we are so far from want that
we often wish you partakers of our
plenty"
Thus Thanksgiving was born.
1t continued to be celebrated, though
not with any regularity, for about six
ty years, after which it was annually
ordered by the general court, not al
ways in November, but generally after
the harvests were gathered.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
HE WON HIS BET.
Satisfactory Course Dinner Served
without Knives and Forks.

without Knives and Forks.
Several members of the Transporta-
tion club Of this city were smoking and
chatting over the after dinner coffee
few days ago when the conversation
turned to the "horseless age" Trolley
cars, automobiles and airships had
their share of the talk, when one Of the
party, a young man well known in
New York clubland, said, 81 wonder If
they will ever invent silverless din
ners"
"Silverless dinnersr exclaimed the
others.
Eyes; dinners at which one will not
have to bother with knives, forks or
spoons, where everything will be pre-
pared in such fashion that one can SIM
ply take it in his fingers and still not
require pail of water alongside Of
him."
Il doubt It," said another. "In fact,
I don't see how such thing could very
well be-"
"Well," continued the man who made
the proposition, II am willing to wa
ger the cost of dinner that l can get
up one which you will call excellent,
and we won't have piece Of silver on
the table"
The wager was at once taken, and the
young man sought the chef. Next night
the five men were again together, and
each had brought woman to pass
judgment on the meal. 1t consisted Of
eight courses, and all those present vot-
ed 1t n perfect success. The menu was
as follows:
Oysters on the half shell. to be eaten from
the shell.
Consomme in cups.
Frogs legs, with a sauce on the side.
Half of a baked SQUAD. with the leg in pa
per cap.
Lamb chops, with the ends in paper cap.
Stuffed celery.
Ice cream sandwiches. Coffee.
New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
looking proudly down upon his lovely

looking proudly down upon his lovely
little flancee.'
well, If 1t don't beat all how queer
things do happen" said Mrs. Nisbett,
her face radiant. "And you've been
livin' neighbor to me these six weeks
and l never knowed it. Ida, why
didn't you tell me?"
Because l never dreamed that Ste
phen Risingham, my betrothed western
lover, was anything to Mrs. Nisbett," I"
said Ida, laughing.
"There tits, now" calculated the
farmer. How was she to know that
he was only my nephew, adopted when
his parents died, twenty good years
ago. We've always called him son,
and he's always been son to us. But
Ida didn't know. Old woman, what
do you say to Stephens wife?"
Mrs. Nisbett clasped Ida to her
heart.
81 do say" she calculated, "this is
the thankfullest Thanksgivin' l ever
lived to seev-New York Daily News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
PIECE DE RESISTANCE.

the desired holiday flavor as stuffing
of mushrooms, and, as these are raised
in such quantities for the market now
adays, they are no longer an extrava-
gance. The stutfing is made in this
way: A pound of nice, tender ham cut
in dice. When hot, add two pounds Of
mushrooms little grated nutmeg,
white pepper to taste and bay leaf
(the ham supplies enough salt. Blend
all together in the saucepan over a
moderate fire until the ham is cooked; |;
then put aside to cool. Stuff the crop
out well, and If any remains put it in
the body Of the turkey; then sew both
neatly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
A BARNYARD DRAMA,
The Victims Dream of u Horrible
ReyenEe.

Revenge.
Rooster-So you will steal my corn,
will you? Oh, you needn't strut around
here as though you were the only one
In this menagerie.
Turkey-Oh, l don't know. You're
not in 1t with me just now. I'm the
most popular thing ON the walk at
present.
Rooster-Well, madam, stretch your
rubber neck up over my head all you
want today, but just you wait till to-
morrow When your skinny legs are
being dragged to the execution block,
will look ON at your CORY expiration
and from the bottom of my lungs will
crow for victory!
Turkey taking two struts coopward
and landing in the center of the stage)
Aye, aye, sir! But listen. Death
hath its rewards, and to sacrifice N.Y.
self at the altar Of revenge is more
glorious than life. What If my beau
teous wings shall switch the dust from
out the cracks of the kitchen stove?
Wait till my nude and helpless form
lies stretched upon the platter Of the
feast! Then shall revenge come to me,
for never yet was one of our tribe sac
rificed at the altar Of Thanksgiving
that the merciless gourmands did not
so o'erstuff themselves that nothing In
all the world was worth the having for
three days In advance.
Revenge! My friends, revenge indeed
Is sweet!-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26

So come, We sons and daughters,
From restless city strife;
Come ere you lose your relish
For the quiet joys of life;
Come back, ye rowing children,
From prairies far and wide
And cluster round the hearthstone
Once more at eventide.
Take up your song of childhood
And sing it Ger again; AZ
Forget that ye are matrons
Or business loving men,
And If your eyes grow misty
Rejoice that it is so;
A heart sincerely tender
Is the purest one to know.
Remember, with your loved ones 80.
Life's lamp doth feebly burn; III
Your parents may not linger ~"
To greet a late return.
Forget them not, though patient; -
Oh come now while you may! ;ShS
Praise God; rejoice together
On this Thanksgiving day.
Good Housekeeping.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26

I know that Thanksgiving days most
here,
And it makes me long to fly,
For I've reached my prime, and it's
mighty clear
That it's time for me to die.
I saw the head of the house come out, :
And he smiled as he gazed at me,
And he cried aloud that there was no
doubt
What a comfortable meal I'd be. ,
Oh I've got to go! And it gives me fit,
Though it isn't so much for my life
That / care about, but he can't carve q
bit,
And I've got to be hacked by his wife. !
New York Herald. !
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
Thanksgiving Trust.

Lord, I give thanks!
Last year, thou knowest, my best ambi-
tions failed;
My back with scourgings of defeat was
failed;
My eyes felt oft the sharp salt wash OF
tears;
No guerdon blessed the tireless toll OF
years;
Fast in the snares my helpless feet were
tied,
Yet in my woes thou didst with me abide.
Lord l give thanks!
Susie NJ. Best in Lippincotts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-26
Not In n Good Set.

"No," exclaimed the mother turkey,
81 would prefer my children not to as
sociate witt those incubator chicks"
Because they are so needless and
don't know how to feather their own
nests?" inquired the duck.
NO. it isn't that so much I have
brooded over" replied the turkey, but
there's something so artificial about
them"
However, when the incubator chicks
heard this they thought of the funeral
baked meats of Thanksgiving and re-
marked significantly, death levels alT
ranks, New York Journal.