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r ~ i I L I .Jill lllll I IJJ V' The Fort Mill Times. (3EMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. 13. W. BRADFORD, - Ed. and Prop. Si* mciithn .. DC One y;:ir 51.W Cortjespoiulence on current subjects is lijvttW, but no responsibility it: aa8U\.?.U foi* the views of correspondents. ' On application to tl?e publisher, ad.'Vcrtiwnje rat en arc made known to those Interested. ' Entered at the imstoftiee at Fort Mill, ' S. C.? as second class matter. - .i? _ ^ n! SEPTEMBER 27. 1PW. | To refuse a paper at the post- i office isjnmply a cowardly way of i insultii^the editor, and to thus ! refus# *r when iudebled to it only doubles the insult. There* is no better way of building up our town than giving ; to our home business men our' entire apd exelusive patronage, j The more we help each other the more we help the town. The best way to guard against schemes of grafters and keep upto-date in" general is to be a regular reader of this paper. It is always the one who does not read his home paper who gets caught by the grafters and fakirs. "Any one wishing to adopt a boy baby, aged 11 months, please apply to Alexander Home." ? Charlotte News. If not already disposed of, address, "Childless Couple, Fort Mill, S. C." A special delivery stamp is unnecessary. The Yorkville Enquirer says that "all of the York county vpnrr>spn<\nHvp? nw psnpfMnllv . pledged not to vote to repeal the "Brice law." Since reading the above we are less surprised at j the statement of the editor of The Enquirer to a Fort Mill Reformer a few days ago that the best legislative ticket in the county had been nominated in the recent primary. Says the Orangeburg Times and Democrat: "Some of the merchants at Yorkville and Fort Mill have withdrawn their advertisements from the New Era and The Times because they advocated the State dispensary. The boycott is a game at which two can play, and the papers ought to let their friends in the country know who the merchants are that take such a narrow view so that they can be ^ .given a dose of their own medicine." We are pleased to see so many r.f /Mil* /?if irranc 4 olr^nrr ikvirln tn ViJ. WUl 1/lllliVUO lUv; 111 their homes by applying paint i and otherwise improving ap-; pearances. The word "home" J ,*.-next to that of*"mother," is the , greatest ever uttered by human i tongie. What a refuge it is whei the darkness gathers! How i glad *ne is to get a glimpse of \ nome when time and space have \ separated him from it if even but lor a brief period! There | seems to be a good natural j rivalry here in an effort to make j "our home" look a little neater #nd thus be the more inviting to the occupants than all others. Such rivalry is certainly pardonable. While the modern system of j school work may be deficient in ! some respects, and no doubt the ! tendency is to take on more work and too many branches of study for the pupil to master thorough ly in the time the average boy or girl allowed for schooling, yet there is a fault on the part of parents which is persistently left out of account in the argument of the critic. The pupils, especially in the higher grades, are allowed to spend the nights during the week in various amusements which distract their minds from school work, and the loss of sleep incapatiates them for good work buring school hours. -' $? We publish in another column j an ordinance prohibiting the sale 1 of cocaine, except under the writ-1 k ten prescriptioi^d^^Jicensed! WL\ J -v physician^JflMM^^^^HMB ^ >* ? 1 ': ' ? / \ BB^JBBJB|^^^Fiowevei%i^ is hopeu tnu^are new ordinance will break up the sale of this most dangerous drug. The public schools throughout this section are now opening their doors, and within a few weeks all these seats of learning will have opened for the incoming of the knowledge-seekers. To those entering nothing else is so important as to be on hand at first and thenceforward to be regular in attendanae. The rawest and most gawky recruit can be drilled into tVm finished soldier, if nnlv the officer has the opportunity to administer the training. Be regular in your attendance, and it will count for much in piling up a creditable average. To parents attendance on school is just as important as to the children, i Encourage your child to be punctual, studious, t ad well deported. and the lesson well learned will pay in rich dividends . of character that will rejoice you even as your tottering feet go on and on ever nearer the crumbling edge of the grave. The Times learns with regret that the publisher has been cen- j sured for the publication in our i last issue of an article concern- j ing the recent closing of the local I barber shop. It was not our de- i sire to do an injustice to any of the parties concerned, and in I writing the article especially did we try to be fair and impartial. The barber shop matter was one In which the publisher of this paper was not concerned, except j in so much as our duty demanded in publishing the news. The j article was published purely as a matter of news, and according ! to the facts as we were best I able to obtain them. Feeling that we have performed our duty impartially in the matter, the incident is closed, so far as we are concerned, and any fur- | ther discussion of the matter through The Times will be charged for at advertising rates.' We often wonder why it is so many young men can be seen loafing upon our streets until a late hour of night. Many of | them are from our best homes, j The fathers af these young men. , many of them at least, are iium- j bered among our best citizeus. J If their cow or their horse or even their favorite dog was away from home after dark they would be out on a search, but their own children can roam the ; town all night with apparent no effort being made to find them. The boy seems to be turned loose ' at a tender age to wander at will into the paths of sin and vice and then we wonder where i all our tramps and worthless specimens of humanity come! from. It is a regrettable fact that too many of them come from seed germinated in good I Vinmtio mill I cnn'ri in ?i ix/ilivu ItliM bliVii OWVt AA Alt CA V.U1 less manner upon our streets and back alleys. That Iron Bridge. What has become of a movement to erect an iron bridge over Sugar creek at the site of the; present Bailes bridge, 2 miles; east of Fort Mill? This was the question put to the publisher of The Times a' few days ago, and we must confess that we were unable to give ' .% rpu~ ?.* v>ciiiojcii L\'i %v tuiavvtu, lilt: we heard of the movement it had reached the hands of the county commissioners in the shape of a petition in which several hundred dollars had been subscribed by Fort Mill people and the icounty was asked for the balance fof the required amount to erect the bridge. This was several months ago, and. if we remember aright, the commissioners jagreed to confer with the Lancaster officials with a view to securing from that county its proportionate share in the undertaking. Here the matter rested, and is still resting, so far as we know. But we wish to again bring this matter before our Ceople. The building of this ridge across Sugar Creek is an undertaking in which every citizen of the town should feel an interest, and everyone should * i -'v&y ' A# ^ ? ^ ?V*y ./ fU, * ' . '\ p ! work untiringly for the success of the project. The exact amount of money which was subscribed bv our people has escaped the writer's memory, but we feel safe to say that no one contrib[ uted so liberal that he could not j ; make another contribution with- j ; out feeling a financial embarrass- j j ment. And these contributions i : should not be sought solely from j | our merchants and other business , ; men. The custom which comes j from beyond the creek, not only i benefits the business men of our | town but is helpful in bringing ! Imore people to our town, furFnishing the market with country j I products, increasing trade, and | in a general way aids in the j building of the town and the increasing of real estate and other j i values. Our private citizens ; j should donate to this cause. We i j feel confident that several hun' dred dollars are yet available for j the bridge if some one will go to work in earnest. Teachers' Examination. The regular fall examination j for teachers' certificates was j conducted in the county court 1 house at Yorkville Friday by Supt. L. W. Jenkins, assisted i j by Mr. T. E. McMackin. The | number of white teachers who applied for certificates was un- i usually small, which is probably accounted for by the fact that! the notice of the meeting, which i is of equal importance to every j section of the county, was pub- ' fished only in the Yorkville En-1 quirer. Young Drakeford'x Latest Cartoon. J. Miller Drakeford, Yorkville's youthful artist has presented The New Era with a cartoon representing political conditions in this county resulting from the recent primary election. Those who have seen the picture pronounce it a very fine conception of local conditions. The proverbial beast of burden, synonymous of the people, long tethered to the ring organ, suddenly becomes defiant and has broken . loose from his moorings and is ' using his hind legs with wonder- j j ful effect. Several politicians ' ; have been kicked up into the air j j from the vicinity of The En! quirer office and the entire outfit seems completely demoralized, j ! Senator Brice is standing on the j I pinacle of King's Mountain surveying the situation, and says ho 1 can "scarcely believe his eyes." j ; The New Era is making arrangc; menls to print the cartoon and ' j it will probably appear in next; j weeks issue Yorkville New Era. j Here's serving notice that I The Times wishes to "borry" j the . cut after the New Era, qses it. Tillman Dislikes Govt. Ownership. Senator Tillman does not think the South would agree to Mr. Bryan's nomination upon a platform containing government ownership of the railroads. He says that the Democrats of the South "believe in a government individuals and not in paternal- , ism. We are not ready to admit i the railroads cannot be regulated, ; and we are not ready to see ap-1 praisers transform them into a huge political machine. In the hands of the government, the railroads would be used for punishment of hostil territory. Discriminations would be without number. You Northerners must send down to South Carolina for some true seed of Americanism. In Illinois all I found was Pelrovskys, Broad-, skys, and whiskies." Amos Owens Dcsd. The North Carolina papers contain notices of the death last v/eek of Amos Owens. He is the old fellow whose name was used with the cherry tree swindle a few years ago, in which a ? r . . if. _ . . . a . __ nuuioer 01 people in rnis section, 1 principally women, "bit". Owens j lived at Cherry Mountain, on | which it was alleged, the cherry i trees were grown. Other persons used the old man's name ; and concocted the scheme by I which they sold thousands of alleged cherry trees all over the South. Their operations were finally stopped by the Government on the ground that the! mails were being used to defraud, and the cases were tried in the Federal Court at Char: lotte. Amos Owens himself was 1 I a moonshiner and a celebrated character, even before the cherry : tree episode in his career. This is the year, tne month and , the week when the editor must | once more remind his delinquent i subscribers how badly he needs; that dollar, i *vLv & ? . . Orphan Day Next Saturday. A great many of the orphan- f! ages in the South will observe | the last Saturday in September' as work day for the orphans, j and the institutions in this State ; are sending out information as j to the plan. Men and women, > boys and girls, of all denominations and of no denominations, ! will be asked to give the pro-: cecds of that day's labor to the institution of their individual; choice. The proceeds may be | vv?!irf"j rnr*r?ivpd wcnilnr nr special labor, profits made in business or such gifts as may be j offered by promptings of the heart. Murder Charge Against Faith Curist. The grand jury of Anderson county a few days ago returned j a true bill for murder against R. | B. Hays, the ' "Faith Cure" evangelist, who recently allowed his child to suffer and die without attempting to give it medical relief. On account of his queer religious belief and preaching. Hayes refused to allow a physician to see the child or to give it medicine to relieve suffering. The case has attracted wide-! spread attention. The date of his ! trial has not been fixed. Technical Education. I Referring to the notable industrial advance of the South during the past half century, L. S. Ran- , dolph. professor of mechanical, engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic "p.siii.ute, Blacksburg, insists that unless steps are taken for adequate training of young men in the engineering and the ! the mechanic arts in the South they must see pass to others the i wonderful opi>oRunities for shar- > ing in theSouth's future development. He notes that the technical schools of the South are not supplying half of the annual loss in the profession of civil, mechanical, electrical and mining engineering in the South, to say j nothing of adding to the number ; to meet the steadily increasing calls, and that for every engi- i nee** educated in ihe South 15 engineers come from oilier parts i of the country. He argues that the technical schools of the South have such an imperfect and inadequate equipment that the majority of the technical graduates seek emplopment in Northern and Western manufacturing establishments in order to gain a thorough training. He contends that the South is naturally capable of supplying the young | men to become superintendents, , engineers and managers in cotton mills, power development plants, railway and .machine j shops etc., and his paper is an exceedingly practical argument and an urgent one that the technical schools of the South be given a far greater and much more substantial support in every way than rhoy are nowreceiving. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the well directed fidelity and enthusiasm}' of its administrative forces and! in the earnestness and determination of its students, is an illustration of a spirit for toclini- i cal training all over the South j which, if adequately seconded by public support;, would work a gratiiy.ng revolution or the Sou Li 1 within 10 years. A Cominfj Marriage. The Fort "Mill friends of Miss Buiow Wiison, of Morgan ton, N. j C., will be interested to learn of her engagement to Mr. J. J. Hutchison, of Charlotte, the marriage to take place the evening of October 4th in the Presbyterian church at Morgan ton. Miss Wilson is a daughter ol* Major J. W. Wilson, and is one' of Fort Mill's most popular out- j of-town visitors. She has often ! visited her sister, Mrs. L. J. Massev, in this place and has nmny friends here. Mr. Hutchison is a popular! younpf man ot t; harlot to. lie is : associated in business with his father, Dr. E. Nye Hutchison. i Letter to J. W. McILHANEY. Fort Mill. S- C. ]")( u* Sir: There's twice as mncli , horse in one horse?it may lie a inureas there is in two or three others together. :>*? with puiutstoo. If a painter oau do j your job with 10 gallons Uovoo for $.'?0; it'll take 12 1.1 or 20 of other paints; and the cost of the jolt is nhonf ?5o a gallon, ! whatever the itaiut may he There are jtaints adulterated three- | quarters?only one qaurt of paint in a gallon?he's got to paint four gallons of rubbish to get one gallon of paint. The worst horse you've got is as good as that paint, and he'll go as :.ir. The less-gallons paint is the paint, as the most horse horse is the horse. You< s truly i? V W DKVOE & CO New York j 1\ 5: \Y 1: Ardrey & Co ^e1! oi ? paint j r?mw?w?w?J urn,' w- vur '.'^raww??? THE BREATH OF LIFE. It's a significant foot that the strong* est animal of its size, the gorilla, also has the largest lungs. Powerful lungs menu powerful creatures. How to keep the breathing organs right should be man'schiefest study. Like thousands of others. Mrs Ora A. Stephens, of Port Williams. O., has learned how to do this. She writes: "Three bottles of Dr. 1 King's Now discovery stopped my cough of two years and cured me of what niv friends thought consumption. O, it's grand for throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed by all druggists. Prico COc. and $1.U0. Trial bottle free. After serving1 in the army since 1862 Lieutenant General Corbin has retired from active service. STARVING TO EEATH. Because her stomach was so weakened by useless drugging that she could not eat, Mrs. Mary H. Walters, of St. Clair St.. Columbus, Ohio, was literally starving: to death. Slio writes: "My stomach was so weak from useless drugs that I could not oat, and my nerves so wrecked that I could not sleep, aud not beforo I was given up to dio was I induced to try Electric bitters; with the wonderful result that improvement began at once, and a complete cure followed." Best health Tonic on earth. 50c. Guaranteed by all druggists. Thomas F. Ryan and others are believed to aim as forming a trust.for the control of the world's supply of rubber. ..-TO CUr.E A FELON" rays Fan: Kendall.of Philiipsburg.Kan., "just cover it over with Buckleu's Arnica Salve and the Salve will do the rest. Quickest cure for Burns, l'oils, Sores, Scalds, Wounds. Biles, Eczema, Salt, Hhoum, Chapped Hands, Sore Feet and Sore Eyes. Only Miic at all drug stores. Guaranteed. Missouri republicans are urging Tt 1i* e i iiooseveit 10 run lor president i again. * m a WELL WORTH TRYIKGk \Y. II. Drown, the popular pension attorney of Pittstield, Vt? says: "Next to :v pension, I ho host thing to get is Dr. Ring's Now l.ifo 1'ills." Ho writes: ' tliey keep my family in splendid health." Quick euro for lleadacho. Const ipution and Biliousness. Guaranteed at all drug stores. Price 25c. Ladies, read this catalogue of charms. Bright eyes, glowing cheeks, red lips, smooth skin without a blemish, in short, perfect hoallh. For sale with every package of Hollistor's Kockv Mountain Tea. cents, Parks Drug Co ? Surveying parties are making1 surveys and maps of certain sections of Virginia. -? ?- - ? It arouses energy, develops and stimulates nervous lite, arouses the courage of youth. It makes you young again. That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Teh will do. cents, Tea or Tablots.? Parks Drug Co. At a meeting of the Florence board of trade it was decided that Florence Comity must have an agricultural fair a. sociation. ?? ?Ask any "JAP" that you may see, "Why tho Czar, with Dear behind," had t<> climb a t iw. Tim A'a.nkt, Cio-i bless the Yanks, say she Tlio.v pive us Kooky Mountain Tea. SPECIAL NOTICES. NOT LOB.?I have secured temporary quarters for my barber shop in the Ardivy lmihlin^, over Polk's store, and will he pleased to have my patrons call there for their tousorial work. N. L. O \ROTlIKRS. WANTED.- To l ay, several cords of oak >r hickory wood. Apply to the publisher of Thy Times. FOR K12NT?The John Q. t'onsart house in Snrattville. Possession Nov. 1st. Apply to K. E. Koduors. NOTICE B< Riniiiug Saturday, I will serve the best of oysters eaeh Saturday a fternoon at my ohl stand on Main street. \V. M. tULP Frt^h BaktTs' Bread every Saturday at JONES'. ~~"V ' ?. REOISTKAI ION NOTICE. The books of Registration for tho qualified voters of the town of Fort Mill for the vc.ir of litOH are now onen jir Hull's Market between the Icl'uI hours of Da. m, and .'i p. m., and will < lose the 22nd day 01 i-> ccmber HMQ, K. M. Hood li.is bconuppointed Kegistrsir. Hy order of tl > council. W. L. Hull, Attest Intonduut. * A. K. McTClhaney, Clerk. AN ORDINANCE. Prohibit iny tin sale of cocaine within the corporate limits of the town of Fort. Mill, S. t'. licit ordained and enaci d by the town council now sitting; in common council, and by authority of Hio sumo. '1 hat after the pi-sage of this Ordinance it shall bo unlawful for any person or?porsonn 'o sell, trade or barter co. nine within the corporate limits of the town of Fort Mill. S. (\ (except up on the written prescript ion of a practicing Physician, as described in the General statuti s d ' lie state of South Carolina ) Sec. 2. Th.it any person convicted of violating this ordinance shall bo punished by n lino no: exceeding Fifty ($.>o.o(d dollars nor less than Five <$r> 00) dollars or imprisonment at hard labor Mint exceeding Thirtj (30; days nor less than ton (10) days. Sec. 3. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances, heretofore adopted, which are inconsistent with the provision hereof, are hereby rujicalcd. Done and ratilied in r ?nneil assembled tlii.s JSth day of Sept. lOfld. W. L. Hall, Attest Intendant. N H. VcKlhnucy, Sec. and Trv^s. * #5* Mil I ??? CLOTHING. A more complete stock of clothing would be hard to find. We can fit the boys, the young men, the middle aged man, and the settled man. Considering quality of goods, we can't be undersold. Here are the wea]X>ns that we fight competition with. They have been conquerors for the past half century, and if fair treatment and honest dealing will accomplish anything, they will continue to lead : I Schloss Bros, and Griffon brand Clothes. Jno. B. Stetson and Howard Hats. , "> Hanan and Crawford Shoes. Sweet, Orr, and Brand Bros. Trousers. Bull Doer shirts and other popular lines of goods. Our motto: "The best goods i'or the least money." man k Co. GIBSON'S HAIR RESTORER Is a fragrant preparation for invigorating and beautifying the Hair. I It will gradually restore grey hair to its original color, promote a new and healthy growth where the hair is fallen, and is remarkably useful in preventing dandruff and destroying parasitic hair-killers. Price fiOc per bottle, at ARBREY'S DRUGSTORE, j & I Sp tciai \ i Announcement, ? v Z. F!. Scott, Charlotte's * leading photographer, will J * open a har. studio at a i rort Mill, S. n the L. J. I ? Ivlassey building over the J drugstore, "alterationsnow X j } under wry." The studio 4 ' will positively be opened J ? for business on Monday, /j ? October 1st, 1906. Those ? ? wishing first class work at A | ^ moderate prices, are cor- ^ I < dially invited to call and see A ' us. 8 A. I Mr .Will extend Coupon X 4 offer ujntil October 1. Posi-.J I tively lhot later. t a Enlarging in Crayon. Bro tmide, j Pastel and' Sepia 4 hand painting in oil or i ? water colors to order. X Frames made to order at X 4 wholesale prices. t 'Respectfully, 9 i Z.j E. Scott | ; i. L .... . lii i