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I \ % The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. R. W. BRADFORD, - Ed. and Prop Six months HO One year 31.00 (Tnrrcspondenoe on current nubjeuts Is Invited, Out rio responsibility is naBuni' d for tho views of torresijondents. I t C>n application to the publisher, t?d' vi-rtlslns: rates tire made known to J those Interested. Entered nt the postofficeat Fort Mill. ; S. C., as second class matter. " OCTOISKR 25. 1906. j If your business is not worth advertising, sell it at auction. We are unable to say anything concerning the whereabouts of the fool-killer, but he certainly has not visited this section lately. Nothing speaks more potently for the welfare, thrift and enterprise of a city or town than to sec nice houses, neat lawns, clean streets and good sidewalks. When you observe these features ydu need not inquire about school facilities?they arc all right. The baby and floral show to be ! given today (Thursday) in the I town hall should be liberally patronized by thc.peopleof the com- j rnunity. The proceeds from the show are to be used exclusively for the improvement of the town and our people should show their appreciation of the efforts of the ladies by attending the show. There is an opinion prevalent throughout this section that the farmers are holding their cotton for higher prices, and this is iillO fn UAmo nvtnnf lxii4- 4-V*^ Vi VIV l/V tJKJ I I IV V/ A tVi 1 1 by l/li U I/I1U light receipts are principally due to the fact that there is little cotton to be marketed this season. In this immediate vicinity a half crop is considered a fai^estimate. Probably the greatest damage .done the crops of this section by the frosts of the last few days was to the crop of pea vines. A large number of farmers in the county depend upon their pea vine crop for a r large .part of their rough feed. f.The frost was earlier than -usual and many farmers of the county had only begun to harvest the ; vines. Probably several hun dred acres of vines in the county were destroyed, the loss amounting to several thousand dollars. For the benefit of some who do not seem to have understood ' the meaning of tlve paragraph used in our last issue in which we advised a longer term of "paternal" control for our young men, we give the definition, according to Webster, of the word "paternal": "Pertaining to a father; fatherly, paternal care or affection; paternal favor or admonition." Just how some have failed to understand as to whether we were advocating government by parent or child, we cannot conceive. The Times has received advance circulars telling of the publication in Atlanta of a magazine to be known as "The Race Question and Southern Symposium," the first issue of which will appear next month. The purpose of the publication is to discuss the negro problem "from the standpoint of sociology, cthnolygy and political economy." In view of the recent race tronhlo? in Atinntn if is safe to say that the patronage of the magazine will come principally from the whites and with hut a very limited number of colored readers, it will have but little effect in decreasing the troubles and converting the bad negroes with which that section is?infested. The mere name of the publication, no matter what its motives may be, is assurance that the negroes, especially that class which are given to crime, will give it a wide "-berth. Wc hope, however, that our presumptions may prove untrue, and that much good may result from the monthly issuance of The Race Question and Southern Symposium." Latter to L. S. NIVBNS. Tort Mill, S. C. Dear Sir: Herd's tho difToranco bo~ twoeu two pure paints; one strong; tho \ two new houses, tho houses exactly! allies one aiiotl^w^ire paint,^thn other Pay Your Honest Debts. i 1 Although the g< od book teach-1, es us to owe no man, there are a j great many people who appear j to be whol ly at sea as to the! manner in which we should p*y i our debts. In this country we j have 1 hree distinct classes of j people who owe debts: the man | who pays promptly, the man who puts it off almost indefinitely and the man who doesn't pay at all. The latter, we are thankful, is in the minority and is getting fewer each year. Debt-paying is a matter upon which rests the success or failure of every community and citizen. Nine out of every ten men one meets daily owes a debt, and is looking to someone who owes him for the money with which to pay that I debt. And on down the line others may have to wait until this money is put in circulation before they can meet their obligations. Hence, through the operations of one poor paymaster, numerous overdue accounts have to be carried and a dullness or stagnation of business results With the citizen in private life, it is probably less hurtful than with the man in business, who invariably owes more or less and especially those whose heavy bills come due in , the fall. These men are com1 pelled to look to those who owe them for money to meet their obligations promptly and conI tine business. We don't believe, or hope there isn't a man in this section who has contracted a debt this year that he doesn't figure on paying this fall, or who is not making, or will make some effort to do so. But there is the very injurious practice among some of putting j off debt paying until the last ditch, and who will pay up then only after their creditors have gone to the trouble and expense of sending out numerous duns. It is all wron?: to treat the ir.anj who has befriended you in such a manner. Every man should make an effort to meet his honest obligations promptly and all parties concerned would be materially benefitted. Mother's Tears. The little boy and his sister have started to school. Many a mother has shed tears as she took her little one to school and had it impressed upon her that her baby is no longer a baby. This is one of the little tragedies of life that make it sweet. What is sweeter to a mother than the mingled pain and grief that comes when her little boy dons his first pair of trousers? It is the same mixture of pain and sorrow that hallows the plunge into life that the little one makes when he or she enters school for the first time. It marks another I milestone in the journey that we all must travel, the end whereof is in the grave. It is these events in domestic life that are common to the race and which makes the whole world kin. The mother will weep again when her boy goes to college, or when he goes to work. The same sweet pangs will come when her daughter marries. There is no fathoming the heart of a mother. Her love is like the universe immeasurable. As no plumet can sound the depths of either, so no eye may see and no tongue may tell the widcness and depths of a mother's love. No day is so ardous, no night, too long to be spent in labor for those she loves. All: joy and all pain comes to the mother. Sne is the embodiment; of the Universal love, the best reqresentative on earth of the God love that was in the beginning, is now and always will be. Mothers will continue to weep their joyful sad tears when their children star? to school, and children will learn some day what those tears mean. Try as hard as they may, they will never be able to repay the love that prompted the tears. But they can try and keep trying and the mother will forget the tears in the pride she has in their achievements. Soldiers Claims Soon to be Paid. The Columbia Record's WashI ington correspondent a few days ago saw tne law nrm of Calhoun & Sizer of Washington City in regard to the claims of the Spanish-American soldiers from South Carolina who have a large amount of money coming to them, the claim now being in the hands of this law firm. The claim amounts to about $30,000, and is alleged to be due the soldiers for the time they were actually in camp before being regularly mustered into service. M There is no doubt that the money^ will be forthc^ipmg^t^ap been a long and stubborn one, Mr. Calhoun told the Record [, correspondent. "This claim is 1 in as good shape as it could bo without actually having collected ! the money, and you may say ] that our firm hopes to be success- < ful in the matter within a short ^ time. We are making excellent ! progress." , I Crop Conditions at Fort Mill. < j The Evening Chronicle of Charlotte a few days ago had this: Mr. J. H. McMurray of Fort Mill, S. C. is in the city. Being asked for Fort Mill news he said: "Col. Leroy Springs and Mr. W. H. Stewart have just about finished a new ginnery having five 70-saw gins. This plant will be operated by electric power from the Catawba Power Company. The plant will be in operation in a day or so, or as soon as the Tompkins Company of this city can get the power connected up." "How about the cotton crop?" "It's hard to say. The weather has been too wet in summer and is too wet yet. What sort of outcome there will be I couldn't say, not even in the cases of cotton I see daily. I think our township will be at least onefourth off. I have 15 or 20 acres off which I ought to get a bale of cotton to the acre. "Besides my own farm I have charge of all the lands of Col. Springs and Capt. White. I ran for mvself six nlows nnrl for these other gentlemen 30 plows with hands on wages basis, and have tenants who work 10 plows. I also have charge of the farm of Mr. Harvey White, across the river where six plows are operated. ''' "How are farmers in upper South Carolina getting along these times?" was asked. "I think very well as compared with the old reconstruction days. We all feel, however, that cotton has been lately a little too low. Comparing prices ' now with former low prices is not fair to the farmer. It costs more to make cotton now than it formerly did. When cotton was sold at 41-2 cents it was selling at cost. Now I believe it costs twice as much if allowance is made for some better., living t;han people could afford in those old hard times. Then a good hand could be had for $6 or $7 a month. Now 60 cents a day won't hold a hand on the farm. We who are farming think cotton is low enough at 10 cents and we think times would" be better for everybody if it could be held up to 11 or 12 cents a pound." Pleasant Valley. Mrs. Zenus White of Saliahnrv is visiting in this community.? Mr. Estes Garrison of Waxhaw is visiting relatives here.?Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Potts visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cunningham of Harrison Sunday evening. They i are both quite sick.?The chil-; dren of Mrs. Erwin of this place , are sick with measles.?The children of Mrs. Newton Pettus are improving, having had diphtheria.?James 0. Hall has been quite sick for two weeks. ? Babes' bridge was damaged by the recent rain.?Rev. Bennett has been called to serve the people of Pleasant Valley Baptist church another year. ? Mrs. Butler visited the fair in Charlotte one day last week.?Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Potts are attending the fair in Columbia this week.? Mr. Lee Bickett and daughters Misses Myrtle and Pearl spent Thursday in Charlotte. The following order has just been issued by the acting postmpstor orpnpraI in -mcrcivA fn no,. 0 ?. >vfiiuu w yajment of box rents. The important feature of the order is that it requires payment in advance before the quarter actually begins. "Box rents must be ' collected at the begininng of each quarter for the entire quarter, but no longer. Ten days before the last day of each quarter postmasters are required to place a bill (on Form 1,638 of 1.583 1-2) bearing the date of the last day of the quarter, in each rented box. If a box I holder fails to renew his right to his box on or before the last day of a quarter the box shall then be closed and offered for rent and the mail will be placed in the general delivery." BLOOD POISONING result* from chronic constipation which is auickly cured by Dr. King's New Life Pills. They remove all poisonous germs 1 from the system and infuse new life and vigor; onre soar stomach, nansea, headache, dizziness and colic, without gripping or diaoomfort. 25c Guaranteed by all druggists. Fresh Bakers' Bread every Saturday , DANGER FROM THE PLAGUE. , I There's grave danger from the plague l Coughs and Cold* that are so preva- ! lent, uuIosh you take Dr. King's New , Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Jo Ids*. Mrs. Goo. Walls, of Forest City. tfe.r writes: 'It's a Godsend to people living in climates where coughs and olds prevail. I find it quickly ends them. It prevents Pneumonia, cures I.aGrippe, stives wonderful relief in Asthma and Huy Fever, and makes weak lungs strong enough to ward of Consumption, Coughs and Colds. 50c and ?1.00. Guaranteed by all bruggists. Tiial bottle free. Little Mary Mack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ardrey, is reported seeiously ill. A YOUNG MOTHER AT 70 my moriier lias suciueniy ooen mane young at 70, Twenty years of intense suffering from dyspepsia had entirely disabled her, until six months ago, when she begun taking Electric Hitters, which I have completely cured her and restored tl^e strength and activity Bhe had in tho priVneof life," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick, of Danforth, Me, Greatest restorativo medicine 011 the globe. Sets Stomach, Liver and Kidneys right; purifies the blood, and cures Malaria Billiousnesa and. Weakness. Wonderful Nerve Tonic. Price 50c. Guaranteed by all druggists. ? Mrs. Parker, the aged grandmother of Mr?. L. P. Fulp, is reported somewhat improved. If you have lost your boyhood spirits, courage and confidonre of youth, wo offer yon new life, fresh courage and freedom from ill health in Hollister's Rocity Mountain Tea. 35 cents Tea or TablotB.?Parks Drng Co. A large crowd went from here yesterday to the State fair in Columbia. . __ This is tho season of decay and weakened vitality. Nature is being shorn of its beauty aud bloom. If you Would retain yours, fortify your system with Hollister's Rocky Mouutoiu Tea. 35 cunts, Tea or Tablets.?Parks Drug Co. | "IMPERIAL' * | FLOUR I Is the BEST FLOUR 011 tho ,T A market. Give it a trial and you 5 $ will always have Good. Bread, 4 ^ You can always find it at ^ 5 A. <J* .JUJN.ES ? J PHONE 14. t BABY AND FLORAL SHOW. A Baby^and Flower Show is scheduled for next Thursday, the 25th inst. It will be under the management of the Ladies' Improvement Society, who have heretofore successfully conducted several entertainments, the proceeds of. which were judiciously bestowed upon public benefits and benevolent causes. The show will be held in the town hall from 10 a. m. until 10 p. m. Admission will be 10 cents. All friends of the society from the country as well as the town are earnestly requested to contribute babies and plants for the exhibiton. Two prizes will be offered in the baby show, one for the prettiest baby not over one year old, and the other for the prettiest baby from one to three years of age. An admission of 10 cenfs will be charged for each entry for the purpose of purchasing the prizes. All -those entering babies will report to Mrs. L. J. Massey, Secretary, before 10 o'clock Thursday 25th inst. The babies will be placed on exhibition at 3 p. m. A prize will be offered for the prettiest collection of plants and one for the finest plant. Those entering plants will send them to the town hall the day before where they will be received and properly taken care of. Refreshments and lunches will be served during tne day. Lest You Forget About those photographs you have been been neglecting to have made, Scott's Branch Studio will be open NOT LATER than Saturday, October 27th. Special. The best looking baby under 6 years photographed this week ~ I If j -r icvcivco uuc imn uuzt;ii m my best cabinets free of charge. The Latest Fad. 24 Ping-Pongs. 4 different positions for 25c. This includes 2, 3 or 4 in a group. Call early Saturday, October 28th, the last WPing Pongs delivered next day a/ter sitting. Next date here last week of November. Respectfully, L 1 . , " ; / 4.4 ^ i ?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 weapons 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 leadP: Schloss Bros, and Griffon brand Clothes. Jno. B. Stetson and Howard Hats. Hanan and Crawford Shoes. Sweet, Orr, and Brand Bros. j trousers. rsun uog snirts and ' other popular lines of goods. Our motto: "The best goods ; for the least money." Molly k CO. N0TICE10F ELECTION. State ok South Carolina, ) County ok Yokk. J Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Representative inCougros will be held at tho voting precincts prescribed by law in said County, on Tuesday. November 6, 1906, said day beiug Tuesday following tho first Monday in November, as prescribed by law. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: ltcsidenco in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polliug precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and tho paynieut six months before any election of any poll tax then dne and payable. Provided, That ministers in charge of an organ izeu cnurcn una teachers of public j schools shall be entitled to vote after ! six. months in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration.?Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectable during tho previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of tlio officer authorized to collect such taxes shall ho conclusive proof of the I payment thereof. Beforo the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and clerks ninst take and subscribe the constitutional oath. The chairman of tho iioard of Managers can administer the oath to the otherManagers and to tho clerk, a Notary Public 1 must administer the oath to tho chairj man. Tho Managers elect their chairman and clerk. . Polls at each voting precinct must bo opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 1 o'clock p. m. except in the city of Charleston, where they shall bo oponed at 7 a. m. aud closed at (i p. m. Tho Managors have tho power to fill a vacancy, and if nouo of tho managers utteud, tho citizens can appoint from among tho qualified votors, the managers. who. aftor heinrr awnfn omi nnnSn/.t j the election. I At the close of the election the man| ugers and clerk must proceed publicly I to open tho ballot boxes and count tho I ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board or someone designated by tho Board must deliver to tho Commissioners of Election the poll lists, tho boxes containing the ballots and writton statements of the results of tho election. Managers of Election?Tho following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold tbe election at the various precincts in the said County: Bethany?A. L. Lineborger, N. A. Howell, J. J. Howe. Bethel?J. B. Ford, J. H. Harnett, J T. L. Sparrow. Biairsville?J. A. Maloney, Honry t Hood. R. H. Sherrer. Bullock's Creek?W. T. Smarr, Kelly Iniuau, H. D. Crawford. Coate8' Tavern?-W. P. Crook, J. W, Leslie, D. P. Deslie. Clover?W. B. Moore, John M. Ford, W. L. Hoguo. Ebenezer?E. P. Steele, J. Hope Adams, John Simril. Fort Mill?C. P. Blankenship, Ira G. Smytho, D. G. Kimbrell. Forest Hill?K. E. Ferguson, J. J. Brandon, B. C. Warren. Hipl^ory Grovo?S. W. Leech; J. S. Wilkerson, J. Mason IScGilf, McCounellsville?Frank Ashe, ft. am McCleave, L. B. Ashe. Newport?T. W. Jrtcksod j?'. P. Glenn, J. M. Seigel. Pie?'- .. ?Vhite? W. W. Love. U. VV. Dickson. Rock Hill?J. W. Rawlitisoii, J. H. McFaddon, F. D. Black Ogden?Willinm Duulap, A. L. Nullnerv, George Piersou. Sharon?J. T. Biglmw, R. H. G. Caldwell, W. S. Love. Smyrna?J. A. Hopo, J. A. Whitesides, T. M. Hambright, Tirzah?R. M. Allison. W. B. Boliu, J. S. Sadler. Yorkville? ?. L. Latimer, N. J. N. Bo wo 11, Panl T. McNeol. The iCanagors at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the l>ox and blanks for the election from T. W. Clawson. at Yorkville Couvt House, ou Saturday, November Urd. 1006. R. M. Wai.lace, J. Ed. Lekcii, t n Commissioners of Federal Election for York County, S. C. October 20th 1900 NOTICE OF ELECTION. Statk. ok Fouth Cakolika, } County ok Yokk. \ Notice i.s hereby given that the Genoral Election for Stare and Couuty Officer# will bo held nt tho voting preoinctK prescribed by law iu said Comity, on Tuesday. November G, 1900, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as proscribed by law. At the said election a separate bo* will be provided at which qualified electors will vote upon tho adoption or rejection of an amendment to the State Cons itutiou. as provided iu the following Joint Resolution: A Joint Resolution proposing to amend Foot ion 7. Article VI11, of tho Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness. Section 1 Be it resolved by tho General Assembly of the Statu of South Curolina, that the following amendment to section 7, of Article VIII, of the constitution be agreed to: add at the end thereof the following words: Provided, further, That tho limitations imposed by this section and by Section 5 of Article X, of this constitution shall not apply to tho boudfld indebtedness incurred by the city of Bciinettsville, where the proceeds of said bonds are applied solely and exclusively for the purchase, establishment nn?l maintenance of a water works plant or sewerage system and whoro the quostion of incurring such indebtedness is submitted to the freeholders and qualified voters of such municipality, as provided iu I ho constitution uj>on the question of other bonded indebtedness. Approved the 2ilrd day of Fobruary, A. D IDOrt. Thero phall be separate and distinct ballots and boxes at thisolectiou for the follnwlnir nffipAra in ?-it- m i 0 ?. \ ? / VJV1 VI uui anil Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other Stnto Officers, (H) State Senator; (4) Members,of House of Representatives; (ft) County Oflleeis. On which shall bo the nuino or names of the person or persons voted for as such officers, respectively, audthe ofllco for which they are voted. Heforo the hour fixed for opening tho polls Managers and clerks must take aud subscribe the constitutional oath. Tho chairman of tho Board of Mauugcrs can administer tho oath to tho other members and to tho clerk, a Notary Public must administer the oaih to the chairman. Tho Managers elect their chairman and cleric. Polls at each voting precinct must bo opened at 7 o'clock a.m. and closed at 1 o'clock p. m. except in the city of Charleston, where they shall bo opened at 1 a. in . and closed at 0 p. in. Tlio Managers have tho power to fill a vacancy, and if uouo of tho managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among tho qualified voters, the managers, wlio, after bciug sworn cancoudnct tho election. At the close of tho election the managers and clerk must proceed publicly to open tho ballot boxes and count the ballots thereiu, aud continue without udjouruinenc until tho same is completed, nml make a Statement of tho result for each ofttee and sign same. * Within three days thereafter, tho Chairman of (lie Board or someone designated bj tho Board must deliver to tho Commissioners of Eloction tho poll lists, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. Managers of Election?The following Manug< r. of Election have been appointed to hold the olection at the various precincts in the suid Comity: Bethel?J. W Jack-on, W. N. Wallace, G. C. Paruett. Bethany?W. B. Black, Ben Smith,* n n %f-f??? vjuu. x>. nntvftn vr. BlalrsviUe?J. S. Eherer, E. R. Malo* uey, H.J. t-lmw. Bollock's Creok?W. B. Good, H. P. Horton. W. E. Good. Clover? W. D. Moore. J. F. Carrenoe, J. E. Jackson. Coates Tavern?J. W. Roddey, W. W. Shilllnglaw,G. A. Gottvs. Piedmont?W. M. Faulkner, J. 8. Qnitin. J- W. Wallace. ~ Bbenezor?T. A. Matthews, J. F, William* A. A. Barron. Fort Mill? W. H. Windle, T. B. Sprat t. W. 1\ Epps. Forest Hill?l'erry Ferguson, J. L. Wood, W. M. Riggers. Hickory Grov- ?R. L. Scoggins, J. M. Whitesides. J. N. MoDill. McConncllsville?J. O. Moore, J. T. Crawford, S. H. Love. Newport?J. K. Hope. K. A. Smith, R. M. Anders m. Ogden?Jesao Moore, W. B. Dunlap, F. H. Black. Book Hill?W. J. Cftvmiy, H. S. Deihl, G. W. Witherspoon. Sharon?J. M. Sims, R. D. Hope, Tom Hope. Smyrna?J. M Caldwell, R. W. Whitcsides, J. W. Quinn, Tirzah?A. M. Black, J. W. Youngblood, J. U Barron. Yorkvillo?C. H. Snndifer, W. N. Nell, F. 0. Black. Hie Ifnuagers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secnro boxes and blunk* for the election from T. W. Clawson. at Yorkville Court House, ou Saturduy, November !5rd. 11)0(1. W. B. wilsox, Jr. P. H. Barkis, J. Q. How p., I Commissioners of State and County I Elections for York Coanty, S. O. October 20th 1D06 m Subscribe to The Times. ?