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The Fort Mill Times. democratic PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. &, W. BRADFORD* - E&.'aud Ftt>p < 5 j One yenr $1.00 ] Six months 50 * r Correspondence on current subjects is Invited, but no responsibility is us- 1 ] tunned for the views of correspondents. . i on nppilcatlon to the publisher. ad- ] vertiainfC rates are made Known to j those Interested. ] * Futorod at tlio postofficeat Fort Mill, ! C., a* second class matter. i , JANUARY 24, 1907. !! The legislature is eighteen days j i old and the dispensary liveth. < When a man pursuing the daily < peaceful avocations of life goes < around with a revolver on his person, it is prima facie evidence that he is either a fool or acrim- ; inal, and in either case he ought to be locked un. * i ; There are too many men who ! expect an editor to slave in defense of their pet notions and hobbies, advocate their views against the strongest opposition, then coolly withhold the business ; support by which alone a small newspaper can exist. Dr. Saye's till to create a commission to provide a statue to South Carolina's hero, John C. Calhoun, is meeting with favorable comment by the press and people of the State. To the beloved Calhoun the State owes this honor and the bill should receive early enactment. Says the Yorkville Enquirer: "As a matter of fact, neither Mr. Epps nor Mr. Glasscock ever said squarely where they stood on this [the dispensary] question." Annanias will now proceed to roll over in his grave, utter a series of groans, and pass up the medal. a sur.r.FSTinN t<i tfa runts Reading, writing and spelling? we say it regretfully?are no longer thoroughly taught in the schools of the land. Young men and women who seek instruction in telegraphy, stenography and typewriting, although of good ability and general information are lamentably deficient in the fundamentals of the English language. They especially can not spell. Out of thirty or forty words used one sometimes finds as many as eight 01 ten misspelled. This every newspaper man will stand ready to vouch for from experience. The schools no longer give the common rudiments the attention they should? too much attention being directed to the higher branches before the common ones are mastered. In the rush to reach the higher grades the children are given unreasonably lengthy lessons and when the book is finished many a word, some even in the very start, can be found that the child is unable to correctly spell or pronounce. It is our opininion that the mind can be as easily overtaxed as the body and our teachers should reduce the amount of reading and number of words to be spelled daily by the pupils. And the pupils should be thoroughly drilled in reading aloud. Not onlv will this heln develon their vocal organs but it will | greatly aid them in spelling and ! reciting. Teachers and parents alike should see that the children master the common rudiments before entering the higher studies. THE GREATEST DANGER. The very gravest of dangers that beset young men who aim at success in business is, according to Mr. Carnegie, the habit of intoxicating liquors. In his book, "The Empire of Business" he say 8: "The first and most seductive peril, and the destroyer of most young men, is the drinking of liquor. I am no temperance lecturer in disguise, but a man who knows and tells you what observation has proved to him; and I say to you that you are more j likely to fail in your career from acquiring the habit of drinking liquor than from any or all the temptations that are likely to assail you. You may yield to al most any other temptation?maybrace up, and, if not recover lost Kround, at least remain in the race, and secure and maintain a respectable position. But from the insane thirst for liquor, es-; cape is almost impossible. 1 have known but few exceptions to this , rule." m-LJ 1 ... 1 . -J. i 330 barrel* White Flint Flour ami n 1 'Jot of Kuat Proof Heed Oats jnst j received at the "Old Reliable Store," X B. BeiK, Proj>. 'i ?iw !!! nn 111 HONOR. f. ' * * There seems to be several kinds )f honor, if one can judge by the i lifTerent ways the press size up j l people who step into the lime- s ight. j For instance, young Harry i rhaw of Pittsburg and New York ! rpppntl v Icillprl n fpllnw-hpina- i I md he did it, he claims, in the < name of honor. The victim had, ' it is alleged, dishonored Thaw's ' wife, therefore he must die. ' A correspondent in a New York ;J newspaper, discussing the char- 1 acter of the victim of the tragedy, ! said he was "the soul of hor.or." No doubt he was in some re- ; spects. He would as soon think ; of robbing his mother's grave as he would of defrauding anyone; out of a penny. Financially, his i1 character was untarnished. But he would steal the brightest possession a woman can have, I and make a joke of it among his friends. He would soil the char- j acter of a girl too young to be I away from her mother's care i and cast her adrift or. the stormtossed waters of Bohemia, with- i out a qualm. !: Ar.d the "honor" of young Mr. | Thaw and his wife, too. This is an odd institution, also. Mr. > Thaw himself, so far as history j < goes, has not had a worthy aim , or a noble ambition since his j birth. He has lived for pleasure, ; has soaked his soul in it until its : keen acid has died it deeply. No | doubt, if he incurred a gambling debt, he would deem it a point; of "honor" to nav if No nnnhf he thought it a measure of honor 1 to be able to hold his end up as ' long as the rest. As to the honor | of his wife?let the mantle of charity fall over that toy of base men that at last caused a tragedy. They don't know the meaning of the word. Never was a noble phrase in poorer company. Men and women of real honor would never have sunk their souls so ; deeply in the mire of human de- j pravity as these people have. It is such hideous, fantastic notions of honor as these that make ; men foul and women base. Real i honor knows them not. An Honor For Mr. Finley. Representative Finley has been tendered one of the most important committee places in the! house?that of a member of the I judiciary, says the Washington correspondent of the Columbia \ Record. The vacancv was offered to Mr. j mniey a lew days ago and came as a surprise to him. He has been so deeply engaged with his work on the postoflice and post roads committee that he has since been unable to give the question but little attention. The member? of the South Carolina delegation realize the honor that would come to Mr. Finley by accepting this place, but they do not want him to give up his position on the postotftce and post roads committee. He has been a member of the latter for four years and has done most! excellent work for the people of i his district and for the State; generally. The postoflice and post roads j committee is one that more peo- ! pie are interested in and one where its members can do more for their respective sections than any other Derhaps in the house. Georgia Wants Immigrants. , Following the example set by South Carolina, the State of Georgia is at work on plans to secure suitable immigrants for that State. It is proposed to send to Europe in the near future several commissioners who will visit the different countries to select the immigrants. These commision- ' ers will be emnowered to select the best class of immigrants and to provide for their passage to Savannah where they will be distributed throughout the State. Under the provisions of the immigrantion law the commissioners will have the right to advance the immigrants funds with which to come to America. Pleasant Valley. Miss Myrtis and Robt. Rickett visited friends in Pleasant Vallev ' Sunday. ?Miss I/nna Harris is spending a few days in Charlotte : this week.?Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. 1 Potts attended the reception giv- ' en by Mrs. Ed Kimbrell lastMon-! day evening.?Mrs. J. D. Wolfe;1 is seriously ill of erysipelas. ?Mr. ; Hartwell Sturgis was in Pleasant Valley Sunday.?Misses Mannie Wolfe and Susan Bradford visited Mrs. John Harris Sunday even-' ing. ? Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Potts , spent several days in Charlotte ! the past week.?Mrs. June Potts ; will go to the Charlotte hospital in a tew days for treatment?Mr. Frank Therrell is erecting a tenant house on his plantation. SENSIBLE ADVICE. The habit of indulging in the jse of profane or obscene, language is one of the most nonsen- i deal habits a human being ever : acquired. Purity of thought and speech are valuable virtues. And j yet, it's our honest opinion that the man who unwittingly "cusses" a little now and then is not Liail so biff a sinner as tne man who continnously thinks evil and speaks evil of his neiffhbors, and refuses to pay his honest debts upon the theory that "Jesus paid it all, all the debt I owe." If the ! pulpits of the land would "ffo after" the fellows who refuse to pay their honest debts and to love their wives and their fellowmen? "ffo after" them as vigorously as they do the fellows who "cuss and chew tobacco," the true reformation of the race might be nearer at hand. Protect Your Town. Protect your own town and Hirt'.'iKif eliAtir fVnof \rr\n nro in lliv.l V/ KJJ ii 1 I V/ > Y ti III v J l/U ai V All favor of protection. I f protection ; is good for the nation it is good j for the town. As townspeople | we should favor our town above every other as the growth and development of it is what will enhance the value of all property both in and about it. Then buy your dry goods, groceries, hardware, furniture, etc., at home; have your printing, your blacksmithing, your shoe-making done at home; patronize your home in every instance that you can. The success of our merchants and mechanics means new business houses and residences, additional demands for labor of various kinds. To the farmer a first-class town affords a better j market for his crrain, a better trading point, and such a town ' is bound to increase the value of , his land. Unquestionably "in union there is strength." Let us protect our town. The Wittekind Coining Ag*in: If the schedule as "announced was carried out, the good ship Wittekind of the North German Lloyd company sailed yesterday, from Bremen, Germany, for Charleston. The vessel was to have sailed December 28th, but on account of the holidays, the date was; changed to January 1G, and later to January 23. The exact num-! ber of immigrants which the i Wittekind wiii bring over is not! known, but the number is ex- i pected to exceed that of the last! trip ana me immigrants will in-; elude a larger proportion of agri-; cultural and domestic helpers and less proportion of mill hands. It is said the immigrants who were ; landed at Charleston last Novem-, ber and were placed throughout1 the State are generally satis- j Tied and contented with their po- j sitions. The twenty-two immi-1 grants who returned numbered several labor agitators and now that they are gone the rest of the people are engaged at work j and are doing well in their adopted homes. "Gold Hill7 Editor Times: As Gold Hill has not been represented in your paper in quite a time, we concluded to give you a few items. Our neighbors are fairly well, I think, with the exception of of Mr. W. H. Nicholson, who is quite sick. We learn that this fine spring weather in January has stirred up the farmers and they are I moving up now, sowing oats, ; breaking stubble, and just going yon way. The young folks have been on the social whirl for some time, j but they have been called to books and now there is peace, peace, sweet peace, which is a great relief to our dogs. They , are quite hoarse from over-exer- j tion. For several days past a little girl babe has been putting up with Mr. Dave Gibson, or, may be, he is putting up with it. Several of the Gold Hill boy3, engaged in a rabbit hunt the past week, led by that veteran hunter, Blackberry Ned, of Steel Creek, and they bagged 98 rabbits and a lot of birds, and then ? A, -1? * 1 ii sumptuous dinner was spread on the ground. Several salons! of coffee were made and alto-; together they had a high old time j of it. Well, this leaves us fairlv well and still a-hopin', as Arternus Ward would say. Splinter. At a conference in Washington recently of congressmen from the States of South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and one man from Florida, it was decided to locate the United States subtreasury at Birmingham, Columbia losing out by a single vote. Mr. Johnston Views the Situation. Rock Hill, Jan. 33?Xrnas pawd Off here exceedingly quiet considering the amount ot liquor shipped here from Salisbury, Atlanta, and many other places bofore Xmas. I ltuush that the disueusarv Question will be fought iu the legislature from start to finish. However, I have my doubts of this question being soitled daring this term. It is very generally understood that thoro will be a big demand on the legislature for more and better appropriations. Our legislators should be more careful in the future in making appropriations that would bo considered unnecessary, knowing that 1119 State is already in debt, and the people burdened with taxes. The mill people are standing flat- j footed demanding the ten hour law, and are expecting our representatives to at least use their influence for it. I don't think any man of conscience will cast his vote against this bill, or yield his inMuonce against it, considering the many women and children that are exposed to all kind of weather going and coining before day and after night Therefore our now legisla' era, before 1 rusting their votes against this bill should appeal to their conscience. The labor question is one of much imimportatice and of interest to all and the enforcement of the vagrant law around these towns would add much to the labor demand. I am opposed to flooding our mills with these immigrants, especially with Riff-Ruffs, as we have plenty of this class already hero of our own raising that w& would bo more than gla J to get rid of. I notice that Georgia has a child labor law, certainly this is a good law, but if the people of Georgia dou't respect it any better than South Carolina has, it is no't worth the paper it is printed on. To these dear little children so much spoken of when Captain Marshall was fighting for this law, this law has done 110 good, or but little harm to anybody. It apjHiars to me that any man of 1 common sense should bo ublo to seo ] that we need a child marriage law in j this state, consider the many children | that are now marrying before they get j out of childhood Such important things as these seem not to be 011 the minds j of our lawmakers and looking after and , doing things of loss liruport mice, for I the general good of tlv people. 1 am in iavor of a law requiring all 1 prcaehers, magistrates, notarv publics, to keep a record of all marriages and have thetu recorded by the clerk of court. Well it seoms that there aro still some people who take a great delight in nagging and barking after Tillman, especially the little politicians. However, he treats them as he always has. with contempt. But when forced to turn loose ou them, he very gonerally leaves the in as dead cocks in the pit, politically. S. L J . In Memori&m. Die?l, at Fort Mill, S. C\, Decembor 27?h, I90l>, youngest child of R. L. O and M. E. Belle, ago 3 mouths and 7 days. Wtule, thou were mild and lovely, Goutle as the summer breeze; Pleasant as the air of autumn, As it floats among the trees. Peaceful bo thy silent slumber, Peaceful in the grave so low, Thou no more shall join our untiibor. Thou no more our songs shall hear. Dearest. Wade, thou hast left us, Hero thv loss we deeply feel, But 'tis God that hath bereft us: He can all our our sorrows heal. Wo again hope to meet thee. When tho day of life is fled: Then in heaven with joy to greet tlieo, Where no farewell tear is shed. ? W. R. B. JOWN TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending January 15,1907. RECEIPTS: Cash from former treasurer I 03 Street tax collected 880 00 Cash for lumber 8 00 Properiy tax collected 60181 1 Cemetery lot sold 10 00 Cash from civic society 8 60 Hall rent and license 150 04 Total lines collected 676 15 Borrowed from Savings Bank... 196 00 Total $8,02768 DISBURSEMENTS: Police duty $508 12 Electric lights 168 84 Street and cemetery work 813 91 Cover and repairs guard house 80 00 Buildiug public closets 82(H) T. B Hear ham' hoc y Bd. of U... 6 00 Painting hall roof 8 81 1 lamp 40 iusuruiico town hall 10 25 Interest, on town bonds 28 00 1 pump and freight , 15 85 Erecting pump ' ... 2 85 Election managers 1 50 Merchandise Accounts?Mills <fc Young. 50c; A. A. Yonng, $1.90; E. W. Kimbrell, 25c; T. B. Belk, $84.78; R. F. Grior, 80c; A O. Jones, $1.80?Total 4# 64 W. A. Fisher, commission 8 00 Ex. Charlot te to buy pump 1 "5 Painting town hull windows 2 00 Cleuuing park 5 10 Receipt books, etc 80 T. B. Spratt, lumber 28 72 Feeding prisoners 2 75 D. G. Tlioinpson, sec'y Board of Health, 1905 12 00 Alex, Barber, lumber 2 10 Poonring guard house 80 Police uniform 1350 Repairing old pump 3 50 Savings B'k; uote and interest ... 2(H) 00 Ditching swamp 62 60 Adv. Fort Mill Times 40 00 Registration book 25 Treasurer's commission 101 37 Intendant's commission 169 00 Kxpeuse getting returns 5 (X) Cash on hnud 169 12 Total $2,027 53 A. R. McELHANY, Treasurer. \ V J 1 a=F Mr. Buyer* I Would you *\ alk u icn Steps to i Save a Dollar? If so, come our way. Beginning Thursday, January 24th, we will begin to close out all Men's and Boys' Winter Clothing. In order to do this at once, we will offer you 2U per cent off for cash This will be your chance to buy a good suit cheap, even if you have to carry it over until next winter We also offer some specials in Men's Half-Hose. McElhaney ?ar & Company I PEAS FOR SALE, i it ? S II I have for sale on com- 4 i mission 5,000 bushels of Clay * I j i ~ ^ G j 4 ana low reas ana z-^rop 4 1 * Peas. Orders taken during | ! 4 January, Peat, delivered at 4 IJ Fort Mill, S. C., Pineville } 4 and Charlotte @ $2.50 oer 4 ! ^ bushel. Delivery from Feb. * 4 1st to May 1st. No other 4 i T terms given. If I cannot ^ ; fill all orders, will retnrn 4 4 , 4 cash. Send money by P. O. 4 ' 4 order. I am strictly in the ^ ? i 4 Pea Business. 4 ! Chas. 6 KimMj I R. F. D., No. 15, i 1 PINEVILLE, - - N. C. J 44444444 HOLLISTER'S ftoeky fountain Toa Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Gulden Health and Renewed Vigor. I A npeelflc for Constipation. Indigestion, T.lvcr and Kidney trouble*, l'implex. Kczeniu. Impure llloo-l. Hud Breath. Sluggish Bowel*. Hcndacho I and Backache. Us Kooky Mountain Tcu In tablet form, as cent* a box. Oenulr.o uimlo by Hou.istkh Diiro Company. Madison, Wis. OOLPFN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PFQPLE II W. H. H DEAL! I \\ WINES, LIQUORS, CI I 74 125 East Council Street, Sc " We quote you the folio I Brandies, Wines, Etc.: | 'J 1 Gallon New Corn Whii | 1 Gallon 1-year-old Corn !? 1 Gallon 2-year-old Corn 1 i 1 Gallon 3-vear-old Corn 1 1Z 1 Gallon 4-year-old Corn 1 1 Gallon New Rye Whisk< 1 Gallon 1-year-old Rye ^ 1 Gallon 2-year-old Rye 1 , 1 Gallon James E. Pepper : 4* 1 Gallon Old Henry Rye V 1 Gallon Echo Springs R 1 Gallon Apple Brandy (n 1 Gallon Apple Brandy (o 4 Quarts 7-year-old Corn ( Jc 12 Quarts Mountain Corn ; 4? 4 Quarts Old Henry Rye . 4/ 4 Quarts Rose Valley Rye j 4 Quarts Malt Rye ' I 4 Quarts Hoover's Choice , We can furnish you anyth , ^ orders will receive prompt i %%\\\*\VV\NV*\\%\NNVVVV5?V\ yJcPw W. 1 ?. f U / S r i7 . I wrMrn 'IwIPtoct i '.'J j 5 _ _ ! That's tha house the Doctor built, ^yrhe bifrae^t housejidhi NM; Thnuk stood ness ho dbn'tpret our money. For vrtiwko Hoi litter?* Rooky Mountain Tea?Parks Dru^r Co, Mr. L. R. CilJp stopped over here n few hours Monday evening while returning- from Pine ville to Columbia, Mfhere he is employed in the yards of the Southern railroad. Possesses wonder ftol medicinal ucwor over the linuintt body, removing all dis orders from voor system, is what Hoilister's Rocky Mountniu Tea will do. Makes you well, keeps yon well. Hrets. Tea or Tablets?Parks Drug Co. ? A white man named Hoaglan had his a?*m cut off. supposedly 1 by train No. 29. at a point near Pineville Saturday night. Ruilds up waste tissue, proniotos ap petite, improves digest ion. induces re freshing sleep, gives reitoWed strength and health. That's what Hollister* i Rocky Mountain Tea docs. Ho cents, Tea or tablets?Parks Drug Co. Rev. W. L. Lingle, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Rock Hill, has accepted a call to the First Church of Atlanta. Cared of Lang Trcafcle. "It is now eleven years siii"c I had n narrow escape from consumption." writes C. O, Floyd, a loading business man of Kershaw, S. C. "I had run down in weight to 1-35 pounds, and coughing was constnnt, both day and by night. Finally I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery, and continued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were entirely gone and I was restored to mv uormal weight, 170 pounds *' Thousands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at all drug stores. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Fire at Portsmouth, England, recently destroyed the entire equipment of an army corps, valued at $1,250,000. Wire Counsel From tlie South. "I want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble,"says J, It Blankenship of Beck, Tetin. "I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively* cure this distressing condition The first bot tle gave me great relief and after taking a few more hot ties 1 was completely cured; ho com pletely that it becomes a pleasure to recommend this great remedy " 3old under guarantee at all drug stores Prico 50c. ?Five men were killed as the re sult of the explosion of a locomotive near Bridgetown, Pa., last Worlnocrlav ITot? tc Cure Chilblains. "To enjoy freedom from chilblaius;" writes John Kemp, East Otisfield, Mo., "Iapply liucklen's ArnioaSalve. Havo also used it for salt rhenm with excellent remits." Guaranteed to cart) fever sores, indolent ulcers, wounds, burns, piles frost bites and skin diseases, 25o at all drug stores. The gold output of the United States for the year 1906 aggregated $100,700,000, an increase of $700,000 over last year arrl the largest in the history of the country. ?? Tho Eight NameMr. August Sherpo, the popular overseer of the poor, at Fort Madison, la ., says: "Dr. King's New Life Pills are right ly named; thev act more agreeably, do more good and make one feel Letter than any other laxative." Guaranteed j to cure billiousness and constipation. 25c at all drug stores. | "IMPERIAL' t $ FLOUR I J Is the BEST FLOUR on the J * market. Give it a trial and yon 4 S will always have Gc.?d Bread' ^ Yon <nn always find it at " I A. O. JONES' J ^ PHONE 14. J J Jg'-JL OOVER, 1' ERS IN !g? GARS, TOBACCO, Etc. ]M - - - Salisbury, N. C. gt wing prices on Whiski e *kev $1.50 WKiol/flv i ^ ^ T * X.Jd W*\ Whiskey 2.00 3w Whiskey 2.50 / Whiskey 3.00 WA ?y._ 1.75 Whiskey 2.00 Whiskey 2.50 Q5 Rye Whiskey _ 3.00 ^ ' Vhiskey 3.00 55. ye Whiskey 3.00 ?5 ew) 2.50 53 , }d) 3.00 55 'case goods) 4.00 (old) 7.00 Kg: 3.70 58 3.80 52 3.70 33 Rye 3.00 ^ j ing in our line and all mail 1 i ittention. pjj '1