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The Fort Mill Times.
DEMOCRATIC
PUBLISHED J^VISUY THURSDAY.
B. \v. BBApFORD, - Eel. an.) l rop
One year St.00 '
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Cnritispomlence on current subjects Is
tnvits<l, but n>> responsibility Is assumed
for the views of eni rev..on li nts.
rtr>nli''MHon t?> the publisher, ml
i ii-i.", * "icr uci' jn.mi' Miiinii in
those Interested. j
Entered ait the post office :it Eort Mill,
S. O., a* socomi class nmtler.
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FEBRUARY 7, 1007. j
WISE AND OTHERWISE
If the ground hop: didn't sec
his shadow and remained out. it
is safe to say that he will look
more carefully the next time.
A Washington scientist claims
that he has found a way of distilling
whiskey without a worm.
What is really needed, however,
is something1 that will eliminate
the snakes.
An exchange says that there
are two reasons why some people
don't mind their own business,
i me is that they haven't any J
mind, and the other is that they '
haven't any business.
Either run a town with a vim.
or just sell out and loaf. Do you !
want trade? Then bid for it! i
Do you want trade to come your J
way. Then encourage what you
have! Do you want a prosperous
town? Then never permit the '
iealousies to rule your actions. 1
Work together for common prospaiity
and mutual benefit.
A recent estimate place* the
total Roman Catholic population
of the United Statesat 12,651.2-44
or an increase of 189,151 over a
year ago. The total number of
churches is 11,814, and the uuni>f
children attending parochial
schools lias increased to 1.066,207.
The number of schools is
4,281, and there are SG9 colleges
or seminaries.
For the benefit of those who j
abhor printers' ink as a prime'
factor to the advancement of
their interests, we should state
that Samson ? the strong party
was the first man to advertise. :
Jle took two solid columns to
demonstrate his strength, and
several thousand people "turn
Died" to tne scheme. lie brought
down the house.
The drinking of an abundance
of water will prevent appcndici.
lis, because appendicitis is the)
result of constipation and constipation
is the result of insufficient
bile and insufficient supply of
liquids. That's what an exchange
Says, anyway. If anybody wants
any further reasons they'll have
to go elsewhere, for we're not
here to run the doctors out of
business.
Consider what the hen does
when she is "working." The
market value of the hen is about
40 cents and the value of her
daily produce 2 cents, or one
twentieth the part of her own
worth. True, her career is short,
but long enough for her to earn
her value many times over, and
that cannot be said of some in
this world who have great pretensions
to usefulness.
The kickers on the farm arc ,
not so hard to get along with as
the kickers in town. (Mi the farm
there is the kicking cow, and our
long-eared friend the jmile, while j
in town there is the old mossback j
who wants all the miinieinnl im- I
provements \yithout helping to
]>ay for thorn. On the farm the
cow may be sold for beef, the
muld traded for a shotgun or a
'possum dog, but nothing but a
funeral will get rid of a town
kicker.
"Why is it," asks a friend of
ours, "that nearly everybody ,
that attends church likes to sit
in the end of a seat and hold onto
it like grim death, and every person
who gets a birth in that pew
must stumble over them?" Well,
we confess we do that sort of
thing occasionally, probably to
get out quickly in case of fire.
V/e sinners are quite strongly reminded
of fire, flames and brimstone
that is pursuing us, and we
can't tell just exactly when it is :
going to come. We want to be in
position to make a quick get-a- i'
way.
Pestmaster General Cortelyou's <
order permitting patrons of rural
delivery to make their own boxes
or have them made to order, has j
been misunderstood, as shown by ;
an order sent out recently from
the department directing that <
"all boxes must be made of gal-1
vanized iron or sheet steel." The
order was promulgated because ,
of reports that many wooden
boxes were appearing on the j
country roads. The order further
states that such boxes are
neither waterproof nor secure,
and wooden boxes will gradually
be eliminated from the service.
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WAXHAWS HIGH PrtlCES
The following is taken from
a letter signed "Marvin," which
appeared in the last issue of the (
Waxhaw Enterprise, and is of
more than passing interest to the
people, and especially the busi- }
ness men, of Fort MiH:
4 'I vmrr f Kn ?\nol- o/\n o/vr? WT rt tr
i/uiui^ |mol rn;cU""iU11 *f ttA"
haw paid more for cotton than
any other tov n or city within a
radius of fifty miles. .Just a few
days ago a farmer of Pleasant
Valley, living only four miles
from Fort Mill, a town with two
cotton mills run by electricity,
and also a cotton warehouse, was
olfered only 10 cents for his cotton
at thai place. So he loaded
seven bales on his wagon and
turned his horses' heads toward
YVaxhaw, where he got 10.70 for
his whole lot, making a total gain
of $18.(X), over what he would
have rec< ived for it at Fort Mill,
by hauling it to YVaxhaw.
"Last year guano was hauled
from YVaxhaw to within foui
miles of Fort Mill and three miles
of Pineville. Only the other day !
I heard a good man, who lives
within four miles of Fort Mill,
and four from Pineville. and one
mile from macadam road, say
that if Waxhaw had good roads
>*he would buy their cotton and
sell them their supplies and fer- (
tilizers."
Thus it appears that upon a
certain day Waxhaw was paying
very near* three fourths of a cent j
a pound more for cotton than we j
were paying. This fact is without
a doubt the cause of our
Pleasant Valley friend hauling
his cotton these extra miles and
he did the proper thing in doing
so. Yet we cannot understand
how Waxhaw can pay these high
prices for the staple, and would
like to hear from some of our
cotton buyers on the subject. If
they are responsible for the alleged
low prices paid here, we
want to pry open their eyes and
point out to them that they are
not only losing the buyers' commission
on the cotton, but likewise
are losing the business that j
invariably follows the selling of
cotton. As to good roads, we'
will again say to our Pleasant
Valley friends that ere the harvesting
of another crop there is
good prospects for a great improvement
to the road between
that place and Fort Mill. We j
have Supervisor Boyd's word for
it that the York county chain-!
gang will be here early in the
spring and will put the road from
Fort Mill to Sugar creek in first
class condition. The contract for !
the building of the iron bridge
over the creek, which will do
away with probably the worst
piece of road on the route, will
be let within a short time and
the bridge will be open to the
farmers of that section before
the next cotton season. With
these improvements there will
be little cause for our Pleasant
Valley friends to make the trip
across country to Waxhaw for
fertilizers and supplies, and we
don't believe that our merchants
and cotton men will stand by and
see the trade of these good people
go elsewhere for the sake of
a few points difference in the
price of cotton.
the poor.
The cold weather of the week
that is upon us has set us all to
thinking of the poor. We wonder
to how many of us the
weary dreary phase of hopeless
poverty is anything more than a
romance. Sitting in our warm
and comfortable homes, by pleasant
lires with luxurious beds
waiting to receive well fed
bodies, we can have no more
comprehension of what grinding
poverty means than an angel in
the full crlorv of naradisp p;?n
know of the deepest depths of
hades. Think of it! No fuel,
absolutely none. No bed, but
piled up rags; little children
wailing with cold and helpless
hunger; closets bare as old
Mother Hubbard's; smells that
reach high heaven in their foulness.
And in their depth of
poverty, to which even our
imaginations can scarcely decend
lies a lurking curse like the wild
beast in its lair. The sordidness
of poverty cats out the soul of a
man as a. tiger drinks blood.
Brutality, apathy, the cruelty of
fiends, are begot when pride and
ambition die utterly. Would
that our charities could strike,
deeper, seek to to humanize as
well as feed, encourage and
reanimate as well as clothe. We
are all of us apt to gather our
skirts about us, hold our noses
and avert our eyes while we
hand out our garments and our
bread. Blessed be the soul that
is inspired enough to go down
into the shadows and lend a
helping hand.
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THE GAMBLER'S CHANCE.
Richard Canfield, the noted '
New York gambler who was in- '
dieted in the courts of that city a '
few months ago, puts the gambling
proposition in unique form:
"If you play with a gambler long ?
enough," says Canfield, "he is 1
bound to win your money. He !
can't help but pet it. When you j .
play with me in round numbers <
you put up $100 and against that 1
I put up $90. Now figure how
long you can keep doing this. ,
You may win my money now and ?
then, you may break me tempo- 1
rarily, but as long as you play '
against me at the odds o? 100 to
99 in the end I'll have youi
money.'' ]
Canfield ought to know. He
is reputed to have made $5,000.- j
000 in the gambling business. It
is said he has not personally j
touched a card in twenty years.
He intrusts the business of his
establishment to subordinates and 1
relies with mathematical certainty
upon the returns. Canfield 1
puts it very plainly. If you go j
into the gambler's game he has
100 chances to your 90, tcnchanc- i
es to your nine. If you stay in
the game long enough and the '
majority of the players do he .(
will get your pile. It is simply
sciertce, si ill and luck pitted j
against absolute certainty. The |
end is known from the beginning. <
That is where the average man
who gambles makes his fundamental
mistake, lie imagines :
that good fortune will heat the ;
law of mathematics. He bets on 1
the theory that good playing and j
luck will enable him to overcome
the stubborn fact that .10 is one :
more than 9. Canfield says what 1
everyone ought to know: When 1
you go up against the gambler'",
game you go up against a dead ,
sure thing. The gambler's game ,
is not "a game of chance" at all. |
it is a financial robbery done scientifically.
Gambler Canfield's frank statement
will have little effect. how- 1
ever, for there will always be 1
the man who fancies he can ,
change 9 into a bigger figure
than 10. i
A Pretty Church Wedding.
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(Contributed.) <
A beautiful church wedding
was celebrated near here last !
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at
Pleasant Hill Methodist church,
when Miss Martha Bailes and :
Mr. Robert Bryant were united
in marriage.
The bride was chamingly
gowned in white net over taffeta. .
The long veil was gracefully !
caught up with rosettes of net.
The maid of honor. Miss Annie
Bryant, wore soft white silk.
The bridesmaids were becomingly *
attired in white mull over pink,
with soft trimmings of lace and
ribbon. The bride carried a
large bouquet of bride's roses and
ferns tied with white ribbon,
while all the bridesmaids carried
large bunches of carnations and
ferns tied with ribbon.
Immediately before the ceremony
Miss Bessie Gilbert, in her
most charming and effective
tones, rendered to Miss Lizzie
Conrads accompaninent, "Swe testStory
EverTold," "O Promise
Me." Then the ever beautiful
"Lohengrin" sounded soft and '
low. First came Miss Clara i
Gulp and Mr. Fred Conrad. '
Next came Miss Mamie Robinson ,
and Mr. John McDonald, follow* !
by Miss Rebecca Harrris and Mr.
Walter Robinson; next Miss j
Mannie Wolfe and Mr. Wilson
Wallace. Then came Miss ,
a : ~ * * -
Aiuue nryaric, maid oi honor.
Then followed the groom, leaning
on the arm of the beat man,
Mr. W. L. Long.. passing through
an arch in the isle on the left and 4
the bride, who came in with her
brother, Mr. S. E. Bailes, pass- *
ing through an arch on the right
and meeting under an arch which
was artistically placed in the rear
of the chancel. Miss (Ion- \
rad. who was the pianist, gave
a soft rendition of Schubert
Serenade, while Rev. W. M.
Owings, in his solemn and impressive
way, pronounced the <
words that merged two lives into
one, the name of Uailes to that *
of Bryant. The ushers were
Messrs. J. B. Ross, Benj. Haw- ,
field, Robert Stevenson and .
Badger Bryant.
The church was tastefully '
decorated with evergreens, and
the many beautiful presents
attested the popularity of beth
bride and groom. i
The visiting guests were Miss
Bessie Gilbert, of Columbia
College; Miss Lizzie Conrnd, of
Charlotte; Miss Rebecca Harris,
of Columbia College; Mi
Mamie Robinson, of Charlotte; .
Messrs. Walter Robinson, Wilson
Wallace,. Fred Conrad, Thomas
Hayes and John McDonald.
The couple will make Charlotte (
their home.
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The total number of persons1
iilled by the earthquake in
Jamacia is placed by some persons
at 2,000.
1I2IC-H3023 &f:Tc.rCCL2r.
"I was liter.tlly cou^hiii;; myself ro '
loath, ami hail become Loo weak to
eave my oed, wild neighbors predicted
hat 1 would u :\ > r le i\v it alive, but
hey pit tooled for thanks be to (iod, I
was tudnced to try l>r. king sKotv Uis o?ery.
It took jus, four ono dollar
unities to completely cirro the cough
mil r store mo to good sound health,"
Allies Ut> l'k a V oca,diet-. of (dri.ei
own, blafk t o , Iail This King of
rough and cold cures, and Ivahw of
hroat _ii*I lungs, is guaranteed bv all
Irtiggis.s. Kica.nl SI.oO Trial bottle
free.
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The postal commission recommcnas
an entire new system of
Accountings, weighing and classi[1
cat ions in the y- tsfal service.
Vv-.lh'G FRCM'THS C-3A7E.
A prominent imiimt.n-l tm r. Win, A.
Ken well, of t m ama, N. c , relates a
most r markalilc expert nee. lie says".tficr
tatting le.,s iliau t hreo butt les of
Electric idtuis, L 1 < I line one rising
From th - pine My trouble is liright >(
liscase in ilio Diabetes stage- 1 ffilly
believe Electric lattrrs w.ll cure me'
pcrmaucttt iy, for il has already stopped
die liver and bladder eoniplicaiions
which have troubled me for years."
Guaranteed a. all drug stores. i rice
j.tly a te.
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The West Virginia legislature,
it is reported, may investigate
Lne mine explosion at Lorentz, in
wiiicn in were killed.
lijyr. M : FCIv TE0UEL3.
"I've lived m I 'ali 'orttia 2" year, and
im s:ill burning for trouble m the way
if barns, sorts, w'ouiios, boils, cuts, I
sprains, or a case t piles that Put <vlen's
,?ruiea calve wo.i t ipuckly cure,"
writes t. iiarlcs Wallers, of Alleghany,
sierra v o. ko use hunting, Mr. Mailers;
it eiin-s in ei y ease. (Juuruiileod
il ail drug stores, -ae.
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Secretary Root praises the C.inaUiuns
ami says lie lound oiticials
ami people not only ineiidly
but cordial.
A VALUABLE LSSC01T.
"Six \ears ait?? '1 learned a valuable
less mi, writes .lolm CleasaiH, oi Manmil
la. Iml. "I iiieii l?<?nan taking Hi".
Kiiin s New Life I'ilis. ami the louder A
laim lia in ihe heller i liud llit in
1 liev please iMTvIm ,y. Ciuarumeed
L>% all druggis! -.'at".
Rev. I)r. Alexander Gilchrist,
secretary of the Home Mission
Hoard oi the United Presbyterian
L'nurch is dead.
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li s a good old \v<>rlil after all;
If you iia\f im friends or money,
In i In- ri. tr y> mi can fall:
Kmringes art' unite <>11111111011 ami,
[' l:'e |H' >ple I li r, W il l I)'',
l'rot uleil you take id -ky Moiinlain
l>a. 1 arks lirug e'o. |
More than 30,000 persons took
it last look at the body of Senator
A lire r as it lay in state in the
Detroit City Hall.
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Would you walk
a lew stops to
Savo a Dollar?
51 so, conic our way.
Hcginning Thursday,
January *2 Hi h, we will
begin to close out all
Men's and Hoys' Winter
Clothing*. Id orlor
to do this at onoo,
ivo will oiler you
^JL
m per ceilt,
off for cash |
This will bo your
banco to buy a good
oiit cheap, oven it
roil have to carry it
n or until next winter
Wo also offer some
specials in, Men's
Half- IIoso.'
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h el: ?
& Company,
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It is announced Viat it is the!
intention of the Br govern-1
inent to establish aiiational Uni-!
versity of Ireland.
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J STEVENS aM3 A WD TOOL CO.
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WINES, LIQUORS, CI(
,> ? 125 Last Council Street,
6. ? r
We quote you the folio
'V Brandies, Wines, Lie.:
1 Gallon New Corn VVhis
.*'v 1 Gallon 1-year-old Corn \
yv ^ Gallon 2-year-old Corn V
1 Gallon 3-year-old Corn V
i\s 1 Gallon 4-year-oid Corn V
1 Gallon New Rye Wliiske
/v 1 Gallon 1-year-old Rye V
1 Gallon 2-year-old Rye V
ht, 1 Gallon James L. Pepper
*? 1 Gallon Old Henry Rye \\
u> 1 Gallon Echo Sprin.es 1C
1 Gallon Apple Brandy (nc
1 Gallon Apple Brandy (ol
,f'? 4 Quarts 7-year-old Corn (,<
$4 12 Quarts Mountain Corn i
4 Quarts Old Henry Rye a
a 4 Quarts Rose Valley Rye
4 Quarts Malt Rye
4 Quarts Hoover's Choice 1
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We can furnish you anythi
orders win receive prompt a'
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OF II Kill GR:
P. O. Box 259. Phone
Old Bailey, year old Corn $'2.0'i J
N. O. Corn, white or colored 1.50 to 1.150 1
Mou :t Hoval Rye 15.f>d
Apnlo liraiidv, old and mellow H.Ol)
Bailey's i hoico, 12 full quarts 7.00 ]
Old Bias, 12 fall quarts to ease ... 7.00
Kindly bear me in mind and let
of anything in the above line. Yc
All goods guaranteed. Send mc
Express Money Order.
1 will pay express to your neare
on all orders amounting to 1 gallor
boxing, but 50 cts extra will be eh
Yours tr
J. R. BIAS, )
S. B. Y/ALLACE, \ Sa,esmens
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jg Almost tnstan
II hey also reh
ria. Rheumal
Stomache ach
turv, Bearing?iness,
Nervo
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By taking one c
I Pills when you
^'<1 You not only av
1 ening influence <
jj nervous, irritahl
v 1 tal>let on retiri
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j brings refrcshinj
25 (l?st's? 25 c
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"IMPERIAL''
P LOUR;
The quality of this I^omr 1
the best milled.? The price
is exceptionally Iaw?ih'fact
sensational. As a bilking
Flour it has no uiipnrior; !
splendid for biscuit, bread,
pastry or cake, givinjr
: bounded satisfaction. HunIdreds
will use no other. If
you are not using it, your
neighbor can probably tell !
you of its good qualities.
i 100-lb tag $2.50 :
( 48-lb bag SL25
| 24-lb bag &5c
! A. O. JONES,
| ( 'Phone No. 14. )
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1ARS. TOBACCO, Etc. 2g
- - - Salisbury, N. C.
wing prices on W hi ski .e jgg
key . $1.50 ?
Vhiskey 1.75 g?
Whiskey . _ 2.00 Xfi
Vhiskey . 2.50
Vhiskey _ 3.00 J?
Vhiskey . ... .2.00 **
Vhiskey . 2.50 35
Rye Whiskey . . . 3.00' gbj
hiskey ...... 3.00 R5i
/e Whiskev 3.00
sv) ' 2.50 ?5!
d) 3.00 g5:
case gxxxls). 4.00 2g;
(old) 7.00 gg;
3.80 22;
3.70 gg;
Rye -. 3.00
ri<r in our line and all mail fig
ttention. gjj
s Price List
vm; LiytiRS.
354. Salisbury, N. C.
[iailcys Choice, IS months old Coru$l.75
Bailey North Carolina Rye...2.50 to 3.00
Rock HidRp Rye. 1? in ok, old 3.00
1'iwh Brandy, olrt and mellow...,. 3.GO
Holland Gin 3.00 tc 2.50
Shipments made day order is rootived.
me hear from you when in need
nir patronage will he appreciated.
>ney by P. 0. Money Order or
I
st express office in South Carolina
is. No extra charge for jugs or
arged for kegs,
uly.
C. M. BAILEY.
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1 Or Miles'
Anti-Pain Pills
* fieadache
tlv./and .Iravr no had ffffCtS.
eve every other pain. NVuralic
Pain, Sciatica, Unckachf.
e. Ague Pains. Pains from indown
pains, Indigestion, Di*tisness
and S'erplossness. '
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/ Prevent I
All-Aches !
>r two Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain |
feel an attack coming on. t
oid suffering, but the weak- 1
A pain upon the system. If 1
le and cannot sleep take ^ 1
ng or when you awaken. 1
influence upon the nerve^ 1
g sleep. ' "
ents. Never sold in bulk. , ,