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The Fort Mill Times. O^MOiRATIC V>. W. BRADFORD. - " JBfl. and Prop. One yenr 51.00 Six litontti.< 5:)! On uppitriiiiuii -tiv tho 'pubhsher. n'd- ( v?'i tiviiiK nk\*s? me m.ulif known to ir?l? .fft"!!. Filtered at ttho postoflicc at Fort Mill, S. t i** second class tiulrtor. 1 ; AUGUST J. 1907. ? 1 ? Secret Societies. What is the moral effect of Free Masonry; Otkl Fellowship, I'ythianism and the numerous s cr t Societies on the home? Solomon, the wise man, said:; "Discover not a secret to another," and he had good reasons 'for laying such an injunction, for in his time, as at present, there were people too much disposed to tell all they knew. Onedial f the trouble in every community, comes from the fact that so many people have not the1 capacity to keep their mouths that. We have two ears but only one tongue, which is suggov.t.i ve (jltit we should hoar more than we tell. l?v the power of j a secret divulged, families, neighborhoods, churches and even nations fly apart, By the power of a secret kept, great charities, re- ] form itpry mu/e.nonts and Christian enterprises may he advanced. It is an often discussed question whether associations that do not have their work with closed doors, and admit their members with pass words, and greet each other with a secret grip are right or wrong. Our answer is that it; depends entirety upon the object for which they meet. If it is to -pass the hours of revelry and obsence talk, or to plot trouble to ! the state, then we say with emphasis that it is wrong. Put where the object is the improvemcn of the mind, the enlargement of the heart, the defense of the government, then we say with just as much emphasis that they are a blessing. There is no nc.'d that those who plan for right over wrong should publish I ! 11 * " ' L to the wcr'd their intentions. Secrecy of plot and execution arc wrong only when the object and ends are nefarious. Every family is a secret society, every business fir.n and every banking institution. Then men who have no capacity to keep a secret are unfit for positions to trust anywhere. Secret societies have done inc ilculable good. Some of the s .cret societies have poured a -very heaven of sunshine and benediction into the home of suffering. Some of them are founded in fidelity to good citizenship and the bible. Christ has given us a rule by which we may judge, not only all individuals, but all secret societies, "By their fruits yo shall know them." Bad societies make bad men. Good societies make good men. A had man will not stay in a good society and a good man will not stay in a bad society. Tvest those societies by two or three rules. Their influence on home. That wife soon loses her influence over her husband who looks upon all evening absence as an assault on domesticity. That wife who liecomes jealous of her husband's attention to art, or literature, or religion, or charity is breaking her own sceptre of conjugal power. But let no man sacrifice home life to secret society life, as some do. Some men are as genial as angels at the society room and as ugly as sin at home. Teachers' Wages. The weary and care-worn school teacher has been enjoying a few- weeks of much needed rest after a term of eight or nine months of tiresome vnea'a! and physical labor. Many persons who have had no experience in the teaching line seem to think that any coram >n school teacher whose wages are from $25 to $10 per month ought to make an independent fortune in a short time. Let such a one stop and consider what is expected of a teacher. In the first place she is expected to be well dressed at all times. Which is no sm ill item of expense. She is expected to buy nil the latest books, and subscribe for all the popular educational journals of the day: attend teachers' meetings whenever ami wherever held, and to spend from three to five weeks at an institute dur'mtr her vacation. All those requirements are attended by no small expense, and the teachers who comply with them will find at the close of the year that thev have a very small portion of their earnings to lay up for a "rainy day." Do not understand by the above assertions that such requirements ura useless. i>ut when it iia^ l>e<ona almost absolute necessary tor a teacher to attend all such meetings as those who have supervision over them shall tipoint; it should boal^required the board Of education and direct that thv;> pay their teach- 1 cr :jci'i v. i v* ;?. ? wui < .able th? tO and have < iy Pleasant Valley's Big Day. Last Saturday was Gala Day in Pleasant Valley. The festive occasion was the holding of the fourth annual picnic and far- j niers' institute bv the farmers of I Pleasant Valley and surrounding sections. A large crowd of men, women and children were pres-1 ent, many of whom were from lower Mecklenburg and Union counties, and a large number from this section were in attendance. The exorcises, as reported for the Charlotte Observer, were as follows: The institute and picnic was held near the home of Mr. O. W. Potts, who was master of ceremonies. Picnics are held here every year and a better located spot could hardly he found. There is plenty of shade and the seats are arranged on a hill side facing a nicely constructed stand. All these arrangements were made by Colonel Potts and Ms assistants, Messrs. J. W. Davidson, J. Z. Bailes and J. M. Rams. Nearby was a cold drink stand, where the weary could quench their thirst, and not far away was a country wagon filled with large home grown watermelons. The .speakers' stand was decorated with tomatoes, corn, melon?, and other farm products. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. S. .1. Ormand, of the Methodist church. The first sneaker of the day was Prof. .1. N. Harper, head of the agricultural department at Clemson College. Professor Harper discussed agriculture from a general standpoint, and he bandied his subject in an interesting manner to the farmers present. Many questions were asked and answerd. Dr. R. N. Haekett, head of the Clemson chemistry department, discussed commercial fertilizers, and Prof. C. S. Daggett, of the textile department of the college, spoxe of tho mauufacturturing advantages of the State. These gentlemen all m.i h most excellent speeches showing that they were well-equipped for their m i. ,:.. . i? it ui i\. j :icii i>]were ui necessity of a technical nature and only a full report would do them justice. No doubt much valuable information was imparted to the farmers. The orator of the day was to have been Governor M. F. Ansel, but the Governor was detained at Columbi i. The place of orator w-.'.s well filled by Prof. 1). W. Daniel, oi the English department at Clemson. Professor Dam -1 goes along with the workers in the farmers' institute as a kind of "whooper-up of the boys," or oxhorler, and he is a good one. lie is conversant with good literature, a graduate of Woiford College, a farmer's son, and he understands the farmer and 1.is family, lie knows some good jokes and lie tells them well. His subject in general was industrial education and in particular entertaining the crowd. He caught his audience at the very outset an 1 held it throughout his speech. When he took his seat there were enthusiastic 11 - .a? ? yons 01 approval. The dinner was r.o small itom in making1 the day enjoyable. The ladies had br night baskets filled with an abundance of good tilings. At the noon hour the Clemson crowd mingled among the young ladiess pretending ing that they were haclielors. They fared on the fat of tinland. and scattered compliments broadcast. They bragged on the crops and the pretty girls, the prettiest in South Carolina, they said. It developed that some of the most charming wore from Providence and Pineville, in Mecklenburg. The crowd was made up of good looking folks, and the speakers had good reason to become complimentary in their remarks. More than forty farmers' institutes are being held in South Carolina this summer. The four speakers mentioned above are traveling the State in their own private car. Along with their car is the Clemson car containing exhibits showing the various products of the State. The railroads carry those cars from place to place free of charge. A\ ev cry station at which they stop the people are permitted to ;* > through the exhibit car. The Clemson men live on the road, but every week day they make excursions into the country, where they hold farmers' inst itutes. They make good speehes, get good dinner, and hurry back to their car. They are in clover, for the farmers rejoice at their coming. No picnic is complete without the afternoon baseball game, and the game that afternoon was both good and exciting. The contending nines were those of Providence and of the Catawba Indians. The Red men were badly worsted by the Providence boys , to the tunc of 10 to f|| \ is anil preh.abk Musings of a Former Fort Millian. A well known citizen of Fort ] Mill, in speaking of the attraction of his town, once said in a talk, "drink once from the town pump and you will be sure to return if you once leave." That man knew whereof he spoke. He had "lived in Fort Mill long enough to come into a full knowledge: of the hospitality that exists in the town. I To know Fort AT ill is to Invp her. to leave her is to yearn for her and to stay away is to miss her in such a way that it makes one feel that there is a great "something" missing in life. Have you ever experienced the pure joy of reading your home paper, little weekly? I mean when you were away from home. The local notes first, then the short accounts of the happenings of a week around town, then the editorials. The editor pays something about so much grass on the side walks. Yes. we remember the grass and we would like to wade through it again. 'Twould seem good after twenty days of red-hot asphalt and blistering cobblestones. But 'tis best to have the grass away, I guess. When you have finished iho editorials, you devour every i local advertisement. Belle's ad. seems fine literature. Mr. Hall's space is filied with reading fit for a critic. Meacham and Epps' upper corner holds your attention for several long minutes. McElhaney and company hold you un! til every line is read, and we picture Mr. Jones as he sits behind his McCaskey register and pens a pithy notice. And so on, and so on, everything from home looks good. Honest, you'd take an oath that Elliott, or "Dick" or that Smith boy always could mix the best drinks of anybody in the world. And one of Mr. Elms' "blocks" would go fine. Yes, when we get away we remember it all and want to come back again and be satisfied. Have you ever read Whitcombe Hiiey's poem, "I want to hear the old band play"? If you have you can understand that longing for the old "at-home" feeling. Listen: :i irreat birr ninf? nrcrm and three or i'our cultivated voices, blend into sweet music, but there is nothing like the home choir and having the preacher come over and select the hymns. It's home, maybe, that's why it all seems so good. . We saw John Bailes and Mr. Fred Nims down at the beach one night t his week. John says he is down for his health. The salt-laden breeze seems to be helping him considerably and he was his own jolly self Sunday night. Mr. Nims is there with his mother and sister. The "beach" is a good place to go to. Clams and shrimps and more clams and lots of fish make a fine diet. For sea sights, just watch the bathers; women, men, children, babies and other animals, all shapes, all sizes, all i kinds. They are all interesting. , from the babe who toddles in the shallow water to the tanned life-saver who rides the big waves so far out that you can hardly see him. That's here, and Fort Mill is there, and this is not home. F. H. H. Wilmington, N. C., July 26. Back Water Suits Compromised. Two suits that have been pending for some time between owners of land on the banks of the Catawba and the Southern Power .company were finally adjusted this week without being carried to the superior court. The first settlement made was that in which the plaintiff was Mr. L. Kiser. The action agains. the Southern Power company in each case gi'qw out of alleged damages on account of back water created by the construction of the big chim near J lock Hill. Mr. Kiser was allowed S.52-3, while the other plaintiff, lioss Carothers, secured $225, these sums being less than the amounts originally asked. The Southern Power company was' represented by Tillet & Guthrie, and Mr. Lucas, while the plaintiff.; were represented by Clark. Charlotte Chronicle. Georgia Votes Prohibition. The lower Mouse < f the Georgia legislature on Tuesday passed the Senate prohibition will by a vote of 139 t<> 39. The bill prohibits the manufacture or keeping on hand in any place of business, the sale or giving away to induce business within the Slate of any ii juor that may produce intoxication. The new law is to become effective January 1st, 1008. R. F. D. Quarterly Report. Through the courtesy of Postmaster K. H. Massey The Times is furnisiied the followingn-eport of the Fort MiUd^flflHRrriers D Stamp -i: W I' UNNECESSA1 Farmer -Jones authoriz Mister? ! j!|l Sign Painter That's \v Farmer Oh, no reason superfluous, seein' as how ; ; in town. 1A S T1 Mi What's the use < ticulars, when I Jones is the onb who can please ALL the time, Jones helps hoi by preventing \ Senator Tillman Likes Taft. "If we must have another Republican president I am in favor of William A. Taft," said Senator Tillmnn in a speech in I Cincinnati a few days ago. "Taft is honest, capable, and is of large enough mental calibre to administer the job. I like him personally and believe he would make an excellent president for a republican. "He has a much stronger individuality than has appealed so far, and should he occupy the chair he would be sure enough president. My itinery covers a wide territory, and to every place I go I find a distinct sentiment favorable to his candidacy. "Bqt William J. Bryan may be the democratic nominee again, and the fact that he is quite as honest, capable and intellectual as Mr. Taft should not be lost sight of by the country. Bryan will give any Republican standard bearer a fierce battle and 1 think he would beat several of t lldPl novt i/?nloi>Kr !? flia Uitnnkli VOV.IU, |/iiL V1VUKU l,V It II1C IVCUUIl; cans named Fairbanks, I would look for Bryan to go in with a ; sweep.'' 1 A Lawless Country. As a people we delight in parading our greatness before the world, but really we have some things that need reforming badly. xln a paper recently published and sanctioned by the American Academy of Political Science, Prof. James YV. Garner, of the Universitv of Illinois, declares that "the people of the United States stand before the civilized nations as the most lawless in the world." Prof. Garner produces a table showing that homicides are now raging around 9,(XX) a year, with only 119 legal executions for 190-1, the latter year included in this statistics. The United States have 112 homicides to each million population as against live in Germany, ten in England and Wales, i twelve in Canada and *12 in France. Chicago, with a third the population of London, has ' eight times as many murders. Of our host of manslayers we only managed to execute 116 in 1904, scoring practically no advance upon twelve years ago, when killings were but one-fifth as many. As is notorious, though. Prof. Ciarnor seems to have no statistics on this point, nothing is ever done to the vast majority of slay* rs. S. iected. ! _ ( Crops Fine Throughout the Stale. Col. Houston Pucker has re- j tured from an extended trip throughout the State. When seen J by a reporter today the colonel talked freely of the crops and says they are the best in years. He says that he has never seen such fine crops of cotton and corn. The colonel said: "The cotton is simply fine. It is growing i ? riiiv* II WC'II, rllHl the planters are selling the crop! at 121-2 (<> 18 cents. There is hardly any insects, as the boll1 weevil has died out. The farmers are using a great deal of soda on the crops, which improves the growth and production immense1>r-" Speaking of the growth of to i bacco in this State, t'ne colonel! says that it is even finer than) the best growing in North Caro- j lina and Virginia. The stalks and leaves, he says, are firm and strong, and if outward appearances count for anything, the crop will be the largest in the State's history.?Columbia Record. The fight between the St ate -el. North Carolina and the Southern Railway reached a point ok compromise on Saturday whcflfe- tfy corporation agreed to olwf the rate law by Augu.it 8. SY ADVICE. j e ye 't paint them signs, i hat he (lid. Why? Only it seemed kinder Jones is the only grocer _ ? Fuck. M it Exactly, ? ol advertising par^ $ everybody knows jg / grocer in town ; : ALL the people ; jsekeepers' health vorry, The Mule vs. the Farmer. Though the mule is stronger than the man, the man manages the mule for his own purposes. He puts a bridle on the mule, a saddle on his back, and rides | him ?it will. He puts harness ! I made of leather on the mule, and by speaking to him and giving him plenty of licks, he inI duces him to walk and pull a ! wagon while the man gets into the wagon and rides. The mule does much hard work, but all the . money gained by the mule's hard I work the man appropriates to himself. The mule lives roughly, ' is fed in a trough, and sleeps on the ground on a little straw. The man eats at a table and sleeps in a warm bed. The mule ' is a useful animal to the man. The farmer is stronger than the monopolist. Though the farmer is stronger than the monopolist, the monopolist manages J him for his own purpose. lie puts a bridle, called loyalty to party, in his mouth, a saddle 011 his back, and rides him as he wills. He puts harness made of prejudice 011 the farmer, and by making speeches to him. and j giving him plenty of taffy, induces him to walk and draw a monopolist carriage. The farmer does much hard work, but the money gained by the farmer's work, tlie monopolist appropriates to himself. The farmer has become poor and lives roughly on a mortgaged farm, eats plain I food from delf and tin plates, 1 and sleeps 011 a straw berk The ' i farmer is very useful to the 1110-. nopolisl. Moral: Those who do not use I their brains for themselves must use their muscles for somebody j else. REMAREAELE RESCUETlmt truth is stranger than fiction, lias once more been demonstrated in the little town of Fedora, Tctm., the residence of C. V. Popper, He writ s. "1 was in bed, entirely disabled with hemorrhages of the lungs and throat. Doctors failed to help uio, and all hope had tied when I bewail taking Dr. KillIf's New ll -i'JV.i-rv 'PI,.>11 iiiotm.f relief came. The coughing sixtn cwisfil; the bleeding diminished rapidly, and in | three weeks 1 was able to go to work Guaranteed eure for coughs ami cnhls 30c and $1.00 at all drug stores. Trial bottle free. Mrs. William T. Capers, widow of the brother of Bishop, Capers, died Saturday at Green-1 ville at the home of her niece, j Mrs. S. M. Reynolds, whom she was visiting at the time she suffered a stroke of paralysis recently. A 1TEUOBABLE LAY, One of the days we remember wi b pleasure, as well as with profit to our health, is i lie one on which we became acquainted with Dr. King's New Life j Pills, tho painless pnriliers that cure headache ami billiousuess and keep the bowels right. 2.'n: at all Drug Stores. \Ym. L>. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of the Western, Federation of Miners, was on Sunday given a verdict of acquittal by the jury before which he was tried on the charge of murdering former Gov. Frank Stuenburg, of Idaho. A WONDERFUL HAITENIN3 Port Byron, N. Y. has witnessed one ! of the most remarkable cases of healing over recorded. Amos P King, of that j place >ays; ' Bueklen's Arnica Salve cured a sore on my leg with* which I nad sutl'eri d o?er 81) years I am now eighty fi.e." Guaranteed to cure nil sores, by all drmriiists l'5c. \ ?The first cotton marketed! here in some time was that j brought in yesterday by Mr. J. P. ; Bailes and bought by Mills & | Young. There were lt> bales in ; the lot. The cotton was clashed ' as good middling and sold for! J.3,60 cents. / TSE ilAtIC NO- 3Nttmlw fchrea in a wonderful ! fOfrfie; H Vop*!*, of Cedar (.irovjp, Me., , . w'tti liver md TO. uh?t l? 11 : 1 _ KB Hsflfesfek, f we; p/i v |to save hs to havi J Why riot try next week tore ? are not positive necessities s ? count your earnings from yc 4 past you have been your woi a If you find as much as a doll \ Denartmont arid continue vr ? will soon find yourself a mei J class who have Saving accoi 5 4 PER CENT INTEREST, $ COMP 5 1-ruc $THE NATIONAL t (ABSOLUTEI ?R0GK HILL, *>%. %% -% -%. -%-n. "t. %" jSpE mm 1 SOUTHERN | j| THE SOUTH'S GR E3 i . , gj I nexcelled Dining Car Ser IptU Convenient Schedules on ul Through Pullman Sleeping i Jamestown Exposition Rat tod ?j es Foi full information as to rates, 5= Southern Railway Ticket A^e | G. B. ALLEN, ?1 - - - - rtil A u P. A., Atlanta, Qa. gji _ v ^W\ ft I W. F. HARRIS & S 4 FORT Mil ^ Sober Service day and night. ^ able. For moving in wagons ? per load. Passengers to and \ each 2oc. Surry on street or ^ hours. It' you need a nice Tr ^ for it, rate $1.00 per hour, 1 | ^ Here for business. ? W. F. HARRI We Feed The 1t you perish, il is no ablos arc here for you, goods i'or the least 11101 where and go broke, don trade with us live well a are not one of tliein, hur (iood Livers. We are public with all kinds ofl: si hi o prices, quality coi new to the trade and kr ('a 1! or 'phone No. 2\\ Fancy Groceries, Fresh 1 Yours for "W. Xj. X I W. H. HC >5 DtiALKK! WINES. LIQUORS, CIO/ 125 East Council Street, JJ We quote you the i'ollowi Brandies, Wines, Etc.: 1 Gallon New Corn Whislu 1 Gallon 1-year-old Corn W1 A V 1 r 1 i .x .... s* 1 gallon z-year-old Corn vvt 6* 1 Gallon 3-year-old Corn W1 4> 1 Gallon 4-year-old Corn Wh J* 1 Gallon New Rye Whiskey 1 Gallon 1-year-old Rye Wh 2* ^ Gallon 2-year-old Rye Wli 1 Gallon James E. Pepper R 1 Gallon Old Henry Rye Wh u 1 GaUon Echo Springs Rye 1 Gallon Apple Brandy (new 2 Gallon Apple Brandv^ffl > ** 0>.a)ts T-\^ear-oldli(BffiB y y V 1- ,'il l._> \'i cksS* ()u7m%g8388B t.L 4 Quarts Ro e a! .4 QmurU ft 1 SBHH >? .-,^i IIWXM' 'IWII .V VOU TO SAVE.} itrench in the matters whidj ind at the end of the weel^ ! mrself, and see how in the# rst pay master? 4 lar place it in our Savings >ur work in the future. Yo *; rUr: of that most fortunat]! ints ] [ OUNDEQ QUARTERLY, i UNION BANK \ jY SAFE.) t - S. l|| SfS (MiSIMiS-sjS1 'JSffiS!] ^ ! RAILWAY J [?s| EATEST SYSTEM. (| I vice, ^ I Local Trains. fc? Unix on Through Trains es now in efffct. I? rS m routcB, etc., consult neares r3] nt, or ifHl R. W. HUNT, [| " D. P. A., Charleston, S C p m~ ij^J m rSIMfSS? ?ONS, Liverymen! ? _L, S. C ? Rates for teams reason- ^ any place in the city, 50c. ^ i from depot, 25c. Trunks, at Railway Depot at al! ^ ! ap for your friends call ^ \ S SONS. ^ p People. t our fault. The euta- * ] and we sell the best ley. 11 you buy else'l blame us. All ivho lid are liappy. If jvou ry and join the host of prepared to serve the . , .ataides at the best jposiside red. We are ; not low what you want! I ? for your Heavy J and Meats, Ktc. J business, I I VM* V>\v 30VER, 1 - 1N f< tHS, TOBACCO, Etc. C? 1 1 VT W* - - oausDury, in. ]y& ? prices on Whiskies I. JB 1 -\v $1.50 | H | "liskey. .... 1.75 1 jgg m liskey 2.00 1 ~yb 1 nskey 2.50 , I liskey.. ... 3.00 | <83 3 | >' m liskey 2.00 jj ** liskey 2.50 '.ye Whiskey. iskey Whiskey. .