The Fort Mill Times.
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AUGUST J. 1907.
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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
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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
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Farmer -Jones authoriz
Mister?
! j!|l Sign Painter That's \v
Farmer Oh, no reason
superfluous, seein' as how
; ; in town.
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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.
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( 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
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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.
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?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
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? 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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