Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 12, 1907, Image 2
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The Fori Mill Times.
DEMOCRATIC
ft. W. BRADFORD. - Ed. and Prop.
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Six months Be
On application to the publisher, ad* |
vcrtlitnc rate* are mud* known to
those Interested. '
Entered at the post office at Fort Mill.
8. 01. as ascot) d class matter.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1907."
There *re time* when puree
strings are tightened when there
is a proposition of a public nature
calling for contributions. Men
will talk of their past contributions,
of the failure of this and 1
the other project, and will refuse I
to pay money for further plans
which they say will not or'ng
money to their pockets. There
are some of these men to be
found in every community, just
as there are small potatoes in
overy hill. But when this condition
becomes general, when
men to whom the community has
a light to look for a slight return
for the benefit and the prosperity
which they enjoyed, refuse
thus to discharge one of their
plainest duties and whan the
number of such men becomes so
gre^t as to threaten the success
of movements in the public interest,
that condition is an evidence
of a dry rot which, if not
speedily removed, will land the
community in the commercial
graveyard.
The man who pays his debts
and his taxes may be a blessing
or a curse to the community. It
depends on what else he does. In
making this statement it is to be
understood that by the word
"'debt" is meant the ordinary
cash obligation which a man
incurs in the transaction of his
business. There are men who
appear to believe that so long as
they are not indebted to their
neighbors for goods purchased, or
the municipality or the State for
the iasc tax levy they have dis
charged their whole duty and
nothing more can be asked of
them. But in reality a man's
duty to his neighbor is limited
only by his power to do his
neighbor good, and his duty to
the community by his ability to
be of service to it. The community
in which the prevailing
* statement is "What do I get out
of it?" is one which does not and
cannot prosper.
The United States is the only
country in which the son of the
poorest mechanic or laboring man
may become its ruler and where
the daughter of a farmer may
become the wife of a President
and the mother of Senators. It
is the only country where all
earthly honors are within the
reach of every citizen and where
depends upon the individual
nimself whether he will be a
Senator or a street-sweeper, a
railroad president or a railroad
ection hand, a millionaire or a
pauper, a general or a policeman,
a banker or a bankrupt.
An excellent ruling has recently
been made by the postal authorities
at Washington for which
they are entitled to the united ;
thanks of the mail earners. It;
has hppn rnlpil fhaf urKora o ?won !
keeps a vicious dog aboit his
premises that makes it dangerous
for a carrier to deliver mail, such
delivery may be omitted. Unless
the carrier is willing to risk danger
of the dog, the owner of the
the vicious brute will have to de- i
dend upon himself in getting his j
mail at the postofnee.
Every man talks in an imporportant
way about his mail. He
jnas to go down town Sundays to
get his mail; hates to leave town
'ibecauses he misses his mail, and 5
most of the time all tnere is in it
is a bill or two and circulars advertising
a mining scheme. If
he happens to be at home when
he opens it, 4 'hush,'' the mother 1
will tell the children; don't disturb
your father while he is
reading his mail.
Raise Hay and Cattle.
-v ?
.^aan who lias been a farmer
for over sixty years, and who is
a decided success at the business,
aums up his experience in these 1
words: "Farm products have a,
selling value at the place of their !
making -a value just as they'
:ome from the soil. They have 1
also an additional value to the'
farmer who converts them into
> 1 more condensed form, bv feedng
then to livestock. That is
, aeir feeding value. We thus
ret to the manure value, and it
urely is a most important one.
"o increase the fertility of the
oil, is like loaning money at
om pound interest?it doubles
he value every eight or ton
jars. The farmer who selis
ses the feeding and manui-iai
Jues. If he parts with a ton of
i ay for $9, say, and could make
I pay him $12 by feeding it to
I vttle and sheep, he has lost $3
I J the feeding value and $3 worth
m : manure. In other words, !.?
is sold his hay for $G per ton
B ?s than it was worth if used
S / hpn." The need of oasture,
[B ly a^d Hevstock in good farm-1
I9| * ? syse tku$ seen,?$x.
HeHb
The BUI Law.
Act of 1907. ? "It shall be unlawful
to hunt any wikl turkey,
quail, partridge, woodcock, mongolian
or other pheasant between
the first day of March and the
fifteenth day of November except
in the following counties,
where it shall be unlawful to
hunt them between the first day
of April and the first day of November:
Beaufort, Hampton,
[ Dorchester, Colleton, Charleston,
Barnwell, Berkley, Aiken, Oco!
nee, Iiexmgton, fNdrfleld, Saluda,
Georgetown and Clarendon, or to
ell or expose for sale, ship or
export for sale, to Dot-hunt. net.
I trap, or by fire light to catch,
kill, injure or pursue with such
intent any of these birds named
in this section, nor shall any person
destroy or rob the nests of
snch birds. For violation, on
conviction, they shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not more than
twenty (20.00) dollars or be
imprisoned not more than thirty
(30) days. Nothing in this act
shall prevent the importation for
sale of any of the said birds. The
having in posession of any of the
said birds sold or exposed for
sale, or shipped, shall be prima
| facie evidence of a violation of
! this Act and the burden of proof
shall be upon the person to show
| that they were imported from
another State or territory."
Observer Damaged $25,000 by Fire.
Fire broke out in a store room
on the third floor of the Charlotte
Observer building Monday morning
at 1.30 o'clock, smothered a
boy to death, destroyed the entire
third and fourth floors, and
damaged considerably the machinery
and fixtures on the two
lower floors The morning edi-j
tion of The Observer was issued
from the office of the Evening
News.
It is not known just, how the
the fire started, but it is supposed
that George Wilson, a deaf and
dumb boy who had been sleeping !
in the matrix room, struck a
match in his efforts to find a
comfortable place to sleep, throw- j
ing it down while it was blazing,
...iil i i!.; I - . i ? * '
wiuiout noticing- wnat ne naa
done. The body of young Wil-1
son was found between two type j
cases on the floor, where he had
been overcome by smoke.
The greatest loss was to the
bindery on the fourth floor, this
being completely destroyed. The j
total loss is estimated at $25,000. I
fully insured.
Ball Weevil in Pleasant Valley.
I
The farmers of the Pleasant
Valley section of South Carolina
are greatly exercised over the |
discovery of a peculiar worm in
cotton bolls which bears a strik-1
ing resemblance to the Texas;
boll weevil. Mr. R. M. Pickett, \
of this city, brought one into the
News office todav and also a boll |
showing how the insect entered 1
it. The worm, he said, was
fourd on the farm of Mr. J. M.
Hai ris.
This worm is doing a great
deal of damage in the Pleasant
Valley section, especial'y in the
larger cotton, where they are j
found in abundance.
Farmers in Mecklenburg reported
the appearance two years ,
ago of what was thought to he
the bell weevil and lost no time
in getting a government expert
here to investigate. The insect
WAS In 1m onmn rvn
- . w..vv?? W MV OVIIIV- IA-- j
culiar variety of the worm, not
the boll weevil, which was discovered
in patches especially in
Providence township. ?Charlotte
News, Monday.
Another New Cotton Mill.
Dr. \V. Cii Wylie, of New
York, and Messrs. V/. VV. Moore'
and J. B. Johnson, of Rock ITill, j
S. C., have organized a company
for the building of a new cotton j
mil! either at Fort Lawn or Rock I
Hill. The new mill will be known
as the "Wymojo," the name being
derived from a combination
of the first two letters in the
names of the incorporators. The
capital stock of the company will
be $125,000. The articles of incorporation
were drawn yesterday
and application filed for a
chartc r.
The location of the new mill is
yet in doubt. Rock Hill is mak
ing a strong bid tor it and so is {
Fort Lawn. Fort I>awn has of- j
fered a site and the indications j
are that its hid will be accented. I
Fort Lawn is admirably situated
to become a thriving manufacturing
centre. It will enjoy excep
tional railway facilities when the
Seaboard completes its extension,
this giving it another road. It
is now in close touch with the
Southern. The monster devel-1
opmer.t of the Southern Power
Company is but ten miles away
with its cheap motive jxiwer. It \
is a well known fact tnat the officials
of that corporation *;re exceedingly
anxious to promote the
building of new mills and with
this in view are ready to offer
special inducement*-.
Work on the Wymojo mill will
commence this fall. -Charlotte
Observer, Thursday.
?The dry goods merchants of
the town are busy getting things
in shape for the fail trade, which
promises to be good,
TU Hiffc Scfc?l Et,di>..
The Times is in receipt of a
letter from Prof. W. H. Hand,
of the University of South Cam- i
lina, concerning the establish- <
ment of a high school in connection
with the Fort Mill graded i
school. It will be remembered
that Prof. Hand visited Fort i
Mill some weeks ago in the i
interest of the school and explained
that we could get the ]
high school department without 1
an iota of extra tax or cost. The i
necessary steps were taken and
an election was ordered to be i
held Saturday, August 24, but ,
was called off for the reason ]
that the county superintendent ]
informed the local board that an ]
extra levy would be necessary in 1
each of the three districts asking i
for the high school. The local
i board were at sea as to what tn \
! do and at once communicated j
! with the authorities at Columbia. 1
! This correspondence resulted in 1
I the board being fully as- <
j sured by the attorney general, <
State superintendent of education
and Prof. Hand that the I
county superintendent was in i
error, and just as Prof. Hand i
had explained on his visit here, ;
that the high school did not call <
for an extra levy or other extra ,
cost.
In his letter to The Times <
Prof. Hand says in part, 'The
i people of Fort Mill understood i
what I said about the high school <
as I intended them to understand
me. I send you enclosed marked 1
copy of the High School Act.
Section 3, as my authority." j
Following is section 3 of the ]
Act referred to above: <
"That the Board of Trustees j
of eyei^r High School so estab- i
lished is hereby autborizti to levy
annually for the support of such j
! High School, not exceeding two <
i mills on the dollar in addition to
the levy now allowed by law, wof
all taxable property within such 3
High School district, the tax to (
be collected in the same manner
as special levies arc now collected
under Section 1208 of said
I Code: Provided, That the right
to make it a levy merely for con- \
\ ducting the Hign School for the >
then next current scholastic year
! as now defined in Section 1232 of 1
j said Code may be voted down for i
that year in the same manner as I
' now provided for in said Section
1208 with reference to voting '
upon special levies for School i
District purposes."
I From the above Act it will be [
be seen that the high school tax
is not compulsory?only permit- t
ted?and with our present extra s
school levy of two mills there is !
no reason or likelihood of an ex- h
tra levy shcuM the high school
be established. In fact, we have x
been assured by several mem- *
bers of the local board of trus- 1
tees tiiat the question would not
be given a moment's considera- f
tion were the extra tax compulsory
or if there was the slightest i
reason to believe that an extra
levy would in the future become
necessary. '
In another column we publish
a notice calling for an election on .
next Saturday, the 14th, to de- .
cide the question. It is hoped i[
that a full ballot will be cast. 1
If the people want the higher ^
grades in tne school, let them go (
out and vote for them; if not. it *
is one's privilege to vote against
the proposition.
The Farmer's Pay. \
i
The Charlotte News prints the 1
following Doetic lamentation of 1
a Tennessee farmer whose favor- ,
ite rezorback hog met an untime- 1
ly death by coming into contact 1
with a locomotive. Believing he *
deserved redress for the loss the J,
farmer wrote the company: i
"My razorback,
Strolled down your track,
In sport the other day; c
Old 29, i
Came down the line, 1
And sniffed his light away.
You can't blame me,
For the hog. you see, *
Slipped through the catticgate,
So kindly pen,
A check for ten, '
The debt to liquidate." i
The company's reply was char- |
acteristic of that cruelty and dis- ,
regard of the razorback and it t
wrote;
"Old 29, .
Came down the line; I
And killed your hog, we know;
But razorbaeks, 2
On railroad tracks,
Quite oft on meet with woe; H
Therefore my friend, ,
We cannot send, i
The check for v. hich you pine - 1
Jusr. plant the dead, j
Place o'er his head, u
'Here lies a foolish swine.' " s
% W. F, HARRIS & S
FORT Ml!
<f>
Sober Service day arid night.
^ able. For moving in wagons i
^ load. Passengers to and from
^ 25c. Surry cn street or at R?il
you need a nice Trap for your i
^ per hour, 4 passengers.
Here for business.
Fir Fmt Bel* to Ik* Am.
David Wallace, of Gainesville,
Hall County, Georgia, is making
an experiment this year with
cotton on his place which will be
watched with interest by every
cotton planter.
In cultivation and preparation
as well as in the variety of seed
used Mr. Wallace i3 specializing.
He has a quarter of an acre
planted and expects confidently
to irake a full 500-pound bale on
the quarter.
The seed were obtained in the
spring of last year from F. M. 1
Johnson, and are of excellent
kind. The seed cost Mr. Johnson
at the rate of ahnnt Sinn a VuiaViol
Last season Mr. Wallace planted
the few seed in one row, leaving
the stalks six feet apart.
Thirteen stalks matured and
the branches met and overlapped
in the center of the rows. When
the extra heavy bolls matured
the weight of the large number
[>n each branch broke and split
[>ff the twigs.
From the seed raised off the
thirteen hii'.s and hand-picked,
the quarter of an acre is planted
this year. The rows are five
feet apart and the stalks are left
one or two in a hill five feet
apart.
In cultivation Mr. Wallace proceeded
with unusual thoroughness
and care. Eight loads of
stable manure were scattered
over the ground, and on top of
that 200 pounds of guano was
broadcast.
The land was turned and subsoiled
twice. The rows were
laid off as stated, and since the
cotton has come up the patch
has been carefully attended in,
the matter of cultivation.
Mr. Wallace is watching with
interest the yield outcome of the
specialized experimental patch, i
?Misses Isabel and Dora Grierl
ire attending the Presbyterian
College in Charlotte.
Lett?r to S C FABIS.
Fort Mill 8. O.
Dear Sir: What will it cost to sow
:on ncret* half wheat and half dainy
mi vo/IV uitd wkrt#'!! frko ????
MiAvut Mt?>< v* tMSV ?i I'MV Uiup IA7 VTUriUf
We (lou t know what daisy-seod cost*,
lor how balky it it; we suspect half
tvlioat and half daisy would wake a
Jig crop of daisied, and last a long time;
:ku wheat might be short.
The parable throws some light 011 the
?at of n (Niiut half whitewash. Whito
.vash, mixed half and half with {mint,
s all-piint iu look und feel; iudeod
liuo-teiitlis of the "paint" in the
itores is hal' whitewash, some half,
tome more, some less.
Puiut lias to be spread with the
irusb, the surfuoe prepared, the ladders
icafToids pulleys and roi?cs arranged and (
novod, there's a great deal of labor in ,
Hitting paint ou, it costs $2 to $1 a
(allou to do it.
What does it oost to paiut white
vash? Just the saiue. Half-white- \
vash? Jnst the dame. It dosn't seem !
vortli whilo, for the white-wash does 1
lurtu, not good.
Will the paint hold the white-wash <
ast? or the whitewash loosen the paiu'.V
Better jiaint pure paiot, the least- |
callous paint, t.ho least money paint, 1
Jevoo.
Yours truly
F. \V DtVOE & CO
'. S. W. B. Ardrey soils onr paiut.
?Mr. Theo. Harris, son of Mr. |
N. F. Harris, left this week for
21emson where he will enter I
:ellege. Mr. Ladson Massey, i
who was a student of the college ;
luring the past session also returned
this week.
EN;oaSED BY THE COUNTY.
"Tho most popular remody in Otacgo
>iunty, and t he best frieud of my fatni- '
y." writes Win. M . Diets, editor aud
mhliuhur nf tho
%?iu wovtxuv/ iiumuuti urn- |
>ertsville, N. Y., "is Dr. King's New {
Discovery. It has proved to be an in- !
allible cure for coughs and colds. I
unking short work of the worst of them. !
iVe always keep a bottle in the house
! helievo it to be tho uioatvaluable pre- I
>cripiion known for L.nug and Throat
liseases " Gnaimteed to never dis- !
bppoiut the takers by all druggists. !
I'rioe 50c and $1.00} Trial bottle free, j
The most practicable method ;
)f silencing the silly claims that t
\ndrew Jackson was bom ini
^orth Carolina would be to move !
.he publication office of the Charotte
Observer to *'ort Mill, says
lie News and Courier.
"REGULAR AS THE SUIT"
s an expression as old as the race. No
loubt the rising and setting of the sun
s the most regular performance in the
iniverse, unless it is the fcetloH of the
iver and bowels when regulated with
Dr King's New Life Pills. Ouuraneed
by all druggists. 26o.
Weight and prices guaranteed '
ror Cotton and Cotton Seed by 1
T. B. Belk. Don't sell before
rou see us.
"EVERYBODY^HOULD ENOW"
ays C. G. Aays, a prominent business
nan of Bluff, Mo., that ftuckleu's Ariic-a
Salve is the quickest and surest
tealiiig salvo ever applied to a sore, ,
niru or wound, or to a case of Piles.
,,ve used it and know what I'm talking
ujouw. uuarauKica t>y all druvgiatS
f>o.
, 1 L ? !
!ONS, Liverymen,
-L, S, C. #
Rates for teams reason- {
my place in city, 50c per ^
depot, 25c. Trunks each, ^
way depot at all hours. If ^
'riends call for it, rate $1.00 W
?
leils a^Lmchei |
To my friends: I have fitted
up a First-Class Lunch Room in |
connection with my Cold Drink
Stand and will appreciate a share
of your patronage in this line.
When in town call and let me i
serve you a good lunch or meal. ,
J AS. H. PATTERSON.
NOTICE.
Book* of Snbocriptton to the Capital
Btookof the Fort Mill Building and
Loon Association will be opeued at
the Savings Bauk at nine o'clock a. m.
Saturday, Sept, the 14th, 11)07. Capital
Stock $>0,000, divided into BOO shares
par value $100 00 payable fifty ceuts
per share every two weeks.
J. H. MoM array
W. B. Meachaw
J. M. 3pratt
J. B. lulls
J. L. Spratt
. O. Jones
B.l. of Corporators.
TO THE PUBLIC!
I have opened a Barber Shop
in the room in the Bank building
recently vacated by Mr. Curtis,
and will appeeciate a share of
your patronage. Prompt service
and first-class work.
Give me a call.
W. B. McKinney.
888
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