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SEPTEMBER 19. 1907.
Harry Thaw's long confinement
has caused him to become
' 'peevish. He should be thankful
that the word is no1
'"Whi?(e)ish."
It would not bo American-like
if Uncle Sam doesn't get up a
boat that will down the speec
record of the British shir
Lusitania made last'week.
"Why should not the farmers
get 15 cents per pound for theii
/cotton," asks the Times anc
Democrat. After due reflcctior
we have reached the conclusior
that the one and only possiblt
reason is that the buyers may refuse
to pay this price.
The town of Spencer, North
Carolina, is having a touch oi
adversity on account of the
recent rate legislation in thai
State. A few days ago 150 em
ployees of the big Southerr
Railway shops at Spencer wen
laid off for an indefinite perioc
in order that the company mighl
meet expenses under the neu
conditions.
There is constant demand foi
the boy or young man of sobei
habits and a will to do things.
At present there is demand foi
at least a half-dozen young fellsws
of this sort in the business
houses in this place. There arc
plenty of boys available foi
these places, but our business
men are not looking for cigarette
fiends, rowdies, etc., to wait oi
the trade. They want honest,
sturdy young fellows who car
be depended upon.
The election here Saturday
on the subject of a high schoo
created little interest among th<
voters of the town. It wa:
generally believed that the elec
lion would result, as it did. ir
favor of the school, and those
who opposed the proposition
kept the matter strictly t<
themselves, evidently taking the
view that if the school was es
tablished and proved undesirablt
it could be voted out. There
w> re only 18 votes cast, 15 fo:
and 3 against the high school.
In an article headed "Yorl
Baptist Association," which i:
credited to the Yorkville En
uuirer, the Rock Hill Recor<
cays, "In the cake-walk Mr
dames Drennan and Mrs. Si<
Williford were the successfu
winners of the first cake pre
r.ented. Miss Maud Blanks ant
Miss Alline Cornwell won th<
second cake in the next game o
cake-walk." To us, the cake
walk in a religious meeting ii
entirely new and novel.
The building of a side-wall
along that section of White stree
between the freight depot ant
Sprattville looks to us like a use
less expenditure of the town';
funds, as the walk is not needed
There is only one family, ant
that colored, living thereon, an<
residents of Sprattville invaria
bly use the railroad tracks to am
from their homes. The railroa<
furnishes much better travel an<
there is little reason to believ<
that the new street will be use<
by even a few. Then too, th<
sidewalk takes up a considerable
portion of the ground which ha
heretofore been used by the cot
ton buyers as a place to stacl
.cotton preparatory to shipmen
and these men will now have t
look up new quarters. Th<
money expended in the gradinj
pf this street could have beei
spent to a great deal better ad
vantage in curbing some of thi
washes on other streets of th<
town.
Prof. John G. Clinkscales, o
Wofford College is announced a
a candidate to succeed Asbur;
C. Latimer as United State
senator from this State, and it i
claimed by the friends of th<
Spartanburg educator that hi
has an excellent chanee to win
We are not acquainted witl
pither of the gentlemen furthe
than the notoriety gained througl
the newspapers of the State ari<
while we have not looked witl
favor upon Senator Latimer'
attempt to obtain a lot of frei
advertising in the nature o
correspondence while abroad
and not questioning the abilit:
of Prof. Clinkscales, we ave
the opinion that the latter wil
discover his mistake when th<
returns are in. It will be re
membered that the Hon. Johi
C. Hemphill, of Charleston, ;
member of the Fourth Estat
than whom there is no abler ex
ponent of good, sound doctrine
Was formally announced sonv
days ago, and who wiil doubt
less make his presence keenl;
felt in the next campaign.
A
The bird law passed Hby the
last legislature is the cause of
much concern and discussion
among the sportily inclined of
j this community. Upon this
subject, as upon all others in?
in which the genera! public is
* effected, there are wide differen,
ces of opinipn. Some claim that
the law is perfectly right in prohibiting
non-residents the right
j to hunt without a license, while
others look upon the law as de"
priving one of a personal right, j
I In that he cannot invite a friend
b from another State to hunt upon
[ his lands. The numerous dis;
cuasions upon the subject, how
ever, have no effect and those
p who object to the law have slim I
chance to alter the same or re- !
taliate. Additional information;
j upon the subject of non-resident
[ sportsmen entering the State,
1 and that which has been given
> little notice heretofore, is given
by the president of the State
Audubon Society in answer to
an inquiry as to whether a non\
resident may hunt upon his own
I land in this State without license.
. The president of the society ret
fers the inquirer to Section 8,
j act of 1907, which says non-residents
who desire to hunt in any
part of the State shall procure a
license in the manner provided
by the Act and this applies to all
P non-residents who wish to hunt
[ in this State whether on their
1 own lands or the lands of others.
Aside from our duty in aiding
1 in the launching of any enter*
prise which seeks to further the
1 town's interests and welfare of
t its people, The Times feels it a
1 special duty to impress, if possible,
upon the people, and especially
the young men of the comr
munity, the good to be derived
r through the successful operation
, of the newly organized Peprpet*
ual Building and Loan Associa
tion. The building and loan is
> the means by which scores of
s working men have been able,
* where they so desired to provide
s themselves with comfortable res;
dences. while others have laid
11 aside ample sums of money to
, engage in profitable business en1
terprises and are now on the
road to wealth. The payments
in the association are so arranged
r that the workingman, whether
1 his wages be large or small, can
; keep ud his stock with but little
3 inconvenience or self-denial. In
. the Perpetual the payments be!
come due, 50 cents per share,
? every other Saturday, and there
't are but few young men in the
3 community who could not carry
3 from three to ten or fifteen shares
I without feeling to any noticeable
: degree the obligation incurred.
1 Not only does such an association
t. offer an excellent opporiunity of
laying aside a competence, but
it proves a blessing to the town
and a benefit to all. The funds
\ collected are invested by the
s stockholders in erecting homes
7 and establishing other business
enterprises, all of which aid in
; enhancing property values and
| creating a progressive spirit. It
is a pleasure to-note that the
7 young men of the community
are subscribing liberally for stock
P in the Perpetual, and there is
every reason to expect much
" good as a result of the new ors
ganization.
Officers Elected for B. and L.
c ?
t The stock holders of the Per1
petual Building and Loan Asso
ciation met in the Commercial
s Club Rooms Tuesday afternoon
. at four o'clock and the following
I directors were elected: W. B.
i Mcacham, J. B. Mills, J. M.
- Spratt, J. H. McMurray, L. A.
1 Harris, A. O. Jones and* J. L.
1 Spratt. After the adjournment
I of the stockholders' meeting the
e directors met and elected the
1 following officers: VV. B. Meach2
am, President, J. H. McMurray,
e Vice-President and J. L. Spratt,
s Secretary and Treasurer.
It was found that the capital
1c stock of $50,000 had been overt
subscribed, and it was decided
o to increase the capitaliz&Lion to
e $60,000.
7 The membership fee was fixed
n at fifty cents to cover cost of
- books etc., and Saturday, Sepe
tember the 20th was the day set
e for the first payment on the stock.
The Bridge is Satisfactory.
f
s Supervisor L. J. Perry, of
y Lancaster, ana supervisor T. VV.
s Boyd, of York, met the latter
s part of last week in Indian Land
e to inspect the new bridge just
q completed between the two
counties. It was found that the
(i | work was done according to
r plans and specifications. The
ti bridge is 350 feet long, 130 feet
I being of steel. The cost of the
n bridge and approaches is about
s $3,080, half of which each coune
ty pays.?Rock Hill Record.
Letter to H- A. D. NEELY.
y Fort Mill S. O.
?. Dour Sir: Every job Devoq is tlono
1 with loss gallons lhau ever before with
any other paint.
2 S. J. Field, Iudiaiiola, Flu, says: "All
- house* here aro painted Devoe. The
^ hot air is too trying for other paints.
Ono coat Dovoo is butter than two of
any other paint, so far as we knew."
? Less gallons, less cost.
Yours truly
F. W. DEVOE & CO
^ P. S. W. 11. Ardrey sells our paint.
?Mr. F. Nims left Saturday
/ for a visit to his mother, Mrs.
E. W. Rankin, at Mt. Ilolly.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
(85 cents each insertion.)
FOR SALE?One Cow and nice
Short Horn male Calf. Apply
to Of Barber, R. F. D. No. 2.
COTTON SEED?Yqur Cotton
Seed will bring all they are
worth at T. B. Belks' ware
house. See Shell Patterson.
FOR SALE- Five nice SingleComb
R. I. Red Hens and one
Cock, price $5. Also pullets
and cockerels same strain. A.
I R. McElhaney.
WANTED?Your Cotton Seed,
highest prices paid. Shell
Patterson at Belk's.
More Money For the Farmers.
Since the passage of the denatured
alcohol bill at the last session
of congress, removing the
tax on alcohol which is so treated
as to make it unfit for use as a
beverage, it would seem that our
farmers should begin to take advantage
of ther opportunities,
says the Charlotte Observer. Of
course, no such roseate conditions
obtain as those pictured by the
propagandists prior to the passage
of the law, but there is no
reason why the waste upon the
farms which is convertible into
alcohol should not be made to
yield reasonable returns. Alcohol,
whether denatured or otherj
wise, cannot be manufactured
I out of old barrel hoops, brickbats
and cast away shoes, but it can
be made from decaying vegetable
matter, such as beets, potatoes
j and other starch or sugar vegetable.
According to an ariicle in
the daily consular report by Coni
sul General R. P. Skinner, of
Marseilles, some French manu|
facturers are making a still,
which can be manipulated by the
average farmer, at a cost of
$30.88. The still consists of a
ontct null iuiiliicc ana Hierooic
and accessories and has a boiler
capacity of 264 grallons. The
same combination is offered in
ali sizes up to a boiler capacity of
644.17 gallons, worth $388. Mr.
Skinner further says that the
same manufacturers make portable
stills, the boiler capacity of
the smallest 52.83 gallons, selling
i for $225.
Our Murder Record For 1906.
The Richmond News-Leader
makes this interesting, though
somewhat startling, ovservation
of the murders committed in this
State during the past year:
"South Carolina again comes
to the front with a record of 303
homicides for the year 1906.
This, we believe, is an increase
of about eighty over the year before.
Students of the liquor
problem will be interested and
confounded to know that the
State has tried open barrooms,
confining the liquor traffic to the
cities and towns, the dispensary
system and prohibition and the
murder record has continued tc
increase steadily. Yet, during
twenty years newspapers and
preachers and prominent men in
the State have been working patiently
and fearlessly to arouse
public sentiment to the point oi
making murder unfashionable
and dangerous. One South Carolina
paper now points out that
the State last year had twenty
homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants
and one for every
twenty-nine nours of the year;
whereas, in Maine the record is
but one homicide a year to each
100,000 inhabitants. The facts
present a problem which is straining
the thinking apparatus ol
Palmetto statesmen and publicists
apparently without result."
Orphans' Work-Day.
Brethren of the press, please
tell the tidings to everybody ir
the State that Orphan-work Day
falls in this month of September.
And that means that everybody
will set apart a day in this month
to help the orphan institutions
with their wages or salary or
income for that day. For the
Sunday School children, Saturpay
the 21st, or if more convenient
the 28th is fixed. Cotton
will be ready for picking and it
will be easy to make a day of it.
Collections on the Sabbath following.
But this day is not foi
children only. Old folks make
more money than children and
money is what the orphans must
have for their education. Ir
the various institutions of the
a? i? ^ - .
oiaw, uL-iiuiiucia upun v/nnsuan
men and women for support
there are hundreds of orphans;
the Thornwell Orphanage at
Clinton, S, C. has 250; the Epworth
Orphanage at Columbia
has nearly 200, and the Connie
Maxwell at Greenwood has more
than that number. All these
need help. And there are others
It is hoped that September will
result in great good to the orphans.
It will be if all lend a
helping hand. But let each
reader of these lines say "it does
' not matter what others are doing,
: I am going to send my help and
give my day's work," and depend
upon it, our fatherless children
will be better off for it.
- Mrs. R. G. McLees, of Greenwood,
is visiting her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. J. II. Thornwell, in
this place.
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goods for the least nu
where and go broke, dc
trade with us live well
are not one of them, lit
Good Livers. We are
public with all kinds of
sible prices, quality c
new to the trade and I
Call or 'phone No. i
Fancy Groceries, Fresl
Yours fc
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, ^ able. For moving in wagons
? ^ load. Passengers to and froi
, ^ 25c. Surry on street or at R
. ^ you need a nice Trap for you
0 per hour, 4 passengers.
I f Here for business.
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Hon. W. H. Stewart, who has
i been seriously ill at his home in
> Rock Hill, is reported much im;
proved.
THE LIMIT'OF LIFE.
The most cminout modical scientists
arc unanimous in the conclusion that
! the generally accepted limitation of
human lifo is many years below the at,
taiumcnt possible with tho advanced
knowledge of which tho raco is now
possessed. Tho critical period, that doi
termines its dui'atiou, seems to be bor
twocn 50 and GO: the proper caro of the
. body during this decade cannot bo too
r strongly urged; carelessness then being
fatal to longevity. Nature's best helpI
er after 60 is Eloctrio Bitters, the
i scientific touic medicine that revitalL
zos every orgau of the body. Guaian,
teed by all druggists. 50c.
; ?Mr. A. L. Pursley, of Chester,
spent Saturday with his
' parents in this place.
ENSOBSED BY TEE COUNTY.
"The most popular remedy iu Otsego
County, and tho best friend of my fami,
i ly." writes Wm. M . Diotz, editor and
publishor of tho Ostogo Journal, Gil'
bortsville, N. Y., "is Dr, King's New
r Discovery. It has proved to bo an infal
i ill if cure for coughs and colds,
p making short work of tho worst of them.
Wo always keep a bottlo iu the house
1 I behove it to bo tho most valuable pro>
scription known for Lung and Throat
diBoasos " Guaranteed to nover dis>
appoint the taker, by all druggists.
Price 50c and $1.00, Trial bottlo free.
? Mrs. Eloreid Nims is spendi
ing a few weeks with relatives
- in Black Mountain, N. C.
"BEGULABAS THE SUN"
is an expression as old as tho raeo. Nc
t doubt the rising and sotting of the sua
' is the most regular performance iu the
I universe, unless it is tho action of the
; liver and bowels when regulated with
I Dr. King's Now Lifo Pills. Guuran
, toed by all druggists. 2oc.
1 ?As The Times goes to press
this, Wednesday, afternoon it is
learned that Mrs. Joel Edds. of
Gold Hill, is dead, after an illI
ness of 3 months of typhoid
I fever. Mrs. Epps was Miss An[
nie Bailes, daughter of Mr. Z. T.
, Bailes, and was married to Mr.
j Epps about 3 years ago.
"EVEBYBODY SHOULD KNOW"
' Bays C. G. Aays, a prominent busines#
l man of Bluff, Mo., that Bucklon's Arnica
Salvo is tho quickest and surost
, healing salve ever applied to a sore,
burn or wound, or to a case of Piles.
I've used it and know what I'm talking
1 about." Guaranteed by all druggists
' 25c.
1
Buckten's Arnica Salve
The Best Salve In The World.
DR.KING'S (NEW DISCOVER!
j Will Surely Stop That Cough.
ILLS &c
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^ Are ever on the ale
thing new anel up\
ture to make home
M store is full of beai
Ew will make your lio
f carry everything i
ings.
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b People.
lot our fault. The eatai,
and we sell the best
oney. If you buy else>n't
blame us. All who
and are happy. If you
irry and join the host of
prepared to serve the
Eatables at the best posonsidered.
We are not
mow what you want.
29 for your Heavy and
i Meats, Etc.
>r business,
EIAIjIJSONS,
Liverymen, *
IILL, S. C. ^ |
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it Rates for team3 reason- $
\ any place in city, 50c per ^
11 depot, 25c. Trunks each, ^
ailway depot at all hours. If X
r friends call for it, rate $1.00
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AN ORDINANCE.
An Ohdinance Providing For a Mauicihal
Election, and Notice or
Such Election.
Bo it ordained by the intendant and
wardens of the town of Fort Mill, S. C.,
1 in regular council assembled,
j That, whereas, the Charter of the
Town of Fort Mili, S. C., will expire
on the 24th day of December, A. D
1 ll>07, and it is deemed advisable that
the wishes of the qualified voters be
ascertained as to whether the said
town shall surrender its present char'
ter and acce.pt a new charter subject to
1 the provisions of Act. 2. Chapter XLIX
' of the Revised Statutes of 1902;
That an election bo held on Tuesday
1 tlio 8th day of October, 1907, in which
the question of whether or not tho town
of Fort Mill, 8: O., shall surrender its
old charter and accept a now charter
under the provisions of the chapter
above cited shall bo submitted to tho
qualified voters of said town.
2. That said election shall ho held
in all respects as o.her municipal elections
are held.
8, That said election shall be held in
. town hall, in the mid town n.ud tl>r>
polls shall bo open from eight o'clock
a. m. until four o'clock p. m
4. That K. Shannon, J. C. Hughes
and T. D. Faulkner, are hereby appointed
managers of said election.
5. That those in favor of surrendering
the old Charter uud accepting a
new charter under tho above cited Article,
shall caBt a ballot on which the
following shall appear:
"Shall tho town of Fort Mill, S. C.,
surrender its present Charter and ac
cept a new Charter under tho Provisions
of Act 2, Chapter XLIX, Rev.
. Stats, of 1002,?"Yob."
, And those opposed to surrendering
tho old charter and accepting a now
charter under the Provisions of the
abovo cited Article shall caHt a ballot
on which tho following shall appear:
"Shall tho town of Fort Mill, H, O.,
. surrender its present Charter and accept
! a new Charter nudor the Provision* of
? Article 2, Chapter XLIX, Rev. Stats, of
l 1002.?"No."
Ratified and confirmed this 2nd dav
of September 1007.
W. L. HALL.
, Attest: Iuteudant.
A. R. McELHANEY, Clerk.
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i Meals and Lunches.
To mv fripnrls* I leive fitiorl
up a First-Class Lunch Room in
connection with my Cold Drink
Stand and will appreciate a share
i of your patronage in this line.
When in town call and let me
, serve you a good lunch or meal.
; JAS. H. PATTERSON.
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Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor.
A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, T.lvcr
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Mood, Had Hrcnth, Sluggish Ilowels. Hendaclio
t and BocUachc. Its Itocky Mountain Tea In tablet
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