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l .W. BRADFORD, - Ed. nud Ob Mpv\tcmU*ja to the publialter, ?d?*' . vrrtMnK ntea. are made known to lv" ^ ' 1 1 y ? Kuteaed at fhe uoatoftico ut Fort xill, | 8. Cm ti wwh^'cUm matter. DECEMBER 19, 1907. """" The time of ^ear is at hand when everyone in business takes u? a new set of books, and this Tne Times is preparing to do on January 1, pext. In looking over our subscription book for this year we find a number of people who not only have not paid Tor the Daner this vear but who owe us for the paper for several years past. To a number of these we have mailed statements asking for a remittance, while others have been asked personally for a settlement. A few responded cheerfully, but a maiority treated our appeal with indifference, failing to pay even a part of the amounts due and offering no reasonable excuse for not paying. The sum of one dollar per year barely pays for the material used in getting up and mailing out fifty-two issues of a standard size newspaper, and considering this and the fact that per year is only 81-3 cents per month, it does seem that the person working for the smallest wages could keep his newspaper subscription paid up. At least this is our view of the matter, and hereafter we shall act accordingly. Now, before transfering our lists to a new book, we make our last appeal to these delinquents for a settlement. If you eannot pay all you owe us, come in or send us a part. We need every cent due us and can't afford to send the paper longer to those who do not pay. Hence, if you are among those who owe for one or more years for the paper and fail to receive it after January 1st, it means that your name has been dropped from our list and that The Times will not be sent to you until you pay up. Editor Way of the Waxhaw Enterprise has a very pleasing as well as interesting comment upon The Times' recent article about "hog killing time," and concludes by saying that, "We have never had the pleasure of meeting our good neighbor. Editor Bradford of the Fort Mill Times, but we know now beyond the shadow of a doubt that he was raised on the farm." No, brother, you are wrong. The < Times editor is not a farmer nor the son of a farmer. " In our youthful days, however, we ^apent a goodly portion of each Jr.og killing time with friends and relatives on the farm and we shall never forget the joys to the children and "good chewing" to the older ones each year when the time comes around for the slaughter of the fat ]>orkers. With the closing of the registration books only about ten days off, it is high time that those who wish to vote in the election for town officers to be held on January 14 should see to it that they are duly qualified. The requirement for registering is that each person presenting himself to the registrar shows his county registration certificate. There are many of our citizens entitled to vote who have not yet registered, and it is hoped that the town registrar will be kept busy for the next ten days handing out certificates. Every citizen who is entitled to vote should do so and assist in electing a mayor and council that will continue to keep the town <on.the upward move. A man to be a success in life must be of sound character, good mind, truly honest, and with clean, sober habits. We would like to see every boy in this town straighten up, quit the whiskey, the cards, the cigarettes and tobacco, and start out on manhood's journey good, clean men, and their character would be conplaf'. Show us a - boy in town that has none of these habits, and we will show you one who will make the model man of our city. While The Times is not authorized to make the announcement and will therefere receive no pay for same, still we think that our readers should know that the annual meeting of the board of County Commissioners will be held at Yorkville on Tuesday, December 81. All parties holding claims against the county are requested to present #ame, duly authenticated, to the supervisor or clerk of the board ion or befpr.e the above date. - The contract for the erection of the Wymojo Cotton Mill yvill be let perhaps this week. The mill will be a one-story Structure and wil) be 126 feet wide and 306 feet long. The <out-put of the rail! will he twoply yurn.. Work on>tv ? building will be (parted by the Jsttof January. The site for the mill is located directly opposite Wir?throp's campus on the western aide of the railru ^|T|Ub WhoDoe# Thiag*. li |t appears from Col. Kohn's fi sanies of interesting articles a recently concluded in the News l( and Courier, on the cotton mills ti of South Carolina, that our esteemed fellow townsmen, Col. v Leroy Springs, is at the head of ti four flourishing mills in this p State, being president of the a Lancaster mills, the Eureka and ]j the Springtein mills of Chester c and the Milfort mills of Fort h i Mill. The annual pay rolls of f( these mills, as given by Col. | a Kohn, aggregate $498,000. The l< fact that his cotton manufactur- L ing enterprises pay out yearly a nearly a half million dollars for g labor alone in Lancaster and two ^ neighboring towns gives some idea of the value to a community ; oi a man HkeUol. Springs?a man i i who does things, and whose ac- J 1 tivities redound to the benefit of all, either directly or indirectly ! . ?a man who establishes indus- a tries which enable thousands of P men women and children to ob- fi t* * profitable employment, who j \( builds up the waste places of his ^ community, adds hundreds of thousands of dollars to its taxa- 1 ble property and incidentally enchances the value of the hold- S ' ings of others to the extent of C | millions. It would be interest- a I ing to know?not as a gratifica- a i tion of idle curiosity, but in order n i to properly appreciate the magni- S tuae of his potentiality as a coin- j k munity builder?what Col. f i Springs's total pay rolls are. e , Not alone of his factories, but of his several banks, merchan- n tile establishments, dozens of c plantations and other numerous j C enterprises as well. ?Lancaster 1 News. All of which is the more in- v terestiug td Fort Mill people | o when it is remembered that Col. ; t Springs is a Fort Mill man. Of j s ; course, he has been adopted by b j Lancaster, but Fort Mill is the s j home of his birth and we will continue to look upon him as one f of our people and hope that the s day may soon arrive when he J a will return to his own. I q I v Ansel Will Stand For Re-Election. j a Governor Ansel has given out a i the following: v "To the People of South Carolina: t "Within the last few weeks I a have been very deeply touched p : by the many kind letters re- t i ceived and by the many words of ; v ; encouragement and commenda- r j tion from friends all over the | I state ana also by the appreciative notices frequently appear-,0 | ing in the press of the State, l1 with reference to my administration as governor, and the re- 0 quest and desire of so many that a II stand for re-election for another ,v term. For all these manifesta- j3 tions of confidence I feel truly F grateful and appreciate the !; same more than words can ex- : T press. I have tried to discharge the a i duties of my office with an eye i single to the interests of all the \ ^ people, and, while I have doubt-1 , less committed errors, they have 1 (. been of the head and not of the j heart. In obedience to the ex- a pressed wish and desire of so f many of my friends, I have de- a cided to stand for re-election to ] the office of governor for another a term, subject, of course, to the a will of the Democratic voters in the next primary election. t 'I take this method of thank- 6 ing the citizens of the State for r the loyalty with which they have stood by me in this first year fuOl. my administration. I H- -.-J1-', ceived numerous letters and 1( messages urging me to enter the race for the United States c senatorship this coming summer, * and while I appreciate the interest and complirm nt thus ex- K ; pressed, I have thought it my u duty to stand for re-election to J the office of governor. Lien Law .Sees Doom. r , There seems to be a strong * f>robability that the agricultural ( ien law, which has been a bone ' of contention in the South Caro- " lina Legislature for over a quar- I ter of a century, will be repealed by the Legislature convening on the 14t.h of next month, says the Columbia correspondent of the Charlotte Observer. The press I of the State is divided. on the ' subject, but a greater number ' of newspapers are vigorously advocating the repeal of "the poor man's only means of credit," and doing this more j persistently and systematically ' ! 11 - A- * -? man at any time since tile measure became a law half a ? } century ago, - at which time it . I served a good purpose in a way: though it did result in the build: ing up of the country merchant 1 class at a terrible cost to the 1 small farmer. The anti-lien law advocates, j base their principal hope of sue- i : cess at the coming session of I J the Legislature on the decision j | of Judge Brawley in the Federal Court last spring, knocking out the labor contract law on the i ! ground that it fostered a system 1 of peonage. The members of ^ (the Legislature fighting on that aide of the question sav that it has now become imperatively necessary to repeal the lien law , in order to control the negro farm labor. Attorney General ; ' Lyon agrees that repeal of the i BB^^. yDKjj^A # .. g mm - ^ en law is naturally to be expected after the labor contract iw is found to be unconstitution1, and he is among those who )ok to see the coming Legislaure wipe out the lien law. Governor Ansel in his message all recommend the repeal of he law. But this action on his art will not be the result of ny sudden discovery that the iw is unpopular. He will be arrying out convictions he has eld publicly for many years? or as many as fifteen years ago t least, for it has been that >ng since, as a member of legislature, he spoke and voted gainst the law, which he regards as ruinous to the best iterests of the State at large. Interestinf Data From an Old Paper. Mr J. W. Elms has handed us copy of the Camden Journal f ated July 2, 1868. The old pa- 1 er had been preserved by his ather-in-law, the late L. Shur- i ?y, and is prized very highly. ; Ve feel that the following ex- i raets will be read with interest:! The Legislature.?Gen. "R K. ' Icott, Governor elect of South j 'arolina," has in pursuance of, uthority vested in him by the I ct passed by Congress, for ad- j lifting South Carolina, and other iouthern States into the Union, ssued his pronunciamento noti- j ving members of the legislature ' iected under the act of Congress 'for the more efficient government of the Rebel States," to; onvene in General Assembly at Columbia, on Monday next, at 2 o'clock. The first business transacted, j ye presume, will be the adoption i f the Howard amendment, then he election of Senators, and oon South Carolina will again ie under the protection of the tars and stripes. New Flour.? We have received rom Mr. James H. Vaughan a aek of new fiour, manufactured t his mill a few miles from 'amden. It is made from new I yheat raised in this District , nd is a superior article ?rarely j quailed and never surpassed by ! ny in this market. The mill, ye learn, has all the appliances o a first-class merchant mill, nd we hope the enternrisintr iroprietor may be liberally susained in his efiorts to supply a rant existing since Sherman's aid on Camden. Lancaster.?A recent visit to; ur neighboring District enables j is to congratulate our friends of : Lancaster on the peace, quiet, j rder and good cheer prevailing mong them, in happy contrast: vith this pandemonium of carpet aggers and loyal leaguers. There he genius of Southern Radicalism has taken no root, the League as to a great extent lost its colesive power. Democracy is tri-, imphant and secure. The Dis-, rict oflicers and legislators are worthy white men. robbery and heft are of rare occurrence, inlustry, contentment and good eeling combine to harmonize ,nd humani e all classes, welding ociety into that unity of feeling j nd interest which is its true and ational condition, and which is lso essential to the happiness ,nd prosperity of a people. The Legislature.?This body is o assemble in Columbia on the , th instant to inaugurate the eign of misrule. EE F0U3HT AT 3STTY33TJB3. >st u foot ut Gettysburg, wr.tos; 'Electric Hitters have done ino more nod t han any medicine I ever took, i '"or several years I had stomach trou 1 ile. and paid out much money for 1 itediciuo to little purpose, until I be i an taking Electric Bitters. I would j lot fake $r>JU for what they have done or me." Grand tonic for the ugod and or female weaknesses. Groat altera- j i.e and body builder, best of all for nine back and weak kidneys. Guuraneo<l by all druggist- <r>v)c. fOR RENT (lood One-horse Farm. Apply or 'phone to W. H. Jones. jOST One gold handle Umbrella, marked "J. R. T." IMease return to Dr. Tnornwell's office or Manse. ?OR SALE ?Red Poll Bull, age 21-2 years, weight 1,150 pounds. T. P. Morrow, Pineville, N. C. I N & II o c l 1 MStf H-. Your Live Stock in the armars' Live Stock Lite Insurance Co. J. ALEX. WILLI FORD, President. SID. E. CLINTON, Sec'y and Treas. JNO. M. WILLI FORD, Manager. Office over McElwee's Store, Rock Hill, P. C. Vpply to W. It. C A ROT He RS. Fort Mill, S. C. i NOTICE TO HUNTERS. All parties are hereby warned against uuiiiitto^r trespassing upon my lund*. Ol th >- ? v totaling this notice will bo nos'niiuil. 13. F. MASSKY. ul : lii I i . 0???3)O'8???9Q3X I A MARVE I w @ Come and select them sent out. If | MILLS ^000000000000( UNUSUAL PRE Seventy Dollar Quarter L< to the Catawba Township cl ing for a larger number of I VILLE ENQUIRER than any ^ Mill Township. Every club 4 pensation for all names retu he gets the buggy or not. ^ this and other offers, addrei L. M. Urist's Soiif Chick Springs Hotel was completely destroyed by fire, which broke out at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. There was no one in the building, the hotel being closed, and the origin of the Are is unknown. The cottages were not damaged. Loss $50,000, with but little insurance. APPENDICITIS Is due in a largo measure to abuse of the bowels, by employing drastic purgatives. To avoid all dang, r. use only Dr. King's New Life Pills, the safe, gentle cleansers and iuvigurutors, Criiurnnteed for headache. hillinii?uip?is- nn. lariu and jatrtfdtoe, at all drug stores, 25c. ? ?One day last week some admiring members of Dr. J. 11. ThornwelFs congregation presented him with a purse of $100, the occasion being the twentyfifth anniversary of his pastorate at Fort Mill. Miss Lillian Flowers had as her guests last week Miss Frances Harris, of Fort Mill, and Miss Sadie McKee and Miss Alice Whitloek, of Chester.?Rock Hill Record. A SIQNIFICAW r PRAYER. "May the Lord help you muko Buck Ion's Arnica Salvo known to all," I writes ,1. (t, Joniiins, of Chattel Hill, N. C. It quickly took the pain out of a felon for me and cured it in a wou1 derfuily short time." Best on earth for sores, burns and wounds. 25c at all drug stores. - ?A beautiful Woodmen monu monument has been erected at tlie grave of the late Sovereign I). G. Thompson in East Side cemetery. It is probable that the monument will be unveiled early in January. A HARD DEBT TC PAY"I owe a debt of gratitnric that can novcr be paid off," writes (?. S. Clark, of WuHtfield, Iowa, "for the r acne from my death, bv Dr. King's New Discovery. Hoth lungs wore so serious ly affected that death seemed imminent. when I commenced taking Now Discovery. The ominous dry, hacking cough quit.before the first bottle was used, and two more bottles made a complete euro." Nothing hat ever equalled New Discovery for coughs, colds and all throat, and lung complaints. Onaraiite?d by all druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. ? Notwithstanding the bad weather of Friday night, a large crowd attended the W. 0. W. supper at. the town hall. The supper was fine and the speaking afterward was enjoyed hv all present. The speaker of the occasion was Hon. F. R. McNinch, of Charlotte. ' Rev. Reaves and Sunt. Witherspoon also delivered short talks which were full of interest. I 58080303030306 LOUS DISPL We do not hesitate we have the largesl \ nient of Christmas i 3 in Fort Mill. We efforts in selecting linvn tli iiirrc cinfoUl ' V iiiiu^o OllitCIUl all. Come early an ^ Besides the articles 0k have hundreds of oth ? See this beautiful di windows and room of your presents and we ' you can't come, phone Sc YOUN< 90000(2SI?^00000 ^ MIUM OFFER. Bather Top Rock Hill Buggy f ubmaker returning- and pay- + Subscribers to the YORK- ; other Clubmaker in For J I maker to receive full com- 4 ! irned regardless of whether < For full parti"ulars "as to J ' j s, Yorkville, S. . m. mi. _ r i i! _ 1 ? to me ruoiici i i I am carrying a first-class iiiufl of Groceries, Confectioneries, 'Notions, Cigars, Etc., and when in need of anything in this line I will sell you as cheap, if not cheaper, than you can buy elsewhere. I have a first-class stock of Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery, Etc., that I bought righ^and will sell RIGHT. WANTED; 1000 doz. Eggs at 30c per doz. 500 Turkeys-at highest market price. Yours very truly, E. P. H. NIVENS, R. F. D. No. 1, ; jr. -. < . HOLLfSTER'S rtocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy PenDte. Brines Golden Health and Renewed Viiror. A specific for Constipation. Ind'a* tir.n, I/vor ni: I iv idiii", t It >? I'm, ! ;< >< tr. I" I .ire l. ltaii II;.-.,Ml Siiii.vl>li llowvlv tl< alio ai. 1 Har'.xarhe. 11s k?>i l; v Mount:.:n Tt a i'> i.iI>- I lot form, X> cents a bo*. Gonnino ma-la l>y ! llOt.L.I8Ti;n DltlTtf C'OMPA.NT. Ma<ll?on, Wis. UOLDF.N NUGGETS FOR SALIQW fEOPJ-fi ?y 'gt; . AY OF XMAS GOODS |1 Lioods ever shown 1 |>iit^ ftrrtli speeiu 1 f. ^ pictured herein, er Holiday articles. i JsBrei splay in the show ^<ttil- m i our Furniture store ? |r 1-1111 HI,,mPL will store them awav until you orihr x <H ' ' %' U-n JflHD ; your wants to No. 1*2. g H 3 FUR. COMP'Y II 9???????????????0?0???????? J| We Feed The People. If you perish, it is not our fault. The c;uIb3SI ables are here for you, and we sell the iMrapjjj goods for tlie least money. It you buy c^^?mB||| where and go broke, don't blame iis. All jHhmhB trade with us live well and are happy. HOLIDAY RATES via SOUTHERN R*^M Account of the Xmas Holidays the Southern Railway anno'uT^^^^^B special excursion rates of one and one-third first-class one Way fafll||||s plus 25 cents for the round-trip to all points south of the Ohio* an^BKgl Potomac and east of the Mississippi rivers, including Washington,HIS D. C., and Cincinnati. Tickets will boon sale December 20th to 25th, inclusive; her 30tfi to 31st, 1907, and January 1st, 1903, with limit leave destination not later than midnight January (>th, 1908 j Apply to nearest Agent of the Southern Railway. <>i addr jg J. C. LUSK, D. P. Charleston, flj^Kiillil I?ij| % W. F. HARRIS & SONS, Liverymen, ;H $ FORT MILL, S, C. S|||| $ Sober Service day and night. Rato.s, for teams reason^ able. For moving: in wagons any place in city, 50c per X load. Passengers to and from depot, 25c. Trunks each, m > ? X 25c. Surry on street oral Railway, depot at all hours. If ?||||||| ^ you need a nice Trap for your friends call for it, rate $L.OO fl||jl||P w per hour, 4 passengers. Here for business. *" I W. H. HOOVE? SALIBR1IRV M IE PRICE LIST OF WHISKIES AN!) MtAXPl^i )iih ifalIon now Corn whiskey $1 tin One gal. lVnch Brandy )nc ?al. 1-y.ir old ? omi whiskey... 1 7"? CASE Q O O O ;(;Jm )no (nil. 2 year old Corn w hiskey.. 200 Four qts. Old Mountain (*< ?rn 7. >ue gut 8-yeai old ( orn whiskey... 850 Twt lv< qts. Old Mouutai i ?? ?B >ue gal. 4-yonr old Corn whiskey... 80?) Four qts. old Hailev Com >116 gallon New 11 vi l Four qts. Rooney's Malt B fig >uu gallon X Rye 175 Four qts. Shaw's M.tit ~)ue gallon XX Rye 20') Fonr qts. Paul .Tones Rye J)ne gal. Snnny South Rye 1100 Four qts Rose Valley Ry< . . Au<< gal. Old Henvv Ryo 3 (H> Four qts Monogram Rye ^ ^fiBBBSBI Olio Kill. Hoover's Choice Rye...... 2 <V) Four qts Wilson Ryo .... .^^^fi^^Bfif^B Que gal. Roouey's Malt IKK) Fonr qts. Prentice Rvc Dih* gal Echo rpring* Rye v. HO) Four qts. Hoover's <')?i>ici One gal. Peach and Honey 8 00 Fonr qts. Apple Brandy, iic\^^BB^9HmB! One gal. Apple Mrandv. new. 2 50 Fonr qts. Apple I)r:in .y. One gal. Apple Brandy, very old. . Kmr quarts Peach Brandy ^fiBfiBBRBSi Pices on any other i?oodp .will be mailed on npplicaH^HRBs|H?g W. H. --j*. || I r