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PFORT MILL TIMES DEMOCRATIC, fl. W. BRAOFORD, - EDITOR, j One y?.ir 51.00 ' i Six month? 50 I Kut?red Ht the itostotlico at Fort Mill, S C., us second class mutter. ! On >YpUottlon to the publisher, ad- 1 vertlplnif rates are tnude known to ! ' < ( lliosc Interested. . 1 ( THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19,1908. 11 iiu ... - ?i ..i . . ? gy Accel Appoints a Republican. The fifth annual convention of , the National Rivers and Harbors Congress is to be held in Washington City in a few days and j' one of the South Carolina dele- ! gates appointed by Governor An- 1 sel is no less a person than that distinguished Charleston poli' tician, the Hon. A. C. Kaufman, : recent Republican elector, two of whose running mates were negroes. The fact that Kaufman j was a candidate along with a brace of negroes is not, however, , the burthen of this song. South , Carolina Democrats expect no J more of any native white man who disregards the teachings of his State by enlisting in the i cause of social equality. The |; surprising thing in connection! with the appointment of Kauf- ( man is that a Democratic governor of South Carolina should ; defy the sentiment and wishes of the people by appointing any Republican, when there are ] thousands of Democrats in the , State more available for service ( in the Rivers and Harbors Con- i gress than the best qalificd j Republican he could name. Gov- 1 ernor Ansel would not have dared appoint Kaufman to any post of honor prior to the primary election last August, for, as he well knows, to have done so -would , have cost him the Democratic nomination for governor. The people of South Carolina will notj stand for any recognition of Republicanism by their officials; ! tllPV fivnoct ?? "aI itl'/lnl -- ? J uv Jiuuuivai ^ ment to bo accorded the members ' of that party in any capacity j whatever, (Governor Ansel cannot wheedle his constituents into ; accepting as a sufficient reason j for the appointment of Kaufman I that it was his purpose to select a non-partizan delegation, and we shall be surprised if the, governor does not hear more of this matter when the Legislature meets in January. Meanwhile we are gratified to be able to re-1 call that we have not suffered j from nervous breakdown due to overwork in promoting Ansel's candidacy in either of his campaigns for the governorship. The Public School*. The Times in common with a number of other papers in the State has for some time been ? running the articles written for the press by Mr. W. H. Hand, ~ 1 1 ' 1 piuicr>Bur ui Bwunuary euucauon at the University of South Carolina, in the interest of the public school system. The articles are rwell written and make very entertaining reading, and we believe would do much to stimulate interest in the public schools but for the vein of captious criticism running through them. There are doubtless a number of communities in South Carolina which could afford new and better school houses than the ones they now have without making any sacrifices worth considering, and they could also afford teach-; ers better equipped for instruct- i ing their children by paying! larger salaries. ISut these comy munities are not numerous and our people as a whole have made wonderful strides during the last forty years in providing for the 'education of their little ones. Professor Hand seems to lose sight of the fact that the public school system in South Carolina is yet in its infancy, that the State not onlv i<s n?t i>?i that it emerged not a great many j years ago from a most disastrous civil war, the effects of which are still keenly felt. The public school system is not, of cpursc, what it should be and what it doubtless will be in a few more years, but that gratifying progress is being made hs shown in the report which State Superintendent of Education Martin will submit to the Genera' Assembly in January. For instance, Mr. Martin says: "During t.he past 10 years there have been hundreds of new and elegant school buildings. erected, libraries established, local taxes voted and other improvements made which clearly indicate a stronger desire on the part of our people for education! "To my mi rid one of the most significant things in the recent history of our school system is the adoption by the legislature t>f the idea of the encouragement :>f self help. This was begun by the enactment of the library law. More than 1,200 libraries have been established in less than five years. it \vc had sulhcient taxes or appropriation to secure equality of opportunity in the fundamental organization of our schools, the legislature and school officers could carry forward a succession of improvements such as the State has never witnessed. .. "At the close of 40 years of effort in building an educational system we are now expending about .$1,7SOO.OOO annually upon our puplic schools. We have an enrollment of considerably more than 300,000 children. We have nearly 400,000 school buildings. We have more than G.000 teachers. We have more than 100 high schools doing very good work. The State is spending more than $300,000 annually upon its colleges. The situation is far brighter now than it was in the beginning of this period. Of course a great many adjustments and changes are necessary, but I believe that the outlook is full of promise. A great deal should be accomplished within the next 10 years." ?There ife no telling what the future cotton market will do?the ! price may go up or it may go j down. It is a fact that the pros-, ent price of the staple is below j the cost of production, and this is the cause for a general belief that the price will advance. We ! have no advice to offer as to hold-' ing cotton for better prices, for ! we are "at sea," but share in the general hope that business conditions may improve and that those waiting for higher prices may be richly rewarded. According to reports the foot | ball fatalities to date are 10, and injured 272. This is ample rea-; son why the game should be termed foot ball. "All the way to Columbia or Abbeville for dispensary booze now." - Union Times. Not quite! Winnsboro will be glad to "tank" you up. The Latest Cotton Picker. From Augusta, Ga., comes the report that there is on exhibition at the fair grounds the latest invention in the way of a cotton picker. This picker is described I as being the most ingenious ma-1 chine ever put up, and the in- i ventor, like the inventors of other cotton pickers, proclaims to the world that he has succeeded in making a machine that will do away with the old method of harvesting the cotton crop, as well as greatly reducing the cost to the farmer. The machine in question is made so that four little saws work in together, all turning to a central point. The little saws pull the cotton from the bolls and a gasoline engine running a fan causes the cotton to be sucked through a hose and into the wagon body. In this way one of tiiose machines will pick more cotton than a half dozen negroes. Four of the machines can be operated from one wagon, and one horse can pull the wagon. The little machine is so constructed that it is almost unbreakable and is so simple that even a child can operate it. There is no danger about the saw cutting the person operating it. as they are all so arranged that they are not exposed. Just what provision, if any, is made against "pulling in'' the leaves and other trash is not mentioned, and we imagine this is wherein the failure of the machine will be found to lie. Fcr a Masonic Orphan's Home. Plans are being" completed for the erection of an orphan's home in this State by the Masonic grand lodge. The annual meeting of the grand lodge will be held soon in Charleston and at this meeting delegates from the other lodges will probably make arrangements for contributing the balance needed for this home. At present the grand lodge has a large balance on hand and with only a small indebtedness on ihe grand lodge building in Charleston, it is thought that with voluntary contributions and the remainder out of the assessment fee due the grand lodge, after all the expenses have been paid, there will be enough money to enable the special committee to start work. The location of the home, its cost and equipment and plans for the admittance of those who will occupy it have, of course, not yet been arranged, but will probably come up at this meeting. I r V-r',v * ': Further Protection For the Birds At the coming session of the general assembly the State Audubon Society will work for the passage of a law to license each hunter in South Carolina. The plan, as proposed, will be about like this: Upon passage of an act by the general assembly a number of books will be issued and sent out to the clerks of court. These books will contain each 100 1: _i_-_ 1. _ -i-i. ? i 1 licenses wim stuos attacnea, both being numbered. With each hook will go 1.00 metal tags in a box, similarly numbered. A warden will be appointed for each county, whose duty will be to collect these licenses. The license will cost $1.00 and be good for one year. The warden will be required to furnish bond to the clerk of court, to be approved by him, in the sum of $500. Having taken the oath and furnished the required bonds the warden will proceed to collect the license, failure to pay which will be punished by fine of from $10 to $12">, or corresponding imprisonment. The warden will he compensated by 25 per cent of what he collects, or 25 cents on the dollar. On furnishing the hunter with his license the warden will also furnish a metal tag on the front of the gun stock, the size and shape of the tag being changed each year so that any warden may be able to tell at a glance whether any tag is out of elate. The money so collected shall be transmitted by the clerk, less such remuneration as shall be allowed that oil; cer for his work, to the State treasurer and placed to the credit of the "Game Protection Fund." Any amount over and above what is required for the enforcement of the law may be turned into the school fund by the Legislature. Rural Carriers fllay Act as Notaries. Rural mail carriers need have no fear hereafter of running afoul of the law when they execute the duties of notaries nuhlic while in the performance of their regular work. Former orders by which the carriers were prohibited, under penalty of immediate dismissal, from performing: such acts have been repealed in the following modifications of the postofiice department just promulgated. "By direction of the president, it is hereby ordered that hereafter no officer, clerk or employe in the executive service of the government (except postmasters and officers of the fourth class and rural carriers) who is also a notary public, shall charge or receive any compensation whatever for performing any notarial act for an officer, clerk or employe of the government in his official capacity or for any person wherein the case of such person the act is performed during the hours such notary's service to the government. Disobedience of this order shall be ground for immediate dismissal from the service." This order will no doubt relieve the minds of many rural carriers and postmasters, in the country districts who have heretofore been unable to accommodate their neighbors by attaching ! their official seals of notaries ! public because of the fear they | entertained of violating the law. Seed Ycur Son lo Clcmson. n.r._ T-i ? lvii". rarmcr ii mac son or yours is dreaming of a "would be" happy day, when he shall enter some great business firm, the law office, or some great profession, you could not do better than send him to Clemson Agricultural College and have this foolish impression removed. Such | boys will make the most successful farmers after they have once been awakened to the fact that farming is fast becoming the most scientific work in existence. These hoys should,not be allowed to cultivate or dwell upon ideas of this sort, but they should he placed in that great institution just named where they will be set aright. It is indeed quite an injustice these boys do to thorns* Ives when they leave their peaceful. Christian homes to go to the large cities anil waste their best days in some public employ, where they forget those lessons taught 1 them by their plain country mother many years before; and where they become so much cnvolved with the facinations which present themselves, that they do not even have time for those siiont hours of meditation which, used to be regularly observed and hallowed. Then let us maKe the farm as attractive as t he cemented streets of the city. Thiscanonly be done by giving the boy an opportunity to learn something of this great science; and also toiearn to compare the sublimity of his quiet home with the turbulent, unrestful city life. Certainly he can have these things demonstrated to him at Clemson as at no other school in i the South. Then if .you would have him be a "man like his father" send him to Clemron. Cadet. i See McElhanoy for Real Estate. t i A Cure for Sorehead. The following1 simple remedy I is said to be a certain cure for c sorehead in chickens: 11 When the fowl is first found a j to have sorehead put it a coop. I ! because it should be separated 5 i from the well flock and because a it is easier to pick up and doctor, i Then get an old teacup and put 1 in a lump of alum the size of a r bird's eye and just enough hot: i water to disolve it, so it will be j t strong as possible. Make a little , > mop anil apply the alum water all; j over the affected parts. If you (t will wafch your chickens closely 1 and not neglect them when they j I first take it, their eyes need never . 1 close. Two applications of the 1 alum water often cures. i ? The football team of the ( Fort Mill Graded School went to , Charlotte this morning-, where 5 this afternoon it will engage the , Dil worth High School team in ( game. Tlie local team has been ( practicing steadily for some time , and will no doubt make things , interesting for the Charlotte boys j this afternoon. Kodol 0011 tains tho sunn* digestive ! jni ces that are found in an ordinary healthy stomach, and there is, there- \ fore, no question hut what any form of stomach trouble, Indigestion or Nervous LiyspbpsiV will yield readily yet naturally to a short treatment of Kutlol. Try it today 011 our guarantee. , Take it for a little while, us that is all I you will need to take. Kodol digests what you ea* and makes the stomueh sweet. It is sold by Ardrev's drug store. ? ? - In four years a pair of rabbits could have a progeny of nearly 1,500,000. A doc rabbit produces j as many as several families a year. 1'raises, scratches, sores and burns that other things ha\e failed to cure wil heal quickly and comoletely when you 1 use Dt Win s Carbolizod Witch Hazel halve. It is esj?eciully good for piles ' Sold by A rd ivy's Drugstore. ? -4 ?Mr. W. VV. Pegram, the! popular young conductor of the! L. & C. Hitilway, was a visitor to Fort Mill the nasi week. DeWitt's Kidnoy and lUndder I'ills are utieq ailed in eases of weak back, back ache, m.'kuiuuaiion of the bladder, rheumatic pains, and all urinary dis- ; orders. They are antiseptic, and act | promptly Don t delay, for delays tire 1 ilangerous. tiet 1 )< W itt's Kitlnev and , 1 Dander 1 ills. hold by Ardrey's drug 1 store-40 ?-Miss Dovic Harris went to) Rock liill Saturday morning to (liLciiu a tnctaiiti^ tii me vvuwiL-iib i M issior.ary Sot-ioty. :, Kennody's Iaixutivc Cor.nil Svrup not only heals irritation and allays iniiuni- : mat ion, thereby stopping tlio cough, but it moves tlio bowels gt ntly and in . that way drives i boo. ?lil from the system t ontain- no opiates It is pleasant to take, and ehildron ?specially like tho taste, so nearly like maple sugar Sold by Ardrey's drug store. You can cure dvspepsia, indigestion, sour or weak stomach, or in fact any form of stomach trouble if you will take Kodol occasionally -just at the times when you need it. Kodol does not have to be taken all the time: Ordinarily von only take Kodol now and then, because it completely digests all the , food you eat. ami after a few days or a ! week or so, the stomach ean digest the | food without the aid of Kodol. i'hen you don't need Kodol any longer. T y it today on our guarantee. We know j what it will do for you. Sold l?y Ar-J drey's drug st >re. 1 ^ , ' g nr. . ' . \ ffi : -. A.,. : ;* :? -xv*>> q k-. ' <3 |ra*S ,',v * ".v;l | fr -V^ J vMHw ? r Ka* ? '**' ' fi 1: ; 1 ffe -V ' '., -V : | | **'' f. . ; . J;M1. S : : " ;??S = 6t' ;? 11 m '& - : / f I P3 . ? r 1 ' t??: >v * < ) t \ E.. VV. K i M E g PORT MIL .u?/n*fv iLv^y-T-gaasszag!: ?.vwi7w^'?cTm ? \ 0 ? .. Raise More Mules. There is a groat drain on the :otton farm of South Carolina >y having to buy so many mules it such a high price, says S. A. 3urns in the Farmers Union 5un. Every fanner should have it least one g<x>d brood mare md raise a colt every year. The >est time for coits to be foaled so is to give the least trouble is i rom the middle of July to Oc- j ;ober the first. One acre of j rood land well set in Bermuda rrass will keep a mare and colt; ,en acres will be sufficient to furvish grazing for ten colts. Our Pnrnifvs rUmnlrf ... .'t.vvtivt MU4 IV H.VIV UlUIV'O, j setter tools and less hands and 1 ouy less guano. Sow peas. They ; mprove the land; and cut the vines to feed the stock on during ;he winter. Sow broadcast or ' plant in rows the late variety of . sorghum on low lands where there is plenty of moisture, when :ut in dough state. If well :ured, the peavinesand sorghum will winter the mule colt. Feed sorghum and peavine hay until the first of March, then leave sorghum, as it gets too dry. I know of a mare that has raised three mule colts in the last three years, and she will bring as much on the market now as she would three years ago. The colts arc worth $500 and she has made as much cotton as the average mule. Ambitious young men and ladies should learn telegraphy; for, since the nov\ 8-hour law became effective there is a shortage of many thousand telegraphers. Positions pay from $50 to $70 per month to beginners. The Nation) Telegraph Institute of Columbia, S. C., and ' five other cities is operated under supervision of R. R. officials and all students are placed when qualified. Write them for particulars. FOR SALE At The Times office, Real Estate and Chattel Mortgages, Crop Liens, Notes, Etc. 4^ V / I I \ I!j. All persons indebted to the eatato of I>r. T. li. Mcarhani will make payment to the undersigned at Fort Mill, S. U., iiul all parties having claims against the said estate will present, same, sworn to. and in itemized form, to the undersinned at Fort Mili. S. C? within the time prescribed by law Mrs. M. A. Meacham, Executrix. Kodol For Indigestion Our Guarantee Coupon If. after using two-thirds of a *1 cx> bottle of K dot. vou can bonestlv say it tias not benetiled you. we will refund your money. Try Kodol today on tliis guarantee. Kilt out and sun tiie ft lit wing, present it to the dealer at the time of putcl.ase. If it f.nls to satisfy you return the bottle containing one-third of the medicine to the dealer from whom you bought it, and we will refund your money. Town State Sign here _____ I lit '1'hls Out Digests What YouEat Antl Makes the Stomach Sweet K. C. DeWITT ik CO.. Chicuao, 111. Sold by Ardrey's Drupr Store. COLLAR LABEL I \ ^L I I s I fell * ? ? g& ?^> I Aiiy man who has j im "S5HEL3 38AKB" 1 t ?*70 Clothing and he will K V I''j0 tell you one ol two B /' 'jfM things about it: eith- p .?! cr t : it it w.ms sath-- r St*" factory, or that he g 4gM !';>? his rnuiU'V i>:u*!c, g rf|* and ninety-nine in n ' > .* ?.!' : ii!i;ni wi! 1 I" flu '' ^ 01 1)'/ ' " ' " l P around a little, too, p and you will find that |j no other clothing sold H within the range of S prices B $:0 tlt:t LOWiSt I $18 tie Hitrlest | has the word B "GUARANTEED" 1 printfcd right on thi> k Price Card attached ? to sleeve. g 1RELL . I msx&MCir.zi rrTg.'afcv ????????s>??? ?? 1 Winter's Cii S. Need have 110 1 x home that is fi1 ? one of the splen ? Heaters, Stovi ! S of which wc 1 ? stock. We have I of sizes and styl select from, am you, now that cold, to get bus your needs in t We have a full j ? If Regs, Carpets ?and ask but th to prove that w< !? nionov on vm ? Our place is He 0 * ? | Every Kind t ? At this store tin ? assured that L< not obtained at quality. We wa | Mills & Y SsG?S?^3?? ?? <3t FOR SALE. For GO days I ??!Tor (he O'Oonnell property, situated close to the Graded school, just across the stroot from cor pontic limits of Fort Mill. Has nine-! room two story house, besides pantrys, HO acres land, jjood orchard and out buildings, 6 acres pasture, I acres in original oak timber. This is a great chance to buy a piece of property and sell enough lots to pay for it, as a big 1 portion of the place fronts the street. : For particulars see me. Terms reason| able. FK5 acres of land in Fort Mill township, near Pinoville, N. (J., at $:i.50 per j acre, if tukitn at once. I About 250 acres fine farming land I i near Fort Mill, Particulars ou applica- | 1 tiou from parties interested. , t\ place containing i(H? acres, within \}^x miles of Piueville, N. (J., in good | condition. Fairly new dwelling und ] out houses. Fifty ner-js of this place is in woods. Price, $1,400. Terms?Onethird cash, balance in one, two and j three installments, with interest. A nice building lot in Sprattville. The last three available business lots ( on the shady side of Main street, Fort ( Mill, are offered at reasonable figures, | if taken at once. Two of these lotr, are 25 x 100 feet. WANTED. i I have applications from several who ; want to buy plantations, so if you want ' I to sell your place list it with mo at I once, or if it is town property you want | i tosell, let me handle it for you. A, R. McELHANEY, Fort Mill, S. C. \jj < Ij ^ ^ I - . 001'90: t iiii i \ ' - 1 1 J lrT -* 5?? ?? 0? O? ?6 ?S> illy Blasts! terrors for the & tted up with g did g bs or Grates | ijivp ii ? v/ %? uviwv wy a wide range 9 es for you to ? 1 it behooves g it is growing ^ y and supply ? I lis direction. ? assortment of ^ Tapestries | c opportunity p can save you g ir purchases. adquarters for ? if Furniture. 1 e purchaser is 9 >w Prices are ? a sacrifice of 9 mt your trade. g oung Co. I S???????????? vwwswwwvwvwvwww ? City Restaurant, i , iLverytning new. With * enlarged quarters, we $ are better prepared to rt i serve the public with 2 ' first-class eatables. Call ? on us at Merritt's old / stand and see how we 5 are fixed. Fresh Oysters y Fridays and Saturdays. ^ Patterson & Mills. ? SWWNSNNWNWNWWWVSW I '. ? 3 . 11 Cleaning, Pressing, and Dyeing. Join the Fort Mill Pressing Club, membership $1.00 per month. Dry, chemical or wet cleaning. Besides Clothing, we clean or dye Furs, Skins, Rugs, Mats, Feathers, bleach Straw or Panama Hats; old Neckties and Ribbons made new; cleaning and dyeing of Gloves. 'Phone orders to 146, or call on us up stairs over Parks Drug Co. GUY A. ROSS, Proprietor. Korfrd For Indigestion. ^ -* Relieves sour stomach, palpitation ol the heart. 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