Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 17, 1908, Image 2
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FORT MILL TIMES <
DEMOCRATIC '
0. W, 0RAPFORO, ' - EDITOR. 1
Oni; year.... I l.Qb
Six months S>u '
Three months ^ I
Kntenxlul i ho yostoilicc at Fo/f Mill, j
f?. C., an second class matter. <
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On application to tho puhhfcher. ad- ;
writing ftx}v& are mmlr Known to
f'loer Interested.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1908,
The Times has noted with fullfledged
interest the work of
thl)K(> natif>rs -vv1iii?V? rnpontlii Koito
j/v.w i> ?**vii < wviitij nuv V/ 4
been preaching prosperity in <
South Carolina, and we have i
ubout concluded that if some- 1
thing is not soon done to stay <
the onrush of this mad wave of
good times we will all be bloated 1
bondholders in another fortnight. <
Of course we are all prosperous ? ;
times were never easier and 1
money more plentiful. And all
the talk we heard about depressed
conditions some weeks
ago ?and still hear from some i
pastoral individual who sits
down to his dinner table with a
spread before him fit for the' |
gods but whose disordered imagination
pictures a menu of cab- <
bage and stale bread ?all that
talk, we say, was little short of
treason and we would welcome
the opportunity to help
string up by the thumbs the man
who started it. Confidence is the
thing?that's what makes the
wheels of progress scoot round
so fast that you can't count the
spokes. In South Carolina these
wheels of progress mean to an
appreciable extent the wheels of j
i .. ... . . - '
me cotton nun machinery, and
pf course ?why, of course?they
have all been turning so fast
for the last year they are now
worn out and must be replaced
with new ones.. Nor has cotton
been selling for 8 cents, either,
"omr> few pessimists to the
/contrary notwithstanding. But
granting that the price was and
is 8 cents ?what of that! It
coits the farmer less than 2
cents a \ o md to raise it, since
the negro farm hands have wel
corned the opportunity to work
for 7 cents a day for the last year.
Hard times! Don't you believe
a word of it. It's a fly-specked
/eidolon, and prosperity is as
thick in South Carolina as
the hide on a hippopotamus'
back. Truly we have much to
thank our Republican benefactors
for. They certainly are good to
the South.
Anent the alleged crooked Pan- 1
uiiio kuuai mm lit which It lij
claimed that the Federal governernment
was bilked out of many
millions by prominent Republican
politicians and replying to the
:charge of President Roosevelt in
u special message to Congress
?hat it had libeled the United ,
^States in publishing the charges, i
the New York World of yesterday
hands that faker and four- i
flusher the following warm one
po think over: "No other living until
ever*) grossly libel oil tho United Status
undoes thi.i president, who besmirches
.Cougrcn, bulldozes judges, assails tho .
integrity of courts, w'nalers private citizens
ntul who has shown himself the
most ttockloss unscrupulous demagogue
v hotu the Ainoricuit i?copleever trusted
.with great power uud authority." Well
paid and true, but not new, as
^Senator Tillman years ago gave
the country an equally correct
.estimate of this prince of swash- ,
bucklers.
A few days ago there was -tent
out from Mansfield, <)hi??. a news
anicro CHTTITTTTJ^ wTtTl TTTtJ I
Work'of reclaiming the criminals
in the Statue nitentiary in that I
city. There was much in the 1
article which should be of inter- j 1
est to South Carolinian:--, and hut
for the fact that the article is j
copyrighted we v ould he pleas-d ,
to reproduce it in thesec .lurnns.
Partlicplariy we imnrcased I
with the contrast that obtains j
s trnentor' prn-oners in
the Ohio institatfon and the South 1
Carolina penitentiaty. There the J
huinilfeting prison
stri: iven place to neat
: and hand-eulfs,
whipping-posts and chambers of j
torture have bfcen sui
the more humane
chamber," the offender 1
against the rales bfjitfy institu
tion is 9?nt. to think out :.. .
t or himself. The sole idea l . ;
conduct of the Ohio prison is. to |
try to reclai <cr
nvict a tisefui member of . l
*
liety, by sending him out into a
the world at the expiration of S(
his sentence fitted for the respon- n
sibilities of citizenship. At the **
3ou*h Carolina penitentiary ap- c<
parentiy no thought is ever given j tl
to reforming the prisoners and in a
many cases at the expiration' "
of their time they are released j
anly to become greater ofFenders 1
against the laws of the land, with !
their hearts filled with bitter j ^
resentment against humanity for , *j
the hardships which they ex- ^
perienced as prisoners. Several I n
times in the past, in discussing t<
the conditions at the penitentiary ! S(
in Columbia, we have taken oc- ^
n
casion to point out the barbarous I e
practice of using the lash on the c
bared backs of offending prison- , fi
1 A1 il _ ? 1 1* ? t ' l-?
ers, noping tnat ine recital 01 tne ; "
facts would move the legislature p
to investigate the matter and for- t(
ever put an end to the savage : g
violation of civilization and the f
law of the commonwealth. Cor- a
poral punishment of prisoners is ^
not only a violation of statute ;v
law in this State, but we belittle n
our vaunted civilization in per- e
mitting it to be practiced. It *
would be much better for our;
State if some of the energy and ^
intelligence that is wasted in p
chasing the prohibition myth j.1
were directed against this brutal, i:
manhood-destroving evil.
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With the exception of the cot- <i
ton mill industry, the South is
yet largely an agricultural sec- .
tion, and our people have not i
therefore had an opportunity to I
view at close range any of the '
good work of organized labor in
uplifting the condition of the j
working man. Due to the lack
of information on the subject,
there is much prejudice in the
South against organized labor
which would be quickly dispelled
if our people would inform themselves
upon the many beneficent
things which it urges for better
working and living conditions.
One of the most worthy undertitiiinrs
r?f nr I:ilinr in 1
recent years is the effort to les- 1
sen the hours of women's work ^
in the great industrial establish- |
ments or the North. Nor is ,
there anything selfish in the
the undertaking to better the
conditions of the working women,
for a very small portion of the !
women belong to organized labor. '
The most encouraging sign we
have seen in weeks of returning
prosperity is in the fact that the
tide of immigration to this country
has again set in strongly. :
Last year when the Republican I
panic struck the country broadside
tens of thousands of these
immigrants returned to their
former homes in the old world.
Now they are coming again in j
droves, which would seem to (]
indicate that normal conditions ' p
are returning. Of course there s
are already some several millions
too many of these aliens in this
country, for they are for the I:
most part the scum 01 creation, ?
but that is another matter.
: r, _
v^ili?cus ui mis cuiiimuniiy wno
recall the splendid work of the ,
Fort Mill Academy 20-odd years
ago in promoting the educational
interests of this section, read
with pleasure some days ago of
the success with which the old j
academy's superintendent, Prof. r
A. R. Banks, is meeting in the
rejuvenated Hyatt Park school, v
near Columbia. There are scores ,
of men and women in this com- ;
munity, and in various other sections
of the State, who often refer
with pride to the fact that v
they were pupils of Professor v
Banks. Naturally they all wish I
him the success which his ability p
as a teacher and director of edit- national
affairs deserve.
There are a few penny-liners ^
in South Carolina who, when s
they run out of anvthingelse to
'r _ 1 . 1 '
write auoui, Degin to make a ;i
noise about the heels of Senator |
rillman like something in the >
neighborhood with canine ancestors.
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Rock Hill Won, But
Says the Rock Hill Herald: j
"The game of foot hall Wednes- s
day afternoon between the Tjirers
of this city and the Fort "
ivliii team resulted in a score of
3 to 0 in favor of the Tigers.
The game"was a good one and <1
was well contested, but Bill Kim- .
nail proved too much for the I
Fort Mill team. Kimball made _
some daring dashes and with .he
support of his teammates |
ne made the touchdown in the E
list half. Then Brown kicked
i
goal which netted the Tigers a
;ore of 6. The Fort Mill team
layed good ball but it was imossible
for them to score."
The Fort Mill team puts up the
Dmplaint that it received anyling
but fair treatment in the
bove game and attributes its
efeat to this fact.
Garrison Not Yet Committed.
A dispatch sent to The State
[onday from Laurens says that
tie report in Sunday's papers
hat Mr. J. Henry Garrison
ad abandoned his appeal for a
ew trial and had already gon?
3 the penitentiary to serve his
entence for the killing of Mr. J.
.ouis Williamson of the Bethesda
eighborhood near Rock Hill is
rroneous. This correspondent
ailed Monday at the clerk's ofnn
o f Lrt IV*.. r*
v^v auu iv/uiiu null 1UI. VJclI IIfSUIl
ad not applied for commitment
apers, which would be necessay
before be could begin his senence.
While it is understood
enerally and the rumor is well
ounded that Mr. Garrison has
handoned his appeal and inends
to serve the sentence of
wo years imposed by Judge
lemminger, he nevertheless has
ot taken any steps toward that
nd ant} the correspondence from
tock Hill is erroneous.
Ivory case of backache, weak back,
ladder ititlniiiiuaiinu and rheumatic
ains is dangerous if neglected, for such
roubles are nearly always due to weak
idneys. Take DeWitt's Kidney and
Uadder Pills, 'lhey are antiseptic and
mthe jviin quickly. Insist upon DeV'itt's
Kidney and Bladder pills ltcgu
ir size ?Jc. Sold hero by Ardrey's
rug store.
Cat
For ten days before
17th, we will offer yo
Come early and see
jieked over. Ilousck
who are hunting usefi
hint>s to till the hill.
R]
Table Linen.
Beautiful qualities in Table
jin?n AT COST.
$1.50 quality per yard at $1.20
1.00 " 44 " .79
.75 44 44 .59
.50 44 44 .43
.25 4 flf 44 .20
Species in^Reiu and Blue Table
iinen^
.50 quality per yard at .43
.35 .29
.25 .20
Doilies.
We have a new lot of pure
anon Doilies, worth $2.00 per
ozen, for $1.50. Also reduced
rices on all doilies that are in
tock.
Sheets.
rpi ^ i ' 1
iiieseare ine nest quality ot
{leached Sheets 10 1-4 size withut
seams, worth 75c each for GT:c.
The 101-4 size, with seams,
forth 50c each, for 30c.
Pillow Cases.
Size 42x36, worth 35c, pair 20c
" 45x38, * 30c, 44 25c
44 42 x 36, 44 25c, 44 20c
Comforts.
Those who have seen our beauifill
Comforts will know what a
argain we are offering them in
educing the Drices on this line.
Comforts in lovely designs
forth $4.00 for $2.75.
A $1.50 Comfort for $1.25.
44 $1.00 44 44 .75.
Blankets.
Every thread Wool Blankets
forth $5.00 for $4.25.
A good Mixed Blanket in gray,
forth 3.50 for $2.75.
Cotton Blankets at reduced
rices.
When you ^o about yoi
:resli Candies. We liav
oriment oi rackai?c Ca
FANCY FKUITS -Wc I
in^cs, Nice, Fat Hanana
hat's good to cat in this
mas Fruit Cake. Crhn
Nuts of all kinds. A si
ast season that are goin
files, Small Wagons and
If von want somethinj
ee douhle-ground Sausa
Remember the ahoy
lid this is the time y<
ist and let us help yo
e. w. v
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York's Corn Contest.
The News and Courier publishes
the following: dispatch
from Yorkville regarding the
corn contest conducted by the
York County Union:
At a meeting held here about
the first of last April, the York
County Farmers' Union undertook
to stimulate corn raising
among the farmers of the county !
by offering three cash prizes to j
the three farmers in the county
who entered the contest by a;
specified time and produced the
largest yield on one acre of
ground. At the time when the
idea was conceived and made
public the farmers generally had
already prepared their lands for
corn and many had finished
planting, therefore all felt more
or less at a disadvantage, out,
notwithstanding: this fact, the
following complied with the conditions
prescribed by the committee
in charge, and entered
the contest: C. H. Smith, Norman
S. Black, W. E. Land, J. A.
Steele, R. N. Whitesides, J. L.
Wood. Last Thursday was the
date fixed for deciding the contest,
and the report of the
judges showed that Mr. Smith
had raised 88 bushels, Mr.
Black 68 bushels and 55 pounds,
Mr. Land C6 and 15 pounds, Mr.
Steele 65 and 38 pounds, Mr.
Whitesides 63 and 13 pounds,
Mr. Wood 61 and 34 pounds.
|The sum of $272 had been raised
| by popular subscription, with
the understanding that one-half
1 of the amount was to be awardi
ed to the producer of the largest
j yield, and the balance to he
I divided between the two next
Christmas, beginning
u bargains in the gooc
lire what you need be
;cepers will lind what,
ul Christmas presents
EAD THESE PRICE
(Counterpanes.
This is an opportunity that
should not be lost for we have a
line of Counterpanes that will
not fail to please the most particular.
Splendid qualities in
attractive patterns.
An extra sized heavy fringed
Counterpane in handsome design,
worth $3.25, for $2.50.
A large sized heavy Counterpane,
without fringe, worth
$2.50. for $2.00. This is a lovely
quality and varied patterns.
Large sized Counterpanes,
worth $1.50 fur $1.25.
Special attention is called to
the Counterpanes we will sell for
$1.00; also the ones at 90c. These
have weight and quality.
Counterpanes for single beds,
a $1.35 quality, for $1.00
Towels.
A heavy Turkish Towel, size
24x48 inches, worth 35c, for 25c.
Smaller size Turkish Towels
worth 25c, for 19c.
Huck Towels, splendid quality,
for 19c.
Also a good one for 10c.
Drawn Wnrlr un<4 Rutt-onKntw
? " 4/uvvvi.w??ft
at prices, 10c to .$'2.00 per piece.
Rugs.
We have one Drugget left,
size 9x12, the Oriental design in
Brussels, a beauty at $iG.50, to
be sold at $14.50.
We will in a few days have in
a lot of Rugs which will be
marked at Sale Prices.
M att int?s.
All of our Mattings will be on
sale at 20. 25, 30 and 35c per yd.
One pair of heavy Hall Curtains
in green, value $5.00, to
be sold at $2.25.
Lir Xir.as shopping, don't
e it from 10c to 75c per p
ndics.
have a nice stock of Fan
s, Malaga (irapes, Raisin
line. Also a fresh sup
berries that are line for
nail lot of Fireworks \vh
14 cheap. And a few Pi
Wheelbarrows that we ?
; good for breakfast try <
?C.
e Cash Sale will last
>u will need Bargains
m to fill it.
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highest, the second man to receive
three-fifths of the remaining
half, and the third man twofifths.
A New Counterfeit Found.
A new counterfeit $5 silver
certificate, Indian head, has been
discovered by the secret service
officials, who declare that it is a
dangerous and deceptive counterfeit,
says a dispatch from
Washington. It is said to be
particularly deceptive by reason
of the fact that it is printed on
genuine paper, which has been
nhf'iinorl Wtr K1 nn/.U.'.a-* ? ~^
I vwvuiiibu UJ inctiv II11IJ4 rt IlUl,e Ul
smaller denomination, probably a
$1 bill. In bleaching the note
the color has been taken out of
some of the distributed silk fiber
I lying close to the surface, but
the deeply imbedded fiber is still
visible in the paper, though the
j blue has been changed to a purple
and the red has been somewhat
lightened. The back of
the note is deceptive, but is a
blue-green and darker than the
1 genuine.
Kodol for Dyapop-da, iudigstion, weak
; stomach, sour stomach, gas on tho
I stomach, etc., is a combination of the
natural digestivo juices found in a
healthy stomach with necessary vege|
table acids, and is the only thing known
I today that will completely digest all
1 kinds of food under any condition. It
I is guaranteed to give prompt relief from
any form of stomach trouble Take
lvodol ami be convinced. It will euro
j your dyspepsia. Sold by Aril ray'a drug
store.
FOR SALE ?Two good mules
i cheap to quick buyer.
Osmond Barber.
lie.
; Thursday, December
Is listed in this adv.
Tore these goods are
they want and those
will find in this list
IS.
Cloaks.
At this sale we offer our
Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' j
Cloaks at a preat reduction, i
These cloaks are all pood stuff:
and this winter's styles.
$12.00 Ladies' Cloaks in black !
for $10.00.
$10.00 Ladies black, brown and I
tan Cloaks for $3.00.
$8.50 Ladies' Cloaks in preen
and tan for $7.00.
$8.00 Ladies' Cloaks in tan for;
$7.00.
$7.50 Ladies tan Cloak, $(5.00. t
$5.00 Ladies' Cloaks in blue, j
tan and brown for $4.00.
$4.50 Ladies' Cloaks in black !
for $8.50.
$8.50 Ladies' black Cloak for
2.75.
Misses' Cloaks.
$5.00 Cloaks, pray and red, $4,001
2.50 " blue and brown, 1.90
1.50 " blue and brown, 1.00
Childrens' (Cloaks.
$3.00 cut velvet, in red and
brown for 2.25.
$2.50 bearskin in white and
blue for 1.90.
Ladies' Skirts.
We only have a few Skirts left
of our Fall and Winter line and
we will rrark them down.
These shirts are in Panama, j
Voile and Serge, blue, black and i
brown. A good chance to get a j
nick Skirt cheap.
Things For Men.
Work Gloves and Dress Gloves '
will be marked down; also special
prices on Neckwear, Clothing,
Hats and Odd Pants.
We have a line of Silk Handkerchiefs,
Mufflers, etc., thatare
nice for Christmas presents.
?
fail to see our line of
nd. Also a nice ascv
Apples, Florida Oris.
Fins anil even thi?ni
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plv of Fruits for your
your Turkey dinner,
icli were carried from
ioneer flyers, Autonicoffer
at half first cost, i
Diir home-made Tennes
? ?
; for Ton Davs only,
% T
So make up your
:ll co.
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? gg. Dolls,
prices. f
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^ WAGONS and AUTOMOBIL
BP
Irods (
preser
imily.
x Call at our grocei
I? Fruits, Candies,
S have a nice stock, a
| Mills & ?
?ShS?G?"2H3?43?? G5<
Eat nil the good food you llko. Quit ' (
dieting. You don't Imve to dirt to euro
dyspoysia. In fact you can not euro
dyspepsia or indigent ion that way, but
rather you must add strength t!, tiu.
weak stomach by taking something
that will digest the food which the (
stomach can not digest. Kodol is the
only thing-known today that will do
this, for Kodol is made of naturul digostivo
juices found in a healthy stoin-1(
ach, and it digests all fix d completely, j J
Kodol is pleasant to take, and is guaran- t 1
teed to give relief 111 any case of atom- | .
ach trouble. told by Ardrey's drug < '
store. c
?
Subsi rlbe to The Times. ! i
Do Witt's Carbolized Witch Huzol Salve
has many imitators. rJ here is one original,
and the tianie DoWttt is on I .
every box. Host salve for burns; j
scratches and hurts. It is especially 1 I
good for piles. Sold by Ardley's drug i
store.
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?Most of the bird hunters in- H
xist. thai nnrtrirhrps nrr> aenwo 111
They say that there are fewer J i
coveys and the co\ eys are not so 11
large. There has not been a! 5
great deal of hunting up to this c
time. j r
I i
Nearly everybody knows DoWitt's Lit- I I
tie Early Itinera are the beat pills tuude. j t
They are .small, pleasant, Hare I.ittlo|
Laver pills. Sold by Ardrey's drug
store. j n
? Mr. \V. R Burgess, of Sha- '
ron, has sent The Enquirer office 2
some specimens of second crop
apples that are very nearly mature.
i V
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Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup stops "
the cough by allaying iiillamiimtion of i
the throat and lungs, and it drives the '
eold from the system by gently moving j
the bowels. Children like it for it
tastes nearly as good as maple sugar, i
Sold by Ardrey's drug storo ; STEVENS
11{
^Generations of live, wideawake
American Roys have
obtained the right kind of
FIREARM EDUCATION
uy Domg equipped witn tno
unerring, timo-honored
STEVENS
All i>rogn?."ivo Hardware and
Sporting < < x . I h Merchants handle
HrKVKNS. If you cannot obtain,
we wlllshipdirect.oxprem prepaid
upon receipt of Catalog Price. L
Send 6 cent* in atampa for ^
^ 1 1.01'ace Illustrated ('itulog. /
I L_????? Kepleto with '
Ukgl tcnt'ril '
fikhig cover
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ARMS & TOOL CO. L
T^J^SS f ? 601 ^ o
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?asaBa* g J
ING CHAIRS - ENGINES ? 1
GUNS ?
)f other Articles <?
its for each mem- g
ry store for Fancy g
Nuts, Etc. We ? *
lid all fresh. 8
OUlig CO. ?
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Cleaning, Pressing,
and Dyeing.
Join the Fort Mill Pressing
Ulub, membership $1.00 per
nonth. Dry, chemical or wet
leaning. Besides Clothing, we
dean or dye Furs. Skins, Bugs,
Wats, Feathers, bleach Straw or ^
'anama Hats; old Neckties and
vibbons made new; cleaning and
lyeing of Cloves.
'Phone orders to 146, or call on
is up stairs over Parks Drug Co.
GUY A. ROSS, Proprietor.
FOR SALE.
1'IB acres of land in Port Mill townhip,
near 1'inoville, N. C., at $(i.?r)0 por
icre. if taken at once.
About 2;">0 acres line farming land
ear Fort Mill. Particulars on applicaion
from parties interested,
A place containing 100 acres, within
miles of 1 iueville, N. U., in good
otidition. Fairly new dwelling and
iut houses. Fifty iicns of this place is
n woods. Price. S1.400. Tnrma?
bird cash, balance in one, two anil
hree installments, with interest.
A nice building lot in Sprattvillo.
'11m last three available business lots
hi the shady side of Main street, Kurt
>lill, are offered at reasonable figures,
f taken at once. Two of these loir, aro
5 x 100 feet.
WANTED.
I have applieut ions from several who
vant to buy plantations, so if you want
o sell your place list it with me at
nice, or if iL is town projsTty you want
osoll, let me handle it for you.
A R. McELHANEY,
Fort Mill, S. C.
Kodol For
Indigestion
--C-F ?
Our Guarantee Coupon
If. after using two-thirds of a ft >o bottla of
Kodot. you can honestly say it ha? not benefited
yon. wo will refund your money Try
JCodd today on this guarantee. Pill out and
w?n tbo following, present it to the dealer at
the time of purchase. If it fail* to satisfy you
retnro the bottle containing one-third of the
medicine to the dealer from whom you bought
it. and we wilt refund your moor>
Town
State
Riga here _ . .
? wt1 til* Out ??
DigeslsWhatYouEat
in J Makes the Stomach Sweet
i. C. DeWITT &. CO.. Chicago. XII.
Sold by Ardrey's Drug Store.
TRESPASS NOTI E.
Notice ii hereby given that all j>'.Tsotiifc_
ro forbidden to hunt, fi.ih, cut timber
r trmipiifM in auv inaunor upon tho
iiidd of the niidorditfucil.
I)r J. H. Mack