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THURSDAY. APRIL 1,1909. j
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THE SOUTH'* POPULATION.
If further proof were necessary
to establish the fact that
the South is the best section of
the country in which to live, i
that proof is amply supplied in a
publication just issued by the j
director of the Federal census
dealing with the growth of pbpu- j
lation since the first census was !
taken in 1790. From this publi-1
cation the gratifying information
is imparted that there has been I
a noteworthy preservation in
this section of the purity of the !
stock enumerated in 1790, con-!
trasted with the extraordinary
change in the composition of the '
Imputation taking place in the
remainder of the nation during ,
the century and more which
elapsed from 1790 to 1900. The
{Southern States which form a
part of the orignal area havej
been practically silent partners so
far as the subject of foreign
born population is concerned. ,
Persons of foreign birth continue :
to be practically a negligible elefn-mt
in the South. Our people
have steadfastly refused to invite
to this section the undesirable
hordes of foreigners
which have overrun the North
and West, and notwithstanding
the argument which is sometimes :
advanced that the South would!
be more prosperous if immigrants 1
were induced to settle in our;
midst, a study of the conditions
which have resulted elsewhere
throughout the country as a result
of the presence of the for- '
signers proves unmistakably that
the South has acted wisely in
this matter as she does in all
other matters. It is not, therefore,
surprising that the South
Carolina Legislature at its last,
session repealed the act creating j
the bureau of immigration which
a few misguided individuals had
< succeeded in influencing a former
Legislature to establish. The I
experience which our people had
with the European rag-tag ar.d
hob-tail brought here by the bu- ,
reau during its short life h i
enough to last a century, and it
is a safe guess that it will be a
long time before the Common-,
wealth again embarks in such a |
/iangerous undertaking.
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JUBwK'vULUSiS.
I
'TVhatis tuberculosis? Tubc-r-:
jealohis is a chronic disease caused j
by germs. * It is the most common
and fatal of all diseases.
It, mi?7 affect any organ or part ;
of the body. It is a house disease
and breeds in filth and dirt.
"Consumption is tuberculosis
of the lungs. It is not inherited, I
but is principally spread by the
(Consumptive's habit of spitting.
The largest number of deaths,
(in the crowded parts of
rgc cities. i
tyone may get consumption,
lerculosis. Adults generally
from consumption, whi'e
en are crippled by tubcrcu-,
of the bones, hump-back,.
very death from tuberculcunnecessary,
for tubcrculo
preventable, communicable'
urable;"
? foregoing concise stateregarding
tuberculosis and
mption has been issued by
[Lsouri Association for the
|f and Control of Tuberci loif.
1??
^Ajft^ry man, woman and child
94olthej United fctates. It cor&?rt(^i|t'vpral
fills'* notions rc;t.
i^i'ding the most deadly disease
u&wMern times. Emphasis
j&Hihi ]bo laid upon the fact* that
.tl^be^p(?^i3 is a tferm disease
an^'t^etfelore communicable, but
t flat^asiumption, or tuberculosis
oiitWfprkr?, is not inherited and:
jt.iBpjyralwhcn it manifests it>>'tfin,^3brsoti's
system it is
cvnSbie. |SThe best feature of
t.iisttraiiHjg, however, is that
it n?^jin the fact tnut all
tuberculosis are pre\eutsit^
wQur crimej is, that
ttnov^lnjy-thi.i, we do not t ake the ,
uacesKy steps to prevent i'. <
K is a*Fidi?iual crime, char# yalo
and women at <
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leads of fair ilios. The gover. merit,
by wise laws, may aid in ;
putting down the disease, but its
sictual eradication can only be ac- j
aomplished through individual I
effort. The sooner everyone in- !
forms himseif regarding the!
disease, tlio sooner it will be
overcome.
One of the most etnbarassing
things a country editor has to
contend with is the disposition
of people to wait until the last
moment of going to press and
then rush in with their items
which they "want in this week,
sure." This is particularly the
case with those who wish to
make announcements which they ;
expect to have inserted gratis, i
People do not reflect upon the
fact that the paper is made up
during the whole week and that
its capacity is limited to just so
much and the matter gauged accordingly.
If the editor should
await the convenience of those
who have something they want
published he would not get his
paper out until the next week
and then he would have to delay
two or three days until some
kind friend had made up his J
mind about a notice he wants in
but which he hasn't been able to j
prepare just to suit him. A great j
many people don't get their
notices published in consequence j
of this disposition to put off to
the last minute, but those not j
interested never notice the omission;
the paper appears on time
and the world moves on just the
same.
Cnti Oat Tobacco Coupons.
The coupons in bags of tobac- '
co and the union 'abel on pack-!
ages of tobacco is prohibited by
one of the provisions of the !
Pavrio tariff hill Tho r>rm '
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relating to the subject is as follows:
"None of the packages of
smoking tobacco and fine cut
chewing tobacco and cigarette
prescribed by law shall be permitted
to have packed in or attached
to or connected with any
article or thing whatsoever than
the manufacturers wrappers or
labels, the internal revenue
stamp and the tobacco or cigarettes
respectively put up therein,
on which tax is required to be
paid under the internal revenue
laws; nor shall there be affixed
to or branded or stamped, marked,
written or printed upon said
packages or their contents any
promise or offer of any order or
certificate for any gilt, prize, 1
premium, payment or reward."
This provision will not necessarily
compel tobacco and cigarette
manufacturers to" abandon
the practice of giving premiums
in exchange for coupons, but they
will have to devise some means
of distributing the caupons other
than in packages of cigarettes or
tobacco.
Probably No Encampments.
Tt !c nnifr* rviv\l\oKln f n l
a w awi \fviivv, J;I UUUUl^ UUUC
of the three regiments of the
National Guard in this State will
go into encampment this summer.
says the Columbia Record.
Adjututant General Boyd said
today that the matter had not
been finally determined, but from
the present financial aspect of
the situation it looked as if it
would be best to call o!T the
summer encampments and devote
the money that would be spent
011 them to making purchases
that would be necessary in order
to have Federal aid continue to
the State after January next.
This State now gets about $70,000.a
year from the Federal government
for the military and the
adjutant general's office does not
want to see this endangered.
General Boyd will know in a
week or so whether there will be
money enough to hold the encampments.
Smallpox at Yorkville.
Reports from Yoikville say
that there is all but an epidemic
of smallpox in the village of the
York cotton mill. A young man,
Kirby Puph, died there of the
disease aLout two weeks ago and
since that time six other cases
of the same disease have dedevelop
.tj among those who came ,
immem tely in contact with the '
first case before the disease had
bet n uugnosed as smallpox. All
who ha\ e e'ev -loped cases, as
well an all suspects, have been :
regtegaiea, una all others living
in the \iltage have been vaccinated
and a quarantine is being
maintained against the village
by the Yorkville board of health.
Tnere are no cases inside thei
corporate limits of YorKville, and
those v/ho are keeping in touch
with the situation set in to think
it improfca ?le that there will bei
any.
Th* host known pill* anil Ihe b<?.ir pi' n
mu?hr ;iit 1 /i wnt * . iiilo l\nrly Itiiwr*.
riifj ant wtnnll, H3*y to lake, jpMitV [
in 1 nci'tAiii., .>nv .*>M by
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BITS OF IDLE COMMENT.
You can get a pretty good idea
of the personal habits and tastes
of the occupants of property by
the appearance of things about
the premises. If the yard is full
of rubbish, tVie bushes ur trimmed
and a dearth of flowers and
other evidences of carelessness,
the chances are that the occupant
is untidy and loose in habits.
On the other hand, if everyiL(
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tiling is ciean, neat and tidy,
flowers blooming, and a homelike
air of contentment prevades
the premises the chances are
that the occupant is neat and
progressive. Let all keep these
hints in mind and clean up and
beautify their property.
The frogs have begun to sing.
What more welcome sound to
the heart and soul than the tuneful
melody of the little nocturnal,
aquatic, webfoot trouhfidour?
The meadow lark for the fields
and the robin for the back yard,
but for energetic, whole-souled
crescendo, for care-dispelling,
debt-forgetting enjoyment, give
us the frog.
The average housewife will
soon begin to make life a burden
to the other inmates of the household.
She will tie a rag around
her head and wade into the dirt
in a way that will make your
head swim. She will tear up
the carpets, empty the cupboards,
look sour when you show
up for dinner and slam and bang
things around to a queen's taste,
and if you don't like it. take
your meals up town. Spring
time is a very unhappy event
when house cleaning is on.
Superstition and distrust, with
which ail societies known as
secret orders were at one time
viewed by a large number of
people, was, happily, long ago
dispelled, and today the lodge
stands as one of the champions
of the home and family. Whereever
society has reached a high
state of development, secret and
fraternal orders have their greatest
st rnn o-HnM
An exchange pertinently remarks
"A good newspaper cannot
be made these days without
good advertisers." But what is
of more general concern is the
broad fact that a good town cannot
be made in these days without
a good newspaper. It costs
money to make a good town. It
costs money to make a good
newspaper.
Spring is here without a doubt;
the small boy has doffed his shoes
and stockings, donned his last
year's straw hat and with his
I pockets full of marbles can be
s Jen down on his kne<s in the
dirt deep in the mysteries of
knuckle and taw. A few days
' later when tired of marbles you
' will find him on the banks of a
I creek with a can full of worms,
a hickory pole and a fish line having
a glorious time. The buds
on the tree will hardly show a
tint of green before he will be
swimming, taking cramps and
i just missed being drowned, having
oceans of fun. had r>old? aid
sore throat. Oh, halcyon days
! of youth, oh spring time of life,
oh days of mumps, measles and
I stonobruises, all too quickly you
fly; the boys grow to manhood;
: old age grows on apace, a few
more years and he totters on the
blink of the grave; yet a man
never grows so old but that in
the spring when the boys first
get out with tlrtir marbles he will
stop a moment to watch the game
< and memory will recall days long
. since past.
Hon. Put. Rodgers, of Cqjk,
I Ireland, will deliver an address
at the city hall the night ot
April 12th on the whiskey question,
and, on the side, he wili tell
you all about the clothes pressing
business.?Adv.
How to Increase
Increased fruit crops arc mor
ment than of good luck. Fruit tr
supply of
Virginia
Ferti
The trees absorb plant foods
and potash ? troin the soil just the
cnce has shown this over and ovc
well recognized that " return to th
would expect the best results " h.
\ growers.
Apple, pear, peach, orange ar
careful fertilization. Lut be sure
* I made a test with other cor
I.owry, of Manatee County, Fla.,1
The yield where I used Virginia-C
much as where the other two
Hundreds of users say Virginia
because of their good qualities?g
results.
Many f.-.cts of great interest a
lisbeil in the new HKM Farmers' Y
sent free on application to any of
Virginia-Carolit
Sci/es Offices
Richmond, Va. HSfeWF' /
Norfolk, V? I c'i I
Columbia. C.
Memphis, Tenn. jHIBbs
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Flint Hill.
Editor Times: The wet weather
continues. It seems that the
Lord is regulating our cotton
acreage. We have very little
plowing done in this section, and
only ten days until planting time.
It appears that the farmers will
be forced to plant less cotton
this year.
Well, from the 25th of March I
to the 9th of April I am always j
in a reminiscent mood. Takej
these dates in 18(55 and they were j
full of interest for every Con-;
federate soldier. We will start
a li .tie farther back, say January
1, 1865. Our case began to look I
j hopeless, for we conld all see by
that time that the South's cause ,
was a failure. About the mid- 1
die of February a man of some i
degree of science lectured to our ,
army in an effort to raise funds ;
to build some flying machines so
that we could fly over the endmy's
camp, drop a few bomb shells
into their ranks and either exterminate
them or drive them i
from our soil. There was a gen-;
eral in our army who was a great
believer in the flying machine
and he, too, took an active part.
to build the machines. In one of .
l.is lectures he compared the'
Confederacy to a wet coon skin,
i He said we were very much
weakened and feeble at present,
but very soon the coon skin
would dry out and if you tramped '
it down at one placi it would:
i rise up somewhere else. Then, !
! as matters grew worse everyi
j day, when this general would
i make his appearance the soldiers I
wcu'd ask, "How is the coon
skin today?" The general soon
got the place where the question
did not sound go d to him, and :
then you would hear some swear- J
ing. Our most serious trouble
began on March 25, 1865, when
I General Grant broke our lines
south of Petersburg, Va., and l
our troubles became greater
each day until we surrendered
April 9. The last eight days we ,
marched day and night and ;
fought some each day without a j
single day's rations. We got'
into camp just one night and1
that for the short space of 4:
hours. Then, after staying in
the Bull Pen seven days, j
we tramped home, barefooted, ,
nearly naked, and with no money j
in our pockets. Such was the j
fate of one of the best armies |
that ever saw the light. Some I
of us have kept the wolf from j
our doors and some haven't. :
Brother, don't let us be forgetful
of the unfortunate ones.
Z. T. B.
Jas. H. Thomwell For G. K. R. & S
A Fort Mill dispatch to The
State says that considerable in- j
terest is being taken here in1
Pythian circles over the election
of the next grand keeper of records
and seal for the South Carolina
domain. The name of Jas.
H. Thomwell, superintendent of
Mount Zion Institute, Winnsboro,
having been suggested for the
place, his many friends here, at
his old home, are endorsing him
enthusiastically. Mr. Thomwell
is the second son of thelat^Rev.
Jas. H. Thomwell, who for many
1 years filled the office of grand
keoper of fecords and seal most
j acceptably.
Following the suggestion oi
| Mr. Thomwell for the place, the
Rock Hill Herald offers thif
: strong endorsement:
"The Herald feels satisfied
| that a more suitable man for thf
{office could not be found than
Mr. James H. Thomwell, Jr.
Although not an old man, Mr.
;jThomwell is fully capaple of
taking care of the office in
1 most creditable manner, lie has
a host of friends all over South
i Carolina, in fact his friends ar.
; unlimited, and much of thi
friendship was gained by bir
amiable character, his true friondi
ship of others, and his devotion
to that which is grand and
noble."
the Yield of Fruit
e often the result of pood manape
ecs and iiuit plants need a liberal
-Carolina
lizers
? that Is, nitrogen, phosphoric acid
: same as any other crop. Kxperir
again. This truth has become so
c land what the tree removes if yon
is become an axiom with the best
id other fruit trees soon respond to
to use the best fertilizers,
npaoies' fertilizers," says Mr. If O.
' and yours proved to be the best.
Carolina Fertilizer, was just twice as
companies' fertilizer was used."
i-Carolina Fertilizers are cheapest
;ive better satisfaction and quicker
nd value to fruit growers are pubear
Hook, a copy of which will be
our sales offices.
na Chemical Co.
m(oi I Columbus, Ga.
1 - . Wo
?ay without hesitation that DoWitt's
Kidney aud Hladdur Pills are 4
1111 equaled for weak kidneys, backache, V
iufhiuinintion of the bladder and all C
urinary disorders. Thev are nntiseptic 4
and act profuptly in all cases of weak V
buck, backache. rheumatism and ?
rheumatic pains. Accept no substi- 4
tute. We soli and rccommuud them.? V
Ardroy's drug store. ?
~ TOTJr'lVlOKS AKD CUEpIlORS. C
All persous indebted to tlpj odnte of 4
J. M. Sprntt, deceased, aro hereby a
notified to make payment to us without t
delay. Persons having claims against }
the said estate will present them with- f
in the time required by law, duly at- f
tested, or be forever barred. .
) Thos li Spratt. V
i Jno. L. Spratt.
Ex. Fst. J. M. Sprntt. Dt>cd.
IF YOU WANT ' |
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A Steak or Roast that is tender, j
sweet and juicy, I can furnish it.
I have Steaks, Roasts, Chops,
Ham and Sausage, the best that
money can buy. I also handle
Groceries and all kinds of Canned
Goods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage
and Potatoes on hand at all
times. See me, it's my treat.
W. LEE HALL,
'Phone 29.
NOTICE.
We Exchange
MEAL FOR CORN.
Toll same ns that charged
by grist mills. Bring us
your corn. ----The
Cotton Hill Store,
L. A. HARRIS & CO.
ABOUT COUGHS.
Look out for that little cough.
It will grow if you let it.
Your throat won't stand
teasing long. You cannot
afford to catch cold and trust
to luck to get rid of the
cough. The cough may be
a trifle easier ono day and
worse the next. Acoucrh?a
tight cough?is one of the (
hardest things to lose. But <
there is a way ?an easy ' t
way ?to shake it out of the '
system. Simply take H
Bell's Pine Tar-Honey <
A few dose bring relief. A .
few more complete the cure, j
25 cents a bottle and your'
money cheerfully back if it ]
don't do you good. We sell ,
lots of Laxative Quinine ;
Tablets. They are the best t
we know of to break up a !
cold, and we recommend , (
them confidently. 1!
Fort Mill Drug Comp'y
J. R. HAILE, Mgr. ||
I $1.75 Tho Best
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g with it comes the
g cleaning and prepa
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g family, as well as f
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g doubtless be called u
% a few things in the
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This is tlu> most dangerous time of the I
iri'ur to catch cold, and it is the hard- J
sr time to rtire it. If you should take j 5
i cold, a few doses of Kennedy's Lnxalive
t ougti iryrup will act \ ory prompt-1 ??
ly Its laxative principle cures the I I
old by driving it from tho system by i ^
i gentle but uutnrnl action of tho | v
bowels. Children especially like Ken; , J .
uedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, as it w '
tastes so good, nearly like maple w
sugar. It is sold by ArUrey'a drug ^
store. i
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