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FCrtT MILL TIMES1, DEMOCRATIC . W. BRADFORD. - EDITOR, j On* y?ir\r J1.00 On application to the publisher, ad- ; vertUInc rates are inudu known to , thusa IntKentnd. I 1..RFJ.- ... 1 JLJ ? .'J-. ..L. > . J. 1.L .... Li I THURSDAY. APRIL 29.1909. HUMIUJi'.l. .AI.LJ1-! .'.'J 1X1-' ' A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING. The lethargy under which Fort Mill lias been lying was most effectively thrown off Tuesday i when by a practically unanimous , vote of the electors it was de-1 cided to :ssue ten thousand dollars worth of bonds to provide a modern school building: for the youth of the community. This event' ma,rk9 a red-letter tlay in the history of the town. It means that the parents of the boys and Riils of school age are at last awake to the fact that they owe their offspring a duty the fulfiillment of which is not to bo denied because it cntai's the expendi- j ture of a considerable sum of money. The result of the election ! anells more for the progress of the town than any one event which has occurred in years and is particularly gratifying to those who see in it not only relief from backward educational conditions which already have been tolerated much too long but who likewise recognize in the advanced step nn augury of further municipal improvements. Fort Mill needs waterworks. This should be the next aim of those who wish to put the town in the running with the other wide-awake, progressive cities of the State. BRICE THEN AND NOW. If Mr. J. S. Brice can afTord to accept the appointment which Governor Ansel lias tendered him as a member of the commission to wind up the affairs of the old State dispensary, there probably will be little or no objection on the part of the public. But it is interesting to recall?assuming that Mr. Brice intends to accept the appointment ? the attitude of the former York, county senator toward the whole dispensary matter. During the latter years of his service in the senate no man inveighed more strenuously, if not more effectively, against the State's liquor business and all connected therewith than Mr. Brice. Indeed, if the speeches of Mr. Brice *in denunciation of the "accursed" liquor traffic were made in good faith, all those engaged therein, from the highest offirials fn thp humMpafr Knt tie-washers, were pariahs, things to be shunned by every selfrespecting citizen, and thenceforth to be treated as out-casts? from Mr. Brice's point of view. We do not recall that Mr. Brice discriminated; everybody connected with the dispensary looked alike to him. Now, however, Mr. Brice's convictions appear to have undergone a revision. There is a difference as he sees it in serving the Commonwealth in the capacity of winding-up commissioner and as a member of the old State board, for instance. We confess our inability to see the point of demarkation. Each position has to do with the liquor traffic. And we can tell Mr. Brice that if in accepting the appointment he assumes that any considerable portion of his fellow citizens will credit him with acting from a patriotic rather than a seltish motive he is very much mistaken. The people know that there is not one man in five thousand who would accept service on the windingup commission but for the money there is in it. All this talk about men being willing to sacrifice their personal interests in such a cause for the good of the State is so much moonshine. Teacher*' Examination*. State Superintendent Swearingen gives out the following statement which will be of interest to teachers; "The date of the next teachers' examination has been set for Friday. May 14. As there will be no county summer school i work this year, teachers might find it convenient to take this examination rather than wait for a renewal of certificate already \ granted. The new boards of1 school trustees will probably be hunting for teachers early in July, and applicants for schools should not run the risk of being caught without a certificate." : . . . V.? " V I. A *" r " i; v. "" ,i FORT Mill TWENTY YEARS MO. | While there is, unfortunately, more or less truth in the statement frequently made hereabouts that Fort Mill has not kept step in material improvement with her more enterprising sister towns of the Piedmont section during the last 20 years, there is evidence to substantiate the assertion that the town has not been as backward as is sometimes concluded in comparing its growth with that of Rock Hill- Yorkville and ot.hpr nwrhv I towns. Those who were acquainted with the village of Fort Mill 20 years ago and who know the Fort Mill of today will agree that the place has not by any means been a "dead one" during the last two decades. While the growth of Fort Mill has not been as rapid as that of some of its neighbors, the advancement of the town has been such that no one need feel ashamed of it. This fact is interestingly revealed by an examination of the columns of a copy of "The Clarion," a local paper, bearing date of April 25, 1889, with particular reference to the advertisements which it carried as affording an index to the commercial interests of the village and as a reminder of some of the active business men of that day. Then as now, however, not all the business houses of the place | agreed that publicity through the agency of printer's ink was worth the price, but most of the mercantile establishments were ' rnnroaons 1 ' ! &vpi vov ftitvu in Liit? auvci using: columns of The Clarion. Considerable information can, therefore, be gleaned from the paper as to the Fort Mill of 1889. But, first, a word or two as to ; The Clarion will not prove amiss, as there are doubtless many j readers of The Times who do not know that such a paper was ever published in Fort Mill. The Clarion was produced by Mr. J. S. Drakeford, who has since become well known in this section of the State through his i forceful writing as editor of the i Yorkville Yeoman. It was a four-page, six-column paper, issued Thursdays from an office in a small frame building on the site of the brick building now | occupied by the Fort Mill Drug Company. Two pages of the paper, 2 and 3, were what is known as ready-print service. The other pages, 1 and 4, were home print and were devoted to ; local news, editorial, short items clipped from other papers and advertisements. The copy of The j Clarion under review was generously illustrated with chalk drawings, the handiwork of the editor. The body type was what is known in print shop parlance as brevier ! and was smaller than the type in which The Times is set. Typegraphically, The Clarion was somewhat deficient, but this shortcoming probably was overlooked by the readers id appreciation of young Mr. Drakeford's enterprise. A disappointing feature of the i number of The Clarion in hand, however, is the editorial announcement that "this is the i last issue of The Clarion. It is now two years old" and "has already lived twice as long as we originally intended." No definite reason is given for the dis| continuation of the paper. Paradoxical as it may seem, "the en' couragement received by the ' publisher exceeded the most , sanguine expectations." So we can only infer that the "encouragement" must have been of the kind not infrequently proffered newspaper folk nowadays in lieu of the wherewithal that is an indispensable requisite to the publication of their papers. But to the advertising columns of The Clarion: First we find several "readers" announcing the beneficence of certain remedies which the drug firm of ' Watson, Kell & Co. wished the ! public to know they offered for 1 sale. This firm was composed of 1 Mr. W. A. Watson, well known here as a leading cotton factor ! of Charlotte, and who still re- j ! tains some real estate interests 1 in Fort Mill; Dr. S. A. Kell, for ! years a popular practicing physician of the community, but now ! numbered with the great maI iorit.V. his dpnth Via\ri ni~r nnn"??o'' ? ^ , * ? V IS vvvui I CU in Lancaster county a few years ago, and Mr. R. A. Fulp. S. L. Laney was the village shoemaker and did all kinds of j shoe repairing at all times and at , reasonable rates. As a side line I he sold fish or. Saturdays from ! his shop, which was in the old telegraph office, a very small frame building afterwards used j as a laundry by the family of Mr. L. J. Massey, and which can still be seen in the rear of Mr. S. W. Parks" drug store. Mr. Laney is a veteran of the Confederacy who contributed to the cause of the South a leg, left on one of the battlefields of Virginia. ; Mr. S. M. Mills was one of the leading merchants in the '80s and advertised in The Clarion the arpval at his store, otherwise known as "The Shanty," of new spring dry goods. Mr. Mills is still a valued citizen of Fort Mill, I but has long since discontinued , merchandising. He is now con-. nected with the firm of Mills & Young:, his son, Mr. J. B. Mills, being: the senior member of the firm. The late Dr. Alexander Mack, c whose death occurred in Hawk* t insville, Ga., several months ago, s offered his professional services s to the people of Fort Mill and 1 AAmmilnifi' T\? -1- ? WIMU1UIU1.J. mjt. itiuck. was a <son of the Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack 1 and his untimely death was great- ? ly deplored by the hundreds of t friends he had in York county, i Magistrate John W. McElhaney | r had not set up as judge of i alleged wrong-doers 20 years ago, I but he had for 10 years made a c study of the diseases of horse^ > and claimed to be able to treat f successfully spavin, weak eyes, 1 lameness, etc. r A new beef market had just i been opened up by H. C. Wil- 1 liams, who 4 'was going to stay i and wanted your patronage." 1 For some reason, however, he ' did not stay. 1 ! A. C., J. H. and S. P. Sutton, i ! Sr., objected to all persons tres-11 passing on their lands; and the 1 public was enjoined not to forget i < that J. R. Stephenson, the | J i butcher, was here every Satur- j < ! day with a nice lot of beef. | i \\atson's pharmacy had just < ! purchased the entire stock of 1 drugs belonging to Watson, Kell ( i&Co. and J. E. Massey & Co., i j and announced that "Drs. Mas- j i sey and Kirkpatrick may be 1 i found at their office in the rear ' of Shannon's store." Dr. Kirk- 1 patrick still enjoys a large prac- ! 1 jticeinthe community, and the ! i i Shannon referred to was Mr. 1 IK. Shannon, who, happily, is; still a citizen of Fort Mill. For ! years Mr. Shannon has filled ac- ! ; ceptably to all concerned the office of public cotton weigher. ;: He is, sad to relate, one of the j: | comparatively few survivors in , ? ! the town of the immortal legions i i of Lee and Jackson. I < /\i? a* 1 1 ui trie numerous mercantile l establishments that were in < business here 20 years ago just one is now in existence, and even this one has undergone a change I in firm membership. Mr. L. J. j Massey was then in partnership with Mr. T. M. Hughes, who ' some years ago moved to Lanj caster and is now one of the j largest merchants of that town, I : besides having been honored by \ his fellow-citizens some months ; ago by election to the office of j' . mayo**, Massey & Hughes did 1 I "not sell the rich man goods at * j cost and charge the poor man I big prices, but treated all alike." <1 1 The continued application of ' 1 this policy doubtless accounts ' j for the success with which Mr. I Massey (who has been in business alone for several years) has met, j Probably the largest firm in business here 20 years ago was ' Springs, Heath & Belk. Theirs 1 was a general merchandise store 1 j and occupied a large two-story 1 frame building on the site of : the present Jones stores. The j firm membership was Mr. B. D. | j Springs, then a resident of Fort j1 Mill, but now a prominent citizen : of Charlotte; Mr. O. P. Heath, i \ capitalist and banker, of Char- j , lotte, and the lamented T. B. j Belk, whose death is yet fresh 1 i in the minds of all citizens of Fort Mill, Mr. Belk was univer- j' i sally popular and his death was j' i greatly deplored, SHll Mill J A Ul V ATI 111 in 111 \J 1 I the late '80s was Stewart & Co., dealers in clothing and notions. This firm has long since ceased ; to exist. Twenty years ago the grocery store of Mr. R. A. Fulp was for the people of Fort Mill head- i quarters for everything good to eat. Mr. Fulp conducted a mod| el grocery. He was a splendid ! citizen and his death some years ago was a source of great regret to the entire community. This completes the business | directory of Fort Mill 20 years ago as reflected in the columns of The Clarion. The town has grown a great deal since the date of publication of the copy of The Clarion before us, but it is a melancholy thought that so many : of the business men and other > good citizens of that far day have either moved away or gone to the reward that awaits all mankind. W. R. B. the fort Mill Monoment. (Macon Telegraph.) The women of the Southern i Confederacy! God bless them! Now the South will at last honor them. For some years a movement has been progressing throughout the South, to pay a tribute to their Godlike heroism, , and it is now culminating in sue- ; cess. It is proposed to erect in each State of the South a monu- j ment to these glorious women, j It would be useless to attempt I to measure out to them full jus-' tice, or even to show the South's ; complete appreciation. Such ; would be beyond the powers of i men. While shafts have arisen in every part of the South to the | heroism of the men who most valiantly battled for the Southern j Confederacy, yet but one, a modest monument at Fort Mill, | S. C., has been erected to perpetuate the even greater fame of its self-sacrificing, devoted, i peerless women. Thank God, j that this stigma will not much ' longer rest upon a grateful peo p!c. Pkennwl Saov Sixty Yean Agt. (Lauren* Herald.) g It will be remembered by the c lder people particularly that his day, April 15, is the sixtieth I inniversary of the phenomenal k mowfall of 1849, at this place. jj t began snowing, according to ti >ur recollection, between 9 and .0 o'clock, about the time the Sunday school children were reluming to their homes?we beng one of them. The day im- e nediately preceding the fast-fall- q ng, "beautiful snow" was a a jright, balmy, ideal spring-like t lay. Garden vegetation was u veil advanced, roses and other J s lowers were iuil-Dlown, the e eaves of the forest trees were ^ learly or quite half grown, the c vheat and other small grain in :he fields were in the "boot," ind corn, in some places, was tnee high. t The fall of snow was not mere- v y a few scattering fiakes, but it f fell in regnlar mid-winter style, 1 ind continued for six or seven 8 lours, covering the ground, and r ieep enough to afford the lads ind lassies an opportunity to in- c iulge in the sport of snow-ball- J ng, and they availed themselves ^ >f it. i The snowfall ceased about sundown, the sky cleared during the night, and next morning there was a heavy, destructive frost, which wrought havoc to all vegetation, fruit and field crops. ^ And yet, there was some little s fruit that year, as the writer \ remembers gathering a few 1 peaches, on his way from this 1 place to a point in North Caro- i iina, near the line of the two ( States. ^ And another fact the writer remembers, that despite the { frost?or it may have been be- 1 cause of it, cotton advanced during the summer of 1849 to ten cents a pound. The ruling price had been up to that time 71-2 to 8, or 81-2. Old files of the Laurensville Herald of that year will substantiate these foeta ? ? ?WMV Free Pasteur Treatment. Columbia is to have free Pas- I teur treatment for those suffering from rabies or threatened with an attack of this frightful disease. So with the approach pf the good old summer time cease to worry about getting "mad" dog bit. The free treatment is not to be confined to patients of that immediate vicinity but will be opened to all the people of the State. It will be provided for by the State board of health in Columbia. The board is to equip a laboratory, pne of the finest in the country, not only for the free treatment pf rabies but it will also be used to combat other infectious and contagious diseases, This State, as is the case with practically every other Southern State, annually sends scores of ] such cases to Baltimore, Atlanta and other points for treatment, and the expense is very heavy. 5 The State board's idea is not only i to stop this drain, but to method- j icany combat tjie spread of the j disease. It has become a frequent occurrence for some sections of the State to report a regular epidemic of the rabies. Subscribe to The Times. Brains Th If It's the man who does thing! he must do things with his I money with his hands in a goh a tread mill, but in business hi 1 There are many men with don't make money?because th There are some with fewer 1 get there quicker because they H And now to the point. 1 The publisher of The Times i a week which circulates amor pie?all clashes?of this sectior them, Mr. Businessman, will b ment. Now, if you do not s weekly through The Times yoi ons for not doing so. First, : tising; second, you lack the j necessary to properly place you If If you don't believe in ad You know that advertising n know that advertising pays yo the big successes in every li ing?you Know mat the giai country have built up their business on advertising-notli your Uncle sam to carry the m If You have seen one of thes< logs?hundreds of pages, the most as many words as there a it pay to send them out? W< dollar apiece for their cataloj apiece postage if it didn't pay? National Biscuit Co., Heinz, C dreds of other progressive con< back of them?concerns with e spend millions in advertising if nessman, the conclusion is s should not be argued for a min 1! And again to the point. 1 does, why don't you get in Times?not next week or next Are Yours TgngWy'." -* From what one sees in the tapers it would seem that demon could well afford to be Minus >ne Mell. JeWitt's Little Early Risers, the best nown pills and the best pills made, i re easy to take and act peutly and re certain We sell and recommend hem.?Ardrey's drag store. i Give This a Trial. Set a post in your hog lot and 1 very hog will rub against it. Tiis gives the cue for a cheap ,nd effective louse killer. Wrap |, he post tightly from the ground i ip with auarter-inch rope, and . aturate the rope with kerosene very few days. Kerosene will. :ill lice, and the hogs will keep >n scratching against this post. ! TEACH MRS' EXAM IN ATI ON S. ~ Tho regular spring examination for euchers' cartlticaros to toach in tho mblic school h of York county will be' mid in the court bounc at Yorkvtlle on rriday, May 14th, beginning nt U n. m.t [ ill (I closing at 4 p. in. Applicant!* will bo required to fur- i lish their own stationery. Teachers desiring a icuowal of their ; icrtiflcatrs should attend this examinaion, as thero will lie no auutnier acliool lold anywhere in the State for teachers 1 luring the year, except at Wotford College. T. E. McMACKlN, Couuty Supt. Education. (St) -i- - i 1 ag IF YOU WANT V Steak or Roast that is tender, iweet and juicy, I can furnish it. [ have Steaks, Roasts, Chops, dam and Sausage, the best that noney can buy. I also handle jiroceries and all kinds of Canned joods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage ind 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 as that charged by grist mills. Bring us your corn. The Cotton Hill Store, L. A. HARRIS & CO. I ' " SEE THAT SPOT? How did it get there? Don't know. Never mind; send the trousers here or, better, the! suit, to be pressed, cleaned and 'epaired if need be and you will j never know there was a spot on t. Our charges are moderate. FORT MILL PRESSING CLUB. GUY ROSS, Proprietor. 'Phone 146. at Gount. 3 that gets the reward?and tead. Any man can make i mine and with his feet in i must use his head, t brains in their heads that ley can't or won't use them, baains?poorer quality?that r use what they have. s printing a newspaper once ig and is read by the peo1, and a word from you to ring them to your establishjpeak to the buying public i may have one of two reasyou don't believe in adverambition and energy that's r business before the people, vertising, you're all wrong, lakes you buy goods?you iw competitors?you know ne are built up on advertisnt mail-order houses of the fifty-million-dollars-a-year ling but printer's ink and essage. 3 big mail-order house cata>usands of illustrations?al re in the dictionary? Does ould these concerns pay a ars and forty to fifty cents ' Do you suppose that the hiokering Pianos and huncerns?concerns with brains nergy back of them?would it didn't pay? Mr. Busio simple that the subject ute. Of course it pays, f advertising pays, and it line and link up with The month but now? Gounting ? j 1THE HOUSE FLY kGERM BREEDE IN TYPHOID FEVER EP DEM ICS IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTIBUTRION IS A DEATH 9EAIINI PES Will Wade Around in Pui Milk and Put Enough Disease Germs in it Within a Few Minutes to Kill a Whole Family. Also Carries Consumption. I CITIES READY TO WA ON FLY PERIL. The fly which walks aero; your food may carry 100, IK bacteria, the majority dai gerous to life and health. The registrar of vital sb tistics of the Chicago healt department gave a sens; tional supplement to h warning against this houi pest. He said: "If an army of invasic were motilizing for an a tack upon Chicago, the dai ger would not be so grrat i now confionts the city froi the annual coming of flie; Fly time i; more to be fearc than war ime. "Screen your window; Begin now in yonr warfai against fles. You cannot b gin too soon. Your precai tion now rray save yoi life." MILLS ai Jl F'JRNITU j gjjffl? SB ? SOITHERI ? I THE SOVTH'S I D. ,M ~ Convenient Soled ulee c Through PullmMt.Sleen aJ Most direct routi to t\ I il ^ For full uiformation as to ri Southern Railway Ticket | R. W. HUNT, ! . A. Q. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. IE You should not delay under any c cumstances iu cases of Kidney a Bladder trouble. You should ta something promptly that you know reliable, soino:hing like DeWitt'a K uey and Bladder Pills. They are c equaled for weak bank, backache, i flammatien of.the bladder, rheuma pftiiiB. etc. When von iislc for D?Wir Kidney and Bladder Pills, be sure y get them. They are antiseptic. Accc no substitutes, insist upou getting t right kind. Sold by Ardrey's ilr store. "In the good oli summer time" Go to Haile's Fountain for Delicious and Refreshing Cold Drinks. We serve Pure Ice Cream every day. Headquarters for Cigars, Tobacco, Cigarettes and Pipes. Our stock of Drugs and Patent Medicines is complete. Fans and Almanacs free for the asking. Come to see us. Fort Mill Drug Comp' ). R. HAILE, Mgr. WANTED?To buy land in Fo Mill township or in the Plea ant Valley section of Lancast county. A. R. McELHANE"! *-1 P _ . ^ - - $ Evarytklag Tliat's Goad to Eat** THE PARLOR RESTAURAW J Baa David, Proprietor, s Naxt to Skyseiaper, Columbia, S. C. PI 5 V . .in DOORS I and g .WHJDOWS! I A~ f>1g stock now 5 e on haud, all sizes g and prices. x : Doors, $125 up. f Windows, 80c up. | ' ICE CREAM | >0 X . Freezers M h Different sizes and jg! Prices. gflj IHAMMOGKS II SI to 84. ! I Refrig'rators 11 5 Water IJ jj Coolers. |1 id YOUNG 11 RE DEALERS. |& \ M008080060806S iSffiS (MiSMS'BjflBjeb SilB V RAILWAY. I ???? [ GREATEST SYSTEM. 1 ?9 li! Service, >n ail Local Trains. M liny Con on Through Trnina. (fi le North and East. ? 8 [ra ltea, routes, etc., consult neurest =? Agent, or [53 J. C. LUSK, | D. P. A., CharUiton, S C. j|l 1 _____ . m fijfSM 3? iusiissaiiiiipi n<i K.6dolFor ,nd*8estk>nko * Relieves sour stomach. j8 palpitajon of tho heart. Digests what you eat. ^HBgH^^exPEmeNCE ga ^hbmhhbhb| ?? ^ ^ J ^ fa Copyrights Ac. Anyon# porting a sketch and description may quickly *ertalt> our opinion fro* whether so W ln*?titlor*s probably patentable. Communlra- tH lions strlilyoonfldeutlal. HANDBOOK on Patent* ^ sent treeJotdest agency for seeurms Detents. 1 Patentit&kon through Munn a Co. recelrf tptcial notes, without charge. In the 1 Scientific American. A bendeftoely Illustrated weekly, tersest nisi eolation ft any eclentltin Journal. Terms. |3 # rear: fott month*. $L Hold by ell newsdealer* MUNniCn ?"**-* Np.w YnS 1irmoc< 5fflc?rfe r 8t_. Waahi?too. ixl." 1 STEVENS j ' ^[Generations of live, wide- 1 awake American lloya hare 1 obtained the right kind of i FIREARM EDUCATION by being equipped with the ' cnorring, timo-honorod STEVENS All prorreaelvo Hardware and yHoortiag' Goods Merchants haadlo HfKVKNS. If you cannot obtain, we wlllahtpdlrect.exprvnarrepatd upon receipt of Catalog Price. |f? | U I Sen l & cents in stamps for I I erase Illustrated Catalog. rt I AS ' lteplet* with M B'f BVKN8 tr ? =r I, r\ f?trik7n*eoTor ? I J- STEVWS * ?rUl^ ABHS 4 TOOL CO. r CVM r.o.i*<MM t i Iy Q*??? r?kiw ?' beWitt^ Kidney *nd Bladder Pills ? A IFOR BACKACHE I i 1