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11 __L ' I t?rtl?ln( rate* are ^aga .ttaown to I THWBtAY. MAY 6. 1*00. a TO THfJCHOM. tin. In selecting a site for the new j school building it Is to be hoped : that the board of trusteea will' < give the matter due considers- < tjon before making a choice. In i our opinion the success of a i school does not depend entirely upon its management, excellence of buildings or extent of its 1 grounds, but to a great extent ' upon conditions surrounding the 1 school. Hence a good neighbor- 1 hood is one of the first things to 1 be considered. The convenience ! of the school, the conditions of ' the streets over which the pupils 1 I would travel in going to and j; from the institution, and a lo- ' cation from which the building. * would present- the beat appear-1 ance are all matters which should I ?r be given mature thought. The J building to be erected soon doubt- ; lees will answer the town's needs I for the next, quarter century and 1 no mistake should be made in its : c onstruction or location. As to a '; suitable site, The Times has no ' gratuitous suggestions to offer. We believe that the gentlemen eonstltutinjrthe board of trustees arc fully capable and will decide 1 on the location which is best * suited. But we do wish to:! enter a protest against placing! the building at any point on j Academy street, it being under-11 Btood the suggestion has been made to buy the vacant lot j1 just north of the present school]{ building:. This lot we consider anything but desirable for school ! .purposes. In the first place the!" school located there would prove j j a convenience to fewer pupils than at any other available point. ; ( The lot borders on a swamp, i! This little elevation, and can ]: be reached only by a street ! or streets that probably could not or would not be kept even < jln fair condition. Then, too, oth- < or surroundings of the lot are not j a what they should be. In the im- j j mediate vicinity during the past j, few years have been built a num- j bcr of cabins that are rented to j, negroes and tho3fe who are fa-j; miliar with the conditions that j i obtain in that quarter will agree j that the neighborhood is unfit ? for a public school. In addition ' ( to the objections noted to that 11 site, the town is steadily grow-;; ing in the opposite direction, 1 and with a continuance of this growth, within & few years the Mchool would become inaccessible by foot to many of the smaller : children of the town. It is the desire of the people that the;' building be placed at a point j from which it will present an imposing appearance and this j certainly will not be the result jf the school is located on Acad- |1 <emy street. The Times hopes ' that the board will bear these points in mind in selecting a site. SUQAR COATED. Will some good friend lend us the blade of her kitchen carving i' knife while we dip it in vitroil i and write a few lines of tear- < fetching, tympathetic screed to 1 the sugar trust? We learn by way j ] of New York dispatches that the kin?>hearted, whole-souled, i sweat, airap-like old fellow has \ recently fallen into trouble in j ( tne wicked metropolis. It appears from the charges that he 1 has been playing the old short- , weight game, the same game Chat the much sung ice man and j the unsung coal man have been so successfully using for Buch a long time that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, i The only difference between the ! coal man's and the sugar trust's methods of keeping money in i circulation. If pending charges : are true, is that the former has j been contested with such small ' \ profits as Tom and Dick could *\ contribute, while the sugar trust | \ has been paying dividends at the 1 \ expense of your Uncle Samuel. 4 \ Now, yo? know, you can fool ail : %of Uncle Sam sOrae of the time , \nd yon can fooj some of Uncle 4 L Vm all of the tittse, but he is not L ? tremendous fool that he j Hi *** not sometimes guess within i > ^ '"'i three pounds of what a little sugar weighs. Failure to recognise this fact, according to the allegations, has brought the sugar trust to the door of scandal We have no Idea how the reader feels about this matter, but, as for ours, it is our opinion that if the trust is found guilty at least a pait of the consequences ought to be visited on something that [s not quite so soluble in watery tw mnrar. We never could ouitA I understand the theory that permits an individual to commit a crime in the name of a corporation and then permits the corporation to he fined, but allows the Individual his freedom. Word comes from Columbia that the race meet which was held in that city during the musical festival was poorly patronized and that nearly everybody connected with the meet lost heavily. It is stated that the success of the meeting dep>ended upon the amount of business done by the bookmakers, j They did little business, hence j the failure of the enterprise. ; Horse racing has degenerated in- j to a gambling game, except in rare instances, and the people ire to be congratulated upon their good sense in refusing to be mulcted by the crooks and sharpers who promote it. We ire glad to hoar that the Columbia meet was a failure. The death of County Treasurer IT A n VT?-1-. jf u. ,rx. i->. removes irom the public service a faithful and sfficient officer who was held in high esteem by the people of JTork county. Mr. Neely had been county treasurer for wellnigh thirty years and during all that time no one ever suspected the least wrong-doing in the conduct of his office. He was absolutely honest and thoroughly conscientious in the discharge of his duties. No better officer ever served the people and his death is a distinct loss to the county, [t is to be hoped that his successor, whoever he may be, will measure up to the high standard set by Mr. Neely. Next Monday, the 10th, is the day on which we do honor to the Confederate braves who silently sleep in our City of the Dead. It is but proper that there be a general supension of business for the hour that the people as a whole * may taxe pari in tne exercises. Let ail attend and do honor to the departed heroes who for four long years struggled for our fair Southland. Let us teach our children to respect, admire and glorify the brave deeds of their fathers and grandfathers, and thus become more patriotic citizens ane better men and women. The hundred or more army officers, with their retinue of retainers, who left Washington city a day or two ago to examine the routes taken by Grant's army through Virginia probably will not spend much time examining the road over which the Federals fled in complete disorder and thoroughly whipped from First Manassas to Washington. Reports sent out from Charlotte seem to indicate that about the only thing left undone in the way of a royal reception for Mr. Iaft on the 20th is to instill life into the big eagle at the assay office and induce it to utter ' 'three \ screams for the president and his j party" as they pass in review up West Trade. The boys of the South Carolina University are in high feather over the prospect of winning: games with their football team I next fall. They have secured the sendees of an ex-Harvard player who is to teach the eleven the latest "wrinkles" in kicking, billing, biting and gouging. Will someone pleaso tell us why some of the South Carolina colleges continue to have their commencment programs printed out Bide the State? Can it be that 1 South Carolina hasn't a print shop that can turn out this class of work? ~ ; The bray of the ass is never pleasing to the ear, but it is one ?f those disturbing noises to which man sometimes has to : listen, though with little con- \ :ern; he soon forgets it. ( Andrew Carnegie has con- ! jributed $15,000 towards the 1 npdoi school at Winthrop. JL m Hyder A. D. Neely, treasurer of York county, died at his home in Yorkvflle Thursday morning at about 6 o'clock, after an illness of two or three days,- the Immediate cause of his death being sppoplexy. Mr. Neely was in the 66th year of his age, and was a native 01 tms county, having been born in Catawba township, near Rock Hill. He Buffered from an attack of white swelling when a boy and as a result was a cripple for the remainder of his life, being unable to walk except with the aid of a crutch. He acquired a common school education and, soon after the war, served as clerk in several mercantile establishments in Rock Hill. In 1880 he offered as a candidate in the Democratic primary for recommendation for appointment as county treasurer and was endorsed by a majority of the voters. In aue time he was appointed by the governor and held the office uninterruptedly until the time of his death. During his incumbency he ran in the primary as often without as with opposition, his majority over his opponents always being from two to three to one. It was generally conceded that there was no more honest or capable county treasurer in the State, and this fact gave him a hold on the thinking people of the county that precluded the possibility of any man, be he ever so smooth a politician, defeating Mr. Neely. He is survived by his widow and three children, Mr. John A. Neely, a highly esteemed citizen of Rock Hill; Miss Ella Neely, a teacher in the Yorkville graded school, and Master Arthur Neely. The funeral sei vices were held jlf- fhp Pirct Pi,nol>wt,nmon nUn^/iV, at 11 o'clock Friday morning, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. E. Gillespie. There was a large attendance of friends present and the floral offerings sent in were numerous and handsome. A Plea for the Birds. A corresqondent of the News and Courier makes the following plea for the protection of birds: Mockingbird, jay, lark (meadow lark), bullfinch, tea bird, tilly hawk (sparrow hawk), and the crow?all birds of this-class are insect destroyers. They have no gizzards and do not eat grain, they only have a stomach and digestion takes place in the stomash; hence they cannot digest hard grain or seed. The beautiful meadow lark feeds on worms, real head com cutters that destroy corn, are his finest dish. Little tilly hawk occasionally eats a little chicken, but he destroys grasshoppers and field mice enough in a year to give him chicken pie once a week the year 'round. The blue jay is a nuteating bird and distributes them by dropping pecans, acorns, etc. He plants many a fine tree by some old rotten stump in the corner of the field. The sweetsinging mockingbird, of which Mr. Roosevelt wrote the most beautiful description I have ever read in the Fifth Reader, is next to the nightingale and does not destroy anything at all?eating iruit ana insects. The bullfinch, teat bird and thrush go hand in in hand with them. The dove has a gizzard and eats hard grain ana seeds, as they can grind them up. So does the "partridge"?and it is necessary to kill out "partridges" down to three or four so they will raise more. If they are not thinned down to a stand, the old cocks will fight over the nest, eat the eggs and kill all the young ones, and the fall will find them old, tough, and the same eight or ten birds to the flock. A hen lays about 70 eggs in a year and raises about one-fifth of the hatch. The robin is with us so short a time that we do not call him a South Carolinian. He and the swallow, martin, i. e., (coffee bird), bull bat, woodcock, snipe, and ducks spend a few weeks in winter and are gone until the next golf season opens. The destruction of birds by bad people, who ko not know the value of the sweet singers to farmers, should be punished, not only in the towns, but in the country also. The Weather For April. The highest temperature for April, according to the Charlotte weather bureau, was 83 degrees, attained on the 5th; the lowest was 33 degrees on the 11th. The greatest daily range was 29 degrees on the 11th. The least daily range, 11 degrees, having occurred on the 24th. The mean temperature was 62 degrees. The fact that there was little exceptional about it as a whole is shown by the fact that the mean temperature for 30 years is almost as mean, 59.40. The total precipitation was 3.99, the greatest in 24 hours occurring Friday, 2.22 inches. The monthly average for 30 years is 3.27. There were 10 clear days, 8 partly sloudy and 12 totally cloudy. A heavy frost occurred April 11. FOR SAJLE -Choice Lumber, all kind*. ). J. BAILES. ?~ I The citixens'of Fort Mill and ? vicinity are requested to meet at the Prtebyterian church next Monday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock to take part in the Memorial -Day i exercises, the program, as ar ranged by the Daughters of the : Confederacy, to be as follows: Singing. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Hafner. Speeches. Song: ''God be with you till we meet again." . - li Benediction by Rev. Edw. S. Reaves. The procession will then form in front of church and march in*.; the following order to the cemetery, where the graves will be decorated and the exercises concluded: Veterans, Military company, Memorial association, U. . D. C. 'a, pupils of graded schools, public in general. The business houses are requested to close for the exercises, that the help may attend. Pursuant to a call through The * ? ? ? ~ " limes last weeK, f ort Mill camp of Confederate veterans met Saturday and adopted the plans arranged by the ladies of the U. D. C. for the memorial ceremonies on next Monday. A committee consisting of W. F. Boyd, Bowman Merritt, Sr., | | Z. T. Bailes, S. H. Epps, Sr. and I S. P Blankenship was appointed I | to see to the decoration of the' 1 old soldiers' graves at Flint Hill, | the decoration to take place next j Saturday, the 8th. Mr. W. A. Fisher was requested to see to it that the graves in Fort Mill cemetery are properly prepared for decoration. Treasurer Neely's Successor. The death of County Treasurer Neely has brought forth quite a number of aspirants for the position which he held for so many years. Among some of the names mentioned for the place are Jno. A* Neely, of Rock Hill; J. R. Haile, of Fort Mill; J. H. McFadden, of Rock Hill, and Harry*Neil, of Filbert. The appointment is to be made by i the governor upon the recommendation of the legislative deto| gation of the county. According : to our information Mr. Haile has 1 been assured of the support of 1 Senator Stewart and Representative Wilson, while Representative Sanders looks with favor upon the Fort Mill man. Representative Glasscock favors Mr. McFadden for the position, and Mr. HAIHO io tinAnmrrtif I Iivtili] 10 Ulllrt/lllltllbtcu. A "Billy 'Possum" Post Card. The Times has received a very attractive post card in the form of an invitation to Charlotte's Twentieth of May celebration. It bears the picture of "Billy 'Possum" wearing: the popular "Watch Charlotte Grow" button, and and in his hand a small grip bearing: the inscription, "Charlotte, N. C., May 20, 1909, Billy 'Possum." On the card is also a clever verse which reads as follows: ' Me aud Bill will celebrate. May the twentieth is the date, Come and joiu us if you will. We'll entertain yon?Me aud Bill." , ( Invested $2,500 in Seminole Stock. 1 ______ i The Fort Mill correspondent of the Charlotte Chronicle writes < that paper as follows: "The last ' few aays have been note settling \ time with those who bit at Semi- , nole Securities stock around here. * Upward of $2,500 was taken from the township. However, all this was what is commonly knwn as velvet money, as it appears that the acrents only went after those who had clear money laid up on deposit, but this made | the loss none the less deplorable to tftose who did invest it One man, however, took the matter philosophically, saying that he would not discount his stock 5 ! per cent, as the agent just out; talked him and he was welcome ! to the amount and he would take I the experience for his share. It ; is said that York township ini vested about the same amount as Fort Mill.* From a Recent "Prosperity" Speech. Has it ever occurred to you, Mr. Chairman, that the cotton cloth made in South Carolina annually would make a sheet big enough to cover the entire face of America and Europe and lap over on the toes of Asia? Or, if 1 all the cattle she raises in one year were one cow, she could browse on the tropical vegetation along the equator, while her tail switched icicles off the North Pole, and that her milk could float a shipload of her butter from Charleston to New York? Or, if all the mules we market ' each year were one mule, it ! would consume the entire annual corn crop of North Carolina at one meal, and kick the spots off the sun without swelling its sides or shaking its tail? Or, if the hogs we raise annually were one hog, that animal would dig the \ i Panama Canal in three roots i without grunting, and its squeal would be loud enough to jar the cocoanuts off the trees along the j Canal Zone.-"New York Sup. / r - - jp ' ( D?V?Lt?8 little KArty Bmers. iho be*t knoaju nil!* aajji the be#t pill* umde, ue tAwy to tike And sot gently nud ire Mrffttn- We nil and recommend thcnL-?4rdfey,s 4mg store. Commissioner Watson is sending cut blanks to all the labor unions to have them help him in fathering statistics of labor for niB department. Children especially like Kennedy's j Laxative Cough Syrup as it tastes. nearly an good as maple sugar. It not j heals irritatiou and allays iufimmua- ( tion, thereby stopping tbe cough, but ' it also moves the bowels gently ami iu i that way driven the cold from the sys- j tern It coutaius 1 o opiates. Sold by ' Ardrev's drug store. TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. The regular spring examination for teachers' certificates to teach in the public schools of York county will be held la the court hoaro at Yorkvtile on Friday, May 14th, beginning at 9 a. in., and closing at 4 p. m. Applicants will ba required to furnish their own stationery. Teachers desiring a renewal of thoir certificates should attend this examination, as there will be no snnimer school held anywhere in the State for teachers dtfring the year, except at YVofford College. T. E. MoMACKIN. Conuty Supt. Education. (3t) ^ IF YOU WANT A Steak or Roast that is tender, sweet ?nd juicy, lean 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 as that charged by grist mills. Bring us your corn. The Cotton Mill Store, L. A. HARRIS & CO. | SEE THAT SPOT? How did it get tjiere? Don't j know. Never mihd; send the trousers here or, better, 'the | suit, to be pressed, cleaned and repaired if need be and you will never know there was a spot on it. I Our charges are moderate. FORT MILL PRESSING CLUB. GUY ROSS, Proprietor. 'Phone 146. Everything That's Good to Eat- $ THE PARLOR RESTAURANT, J Ren David, Proprietor, ? A Next to Skyscraper, Columbia, S. C. A -L. ?I ... 1 . . -* *m" | The Medicinal V* is admitted by the highest mec many slight disorders it is a saf< effective, it must be the genuln 1 Sunny THE PUR I Whis SUNNY BROOF is unsurpass stimulant or an Inventing healthfi aged and bottled under the direct Inspectors and its absolute purity air safe and free from harmful effects, over the cork of each bottle states the SUNNY BROOK DISTILLER ; A ?FULL Q BY EXPRES Jf : Frorc any of the folli I H. CLAUSE k SOWS, Inc. SB The PHIL 0. KELLY CO., Inc 3$ L. 0. DANIEL. PAUL BE YUAN W. U MABKST3IN C. BLUM k CO J C C- BUTLES CO L. LOEB WHISKEY CO ALTBAN WHISKEY CO.. L. F- k C. P. LONO SHIPPED IN PLAIN SOXES. SE Jg| 10?0DS SHIP & THE HOUSE FLY ; ( 1 A GERM BREEDER 1 X IN TYPHOID FEVER EPI-! X SPONSIBLE FOR g DISTl BUTRION ^ IS A OEATH DEALING PEST. ^ * Will Wade Around in Pure ^ ^ Milk and Put Enough DisX ease Germs in it Within H X a Few Minutes toKili M . tlfL ,1. * a u vv noie r amny. Alj? so Carries Conjjjj sumption. g CITIES READY TO WAR ~ ? ON FLY PERIL. I ^ The fly which walks across j* your food may carry 100,000 1 bacteria, the majority dangerous to life and health. The registrar of vital statistics of the Chicago health I department gave a sensa-1 tional supplement to his1 warning against this house I B pest. He said: 0 "If an army of invasion I were mobilizing for an attack upon Chicago, the danger would not be so grrat as now confronts the city from r the annual coming of flies. 1 Fly time is more to be feared: than war time. "Screen your windows, i Begin now in yonr warfare i against fles. You cannot begin too soon. Your precaution now may save your life.'* M MILLS ant <| FURNITURE ?@@0?t $ 1 frblJBfflj. 3DEEI g SOUTHERN IB 1 THE SOUTH'S GR a . a Unexcelled Diuint; Cur Ser -ti! Convenient Schedules on al Through Pullman Sleeping ( Most direct route to the N ii - . 0 For full infornintion as to rates, S Southern Railway Ticket Age | R. W. HUNT, M. 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