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0 The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. PuLlithed Thursday MorninK*. B. W. and W. r. Bkahfokii ... Fuiluiiem, B- W. Bradford , - . - Fditoh and Manackr. Bi hrcription Katks: One Year $1.00 On application to the publisher, adva-rtminx fates are made known tfl those interested. The Times invited contributions on live subjects, but does not ox roe to publish inore than 200 Mtord.x rn any one aubject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. !. ? FORT MII.U. S, C., SEITKMHEK 23, The State'* Handicap. J. S. Farnura, sometimes called ''the beer King," was placed on trial in Richland county Monday charged with bribing one of the former officers of the State dis-1 pensary. The result of the trial of Farnum is certain to have a material bearing upon the trials i of the other alleged dispensary grafters. If Farnum is convicted it is reasonable to con- i elude that other convictions will follow, nnd )f he is acquitted there isn't much hope left fori the conviction of the others. Many who have watched the preparation of the cases against1 the accused men are confident that they are guilty of the misdemeanors with which they are charged and are hopeful that all of them will be given prison sentences; but there are perhaps very few of the many who feel thus that do not recognize that mistakes have been made in the . selection of some of the lawyers who are to prosecute the de-! fondants. Attorney General Lvon has made a mistake in calling to his assistance Ben Abncy, division counsel for the Southern I railway, and he has made an, even more egregious blunder in employing W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, as his chief assistant. ' It is well enough to give due! weight to facts?W. F. Steven- i son is one of the most unpopular j men in South Carolina and it is j not wide of the truth to say that j he will prove a hindrance rather than a help to the attorney general. Mr. Lyon need expect little from Solicitor W. 11. Cobb. Mr. Cobb has neither the experience nor the ability to warrant the hope that his services will be even moderately helpful to the prosecution. The State is woefully handicapped by having to depend even partially upon the efforts of Messrs. Abnev. Steven son and Cobb. The Ardrey Trespass Law. The Audubon Society of South Carolina, under the direction of j State Secretary James Henry Kice, Jr., has done much good work during the last three or four years to prgserve the fish and game of the State, and to the wise foresight of a former member of the Legislature from York county, Hon. J. VV. Ardrey, of Fort Mill, is due the credit j for the law under which the Audubon Society has principally , operated/ At a session of the legislature some ytars ago Capt. Ardrey introduced and had passed a bill which has since become known gs the "Ardrey trespass law." In the campaign following the passage of the law much political capital was made against its author upon the plea that it was aimed at the poor man and that i its operation would prevent hunt- ' jng and fishing on the lands of another without subjecting the ; violator to prosecution for tres-: pass. The light made upon Capt. Ardrey on the trespass law; doubtless served the purpose of those who injected it into the campaign as an issue, for Capt. Ardrey was beaten for reelection by a small majority. Since then the law has been recognized generally as wise ami beneficent , and Capt, Ardrey lias been com- | plimented a nupiber of times upon the good work made possible by his foresight. In a recent issue the Charlotte Chronicle has the following appreciation of the law and its author; "Capt. J. W. Ardrey, of Fort! Mill, just across the line in South Carolina, is coming in for a good deal of praise for the passage of ajlaw which he fathered. It is designed to give land owners control over their own property ami . \ ? to protect themselves from trespassers. "Referring to the Ardrey law the Yorkville Enquirer says that i the principle involved in the statute 'is one that has been an inexhaustible source of controversy for hundreds of years. Trespass is prohibited in the older countries of Europe and in many of the older States of the Union, as it should be everywhere. But in this country there are those who have denied individual ownership of fish and game, and" claimed the right of pursuit of j 1 either, where they would. They ! even claimed the riirht to tro on a man's land whether the owner liked it or not. The Ardrey law assures to every man complete control of his own land, and the Audubon Society has made effective use of this law in checking ; the wanton destruction of wild denizens of stream, field and forest.' "We would like to borrow , 1 Capt. Ardrey from South Carolina for use during the next session of the North Carolina Legisl lature." The Times is in hearty accord with those of our citizens who have expressed a determination i to insist upon the Democratic candidates for municipal ofTices in Fort Mill being selected in a primary, thus a {fording every white citizen who claims to be a . Democrat a voice in naming the town's officers. No fairer way of selecting public officials has ever been devised, and if anybody objects to the primary on the score j that it will entail expense upon the ( municipality (ve beg to disabuse ; their minds of such a thought. The expense of the primary will be Lorne by members of the party and the town will not pay ,1 one cent therefor. This matter : of expense, however, is as a j general proposition given undue i weight in Fort Mill, and that is < the main reason why the town today has a population half what it should be. Of course the Democratic primary will cost the ; town nothing. Up in North Carolina some of ' the newspapers are discussing J the advisability of cutting the < State in half and making two , Commonwealths of it. The proposition is to make Greens- ( boro the capital of the new State !, with Goldsboro the capital of North Carolina- The scheme is i not apt to amount to anything ! more than to furnish the editors i' a subject to write about for a | few days; then we will hear no more of it. Meanwhile, however, all hands across the border might consider the great advantages Tarheeldom would derive by joining the best State in the Union?South Carolina. Nowadays when people want j anything thev look in t.ho m>ws.: papers to learn where to get it. If they want articles of merchandise, the services of a painter, a carpenter, a plasterer, a plumber, or any other mechanic, tradesman, or necessity, they expect to find such advertised in the local paper. They look for it, and. if they find it, the advertiser gets the patronage. Judicious advertising pays. "Patronize home institutions," cries the* country editor from week to week. "That's right," says the merchant, "give it to ( those who go to some other town to buy goods." Then with his heart filled with kindness to the | loyal editor, he sends his job:' printing to Kalamazoo, and uti- ; lizes a piece of wrapping paper ! i to write an order for goods or to 11 send a statement to a customer. Funny, isn't it? i! The Times had strongly hoped , that Fort Mill would not be vis- I ited by a carnival show this year, j but, alas! our hopes were in vain, j The powers that be have seen 1 fit to license such an organization , 1 * iinu our mercnants will now pre- ! pare for the dullness of business < antl poor collections which are ( sure to follow. The authorities \ have, in our mind, made a seri- ] ous mistake. 1 The papers of the State are loudly condemning the carnival ' shows which are now "taking , in" many of the South Carolina ; towns. There is nothing good < in such shows and they are being 1 shut out of many towns. Take care of your stomach, Let K<>do| j digest all the food you eat, for that is < what Kodol does. Every tablespoonfuI i of Kodol digests 2J pounds of food, t Try it today. It is guaranteed to re- < li?>ve you or your money hack. Sold > by Ardrey's drug store. I jiii ys Wm 7W : - JRHR >!* -Echoes of a "Times Editorial." Charlotte Observer. We thank our South Carolina contemporary [the Fort Mill Times] for its defense of the; North Carolina soldiers, solace- | fully apd strenuously done. The News and Courier refuses to argue the matter with The Times, realizing, no doubt, that it was in error, side-stepping controversy with the remark: "The origin of this editorial of the Fort Mill Times is. if we are ; not mistaken, a comparatively innocent paragraph, unpretentious, unassertive, unhistorical, which in a moment of inadvert- i ence and of persiflaginousness, we printed a number of days ago ?mote in jest than in seriousness." Columbia State. "The Columbia Slate facetiously replies to an editorial which appeared in The Times last week directing attention to the splendid work of the North Carolina troops at Gettysburg. This is one of the tricks?we do not use the word in an offensive sense of newspaper writers. When they have a bad case it is much easier to dismiss it in a jocular way than to try to combat facts." Fort Mill Times. You are exactly right, dear contemporary?that' is, indeed, one of the familiar and easy tricks of the trade, suitable for hot weather purposes. Discussing the question of "farthest at Gettysburg" is akin to discussing the authenticity of the Mecklenburg Myth both are good summer diversions, but should not be taken seriously. ; The Rock Hill School Muddle. As a result of the action of the recent citizens' meeting and the failure of the minority trustees to increase the bond necessary to continue the fight in the courts; against the sale of the high ! school property to Winthrop college, it begins to look as if the school wrangle at Rock 11 ill is about at an end. The meeting, which was attended by 12(5 representative business men of the community . upon a resolution offered by Senator W. H. Stewart, demanded the ousting of the present local board of school trustees and the change by the legislative delegation of the district school charter so as to provide for the election of its members by the! people or tne district instead of having it self perpetuating as at present. There was only one dissenting voice on the adoption of any of the resolutions, and this was heard no more after the first vote. Southern Power Co. Buying More Land. A Chester special says that the renewed activity of the Southern Power company in acquiring property and water rights along Catawba river and Fishing creek, near Fort Lawn, indicates that the development of the water power on Fishing creek, in Chester county, is close at hand. : Among the purchases recently! made was the entire plantation of Mr. M. B. Jordan, for which , the tidy sum of $12,500 was paid, and Mrs. J. L. Young's place, which brought its owner about $10,000. Capt. Harnett has also sold 20 acres for $2,000, and Mr. John Fi. Jordan has sold water rights on some of his river bottoms. About all the land along the two streams that would be affected by backwater or in other ways by the building of the dam has been purchased, and the immediate development of l>vni?irl vr mot- > looked for. A Day's Work for the Orphans. . Attention is called to the concert of action among the orphan institutions of South Carolina! with regard to a special work day elfort Saturday. September. 25, next. Thornwell Orphanage, Connie Maxwell Orphanage and Epworth Orphanage have definitely planned for the success of the day and are circulating literature upon the subject. We presume that every orphan institution, of whatever si/.e or under whatsoever auspices, will be glad to have its friends remember it on this day. The plan is simple enough. Let every hoy and girl, every man and woman, young and old, devote the income of the day to the Orphanage of his choice. Some of the children may pick cotton, others may gather up yid iron and sell it. some will do odd jobs, others will devote their salary or wages of that day to the care of the orphans. Coming down to the plain truth, is there any cause that warms the cockles of the heart like the plea for the fatherless? Net an nu* people join in the work day effort September 25, ind roll up a big- amount l'or the orphans, and forward the same to such institution as each may select. DeWitt's Little Karly Itisers, tin* safe, iure, easy, gentle little liver pills. The riginal C.arbolize.l Witeh Hazel Salve s DeWitt's. The namV is plainly damped on every box. It is good for uts, burns, hruises, sores, boils and ainburn but it is especially good for I 'iles. Sold by Ardrej 'a drug store. i ft usfe ? n * ;w ' - - .. . Postal Cards Galore. The contract for supplying 3.496,000.000 postal cards to the postotfice department during the four years beginning January 1, 1910, was awarded on Tuesday by Postmaster General Hitchcock to the government printing office, which submitted the lowest bid, $391,715.94. Bv selecting a stock of lighter but finer quality, the postofiice i department expects to provide j for the public a better card at' less expense to the government. The saving will be effected in the reduced "traveling expeni-1 ?- ? * t * ^ | ov.-^ m tut? postal caret, because of lighter weight, on the various journeys it makes from the time it leaves the manufacturer until it reaches the "ultimate consumer." The postmaster general in all probability will change the tint of the card as well as the color of the ink used in printing in order to make tlie card more artistic. This, however, has not yet been determined. A noted clergyman is quoted as saying that "no newspaper I which takes truth for its standard can make a pecuniary sue-' cess." The newspaper might return the compliment by re-1 marking that no minister who' told the truth about his congre-j gation. living or dead, could occupy his pulpit longer than the; Sunday following. The press and i clergy go hand in hand with the whitewash brush and rosy spectacles, magnifying little virtues and kindly throwing little deformities into oblivion. The pulpit, the pen and the gravestone j are partners in saint-making Ex j Read Times advertisements, j It will pay you. r ~>?3i c3* scaa JKE ;i ; OUR LIST OF J Satisfied 3 3 0 The Housekeeper is i n v. " mi i our name win remain on < K trial order. Wo give perso (5 to all orders. Absolute sal ^ handle everything in the Grocery, Proch 0 line and will make you the W all goods. Q g Ring 1 g Stewart & Ci * ???* *?35 JOS ??35 JCSi 5?I? iC* -J- * Fstill and. of Millinery m Wednesday ? You are invited to I MEACHAM ICorr J The Parks Drug MACHINE OIL, SF-WINP. M APHTNP nil ^ - . , a -w i A?i 1 LJ V/ A Li |jj FLOOR OIL, g| HOUSE and BUGGY PA1 1 DRUGS and RUBBER G( 3 Largest assortment of C | TOBACCO in town. STATIONERY ol the besl |j[j Fresh assortment of LOW jj D!ES. sj Parks Dm ?L.? ? iiawttMCMiMiiftaHni TAX NOTICE 19Q9. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. York villi?, S. C.. Sept. 1 i. 1909. 1 Notice i.-i hereby f?iven that the TAX | JlOOKS for York couuty will be opened on FRIDAY, thelSTH DAYOTOCTO- ' 1 v.rt 1 - I.- iv. ijir-d remain open until the | XIST DAY OF DECEM HER. 1909, for the collect.on of STATE, COUNTY, ' LOCAL AND SCHOOL TAXES for | the fiscal year .11*09, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penally will be added to all payments made | in the month of JANUARY, 1910, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1910. and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added on all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH, to the JBTH DAY OP MARCH, 1910, and after this date all unpaid taxes go into executions and all unpaid Single I Polls w 11 be turned over to the several | Magistrates for prosecution in accordi ance with law. ( For the convenience of taxpayers, I I will attend at the following places on the days hamod: I At Yorkville, Friday, October 15, to Wednesday, October 2()th. At Smyrna. Thursday. October 21. At Hickory Grove, Friday aud Saturday, October 22 and 23. j At Sharon, Monday, October 25. At MeConnellsville, Tuesday, October 2t>. At Tirzah, Wednesday, October 27. At Clover, Thursday and Friday, October 28 and 29. At Yorkville from Saturday. October 30, to Tuesday, November 3. At Coates's Tavern, from 12o'clock, Wednesday, Novembers, until 12 rn., Thursday, November 1. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, November 5 and t>. At Rock Hill, from Monday, November 8. to Saturday, November 13. And at Yorkville from Monday. November 15, until the 31st day of Do- 1 cember. 1909, after which clay the penalties will attach as stated above. HARRY E. NEIL, County Treasurer. 9-23 41 j FARMERS I am making a specialty e^f ( i iling for tenant houses at $1.00 per hundred. V. II. Blankenship. FOR SALE One hundred bushels e?f choice Appier Seed Oats. Apply to i J. L. K1MBRELL, Fort Mill. S. C. I g* 3C31 >-g2s ggc apt agglt ' ?: Customers fiij IS GROWING. -I ! \i 1 8 ( our best recommendation. i our list if you will give us a jjjj J nal and particular attention ? ( isfaction guaranteed. We 8 nee and Fruit $ lowest prices possible on j|) Js Up. | f 1 _ Telephone Xv Number 15. 8 Winter ? nincr a. MLjS^ ; ?SJ* { J Coal Suits on< / y, Sept. 29. cordially >e present. Biassz* I & EPFS. I le to Company's Store || Si I I NTS, DODS, IGARS and SMOKING ^ A, : quality. rNEY'S FAMOUS CAN- |S 3 g Comp'y Jj | I ???O??0G?G f | Attei | You Farmers MB? i We are headqua C3 and 1 ies, Cotton S <53 Etc. We handle t ^ ging and best T 0 bought, and will Ki close prices on thei 1 G inners, if your @ or send to us for L <?) Rivets and Burrs tl IWe \ Your Cotton anc will pay the high( for same. We ha\ rooms, so you will unloading your see | Just Rc ? A shipment of |p Seed. g Make our store y< ^ while in Fort Mill. ^ | The Peop |j MILLS & YOUIV ?Q Q?0? {C 38P3K | jj [ WE ARE ? 1 E With the patro ^ y | H ceiving, but t ^ 1 S | evidence that t customers we | | HIGHLY ^ j I S Get your Groc ^ H | from us if you and fresh. E\ ^ ^ w d grocery line. I III JONES, tl T 1 X illll Ly'dliic J Kidney ! And to Relieve the Lar You Must First Rel There is no question about, thut | at all?for llio lamo find ncbing bark is caused by a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladdor. It is only common sense, any way ? that you must euro a condition by removing the cause of the condition. And lame and aching back are not by any moans tho only symptoms of derangement of tho kidneys and bladder. There are a multitude of well-known and un- " mistnkuble indications of a more or ; less dangerous condition. 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