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The Fort Mill Times.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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-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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Some of j
these are, for instance: Extreme [
and unnatural lassitude and wearl- i
cess, nervous irritability, heart lr- ?
regularity, "nerves on edge," sleep- fc.
lessnoss and inability to sccuro
rest, scalding sensation and sediment
in the urine, inflammation of
the bladder and passages* etc. j
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder \
Tills are an exceptionally meritorious
remedy for any and a"I affee
tions or diseased conditions of fl
these organs. These Pills operate H
directly and promptly?and their
benelioinl results are at once felt, v
They regulate, purify, and effec- h
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ave tho least suspicion that they
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diseases to ?t once write them,
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