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g" ' ' > l l. Be Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Meminjc*. W. AMuW. R. BKAUFORO - - - PUBLISHERS. J3. W. Dradiord ... - Kwtor and Manager, jSL-nscRimoM RATES: One Year .. J1.00 On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. The Times invites contributions on live subjects, but does not attree to publish more than 200 words A>n any one subject. The rbrht is reserved to ( lit every communication submitted for publication. FORT MH.L. S. C., OOTOOER 7. Whatever el3e may be said of the acquittal of Jim Farnumand i the abrupt ending of the trial of } John Black in the dispensary j graft cases, it is certain that lit- j tie has been added to the reputation of Attorney General Lyon as a lawyer. Nor is this saying that the State'3 cases were poor-! ]y conducted. Mr. Lyon was: able to and did marshal an array of facts against both defendants which were conclusive of guilt in the minds of many people;! but the verdict of not guilty in ! the Farnum trial and the subse- i cjuent dismissal of the jury in the Black case are virtual de- j feats for the attorney general; iind defeat never strengthens iinyone. Before the trials began Mr. Lyon seemed certain of his ability to "put stripes on the grafters," and however great the miscarriage of justice which ; has freed one of the defendants, the fact remains that the attorney general has not been able so far to accomplish that which he jed the people to expect of him. Of course there are other j "graft cases" to be heard and j the attorney general may yet! meet with success, in which ; event the people are apt to forget the defeat which he has just sustained; but should the verdict in these cases also be against the State, Mr. Lyon's career as a public officer may be anticipated at the end of his present term of attorney general. Success X 1 1. may mean tne governorsnip lor him. We have been wondering why the tribulations of our people should be added to by the numerous appeals of A. C. Kaufman in behalf of the Mexican peons who suffered property loss in the recent flood at Monterey, Mexico. It is bad enough to hear of the suffering of these unfortunate people through the regular news channels of the daily press; but it is infinitely worse to be reminded of their misfortune through the agency of Kaufman. We had hoped that the Republican administration would find a berth outside South Carolina for Kaufman ere this, since he was patriotic enough to run on their electoral ticket with a brace of Africans, but he is still with us, much to our sorrow. However. I there is a modicum of consola- j tion in the thought that he has met with the measiliest kind of success in collating funds for i.1 If Tf i 1 1 _ P me Mexicans. n tne people 01 South Carolina have money to contribute to those in need, there | js suffering and distress to be relieved along the gulf coast of | Louisiana and Mississippi, where untold property loss resulted from the hurricane some weeks .ago. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is in session in Columbia and there doubtless are many little boys and girls in various parts of the State whose comfort and respectability could be enhanced were their mothers j at home to attend to their house-. hold duties. This prohibition 1 ignis fatuus means for these little folks undarned stockings, 1 soiled linen and general inattention. Certainly it is to be hoped that there will be a sufficient number ViAt rti AM L#*?? .1 1a ?'-L fji v/tti vnna K/vj r> vu II?I1U V.O piCK. pjp the pieces after the Clemson Tigers have finished chewing up the University Gamecocks in the i football game fcpr week. Take enre of your .stomach. Let Kodo| digest all the foo<l you eat, for that ta ,what Kodol does. Every tablespoonful .of Kodol digests 2J pounds of food. Try it today. It is guaranteed to relieve you or your money back. Sold hy j^ntrey's urug store. * a- d The New Lien Law. The repeal of the old lien law goes into effect on the 1st of January next, and as there is much doubt and uncertainty as to the conditions under which money and supplies for farming purposes can thereafter be secured by the tenant class, the following legal opinion, given the public by the well-known firm of Grier & Park, attorneys, of Greenwood, will be read with I interest. It will be observed i that these gentlemen express! the opinion that very little change j will result from the repeal of | the old law, that the tenant will! still be in position to give a | mortgage on his growing crop to ; secure advances. The opinion ' follows: "Section 3057 of the code gives j to the landlord leasing lands a ; lien for his rent to the extent of all crops grown on the place? whether the lease be in writing or verbal. This section also pro vides that the landlord shall have a lien on all crops raised by the tenant for advances made by the landlord during the year. "Section 3058 provides for a ! i? ?... /? _ /? t i * nen in iavor 01 laoorcrs who assist in making the ciop, which is next in priority to the lien of the landlord. "Then comes Section 3059, which provides for a lien of money 01* supplies advanced to the tenant by any other person under an agreement in writing, entered into before such advances are made, specifying the amount to be advanced or the amount beyond which advances shall not be made. This is what we generally term the lien law. "By the act approved March, 1909, section 3059 was repealed. The repealing act goes into effect on the 1st day of January, 1910;! therefore, after the 1st day -of j January, 1910, no lien for adpances under section 3059 will be valid. "The landlord's lien for ad- j vances and the laborer's lien for services in making the crop are still in force and are not affected by the repeal of the general lien law "The law in relation to the mortgage of crops, however, is not repealed and a tenant has the same power now to make a mortgage over his growing crop that he had before the repeal of the lien law. The only restriction on the mortgage of a crop is that provided for by Section ; 3005 of the code, which is that j the mortgage must be made J during the year in which the' crops are grown and the lands j upon which the crops are grown shall be described and mentioned ' in the mortgage. It is also necessary, in order to make a! valid mortgage of crops, that j the crops be described in the; mortgage either in writing nr! typewriting. The printed form in general use heretofore is no longer sufficient to convoy any interest or right to the mortgagee. "While under the law, as it now stands, a tenant cannot give a lien on his crop except to his landlord, he is still able to give a mortgage over the same, and with the exception of the preference which a landlord's lien for advances may have, he is in about the same position to secure advances made to him by a merchant that he was before the repeal of the lien law. If anything, the modus operandi I has been simplified, for before i the repeal of the lien law a ten-' ant could make both a lien and a j mortgage and this sometimes i gave rise to confusion in the enforcement of the papers and the | determination of priority. By the simple means of a mortgage I he is now able to do exactly what j he was able to do before to secure his advances?the only difference ! being the form and the landlord's ! lien for advances, which a merchant can always protect himself against by obtaining a waiver from the landlord of his preference for advancements made. The landlord need not waive his lien for rent, but may simply waive his lien for advances. This will make the merchant as secure as he was under the lien law, provided he takes a mort- j gage over the crop." The report of 58.5 on the con-1 dition of the cotton crop, as, issued by the government Monday is abnormally low, the condition this date last year being more than 11 points above what it is now. The average for 10 years has been 67. Prof. Frank G. Potts, of Pleasant Valley, reached home Wednesday of last week, after spending the summer abroad. 1 YVhile on his travels, he visited Paris and, according to a correspondent of the Charlotte Chronicle, was quite sick there for a time. His physician ordered him to Switzerland, to recuperate as the result of active ! exercise In climbing Alpine heights. After returning to Paris he cabled his father, Mr. O. W. Potts, to send him some money. The telegram arrived jn Charlotte at 10 o'clock a. m. and Prof. Potts received his j money order by cable at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the same day in Paris. This goes to prove the : progressive age in which we live. CA BATCH OF RANDOM REMARKS. { O ^ II ^ ? ^ II ^ ii ^ 41 |i ^>||I|I How lucky it is that the man in the moon is blind. The man who could run a newspaper to suit everybody I went to heaven long ago. __ When you see a banana peel! resting on the sidewalk and a fat man approaching it, indica- | tions point to an early fall. i The kickers and croakers have no place in a town with the push and progressiveness that we have here. The man who opposes needed public improvements and stands in the way of progress is not a good citizen. Learned men tell us that in Latin the word "editor" means something "to eat." In this country its meaning is altogether different. It means to scratch around like blazes to get something to eat. An advertisement is to the \ merchant what sowing seed is to fitrrrifn1 Tf mov o l.-r? n li + tl., I vtaw AWiitiVit AV U??J UV CI llll&VJ time for the results to become apparent, but they are sure to come. The wise farmer is not niggardly with his seed, nor the wise merchant with his advertisement. The way the yard sticks rattled, hardware jingled and our merchants and clerks moved J around Saturday indicated a lively day for our business men; and the people that thronged our j streets were delighted in the ' bargains they had pocketed, and ' the general verdict is that this j is the place to trade. When you hear a man sneering j at the local papers you can safely j bet he don't spend his Lime! making them better. They who don't see a benefit arising to a town from its newspapers have about as much sense as a cove oyster, and are of the same value to a town as a ten-year-old delinquent. Some of our pretty little girls seem quite fond of our cunninglittle boys, on whose lips there | is the first appearance of what will in the course of time be a mustache, and they are really imperiling the lives of these youths in keeping them out so late evenings. Girls, remember that little boys should always go to bed early. UMinn r ?? ncii juu ?vant iin.y ui ucit' Ol merchandise buy it of a reputable home dealer, that the profit may remain to enrich the community. Send your money abroad only for what you cannot purchase at homo. Home , talent, home labor, home indus- j try, home capital and home pleasures are things to be j fostered, encouraged and patronized. Too poor to take a home paper? Well, that is a distressful condition. Buy a hen, feed her crumbs and waste from the kitchen and she will lay eggs to j pay for a year's subscription; | then work her up into pot pie and she will pay first cost: so the paper will be clear profit. Repeat this process year after year, meanwhile learn wisdom and cease to be poor. There are always a good many people who keep the balance of the community busy wondering | how they live so well. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the safe, ' sure, easy, gentle little liver pills. The ; original Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve j is DeWitt's. The name is plainly i stamped on every box. It is good for j cues, ourns, oruises, sores, boils and sunburn?but it is especially good for Piles. Sold by Ardrey's drug store. TAX NOTICE 1909. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 14, 1909. Notice is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for York couuty will be opened on FRIDAY, the 15T1I 1)AY OF OCTOBER, 1909, and remain open until thu 31STDAY OF DECEMBER, 1909. f< r the collection of STATE, COLN'i Y, LOCAL AND SCHOOL TAXES for the fiscal year 1901b without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT pen- j alty will be added to all payments made ir> 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 he added on all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH, 1 to the 151 H DAY OF MARCH,- 1910, and after this date all unpaid taxes go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for prosecution in accord- j ance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, I will attend at the following places on j the davs named: At Yorkville, Friday, October 15, to Wednesday, October 20th. At Smyrna, Thursday, October 21. At Hickory Grove, 'Friday aud Saturduy, October 22 and 23. At Sharon, Monday, October 25. At McConnellsville, Tuesday, October 26. At Tirzah, Wednesday, October 27. At Clover, Thursday and Friday, Oc- ; tober 28 and 20. At Yorkville from Saturday, October 30, to Tuesday, November 3. At Coates's Tavern, from 12o'clock, Wednesday, Novembers, until 12 m., Thursday, November 4. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6. At Rock Hill, from Monday, November 8, to Saturday, November 13. And at Yorkville from Monday, November 15, until the 31st day of December, 11)09, after which day the penalties will attach as stated above. HARRY E. NEIL, County Treasurer. 9-?3 If 1 * WrX\--. y P W& ' ' 1S^:':J? ll $<**' .% -i\. t*4. ^ : "1 4 m Ivte .' W~ ->-?iB*- * j-aKgwt" i's.. > > j ! U *xP<r3*. .SCMAM I'd) I. CO. ft*itlMt(M4lll? 1?l| m expenditure. ''More mean it, refers to better quality, better tailoring, neater appearance, and it is nowhere better demonstrated than in cur excellent . SCKL0S3 BROS'. CLOTHING. St'iTS, SiE LP. arra ?sr ?c n. m ?TTT'TS'R iV??L;iiL,ii? tcAaney ?tot KSt VCR !OI ^5n^-1 -i 1' pi? | OUR LIST OF \ Satisfied ? 1 i: 6 .,,f. ,. ;, _ | 1 He Housekeeper is < g Your name will remain on c ** trial order. We give persoi Q to all orders. Absolute sat y handle everything in the Grocery, Prod; 6 * line and will make you the $ all goods. Q Q Ring I h || Stewart Cu l^gf/ | foi If it's a surface y 1. The < to be painted, en- jS Summei amclcd, s t a i n c d , ,? D * varnished, or fin- H ftlllt ishcd in any way, WOC there's an Acme ijj 7he de< Quality Kind to fit gj 3 Fall the purpose. H , dcp W Little ii danger r 4. Wet unp l.Gcl( OJ eily. 5. Fall moi The g, K it rue tun M ASK U3 altOUt n Era). It insure U at the least cos g fully answered. Parks Drug OCTAGON SOAP?Seven cakes 25 j cents. Whet have you been paying! for it? STEWART & CUI.P. !, ____________ WANTED1 - 500 Straw Hats tit 25c each. ! We will give you 25c J'or your Straw j Ilat in exchange for a hat ir. keeping I ' with the season. Prices $1.50 to $3.00. j McELHANKY & CO. Tl YOU WANT . A Steak or Roast that, is tender, J sweet and juicy, I can furnish it. j I have Steaks, Roasts, Chops,;' Ham and Sausage, the best that i money can buy. I also handle j Groceries and all kinds of Canned J Goods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage 3 and Potatoes on hand at all ] times. See me. it's my treat. ! W. LEK HALL, . - I $1 Suits Here Are just as highly pleased with the values they get as are the men who buy our finest suits. No one receives more for his money than another, but each receives more than he can purchase elsewhere for the same " in the sense we V C?rvt?kt*J l?0? ft* JtftLOSS fttri*? to gffxf7* ~ nrrrr^a:.wi & Comp'y. 8 Customers ? IS GROWING. | ? fi Dur best recommendation. Q )ur list if you will give us a j^j lal and particular attention ? isfaction guaranteed. We ? 9 ice and Fruit lowest prices possible on | 9 g Ja Up. jjj "S Telephone tt HP, Number 15. 9 A - 3*53 SOS SOS rong Reasons * Fall Painting wood is thoroughly dry. 's sun has removed all moisture. penetrates deeper into dry ?d. eper it goes the better it holds. weather is warm, dry and lendable. 'anger of cold, damp, rainy days, which enthe durability of paint. weather decays and destroys trotected surfaces. f paint means unsightly and less valuable proppainting keeps out winter sture. catcst enemy to the life and beauty of alt CM. ACME QUALITY HOUSE TAINT (New s the greatest protection and beauty, t pi r year of service. Questions cheerCompany. Why Pay Rent When $2.50 a week will Buy a Home? for Particulars aee L. A. HARRIS. a O XX JC3K *3* XX XX S j) EverylhSng that's Good to Eat $ 5 The Parlor Restaurant, 9 H BEN DAVID. Proprietor, jgj J Next to Skyscraper -- Columbia, S. C. Q FARMERS I arn making a specialty of Ceiling for tenant hous'*s at $1.00 per hundred. V. B. Blankenship. j ^ |1#I fc W liM-ltfUWW A? MHUMHf -f O i - : $ V * ? - || The Growth > +* WHEN "OLD GLORY" unfurl " can's heart cannot help bu I L gladness that only a loyal America! ?' < land or sea the heart fairly tingle knows no bounds. When the traveler from Uncle S: shore, if the "Red, White and Blut ' like home; nothing honorable daur | those colors are his protection; tha< i is alert to the safety of his chijdrei i H was on Saturday, the 14th of ? : . gress resolved that the ilag for the i over the "land of the free and hon | thirteen stars and thirteen stripes. Probably it will never be known I <> It is said, however, that Betsy Ros 1 designs were partially drawn by th ^ ^ John Paul Jones, one of the grea V r credit for being the first to display going vessel, as well as the distinc stripes saluted by Europe. TT It was in 1794 that the original tl t? mont and Kentucky, two new Stub | their Statehood. As a State was added to the Nat '...I the blue background, but the origii j and now our forty-sixth and newes : State of Oklahoma, known as the' ' > < > j to the Union on November 16, 1901 As we all think of the most beau | let us with loud voices shout: ! PP "Hail Columbia, i T-.> While Uncle Sam's stars have bi TT into the commercial world only ten P+ greatness?this is the star trade-nu ; Rand Shoe Comuany, a mark of their shoes. The star that started ten years a of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousar j ers, and but uim-teen traveling sa j TT times such strong policies of Uncle *p kity and Straightforward Busin 1 tal of Three Million, Seven Hun lars, a Battery of Ten Big Special ! ufacturing capacity of 52,0(H) pairs, j men, 15,000 loyal customers and ov I TT ers. Such rapid, gigantic growtl thing?Stor Brnnd Shoes Are Better i tf Tl -.ere are two ways by which yot j is good. One, an expensive way, i: ! safe way is by looking for our "SU j shoos you buy. This star is there f | shoe making, solid leather outer sol IT., leather counters and expert workm on any l)llt good shoes, and we will ^ honestly constructed throughout, ai ' IT honesty is backed by our reputatior Making. ! When you go to your dealer tell 1 i "Stars", "R. J. R.," $5.00 and $ 4^ $4.00 Shoes for men; "Mayflower," I'JL' "Our Familv." nnniiljir.nn'/>iMl aVir?,? ; ^ y """V hoys' and girls' school shoes, and ' . < strongest and longest wearing man ! __ ill THE PEOPL MILLS & YOUI i > I ^ CALL pi | S AKCIES fB # Maraschino Che: S | Tongue, Durkees ^ | White House Co: jg | Macaroni, Best ^ $ i Cheese, White R S I is the best. For $ | Fleischman's Ye Jo g Our Stock is an $ ? of GOOD THnS jjj J JONES, T1 That Lame Kidney And to Relieve the La You Must First Re There la no question about that| at all?for the lame and aching j Di*.cK is caused oy h aiseasort condition of the kidneys and bladder. It is only common senso, any way ?that you must cure a condition by removing the cause of the condition. And lame and aching back are not by any means the only symptoms of derangement of the kidneys and bladder. There aro a multitude of well-known and unmistakable indications of a more or less dangerous condition. Some of these are, for Instance: Extreme mid unnatural lassitude and weariness, nervous irritability, heart irregularity, "nerves on edge," sleeplessness and inability to secure rest, scalding sensation and fiedlment in the urine, inflammation of the bladder and passages, etc. DcWitt's Kidney and Bladder Tills aro an exceptionally meritorious remedy for any and a'l nffnotions or diseased conditions of 1 these organs. These Tills operate directly and promptly?and their beneficial results nre at once felt. They regulate, purify, and effectually heal nnd rcstoro the kidneys. bladder and liver, to perfect and healthy condition?even In' some of the most?'advanced cases.! Sold by Ardrey ,? ' r\ ~ ** r55ij' . " v, % i , M> ? ? -O >? ?- * C>^;-^ ? -+<$>+<$+ ?># ? ? ? v of the Star. t| ' in the breeze the true Amerit boat louder, quicker and with a i " i's heart can know?whether on T !3 with an inexpressible joy that T7 ft mi's realm sets fopt ojj foreign is waving high, the place feels its the wayfarer, for he knows t UncLe Sam's over watchful eye i ! 1. <]v7. lune, 1777, that the American Con- . thirteen United States waving ?t it* of the brave" should consist of t^ it who designed the stars and stripes. is made the lirst flag and that the + ? e "Father of Our Country." *5 test of naval commanders, claimed ^ ~ the stars and stripes on an ocean- ^ lion of carrying the first stars and Tt lirteon stars were broken and Ver- tt ss, each received a star denoting tt ion a new star was crowded into + 4 ml thirteen stripes never changed, " t star is the great and glorious 'Home of the Red Man," admitted 44 ft tiful flag the world has ever known 4I Happy Land. " en growing, another star, ushered tt years ago, has been increasing its t* irk of the Roberts, Johnson & honesty stamped on the heel of 44 go in a small way with a capital id Dollars, no factories, no custom- rv lesmen, and by pursuing at a!) -t Sam's as Honesty, Push, Inteo- r ess Ability lias grown to n eapidred and fifty thousand dol- *4 Shoe Factories, with a daily man- 4^' over one hundred traveling sales- ; er three million enthusiastic wear- T li can bo attributed to but one t* tt i can tell whether or not a shoe i cutting into the shoe; another +4 ir" trade-mark on the heel of the 4^ or a purpose. It denotes honest 4^ !es, solid leather inner soles, solid > anship. You cannot find our star tt never put it on a shoe that is not t* id every shoe carrying this sign of d .. 1 of Ten Years of Honest Shoe t* tt lim to show VOll corvw. r.f A. ,, ? v.* mcfc ; T >G.0O shoes for men; "Patriot." ' $2.50 and $2.00 shoes for women; s for all the family; "Eternity," "Stronger Than tho Law," the ^ > 's shoe on earth. ^ ; ES STORE. II ft "f SG, Proprietors. ft \ QSTIBIOUSI * " 1OLKS. 11 rries, Luncheon g g ' Salad Dressing, | ? ffee, Best Italian I t> American Cream 11 aven Red Salmon I ft r> * 1 # wciicr oread use g g ast, Phone 14. I $ Encyclopoedia i g IGS TO EAT. I g le Grocer. 11 Back Means Disease \ f- *f2iSNi me and Aching Back, lieve the Kidneys E. C. PeWItt Chicago, Jil.. "want every man nml woman who have the least suspicion that they arc cfTlicted with kidney and bladder diseases to at. ones write tkeraf and a trial box of these Pllla will be sent free by return mall postpaid, s Drug Store.