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The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Mornings. B. W. &. W. R. Bradford Publishers W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford Manager Subscription Rates: One Year S1.00 Six Months .50 On application to the publisher, advertising rates arc made known to those interested. The Times invites contributions on live subjects. but dooH not agree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The riicht is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. Telephone, local and lonK distance. No. 112. FORT MILL. S. C.. DECEMBER 16. 1909. COME HOME. "Must I go home? It is too soon?too soon! I haven't been here half the afternoon! We're busy playing?there's so much to do! Why can't I stay and play till we get through?" The messenger speaks from the hallway's gloom: "Your father sends for you, dear child; come home!" They go?she struggles with her sudden tears. How like n child am I for all my years! For me, too, waits a messenger. I hear his garments rustle sometimes; he is near, When falls the twilight; then, with tears, I, too. Shall plead, "Not yet! There is much to do!" Then shall the messenger speak from the gloom: "Your Father sends for you, my child; come home!" ? Fannie Barber Knapp. Card-Playing on Train*, One of the first matters which should claim the attention of the Legislature when it convenes in January is a bill which likely will be introduced prohibiting card-playing on passenger trains in this State. There are good reasons why such a law should be on the statute books. It not infrequently happens that cardplaying on the trains is distasteful and irritating in the extreme to the fellow passengers of those thus engaged. Some days ago two card games were in progress simultaneously in a coach between Fort Mill and Columbia and the conduct of the players in one of the parties was exceedingly objectionable to their fellow-travelers. That money was up on the game, though not in sight, was not to be doubted, and as a natural consequence there was much loud talking, punctuated with profanity. In Stato nf Tovno flinnn iV r.i.r.'L. v.ivy k/vuvV Vi AVAUO UICIC 10 OUVII a law and it is vigorously enforced. If it is good for the Lone Star State, why not for South Carolina? The railroad companies could offer no reasonable objection to the passage of such a law and it would not only lessen the unseemly conduct which one too often encounters in traveling on the passenger trains, but what is more, and if for no other reason, it should be passed to protect the women and children from the vile conduct and indecent language which they are often subjected to by being fellow-passengers of the card-players. The annual six-day bicycle race is ended at Madison Square Garden in New York city. It is an exhibition of brutality which should be prohibited by law. The rider who is unfortunate enough to be able to continue the merciless grind to the end of the race comes out a broken and aged man who never recovers from the terrible strain to which he has been subjected. If for the prospect of winninc cold mnn not sense enough to protect themselves from the certain irreparable injury which such exhibitions inflict, it is the duty of the State to step in and save them from themselves. We witnessed for a few minutes some years ago one such race and we do not care to see another one. Another Municipal 1 icket. The following ticket has been handed The Times with the request that it be published: For Mayor B. C. Ferguson. For Aldermen ?Ward 1, W. L. Hall; Ward 2, C. W. Eason: Ward 3, B. W. Bradford; Ward 4, J. B. Mills; at large, A. R. McElhaney and W. P. Crayton. Best grade of cotton brought 15 cents on the local market yesterday. Seed, 45 cents. THE PINEVILLE BANK 1 ORGANIZED FRIDAY New Institution Will Begin Business 1 About February 1. That Pineville, just across the line in North Carolina, is not by any means a finished town is evidenced by the fact that at a meeting of the principal business | men of the community Friday afternoon the Pineville Loan and ! Savings bank was organized by the election of a strong board of directors. The capital stock is | $15,000. Application will be i made at once to the secretary of state for a charter and the bank will begin business about Febru- j ary 15, or as soon as a splendid i * ? * * ?* Dunaing wnicn it is planned to erect as the home of the bank can be put up. A meeting of the directors is to be held this afternoon at which officers will be elected. The directors are W. M. Morrow, j S. H. Kcll, J. E. McClure, W. M. j Ross, J. S. Miller, S. L. Hoover, Dr. Hand, Z. M. Johnson, all of i Pineville, and J. H. Little, of Charlotte. Much credit is due Mr. W. H. Fuller, a young Kentucky gentleman who located in Pineville some weeks ago, for the organization of the bank. Mr. Little 1 was untiring in his efforts in behalf of the bank, and it is anticipated that in recognition of his services the board of di- | rectors will elect him cashier. It is confidently believed that | the Pineville Loan and Savings bank will meet with success from i the first day its doors are opened ; for busiuess. Pineville is not only a substantial town which does a surprising amount of business for a place of 5?>0 people, but is in the most prosperous farming section of Mecklenburg county and handles annually more cotton than many towns j in this section three times as i large. 1 I Windle Case in Supreme Court. Mr. W. H. Windle, of the Cold | Hill section of this township, was ! in town yesterday and stated that his appeal in the assault, and battery case in which he wasj convicted bust April probably would be heard in the supreme court next week, and that he hoped a decision would be rendered soon. It will be re- i called that Mr. W'indle had a aimeuity with Editor Grist, of the Yorkville Enquirer, in the; office of the clerk of court in Yorkville early in September of last year. The difficulty grew ; out of a political publication in The Enquirer to which Mr. Windle took offense and when he and Mr. Grist met in the! court house some days after-: ward Mr. Windle struck Editor Grist with a walking stick. He was convicted before Judge ( Memminger and fined $500. The grounds on which the appeal to : the supreme court is based are ! excessive fine and illegal jury, Judge Memminger having discharged 12 of the. first-week jurymen for rendering a verdict which did not meet with his approval and thereby, according to Mr. Windle's attorneys, creating an illegal jury, which sat upon the case. Considerable interest is felt in the township over the supreme court's disjiosition of the case. the State Baptist Convention. The Rev. S. P. Hair, the new pastor of the Baptist ehiuch in this city, returned a day or two ago from the annual meeting of VIIV K-JV I I V(ll U11IUI Dtipi Ik)l COI1vention, which had been in session for several days in Anderson. Mr. Hair slates that the attendance on the convention was considerably above the average and that, the reports from all the departments of the church work for the last year showed gratifying results. The numerical strength of the church has grown steadily since the last session of the convention and the collections have been good. The convention, after listening to a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Lighti'oot of North Augusta, was organized by the reelection of the old otficers: H. S. Thomas, editor of The Baptist Courier, president; C. A. Jones, of Bennettsville, president, and T. B. Bobo, of Laurens, treasurer. Mr. Hair says that a regrettable incident of the convention was the announcement of the Rev. Dr. T. M. Bailey, for the last 20 years the elficient chairman of th<? St Silo Miooirvn Kao ml ? PS^ vv?vv/ i>u..n)H'il MV/aiU, that, owing: to advancing years, he could not longer serve. Dr. Bailey is about 80 years old and is greatly loved and venerated by the entire convention. His successsr will be selected at a meeting of the missionary board to be held in January. The next meeting of the convention will be held in Laurens, but Mr. Hair doubts whether it will be possible for the Laurens people to surpass the kindness and hospitality which was accorded the members of the convention in Anderson. CHRISTMAS SPECIALS For white fruit cake: crystalized ginger, pineapple and cherries. For black fruit cake: dates, citron, nuts, raisins, cur- , rants. At Jones', the (Jrocer. " I Rock Hill District Appointments. The following pastoral appointments for the Rock Hill district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for the year 1910. were announced by the presiding bishop ?t the State conference in Abbeville Monday: T. C. Orell, presiding elder; Blackstock, H. B. Hardy; Chester. P. M. ! McLeod; Chester circuit, Dove Tiller; | East Chester, F. E. Hodges; East I Lancaster, J. A. White; Fort Mill. T. G. ; White; Hickory Grove, H. W. Whittaker; Lancaster, M. M. Brabham; Lancaster circuit, J. T. Mcfarlane; North Rock Hill, W. M. O wings; Kichburg, W. S. Martin; Rock Ilill, St. Johns, H. R. Mills; City Mission, C. P. Carter: Rock Hill circuit, S. I). Bailey; Van Wyck, W. A. Youngblood; Winnshoro. D. Arthur PhUlins- York vilU>, J. H. Thacker; York circuit, Elzie Myers. Seasonable Rains. The long drouth which has prevailed in this section was broken Sunday night and Monday by the heaviest rain which has fallen since the first week in August. The precipitation for the last three months is reported by the weather bureau as decidedly deficient, but fortunately for (he farming .interests of this section has resulted in little if any damage further than to retard the fall plowing which some farmers have been anxious to begin for several weeks. Indeed, it is claimed that the light precipitation has been beneficial to this section rather than detrimental. To the lack of the usual amount of rainfall is attributed the magnificent texture and fineness of the fall's cotton crop, there having been very little stains and tinges reported on the Fort Mill and nearby markets. But now that the rain has come many farmers doubtless will take advantage of the condition of the land to do the plowing which they have necessarily deferred. There has been a noticeable increase in the volume of water in the Catawba since the rains the early part of the week. As was stated in The Times last week, the water in the river had been considerably below the usual stage for some time. School Literary Society. The Literary Society of the Fort Mill Graded and High School was organized Nov. G, 1!K?8. with Clarence McMurray as president. There are 66 members enrolled at present and the offices are held by the following members: President, Ed Branson; vice president, Monroe White; recording secretary, Miss Elizabeth Nims; corresponding secretary, Miss Carrie Merritt; treasurer, Miss Mattie Epps; literary critic,Frank Massey; sergeant-at-arms, Carey Epps; page, Miss Olive Harris. These officers are elected by ballot every three months, except the president, who is elected monthly. The object of the society is to aid its members by precept and by practice to become familiar with parliamentary laws, to develop a spirit of emulation in argument, expression of thought and to create a love for the same. To insure order in the society a small fine is imposed upon members who misbehave. Up to this time very few have been fined. RT r* ^ i^ews rrom the Capital. Correspondence of The Times. Columbia, Dec. 14. Gov. Ansel has returned from Washington, where he and other members 'of the Calhoun statue commission saw the statue put in place. According to the governor, the statue is one of the handsomest and most imposing in the capitol. Winnsboro granite was used in making the statue and the work, was done by Mr. Ruckstuhl, the maker of the Hampton monument which stands in the State house grounds here. Among the yonng men admitted to the bar on Saturday, after successfully passing the examination, was Joseph E. Hart, of Yorkville. At the University of South Carolina yesterday morning a very entertaining lecture was given by Mr. Loring, of Orangeburg, on "The North American Indian and His Music." Mr. Loring has spent much of his life in the study of the Indian and gave a highly entertaining lecture. "Will anyone in the State lend two old vets at the Confederate home a second-hand encyclopedia or unabridged dictionary, to be returned when called for?" The above is a copy of a communication sent out from the ?I nvnili: JCSLiriUtl) cHUTIlUOll eHl(l signed by two of the veterans. One of the veterans who signed the request said that he was a graduate of WofTord coll ge and that his roommate was a former president of a college in Mississippi. They need one of the above named books very badly, he said, and if one was loaned to them it would be a great pleasure not only to them but to other residents of the home as well. Muss Mary O'Connell was taken from her home in this city to a Charlotte hospital a few days ago to have an operation performed. Miss O'ConheH's many \ ' The M SUITS?That fit, and ij from start to finish. UNDERWEAR?Of the | today. SUIT CASES?In more | we can name. NECKWEAR?In innur 8 Xmas boxes. SUSPENDERS-Of all c< i Kavac FANCY VESTS?Wears SWEATERS?All colors GLOVES?In every kno Many other articles app McE awe iw i hiiimb?ur?? K<Q;?3?.>OHO>0>CKvO(?t? |[ GET R | FOR CHE Is = With a wry short time for Chris your sake and our sake, "do it now Jt by delay. Last minute buying inef I Q vexation for you. tt Here Are a Few Jjf Host Seeded Raisins, 1 j>ound I 9 packages 10c Best Cleaned Currants, 1 pound ft packages 10c Rest Citron, free from sugar, Q per pound 30c ? Finest Dried Figs, per lb. 20c Q Best Dates, 1 -H? package. 10c u 4X Powdered Sugar, per lb. 10c 3-Crown California London Lay- J 9 or Raisins, per lb.. 12Jc j Choice Cranberries, per qt. 12Jc ft New Almonds, per lb. 20c i New Walnuts, per lb. 20c I Q New Butternuts, per lb. 15c jgj S. C. Pecans, per lb 20c <j 0We are prepared to take care of but we want to do it smoothly, can y. cannot visit our store in jwrson. pi Q given prompt and careful attention I Stewart & Cu 81 friends hope that she will pass successfully through the operation. Robert Price, an aged white man. for several years a resident of this place, died at his home in the upper part of towrt at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Price had been sick a long time and his death was not unexpected. He was a mill worker and leaves a wife and several children. The interment was in the city cemetery yesterday afternoon. CALL Oil PHONY: JONES for your 1 Christmas turkey, chicken or jjorker. f an's Ch "jlHE WIN ? is the i values for th That's the come here fc Schloss Br coats contair and workma you can find I Kj b _ ' $ are stylish and correct A best kinds on the market F sizes and varieties than nerable colors in fancy alors and kinds in Xmas IS ible with any suit. b and grades. F wn style. v ropriate for holiday gifts F lhaney 4 EADY | ilSTMAS. | tmas buying, let. us urge you, for j) '!" There is nothing to be gained uw rushing over things for us and * 0 I i ningi tor T ou: S Best Mixed Nuts, containing only H the newest and best of Nuts, M per lb 20c * Mince Meat, per lb 15c Q Sweet Florida Oranges, per doz. ft 20 and 25c jj| Finest Celery, stalk 10c X Apples, per peck 35 to 60c rf Fine Assortment French Candy, Q par lb. 10c Jj Peanut Brittle, per lb.- . 20c Q Crystalized Pineapple, per lb..50c ?And? V "MISTLETOE" HAMS and { "MELROSE" FLOUR. jj any and all patronage given us, | Ljfully and as you want it. If you lone your orders. They will be jj 1 Telephone Up> Number 15. 19 + ******* EXCURSION RATES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. % Account Christmas holidays the Southern Railway announces very low round trip excursion rates from all points. Tickets will be on sale December 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 2f>th, 3lst, 1909, and January 1st, 1910, limited good to return lea. ..g destination not later than midnight of | January 6th, 1910. Children half fare. I For further information, rates, etc., apply to Southern Railway ticket agents or address, J. L. MEEK, i ASST. GEN'L PASSENGER AGENT, ATLANTA, GA.: or J. C. LUSK, DIVISION PASSENGER AGENT, I CHARLESTON, S. C. i i i mmmm j KoclolFop|nd?e,tlo,L Relievesscsir stomach, palpitation <rf the heart Digests what you eat ristmas NER in the njjatt man who gets e mnnpv lip * sort of winner yc >r an overcoat. os. and Griffon i more valiie in s nship than any o lO to $2 'i l.N INEXPENSINt AND PLEAS CHRISTMAS ( our pairs of fanbus Shtmurow I lEN'S HOSE,put up in a special ox, $1.00. These socks are th ine texture, ftug fitting, permam fith a worldwide reputation for i presenta^on box, contains - irji - Sc Compa MHBBlHHi MMEWaHMHBSnBBraHHaMB * ~ ~ Books for all Ag es Bibles and Te /;jf . WATERMAN'S IDEAL $2.50 I FOUNTAIN PENS. Up. \C orlnlro Box Stati< 1 Oc to 93 I The handsomest line of Toilet Cases i Shop eurly and Ret choice. We'have f ARDREY'S DR ? :ial Be in La] We have just received an ^ show room a job lot of 50 bap i J next 30 days offer at attractive ^ are all of pretty design and woi ^ Holiday gift. ^ We are also offering for 30 ^4 all kinds of horse accessories ^ Whip Crackers, Collars. Brid ^ Pads, Brushes, Combs, et< | W. F. HARR s^_===__===_ J Store. I er of clothes the greatest is. fl #uil be if you fl Brand overityle, quality ?ther clothes lNG '^1 le genuine Interwoven. SHKS ent silk-lisle colors and ivear. four pairs of sox, $1.00 ^K?5 ny, I is : i , for all Tastes. | staments | A MOTTO H FOUNTAIN PEN ? Albums I onery i *?? H 'ver in Fort Mill, 25<* to || tin* goods that satisfy. UG STORE. irgains $ I p Robes. J (1 have on display at our Msi tobes that we will for the ^ prices. These Lap Robes jk ild make a most acceptable ? days special bargains in ^ M Robes, Blankets, Whips, j m lies. Check Reins, Boots, f 5 J1 IS & SONS, j J