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o Tide Eradication m Upper Carolina. ] The State and. Federal agents ! in tick eradication work are now ! being placed in the field for the \ summer's campaign and by April ' 1st the entire force will be at J work in the northwestern coun- ' ties of this State i. e. Abbeville, j Greenwood, Laurens, Union, ! Cherokee, Spartanburg Chester : and York. Every effort will be made to cbmpletely free this ' area from ticks and place it , above the federal quarantine line this year. On December 6, 1909, the J counties of Oconee, Pickens, 1 Greenville and Anderson were released from federal quaran tine and cattle can now be ship- ! ped from this area to any portion of the United States with- , out restriction. This has already greatly stimulated interest in the feeding of beef cattle, as cattle in this area can now be placed on the market without restriction and consequently bring more than cattle fed in other portions of the State. Tick eradication work in South Carolina has been in progress since July 1, 1907, when Oconee, Pickens, Greenville and Anderson counties were first t uaran- j tined against cattle frorr. other ! portions of the State. T.n these counties over 800 tick infested premises were found on first inspection and, with the exception of a small number of farms, those premises have been entirely freed from ticks. In Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, Cherokee, AJhester and York counties^ which were quarantined^ June 1909, about 2000 tick "'infested' premises were ozv" ftwmd and nearly half of these Wttve already been freed from ticks. The' remainder will be freed this summer and these counties will then be in condition for release from federal quarantine. This work is being conducted oy the State in co-operation with the U, $. Bureau of Animal Industry under an act of the General Assembly which 'authorizes the hoard of trustees of Clemson college to appropriate funds and adopt necessary regulations for the execution of this work. The appropriation bill recently passed by the General Assembly directs the appropriation of $5,000 out of the Clemson college funds for tick eradication work, but the amount expended for the present fiscal year will reach $10,000 while the federal appropriation for the present fiscal year will be in the neighborhood of $20,000. Agents in tick eradication work are directed by the Federal inspector at Spartanburg and by the State veterinarian at Clemson College. The progress of this work will now be more rapid as the people of the State are beginning to realize that the cattle tick causes an enormous loss which can be prevented. The estimated loss to the people of the Southern States, which can be attributed to this dangerous parasite, is about $40,000,000 each year, while an estimate of $900,000 annual loss to the people of South Carolina would not be ex cessive. KM i ree f moral Direct or maine rrohiDition. The State of Maine has had prohibitory law for about sixty years. Prohibition has been preached from many of toe Protestant pulpits and doubtless a large majority of the Protestant preachers favor it. The United States census bulletin No. 103, under the heading of; "Religious bodies," reveals some interesting facts with reference j to the State of Maine as far as i * church membership is concerned. Page 40 of this bulletin shows ' 4 that the per capita membership ' in all churches of the United States was in 1890 32.7 per cent., in 1906 39.1 per cent, r* . ?, that in the North Atlantic diV vision composed of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu? setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, ? New York, New Jersey and v * Pennsylvania, it was in 1 SIM) 36.5 per cent, and in 1906 44.1 ^ per cent. The per capita church membership in the State of Maine was in 1890 24.2 per cent, and in 1906 29.8 per cent. The omwtli nf n?>r ntniilu momlinruhin was in the North Atlantic division from 1890 to 1906 8.6 per cent, in the State of Maine 5.6 per cent.- There are but five States in the Union showing less per capita church membership in 1906 than Maine, one of these being Kansas, another prohibition State, and other Oklahoma with a large Indian population and also a prohibition State, and the others being West Virginia, Wyoming and Oregon. Bulletin Epj*:V . , * * iU * V, Divorce/' on page 42, shows that the average number of divorces in the United States in 1900 per 100,000 married population was 200, in the North Atlantic division the average number for* that population was 100. The average number of divorces in the State of Maine per 100,000 population was 182, being 182 points or 182 per crent. larger than the average in the North Atlantic division. These statistics suggest the question as to whether prohibition increases morality or church memoersmp. Frightened Horse Demolishes Buggy. A buggy in which V. B. Blankenship was riding was considerably broken up Friday afternoon on Booth street, near the Presbyterian church. Half a hundred or more hand bills had been put on a cord which was tacked to a tree. As Mr. Blankenship passed the tree a gust of wind blew a number of the bills down in front of the horse. The horse became frightened and bolted into a farm wagon loaded with fertilizer. The impact tore one wheel from the buggy and otherwise injured it, but fortunately Mr. Blankenship was not hurt. The broken buggy was owned by Magistrate McElhaney, who is emphatically of the opinion that the law against the distributing of hand bills on the streets should be enforced. Tomorrow is "All Fool's Day." Buggies, W Hari Just received a new lo Side Sprir All kinds of Harness?an Cracker np. When you need anything we'll try to please you. A few Lap Robes left th< Blount's Tru Are the best. Sold by i W. F. HARK I Building Wood ? Cast We are prepared promptly for all kin [Qj terial at very lowest carried at all times, happen to have in st in our planing mill Write or phone us at or give your orders t {o\ your local dealer, an< [| Syleecau Mf Rock Hill, I no treasure-lade: Is likely to com Your surest way after what you e one best way to < I DEPOSIT YOUR MOfl And you'll know make and how i I here helps you t< stance, you can 1 for two cents. ] is so cheap or ne The Savings Bank i W. B. Meacham, ( Reach Baseball Goods fSpSS^ '"' Sjtass* . ^ v<a.T^ ' The Reach trademark is a guarantee of satisfaction and perfection. We are ! confident of the quality of these goods and will replace any defective Reach- ! made article (except baseballs and bats ! costing less than $1) with a new one. Baseball clubs will find it to their in- ; terest to correspond with us about uni- i forms. Call at The Times office for a Reach ; baseball eataloc. S. B. Mt MASTER, SPORTING GOODS, Columbia, - - S. C. j Fort Mill Pressing Club Is the place to get your clothes cleaned, pressed or repaired, and delivered at the proper time. Telephone 146. Fort Mill Pressing Club, GUY ROSS, Prop. fagons and . ness. t of those Reinforced ig Buggies y piece or part from Whip I in this line come to see us; at we will sell at cost. e Blue Plows IS. US S SONS ?? : = Materials | t Iron ? Steel ^ to fill your orders {tv ids of Building Maprices. A large stock , and what we don't :ock, we can get out ftp at once. : No. 115, Rock Hill, 0 V. B. Blankenship, 1 he will send them in. g. Company, I S. C. 8 SHIP e to make you suddenly rich, to wealth is to look carefully arn and spend. There is only do this. [EY WITH US all the time how much you much you spend. An account ) save in many ways. For inmail a check for any amonnt No other way of sending money I arly so safe. I ri Fort Mill I Cashier i % TWENTY PI The Savings Department Bank will place $20.00 to girl under sixteen years the greatest number of v "THE PEOPLES N Subject to the following condi 1. No proper names shall be used 2. Each word must appear in Wc 3. "The Peoples National Bank" i 4. No word shall contain a letter letter appears in "The Peoples National 5. Each list when sent in must i therein. 6. The lists of words will be recei first day the Bank occupies its new bui nounced later. 7. This deposit of Twenty Dollai other deposits in the Savings Departmc I it will draw interest at the rate of pounded quarterly. The Peoples P I ROCK HILL, - SAFE, SUCCESJ | When Buy i l|i There is much to ^ ||| be said when it |jg comes to buying a Hi buggy. Of course ^Jfij ||| there are all kinds /\\i^ ||i of buggies, but if it J is a Rock Hill Bug||| gy you can rest as- v sured that it is a good on Icarerui as to tne material wt that leaves their factory. R higher in price but"?the we that is the thing to consider what tliey want. ^We still li also some nice driving horses 1 FORT Mil I . s * .*r wmOkf. ' I ??????????????????? 1| V * miin nnnr I unttn rnitt. i t of The Peoples National the credit of the boy or I of age, who will form w vords from the letters in IATI0NAL BANK." tions: I ;bster's Dictionary. I nay be counted as four words. a greater number of times than the I I Bank." state the number of words contained ived, and the deposit awarded on the lding, the date of which will be an s may be withdrawn at any time, as all ;nt, but if left three months, or longer, I four per cent (4) per annum, com1 I?. _ , I National Bank, 1 SOUTH CAROLINA. 5FUL, SECURE. I e, for the manufacturers are i|?| lich goes into every vehicle ||| ock Hill Buggies are "a little w taring qualities are there, and ||| in buying a buggy. ||| ave left a few of the good ? and mules we have been telli about. They are going to ||| and that right away, for stock ||| ot stay long in our stables j||* Our customers come from far pj? car, for they know wc have gljj ave some mighty fine mules, |$8 See our stock before buying, gg MULE CO. J I