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The Fort Mill Times.
DEMOCRATIC.
Published Thursday Mom intra.
B. A W. R. Bradford Publishers
W. R. Bradford Editor
B. W. Bradford Manager
The Times invites contributions on live subject*,
but doe* not ngrw to publish more than 200 word*
on any subject. The right is reserved to edit '
every communication submitted for publication, i
On application to the publisher, advertising
rates are made known to those interested.
Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112.
Subscription Ratks:
One Year SI.25
81* Month* 65
FORT MILL. S. C.. SEPTEMBER 29. 1910.
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Welshing "The Times."
. Editor Fort Mill Times:
In many respects you get out a
good paper; in other respects it is exceedingly
distasteful to me. For instance,
your attitude toward the health
conditions of the town is not what the
people who support your paper have
a right to expect.- You have stated
that the public well water is con tarn i- '
nated and unfit for use. The public
wall water in Fort Mill has been used
for years and I have never known any- ;
one to "die from drinking it. What we
need in this town is a paper that will
pay 1p3b attention to such small matters.
"Booster." '
Fort Mill/ Sept. 26.
Sensible people who read the foregoing
will wonder why, in the face of
the State law to the contrary, the authorities
allow "Booster" to run at
large and, like Nebuchadnezzar, to
browse without a brtdle. He could
very conveniently and becomingly ac- I
commodate a ring in his nose and should
be tied to a stake in a shady place
where the nibbling is Bhort.
But, seriously, "Booster," "like the
"Poor Relation" of whom Charles
Lamb tells in "The Essays of Elia,"
"insults "s with a commendation" of
The Times, after borrowing or begging
it of his neighbors for years. He contributes
nothing to the support of the
paper and his compliment is, therefore,
perverse.
The attitude of The Times relative
to the unsatisfatory health conditions
in Fort Mill can be stated in a few
words. Some weeks ago the paper
directed attention to unsanitary outhouses
and other filth, which should
have been cleaned up. What is the
duty of a newspaper toward the community
in which it is published? Is it
to gloss over the community's shortcomings
by lying or evasion or to tell the
truth in the hope of rousing public conscience
to a realization of conditions
which chould be improved? The answer
depends upon the character and intelligence
of the reader.
The public well water! A sample of
the water was sent to the State bacteriologist.
He'arialyzed the water and
his analysis showed the presence of human
and animal excrement. The Times
published the facts as a news item,
without comment. Since then the water
from the well has been drawn off and
the town's embryo bacteriologists, anticipating
the second report of the
State bacteriologist, pronounced it pure.
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.
Governor Bleiie'i Floor Leader.
I f vVt. ctnn, ?.,? f 1~??1 LI.
ai biic oia/i j ocut UU t l I UIIl V^UIUIIIUIU.
that George R. Rembert, Richland
county member of the General Assembly,
is to be the leader of the Blease
administration forces on the floor of the
house of representatives is true, the
prohibitionists and others who may be
expected to oppose most of the measures
which Governor Blease will advocate
probably are congratulating themselves
over the prospect of smooth
sailing. Mr. Rembert is a new member
of the legislature, and is therefore
handicapped by the lack of experience.
If he is a strong debater or is otherwise
endowed with any of the attributes
of successful leadership, the fact is not
generally known. An administration
floor leader in the General Assembly is
an innovation in South Carolina politics,
but no reasonable objection can be
urged against the governor who goes
into office determined to do something
for the people selecting a member of
1- iL ? _ ...
in*- uouy to pusn tne measures in which
the governor is interested, though it
would seem that the member thus
honored should be a legislator of experience
and marked ability.
The Drift Cityward.
The drift to the city from the country,
which so many deplore, is no new
thing. It has always been so, for history
shows that the great cities of old as well
as those of modern days were not built 1
up by the natural increase of their own 1
population, but by constant accretion
from the country. In fact the city is
an immense maelstrom remorselessly
sucking in the brain and brawn of the
country.
That, on the whole, it is a misfortune
few will question. For every one person
who goes from the country to the city
and benefits by the change there are
probably a dozen who do not benefit,
for with most of them the change means
a deterioration, physically, financially ?
and morally. But this fact does not |
check the migration, for it is not the i
failure of the dozen that is considered
but the success of the one.
i ne man wno can solve tne proDiem
of how to keep young: men and women
on the farm and in the small town will
prove one of the greatest benefactors
of all time. Many plans have been proposed
and country life has more advantages
than in former days, yet the
drift continues. PerhapB nothing but
the force of economic circumstances
will cause a turn in the tide.
The story going the rounds that a
new morning daily newspaper is about
to be established in Columbia can be
taken with a grain of allowance. It
takes money, and a great deal of it, to
put a morning paper on its feet in a !
field already occupied by a good paper,
and unless the promoters of the new
daily for Columbia are fortified with
thousands which they may reasonably
expect to lose in the venture they are
apt to learn too late that the day is
past when daily newspapers can be put I
upon a self-sustaining basis at a nominal
cost. In the extreme South there is
only one city which supports two morning
papers, though there are scores of
cities which are the burying ground of
morning newspaper undertakings which
gave greater promise of success than
can be hoped for in Columbia.
The Fort Mill Times seems to think
that the race for supervisor hincred
on the "contract system." ?Yorkville I
Enquirer. The opinions of The Times
are to be found in its editorial columns.
The article which was printed in this
paper last week relative to the race for
county supervisor appeared in the news
columns.
WINTHROP COLLEGE.
Charlotte Otiaerver.
Possibly no community in our neigh- j
boring State is just now the focus
of the thoughts of so large a number
of South Carolinians as is Hock Hill.
From hundreds of homes boys have
gone to Clemson and the Citadel, to the
university and the other colleges, but
we have no hesitation in saying that i
the 700 young Jadies who gathered in
Winthrop college Wednesday morning
for the opening exercises of the new i
session will be more deeply missed by
their home foiks than the combined
student bodies of the male institutions.
For the next nine months Hock Hill
and Winthrop will be the object and
centre of most cherished hopes and
most fervent prayers.
Not to the lot of every educator ;
does such opportunity for useful service
fall as has come to Presid?*nt F>
B. Johnson. No less than 1,320 applications
for admission during the
! session of 1910-1911 were received !
during the last summer, and from j
! this it is evident that considerations
of effective work and physical limitations
of room are the weightiest
i reasons for the student body's not ;
| being double its present size. An im!
pressive illustration of how the administration
of the institution affects
, the students may be seen from the
fact that out of a possible 550 old
1 students who might have returned
523 applied for readmission.
Winthrop college is not as old as years
' are counted, but it has already made
I its influence felt. Its prosperity is a
1 matter of intense satisfaction, not to
South Carolina alone but to the peoI
pie of the contiguous States as well,
for such an influence spreads far beyond
State lines.
Tog Tax Due.
Notice is hereby given that the dog
tax for the year 1910 is now due and
! payable to the town treasurer. Owners
of dogs are expected to settle this tax
I immediately and without further notice.
L. SPKATT,
l own Treasurer
Fort Mill, S. C., Sept. 27.
Dr. Moore,
PAIKLESS TOOTH EXTRACTOR,
Will be in town for a short
stay, extracting teeth by his
PAINLESS method. No gas,
ether, chloroform or cocaine
used. Have those old snags
and roots taken out, and save
your health. Teeth examined
free. Give me a call.
Fort Mill Ottice, Bank Building.
When Your Newspaper,
or Magazine Subscription
Expires
We can give you just as good
rates as you can get anywhere.
We will duplicate any bona fide
offer and save you the trouble
and danger of transmitting the
money. All this business must
be cash.
Cosmopolitan with Success,
Harper's Bazaar or Delineator.
$1.40. Cosmopolitan with Woman's
Home Companion, McCiure's,
Everybody's, Hampton's,
Metropolitan or World Today,
$1.70. Cosmopolitan with
Good Housekeeping or American,
$1.75.
The above sample offers are
especially good and expire Ocber
25th.
ARDREY'S DRUG STORE.
OUR FALL
WILL TAK
Thursday,
You are cordially invited
Miss Prank will certain
newest things from Ne\
She eopied French pattei
for a Baltimore house, s
know the season's styles.
Meacharr
"Haile's on the Corner"
Ice Cream,
Cold Drinks, i
Cigars,
Candies,
Garden Seeds,
Drugs and
Medicines.
"Make our store
Your store."
Fort Mill Drug Comp'y
J. R. HAILE, Mgr.
STATEMENT
Of the condition of the Saving* Bank of
Fort Mill, located at Fort Mill, S. C., at
the clo*e of business Sept. 22, 1910.
RESOURCES.
Ixjuns and Discounts .... .... $6X,til4.96
Overdrafts Btt.00
Bonds and Stocks owned by the Rank 7,<KK1.00
Furniture and Fixtures 1.216.50
Due from banks and bankers 3.788.12
Currency 3,6(10.00
Silver and other minor coin 863.41
Total .. ... $85,378.99
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock t>aid in t20.000.IX)
Surplus Fund . 8,000.00
Undivided Profits. less Current Expenses
and Taxes Paid 888.92
Individual Deposits subject to check .10,373.90
Cashier's Checks ... 116.17
Bills papable. including Certificates for
money borrowed 6,000,(x)
Total $85,378.99
STATE ok SOUTH CAROLINA. <
County ok York. > 8s*
Before me came W. B. Meacham, Cashier of the
above named bank. who. being duly sworn, says
that the alxiveand foregoing statement is a true
condition of said bank, as shown by the books of
KUIU INlflKi
W. B. MEACHAM.
Sworn to and nubwriM Iwfore me. thin 26th
day of September. 1910.
JOHN W. McELHANY.
Notary Public.
Correct?Attent
J. L. 8PRATT. )
J. H McMllRRAY, > Directors.
S. L. MEACHAM *
Road Contract to Let.
Under the road law for York county,
the contract will be let to the lowest
responsible bidder for keeping the Lancaster
road from the incorporate limits
of the town of Fort Mill to Dobey's
bridge, about six miles, in repair during
the year 1911. All bids should be submitted
to C. P. BLANKF.NSHIP,
Fort Mill Township Supervisor, Fort
Mill, S. C.
September 13. 1910.
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Sept. 29.
to attend,
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v York and Baltimore,
rn hats for two weeks
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ft gold filled, beauties, at 65c, 75c, ft
| $1.00, $1.25 up to $4.00; sterling w
B silver at 25c, 35c, 50c, $1.00 to B
5 $20?- 9
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& ELAM,
(rurULAK JtVVKLKKS)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
West Trade St., Neat Z\ uare.
"The Little Store with the
Big Stock/'
We are getting in tremendous
stocks of the most select lines of
Jewelry, Watches, Silverware,
Cut Glass and Holiday Goods.
Our stock has the variety that
you want when you select a Wedding
or Holiday Gift.
Come to see us and we will always
give you the best goods for
the least money.
Teachers* Examination.
Notice is hereby given that the regular
Fall Examination for Teachers'
Certificates to teach in the public
schools of York county will be held in
the court house at Yorkville on Friday,
October 7.
Examination will open at 9 a. m. and
close at 4 p. m.
T. E. McMACKIN,
Supt. of Education.
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i i i liiT ivi i iiiii ah. intr i lint*s oifice
typewrini? for the public is done
accuiately and neatly at reasonable prices.
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Have you begun to rebel against She
and irritate your feet because they do not
THEN BUY RALSTO
Ralstons are made on foot-moulded li
tight, do not pinch or bind and they hold tl
Every pair is guaranteed to give satisfacti
vinced.
IRVING DREW
For ladies in lots of snappy styles?th
dressers wear. Take a peep in our windo>
CHILDREN'S SI
Don't forget that we buy all our ladies
as our children's shoes, direct from the ma
what this means?? saving in price.
E. W. Kimbrell
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| Ponce De Le?
2 If not, we call your atte
i 2 you wisely in tryinj
^ After its use, we feel safe in
^ always call for "Ponce Dc
|R brand we carry a full line ol
^ of Syrups.
Call in this week and le
g our Syrup.
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^ No Ice sold Sundays aft
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instantly recognized. Krupp s
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ft ards and fair prices, and, abov
9 clean goods and clean methods.
If you are not a customer of <
W one. Come in and see us; let's
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"strong." Then let us su|
one. We have them by t
will experience no trouble
the pipe you want.
Or if your supply of Tol
ning low, we invite you to
consists of all the well
= fresh. We are Fort N
smokers' supplies.
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;tands for steel, Pullman *
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Telephone
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be barrelful and you
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>acco or Cigars is runinspect
our stock. It
known brands and is
lill headquarters for it
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