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I CONVICT STRIFES. Anderson Hiul. ^ ii. i i Going to business evenr morning, and passing the city hall, we are brought into touch with this form of degrading human Is it right to thus degrade one? No matter what the crime that they are serving sentence for, would it not be more humane to clothe them in a manner that would not humiliate them, every , * moment of the day, and never allow them respite in their working hours? Stripes! That word in itself is like a brand, in fact is a brand, for once a convict, always a convict. No matter how well a man has behaved in prison, nor how much he has suffered during the imprisonment, from remorse, when the sentence is over, and he comes again into the world, there is no pla^e for him. No one wants an ex-convict in any capacity, his spirit is broken by stripes, and other ways, and very likely his health irypaired. Pitiful, isn't it? No way for a man to become a good citizen again. Is this the way prisons should be conducted? Wouldn't it be j more Christ-like for criminals to ' be treated as if they were human, not cattle? There is a spark of good in the i meanest man, and would it not be better to appeal to the better nature, and encourage, instead of holding them up saying, here is a man that has committed a i crime? The world changes slowly and the stripes are but a substitute for the cat-o'-nine-tails, the dif-1 ference being that one played the flesh until the backs of the criminals were bleeding gashes, and the other sears the soul and takes all self-respect. Which is worse ?the physical pain, or the mental? Big Farms. Home and Farm published in a recent issue the story of the life and success of David Rankin, who is said to have been the first farmer in Missouri. Mr. Rankin was born on a farm in Indiana and died on a farm in Missouri. His first home was a log cabin 16 feet square. Eighty-five years cover the time from the log cabin in Indiana to the grave in Missouri. Mr. Rankin began his career as a farmer's boy with a half yoke of oxen. He dies owning 2^.640 acres of land. It is an interesting story well worth cons'dering in these days, when men who dream of large , fortunes, dream of great cities and the wheat pit of Chicago and the slock exchange of Now York. In the wheat pit and in the stock exchange you make money at others' expense. On the farm every dollar you make brings more than a dollar's benefit to the rest of the world. There is money on the farm for more people now than ever before. Farming is no longer a haphazard employment. If you 1 have that idea, rid your mind of j it. It rests upon a scientific basis. If you will apply all the knowledge you have to farming, if you will stop guessing and go to work measuring your fields ' 1 emu wei^iiinK juur sou ana in- ; 8 pec ting your seed, and if you will not spare labor, you c an as certainly make money in farming as you can by lending your money on gilt-edged securities. There is one thing abont the i Rankin farm that is underirable, ! and that is the size of it. Twentyfive thousand acres of land, even ; if it does employ 250 men, means j 100 acres to one man. The bes>. t results from agriculture arc going ^ to come from smaller farms than this. Uncle Sam's Sponge Farm. The only submarine farm in existence is operated by the United States government, a id its product is the festive sponge. Uncle Sam has a big and profitable farm at Biscay lie, Florida. There ; tin oi t o q Ka? i f ?>" ? ! Uiwr. awvut, oiivs?lll? flirt fishermen that there should be spon. e farms, and thus put the business 011 a more stable basis. Ui de Sam is showing the men that a big sponge may be cut up into small pieces; that these may be judiciously planted, and that as a result of this planting there will soon be a hundred sponges in its place. Uncle Sam planted an acre of sponges at an expense of $133. In four years he harvested the crop of the successful acre and the returns amounted to $968. If he plants 100 acres once in four years he will have $84,500 to spend between crops. The government is experiment} 1 J . ing on various methods of artistically growing sponges. They are trying stringing the small ones on a wire like clothes on a line, and putting it out to sea for years and pulling it in. They are trying planting them on a peg set in a cement triangle and placing this on the bottom of the sea. Then the sponge grows larCPr anrl rnnnflnr ovoru uoor until it is 8 inches through, when it is taken up, looking like a round Japanese ornamental tree in a landscape garden. This is so far the method that is yielding the best returns. The government believes in its new method of farming on the food of the ocean, and is urging its citizens to get in on the ground floor. A Legend of Christmas Night. 'Tis said when day is over, And midnight shadows fall, On Christinas Eve the cattle Kneel humbly in the stall; They bow in loving homage Before the manger low, Because the blessed Christ-Child Was laid there long ago. And when the hour of midnight Chimes forth from many a bell, The glad notes ringing sweetly O'er hill, and plain, and fell, For one brief hour, 'tis whispered, The hegsts like men can speak. That they may join in praising The Babe and Mother meek. The donkey, scorned, ill-treated, Though marked with Holy Sign, Knei Is down amid the darkness To hail the Child Divine; For he, like kine and horses. Was in that cattle-stall. The birthplace of the Savior? The King and Lord of all! The sheep upon the hillsides Turn eastward, kneeling low, In memory of the Angels At Bethlehem long ago; And shepherds by the sheep-fold First heard the woundrous song? The earliest Christmas carol, Hymned by the heavenly throng. -MAUD E. SARGENT. Tax Returns for 1911. Office of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910. Ah required by statute mv books will bo opened at my office in Yorkville on Monday, January 2, 1911, and kept open until February 20, 1911, for the purpose of listing for taxation all personal and real property held in York county on 'January 1, 1911. All returns must be made in regular form and it is preferable that they be made by the property owner in person to me or my assistant, direct, on blanks provided for the purpose. The returns must be duly sworn to either before me or my assistant, or some other officer qualified to administ r an oath. All items of realty, whether farms, or town lots, must be listed separately. Returns made on proper blanks, and sworn to before an officer qualified to administi r an oath and forwarded to me by registered mail before February 20, 1911, will be accepted. All taxpayers are particularly requested to inform themselves as to the number of their respective school districts, and where they have property in more than one school district, they will please make separate returns indicating the location of each piece of property. The school districts in which there are special levies are as follows: Nos. 2ft at d 27, in Bethel township; Nos. 6, 29, 33 and -13 in Bethesda township; Nos. 9, 20, 40 and 41 in Broad River township; Nos. 9, 15 and 20 in Bullock's Creek township: No. 12 Catawba township; Nos. 7, 12, 35 and 43 in Ebenezer township; Nos. 20, 28 and 39 in Fort Mill township; Nos. 2 and 37 in King's Mountain township; Nos. ix, no, iz and 4a in York townshin. For the purpose of facilitating the taking of returns and for the greater convenience of taxpayers, I will be at the following places on the dates named: At Bethany (McGill's Store), Monday, January 2. At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 3 and 4. At Bethel (Ford, Harnett & Co.'s Store), Thursday, January 5. At Bandana (Perry Ferguson's Store), on Friday, January 6. At Point (at Harper's) on Saturday, January 7. At Smyrna, on Monday, January 9. At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 10 and 11. At Sharon, on Thursday and Friday, January 12 and 13. At Bullock's Creek (Good's Store), on Saturday, January 14. At Tirzah, on Monday, January 16. At Newport,on Tuesday, January 17. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 18, 19 and 20. At McConnellsville, on Monday, January 23. A' I T1 1--- T ? ' v/Kuvu, lin iui-puu)', tiiiiiuury c\. At Coates' Tavern (Roddey's), on Wednesday, January 25. At Rock Mill, from Thursday, January 26, to Wednesday, February 1. And at Yorkville, from Thursday, February 2 until Monday, February 2*0. All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers over the age of fifty years, are liable to a poll tax of $1, and all persons so liable are especially requested to give the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. It will be a matter of much accommodation to me if as many taxpayers as possible will meet me at the respective appointments mentioned above, so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville during the closing dai s. JOHN J. HUNTER, County Auditor. Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910. 12-H-4t REWARD?1 will pay 50c to any one who furnishes evidence sufficient to convict any person who has not paid the tax this year for keeping a dog in town. L. A. Harris, Mayor. THE FORT HILL TIMES, DECEMBER 8, 1910. I When You Drink Drink pure, clean Coffee like C A RAJA COFFEE, Largest seller in the Carolines WHITE HOUSE COFFEE i is the world's best. Good Grocers Everywhere. Missouri Mules and Horses. Mr. W. O. Kimball, of the firm of S. J Kimball & Son, has just returned frorr the Western markets with a splendid lol of young Missouri Mules and Horses, whict we are offering at close prices. We extenc a cordial invitation to our Fort Mill friends who are in need of mules and horses tc come to Rock Hill and inspect this lot. IS. J. KIMBALL & SON. ROCK HILL. SOUTH CAROLINA. H=ll <1 11 1 ED I IEE=bzdl IE lF=jj Let Me Supply You With j H COMPOSITION HOOFING METAL ROOF SH INGLES TERRA COTTA WELL TUBING DRAIN TILING ft A ftTl nnnou i>i r\TT\c? MiVfrmo I Miiun, j/v/v/iiCJ, 1) I j 1I/O, 1 Fj I jO J CEMENT, LIME, LATIIS, ETC. [ V. B. Blankenship, Ft. Mill. H r= ^?" ii 11=1 r=i i II II=II ii==ll PRIHA AND HIDES L MM HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID s 9 ii f?r raw furs an? hides W&mK K Wool on Commission. Writs for price- Jj>'? list mentioning JOHN WHITE & CO. LOUISVILLE,KY. i - - 1 V ' "Haile's on the Corner" ! 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