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fell WHITNEY.
Eli Whitney, inventor of the
cotton grin, was born 145 years
a ago Thursday, December 8th, at
Westborough, Worchester coun^Massachusetts.
f /ty Jn this anniversary, the South
/ tor whom he solved the problem
' * that has enabled it to develop one
/ of the greatest industries ofj
modern times paid silent and j
reverent tribute to the memory
of /ihe modest and resourceful
N?w England school teacher who
Pointed the way to market cotton ,
/profitably.
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/ more to make his country 20mmercially
eminent and prosperous.
In civilizing influence, no
achievement wrought by the j
ingenuity of man through all the
ages has been marked by such
useful results to the world he enriched
by his discovery or the
country to whose fame his genius
has given enduring prestige.
More wonderful than the wizardry
of an alchemist or the sorcery
f or a master of legerdemain is the
story of the evolution of the
cotton industry, to which Whitney
gave life and vitality. Up
to 1793 when Whitney evolved
his gin, so little cotton was
raised in the States south 6f
Mason and Dixon's line that the
British customs officials, thinking
they were being deceived by
false invoices, seized the first
eight bales of it entering Liverpool
from this country in 1784 on
the ground that such a quantity
could not have been raised here
in a single year. .
In the 126 years since, 16 billion
dollars worth of cotton has
been exported from this country.
In the face of this it is < hcult
to conceive that there was a time
when we grew so little of that
now indispensible staple that its
appearance in a foreign market
excited suspicion. But for cotton
the United States would be a
debtor instead of a creditor na'
tion. To Whitney and his gin it j
owes the fact that if has had
seven billion dollars the best of
it in the international balance of
trade in the last 100 years.
I ? Ynnr P??tnr
In the closing days of the year
your pastor needs a little special
attention, says the Spartanburg
Free Lance. We do not mean
that you should go round begging
%, and get up a lot of stuff and give
him a "pounding." That is a
iLpoor way to show appreciation.
^5 If you have paid him his salary
promptly he can pound himself
and is able to do without a
heterogeneous mass of stuff that
might be carried in to him. Of
course he is not averse to eating
and if you have something spe-.
? . s cially good he will appreciate a
morsel if given without any os- j
tentnlion or blare of trumpets. !
Let-the gift be prompted by love i
and Kindness and thus a crust of |
bread would be sweet.
Perhaps you "have let the year :
pass without ever letting your
pastor know that he has helped
you. Now we do not mean that
you should give him sticky taffy
by saying to him before people
such words as these: "O. you
preached such a nice sermon," ,
"That was a beautiful prayermeeting?
talk," "I was so glad to ,
hear your sermon, it just 'fitted
some people I know." Such gush
is not complimentary. It makes i
an earnest preacher sick to hear
indiscriminate flattery of that
sort. Don't do it any more.
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wherein you have been, helped {
and strengthened by his words
and especially by his example.
Give him to understand that he
has contributed to your spiritual
growth and an increase of knowledge.
Make him feel that you
are a friend and not a mere parishioner.
Let him know that he
has been a faithful shepherd,
carefully watching after his flock.
Christinas Gifts.
That little girl around the square,
The onte that doesn't brush her hair.
Has got exactly what I wanted,^
And made me dreadful disappointed.
The stork just left it Christmas morning
Without a single bit of warning!
She says she doesn't care a snap
About my automobile cap;
That my new doll's an old dead thing
That cannot cry or hear you sing.
And hers is ITva as live can be,
With really ejfes that really see,
And hands that hold your nnger '
And really.toe-nails ten?all rn
Soon as her Daddy gets his pay,
They'll buy a go-cart right away,
And when the weather's dry, and fair
She's going to push it round the square! \
She says sne ciidn't pray at all,
ADd yet sjfe got a real live doll!
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REWARD?1 will pay 50c to any one j
Who furnishes evidence sufficient to
convict any person who has not paid I
the tax this year for keeping a dog in
town. L. A. Harris, Mayor.
Clerk's Sale.
State of South Carolina, County pf
York ?In the Court of Common Pleas.
Z. T. Bailes, as administrator of L. B.
Glover, deceased, Plaintiff, against
J. C. Glover et al., Defendants.
SALE NOTICE.
In obedience to a decree of court in
above stated case, I will exoose to Dub
lie sale on the first Monday in January,
1911, in front of the York Court House
door, between the hours of 11 a. m. and
3 p. m., the real estate described as
follows:
"All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situated in Fort Mill township, on
the east side of Catawba river, bounded
by lands of J. H. Potts, J. K. Carothers,
J. R. Miller, W. W. Boyce, Z. T.
Bailes and J. F. Wallace, and containing
one hundred seventy-seven (177)
acres, be the same more or less, and
known as the Mary Glover lands, less
about thirty-nine (39) acres conveyed
to W. O. Glover in his life-time."
Terms: One-third cash, the balance
on a credit of one and two years, with
interest from the day of sale; the said
balance to be secured by the bond and
mortgage of the purchaser, with leave
to the purchaser to pay his entire bid
in cash. The purchaser to pay for all
papers and recording fees and in the
event of his failure to comply with his
bid, then the said premises to be sold
at the risk of the defaulting purchaser.
J. A. TATE,
C. C. C. Pis.
December 10, 1910.
12-15-3t
Tax Returns for 1911.
Office of the County Auditor of York
County, South Carolina.
Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910.
As required by statute my books will
be 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 administer 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
administer 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 whero 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
mint- arc npcciui levies arc as ioiiows:
Nos. 23 and 27, in Bethel township;
Nos. 6, 21), 33 and 43 in Bethesda township;
Nos. 9, 20, 40 and 44 in Broad
River township; Nos. 9, 15 and 20 in
Bullock's Creek township: No. 12 Catawba
township; Nos. 7, 12, 35 and 413
in Ebenezer township; Nos. 20, 28 and
39 in Fort Mill township; Nos. 2 and
37 in King's Mountain township; Nos.
11, 20, 33, 35, 42 and 43 in York township.
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.'a
Store), Thursday, January 5.
At Bandana (Ferry Ferguson's Store),
on Friday, January 0.
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 ami 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 amd 20.
At McConnellsville, on Monday, Jan
uary za.
At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 24.
At Coates' Tavern (Roddey's), on
Wednesday, January 25.
At Rock Hill, from Thursday, January
26, to Wednesday, February 1.
And at Yorkville, from Thursday,
February 2 until Monday, February 20.
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 days.
JOHN J. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910.
12-8-4t
Here's Your Chance
We have several thousand dollars
worth of tinisheu marble and granite
monuments on our yard. This is more
than we consider necessary to carry
and wo wish to reduce it by one-half
between this time and the end of the
year. In ordGr to do this we are offering
any headstone or monument now in
'ock at a lower price than other deal
rs have to pay for the same work.
No use to pay $100 for a monument
when you can buy the same thing from
us at $75. The agent gets the difference.
Come to our yard and keep.thc $25 in
your pocket.
YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS,
JOHN E. CARROLL,
Pres. and Treas.
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THE TOOT-Mitt TIMES, DECEMBER 15, 1910.
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Big and little, old and young, >
if they are thoughtful enough t<
ATJCTIC
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of Staple Merchant!
which will be put on at my st
1 o'clock, the sale to run until 8
bargains are offered on every arti
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' Our stock is complete in
Umbrellas, Cut Glass, Brooches,
j Rings, Lockets, Chains and Silver
Novelties.
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All of the latest styles
In fine Jewelry
May be found here.
It will be to your interest to
See this line before you purchase.
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The time to buy is now.
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Select your presents
From the Ruff Jewelry Co., where
You can obtain the best of quality [T]
at the lowest price.
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list mentioning this ad. ^sljEf
i JOHN WHITE & CO, LOUISVILLE,KY.
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vill reap a harvest of good things
o bear in mind and attend the
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ise & Holiday Goods
ore Saturday, December 1 7th, at
p. m. Meanwhile extraordinary
cle I have in stock.
L, FORT MILL, S. C.
Popular Books Moderately Priced
The One Woman, The Clansman, The Circular Staircase/,
Nancy Stair, The Shuttle, Judith of the Cumberlands, The \
Port of Missing Men, The Westerners, The Iron Heel, The I
Mystery, Cowardice Court, The Daughter of Anderson /
Crow, Graustark, Gordon Keith, Nedra, The Traitor, Red'
Rock, Her Prairie Knight, The Sky Pilot, The Rock ofl k||v
Chickamauga, Abner Daniel, Wards of Liberty, The Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come, The Leopard's Spot$, Etc 1
ALGER'S BOYS' BOOKS. ]
Rough and Read v. Racced Diflr Rnfue d? 1
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the Luggage Boy, Mark the Match Boy, Fame And Fortune / r
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With Lee in Virginia, The Boy Trapper, Frank the.
Young Naturalist, Frank in the Woods, Jack Archer, Out/
in the Pampas, Frank on the Lower Mississippi, Bravest Mw%
of the Brave, The Dragon and the Raven, Frank Beforei ?m\J
Vicksburg, The Young Colonists, The Cornet of Horse. J
Under Drake's Flag, By England's Aid, Etc /
All these books are by well known authors and are well bound 1
and printed on good paper. They would make acceptable holiday
gifts. Of course we have many other books in stock. N
Parks Drug Co., Fort Mill, S. C.
f $ld
It is enough to start a bank account with, and if you adopt
a systematic method of saving, the dollars will pile up
surprisingly. Why not adjust your expenses so that
they will not exceed three-fourths of your earnings?
That will enable you to save a quarter out of
| ? every dollar. Just figure what such a system
I would have done for you had you commenced S
it five years ago! But, cheer up! It isn't
too late. NOW is the time to open the |
I Dante account and y one dollar
out of ever.y you earn.
We welcome you* account and will help
you to save and succeed.
The Pineville Loan and Savings Bank,
PINEVILLE, N. C.
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