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THE TOBT KILL TIMES. Democratic ? Panbliohed Thuredaye. B. W. BRADFORD - Editor mad Proprietor. 7? ? ? ? . ivmcumon Rates: Ou Year ? ? "-.a. /' <6 The Times invitee contributions on live subjects, but does not agrwc to publish more then 200 words i<i nay subject. The right in reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rate-* are made known to those interested. Teleobone. local and long distance. No. 112. PORT MILL. S. C.. AUGUST 10. 1911. A Substitute for Cotton. Peanuts have been found a very profitable substitute for cotton in a number of States where it has become an impossibility to raise the latter on account of the ravages of the boll weevil. A Mississippi man writing to the Manufacturers' Record says that in his State the coming season there will be planted to peanuts anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000 acres, and that Louisiana will increase her peanut crop from 30,000 to fully 100,000 acres. It is pointed out that the hsy from the peanut vine is more nutritious than timothy and that it will also more than pay the expense incurred in making the crop. It has been praven that the oil from the peanut is of a much higher grade than cotton oil and that the market for the product is always ready and waiting. Thus it appears that in places where the weevil is such a great destroyer the farmers are still able to earn a livelihood in tilling the soil. Help the Traveler*. One of the improvements that is needed throughout this section is signboards at the public road crossings. In Fort Mill township there are a number ol crossings and if a signboard can be found at any of them we have not heard of it. In the absence of signboards it is impossible for tourists to find the way from one point to another without a great deal of inconvenience and frequently automobilists find themselves miles out of the way on account of having misunderstood instructions as to the route they should have taken at the road crossing. It is frequently the case that those living on the public highways are incapable of giving intelligent instructions about ways and in many places there is no one living near the fork of the road to give advice. With signboards at each roadcrossing the stranger could go his way without danger of becoming lost and we are sure that this advantage would be well worth the small outlay of money it would require. Renovate the Ministry. Of late days it is very frequent that one reads in the papers of the exposure and subsequent downfall of a minister of the gospel, and to many it appears that the sins of the reverend gentlemen are becoming more numerous or that they are not as adept in covering their iniquities as they formerly were. The papers of a few days ago contained news of the arrest in Atlanta of South Carolina clergyman who was charged with abduction. Of course, the minister denied the charge, claiming that he was only the "spiritual adviser" of the girl, but the denial didn't go with the Atlanta authorities and the preacher and young lady were held. Of this and other cases in which ministers have figured ! the Abbeville Press and Banner has a very sensible editorial, a part of which follows: It looks like the time has al?out come for renovation in the ministry. People give countenance to every black-frocked self appointed religionist who happens along, without duly studying his "daily walk and conversation." How often does it happen that the holiest of all callings known to man is brought into the mire tKiorktin-li tho Tv?r?nnnlifv nf snmp till VU^IJ V4?V pv* W OMt.VJ V* wv hypocrite who has had his popular following! How often does it happen that incompetents who are unable and unwilling to meet the manly competition of daily life, seek a haven in the religious credulity of the masses! How often does it happen that the cloak of righteousness is assumed to cover secret villainy! After all. ministers are mere men; and the sun of the mighty Beecher set under a cloud of scandal. The minister who can not hold to the strait and narrow way should abandon his place at the front of the flock. The strength of the ministry lies not in learning, nor yet in eloquence, but in the life of simple faith, that, denying the flesh, is moulded by the precepts of the Master. Ralph Waldo Emerson, an ordaided minister, became skepti-, cab of some of the doctrines he was preachirg. Rather than continue a sham in the face of I his conscience, he announced his doubts from his pulpit and gave up his charge. Emerson was a pure and honest man, but if he could not carry his conscience into his work he adopted the right course. A worm at the root of a tree will carry blight to -every leaf. I The cardinal troths of thej rv Christian religion no man can doubt, but if some, like Emerson, do not accept the whole, they should accept on faith those things that the mind can not comprehend, or do as Emerson didL The finite can not fully comprehend the infinite, and he who does not accept this simple truth of religion is unfitted to teach its principles. ??????? It is a pleasure to note that the farmers of the country are beginning to realize the importance of the telephone, and that many are taking advantage of the opportunities it offers. Besides the pleasure of conversing over the telephone with his neighbors, the farmer can keep posted as to market prices, weather conditions, etc., as well as having a physician, an officer of the law or, in fact, the whole of the county w thin his reach at a moment's notice. Then, too? the telephone saves much anxiety and many trips to distant points, If f/?\ Imnni-tont tn npor. limiting U WV illipvi Mini' w "V0 lect for the small pecuniary outlay it entails. According to the statement of a Chester man the parole granted Otis Helton the past week was the cause of much indignation among the people of Chester. The crime for which Helton was sentenced was explained to The Times as being of a. very brutal nature and was committed with but little, if any, provocation. For these reasons, it was said, j Chester people were little short of astounded at the governor's j action. The Times hopes that John T. Roddey will not resign as mayor of the city of Rock Hill, for during Mayor Roddey's administration Rock Hill has grown at a rate unapproached by any town in this section, and it would be little short of a calamity should he step down and out. Another Peculiarity. One of the peculiar things about publishing a newspaper is that the man who asks the most favors and who wants his name printed most frequently is the man who is not even a subscriber to the paper. ?Fort Mill Times. Just so. But it's also a peculiar thing that some people want matters of an advertising nature published for nothing just because they are subscribers to the paper. ? Lancaster News. Dr. Lingle to Leave Atlanta. Of interest to the people of York county and the State at large was the announcement a few days ago of the resignation of Dr. W. L. Lingle from the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta, which position he has held for four years. Dr. Lingle's resignation was made in order that he might take the chair of Hebrew and New Testament interpretation ai the Union Theological seminary in Richmond, Va., where he will go on September 20. Before going to Atlanta Dr. Lingle was pastor of the First church of Rock Hill, and was widely known throughout this county and section. He is one of the most capable and popular ministers of the Southern church and his resignation from the Atlanta church was accepted with much regret. York Han Meets Tragic End. Gus Bumgartner, a son of Mr. s?d Mrs. John Bumgartner, of Yorkville was run over and instantly killed by a Seaboard train in the Charlotte yards last : * n weanesaay evening ai v u ciwi*. There were no eye witnesses and just how the unfortunate accident occurred probably will remain a mystery. Mr. Bumgartner had been em-1 ployed for some time in the Louise Cotton mill at Charlotte, but had gotten off to visit his parents at Yorkville, and had returned to Charlotte presumably to again work at the Louise mill. ! Upon reaching the city he de- i cided, however, to run over to: Mt. Holly and spend the night, j A friend accompanied Bumgartner to the depot and left him there. Nothing more was seen of him until a negro switchman discovered the upper part of the j body laying outside of the track, it having been thrown far enough away from the rail for the negro to see it from the top of the car. When the engineer and train crew reached the scene life was not quite extinct, although the lower part of the body was with- j in the tracks. The body had been cut in two about the heart and the left arm was severed. A shoe was found about a hundred feet back down the track, [ indicating that the body had been drauved some distance. Bumgartner's father was notified of the accident and at once went to Charlotte and took charge of the body. The dead man was about 25 years of age. Helton Granted Parole. Otis Helton, a young white man who, with his mother, lived m one of the Fort Mill cotton mill villages some years ago, was on Wednesday granted a parole by Governor Blease. The parole was conditioned upon Helton's abstention from the use of intoxicants. Helton was convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy at the 1910 spring term of court for Chester county, and was sentenced by Judge DeVore to life imprisonment / * / % 9 Crop Conditions Less Favorable, j Crop reports for the last week j wTere less uniformly favorable j than formerly. Excessive rain j has fallen in the Mississippi Val- : ley States and in Oklahoma, j while North and South Carolina j have suffered from drought and \ shedding-. Boll worms, army | worms and caterpillars have ap- t Siared in many counties in Texas, : ississippi and Alabama and the ? excess of moisture for the season * makes some of the planters fear e rust and blight and an excess of j plant growth. These conditions I make the situation rather less ! satisfactory, but the outlook is * still excellent, as the damage Jj from these troubles has not been t heavy. I The plant has grown large and { seems very healthy in all States i save ibs droughty districts of J the two Carolinas and a little portion of northern Texas. It has taken fruit well and if the present crop set on the stalk is matured the yield will be a large one. Picking has been delayed by the abundant moisture supply and the crop will not move as early as exp<?cted in the central and ! eastern States for this reason. : Boll weevil damage has been j [ very slight up to the present and j the crop in the infested districts j niw\mJnAO f A f ti Allf Tlffil 1 f (JXUXIIlO^d (AS tUAll uut nviii A gradual return to dry, warm weather is desirable. That Rock Hill-Chester Road. One thousand people from Chester, Rock Hill and the im-; mediate country gathered at Wooten's pasture above Lewis Turnout Thursday for the good | roads picnic held jointly under S the auspices of the Chester com- mercial club and the Rock Hill chamber of commerce, says a special to The State. The people decided to begin work on build- i ing the highway between Chester j and Rock Hill Monday, August j 14, and subscriptions of both ; labor, mules and money were i made. Something like $1,000 was subscribed on the spot, the people being unanimously of the opinion that the road and citizens of the two towns cooperating with the supervisors and county commissioners of the two counties will build the road. It is psHmnfpil that the work can be done in one weed's time for out of the picnic grew committees and offers of assistance enough to assure that the work will be completed. The gathering was a representative one of the best farmers and business men of the two counties. Much Pellagra in the Sonth. That a pellagra wave is sweeping many of the Southern States is the opinion expressed by Dr. J. W. Babcock, the superintendent of the State hospital for the insane. He is an authority on the subject of pellagra and has given the disease a careful study. It was stated by Dr. Babcock that the number of cases at the State hospital for the insane had not materially increased during the past several weeks, but that reports received from various sections of the South indicated that the disease was increasing. Dr. Babcock was asked at Columbia fche other day if the excessive hot weather caused the increase in the number of diseases. He was unable to say. The Coldest Place on Earth. What is said to be the coldest place on the globe is the region of Verkholensk, Siberia. Here is a convict station, but during most of the year no guards are needed to keep the prisoners from running away, for in the more cntroro ru-\rHnnc nf thp urinf"pr nn living creature can remain in the open, and during the three most severe months, when the temperature sometimes falls to 85 degrees below zero, no one dares to venture out for more than a few moments at a time. Ordinary steel tools will snap like glass, and unseasoned wood becomes almost as hard as steel. . When one breathes a powder like j " the very finest snow falls at one's 1 feet. It is said that there are v less forms of insect life here than s elsewhere in the world, and some a of those found are not found else- a where, seemingly having been v created especially to inhabit such a frigid region. Some of the signal-service officials declare that most of the a severe cold waves that sweep F across the North American con- J1 tinent have their origin in Verk- t holensk. The wind blows a per- c feet gale almost all the time, and t that discomfort, added to the low I J temperature, would certainly j make this a very unpleasant place i: in which to spend the winter. tl "... p ~ a Cure For Pellagra. Everybody ought to feel an ? interest in Mr. Dedmond's pel- J a lagra curt, as there are several ^ cases in and near Clinton which s have been cured, we learn, ir Hearing of the case of a lady friend near this city who was said to have been cured of this dread disease, we called her up w over the phone and asked her if u such were the case. She replied that it was true; that her disease was pronounced pellagra by two physicians who treated her for it, but she .finally went to Mr. Ded- o mond and procured some of the a medicine and in four days' time she felt as well as she ever felt in her life, and that she considers it herself entirely cured. Now, for cl the sake of suffering humanity. Mr. Dedmond ought to be en- _ couraged; and the doctors ought ?i to give his remedy a trial. ?Lau- J reus Herald. "*V Brie p I am now h< I Brick Compan I at any time, ju ? save the long 1 I CHE I have 60,000 f< feet of Ceiling at fi H For anything in | before you buy. | J. J. Bj ?23 HESKflKT Sro$yB?S?E?Bm5y!byKay Sa5?3?5? rtkk Men's ai Udd Eant We offer a 20 p mentioned. Thes< can buy knowing t affords. Ladies' L We are cC . emj pay you to buy a j be alright for anotl all the popular goc can suit the boys. LISTEN! T1 We cannot affor anything sold and McELJ J no. R. Logan, Jr.. of York- | ille, was on Friday awarded a ( chotarship at Clemson college, > ,s a result of the competitive exmination held recently at York- ' ille. * I I Escaped With His Life. I "Twenty-one years ago I faced an I wful death," writes H. B. Martin, j 'ort Harrelson, S. C. "Doctors said I ad consumption ami the dreadful cough j had looked like it, sure enough. I j ried everything 1 could hear of for my ' ough, and was under the treatment of ( he best doctor in Georgetown, S. C.. ! i or a year, but could get no relief. A ' riend advised to try Dr. King's New ( )iscovery. I did so, and was complete- < / cured. I feel that 1 owe my life to 1 ' his great throat and lung cure." It's [ j ositively guaranteed for coughs, colds < nd all bronchial alfections. oUc and $1. 'rial bottle free at Ardrey's Drug ( tore, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill t )rug Co. j NOTICE ?Taken up at my home j londay stray pig. Owner can secure ame by giving description and pay- I lg for advertisement. / C. S. ARMSTRONG. WANTED?to deliver in August and ( eptember three to five cords oi pine | ood to fifty different customers. Price i right, measure guaranteed. ! ( L. A. HARRIS & CO. Attention, Land Owners. Notice is hereby given that all land wners in Fort Mill township are, in I ccordance with law, required to clean i ut the streams on their places during fie month of August. Parties failing to comply with the iw may expect to pay the cost of leaning all streams neglected. C. P. BLANK ENSH IP, Township Supervisor. Electric The B<8t T?n?c. HWDQ Mi,d " laxative, BITTERO Family Medicine. k! Bri andling Brick for the y here, and if in ne< st come to town for iaul from the plant. AP LUMBE eet of Weatherboarding rom 60c up. the building line be sur ULES, ^ BIG SALE id Boy's CI :s and Low-cut >er cent reduction in price e are all this season's go :hat you are getting the be .ow-cut Shoes at the sar Dlating a change in our lir >uit whether you need it c ler season. We have sui >ds, sizes 34 to 42, and w I These goods are going ! prices. It will pay you t IRMS, CASH. d to charge goods at thes not satisfactory, cash will iANEY& @@@?2)6?? 0? 0??@? 1 GET THE S For 26 years we have sold New Hi 8 There is no other like it, no other a* X machine that we could afford to stic 2 For 17 years we have sold Harrisb g lots of others in the meantime, but 50 nr fit as u*pll as Harrisburcrs. For 22 years we have sold Demir 3 the simplest and strongest on the m * For -1 years we have sold Needhs 3 failed to find any better piano than For 27 years we have sold Waltha 3 Watches, and Seth Thomas, Gilbert iWe know by actual experience that When you bny from us you get th experience absolutely free, and a po it is worth all it calls for. L. J. MAS ^??@?00?0000 00 0 SEND ORDERS FOR JOB PR1 TO 1 i ; Charlotte p id of brick jg them and S I R. | and 40,000 || *e to see me ^ muiv ^Hr othing, : Shoes s on the lines ods and you *st the market ne reduction. i i le.s and it will >r not. It will its for men in e are sure we i1 I I to go at these o come early. ;e prices, but be refunded. c CO. 3????0???00 BEST | ome Sewing Machines. I 5 good. It is the only X| k to so long. SI urg Shoes. Have tried In j found none that wear lg Pumps. They are ^ arket today. ? im Pianos. We have ?? the Needham. ? m. Elgin and Howard and Ansonia Clocks. Qy they are the best. ? e benefit of our long ? sitive guarantee that ? I ;se r.g 5@???@@?5@??j i i i * < NTING ; i HE TIMES. \ jp=Ji 1' 11 1 1 E31 EjLrm Just a M( Almost every train n a through Fort Mill puts < date Fall Goods for us. woman in our employ is 1 in marking and arranginj stock for fall business hiding any goods, but a: where you can see them i amine them to your own i Everything that you see ming full of quality. J of nice, new stock to o: bargains galore. Come in to see us, w glad to have you drop ii E. W. KIMBRI "The Place Where Qua] L,?11 ir=i i=ii ir= 8 The Swine or the F (f Ah me! I saw a huge and loathsc H Wherein a drove of wallowing sw 0 Whose banquet shocked the nostr 9 Then spoke a voice, "Behold the s I fled, and saw a field that seemec PI One glistening mass of roses pure 5 With dewy buds 'mid dark green 8 And, as I lingered o'er the lovely The summer breeze, that cooled tl 8 Whispered, "Behold the source of 9 It is a step in the right direction \ ft wife beginning to make a study of tl S purity of food she sets upon her tab 8 foundation of good health in her chi ft time enabling both her husband am 9* work in the building up and mainten "Cottolene Means Health. 1 J JONES, 2 rl w Toll It To The Town Thi If You Order Whi.? Do Not Overlook T All Goods GUARANTEED Under HIGH GRADE CORN 1 Gal Hunting Creek $3.00 t 7-11 Corn 2.75 Rocky Creek 2.25 Old Times 3.75 Pure 100 Proof (white or yellow) 2.60 HIGH GRADE RYE Old Reserve (bottled in bond) Mellwood (bottled in bond) 3.75 Jefferson Club 3.75 Orland Rye... 3.00 Virginia Valley 2.50 HIGH GRADE BRANDIES Apple Brandy 2.50 Apple Brandy 3.00 Apple Brandy (old) 4.00 Peach Brandy 3.00 Peach Brandy (old) 4.00 Other brands of Corn, Rye, Brandy, Gin, Win plete price list free on request. Remit by P. O., Express M. O. or registered ci n/M r /^i * * n L. 5. tuutn, r P. O. Box 718 Proof of the Pudding of Chewing th< L Rock Hill Buggy Co.. Rock Hill, S. C. Gentlemen: Knowing that you are intere: yarding your buggies, I deem it my duty to writ wggy 1 afn now running. This buggy was bought in Hawkinsville, Jeen in constant use since. During this time it ive or six times?a distance of 200 miles each tr :his job until last year. Your "Long Distance" axle lasted throug !fy, and the springs did likewise. it has always been the lightest running an ;ver ridden in, and the wheels you use can't be I I gladly volunteer this testimonial as I naking what I honestly believe to be the best bj Your buggies are "A Little Higher In Pri [ have ever U3ea. Wishing you continued success, and assur jooster from conviction, I am, MILLS & YOUNG < ' / -31 IE 11=1 jment. ow passing off some up-to- * Every man and busily engaged g our entire . We are not re placing them Basily and exsatisfaction, will be brimWe have oceans ffer you and e are always a. ?! f r>A 1L.L. KsKJ., lity Counts." ==ii II 1?= * *OHO*iohckx lower? I >me sty, i ine were barred, X il and the eye. V iourceof lard!" I at first, * and white, Q fioliage nursed; V sight* X lat Southern scene, V COTTOLENE!" ^ vhen we find a house- jjj he great subject of the j ile. She is laying the 8 ldren and at the same V 1 i herself to do better J ance of a home. ! M f e Grocer. (j J rough The Times skey By Mail liaca Pnroc 11WOV M. * IVVOi the Pure Food Laws. < 4 Gal 4 Qts 6 Qts 12 Qts 4 110.00 $3.25 $5.00 $8.25 1 9.50 3.00 4.20 8.00 J 7.50 2.50 3.60 7.00 M 12.75 4.00 6.00 12.00 8.75 2.75 4.25 7.75 4.50 6.75 12.00 13.00 4.75 6.75 12.50 13.00 4.00 5.80 10.00 10.00 3.25 5.00 8.25 M 8.50 2.75 4.50 7.50 M 10.00 3.50 3.00 8.25 9 14.00 4.50 6.75 12.50 m 10.00 3.50 5.00 8.25 14.00 4.50 6.75 12.50 . W ie, etc., furnished in our comletter. Address? Manager, RICHMOND, Va. fl \fter 18 Years e Bag. ake Park, Ga., Feb. 10, 1911. sted in hearing praises sung re,e you relative to a Rock Hill Ga., 15 years ago, and it has has been run to Hawkinsville ip. I never had any repairs on h the whole service of the bugd easiest riding buggy I have seat. am confident you merit it by uggy made. ice But?" far superior to any ing you 1 am a "Rock Hill" Very truly yours, E. W. MASON. COMPANY. * J