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BIp^THE FOBT MILL TIMES. WM Desiocntic ? Puublished Thursdays. r B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. Boanoairriow Rates: Om Year ~ ...11.25 Six Months .66 ?The Times invites contributions on live subjects, a fi?? hat dpas not sirrre to publish more than 200 words en any subject. The right is reserved to edit , every communication submitted for publication. Oa application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone. local and long distance. No. 112. FORT MILL. 9. C.. OCTOBER 12. 1911. l -s-r The Proposed Bond Issue. Within the next week the voters of Fort Mill will have the opportunity of determining whether the proposition to issue $4,000 of town bonds, the proceeds of which would be applied to the improvement of the streets, meets with their favor. Much to the regret of those who inaugurated the undertaking, it appears that a few citizens are opjtosed to the proposition. At first the thought was entertained that the need of street improvements was so apparent to everyone that there would be a universal concurrency of opinion as to the advisability or the forward movement, but it was not to be so.. Recently opposition has developed and this opposition has found willing ears ? ; into which to pour the old story of increased taxation, etc. Four thousand dollars to be applied to the streets of a town whose taxable property is in the neighborhood of a third of a million dollars and on which there is not directly a dollar of bonded indebtedness would not seem to be an undertaking fraught with the possibility of calamity. Yet we hear the word is being passed around that the success of the bond issue portends direful things for the town in the way of burdensome taxation. So far as is known no one has had the courage to deny that the streets of the town need improving, though some arc making use of the battered argument that since the itreets were good enough for our forefathers they are good enough for us?which is of a piece with the statement that electricity, gas and oil lamps should he discarded as illuminating agents because the tallow dip and pine knot lighted the dark places for our progenitors a century ago. Unless the adage that figures do not lie is a failure. ihs amount of annual taxation wh.cb will be collected on each hundred dollars of property on the tax books of Fort Mill to meet the interest on the bonds will not be in excess of 5 cents, perhaps less. Truly the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse. There is little call here to discuss who will pay the principal of the bonds 40 years hence. By that time most of the present generation will have established citizenship where no improvements are made and no assessments are expected or collected to liquidate bonded indebtedness. The voters of Fort Mill are in position to say whether they intend that the town progress and grow as its neighboring municipalities are doing; whether they are desirous of making it a better town to live in and thereby enhancing property values, or whether they are satisfied that it is finished, that better streets are not worth while and that it is as profitable to wish as to will. i Of more than passing interest to the reading pubiic was the announcement in the Charlotte Observer of Friday | morning that on November 1 the Ob- i server company would undergo a reorganization; that Maj. James C. " L:,i tViu (^Knr neinpiim, hn mn ij cunut v? ?>**. ? ieston News and Courier and at present with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, would take the editorship of The Observer, and that Mr. A. E. Gonzales, of The State company, of Columbia, would become managing director of the Charlotte paper. Messrs. Hemphill and Gonzales need no introduction to the readers of the papers throughout the country. For 20 years the former was editor of the Charleston News and Courier and is known as one of the ablest and most fearless writers of the South. Mr. Gonzales and his associates have built up in The State a newspaper of national reputation and his executive ability is surpassed by few if any in the ' business. '1 his is indeed a strong team. The Observer is already one of the South's leading papers and in the hands of Major Hemphill and Mr. Gonzales it may be expected to soon take a place alongside the great papers of the North and East. The city of Aiken will in a short time begin the putting down of vitrified brick on a portion of its streets at a cost of $13,000. The- city of Sumter has on loot a similar movement, only on a smaller scale, perhaps. On all sides, in fact, the towns are forging ahead in the way of municipal improvements. If the voters of Fort Mill are awake to the town's best interests the election on next Monday for bonds to improve Main street will carry overwhelmingly and thereby the town will have reached the first milestone in progress. The little affair between Italy and Tripoli is doubtless very distressing to Mr. Carnegie, just as he seemed to be getting along very nicely with his plans for universal peace. However, it is a pretty good demonstration of the need of doing something to stop wars and substitute arbitration. The directions of the King of Italy to "shed as little blood as possible" seem to indicate that he is with Air. Carnegie at heart, and as soon as he shall have finished this job he may join the Peace Society. This is the season of the year when York county should be arranging for a courtly fair. Several counties are already preparing to shew their products to visitors from other parts, and York county could probably get up as big show along this line as any county in South Carolina. The benefits accruing a well gotten up county fair can be estimated. Mr. Parent, have you a child of school age that is not in school? If so, start the child to school tomorrow, then kneel down and 7 ray for forgiveness for the neglect of this solemn duty which every man owes his offspring. Your boy may not be later a Newton or a Napoleon, but he will be exactly what you make him. nothing else, and you are largely responsible for his future. __ Upon assuming the editorship of the Charlotte Observer on November 1, Mr. Hemphill will, of course, take his stand on Indepeneence Square and proclaim to the world in thunderous voice that the "Mecklenburg myth" is no myth at all, but the genuine article. A citizen of Fort Mill was heard to remark a few days ago that Main street was the roughest street in York county. This was a pretty broad assertion, but those who heard the remark seemed to agree with the speaker. A vote against the proposed bond issue means that you would hc-/e the town of Fort Mill step backward 20 I years. \ , ,j m Road Builders Getting Busy. Indications now are that much good in the way of road improvement in York county is to be accomplished through the workings of the recently organized county good roads association. A very enthusiastic meeting of the association was held at Rock Hill a , few days ago and among other work ' done the following committees, composed of the county's leading good I ~toria onthnaiaata were aDDointed: i Committee on Road Administration? , W. B. Wilson, Jr., chairman; W. S. ! Wilkerson, Hickory Grove; M. L. Smith, Clover; T. M. Oates, Tirzah; T. J. Crawford, McConnellsville; John T. Gordon) Tirzah; Dr. T. N. Donlin, Clover; J. L. Rainey, Sharon. Committee on Road Material?Edgar ! Jones, Fort Mill, chairman; J. C. Witherspoon, Rock Hill; R. S. Poag, Rock Hill; B. F. Merritt, Rock Hill; J. L. Whitesides, Yorkville; J/ Frank WatI son, Hickory Grove; A. L. Campbell, Clover; Lesslie McGill, Yorkville; W. i B. Moore, Yorkville. Committee on Riad Construction and Maintenance?Dr. J. L. Spratt, Fort Mill, chairman; J. Frank Ashe, McCon-' nellsville; H. H. White, Rock Hill; T. I M. Allen, Harmony; J. E. Bass, Rock Hill; T. M. Martin. R. F. D. Yorkville; ; G. H. O'Leary, Yorkville; Dr. E. W. Pressly, Clover; 0. L. Sanders, McConnellsville. Committee on Split Log Drag?Walter S. Neil, Rock Hill, chairman; Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, Yorkville; Dr. Lynn Campbell, R. F. D. Yorkville; H. J. Zincker, Rock Hill; J. S. Glasscock, Harmony; R. S. Cannon, Catawba Power company; W. Harry Wylie, Rock Hill; Mr. Quinn, supervisor of King's Mountain township; S. P. Wilson, Fort Mill. Committee on Ways and Means?0. E. Wilkins, chairmman, Yorkville; Dr. W. G. Stevena, Rock Hill; D. P. Lesslie, Lesslie; W. F. Harris, Fort Mill; M. B. Bratton, McConnellsville; Z. M. Neil, Clover; F. C. Whitner, Rock Hill; R. F. Allison, Yorkville, T. L. Johnston, Rock Hill. The secretary of the association, Mr. J. S. White, was requested to notify the members of the committees of their appointment and to request each chairman to call a meeting of his committee and report to the executive committee by November 1, on which date a public meeting is to be held in Rock Hill at 11 a. m. He was also instructed to furnish each chairman with an enrollment book and request him to place it where all those who wished to join the association could em oil their names. The association is highly pleased at the outlook for a fine organization in York county. Important Meeting of the D. A. R. The last meeting of Kanawha Chapter, D. A. R., was a most delightlul one, it being held at the residence of Mrs. J. B. Elliott the afternoon of October 3. Mi>s Kittie Kirkpatrick I read a highly interesting paper on "Alexander Hamilton's Influence on American History." The most important work before the chapter was the election of delegates to the State conference at Chester the second week in November. These were eiecieu; Mrs. J. B. Elliott; alternate, Mrs. W. B. Ardrey; Mrs. J. H. McMurray; alternate, Miss Willie Hoke. It is hoped that the entire chapter can go down to Chester for the day. The chapter was much pleased to learn that the ex-regent, Mrs. W. B. Ardrey, had been asked to respond to the address of welcome in Chester, and that she had accepted. This is an honor | for both the ex-regent and the chapter, and is appreciated by Kanawha chapter. It was decided in the meeting that if sufficient money could be raised a granite boulder should be placed in the old Revolutionary cemetery just outside ! of town. Dainty refreshments in the form of i cream with chocolate sauce, cake, tea j and coffee were served, closing a dej lightful evening. ? Mrs. Eliza Huffman Dead. [Contributed.] Mrs. Eliza Huffman died at her home in Dobyville, Arkansas Oct. 3. She I was born in this community, where she | resided until seven years ago. Her ( death was no surprise since she had j been very feeble for several months. Mrs. Huffman was bom March 1. 1837. She left a husband and five1 children in Arkansas. Also a daughter (Mrs. Lee Armstrong) and other rela- ; tives here, who mourn her departure i | and will ever cherish her memory. Mrs Huffman was a member of the i Fort Mill Baptist church, but took a ! letter of transfer when she left the State. In this act she set a worthy J example to other church members who \ ! leave the community of the church in ' j which they hold membership. m m m For the Improvement of Rural Schools. Miss Leila A. Russell, county super- i intendent of school improvement, is en- j ergetically pushing her fall campaign, , and has on foot plans that promise to add considerable interest to the already interesting work. This year the School Improvement association, the Trustees association, j the County Teacher's association and; the Home Institute are to hold meetings at Winthrop college, the first two j mentioned organizations on Friday, j October 20, and the last two on Saturday, October 21, all in the old high school building; and on Saturday Winthrop is to give a picric dinner to all members of the associations pres ent on that day. But the biggest treat of the camEaign is to be the visit of Prof. O. J. lem, supervisor of education for | Winnebago county, Illinois, conceded everywhere to be the best and most efficient county superintendent of education in the whole United States. Prof. Kern has been engaged to spend a whole week in York county. Winthrop college will pay the $75 he requires for a week's work, out of its lecture fund, and Miss Russell proposes to raise the $75 required for his expenses in the various communities that he will visit. Present plans contemplate that Pref. Kern will be at Lesslie Monday afternoon, October 23; at Fort Mill, Monday night, October 23; at Clover, Tuesday afternoon, October 24; at Yorkville, Tuesday night, October 24; at Bullock's Creek, Wednesday afternoon, October 25; at Hickory Grove, Wednesday night, October 25.?Yorkville Enquirer. It's Equal Don't Exist. No one has ever made a salve, ointment or balm to compare with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It s the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped Hands or Sprains its supreme. Unrivaled for Piles. Try it. Only 25c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. Notice of Election. Fort Mill, S. C., Oct. 3, 1911. Be it ordained by the mayor and wardens of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., and by authority of the same: A petition signed by a majority of the freeholders residing within the incorporate limits of the town of Fort Mill, S.'C., having been filed with the town council asking for an election to decide whether or not the town of Fort Mill, S. C., shall issue bonds in the sum of $4000.00 payable in not less than 20 years and not moie than 40 ye^rs and beanng interest at a rate not to exceed six ner cent Der annum for the purpose of constructing a public street or streets in the said town, it is therefore ordered: Section 1. That an election be held on the sixteenth day of Octeber, 1911, at which election all qualitied electors residing within the incorporate limits of the town of Fort Mill, S. C.. shall be entitled to vote. The ballot box shall be located at J. H. Patterson's store and shall open at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'clock, p. m., and J. H. Patterson, T. D. Faulkner and D. A. Lee are hereby appointed Managers of said election. Sec. 2. The form of ballot shall be as follows: "For issue of bonds in the sum of $4000.00 for street improvements. 'Yes.'" "For issue of bonds in the sum of $4000.00 for street improvements. 'No.'" 1 hose in favor of said bonds shall cast the ballot bearing the words "Yes," and those opposed! shall cast the ballot bearing the word "No." Done and ratified in open council this 3rd day of Oct. 1911. L. A. HARRIS, Attest: Mayor. J. L. SPRATT, Clerk. Land For Sale I offer for sale 331 acres, more or less, of land five miles north of Fort Mill, one mile from Gold Hill school , and from one to three miles of four churches. Land is well terraced and ( - 1 1 1 - 1 *. Ai% \ comparatively ievei, auuui *v oui-j m original forest timber that will cut | something like 200,000 feet of lumber; | 20 in old-field pine; 25 or 30 acres in i pasture for cattle; ten acres in pasture for hogs; ten acres in waste land and | balance in cultivation. On the place is a dwelling house of six rooms; gin | house, 30x35, three stories high; saw- J mill shed, 50x20; press shed, 35x22; barn, 50x50, with rooms for 12 or 14 I head of stock; double crib, 22x10, pea | house on top; smoke house, 14x18, , grainery above and buggy sheds on ! each side; live two- and three-room I tenant houses; wagon house with tool ! shed, 16x20; ten stalls for cows, black- | smith shop, 12x16; 20 horse-power en- | gine and 25 horse-power boiler; No. 4 friction-feed sawmill, with 48-inch inserted tooth saw and 40 or 50 feet of track; two 60-saw Pratt gins with front feeder and condenser; one single pin, self-tromping press; 26 feet of 2-inch | shafting; pulleys and belting to run the outfit and one No. 44 horrizontal cane mill. Pump, tower, waterworks in house, healthy place, and excellent water. Four small branches, four wells and five springs on the place. Price, $11,500. W. H. WINDLE, Fort Mill, S. C. | I Wanted To sell that farm of yours. Where the sale price of prop- j erty amounts to $5,000, we charge only 2 1-2 per cent; under $5,0G0, 5 per cent. If you have any lots in Fort Mill to sell, list them with ns. We are in position to handle anything in the a hove line located anywhere. If you want to buy, let us hear from you. We are the ( Real Estate people. C. W, WALLACE & COMP'Y, : Real Estate and Insurance, Office opposite Court House, i YORKVILLE. S. C. ; TAX NOTICE 1911. ii Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 15, 1911. j Notice is hereby given that the Tax | Book9 for York county will be opened , on Monday, the 16th day of October, 1911, and remain open until the 31st j | day of Deeemb.'.-, 1911, for the collec- ] tbn of State, County, School and Local . Taxes for the fiscal year 1911, without penalty: after which day one per cent, penalty will be added to all payments < made in the month of January, 1912, 1 and two per cent, penalty for all pay- 1 ments made in the month of February, 1912, and seven per cent, penalty will be added on all payments made from the first day of March, to the 15th day of March, *1912, and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into execution and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for , prosecution in accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, I will attend at the following places on the days named: At Yorkvilie, Monday, October 16, to Wednesday, October 18. At Smyrna. Thursday. October 19. At Hickory Grove, Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21. At Sharon, Monday, October 23. At McComiftll.-ville, Tuesday, October 24. At Tirzah, Wednesday, October 25. At Clover, Thursday and Friday, October 26 and 27. At Yorkville from Saturday, October 28, to Tuesday October 31. At Coates's Tavern, from 12 o'clock Wednesday, November 1, until 12 in., Thursday, November 2. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4. At Rock Hill from Monday, Novem6. to Saturday, November 11. And at Yorkville from Monday, November 13, until the 31st day of December, 1911, after which day the penalties will attach as stated above. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County, j r gjk Wj WVMHBMHMMfl Don't coi Fall and you have i i to get th bought. in dress ai ' woman aj i warning, 1 kind that week, but mwmmmmmmmBmammmmmmmm OBBIJnHBMBBHBMkJ MeEil . i I The SAVIN* n ~~ ! WHY Does I Both I 8 Require BANKS I WHY? Simply a: We Havi m I Besides our $25,01 I handle and will app small, call and talk I The SAVIN* '' W cnni\tr<c Ilc.RU I oriviMvj^, President. Averts Awful Tragedy. + Timely advice given Mm. C. Wilough- ^ ay, of Marengo, Wis., (R. No. 1) pre- . rented a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. Doctors had said her fright- ^ ful cough was a "consumption" cough . and could do little to help her. After many remedies failed, her aunt urged ^ her to take Dr. King's New Discovery, j . 1 * * ncinrr if P/-?v enmo ti mp " I ^ 1 IICXYC UCU1I UOIIl^ IV iVI OUIIIV she wrote "and the awful cough has 1 almost gone. It also saved my little . boy when taken with a severe bronchial trouble." This matchless medicine has ^ io equal for throat and lung trouble. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Ardrey's Drug store, ^ Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. < NOTICE?The best place to have your dothes cleaned and pressed is the Fort ? M il Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey Building. Phone 146. II Every % ' Fort Mil * irninj ne to us to buy yoi / Winter Shoes, unle * your mind made i e best shoe you ev We have all the sty I nd work shoes for ma nd child. Better tal though! They are tl : don't wear out tl ?some time later.:: a?wummtmMmmmmmmmmmmmmcmummm?a. m? ?i tianey 8c Cc nc damv mo umiiY ui JL ui rhe OLD RELIABLE the GOVERNM State and National, ? to ciccumulate a SURPLUS s a protection to their DEPO i $11,300.00 Surplus 30.00 Capital and are in p( >reciate your business. Be it it over with us. GS BANK of Fori W. B. MEAC Cashier II?i>1?? Painting, Tinting, E I am doing a lot of first-class painting for the gooc munity, but I am always ready and eager for more v Besides painting your house inside and out, I can d ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a manner unsurpassed I take especial care of carpets, matting, floors ar painting inside. Let me figure with you on paintin work is sure to please you, Reasonable prices. 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