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FORT MILL. S. C.. OCTOBER 19. lfll.
A Long Step Forward.
The result of the bond election
F Monday was especially gratilying
to The Times. For some
time this newspaper has labored
for the success of the proposed
issue and that the bonds carried
by a good majority is, we feel,
an" evidence th^t the paper's
efforts were amply rewarded.
The improvement to be made
with the proceeds of the bonds
will, after the work is completed
doubtless convince any who
might have opposed such an issue
that the town has done the right
ttySng and that the money thus
expended could not have been
put to a better purpose. The
present condition of Main street
is little short of disgraceful to
the town, and to the twenty-two
citipenawho by ballot on Monday
willed that this condition should
no longer exist The Times offers
its heartiest congratulations.
Too Many School Books.
The Times feels that there
i is entirely too much truth in the
following item from the Gaffney
Ledger to let it pass unnonticed:
The radical trouble with the
y' schools of the country today is in
the text books. Not so much the
books themselves but the fact
tnat mere are too many oooks.
It is not an uncommon occurrence
to see a pale, emaciated
little girl, trudging wearily to
I the sciiool house, with a load of
books almost as large as she is.
Result: a little knowledge of
' them all and not much of any.
Thirty minutes on each book
when, with the old system of
three or four and never more
than five books, a thorough
knowledge was gained of each.
In this day and time the idea
seems to be to teaoh the children
something of everything. If a ;
child learns 'reading, writing, i
spelling and arithmetic, with a |
little Shakespeare and the Bible j
on the side, that child is far bet- j
ter equipped for fighting life's
battles than are many who are
graduated from our present day
institutions of learning.
Incompetency Means Failure.
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Are there too many small merchants,
asks an exchange. There
are if you count in the incompetent
ones who start in without
the requisite knowledge for success
or the capital to carry them
through. Regardless of what
merits n\ay be in the field they
occupy, whether there is population
sufficient to support another!
store or not, they start in, pay j
for what goods they can and al-!
ways find some ambitious wholesaler
who is anxious to extend
credit. What is the result?
Their incompetency and lack of
business training lead them into
cutting prices below the safety
mark. Their stocks are poorly
assorted. Tfcey perhaps unwisely
extend credits and, instead of
properly marking goods so as to
bring in a good percentage of
profits, charge exorbitantly for
one thing and too little for something
else. Consumers become
dissatisfied. Some turn their
patronage to the order houses,
others to the nearest large city.
In the trrocerv line it can be seen
by the careful observer that the
number of stores is fully a third
greater than they should be in
the average town. Where there
are too many stores only the well
managed ones win and the others
fail. In business it is the survival
of the fittest as well as
elsewhere.
Knights of Methodism.
To solve the boy problem the
Methodist church proposes to
organize the 4'Knights of Methodism"
taking care of all the boys
between the ages of 9 to 20 years
of age, classifying them into
three orders according to age.
The ritual of each order is
grouped around some striking
incidents in the Book of Daniel.
The Order of Loyal Princes is
founded upon the refusal of the
Hebrew princes to eat the king's
meat and to drink the king's
wine. The Order of Victors is
drawn from the story of their
refusal to bow down to the
"goiden image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up."
The Order of Lion-Hearted is
built around Daniel's decision to
face the den of lions rather than
forsake God. < Three lines of j
work will be carried on in each
grou?, social and literary, re-!
creative and religious. The
general control of the Knights of
Methodism is vested in a com-j
mission of nine, consisting of
three representatives each from
the Epworth league, the Methodist
brotherhood and the board
of Sunday-schools.
Busy Week for School Worker#.
The week beginning Friday,
October 20, wiii be a red-ietter
week for tjie rural schools of
York county; that is, if the people
of the county Uike advantage
of it
At the meeting in Rock Hill on
Friday we hope to see all men
and women interested in the subject
of better schools for the
county. On the. first floor of the
Winthrop high school building j
visit the exhibit of improved
school furniture and school ap-1
paratus, take stock mentally of
what is in your own home school
and compare it with what is necessary
in a good school room.
Mr. 0. J. Kern, the successful
county superintendent of Winnebago
county, Illinois, will show
us by means of his lantern slides
what is possible in the way of
good schools in purely rural districts.
At the afternoon session
we want to discuss some plan
for improvement of conditions in
our own county. We hope that
every patron, teacher, trustee i
and interested friend of the rural |
schools will be thinking of what
the County School Improvement
associntion can do for the better- j
ment of these schools. What j
can the association do toward
placing more children in the
schools, keeping them there long- j
er, and making school life hap-:
pier and more effective than it j
has been? Because one has a
good school now is no reason
why he should be satisfied. It!
should be better this coming session
than ever before. Every
school, no matter how good, has
its needs. Let us study those
needs and see how they can be
supplied. It is earnestly hoped
that every trustee will attend
this meeting. Mr. Lesslie, the
chairman of the Trustees' association,
has called a meeting of
this body for Friday, the 20th.
Questions of interest to all trustees
will be discussed. Certainly
all teachers should honor School |
Improvement Day with their
presence.
On Saturday we trust every
teacher in York county will be
in Rock Hill for the Teachers'
Association, which convenes at
that time. The Home Institute,
which has been held at Winthrop
college every fall for the past
three years, will also hold its
session on this day. All farmers,
their wives, and sons and daughters
interested in the Corn Clubs
and the Boys' and Girls' Club of
the county are ivited to attend
this institute. The program for
this day is full of interest. Agriculture
is required in our schools
now, and teachers who have
very limited knowledge of the
subject will enjoy the practical
suggestions for school-room work
along this line.
Another feature of the program
is the talk by Supt. Luceo
Gunter, of the Rock Hill city
schools, on the use of the handbook
prepared by Mr. W. K.
Tate and issued by the State dedepartment
of education. All
teachers, except those in the city
schools, are going to be required
to use this hand-book. We shall
have them on hand for distribution.
Mr. Kern will lecture
again on Saturday.
Among the most widely read
books on country schools and.j
country life is "Among Country
Schools." by 0. J. Kern. Hej
has done much to secure for the j
boys and girls of the rural sec- j
tions of our country as good euu
eational advantages as the boys
and girls of the cities have. It
is not only instructive, but it is
an inspiration to hear him lecture
and to see his beautiful pictures.
He lectures at Lesslie at 2:30
Monday afternoon, October 23.
At 8 o'clock that night he will
lecture at the Fort Mill graded
school. On Tuesday afternoon,
October 24, at 3 o'clock he will j
be a Clover. Tuesday night he
will lecture at Yorkville. Wednesday
afternoon, October 25,
at 2:30 o'clock he will lecture at
Bullock's Creek and that night
at 8 o'clock he will be at Hickory
Grove. A glance at this itinerary
will show that it takes Mr. i
Kern into the northerh, southern. !
eastern and western sections of
our county. Let every one avail
himself of the opportunity to
hear Mr. Kern.
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JLeiia a. rtussen,
Co. Supt. of Rural Schools.
Rock Hill, Oct. 16.
York Fanners Hdlding Cotton.
While there have been no public
meetings held at any point in
this county for the ostensible
purpose of urging the farmers to
hold their cotton for higher
prices, still it is not likely that |
there is any county in the State
where less cotton has been passed
out of the hands of the producers
than in York since the price
dropped below ten cents, and it
is doubtful if there is any county
in which so large a proportion of
the farmers are able to hold their
cotton until they are entirely
ready to sell than in this county,
says a correspondent of the News
and Courier. Many of them for
years have been practicing the
"live at home" method of farming
and as a result their supply
bills, outside of fertilizers, are
comparatively small, and besides
all of the nine banks doing business
in the various towns in the
county are well supplied with
cash and each of them is ready
and anxious to advance all the
money that is needed by those
who care to store their cotton in
any of the four or five bonded
warehouses and turn in the certificates
as collateral, and besides
there are still others who can get
the cash to meet any pressing
obligations on their plain notes.
If all the white cotton producers
in the South were in as good
shape as York's, and as thoroughly
appreciated the true value of 1
the present cotton crop, it \s ould)
be certain to sell at an average
price of not less than 12 cents.
It is estimated that about 90 per
cent of the early cotton is open
and that not less than 70 per
cent, has been picked and ginned,
but much of it did not come up
until about the middle of June
and this is just now beginning to
open.
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Good Roads add Prosperity.
Quite a number of the leading railroads
of the country, notably the
Southern Railway Company and the
Frisco lines, are now engaged in
movements that are reaching to the
fundamental causes of the prosperity
of the United States, says the Washington
Post. President Finley of the
Southern and Chairman Yoakum of the
Frisco lines have been taking a leading
part in all movements designed to increase
the products of the farm or aid
the farmers, and in doing so they have
been performing more useful service
than they would by donating public
libraries.
There is a great deal of buncombe
about the farmer, but there can be
no denial of the fact that without him
the United States could not live. The
more prosperous the farmer the more
prosperous the country. The railroad
men, going lurther, Deneve mat me
more prosperous the country the more
prosperous the railroad business. Were
all business men to take the same view,
and work toward the same end, there
would be no doubt about the results
that would be achieved.
In the South and West the railroad
men have taken the ground that the
improvement of public roads will aid
the farmer as no other movement ever I
has aided him. Better roads will make
possible the hauling of crops at all I
seasons of the year, and there will be !
no period when roads are impassable.
The kind of roads the railroad men
have in mind will know no seasons of
the year.
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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 i
supreme. Unrivaled for Piles. Try it.
Only 25c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks
Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co.
TAX LEVIES FOR 1911
Office of the County Treasurer
of York County.
Yorkville, S. C., October 13. 1911.
In compliance with the law, I hereby
give notice of the several levies on
the property of York County, for the
k/.fyir?n5nfr T QnilQrV leaf
llbcai ycai, ,
1911, to wit:
For State purposes, 5J mills on the
dollar.
For ordinary county purposes, 4?
mills on the dollar.
For Constitutional schools, 3 mills on
the dollar.
For Roads, 2 mills on the dollar.
For Catawba River Bridge, ? mill on
the dollar.
For County Bridge Fund, ? mill on
the dollar.
. Aggregating 1G mills on all the property
of the cotinty, and in addition to
this the following special levies for
townships and local schools, viz:
Catawba township, 1J mills for interest
on township bonds; ? of 1 mill
for a sinking fund for said township.
Ebenezer township, 2 of 1 mill for
interest on*township bonds, and J of 1
mill for a sinking fund for ?aid township.
York township, 3 mills for interest
on township bonds, and ? of 1 mill for
a sinking fund for said township.
Local School Levies:
District No. 2, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 6, 3 mills, making a
total levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 7, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 19? mills in said district.
District No. 9, 4 mills, -making a total
levy of 20 mills in said district.
District No. LI, 5 mills for graded j
school, 1 mill for high school, ar.d 1
mill for interest on graded school
bonds, making a total levy of 2G? mills
in said distr.ct.
District No. 12, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 21? mil s on the property of
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rjuenezer, iuiu imuo ujj v?tu??
township part of said district.
District No. 13, 3 nnlis, making a total
lavy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 14, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 15, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 13 miils in said district.
District No. 20, 2$ mills, special tax.
2 mills for interest on bonds, 1 mill to
retire bonds, making a total levy of
21J mills on the. property of Bullock's
Creek and Broad Kiver townships' part
and 25 mills on the York township
part of said district.
District No. 22, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 23, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 20, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 27, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 28, 2 mills for special
levy, 1J mills interest on school bonds
and 1J mills for sinking fund, making
a total of 21 mills in said district.
District No. 29, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 32, 2 mills, special tax,
making a total levy of I9f mills ior
said district.
District No. 33, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills on Bethesda's part,
and 21 j mills on the York part of said
district.
District No. 35, 2J mills making a
total levy of 19j| mills on Ebenezer's
part, and 22 mills on York part of said
district.
District No. 36. 2 mills, making a total
levy of 19| mills for said district.
District No. 37. special levy of 2 mills
for school, 1* mills for interest on
school building bonds, 1 mill for sinking
fund, making a total of 20* mills
for said district.
District No. 39, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 40, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 nulls in said district.
District No. 41, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills for said district.
District No. 42, 2 mills, making a
total of 21J mills in said district.
District No. 43, 2 mills, making a total
of 18 mills in Bethesda's part of
said district, a total of 19J mills in
Ebenezer's part of said district, and
21 i mills in York's part of said district.
District No. 44, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 45, 2J mills, making a
total of 20j mills in said district.
District No. 46, 2 mills, making a total
of 20i mills in said district.
District No. 47, 2j mills,'making a
total of 22 mills in said district.
District No. 48, 2$ mills, making a
total of 18J mills in Bullock's Creek
township's part of said district, and a
total of 22 mills in York township's
part of said district
District No. 49, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in the King's Monntain
township part of said district, and
22$ mills in the York township part of
said district.
Also $1.00 on all taxable polls.
Also 50 cents each on all dogs.
HARRY E. NEIL,
County Treasurer.
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"I have been using it for some time," f
she wrote "and the awful cough has ^
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boy when taken with a severe bronchial
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