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mill times. Biocretie ? Puublished Thursdavs. ^^^^^ lADFORD . . Editor And Proprietor. I B KumoM Rates: mk * ? ? ? 66 ^^^ s Times invitee contribution* on Hve subjects, ^^ dose not acre* to pobUah more then 200 words Vsnr subject. The right is reserved to edit communication submitted for publication. H iapplication to toe publisher, advertising are made known to tboae interested, ^ bleohone. local and keur distance. No. 112. I YFOBT HILL. S. CTNOVEUBBK * 1911. 1 . J"*!-??-- I W* Wi- - NOTE AND COMMENT. A North Carolina contempoBBrarf eoroes forward with an j ^BWireiy new plan for raising the Hpries of cotton. It suggests that jHpveryonc who is able buy a bale Vaf cotton, lay it away, ana wait ftr highev prices. Doubtless an. thousands of people every county who could buy bate of cotton each and not | I Inconvenienced in the least by I le Amount of money tied up ^Thereto, end ;if this plan was I Adopted in every county in the ' Cotton bilt several million bales would be stored away. It is ( argued on all sides that the only ' meant of boosting the price is to stop selling, and the above suggestion of the North Carolina paper it therefore not without weight i 'ldI_B ... Friday's -issse of the Chester Lantern contained the announcei,rent that Mr. W. F. Caldwell hpd sold his interest in the paper t*a company to be known as the Lantern Publishing company, and that as soon as arrangement could be made Mr. Caldwell will move to Columbia, where he will work for the News and Courier as correspondent. Mr. Caldwell has bCen at the helm of The Lantern for three years and has been issning a paper which wasvalued very highly as one of the exchanges which reach this office. The Times regrets to learn that he is to leave Chester, but wishes for him every success in i the new position which he is soon to accept i j ^g.1 . . A subscriber to The Times 'phones the paper to know if the present York road law provides, or requires, that the mayor of the town and the township supervisor rake the roots, rocks and rubbish from the ditches into the middle of the public roads. Not being posted in the matter, we take the liberty to pass the question on to the authorities for answer. About the best plan we know of for getting a living price for cotton next year is for the farmers of the South to raise only corn, sorghum and small ??in and buy their cotton at 8 cents from the Wall street farm' ers. We feel sure that by doing this the next cotton crop would sell for about 20 cents per pound. Many Elections Necessary. Much of the time of the general assembly which convenes j early in January will be consumed with elections. There are a num-, ber of important positions to be filled and a number of citizens I are already being discussed for the places. The friends of those mentioned have begun to prepare, for the battle of ballots among: the members of the general assembly. Among the most important elections will be those for the justiceships of the supreme court. Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster, has resigned as chief justice and several lawyers have been mentioned for his place. He will retire from the bench on January 9, the day before the legislature convenes. An additional justice will be elected as provided by the constitutional amendment of 1911. The legislature failed to elect this justice at the last session, a deadlock lasting for several weeks with the vote for those leading in the ballots unchanged. The same' candidates, and others, will probably again be in the race for this position. The term OI A. *Y uuus, aaauLiatc jusuvc, i expires next year. At the last session of the general assembly the constitutional amendment providing for a tenure of ten years for supreme court justices was adopted. Three circuit judges will be elected at the next session of the next general assembly. The terms of Judge J. W. DeVore, of the 11th circuit and Judge S. W. G. Shipp of the 12th circuit will expire next year. They will be re-elected, it is believed. A successor to the late Judge J. C. Klugh of the eighth circuit will h*? There will be two vacancies on the board of directors of the State penitentiary. The terms of J. D. Deas, of Camden, and W. H. Glenn, of Anderson, will expire. The general assembly will elect a State librarian. The only candidate announced so far is Miss L. H. LaBorde, who has filled the position acceptably for i the past several years. < F. H. McMaster is the only; I candidate announced for the < commissioner of the State in-1 surance department. He was \ the first insurance commissioner elected and has built up a strong , department. \ The records in the office of the ( secretary of State failed to show | just how many trustees of the , State institutions will be elected < at the next session of the general j assembly. The trustees often | fail to qualify when elected, . which causes the records to be very incomplete. Mr. McCown | has repeatedly called attention ( to this negligence on the part of ( those elected. } During next year there will be , a number of important appoint- , ments by the governor. The ] most important is that of com- | missioner of commerce, agricul- ( ture and industries/ The place j I is now held by E. J. Watson, who , has built up one of the strongest , I departments in the South?The State. I < Another Cotton Picker. A despatch from Sumter to ' the Columdia Record says that , an invention that may prove sue- ( cessful and if so of immense ser- 1 vice to cotton growers of the j South is that of Mr. V. M. Din- ] kins, a young man employed on Mr. L. D. Jennings' place several miles out from the city. The invention is a cotton picker operated on the suction plan. The ! picker has been given a trial and j ' several weak points have been found in it, but it is reported to have cleaned approximately 90 per cent of the cotton out of the bolls where it went along. The trial given the picker came off last week, but as no patents covering the invention have yet been applied for no information as to the workings of the machine will be given for publication yet. 1 he machine was working by placing a gasoline engine, which furnished the pow- ' pr fnrthp suction, on an ordinary ' double horse wagon, the latter being used as receptacle for the cotton as it was picked out of the fields. War-Time Price*. Mention the exorbitant charges for many of the present staple commodities of the people and there is a long waiting list of enthusiastic defenders of our modern prosperity who have quotations of war-time prices ready for deliverance for purposes of comparison Leaving aside the 1 fact that such a contrast cannot reasanably be made between the tendencies of trade at times of war and at times of eminent peace, it is interesting to refute the cry with some facts that have > been unearthed by a Richmond antiquarian: In war times a barrel of flour , could be purchased for $4.10; the present price is $7.75. j TJ?r* r,4- fV><-> linifl rvf tlio VI'ar naius at mnv sold for 14 cents a pound; the ( present price is 20 to 28 cents a j pound. Butter sold then for 15 to 20 , cents. The present price is 30 to 45 cents a pound. i Beef sold then for 61-2 ctnts a pound. The present price is ^ 15 cents. 5 Coffee could be purchased for ( 13 to 16 cents a pound. The pres- j ent price is 20 to 40 cents. j Lard sold for 8 to 12 cents a pound. The present price is 12 to 15 cents. Molasses sold for 30 to 35 cents a gallon. * The present price is 35 to 60 cents. ? Charlotte Observer. | ( It it a Tail-lets Comet? Has the comet which has been j appearing in the eastern sky for i the last few mornings got a tail. I or is it tail-less? This is the 1 question that is causing a good deal of interesting debate on the 1 part of those who have arisen ] in the wee small hours to see the i - i flaming beacon. > The comet is described as being 1 about three times as large as the 1 largest planet, shining brilliantly in the sky about three hours < high at 5 o'clock when the Hunt- } er of the East begins to cast his i stones. The comet is the very t last to take flight and shines till S well after 5 o'clock, afier the r other stars have all disappeared. I But how about its tail ?well, ? some say they have seen that, t too. Stretching straight up into the heavens they say it has a 1 beautiful appearance, being long < and flimsy and about the size of > Halley's tail when it first ap- 1 peared. However, quite a num- r ber of people arose to look toward 1 the east and saw the comet but1 i not the tail. c Newsy Notes from Gold Hill. Correspondence Fort Mill Times. J. Mrs. Tirzah Faris is quite sick v at this writing. We learn that Sam C. Faris is , preparing to take a trip to Texas ^ in the near future. The continued rains nave sei g the farmers back with their work j considerably. ( Already the hunters are on the i move. We heard of a certain ( young man who lives over on the river who went out gunning re- t cently and he jumped two hun- c dred rabbits on one acre of land. ^ He didn't say whether he slew them all oronly half of them and c presently he saw a crane coming. t He leveled old Betsy on him and c brought him down and he measured him and found him to be 14 j. feet from tip to tip. t Now if our Fort Mill preachers, who are such noted hunters, could come up with such a field of rabbits as this young man fbund they might procure a sup- : ply of meat for the winter. Of course we can't engage in the * chase as formerly, but are glad to inform you that we* are a first- g class setter. S. Gold Hill, Oct. 30. lc ?t J Jnlawful to Sell Toy Pistols and Caps. That the Christmas season is' bear at hand it will be well for ;hose merchants who handle holilay toys and fireworks to remember that the sale of toy pistols ind caps is forbidden by law in South Carolina. The following aw upon the subject was passed by the legislature several years igp: 'It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, in this State, to sell, keep for sale, br offer for sale, or give away, any toy pistol in which caps or cartridges are used, or any caps br cartridges for such toy pistols. Every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined one hundred dollars br be imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty days." This law Was deemed necessary because of the death of numbers bf children in this and other States from the careless handling of these toy pistols and car-! tridges. In the city of Norfolk it was said that twenty boys: died one Christmas season from particles of the cartridges entering their hands and causing blood poisoning. Got 17 1-2 Cents for His Cotton. Interesting to all growers and prospective growers of cotton, either short or long staple, is the statement of the experience of Capt. W. B. Lowrance, of this city, with the "Columbia" cotton during the past year, says the | Columbia Record. This is one of the species of long staple cotton. "I sold my cotton a few weeks ago at 171-2 cents," says Mr. Lowrance, "when ten cents was the very top of the market for good middling. I sold a few days ago at 161-2 cents when 8.85 was top. I made this year a bale to a bale and a half to the acre with ordinary fertilizing, say 500 pounds to the acre. One thousand four hundred pounds of seed cotton turned out 475 pounds lint. The cotton was ginned on ordinary saw gins. Other cotton alongside mine rusted badly, shedded off and nearly all ripened ir. September; mint did not rust and kept green and growing right along and is green today." Our Attitude Toward Dancing. Editor Fort Mill Times: Whether or not, in the article which appeared in your last issue, "Observer" meant to include the undersigned among those church members, who encourage dancing, we desire to say very emphatically to the readers of The Times that we have never, by word or by action, "winked at," "directly or indirectly" encouraged dancing. It has received from us nothing but frowns and disapproval, and has caused us many heartaches. We love the dancer, therefore we hate dancing. Nor do the great branches of the church which we represent "wink at," "directly or indirectly" encourage this gross evil. We also, with "Observer," greatly lament the fact that some of the merfibers of the ihurches, which we have the lonor of serving, do engage in ;his subtile and blighting evil. S. P. Hair, T. J. White, W. A. Hafner, Fort Mill, Oct. 31. From the County Seat. ?orrespondenee Fort Mill Times. Yorkville, Oct. 30. ? Several ?ood rains have fallen here durnc the nast few davs and the ground is wetter than it has been for months. The farmers are finishing up the picking of cotton and are now putting in most of their time sowing wheat and oats. An unusual iy large amount of small grain will be sown in this section this fall. Several important real estate leals have been consummated lere lately, of which the followngarea few: Jos. W. Neil, heirs, o Frank C. Riddle, of Yorkville, J80 acres on the King's Mtn. oad, 3 miles north of Yorkville. price paid $14,250, or $53 per tcre. Jas. E. Burns will superinend this farm next year. John M. Plaxico has sold his "arm, in the western outskirts )f Yorkville, to Dr. A. Y. Cart- j vright and John M. Hartness of Gilbert, and Mr. Hartness will nove to the farm about January L. The price paid was $9,225. dr. Hartness is considered one >f the best farmers of the county, rhis year he has gathered 45 >ales of cotton and about 500 mshels of corn from a three icrse farm, 40 acres of which ras planted to cotton. J. Harry Foster is building a lice residence on King's Mtn. treet. Joseph G. Dickson is ilso building on King's Mtn. itreet. C. J. Youngblood has ust completed a nice residence >n this street, and John G. t'oungblood is building a home >n Jefferson street. R. Ernest Heath has bought htj?residence of Walter S. Neil, >n Cleveland Ave., and has moved lis family there. Business here is very good,: .onsidering the low price of coton, which advanced here Saturlay from 8.75 to 9 cents. As a general rule the farmers lereabouts are holding their coton for higher prices. W. President Taft on Monday isued his anpual Thanksgiving iroclamation, calling upon citiens of the United States to elebrate Thursday, the 30th of Jovember, as a day of thanksiving and prayer. The best price paid for cotton on the >cal market yesterday was 8J cents. Mrs. J. H. McMurray and Mrs. W. B. Ardrey will attend the | State convention of the D. A. R., . which meets in Chester next Tuesday. These ladies go as delegates of the Fort Mill chap- ter of the organization. While in Chester Mrs. McMurray and Mrs. Ardrey will be entertained ( by Mrs. R. M. Strange. Is the World Growing Better? Many things go to prove that it is. The i way thousands are trying to help others , * * - ? _ if t*r \\7 19 prooi. Among mem is mm. vy. *y. Gould, of Pittsfield, N. H. Finding good health by taking Electric Bitters, she now advises other sufferers everywhere, to take them. "For years I suffered with stomach and kidney trouble," she writes. "Every medicine I used failed till I took Electric Bitters. But this great remedy helped me wonderfully." They'll help any woman. They're the best tonic and finest liver and kidney remedy that's made. Try them. You'll see. 50c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. TAX NOTICE 1911. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 15. 1911. Notice is hereby given that the Tax Books for York county will be opened on Monday, the 16th day of October, 1911, and remain open until the 31st day of December, 1911, for the collection 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, a *? ? twinalfv fnr nil nn v i rtiiu twu pri tciu. pviiuivj u... f?j I 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 Coates's Tavern, from 12 o'cloek Wednesday, November 1, until 12 m., 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. Anderson's "Lom Has a record of 2,035 measured m Absolutely dust and sand proof, any othor axle without re-oiling ai out of box. Oiled "while you wai gies and does not cost a cent extra A Convincing Test?2,03! "It being important to me to j I made a thorough comparative tei the Anderson 'Long Winded,' usee other three ran dry' within ninety the day the 'Rock Hill' was runnii reoil, my odometer showing a reco "It's the best spindle made. "Rock Hill, S. C., January 6, MILLS & YOUf Fort Mill Agents for 1 GALLONS PUT UP TJ1J Tr1'!? IN JUGS A EXPRESS PR! CORN WHISKEY 1 Gal 2 G; New Corn. $2 10 $3 Two-Year-Old Corn 3 00 5 Three-Year-Old Corn 3 25 5 Old Mountain Corn 2 75 4 Old Process Corn 3 00 5 Happy Valley Corn .. 2 35 4 KY tj WH15MC.S Gibson 4 50 8 Libs ton 3 25 5 Hoover 2 75 4 Old Prentice (case goods) Cascade Green River (bot. in bond) Mellwood (bot. in bond) Mellwood (our own bottling).. 4 25 8 Ovorholt Jefferson Club 3 75 6 Old Henry S 50 6 Savage Mountain 3 50 6 Rose Valley Sherwood Excelsior 2 25 4 Hoover's Private Stock Green River 4's BRANDIES Apple Brandy 2 10 3 Apple Brandy 3 00 5 Peach Brandy 4 00 7 Sweet Mash Corn. 100 proof, white and clear as sprint: water and made from pure strain. 4 full i quarts $2.75; 6 qts $3.75; 8 qts. $4.75; 12 qts $7.50. I Primrose Corn, old and mellow. This whiskey is made from select (train, is asted in wood, and is l guaranteed 3 years old. 4 full quarts $3.50; 6 qts. I $4.90; 8 qts. $6.25; 12 qts. $9.50. 1 NO CHARGE FOR Jt W. H. HOOVER, 522 E. Br< NJ Everj Fort Mi s \ Rexall Chill Breaker Is a product devised especially for the treatment of Chills and Malaria, and we have such confidence in its remedial qualities that we offer it to you with our personal guarantee that it will prove beneficial in treating your case or we will refund the fifty cents you have paid us for it. On November 10th there will be an advance in price of five of the leading magazines. Don't wait until your subscription expires, and don't miss the beautiful Xmas numbers. Ardrey's. Haile's On the Corner Our friends will please keep in mind that our line of School Supplies, Stationery, etc,, is complete. Fort Mill Drug Co, J. R. HAILE, Prop. ?I IBMM I Distance" Axle iles with one oiling. Patented. Will run twice as long as any id not half try. Oil cannot get t." Used on all Rock Hill Bug L ) Miles With One Oiling. ?et the very best buggy spindle, st of four of the best, one being 1 on 'Rock Hill' Buggies. The 7 days. At the end of a year to lg smoothly without opening to rd of 2,035 miles. "W. G. STEVENS, M. D. 1911." iG COMPANY. 'Rock Hill" Buggies. t tgt our mottoXJX b-M X Pure Goods, Honett Dealing :paid. al 3 Gal 4 Gal 4 Qta 6 Qta 8 Qts 12Qts 60 $5 35 $6 85 $2 35 $3 25 $4 25 $7 00 00 7 00 9 00 3 00 4 50 5 50 9 00 25 7 25 9 25 90 6 90 8 25 2 75 3 75 5 25 7 25 50 8 00 10 00 3 25 4 60 6 00 9 25 10 5 75 7 35 2 50 3 50 4 50 6 50 60 12 75 16 00 5 50 7 50 10 00 13 50 75 8 25 75 6 75 5 50 7 50 .... 13 00 5 50 8 25 10 75 13 00 5 50 8 25 10 75 13 00 5 50 8 25 10 75 13 00 00 10 75 .... 4 50 6 50 8 50 11 00 4 50 6 85 11 00 12 50 75 10 00 13 00 4 00 5 80 7 70 10 00 60 9 50 12 00 4 00 5 75 7 70 10 00 60 9 50 12 00 4 00 5 75 .... 10 00 ... 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 .... 4 50 6 So 850 1200 25 6 25 8 25 2 25 3 25 4 50 6 50 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 500 6 75 1325 60 65 00 .... Old Private Stock Com, an excellent old gooda with a reputation through the entire country. 4 Full qts. $3.00: 6 qts. 14.25: 8 qts. $5.25; 12 qta. $8.50 Pocahontas Qorn. Its long record proves its nerit Honest goods, honest prices, honest measiro. and aged in wood. 4 full quarts, $3.00; 6 qta. 14.25; 8 qts. $5.25: 12 qts. $8.50. IGS OR PACKING. jad Street, Richmond, Va. FjLJU SE rthing in th Ph 111 Agency for 1 ?chloss Are made f< and satisfact they can?i good clothes and social lil They cost no i We have absolui Clnthine eives m O Z> Style Is what yc your money vice is exact Schloss Bros $: McELJ TL. Ol .1 ine mu ui I The SAVIN j WHY Doe: I Both Require BANK I WHY? Simply < _ We Hav | Besides our $25,( I handle and will ap small, call and talk (The SAVIN LEROY SPRINGS President. mmmmmmmwmmmmm* Averts Awful Tragedy. Timely advice given Mrs. C. Wilough- ( by, of Marengo, Wis., (R. No. 1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and saved < two lives. Doctors had said her fright- , fnl nniinrVi vL-aa ? "cnnsnmntion" eouch and could do little to help h?*r. After many remedies failed, her aunt urged her to take Dr. King's New Discovery. "I have been using it for some time," she wrote "and the awful cough has almost gone. It also saved my little boy when taken with a severe bronchial trouble." This matchless medicine has no 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 clothes cleaned and pressed is the Fort Mill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey Building. Phone 146. LUJ* E BAILE ie way of b IONENO." 7ORD Automot Baltimore ar men who fir ion in dressing men who appre > mean to them fe. more than the o fely proven that Schlo ost for the Money i and Se ?u want when in clothes. Sty :ly what you ge 5. & Company si LO to $2 iANEY Style and Quality "Just Across GS BANK 01 The OLD RELIABLE : the GOVE # State and Nati< S to accumulate a SI as a protection to thei -e $11,300.00 5 )00.00 Caoital and ' 1 predate your busines . it over with us. fGS BANK Oi >, w mmmmmmmammmm ? Painting, T I am doing a lot of first-class pain ^ munity, but I am always ready and Besides painting your house inside ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a man f I take especial care of carpets, mi painting inside. Let me figure with ^ work is sure to please you. Reason \ FRANK WHITE, The 1 * If You Want to Sell It, A 1BE1 SI uilding mat 72 >iles and Acce* ???? Clothes id pleasure __ 11 __ as wen as ;ciate what in business rdinary kind. * 55 Bros. & Co. noested. srvice you invest _ 4e and Sert in every lit you buy. 5 6 CO. the Street." f Fort Mill I RNMENT, j " anal, I JRPLUS FUND ? I [r DEPOSITORS. I Surplus, | are in position to | ~\ F Fort Mill, I . B. MEACHAM, j Cashier. inting, Etc. ; ting for the good people of this com- 1 eager for more work. 1 and out, I can do the tinting, grain- . iner unsurpassed in taste and quality. .. itting, floors and woodwork when . i you on painting your home. My 7 able prices. Satisfactory work. Painter, Fort Mill, S. C. Ldvertise It in The Times. 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