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\ 'jM THE FORT MILL TIMES. Democratic ? Puublhhed Thursdsvs. B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. SuaecurnoM Rates: One Year $1.25 Six Month* 66 The Times invites contributions on live subjects, tat does not scree to publish more than 200 words I, on any subject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and Ion* distance. No. 112. Entered at the postoffice at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. FORT MILL. S. C.. FEBRUARY 8.1912. ? ? ?J e__ 'i'lie next tmng in oraer iur Marse Henry is to double him- j self in a wee sma' knot and roll into a crack. Let us work and stimulate every legitimate enterprise by giving it all the friendly encouragement we can, and unite our industry, intelligence and capital in a common cause for the good of our town. The Rock Hill Evening Herald is two months old and has every appearance of being a healthy youngster. In The Herald, the city of Rock Hill has an afterpaper of which it may justly feel proud, and The T^'mes hopes that The Herald may live through many more moons. No greater injury can be done a teacher than to condemn her at home in the presence of pupils. There are many?they usually allude to a teacher as schoolmarm?who persist in believing and encouraging that a school teacher is never to be regarded with other than suspicion. Of interest and benefit to the general public," and to traveling men in particular, is?the bill passed to third reading Friday evening by the lower house of the South Carolina Legislature; * -1 ! -1 VL I requiring tnac tne ranroaas wicnin the State accept mileage strips on the trains in payment of fares. The bill had alreadypassed the senate and will become a law. The bill is designed to abrogate the railroad rule, that mileage books will not be honored on trains but must be changed for tickets at the ticket offices. Would it not be well for parents who have children attending school in the town to take interest enough in the schools and their children to visit the schools at least one time during the term. We hear parents complaining of the schools, who have no more knowledge of how they are being conducted than a resident of China has. We do know that strangers who have visited our schools have gone away and said that we have as good schools as any town in the country. Oil prices have been advancing steadily since the supreme court decreed for the dissolution of the oil trust. Three times this year r^i 1 TV* no n \T ViQC mc oionuaiu v/n vumpauji Iiuu advanced prices, and it is said the prices will go even higher. Many people of this section are independent of the oil trust, but it cannot be said that they will remain so always. There is little assurance that the dispensers of electric fluid will always light our homes, business and other places at present prices and with the new order of things it may be found necessary for the sake of economy to again pay tribute to John D's little oily combine. That article in another column telling of the sentiment of Fort Mill being favorable to the annexation of the township to North Carolina makes interesting reading, to be sure, but we fear that The Observer's correspondent has drawn slightly on his imagination in the matter. With the ten "prominent citizens," nine of whom were native North Carolinians, it was but natural that they should desire j to return to that State, but we doubt very much if ten other prominent citizens of the town-' ship wtih a similar desire could i be found. As for The Times, | it wishes to remain a protege of' the State of Andy Jackson, and no amount of persuasion would gain its consent to become a part or parcel of the Mecklenburg of Myths. Wilie Jones May Resign. Gen. Wilie Jones, for 14 years chairman of the State Democratic executive committee, will very probably offer his resignation when the State Democratic convention meets here on May 15. He has made no official announcement, yet it is practically certain that he will resign. Gen. Jones served for 16 years as secretary of the State executive committee before his election to the chairmanship, and has attendediiseveral national conventions as a delegate at large, ^^^^ggj^^^^^^tconsiderable^ County Bond Issue Some More. InT case the legislature passes the bill calling an election in York county for the purpose of | voting on a bond issue of $75,000 for the purpose of erecting a court house at Yorkville one of the hottest fights ever waged in the county will begin, says a Rock Hiil despatch to the Columbia Record. However, it is not believed that the bill will pass as three of the representatives are said to be against the measure, as is Senator Stewart also. The York grand jury some time ago recommended that the York delegation secure the passage \ ex such an act and Representai cive McDow, in accordance with jthe recommendations, introduced | the measure. Before the bill was introduced, however, the York delegation had a conference with citizens of Rock Hill and the latter expressed themselves as unalterably opposed to the meas-; ure. It is contended that there is no j need of a new court house at this j time and even if thene was that ! with the low price of cotton the ! farmers of the county are now burdened with taxes and the hond issue would only increase this burden. Some time ago the court house was enlarged at an expense of $10,000, making it adequate, it was claimed, for the needs of the county for years to come. Those who are opposing the issue state that with a few repairs and additional office room the present building would be j ample for the needs of the county officials. Should the issue come before the people it would result in a i division of the county, with all ; living in the eastern half working against the issue and a ma- j | jority of those living in the west; ern half favoring it. As the eastern half some years ago tried ; to get a bill through creating a I new county of the eastern half 1 and embracing a portion of LanI caster and a portion of Chester, ; the people living in the western half, it is rumored, hope that the erecting of a costly building at Yorkville would cause the people living in the eastern half to give up the idea of a division. When | it is known that the people livingj in Catawba and Ebenezer town-' ships alone pay one-half of the entire taxes of the county, lack ing $100, it can easily be understood that those living in the western half desire to keep the county as at present constituted. To Print War Records. A decidedly interesting feature of the report of the South Carolina Historical Commission, placed on the desks of the members of the the General Assembly, is the recommendation of the secretary, A. S. Sal ley, that the records of the navy of South Carolina during the Revolutionary war be printed in book form. This State was one of the few of the original thirteen Commonwealths that maintained a seafighting force and that was done by the hardest struggle on the part of the government. The! records of the South Carolina! naval board have been kept for i many years in the archives of I New York State and the South Carolina Historical Commission has tried for several years to regain possession of them. This was accomplished during the past year. If the records are printed a copy of the book will .--i Hi... _c XT oe preserueu 10 me oiaie 01 i-sew i York in return lor kindnesses in returning the records. The i records, when returned (o South Carolina, were somewhat damaged due to the fire that partially destroyed the Capitol of New York last year. 9 0 + Poultry Business Growing. The poultry craze is spreading rapidly in every section of the South. The people of this section of the country are becoming interested as never before. It is a profitable and healthful occupation, and the opportunities in the business are almost unlimited. People who are giving the business the proper attention are making money out of it. The interest in poultry has spread even to the back yards of the cities, and in nearly every city in the South there are to be found large numbers of poultry houses and runs that indicate the possession of the hen. There is hardly a home in the cities but what has a plot of ground upon which may be kept a few chick ens, and when managed rignt, > they can be made to pay quite a j little revenue, in addition to furnishing the table with nice, i fresh laid eggs. Many a meal can be cut half in two by keeping a flock of nice, thoroughbred birds in the back yard. Try it. "To Thine Ownself Be True." Do not listen to the argument; that the other feHows are not going to curtail. Let the other fellows increase their acreage if they would be treacherous to themselves and their neighbors, but if by their treachery they cause the price to fall they suffer most. If in spite of their treachery, cotton goes higher, you make a profit that you would not have made had you not, with the others true to the cause, curtailed. And then, if you do not make the profit on cotton that the other fellow does, you make it on other products. If the farmers would come to realize this, no organization would be necessary. - Laurens Advertiser., Southern Will Give Free Scholarships. As a means of supplementing the extensive work being done by the Southern Railway company for the advancement of agriculture in the territory traversed by its lines south of the ???i i Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi, the company will in the near future establish a number of free agricultural scholarships in the State colleges of the South. President W. W. Finley will take this matter up at once with the president of each agricultural college concerned, asking him to permit the company to pay for the scholarships and to select the young men to be benefited by them. The scholarships, which are to cover the full four-year course in agriculture, are to be awarded in accordance with plans to be agreed upon between the presidents of the colleges and the railway company and are to be given to young men residing in counties traversed by the lines of the company, and who would otherwise be financially unable to avail themselves of an agricultural college training. As soon as arrangements have been definitely perfected, full details as to the scholarship or scholarships tc be awarded in each State will be announced. Makes Direful Prediction. Rev. Thomas Clark, a pictur-) esque character, who for years! has wandered in the mountains of eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia, styling himself the "Prophet of the Smokies," 1 declares that he has just had a tnaiAH in urUinli if urQC Vi . i .I i., ] ! VIS1UII ill VYIJ1V.I1 U n uo 1V<VUI\U I to him by a divine messenger 1 that during the present year a I volcanic eruption equal to .that of Martinique or Vesuvius, will! take place in the State of Pennsylvania and that nearly 900,000 souls will be plunged into eternity without a moment's warning. He asserts he foretold the assassination of President McKinley, the fire at Baltimore and the San Francisco earthquake. m m m Protect Your Town. Protect your own town and 1 thereby show that you are in I favor of protection. If protec-! tion is good for the nation it is i good for the town. As towns- I people we should favor our town I above every other as the growth I and development of it is what will I enhance the value of all property I both in and about it. Then buy | your dry goods, groceries, hard- ware, furniture, etc., at home; have your printing, your blacksmithing, your shoe-making done at home; pationize home in every instance that you can. The success of our merchants and mechanics means new business houses and residences, additional demands for labor of various kinds. To the farmer a first-class town affords a better market for his grain, a better trading point, and such a town is bound to in- . crease the value of his land. Unquestionably "in union there is strength." Let us protect our town. He Won't Limp Now. No more limping for Tom Moore of Cochran, Ga. "I had a bad sore on my instep that nothing seemed to help till I used bucklen's Arnica Salve," he writes, "hut this wonderful healer soon cured me." Heals old, runnirig sores, 1 ulcers, boils, burns, cuts, bruises, ecze- j ma or piles. Try it. Only 25 cents at i Parks Drug Co , Ardrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co. ? - Don't Suffer With Headache, F . Have your eyes tested and you may find the trouble, which can easily be remedied with proper glasses. Lots of people are nervous wrecks, and some go crazy on account of imperfect eyesight. We have had 27 years experience and study in this line, and will test your eyes free of charge and will not advise you to wear glasses unless it is necessary. Call and see what we can do for vou. L. J. MASSEY, Jeweler and Optician. ONE CENT A WORD ' MINIMUM CHARGE, 25C. EGGS FOR SALE I am now hook-1 1 ing orders for eggs from my large, I pun-bred White Wyandottts. Eggs, SI.00 per 15. Only limited quantity ( for sale. S. E. ilAILES, Eimwood ?> Farm. FOR SALE?Cabbage Plants, direct from Younges Island. Varieties, Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield, Succession, Flat Dutch. $1.00 ner thousand. Special prices on large' lots. F. E. HULL. Rock Hill, S. C. FOR SALE?We offer 2 fresh cows, 10 shoats and 6 registered Berkshire boar pigs. Breed your sows to one of our purebred boars. Our fee, a choice pig. RIVERSIDE FARM. FOR SALE-For ten days only, we offer Fine Rhode Island Reds and Brown Leghorns at special prices. | Randalesburg Store, C. B. Kirnbrell, ' Prop. Pineville, N. C. FOR SALE ?100,00i) frost-proof Cab- j bage Plants, Early Jersey and Char- I leston Wakefield varieties. ' B. M. FARIS. ~?OR SALE OR TRADE?16 acres of Land, 2 miles of Fort Mill. Also one ^ horse and tup buggy. A. R. McELHANEY. NOTICE?The best place to have vour c clothes cleaned and pressed is the Fort ' Mill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey t Building. Phone 146. I ^ Anv tip "" ling a s pt ' i. I descrlpllnn may quietly ascertain our opinion free whether nh Invention is pmbnhly pal ent able. Couiniunlen- T tlons strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free, oldest acency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn k Co. receive J tptclal notice, without charge, In the 1 Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest clr- v culatlon of any sclentlllc Journal. Terms, a i year: four months, |L Sold by all newsdealers. i MUNN & Co New York Braoob Office, 636 F BU Washington, D. C. 1 Dr. King's New Discovery j KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE IIIKt^ Suit is just as you'd 1 the the dazzling ana McELHA Clothing, 3h HITS THE S Y I. The explanation j made Willi evepymgrediem test of qui' own theresnobitorm Fertilizers. Sold $y Reliable F.S.ROYSTE Sales Ol Norf o lk Va. Ta rb o r BaltimoreMd. Mont^om WacoriCa. C laile's On the Corner i Bee Dee stock Medicine Recommended for the treatment of stock and poultry troubles, such as constipation, liver and kidney troubles, loss of appetite rheumatism, indigestion, colds, coughs, fever, murrian, blind staggers, colic, 9 hide-bound, Texas fevers, E Chicken and hog cholera. Try a can and watch results. 1 Mm Drug Comp'y I I. R. HA1LE, Prop. Why The Risk? You have not subscribed to a ;ingle magazine or newspaper hat we could not have saved ou money on. This is a broad tatement. but a fact. Then why n addition take the risk of the nails and traveling agents? We ire right here to guarantee you I vill receive the publication as g ong as the subscription lasts. Cosmopolitan __ . .SI.50 gj Woman's HomeCompan'n 1.50 Both for $2.05. 3ictorial Review. $1.00 ^adies' World .50 ilodern Priscilla. 75 All three for $1.45. tfcCall's with 1 pattern . .65 Indies' World .50 People's Home Journal. . .50 All three for 95c. I Ardrey's Drug Store. 4 W WE SAY IT j AGAIN! I There is nothing like buying elotlies at the right place?buying where you get knowledge and experience behind your purchase, as well as a wider range of styles and fabrics to I select from. We guarantee your $ I suit to be right in every particulars!' you needn't keep it. 3/ Young men who appreciate V: real dash and elegance in their W clothes should look into the merits of our lieady-to-wear and Tailor-made Suits. The made \ to-measure clothes sold here are full of style and distinction. ?gj? Don't confuse them with tlie ordinary kind. Ours are made from all wool fabrics by the most expert tailors in America, v 0*0* 4 CO * and the style and fit of every want it to be. I)rop in and look over jjj y of classy fabric novelties. NEY& COMFY, j oes, Hardware, Groceries, Etc. ^ POT EVERY TIME] vm* ? M v ? I ;s simple;theyare fjp 1 eatest care and /! 1 ihas to pass the t] I f ! laboratories; , 3 jf I iss"aboutRqyster3 | Dealers Everywhere ij IJ \\ R GUANO CO J 1 i': ffice3 N j] oN.C. Columbia S C. /Jf (|j eryAla. Spartanburg SG *** oluTnbus 6a. __ ^""""TRErDEMONSTRAlTON^^^I FARMING WITH DYNAMITE ' _VvV. ? > ,:'., ^VTtv> MlpltPlI ig;^ Drawn from actual photograph Stump* blasted out into firewood. ":' V V . >& - w ? " " f / ' v V ??'? i Drawn from actual photograph. Ten months later?$800.00 worth of celery per acre. Come and learn the modern, quick, cheap and safe way to use the giant force of dynamite to Remove Stumps and Boulders. Plant Trees. Dig Ditches. Break Up Subsoils and Make Old Farms Produce Big Crops. mm cross DYNAMITE Will Be Demonstrated on the Farm of Jno. M. Fev/ell, 11-2 miles north.of Rock Hill, Febru- S ary 13, 10 A. M. Red Cross Dynamite is sold by Rock Hill Supply Co, Rock Hill, S. C., ^ and Rock Hill Hardware Co., Rock Hill, S. C. Agricultural Blaster Wanted. ? i be dooe for farmers wbo do not want to do <ai own blading. We will teach you die work sad help you get it U interested attaad this iiMSfctomn ?d tell oar tq??hVe jott *?* In l>? binding He will T BUIS NEW CI i' Garden Package ai Let us Supp Parks Drug Exclusive Agents for ! Anderson's "Long Has a record of 2,035 measured mile Absolutely dust and sand proof. Wi any other axle without re-oiling and out of box. Oiled "while you wait.' gies and does not cost a cent extra. A Convincing Test?2,035 "It being important to me to gel I made a thorough comparative test the Anderson 'Long Winded,' used < other three 'ran dry' within ninety c the day the 'Rock Hill' was running reoil, my odometer showing a record I "it's tne best spinctie made. "Rock Hill, S. C., January 6, IS MILLS & YOUN< Fort Mill Agents for "F GALLONS PUT UP T>TX TOT* T IN JUGS X Illl/jEl Jj EXPRESS PREP; CORN WHISKEY 1 Gal 2 Gal New Corn $2 10 $3 60 Two-Year-Old Corn 3 00 5 00 Three-Year-Old Corn 3 25 5 25 Old Mountain Corn 2 75 4 90 Old Process Corn 3 00 5 50 Happy Valley Corn .. 2 35 4 10 RYE WHISKIES Gibson . 4 50 8 60 J Libs ton 3 25 5 75 Hoover 2 75 4 75 Old Prentice (case goods) I Cascade Green River (bot. in bond) .. Mellwood (bot. in bond) Mellwood (our own bottling).. 4 25 8 00 i Overholt Jefferson Club 3 75 6 75 [Old Henry 3 50 6 60 Savage Mountain 3 50 6 60 Rose Valley Sherwood Excelsior 2 25 4 25 Hoover's Private Stock Green River 4's BRANDIES Apple Brandy 2 10 3 611 Apple Brandy 1 3 00 5 65 Peach Brandy 4 00 7 0C Sweet Mash Corn. 100 proof, white and clear as 0 sprintr water and made from pure itrain, 4 full wit Quarts S2.75; 6 qts 13.75: 8 qts. #1.75: 12 qts 17.50. full Primrose Corn, old and mellow. This whiskey P is made f rom select if ruin, is aired in wood, and is mei 1 iruaranteed 3 years oid. I full quarts {3.50; S qts. ure il.yo: M uts. So.25: 12 ats. 19.50. {4.2 NO CHARGE FOR JUG W. H. HOOVER, 522 E. Bros IT'S ALRIGHT to have enough wood around so 0tl the tramp can pay for his meal, oa and for kindiing and grate fires, but it will not give you a uni- or form heat. Nothing better than 8W "Blue Gem" Coal ad for general heating purposes. 20, Don't forget that there are dif- ' ferent kinds of Coal. Be sure [ju you buy heating quality, not tri I simply weight. Slate and rock ?n. * are heavier than coal and cheaper. Jj[ J. J. BAILES. p* thi ? N( Many Thanks. <B?; For the past 32 vears I have I J5 ' v N( endeavored to serve the people sh FY of Fort Mill and vicinity faith- jn fully, and for the liberal patron- 4b T I 8" age given me I wish to return 48 thanks. taj My prices have always been coi reasonable for first-class work na and in the future I shall strive to* pi ease you both in quality of 20. work and prices asked. tyAnd now, I would ask all those en ' ye: who owe me for work done in all the past to call and settle. I J", need the money to run my busi- thj ness and will appreciate a prompt mc settlement of j your account, be it large or small. so Th^ Blacksmith. T'S I ROP v 1 Seeds, I id Bulk, I ly You. I ; Comp'y, I Nyal's Remedies. |H 3 H| Distance" Axle H s with one oilini?. Patented. ill run twice as long- as any not half try. Oil cannot get ^Hj ' Used on all Rock Hill Bug Miles With One Oiling. t the very best buggy spindle, of four of the best, one being )n 'Rock Hill' Buggies. The lays. At the end of a year to smoothly without opening to 1 of 2,035 miles. "W. G. STEVENS, M. D. >11." G COMPANY. Hock Hill" Buggies. j _i .TCT OUR MOTTO^ Pur? Good., Dftlini WD. 3 Gal 4 Gal 4 Qta 6 Qts 8 Qts 12Qts $5 35 $6 85 |2 35 $3 25 $4 25 $7 00 7 00 9 00 3 00 4 50 5 50 9 00 7 25 9 25 6 90 Ji 25 2 75 3 75 5 25 7 25 8 00 10 00 3 25 4 60 6 00 9 25 5 75 7 35 2 50 3 50 4 50 6 50 12 75 16 00 5 50 7 50 10 00 13 50 ' k J :::: :::: :::: f A 5 50 7 50' .... 13 00 I M 5 50 8 26 10 75 13 00 H 5 50 8 25 10 75 13 00 ? 5 SO 826 10 75 18 00 f 10 75 .... 4 50 6 50 8 60 11-00 ir 4 50 6 85 11 00 12 50 10 00 13 00 4 00 5 80 7 70 10 00 9 50 12 00 4 00 5 75 7 70 10 00 I 9 50 12 00 4 00 5 75 .... 10 00 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 4 50 6 86 8 50 12 00 6 25 8 25 2 25 3 25 4 50 6 60 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 6 00 6 75 .... 13 25 > I 'M Private Stuck Com. an excellent old goods h a reputation through the entir* country. 4 1 qts. 13.00; 6 qta. $4.25; 8 qta. 16.25. 12 ?U. $8.50 ocahontas Corn. Ita Ion* record proves ita rit. Honest goods. honest prices, honest meas. and uged in wood. 4 full quarts, 13.00; 6 qta 5; 8 qts. $5.25; 12 qta. 18.50. S OR PACKING. id Street, Richmond, Va. Tax Returns For 1912. fice of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. u- ?i?: 11.. o f i 1G11 I uri\ v nit-, d* L/rtciuun i, wit. \s required by statute my books will opened at my office in Yorkville on >nday, January 1, 1912, and kept en until February 20, 1912, for the rpose of listing for taxation all Perlal and Real Property held in York jnty on January 1, 1912. All returns must be made in. regular -m and it is preferable that they be ide by the property owner in person me or my assistant, direct, on inks provided for the purpose. The lurns must be duly sworn to either fore me or my assistant, or some ler officer qualified to administer an th. * Ml items of realty, whether farms, town lots, must be listed separately. Returns made on proper blanks, ai d orn to before an officer qualified to minister an oath and forwarded to ; by registered mail before February , 1912, will be accepted. JH^H All taxpayers ate particularly reested to inform themselves as to the ^HGfl mber of their respective school dis- hH cts, and where they have property l^HI 1 *i ll^H more man one acnooi insuii'i, u?e^ II please make separate returns inrating the location of each piece of operty. The school districts in which ere are special levies are as follows: is. 22, 23 and 27, in Bethel township; ^ >s. 6, 13, 14, 29, 33 and 43 in Bethesaa unship; Nos. 9, 20, 38, 40 and 44 in oad River township; Nos. 9, 15, 20, and 48 in Bullock's Creek township; >s. 12, 45 and 46 in Catawba townip; Nos. 7, 12, 32, 35. 36 and 43 in >enezer township; Nos. 26, 28 and 39, Fort Mill townsnip; Nos. 2, 21, 22, 37, , 44 and 49 in King's Mountain townip; Nos. 11, 20, 21, 33, 35, 42, 43, 47, and 49 in York township. For the purpose of facilitating the <ing of returns, and for the greater tivenience of taxpayers, I will be at e following places on the dates med: \nd at Yorkville from Thursday, bruary 1, until Tuesday, February \11 males between the ages of twen one and sixty years, except Confedite soldiers over the age of jifty ars, are liable to a poll tax of lljand persons so liable are especially reested to give the numbers o? their ipective school districts in making ?ir returns. It will be a matter of much ach>midation to me if as many taxpayers possible will meet me at thef reactive appointments mentioned shove, as to avoid the rush at Yorkville ring the closing days. ' BROADUS M. LOVm County AudjjK 4 jA