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jJTHE FOBT KILL TIMES. 6 Democratic ? Puubiishsd Thorsdavs. B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor sad Proprietor. Fhe Times invites contributions on live ?ubjrcfr. Mt done not WrM to publish more thnn 21*- wort1* * ?n any subject. The rurht is reserved to wilt every com "nun lest ion submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates srs made known to those interested. Telephone, local and lonjr distance. No. 112. Entered at the postofficc at Fort Mill. S. C.. as r < mail matter of the second class. FORT MILL. 8. C.. FEBRUARY 22. 1912. MR. CLARK'S VICTORIES. Now we are wondering whether the South Carolina friends of Wood row Wilson who have been led to believe by certain State papers that he would experience ? easy sledding in his race for the . Democratic nomination for the presidency have heard from the * -d L?U In Mit!_ i primary elections nciu in iui>r souri and Oklahoma a few days ago. If they have learned the result of the elections in those States, they are wise to the fact / that Champ Clark is now 50 delegates ahead of any other candidate for the party nomination, and that he is to be reckoned with seriously as the leading candidate. In Oklahoma there was a clear-cut fight between the friends of Governor Wilson and Speaker Clark for the State's delegation to the Baltimore convention, and Speaker Clark won an equally clear-cut victory. In Missouri former Governor Folk saved himself the worst c'uubbing of his political life by withdrawing at the last minute from the race as an opponent of Mr. CJark. Mr. Clark's friends have every reason to feel elated over the good news from these two States. It shows unmistakably that the Clark boom is growing. The people recognize that it was his masterful leadership of the Democratic minority in Congress that formulated the present plans ' upon which the Democratic party gained such a tremendousI ' * :??i i triumph in tne last congressional ( election and made possible the many State victories in the doubtful States of the North, East and Northwest. He formulated the policies that promise to take some of the burdens from the 1 backs of the plain people of this ; government, from the toiling millions, and give them at least a more equal chance in the pursuit of liberty and happiness; and it is the present pursuit of * these policies that lends hope of victory to the Democratic party in the coming"elecMr. Clark's whole life is as an open book and one continuous; battle for the common place. No word of suspicion has ever been 1 uttered against him nor the earnestness of his purpose. The most noticeable thing, in the present political outlook is the fact that no element of the party has any tight to make upon " > " (Jiiamp uarx. ne seems 10 ue every man's second choice after the effort for favorite sons has been exhausted. ________ WHERE IS MY BOY TONIGHT> You are his father or mother, and if you desire to lay your hands upon your boy within five minutes any night, you wouldn't know where to find him. He's on the street somewhere or at the railroad depot jumping on trains, but just where, with whom, in what engaged, what plotting or what executing for the shrewder one who plots for him, you could not tell for the life of you. He has a good home ! and he ought to be there at night He desires to be some- j where else with the boys, and you lack the moral courage to in- j sist that he stay there. You hope that he will escape the pitfall, J but you know the chances are* against him. Why don't you do the boy the kindness to keep him | home at nights? The time will come when he will thank you for it, or will reproach you for not doing it.?Times and Democrat, j THE QUACK OF A DEAD DUCK. Ex-Senator John L. McLaurin ia said to have told his friend and political supporter, Editor Grist of the Yorkville Enquirer, a few days aero that if Governor Blease vetoed the warehouse bill he (McLaurin) would enter the race i for governor next summer. In which case the ex-Senator might confidently bank on receiving at most a child's handful of votes, j ______ Why don't some one of our enterprising citizens establish a small ice plant to supply the trade of Fort Mill and vicinity? If there is money to be made in buying ice in another town, pay- j ing freight on it, and reselling it, as has been done in the past, j it would seem that a great deal more money could be made to manufacture the ice here at home and save freight and the other man's profits. ?i? Lefal Execution Void* Insurance. Death by the hand of the law voids all life insurance policies of the criminal. The United States supreme court so held Monday in the fight of the children of James S. McCue, former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., who was executed for the murder of his wife in 1905. A policy of $15,000 was carried by McCue in the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company of Wisconsin. The United States circuit court of appeals for the Fourth circuit held that the policy was made in Wisconsin and under the Wisconsin laws was not annulled by execution on the gallows. The supreme court Monday held that the policy was not to go into effect until the payment of the premium which was made in Virginia and therefore that the policy was made in Virginia and was not governed by Wisconsin laws. Aft^r reviewing the cases in the federal courts and in the courts of Virginia, the court announced that this public policy in both federal and Virginia jurisdiction demanded that death by the law should void life insurance. Duke ?nd His Power Plants. The Washington correspondence of the Baltimore Sun contains a most interesting reference to the interest of J. B. Duke in the Carolinas and to the Southern Power Company developments especially. There are a few rather glaring inaccuracies in the report which do not lesson its interest. The correspondence is as follows: "Mr. Duke also has entered into a combination which has control of the water power of North and South Carolina and is establishing plants to supply power to ail of the cotton mills and other manufacturing plants as well as light and heat to the principal cities of these twe States. "In less than three years Mr. T"* -1 - 1 h-s IPAnio?nin JUUK.C UIiU IO& Uiutuci, uciijauiiii, have put upward of $20,000,00C into the Southern Power Company. Today it is one of the wealthiest and largest corporations in the South. Its net profits are $1,000,000 a year. "The idea of harnessing the vast water power of the two Carolinas was conceived by Dr. Gill Wylie, of this city. He and his brother, Dr. R. H. Wylie, formed a company and started work on their power plant in northern South Carolina. They had spent about $400,000 in getting it in operation when Jas. B. Duke heard of the project and saw Dr. Wylie. After seeing the balance sheet he exclaimed in surprise: Ts this on the level?' "Being assured that the figures were correct, he remarked: " 'Well, your scheme beats tobacco and I am ready to make you a proposal.' "The result was the forming of the Southern Power Company, which took over the Wylie plant, and lines were at once laid for broadening the scope of the new corporation. "Officers wore chosen and the official family of the Southern P/>mnoni7 ic n/\\?r fnl f UWU vuill(jauj to iivu ?<> lows: "President, James B. Duke; vice-presidents, Benj. N. Duke, Dr. W. Giil Wylie, and W. S. Lee; secretary and treasurer, R. B. Arrington; assistant secretary and treasurer, W. H. Martin, Jr., and auditor, E. R. Bucher. "In addition to power plants that now generate 146,000 horsepower, the company is building other plants that will develop an additional 200,000 horsepower. Forty-five cities are getting their light and power, and 175 cotton mills are lessees of the Duke corporation, with more being added every day. Seven big street railway systems are being operated with this power, while over a system of railroads which will give each corporation a chain of freight trolley roads which will connect in an unbroken link cities from the lower end of South Carolina. "In discussing his new power company, Mr. Duke said: " 'The contention has been made by some that we are operating a power trust, and that our concern would soon develop into a grasping monopoly in which we would tie the mill owners into knots and then squeeze the life out of them. As a matter of fact, we are supplying mills with power today at - ~ ^ c A MAM /?A??f f A a saving ox ov pci tcui. w wcm. Their own steam developed horsepower costs them $50 a horsepower. We gave it to them at first for $20 a horsepower, but we were compelled a little later to increase the rate to $25 a horsepower. " "The mill operators know that we are in reality a boon to them, and furthermore, they know when they need capital where to get it. I am a North Carolinian born and bred, and my heart has ever been with those who have struggled to develop latent and dormant advantages in the old North State, and none has its interest closer at heart than I. It is the biggest thing the Carolinas ever had, and they who have been benefitted by the concern have no hesitancy in admitting this.' " It is to be hoped that the whiskey selling, horse racing, prize fighting and gambling dens of Charleston will be closed before the arrival of the season when the thousands of South Carolinians pay their annual summer visit to the State's one watering place. J. B. Mills spent Monday in Columbia on business. Mills Mast Give Notice. At the conclusion of a long discussion which commenced Friday night and continued for almost an hour Saturday morning, the; house passed to third reading Senator Young's bill to require employers of labor who require notice to qvlit from operatives, to give notice of intention to shut down. The house several times refused to reject the bill, and a ' number of amendments which I would have considerably modified the force of the act, were I successively voted down. Sec- j tion 1 of the bill as passed is as! ; follows: I "Section 1. That all employjers of labor in this State, requiring notice from any employe, I of the time such employe will! quit work, shall give notice to I its employes of its purpose to quit work or shut down, by posting a printed notice stating the i date of the beginning - of the | shut-down or cessation from | work, and the approximate length of time the continuous shut-down is to continue, in each room of its building; not less than two weeks or the same time as is required of employes, before so stopping work, or shutting down, of its purpose to stop , work or shut down." I LICENSE ORDINANCE I Be it ordained by the mayor and warl dens of the town of Fort Mill. S. C., in council ssembled and by authority of the same? Section 1. That on and after the 1st day of January, 1912, every person, firm, company or corporation then engaged or that may hereafter become engaged in any business, profession or vocation hereinafter mentioned within 1 the incorporate limits of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., shall take out a license therefor from the town council, for which he, it or they shall prepay to the , said town council, for the public use of [ the said town and for the purpose of \ J meeting in pan the current expenses , thereof, a spec-ai lie< use tax a - follow. : ?1 Telephone Company or Agency, ???!> t<-U! r>iir.in<*s<t liotie h ? tween the town of Fort Mill and any point without the incorporate limits of said town, * within the State of South Carolina, (not including that done without the Stats', and not including that for the government) per year j. ... $ 10.00 I Telephone Company or Agency, each, for local business done exclusively in the town of Fort Mill (not including that 1 done for the government), per yeal1 5.00 Express Company or Agency, each, for business done exclusively in the town of Fort Mill, S. C., (not including that done without the State and not including government business) per year 25.00 Railroad Company or Agency, each, for business done exclusively in the town of Fort Mill, S. C.j (not including that done without the State and exclusive of government business) per year ' 50.00 Telegraph Company or Agency, each, for business done exclusively in the town of Fort Mill, S. C., (not including business done without the State and not including government business) per year.. 5.00 Kerosine Oil Company or Agency, each, receiving, storing, selling or delivering oil to merchants, by wagon or otherwise, per year 25.00 ! Fire Insurance Company or Agency, each, represented by either local or transient agent for soliciting or selling insurance, per year 2.50 Life Insurance Company or Agency, each, represented by either local or transient agent for soliciting or selling life insurance, per year 10.00 Transient dealers in fruit or produce (provided that this license shall not apply to people living in the country and who make their own fruit or produce) each, per day 1.00 Magic Lantern Shows, each performance 5.00 ; Opticians and dealers in eyeglasses, each, per year, $1.00; j non resident, per day, $o.uu, per year 10.00 : Theatrical performances, each j performance 5.00 ; Palmistry, for each person plying such vocation or calling, per day 5.00, Lightning Rod Company or Agency, each, per year 100.00 Itinerant merchants, or venders of any kind of wares, merchandise or patent medicines, worm medicines, or patent rights, per day, $10.00; per year, $50.00 (provided that $45.00 of said tax shall be refunded if said merchant shall become a citizen of the town and pay all taxes). Circus or Equestrian Shows, or Menageries, or Carnivals, per pay (in the discretion of the mayor), $5.00 to 100.00 Sewing Machine Companies or their Agents, selling machines within the town of Fort Mill, per year 10.00 Photographers, per year 10.00 Blacksmith Shops, Printing Offices, Barber Shops, Banks, Cotton Gins, Livery Stables, Dealers in Horses or Mules, Electric Light Companies, ' ~ Hotels, Restaurants, Building Contractors, Pressing Clubs, Clothes Cleaners, Undertakers, Physicians or Dentists, I: each, per year 5.00 WL Dealers in Merchandise of any description, on stocks of $1.00 to $5,000, each, per year, $5.00; and $2.50 per year for each additional $5,000of stock. Sec. 2. That no license shall be transferred from one person, firm or corporation to another, except with the sale of the stock of goods or 1 business, and with the consent of the j mayor. Sec. 3. All licenses shall be paid by the 1st day of March, 1912. Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corpor- , ation refusing or neglecting to pay any license required by this ordinance shall ' be fined in the sum.of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred ' dollars or be imprisoned for a term of j not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days. Sec. 5. The charges for license for ' any business not enumerated in any of 1 the foregoing sections shall be determined by the mayor. Sec. 6. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent herewith are I hereby repealed. Done and ratified in open council this itn day of February, 1912. A. R. McELHANEY, Attest: Mayor. i S. W. PARKS, Cleric. \ *V* IBmt&jk* \ l' ' _^7 tj^W McELH/ Clothing, SI noYsri HITS THE 1 11 fflff iwiiibi BBpgf^F The explanation madeifSh thegi everv rn&pedier< test of oat' owi ttieresnohit orn Fertilizers. Sold JSy Reliable F.S.ROYSTE Sales C NorfolkVa. Tarbo BaltimoreMd. Monitor Mac on Ga. ^ On Your (i jj ^||||Nexl Walk jj stop in and ? rLi scc ?"r ncw [1 if - stock of toilet jl We've a whole lot B t here that will n interest you? Lr *2?} V particularly our ]} \ ne*.v assortment of If ' ^>4 \ Diamond Dyes. D : :l '<Z\ All the new 5 * \ f1 V f. colors are ? ' ^ a * represented,? 0 i thcy'rc ^ beautiful. Q J 0 'WW 0 FORT MILL DRUG COMP'Y k == i Many Thanks. For the past 32 years I have endeavored to serve the people j of Fort Mill and vicinity faith- ^ fully, and for the liberal patron- * age given me I wish to return ! * thanks. | My pnees have always been reasonable for first-class work and in the future I shall strive ? to please you both in quality of ? work and prices asked. And now, I would ask all those who owe me for work done in the past to call and settle. I ^ need the money to run my busi ness and will appreciate a prompt settlement of your account, be it large or small. A.' A. YOUNG. * The Blacksmith. * J. HARRY FOSTER, I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Yorkville - S. C. i MCNEILL BUILDING. Try a Special Notice in The Times and | *4 pvatch results. 25 words for 25c. PILLOWS F&ZZ 1 Mail ua$10 for 3ft-pound Feath?T Bed a-d receive fl 1-pound j>air piilov 4 free. 1 Mnr I feathers, barit ticking, satisfaction guaranteed. H >AGENTS WANTED " TURNER & CORN WELL I feather Dealers. Dept. A. Charlotte. If. C. J Kuferencj: CoeamerciaJ National Bank. v VvCn H A . 1 Li ?/ . 7 H5S PLATFORM. Well, I'll swear? I aint got nothing, Aint had nothing, Don't want nothing, 'Copt a Sehloss Brothers' Suit. 1 aint seen nobody, Ain't had nobody, That would make The terms to suit. I'm looking for a place To state my case, Where a little bit Of Money will do, 'Cause, I aint got nothing, V /i.xvh li.wl lKif lu iur ilKVCI 11(111 UWI(|iiub>) Hut I've got to have something Like a Sehloss Brothers' suit. LNEY & COMP'Y, iocs, Hardware, Groceries, Etc. . !R FERTILIZER mirevBmmejl is simple;they are j *eat est care and g jj | it has to pass the f | 7 laboratories; S I 7iss aboutRqyster 9 f I ; .Dealers Everywhere I :r guano co.f 1 i Offices iV/ i rp N C. Columbia S C. Mf ? neryAla. Spartanburg 36 ^ Columbus 6a. i|5?-gZ5^5H5Hg?asaEa55aSH}H5E55E5--lSa?ra5c?rg55S3Fa5B c | Parks Grocery Co. [ i S Our Motto-THE BEST. ] t i r Fresh shipments of GROCERIES arriving each [ i day. l j Ring 116 and be convinced that our GROCER- | j 1ES are what we claim for them. ^Everything sold under an absolute guarantee to ; give satisfaction. Our delivery service is all that you could desire. ! Parks Grocery Company, j E. S. PARKS, Manager. Helping the Farmer. ^ NUMBER OF FARMERS have arranged with us to finance their farms this year and we can accomodate others who may need our services in this line. See us about this matter at once if interested. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, ml?LL' T. S. KIRKPATRICK, T. B. SPRATT, President. Cashier. ,C5| AND^HIDES <0^%^ BlBl ^?3' cn Commlr.lon. Write tor p r I ct-t'^' ^ ^ Established 1807 I0HN WHITE & CO. lou.sv.lie.ky.^P-XX : t - ' ! ) ' BUIS1 I NEW CRC Garden S Package and Let us Supply 1 | Parks Drug C Exclusive Agents for Nya II WANT You to know that we have 1 COBBLER and RED BLISS Se Also a nice, clean lot of Red ON Iji Our line of GROCERIES an ; complete. | When in town, call and get Guano Distributors, Corn Plan ers, Disk Harrows, Drag Harrov | Plows and Farming implements, B big s*ock of good, heavy Gal? 8 Roofing, Barbed Wire and Pittsl 9 ir.g, as well as all kinds of Poull See us befoie you buy you M Flour. We can save you inone ' the Grocery line. So call and gi you buy. I McEIhaney 1 ARMOUR, SWIFT and NAVASS r~T: ' ' imrs Anderson's "Long Dii Has a record of 2.035 measured miles wi Absolutely dust and sand proof. Will ri any other axle without re-oiling and not . out of box. Oiled "while you wait." I ~ gies and does not cost a cent extra. B A r?9AQC Main H LUHVHiuilg IC51?Ly\JOO nine 3 "It being important to me to get the [] I made a thorough comparative test of f( [j the Anderson 'Long Winded,'used on '] [j other three 'ran dry' within ninety days, jj the day the 'Rock Hill' was running smo }j reoil. my odometer showing a record of S }{ "It's the best spindle made. fl "1 0 "Rock Hill, S. C., January C, 1911." 1 MILLS & YOUNG < Fort Mill Agents for "Rock a! ? 3 CAU\^rvp PRICE LIS u EXPRESS PREPAID. 0 CORN WHISKEY 1 Gal 2 Gal 3 Gal li New Corn $2 10 $3 60 $5 31 fl Two-Y. ar-OldCorn 3 00 5 00 7 0( J, Thre<>-Year-Old Corn 3 25 5 25 7 2; n Old Mountain Corn 2 75 4 90 6 9< J{ Old Process Corn 3 00 5 50 8 0 {] Happy Valley Corn 2 35 4 10 5 71 3 RYE WHISKIES Gibson 4 50 8 60 12 7 I * 9 9R ?; 7R U 9i -? ; i^iusiuu - " ?- ' " v ' Hoover 2 75 4 75 6 71 % Old Prentice (case goods) 4 | (Cascade Green River (bot. in bond). T Mellwoo<l (bot. in bond) 4 Mellwood (our own bottling). 4 25 8 00 10 7 | Overholt . ^ Jefferson Club 3 75 6 75 10 0 4 Old Henry 3 50 6 60 S5 Savage Mountain 3 50 6 CO 9 5 , ! Rose Valley 4 Sherwood Excelsior . 2 25 4 25 6 2 | Hoover's Private Stock ?> j Green River 4's i ' BRANDIES ' Apple Brandy - 2 10 3 60 ! Apple Brandy 3 00 5 65 ? ^ Peach Brandy 4 00 7 00 ... Sweet Mash Corn. 100 proof, white and clear a* Old Pri' sprintf water a: ' made from pure Krain. 4 full with a re| 1 ; quarts $2.75; >' qts id.7.". > <|t?. i4.75: 12 qts $7.50. full qts. $! ! Primrose Corn, old and mellow. This whiskey Pocahoi is made from .select Krain. is aired in wood, and is merit. Ho 1 guaranteed years old. I full quarts $3.50; 6 qts. lire, and a 4 i 44.9U; 8 qts.]$6.25; 12 qts. $9.50. *4.25; 8 qt %\ NO CHARGE FOR JUGS OF ; W. H. HOOVER, 522 E. Broad S TO CAR^L^iraER money that wiil please all customers rs 1 H eeds, | Bulk, J )omp'y, I l's Remedies. n tU! I the Genuine IBISH \ I ed Irish Potatoes. H ION SETS. 9 d HARDWARE is 9 our prices on Cole H ters, Cotton Plant- y H rs, and all kinds of I H We also have a E jH anized Sheet Ifon M JH i>urg Perfect Fenc- j try Netting. ] r year's supply of iy on anything in ' et our prices before & Co., ? A FERTILIZER. T ' mb? rf^ stance" Axle th one oiling. Patented. * jn twice as long as any half try. Oil cannot get teed on all Rock Hill Bug s With One Oiling. very best buggy spindle, >ur of the best, one being Rock Hill' Buggies. The At the end of a year to othly without opening to J,035 miles. V. G. STEVENS, M. D. COMPANY. Hill" Buggies. rp OUR MOTTO' ? Pure Goods, Honed Dealing 4 Gal 4 Qts 6 Qts 8 Qta 12Qta 5 $6 85 $2 55 $3 25 $4 25 $7 00 ) 9 00 3 00 4 50 5 50 9 00 j 9 25 ) 8 25 2 75 3 75 5 25 7 25 0 10 00 3 25 . 4 60 6 00 9 25 5 7 35 2 50 3 50 4 50 6 50 5 16 00 5 50 7 50 10 00 13 50 ..." 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 5 ... 4 50 6 50 8 50 11 00 .... 4 50 6 85 11 00 12 50' 0 13 00 4 00 5 80 7 70 10 00 0 12 00 4 00 5 75 7 70 10 00 0 12 00 4 <W 5 75 .... 10 00 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 .... 4 50 6 85 8 50 12 00 !5 825 2 25 3 25 4 50 6 50 4 00 5 75 7 50 1000 .... 5 00 6 75 .... 1325 rate Stock Corn, an excellent old goods jutation through the entire country. 4 3.00; G qta. $4.25: 8 qU. $6.25; 12 qU. $8.50 itas Corn. Its long record prove* ita > meat goods, honeat prices, honest meaaigcd in wood. 4 full quarts. $2.00; 6 qta s. $5.2?: 12 qta. $8.50. I PACKING. treet, Richmond, Va. ieet the demands and relents of the most exacting rs is no small undertaking, annot find a Lumber yard d with SETTER LUMBER lilding material, that will nearer to meeting all dethan our yard. Do not i purchase without first ob* our estimates. It will be in your pocket. J. J. BAILES.