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I SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Today, the 22nd, is Washingt ton's birthday. lA number of children of the town are afflicted with measles. Monday was the first real spring-like day that this section | has had in several week. Mrs. J. K. Roach and little daughter, of Rock Hill, spent Monday with relatives in Fort I Mill. Wm. R. Bradford, of Washton, D. C., spent several days of last week with his family in this city. T. B. Withers, of Great Falls, | was a guest the past week at the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Withers. Through an oversight last week the price of cotton on the : local market was made to read I "91-2 cents," when the staple woo collimr hprp fnr almost a cent a pound more. Born Sunday morning-, the 18th, to Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Reid, of Chatam, Va., a daughter. Mr. Reid arrived Sunday from Chatam and is with his family at the home of Mr. A. 0. Jones in this city. The musical concert which was j to have been given this (Thursday) evening at the school auditorium by Kanawha Chapter j D. A. R. and the local glee club, has been postponed until next j Friday evening, March 1. J. T. Young went to Greenville Sunday to see his brother-in-law, : Robt. G. Lee, who is seriously ill of gastritis in a hospital in that city. Last reports from Mr. Lee were that there wasf little, if any, improvement in his condition. Just why a "private" citizen should buy 12 quarts of whiskty at one time is a question which others/Will have to answer. Yet. j it is no uncommon thing for packages of this size to unloaded in Fort Mill from the trains. On account of the continued fo>*nnivi; nf tl.ic <p<*. uau v> caiiit> iai uiv&i* v* v??w ww lion have been able to do but little outside work since Christmas, and fears are entertained by many that, unless the weather clears soon, they will be late in preparations for the next crop. i John Green, colored, was taken \ in tow Saturday lternoon by Police Officer Potts, while the former was in the act of delivering to ! a third party a small quantity of I wet goods, commonly called ; booze. Green submitted to the charge of tigering and paid the town $25 for the off ense. * T. L. Johnson, prominent cotton dealer and citizen of Rock Hill and one of the county's! leading farmers, had three fine * mules killed by a Southern train near Smith's Turnout Saturday. The mules, 12 in number, had, gotten out of a pasture and onto the railroad tracks, when a fast ^freight train bore down upon i them killing three. Again we would ask. readers of The Times, when buying j ~ * goods advertised in tne paper, to mention to the merchant that , they saw his wares advertised. This would be a great help to the j paper, as in no other way is a merchant so strongly convinced that his advertising is being read , as for his customers to tell him so. The split log drag should not i be forgotten after the bad weather departs to a sufficient extent to allow work on the roads. This is one of the simplest, yet at the, same time most wonderful implements yet invented; and incalcu- ( lable good can be accomplished in the way of road improvement if the drag is used on the roads i after every spell of bad weath- , er.-Exe. There is said to be an old negro i; who lives on the farm of Messrs. !' F. C. and W. C. Whitner, north!, of Rock Hill, who claims to be 83 years of age, has been married four times and has forty *1 living children, and five dead. The oldest is 60 years of age and the youngest 9 months. His name is Alexander Sturgis and i he says it has been sixty-one years since he married the first time. Ask Government Aid for the Catawbas. Purporting to care for the Catawba Indians living in York < county, ten miles south of Fort < Mill, the following concurrent resolution was Friday night < adopted by the State Legislature: "First, that our members in the United States Congress be requested to use their influence ; to induce the National Government to take charge of this tribe and make some provision for their maintenance, thereby making them to become citizens of the State and the United States Government. "Second, that the assistant Attorney Genual, the Hon. M. P. DeBruhl, Senator \Y. H. Stewart and the chief of the tribe, D. A. Harris, be requested to bear this itsoluiion to our Representatives in Congress and jay the matter before the proper committee and that their expenses be paid by the agent, of the tribes out of the annual appropriation made to the said Indians." The resolution was introduced by Senator Stew ait and Senator Stewart's name was inserted, as one of the committee to appear before Congress, on motion of Senator Weston. i \ '.'I.'"" ' ? Brother of Mr. J. A. BojrdDead. j Mr. Andrew J. Boyd, a broth er of Mr. Jno. A. Boyd of Fort Mill, died Monday night at his home/in Charlotte, after an illness which began with a stroke of paralysis last December. The remains were taken to Woodward. the old home of the deceased, Tuesday morning for burial. Mr. Boyd was 58 years of age and had been a resident of Charlotte for seven years. He is survived by a widow, who was Miss Mary Thompson before marriage, and five sons, all of whom reside in Charlotte. Besides Mr. J. A. Boyd, there are four other surviving brothers. The Lenten Season. The arrival of Lent has given rise to the question, propounded by the uninformed, as to what Lent is. The word is derived from Lenz, of the German, meaning spring. It is the season of fasting before Easter observed by Catholic, Eastern and Anglican .churches. In past times J it is said that the length of Lent varied greatly. One church celebrated the season for one length of time while another would possibly choose a different period. It was finally placed, however, at 40 days in commemoration of the fasting of Christ, Elijah and Moses. To Catch the Farmers. It has been suggested that the present rise in the price of cotton linnn Ktvuirrhf with n 11 CIO Utt 11 VlVU^ilV ?.. ? view to having the farmers plant a large crop of cotton the present year. We admit that it is a most elegant scheme if it be true to get them to do so. W he her true or not it will have a tendency to mike every fellow plant every acre in cotton that he can. But the farmers should not allow themselves to be caught by any one, and they should be sure that they do not catch themselves. - Greenwood Journal. A Hindrance to Mail Carriers. A great deal of the time of rural letter carriers is each day taken up needlessly by the people whom they serve on their route. The persons causing this delay by not having their letters stamped, scabd or addressed, or worse still, by dropping a couple of pennies into the box, instead " ' 01 SllCKing a sianipun liic jcilci, do not seem to realize that the carrier has one hundred or more other stops to make before his route is completed. The government has estimated that two minutes are now required by the carrier at each box on his route. There are about forty-thousand rural carriers in the United States. Taking 100 boxes as the average number on each route, we have 8,000,000 minutes each day which are allowed by the government for the carriers to serve mr.il at the boxes of the country. Now, if each patron of the route would have the letters which they intend to write all ready, stamped, sealed, addressed ana in the boxes, at the time when the carrier is due, it would save each one just half < the time or 100 minutes each day, , j and the last patron on the route could read his mail one hour and i forty minutes sooner than is now Ll_ . ine ease. If the public would stop and figure what this means to the man who, through all kinds of ( weather, and many times under se\ere difficulties, serves them ( with their mail, the daily task of 1 the rural letter carrier would be greatly lessened. Mr. Roosevelt a Candidate. Mr. S. S. McNinch, of Char- i lotte, proprietor of the Charlotte Brick company, returned a few j days ago from atr p to Washing- ( ton and New York, and in con- i versation with a reporter for the i Charlotte Observer gave as his ; opinion that Theodore Roosevelt i will likely again be a candidate j for the presidency of the United | States I Mr. McNinch is numbered < among the prominent Republi- ; cans of North Carolina and is a j close, personal friend of Mr. ; Roosevelt. During the latter's incumbency in tie office, the Charlotte manufacturer was a frequent caller at the White House and there sprang up be- ] tween the president and Mr. ; McNinch a friendship that has ( nontinued since. While in New i York. Mr. McNinch called upon the colonel and was there in- i formed that he would again be- , come a candidate for the office of the Chief Executive of the . United States, largely because of the attacks that have lately | been made upon him and the , fact that the administration has ; not carried out his own ideas of < a progressive government. The governor signed the antiracing lid Friday, following its i ratification by the general as- ] sembly Thursday night. The measure was passed by thelegis- | lature after being amended so as j to eliminate the injunction feature. and is designed to put an end to betting on horse racing in South Carolina. The provisions of the bill become ef- , fective on July 1. The governor wrote the follow- i ing note under his signature. "If my sei ate amendment as to the 'Charleston Jockey club' had been sustained this act would not be necessary." The title of the bill is: "To prevent betting, pool-selling, bookmaking, bets or wagers and to provide punishment for such offenses and to declare same or any of them a common nuisance." , Rogers and Lang Sent Up Again. Eight years ago four desperate safe crackers were captured a few miles north of Monroe, after a battle between them and officers had taken place on the streets near the passenger depot and in the fields and woods where they were captured. James Lang was the leader of the gang and Charles Rogers was another one of the four robbers captured. The safe crackers were tried in Greenville, S. C.. for ,robbing the postoffice there and were sentenced to terms of five years each in the Federal prison in Atlanta. They served their sentence, Lang having to spend several months more time in the Atlanta prison than did the other on account of his obstinacy and violation of prison rules. It is said that Lang spent longer time in solitary confinement than has any other prisoner in that institution before he would promise to obey the rules. After Lang and Rogers had served their sentence in the Atlanta prison they were brought back to North Carolina and were tried in Mocksville ( for cracking a safe in that town just before they committed the 1 postoffice robbery in South Carolina. They were each sen- ; fenced to serve five years in the State prison, but after serving about two years in the North | Hnrolina nenitentiarv thev were pardoned. Lang and Rogers ' went back to their former crim- , inal practice and on last Mon day were in Norwich, N. Y., sentenced to terms of nine years \ and six months each for burg- | lary, Lang assumed the name : of Petro Valensky and Rogers the name of Charles Adams when they were arraigned in i court in New York State. Their j last crime was an attempt- ] ed bank robbery.?Monroe Enquirer. The Baptist Strength. Christian Herald Almana:. In the year 1911 the Baptists j in the United States raised $25,- : 978,911 for work. ; They own and control ten theological seminaries,[valued at , 479,483, with an endowment cf $1,606,107. They own and comtrol 93 universities and colleges, valued at $31,597,019. They have 34,099 students in their colleges and universities. They own about one-eighth of all college ana university property in the United States and control one-ninth of ' the endowment funds. The Bap tists own and control an endowment fund of $11,883,481. They i have in these schools 14,444 stu- J dents. The Baptists in the Uni- J ted States have nearly $75,000,000 invested in educational work. In the year 1800 there were about 50,000 Baptists in the* . United States. In 1910 there j were about 5,000,000. The fifteen Southern States , have within their borders about : 2,150,000 white Baptists. Thirty- 1 three other States, comprising the territory of the Northern Baptist convention, have within their borders 1,674,534 Baptists. ! Besides these, there are about ] 1,800,000 negro Baptises. , There are 49,753 Baptist church- < es and 35,368 ordained ministers 1 in the United States. There were J 434,995 additions by baptism in t the United States last year. Chester Girl Attempts Soicide. Miss Rosa Lemon, a resident J of the Eureka mill village, of J Chester, made a desperate but ineffective effort to commit suicide on one of the main streets of that city Tuesday morning. Troubled over domestic affairs, ( and especially angered at her mother for chastisement, the 16-year-old gir! hastened to a ' drug store Tuesday morning and c purchased 10 cents worth of t laudanum. When about a block c distance from the store, she J unwrapped the bottle, extracted n the stopper and took the drug, o Policeman Caldwell, attracted by * the peculiar manners of the girl, c and detecting what she had done, c hurried her to Dr. W. R. Wal- t lace's office. After two hours' I strenuous work on the part of Dr. Wallace and the chief of police, Miss Lemon was granted ' a longer lease on life. | A Political Announcement. Pensacola, (Fla.) Journal. The following announcement * i TA ? nr.uu , Py UT. Zj. rurier rveuu, ui j Laurel Hill, probably stands in a c class all by itself as a unique J political appeal: To the public in general, and the voters especially of Walton I coun y. * After insulting my own con- . science and better judgment, I have decided to run before, if not after, the primaries of this county for the most despised and degraded office of Representative. And to lie before you as to my platform would be to do you as others who have gone before me. I feel my utter incompleteness as others who you have chosen in the past few years have shown theirs. I promise you all they have promised. and more, too. All I want is sufficient votes to land me in Lobbyhassee, and then the votes be darned. I will lean toward the side who has the Kale Seed, and support such strenuous measures as will protect the dear gophers of this beautiful i land of ours. And what care we for better roads, we neither i have fine cars, nor pleasure carriages, neither have we great loads of farm products to market. Our forefathers were . happier than we, and they trod the heavy sands and mud; are ? we better than they? I furthermore promise and say j that I will fill my seat in the | Legislature hall, at all times,, provided I have no other business at home, or Pensacola, that might attract my attention. And on the last day, I will be surely found at my post of duty, ready to sign the pay roll. Trusting you see your way clear to vote for me, I am yours ready to serve. E. Porter Webb, M. D. Yesterday, "Ash Wednesday," was the first day of Lent. The day obtaihs its name by reason of the ancient custom of sprinkling ashes over the head as a sign of penitence. The ashes were j obtained by burning consecrated palms on the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday. ? Almost Lost His Life. S. A. Stid, of Mason, Mich., will never forget his terrible exposure to a merciless storm. "It gave me a dread- i ful cold," he writes, "that caused Bevere pains in my chest, so it was ! hard for me to breathe. A neighbor : gave me several doses of Dr. King's New Discovery which brought great relief. The doctor said I was on the verge of pneumonia, but to continue with the Discovery. I did so and two bottles completely cured me." Use only this quick, safe, reliable medicine for coughs, colds, or any throat or lung trouble. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Fort Mill Drug Co., Parks Drug Co. and ArIrey's Drug Store. Rev. E. A. Wilkes, for a number of years pastor of one of the Rock Hill circuits of the M. E. church, died Saturday morning at his home in Columbia. Mr. Wilkes was a native of Chester I county and was about 50 years of age. A wife and 11 children aurvivp Shocking Sounds in the earth are sometimes heard before | a terrible earthauake, that warn of the coming peril. Nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ache in the back warns you the kidneys need attention it you would escape those dangerous maladies, Dropsy. Diabetes or Bright's disease. Take Electric Bitters at once and see backache fly and all your best feelings return. "My son received j ^reat berefit from their use for kidney and bladder trouble," writes Peter Bondy, South Rockwood, Mich. "It is certainly a great kidney medicine," Try it. 50c at Ardrev's Drug Store, Parks Drug' Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. The best price paid for cotton an the local market yesterday was 10. cents. Blamed a Good Worker. "I blamed my heart for severe distress in my left side for two years," writes W. Evans, Danville, Va., "but I know now it was indigestion, as Dr. King's New Life Pills completely cured me. Best for stomach, liver and kidney troubles, constipation, headache or debility. 25c at Parks Drug Co., Fort Mill Drug Co. and Ardrey's Drug Store. T/vl**> U M/M*r m onniftnfa/] i n UUUI1 D1UWII, LUIIVICLCU III ? KJI n county in November, 1911, before Judge Watts, of assault and oattery of a high and aggravated i nature, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment, has been paroled during good behavior. He Won't Limp Now. No more limping for Tom Moore of Jochran, Ga. "1 had a bad sore on my nstep that nothing seemed to help till [ used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, ' he vrites, "but this wonderful healer soon rured me." Heals old, running sores, ilcers, boils, burns, cuts, bruises, eczena or piles. Try it. Only 25 cents at Parks Drug Co., Ardrey's Drugstore ind Fort Mill Drug Co. Notice to the Public. Hereafter the Savings Bank and the First National Bank will close promptv every day except Saturday at FOUR Vclock. * W. B. MEACHAM. Cashier. ! T. B. SPRATT, Cashier. 3NE CENT A WOFDj MINIMUM UtlAKUCi, ZDU. . , . .... YOU NEED?A Singer Sewing Ma- i hine in your borne. You get the very est at same price. Terms, E-Z, small ash payment and 50c per week. Conult J. H. McManus. We keep full upply of attachments, needles for all nachines, 20c per dozen. Best Oil, 4 unces for 10c. MARKET TALK ?For the next 60 I lays we will sell the choicest of Steak, J :ut from Steers that have been stalled since November. We will be glad o have your orders. Try our All-pork iausage. L. A. HARRIS & CO. EGGS FOR SALE?I am now bookng orders for eggs from my large, >ur^-bred White Wyandottes. Eggs, 11.00 per 15. Only limited quantity 1 or sale. S. E. BAILES, Elmwood < "arm. FOR SAL E?Cabbage Plant^direcl rom Younges Island. Varieties, Early fersey and Charleston Wakefield, Succession, Flat Dutch. $1.00 per thousand. Special prices on large lots. F. E. iULL, Rock Hill, S. C. FOR SALE OR TRADE?16 acres of ; ..and, 2 miles of Fort Mill. Also one lorse and top buggy. A R. McELHANEY. REXALL INIiNtl Y-I HKtt HAIR TONIC, 50c and $1, REXALL | NINETY-THREE SHAMPOO PASTE, 25 Cents Are the two biggest selling preparations of their kind in n America. = ARDREY'S ELECTRIC- The gsays&w BITTERS Family Metoiile? Dr. King's New Discovery KILLS THE COUGH. CURE8 THE LUNGS. ' J*'" * ]ne f J I It's the tal many New J THINK OF IT! but 100 pieces of Patterns in 10c, j ham, our prices or and 12 l-2c per yi 1,000 yards Dr< yard. LVV I Good yard-wide L the right weight fc I at 5c the yard. Light weight 40 the yard. I Best quality Shii AREA Have you Silks? You We are a! | buy or not. Mflk 1 ? i MPAPWAM *r F.PPS B New York and Our buyer will leave in a few markets, and if there is anything i he will be glad to get it for you. Milliner We are very glad to say tha charge of this department again. I room now for a month and see v when she comes out? It puts her i lutely what will be worn and how i Our buyers promise to make th in buying and knowing what to bu: Did it come from Epps'? J MEACHAM i I ??~10,000 Ft Iron Fe i The Stewart Iron T CINCINNATI, C 4 The Largeat Mannfacti Peace In the World, Iv 4 enough raw material to 4 5,000,000 Feet of I and have allotted 10,000 T territory, which we are I sell at a price never befc Now is The Time to Take advantage of thl I and put up a neat Iron ] * of your home, * IRON FENCE FOR ALL flcaldeacea, School*, Chi ^ terlea, Grave Lot Encl 4 tWOver 200 DESIGNS For BEST PRICE call ? L. J. MASS f Fort Mill, S. SEND ORDERS FOR JOB PF TO ' I :w go( New Low Pri< I f Ik of the whole community! W ipring Goods that are being she Not 10 or 20 pieces, 2,000 yards of : Pretty, Bright Spring the yard. 12 1 -2c and 15c Ging- 50 pieces of yai i which are 8 l-2c, 10c 10c and 12 -12c tl ird. 25 pieces of G ;ss Gingham at 5c the Iron Clad) at 12 1 Pretty assortmei j If I 5,000 yards of Gingham, Pri |Vi Lawns at, the yard j Jnbleached Muslin, just Androscoggin a >r spring, easily bleached at 8 l-2c the yard Good yard-wide t inch Sheeting, only 4c 3-4 yard wide E SPECIAL! 15 rting, only 7c the yard. Lawn, only 10c tli LfJ \ A IM Good Bordered Wh DAI\VjA11i teller, each, only... seen the New Messalines, Fouh should not miss seeing them. Iways glad to show the goo< & Young Coi The Peoples Store. IEACHAM & EPFS Baltimore. 1 QqQ(| ] days for the Northern K special that you may want (J! 9 Never befoi y# 3 so plentifully st t Miss Frank will have ffl ment of nice thi She has been in the work Jjj clean and up to vhat advantage she has jjj that is really go n position to know abso- 3 . . u t will be trimmed. 8 hoW 4Ulek 7?? < is their banner trip, both K SpC [f to, don't worry. Jj] Nice Count __ H Hams, Breakfasi K tatoes, Fresh Ca fe EPPS. S Big lot of Ii 3 Triumph Seed Ii IS E W :et-?b i S NCE! } | hanWood - 3 Our Big Fet mmi | |jj]| drawing to a clo Jjllll jjljll |ig| j j , j i. f iB saszsaresEsasasE Works Co. f ?*????? Z?? .< i . ;; dcttcD makrrch"ed ; 8 BEi 1 1 LI\ ron Fence! ft ' Feet for this I ! * authorised to . A nr i i >re heard of. ^ We have ha . fpMrtVJu" t 6 that we found il F?nc. la troa. | ? installed; >0 now I a al anytime and Z'sZZflrZn. i ? delivery. >n or address ft )EY, r THi* week v c* I 0 with all the Chic ? Q mixed feed, :8 make the hens h jj We havejua g and Garden Seei tINT,NG I JONE THE TIMES. I KJOUOOOOOUCXC . }'< - jfl )DS| I fu I :eS* I rhat? Why, the ?wn here. Apron Gingham at 4c j rd-wide Percale at 8 l-2c be yard. alatea (H: degrade and -2c. i / i nt of New Curtain Goods nts and 4C j nd Poe Mills Bleaching i i Bleaching, 5c the yard. (leaching, 4c the yard, c quality of 40-inch ie yard. ite Towel, 10c 5c ' I x irds and Novelty Js whether you mnanv I "r^v | ????^?????? fhjngs To Eat. I e has our Grocery Department been |n|| ipplied with such a varied assort- mj term 4-/> ?nf fvara^tiins fraah an/1 Dm "6? WV VAVl AiTVAJ VUUtg A4VVM) HMW I?1| date. When yon want something JOj od to eat, just ring us up and see [}S jet it. H cials This Week. || ry Hams, Shoulders, and Canvas Rfl t Strips, Yellow Cream Sweet Po* SI rload of Flour. ffij ish Cobbler, Early Bose and Bliss' IS] riah Potatoes. fijl Kimbrell Co. | >ruary Dry Goods Clearance Sale is (jj se, but lots of Bargains yet. uj 5Hsa5g5gl5B5Bsg525B5g5B5gsasasa5ala 1000(0 X CKO OOOOOO X : SERVICE. | d to many calle over the 'phone 0 necessary to have another 'phone ? we are able to answer your call promise you prompt attention and re are in position to furnish you ken Feed you may need. Besides | we have some wheat?the feed to i t received a supply of Onion Sets X S THE GROCER. 8 j S