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THE FORT Mill. TIMES. Democratic ? Puubliahad Thursdays. i. . W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. 4 2 Subscription Rates: ZZ ^ One Year *12S Six Month. 65 The Times invitee contributions on live subjects, hot does not aaree to publish more than 200 words so any subject. The right is reserved to wit vary communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Teleobone. local and long distance. No. 112. - " 7 "" Entered at the poetofRce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. FORT MILL. S. C.. MARCH 7.1912. Out in old Missouri, at least, the houn' dawg can now roam his roam without fear of molestation. Governor Blease is numbered as one of the four Democratic governors who favor Judson Harmon (or the Democratic nomination. Teddy's head followed his hat into the ring, but since the hairraising expose of Saturday we opine that it is now a headless hat and a hatless ring. ________ It seems a little singular that the Senator from Lancaster, the home county of Justice Jones, should have voted almost to a unit to sustain the Blease vetoes of items in the appropriation bill. ' However, the Senator from Lancaster may have a better line on the politics of his county than outsiders would think. A teleeraDhic desDatch from Denver, Col., says that odds of [, 2 to 1 are offered in the pool rooms of that city that Theodore I Roosevelt will not be the next president of the United States. [ Likewise odds are offered that 1 neither Taft, LaFollette, Har- i mon, nor Clark will land the pres- j idential job. Incidentally it may r be mentioned that YVoodrow Wil- (] son is at present handing: out o dope to our Western friends, who f perhaps have not heard of Oscar o Underwood. if tl Of more than passing interest h to the authorities of numerous J1 towns of this State was the law J? enacted by the late Legislature ^ requiring all towns of more than sj 200 population to keep ?.r. item- ? ized account of all receipts and n disbursement s and to publish j o seme. This law will necessitate j a some extra bookkeeping on the } parts of the city and town clerks 1: of a large number of municipali- ^ ties, but it is a good law and will prove itself so. The tax t pa^Pfs of every town are en- t piffled to know for what the pub- c -Mic money is being expended, and j under the new law inquiry into t the matter will be unnecessary. ( Speaker Champ Clark made it ( clear a day or two ago, when he < declined a pressing invitation to j make an address in Boston, that i he will remain in Washington I 'during this session of Congress. 1 He has been almost swamped } with invitations to attend meetings in various parts of the country, but he has uniformly de- ? clined every invitation, because, f as Speaker of the House, he be- \ lieves it to be important and his g duty to stay in Washington in- \ stead of running about the country making speeches that may ? help his candidacy for the Presi- * dency. There has not been a day in the last month the Speaker c has not been compelled to decline [ an invitation somewhere. r The supervisor of Anderson i county, Mr. Pearman, is going f to show the people of his county J and the State how easy and in- 1 expensive it is to improve the J public roads if one goes about ^ the work in the right man- ^ ner. "Supervisor Pearman has," t according to a press despatch, j "placed with a concern at An- t derson an order for 25 'split-log' 1 drags which he intends to dis- r tribute in all sections of the 1 county to farmers and other per- j * sons who will use them on the ^ roads in their communities. The ( drag, while made of substantial [ timbers, cost but $3.25 each, and [ the supervisor figures that he p will be able to get a great deal of good work done by his plan." Mr. Pearman will not be disappointed if the drags are properly used at the proper time. For a f sand or clay road there is no 1 better nor cheaper machine than * the drag. Other counties of the { State would do well to adopt the ] plan introduced by the Anderson J supervisor. t We were deeply interested as i well as pleased to read in a t Spartanburg paper a day or two p ago that the council of that city ( at a meeting recently had decreed p that a number of chewing gum i slot machines which have been 1 operated there must go. It has J been but a few weeks since council of Fort Mill took similar J action with regard to machines t of this kind which had been in- t stalled in several of our stores. i These machines allow a piece of i chewing gum, worth perhaps I " t , Sf one-half cent, for every nickel dropped into the slot, and at times issue brass cheeks worth i 5 cents each in merchandise. Of < course, when the checks are 1 dumped there is no gum coming, j and vice versa. The element of ! gambling with the machine comes ] in when the player has put his : money in the machine, receiving 1 gum therefor, and exchanging 1 his gum for checks which he < plays back into the machine ' until he finally awakes to realize < that he has neither gum, money ' nor checks. There is not one man in ten who spends the checks for merchandise, prefer- . ing to chance them back into the j machine in the hope of receiving j a greater number of checks. ( Some idea as to the good stealing i that goes on in the operation of 1 the chewing gum slot machine ' may be had from the statement J of a local merchant in whose kn/1 Konn Arvnt* pittCC CI IIIctClliHC liau ( ated that the owner had taken j as high as $100 out of that particular machine on one of his , semi-monthly visits to Fort Mill, i i But the gum machine, like other 1 gambling devices, must go, and i other towns which care to try the 1 experiment, will not long tolerate 1 their operations. The Fertilizer Tax. Editor Fort Mill Times: There are not many, if indeed J there are any, public questions j so unilateral that one must needs preface with an apology, except in isolated instances, what he would say in opposition to some j one else's opinion on a subject of j general interest. Concluding, therefore, that the question I now have in mind does not properly fall in the class of isolated instances, I shall ask the pardon of no one for what is to follow. | Generally, it is an accepted rule that there are two sides to every t question; but there seems to have j, been an exception noted to the c rule in an article which The Times published last week relaLive to the fertilizer tax collected c in South Carolina for the use of . Glemson college. Under the law, ^ juKiVK r?rnhnhlv is sfripflv PT1- ^ 'orced, Clemson college is the ecipient annually of about $300,>00 from this tax. Not one penny c, f this princely sum is intended CJ or, nor do I believe goes to, any ther school in the State. One ^ ; on safe ground in assuming ^ lat Clemson co,lege exercises Qj er absolute title to the whole in o half-hearted fashion. The iw gives it to her; and herein 1 R nd reason for diverging from ne opinion of those who conder this an equitable arrange- ^ lent. I undertake to say that ot one in ten of the farmers or tc thers who pay this tax receive w my direct, and precious little ' ndirect, returns, except such as [j s afforded by the privilege they e] ometimes enjoy of indulging f-( heir ears as a beneficiary of their cj mwilling. patronage expatiates " >n the grandeur of the work of he institution. It is the old, ^ >ld story of the many laboring tj 'or the one; but even at that, n Vioi-o \?;nn IH not- hp sn murh ^ ?ause for complaint if a majority 0 )f something like six-sevenths t] >f the students were farmers' ^ sons, since the farmers pay j practically all the tag tax. At s present, however, Clemson is < patronized either largely by the parents of town boys or the ^ parents of boys who, after they lave finished their course at the ^ :ollege, never return to the farm o practice what is popularly supposed to have been taught hem. Pulling the bell cord of a i: lay-burner, or directing how it * should be pulled, does not appeal g persuasively to them. Of the fertilizer tax, two-thirds should be diverted to the public ^ schools, because the enlightment, g he welfare, of the Common- ' vealth finds its root in the schools which are, or should be, ppen to all the white children. ? rhe children of the masses are g< lot privileged to go beyond the public schools?that is, to the jfj ligher institutions of learning? t n pursuit of an education. This nl )eing true, the public schools are ~ entitled to first consideration in ^ he distribution of tax money :ollected for educational pur>oses and should be made as horough as the means of our jeople will permit. It is puerile b or anyone to contend for the n ligher educational institutions ^ egardless of the efficiency of the u jublic schools. When one hears " ;uch thought advanced he is u vithin the bounds of reason in 01 ruessing that the roof of the head >f the advancer would be in no = mmediate danger should his >rain turn to dynamite and ex- i )lode. Observer. March 4, 1912. 5 Clark Campaign Buttons. The first campaign buttons of inv of the candidates for the *> Democratic nomination for the \ Presidency to reach Fort Mill j his year were received by the V editor of The Times a day or two ,ri igo and are now to be seen fre- ' juently on the streets of the own. The buttons came from Washington and were issued in >ehalf of the candidacy of Speaker Champ Clark. They are of wo kinds. One bears a likeness )f Mr. Clark and on the other is 3 printed a sentence from the now S 'amous hound dog song written 3 )y a constituent of the Speaker )ack in Missouri, the quotation jeing "They gotta stop kickin' ny dawg around." Speaker Plark, by the way, is strong in ;his community, and if the selecion of the Democratic nominee | vere left to the choice of the < roters of Fort Mill there would ie nothing to it but Clark. Candidates for State Offices. Political announcements are [iow in order, and the candiiates who expect to go before the people are beginning to come forward and make themselves known, says a Columbia special In the News and Courier. .This pear is an important one in politics, for every office, practically, from the president of the United States down to the minor . ounty positions are to be filled, rherefore, the number of candiiates will likely be unusually arge. Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon will offer for re-election to the office, which he has filled for the past six years. He went into office the year the people of the State declared against the >ld State dispensary and his svork. in that connection is well <nown. Opposed to Lyon will De Representative Thos. H. Peepes, of Barnwell, serving his irst term in the House; H. H. Evans, of Newberry, has also innounced that he would make the race for attorney general. Comptroller General A. W. lones will stand for re-election ind so far no opposition to him las appeared. His work in a ight for the equalization of tax nws anri other matters relative ;o the assessment of taxes is veil known. R. M. McCown, the present secretary of State, will stand for e-election in the primary this summer. Mr. McCown has filled his office for several years and s strong with the people in all sections of the State. The only >pposition to Mr. McCown so far s that of Senator Rainsford, of Cdgefield, who is one of the eading members of the State ienate. State Superintendent of Eduction J. E. Swearingen will fferfor re-election and. no opK)sition. so far, has appeared to lim. He has made a splendid ecord in the office of Superin endent of Education and is weli mown in every section of the Itate. State Treasurer Jennings will etire, and S. T. Carter, the hief clerk in his office will offei or the position of State treasrer. The announcement of Mr. barter's candidacy was made everal days ago. Col. E. J. Watson will be a andidate for the office of agrijlture, commerce and indus ies, which is now elective. Mr. 'atson is the present incumbent, aving been appointed when the fice was created several years ro. The term of Major John G. ichards on the raiiroad comission expires this year and he is announced his candidacy for .e place for another six years. Cansler, of Tirzah," and Sena>r J. H. Wharton, of Laurens, ill also be candidates for this osition. Cansler has been in le race for railroad commissionr several times and Wharton ! Drmerly served on the commison. Other candidates for this i osition will likely appear. Then the race for governor, in ' rhich is centered more interest liis year than ever before in tany years at least. Governor , 'ole L. Blease, who is rounding ! ut his first term, will go into j he race for re-election opposed ;, y former Chief Justice Ira B. ones, John T. Duncan and posibly others. This will be the 'hot" race of the campaign. In every county officials are to e elected and thus the whole eople are getting ready for the hroes of a campaign involving very officer from president of ia TTnifflf] Qtofac Pnn. IV umivu mvuvvu ?v t? ii* vv?i ressman, United States senator, overnor, etc. For the position of United: tates senator, B. R. Tillman, ! 'ho is finishing his third term, 'ill be opposed by James Talert, of Edgefield. Mr. Talbert lys he is going to make the ice to the finish. The opening guns in the cam- j aign will likely be fired when the >emoeratic State convention as-1 ambles on May 21 to elect dele- f ates to tne national convention, fioose a successor to Gen Wilie ones as State chairman and the ther officials who will guide the arty in the State for the next; vo years. i Immense shipments of the: : itest spring and summer goods ' eing received daily and we are ow busily engaged in displaying j lem. Our millinery department !> ill be more complete this season 1 lan ever before. Figure with s on your spring hat. Watch ur advertising space next week. | E. W. Kimbrell Co. ? === i ujl 0" Your ^Jj^Next Walk V U see our new >S: -stock of toilet j Sj We've a whole lot EjgKff r particularly our \ nei,vr assortment of \ Diamond Dyes. ) beautiful. ' i J FORT MILL DRUG COMP'Y ; J. R. HAILE, Mgr. % For Me Young Mr. J. P. Browi ty Tailoring Cor York, will be wit! March I Come in and le a nice suit for Eaj are in keeping v I and his measuren anteed to fit. McElhane R0Y5TI HITS THE. ine explanation m&demfh the & \ every jngpediei \ lest of car cm Ihevesnohlfor Fertilizers. Sold ,By ReliabL F.S.ROYSTE ^baleo C NorfolkVa. Tarbo BaltimoreMd. Montgoi Hacon. Ga. i THREE-YE J Order foi H THE BIGGEST A.> SE SI Kindlv Sien the Bla; jj|jj We desire to invite attentii 53 tain one hundred thousand add j^| three years. It is practically a ?3 subscription can be stopped at < s The subscription price of *3 tien is sent to the subscriber at a of handy premiums for the st.b *3 the general result is that the Lii g i |ii| Southern Ruralist, 20 South Fo j[3 Gentlemen: You are hereb ^ Ruralist for three years. ON I Jli} This order is given with the un |ijj by paying the subscription to t Name rj Postoffice g Date 1912. "rtn' fin'v'Tui it 'HLS rm w h u-ujru ?rv>f> M-w EGGS FOR SALE I am now offering eggs for latching from my | Famous Fields' Strain of Partridge Wyandottes. I do not claim to have the inest chickens in the world, for [ ave not seen all the Partridge Wyandottes, but do say that my stock is bred pure from a strain if birds that have not been defeated in the show room for the last six years. Eggs, $1.00 per 13. B. C. FERGUSON, Fort Mill, S. C. Try a Special Notice in The Times and I watch results. 25 words for 25c. 1 I n and . fh ; Men. I III a, of the Fideli- J, npany, of New 1 us on 14-15. 3 t him make you 5w"T >ter. His prices -r! vith the times, ^ [ lents are guary & Co. "is J Itimore ?i :R FERTI SOT EVERY is simple; they m "entest care ana it has to pass the n laboratories; dis s ahou thqystei e Dealers Everywhere m guano co.j Offices Si ro N.C. Columbia S C. meryAla. Spartanburg SC. Columbus 6a. r?*JJ ru<TU1 , rfx*"<yv pru lry>TM ?ru ^ry>ru>rU>ra<>rid>ri. :ar SUBSCRIi rSOUTHERN RURA iU BEST AGRICULTURAL PAPER IN TH NO NO MONEY nk Form Below and Become a Regulai Dn to our three-year subscription propc itiorial subscriptions during the presei trial subscription and payable at the en my time by paying for the period the p '.his paper is $1.00 tor three years, and I the end of the first-year. When the bill scriber to select from, providing he pay ! is soon paid. SUBSCRIPTION BLANK, rsyth St., Atlanta, Ga., Dept. c-L >y authorized to enter my name as a sul \iPRIL 1, 1913, I will pay One Dollar f( derstanding that I am at liberty to sto] hat date. R. F. D. No State... wu ur+>*T,< >nj uru >n* *ru>iVarn nrn,J>n^ *ru iru u-u tfk Helping the ^NUMBER OF F ? _ arranged with their farms this year and odate others who may n< in this line. > See us about this m interested. i ; IDE FIRST NATIONAL ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, ; President. IF All ^me8' ?^er of a Ye iLjAU scription to Southern ..et Maker* ad New York IL1ZER timeJ | t-jj ^ m ** [KKSSKKaMKKMal 3TIONS I LIST C SOUTH H r Subscriber. isition. We hope to obtit year to continue for g d of the first year. The ?* aper is taken. B the bill for the subscripgoes out we s?p in a list ** s the bill promptly, and 35 | iscriber to the Southern |ij( tin. Viroo_\?Aiir n#?rinH 5(! ji nit mi w j wv?. r ? ra p the paper at any time );? 1 B | Farmer. I ARMERS have l us to finance [ we can accomeed our services atter at once if BANK, F0Rir T. B. SPRATT, Cashier. $ RuraLut IT'S FREE! I / ) lg!55ET55H55555H555555H55fHJ I Parks Gi Our Mottc j{] Fresh shipments of nj day. Jj Ring 116 and be con (Jj 1ES are what we claim g Everything sold und< I 51 giye satisfaction, jjj Our delivery service ! {jj Parks Groc j| E. S. PA1 ' QlHSHSarasaSHHSHSESESHS I : n?"jr < Riding At I U Walki Just what you want. P j plows and ride. [ U of a riding pl< j J ^ We furnish everything needed?V and all the connections. Can be |>i minutes' time. Vuu don't have to bo regulate the depth with the lever. V You will wender how you ever stoo< attachments. psnRK CANTON PLOWS CANTON PUT McElhar He* # All Kinds of Up-1 I II J I But first^of all make sure Tooth Powder?the kind tha Disinfects botl Hardens the gums and swee' Tooth Brushes?all sizes and Parks Dr Exclusive Agent C*UiNNJUGST UP PRIG] EXPRES! CORN WHISKEY 1 Gal New Corn $2 1( Two-Year-Old Corn 3 (X Three-Year-Old Corn 3 25 Old Mountain Corn 2 75 Uld Process corn o ve Happy Valley Corn 2 3f RYE WHISKIES Gibson 4 5( Libston. 3 21 Hoover 2 7E Old Prentice (case goods) Cascade Green River (bot. in bond) M ell wood (bot. in bond) Meliwood (our own bottling).. 4 21 Overholt Jefferson Club 3 7E Old Henry 3 5t Savage Mountain 3 5( Rose Valley Sherwood Excelsior 2 21 Hoover's Private Stock Green River 4's BRANDIES ! Apple Brandy 2 1< Apple Brandy 3 (X Peach Brandy 4 CH Sweet Mash Corn. 100 proof, white and cleai spring water and made from pure trrain. 4 I quarto 12.75; 6 qto IS.75: 8 qto. 14.75; 12 qto I7.& Primrose Com. old and mellow. This whiol is made from select jrrain, is atred in wood, am guaranteed 3 years old. 4 full quarts $3.50; 6 < $4.80; 8 qts. 16.25; 12 qto. *8.50. NO CHARGE FO W. H. HOOVER, 522 E. I that wiil please all custome ELECTilC _ The 25g BITTEBS family llediciue Dr. King's New Discover KILL8 THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNG! L M 5S}S5H55H55iig5Hgg5H5a5g5g5aD rocery Co. 1 .--THE BEST. | GROCERIES arriving each g ivinced that our GROCER- ? for them. K ;r an absolute guarantee to K ii all that you could desire. |Q ery Company, | RKS, Manager. ?1 a5?H5H55a52Sa5aSf55a5H5a52SalS tO"=[ tachment for ng Plows ut it on any one of your walking You have all the comfort dw. Call and see it Aa [ Vheels, Axles, Levers, Scat and Sea! Spring, it on any walking plow of any make m a lew re any holes. It clamps to the beam. You can Yhy walk all day when it costs so little .to ride? 1 the walking after using one of these tiding DF^OP^Q WS CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS ley & Co., dquartere for to-Date Farm Machinery ' " = ' UB [ Why Not Save Dentist Bills? ^ No need to run up enorj mous dentist bills if you l| will just devote a little care 1 eaah day to the matter of elpnn tppfh W you are using the right sort of t b. Teeth and Mouth, tens the breath. We have it?also prices. ug Comp'y. s for Nyal's Remedies. T TGT OUR MOTTO* Pure Good*, Honed Dealing 5 PREPAID. 2 Gal 3 Gal 4 Gal 4 Qta 6 Qts 8 Qts 12Qts ) $3 60 $5 35 $6 85 $2 35 $3 25 $4 25 $7 00 ) 5 00 7 00 9 00 3 00 4 50 5 50 9 00 i 5 25 7 25 9 25 , 4 90 6 90 8 25 2 75 3 75 5 25 7 25 I 5 50 8 00 10 00 3 25 4 60 6 00 9 25 > 4 10 5 75 7 35 2 50 3 50 4 50 6 50 ) 8 60 12 75 16 00 5 50 7 50 10 00 13 50 > 5 75 8 25 i 4 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 > 8 00 10 75 .... 4 50 6 50 8 50 11 00 4 50 6 85 11 00 12 50 i 6 75 10 00 13 00 4 00 5 80 7 70 10 00 I 6 60 9 50 12 00 4 00 5 75 7 70 10 00 ) 6 60 9 50 12 00 4 00 5 75 .... 10 00 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 4 50 6 85 8 50 12 00 5 4 25 6 25 8 25 2 25 3 25 4 50. 6 50 4 00 5 75 7 50 10 00 5 00 6 75 .... 13 25 } 3 60 ; .... D 5 65 } 7 00 r as Old Private Stock Com. an excellent old goods full with a reputation through the entire country. 4 9. full qts. $3.00; 6 qta. $4.25: 8 qU. 16.25; 12 qta. 18.60 key Pocahontas Corn. Its long record proves its d is merit. Honest goods, honest priced, honest measjta. ure. and aged in wood. 4 full quarts. $3.00; 6 qta *4.25; 8 qts. $5.25; 12 qts. $8.50. R JUGS OR PACKING. J f?4. A. *n.' .1 1 TT uroaa oireei, Aicumouu, vu. and meet the demands and rev quirements of the most exacting I builders is no small undertaking. 5 You cannot find a Lumber yard > j stocked with BETTER LUMBER !!! and Building material, that will come nearer to meeting all demands^ than our yard. Do not make a purchase without first obtaining our estimates. It will be money in your pocket. rs J. J. BAILES. I PILLOWS FREE Mail us 110 for 36-pound Feather Bed ard receive !. 0-pound pair pillows free. Freight prepaid. New > feathers, best ticking, satisfaction guaranteed. ~ sAGENTS WANTED y TURNER A CORN WELL Feather Dealers. Dept. A. CharUHe, N. C. Reference: Commercial National Bask. i M