University of South Carolina Libraries
ff FORT MILL, S. C. ( I GENERAL INFORMATION. t I CITY GOVERNMENT. ! A. R. McELHANEY Mayor f p S. W. PARKS Clerk ? V. D. POTTS. ...Chief of Police , DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. W' . No. 31 Southbound 5:40 a. m. Re * > No. 35 Southbound 7:12 a. m. ?? * No. 27 Southbound 5:12 p. m. No. 36 Northbound 8:50 a. m. ! No. 28 Northbound 6:25 p. m. . m? No. 32 Northbound . 9:27 p. m. , > Note?Trains 31 and 32 stop at ., Fort Mill only when flagged. MAILS CLOSE. For train No. 36 8:30 a. m. J For train No. 27 4:50 p. m. I For train No. 28 6:00 p. m. J ' Note?No mail is despatched on J 1 Ol 'JO OriA Trains 27 1 fVl?UIO Ui, UM RUM W. and 28 do not handle mail Sunday, ? POSTOFFICE HOURS. 1 Daily 7:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. in. f Cunday 9:30 to 10 a. 5 to 5:30 p. m. j SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. W. F. Harris returned Tuesday morning- from a business trip to Lexington and High Point, N. C. Mrs. Lizzie McElhaney, of Langley, S. C., spent Monday at the home of her nephew, J no. \V. McElhaney, in this city. ? The eighth annual convention and tournament of the State Firemen's association will be . held at Rock Hill Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 2526-27. * S. S. Mauney, president of the Vivia cotton mills pt Cherryville, N. C., will very probably be a candidate for tfce Democratic ^.nomination fqr State senator " from Gaston/'county, says the Textile Manufacturer. Mrs. Pavid Moss and infant I are ^otn reported as j being' dangeronsly ill at their 'home two miles south of Fort Mill. Mrs. Moss is a daughter *' of John F. Youngblood of this city. The price of ten and one-half cents per pound has caused many bales of cotton to be brought to this market during the last few days. It is said .that in many cases the farmers are selling cotton and paying cash for fertiliW. Harry Wylie, for several years superintendent of buildings and campus at Winthrop College, has resigned to accept a similar position at the State Hospital, in Columbia, a place which he filled before returning to Rock Hill several years ago. Local passenger train No. 36, due at Fort Mill at 8:50 a. m., <i -- ? <ii<i not reach here Monday until about 2:30 p. m., the delay being due to the train crashing into a northbound freight at Blythe- ; wood early in the morning. The : result of the accident was a slight injury to Engineer Glenn and the breaking of a leg for his fireman, Barmore. The Harris Furniture Company is the name of a new concern for Fort Mill that will open ft business in the Meacham storeroom on Main street. The new Vy firm is composed of W. F. Harris > and sons, Theodore and Jesse. > The concern will carry a corn* plete stock of medium and high-priced furniture and house i'urnfljibings and it is hoped to have the tnisiness opened by April 1. One the most pleasant affairs ofr the past week was the birthday dinner given Thursday b} John i. Kimbrell at his home mil* east of town. The tw; J da: marked the 67th anniversary of the brth of Mr. Kimbrell, ^ , who assi-ted by his brothers, J. S. and^- D- Kimbrell, entertained a >arty of invited guests in a mat;ler? the pleasantness of which l?n? he remembered by tho? present. Old*' residents of this city do not ^call a time when so great ^yfnber of trains have passed ^w-?nrough P'ort Mill daily as within the last ten days. The heavy traffic over the Charlotte-Columbia division of the Southern is due in part to the high water on other lines, necessitating the detouring of trains this way, and the movement north of commercial fertilizers which has for several weeks been unusually | heavy. At a special meeting of city council Tuesday evening it was decided to sink a deep wed td supply water for the business section of the town, the same tc be put down at a point bordering Ion Main street at the stand in Confederate Park. The sinking of the new well was necessitated by the closing of the present well in Main street to make way lot * the permanent paving. Council also passed a resolution that the ordinance against the shooting of air rifles and slingshots ,>n the streets be enforced. The countv treasury was re? - l j a. <51. V pienisneu to tut* caicih v?i y-?<. [ during the last week as the rek suit of the disposal of two cases in Magistrate J. W. McElhaney's court. The first of these was s I charge of criminal negligence I against Will Perry, colored V Perry was fireman lor the Fori I Mill Mfg. company, and for some I reason left his work withoul notifying anyone, thus endangering the lives of the large numb n of employees of the plant. II< paid a fine of $25. The othei case was that against Will Kaig ler, colored, for assault and bat terv, the specific charge beinj that of beating his wife. Kaiglei was taxed $20 for his conduc and the amount was paid. :v *V. - . ... , Will Speak in Fort Mill. Mayor A. R. McElhaney is in receipt of a letter from Governor Cole L. Blease in which the latter agrees to address the voters of Fort Mill upon his visit to the township Friday, next. It is expected that the governor will reach Fort Mill tomorrow morning at 8:50 o'clock and will go direct to Gold Hill, where he is scheduled to make an address during the morning at the closing exercises of the Gold Hill school. The governor will return to Fort Mill in the afternoon and at 8:00 in the evening will speak at the town hall. A large crowd doubtless i will be present to hear the govj ernor's address, as this is the ! first time the town has been honored by a visit of the State's chief executive. Paving to Begin at Once. W. H. Goodson, supervisor of construction for the Legre Con- j struction company, the company which is to put down the paving on Fort Mill's main street, arrived Monday evening from Columbia and has since been busy in preparing for the work. To a i Times reporter Tuesday Mr. j ! finnHsnn stated that he was ex j pecting a shipment of paving material to reach Fort Mill Wednesnesday and that work on the street probably would begin today or Friday. Mr. Goodson will push the work with all possible i haste, and with favorable weath! er thinks that the paving should j be completed by May 1. Will Extend Paving. Mayor McElhaney stated to The Times man a few days ago that the town of Fort Mill will during the coming summer be in position to put down cement paving along several streets that have not yet been given this improvement. The paving will, as heretofore, he put down on the basis of the abutting property I? \ 4 owners paying one-nan uie l-um and the town bearing the balance. The street committee will at once confer with residents of the streets along which it is proposed to lay the paving, and if it is found that a sufficient number agree to the proposition, the work will commence just as soon as practicable. The Teachers' Meeting. The regular bi-monthly meet| ingof the York County Teachers' ; association was held in the auditorium of the Fort Mill graded 1 school building Saturday comi mencing at 10 o'clock. A score ; or more teachers from the county and a good crowd of patrons of i the local school were in attendI ance. The crowd of teachers present doubtless would have been larger except for the reason that many from the western part of the county were unable to reach Fort Mill because of the failure of the railroad service. The meeting was entertaining and instructive to both teachers and patrons. The election of officers was as follows: Supt. L. Gunler of Rock Hill, was elected president; Supt. F. W. Moore, secretary and treasurer, while the seven vice presidents were reelected. A. E. Martin of Indiana, an 1 experienced teacher, closed the meeting with a short talk. 0 r Sur\ ivir.g Cor fed rates. Editor Fort Mill Times: 1 noticed in a recent issue of Tha 'fin,* n article from Mr. H. R. Merritt giving the number of soldiers Fort Mill furnished the Confederacy, the number killed, wounded, etc. The figures were correct, insofar as I know, exceptas to the survivors. Of these, there are thirty-odd still with us, among whom are the following: J. M. Armstrong, W. H. Armstrong, W. T. Aldtrspn, Joe Bennett, James Burns, Frank Barron, Zack Bailes, J. D. Culp, Gum Caskey, \V. C. Perry, \V. 0. Collier, Frank Felts, H. F. Johnston. William Orr, W. 0. Glover, Sam Wilson. Welch, Ira Patterson. J. P. Garrison, James Spratt, James Nivens, Joe Parks. R. P. Merritt, Bowman Merritt, Zeff Porter, W. C. Graham, Robt. Graham. J. H. Coltharp, J. R. Kimbrell, J. P. Epps, Andy Bailes. there are possibly other survivors of company B,'but these are all that I can recall at present. J. M. Armstrong. Fort Mill, March 19. ?ir. vr Weltest Winter m i ears. | That the winter (if 1911-12 has been the wtttest experienced by ! tiiis section in many years is not only attested by overflowing ponds, lakes and streams, but by the figures displayed by weather . bureau stations at various points. I The figures show that the rain, fall of the last three months has r not only been more than half the ; yearly average of each of the last four years, but more than half the total for the year show ing the greatest precipitation > 1911. The excessive rainfall of the ? last three months has brought ? about a serious condition of afi fairs on the farms of this section s of the State, for little of the . necessary plowing has been done t up to tne present time. The ? fields are so boggy that it is im: possible ior mules to go into - them, and with rains stnl falling, r the average farmer is decidedly i blue. it is certain that there r will have to he a general curtail ment of acreage as planned at - the beginning of the year, and it j is feartd that such curtailment r will be at the expense of food t crops, instead of being taken i from the cotton fields. The Availability of Champ Clark. Editor Fort Mill Times: Nothing1 could speak more eloquently for the sterling citizenship of the people of our State than their unyielding adherence to political principle. Except the Civil war and Reconstruction eras, in every national election since the formation of the Federal government the support of South Carolina could be depended upon for the cause which deserved success. This year, as in the past, our people will go tc the ballot box and vote the Democratic ticket, and it looks as if we had an excellent chance to win the Presidency. With the Republicans fighting among themselves like Kilkenny cats and divided into irreconcilable factions, and with the record of achievement of the Democratic House of Representatives on which to appeal to the country for endorsement, it is hard to figure how the Democracy will lose the elec? < n 1 _ Hon 01 lifiZ unie.ss a serjuun blunder is made in the Baltimore convention. We are in position to win, and will win, if we act wisely in selecting our nominee; but at best it isn't going to be any child's play to beat the Republicans. They are powerfully entrenched and will contest with us every advantageous position. All the more reason, therefore, that we should exercise a fine degree of discrimination in nominating our candidate. First of ail we should demand that our nominee be a man of the people and right at heart, that he be progressive but at the same time safe and sane. We do not need, and cannot win with, a candidate whose record is such that we shall have to apologize for it on every stump in the land. With such a candidate we are certain to go down in discouragirg deteat. All of us want to win we are tired of losing year after year. So it is to our interest to look the situation in the face and avoid tne blunders which we might otherwise make. The recoi u on which the Deinmoeracy must appeal to the country for vindication of its aims and purposes is about made, 1 -1- "'1 ^ <IT)C1 11 was mauf HI wmi^UOD, not by the Governor or Legislature of any State. One cannot disassociate the victory of our party in the congressional elections of 1910 and the consequent legislation in behalf of the people from the name of Champ Clark, the great Missourian who by the force of his intellect and his untiring efforts for the restoration of representative government did more than any half dozen men to make the victory possible. We could do worse than to consider the advisability of making Mr. Clark our nominee. Of humble Kentucky parentage, he is preeminently a man of the people. lie is a Southern man in every fibre of his being and is in thorough accord with the sentiment of our people on all the questions which confront us. The sufficiency of Mr. Clark's friendship for the South is lacking in neither quantity nor quality. His eulogy of Gen. Robert E. Lee removes all doubt, if tnere should be doubt, on that score, and if he is nominated and elected the South will have in the White House the best friend it has had there since Andrew Jackson was President. With Mr. Ciark as our nominee neither the Republican press nor toe Republican politicians could taunt us to our discomfiture with toe charge that he ever bolted the party or that his campaign for the nomination was financec; hv Wall street. His party record is as straight as a shingle ant cannot he assailed. He lias nevei failed to support with all hi; might the party nominees ant every vote tie ever cast in hi; seventeen years of service it Congress was in the interest o: the common people of this coun try. He is no recent convert t( the things for which the Dem mocracy is now contending; hi has been a Democrat ail his lift and has ever been in sympath; with the demands of the party "His record," says a curren writer, "is the record of thi Democratic party, and any oh jection that may be raised to hin in this regard must be raised t< the Democratic party." Ther would be no desertions from Mr Clark among tiie millions o Democrats who demand part; regularity. Nor has he eve spoken unkindly of, much les assailed, the lauor unions, H< is on trieniily terms with or ganized labor, and as organize labor has in its ranks a inillioi or so voters in the various Srau s> f r * 1 I New Furc -> Watch for Advert ? * ?> V> f * I * J t ? it of the Union, it is obvious that no Democrat can be elected with- J | out labor union votes. Many of J ) . these men are Democrats, ordi- j j ; nariiy, but party allegiance is j not ;is strong with them as it is j i with South Carolinians, and if j we nominate a candidate they 1 , believe to be unfriendly to them they will not vote for him. Mr. ' Clark is not only on good terms with the labor unions, but he is on good terms with everybody, except those who would prey upon i the people for their own gain, and it is certain that if he is our ' nominee we shall not have to go | ? through the campaign on the de- $ fensive. In the effort which Mr. ? Clark's friends are making to g secure for him the nomination ! ft ' they have not oeen aoie 10 upen n luxurious headquarters in his be- gj ' half in New York or elsewhere, g and it is a noticeable fact that I the independent and Republican B newspapers which are urging ? the Republicans to nominate i ^ Roosevelt are not urging the k Democrats to nominate Mr. g Clark. They prefer another | Democratic candidate. Why? | j Because they want Roosevelt u elected. Today Mr. Clark is the g i leading candidate for the nomi- ? nation, with 66 instructed dele- g gates?36 from Missouri, 10 from jj Oklahoma and 20 from Kansas- H to 10 instructed delegates for all g 1 the other candidates; and when ? j the conventions are held in Cali-, i fornia, Arkansas, Iowa and Wis- 3 consin within the next few days Jj he bids fair to have a lead of 146 | votes over his opponents. He is i well and favorably known in all g sections of the country and if our ft I party is wise enough to nominate { I ! him practically all Democrats and n 1 thousands of Republicans agree ? 1 that he will be elected. In select- ? ing our State's eighteen delegates I gj to the Baltimore convention we j j p cannot afford to ignore Mr. J r-' ni?i.?_ ! * I < L>lrtrK S clVailtll/llIO.T an a UHIUI- 1 . date. Win. K. Bradford, jl . Washington. March 18. ?? if To Motheis Aad Others. J V. You can use Bucklen's Arnica Salve r to cure children of eczema, rashes, tet- f u ! tei, chafings, scaly and crusted humors, 1 R i as well as their accidental injuries m cuts, burns, bruises, etc., with perfect fa i safety. Nothing else heals so quickly. For boils, ulcers, old, running or fever p | sores or piles it has no equal. 25 cts P) at Ardrey's Drug Store, Parks Drug fc Co and Fort Mill Drug Co. ONE CENT A WOK!) | MINIMUM CHARGE, 25C. j I ' COTTON SEED FOR PLANTING ? I Simpkins Cotton Seed for sale at 75c j a per bushel. KENNETH NIMS. FOR SALE?A limited sum). Simpkins Prolific Cotton Seed at 90c per ? | bushel. A. E. HARRIS, R. F. D. 2. i 9 I FOR SALE?Two fresh Cows, 50 bushels Calpeper Cotton Seed, Berk- . | | shire Boars, $10 up. If you have a n good sow, let us bretd her to one of 3 our boars. Our fee, a pig. 8! L. A. HARRIS & BRO. ? "^WEET~POTATO SI'ROUTS For $ sale, Nancy Hall, Providence and Porto Rico?April and May delivery, j L $1.75 per 1,000; 5,000 lots, $1.70; lO.ituo w lots, $1.65. Cabbage Plants, $1.00 per l : 1,000. F. E. HULL, Rook Hill, S. C. \ ? i SEED CORN FOR S^ : H Four-car Prolific Corn?the kind thaf ) j A will cause you to sell instead of buy corn. Will deliver in Tort Mill at $1.75 | per bushel. Rhone 59-j, J. Z. BAILES. _? FOR SALE?3<X> bushels of Clay Peas i at $2.15 per bushel. W. S. McCLELLAND. MARKET TALK ?Tor the next Go days we will seli the choicest of Steak, 'cut from St eio th?t have been stall. fed since No\ ember. We will 1 e plan to have vour orders. Try our All-pork i I Sausage. I . A. HARRIS & CO. ! Having- Trouble | With Your Eyes? II I Yes. sure you are! Can't rear! . a half hour without taking otr . ycur glasses and rubbing vour j eyes. You don't consider the . j fact that your eyes grow old ^ with your bodies, that a pair <>f f lenses that suit your eyes today may be out of date two years ) lience. Some people know what . I they need, but remain careless, a while their eyes suffer for relief. 3 Then they don't seem to realize ^ what an easy and inexpensive job it is to have eye comfort. You j can he fitted in less than live; e> minutes at an average cost of 50 _'cents or $1, and you will be fit1; ted so well that you will kno" 0lit without a doubt to your own J B j satisfaction. You will be satisfied a here and you take a guarantee | j- with you home that you will be * ^.'satisfiied there, and you can take j vor.r n'lTf around the fire.-iui ] s ami rending I imp with your ciiii ] e dren and be supremely proud i of the fact that tne reading mat j| j ter and pictures look just as goot. ] ,j to you as to them. s Aidrey's Drug Store. "1 -V v> O ' V 1 j M\ < mh : m, 'i i; < I "i 8 ? 2 i "(r^ t f Lj 1/ L*/ unK* SL isement Kext Week * < p< t ? j * ^ 15/ I i i 'j f i XKi JURZ9! i T-Beginning through to S Five Days S! had. Every ! when we sa^ I | j ever display* | many differe I everything tc J wear Milline for you to 1 i | In the house these five da i you to com* and you will The peop! tise somethir i Mills Dry 1 II i iimi BWTJf > ii 111 Misses' and Childrei In Law jjfljiP Pn,ic3ss V \ ' I V->u mu.it sre , voJt on'(7 Waist \ w '' a:> ' K" ' ' S' c cur iin COTTON VO LE In Blue, Tan. Garnet and Black, (.-hor 36-inch White Cotton Corduroy, all tl hi ' bargain, it J'?e. Tan and tilue Cor Silk Horicry C i lies' B!ac'; S!k Pure Silk B.a-k an I Tan Ho? , Vj\ M Millireiy?Mi.v Fr;rk 1.- > t Water, for <t;i U? < ?i v ?; ; Ca .'r. a MEACHAM <-+ - P E3J See our new Spri 1 n stvies as v/eli as di < m/ Jk tractive. Our Millinery De the management of, say, will be especial We have the laics lar styles at prices to ycu. ; L. J. MA iQ&TBysTsnngre^oCTEiBS BSS^ nameaecHBESBKBFZRSBt ?r-r Tuesday moriing aturday night, Marc how of all the New department is coir / that ours is the gi / l C_?i. TV/l;Il V sa in i on ivim. > int lines that we ha ) be found in an u; ry, Clothing and S visit this Grest fn 6rpriC6 One dollar will ys than at any otlu * expecting GrCc 1 not be disappoint !e of this communif i . ig special it means Dress Up I & Y oui Goods, Clothi L-'JL r&rmpe urnur. * r? *3*rr+r9rx~miS+JKJTmn re's Presses pt Uirfham ann rerc je c s ; r' t- adt as r.io"!y as you ir ov- n, and special styles. .T.-Hie, ; 'h ! I : t length) worth 2*o, at 12i-2o. i" go ror ikin- a ,<: w..ist suits, j duroy, 27-ircn, at l.'c. i H se, li'le lop ; ad .'oof, 2"e. SI. H d -1.- . 2*c. ; re bu.-y ;t v ..r! . ( j o rg M..n. i r \ h cL EPP3. i ? /-Vrfitt- :? -.;?? T~'f-T ?? n -ii f' ' * x' * V > < < ing Goods. The ; nj * ces are very at- ; < 4 partment, under * tViiss EstsIIe Mas- ! Iy alivaclive. t and most poputhat will appeal < \ a w < ^>_5' tiffiiS ii H Ci a ijfl /JL jLJlCii ^ ? r^' rvf! ;, March 26th, and CO ;h 30th, we are going tc est in Merchandis that i iplete, and we are not *andest line of Wearing Ve can't beein to men vp. but will sav that v p-to-date Dry Goods, I\ hoe Store. As an ind Carnival Sale, ]very Article purchase more good: r time this secsm. V, * T~> T e n " .ji. A\? C. uuC'tici i . ? d?R id. ' y all knovr that wlu n w i i something. Again we s; For Easter. fl ^Giilpc ng and Shoe S?:o* *m&rsmr&fcsa&lw,m?&T'i :/& . ^ s ' KTE?JO**3<iO}^Ot50?K?C^?05^a |S i ri ^ T: ? T !i S-o.r' ?iTOCil jj ^-i. r.s 1 ! 3 ,v * V -****? ; n v,fl ' "is \ y jr. /i ?c; -< .i vw ?J i | a B S 5 ' ;* ^ /r" V tP? * ' :: u... v.. v u <C i s J )j Get cur F' 13 ! (5 i 3 3 JONES THE I h Phones !4 a..ci 8. : ? S j c I .? sri Riding Aitac Walking v I J^t what you want. Put it 01 plows and ride. You h > (J of a riding plow. ( r ^ : i m I = -<) Wo furn h even rhinjr r> !o<I- Wheels, J r an!:..It :.n ; (Jan i j at < ^ I miimtcb'tin.o. \ u don't !..i .c i j |y?r.: any lie 1r -,'uIuto thi- ilct'tli with the !i-vcr. Why wali You will v? 'iJ<T I: w )(.>u ever stood lite v\.i : KQWl CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS G y ? l\ M^ihane.i > i / Hcadquartfi All Kinds of Up-to-Dat ?j .. " V' ' ' ' . < / * far-'Tri^gMWMBrBWMM^ ? MBTWMMMWWT s5 J^bLj^SJ I isvriRisca | IJ I nlinuing \ ) give a | Is to be boasting Apparel tion the se carry ,eady-to- | Li cement we will ? during | j /e want 1 - nee, ~e adveray come! my | f I i | yr I Potatoes f * * \r~k. .t.:\b amwm *? ~ ?: 9 f 1 1 ^ uDier q B iJSS 5 aloes. ? t :ccs. (I I ? , C ROGER. g ? :y az? :05*r2*icj?iono?CfH Ora[ hment for Plows i any one of your walking ave all the comfort Hall and see it. LI txles, Levers, Seat and Seat Spring, walking plow of any make in a few 1 . It clamps to the beam. You can . ail day when it Costs so little to ride? K.ng after using one of these tiding ^5:0 P^Q WTOM PLOWS CANTON PLOWS 7 zz Co., % (or e Farm Machinery II II m