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THE FORT MILL TIMES Draocntk? PbdUUmI Thuradavt. B. W. BRADFORD - Editor and Proprietor. ' OHOURION KATB: Out Taar. ? 26 4. IImIIm 66 liy..'..a. . __ , 1m Taw lnvitm coo trtbut ions on live aubiecu M tea not urn to ppbliah more than 200 words an say subject. Hie rig! t is reserved to edit eery oocamunicetion submitted for publication. On upplieution to the publisher, advertising raise am made known to those interested. Telephone, local and knur distance. No. 112. Entered at the postoflice at Port Mill. S. C.. as mail matter at the second class. THURSD> Y, AUGUST 15. 1912. VI "r!"~ The warm discussion which for a long time has been going on in the press and on the platform concerning the alleged shortcomings and violation of justice by some jurists will do the judiciary no harm. Rather, will it do good, for while there is no question as to the rectitude and impartiality of the great majority of judges yet it is generally admitted that some have not been impeccable and that others have not been in sympathy with recognized modern views on many important matters. For that reason their decision on some vita! questions has been archaic and therefore * foreign .to the present day conception of law and equity. Nothing i9 gained by stifling discussion or in refusing to let light in. The idea that some have that however much one may criticise other officials the judiciary should be exempt is absurd. Judges are human like other people and therefore liable to err, and while it must be admitted that no criticism should 1? ..J in fl-io fliirnilv W UCSIKI'CU LU iwnci tuv uigx.v of the office or reverence for law, it must also be admitted that criticism rightly indulged will benefit the judiciary and inspire greater respect for law. Reform both of the judiciary and of law precedure is needed and when instituted most of the prosent discontent will cease. The only difficulty lies in the methods to be employed to attain the end desired. At Yorkville last Wednesday James Cansler, the perpetual candidate for railroad commissioner, got off a dirty little fling at The Times, if he was correctly quoted, and we are satisfied that few of his hearers were surprised at such coming from a man of Cansler's calibre. The reference to The Times, according to reports, came about when Cansler attempted to thank the people of his home county for i i ii the "handsome" vote wnicn tney gave him two years ago, in spite of the opposition of this newspaper. By referring to the files of 1910 we find that in the first election Cansler lost in York county something like 1,300 votes, out of a total of approximately 3,400, while in the second election Hampton received almost a thousand votes in the county. This is, indeed, a "handsome" vote for Cansler to receive in his home county and we doubt not that the old man thought it miraculous that he did not lose a greater number. "Uncle" Jimmie Hasran is due to be at home to his friends again after the 27th. The Times hears that friends of Pollock or Ragsdale, or one of the candidates himself, is circulating the word among the mill voters of the district that the reason Congressman Finley does not return to South Carolina and go among the mill people in the interest of his candidacy for Congress is because he says he is strong enough to be renominated without their votes. This report is infamously false; Mr. Finley never made any such statement. On the contrary, he is, as he has always been, a friend of the mill people and is always glad to do anything he can for them. He is grateful to them for the support they have given him in the past, and it is inconceivable that any number of them will be influenced against him by such an unwarranted statement. Mr. Finley's only reason for not being in the campaign is because the Republican Senate has not attended to its duty by passing the postoffice appropriation bill so that he could get away from Washington. The Cheraw Chronicle thinks that Hon. W. P. Pollock has an excellent chance to win. and says that "Chesterfield county bids ! fair to have a resident representative in the next Congress." The Chronicle's next think is due early Wednesday morning, August 28. Some men who help ever so little to roll the world around think they do all the rolling and to prove it take a little rest. But while they are resting the world goes on rolling the same as ever tnd just as if such men did not k In event of the Steel Trust being dissolved it will not be wise to expect very much to accrue to the benefit of the public. As a matter of sentiment and on general principles most people hope dissolution may be ordered. Also there is always the hope that something better may be accomplished next time. But, judging from the results following the dissolution of the Standard Oil and other trusts there is not much prospect, as the Sherman Act now stands, that dissolution will be of very great public advantage. With an ability and genius worthy of a better cause the officials of the very corporations already dissolved have seemed to flourish on dissolution. Still it is a long lane that has no turning and perhaps the turn is almost reached. Judging by the receptions given the governor at Rock Hill and Yorkville the last week, it is the belief of many Fort Mill peoi pie that Blease will carry York j county by a substantial majority. ________ There is little reason why any: one should become so wrought up over the candidacy of a man as to make an enemy of a former friend. Such men had best not argje politics. The Times hereby serves notice on the three candidates for township road supervisor that they will be expected to address | the voters in the meeting Sat-' urday. i It will hardly be necessary to put on an extra force of police , officers when the county candii dates reach Fort Mill next Sat: urday. / _________ It is The Times' opinion that Peeples, for attorney general, ! ...ill ?? n.^n/1 ma!/> In fnrl \illl w ill gei a guuu vuic m i utv tum on the 27th. 1 . We would not argue polities: with a minister. Tillman's Strength Improving. The report from Washington that Senator Tillman is steadily gaining strength is gratifying news to bis friends everywhere. Instead of being a deterrent to his recuperation, the senator's work at the capitol during the ! session seems to have been of | decided benefit. He has busied himself constantly in his office attending to his enormous correspondence and applying himself to the furtherence of governmental matters in which he and his constituents are interested, and he has been in his seat in the senate a part of the time at practically every daily session during his stay in Washington, being at other times usually within call whenever his vote might be needed. Many of the Senator's friends, noting his clearness of mind, old: time ease and force of expression, and marked physical improvement, have asked him why he does not make a speech in the senate. They believe him entirely able to do so. In reply, Senator Tillman cites his physician's instructions, which are given out of abundance of caution and are based on the reasoning that by temperament the senator is like a dynamo that always runs on full voltage, and that if he were to undertake a speech he would be in danger of overtaxing his reserves of nerve strength by great and continued vehemence of delivery. Senator Tillman admits him, self that he cannot make apolitical speech without becoming wrought up to a passion of earnestness. He recognizes the prudence of his doctor's warning 1 that excitement of this kind might bring on a recurrence of the trouble from which he is; making so gratifying a recovery by strict attention to the hvgenic regimen which has been pre scribed. But if the senator really underrates his strength he can hardly be blamed for it after the illness he has experienced. Senator Tillman was 65 years old last Sunday. - The News of Gold Hill. Fort Mill Tintes Correspondence. The health of the community is good at present, so far as I know. The many friends of W. H. Crook, who has been at a sanitarium in Charlotte for some weeks, will be glad to know that he is at home again and is very! much improved in health. Miss Lillian Cook, of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Maye Coltharp. The school at Gold Hill will be opened on the 19th instant with a Mr. Ratterree as principal and a Mis? Smith as assistant teacher. Mr. Hal Patterson has the contract for the erection of a five-room dwelling for Will J. Coltharp. Mrs. Lillie Anderson, who has been visiting relatives in this section, returned the last week to her home in Plant City, Fia. * We think that S. C. Faris and C. P. Blankenship have some of the finest corn that we have ever seen in this section. We don't know which will make the most per acre, but we have too much faith in these two gentlemen to believe that either will try to out-lie Jerry Moore in measuring the corn. So, hurrah for Jones and Cansler. Splinter. Gold Hill Aug. 11 I ? The Prayer in Politics. (Charlotte Observer.) Those South Carolinians who j have appointed a day of prayer t for the election of "true, pure, t clean mew" men to office in that s State, were guilty of an error of i omission. They should have spe- c cified the men whom they would s present collectively or indivrdu- i ally as true and pure and clean, t As framed their prayer is too ( much a prayer of generalities, though it is supposed to be directed against the re-election of Gov. Blease. When a prayer is offered up, it should be one of 1 directness, leaving nothing to be j understood. Last summer a con- \ siderable discussion was engaged J in by the newspapers of this j State as to the propriety of pray- ( ing for rain. Those who con- j tended that it was proper to . mol-o cnph nptitinn.c. an obiect of prayer had much better ground for their contention than have these South Carolina people who would institute a political prayer day. The propriety of such a proceeding is, in our opinion, a doubtful one. We question if the Almighty will see proper to interfere in a condition for which the people of South Carolina are themselves solely to blame. It'i looks too much like an effort to throw a responsibility upon the Lord which is one that properly belongs upon the shoulders of the people of that State. It is too much in the nature of a guilty cry and as such may not be expected to arouse any very great degree of public sympathy. ^ ^ ^ County Fair Association Busy. T. 0. Flowers, James S. White and W. B. Wilson, of the board of incorporators of the York county fair association, with secretary S. R. Spencer, spent Wednesday morning in Yorkville, conferring with a number of the temporary directors appointed from the yarious townships, says the Rock Hill Herald. While all the appointees were not present those joining in the conference were enthusiastic and readily agreed to give the movement their most hearty support. Three directors from each township have been appointed, but all Viavp not hppn hparH from. The incorporators will continue their work until there are three directors at work in each township. Those who met yesterday were Dr. B. N. Miller and J. H. Saye, \ of Broad River; R. M. Bratton and J. T. Crawford, of Bethesda; J. F. Williams, W. C. Faris and T. M. Oates, of Ebenezer; L. A. Harris, Jackson Hamilton and W. M. White, of Fort Mill; J. R. Blair, W. L. Latham and H. D? Cranford, of Bullock's Creek; Bolliva Scott and Paul Neely Moore, of York. Each of these gentlemen were furnished subscription blanks and they proceeded to get busy forthwith. It is thought that more than 100 shares were taken yesterday, one of the directors having secured subscribers for fifteen shares within a short while after the list was handed him. Chairman Flowers, of the bcaid of incorporators, expressed himself today as being greatly pleased over the earnestness with which the directors started their campaign. He expressed the belief that the thousand shares will be subscribed with in a remarkably short time. Protection From Storms. The tornado has its terrors. mi . _ _ _ * 4,: mere is no way 01 preventing these storms, but there is safet\ in a good storm cellar. The house cellar is not always a safe place to go. Flying timbers ann falling brick may injure or kill those seeking shelter. A gooc. concrete storm cave can be made that affords protection to human life. Be sure and provide ventilation in the cement storm cave so if anything fell to prevent opening the door the occupants would not smother. Take a crowbar and ax into the cave so you can work your way out if the entrance becomes blocked. Against lightning there is safety in the lightning rod, if properly put on the building. Every wire fence should be grounded with wire every two or three rods, so the stroke of lightning would not kill live stock that always drift against a fence in a severe storm. A lone tree in the field is not a very safe place in a lightning storm. Do not attempt to crawl through a wire lence at such a time, a lightning stroke half a mile away will kill if the fence has not been grounded. In a house not protected by lightning, it is unsafe to stand by the stove, the screen door, the eavespout, or any metal connected with the roof, during a severe thunder storm. For the feeling of safety they afford, the storm cellar and the lightning rods are worth more than the little they cost. Tom Felder Gone to Europe. A Columbia dispatch to The News and Courier says that the fact that Col. Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney and special enemy of the governor of South Carolina, has sailed for Europe j is taken to mean that no more of the Burns-Felder testimony ' will be taken by the South Caro- i lina investigating committee, at least until after the election. 1 This deduction is drawn for several reasons, one of which is that Col. Felder has sailed for Eu- j rope, and another of which is that several of the members of '< the investigating committee are j in the throes of their own county campaigns. Prof. J. A. Boyd is ill at his home on Confederate street t s , ) ; Asks Aid for Clover Sufferers. Gov. Cole. L. Blease Monday ssued a proclamation cailing on ;he people of the State for con;ributions for the relief of the sufferers from the recent cyclone vhich swept over Clover and vicinity, in this county, and caused >o much ruin. Among those who ire name to receive and d sburse ;he contributions is Editor W. D. irist of the Yorkville Enquirer. Are Ever At War. There are two things everlastingly it war, joy and piles. But Bucklen's \rnica Salve will banish piles in any 'orm. It sson subdues the itching, rritation, inflammation or swelling, [t gives comfort, myites joy. Greatest lealer of burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, jruises, eczema, scalds, pimples, skin jruptions. Only 25 cents at Parks Drug Co., Fort Mill Drug Co. and Ardrey's Drug Store. For Pure and Delicious Hand-made Ice Cream, the product of A. O. Jones' herd of fat, sleek Jerseys, meet me at? Haile's on the Corner, FOR THE KIDNEYS A Guaranteed Treatment. Money Back if It Fails. . Kidney diseases are more prevalent than is generally supposed, and are not always recognized as such. What was at first but a slight derangement of the kidneys often results in indigestion, rheumatism, an?emia, chronic and very painful headache, neuralgia, eye weakness, and other diseases of a most aggravating type. Therefore it is highly important and absolutely necessary that the kidneys and the urinary system" be kept in an active and healthy condition. After a thorough experience with the most successful form of kidney treatments, we are confident that the one remedy which embraces the most desirable, safe and efficacious curative qnalities so necessary to the successful treatment and positive eradication of kidney disease in general, is Rexall Kidney Pills. We ary so positive that Rexall Kidnes Pills are unexcelled, and that they will do all we claim, that we sell them with our own personal guarantee that they shall not cost the user a cent if they should fail to give entire satisfaction. We p&rticularlv recommend Rexall Kidney Pills for kidney ailments that resist ordinary treatment. We believe, if taken according to directions with regularity and persistency for a reasonable length of time, they will positively remove ail symptoms and effect permanent cure. Surely we could not more strongly demonstrate our faith in Rexall Kidney Pills, and our generous guarantee should convince the most sceptical that we would not dare make such a statement except we know what we are talking about. We urge you to try Rexall Kidney Pills at our risk. Price 50c. Sold in this community only at our store. Ardrey's Drug Store. .1 , * + - * ' '4 '**&* FOR SALE. We oflVr for sale Berkshire Pigs, $10 each. Let us breed your sow to one of our boars, oui fee, a nig. Reliable party can have one or our boars on shares. See us if interested. L. A. HAJtRIS & BKO. Fort Mill Pressing Club, GUY A. POSS, Prop. Telephone No. 146. T-B ' TTlViW wM* HXPSE^r Come to Headquarters :or your Lumber and Building \Iaterials. No matter what you nay want to build, we have the naterial to build it. A Great Mistake s often made in not looking iround before buying. Take the lint? Get our prices? J. J. BAILES. Several hundred old newspapers fori ude at The Times office. j I FOR SALE VALUABLE PROPERTY One five-room house with large front and rear piazas, large barn and fine water, situated on one of the best streets in town, ioins lands of D. A. Lee on west and Miss Ella Stewart on east, size of lot, one acre more or less, property of Mrs. E. K. Barber. Terms, 1-3 cash, balance in three equal annual payments at 8 rr interest. Price $2,100. One' 7-room house with large front and rear piazza, good barn and best well of water in town; also one of the best finished houses in town. Halfacre lot, situated on Booth street. This is valuable property. Owner and terms same as above. Price, $2,625, One 2J acre lot on west side of Confederate street with one four-room dwelling and large barn. This property faces four streets. With small cost for grading, etc., can be made double its present value. Owner and terms same as above. 270 acres fine timber in Lancaster county on Catawba river, near new Ivy Mill bridge. Will cut about three million feet. See it and ask for price. Owner same as above. 440 acres, 2 miles southeast of Fort Mill, near Pleasant Valley, on Sugar creeK. len iarms in cultivation, goou buildings, red sand land. Property of T. M. Hughes. Will sell on long credit. Subject to present lease. Price, per acre, $32.50. 462 acres, 7 miles Southeast of Fort Mill, on Charlotte-Camden road. Twelve farms in cultivation, and within 3-4 of mile of two churches and one school. Property of J. L. Pettus. Easy terms. Price, per acre, $25.00. 97 acres at Pleasant Valley. Joins lands of Frank Therrell anii others. Good, new residence, barns, etc., worth I $1,400. Owner, J. O. Hall; price $4.500. I You should ?et some of the profits of steady increasing values of real estate. "DO IT NOW." T. M. HUGHES, Broker, LANCASTER. S. C. For Your Proti t We have nine < ? every month and go * the business trans > have extensive inte: * of business in the t( + country, and their ci the bank's affairs is and conservative ma ; = | THE FIRST NATO ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, + Preaident. I SUMMER t = 10c Ginghams, Lawns, Etc., i + 15c Tissue, Etc., now 25c Silk Tissue, Etc., now $4.50 Ladies' Hats, now $2.50 Ladies' Hats, now ? $3.50 Queen Quality Oxfords, $35.00 Sewing Machines, now. $65.00 Sewing Machines, now. $4.00 Art Squares, now $5.00 Art Squares, now $ 35c Matting, now $350.00 Pianos, now $300.00 Pianos, now r\/\ n $>zou.uu r'.anos, now Come while your dollar 1 L.J.M/ HOW ] DOES IT COST Note the following prices a the cost of your living: Seven bars Octagon Soap e Good Rice, per pound, at.. Good Flour, 98 pound bags Brown Mule or Apple Toba Don't fail to see our ham cial prices for cash for the res McElhan* Store of Style I We Insui I Bailes I * If yoi I hand! cide v the lo Imainc need 1 I to sat M'EL $ pptinn ! UVUV1M iirectors who meet into every detail of >acted. These men rests in every line >wn and surrounding ireful vigilance over an assurance of able magement. IAL BAM, F0RsT r T. B. SPRATT, Cashier. BARGAINS. I ZZZ= no\v_. 7 l-2c -10c ; 19c 4 $1.50 90c 4 now - 1.75 15 00 ? 35.00 * __ 2.50 2.90 19c 4 ...$150,00 4 125.00 95.00 is worth 200 cents. visey. j much YOU TO LIVE? ind see if they won't reduce very Monday for 25c. 5c. at $2.1)0. cco, 3 plugs for ... 25c. ibills. We have made spe?t of August. *y & Co., and Quality. Everything jf m Against * ^ Anything p Link. I v ?g??ct um ! r-fCTi mi ip * i- 1 wf?M?w? > is Wh P?-SE**E M^?affli!gf^aragB!E=i will get one of oui )lills you will easily de yho is selling goods a west prices for the re ler of August. W< the room and the casi isfy our creditors. : .HANEY & CC Store of Style arid Quality. When the Cc Serves Notice th Has Quit Hi It is time for you to get busy. If you coi making room for our immense Fall Sto daily, you'd say we were busy some. We on all our Summer Gc ; unmercifully, and our entire stock of wa must get out of the way. Many handsi select from, and as we will have lots of 1 cold weather sets in, you'll find it greatly to pay us a visit. a i r\ A Special Kepresen Of the Hopkins Tailoring Company v Friday and Satuaday, the 16th and 17th. | anteed, and prices right. E. W. Kimbn "The Place Where duality ( iw ? ihii?aucan??? MEApHAM <Sc Our Clean-up Sura Commences Fi And continues as long as we have any Sun jgive only a few prices as an index: 500 yards Scotch Lawns in neat pretty pat Ail Lawns that sold for 10c, 12 l-2c, and li ! 500 yards very good Apron Ginghams go a | Children's Muslin Drawers. 2 to 13 years, All $1 and $1.25 Shirt waists at 75c. ; 75c and $1 Long Kimonos at l'Jc. A nice Jap Matting rug at 15c. 5c Palm Leaf Fans at 2c Millinery. Any Hat in the store at for -SI.98, not a ha , and some worth up to 84.50. Children's Peanut Braid Hats, nice and li^ Men's Shoes Men's $2.50 and $4.00 Oxfo sizes, go at $1.98. Did it come from Epps'? If so, don't w ! MEACHAM & \ [Gl5HSH5a5? ^raETdLS5?5?S"m J E5?55Z5Hi We Want This I TO imu i:\ci: i-vi-K K m:k tai;i.i: in this nj i v to run a tore that does t ?j small part of that! {jj The dinner table is the "assembly" of tht [jj point, where all the meuibers of the household |jj the droll events of tie day, and the sombre ones [jj ties are cemented, reinforced, at the dinner i [Jj important work, then, than furnishing the eatal |j{ star" part at dinta-r tables? Looking at our hu Jr service, we're pro .d of it! si Parks Grocery Co: jjj E. S. PARKS, Manage ?5 'dL dSPS ?_S"05i I KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS! J The Pills That Do Cure. A i Office Ov ELECTRIC * ft?5T?oic,? fo i r*?m??O Mild - Laxative, BITTERO family Medicine, j Wt Call Tut I o? ; ; r t ? a u I % 1 : >ok at She er Job ild only see us now ck that's arriving have cut the prices >ods irrr. weather goods ome values left to hot days before the to your advantage tative vill be with us on Perfect fit guarell Co. founts." EPFS. imer Sale riday imer Goods. We will terns at 3c. ")cf go at 7 l-2c. t 4c. go at 7 l-2e. it worth less than $3.50 cht, at 9c. rds, broken lots, small orry. RPPS UIA * ' ff ^5-5FE57-5ZSg?T?5Zj | Store | _________ li 1 V DIN- S citv. S hat or that does a ?| k* home ?the rallying |j| meet and rehearse IJJ as well. The home jjj table. What more Jfl iles which play "the Hj siriess as one of high [J! mpany, | B55SBSa555B5E5a O . WHITES, ttorney at Law. er Ardrey'* Drug?tore, |RT MILL, S. C. sdays and Fridays. ? -