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THE FORT MILL TIMES. I Democratic ? Puubluhed Thursdays. I B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. oascairrioN Rates: Om Year 11.251 Six Hon the The Times invites contributions on live subjects hat does not agree to publish more than 200 words en aay subject. The rigi t is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application P> the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the postoffioe at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1912. Where Lr.ng Service Counts. The position of representative in Congress belongs to no man. It is an office that can neither be purchased nor inherited, but car. only be filled by the will of the rwsnnin A eone-ressman is the instrumentality through which the sentiments of his constituents is voiced and whatever his achievements may be it is not an individual benefit, but it is the attainment of the people. His prominence in Congress in directing the affairs of the national government represents the standing of the district and State which he serves. Behind every congressman there is the power of the people to approve or rebuke his course. If it were an off :e created for the express benefit of an individual?in that the only consideration and responsibility attached to it was that it carried a salary?almost any man could qualify for it. But such is not the case; the congressman is not the sole beneficiary, the people are the beneficiaries, and the* congressman is only their servant whose duty it is to carry out their wishes. It requires years of hard and faithful $ * work of a representative to attain a conspicuous degree of prominence in Congress. A caieful study of the leaders in the present House of Repre ?mU hpnr out this &cmaii \ co ?? statement. Take for instance the committee assignments and see who are the men occupying and filling the chairmanships of some of the most important com. mittees, how long they have served in Congress and the time it has taken them to reach their positions: Comnritee on Accounts, James T. Lloyd of Missouri, 16 years; Agriculture, John Lamb of Virginia, 16 years; Appropriations, John G. Fitzgerald of New York, 14 years; Claims, E. W. Pou of North Carolina. 12 years; Education, A. F. Lever of South Carolina, 12 years; Foreign Affairs, William Sulzer of New York. 18 years; Immigration and Naturalization, John L. Burnett of Alabama, 14 years; Indian Affairs, John H. Stephens of Texas, 16 years; Interstate and Foreign Commerce, W. C. Adamson of Georgia, 16 years; Judiciary, Henry D. Clayton of AiuKuino 16 wars: Military Af I I , fairs, James H Hay of Virginia, 16 years; Naval Affairs, Lemuel P. Padgett of Tennessee, 12 years; Postoffices and Postroads, John A. Moon of Tennessee, 16 years; Printing. David E. Finley of South Carolina, 14 years, Public Buildirgs and Grounds, Morris Sheppard of Texas, 12 years; Rivers and Harbors, Stephen M. Spark man of Florida, 18 years; Rules, Robt. L. Henry of Texas, 16 years; War Claims, T. W. Sims of Tennessee, 16 years; Ways and Means, Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, 18 years. Under the rules of the House of Representatives a congressman can fill the chairmanship of only one committee, and practically all the congressmen enumerated above are the ranking Democrats and next to the chairman on one or more other committees. Particularly is this true of Hon. David E. Finley, Chairman of the Committee on Printing. Mr. Finley, in addition to filling the chairmanship of the Printing Committee, is vice nhnirmnn of rlie Postoffice Colli mittee, wliich appropriates more than one-fourth the entire expenditures of the national government, the present postoffice appropriation bill carrying more than two hundred and sixty million dollars. While Mr. Finley has reached an eminent position in Congress, it does not mean that he aione is the beneficiary; it rather denotes the direct influence the people of this district have in the affairs of the government. Mr. Finley's opponents in the present campaign would have the voters believe that a man can talk himself into prominence in Congress by haranguing the membership on this, that and the other subject. The House of Representatives is one place, however, where the tireless tongue individual is at a discount and mediocrity is not mistaken for genius. The counterfeit reason which is being urged against Mr. Finley? "that he has held the position long enough"?is too valueless to pass current. The voters know ;hat he is a capable representative, that his years of service have placed him in position to accomplish more for the district than a new man could accomplish, and on election day they are apt to be just to themselves before they are generous to anyone. Why Pollock? Why Ragsdale? | Roosevelt. i It will not be many months before Roosevelt and his hypno: tized followers will learn what he has won in his insane zeal for an overwhelming popular demand. He will, moreover, learn that the advice given to Cromwell?the 1 greatest politician of any age? J by Cardinal Wolsey, when he was told to "fling away ambition, for by that sin fell the angels; and how can man, the image of his Maker hope to win oy it?" has come down the ages gathering momentum enough to stagger any man in his right rr.'nd. Inordinate egotism, when coupled with ambition, ha.s never won potency or place. What can he win? What dishonorable losses are his! Broken promises and broken friendships; old opinions dissipated and swallowed; his alleged dignity thrown in the slime; a part of the dignity of the United States, that has been so generous to nim. in the slime with it; the Republican party, to which he has owed all his honors, malignantly and cowardly stabbed; the sinking to a lower level every day of a campaign of spite, of calumy, of slander, of hypocrisy, of brawling, of a profound and ineradicable passion for the manners and the intelligence of the slums?he has become a national disgust. He has become the Count Johannes of politics, to rant and bully, to prepare unconsciously the hour when his accomplices and dupes of today will need a fresher tool or a less riddled charlatan. There Will Be Early Froit. According to an old tradition there will be frost sixty days after the first fog in August. There was a heavy fog on Friday morning, August 2, and if the sign conies true then there will be frost about the first or second of October. However, it is said I tViic cio-n ia likp all nthpr I UtUV VKi'J ?w .4..V ? - signs, never infallible. In comi menting on Signs the Augusta Herald says: A ring around the moon, lightning in the north and northwest at night and other signs are said to indicate rain for the next day, but all signs fail sometimes in dry weather. A cotton man said Friday morning that if a killing frost would come sixty days after the first fog in August cotton should go up a cent pei pound on the strength of it. This year's crop will be late and the farmers want frost t( come as late in the fall as possible. An early frost would prevent great quantities of cottor bolls from maturing and wit! late crop there must necessarily be a late fall for an even fail yield will be far short of what it was last year and as the farmers are facing the prospect of only ? moderate sized, and in many instances, a short crop, they want the frost to stay away as late as possible in order to let al the cotton bolls mature that an on the plant. Higher Prices for Cotton. From the present prospects and outlook, according tosevera cotton merchants in Charlotte says The Observer. King Cottor will regain his throne this fall The strongest period in thereigr of the monarch of the South was in the years of 1904 when his stock went to 16.65 and the yeai 1910 when his grin was the firm est the world has ever known, oi rather the latter day cottor world. The price of cotton thai year reached the high watei mark of 19.75 and stayed foi some time. After the phenomenal jump ir the price of the 1910 staple, the farmers of the South went cotton-mad, with the result thai nearly every planter had his entire acreage in cotton. Tht result was almost a disaster tc the farmers last year when tht bottom dropped out of the market and tl^e price went to rockbottom levels. When the warehouses of the South were filled with the leftover cotton of the large yield, and all of the markets were flooded with the staple, the-mer of the cotton belt began to devise means to keep the farmers frorr repeating the folly of last year. Mr. John G. Anderson, of Rock Hill, thought out the idea of forming what later became known as the "Rock Hill plan." The idea was for every farmei who had been in the habit of raising any cotton to make a reduction of twenty per cent, of his entire acreage of the staple. The plan was taken up by ? number of States and the idea was carried out by thousands of farmers throughout the cottor region. Are Ever At War. There are two things everlastinglj at war, joy and piles. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve will banish piles in an\ form. It sson subdues the itching, irritation, inflammation or swelling, It gives comfort, invitssjoy. Greatest healer of burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises, eczema, scalds, pimples, skir eruptions. Only 25 cents at Parks Drug Co., Fort Mill Drug Co. and | Ardrey's Drug Store. County Campaign Meeting. The York county campaign meeting was held in Confederate park, Fort Mill, Saturday. About 200 voters attended the meeting and close attention was given the speeches of all the candidates. The meeting was presided over by Capt. J. W. Ardrey. In the morning the candidates for the State Senate, Messrs. T. F. McDow and J. E. Beamguard; the House of Representatives, 0. L. Sanders, A. E. Hutchison, R. B. Riddle, C. W. Wallace, J. R. Haile, and J. H. Saye, and for county superintendent of education, J. C. Wilborn and J. E. Carroll, expressed their views of public matters. S. N. Johnson, candidate for the House could not be present on account of sickness. In the afternoon Harry Foster, candidate for solicitor of this judicial circuit, entertained the crowd with a good speech in which he told a number of new jokes. He was followed by W. P. Pollock, canJn4 /> f/vn pAnnrrocc A t the UIU<tlC 1UI 1 conclusion of Mr. Pollock's ' speech, the presiding officer - read a letter from Congressman i Finley in which Mr. Finley stated that he was held in Washington as one of the con, ferees on the postoffice appropriation bill. Mr. Finley thanked his Fort Mill friends for the support they had given him in 1 the past and said that lie was 1 confident his course in staying in ' Washington attending to the public business would meet with i the approval of his constituents i generally. News of Pleasant Valley. Correspondence Fort Mill Times. The good people of York and : Lancaster counties are looking forward with pleasure to the big annual picnic to be held at Pleasant Valley on Friday, Aug1 ust 23. Everybody is invited to attend and bring well filled baskets. After eight days of good times, - the guests of the house party I given by Misses Emma, Sunie and Marie Elms have returned > to their respective homes, Misses Walter Isaacs and Lois Smyre to 1 Chester, Margaret Sherrill, Uldine Boyette and Isabel McCall to Charlotte, Lila Huey to Matthews, and Messrs. Joe Matthews, Carlton Huey, Paul Heath and John Reed to Mat, thews, Fred McCall, Chas. Morris and Harry Weeks to Charlotte, Dick Kerr and Willie Moore to , Rock Hill and Charlie Hoffman to Pineville. Misses Mary Potts and Lula i Harris have returned home after a week's visit to Miss Helen Heath of Charlotte. Miss Inez Wilson is spending a few days with Miss Ola Hall. * f ** ^ A.f T XAT Pntto onrl i?ir. <J.IIU iTIISi >J. TT . i uvio aim little son, of Pinckney, Ark., are visiting relatives here. , G. W. P. , Pleasant Valley, Aug. 19. t Has Many Rare Coins. ; The many friends of Mr. T. B. Meacham, of Greenwood, who is at present a visitor to his mother, 1 Mrs. M. A. Meacham, in Fort ) Mill, will read with interest the " following news item from the ' Greenwood Index: 1 Interested in the several an1 nouncements of old coins in The Index from time to time Mr. T. B. Meacham, the well known c traveling man brought a few 5 coins from his large collection to 1 the office last Thursday. He has perhaps the largest and best collection in the county, j Two very interesting coins in ' his lot are Spanish silver coins ? about the size and weight of the American silver dollar. One has the date of 1778 and the other 1701. The first one has the ? name "Carolus III" and the 1 other "Carolus IIII". The one , i with Carolus the Fourth's name i I has the number designated . "IIII" it will be noted. These i coins seem almost unused. An5 other old coin is a copper one 5 issued under George III of r England. It has the Irish harp - and "Hibernia" on the back, r He has another of the same i George. This seems to be of t brass and is thin. The date is * 1791. He has another Spanish - coin of the reign of Charles the Third, date 1797. It is about the i size of an American quarter. ? Two of the coins are so old and . worn no date can be distinguish; ed. One is an English coin, 5 very heavy, seems to have some ? lead in it. Two interesting > American denominations are, a ? dime and cent of 1889. Both . have veay deep heavy rims. He . i also has Spanish coins of 1778 and 1768. A Letter From Gold Hill. Editor Fort Mill Times: i The annual picnic at Mr. S. H. i Epps' was all that could be exi pected in the way of enjoyment, i No candidates were present, but good speeches were made by Rev. S. P. Hair and Mr. Lewis Bailes. r The health of the community i is good, so far as I know. ' I am not well posted on the * present road law, but it does : seem to me that we could save i money by paying the hands one : dollar per day for their work. To do this we would have plenty of t help. As it is, some days we i have an overseer that is paid r $2.00 per day, two mules for i which we pay $2.00 per day, and have only five road hands who are paid 80 cents per day, making the total expense of the work r $8.00 per day. Three days work 5 would be $24.00. Now, it will be seen that one day's work with ' j 15 men at $1.00 per day, two t mules $2.00, and an overseer at $2.00 would cost a total of $19.00, 1 or a saving over the five-hand [ plan of $5.00 per day. And at the same time the hands would i receive 20 cents more per day than at present. Fifteen men, in my opinion, can do just as much work per man as can five and the overseer's job would last just one-third as long and the seat would not wear near so much. J. L. Kimbrell. Gold Hill, Aug. 20. Indian Killed On Track Near Kochelle, 111., an Indian went to sleep on a railroad track and was killed by the fast express. He paid for his carelessness with his life. Often its that way when people neglect coughs and colds. Don't risk your life when prompt use of Dr. King's New Discovery will cure them and so prevent a dargerous throat or lung trouble. "It completely cured me, it a short t:me, of a terrible cough than followed a severe attack of Grip," writes J. R. Watts, Floydada, Tex., "and I regained 15 pound's in weight that 1 had lost." Quick, safe, reliable and guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Paras Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co. Notice of Primary Election. Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with the rules of the Democratic party, a Primary Election for the nomination of State and County Officers will be held at the various Democratic Club ^polling precincts in 1 orK coumy uii lut-sua), nu^usi nit27th instant. The polls at the various polling precincts will be opened dt 8 o'clock, a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p. m. All persons desiring to vote in this election must be male citizens of the State of South Carolina of twenty-one years of age, with a previous residence within the State of one year, within the county of York for sixty days preceding the general election, anil tneir names must be enrolled on the club roll at which they intend to vote five days oefore the primary election. In addition, each voter will be required to take the oath prescribed in the rules of the Democratic party. All ciub rolls will* be carefully revised by the president and secretary of the club and closed five days prior to the Primary Election. They will be duly certified by the president and secretary and turned over to the managers of election on the morning of election day. Should the vote of any person be challenged, the ballot or ballots of said party will be enclosed in separate envelopes and sealed, with the name of the proposed voter eneorsed thereon. These ballots will be kept separate and not counted, and will be turned over by the managers of election to the county executive committee. The county executive committee will meet in the court house at Yorkville on Thursday, the 29th instant, at 11 o'clock a. m. to canvass the vote, declare the result, and hear and determine contests and protests. Especial attention is called to the provisions of the statute law of South Carolina as follows: "Any voter who shall swear falsely at any Primary Election, in taking the prescribed oath, or shall impersonate another person and take the oath in his name, in order to vote, shall be guilty of perjury and punished upon conviction as for perjury." The provisions of the foregoing law will be strictly enforced. xtr ti r r 17*1710 VV . VY . L.CJ ?Y 10, Chairman County Democratic Executive Committee. Turnip Seeds All the leading varieties. Let us supply you. Ardrey's Drug Store. For Pure and Delicious Hand-made Ice Cream, the product of A. 0. Jones' herd of fat, sleek Jerseys, meet me at? Haile's on the Corner, Gome to Headquarters for your Lumber and Building Materials. No matter what you may want to build, we have the material to build it. A Great Mistake is often made in not looking around before buying. Take the hint? Get our prices? \ J. J. BAILES. 'Electric Bitters Made A New Man Of Hirr "I was suffering from pain in cr stomach. head ana ba;k," writes }i T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., "and ii liver anO kidneys did not work rigi.i but foufr bottles of Electric Bitte.made nee feel like a new man.' PRICE t f ! I L $ f I York Campaign Meetings. Hickory Grove, August 22. Blairsville, August 23. Yorkville, August 24. ANNOUNCEMENTS. W | For U. S. Senate. N. B. DIAL. For Congreaa. D. E. FINLEY. W. P. POLLOCK. G. W. RAGSDALE. For Solicitor?Sixth Circuit. J. HARRY FOSTER. J. K. HENRY. For State Senator. J. E. BEAMGUARD. THOS. F. McDOW. For Houae of Repreaentativea. J. R. HAILE. A. E. HUTCHISON. 0. L. SANDERS. C. W. WALLACE. For Clerk of Court. JOHN R. LOGAN. J. A. TATE. For County Treaaurer. HARRY E. NEIL. For Sheriff. HUGH G. BROWN. S. S. PLEXICO. JOHN S. SANDIFER. For County Auditor. BROADUS M. LOVE. For County Superviaor. * ARCH S. BARRON. THOS. W. BOYD. For County Commissioner. WHITE W. JACKSON. For Magistrate of Fort Mill Township. ROBT. P. HARRIS. JOHN W. McELHANEY. For Supervisor Fort Mill Township. C. P. BLANK ENS HI P. D. G. KIMBRELL. JAMES H. SUTTON. 1 For Your Prott We have nine d every month and go ? the business trans; ? have extensive inter > of business in the to I country, and their ca the bank's affairs is i and conservative ma; ft> _____?-?? + | THE FIRST NATION ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, 1 President. / j Vote for Who ______ And don't let anybody lea< ^ is any other Sewing Machine ways near as good as the New . New Home Sewing Machine; ^ years and know it is by far th market. While it is the hig . highest grade machine made 4 ing them enables us to sell eral terms. Buy a New Horn troubles are ended, for you + wear one out. t L.J.M/ 4 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 rej McElhan< Store of Style 1 We Insu 1 Bailes If you handb cide w I the lo\ maind need t to sati I MEL iction. I ( anna irectors who meet into every detail of acted. These men ests in every line wn and surrounding reful vigilance over an assurance of able nagement. AL BANK, F0R!cmLL' I T. B. SPRATT, ; Cashier. ? You Please.j _ ? i you into believing that there on the market that is any + Home. We have been selling s for the past twenty-eight e very best machine on the * ;hest priced as well as the , our economical wav of sellat very low prices, and lib- 4 e and your Sewing Machine ? can't live long enough to ______ kSSEY. f MUCH ' ' ? * mv mn YUU IU LiVL: nd see if they won't reduce very Monday for 25c. 5c. i, at $2. GO. cco, 3 plugs for 25c. ibills. We have made spe it of August. jy & Co., and Quality. Everything Ifp Against * Anything I Link. I # * t i is Who?! will get one of our 1 lills you will easily de- I ho is selling goods at a vest prices for the re- I er of August. We I he room and the cash j ; | sfy our creditors. j haney & co., Store of Style and Quality. ^ "The Place Where Quality Counts," "The Quick Delivery Store," "The Place Where You Get What You Want.'' Grocery Department. When you order anything from KIMBRELL'S Grocery Department rest assured that it's fresh and clean. We handle nothing but the best, and when you want something "quick," call on US and you'll get it. We keep a delicious stock of Fancy Groceries at all times and when you have at last grown tired of the Flour you've been using and want to . change to something that is always good, all the time, 'phone us to send you a sack of "Grimes' Our Best" and I you won't ever want to change again. ! Dry Goods Department. Our quick delivery system is also one of the leading features of this department, and we always take pleasure in sending the little packages home for you, saving you the j trouble of worrying with them. Remember, QUALITY always counts first with us, and when you buy it at KIM' BRELL'S the quality is there clear to the bone. Call us when you need ANYTHING and you'll get it quick. E. W. Kimbrell Co. ''The Place Where Quality Counts." It's Better at the Same Price at Epps\ D]saSESESZ5Z5HE5Z5Z5gS5Z5Z j jg5g55H5H5H555Z5H5H5glmfD i We Want This Store i i ro im i:m:hv din- jj .nek tahu: ix this city. ? n] It's worth while to run a store that does that or that does a E ^ jj small part of that! . jjj jj The dinner table is the "assembly" of the home-the rallying jjj || point, where all the members of the household meet and rehearse |jj jj the droll events of the day, and the sombre ones as well. The home W jj ties are cemented, reinforced, at the dinner table. What more j jj important work, then, than furnishing the eatables which play "the Jjj j| star" part at dinner tables? Looking at our business as one of high ||j R service, we're proud of it! jjj n j{] jj Parks Grocery Company, | j E. S. PARKS, Manager. jj| H5H5ES555Eg5H5H5H5B5E5Z5155"555B5H5H5H5E5eL5Hg55H5H|D KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS b. j. white, Th? PillS That Do Cur?. Attorney at Law. I Office Over Ardrey'a Drugstore. i EL5,CJJr?QThe fort milu s' c BITTERO Family Medicine. Call Tuesdays and Fridays.