THE FORT MILL TIMES. I
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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York Campaign Meetings.
Hickory Grove, August 22.
Blairsville, August 23.
Yorkville, August 24.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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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;
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| THE FIRST NATION
; T. S. KIRKPATRICK,
1 President.
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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.
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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
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handb
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to sati
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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
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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
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MUCH
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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
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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
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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\
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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 ^
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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
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jj Parks Grocery Company, |
j E. S. PARKS, Manager. jj|
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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.