SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
Next Tuesday, August 27. is
the day of the primary election
in South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Meacham
and children, of Greenwood, are
visiting relatives in Fort Mill.
Mrs. E. W. Kimbrell and children
returned Fridav morning
from a stav of several weeks at
^Syracuse, N. Y.
Messrs. Robt. Downs and John
Miller, of Pineville, were in Fort
Mill Saturday to attend the
county campaign meeting.
If your name is not on your
Democratic club roll when today
(Thursday) closes you cannot
vote in the primary next Tties
day.
Mrs. Edw. S. Reaves and
chi'dren, of Honea Path, are
visiting at the home of Mrs.
Reaves' mother, Mrs. M. A.
Meacham, in this city.
Miss Ida Clanton returned
Tuesday morning to her home
in Charlotte, after a pleasant
visit of several davs to Miss
Estelle Massey in this city.
The Times is requested to
state that the ladies of the Methodist
church will give another
fishing naitv and entertainment
in Confederate park next Saturday
evening. The public is
invited to attend.
Congressman P. E. Finlev has
the thanks of the editor of The
Times for a neat and substantially j
bound little book containing the
platforms of the two great political
parties from 1856 up to and
including the present vear.
Mr. VV. W. Warren has the
thanks of The Timer for a large
and exceptionally fine watermelon
sent to this office Saturday.
Mr. Warren grows the
"Georgia Rattlesnake" variety
of melons.
Miss Carrie Parks, of Reidsville,
N. C., is expected here
during the week to visit relatives.
Miss Parks has. since the
closing of the Baptist Theo.
Seminary, Louisville, Ky,, been
doing mission work at Reidsville.
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Quite a iarge crowd attended
the annual Gold Hill picnic given :
Friday in the grove near the
. home of S. H. Epps, Sr., Fort
Mill being well represented in
the gathering. All those attending
the picnic report the occasion
as being one of much pleasure.
Rev. W. A. Hafner announced
from his pulpit Sunday morning
that he would assist the Rev.
Mr. Swan in a meeting at Bowling
Green during the week and
on account of his absence there
would be no services at the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church next
Sunday.
The Rock Hill Herald of Saturday
tells us that the speeches of
N. B. Dial, candidate for the
United States Senate, and W. P.
Pollock, candidate for Congress,
which were to have been delivered
in that city Friday evening
were called off on account
of no crowd being present to hear
the speakers.
In a recent issue of The Times
mention was made of Mr. W. L.
Plexico of Rock Hill, as being a
candidate for sheriff of the
county. This was erroneous.
Mr. Plexico is not a candidate
for office in York county, but
has a brother, Mr. S. S. Plexico,
who is standing for election to
the office of sheriff. The Times
gladly makes this correction.
The Times is requested to call
a meeting of the local chapter of 1
the Daughters of the Confederacy
for tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
at the home of Mrs. R. F. Grier,
at which time arrangements will
be made for the picnic to be
given to the veterans of the
township at Confedetate Park
on Thursday, August 29. All
veterans of the township are
cordially invited to attend the
picnic on the date mentioned.
Red Spider at Work.
Mr. W. H. Windle, of Gold
Hill, on Saturday showed The
Times man several stalks of cotton
from his fields that had been
stripped of leaves, bolls, etc.,
as a result of the ravages of the
red spider. Mr. Windle also
showed several of the bolls and
squares that had dropped from
the stalks. The red spider is
about the size of a chicken mite,
or probably a fraction larger, and
they come in armies of thousands.
They cover a cotton stalk
completely, as in these cases, and
suck the sap, and in a short time
the leaves begin to drop off and
the squares, also. After destroying
one stalk they journey
to another. Another frightful
feature of the pests is their laying
of tiny white eggs, which
hatch in a short time, augmenting
the already thousands. The
foregoing spiders are red in
color, true to their names.
Of Interest to School Patrons.
The Fort Mi|l Graded and High
School will open on September
the 2nd at 9:00 a. m.
All the patrons of the school
are respectfully requested to
send their children on the opening
day, for. as we stated last
year, this is of vital importance
to all concerned.
We expect a large opening
and from all reports this is going
to be one of the most successful
years that the school has had.
We hope to have special opening
exercises and every patron
of the school, as well as every
other person that is interested,
is cordially invited to be present
on that occasion.
F. W. Moore, Supt
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MR. FINLEY'S RECORD
AS A REPRESENTATIVE.
: Fourteen years ago, Mr. Finley
began his service in Congress
as the representative of the
Fifth Congressional district. He,
like all new members, took his
position at the foot of the ladder,
but unlike many of chem, he has
ascended to a place of prominence
in the House of Representatives.
During his years of
service in that body, Mr. Finley
has made a splendid record, discharging
his duties faithfully
and voting with his party on all
questions. Not only nas Mr.
Finley become a leader in the
House, being chairman of the
Committee on Printing, vicechairman
of the Postoffice Committee,
vice-chairman of the i
Committee on Reform in the
Civil Service, and senior House ,
member of the Joint Committee
on Printing and the Printing Jn-!,
vestigation Commission, between
the House and Senate, but Mr.
Finley has eminent standing in ,
the Democratic party. He is vicechairman
of the Democratic National
Congressional Committee,
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Congress-nan D. E. Finley.
and this fall will direct the work <
of the eastern headquarters, or
Washington branch, ?f the committee
for the approach.'?? No- i
vember elections, as he did in j
the campaigns of 1908 and 1910.
While Mr. Finley has taken an ,
active part in all questions per- |
taining to legislation, he has devoted
his attention largely to the j
postal service, with a view to j
giving the people of the district,
and the people of the country ;
generally, the best mail facilities ,
obtainable. When Mr. Finley j
was first elected to Congress the (
people residing in th^. rural dis- |
tricts received their mail through >
a country postoffice two or three }
times a week, or they erected a )
receptacle on a tree or post near j
the road side and hired the mail ?
carrier on the star route to de- g
posit their mail in this. Often ^
the carrier was some ignorant \
negro unable to read or write
and the people sometimes got f
their mail and sometimes they j
didn't. However, the carriers t
were in a few instances white .
men and gave the people bet- t
ter service. Today nearly every t
farmer in the Fifth district can, (
and does, receive his mail from j
a rural route. The exceptions to ,
this rule are people who reside (
in isolated districts. The service ,
will eventually be extended to j
them. (
In this connection it will' be <
gratifying to the people of the (
district to know that their Con- .
gressman has secured the instal- ]
lation of a greater number of .
rural routes than are in any of
the other districts in the State, j
according to the Orlicial Postal
Guide for 1H12. When Mr. Fin- (
ley went to Congress in 1899
rural delivery service had been ,
given but little consideration, j
It was merely an experimental \
service and the appropriation for ]
it was only $50,000. The service j
has n-rown since that time until <
now more than -10,000 rural let- ,
ter carriers are collecting and ,
delivering mail daily throughout ,
the country, and the appropria- ]
tion has increased to more than ,
forty-four million dollars. j
Not only has Mr. Fin ley aided ,
in making the service efficient, (
but he has done what he could j
from time to time to secure an (
increase in the pay of rural car- ,
riers, in order that they might |
be adequately compensated for i
the service they perform. In
1902, when the rural delivery j
service was made a permanent (
branch of the postal service, the
salary of the rural carriers was
fixed at $600 per annum. The
salary was gradually increased <
in the postoffice appropriation '
bids until 1010. when the salary <
was raised to $900 per annum. ?
on standard routes of 24 miles in ,
length. While the postoffice ap- ,
propriation bill of 1910 was in ,
committee before the House,
Mr. Finley was instrumental in
securing an amendment to the
bill increasing the pay from $900
per annum to $1,000 per annum.
In the bill of 1912, or the pres- '
ent postoffice appropriation bill, '
Mr. Finley had an amendment
adopted in the committee, before
the bill was reported to the .
House, increasing the pay of rural
carriers to $1,074 per annum.
Mr. Finley also did what he
could for the other postal em-,
ployees and he is held in high
regard by them.
On April 27, 1912, Mr. Finley
delivered an able speech on the
postoffice appropriation bill in
the House of Representatives,
and presented the views of the
Democratic members of the committee.
He clearly defined and
carefully analyzed every section
of the bill, both old and new
legislation, consuming an hour
and fifteen minutes in delivering
his speech.
Inasmuch as there is considerable
interest throughout the country
in the parcel-post proposition,
Mr. Finley's view of the matter
is worth looking into. In his
speech Mr. Finley stated that he
was in favor of a proper parcelpost
system?a system that would
give the people, the farmers as
well as other citizens of the
country, relief from the outrageous
charges of the express
companies. The question involved,
he said, was one of cost
of sending merchandsie and
products other than mail through
the mails, and that the country
could well afford to wait until
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the 1st ot uecerriDer ior an investigation
and report as to the
proper rate to be charged. The
present rates paid to the railroads
for carrying the mails are
so high as to largely prohibit
the shipment of any parcel
through the mail except highclass
merchandise. The so-called
Bourne parcel-post bill, as it
passed the Senate, fixes the
charges on the basis of these
rates and makes no provision for
carrying farm products through
the mails. The farmer could have
high-class merchandise shipped '
to him through the mails, but he
could not ship products of his
farm except such products as
bulbs, dried fruits, queen bees,
etc. Senator Gardner, Democrat
of Maine, president of the
National Grange or Patrons of
Husbandry, is bitterly opposed
te the Bourne parcel-post bill on
these grounds, as is Mr. Hampton,
legislative agent or representative
of practically all the
farmers' organizations in the
United States. Both Senator
Gardner and Mr. Hampton think
it much better to have the ques;on
investigated and reported
jn ! v a committee than to take
the K urne bill with all its objectiom
hie features. Parenthetically
it lay be stated that Mr.
Pollock, . indidate against Mr.
Finley, in . is speech in Fort Mill
Saturday a ternoon, indorsed in
every parti ular the Republican
Bourne bill. 3 preferable to that
)f the House Democrats, showing
that he eitl ir knows nothing
ibout what he party is doing
vith respect to parcel-post legis-;
ation or that he is with the Re-1
)ublicans in their effort to enact
i law in this connection almost
>olely for the benefit of the New :
fork and Chicago mail-order
louses.
Saturday the postoffice approbation
bill, containing the
Bourne amendment, was considered
by the House and the Bourne
imonrimpnt uu? ctrifkpn nut nnH
he Moon amendment substituted
iherefor. The House conferees,
)ne of whom is Mr. Finle.v, were
nstructed to insist upon the Moon
imendment being agreed to in
inference. The Bourne amendment
discriminated against the
farmers. The Moon amendment
Joes not; it comprises the zone
system and provides a much
cheaper rate than the Bourne
imendment. For these reasons
Mr. Finley favored the Moon
imendment. The Bourne rates
for short hauls were so high as
to be prohibitive. For a haul of
150 to 200 miles the rate was out
if reason, and for hauls of 500,
1,000, and 1,500 miles and more
:he rates were much less, giving
the advantage, of course, to the
3ig mail-order houses of the
STorth and West. It is regret-j
;abie tnat tne use 01 contrioucors
:o the fund to lobby the Bourne
imendnient through Congress is
lot available to every voter. The
writer has seen the list and he
knows that practically every
fiame on it is that of a mail-order
louse or the representative of a
nail-order house. The Domo,'ratic
House proposes a parceljost
law that will be fair to the
entire country. Their proposition
will obtain or there will be no
larcel-post until after the 4th of
March, 1913.
Mr. Finlev has secured four
public buildings for the district,
me in every public building bill
for:
1 offer for sale a Be
^ "Westland Prince, 26," 1
f 26, 1912; Sire, Westlam
^ Lessie Mills, 134701.
If you want a good boa
^ for further particulars.
i J. E. McCLURE
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passed since he became a member
of Congress. There is not a
second-class postoffice in the district
that has not been provided
with a Government building.
There is no statutory law authorizingthe
erection of public build-!
ings at second class postoffices,
and a public building can only be
procured by the introduction and
passage of a bill in Congress, as
in the case of each of the buildings
in the Fifth district. There j
are many towns and cities in the j
United States with a population
of from 15 to 30 thousand peo- J
pie that have no public buildings,
and every building Mr. Finley
has secured for the district he j
has had hard work to put the
bill through Congress.
As chairman of the House'
Committee on Printing and senior
House member of the Joint
Committee on Printing and the
Printing Investigation Commission.
Mr. Finley has since April
4, 1911, brought about reforms
and restrictions in the printing
and binding at the Government
Printing Office which have resulted
in a saving to the Government
of more than $250,000. ;
Through Mr. Finley, the Fifth
Congressional district of South
Carolina ranks high in the affairs
of the National Government and
occupies a place of leadership in 1
the House of Representatives
that has been obtained only by
years of honest and faithful ser- :
vice. Are our people willing to
1ACO WJ hut fhpv have to eratify 11
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the ambition of any man? Are
they willing to part with a dollar'
for a dime? j
Christ the First Democrat?
Senator E. D. Smith of South
Carolina, principal speaker at
Thursday night's rally of the
Women's National Democratic
League, in Washington, took the
breath of some of his auditors 1
when he declared that Jesus1
Christ was the founder of the
Democratic party.
' 'Christ first promulgated democratic
principles among mankind,"
said Senator Smith.
"Throughout the world church
spires in every land commemorate
Him who was born in a
manger, while the mighty emperor
of that day, who ruled
over all the then known world,
has for his sole monument the j
name of a month?August."
Senator Smith urged his hearers
to take an active part in the
political affairs of the country, j
declaring it is right and properj
for women to identify themselves
with the campaign, and
saying that the power which
may be exerted by the women
will be of immense benefit to the
Democratic party.
Flying Men Fall
victims to stomach, liver and kidney j
troubles just like other people, with
like results in loss of appetite, backache,
nervousness, headache, and j
tired, listless, run-down feeling. But,
there's no need to feel like that as
T. D. Peebles, Henry, Tenn., proved. \
"Six bottles of Electric Bitters," he _
writes, "did more to give me new _
strength and good appetite than all ,
other stomach remedies I used." So
they help everybody. Its folly to
suffer v when this great remedy will
help you from the first dose. Try it.
Only 50 cents at Ardrey's Drug Store,
Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill DrugCo.
New Mill for Lancaster. b
Col. Leroy Springs has award- c;
ed the contract for a new cotton
mill to be erected at Lancarter
on a site adjoining the present _
mill which Col. Springs controls. ?
The cost of the new mill be ap- I
nroximatelv SI.000,000.
The main building will be two
stories in height and there will
be a single story extension with
commodious basement. The new
mill will cover about six acres of
ground.
The Trials of a Traveler.
"I am a traveling salesman," writes
E. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire, Vt., "and
was often troubled with constipation
and hdigestion till I began to use Dr.
King's New Life Pills, which I have ,
found an excellent remedy." For all
stomach, liver or kidney troubles they
are unequaled. Only 25 cents at Parks
Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store and ,
Fort Mill Drug Co.
ONE CENT A WORD
MINIMUM CHARGE, 25C.
WANTED ?To make an estimate on
your building and repair work. Best
of work and prices reasonable.
H. J. PATTERSON.
FOR Sale-A good Drop-head Singer
Sewing Machine, practically new. Will
sell for $25.00. REUBEN GREENE. I"
on Springs' lower Quarter. ~
WANTED The people to know that R
the City Pressing Club is satisfactorily t
serving many of the people of Fort J
Mill and desires to add new patrons to
its list. All kinds of clothes, for both
ladies and gents, nicely cleaned and
pressed and delivered promptly at your
home. Phone 05 and let us serve vou.
T. EI). M ERR ITT, Prop.
SALE j
rkshire Boar, known as ^ I
67058. Farrowed April I
i Prince, 135139; Dam, ^
r, better write me at once ^
,, Pineville, N. C.
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FOR NEW FALL J
From now on almost every da
up something new. Some of the r
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I i arrived are Men s ^>iotning ana wa
I Odd Pants, and we believe this t<
i i goods that we have ever shown.
Shoes, Si
We have already gotten in for
seventeen hundred (1,700) pairs o
several hundred pairs to come. T
| 2,500 pairs of new Shoes, over ar
which will give us the largest stock
nity, and they are the right kind.
I but we do sell good shoes cheap.
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What about the School Dre
Pants for your boys? Had you th
long till school takes up again. Sei
children and the problem will be
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Clothing, Dry Goods an
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I HAVE MOVED f
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My barber shop and clothes cleaning business *
om the Postoffice building to the new Belk 0
uilding on Main street and invite the public to M
all and see me in my new place.
HARRY D. HARKEY. jj
Turnip Seeds. |
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We have just received a fresh shipment of the fol- Q
lowing well known varieties of Turnip Seeds: 9
Improved Yellow Ruta Baga, g
Red or Purple Top, Yellow ?
Aberdeen, Early White Flat g
Dutch, Southern Seven Top, ??=*
Mammoth Red Top Globe and
Amber Globe?7 varieties. I
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Parks Drug Comp'y, t
Agency for Nyal's Family Remedies.
SAVINGS BANK, j
THE OLD RELIABLE.
Our purpose is to make our bank a material
benefit to the community in general and our |
patrons in particular. It would be a pleasure to j| +
have your name on our books. We invite you to || ^ I
start a checking account with us. The advantages Ij ^
we offer will be a convenience and benefit to you,
as it has been to others.
LEROY SPRINGS, President
W. B. MEACHAM, Cashier. **
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lew things that have already 11
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o be the best line of these |j
hoes. I
our Fall and Winter Trade |j
>f Shoes, and we still have ij
hink of it! We will have ij
id above our regular stock, I
ever carried in this commu- I
We don't sell cheap shoes, ?
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sses for your girls and the 1
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ought about it? Won t be W'i
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Blease or Jones? |
However you vote don't 'li
fail to elect JONES your (I ?
grocer. No graft in our ?
goods or prices. ?
JONES, the grocer. |
5hones 14 and 8. *
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In Season I
loo Cream Freezers, Oil Stoves,
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lie (liberators, Hammooks, <:
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Porch Hookers. ::
Kememher, we keep everything f?>
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that goes in the home.
Our prices are right and terms f|
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to suit von.
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Harris Furniture Company,:! |
"First on the Square."
'he Times wants to do your.* <
OB PRINTING
'Phone 112. '