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Ir~ vv' / THE FORT MILL TIMES. 1 Dntuttle ? Puublisbed Tharadnvs. I i. W. BKADFOKO - - Editor and Proprietor. 1 OMOHRIOM RATKS: One YW 11.26 ' SI* Months 66 J The Timer invitee contributions on live subjects I hut dose not igrm to publish more than 200 words c eu nay subject. The ririt is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. ' On application to the publisher, advert is in* ( rates are made known to those interested. Teieehone. local end loo* distance. No. 112. i Entered at the postoflice at Fort MilL S. C, as ' mail matter of the second class. ] THURSDAY. AUGUST 29. 1912. 1 The Relation of Parties. The history of political parties ' shows that it is easier for a con- 1 servative party to maintain unity 1 within its ranks than it is for a party of progressive principles. That is but natural. All that a conservative party has to do is to stand still and consistently appose any and every reform that is advocated. Of course, such a party will have some leakage. Men dissatisfied with a do-nothing policy will leave it, but their loss is often made up oy otners who, fearful that reforms are 1 being advanced too hastily, be- 1 come alarmed and join the party 1 of retrogression. With a reform party it is difficult to maintain soiid ranks. 1 Naturally, some men are more radical in their views than others. Because of this a breach some times occurs or the bond of union i is strained well nigh to the break- i ing point. This necessitates I compromise if any reform at all i is to be achieved. If no compro- < mise is agreed to, if one element I of the party in its impatience 1 (an impatience that is sometimes 1 not reasonable) refuses any long- < er to work with the more moder- j ate and not less sincere ele- 1 ment, a cleaveage results and i the cause of reform is retarded. | Not only that but there also is i the more vital danger of factions t taking the place of party, and c when that ensues there results a lasting uncertainty and frequently a political paralysis that plays t right into the hands of the party \ of class and selfish interests. < t f? the Tide Turning? ^ It is always in order to speak t of back to the land for the c simple reason that it is a ques- c - l tion of vital importance ana one that has got to be solved if the best material and moral interests of the nation are to be conserved. That the increasing congestion of the city, due partly to immigration and not less surely to the drift from the country, is a most serious problem none can dispute. It seems well nigh impossible to deal with the immigration side of that problem unless more drastic immigration laws Are passed, therefore it is to the country that one must look for relief. Fortunately there are signs that the drift citywards is losing its force. Certainly this is true in some other countries and there is a reasonable hope that the same may occur in our own land. It is somewhat of a surprise that the 23 agricultural counties of England show an increase of population. To be sure this increase is largely owing to the starting of Garden Cities, but that very fact in itself betrays a desire for gardening and for country life. At any rate it L relieves the congestion to some ? extent and that is no small gain. So, too, in our own country a xi 1,'fo c inert; are sixhs mat iuiai mv has not only lost much of its ? terror of monotony and isolation, but that there is in it a fascina- u tion for an increasing number of a people. u There are reasons for this, jn Among them are the yearning ? for that independence so seldom realized in the city, the greater facilities for travel to and from a trading centers, the telephone, and rural mail delivery. If to this could be added better roads ^ than are usually seen, and a development of social life through c; the use of school buildings for entertairynents and reunions the u "oin tVia rural disfrir>ts would ? 4111 V4 V*?V A U?M* v?*wv?.%.vw .. VM.v. become even more apparent. a Patronize the Home Merchant. The man who goes down town c Saturday night and sees the h lighted streets, illuminated stores and throngs of happy people per- n haps does not stop to think what a pays for it all. It is not paid for by taxation, for if so it would be ? a burden. It is not paid for by h contribution, because that would VN not be practicable or possible. a But it all costs money, and something must pay for it. It si is paid for by the money that is a spent at home. The merchants reinvest their 11 profits largely in better stocks, * better stores, and better facili- .] ties. They pay their share of the cost of paving the street and paying the sidewalk, in doing a Many things. So it is plain to fj We seen that the busy street that a ;he people enjoy on Saturday light is paid for by themselves, s their money returned to them n the shape of a better town. When you go into a local store ind buy goods from a local mer:hant, you do not get only the foods. You get the thrifty town, :he paved streets, the schools which your children attend, the :hurches which preserve the noral atmosphere of the comnunity, the things you enjoy ind use, which you and the merchant and the manufacturer iay for in common. You can jend the money to some other xiwn and get the goods; but you ;an not get these other things ind, even if you think the price s smaller, it is larger in the long un, since you ^get less in return for your money. Thackery used to say that gendernen were exceedingly rare, and perhaps they were in his day, but if a gentleman is one marked by cleanliness of character, courtesy and good breeding and helpfulness, the world has improved considerably foi such are constantly being met ir the daily round of life. In truth the manners of society generally have improved and what was once comparatively rare now appears to be common to all ranks. That there is need for more of this courtesy, which in addition to being so charming helps tc make the wheels of life move smoothly, is doubtless true, but we are thankful for the improvement already made. Never in the political history pf our country was there greater need for self-restraint and calmness of judgment than at the present time when politics are in a state of flux. Firmness oi conviction should never lead one to discredit the sincerity and honesty of others who differ from him. That is true American doctrine and with it should ?o courtesy and good temper. Such a combination will help materially to solve rightly all the problems that now confront the lation, and "rightly" means for ;he benefit of the many and not >f a privileged few. The recent serious accidents hrough collision and ice that rave happened to liners on the St. Lawrence route suggest the hought that they might have >een even more serious but for he lessons taught by the Titanic lisaster. Everyone who had ccasion this year to cross the cean has realized tnat captains >f vessels have shown extra pre'aution, that fire and boat drills lave been more frequent, and ;hat life saving apparatus has jeen increased. If some of the irills have appeared to be supericial they have at least been >etter than none at all. There is a significant and velcome change showing itself n much of our modern fiction. The bold, bad heroine is not so popular as she once was, for vhich mercy let us be thankful. A'ith the dying out of that charicter and with the gradually stronger tone showing itself in iction the value of the novel vill be increased. Some writers lave had the idea that the public vould swallow any quantity of lauseous stuff, falsely called iterature, but those writers have iwakened to the fact that the noral sense of the public is mite stronff. If a man has failed in some indertaking, to the accomplishnent of which he set himself, le has no need of being either ishamed or discouraged. There an be no failure without an ffort to succeed and it is better o try, even if the result is failire, than to make no effort at 11. Failure oftentimes leads to ltimate success as the record of len in every walk of life conlusively shows. Undaunted by ailure, even made wiser by it, he man regains his footing and t the last triumphs. Own a Home. Wandering youth brings wanering age. Own a home. The family that rents is only amping out. Own a home. The man who rents is a ship ;ithout an anchor. Own a home. Better be a cottage owner than castle tenant. Own a home. Have some place where you re boss. Own a home. If you want to increase your nest measure six menes, own a orne. The rain makes the sweetest msic on a man's own roof. Own home. It is a fragile cord that binds a amily to a rented house. Own a ome. Share something with your -ife except a rent receipt. Own home. Don't spend your whole life on ^mebody else's property. Own home. The landlord won't care how luch noise the children make if ou own a home. The bride is entitled to somehing more than credit at the orner grocery. Own a home. The world looks twice as pleasnt to the man who views it rom his own front stoop. Own home. Second Race for Governor. r A special message received by J The Times from Columbia this r (Wednesday) morning at 11 * o'clock indicates that the race [ for Governor is so close that a f second primary probably will be necessary between Governor c Blease and Judge Jones. Out \ of 113,000 votes reported Blease J was leading Jones by 488. Dun- ? can has received about 1,500 ' votes and it will be necessary c for either Blease or Jones to get * r a majority over both Duncan ? and his other opponent to ob- c viate a second primary. Tillman seems to have been i nominated. Home Bnrflarized at Grattan. Mr. C. B. Magill, superintend- t , I ent of the Charlotte brick com- ? pany's plant at Grattan, two ! miles south of Fort Mill, is J offering $100 reward for the 1 ' apprehension of the party or l ' parties who on Friday night j i entered his home near the brick t i plant and stole therefrom the j r sum of $690. ] 5 The robbery of the Magill ' . heme took place Friday night j about 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Magiil's ; . family were in Fort Mill and he i had gone back to the brick plant 1 1 to see after affairs, but hearing > a noise in his house returned to ; find three men going through * ; his possessions. Mr. Magill ' . thinks the robbers were white men, but was unable in the darkness to recognize them. Upon hearing Mr. Magill mount 1 the rear porch the men made a bolt from the house, at the same j time opening fire on Mr. Magill, 1 s who attempted to return the j i shots, but his weapon failed to ( r explode. Entering his home ] ?,(Mr. Magill found that the in- i j truders had plundered the rooms . and had taken away $690 in money which had been placed in one of the closets. The money | 1 stolen consisted of five $100 bills and $190 in bills of the ten and 1 twenty denominations. Nothing ( else was missed from the home. Mr. Magill at once reported the robbery to his neighbors and a posse scoured the country roundabout during the night, tinfliAiif finrliinnr onu trapD nf UUl VT ItllUUb lliiuili^ ?H,T VTA the men who had committed the robbery. It.was at first suspected that one of the thieves was a man who had been lately employed at the brick plant, but this belief proved groundless and up to this time there is no clue as to who committed the crime. Notice to School Patrons. The Fort Mill graded and high schools will open Monday, " September 2nd, at 9 a. m. All of the patrons are respectfully ] requested to have their children present at that time. The opening exercises will not ' begin until 10 a. m., in order to give the housekeepers an op- , portunity to attend. Solicitor J. K. Henry, of | Chester, will make the opening address. The public is cordially invited ' to be present at these exercises. F. W. Moore, Supt. \ Will Not Get Sunday Mall. ] Under an act of Congress which was signed by President . Taft Saturday night no mail will De delivered trom any 01 the nrst ' and second-class offices throughout the United States, according to oficial notification received " at the Charlotte postoffice yesterday afternoon trom First Assistant Postmaster General Chas. P. Granfield, says the Charlotte News of Monday. The section of the act which covers this matter reads that hereafter no mail shall he delivered to the public from first and second-class postoffices, provided that this shall not apply to the delivery of special delivery mail which shall be worked as usual. o This notification was received p by Assistant Postmaster W. B. 9 Bradford at the local postoffice yesterday afternoon together " with an order from the first assistant postmaster general that under this law no mail would be delivered from the general delivery windows, by carrier or through lock boxes. This notification was the first intimation the city of Charlotte had that such a bill was pending in Congress or had been passed by Congress. Some twelve months ago there was a movement put on foot to secure a ruling from the postoffice department relative to the closing of the general delivery window on Sunday but that such a drastic law was contemplated was not known until f the announcement from the ^ postoffice department. II What Congress Has Done. In regard to leave asked by Representative Underwood to j; print in the Congressional Rec- a ord an analysis of the business ^ accomplished during the session of Congress now nearing its end, the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce notes that all those pieces j of legislation receiving the most publicity have without exception, come to naught. The tariff program was from the rirst manifestly designed only for political consumption, not as a means of getting anything done. Out of all the array of investigations conducted at enormous public expense in the hope of getting some ammunition against somebody none has had the slightest result. The two loudest and nost expensive were those in he steel trust and so-called noney trust: the first of these nerely brought out facts which lad been published in newspa>ers and magazines many times >efore, while the second was a iasco, quite. The plain truth is that instead if playing politics to the neglect if the regular business of the government ? even deliberately ;acrificing regular business by ise of the "rider" device?Congress should have wound up long tgo. The thing it most clearly ihould have done, namely, cut iff its members' 20-cent mileage rraft and similar perquisities, it efused to do. If it accomplished inything politically helpful out if all its endeavors, the gigantic >e:ision steal constitutes that same; and nobody is proud of t. ? Charlotte Observer. Indian Killed On Track Near Kochelle, 111., an Indian went jo sleep on a railroad track and was tilled bv the fast express. He paid for lis carelessness with his life. Often ts that way when people neglect :oughs and colds. Don't risk your ife when prompt use of Dr. King's Slew Discovery will cure them and so jrevent a dangerous throat or lung ;rouble. "It completely cured me, it t short time, of a terrible cough than followed a severe attack of Grip," vrites J. R. Watts, Floydada, Tex., 'and I regained 15 pounds in weight hat 1 had lost." Quick, safe, reiable and guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Parks Drug Co., \rdrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill 3rug Co. Mr. James H Potts has been seriously ill for several weeks at ler home on White street. Are Ever At War. There are two things everlastingly it war, joy and piles. But Bucklen's \rnica Salve will banish piles in any form. It sson subdues the itching, rritation, inflammation or swelling, [t gives comfort, invitss joy. Greatest lealer of burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, aruises, eczema, scalds, pimples, skin jruptions. Only 25 cents at Parks Drug Co., Fort Mill Drug Co. and \rdrey's Drug Store. 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. FOR SALE. We offer for sale Berkshire Pigs, $10 ach. Let us breed your sow to one of ur boars, oui fee, a pig. Reliable arty can have one of our boars on hares. See us if interested. * L. A. HARRIS & BRO. Come to Headquarters or your Lumber and Building laterials. No matter what you lay want to build, we have the laterial to build it. A Great Mistake > often made in not looking round before buying. Take the int? Get our prices? J. J. BAILES. Electric Bitters Made A Now Man C: )ii> "I was safeerinor I'roin pan: iu u stomach, head and back," writ 's J T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C, "and n liver and kidneys did not work rig; but four bottles of 1'lcctric iiitte made me feel like a new man PRICE tOCTS. AT ALL .OKI'S STORE: j 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, joins lands of D. A. Lee on west and Miss Ella Stewart on ea3t, 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',y interest. Price $2,100. One 7-room house with large front and rear piazza, good barn >and best weli 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 kj same as above. ? 270 acres fine timber in Lancaster k county on Catawba river, near new Ivy k Mill bridge. Will cut about three mil- fj lion feet. See it and ask for price. K vwuci same as c?ijvyc. 440 acres, 2 miles southeast of Fort, Mill, near Pleasant Valley, on Sugar creek. Ten farms in cultivation, good buildings, red sand land. Property of T. M. Hughes. Will sell on lonjrcredit. 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. I Price, per acre, $25.00. 97 acres at Pleasant Valley. Joins lands of Frank Therrell and others. Good, new residence, barns, etc., worth $1,400. Owner, J. O. Hall; price $4,500. You should get some of the profits of steady increasing values of real estate. "DO IT NOW." T. M. HUGHES, Broker, LANCASTER. S. C. | For Your Protei We have nine dii ? every month and go ir the business transac have extensive interei of business in the tow country, and their cari the bank's affairs is ai and conservative mam I THE FIRST NATIONS ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, i President. i ' ' | Vote for Who And don't let anybody lead ; ^ is any other Sewing Machine 01 ways near as good as the New II New Home Sewing Machines + years and know it is by far the market. While it is the high* . ViicrVipct oTA/lp marhine made. 4 ing them enables us to sell at eral terms. Buy a New Home troubles are ended, for you ( wear one out. ? I L. J. MA WI1 REAP THIS k *n y?ur agricult A remember that we 1 "Ease" and "Ame LETTERS prove the lUUKfttl YV IUL. OE. (.UrarUKJ AHL6 In p a pair of Menr "Ease". YouH alio find after several months' every-dsy service, that a bet ter shoe can't be put together. And ifyou have the same experience as thousands of men M who have worn them the past 12 years, they'll M save you money on your every-day shoe billa M Look for name on yellow labeL, B Catalog No. 12 Describes the / V Menz "Ease" from # A j/fi ? 6 to 18 inch heights; I Vv3 t \ also the" American I StfJ/Q \ Boy"?an honest 1^; \VA_r 1 shoe made espec- w ? lally for the red- blooded, outMenz "Ease" on M sole and yellow y/JJM label, and you will # ?iv C?-V S//yM knew that the upper # ?" leather is Menz M ' "Ease" Special Elk. i Sys%J^r The only upper leather Ik we have used for 12 years. Best heather tanned for every-day service. Tough as raw-hide, soft as a glove and will always retain its original softness K if properly cared for. M ASK FOR CATALOG No. II. We ought to M have a dealer near you. If we have, will refer you to him. If not, we can introduce the shoe direct to you from the factory, regular retail prices, delivery prepaid. Mtnzlgg Shot Co., Makars. Detroit, Mich. MENZ "EASE" and "AMERICAN BOY" shoes i length of service, nor to rapeil water, end these I cbey are GOOD sheet worth oeasldsrtag the a Whc If you handbl cide w the lov maind< need t to sati M'ELI BHHBMDHnM ntVAH 1 1/llUll. eCtors who meet . lto every detail of jted. These men ? sts in every line n and surrounding ? eful vigilance over 1 assurance of able ^ igement. . iL BANK, r I . T. B. SPRATT, ; Cashier. 4 You Please.! = t m^mmm ^ou into believing that there 7 n the market that is any ^ ome. We have been selling for the past twenty-eight very best machine on the ^ ist priced as well as the our economical way of sell- . ; very low prices, and lib- ^ and your Sewing Machine an't live long enough to SSEY. : EN ADVERTISEMENT^^^^^P ural paper this month, have the agency for Menz rican BoV" shoes. THESE y are worth investigating. ^ Meacham & Epps, Fort Mill. S. C. Gentlemen: I am proud to say that I wore the first pair of MenzEase Shoes in Fort Mill'. I remember well of tolling your Mr. Epps, when he priced the shoes to me, that if they wore me three months I woul 1 1 e perfectly satisfied, and his reply was that he would give that much to find out the merits of the shoes, and that if I wore them out in three months they would cost me nothing. 1 wore the shoes seven months and gave them to a laborer who wore them several months. I have worn Menz-Ease ever since, and as for the American Boy, it is the only shoe that will stand my boys. They have worn them for the last three win- ? ters with perfect satisfaction. J. Z. BAILES, R. F. D. 2. tr? not guaranteed to Air* any certain J letter* are only offered a* evidence tkat act time yM need mn every-day yak. 0 ' * . > is Who ? will get one of our (ills you will easily deho is selling goods at vest prices for the reer of August. We he room and the cash / % m _ sly our creditors. HANEY & CO., Store of Style and Quality. Just a Few. We have just a few of those pretty Shirt Waists left and for the next ten days we are offering them at the following extraordinary prices: Beautiful $3 Voile Shirt Waists only $1.98 Special $2.75 Voile Waists 1.79 $1.50 Embroidered Waists .98 Pretty $2.00 Hhce and Embroidery Waists 1.19 Pretty $1.00 Lace and Embroidery Waists 69 Muslin Underwear . We have a small quantity of dainty* Muslin Underwear that we are now offering at about half price. Every garment is a special value and full sizes Pretty $1.50 Gowns now only $ .75 Pretty $1.00 Gowns now only 50 Pretty 50c Gowns now only .25 75c Ladies Pants now only ... 39 50c Ladies' Pants now only 29 Pretty $1.50 combination Suits .75 $1.50 Princess Slip .75 25c Pants 15 25c Misses Skirts .18 Pretty $1.75 Skirts 1.00 $1.50 Combination Suits 98 $1.00 Combination Suits 59 Dresses Ladies Pretty $7.50 Embroidery and Lace Dresses.. $3.50 Ladies' Pretty $6.00 Embroidery and Lace Dresses.. 3.00 E. W. Kimbrell Co. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST YOU TO LIVE? Note the following prices and see if they won't reduce the cost of ^rour living: Seven bars Octagon Soap every Monday for 25c. Good Rice. Der Dound. at 5c. Good Flour, 98 pound bags, at $2,60. Brown Mule or Apple Tobacco, 3 plugs for 25c. 0 Don't fail to see our handbills. We have made spe cial prices for cash for the rest of August. McElhaney & Co., Store of Style and Quality. l5H5H5Z5H5H5?-55S51E5H5555a j e5a5sa5h5agg5a5z5hs25h5a ] 1 We Want This Store! e to influence every din- i e m;r table ix this city. (SI ^ It's worth while to run a store that does that or^that does a ^ Iu I?11 JJ] small part of that! HJy jjj The dinner table is the "assembly" of the home?the rallying jfljl [j{ point, where all the members of the household meet and rehearse ffijl [}j the droll events of the day, and the sombre ones as well. The home jjjjl Sj ties are cemented, reinforced, at the dinner table. What more [JflJ jjj important work, then, than furnishing the eatables which play "the jjjH [}{ star" part at dinner tables? Looking at our business as one of high KH jjj service, we're proud of it! Hfl K Parks Grocery Company, g m E. S. PARKS, Manager. <iKg>s NEW LIFE PILLS b. j. white, Tho PillS That Do Cure. Attorney at Law. Office Over Ardrey's Drugstore, Electbic--SS?5TL?iB^ F0RT s-cBITTEHo Family Medicine. lit' Call Tuesdays and Fridays. J