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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.
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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.
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