University of South Carolina Libraries
THE FOBT mr.T. TIMES. I KM ik nlk ? Puublished Thindtn. S B. W. BRADFORD - Editor and Proprietor. ' ^ l * LoMcnrnoM Ratv: ' Om Tear 11.28 ] Ms Months 66 , Hm Time* inritas contribution* on Ihrs subjects ^ t* I doss not agree to pnblish mora than 200 words m any subject. The Halt is reserved to edit ' ovary nommunicntlon submitted for poblicstion. | Oa application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. 1 Teleohone. local sad lone distance. No. 112. | Entered at the postoAce st Fort Mill. S. C.. as J mad matter of the second class. THURSDAY7SEPTEMBER 5, 1912. j ' | The Blaase Victory. The result of last Tuesday's ' Democratic primary in which j Governor Cole L. Blease was renominated by a majority of several thousand votes-over Judge < Ira B. Jones may have been surprising to a goodly number of people who were impressed by the claims of the organization of the former Chief Justice, but to those who had observed impartially the progress of the cam? ? wA/ifinrr of- Riflh.. ) paiKH since me incuiiug at uiwu opville where the fact was es- 1 tablished beyond peradventure that'Judge Jones was no match j for the Governor as a public j speaker and could not control , his temper the result of the elec- , tion was a foregone conclusion. , Judge Jones' chances of election ( were dissimulated when, through ( lack of experience, ability, or < whatever else one may choose to < call it, he permitted Governor, Blease to put him on the defen- : sive. Try as he would to regain the ground which he lost at Bishopville when the Governor adroitly presented his record as a legislator, Judge Jones was never able to rehabilitate him- ; self in the esteem of thousands orhn norhnns WOllid have SUP VTilV |/va f ?' -- ? ? , ported him. From that day on, | Judge Jones was as a ball of putty in the hands of the Governor. His candidacy was belittled, ridiculed and kicked about so uncompromisingly that even his warmest admirers and most ardent supporters lost i heart. They had pinned their faith to a man who before the 1 campaign opened had the repu- ] tation of a whirlwind campaigner only to learn after the second campaign meeting that he was little more than a novice. ' If Judge Jones possessed any of ; the qualities of successful leader- | ship he was too modest to dis- | play them. But Judge Jones' , weakness as a leader was not the : sole reason for the Blease victory. There were many reasons for it This year, as two years | ago, the newspapers of the State were so enthusiastic, and, some of them, so unscrupulous, in their opposition to the Governor that they really helped instead of hindered his candidacy. They were, as our almost extinguished United States Senator once remarked of Governor McSweeney. * J J :?Tka? I lOO U u uiiaiiiuiuus. me) ; cussed the Governor both a-gwine and a-comin' and his friends worked all the harder for him both a-gwine and a-comin.' Some sweet day the newspapers ? of South Carolina, or, rather, , some of the newspapers of South 11 Carolina, will tumble to the fact, j already known to most people. ; that they cannot boss the voters of this State. In this day and time our people read the newspapers for the news they con- ' tain, and not to be directed how to vote. And, by the way, this 1 same people seem to have ac- ( quired the happy faculty of being j able to discriminate between , bogus news and real news. The ( people are progressing, while ' some of the newspapers are 1 retrogressing, in assuming that 1 their constituencies are a bunch ' of chumps. j Ru rennminfltincr Mr Finlpv ^ for the eighth consecutive term j in Congress, the Democrats of j the Fifth district have again dis- { played good sense by indorsing r the record of a worthy and effi- s cient representative. In the face ? of opposition equally as vigorous I as any with which he has had to 1 contend in the past, Mr. Finley's j majority this year is greater c than any he has received since j he was first elected in 1898. The c result is all the more gratifying c when it is recalled that Mr. Fin- v ley's duties in Washington were a such that he could not return v home to take part personally in J the campaign. Seemingly it is unnecessary to say that the dis- J trict gains much by having a man ^ of Mr. Finley's experience and f ability as its representative in e Washington, for the fact is pat- s ent. t ? t The return of Senator B. R. a 'illman to the United States c senate is a touching illustration 3 >f true Southern sentiment. But J ge are not quite sure that some- * hing other than sentiment hould rule. And could not c 5me other means have been v iound for honoring the old f 'ojnsin who has in years past a one ao orach for his State and ? | L. :he Nation? To our mind we should remember that the sentiment which fills our souls to overflowing counts but little in the jouncils of the nation when Drought in contact with stern pusiness men from other climes. Do we not best serve our country and ourselves when we open the way for sterling young men? While a Democratic victory this fall seems a certainty, the party's fight must be militant to pvin. Republicanism is entrenched. Democracy must drive it from those trenches and occupy them itself. Its campaigners must be aggressive from now till the election?gathering votes as well as campaign funds. The mossbacks of Republicanism and the radicals of Progressiveism must be made to realize the sanity of the Democratic party and its candidates. To this end every Democratic newspaper in the country should fight a constant battle through its editorial columns from now until the November election. / ^ m The Jones Men to Blame. Speaking of the alleged irregularities and fraud in the primary election the Yorkville Enquirer has this to say: "If there were any irregularities in the recent election, it will have to be admitted by the friends of Judge Jones that they have only themselves to blame. They had full and complete control of the recent State convention where they could have, if they had seen proper so to do, changed the rules of the party so as to prescribe that no one could vote in the primary without showing a registration certificate. This would prove an almost infallible remedy against illegal voting, though it might not be much of a safeguard against fraud. Anyhow the Jones convention did not take the precaution. Why, we do not. know. The only reason we can assign was that the leaders of the convention calculated that the existing conditions afforded just as good opportunities for them as it did for the other side. So far as we are concerned, we want it understood again that we have always believed and we still KaHpvp that the Dossession :>f a State registration certificate should be made a pre-requisite to the right to vote in a primary. We do not mean, of course, that this should be the only prerequisite." Congressmen and Electors. Judging from statements published in several newspapers and from the inquiries addressed to others, there is a confusion in the popular mind as to the number of presidential electors to be chosen in November. Even distinguished political authorities have fallen into the error of maintaining that the total number of electoral votes will be 490, which is the total of the combined membership of the present Senate and House. In making this error the new apportionment of the House is overlooked. The law provides that the number of electors shall be equal to the number of senators and represent atives to which the several States are by law entitled, "at the time when the president and vice president to be chosen come into office." The Congress to be elected in November will have 531, not 490 members, Senate and House. The number of electors to be chosen in November must correspond and consequently the aggregate electoral vote will be 531. Early Plowing for Fall Grain. The Progressive Farmer offers :his timely advice to farmers: In no case would we wait un;il just before seeding to break :he land for fall-sowed crops. 3ur falls are too dry and there s danger of losing so much noisture that there will not be jnough left to bring up the crop, rhere is also another reason for )reaking the land some time jefore sowing fall crops. The and is &pt to be dry and break 'rv in aIa^ o cr? fVmf ?j cmnrl <?ppr1- i ip ill VIVUO CV VI1UV M 5VVV* )ed is nearly, if not quite, imjossible, or if obtained, will equire too much work. If the and is fairly level, so that washng is not troublesome, we would >reak the land two or three nonths before time to sow the ;eed and harrow it once or twice i month to keep the top soil ralverized. This will not only lid in securing and holding noisture for the fall seeding, but t will also tend to break the lods and insure a good seed-bed. f the soil is hard, or has any onsiderable growth of weeds ?r other vegetable matter on it, ve would disk it before plowing ind immediately after. This vill prevent and also break clods, vill insure the vegetable matter >eing turned under better and vill settle the soil so that it will ake in and hold moisture better. This early breaking of the land or fall crops partakes largely if the nature of the old-time ummer-fallow. It would be beter to grow a crop of legumes on he land; that is, more would be idded to the permanent fertility >f the soil; but when legumes ire not grown, a better crop of vheator oats will be obtained if he land is broken early and cultivated several times before owing in the fall, because this. cultivation will help to set free >r make a-a hble more plant oods and destroy weeds, in j ddition to saving moisture and o&king a better seed-bed. 1 Big Business Ahead. There's a great big slice of prosperty due everybody this year, say the real barometers of business, the railroads, which are predicting one of the busiest and best fall seasons in years. In fact, it is said that every railroad man traveling the southeaster territory is wearing specks with rose-colored lenses, and is talking in superlatives, and their opinions are worth double that of the average man because of the fact that they live with their fingers on the pulse of business life. Travel in all directions, to the mountain and seashore resorts, to the East, tourist travel and local travel, has kept the railroads running special cars, and the auditors have been doing an overtime Marathon trying to figure out the increased business. A well known railroad man is quoted as saying that the railroads have done more business this year than ever before. The tourist travel has broken all records and more people have this year gone to mountain and seashore resorts than have ever gone before. Even the agents at wayside stations, men who are in touch with their entire communities, say that there has Kaon nnfKincr lilrp if in a long time. There is no better indication in the world of prosperity. Calamity howlers can be heard at all times, but it is freely predicted that the coming fall season will be one of the best in the history of the country. Rigid Seed Inspection. Looking to a more rigid enforcement of the seed inspection act passed at the 1910 session of the legislature the department of agriculture is installing apparatus of the most improved sort in the laborarories of the department in LeConte college on the University of South Carolina campus. Testers of the latest design will be used in the protection of the farmer and seed buyer. The purpose of the act as expressed in a pamphlet issued by the department of agriculture is as follows: "To throw a protection around the farmer and the honest seedman by ensuring the securing of purer seed for planting purposes, and to the end that larger yields per acre, and a better quality of agricultural products may be secured. One of its far-reachinfi: objects is to stop the transmission of communicable plant diseases, inherent to the seed, from one section to another, such as anthr^cnose in corn, smut in grains and black rot. Anthracnose in cotton has been introduced into this State from other States by means of diseased seed, causing many thousands of dollars of damage." The provisions of the act will be enforced by agents of the department who have in charge the examination of corn, meal and other products to determine whether or not they have spoiled. Any seed that go on the open market, whether produced at home or in other States, is liable to seizure if the condition of such seed is injurious to the interest of the farmer. It is said that some of the cabbage, turnip and other seed sent out by thoughtful congressmen to their constituency will not pass the test of the department. The Typhoid Fly. We soon loose our terror for the dangerous things of our daily contact. The aviator, after a few flights feels contempt for fear and goes on. but eventually this over-confidence causes his death. So it is with the common house fly. It is so common, so well-known, that few people know the dangerous possibilities that lie within its range. Medical research in the last few years has discovered thai typhoid fever is conveyed more by flies than anything else. The flies, free to go wherever they wish, feed on the filthiest things that they discover, and fly straight from that spot to the houses, and even dining tables of the people in this town. There is only one cure: Kill the fly, or keep it from feeding on what we eat. Utah has adopted a motto which says: "Man must kill the fly, or the fly will kill the man." It has been estimated and stated by authoritative sources that more people are killed each 1 - - il year Dy trie common nouse ny than all other poisonous snakes, insects and beasts of prey combined. During the hot summer months flies thrive more plentiful than any other time. The heat causes them to hatch rapidly, and nothing but a strenuous campaign can rid any town of the pest. Prize Winning Cane Crop. A most remarkable crop has been raised in this county, two miles*west of Rock Hill, by Sam Rarron, who owns and operates a farm at Ebenezer. He entered the $250 gold prize contest inaugurated by the National Union Bank of Rock Hill. He set aside one acre, planted it in sugar cane. Last week the contest judges measured and weighed the crop, which had just matured, and found that Mr. Barron had raised 13 and onehalf tons of cane on this prize acre. At the low price of $12.50, per ton, it will be seen that this acre produced a crop valved at $181.75; but that is not all. Mr. Barron will yet make a second crop of cane on this acre, and he feels sure that with the second crop that acre will easily net him $250 WW. | f I Movements of the Mill Men. [Textile Bulletin.] J. W. McAlpine has moved from Dallas, N. C., to Fort Mill, S. C. Z. C. Maunev, of Shelby, N. C., has accepted position as superintendent of the Buffalo mill, Stubbs, N. C. B. L. Branson, who recently resigned as bookkeeper for the Florence City mill, Forest City, N. C.. now has a similar position I at the Cleghorn mill, Rutherfordton, N. C. 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 witn 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 dangerous throat or lung trouble. "It completely cured me, it a short time, of a terrible cough than followed a severe attack of Grip," writes J. R. Watts, Floydada, Tex., "and I regained 15 pounds in weight that I had lost." Quick, safe, reliable and guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Parks Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co. More Pay for Rural Carriers. On September 30, the salaries of the 30,000 rural free delivery carriers will be increased from $1,000 to $1,100 a year and 12,000 other carriers will get an increase according to the length of their routes. The 30,000 men carry the standard routes which ouoriiorp VF\ milt?K Uf V*MGW Are Ever At War. There are two things everlastingly at war, joy and piles. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve will banish piles in any form. It sson subdues the itching, irritation, inflammation or swelling. It gives comfort, invitss joy. Greatest healer of burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises, eczema, scalds, pimples, skin eruptions. Only 25 cents at Parks Drug Co., Fort Mill Drug Co. and Ardrey's Drug Store. Turnip Seeds All the leading . # va mi rvri /\/u VCLI ICUCd. 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? ? i -1 ? Hane's en me uorner. tWIB| 1V1 ' ' * -r* FOR SALE. We offer for sale Berkshire Pigs, $10 each. Let us breed your sow to one of our boars, oui fee, a pig. Reliable party can have one of our boars on shares. See us if interested. L. A. HARRIS & BRO. House Out of Shape Sounds funny, doesn't it? But you have seen them; warped, settled and shrunken. Poor Lumber was tne cause of it. Houses built of sound, well seasoned Lumber like we sell, keep their shape. Remember this when making your next purchase. J. J. BAILES. WHsrca'irvci aoemmie?u.. Electric Bitters Made A Uavj fVH.n Of Kin*.,, "I was Buffering from pain in my ; Btom&ch, head and ba ;k," writes K. T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., "and my ? liver and kidneys did not work right,, but four bottles of Electric Bitter*! made me feel like a new man." i 1 AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE OF THE EARTH AS YOU WANT We are now offering for sale some splendid bargains in Real Estate in Fort Mill. We list some of it below and? We Are Going to Sell This Property: 7-room dwelling on Booth street, lot 125 by 220 feet, level as a floor; a splendid location near Main street, and now occupied by J. R. Haile. 121 acres of farm land within five miles of Fort Mill, known as Sam Billue place. 35 acres under cultivation, house and outhouses, good well, fine growth of young timber. A bargain for a young man to develop and create into valuable estat?. 6-room cottage on Clebourne street now occupied by P. L. Wagner. 76 acres of farm laud, four miles east of Fort Mill. 100-acre farm, nice 5-room cottage, fine, large barn, and other necessary outhouses, located about four miles east of Fort Mill. 4-room cottage on Leonidas street. 6-room cottage on Elm street now occupied by J. B. Erwin. 6-room dwelling on 7-8 acre lot, located on Booth street, now occupied by E. W. Kimbrell. We offer easy terms of payment on all of the above property. Communicate with us in person, by 'phone, telegraph, or mail and take advantage of YOUR OPPORTUNITY before too late. Bailes & Link, Dealers in Real Estate Fort Mill, S. C. POLICE While our policy ii tive, we never fail to to our patrons and large. Our first thoi and liberal accomm trons and we offer courtesy and accomr ^ rightfully conductec offer. i THE FIRST NATION l T. S. KIRKFATRICK, 4 President. / I Vote for Who ' And don't let anybody leac 4 is any other Sewing Machine ways near as good as the New - New Home Sewing Machines 4 years and know it is by far th 1 iifL.-u il 4.u^ Uw. y marKei. vyiine n is mc in* t highest grade machine made, + ing them enables us to sell erfJ terms. Buy a New Hom< troubles are ended, for you f + wear one out. j L.J.M4 .. HITS . will be found tural paper this r tn foil unil fhfl rw ? ' "American Boy' letters also. ????^??? MENZ "EASE" 8HOE8 FIT LIKE A OLOVE. You'll also find them the moat comfortable every-day shoes you ever fl walked In. And after you have worn them fl several months you'll say there isn't a shoe fl that's built any better, stronger or wears fl lonj er. The name on yellow label protects you against imitations. U Catalog No. 12 It Illustrates all heights Mens 1yL.-./e^.S'^ av MEsse,** also the r| American Boy" E .J J for boys, an ex- I li(yj t \ act duplicate of f If i / \ the Mcni''Kaac"^^^^ f I reason ygwhy Mens /MM"Ease" and //mBU" A m e r i c a n oQ^Boy" shoes give X" ^ ' the comfort and I,III service they do, Iis found in the K\r /- - upper leather. For Yfejr"twelve years we have cut Mens "Ease" 8pecial Elk exdusively. For every-day service It has no equal. Soft as glove leather, K strong as raw-bide, and if treated right will Knever harden. MASK FOR CATALOG NO. 11 containing a samIfpli of this wonderful leather. We have deal ers all over your state. If we can't refer to one m in your town or near you, we can introduce Mens ''Ease" and "American Boy" shoes direct to you from the factory, regular retail prices, delivery prepaid. J Mtnzlgt Shot Co., Makers, Dstrolt, Mich. MKNZ "EASE" and "AMERICAN BOY" she length sf service, nor to raped water, and tka they in GOOD shoes worth itiaMdsthtg the If you handb cide w the loi maind need 1 to sati I M'EL r : I . 3 always conscrva- J i recognize our duty the community at # ^ lght is for the just f odation of our pa- * every convenience, aodation which any I institution could J = $ II n k \1V FORT MILL, : AL DA111V, s c. T. B. SPRATT, ? Cashier. ? You Please, i = t 1 you into believing that there t on the market that is any ^ Home. We have been selling 5 for the past twenty-eight f e very best machine on the + hest priced as well as the our economical wav of sell- ? at very lew prices, and lib- ^ e and your Sewing Machine can't live long enough to ? _____ iSSEY. I A;A.4.4.S.A.*;S.4.4.4.4.^ . \DVERTISEMENT^^^fc^^^ I In your favorite agricul- ' nonth. We reproduce it hcre^H^ t we have Menz "Ease" and * shoes. Read it?and these Meacham & Epps, Fort Mill. S. C. Gentlemen: I have five boys who have worn American Boy Shoes for the past two years. I had never before found a shoe that would last all winter. I had been buying two and three pairs each for the boys, but since trying the American Boy I find that one pair each is all that is necessary. Besides this, the boys work all spring in the shoes. I am sure that I have saved $20.00 the past two years by buying American Boy Shoes for my five boys. Yours truly, I. L. FARIS, R. F. D. 2, Fort Mill, S. C. ?a art not fiuaranteed to give any certain letter* are ooljr offered aa evidence that neat time .you need aa eeetj day pair. ? ?Wl??^????? > is Who ? i will get one of our lills you will easily derho is selling goods at arest prices for the reer of August. We :he room and the cash isfy 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 i Special $2.75 Voile Waists 1.79 $1.50 Embroidered Waists 98 Pretty $2.00 Lace and Embroidery Waists 1.19 Pretty $1.00 Lace and Embroidery Waists 1 .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. . I I I |HOW MUCH DOES IT COST YOU TO LIVE? Note the following prices and see if they won't reduce the cost of your living: Seven bars Octagon Soap every Monday for -25c. Good Rice, per pound, at 5c. Good Flour, 98 pound bags, at $2.60. Brown Mule or Apple Tobacco, 3 plugs for _-25c. 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. spEEIBiBBiBBBBHfflBHHHMMBBH I I We Want This Store I I S TO INFLUENCE EVERY DIN- M I K XEK TABLE IN THIS CITY. ISjl l It's worth while to run a store that does that?or that does a (pH Jjj small part of that! (H jjj The dinner table is the "assembly" of the home ?the rallying Jjjjj ^ Sj point, where all the members of the household meet and rehearse ffiS fl] the droll events of the day, and the sombre ones as well. The home BJ jjj ties are cemented, reinforced, at the dinner table. What more fiffl H important work, then, than furnishing the eatables which play "the gjjj Q{ star" part at dinner tables? Looking at our business as one of high Ba g service, we'r%proud of it! Ha pj Parks Grocery Company, 1 jjj E. S. PARKS, Manager* pj H/l WHSeL5H55asaa5H5a5a5aSB5gH5a5ffa5a5a5a5a5^5g5H5H5ala| king's NEW LIFE PILLS i b. j. white, Th? PillS That Do Cure. Attorney at Law. i ~~ Office Over Ardrey'a Drugstore. I ELECTRIC--TheuHd?L^tiya FORT M1LU S. C J BITTERS Family Medicine. < 19* Call Tueadajra and Fridays. j^k J |H I a WNwJwflKi Hi . V"t