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MHB ' Tythe foet mtt.t. times. Democratic ? PuuLlished Thursday*. J B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. Soascairao* Rates: One Tear S1.2S fits Months 66 ] The Times invitee cont -ibution* on live subject* hnt doe* not agree to pualish more than 200 words ( en any subject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising I rates are made known to those interested. ? * ?. 119 Tctoohone. local ana xnir aaunc*. m, , Entered at the poatoff ce at Fort Mill. S. C., aa mail matter of the necond claas. THURSDAY. SE1>TEMBER 19,1912. Most men would resent the enactment of a property qualification for voters. They say, and they are entirely right, that, since they live in this town, they should have a hand in running it, whether they are fortunate in the possession of this world's goods or not. This is entirely true. But there is no privilege that does not carry with it a duty. If it is any man's privilege to help govern the town by his vote, it is his duty to help promote its prosperity by his aid. Some people seem to think that every movement for the town's improvement should come from men of means, and the burden of both labor and expenditure should be borne by them. As a matter of fact, every citizen should be willing to give his * time, his thought, and his money to some extent, to making this a bigger and better town. There is nobody that can not do something. Each should be free to express his opinion and his ideas for town betterment. He should be a booster of the town's advantages. He should trade at home so that the money he spends will not leave the community, but will be invested in the community for the community's ultimate good. In this marmot* will nnf nnlv serve a IHQIIiiVI liv ?? ! ..ww - patriotic end, but will promote bis own welfare. The laborer who helps to secure new industries for his town does not merely secure new markets for merchants' goods, but new markets for his own labor. The neighboring farmer who helps the | ' town to grow helps create a larger market in which to sell, and secures for himself greater and nearer conveniences. It is a fact that every dollar saved by ssnding money away from the community (and most of the dollars thought to be so saved are not saved at all) does the sender more than a dollar's! worth of detriment, in retarding the development of the town and in keeping remote from him and his children conveniences for transacting business and enjoying life. The man who cares for himself and family will always be. the man most respected. He lifts himself through his pru- i dence to a proud position among his fellows. He becomes one of the leaders in his locality, and all the world pays homage to him for his foresight and the devotion he pays to those nearest to him. It is the little saved and put aside that in the end gives him a power that serves him all the rest of his life. It is his thrift j that makes him the good husband and father, for by it he gives peace of mind and comfort to himself and his family. It* his earnings are invested in part in a home, he has provided a permanent shelter for those whose care first fill his mind and for whose protection he should use all his energy and talents. The man who gives to his family a home all their own and in case he dies will be the i roof-tree thereafter, has done; that which more redounds to his credit than any other act of his life. There in surroundings all their own, without annoyance of landlords, the family can be maiureu auu rcaicu. it 10 mc haven where the members can go at all times in perfect security. One's own fireside is the place where all that makes for character and good living is formed. To that one place comes all the happiness of life. One can mak e for himself a place in the world's life in no surer way than to become the proprietor of his own home. The farmer continues to receive more consideration in national legislation. The latest measure proposed in his interest is the bill of Congressman Rainey, of Illinois: "To establish in the Department of Agricul- i ture a Bureau of Farm Power." Up to the present time the important subject of farm mechanics?already recognized in most agricultural colleges - has received practically no attention in the national department. The scope of the work contemplated in the bill includes the whole 1 realm of farm mechanics?the ' use of machinery for doing farm j work. Its definite object is re- i duction of the cost of producing 1 fmm products. >i % The crusade which is made from time to time in the large :ities against the loan sharks de- \ serves success in every instance. These usurers thrive on the mis- ' fortunes of others and their con- . iuct is all the more vicious from the fact that most of their vie- ' tims are poor people who fiind it ' almost impossible to escape from their clutches. What is needed i is some method by which poor ' people or those in moderate cir- 1 cumstances can. when in temporary need, borrow of some repu- \ table institution and on good se- . curity at moderate interest a sum , to tide them ever their difficul- j ties. In some countries there ; are established for the pur- i pose government pawnshops that are operated in the interest of the public and that meet the need. In this country the repugnance to pawnshops may be too great to allow of such a method being adopted by municipal or State governments, but some other system answering the same purpose might with great benefit be inaugurated. The scriptural definition of sanctification is to be made holy, purged to the core of all earthly dross and rendered fit to dwell with the redeemed. This meaning is now practically obsolete, and it is understood to refer entirely to the surface, the outside of the platter, with the inside left to its own sweet will. A fellow is near enough to the state of sanctification, if he shows up regularly at church services, takes a leading part in the talks, though he is not necessarily required to chip in the hat liberally every time it passes. During the week he may take sides with the devil to increase his dividends, rent his property for questionable purposes, take all sorts of advantages of his brother in a trade, or take up a reproach against a fellow if he J??.fx, * /% lil/A V\ 1 rv-? Cf o r?d_ UOI1 l uuppcil IU lirvc mill, uianuing before the pearly gates, he will learn whether or not Peter will accept the new version, or stand pat on the old definition of salification. City men who dream of going back to the soil and who dream of the big profits to be made off a small acreage read with joy and self-confidence of the great profits annually made by the lucky market gardener. Probably many of them may think they can do the same. They will reason that if one city bred man turning to outdoor life can clear a thousand dollars an acre they can do the same. In that 99 out of 100 will mske a mistake. Not that the thing is impossible, for what has been done can be done. But the instances are so rare as to form no precedent. All the same men can make' good profits off small tracts, but in so doing they must display the qualities of determination, courage and persistence. This is the month when in most parts of the country the school year begins. Refreshed by the long summer vacation and with an eagerness for study teachers and pupils meet together for the long months of the school year. I It is a somewhat anxious and trying time, especially for teachers who are new to their schools. They are anxious to make a good impression upon the pupils and j win their confidence and esteem, because they know full well that' if this is not secured the year is | going to be exceedingly trying. ' Parents can help materially in promoting the work of the school by instructing their children to' obey the teachers and to respond diligently and cheerfully to their efforts. Newspapers Mast Report. An item of new legislation incorporated in the postoffice appropriation bill passed by Congress a few days ago is of great importance to newspapers and other publications. The item provides that it shall be the duty of the editor, the publisher, business manager, or owner, of every newsnaoer. maeazine. Deriodical or other publication, to file with the Postmaster General and the postmaster at the office at which said publication is entered, not later than the first day of April and the first day of October of each year, on blanks to be furnished by the postoffice department, a sworn statement setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of the editor, managing editor, publisher, business manager, and owners, and in addition, the stockholders, if the publication be owned by a corporation; and also the names of known bond holders, mortgagees, or other security holders; and also, in the case of daily papers, there shall be included in such statement the average of the number of copies of each issue of such publication sold or distributed to paid subscribers during the preceding six months. Papers disregarding the law will be barred from the mails. Blease'* Appointees Ousted. Associate Justice Woods, of the South Carolina supreme court, on Saturday handed down a decision that the governor's appointments of magistrates in < Spartanburg and Anderson counties were contrary to the law and j therefore the appointees named cannot hold office. i Tillman Scores Committee. Senator B. R. Tillman has writ- i ten a letter to State Chairman ' John Gary Evans in which he i denounces the delay in declaring the result of the primary on 1 August 27th as "impudent med- j iling." Senator Tillman begins by saying that he has seen the public statement of the three Blease members of the subcommittee who protested against the action rf the majority of the committee in failing to notify the Blease men of the meeting. "It is a sensible, judicious, patriotic utterance. If you do not exert your influence to hurry things up and stop the dawdling and fooling about, the whole committee will be forever damned in the estimation of all decent people. What is worse the Democratic party will go to the demnition bow-wows. "White men will not tolerate such impudent tinkering with their rights. We had better have 10 years of Blease than to have the negro brought back into our politics as the balance of power between white people. Unless all signs fail that is inevitable. Neither will the people of this State stand for counting Blease out without justification. Already valuable time has been lost, and the more delay before declaring the result of the primary, the more angry the people become, and the more ready to vote for an independent, or for the devil, before they will tamely submit to have their will nullified. "It was all very well for white peoffle to cheat negroes in 1876, in 1878 and 1880, but white men will not tolerate having other white men cheat them. You are responsible in the eyes of the people for the tinkering that is going on and every day you are losing friends by it.. There is absolutely no justification for the delay and dawdling that has taken place. It seems to be the intention of the subcommittee to continue indefinitely. "If the entire committee does not meet with the Blease members and begin to investigate where it is necessary, I see no earthly power that can prevent Blease from running independently in November and sweeping the State, for a great many Jones men do not stomach cheating or any such high-handed proceedings as are going on." A School Opening of '45. DUIlUl x lie ximeo. We read of so many school openings in different places it brings to our mind the first school we attended, which was in 1845, and we will give you some of our recollections of it. The school was taught by Caleb Gassaway in a house about half a mile south of the old Springs place and near where the railroad now runs. I can remember the names of only three of the patrons of that school. They are: Jack Bell, John Coltharp and Mrs. Charity Kee. Myself and brother, Brantly, were pupils from our house. Bell sent two, Tom and Jim, I think were their names, and Mrs. Kee sent four, Martin, Elizabeth, Martha Elen and Susan. We had no nice buckets or baskets to carry our lunches in, but mother put our p^one in an old reticule. Sometimes it was fried, sometimes buttered and sometimes gravied, but most of the time it was just plain pone, and a bottle of milk and a couple of nice gourds were put in for us to drink from. We learn that the children don't take milk to school these days, I judge for the reason that it sounds too much like poor folks. But to our opening. The school had been running for some time before it came off. It seems that Tom and Jim Bell had fallen in love with Elizabeth Kee and often disputed which would get her. One day while the teacher was out of the room they fell to fighting over their claims, and then Martin went to pounding both of them, saying as how neither one of them should have Elizabeth, that he was going to take her himself. The racket scared the chaps of the school and they set up such a squall that it brought Gassaway running to the house and he soon j had those Bells ringing to the tuno nf an nnmpppifnl whinnino And this ended our opening. But we had a big barbecue there on the 4th of July following. Eli Hall and Phillip Johnson superintended the cooking of the pork and mutton. A speaker's stand had been erected a short distance from where the railroad now runs, but we remember of no one speaking, except the old man Jack Springs, grand-father of Brevard Springs. I He was advocating the building of a railroad from Columbia to Charlotte. The road was surveyed in 1847. A string band was there that day, but the late W. M. Sutton was the only member of it that we have any recollection of. The old man Joseph Parks, J. H. Coltharp, Mrs. Tirzah Faris, Mrs. Sallie Billue and Mrs. Martha Ellen Smith are the only survivors of that day that we know of. And now, if anyone can produce an older, better, bigger, longer, stronger and louder opening than we had in 1845, 67 years ago, just let him trot her out. Splinter. Gold Hill, Sept. 16. The Panama canal is to be opened to traffic in the fall of 1913, according to an official statement issued Saturday from the navy department at Washington. The Men Who Succeed as heads of large enterprises are men of great energy. Success, today, demands health. To ail is to fail. It's otter folly for a man to endure a weak, run-down, half alive condition when Electric Bitters will put him right on his feet in short order. "Four bottles did me more real good than any other medicine I ever took," writes Chas. B. Allen, Sylvania, Ga. "After years of suffering whith rheumatism, "liver trouble, stomach disorders and deranged kidneys, I am again, thanks to Electric Bitters, sound and well." Try them. Only 50 cents at Parks Drug Co., Ardrev's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co. Teachers' Examination. The regular Fall Teachers' Examination of applicants to teach in the public schools will be held in Yorkville on Friday, October 4th, 1912, beginning at 9 a. m., and closing promptly at 4 p. m. The questions will be based on the State adopted text books. Those on Pedagogy on the State Manuel for Elementary Schools, and the State Manuel for High Schools. J. W. QU1NN, T. E. McMACKIN, J. H. WITHEKSPOON. DON'T BE BILIOUS. We Guarantee This Pleasant and Effective Treatment for Biliousness and Blues When you are bilious your liver is out of order and the poisons in your system are not being properly removed. Instead of being expelled from the body they are carried by the blood to the stomach, the brain, the kidneys, the muscles, clogging and hampering every organ, making it impossible for you to work, or think or enjoy yourself as you ought to. Perhaps you have the blues, or are rheumatic, or gouty, or suffer from dizziness, indigestion, heartburn, nausea, or are constipated, have a bad breath, or kidney trouble, or a blotchy and impure skin. Your liver is not doing its work properly. Waste products--poisons ?that should have been eliminated, are remaining in the system. Or the liver is not secreting enough bile, thus hindering that part of the digestion that takes place in the bowels. Rexall Liver Salts contains certain salts commonly found in the celebrated mineral waters at Baden Baden and other famous resorts to which invalids travel thousands of miles to partake of the waters. You can stay at home and get similar treatment. Rexall Liver Salts contains Bicarbonate of Potash, Sulphate and Chloride of Sodium, Lithium Carbonate, Potassium Sulphate. It is agreeable, pleasant, effervescent, gently laxative?not \iolently purgative?cleansing the intestinal tract without any but the most beneficial and grateful effect. We know what Rexall Liver Salts is made of, We know it is good for the liver and for derangements caused by or contributed to by an unhealthy liver. We guarantee it to the fullest extent ? eiving vou vour money back if not ef fective. We know you will be pleased with the results. 2oc and 5Uc. 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? Haifa's cn the Corner, s ' * . . FOR SALE. We offer for sale Berkshire Pigs, $1U each. Let us breed your sow to one of our boars, oui fee, a nig. Reliable party can have one of our boars on shares. See us if interested. L. A. HARRIS & BRO. House Out of Shape Sounds funny, doesn't ii? But you have seen them; warped, settled and shrunken. Poor Lumber was tne cause of it. Houses built of sound, well seasoned Lumber like we sell, keep their shape. Remember this when making your next purchase. J. J. BAILES. Electric Bitters Made A New Man Of Kim. "I was Buffering from p3in in idv stomach, head and back," writes H. T. Alston, Kaleigh, N. "and my liver and kidneys aid not work right but four bottles of Electric Eitterrniade me feel liko a new man." PRICj^^CTS^l^L^DRU^ST^R?$^; FOR SALE V1LUABLE 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, ioins lands of D. A. Lee on west and Miss Ella Stewart on east, 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'v interest. Price $2,100. One 7-room house with large front and rear piazza, good barn and best well 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 proper- j ty faces four streets. With small cost for grading, etc., can be made double its present value. Owner and terms same as above. 270 acres fine timber in Lancaster county on Catawba river, near new Ivy Mill bridge. Will cut about three million feet. See it and ask for price. Owner same as above. 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 long credit. 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. 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. 0. Hall; price$4.f>00. You should get some of the profits of steady increasing values of real estate. "DO IT NOW." T. M. HUGHES, Broker, LANCASTER. S. C. As Much c Of the Earth i FOR SALE-CXI The P. K. Mull propeity, locate C., with 5-room brick residence ai The 7-room residence on lot on ! Main street, now occupied as a re: The 6-room cottage on Clebourr dence by P. L. Wagner. The 4-room cottage on Leonidas The 6-room cottage on Elm Stre The 6-room dwelling on 7-8 acre now occupied as a residence by E. The 6-room residence on Booth ! now occupied as a residence by S. COUNTRY F The Wm. Nicholson faim, cont bounded by lands of W. H. Wind Nivens, located about 5 miles froi being offered at a bargain. The Sam Billue place containing miles of Fort Mill: 35 pcres under es; good well and fine growth of \ FOR F The home of Mrs. Jennie Spratl acres of land. Apply to us for te If you have property FOR SAL we will handle it to your advantaj BAILES & LII jpQLICJ While our policy i tive, we never fail t< to our patrons and large. Our first tho and liberal accomm trons and we offer courtesy and acconn rightfully conducts offer. I THE FIRST NATION T S KIRK" PATRICK. ? ? ?, ^ President. :I: I , j co I SEE < {new ; goc X L. J. MJ3 | Woodrov Roose I One of the T1 dent, Pre McElhaney & < of Clothing for M for Ladies, Miss< whole family. M line, too numerou I Our Fall stock M'ELI i i >r as Little is You Want Y PROPERTY. d on Main Street., Fort Mill, S. r.d well thereon. Booth Street, 125 x 220 feet, near: ddence by the Hon. J. R. Haile. | - - le Street, now occupied as a resi-1 Street. et, now occupied by J. B. Erwin. 1 lot, located on Booth Street and W. Kimbrell. Street, owned by J. W. Elms and A. Epps. >ROPERTY. aining 134 acres more or less, le, Sam Blankenship and L. S. j m Fort Mill. This property is r 121 acres of farm land within 5 cultivation: houaes and outhousoung timber. IENT. t, located in Sprattville, with two rms. rJ or KfcilNT, list it witn us auu t?e. Real Estate Brokers, /NJN, Fort Mill, S. C. t i s always conserva ) recognize our duty the community at ^ ught is for the just I ! lodation of our pa- j every convenience, nodation which any d institution could ^ | 1 AL BANK, F0RST r I T. B. SPRATT, Cashier. 4 ME j our : FALL j )DS. LSSEY. | =====? 1 j Wilson, Theodore ivelt, Wm. Taft. iree Will be Elected Presi>vided~ Company will sell the greatest line en and Boys, Coat Suits and Suits es and Children, and Shoes for the f /e have other things in the wearing s to mention, at enticing prices. has just arrived. HANEY & CO., "" E. W. KIMBRELL CO., ( General Merchandise and Cotton Fort Mill, Sept. 18, *12. Mr. Farmer: "Harvest time11 is here at last and the fields are white with cotton. In just a few days you will be needing a lot of bagging and ties. We have just received a big shipment of a splendid grade of new bagging and ties and having bought them in a big lot we are able to make you a surprisingly low price, so be sure to see us before you buy. Remember, we always pay the highest market price for cotton and seed and are always glad to figure with you on anythiing you have t.o sell. "Grimes' Best'' Flour?the best over T?rpe:Vi nnr nn t.hfi rnaH. fjfit. in lin? and eat good, wholesome bread at the the same price. E. W. KIMBRELL COMPANY. What Does is Cost To Live? Note the following prices and see if they won't reduce the cost of your living: Good Rice, per pound, at 5c. 2 Cans 20c Pink Salmon for 25c. Choice Mackerel, each, at 5c. Seven bars Octagon Soap every Monday for _25c. No, we didn't say that "Diamond" Flour would rise without lard, but we did say it would reduce the cost of living. McElhaney & Co., Store of Style and Quality. t p5a5H5aSS5HH5HSg5H55a5aiEgZSSS5a^525BSa5agg52SaB| m I We Want This Store! | ? TO INFLUENCE EVERY DIN- M K NEK TABLE IN THIS CITY. I It's worth while to run a store that does that?or that does a Ml ?] small part of that! lj9 ?j The dinner table is the "assembly" of the home ?the rallying jj jjj point, where all the members of the household meet and rehearse jj jjj the droll events of the day, and the sombre ones as well. The home Ifi I" ties are cemented, reinforced, at the dinner table. What more H jjj important work, then, than furnishing the eatables which play "the jjj IU star" nart at dinner tahlpH? l.ooLfincr at our huainesa aa nna of hiirh lis ^service, we're proud of it! dJO Parks Grocery Company, | E. S. PARKS, Manager. H E5a5E5a55H5ag5a5H555g5a5{g5ggtoH5H5g5E5H5H5ng5g5aBl KiSg'3 NEW LIFE PILLS B. J. WHITE, The PillS That Do Cure* Attorney at Law. Office Over Ardrey'a Dru^.tora, ElECTHlC_The2Si'T?^^ fort mux, s. c BITTElS Fuoll, M?Hcln?. W Call Tuwdafi ad Mkn.