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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.
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When you are bilious your liver is out
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organ, making it impossible for you to
work, or think or enjoy yourself as you
ought to.
Perhaps you have the blues, or are
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or are constipated, have a bad
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Your liver is not doing its work properly.
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Rexall Liver Salts contains certain
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It is agreeable, pleasant, effervescent,
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We know what Rexall Liver Salts is
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liver and for derangements caused by
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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,
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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
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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the community at ^
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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.,
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E. W. KIMBRELL CO.,
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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.
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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
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KiSg'3 NEW LIFE PILLS B. J. WHITE,
The PillS That Do Cure* Attorney at Law.
Office Over Ardrey'a Dru^.tora,
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