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THE FORT MILL TIMES. Democratic ? Published Thursdays. B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. ' I ?" I' ' " >p?cumow Rates: One Year ?1.28 Six Months 65 The Times invites contributions on live subject* bat does not agree to publish more than 2<X> words en any aubject. The right is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the poetoffice at Fort Mill. 8. C.. as mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3,1912. Wilson Appear* a Winner. mahJI. hrvfnwn thn Psooi. Ulir itllfTilli uriuit me x itoidential election of 1912 the Democracy has the most encouraging prospects of success it has had any year since 1892, when Grover Cleveland was elected for the second time and the country returned s\ mpathetic majorities in both the Seriate and House of Representatives, giving the Democracy control of the legislative and executive branches of the Government for the first time since the civil war. Unless Governor Wilson makes a serious blunder during the remaining thirty-odd days of the campaign which the Republicans and Bull Moosers can turn to tremendous profit, his election seems inevitable. While, the campaign of Roosevelt undoubtedly is more formidable than many at first thought it would be, his prospects of sufficient success to even throw the election in the House of Representatives is almost nil. President Taft's campaign seems lu uc m mc i hands of men who are discouraged and dispirited and if, they are making any material headway the press reports do! not so indicate. Informed observers of the political trend of the' times express the opinion that the President will do well if he carries half a dozen States. He setms tq be certain of only j three or four of the smaller New England States. Roosevelt probably* will get the electoral vote of the far Northwestern States and perhaps^ Kansas and California. In every other State of the Union the Democracy has more than a fighting chance of success. Indiana appears to be certainly Democratic, with Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts headed toward the Democratic camp. New York and New Jersey have been taken out of the doubtful column by the political wiseacres and are set down as safely Democratic. So far as the real Southern and half-Southern ftfatoc sire pnnpcrnpfl it is simnlv a matter of the Wilson majority. The country seeips destined to have a Democratic President after the 4th of March and along with him a Democratic Congress. Then if there isn't something doing to relieve the people of trust rule, we shall be greatly disappointed. I The recent suicide of General Nogi and his wife calls attention to the vast and essential difference that still exists between Oriental and American civilization. While in many ways Japan has learned of this country the effect is outward rather than inward. It shows that it is easier to change clothes than to change characteristics. Suicide is still glorified in Japan and General Nogi and his countess will for their rash act be tenderly enshrined in the memory of the nation. With the Anglo-Saxon, and also in varying degree with other white peoples, suicide is considered self-murder and a sign of cowardice and mental weakness. Evidently the difference between the brown and yellow men of the East and the j white man of the West is not merely one of the color of the olrir* Thoro ic alert a HiffprPTlPP in the color of their mentality, and it goes to show that whether or not the "twain shall never be one" the assimilation, if it ever does take place, can come only after an extremely slow and tedious process. In the light of the failure of Great Rritain during the last six or seven centuries to govern Ireland it^ manner that would make for the happiness and prosperity of the whole population, the l>osition of the Ulsterites [against home rule for Ireland] is scarcely defensible.?The State. Strength to the opposition of the Ulsterites! They know that , home rule for Ireland means the rule of the Vatican. Tyrconnel and James the Second are not | forgotten. Well, at any rate it is encouraging to observe that some of the dry goods houses in Rock Hill have waked up to the fact that a daily paper is published in that town and are doing themselves the justice to advertise in it. The Evening Herald is a better paper than its support warrants. i In traveling safety is the first consideration. To secure that for their patrons is the chief aim of steamship and railroad companies. And these companies learn by experience with the result that improvements are constantly being made in equipment to lessen the danger of collision and other accidents. With the same object in view companies are far more careful as to the habits of their employes than they used to be and regulations are becoming more numerous and more stringent. That is as it should be. When one leaves by boat or train for some given point he wants to be as sure as possible that he will reach it without injury or unnecessary discomfort. The traveling public therefore welcomes everything done to secure that end. For that reason it approves the action of the Delaware, L.acKawanna & Westei'n railroad in insisting upon total abstinence for its trainmen. Costly experience, due especially to recent awful wrecks on that and other lines, has led to this drastic order. If anyone thinks the order too drastic let him remember that the life of a person is of first importance and that life should not be imperiled by carelessness, insufficient precau- j tions, or by wrong habits of officials and men. Every child, boy or girl, has its friends. Who are they and what are they is the question which every sensible,parent will ask. Are the friends your children have fit companions for thpm*' This is a Question of "" " # " ?? I great import at any time and especially now when the days, are shortening and the long evenings are at hand, for then; is the time when yopng people spend hours with each other. It would be a good thing if in every 1 home there was a room in which j the children could meet with their youthful companions. Such ! a room and gathering under the direct supervision of parents would put a ban upon undesirable friends while it would result in bringing together young people of character, good tastes and helpful dispositions. Wonder what old Horse Tooth Roosevelt now thinks of his chances of breaking the solid South? In Atlanta and Knox( ville he was greeted by hostile audiences which showed unmistakably their sympathy for the candidacy of Governor Wilson. The Next Legislature. "Times change and men change with them." The next Legislature will be different from those j that have gone before in that it will have as-members of the House representatives of occupations that have heretofore been voters and not successful candidates. The House will have from i Charleston a railroad engineer, a railroad conductor and a lynotype operator. The Piedmont country has elected several excotton mill representatives. The proportion of lawyers will be cut down considerably. It is to be hoped, though not: expected, that when the Solons' meet next January there will not' he a Blease or a Jones man in either body, but that the 44 senators and 124 representatives will all be square deal, unprejudiced and unafraid legislators, superior to faction and solid to support whatever is best for j South Carolina.?Barnwell People. Much Interest in Dispensary Election. A citizen of Chester who visited Fort Mill Saturday stated to The Times that great interest was being taken in his city and countv over the election to be held in November to decide as to whether county dispensaries are to be re-established in Chester county. On account of this! interest already 2.300 have registered to vote in the election, and both sides doubtless will put up a stubborn fight. The Times' informant was of the opinion that the dispensary crowd would win out. Several months ago the Christian Civic League of Chester county was organized for the purpose of fighting the efforts to re-establish the dispensary, and it is said that ex-Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina, and other distinguished speakers will be secured a few weeks before the election comes off to deliver addresses at several points throughout the county. Paint Your Wire Fence. I The practice of painting wire fencing is by no means as com : nion as it should be. Repeated experiments have shown that even the best of galvanized wire is improved and its period of usefulness extended by a coat of paint. The cost is very slight, about one cent per rod. The main difficulty is to get a kind of paint that will work successfully over wire. Paints that prove very satisfactory for buildings are not always suited for this class of work. A basic chrome green paint is recommended by some, but in general it is advised that the man who wishes to paint his fence get j the opinion of some one who understands the paint business thoroughly before making his selection. Mistrial in Wade Bailey Case. Considerable interest was felt locally in the trial in Charlotte last week of Wade H. Bailey, who was charged with the killing, on July 31, last, of James H. Davis, at the Atherton mill, near Charlotte. Bailey was raised in Fort Mill township and is a son of R. T. Bailey, a former citizen of this community. Some years ago Bailey lost his right j*?m in an annif\c>r\t nt n rori, shredder which he was operating. He is married and is the father of five small children. Thursday he went upon the stand in his own behalf and testified that he was on the way to his home on the morning of July 31 from the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, where he was employed as a night watchman, when he met Davis, a neighbor, near the Atherton mill. Both occupied houses belonging to VV. M. Long. They spoke to each other pleasantly, he said, and he then asked Davis if he had reported to Mr. Long that Bailey was tearing boards off the barn. Davis replied, "You have been doing it and you know it," at the same time applying an epithet to Bailey. Davis picked up a rock and started toward Bailey, who looked around for a rock but could find none. Bailey hacked away from Davis about 30 feet, but Davis came on upon him, grappled him around the neck, and held him with one hand while die pounded him with the other. Bailey kept trying to get away from his enemy and backed away 100 feet from where they first came together. Davis got Bailey's head under his arm while Bailey, being ohe-armed, could not get loose. Bailey saw Davis reaching for his pocket, he said, and thinking he was trying to get his knife, Bailey drew the pistol lie carried as night watchman and shot Davis three times. Then Davis released him. The prosecution, while not denying that Davis was a larger man than Bailey, ridicules the knife-in-the-pocket theory, and claims that the difficulty was sought by Bailey who knew that while ordinarily he would be at a disadvantage had the difference in iiis pocket in the shape of a loaded revolver. The State claimed that Bailey demanded of Davis, "Why did you tell that ? lie about me?" 'and that this was provocation for a fight. The case went to the jury Thursday morning at 11 o'clock and after deliberating all of the afternoon and night, without reaching a verdict, Judge Webb ordered a mistrial. It is said that 11 of the 12 jurors were for acquittal, but the twelfth juror was firm for conviction and said that in no circumstances would he yield to the will of the others. One of the character witnesses +'/%? ujjc V\7 A Wntenn 1VJI UUilVJ >? C*0 1T? A Li II a Charlotte citizen well known in Fort Mill. Aged Lancaster Man Dead. The Lancaster News of Saturday contained the following account of the death near that city of Mr. Hood L. Belk, father of Mr. R. L. C. Belk, of this township: We regret to chronicle the death of Mr. Hood L. Belk, which occurred at his home in Gill Is Creek section of the county on Tuesday last. His death was not unexpected, as he had been in very feeble health for some time past. Mr. Belk was about 86 years of age. He was an upright honorable man and was liked by all who knew him. He had been honored by his county by being made county commissioner. He is survived by a brother Capt. John W. Belk and two sons, R. L. C. Belk of Fort Mill and W. J. Mc. C. Belk of the cotton mill community. He was a member of the A. R. P. church. The remains were interred in the Tirzah church burying ground on Wednesday. Flint Hill News. Fort Mill Times Correspondence. Mr. P. -M. Bailes. after spending a few days at home, left for Louisville, Ky., Saturday morning to enter the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mrs. Ammie Merritt who has been sick for some time is, we are glad to say, still improving. Mr. Z. T. Bailes has been sick for the past two weeks but is able to be up again. * * ' 1 l 1 ___ as tne weamer nas ueen su bad for the last week, the Sunday School did not have thencotton picking last Saturday, but we are hoping and expecting a large tirre and crowd Saturday, next, at Mr. S. P. Blankenship's. M. B. Did You Know Him? My Dear Sirs: I am trying to find out what became of one Richard E. Adams who graduated at the Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, in 1828. I know nothing more about him except' he was from South Carolina. If anybody can give me any information concerning him or his family, I will appreciate it very highly. C. L. Martzolfit. Alumni Secretary Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 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 utter folly for a man to endure a weak, run-down, half alive condition when Electric Hitters will put him right on his feet in short order. "Four bottles did me more real good than any other medicine 1 ever took," writes Chas. B. Allen, Sylvania, Ga. "After years of suffering whith rheumatism, liver trouble, stomach disorders and deranged kidneys, 1 am again, thanks to Electric KitU-rs. sound and well." Try them. Only 50 cents at Parks Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co. I Faces on New Money. Robert 0. Bailey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has completed a list of former Presidents and other prominent men whose names are to be used on a new series of paper money that is about to be issued. The face of George Washing- i ton will appear on the $1 bills; Thomas Jefferson on the $2 bills; Abraham Lincoln on the $5 bills; Grover Cleveland on the $10; Alexander Hamilton, $20; Andrew Jackson, $50; Benjamin Franklin, $100; John Marshall $500; Henry Clay. $1,000, and j U. & Grant, $1U,UUU. Many Driven From Home. Every year, in many parts of the country, thousands are driven from their homes by coughs and lung diseases. Friends and business are left behind for other climates; but this is costly and not always sure. A better way?the way of multitudes?is to use Or. Kiug's New Discovery and cure .ourself at home. Stay right there, with your friends, and take this safe medicine. Throat and lung troubles tind quick relief and health returns. Its help in coughs, coids, grip, croup, whooping-cough and sore lungs make it a positice blessing. 50c and *1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Krt Mill Drug Co., Parks Drug Co. and Ardrey's Drug Store. Greenbacks Made Smaller. The order reducing the size of United States currency and national bank notes by one-third and completely revolutionizing the designs will be issued by Secretary McVeigh within a few weeks. There is no question now that the change will be made. The designs for the new bills are being completed. The design for each denomination of every bill, United States notes, gold and silver certificates and national bank notes will be of the same general nature. The new currency will measure 6 by 21-2 inches as compared \yith the 7.28 by 3.04 of the present notes. It will require 18 months to make the change complete. Uncle Ezra Says "It don't take more'n a gill uv effort to git folks into a peck of trouble" anil a little neglect of constipation, biliousness, indigestion or other liver derangement will do the same. If ailing, take Dr. King's New Life Pills for quick results. Easy, safe, sure, and only 25 cents at Ardrey's Drug Store, Fort Mill Drug Co. and Parks 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.f and closing promptly at 4 p. m. The questions will be based on the - -I ? > . ?r> Oiait OUUpifU if At uuwna. i uv-v vr.i Pedairopy on the State Manuel for Elementary Schools, and the State Manuel for Hi^h Schools. J. W. QUINN, T. E. McMACKIN, J. H. WITHEKSi'OON. Flower Pots. We will have a shipment today of Flower Tots ranging in sizes from one quart to five gallons. It will be the best assortment you have seen before here and as it is very inconvenient to ' tore them, we will make especially good prices for prompt delivery. The time for transplanting is almost at hand. Magazine Subscriptions. A few of the most popular magazines will advance their clubbing prices Nov. 1st. Let us have your renewals even if your subscriptions have not expired. We guarantee to save you money. Ardrey's Drug Store, Fresh arrival of HEADLEY'S . and HERSHEY'S Celebrated Confections. All the popular brands of Chewing Gum. Haile's on the Corner, House Out of Shape , Sounds funny, doesn't it? But ! you have seen them; warped, j settled and shrunken. Poor Lumber was tne cause of it. Houses built 5 of sound, well seasoned Lumber . like we sell, keep their shape. Remember this when making your next purchase. J. J. BAILES. ! FOR SALE | VALUABLE PROPERTY One five-room house with large front JJ and rear pia/.as, large barn and fine I water, situated on one of the best I streets in town, ioins lands of I). A. I Lee on west and Miss Ella Stewart on east, size of lot, one acre more or 1? ss. property of Mrs. E. K. Barber. Terms, 1-3 cash, balance in three equal annual; payments at S < interest. Price $2,100. One 7-room house with large front I and rear piazza, gi*>d barn and best well of water in town; also one of the best finished houses in town. Halfaere lot. situated on Booth street. This I is valuable property. Owner and terms same as above. Price, $2,625. One 2J acre lot on west side of Confi derate 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 t? rms 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. Hdgl.es. Will sell on long credit. Subject to present lease. Price, per R acre, $32.50. H 402 acres, 7 miles Southeast of Fort 3 Mill, on Chariotte-Camden road. Twelve u farms in cultivation, and within 3-4 of mile of two churches and one school. " Property of J. L. Pettus. Easy terms. P Price, per acre, $25.00. . |j 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..~>oo. You should get some of the profits of stead} increasing values of tval estate. "DO IT NOW." T. M. HUGHES, Broker, LANCASTER. S. C. G As Much o Of the Earth a FOR SALE- CIT^ The P. K. Mull property, located C., with 5-room brick residence an The 7-room residence on lot on B Main street, now occupied as a resi The 6-room cottage on Clebourne dence by P. L. Wagner. The 4-room cottage on Leonidas J The 6-room cottage on Elm Stree The 6-room dwelling on 7-8 acre now occupied as a residence by E. 1 The 6-room residence on Booth Si now occupied as a residence by S. i COUNTRY PI The Wm. Nicholson farm, eonta bounded by lands of W. H. Windk Nivons. located about 5 miles from being otfered at a bargain. The Sam Billue place containing miles of Fort Mill; 35 pcres under c es; good well and fine growth of yo 48-acre farm within three miles i pounds of cotton. Price $650. Go' The I). A. Dee place, south of Fi Frank Massey, Fred Nims and J. \ idence, barns, outhouses; nice orch; In most of the above property we cash and balanae in two; three and FOR R1 The home of Mrs. Jennie Spratt, acres of land. Apply to us for ten If you have property FOR SALE we will handle it to your advantagt BAILES & LIN | Fall Milliner | (Miss Frank in I Thursday, ( You are Cordi; Meacham I CITATION. & State of South Carolina, York J County. By L. Ft. Williams, Esquire, Probate ^ Judge of York County. ? Whereas Itufus F. Bovcl has applied 1 to me for Letters of Administration, on 5. all ar.d singular, the good- and ehat- L'. tels, rights and credits of Theodore V. ' and Katie Boyd, late of the county aforesaid, deceased: * These are, therefore, to cite a: d admonish all and singular the kindred an 1 ' creditors of the said d? ceas? d, to be 1 and appear before me at our next 1 Probate Court for the said county, to 1 jc holden at York Court House on the So 12th day of October to shew cause, if ? any, why the said Administration ihould net be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 16th day of September in the year of >ur Lord one thousand nine hundred ind twelve and in the 137th year of \merican independence. L. R. WILLIAMS, I'robate Judge of York County. J OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at fhe Times office. > Ladies o an* We want each or | added to our stoc k | Suits, Extra Skirts a to have you call anc buy or not. Our prices ars 25 We have employ I her pleasure to sho> I Come early while | \ r as Little |j 8 s You Want. ! Si jjf r PROPERTY. on Main Street., Fort Mill, S. H i well thereon. 11 coth Street, 125 x 220 feet, near || der.ee by the Hon. J. R. Haile. || t Street, new occupied as a resi- || street. Ij t, now occupied by J. IF Erwin. |< lot, located on Booth Street and f W. Kimbrell. | hreet. owned bv J. W. Elms and I k. Epps. 3 J ROPERTY. ining 134 acres more or less, If Srm Blankenship and L S. Fort Mill. This property i *Tj tin 121 acres of farm land within 5 ultivatioh: houses and out ho us- T img timber. 1 of Fort Mill; rents for 1,000 )d one-hoj*se farm, ort Mill; bounded by lands of V. Ardrey; 130 acres. Nice resard. $'10 per acre, easy terms, can make terms of one-third four years to suit purchaser, j ^ ENT. located in Sprattville, with two ns. or RENT, list it with us and [I/" Real Estate Brokers, w; IIV, Fort Mill, S. C. !i^ HlliMiaWi Mil Willi lili y Opening I charge) | ? ktober 3 | f jlly invited. jjj | & Epps. SI Iff i ii mil?iiihiiiiiii i i i ii jj| mmnammrzanac rrrKuncr wmms . - [? pi^tnV i I IIWl U ?4v Hj? &; I t \&f j-1 Be X I liters j I IVfauc A ti j!W Wlan Of Ki. j. j> ^ "I was suffering from pain in i ^ mmm itcmach, head ai <1 oack,'; writes H. a. r. .4laton, Half ir*h, X C\, ' and r y i) iver and ?:i J::eya did not work ris ?nt four Itot'.Ksoi Electric liittt ti-*j uade mo feel hko a new mail." ? Fa >RICE^53|C1o\|AT ALL ORU^SJCRhS.^ B. J, WHITE, | Attorney at Law. Office Over Ardrey's Drugstore, FORT MILL, S. C. IvS if' fall Tuesday? and Fridays. #3 ILECTRIC The Best oinic, B BITTERS family Medicine.' J B| I LKCBSra Ml "TllilMyri I 11 MillW'fl'*11' MTj ?f Fort Mill ! 11 * 1 Surrwnding Country: ie of you to know that we have jugt | a nice line of Ladies' Coats, Coat 1 ncl Children's. Coats and would like i i i i i i i see the line whether you wish to > per cent cheaper than elsewhere. eel Miss Bessie Adkins and it wi il be /v you this line of goods. i the stocks are complete. 4ANEY & CO., | Ve Reduce the Cost. BHRKSUEfld&tdMMfliHUMNi&flBHUMBiHBHIflEM p OMffMcgBuw -caaiiM wm SAVINGS BANK, THE OLD RELIABLE. I Our purpose is to make our bank a material benefit to tl e community in general and our patrons in particular. It would be a pleasure to J have your name on our books. We invite you to I start a checking account with us. The advantages I we offer will be a convenience and benefit to you, I as it has been to others. i LEROY SPRINGS, President W. B. MEACHAM, Cashier. | I war. aj -j frxxr-fvaas an m m wi u? ??a ? mb ?^afcaaRit<ta i ifuwnr r?t niinrMijiri(r?wiaMiWMP????iBM $/hat Dees it Cost Fo Live? Note the following prices and see if they won't reduce e cost of your living: Good Rice, per pound, at. __ ... 5c. 2 Cans 20c Rink 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 ithout lard, but we did say it would reduce the cost of ring. We give Premium Coupons. McElhaney & Co., Store of Style and Quality. IrZsT' SS?cS^J&222SZS5Z'.7S J ES555^ye5ZSg^.gc5H?Tgi5rH5arB Right Now | mmmmaaa hhbb BMNeannnH o| We arc better prepared to serve you [j] satisfactorily than at any time since open- Rj ing busines in Fort Mill a year ago. In 3 Table Supplies, Groceries, Etc., 3 Our selections are Fresh and Season- gj able. Arriving daily, you will find (iood g Things to Tat that appeal to your appetite. 3 W e buy and sell Country Produce. 3 7"fc 3 _ P 3 rams urocery company, k ? E. S. PARKS, Manager. g ^7^5?55Z5TH.ci.cirEiSE555gS { EEP.SSTi^I^I^SZE^S^S^BlG .?9H| Wi I Everything gj We Insure aAst' 1 * * w il&l.umi v Anything a pwreirja'ra Bailes & Link. I ?