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THE FOBT KILL TIMES. Dwnutie ? Pabliftbed Thund*v*. B W. BRADFORD - Editor *nd Proprietor. SOMonrnoM SATO: Om Ymr *1.26 Hi Month* 6* TM 1UUM IOTIIM CODtnouiJun* w ui< ntiotw k?t daw not n i w to publish more than 200 words M any subject. The right is reserved to edit every 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 postofllee at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. __ * L . ^ THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17,1912. Of course the boy whose parent larrups him does not agree that this is an age in which people do not get something for nothing. In the face of almost certain defeat President Taft is as amiable and good n&tured as ever. He will retire from the Presidency with the good will of a greater number of Southern people than any Republican president the country has ever had. His administration has not been in the interest of the people, but I personally he is a fine man. The farmer who thinks that his children will be satisfied to ? <? o f o vm bnilfiP that I villain tn a mini uvmw ?? shows no improvement over conditions that sufficed fifty years ago is doomed to disappointment. In this day it is possible for a farm house to have the same modern conveniences that exist in the city, and the farmer who will not install them is behind the time and has but himself to blame if his children are lured by the cry of the city. The old excuse, "it was good enough for me when I was a boy," does not j count with the rising generation. In three weeks, lacking one day, the country will elect Woodrow Wilson President. There is much to feel good over in the prospect, for he is not only a Democrat, but is a Southern man and understands the problems of this section. The South will have a friend in court with Woodrow Wilson in the White House, and his administration will be the success all Demo ? % i . crats are hoping for unless ne ^ makes the mistake of surrounding himself with a lot of highbrows who know little of and ; care less for the needs of the great mass of the people. There is no need for the peopeople of Fort Mill to go to Rock Hill, Charlotte or elsewhere to 1 trade when they can get the same goods here at home proba- j bly for less money. When you trade at home you help yourself as well as your merchant. When you earn your dollars here and go elsewhere to spend them you simply are impoverishing the soil that produces your harvest. Every dollar that goes out of Fort Mill ceases to circulate here. It's gone to pay debts elsewhere and left debts here unpaid. Money in circulation in a community is helpful all around. While The Times had no inside information on the subject, we never doubted that in due season Governor Blease would announce his allegiance to the national Democratic ticket and that all the talk which has recently been in uKrtnt- hie fripnHlinPW 1 lllUUi^^U III HWUV M?W , for the Bull Moose candidates was unfounded. Unless we, along with a good many other people, mistake the Governor's ambition he is already a candidate for the seat in the United. States Senate now held by E. D. ; Smith, and if this conclusion is correct, it would have been nothing short of political self-destruction for him to have refused to support the national party ticket. It is strange that ir this era of education and enlightenment there should in many quarters be recrudescence of superstition. Yet so it is and the number of clairvoyants, palmists, crystal-1 gazers and other "professors" is greater than ever. The wearing of mascots to ensure luck is also quite a fad with many credulous | folks. Of course so long as! there are people so foolish and weak as to believe in signs and omens just so long will eharla-; tans flourish. In all this one recognizes how needful it is for teachers of religion and education to make people realize how senseless and foolish this superstition is. Governor Blease probably real-! izes now that he made a mistake | in paroling Lonnie Hall from the State penitentiary. Hall was convicted some years ago of man- j slaughter in Richland county and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment He had served only a few years of the sentence when Governor Blease granted him a conditional pardon. Saturday night Hall got into a difficulty with a young man in Columbia, struck him in the head with a brick, and in 15 hours the young man was dead. Hall seems to be a man who cannot keep out of trouble. He has a reputation in Columbia of being a desperate character and it would have been much better had the Governor not paroled him. Political conditions throughout the country remind one of the breaking up of the mighty deep. Uncertainty as to the immediate future of the success of any party is the natural result despite the confidence that leaders in each of the parties may display. The only thing to do, and it becomes every citizen to do it, is to vote the way that he deems is for the best welfare of the nation. Incidentally it may be well to remark that it is in order for each one to keep sweet and have an even temper, and to crelit others with the same patriotism and sincerity of purpose with which he credits himself. And also to remember that ' i/ili/inni. norfir urine tho nrtnnfrv yvillklicvci (/OIVJ nnio vnv vvunvi^ is not going to the dogs. The old-fashioned ideals of marriage were that two people were joined for life "until death do us part," and the ideals were good even if they were not always in the actual married state. But now certain people when they propose to be married enter into some new-fangled antenuptial arrangements so designed as to modify and lessen the sancity of married life. Of course some of the provisions, in that fchey run counter to the marriage laws of the different States, would be null and void if wives and husbands should seek to carry them out without first getting a divorce. But the pity of it all is that these people who make such absurd and sometimes vicious arrangements are said to have "high ideals." All of which goes to show that with 'some people "high ideals" and "high art" are but euphonious terms for nastiness. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Some people are so crabbed in disposition that they invariably make one think of a sour apple tree. But for every one such person there are several who live on the sunny side of life and who distil joy and gladness wherever they go, and so more than the balance is struck. An analysis of one's life will usually show that most of our difficulties are imaginary only. Looked at from any point it is never wise to cross a bridge until it is reached. ^ No matter how long the beautiful fall weather lasts some farmers and gardeners are bound to have their crops injured. Some people are always fifteen minutes late. Doing good to be seen and being seen to do good do not always mean the same thing. The first means a sham benevolence while the other implies genuineness. One fact looms up with increasing distinctness, which is that power will more and more be exercised by the people and not by the bosses. Some people are so intent in improving others that they have neither time nor thought for improving themselves. "Drummers" Want to Vote. A mammoth petition to the next Congress of the United States is being prepared by the Commercial Travelers' Good Gov- J ernment association, according to J. Maxwell Gordon, field representative of the Democratic national committee, who is now visiting the principal political points in the South to confer with the party leaders. The petition will urge legislation to allow traveling men away from home to vote in the presidential elections. The petition already contains the signatures of 150,000 traveling men from every section of the United States, and 150,000 more will be added before it ii, presented to Congress. State Baseball League Proposed. Greenville, Spartanberg and Anderson, the South Carolina towns in the Carolina baseball league, are counting on forming a State league, in case the North Carolina towns decide to form a Tar Heel State league. Since the close of the 1912 season there has been talk of an all-State league, in which case the three in f-Viio Qf-of-o urnnl/i Ko IttVf- I IV?? ?iO 111 V11IU UVUVV ?f VUIV4 W 1V.1V out. In consequence thereof there is talk of forming a South Carolina league. A special from Greenville states that that city intends to hold on to its men regsrdless of the out- j come of the league. The Green- > ville fans figure that a State league, composed of Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Augusta, Rock Hill and Charleston, would be a first rate combination. However, if Columbia could be prevailed to drop the South Atlantic aggregation and come in it would be more profitable for all concerned. With a league composed of the above six cities the running expenses would be considerably less than if Charleston was in the ring, as that city j is far away from each of the, other towns. The Price Cotton Picker. "Is the solution of the cottonpicking problem near at hand?" . asks the Greenville Piedmont. J which goes on to say: "It seems t almost too much to even hope f that such is the case but there a are indications that it is." The solution comes in the form of a j machine, invented by Theodore a H. Price, well known the country ; over. This machine was invented several years ago but not until this year has it reached a ( state bordering anything like upon perfection. There are t many faults to be found with it r yet but according to those who : have seen it work, it is sure to be s in general use in a short time. j Mr. Price gave a demonstration f with the machine near Charlotte, c N. C., last fall. In the year, s which has intervened, he has ^ made some more improvements in it and this week he gave a . demonstration at Laurinburg, N. C. Editor Wade H. Harris of The Charlotte Observer, saw the machine at work near Charlotte last fall and he saw it at work last week at Laurinburg. The conclusions which he reaches J are most interesting. Mr. Harris states that to all i appearances the machine is about i the same as it was when it was operated in Charlotte and that on j the first picking it does about | the same character of work. On ? the second, however, it leaves 1 less than 3 per cent, of cotton in | the bolls or on the ground. ? Mr. Harris says that the ma- < chinery of the picker seems to | have a more rapid and more , dependable movement and that i it does better work is manifest. 11 "However," he continues, "it is not yet perfected. It is only improved in efficiency. Mr. Price conceived the idea of performing a second picking for the benefit of the large number of farmers, business men and capitalists who had assembled to see what the machine could do. "The result increased faith in the utility of the machine. As in the first going over by the picker, neither the green leaves, nor the unopened bolls were injured by the second picking, and the rows gone over the second time were practically clean of cotton. The percentage unpicked would not be over 3 per cent. Possibly it would be less than that. One hand employed to gather the cotton unpicked or Knocked out, could easily accomplish the work. "One notable improvement is that the picking machinery has been lowered so as to catch more of the bottom bolls. As was the the case last year, the machine in passing over the rows, would bend the stalks forward. The;J stalks would sweep back to an erect position as the machine would pass, but it is this bending ' of the stalks that leaves any cot-1, ton at all unpicked. It is like I drawing a glove through the hand. The folding limbs pre-; vents the fingers of the picker!, from getting to all the cotton. This is a detail which will be yet worked out. That done, the Price cotton picking machine] will be about as near perfection in the cotton field, as the Mergenthaler machine now is in the printing office." Saves Leg of Boy. "It seemed that my 14-year-old boy would have to lose his leg on account of an ugly ulcer, caused by a bad bruise," wrote D. F. Howard, Aquone, ! N. C. "All remedies and doctors'treatment failed until we' tried Pucklen's Arnica Salve, and cured mm wiin one box." Cures burns, boils, skin eruptions, piles. 25c at Parks Drug Co., ! Ardrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co.?Adv. Tendering Tough Beef. A Barnwell housekeeper, noted for the excellence of the meats 1 served on her table, described ; her methods to an inquiring j ( guest, who sometimes had tough , steaks, stews and roasts at home: "Be sure that the utensil in which the meat is to be cooked j I is good cold. If not cold, make < ic so by dipping it in a vessel ol fresh, cool water. Then place ( the meat in the trying pan, skillet or oven with some grease,!1 lard, butter or oil, put the vessel i on the stove, put the cover on ; and let it alone. It will cook 11 delightfully. If meat is placed in a hot par. or oven the outside is cooked into a hard crust and ] cannot have a softening effect i on the interior of the steak or i roast. In stewing or boiling ( beef put it in cold water, set on the stove, cover and let alone."? Barnwell People. ( (Advertisement.) A Log On the Track of the fast express means serious trouble ahead if not removed, so does loss of appetite. It means lack of vitality, loss of strength and nerve weakness, i If appetite fails, take Electric Hitters quickly to overcome the cause by toning up the stomach and curing the indigestion. Michael Hessheimer of Lincoln, Neb., had been sick over three years, but six bottles of Electric Bitters put him right on his feet again. They have helped thousands. They give pure blood, strong nerves, good digestion. Only -">0 cts at Fort Mill Druf 'Jo., Parks Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store. Give Us a Helping Hand. The time of year has come when everybody's obligations ?? ?- V,,, TV, I11UOL SUV1I UC liiVl. lil^ uvnopaper man has obligations to meet as well as the banker, merchant, farmer or any other : business man. So when you , meet your big obligations do not forget to pay us for your paper. The amounts may be small, but when scattered around among 1 hundreds of people, they make ( a big sum. We need every do - 1 lar due us, so do not pass us by. ] Look up your registration cer- * tificate. You'll need it Nov. 5. ' (Advertisement.) Fortunes in Faces. There's often much truth in the sayng "her face is her fortune," but it's lever said where pimples, skin erupions, biotches, or other blemishes disigure it. Impure blood is back of them ifl, and shows the need of Dr. King's Hew life Pills. They promote healtn md beauty. Try them. 25c at Fort dill Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store ind Parks Drug Co. NOTICE OF ELECTION )n the Question of Issuing $75,000 Worth of Twenty-Year Coupon Bonds. Notice is hereby given of an election o be held at the various legal voting jrecincts in York county wi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1912, between the lejal election hours, and under the direc;ion of the mant.gers of State and couny elections, in compliance with the 'ollowing Act of the General Assembly >f South Carolina, passed during the lession of 1912, and found on page 1,008 >f "Acts and Joint Resolutions" of laid General Assembly: "No. 512." 'AN ACT, to Provide for an Election on the Issue of $75,000 in Coupon Bonds by York County for the Purpose of Erecting a Court House, and to Empower tne Hoard 01 uouniy Commissioners to Condemn Land for a Site for Same. "Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen?ral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, at the next general election For State and county officers hereafter, the question of the issue of seventy-five thousand ($75,000) dollars in twentyyear coupon bonds of York county, shall be submitted to the Qualified electors of said county, and for said purposes the commissioners of election shall provide a separate box therefor ind double the number of ballots as are provided for each county office to be yoted for at said election; one-half of said ballots shall contain plainly written jr printed thereon, "For the issue of oonds," and the other half, "Against the issue of bonds." The managers shall count the vote, and thfe election be declared in the same manner as now provided in the case of county offices. "Sec. 2. In case a majority of the votes cast at said election on the question of issuance of said bonds be in favor of their issuing of the said bonds, the county board of commissioners shall issue coupon bonds of York county in an amount not to exceed $75,000, payable twenty years after date, and bearing a rate of interest not to exceed 4J per centum. "Sec. 3. Said bonds shall be signed by the members of the board of county commissioners, and their official scai thereto affixed, and be in amounts of $500 each; Provided, That their names may be lithographed on the coupons of said bonds. "Sec. 4. The bonds so issued shall be turned over to the commission hereinafter named, and by it sold, and the proceeds used to erect a court house for York county in Yorkville. "Sec. 5. That J. S. Brice, John G. Anderson and W. S. Wilkerson are hereby made and constituted a commission, to be known as the court house commission, to employ architects, adopt plans and specifications, and to make contracts for the erection of said court house. Upon its completion, the said commission shall make a full and complete itemized report of their acts and doings as such to the board of county AAmmiocinnoro o pnnv nf U.'hlVH TPHOrt shall be filed in the cferk of court's office and made a permanent record therein: Provided, That if any of the commissioners named in this section shall, for any cause refuse or neglect to act, the county supervisor shall have the power to appoint a commissioner or commissioners in place of the commissioner or commissioners refusing or neglecting to act: Provided further, That each commissioner shall receive as compensatson for his services, the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars. "Sec. 6. For the purpose of payment of the interest on the said bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for their redemption and retirement in case they are issued, a levy of one mill be and the same is hereby assessed on all taxable property in said county until said bonds and interest thereon have been paid, retired and cancelled." In accordance with the foregoing act the required boxes and proper ballots will be duly provided. J. BROWN NEIL, J. C. KIRKPATRICK, W. B. BYERS, Commissioners of State and County Elections for York County, S. C. YOU CANNOT realize on what you think of yourself. It is what your neighbors and friends think that brings you profit and pleasure. So it is with your homes, people are just as jealous of their appearance. When it comes to Paint and Polish let us take the worry off your hands and if this is done proper and tastefully it reduces the other decorations and con venience6 to a matter of simplicity. We get information by every mail, notices of new things and new styles and easy methods if accomplishing things and it is tree to you for the asking. Now is the time to renew your walls and floors for the holidays and the new year and there is no more fitting season for exterior painting. L?t us show you our new ideas and when they are made to harmonize with your tastes your most fastidious friend :an visit you and find nothing to iistract her attention. Ardrey's Drug Store, House Out of Shape Sounds funny, doesn't it'/ But fou hatTe seen them; warped, settled and shrunken. Poor Lumber .vas tne cause of it. Houses built )f sound, well seasoned Lumber ike we sell, keep their shape. Remember this when making ,'our next purchase. J. J. 3AIJLES. TAX NOTICE?1912. j | Office of the County Treasurer of York H County, S. C. (< Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 13, 1912. "V"OTICE is hereby given that the 0 TAX BOOKS for York County I will be opened on TUESDAY', the 15TH L* DAY OF OCTOBER, 1912. and remain E open until the 31ST DAY* OF DECEMBER, 1912, for the collection of STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL and LOCAL TAXES for the fiscal year 1912, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of JANUARY, 1913, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1913, and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1913, and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, 1 will attend the following places on the days named: At Yorkville, Tuesday, October 15 to Wednesday, October 16. At Smyrna, Thursday, October 17. At Hickory Grove, Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th. At Sharon, Monday, October 21st. At McConnellsville, Tuesday, October 22nd. At Tirzah, Wednesday. October 23d. At Clover, Thursday and Friday, October 24th and 25th. At Yorkville from Saturday, Octo' ber 25 to Tuesday, October 29. At Coates' Tavern from 8 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, October 30, to 8 U CIOCK p. III. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, p November 1st and 2d. . At Rock Hill from Monday, No-| | vt mber 4th to Saturday, November yth. j And at Yorkville from Monday, No-I I vember 11th, until Tuesday, the 31st! | day of December, 1912, after which I date the penalties will attach as stated , above. Note.?The Tax Books are made up by townships, and parties writing about taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships in which their property or properties is located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. i F U R N I | We Have We are now located in our hai f corner and are showing the bes ? that money will buy. t Special 60-1 For 60 days we offer absolute] $25.00 Symphony Talking Mach: purchase from ojhr stock. Save We thank the people of Fort 1 the patronage given us in the pj your future business. See us ir I y = i *' I Harris Furnitu "First on th< It W. F. HARRIS HERBERT. I C O I I SEE C | NEW i GOC I I MA L? Ui IVIH ^^^^WEnAVl k for Menz "Ease A shoes advertised i paper this montl over?it will pay i RSSStBBSS^SSSSSSSS^^BBSI THE SHOE THAT SATISPIES the out-door f worker like yourself, for all sorts of service in all sorts of weather. No shoe can be built I better, stronger, or to wear longer. Also fit like a glove, and the most comfortable every- M day shoe you ever walked in. Name on yellow label protects you against imitations. NJn Catalog No. 12 w illustrates all heights Mens Yl^sg^Urnp \ "Ease", also the U ,<Jr f\ "American Boy" I jJMW / 1 built to give the fl jJL' ? 1 strong, sturdy, M ,JrT /#J out-door boy hon- II V/*r / i est service. Send /j| ,JJ.T / \ilfl Elk. Unusually M JHh strong, yet soft t JU/t\ n> 8'?v? leather M never gets f yr/M/V hard and full of M uncomfortable fl wrinkles. Sole leather is selected WjSj====Sjg2fi^ Oak. Counters and heels absolutely solid and made in our own factory. A shoe throughout that you can take apart and find no fault with. ^rnkBK FOR CATALOG No. 12 containing a ^^Vsample of this wonderful leather. We have ^Vdealers all over your stats. If we can't refer Vyoa to one near you, we can introduce Mens Ease" and "American Boy" shoes direct to from the factory, regular retail prices, delivery prepaid. jVgnzloi Shot Co., Maksra. Detroit, Mich, MENZ "EASE" and "AMERICAN BOY" oboe i j length of service, nor to.repeil water, and tberjs I gbsgr are GOOD sboee worth considering ttsa Ladies c am We want each oi added to our stock Suits, Extra Skirts z i n to have you call an buy or not. Our prices ars 2 We have employ her pleasure to sho Come early whi( M'ELI nMUBHUUB * T U R Ei ; Moved I ndsome new building on the I t line of House Furnishings "/ a Day Offer. r ly free one of the celebrated ines with every $30.00 Cash coupons and get a machine. Mill and the community for ast and ask for a share of 1 our new home. ire Company, | i Square." ? HARRIS JESSE HARRIS 4 N* m e I )UR I, FALL j IDS. r v iSSEY. I E THE s" and "American Boy" ^Rpf" in your state agricultural a. Come in and look them you?these letters prove it. ^ Meacham & Epps, Fort Mill, S. C. Gentlemen: I am a freight conductor I on the Southern Railroad. I i have had a great deal of i trouble to get a shoe that j i was comfortable and would j i wear any time. I have tried i many different makes. Two! i years ago I bought of you a ] i pair of Menz-Ease and I do, I say it was the most com-' I fortable work shoe I ever I had and it wore me nearly! I twelve months. So, ever !l since I have worn Menz- 0 Ease, and expect to as long as they give me the service they have given in the past. Nearly all of my crew wears thc-m now and say they give them longer wear than any shoe they have ever had. I-do not hesitates to recommend Menz-Ease to anyone who wants a long-wearing and comfortable shoe. W. W. Faris. Columbia. S. C. are oof guaranteed to give any certain i let ten tve only offered as evidence that next da w yen need an erecr-day ?afc\ if Fort P d Surroundii ne of you to know 1 a nice line of La md Children's Coal d see the line wh< 5 per cent cheaper t ^ed Miss Bessie Adl w you this line of g e the stocks are con HANEY8 We Reduce the Cost t SAVING THE OLD i Our purpose is to nr benefit to the commu patrons in particular. I have your name on our start a checking accoun we offer will be a convi as it has been to others. LEROY SPRINGS, W.B.I 1 What Do To Note the following prices he cost of your living: Good Rice, per pound, at 2 Cans 20c Pink Salmon i Choice Mackerel, each, a Seven bars Octagon Soap No, we didn't say that vithout lard, but we did sa> iving. We give Premium Coupoi McElhan Store of Sty I5B5H5H5H5HS5E5E555S55E5 Righl 3 J] We are better p J satisfactorily than j j in^ busines in Fort | Table Supplies, [J ij ^ Our selections a y able. Arriving daiI 3 Things to Eat that a 3 We buv and sell ( | 3 rafb-c imfnri Jj Jk IA1 1XU V>A \/V^ | E. S. PAR i f|ZSZ5HSgS5?5HESE5H?r???5Z We Insii I Bailes fill I ?g Country: that we have just j* dies' Coats, Coat jj ts and would like t sther you wish to I W han elsewhere. i kins and it will be | OOC15. lplete. (CO., | ;S BANK,I RELIABLE. \i !l lake our bank a material nity in general and our 't would be a pleasure to books. We invite you to t with us. The advantages enience and benefit to you, President VIEACHAM, Cashier. sssas d I if V^U It V>"Wt Live? and see if they won't reduce 5c. Jor 25c. t 5c. every Monday for 25c. "Diamond" Flour would rise r it would reduce the cost of as. iey & Co., le and Quality. Ejg5H55E5H5S5H5H5H5a5fgg55ZjD nJ t Now i I 111 I III I IWIimiill d repared to serve you 3 it any time since open- ft Mill a year ago. In nil , Groceries, Etc., | re Fresh and Season- jjj y, you will find Good (jj ppeal to your appetite. 3 Country Produce. 3 *ry Company, | KS, Manager. jfl Everything ]V*P Against I* ^ Anything jj & Link. I i 4 i sH mM.1