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H^HEESIP x ?S?~?? ' THE FOET HILL TIMES. Democratic ? Published Thuradava. v B- W. BRADFORD Editor and Proprietor. Subscription Rates: uno iear ......... ...*l.Zn Six Months 1 .66 The Times invites contributions on live subjects bat does not agree to publish more than 200 words en any subject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are mado known to those interested. Telenhone. local and longdistance. No. 112. Entered at the postofbce at Fort Mill. S. C.. at mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. JANUARY 16. 1913. j "Compulsory Education." A matter of some interest which it is said will be brought up for consideration at the session of the General Assembly which convened Tuesday is called "compulsory education." There can be no such thing as "compulsory education." The term is a misnomer for compulsory attendance upon the public schools, and it is singular that so many people still use the expression regardless of its impossibility. Compulsory school attendance is not a new proposition in South Carolina, though there has never been an expression of the voters of the State to determine whether it is their wish that such a law be passed. Probably a majority oi ine newspapers and practically all of the public school teachers are committed to the pla^i, while, presumably, a majority of the taxpayers are against it, chiefly ' perhaps on account of the great number of negro children in the State who would necessarily be beneficiaries of the increased tax which would have to be collected, principally from the white property owners. Such is the reason given by at least two of the State's most conspicuous public men?Senator Tillman and Governor Blease?for their opposition to compulsory school attendance. Only recently Governor Blease was quoted as saying that if the General Assembly passed such a bill he would veto it. No one doubts that he will make good hi.s word, an 1 it will .....11..:?u : ?:i.i . -?- - 1 ut WWIIHIKU impusMiMt' iur IIIC friends ol the bill to muster sufficient voles to piss it over his veto. This being- the prospect, there appi at s no good reason why any part of the time of the General Assembly should he taken up with a matter whi h is so remate from the statute book.-. As we see it, there are other matters of more importance which should command the attention of the law-makers and ; they will fall short of their duty to the people if effort is spent in behalf of that which will lead to nothing. The State would stand to gain much more by the passage of a law diverting some of the appropriations, direct and indirect, from the colleges to the public schools. Merchants of Fort Mill! The parcel-post is here?opening up a wide field for mailorder business and the big mail order houses of the North and West are planning to reap larger profits by being enabled to deliver their wares right at the doors of the rural citizens. Are you going to meet this competition and if so how? We have a solution. We offer you the advertising columns of The Times with a splendid circulation throughout this township and the county. This publication, with your advertisement nicely displayed, illustrated, and priced in plain, postage-paid figures, will give the mail order catalogue the "knock-out" blow. ??? * ? v^ataiw^uca nic usually ISSUeCl by the mail order houses monthly. In The Times, you get weekly changes of your advertising, and being located in the first zone, you get the minimum postage rate, as well as having the advantage of being able to deliver your goods the same day the order is received or the day following. The mail order house is located several hundred miles distant, has W pay more \ ostage, lfri? i and ten days to two weeks is required to deliver its goods. Estimate the number of families in Fort Mill township, multiply this number by five, and you get approximately the grand total of the people you can reach by an advertisement in this newspaper. The opportunity is yours. Will you embrace it? The Times has received a request from Lewis G. Fultz, written on a letter head which announces that he is an atttorneyat-law, at Moncks Corner, soliciting the publication in these columns of a six-inch boost from the Florence Daily Times for uctavius (Johen for judge of the First circuit. Mr. Fultz failed to send five bucks to pay for the publication of the boost and The Times therefore fails to publish it, as, for one reason, we are not knowingly running afoul of any Federal law. But the theory on which Fultz made the request is easy?so easy, in fact, that we are almost ashamed to tell it: He appears to be a member of the Family of Nervo and is laboring under the hallucination that nerve is the current coin of the day. We don't know of any good reason why the Legislature should consult the wishes of either the Florence Daily Times or Fultz in selecting the member of the bench for the First circuit. On the contrary, we think, cn fur UC fVio ofnHnooi/1 ?ui uu bnv ciiuicoaiu r iuiciki; Times is concerned, that its indorsement of Mr. Cohen is enough to inspire the members of the Legislature to vole against him. After next July, a standard barrel of apples must be twentysix inches between the heads, sixty-four inches in circumference, outside measurement around the middle, and the heads must be seventeen inches and one-eighth in diameter. In accordance with the law, if the apples are handpicked and free from blemishes, they may be labeled, "Standard." But a fine of one doll: r and costs will be extracted for every barrel that is marked "Standard" and docs not conform to the requirements. The law was passed at the earnest solicitation of those who believe that the purchaser has a right to Know what he is getting when he buys a barrel of apples. Tli3 most productive of all agricultural years has been 1912, declares the report of the United States Depar meat of Agriculture. The earth has produced its greatest annual dividend. The sun and the rain and the fertility of the soil heeded not the human controversies, but kept in cooperation with the farmers' efforts to utilize them. The reward is a high general level of production. The man behind the plow has filled the nation's larder, crammed the store houses and will sepd liberal supplies to foreign countries. Under the new parcel post law, a farmer residing on a rural route desiring a steak for dinner, can order it by telephone from a dealer in the city or town in which his postotlice is located and have it delivered for five cents. Or he can get it from any point within 5U miles for eight cents. As soon as the possibilities of the new arrangement become generally known the facilities of the postoffices are sure to be taxed to the limit in the interest of retail trade. Beginning . now and lasting well into March the probability is the mail carrier will earn all the money he will receive for making his six rounds a week. | He will appreciate all the help we can give him in the way of making the roads more passable. If every farmer would break out the road alongside his farm after every snow, the rounds r?f mail carrier would be more easily made. The Democratic primary was all right in the estimation of Senator Tillman as long as the boys rolled up majorities for him that amounted to tens of thousands, but he got only a measlv eight thousand majority in the primary last August, and now he says the primary needs a thorough overhauling. \ ' % i - '/ (Advertisement.) Foils a Foul Plot. When a shameful plot exists between liver and bowels to cause distress by refusing to act, take Dr. King's New Life Puis, and end such abuse of your system. They gently compel right action of stomach, liver ana bowels, and restore your health and all good feeling. 25c at Parks Drug Co.,* Fort Wiil Drug Co. and Ardrey's Drugstore. ONE CENT A WORD MINIMUM CHARGE. 25C. NOTICE?All persons are hereby notified that work allowed to remain in our shop for a longer period than 30 days will be sold to pay expense of repairing. YOUNG & HARTIS. FOR SALE?Cheap, a few nice Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels and Pullets (Thompson Ringlets); also registered Berkshire Pigs of good breeding; carefully selected Seed Oorn and Lewis' Long-staple Cotton Seed. J as. F. Boyd. R. No. 1, Fort Mill, S. C. 'Phone No. 77-b. Ta BOR~CONtIrACTS--For"sale at The Times Office. WANTED?Ten or twelve Calves or Yearlings. T N. Ross, Supt. Charlotte Brick Co. Farm. FOR SALE?Lettuce Plants at 10 cents per hundred. M. Faris, R. F. D. No. 15, Pineville, N. C. FOR SALE?I have several good mules that I will sell cheap for cash or on time. A. R. McELHANh'Y. FOR SALE?Registered Berkshire Pigs, $10 each or $15 for pair. The dam of these pigs was sired by L<-e Premier II!, Moore's $1100 Hoar, ami has taken prizes at Greensboro and Charlotte Fairs. Eimwood Farm, S. E. Ilailes, Proprietor. FOR SALE?Two Mules and one Horse, for cash or ciedit. We will buy beef cattle and milch cows. L. A. HARRIS & CO. THANKS! I We most cordially thank our friends who have patronized us so liberally during the last twelvemonth, and trust that success has been the-reward of each. May the New Year bring you much happiness and continued prosperity. Haile's on the Corner. Phone 43. Ell dl IF=1F=1| 1 DO YOU I We want yoi M not a single ar1 in our entire G none but the be u an article out r i after it had t Our store is cl precaution in t U in your home. vince you that fresh and pure, * I . rj : i STEWART r=ii =ii ?ii- i{ I ______________________________________ K<0()OaO(?0>OiKiO(0 ) jj To Our Customers and the> Gree A We have enjoyed and a] g of the patronage of the pe | have strenuously endeavo: i Food Stuffs, at as low pric S efficient, courteous service only partly in that desire, W not been in vain. B We shall continue to sti Q our customers shall at all 0 With best wishes, S JONES, TH # ORDl ANI I If it is incorr it our store in ] tage of our wi< and low prices you want. Parcel post j and those who same bargains If at any time t I satisfactory, ret money or exch as you may wi We on I M'E J -n-Wirj, For P^onUo iv/i ivvroun C5 Koysti CNOW? 11 IH! i to know that there is jjj ;icle of stale merchandise ! rocery stock. We handle I st goods and would throw ather than sell it to you >ocome old and tainted. U ean. We use the same | ,his respect that you do A trial order will con- L our Groceries are clean, Call 'phone 15. & CULP. jr==]i===ir? ir- -t=i Piiblic, jj tings: 0 0 3preciated a liberal share g ople of Fort Mill and we g red to supply the best in 1 es as possible and to give ? i. If we have succeeded /! we feel our efforts have 8 0 ive for better things, and Q times be given the best. Q [E GROCER. | V*| ,v - - . ''-a < 3 ER BY MAIL ! > SAVE TIME. g^^r^ytta^ilTgE^JWII ! w lenient or impossible for you to vis"\oV"orvn tmii /-? -? ?-? <-?4-i U L? I-L 1?? ? y kjkj. ^aii v"mui nave me auvaii" g de assortment of high-grade goods | by 'phoning or writing us for what 5 shipments receive our best attention y order by mail or 'phone get the p as those who come to the store. he goods furnished are not entirely ! urn them and we will refund the ange the goods for something else? j sh. I i prepay postage ; all small parcels. LHANEY'S ? wKMc'JttiammMMXs&iZWVBMmmmmmB&smeammMa. bsbbkbubmbsbhsI est~1885 c . :rsfertilizero * v + <f v v 4* ^ ^ + 4*^* 4 4 4 4 *4 > | January Bargains. - + All Winter goods must go while it is yet winter time. t ; .> All 10c Outings, Flannelettes, etc., now 7 l-2c ; '* All 7 l-2c Outings, Flannelettes, etc., now 5c ? $1.00 Dross Goods now.. 50c 75c Dress Goods now 37 l-2c $ All 50c Dress Goods now or $15.00 Ladies' Suits and Coats now $7.50 % $10.00 Ladies' Suits and Coats now $5.00 % I All Hats HALF PRICE. f $35.00 Sewing Machines $15.00 * $(>5.00 Sewing Machines $32.50 $250.00 Pianor $135.00 $250.00 Piano $110.00 Blankets, per pair, 40c to___ $2.90 + Sweaters, 25c to $2.25 ? r 50c Edison Wax Ambroil 4 minute Records 31c ? Edison Phonograps, $35 up. Watches 90c up. Clocks 75c up. Our guarantee on everything we sell is worth a great deal ? ^ to you. We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. ^ L. J. MASSEY. | | ***1.98 I g Will buy any hat in our store. Several here B | worth $5.00, $6.00 and $6.50, but we must not | have a one when Spring comes, so come at once fj and get first choice. 9 Gingham and Percale 1 New line just in for your early sewing. Nice Q new patterns, fast colors, 10c and 12 l-2c. B Galatea Cloth I Hercules brand, a new cloth just out, absolutely I first-class, just as good as you can buy. Colors S guaranteed. Very special at 15c. We are the | sole agents for Fort Mill. i J^^^Meachan i