Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 16, 1913, Image 4
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THE FOET HILL TIMES.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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!
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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.
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| January Bargains.
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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. |
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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
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