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TEE FORT mtt.t. TIMES. Dwxwtie-PablMwd Thnndtn. ?. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. ~ ?ll ; "** 1 VMomiFTioN Rater: Om Y?r 61.26 Btx Months .66 The Times invites contributions on live subjects ??t does not scree to publish more then 200 words a any subject. The rirfit 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 postofflce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. JANUARY 23. 1913. The gTeat aim of the mass of mankind is to get enough money ahead to make him "comfortable" and yet a moment's reflection will convince us that money will never purchase comfort, only the means of it. A man may be "comfortable" without a dollar. We are not guess ing at this but know from actual experience. But to be so, one must have the right disposition, that is a heart and head in the right place. There are some persons who are lively and cheerful, and good natured, kind and forbearing in a state of poverty which leans upon the toil of today for tonight's supper and the morning's breakfast. Such a diapo i i m would exhibit the same loving qualities in a palace or on a throne. Every day we meet persons, who, in their families are cross and ill-natured, dissatisfied, finding fault with everybody and everything, whose first greeting in the breakfast rnnm ic o oi*if %i?k/\oA /?/v? ?W % Wll(^l011lt| WIIUOC CUII" versation seldom fails to end in an enumeration of difficulties find hardships, whose last word at night. i& an SPgry growl. II you can get such a person to reason on the subject they will acknowledge that there Is some "want" at t'!* bel'om of it-the want of a better house, a finer j dress or more httiidsvmv cjuii ' page, n mow dutiful child, c. | more provident hunbftnd, a n.o. cleanly or sympathetic or domestic wile, The old year glided away smoothly, day succeeding da), month following month, and m abrupt endings that we hardl\ noticed the passage of the hours. Winter melted into spring, sprint lingered a while with her biru. and tiowers, then warmed int. summer. Summer fruits ripened and dropped into autumn't lap, and autumn, amid a showei of falling leaves moved on toward winter again. The old year ends promptly at the midnight hour and goes out in solemn darkness and again the circle is complete. If the old , year had its hours of row, it had its times of holy joy. Many of the dear old friends live only in the memory but we have hosts of new ones. The true-hearted meet the new year with a hope and a prayer that in its day they may "rise on stepping stones" of their dead selves to better things. One man in a hundred reads a book; ninety-nine in a hundred read a newspaper. Nearly a century ago, when the American press, which is now a spreading oak, was in its green twig, Thomas Jefferson said he would rather live in a country with newspapers and without government than in a country with a government and without newspapers. At the beginning of 1913 resolve to at least say a good word for your home paper. It is a well known fact that the most severe critics of the public schools and the churches are the people who have never taken the trouble to enter the doors of the institutions that uiey criticise. They stand outside and bark instead of entering: and learning for themselves the tr.th about matters. It is far easier to set up a hue and cry than to make a thorough investigation. if; ' 1 ___________ IP g I - J Mrs. Wilson, wife of the president-elect, is said to have the happy knack of making an unattractive garden 'T*to B of beauty. In fact, those who have seen what she did with the Princeton garden -conclude that she has quite a talent for landscape gardening and could have made her living in that way if the fates had not ordained that she would be the first lady in the land. If the man who takes up $he whole seat in the car while solmebody else stands, will try the plan of sharing his seat with someone else, he will be surprised to find how much more comfortable his seat will become. Don't expect your advertisement to bring fruit in one night, like the prophet's gourd. Advertising will take effect, but it takes time to bring about its good effects. "Compulsory Education." Editor The Times: Referring to your editorial in your issue of the 16th inst., headed "Compulsory Education," I would like to make a few comments on same, if you will allow me a little of your valuable space. I, too, am against compulsory education when it compels a negro child to enter school at the expense of the white taxpayer and I am also against the present plan of negro education since the majority of money spent on negro education in this State comes out of the white man's pocket. My idea of negro education is this: If 25 per cent, of the tax collected in this State goes to education, this amount should be prorated between the colors, for instance, 25 per cent, of the tax paid by white people should be us^il for education of the white child and 25 per cent, of the tax paid by negroes should be used for education of the negro child, . nd when this is done give us compulsory education. I am not a Bleaseite but I am with him in his message to the lecislatlirp OSt" \roor i-unnrnmnnJ 0 ? - w J -Ml I vcv/ililllCIlU" ing me passage of an act prohibiting white people from teaching in negro schools, and as Josh Ashley says, "This is the bestest MCt I've seed lately, let's pass W. W. P. Chester, Jan. 17. Railroad Track PanR^i I ^">0titles the 3,227 persons, iri. Uhling passengers and 2,\-H employees, killed in acciidtkls Oi ah soi ls in the railway ; ,^rvico during last year, 6,43? the..* persons suffered death on 'he tracks. One-sixth of this .umber occurred at grade crossugs, hut the other, we are told .y Engineering News, resulted rom the "fatal American habit" f walking on the railroad track. : t wice us many trespassers are .iikd yearly on the tracks as the i fit ttw? livrtnj l.\o# . v?4 vt*w ii wo ivnv uy gers and employees together. Perhaps tiie most dangerous places for accidents are near the curves. The person walking on the track feels sure that he will oe able to hear the approaching train in sufficient time to leave the track, but owing to the high j speed of the train the noise does not project far along the track in front ol it, but is chiefly directed away^lrom the train to the side and the person may not think it is near until he sees it nearly upon him. Another caution pointed out is that noise usually travels in straight lines and 1 therefore at a curve on the inside ol" which is high ground and on the outside a broad plain, a person will hardly hear the approaching train until it has j passed the curve. For Unlawfully Storing Whiskey. j Rosena Johnston, negro proprietress of a hotel on Academy street, was convicted before city council Friday on the charge of storing whiskey for unlawful ' purposes and was sentenced to 1 pay a fine of $100 or go to jail for 30 days. Rosena at once, furnished bond in the sum of" $200, pending an appeal to the circuit court, and was released. George Washington White, who allowed the Johnston woman the privilege of ordering the whiskey, two gallons, in his name, was fined $100 or 30 days, and George went to the gang. Fort M 1 men drawn as jurors for the first weeK of the term of Y ^rk court to < ?.nvene February 3rd, are: W. W 1 atter.*>n. V\ . P. j pus. Se oul wee; jurors frnpt r'ort Mill: M. Fari->, Z. v. Bradford, J. M Ror.ch, R. F. Uoyd. me Mm ' ? ' (Advertisement.) Could Shout For Joy. "I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart/' wrote C. B. Rader? of Lcwtsnurg, W. Va^ "for the wonderful double benefit I got from Electric Bitters* in curiae me of both a severe case of stomach trouble and of rheumatism, from which I had been an almost helpless Bufferer for ten years. ii suiieu my case as tnough made just for me." For dyspepsia, indigestion, jaundice, and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheumatism, Electric Bitters have no equal. Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only 60 cents at Ardrey's Drug Store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. 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 breedinir: carefnllv nplprieH SojJ and Lewis' Long-staple Cotton Seed. Jas. F. Boyd. R. No. 1, Fort Mill, S. C. 'Phone No. 77-b. nLARDR^CONTRA^ The Times Office. FOR SALE?I have several good mules that I will sell cheap for cash or on time. A. R. McELHANEY. FOR SALE?Registered Berkshire Pigs, $10 each or $15 for pair. The j dam of these pigs was sired by Lee . Premier III, Moore's $1100 Boar, and j has taken prizes at Greensboro and Charlotte Fairs. Elmwood Farm, S. E. j Bailee, Proprietor. THANKS!; 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. [=11 -31 IF=1F=l| UU Y UU 1 Wo want yo =j not a single ar in our entire G none but the b< LJ i an article out : after it had 1 Our store is cl precaution in 1 in your home. viuce you mat fresh and pure STEWART CE3i D1 IE ij x To Our Customers and the 8 Gree 8 g We have enjoyed and a] g of the patronage of the pe | have strenuously endeavo jk Food Stuffs, at as low pric 5 efficient, courteous service I only partly in that desire, not been in vain. We shall continue to sti our customers shall at all. With best wishes, I JONES, 0 v !' v;! ORD AN! If it incoi u oui store in tage of our w and low price you want. Parcel post and those wh 1 same Dargain If at any time satisfactory, re money or exc as you may w w< & on _= ?^ I IV! ' . R| For Kbsulh oysti CNOW? | """ I'll to know that there is (jJ j -i ticle of stale merchandise rrocery stock. We handle L jst goods and would throw ratner than sell it to you II become old and tainted, i Lean. We use the same this respect that you do A trial order will con- L our Groceries are clean, . Call 'phone 15. ' & CULP. |r=qr=nnr= h=l r= ?xo oiotoicxciioai Public, | tings: 5 5 ppreciated a liberal share g ople of Fort Mill and we g red to supply the best in J ;es as possible and to give j >. If we have succeeded X , we feel our efforts have J s rive for better things, and $ times be given the best. I IE GROCER. ! V I OilCKCKCKiOOCkX ER BY MAIL I D SAVE TIME. Mdfca??? wenient or impossible for you to visperson, you can still have the fid van ide assortment of high-grade goods s by '.phoning or writing us for what shipments receive our best attention o order by mail or 'phone get the s as those who come to the store, the goods furnished are not entirely ^turn them and we will refund the hange the goods for something else? ish. 0 e prepay postage all small parcels. ?? ????????????????? . LHANEY'S TSSTSTgr * * /?v ; C: rs.R.^ tst-i??b r , r.RSFERTILIZERO ' -? % 1 January Bargains. | *? All Winter goods must go while it is ,('ct winter time. * 1 4 All 10c Outings, Flannelettes, etc., now 7 l-2c + All 7 l-2c Outings, Flannelettes, etc., now 5c ? t $1.00 Dress Goods now.. 50c ? 4- 75c DressGoods now 37 l-2c All 50c DrP?5S flrwl C nnwr ? ? - 25 $15.00 Ladies' Suits and Coats now... $7.50 4 $10.00 Ladies' Suits and Coats now $5.00 1 All Hats HALF PRICE. % $35.00 Sewing Machines.. $15.00 I $G5.00 Sewing Machines $32.50 t $250.00 Piano $135.00 it $250.00 Piano $110.00 J 4 Blankets, per pair, 40c to $2.90 + Sweaters, 25c to $2.25 4 50c Edison Wax Ambroil 4 minute Records 31c ? Edison Phonograps, $35 up. Watches 90c up. Clocks 75c up. r Our guarantee on everything we sell is worth a great deal ? to you. We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. ^ 1 L. J. MASSEY. I 1 f || 3*1.98 I j Will buy any hat in our store. Several here 5 worth $5.00, $6.00 and $6.50, but we must not 1 have a one when Spring comes, so come at once ? l and get first choice. 1 | Gingham and Percale I. | New line juat in for your early sewing. Nice i | new patterns, fast colors, 10c and 12 l-2c. I * i Galatea Cloth I Hercules brand, a new cloth just out, absolutely I first-class, just as good as you can buy. Colors 9 guaranteed. Very special at 15c. We are the 9 I sole agents for Fort Mill. fl I H_lj? \mm ^ ^ ^ |t^ppS. ^ | V