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GETS THE CHINAMAN'S HEART White Man Who Can Talk to Him in Language of the East Welcomed as a Friend. "A white men with a knowledge of the Chinese language and the love of man in his ho.;rtr can do some pretty effective m'.'sionnrv work by conversing in his own language with any stray Chinaman lie happens to meet," said the superintendent of a mission. "If I could t?iIk Chinese I think I would give up this job and do nothing but stroll around the streets striking up chance conversations with Chinamen. There is a retired merchant who rides that hobby. He was stationed at Chinese trading posts for years and speaks the language fluently. "Whenever he comes to a laundry he drops in and jollies the man at the ironing board. "Nobody but a Chinaman can tell what they are talking about, but after the first word or two the laundrymnn looks almost human. Inscrutable the Chinaman always is, but his inscrutability is relieved then by a certain fluidity of manner. He smiles, nods and sometimes laughs out loud. There are men of his own race to talk to, but a white man who can speak his language is a special godsend in this dreary land. lie follows the merchant to the door. " 'Niece man/ ho says. 'Yelly niece num.'" JUST WHY HE HAD TO GO Many Seemingly Important Reasons, but the Last One Given Settled the Whole Matter. "Yes, T really must go tomorrow." "You can just, as well stay till Monday." "Hut the folks are expecting me." "Telegraph them that you're going to stay." "I'm sorrv, but if I stay I'm liable to lose $1,000 on that deal I told you of." * "Oh, pshaw, the deal can wait a few days." "My manager has written me that my business needs my attention." "Yes, but he is only afraid to assume a little responsibility. The business will bo all right." "There is an important mooting of the directors that I reallv must attend.'* "Oh, they'll get along nil right without you." "You know how much I'd like to stay, but the fact is mv railroad ticket runs out tomorrow." "Well, in that ease 1 suppose you will hove to go. lie sure and come up to see us again in a month or two."-*-Puck. 8TILL CATCHING. "What's become of Rill Jenkins, who used to catch on our school team ?" "Oh, he's still catching." "Become a professional, ehP" "No. Sec that iron building going up yonder? Rill's there; he's catching white-hot rivets in a keg." REASONABLE SUPPOSITION. "Do you suppose that policeman in getting graft from anybody?" "No, I think lie's a perfectly honest policeman." "Why?" "I understand thnf Lna <? <?n Wtii on the force only two da vs." I i REFLECTING ON SOLOMON. The sluggard had gone to the ant and wns considering her ways. "I'm wise to you, all right," he said; "you're industrious enough, but you're a blamed lit lie nuisance, and I can prove it l?v every housekeeper in the country." EVEN WITH LIVING HIGH. "I get $10,000 a year, and save a quarter of it." "If I got that salary I think I Could save as much as 50 cents." THE LIMIT. "ITow are men down at. Lethargy beach, Mabel? Scarce, I hear?" "So scarce that flrace is learning lo swim out of a magazine." FELINE TA8TE9. "My husband's chief pet is a little bitty he talks about at his club." "Mine prefers a blind fcicrer #nm?. fcrhere down the street." i A 8HARP ONE. "Well, my dear, any cutting remarks to make today?" "Yea, indeed I The baby's got another tooth," t ' ' . j MORTALITY IN WAR. War, called by the great Erasmus, I "the malady of princes," has had so ! many victims we will never bo able to reckon them up. However, it is computed that up to the middle of the nineteenth century no less than 6,860,000,000 men perished on the field of battle. In all probability the estimate is under, rather than over, the mark. You may he correct in thinking that "wars are practically over" among civilized people, but from the present-day armaments of the so-called civilized peoples it would look as though those in authority had not yet gotten o\or the fear of the old terror. CAPD OF THANKS. (Advertisement) We, the undersigned, wish to rxtct d thanks vo :r>e ;.ood people oi For: Mill n the nay i- inci aets shown cur lei we! wile and mother, Mrs. Emma U himbrell, dormer her la e .Loess ai d el uth. May Heaven's richest bL-ssin reward vou. d' hn K. Kimh?*e!', Mr . W. L. i 1 ickweldt r, Mrs. Z V. Bradford. (Advertisement.) Foils a Foul F* ot. When u shameful plot ex sts between liver and bowels to cause distress by refusing to act, take Dr. King's New bile Pins, and etui aucti unusu of your system. They gently compel riirht action of .stomach, liver and bowels, and restore vcur heel:li end uli ?nnrf r ? "" e? feeling. 25c i?t Parks Diu ' Co., Port Mill I r.ur Co. and Ardrey'a Drugstore. Farms Far Sale . 121 r.cre-- within three miles of Fort M.ll; five-room house, good well and two outhouses. Price per acre, $20. 134-acre tract, within four tniles of Fort Mill, with tenant houte and barn. Price, $1,650. 180-acre tract, three miles south of Fort Mill; well improved, good house, barns, outhouses. Price, per acre, $30. v 48-tcre tract, within five miles of Fort Mill ?the Clawson miil place. A bvreain in this property if taken at once. CITY PROPERTY 6-room brick dwelling, located on Main street in Fort Mill; lot 80x140 leet. A splendid opportunity for investment. Price, $3,000. 6-room dwelling on Booth street in Fort Mil, half a biock from Main street; 4-3 acre lot. Goixi house, good location. Price, $2,600. 5-room cottage on Kim street in excellent condition. We are prepared to iu*nish good terms cm additions to this property. Price, $1,050. 6-rooin residence, lot 125 x 220. on I Booth street, halt bicck irom Main street. Price, $2,OOP. 5-room cottage on Monroe White street, next to Lrauu . cnooi. An t xCellent property aim ioc..t?on. Pr.ce, I $1,4UU. 4-room cottage on Leonidas street, good lot anu goou location. Glfer it for $675. 2 3-i acre lot, three cabins on same, ; located on fcouthern Railway. Best site j;i for: M.ll lot business purposes. I i ice, $l,i6d. We can make easy terms in settlement tor a.iy ol' the aoove property, ami will be pleased to have your offers. We have a number of other properties for sale not listed above. If you are interested, call and s? e ui, ? r u lep..orie us and we wiii call, ii will pay ,iOU if you are cons.dering any deals in real estate to see us before committing yourself. / BAILES & LINK, Brokers, Over Ardrey's Drug Store, Telephone 126, FORT MILL S. C. , , . , | I 11 || |? i THE THR1CE-A-WEEK EDITION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD Pr tc'.ically a Daily itl th* Price of a Weekly. No other Nawapaper in the world gives so much at so low a price. This it n time of gre it events nnri you will want the news accurately and promptly. The D-mocra's, for the first time in sixteen years, will have the Presidency ami they will also control both branches of Congress. The political news is sure to be the mo.-t absorbing interest. There is a great war in the Old World, and you may read of the extinction of the vast Turkish Empire in Europe, just as a few years ago you read how Spain lost her last foot of soil in Americn, oft- r having ruled the empire of half the New World. The World long since established a record for impartiality, and anybody can afford ita Thrice-a-Week edition, which ' comes every other day in the week, except Sunday. It will be*of particular value to you now. The Thrice-a-Week World also abounds in other atrong features, serial stories, humor, markets, cartoons; in fact, everything that is to be found in a firat-claas daily. . THE THKICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and th'S pays for 156 papers. We o'Ter this uuequsled newspaper and The Fort Mill Tirr.es together for one year for $1.75. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.25. TAX RETURNS FOR 1013. Office off tko County Auditor off York County, S. C. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 29, 1912. Ab required by statute, my bookt will be opened at mv office in YorkvilU on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1913, and kept open until FEBRUARY 20, 1913, for the puriiose of listing for taxation all PERSONAL and REAL Property held in York county on January 1, 1U13. Ail returns must be made in regular form and, it is preferable that they bt made by the property owner in person to me t r my assistant, din ct, o i blanks provided for the purpose. The returns must lip riuVt* u_tir/_v*.? lx..r ... ..v V.WIJ o ?y vi 11 IV ciuin UC1UI C lilt or my assis-ant. or sumo other office: qualified to administer an oath. ; All items of reaity, whether farm or town lots, must be listed separately Returns made on proper blanks, am . sworn to before an officer qualified t administer an oath and forwarded t me by registered mail before Februar 20, 1913, will be accepted. All taxpayers are particularly rc quested to inform themselves as to th , number of their respective school dit tricts, and where the> have property i j more than one school district, thev wi please make separate returns indicai iiig the location of each piece of proj : erty. The school districts in wliic tnerc are special levies are as followt No". 22, 23 and 27, ti li? the! townshif Nos. 6, 13, 14. 29, 33, 43 and f>l in Be thesda township; Nos. 9, 20, 38, 40 an 44 in Broad River townsiii;>; Nos. 9. If 20, 38, 40 and 48 in BuI.ock's Orce township; Nos. 12. 45, 4t> and 52 in l a tawba township; Nos. 7, 12, 32, 35, 3 and 43, in Hb. ncr. r lov, n.-hp; Nos 20, 28 and 39, in Fort Mill township Nos. 2, 21, 22, 37, 41, 44 and 49 ii King's Mountain township; Nos. 11, 20 21, 33. 35, 42, 43, 47, 48 and 49 in Yorl township. For the purpose of facilitating th. taking of returns, and for the greate! convenience of taxpayers, 1 will be a the following' places on the date! nainpd: At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Janu arv 30. lo Wetinesdav. kVhnmrv R At Yorkville, front Thursday, February 6. until Thursday, February 20. All males between the ages of t.wen ty-one and sixty years, except Confedetate soldiers over the age of tifty years, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00, and all persons so liable are especially requested to give the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. It will be a matter of much accommo dation to me if as many taxpayers ai possible will meet me at the respect tve appointments mentioned above, s< as to a\oid the rush at Yorkville during the closing days. BKOADUS M. LOVE, County Auditor. IMITATIONS don't imitate enough to foo the people into buying th? subst.t t wl.en the genuirn and original can be had ai e . erv tirst-class d-ug store] COWAN'S PNEUMONIA PREPARATION standi alone aid is n a class by itself. There is nothing just as good lor pnei m xiiaj croup, colds and ailments] where inflammation and congestion are the cause. External, quickly absorbed. CONSULT DR. BEAM FREE! Telephone 365. '"V 15-YEAR GUARANTEE. Message to Nervous People. T t* ii you are in need of Dental work and a^e nervous I and do not want to he hurt, j come to our offices at once and we will gladly show you how we do Dental Work without Pain or Discomfort. WE LET YOU PAY AS YOU PLEASE. Gold Crowns YT ? fr*! Bridge Woik UP From & BALTIMORE DENTAL PARLOR, Inc. ' PAINLLSS DLNTISTRY 22 S. Tryon Street - CHARLOTTE, N. C ^ ^' A Happy New Year. \ The Crescent Cafe desires to extend New Year's Greetings to its patrons and thank them for their patronage during the old year and solicits their patronage for the coming year. You will find everything nice and clean and the best that this market affords. No drinking of intoxicating liquors will be allowed on the premises. Give the Crescent Cafe a trial, and if you are pleased tell others; if not, tell me. THE CRESCENT CAFE, C. A. Jones, Prop'r - Fort Mill, S. C. Hp Are Now Ready. Send 75c for 500 Send $1.25 for . 1,000 Send $3 25 for 3,000 Send $5.00 for * 5.000 Cultivation suggestions free. Agents wanted. | WAKEFIELD FARMS, Charlotte, N. C. II I a m. i I A A T^^Jj^Sr^ " ^ ' *^lil^^r 1 * * ^'' in I am now snowing a car load of the best Tennesse Mules ever brought to -Fort Mill, The Load consists of 22 mare mules, ranging in age from four to six years, I am anxious for every farmer in this township who is in need of a mule or mules to come and see this lot at once, as they are the cheapest mules that have been in Fort Mill this year or will be the next. Every mule I sell is guaranteed to be as represented. Come to Mills & Young's stable, Fort Mill, S. C., and see me. Very truly yours, SAM MUSGRAVE. i Pay Your Bills \ |I By Check. How many people can tell at the end of the year j ^ how much money they have made, how much they ^ ? have paid out and to whom"? % If you have an account with this bank and pay your a ^ bills and accounts by a check on us, it is an easy mat- ? ter to keep those things straight. t The cancelled checks which are returned to you % + each month furnish an accurate record of all trans- ^ actions and are also receipts which cannot be disputed. - I THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, J Jlu" 1 / * * * .r ^ (Under supervision cf the U. S. Government.) '1 j Trunks, ? * | ; Suit Cases ! ^ Trunks, t Suit Cases. f - The largest stock we have ever had, and prices ? that will surprise you for the next JO days. Remem ~ ber, we keep everything that goes in the house and ^ at terms to suit the customer. * ; $ * _ * > ; Harris Furniture Company, t * "First 011 the Square." f W. F. HARRIS HERBERT HARRIS JESSE HARRIS ? t t FOR THAT TIGHT COUGH When that cough of yours tightens up, the membranes become irritated and trouble you every time you take a breath, it's time you were using Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup If neglected, the cough will surely rasp and tear the membranes of the throat and affect the bronchial tubes and lungs as well? A Cough in every instance paves the way to further trouble Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup soothes and heals the irritated * membranes, removes the tickling sensation; allays inflammation and prevents further infection. The first dose affords a grateful relief. Two Sizes?25c and 50c. ? t ________________ ; Parks Drug Comp'y, Acenev for Nwol'a TomiU ' c J *UIU11 jr AOiuuuies. \ J I *