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T Established in 1891. publishers must comply 1 With postoffige law The Times on Thursday received from the postomce department at Washington a letter in which was enclosed a copy of the law governing the mailing of newspapers at the second-class, or pound, rate. This ".aw, it will be recalled, was passed by Conm*oao o Km 1 f f MfA trAflMO --? J 0 & VOO l/TV d^U ftliu prohibits publishers from mailing papers at second-class rates to subscribers who are in arrears for the paper for more than one year. Along with the letter came also a blank to cover a particular issue of The Times, to be filled out by the publisher, who, after making oath that the statements contained therein are correct, will forward it to the third assistant postmaster general. We publish below the list of questions to be answered, along with the section of the law providing penalties for publishers who make false statements: "First: Ho^^yy^iny copies of the above issue did you print? "Second: How many were mailed tn snhanriherc? ^hird:~~How~ many copies were sold by news agents, delivered by your own carriers, or sold over your own counter? "Fourth: How many copies, were mailed as "sample copies"? j "Fifth: What disposition is made of the remaining copies printed? "Sixth: Of the copies mailed to subscribers, how many were to persons whose subscriptions at the time of mailing this issue were in ar. :ars more than one year and had not been expressly renewed? "Any person who shall submit, or cause to be submitted, to any postmaster, or to the Post Office department, or aWr officer of the postal service, of^any false evidence relative to any publication for the purpose of ^curing the admission thereof at the second v> class rates for transportation in the mails, shall he deemeH imilt-v of a misdemeanor, and for every such olfense, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500." V From the above section^ Ajt will seem that publishers/*^,inot send-papers on tim^j* to subscribers at second-r.jf^oq rates for longer than ono^ear without violating the A violation of the law ' ^ouid mean that The i!meS uCCv^^ no l?n?er be sent throughr^he mail at the secondclass Lfate and that a one-cent stam?? WOuld have to be placed ?n /each copy of the paper. To ub this would mean an expense ' of 52 cents per year on each paper sent out, and to say that this could be done and the paper prosper is not to know. This would be nearly half of what is charged for the paper, saying nothing of the cost of blank paper, composition in getting it up and work of mailing it out. Recently The Times has been forced to discontinue a number of subscriptions on account of this law, and has on its lists a few others who will be dropped soon unless payment for the paper is made. Big Pageant at Winthrop. Winthrop College is preparing an Old English pageant, which will be presented on the campus next May, in honor of Winthrop's birthday. Practically the entire ni.. J i. U 1 . . ...Ill ? 1 I ? DLUUCIIL UWUJ Will uikc pari. HI the performance, which is to be on a scale of great magnificence. The pageant will present" the visit of Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Leicester at Kenil worth and the sports by which the royal lady was entertained. The program, which is in two parts ~ afternoon and evening?will open with the assembling upon the castle green of Lord Leicester's household and the peasant folk from the vicinity of Kenilworth. Upon the queen's arrival she will oe entertained witn uid kngusn reels, masques, pantomimes, Morris dances, and performing animals. In the evening the great Robin Hood drama, Sherwood, by Alfred Noyes, will be presented before her majesty. It is expected that specia trains will be run from all neighboring towns. Ik, ?r:r^fx;r--v , i HE F FIR. WILSONS CABINET. Secretary of State?William J. I Bryan, of Nebraska. Secretary of Treasury?William 1 o ae - a j -- i v*. jhcauoo, 01 ixew York. Secretary of War?Lindley M. Garrison, of N?-w Jersey. Attorney General?James McReynolds, of Tennessee. Postmaster General?Albert S. Burleson, of Texas. Secretary of Navy?Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina. Secretary of Interior?Franklin K. Lane, of California. Secretary of Agriculture?David F. Houston, of Missouri. Secretary of Commerce?William C. Re>dfield, of New York. Secretary of Labor?William ? B. Wilson, of Pennsylvania. Conditions at Confederate Home. Some startling: revelations of conditions at the State Soldiers' Home, near Columbia. lmvo brought to light by the joint : committee appointed by the legislature to investigate charges of mismanagement and improper conduct on the part of the officers of the Home. The committee made its report to the Senate .Friday and sustained a number of the charges. The committee holds that drunkenness is very common among the inmates of the home and recommends that strictest discipline be enforced to remedy this practice. The committee sustains the charge that officers use partiality in their dealings with the veterans and suggests a reduction of salary of certain officers and the amalgamation of other offices. That the sick inmates are not properly nursed, and that the home is in an unsanitary condition, are other allegations which the committee sustains from the evidence submitted. The report was received as information and ordered printed in the journal. Tillman Talks of Railroad Law. In speaking of the proposed railroad bill now before A,;el South Carolina Legislature'* Senator B. R. Tillman is rioted as saying: 41 am watcb-^g'ihe Legislature of .S^ath Carolina and hopini^-"and praying that it will f?dss some reasonable railroad bill. It ought to pass a bill r< quiring every railroad selling mileage books to sell one good for any number of persons to go anywhere on the system, just as they do all over the North, east of the arid prairies. "The requirement that holders of mileage books shall exchange mileage for tickets is a nuisance and an abomination, and the requirement that a member of his family buy a seperate book for each member of his family is a robbery that ought not to be permitted. "I don't see why the railroads in South Carolina can't treat us like white people as they do in the North, instead of like cattle. Only 'cussing' will do the subject justice. These nuisances ought j ta be abated." I Information was received in | Fort Mill a few days ago of the ! death at Forest City, Arkansas, ! of Mr. Henry Giles, a native of 1 Fort Mill, but who had resided 1 in Arkansas for many years. 1 Mr. Giles has many relatives in i York county and during the I early part of 1912 visited this i section for the first time since i; his removal to Arkansas in 1860. i; His death followed a stroke of ! paralysis, which he suffered several weeks ago. announcements; For Magistrate. I hereby announce myself a candi1 date for nomination for the office o1 ! Magistrate of Port Mill township, sub! 1 ject to the rules of the Democratu party. W. L. HALL. 1 i The Times is authorized to announce ! Mr. S. W. PARKS as a candidate foi 5 1 the office of Magistrate of Fort Mil . | townsh'p, subject to the action of the " | Democratic voters in the approaching primary. 1 I hereby announce myself a candi date for nomination for the positioi ' of Magistrate of Fort Mill township J subject to party rules and the will o: ? the Democratic voters in the approach [ ing primary. R. P. HARRIS.. 1 The Times is authorized U> announci Mr. IRA G. SMYTHE as a candidal* i for recommendation for the office o Magistrate of Fort Mill township, sub ' ject to the rules of the Democrats 1 party. % ORT FOBT MILL, S. C., TH COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT VISITS FORT MILL SCHOOLS Editor The Times: I have just returned from an official visit to all the country schools in Fort Mill township and if you can find the necessary space I will be glad to have you publish some observations on conditions as I found them. I am writing, not in any spirit of criticism, of either teachersr trustees or patrons, but I shall be perfectly frank in calling attention to the needs of the schools, with the hope that steps will be taken to improve conditions very materially in the near future. I reached Fort Mill early Tuesday morning and drove at once ft* ?i 1 -- r~v?_i? ? ^ cvj. v,iic iuatiocy aciiuui in uistnci No. 4. The trustees for this district are Messrs. J. F. Lee and B. F. Massey. Miss Alda Therrell is the teacher in charge. The school house is built oh the old style with no regard) for scientific lighting or ventilation, but it is comfortable, has a ix>rch in front and is equipped with good desks and a fair amount of blackboord space. The oyitside is painted and both building and grounds are reasonably well cared for. I was glad tcL see a well arranged program of daily recitations on a separate blackboard and there were other evidences of systematic wjork on the part of the teacher./ The annual school term is onJy four months and something should be done to lengthen it. 7 A four months' term does ndlt give a child a fair showing? in his preparation for the fe'attle of life. This is one of that few districts in the county vvhich has no special levy for scBpool purposes, and if a mill tajk were voted enough could be ^secured from the State ext'Jtriairm fiinrl tr* increase tjjftf term to seven mopthgy*'and add some needed equipment in the way of maps, library, etc. The afternoon was spent at the Flint Hill school six miles above town. A few of the patrons were out to meet me, and we had quite an interesting discussion of school affairs. Flint Hill is in District No. 39. Messrs. W. H. Windle, W. P. Epps and W. B. Medlin are the trustees. Miss Myrtle Smith has charge of the school this session. I am told, and believe, she is doing faithful, conscientious work, but it is impossible for her or any other teacher to get the best results under existing conditions. The school building is miserable? the outside patched up and unpainted, the inside walls black with age?very few de sks-old fashioned plank blackboards?no maps or globe?no library?its venerable roof leaning toward the beautiful church, as if in meek apology for its very existence. If any one thinks I have over-painted the picture, let him go look for himself. The hopeful factors in the situation are the 50 or 60 bright-faced, inj telligent looking boys and girls, the magnificent new church, ' showing what the community is capable of doing, and the general air of prosperity, prevalent or , the farms and around the homes i of the citizens. t Flint Hill needs a new buildi ing, and from the expressions heard I am encouraged to bef lievc that I will soon be able tc [ write a very different story. With this accomplished othei ; improvements will follow ir rapid succession. On my way to the next schoo it was my good fortune to spenr the night in the home of Mr, and Mrs. S. P. HLankenship ; whose hospitality made me fee | tuat a*cu tuc II1C UI ?1 LUUIIlj ; S superintendent has its compen r nations. . 1 If yau find this useable I wil ! say something next week abou r> the Gold Hill, Eureka anc - Riverside schools. John E. Carroll, Co. Supt. Education, f Yorkville, March 3. A hard rain fell in this sectioi k Thursday morning, but no dam * age, so far as reported, wa . done. However, the same storri c did much damage in other sec tions of the country. 1 I ? ( v,. m w * I ? I Xi Mill ? ITISDAY, MARCH 6,1913. | PASSES WEBB LIQUOH BILL | OVER PRESIDENT'S VETO j By a vote of 244 to 95 the i national House of Representatives Saturdnv rpnasspH nvpr President Taft's veto the Webb ! bill prohibiting shipments of | intoxicating liquors into "dry i States." The Senate passed it over the veto Friday night and the bill now becomes law. Only one other time in the last 15 years has Congress overridden a President's veto. That was when the Rayney River dam bill was passed over President Roosevelt's disapproval. President Taft based his veto almost entirely upon the ground that the bill is unconstitutional, in that it virtually delegated to the States control of interstate traffic in liquor, when he held | that control was vested solely in j Congress. Attorney General j Wickersham had given an opinion also holding the bill unconstitutional and that the President forward to the Senate Friday with his veto message. The Senate repassed the bill promptly Friday night and early | Saturday House leaders favoring ! the measure led by Representative Clayton, chairman of the ; judiciary committee, and Repre: sentative Webb, one of its | framers,' began working for an , immediate repassage. Debate was limited and the House repassed the bill with a wide margin over the necessary two-thirds vote, as the Senate had done. Supporters of the bill say it will make effective the prohibition laws of "dry States" which they say now are violated because intoxicants are shipped in to private individuals and have the effect of nullifying local laws. Cannon Buys York Hill. The York Cotton Mill property, on the outskirts of Yorkville, was sold from the court house steps Friday at noon to J. F. Cannon of Concord, N. C., for $160,000, the upset price. Mr. Cannon was the only bidder. The understanding is that the mill is to be owned by J. P. Cannon and his father. J. W. Cannon, and will be operated by them in connection with the 15 or 20 other mills that they already own or control. The plant is one of the largest in the county and it is believed that, in the hands of these experienced and successful business men, it will prove a moneymaker. The price at which the property sold, so it is said, covers the indedtedness of the corporation. AN APPEAL TO MOTHERS. A Duty The Mother Owes to Her Child and to Herself And to Her Family. 1 In these days of star-shooting; the days when all kinds of re| forms are being handed to the i parents, the mother feels that she ' has irreat resnonsihilities Anrl j she has. She must not only bear 1 and rear and nurse-and love and I often lose her offspring?but she must ever keep her ear to the ' j ground to know what evil may 5 j befall the loved one. This 13 ' j not a patent medicine advertiseII ment. It is the relation of a I fact. Pneumonia and mumps, and scarlet fever and measles 1; come along and all the ills that childhood is heir to?and the j! doctor is called in, and generally ' I he pulls the hopeful through. - I But it is generally understood these times that all the diseases 1 that rob homes of little ones r Croup and Pneumonia are the most insidious. They baffle the skill of physicians, often, possi' ' bly the physician is not called f' in time. This is why every home 1 should be supplied with a bottle of Gowans Preparation, the celj ebrated and marvelous remedy for Pneumonia and Croup Coids ?applied externally and never failing to relieve the sufferer, i Buy a bottle today; try it and - you wi'l thank your stars thai s your eyes were directed to this n article. All druggists handle it, - Take no substitutes but gel n 4 r uowans.?auv. i . .V \ r Timi SPECIAL. | On Saturday, March 8. F The Times will allow Five I Votes in the McElhaney | Piano Contest for each cent paid on new subscriptions, renewals or old accounts. The firm of McElhaney & Co. will on Saturday also allow Five Votes for each cent purchase for cash from their stocks. The "Silver Tea" Pleased All. A fairly pood crowd attended the "Silver Tea" given in the auditorium Tnursday evening by the ladies of the local chapter D. A. R. and the Good Times Glee club, and all were highly pleased with the evening's entertainment. The D. A. R. and the members of the glee club opened the programme by marching into the auditorium and upon the stage, singing "America." Each one was dressed in full colonial costume, and the effect was quite pleasing. Probably the most enjoyable part of the yi vigraimiit? was tne singing school" with \V. B. Ardrey taking the part of singing master. Oiher numbers of the programme especially pleasing were: "Angel Serenade." an instrumental trio by Miss Kittie Kirkpatrick, W. F. Boyd and F. E. Ardrey; "Morn Rise," vocal duet by Mrs. E. M. Belk and Miss Elizabeth Nims; "Good Night, Little Girl," solo by Mrs. E. S. Reid, and "Who Knows," solo by Mrs. James Fulp. Upon the conclusion of the musical programme, the guests were regaled with light refreshments in the east reception room, served by the members of the D. A. R. After this W. B. Ardrey "called the figures" for an old-fashioned square dance. This was enjoyed till a late hour. In the Rock Hill Herald's contest for free trips to Washington, Miss Kathleen Blankenship, daughter of Mr. C. P. Blankenship, of Gold Hill, won the trip in this township. Miss Blankenship left for Washington Monday i evening with the other members | of The Herald's party. ARE YOU FOR TF Watch this SDace everv vv I " * least money. New list each ^ BARGAINS arriving daily. 9 JUST New shipment. White Cre special value at only 15c per y See our Ladies', Misses' ; Spring Dresses at 50c up. Beautiful Quality Flaxons Checked Flaxons in White for und'-rwear and Waists. Pretty assortment Val. L; Ask to see our Wide Shadow 1 dresses. SPECIAL-All-over Emb only 50c per yard. Handsome quality Stripei ' dresses in white and colors?t Spring waist or dress. Big k that absolutely does not fadeHANE $3 00 Special Value Mes 275 2 50 1.50 1.25 50 LEATHER \ $150 Pretty Handbapj 1.00 .50 r iAr T/z~i : JLe. vtr IV illIS "THE PLACE WHER .*1 iifrjn?n?w.rmmmmmammmmmmammmmm 1 /H I tl.26 Per Year. I AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILL I FOUR MEXICAN REGULARS I Four dead Mexican soldiers I and an unknown number of I wounded were taken to Agua I Prieta Monday from the point I on the international border five I miles from Douglas, Ariz., where I two troops of the ninth United I States cavalry fought a thirty 1 minute battle with Mexican | regulars Sunday. More than I two thousand shots were fired by the American troopers and it is estimated that fully as many were fired by the Mexicans. None of the Americans were hit. > Neither side crossed the line. Colonel Gilfoyle, commanding the ninth cavalry, said Monday he did not anticipate further trouble. As a precaution, however, the usual border patrol of the ninth cavalry was incresed Monday^ morning. General Ojeda, Mexican commander at Agua Prieta, claimed that the American troops fired first. This was denied by United States army officers. Lieutenant Nicholson in command of the 15 who first engaged the Mexicans, and Captain Armstrong, who commanded troops E and F, when they came to the relief of the patrol, said that a volley came from the Mexican side beiore the Americans fired. Will Soon Be Issued. The new nickel of Indian head and butfalo design will be put into general circulation within a few days. Already the treasury department has received applications from banks for more than 2,000,000 of the new coins. The new nickel is snirl tn he nne r?f the handsomest small coins ever issued by the .erovernment. They will soon he afloat in Fort Mill. "Ye Old-Time Singing School." If you vant an .evening of fun and pleasure, come to ''Ye Old-Time Singing School" at the auditorium Friday night, March 7. The quaintest of oldtime costumes and quaint old music with var.ous other new and interesting features will afford a rare combinat on that none should miss. lmmedately after the entertainment the D. A. R. will hold an informal reception, during which refreshments will be served to all free of charge. Repeated by si ecial request. Admission 25c and 15c.?Adv. WAITING IIS AD? 1. i 1 ii nnnm r it et'K anu uuy me 1311.C51 ior me veek of the special Spring .kRIVED pe for waists and underwear, ard. and Childrens' Ready-to-wear i, in Plain, White and Figured. children's dresses and ladies' aces, Beadings and Torchons. Lace, in White and Cream for roidered Lawn, 30 inches wide, rl Serge Silks for waists and he very latest Silk for your >t 32-inch Gingham ? the kind -A BARGAIN at 10c yard. BAGS. ?h Bags, now only $2.00 1.75 44 1.50 1.00 .85 39 1AND BAGS. s. now only. $ .98 -=* )rell Comp'y K QUALITY COUNTS." 1 j! ' j. I