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THE FORT MILL TIMES.
OwMintk- Publfcbod Ttaurodarm.
8. W. BRADFORD . Editor and Prop rioter.
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Telephone. local and Ion* distance. No. 11*.
Entered at the poatofflce at Fort Mill. 8. C., aa
. autl matter of the second elass.
THURSDAY. MARCH 20. 1913.
Cultivating the Local Market.
Much has been said recently
about the needless handling of
goods and the amount it adds to
the cost of products of the farm
and orchard. Another factor
that influences the increased cost
of products is the lack of appreciation
among home folks of i
the resources at their own doors.
This lack of appreciation is due
in a large measure to the neglect
of local manufacturers and growers
of fruit or vegetables to
Cfcter to the home market rather
than to depend upon' a fancy
package and a careful assorting
of their products to sell them in
large city markets at higher
prices. The latter practice has
been encouraged by commission
men, particularly if the product
has found special favor with the
distant consumer.
The situation brought about
in this way has been potent in
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causing: tne present hue and cry
about the small profit secured by
the producer of fruit, vegetables
and dairy and poultry products
and about the large profit received
by the commission man,
the retailer, or other distributor.
The remark often has been made
that if the producer were to cater
more specially to his near-by
trade, he would economize in
freight, in selling expense and
in other factors that enter into
the ultimate cost of any product.
Unfortunately, however, many
of the aggressive merchants in
looking for new fields to conquer
are misled by the enchantment
which distance lends to the view
and they very often get into
territory that could he better
served by others. Unless it is
a case of catering to a particular
class, known as "fancy trade."
this will have a demoralizing
effect, upon values. Happily for
the mail who raises fruit that is
fipe enough, or Who raises
potatoes that are big and mdaly
and cheap enough, he is able to
get a special price for them and
other products of the farm almost
anywhere they are offered
for sale.
Th? Town That Just Grows.
There are in this country some
towns that just grew, like Topsy.
They are not numerous (for
towns that are left just to grow
just die), but they afford interesting
examples.
There were reasons why they
just grew. They were sometimes
half-way between two
better towns. They were a convenient
stopping place, a necessary
evil.
The streets are rambling, because
they, like the town, just
grew.
The houses are out of line and
out of repair, because they, like
the streets, just grew.
The people are often shiftless
and poor, because they, like the
houses, just grew.
The children are uneducated,
often dirty, sometimes immoral,
because they, like the people,
just grew.
Heaven help the town that
just grows. It must have had
great natural advantages to have
just grown in comnention with
liver towns. But it lacked real
people. It could, with these selfevident
advantages, have been
made so much better, brighter,
bigger. But the people were
willing to lei it just grow.
It might have been so much
cleaner, happier, wealthier. It
might have bten a rose; but it
just grew?and the thing that
just grows is a weed.
Its people sent away for their
good* and left their awn town
jvwt to cow.
Reader, how about your town?
It may teem to be doing fairly
' well, but is it doing as well as it
might? Are you taking an interest
in its affairs? Are you helping
elect good men to office? Are
you spending your money here at
home where it will continue to
iurnisn capital for this town's
people? Are you intere^^d in
the things proposed for" this
town's increased prosperity and
improved appearance?
Or are you leaving the town
just to grow?
Summarizing in a paragraph
some of the advantages of good
roads, a set of resolutions adopted
by an Illinois Good Roads association
say8: "Improved roads
mean better schools and larger
attendance, better health and
quicker transportation, better
farms and more cultivated land,
better crops and cheaper transportation,
better economic conditions
and more producers, better
social conditions and less isolation,
better church attendance
and better citizens, better postal
service and closer friends, better
business and more consumers,
better industries and more employment,
a better State and e
better nation." These are all
things quite worth while. Good
roads cost money, but the returns
compensate for the expen
diture.
i The Illinois Supreme Court
has ruled that fortune telling
is not illegal because the seer is
paid for his time and not for the
information or misinformation
he gives. The fundamental idea
of obtaining money under false
pretenses Beems to have been
entirely overlooked by the court.
[The Supreme Court of Illinois
! would do well to take a few
1 lessons in some correspondence
school.
Surprise Your Friends
For four weeks regularly use Dr.
rung s XNew Lite fills. They stimulate
j the liver, improve digestion, remove
blood impurities, pimples and eruptions
dissuppear from your face and body
I and you feel better. Begin at once.
! Buy ut Ardrey'a Drug Store, Fort Mill
Drug Co. and Parks Drug Co.
(Advertisement.)
Give the parcel post credit for
i compelling the express comj
parties to hop down off their
high horse.
Are You a Cold Sufferer?
Tuke Dr. King's New Discovery. The
Beat Cough, Cold, Throat and Lung
medicine made. Do not hesitate?take
it at our risk. First dose helps. J. R.
Wells, Floyaada. Texas, writes: "Dr.
King's New Discovery cured my terrible
rough and cold-, i gained Mpounds."
Buy it at Ardrby** Drug Store, Parkr
j Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co.
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'why wait
UNTIL IT IS
TOO LATE!
A bottle of GOWANS, King
of Externals, in the home
may save complications in
Croup, Colds or Pneumonia.
External it can do no hermit
has assisted thousands ir
dispelling colds that might
have proved serious.
This is what a prominent
person aays:
My personal use and observation convinces
rne that you cannot claim to<
much for Cowans Preparation. Car.
give you names of two well known people
who think they owe their recovery
I irum desperate pneumonia attacks to
Gowans. The nurses state it is re.
markable how soon it stops the spread
i congestion and lowers the temperature.
E. W. EVERSON,
Contractor,
Providence, R. I.
All Druggists and Guaranteed.
Three sixes, $1.00, 50 end 25 cents,
j GOWAN MEDICAL COMPANY.
Concord, N. C.
TO THE PUBLIC!
I have opened a General
Repair Shop at the old Downs
stand, in the rear of Harris*
livery stable, and solicit a
share of your patronage.
I propose to do only good
work and guarantee satisfaction
and prices.
Let me shoe your horses.
ELI PARES.
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Dr. Kind's New Discovery
Soothes irritated throat and lungs,
tops chronic'and hacking cough, relieves
tick tin gXhroat, tastes nice. Take
m other; eswe used. always used. Boy
it st Vbrt Mm Drug Oa., Parka Drug
Ccu sad Ardrey?s Drug Store.
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now l+ong Will
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f | will it burn?
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| swer this qnestioa,
we will grre
$ -5 yon
FREE
:X:s
a food supply of
1 Groceries.
Hoy:
JoqI Beginning the
L|m:| 1st of March we
; ;? $( will allow a guess
. j: at the life of the
candle for each
50c pnrchase or
a *
ill 50c payment on
account at onr
'. ' % store. This will 1
continne nntil the
|j :|| 1st of May, when
Mthe candle will be
lighted. No one
JM knows bow loi|
the candle will
bin, and to Ae
person fnessins
the exact, or nearest
exact, time of
H burning we will
K pre free the lot
of Groceries now
on display in our
show w'nd)w.
Call and see us or
'Phone No. 15.
Stewart & Culp
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"The best education?self knw
"The best philosophy?a conte
"The best theology?a pure an
"The best medicine?cheerfulr
"The best war?to fig lit again;
"The best music?the laughter
"The best art?painting a smil
"The best science?extracting
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heart.
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letters.
"The best mathematics?multi
sorrows of others.
"The best navigation?steerinf
contention.
"The best engineering?buildii
of death.
The best policy ?an annual
Central Life.
BA1LES
Over Ardrey1
FORT MILL
Let US
Sell U
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Doors
and
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Big Stock and
Prices Right.
Fort Mill Lumber Co.
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of an innocent child.
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sunshine from a cloudy day.
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