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Established in 1891. FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1913. 31.25 Per Year. C> 8E I tit It* TAKItt BILL WILL REDUCE COST OF LIVING Removal of all tariff from! many articles of food ancl cloth-, in*; broad reductions in the rates of duty on all necessaries of life; an increase of tariff on many luxuries, and a new income tax that would touch the pocket of every American citizen whose net income exceeds $4,000 are the striking features of the new Democratic tariff re !-! L.Ml _ _ a * .? vision 0111 presented in tne House upon the convening Monday of the extraordinary session of Congress. , ' Sugar would be free of duty in ' 1916, the bill proposing an im. mediate 25 per cent, reduction and the removal of the remaining duty in 1916. Raw wool would be made free at once with a correspondingly heavy reduction in the tariff on woolen goods. All these other articles are put on the free list, namely: Meats, flour, bread, boots and shoes, lumber, coal, harness, saddlery, iron ore, milk and cream, potatoes, salt, swine, corn, corn meal, cotton bagging, agricultural implements, leather, I wood pulp. Bibles, printing paper not worth more than 21-2 cents per pound, typewriters, sewing machines, typesetting machines, cash registers, steel rails, fence ... ^ v'rfre, cotton ties, nails, hoop and ^ band iron, fish, sulphur, soda, t tanning materials, acetic and sulphuric acids, borax, lumber f>roduct3, including broom handes, clapboards, hubs for wheels. posts, laths, pickets, staves, shingles. i These principal items are taken from the free list and taxed: Rough and uncut diamonds, precious stones, furs, coal tar products. 10 per cent: volatile officers of the Charlotte police force and others charitably inclined for the benefit of Mrs. J. R. Eskridge and her seven I children, survivors of the late J. R. Eskridge. the special pa\ trolman who was shot and killed by Ivey Torrence, colored, in the negro vaudeville theater in Charlotte about two weeks ago. About $50 has already been pledged and there is assurance of an equal amount elsewhere. Columbia Gets the Sanitarium. Columbia will get the sanitarium to be established by the Baptists of South Carolina. The decision was reached by the committee on site on last Wednesday. The acceptance of Columbia's offer was conditioned upon this offer being legally framed up within 30 days. These conditions were not made public. Making Overdrafts. Patrons of the two local banks j will read with interest the folr ' lowing circular letter whirh hna been sent out by the State bank examiner to the bankers of South t Carolina: [ "A usage to allow customers I to overdraw and have their I checks and notes charged up II without present funds in the 11 bank, stripped of all technical II disguise, the usage and practice, III attempt to be sanctioned, is a 111 'usage and practice to misapply 111 the funds of the bank; and to 111 connive at the withdrawal of 111 same, without any security, in II \ favor of certain privileged per \\ sons. Such a usage and pracm\\ tice is surely a manifest deH \ l Darture fmm *>.<? rlnftr , 'V **% %*J J UVtll VI \ \ the directors and cashier, and * \ cannot receive any countenance I \ in a court of justice. It could B\ \ not be supported by any vote of j IB \ \ the directors, however formal; j ^B\ \ and therefore, whenever done by ^B \ \the cashier, is at his own peril Y \and upon the responsibility of himself and his sureties. It is I Yny thing but 'well and truly exe- 1 HI i Yiting his duties as cashier.' " By I "That's the opinion of the| l\ Inited States Supreme Court B\ hrbatim. Considering that fact, i I B\ Vre is very little verbosity but it. An overdraft is a plain Vapplication of funds." \ | | Damaged Corn Coming In. The State department of agriculture, through its inspectors, is finding a considerable quantity of bad and dangerous com again coming into the markets of the' State. Some 500 bushels Were ; taken off the markets last week. j Commissioner Watson says this is doubtless due to the floods in ! the Middle V\ est, and he wishes to warn all purchasers?par-1 ticularly merchants to be exceed- j ingly careful in seeing that corn ! shipped them is guaranteed to stand State inspection. He urges all merchants, if there be the slightest doubt as to the condition of a consignment of corn, not to pay for it without inspection. He says upon telegraphic or mail request an inspector will be sent promptly to draw samples and th'j examination of the sample and report i will be given speedily. Where the shipper declines to submit to State inspection he advises that the entire shipment be promptly I rejected. Those who regard this warning will run no chance of sustaining a loss. The commissioner says that if the goods are paid for and accepted, and upon inspection they are found to be in violation of the law, he will have no option but to enforce the law. ?The State. York's Oat Crop Fine. Reports from different sections of York county indicate that the oat crop is larger and probably better than ever before. The wet weather of the early spring no appreciable bad effect on the oats. The acreage in corn promises also to be a very large one this season and already some of this crop has been planted. Every year.sees the farmers in York county increasing their crops of food stuffs. Much new lana hasj been broken up and a goodly proportion of it will be planted in corn. Reward foi Murderer. Acting upon a petition signed by a number of operatives of the York Cotton mill and other people of the vicinity, Goyernor RloQOO UoO ? ? ? 1 ^ 1 uivoov iios unci cu it reward 01 $75 for the arrest and conviction of the unknown party who assassinated Sam Smith, the negro watchman at the mill on the night of March 8. There is a pretty general impression as to the identity of the murderer and this impression is based upon certain damaging facts and circumstances; but so far as is known the officers of the law are still lacking in information that would warrant them in making an.arrest.?Yorkville Enquirer. The News of Gold Hill. Fort Mill Times Correspondence. As Gold Hill has not been represented in The Times for two weeks, I hope you will find space in your columns for a few notes this week. Well, we are glad that Old Winter has at last released his icy grasp on this community, and gentle Spring is once more with us. With her has come the cinirit nf inrlnoti-ir o?/1 t-U-jrii wr...? V* tiuuovi j auu tlll llllllCSS that is characteristic of the Gold Hill people. Mr. W. H. Windle has made wonderful improvements on the looks of his premises in the past few days, by the use of whitewash. Follow his example, Mr. Farmer. You cannot do any harm by the use of the whitewash brush, but on the other hand, you can do a great deal of good. It is beginning to look like progressive farming around here now. The writer saw ten loads 1 of fertilizer pass by his door one ! day last week. That is business, | Mr. Farmer, but do not wade in | too deep. Remember those j guano bills must be paid this fall. rpL - ? *? i - ' - * - a iie students ot the Gold Hill school are hard down at work on their respective duties for the closing exercises of their school on Friday the 18th. Several prominent men will make educational addresses on that day, among whom will be State Senator Geo. R. Rembert, and j possibly Stale Superintendent of ; F.ducation Swearingen. It is regretted very much that Hisjl Excellency, the Governor, cannot, COUNTY SCHOOL MEETING AT WINTHROP SATURDAY All over York county, the message has been sent making known to the boys and girls attending the several schools that on Saturday, April 12, a County School Day will be held at Winthrop college, i During the morning hours, the pupils, attending in a body with their teachers and flying their banners, will be entertained on the campus at Winthrop college. During the afternoon, the scene of this pleasant affair will be shifted to the grounds of the city graded school. Contests for mental ability will be the work of the morning and, in the afternoon, athletics will hold sway. Following are some suggestions given uy mose wno will De in charge of the exercises: < All pupils, patrons, trustees, and interested friends of the ( public schools of York county ^ are cordially invited to attend . and are requested to bring lunch ' boxes well filled and marked i with the owner's name. These ( boxes will be deposited in the i bowling alley on the back cam- | pus. ( After depositing lunch boxes ] all will go to the playground in t front of North dormitory. Here f there will be games, and children who desire to do so may ( have a trip down the fire escape. t See Miss Russell about this. , At half past nine they will go ( into Tillman hall and Miss Isles, | head of the Art Department of ( Winthrop college, will show ^ some beautiful lantern slides of j places in Europe that she visited , recently. Exhibits of work done in the schools during the past year will be found in the corridors of the i Main building at Winthrop. 1 Inter-Collegiate Contest. . Hundreds of people from all s parts df South Carolina, with many from adjoining States, are ] making arrangements to be in I Rock Hill for the inter-collegiate i oratorical contest on April 25. 1 The railroads of the State have i granted a round trip rate of four i cents per mile one way, a twenty 1 per cent, discount from the usual i rate. This reduced rate will be i effective April 24th and the tickets will be good until mid- i night of April 26. i Whaley and Hughes Run Again. t The next representative from ! the First South Carolina con-, gressional disirict in succession 1 c to the late George S. Legare will ( be a man from Charleston, either 1 Richard S. Whaley, ex-speaker 1 j of the House, or E. W Hughes, ] i former mpinhor ro* t ~ ~- ? v/i u'^isia- i ture. These two, with Charleston's tremendous vote wielding the major influence on the pri- x mary, were the leaders in the f first primary, and they will make * the second race for the nomina-, f tion. . 1 The second primary will be c held April 15. ? A Business Flan's Paper. A business map's daily newspaper is to be issued from Colum- 1 bia about April 15, according to J the plans of those who are >%r- \ ranging the details. The name * of the publication will be The J Daily Index and the reading {j matter will be confined to items | of interest to the business and j nrofpR?ir?r?nt ilUnmotu 1 , ...kvilooo ui me com* | munity. Reports of various I v kinds will be featured and there j n will be a full scope of informs-. a tion relating to transactions of i importance to those who are i ? pushing Columbia to the fore- j y front. The initial issue will con-. s tain four pages. ! ? ? A be with us. j ? James E. Epps has returned $ home from Tampa, Florida, where he has been since some \ time before Christmas. " The people of Gold Hill con- A gratuls te Miss Kathleen Blank- j enship for her good luck in a winning a diamond ring in the Rock Hill Herald contest. The writer is pleased to state that the health of the com-'t munity is good at present. ^ A Gold Hill Student. I E Senator Tillmth's Health Good. Senator B. R. Tillman spent FYiday in Columbia on his way x) Washington, says a special liapatch to the Charlotte Observer. He is looking remarkibly well, is getting about with)iit the aid of a stick, and his riental attitude and machinery irfe working with much more jasethan ever. He expects the session of Congress to last at east until August and Derhansi onger. He hopes the Congress vill deal with the money questiotfy asr well as with the tariff, ina says that the Democrats paveagreat deal to do in undoing ill the "devilment" of the Republicans for the past 50 years. He now thinks that it was a providential act that kept him from the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee, as that might have involved more Arork than he was able to stand. Aboat Storms. Spartanburg Journal. On this side of the equator we tall the storms which originate far to the south cyclones. They ire .002 to 1000 miles wide. They ire called hucricanes in the West [ndies. They may not be violent, especially when they are wide. When the3' pass over the gulf they are deflected to the northeast and often move up the Atantic coast. Sometimes they :urn towards Louisiana and give the gulf coast a lashing. ..When they strike -the mouth pf the Mississippi they generally turn to the northeast. That is *rhat the last cyclone did. The pne last Sunday must have been ; 500 miles wiae, as it passed j through the States. Along with , these cyclones are developed tornadoes which move in smaller circles. They are sometimes called: "twisters" and they are very j lestructive. They are often' tessthan 1,000 feet wide. Trees may be uprooted and houses blown down in their path, while I mile or two distant on either side the wind was light. When that violent- tor lado i passed over Golightly, about J :wenty years ago, there was no vind of consequence in Spartan- ' purg. These tornadoes often do tot extend more tfyan five to ten i niles. They carry leaves and ;rash so high that the upper cur ents of air carry them across leveral counties# In the eighties about 3 o'clock n the afternoon people were istomshed by a fail of leaves. Born stalks and other light ;hings fell ir the city. It was loticed acrdrh the county to Broad river And even in York rounty. It was only partly j iloudy here and calm. Newspapers and photographs were' picked up. In a day or two it ( vas known that a tornado had struck Pickens county and some louses were blown down. Sometimes these tornadoes are vhirled through the air and do lot touch the earth. When that s the case they make a noise iimilar to trains of cars rolling on 7 i a. i- - tt icrmi traces. nere in tins part >f the State we are reasonably lafe, for these storms seldom develop up close to the mountains. Are You a Cold Sufferer? Take Dr. King's New Discovery. The lest Cough, Cold, Throat and Lung nedicine made. Do not hesitate ?tane t at our risk. First dose helps. J. K. Veils, Floydada, Texas, writes: "Dr. ting's N? w Discovery cured my terri>le cough and cold. I gained 15 pounds." I luy it at Ardrey's Drug Store, Harks )rug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. AN ORDINANCE. Be it ordained by the mayor and j wardens of the town of Fort Mill, S. C. | ow sitting in open council and by the uthoVity of the same: Section 1. '1 hat all able bodied male esidents of the town of Fort Mill, S. j between the a cen of 21 and 50 ears, and who aid not exempt by I Itute law, shall, b?!w en the 15.h day f April, 1918, anc the 15th day of lay, 1918, pay untc "-he town treasurer ommutation street fax in the suin of 3.00, or perform five days' labor on he street* of said t >wn. Sec. 2. That after the 15th day of lay, 1918, all delinquents will be pun- j ] ihed as provided by law In such cjhm. Done and ratified this, 4th, uav of i pril, 1913. A.'K. McELHANEY, itteat: Mayor. S. W. I'ARKS, CI rk. ' To The Public. We oirer the serv:ce of two Regis- \ ered Jersey Bulls, fee fl in advance, vlso offer the eer ice of Berkshire I toar. L. A HARRIS & CO. ; . 1A - BIRDS ARE A 6REAT HELP TO THE AMERICAN FARMER J t With the opening of spring and ( the sowing of seed the study of t the birds and their worth to the , community becomes opportune i and for this reason the bureau of c biological survey of the national t department of agriculture has is- x sued a bulletin dealing with the | 50 or more common birds of the ? farm and orchard. The annual damage to crops t by insects is estimated at $700,- | 000,000 and would be far greater if it were not for the birds w ho feed upon these insects. While it may be said that all birds of the air are useful to j 1 man, there are only a few which 11 never do any harm. Insect-eat- * ing birds, for instance, destroy * along with vast numbers of harm- * ful insects, many that are na- ' ture's most effective agents for > keeping in check the destructive s ones. But taking their work as * a whole, the good they do more 1 than compensates for the harm. N Of the many birds which are 1 considered obnoxious, there are t very few which do not possess * somd redeeming features. Even i the crow, which sorely taxes the 1farmers' patience by pulling up [ newly planted corn and destroy- 1 ing eggs of many useful birds, ? eats many insects and worms I and destroys many varieties of * mice. V Even the hawks and owls a which are destructive to farmers * devour many harmful insects|c and rodents. c This country, according to the 1 bulletin, is well protected by the N swallow, swift and night hawk, I which are the best equipped for v catching the winged insects; the * wren and other varieties which > creep into the rubbish and holes x in search of insects; the wood- ( pecker, which works among the 1 trees, and - creepers, titmice, * warblers, flycatchers, quail and 1 doves have each their special 1 fipM nf o/itinif" VI. ttWtlVRJ. v Even the sparrows are valuable 1 assistants to the farmer by de- < vouring many tons of weed 1 seeds. j FOR RENT?Cottage on Confederate Street. Apply at once to Bailee & ' Link. c "KIMBF "The Place Wher Where Ladies Lo Where Men Appn lent Values and L Buy the Best/ " Our Special OfFeriuj Plain Summer Voiles in tan. i splendid value. Ask to see itJust receeived big- shipment c Panamas, made in the very lat yonr exact size and can fit you Children's Rearlv-Made Dre? more Children's Dresses this Si Ask to see these at 25c to $1.J Ponpree and Voile. RIBBC We are showing this week a 1 all colors for 10c the yard. Oui bons are the best values we hav still better values for 20c and 21 Ask to see our 50c Corset, fit? Best Merctrized hose for ladh Twelve-yard bolt Family Naii tiful for Underwear and Childn Special, Satu Best "Sweet Maiden" Toilet Sc E. W. Kimbi "THE PLACE WHfiPE < * ? - .'si1 ' < , >: s \ ilBMBaB . -Jfi-W' is. ? I I Popular Election of Senators. Direct election of United States Senators became one of he provisions of the Constitution fuesday by Connecticut's ratift'ation of the amendment to that ;ffect. Thirty-six States, the equisite three-fourths in the Jnion, now have approved the ;hange. It remains only for he Governor's of all States vhich have acted favorably to ormally notify Secretary Bryan md for him to issue a proclama* ion announcing the change. < The amendment to the constiution is the second within the ast few months. The Plea for Mercy. "I saw an aged mother, with ler white locks and wrinkled 'ace, swoon at the governor's 'eet; I saw old men tottering on he staff, with broken hearts md tear-stained faces, and I leard them plead for their wayvard boys; I saw a wife and leveral children, clad in rags and larefooted, in midwinter, fall lpon their knees around him vho held the pardoning power; saw a little girl climb upon the governor's knee and put her irms around his neck; I heard ler ask him if he had any little prls; then I saw her sob upon lis bosom as though her little leart would break and heard ler plead for mercy for her )oor, miserable, wretched convict ather. I saw want and woe and >overty and trouble and distress ind suffering and agony and inguish march in solemn profession before the gubernatorial loor, and I said, "Let the critics rown and* rail, let this heartless vorld condemn, but he who hath lower ond not temper justice vith mercy will cry in vain himielf for mercy on that great day vhen the two columns shall neet, for, thank God, the stream >f happy humanity that rolls on ike a gleaming river and the stream of the suffering and disxessed and ruined of this earth ioth empty into the same great icean of eternity and mingle ike the waters, and there is a jod who shall judge the merciful and the unmerciful." ? J. K. \. in Newberry Herald. FOR SALE?I have several good Tiules that I will sell chean for c*?h >n time. A. R. McELHANEY. I ELL'S" e Quality Counts, Ve to Shop, and zciate Our Excelearn 'It Pays to . i :-V' ! is for This Week: pink and blue, only 15c. A >f Skirts in Whipcords and est fashions, and we have perfectly. ises?We have already sold iring than any previous year. >0. Pretty new Waists in )NS. )euatiful Persian Ribbon in * 8c, 10c, 12 l-2c and 15c Rib'e ever seen, and we have >c, plain and fancy Ribbons. \ like the $1.00 Ijind. js and children, 15c and 25c. isook for only $1.50. Beau?n's Dresses. rday Only. ap, per cake, 2 l-2c rell Comp'y, QUALITY COUNTS."