Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 10, 1913, Image 1
Established in 1891. FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1913. 31.25 Per Year.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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. ! ?
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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. ;
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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 <
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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."