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THE FORT MILL TIMES. Democratic ? Published Thursdays. 1. W. BRADFORD Editor and Proprietor vmowption rates: One Year ll.? Stx Months ........ -85 TB? Tim? Invlt? contributions on iiveiuojecu Ht do? not um to publish more than 200 words a any subject. The riirht Is reserved to edit ITMf coramunicstion submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising at? nre made known to those inter?ted. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the pmtofficf at Fort Mill. S. C.. as Mil matter of the second class. THURSDAY. JUNE 19. 1913. Your Right to Stop a Paper. Every man has a right to take a paper, or stop it for any reason or for no reason at all. But at the same time there is a certain responribility attached to all actions, even so trivial as stopping a paper because the editor says something one doesn't agree with. There is a complaint that editors lack fearlessness and honesty, that newspapers are too generally mere partisan organs that disregard the claims of truth and justice when political interests are at stake. There is too much truth in the charge! But let us ask how it is possible for a fearless, honest, outspoken journal to live if every man is to cry out "stop my paper" whenever he reads something that does not accord with his views? The men that insist that the paper thoy read shall never say anything contrary to their views are the ones who are, in a large lE^sure, responsible for the "*fcraV?n cowardliness . and the weather cock propensities of modern journalism. In a community composed entirely of these "stop my paper*' people, tttlft Independent journalism would be an impossibility. When you are convinced that a paper is dishonest and deceitful, stop it When convinced that it is unclean, stop it. When it lacks enterprise and fails to give you news, stop it. But don't stop a paper that you believe to be honest, enterprising, clean and courageous, simply because the editor has written his own sin?m?h'o inoton/1 uaiii*c at* vuc v ic >1 o uioicau v/* jwui u v? some other person's; for if you do, you are putting a premium on insincere journalism and serving notice on an editor that the way to succeed is to write what he thinks will please his readers instead of what he thinks is honestly the truth. ... J;.'C?iStrike at the root of the evil. The house fly breeds in horse ^manure, kitchen offal and the like. Disperse of these materials in such a way that the house fly cannot propagate. Screen all your doors and windows and insist that your grocer, butcher, baker, and everyone from whom you buy food stuffs do the same. The country editor is a reliabie encyclopedia. A subscriber sent us this query recently; "What ails my hens? Every morning I find one or more of them keeled over to rise no more." Our reply was: "The fowls are dead. It is an old complaint, and nothing can be done except to bury them." Governor Urges Men to Register. A n nf fnmnf trv im Prvn /-mil atvciupt iw nave vyuu^i pass a law restricting the right to vote in preferential primaries for United States Senator and Congressman will be made in the opinion of Governor Blease and in an address issued to the Democratic voters of the State he urges everyone of them to register. If any registration board turns down a white man applying for a certificate he will remove them and appoint others who will give every white man a registration certificate, the governor is quoted as saying. That neither the Legislature nor the next State Democratic convention will restrict the primary the governor believes but thinks that his enemies will attempt to have Congress pass such provisions since the ratification of the seventeenth amendment providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. * ANCIENT CUSTOMS Ifi MALT Many Thing* Done In the Manner ir Vogue Hundred* of Year* Ago. In Malta the customs of a hundred years ago are still in vogue. Take, for instance, their method of harvesting. Instead of cutting the wheat as in this country, the harvesters kneel down to their task and taking hold of the wheat pull it up by the roots, so that there is never seen >n Malta a field of stubble. The wheat is then taken to a corner of the field where there is a smooth circular patch of stones, usually about twenty feet rtfliliua, ie spread over a it to a depth of eighteen inches or so, and trampled on by oxen, a small boy usually leading hem bv a rope. When the process jf thrashing is completed the straw is forked away and the grain swept up ready for the mill. Another curious custom is their way of watering the roads. The water cart consists of a light kind of vehicle (dubbed by the military a ive-ba?rel gate), which consists of nothing more or less than a pair of -shafts with about eight battens bolted across them, and a couple of diagonals to strengthen the whole. On the cart is lashed a fifty-six gallon barrel, and a length of canvas hose about a yard long is connected to it, terminating iu a sprinkler. The cart is always attended by two men, one leading the horse and the other taking hold of a couple of yards of rope, the end of which is fastened t9 the sprinkler end of the hose. As the cart goes along, so he follows, and keeps the sprinkler swinging from side to side.?Newark News. feKYOND UNDERSTANDING. "lie tried to kiss me. I can't [ understand it." "Neither can I, dear." "You cat!"?Stray Stories. I . UNIVERSAL. "One must graft fruit treea before ! they will yield anything." "Great Scott! even old nature's doing it!" / DIFFERENCE. "Did the prisoner take cognizance of you in the saloon?" "No. air*, he took whisky straight /flf the har." June B; $3.50 Queen Quality Oxfords i White Canvas Oxfords 25c Ratine, Voile and Silk now 15c Ripplette at. $4.00 to $4.00 Hats at._.. $1.50 to $2.00 Hats at $3.00 Art Squares, 9x12, at__ Four Minute Edison Phonogra Edison Phonographs, Come in and hear the new ducer and see what a wond< made. L. J. IV Ell =JI lF==lF==lj ! At t Red Racl 40-inch Flouncing, pretty pat 28-inch Flouncinpr, pretty pat A pretty piece of Voile Floum A pretty line of Silk Hose.. Beatuiful line Val. Laces, 1-2 Ladies' Gauze Vests, 10c qual =j Nice line Batiste Lawns, 15c Men's $1.00 Shirts, A line of Men's Work S that will make you smile. Give the Red Racket a ti Red Racl Fort M Ell , , II ICZ l( i ONE CENT A WORD MINIMUM CHARGE. 26C. For dusting hens and in nests use Conkey's Lice Powder. 10c, 25c, and 50c. (Sample Free) For mites in C>ultry houses get Conkey's Lice iquid. $1.00 ner gallon. Satisfaction guaranteed. Massey's Drug Store. Sure you can save your chicks. Conkey's White Diarrhea Remedy 25c, 50c; Conkey's Cholera Remedy 25c, 50c; Conkey's Gape Remedy 50c; Conkey's Head Lice Ointment 25c; Coi^tey's Lice Powder 25c. All sold on moneybnck guarantee. Massey's Drug Store. "Get Conkey's Poultry Book Free." HDMESIFOR SALE. Cottage on Monroe White street in Fort Mill, five rooms, excellent location, $1,400. Cottage on Leonidas street, four rooms, in splendid section of the town, $575. Residence on East Booth St., near Main, fine, large lot A bargain at $2,000. Cottage on Elm street, in good repair, five rooms. Price, $1,000. Residence on west side Booth street, near Main; six rooms, with barn and convenient outhouses. Price, $2,500. Brick residence on Main street, the P. K. Mull residence. An excellent investment at $3,000. Cottage on Claiborne street, new and modern, splendid section. Price, $1,500. Cottage on White street, four rooms, near Fort Mill Mfg. Co., 11-2 acre lot. Price, $1,325. We have other city property tQ pflfer to those who will make inquiry. Special, 35 acres with house, barn and good well, within one mile of Fort Mill, $45 per acre. 23-4 acres, with three tenement houses,, in,ttijKQj. an Excellent investment at Ask to see our list of--farms for sale near Fort Mill. ,We have some excellent propositions. BAILES & LINK, BROKERS. i ff.1 ?! immm i J?! To Th? Tublic. We offer the m-cvlt* of two Regiatered Jerwy BttU*, fee $1 in advance. Also offer tlw Service of Berkshire Boar. L. A. HARRIS & CO. mm*lofinMWit ? ? argains i i == f it 95c 25c to $1.50 ' T 19c 10c $1 50 75c $1.90 ph Records, 31c $15 up Blue Diamond Point Rep*oLrful improvement has been V tassey. | mmmmmmmsmmmmmmmBmmmBam ;i IE '!= IS he ket Store | I terns 49c 1 terns, 34c U ring,. 29c [j 23c ! to 3 inch wide, yard .. 5c | lity, two for 15c quality, 9c 89c hirts and Overalls at prices rial. cet Store, ill, S. C. |, 1 g lf= lt=l \ r????? % / M'ELHAl 4TheS Let us supply your refrigerator this summer with ICE We will have a supply i 1 1 on nana at all times. Phone No. 15. Stewart & Culp " 1 FOR DELICIOUS Ice Cream ANI) REFRESHING Ice Cold i Fountain Drinks Canbies, Chewing Cum, Cigars, j Cigarettes, Fipes, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, MEET ME AT "Haile's on the Corner" P. S. ? Podolax and Liver Tone take the place of Calomel. N > ? w % \ * 4 Space Reserved for MY & COMPANY, Store of Style and Quality." ? OL/fl CREED and its ABSOLUTE PROTECTION to YOU. We believe in the goods we are selling and the people to whom we are selling the goods. We believe that honest goods can be sold to honest people by honest methods. We believe in working, not waiting; in laughing, not crvinc: in boostinor. not Itnnrlrinrr an/4 In ?l - _ D. - D> - <? ?? U1C ^ICOSUIC of doing business. We know that the people get what they come here for, and leave with the satisfied consolation that they are always welcome at our store. We believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship, and in honest competition. We believe in increasing our trade, and the way to do it is to reach for it. We are now reaching for yours with our best service, good values, polite attention and a welcome to all. MASSEYS DRUG STORE. PTE "Get it at Matsey's-?There's a Reason." QpeSg5g5H5g5gB5g5B5g55gSa IHSaSgaSaSESaSHSaSaS^SBSaB I We Lost a Customer? j He Died! | If you get started to trading with us, you uj will continue with us as long as you live. K You can't afford to change, for our goods jfl are always fresh and the best to be had, S your orders are promptly filled and the S goods are on the way to your home in a ^ "jiffy." If you have produce for sale, K we'd like to have it. Phone No. 116. n J HOW ABOUT YOUR NEXT ORDER? | 9 Parks Grocery Company, S Jjjj E. S. PARKS, Manager. [} l^gsgsaszagsTOSgasesgsastcwaiMBBsgsg^sasBSBsasal A