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THE FORT MILL TIMES. Democratic ? Published Thuradavm. B. W. BRADFORD - Editor and Proprietor. iDMCMPnoN Ratks: OtM Year ?1.26 Si* Months r.-T-? .65 The Times Invitee contributions on live subjects feat does not agree to publish more than 200 words on ony subject. The riirht la reserved to e<llt Tory communication aubmitted for publication. On Application to the publisher, ndvcrtiaimr WUl Arc made known to thoae Intereated. Tateohone. local and lona diatance. No. 112. Entered at the poatolTice at Fort Mill, S. C.. aa nail matter of the second class. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. Malting Goods to Fit the Price. An educational campaign on mail-order methods of buying stock would do more toward stimulating home buying in this town than any other one thing. The merchants of this town buy standard brands of goods and get the quality they order. They mail-order concern dictates its own purchasing price. It is a fact that buyers for mail-order houses approach the manufacturer of an article and tell him they must have the goods at a certain figure. It is ever a question of price and not quality. The manufacturer gives the mailorder concern an article which he has cheapened until he can make a margin of profit in spite of the price stipulation. If it happens to be an article made of metal, then an inferior grade is used, or paint is used instead of enamel, or some other method employed to force the cost of manufacturing down to meet the mail-order buyer's price. Of course, the outward appearance of the article may be the same as the one carried by the merchant in this town, but?the merchant paid more, and got more for his money. If you buy of him you .tfill, too. Then, again, a mail-order house will sell an article at a loss to attract attention. The catalogue buyer compares this price with the price he would have to pay here and, noting the difference, jumps at the conclusion that everything in the mail-order house must be less expensive. Paradoxical as it may be, the mail-order goods are cheaper but not less expensive. If such arguments were logically sound there is still the social, moral and religious view to be considered. The retail merchant is the backbone of the country town. The mailorder house is his worst enemy. The farmers need the town and the town needs the farmers. If the people of this community who buy from the mail-order houses could be brought to realize that buying inferior goods at low prices is not always a saving of money, a big step would be taken toward eliminating the mail-order evil. Living Today. Nobody can know all that is going on in the world, but most people can inform themselves regarding the best practice and the latest methods, not only in their own special field of endeavor, but in all fields in which they are from time to time required to act. The people in a community that has not improved its facilities during the last quarter or half century are for all practical pur|>oses disregarding the vast progress that has been made during 25 or 50 years?the busiest and most propressive years in the world's history. They do not know what is going on in the busy world outside. To many rural people a visit to a huge city or even to another town is like a visit to a foreign land. They are not only unfamiliar with the superficial customs and manners of the place visited ?whi^h is no discredit to them but they know to little of travel, of ways of getting about, that they can not ( avail themselves of the opportunities to learn much of value c that the place has to teach. r Travel is a great educator and c no man who remains throughout his life in the seclusion of a t single community is (ikely to be j imbued with the spirit of enter- * prise and progress that pervades r the outside world. This spirit is ' needed for the regeneration of t his community, and in iustice to * himself and to his fellows every t citizen ought to make frequent 1 visits to other communities in order that he may take back home the knowledge and the j enterprise that his own com- t munity so much needs. It is better to have the reputation of paying your honest debts than of being a leader in society, s All the glory of social life cannot ] compensate for the ignominy of v getting through on false pre- ^ tenses. The wretchedness of a man or woman who, for the sake J of display, is hunted day and night by creditors, who almost fears to walk the streets, is i pitiable. There must be an end to him arid a bitter one. Character is worth more than clothes, and independence than the social l swim. It may not cut as great [ a sweep or attract as much at- a tention but it will last longer 1 and bring them much reward in t the end. ^ Representative Finley has been 1 informed by the Postmaster e General that experimental village delivery will be established at " Winnsboro in the near future. Such delivery is already established at Lancaster, another * town in Mr. Finley's district.. Fort Mill friends of Prof. " F. M. Crum, of Orangeburg. ! | will be interested to know that; he has been elected assistant professor of English at Clemson < college. Since resigning the < superintendency of the Fort Mill * school two years ago Prof. Crum ' has done post-graduate work at ' Vanderbilt and Harvard universities and during the present , summer is engaged in teaching at the Wofford college summer 1 school. I Special Jul] $3.50 Queen Quality Oxfords, _ $3.00 Harrisburg Oxfords, $2.50 Harrisburg Oxfords, Children's White Oxfords, 10c Ginghams, Lawns, etc.,... 15c Ginghams, Voiles and Suiti 125c Ratine and Suiting, Ladies', Children's and Men's Lots of bargains in ever: Goods must go while it is Sumr Come early and get yourshar L. J. M =" =1' IB?H 1| At 1 Red Racl This \ A pretty line of Ladies' Co; A beautiful line of Embroic different colors. Some Embroidered Silk Nei A line of Ladies' Skirts tha An elegant line of Importe< Come and see them. = Red Racl \ Fort M ' EE3I <F= -11= 1| Z>NE CENT A WORD I MINIMUM CHARGE. 25C. WANTED?Some of your butter, nore of your eggsa-'d all of your young hickens. L. A HARRIS & Co. Look out for lice ?they kill your poulry profits. Conkey's Lice Powder for lusting hens and in nesta; Conkey's dead Lice Ointment for little chicks ind Conkey's Lice Liquid for spraying louses and roosts, these are real profit nakers. Massey's Drug Store. FOR SALE?A Quantity of dry Oak ind Hickory Wood at 60cts per" cord, I to 10 foot length; also quantity of White Oak, Red Oak and Poplar tree ops, green, .that will make good two oot wood at 60cts per cord. WATEROAK FARM, Osmond Barber, Prop. Won't hurt hen or chicks or even flint Dfrcru in nnuto Ln* if ^"4 *' ?----- -hfS" ?vo?o, uuv ll UUCO llltf ice. That's our money-back guaranee on ?very package of Conkey's Lice 'owder, 26c, 50c. $1.00, at Massey's )rug Store. School Tax Election. Notice is hereby given thut an elecion will be held at the school house in >outh Fort Mill, School District No. 4, fork County, on Friday, August 8th, 913, for the purpose of determining vhether a tax of two (2) milN on the lollar sha'l be levied for school purK>ses in said district. The trustees will act as managers md the polls will open at 7 o'clock a. n. and close at 4 o clock p. m. B. F. MASSEY, J. F. LEE. BOYCE BENNETT, trustees School District No. 4, York County. Notice. AH landowner?, or their agents, in fork county are herebv notified to renove from the running streams of vater upon their lands all Trash, Hafts ind Timber during the month of AugIBt. Any landowner neglecting to attend o this matter during the month of Vugust, 1913, will have to pay the ex>ense of cleaning out his streams, and his expense is made a first lien on his and in preference to all other liens, 'xcept debts due the State. . THOS. W. BOYD, Supervisor York County, S. C. To The Public. We offer the service of ttwo Regisered Jersey Bulls, fee' $4 in advance. Mso offer the service oT Berkshire loar. L. A. HARRIS & CO. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants. Are Now Ready. Send 75c for 500 Send $1.25 for 1.000 Send $3.25 for 3.000 Send $5.00 for 5,000 Cultivation suggestions free. \gents wanted. WAKEFIELD FARMS, Charlotte. N. C. ??? SfrWflrttfWiMfe-. f Bargains. I 95c I $1.50.1 $1.25 I 25c to 90c K 7 l-2c | ng 10c 17c Hats at half price. t department. AH Summer ner time. e. lassey. I " it - II " 1 ? tr?i " J'- -11?1 :he set Store Veek. at Suits at closing-out prices. L lered Coat Suit Patterns in t for Pretty Dresses, it are pretty. J Dress Goods. tet Store, ill, S. C. |F=)F=1E II ZZDE3 / HELP . WIN THI TKe Pis and bet continui 1C Spent ft departn We ha\ Clothim will be take a 1 The ab< only. M'ELHAI I "The S !_ Let us supply ! your refrigerator this summer with ICE We will have a supply on hand at all times. Phone No. 15. btewart oc Culp L . _ FOR DELICIOUS n Ice Cream j ?AND REFRESHING . j Ice Cold j ' Fountain | Drinks Canbies, Chewing Gum, Cigars, Cigarettes, Pipes, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, MEET ME AT "Haile's on the Corner" P. S. ? Podolax and Liver Tone I take the place of Calomel. > p SOMEONE ; PIANO. t f ino Content closes August 1 st, Qofiivrloxr lillxr 9 A O r? /-] ^11111111*4 i^ciHAnacijr , j anu ng. until the close we will give >0 Votes for Each Cent Dr anything in the dry goods lent of the store. re greatly reduced the price on 7, Shoes, Hats, Etc., and this the last and rarest chance to ong leap in the contest. Dve offer applies to Cash sales MY & COMPANY, tore of Style and Quality." ?_?.? Everybody's Doing It! Doing what ? Why, Trading at Massey's Don't You Hear It? Hear What? Why, They Never Lose a Customer, But save other peoples' customers from dying if they buy their drugs and medicines in time from? Massey's Drug Store, Tnop9T "Get it st Massey's---There's s Reason." 3|5HSa5^5^53ma5a5E5H55H5Hla5E5SaraSZgH5a5aSS5a5g5a ? We Lost a Customer? 1 I He Died! I I U n . * H 3 If you get started to trading with us, you JJ 3 will continue with us as long as you live. n jj You can't afford to change, for our goods j| /i are always fresh and the best to be had, H C your orders are promptly filled and the rj ' goods are on the way to your home in a ri 3 "jiffy." If you have produce for sale, C 3 we'd like to have it. Phone No. 116. C 3 K n HOW ABOUT YOUR NEXT ORDER? S 3 in _ .. ^ | a5a5B5B55a5aBSBSgsg5B5g5lB5B55B5B5asa5a5gsasgfia5aml