Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 24, 1913, Image 4
THE FORT MILL TIMES.
Democratic ? Published Thuradavm.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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at Suits at closing-out prices. L
lered Coat Suit Patterns in
t for Pretty Dresses,
it are pretty.
J Dress Goods.
tet Store,
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M'ELHAI
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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
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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
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