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THE TORT MILL TIMES. Democratic ? Published Thursday*. B. W. BRADFORD . . Editor and Pruorictor JL? Sta Month* 66 TIm Tim? iartt? contribution* on IWoobjttii tat 4om not Mrm to publtoh mora than tOO word* ? any aabjaat. Tha rWht to raaarrad to adit (Ml earn?antoation aubmltted for publication. On oppHootion to tha pnbltohar. adrarttoina latoa ara ma da known to thoae In tar?tad. Talaobooa. local and Ion* dtotane*. No. 111. atarad at tha poafeoAca at Fort MIIL 8. C? aa ?11 matter of tha aaeond cto?. THUR8DAY, OCTOBER 30. 1918. It is all very well to talk about the nobility of agriculture an(j the joys of freedom of farm life, but the thing that drives the boys and girls away from the farm is the very lack of the nobility and of joys on the part of the average farmer. No boy, or girl either, is going to admit that farm life is full of pleasures and attraction so long as the farm home U simply a roof to cover their heads. It is too often the case thas the entire family VII m IIUIU O^CIIU MIC IIIUWI tion of their lives in the kitchen, heated only by the cook stove and lighted by one small lamp. Too often there is little or no reading matter beyond the weekly paper and the almanac. These things may be excusable in case of a young married couple who have their way to make from the very start, but any farmer who has lived to rear a family of children until they are half grown iB a failure if he does not provide better home attraction. Churches, schools, labor unions, fraternal organizations to the number of 200,000 at least will be asked to join the anti-tuberculosis workers of the country in the observance of the fourth national tuberculosis day. which has been designated for the 7th of Deeembcr, according to the announcement issued by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The movement will be furthered throughout the country by more than 1.000 anti-tuberculosis societies working through various State organizations and the national association. Personal appeals will be made to clergymen, school principals and leaders of various organizations urging them to set aside a definite time during the week lollowing December 7th for a lecture on tuberculosis. As soon as the boys and girls are old enough to take care of things, they will appreciate a good kodak in addition to other things that are given for their enjoyment. It will interest and educate them and some of the pictures thry will take will be of real value. The Missouri courts have de cided that a woman has no right to use a broom for any other purpose than for sweeping a floor. 101..-.. i? * A?iuiiy women nave exercised this right without waiting for a judicial confirmation. The hack yard of the home is puile often the best index to the refinement and culture of the people who live in it. Some backyards are to some, what - 1 uiny nose are covered by the drapery of a silk dress. Clean up in lrontof course, but clean up the back as a Christian duty. Ml. ... ...... It is said that a certain mother in a neighboring town was informed by a note from a teacher that her son should he treated for astigmatism. The faithful mother wrote a note back that she had given Johnny a sgund thrashing and hoped he would not do it again. The man who discov* red gasoline has just died at the age of sixty-eight. The man who discovered America has I t en be- d 400 years. John I). R ck.VIlo who now owns both i> ; uve and well and up and coming. Ifer- ' ' liiihiit - A farmer who walked into North Dakota in 1878, his capital composed of ambition and energy, has just died worth $700,000. if he had ridden in there is no telling how big his fortune might have been. In one Missouri town the mari shal has instructed his aides to shoot the tires of speeding automobiles. That should be an effective remedy, but what about the innocent by-6tanders? An Aurora, IH., woman re- I, cently refused to be tried by a "suffragitt jury." She said she feared the women jurors would gossip about the evidence for j days after the trial. J It has occurred to a pertinent i i paragrapher to suggest that the man who used religion for a cloak in this world may have more use , for a smoking jacket in the next. Regarding Credits. i The local bank, that very nec- \ essary link in our business sys- > tern, makes diligent inquiry into ] the affairs of a man seeking ac] commodations, and doesn't hesi 1 tate to ask and require personal security till you get started with J 1 him at least. The foreign job- i ber calls into use all the commer- . . cial agencies and all your neigh- ? bore to find out whether or not 1 you will do to credit, and the local jobber will have a man on the ground looking you over before he opens up and proposes < to sell you everything he has, ? and even the installment man , who retains the title on a good i moral risk, and so it is with all 1 well-organized concerns. But the | average retail merchant is so i afraid that his competitors will get the first whack at a new arrival in his community that he s often opens tip his store and dishes out merchandise to him | I from January to January with J scarcely any investigation what- t ever, especially if the man has a fairly good appearance. Later on you wake up to the sad realization that your fine customer was long on ta'k and short on work and possibly left some other locality without paying his i bills. Why not take a lip from 1 the banker and jobber and se- ' cure credit information on those J new customers before you relieve yourself of the merchan- . dise that cost you good, hard " dollars. Dusty goods on the shelf are better than accounts on a dusty ledger. One bad account may lose you the profit on a week's sale ?better do $10 worth of business and make 50 cents than do $100 worth and lose 5 cents To keep on trusting a man wi o already owes you more ihan hn can pay is to throw good money a;ter bad. Y it many j merchant* d > it.?Ex. Saving Dollars. If you were passing down your fence and saw $50 it. silver lying in the fence row, you would snatch it up before a Sand auctioneer could say "going, going . 9 > clt Last week we passed more than $1,000 lying along farmers fencerows and farmers seemed to be making no effort to secure them, when it seems they should have been more anxious, for the dollars we saw were rusting into ruin, while silver dollars would be as good next spring as now. Therefore the more important that the farmer gather in his dollars along the fence- row immediately. The dollars we have reference to are She dollars he has tied up in farm machinery that is standing along the fe: :et ows taking the weal her and rusting into ruin. It .akcs hard work to earn money to buy farm inachiiu ry with, and it belioov. us ,o e lie for .1 al ter it h:.s been pui cl.u. <it out I II .1 1 i 11L. I.llur ... I 1 - ,,wv IUI>^ HI H U I l| it S Ml] IO i shelter that wiii p tv ; 1; ymu machiiit ry fi >m she v.enniit:. and with oil ruhbv I over nil the iron pnris and p.;mt on wood parts, it wii; m me idem last 10 times as 1- < ? i i ' bet er su;b taction v into thing. We saw a culli ra.or last rpi me and remark oil ah \i i new n . s The owmr lepned ti.::' li* n.ui us* d it ?-iii\ 2o years. IJ ni . ipm y we leai n d that i1. ban erovtd a coat of pail t each year ai d was well < i ed at 1 h i t under s elier. Y u s .y yen .o not. have time? la rdnurv a a c.? i il<>r i . is li . r .-i\ \ eat s. A . I? : t u ar . . . at ? \vt a i \ ? . ? ?i >4" the :'(? vt; r.. I not pa lit ? i. a (I ? ; . ' ( i ? ? , har. i ' ee ? <; ?p. a? i . i Home* Going Up. If anyone believes that the East Booth street vicinity of Fort Mill is not on a building boom, let him take a stroll out the street and be convinced that he is wrong. At the corner of East Booth and Church street one may see the necessary material for a handsome brick parsonage for the Methodists, a little further on Mr. R. L. Bennett is erecting a nice cottage iu8t off Booth strppt on Fnroat street, and still further on Mr. C. F. Rodgers is busily engaged in erecting a home. The citizens | of the town are awake to the fact that the vicinity of East Booth street offers the most ideal residential section of the town and are not slow in buying lots and building homes in that vicinity. Mo. 9?41. Report of th? Condition .of FIRST NATIONAL BANK fct Fort Mill, in the State of South Carolina, at the cloee of business October 21, 1913. Reaourcea: Loan* and Discount*.. $74 030 33 ; Overdraft*, secured and unsecured 167 66 J. 8. bond* to secure circulation. 26 000 00 Premiums on U. 8. bonds 222 49 Bankinc house. Furniture and Fixtures. . i MO 00 [)u< from National Banks (not reserve agents) I* 987 21 )u? from State ai>d Private Banks and Bankers. Trust Compnnies and Savings Banks . 13 304 25 )ue from approved Reserve Agent* 3 58V 62 ^Joteaof other National Bank* 1 500 00 fractional Paper Currency. Ntrkela and Cents ; 11162 .awful Money Reserve in bank, viz: Specie 22 900 00 .arm 1-tender notes 1 200 00 4 000 00 itedemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer (5 per cent, of circulation) ....... 125OpO Total ?; >127 672, \? Liabilities: Capital Stock paid in.....'..;'. 126 000 00 lurplus fund . - 1 200 00 Jndivided Profit*, lea* Expense* and Tax** paid *73 09 National Bank Notes outstanding 26 OliO 00 dividend* unpaid 80 00 ndlvidual deposits subject to check .. 370 181 74 demand certificates of deposit 6 476 04 Cashier's checks outstanding 483 91 76 120 09 3111s payable, including certificates of deposit for money borrowed 10 000 00 Total 1137 673 18 Slate of South Carolina, * County of York. e.s. 1. T. B. Spratt. Cashier of the above.naanad iank. do solemnly swear that the above statement s true to the beat of my knowledge and belief. T. B. SPKATT. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th lay of October. 1913- ' W. B. MEACHAM. Notary Public. Correct?A ttest: W. B. ARDKEY ) J. B. MILES Directors. A R McELHANY ? REPAIRING w I am prepared to repair your Guns, 'istola, Bicycles, Clocks, etc., in a satsfactory manner and at reasonable irict'B. Cull at my shop one door north if L. A. Harris & Co.'s store. A. R. STAUNES. M E A CH A Messaline ' in all the new shades, positiv NEW SKIRTS - You must NEW WAISTS-In five dil I t worth $1.25 to $1 50, at $1.0( Shadow Lace Waist in tVbi Dress < in the very scarce Sheppards black and white, blue ar.d wl at 50 cents. Milli In this department we are week. Miss Frank is turnir Hats these days. We certaii ments on our hats this * Charlotte this week $G.OO an not have bought at home for are selling to many this seas j us before. M EACH AT It's better at the same pri t CARELE I In filling orders is oft dissatisfied customers I Wi.en your orders a: < The Grocer," they r attention and ar*> del 'Phone or send us yoi JONES, Phones 14 and 8. Try <\ ri' Wan \ A 11 4 / Of The McElhane] Entire stock of C wear, etc., sacrif A Few Hot Lot. No. 1. To each and everyone bt worth from us we will sell 7(1 lhc (Irannlatod i (tor | . mmy ihim W UIIUIUIVII UllgOl Lot No. 2. To the first Dozen men bi for $10.00 or more we will s< Men's $1 Underwear for i Lot No 3. To the first Dozen people I for $12.50 or more we will s< 12 Pings Brown Mule for 1 pair Carhartt Overalls f< "" No fr We are not going t our prices are as low i We haA e several Ia\ Coats oil which we ha lie still on the counte] Remember tl o IVI & E P P S Underskirts ely worth $2.50, at $1.98. see them at $3.50, $4 and $0. Terent styles and materials, ). te Ocre, special, at $2 50. Goods i Checks. We are showing hite, and brown and white, nery. receiving new goods every lg out some very stunning nly have had many compii;eason. Sole two ladies from d $7.50 hats that they could less than $10 and $15. We1 on who never bought from VI Sc EPPS ice, if it came from Epps'. 'QSNFQQ A V*mJ k/A 1 B AKJ k/ en the cause of many * I s left with "JONES, eceive most cartful ivered promptly, jr orders. IE GROCER. i rvii riM 1 / V. I.J I .I.' \ U\V: . ' * / : at / ' / . * 'lift Storv Big Wreck In Prices at f & Co.'s Big Store. ^lothing, Shoes, Hats, Overalls, Undericed to reduce stock by December 1 st. n r\ i /\ i anois in races, tasn uniy Lot No. 4. lying $10.00 TO THE LADIES: To the first Twenty-five ladies buying for 39c a* much a* $12.50 worth of anything in the house we will sell Pair Wool Blankets at Half-price lying a Suit Pair 'Dolly Madison" Shoes for $1.55 k the Suit Lot No. 5. With each and every purchase amounting to as much as $1.00 we will sell buying a Suit 0ne bar ?f Octagon Soap at lc all ' ? .4. _ 1 1.. .... I a in* i? certainty a grand opportunity to 25c, or supply yourself with some of the necessities of life at practically no .cost, at all. ir LIC Come while the opportunity is yours.. >w, Just Listen! o quote prices, but you can rest assured that as the lowest, and we guarantee this, idies' and Children's Coat Suits and Long tve cut the nrifp tn wlioro .v-^ VM' nicj t'dll IIUI'lll V rs. ie Dates, Oct. 29 to Nov. 10. \NEY & CO.F0ITr , \ , / , , . - . . . ? * r r There are I NO HOOKS I I OUR BAIT. I COMPARE OUR PRICES | BEFORE YOU "BITE." I L J. Massey. 1 [5 jE5"a55a5rgSa5a5?Se!5Hga51B5g I Wlin'c? YAHW ilwkMw/lf 1 ft VT IK.V U ?. \AJL Vlj/CJi fl I ]j This is a question that should be of vital import to all !j] K housekeepers. Not only because the most wholesome n| tfi PJ K food is necessary anil desired but in these days it be- m R hooves one to tret the greatest etficiency out of each dol- S g lar. We sell on time only to reliable people. Therefore. ? 1 it is not necessary to add profit to the selling price of our B la 11=1 i- kifuus iu uiim'l uuuh-iiteping expense and u per ccnta^c ^ jjj of loss on bad accounts. ? K Here Quality is supreme and your Dollar does double nj | PARKS CROGERY CO. I fS E. S. PARKS. Manager. 5 II s