THE TORT MILL TIMES.
Democratic ? Published Thursday*.
B. W. BRADFORD . . Editor and Pruorictor
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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,,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 ?
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the :'(? vt; r.. I not pa lit ?
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har. i ' ee ? <; ?p. a? i .
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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
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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
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CARELE
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In filling orders is oft
dissatisfied customers
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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
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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
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s left with "JONES,
eceive most cartful
ivered promptly,
jr orders.
IE GROCER.
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'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 '
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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
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COMPARE OUR PRICES |
BEFORE YOU "BITE." I
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]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
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