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THE FORT MILL TIMES. Democratic ? Published Thursdays. B. W. BRADFORD Editor and Proprietor. . V^f II lOtKurnoM RAT as: Om Ywr Nil BU Months M Tbf Tlmea InvltMcontributions on lire subject* hat does not ?ii? to publish mors than 800 words a any subjsct. Ths right Is rsssrrod to odlt very ooamunioatlon submitted for publication. On application to th# publisher, advertising ratas are made known to those Intsrsatsd. Tslsohons. local and Ion* distance. No. lit. Entered at the postofllce at Fort Mill. 8. C.. as aau matter of t^ie second alas*. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1913. The future of any town depends entirely upon its citizens. If friends come to see you tell them the good things about the our town ? what we have instead of what we need. If you happen to have a legitimate "kick" to make file it away until your visiting friend departs. There are many things in our town to be praised and for which we all should be thankful and proud. John L. McLaurin might have made some serious mistakes while he was United States senator from South Carolina, W..?- l i <?: l. _ u: J uut tic lino fcriuiui,y hluicvcu b personal success in withdrawing from politics. Mr. McLaurin some years ago proved himself a political failure in South Carolina and he has at last found it out. They may fight Mr. Blease in Washington and through the newspapers of every State in the Union, but these do not constitute the electorate of South Carolina and our calm and deliberate judgment is that it is not going to be availing toward keeping him out of the Senate, observes the Charlotte Chronicle. And they do Hay that exGovernor Joe Brown is to oppose Hoke Smith for the latter's seat in the United States senate, and What's the wrong? If Brown illam/k at u a ^ yyofo scnqiur II VYVUIU UV IieUHIlg but natural for Smith to seek to succeed him. The Yorkville Enquirer speaks of the gouging of the people at the State fair last week by the hotels. We were not present but suppose the street car company, as in former years, chaiged double fares to and from the fair grounds. Real estate vhlues in Yorkville are not considered by outsiders quite as high as some of the residents of that town appear to believe, according to developments of last Monday. Say, Mister! Do you belong to that class who has paid everyone else except the printer? * What 1 Saw. Editor The Times. One of the largest crowds 1 ever saw was packed into Mills & Young's store. How that crowd was ever handled so well is more than I can fathom. They must be giving their goods away. The town was filled with strangers, people who I never saw or heard of before, and their buggies, wagons and arms were loaded down with nnoUorroj \ * can't help but remark that "the progressive merchant must get the business." I had one of their immense circulars and the prices that were quoted is the main reason, I presume, for the vast crowds. I am a disinterested party, but can't help but make these remarks in the hope of seeing the same thing occur in our town again. Big crowds make us feel big and gives us a city appearance. I congratulate Mills & Young. An Observer. Price of Cotton. The bo*t price paid for cotton on the # local market yesterday was ];i? cents. Seed sold for 37 cents. - THE NEWS IN BRIEF FROM OVE^THE STATE What was pronounced as the greatest State fair in the history of South Carolina closed its gates Friday afternoon. Viewed from the standpoints of excellence of exhibits, attendance and management, the State fair . I l. _ _ 11 ? * urutte an previous records. It was distinctly educational in its intent, stressing agriculture to the subordination of everything else, although th6 amusement features were of a high order. Probably 40,000 South Carolinians saw the State fair during the five days it was open. Approximately 7,000 South Carolinians have been inoculated a&ainst typhoid fever since January 1, as a result of the sending out of 24,000 ampules of bacterin by the State board of health. All of the bacteria is made in the Columbia laboratories. Tedious and careful work in preparing vhe contents and in fixing them for shipment is required. A jury at Barnwell has rendered a verdict in the case of Fannie Broughton against the | A. C. L. Railway for $15,000 for personal injuries sustained while a passenger at Denmark about a year ago. A verdict against the Southern Railway for $7,000 was i also rendered at Barnwell in the case of Lee Fowler, who asked damaces on acrnnnt nf ininvioe sustained by him at Blackville. John Shirley, aRod 44 years, shot himself in the head Monday morning at 5 o'clock at his home nearCornwell and died instantly. He used a shotgun, placing the barrel almost at his head, and pulled the trigger tearing the upper half of his head off. He was a prosperous and industrious ; planter and was well thought ol by his neighbors. The board of directors of the State penitentiary has been called to meet in Columbia November 12 to decide finally on the use of the convicts for the ; manufacture of chairs. The hosiery mill, under the terms of i an act of the last general as1 sembly, was closed Saturday. The Greenwood Journal hears that Governor Blense has ex| pressed himself as being opposed tn tVlO fnrmofinn ? ? * ? . Vv v(?v ivi uiatiuii ui a new euuniy | with Mct.'ormick as the county I j neat for the reason that the new j county would come under the I ruling that Dew counties shall not be ill-shaped, rv-j w There is a very decided sentiment in Greenville in favor of a great fair and gala week next i fall. FACTS OF IN TEREST ABOUT PANAMA. 1 JI Time required to go through the canal, from ten to 12 hours. Freight will be charged $1.20 per ton, passengers are free. American coastwise ships may pass through the canal free of all charges. The canal will save 8,000 miles between New York and San , Frant^co. New York is brought 5,000 miles nearer Valparaiso and the west coast of South America. Our Atlantic seaports are 4,000 miles nearer Australia. The distahce to the Philippine Islands is not reduced materially. Hulk products like wheat, lumber, minerals, wool, hides and wines will get lower rates through the canal from the Pa wiwi- ports. Eastern machinery, textiles, manufactures and finished products will enjoy cheaper rates to Pacific ports. Staple products of the South, cotton, iron. coal, lumber and ship supplies will have* similar advantages to the Orient and Pacific ports. Immigration will be* deflected in large number from New York to Pacific ports. The cost of operating the canal will exceed $4,000,000 annually. To pay interest 011 the investment and operating expenses approximately $15,000,000 revenue per annum will be needed. Traffic experts estimate that for the first few years the average tonage will be 10.000,000 ton, not enough at the $1.20 rate to make the canal self-supporting. The rates charged vessels are the same as those of Suez. The government will monopolize the business of supplying I 1 - mimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnrnM?1?1 coal and provisions and operating repair facilities. Great drydocks, wharves, warehouses, repair shops and other facilities to cost $20,000,000 are under construction. All permanent buildings will be of the Italian renaissance style of architecture. The route of the canal will be beautified with trees, etc.?Leslie's. Inceme Tax Law Effective. If your annual income exceeds $3,000, you will have to reckon with the "rev'noo" man. The income tax, the most revolutionary revenue raising power conferred on the American nrniroi*nmanf ointA gvf v* itiii^UV OIUVU 1VO lUUIIUttUUll| Saturday started upon the path that is to bring billions into the public treasury. Although it has been discussed for many a year, and its success was assured by an amendment to the constitutisn early last spring, its collection by a government which has not tried it will strain the resources of the fertile minds in the treasury department and will be accompanied, it is not doubted, with a thousand wur I plications not now foreseen. Ever since President Wilson early last month signed the tariff bill with its income tax provision , the machinery of the treasury department haf been at work upon the regulations that are to govern collection of the tax. Assistant Secretary Williams said that the regulations of the department were not difficult to understand, but some other officials in the department do not agree. Thousands of letters and telegrams bringing up for settlement points in the new law have poured into the department. They have come from every conceivable source and added to the labor of making regulations and nave made the task of the experts one not to be envied. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the ginnery of the Fort Mill Mfg. Company will in the future be run only five days in the week and will not be run Mondays. Fort Mill Mfg. Co. FOR SALE.- Lady Thompson Strawb-rry Plants, splendid variety, at f)0c per llJO. S. P. Blankenship. M E A C H A Did It from If so, WOl CARELE In filling orders isofte dissatisfied customers. When your orders are The Grocer," they r< attention and ar#? deli 'Phone or send us you JONES, TH Phones 14 and 8. Try a cent Wanl % KiaiB'WWV: ' ? 1 -i A Tr Of The McElhanei d Fin fire ?slr?rlr nf ( wear, etc., sacrif A Few Hot Lot. Wo. 1. To each and e.eryone bi worth from us . e \vill sell 20 "ri. uranulated Sugar Lot No. 2. To the first Dozen men bi for $10.00 or more we will s Men's $1 Underwear for Lot No 3. To the first Dozen people for $12.50 or more we will s 12 Plugs Brown Mule for 1 pair Carhartt Overalls fi TWT _ rN c We are not going t our prices are as low We have several I a Coats on which we lu lie still oil the counte Remember tl McELHL M d EPFS I AIMA V/U1UC Epps don't Ty. SSNESS ;n the cause of many i left with "JONES, 9 iceive most careful vered promptly. # r orders. E GROCER. t adv. in The Times. ? ' ?,' *- i 'ue Story Big Wreck In Prices at / & Co.'s Big Store. Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Overalls, Undericed to reduce stock by December ! st. Shots in Prices, Cash Only Lot No. 4. lying $10.00 TO THE LADIES: To the first Twenty-five ladies buying 1 far ?9c. at much as $12.50 worth of anything in the house we will sell I Pair Wool Blankets at Half-price nying a Suit Pair "Dolly Madison" Shoes for $1.5S ell , : 1 : 3c the Suit Lot No. 5. With each and every purchase amounting to as much as $1.00 we will sell buying a Suit 0lle bar ?f Ocla80n S?aP al lc ell . . This is certainly a grand opportunity to 25c, or supply yourself with some of the necesyj ' sities of life at practically no cost at all. ^ I C 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 ive cut the price to where they can hardly rs. tie Dates, Oct. 29 to Nov. 10. ANEY & CO. ml r NO HOOKS pi H I I n I I Of IP RAIT I I COMPARE OUR PRICES I BEFORE YOU "BITE." II ' I L. J. Massey. i ????? 1 B5"d55EgasBgE5a5asiB5aga5a| Who's Your Grocer? | (This is a question that should be of vital import to all |[ housekeepers. Not only because the most wholesome n f food is necessary and desired but in these days it be- jj I hooves one to get the greatest efficientv nnr ^ 1 ' ? J Wi eacil UOl- JQ ] |? lar. We sell on time only to reliable people. Therefore, jj [ it is not necessary to add profit to the selling price of our 3 tl goods to offset book-keeping expense and a per centage 3 3 of loss on bad accounts. M 3 Here Quality is supreme and your Dollar does double n il ? In < r H duty. ui i B jl PARKS GROCERY CO. ij E. S. PARKS. Manager. E Ifi pJ M L _ ml ^ ) SB!?a51?55552TT?{SSHEHuiiTg Fznl STzZi # j 9 1! 1 J ; 11 11 rBB