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THE FORf MILL TIMES.1 Democratic? Published Thursday*. !...>?? I B. W. BRADFORD - Editor and Proprietor j VOSSOSIPTION RATKS: / One Yesr tUtf. Six Month* .66 " The Times invites contribution* oo HftMbjrctr t kll flow not t|TM to publish more than ton words a any aubjoot. Tha right Is isssi ?sd to wljt vvsry saniuanksttai submlttsd for publication. On appltaatlon to tha publisher, advertising Patas ara mada known to those Interested. Talaohone. local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the ooetontce at Port Mill. 8. C? as sail matter of the second clans. THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 1914. Tha Court Housa Petitions. Petitions bearing the signa- j tures of less than five hundred voters of the county have been forwarded to the York delegation to the General Assembly requesting that action be taken by that body authorizing and directing the commissioners of the i new county court house to again | invite bids for the old court j house and lot on which it is; located. This is a matter of concern to the people of the county. ; At the session of the legislature last year an election was authorized in which the people were to decide upon a new court house. Bonds for the building were voted by a substantial majority and three good men were selected as commissioners to direct the Bale of the old building and site ?if a fair price were offered for the property?to purchase a site for the new building and to award the contract for the ertction of it. Bids were invited gnd the upset price of the old building and site was set at $16,000. No bid to this amount was submitted until subsequent to the advertised time in which bids were to be received. Then, it is claimed, a bid for $16,000 for the property was submitted ? after it was too late for the commissioners to consider it. The commissioners have followed the law by going ahead and awarding the contract for the new building and acting upon their; best judgment by determining! that the place for the new building is the site of the old one. But their action has not met ( With the approval of certain people in Yorkville. And why? Because these people are not disinterested. Some of the com plainer?, at least, are interested in certain sites which were offered the county for the new building. They wanted tin* court house built where it wou'd enhance the value of their property or property in which some of their friends are interested. Hence the petitions to the York delegation. There should he no further legislation on the subject, and The Times is in position to state that there will not be. We will have a new court house ere the pnow flies next winter and it will be on the site of the old building, where it should be. A series of railroad wrecks coming in rapid succession se?-rn to enforce the public's plea for steel in place of wooden coaches. In every case many lives were saved. Another side of the question is suggested, however, by the well known railroad writer, James O. Fagan, in a - - ' letter to a New York paper. Mr. Fagan wants the question looked into ca'refullv whether these wrecks in which so many lives are saved by steel cars are not caused by these same steel cars. The point he brings up is that the tracks are not heavy enough to stand the pressure of all-steel trains, and until tracks are strengthened such wrecks will occur with increasing regularity. Certainly it is a matter to be inquired into. The public demands steel cars because they do not crumple up in a wreck, but if steel cars are the cause of wrecks, the traveling public is between the devil and the deep sea. Mr. Fagan wants the commerce commission to investigate the question and report on the / ,y ^ , . .. V - - ; - '7 \'.*r\ * r:. ^ fv preparedness of the railroads to carry the additional weights of steel trains. What a blessed thing it would be if one could run a newspaper and never ask seme of i?s subscribers to pay up. As long as the paper goes on week after uraolr onrl r?A nl?fA?v*Ar?f %e* aa?%4? ?? v.v.1* f?uu nw n? rxir 111r-111, io 111 for arrearages everything goes like clock-work and you are one of the best and most accommodating editors on earth; your paper is the best in the country; your items are highly polished; vour advice followed; your savings gladden the hearts of the household and happiness reigns supreme. Rut oh. what a brute you are after sending a paper two or three years for nothing, if you politely send in your bill and ask what is due or a portion of it! Your ratty old paper is not any account. T just took it to accommodate you; no one in the family reads it; we can get all the free reading rpatterat the drug stores, and hundreds of other mean and contemptible things are hurled at the editor and his paper. If we were rich we wouirl not ask anyone to pay for his paper?we would not print one. Young man. don't stand on the street corner with your hands in your pockets awaiting for a snap. The chances are ninetynine to a hundred that it will never turn up. There are too many fellows in the same pursuit, and if the snap passes down the line to vou, it will he because it is in discruise. Don't always he on the lookout for a soft thing, for the longer you look the harder you will fall when you have an attack of horse sense. The fellow who is continually seeking a snap will collide with the butt end adversity just as sure as the blue birds will come in the spring. He will buck up against it with a physical emphasis that is calculated to bring him to his senses, but oftime too late to catch the train of opportunities that has been passing: and repassing before Ifim for years. No matter what business you are in, t y advertising. Don't try it a week or a month, but give it a fair 1 rial. Put in a good, big a1 and change it?yes, change it often, spice it, say something, he clear, pointed, attract, excite. Give it thoughtful study and a* capful attention as any department. Don't advertise everything at once, but special things?drives, bargains on particular classes of goods, and keep something moving lively all the while. Select u good advertising medium; papers will good circulation, sought and read by the people and t?y the families in particular?papers of live, newsy locals and county reading Don't gei the ide'ftinto your head that you are simply helping tht newspaper man along, or givinp him something for nothing. Don't advertise at all if you don't think it will pay you full value received and more. Figures indicate that immigration to the United States is on the increase. Statistics just made public by the bureau show that the total number of immigrant aliens admitted for August was 126, 180, compared with Mli 3YY tor the sumo month last year, or an increase of 43,803. Oi the total number, 84.623 were males and 41,557 females. Italy was the largest contributor, sending 31,762 aliens. FOR SALE One good Mule, one Buggy, u one' horse Wugon (second hundeit) at lermt to suit. L. A. Harris & Co. FOa sale A Globe (Shumuker) Incubator, 150 ?-gg capacity, first-class condition. Firs1 check $7,60. B. W. Bradford. FOR SALE To quick buyer, 16 acres of land ' close to town, for $125, cash. A. K. McElhaney. LICENSE TAX DUE. 0 ' Notice is hereby given that the An nual License Tax of the town of Fori Mill, S. C., is due and payable, withou' penalty, before March 1, 1914. By order of Council this 16th day ol January, 1914. C. S. LINK, I Clerk. Magazine i Subscriptions Wo will accept your subscript tion for any magazine or newspaper in the world at as low rates, single or in clubs, as you can obtain elsewhere and in some cases lower. . WP QilUO VAtl tViO to/.nUlo rt vwl . - -w jv?u vuc c i "uuic aii'i expense of forwarding the money and guarantee you to receive every copy. 25 Cents Each we will allow for your old fountain syringe or hot water bottle for the next ten days, if applied to the purchase of a new one. We have a large stock for 75 cents up. | Ardrey's Drug Store. ILETH? YOU One to ten dollars per day while you are sick injured or I Unable to work. It costs nothing to ask us about an accident and health policy, and you will be surprised at the iow cost. No Dues?No AssessmentsCall Today. BAILES & L!NK, Fort Mill, - - b. C. -J. Harry Foster, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rock Hill, - - - S. 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Then rrmrminplcte line of drugs S |, icals, etc., strength mteed. y' Drug Store 1 j s There's a Reason. | M & E P P S g Ginghams Beautiful Ginghams, guaranaters ys' Sweaters, a good heavy : 45c. Splendid for homework. oat Suits ; store, and you know we will a few long coats. See our 95. Dresses just arrived. Come for 50c, 75c and $1.00. All M Sc EPFS rice, if it came from Epps'. ^J*-*?' ?' . ** - :p MOVING I ve so fast these days that ay it can't be done, are in- ? people who do it. So, here * * few days?January 29th to i. : - - $2.75 Three qts. White Beans - - 25c und - 5c Dried Herring, each - - - - lc 3 - - 25c Derby Chewing Tobacco, plug 5c und - 20c 5-ft. Poultry Wire, 50-ft. roll - $2.90 x i to these prices, we give are worth 5 per cent on all I es and accounts paid by the onth. this space next week. NY & COMPANY, | Store of Style and Quality." 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