Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 29, 1914, Image 4
THE FORf MILL TIMES.1
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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
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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
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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
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any department. Don't advertise
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special things?drives, bargains
on particular classes of goods,
and keep something moving lively
all the while. Select u good
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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.
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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.
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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
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YOU
One to ten dollars per day
while you are sick injured or
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Unable to work.
It costs nothing to ask us about
an accident and health policy,
and you will be surprised at the
iow cost.
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Today.
BAILES & L!NK,
Fort Mill, - - b. C.
-J. Harry Foster,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Rock Hill, - - - S. C.
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Swe
Mens', Womens' and Bo
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1 Good for school boys.
Two G
Only two Coat Suits in th<
not carry them over. Only
Black Coats at $3.75 and $7,
One Case of Children's
and see what you can buy 1
fast colors.
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February 5th
Best Pat. Flour, per bag
I Good grade Rice, per poi
Three pcks. Corn Flake:
Good roasted Coffee, poi
In additioi
coupons that
cash purchas
5th of the m<
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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
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rice, if it came from Epps'.
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ve so fast these days that
ay it can't be done, are in- ?
people who do it. So, here
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few days?January 29th to
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: - - $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
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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.
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If you are subject to headache from whatever cause, you
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. PARKS DRUG COMPY, ,
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Goes with each and every article sold by
us. This means as to price and quality.
We are merely stating a fact. Try us and
be convinced.
4 There is Little Lost" when you buy Staple
Groceries. You get what you pay for,
use the entire article and there's no waste.
"Good Stuff' is by far the cheapest in the
"long run." Suppose you try our store, if
thinking of making a change.
"THE PURE FOOD STORE."
JONES, the grocer.
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