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hrane fobt kill- times. ! | * **. ' Democratic ? Published Thursdays. B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. | iOMOmiPTioN Ratkr: On* Yaar *1.26 I Six Months ....... ..... .66 | i Th? Tlm< In 'ites contributions on lire subjects ' bat does not agree to publish more than 200 words in any subject. The right is reserved to edit ; ? -? ? ?i?Ui.j #?. K.?ui:M?un ^ 1 firy communicanun auomiucu iui yuuuv?iiun. On application to the publisher, advertising rataa arc made known to those interested. *" Talaohone. local and loner distance. No. 112. Entered at the poetoHlce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. MAY 14. 1814. I Small Store* Not Hurt. While the long light for the parcel post was waging there was always one stock argument in opposition. That was the damage that would be done to the country stores. It was also felt by many merchants that it would drain the life blood out of retail trade in towns of some, size. The last bulletin of the National Association of Credit i Men contains the result of an 1 investigation into this question. One of the questions asked was* "Are country stores suffering! from the aggressiveness of the mail order houses?" This and other questions were sent to i wholesale dealers. If the cross roads and small city man is growing, the sales manager for | the jobbers hears it quickly enough. The questions brought out no sentiment among the retailers that the parcel post was hurting them. lhit there was a general feeling that the new system removes a burdensome expense. The extent of the tax imposed by. the former heavy express charges was not realized. It came in driblets. It was a quarter here, half a dollar there, a dollar somewhere else. A good deal of the time it was charged up to the customer. No doubt there were many circumstances under which the retailer felt he had to pay it to satisfy his customer. In the long run the change may prove a good thing lor the express companies. Under the old regime, they could not have possibly considered themselves popular. Now they are advertising their claims and rates. The moment a corporation shows itself anxious to please and get business, that moment it has laid the foundation for popular favor. Retail merchants, of course, must realize more work is going to be done by mail orders sent to stores near home. They must by advertising keep their goods before the outlying farmers of , their territory, or their rival around the corner will get it. Considerable interest and not a j little satisfaction has been felt throughout the country over the I report that a millionaire who ran his automobile through the street of a Western oitv at the rate of fifty miles per hour, had been sentenced to the rock pile. 1 | A lot of people would be glad to hear of other such cases. Not ; that they have any particular' , ii,? ? i iiveiMnn m millionaires or automobiles, but that the matter of reckless driving is frequently considered all too lightly. Whole- j sale murder by automobiles is S really serious business and the | more responsibility of thus endangering life should be as great as when a man uses firearms recklessly. But the latter has invariably received the severer punishment. On April 18, 1817, thebattleof i Ccrro Gordo was fought in the i Mexican war and at this battle) the Mexican commander, Santa ; Antonio de I?pez, was put to such a precipitated flight that he ! lost his cork leg. in addition to losing the battle. The cork leg which formerly belonged to the Mexican general is now in the State museum at Springfield, 111. General Santa Antonio lost his leg in the defense of Vera Cruz, against the French in December, 1838. and it is said he buried it in the cemetery at Santa Paula, i after bavin* an elaborate burial I < fi \ I ceremony and an extensive funeral oration pronounced. The school histories give an account of the old cork leg, but there are few indeed who know where it is now kept. Although six States in the uion are without compulsory school attendance laws, and four others have laws that apply only partially, definite progress during the past decade is reported in a bulletin just issued by the United States Bureau of Education. Since 1905 eight States previously without compulsory laws have adopted them, and it is thought to be a matter of ?i 1 vmy a icw years wnen compulsory school attendance will be in effect in every State and territory of the United States. A Social Pauper. A man 30 years of age filed a bill in the court in New York for an allowance of $12,000 annually i from the estate of an insane aunt. His mother enjoys an income of $39,600. The son is supported by her, but the sum he received at her hands is not sufficient for him to maintain himself in the way he desires, for he pleaded that if not given the additional allowance he would have to give up his membership in 10 or 12 clubs to which he belongs. cut down the standard of his entertainments, give up his automobile, and last but not least, forego the chance of marrying. This idler and social pauper, who contributes nothing of good or usefulness to the world, has been denied his application by the court. Here is a young man who has youth and opportunity and sufficient means to give him a good start in life, yet he is a miserable pauper to society. He is worth less ami shiftless and it would bo a crime for him to marry any woman. Ho probably is dependent bt cause he has been taught to be that way. He not only invites but deserves the contempt of every self-respecting man and woman. It is fortunate for the world that there is but a small number of his kind. Nai.y Postmasters Appointed. The following statement with reference to the work of the Postofliee Department has been issued: "Postmaster General Hurleson has b\ direction of the President appointed 22.317 postmasters since his induction into office. Of those 5,171 have been of the presidential grad?n\iid 18.146 ol the fourth class. "Tl.ere were at the beginning of the year in the United States. Alaska. Porto Rico and Hawaii, 8,610 presidential postotliees and 48,950 fourth-class postoffices. or a grand total of $57,540." Pr.rdon for Greenville Man. Harry Nylar was Saturday night released from the Greenville county jail on a pardon from Governor lllease, according to a dispatch from that city. Nvlar wns pom-iffn.! 'i X ? .l ? IV UU ?U I 11^* January term of court of forgery in sending a fake telegram to the father of his friend. Robert Jenki is at Gastonia. N. C.. to which he signed Jenkins' name and received from the hoy's father the money sent. Nylar is from Ualtimore and was attending business college there at the time of Ids escapade. He went to IVI/er Monday to play hall during the summer, it is, said. Huerta Apparently Wants a Fight. Tin quibbling and evasions by Huerta continue and threaten to force the United States to change her peaceful policy and adopt one f f aggression. The attitude of the dictator in piling i.?# i?ew.v protests with the mediators against the United States is regarded as an indication l tat he is not serious in his plans to participate with the mediators in attempting to settle the difficulty between his government and this country. While the State department continues to prepare for participating in the conference at Niagara Falls next Monday officials art also preparing for the inevitable crisis which they fear will be precipitated. Waahlng White Paint. When your white paint ia yellow and ditty, dou't wash with aaap; take a handful of common whiting and stir smooth In about a pint of water; then wipe all around with this. You will need a howl of clean water and a cloth with which to wipe all around againWhen treated in this way paint will be really white, not yellow, and places that han baaa mnM badly will j I THE FORT ME HAS THE DOCTORS GUESSING Regiment of Italian Army Afflicted With a Malady That le Hard to Dlagnoee. There is a strange epidemic of what may be called "contagious som yy -a rt uduiuuiiaui ?t ri&ceoza. inis epidemic is limited to the barracks of an infantry regiment stationed in the town. So far it has not spread among the citizens. A week ago the police found a soldier clad in his underclothes soundly asleep in the street at midnight. The man was nearly frozen to death. He was taken to the barracks and placed under arrest. The doctor who attended him certified that he was a sleep walker. On the following day three soldiers were found asleep in the street at night, and the colonel of the regiment reprimanded the doctor and had the men sent to prison. , Despite the fact that double sentries were posted in all the sleeping rooms of the barracks, more soldiers were found asleep in the street every night, often as many as twenty at a time. An officer's guard was kept awake all night in barracks, but men got out of their rooms through the roof. All the doctors agree that these men are sleep walkers, but they cannot explain why pretty nearly all the sleep walkers in Italy seeui to belong to the infantry regiment now at Piaceuza. The war office appointed a commission of army doctors to examine this strange epidemic. The Piaeenza regiment is now known as the k'somnambulists' corps."?Home Correspondence of the New York Sun. AS INDICATED Summer Boarder?1 saw a rattle- 1 snake 16 feet long this morning. The Farmer?Heow did yew know it. was a rattlesnake? Summer Boarder?By the way my teeth rattled when I saw it. SOMETHING NEW. "I have aii income of $18,600 per year. What income tax ought I to pay ?" "I can show you how to dodge your tax/' said the alert attorney. ''But I don't want, to dodge it. I want to pay it." "Some fresh bug comes in tliis of- j tiee every day/' remarked the legal light reflectively as the client went out.?Louisville Courier-Jorunal. BREAKERS AHEAD. Young Husband (to wife) ? Didn't 1 telegraph to you not to bring your mother with you? Young Wife?I know. That's what she wants to see you about. She read the telegram. AN ORDINANCE Regulating the Operation of Bicycles and Motor Vehicles Upon the Streets and Public Places of the Town of Fort Mill, S. C. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of tin* town of Port Mill, in council assembled and by authority of the same: Section 1. That no person shell ride a bicycle u|>on any street or public place of the town of Fort Mill, S. unless the same shall be equipped with a serviceable bell for warning pedestrians; nor shall any person ride a bicycle upon any public street or place of the town of Port Mill in the night time without having a lighted lamp attached thereto. Sec. 2. That no person shall operate a motor vehicle of any description upon any street or public places of the town of Port Mill at a speed greater than twelve miles per hour; nor shall any pern n operate a motor vehicle of anv description upon any street or public place of said town unless the said vehicle shall be equippeil with a serviceable bell or horn for warning pedestrians; nor shall any person operate a motor vehicle upon any public place of said town in the night time without having a lighted lamp attached thereto. Sec. That warning by either bell or horn shall be sounded by any bicycle or motor vehicle before turning any corner upon any street of said town and at all other times when advisable to prevent accident to either vehicle or person; that all such bicycles and motor j vehicles ol any description shall turn to the right when passing other vehicles at all times. Sec. 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. f>. That any violation of the above ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment or bard labor upon the public works for not more than ft) days. Done and ratified in council this Jl. t day of April, 1914. A. R. McELHANEY, Attest: Mavor. I c s unk. aM* |* X LL TIMES, FORT HILL, SOXT. FOS SALE. WANTED. LOST, FOOND. FREE?Tickets to "Movie." Read Ardrey's adv. on opposite page. FOR SALE?Six room house and lot on Booth street, renting for $10 per month. Also four houses on "rear of same lot renting for $22 per month. Will sell all for $3,500.00." Osmond Barber. FOR SALE?A second hand, one-horse wagon. Several fresh Mitch Cows. L. A. Harris & Co. WANTED ?You to read McElhaney's ad. on opposite page and win $5 in gold. FOR SALE?Two tracts of land, 70 acres and 110 acres, on Charlotte ami Lancaster road, in front of Jno. A. Kell's in Belair. $20 an acre. Osmond Barber, Wateroak Farm. KOK SALE Oak and Bine Lumber at $1.00 to $1.50 per hundred at my farm. W. B. Hoke, rawyer, Osmond Barber. RUN-DOWN WOMEN i^ina Health in a Simple Tonic. How many women <lo you know who are perfectly well, strong and healthy as a woman should be? They may not be sick enough to lio In bed ?but they are run-down, thin, nervous. tired and devitalized. Women are so active nowadays, and so much is expectod of them, that they constantly overdo and suffer from headache, backache, nervousness and kindred ills. Such women need Vinol, our dellclous cod liver and Iron tonic without oil which will create an appetite, tone up the digestive organs, make pure blood and create strength. Mrs. Walter Price, Blloxl, Miss., says: "I was In a run-down condition for months, I had taken several med\ clnes but they seemed to do me no good. Finally Vinol was recommended, and from the flrst bottlo I began to improve until I am strong and well as ever." Try a bottle of Vinol with the understanding that your money will be returned if it does not help you. r. S.?For pimples and blotches try aur Saxo Salve. Wc guarantee It. \V. 11. Ardrev, Druggist. FORT Mill. S. C. The Majestic Thursday's Program. "The Golden Cross," an excellent two-part Thnnhouser picture. "Rival Barbers," a good Majestic film. Friday's Program. "The Mysterious Lady," a good picture in two parts. "Their First Friend," another picture that will please you. J. Harry Foster, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rock Hill, - - - S. C. ; mas: I THE "RIGHT' | Thon | Prescriptions Itt E A C H A Goods suitable for 1 White Never in the history of on a line of White Goods in all the staple ones. White Crepe 10c to 35c White Batiste 10c to 25c White Madras 12 1-2 to 25c White Linen .121-2c English Ix>ng Clo Colored poods in Crepes, I TOWELS. The biggest, heaviest and bought at 25c. Crash TowTowels. 25c and 50c. Three Towels, slightly soiled, wort STRAV We are determined not to have commenced in time to want a bargain in a hat. M EACH Af ?? ch pxrolhja G? as far as yo as long as ycu pi QOI WE KNOW anytl to buy a pair of 1 g sih| ||Qj style and script she O * I rade-M them in c Oj $4.To fo I >1 TELE SAVE THE HORSE If you could take out an insurance policy that would guarantee your horse or mule against colic for fifty cents you would hurry to do so, would'nt you? Dr. Boyd's Sure Pop Colic Remedy is colic insurance in drop form. GO drops instantly relieves severest case. Price 50c and $1 a bottle. No drenching. Results guaranteed or money refunded by For Sale by W. F. Harris & Sons, Fort Mill, S. C. SEY'S ! 11 ' DRUG STORE f ie, 91, I Our Specialty. I w M A E P P S the Warm Weather. ! Goods ir business have we had stu b the new weaves as well as White Silk, 20-inch, 50c White Dimity C'ks up to 25c. 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A visit to our store obligations to buy anc suggestions on paint a Parks Dru; The Di | Right P I We can I ably low I Combina l The Fort Mill Times i Farm and Ranch > TV 11 19 If . noiiand s Mai All foi ? A good, live loc t ing agricultural w( and the South s on Send o [ THE FORT I For Beginners in Crime. A regular texi book for thieves and >urglars lias been discovered by the Jew York police. It contained inHtrucloua bow to tile bars, bow to pick a ?ck. how to avoid leaving ting or prints Mi mm# othar trtoka of th? trad* ) OF THE going ie of the Bell Tradeg feature of this line, ine of shoes with more d better leather at the ke of buying a nondeet a pair of these Bell ed shoes! We have ?and the prices range 5 Men, and $1.50 to ioods Store, "SELLS IT FOR LESS." 1 mi investments in Paint a Save Repair Bills aint is insurance against n the elements?an inses the value of your r home look prosperous. House Paints ; because of their duranount of surface that a will place you under no 1 will give you valuable Lnd painting. * Company, ke Store." slow I ] make you a remark- | price on this club | lion: + I for one year I I until Dec. 1,1914 I I *azine until Dec. 1, '14 t f % $1.25 j I j al paper, the lead- x ' I ^ekly in the South, | j J ly magazine success | / f rders to |; N/IILL TIMES. | No. Six-Sixty-Six Thia ia a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. Five or aix doaea will break any caae, and if taken then aa a toaic the Fever will not ] reWrn.^ ft acU^en the liver better than | (