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*" 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.
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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 <
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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them in c
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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.
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Our Specialty.
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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.
White l'ers'n Lnwn 10. 121-2
White Rep 15c, 25c
th, 121-2c and 15c.
ovt'iw iotn nto ID Dr.?
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TOWELS. i
best Huck Towel you ever *
els, l()e and 12 l-2c. Linen <i
dozen or more heavy Hotel 4
h 2f)<\ close at for f>(k\ ^
7 HATS i
carry over a straw hat. so we
move them out. Call, if you
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^SHOES
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Icaie?but if
l.ing about shoe value*, you are ;
.ONGWEAR SHOES.
dollar for dollar vali
arked shoes is the hi
e have never seen a I
snap, more wear an
)on t make the mistal
>e?come here and g<
arke d, fully guarantee
ill leathers?al! styles
.50 to $5.00 for the
r the ladies.
itterson's Dry (
PHONK NO. 85.
Peninsular House Pi
decay, protection froi
vestment. It increa
property?makes youi
Peninsular ]
are economical to use
bility and the great ai
gallon will cover.
A visit to our store
obligations to buy anc
suggestions on paint a
Parks Dru;
The Di
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I We can
I ably low
I Combina
l The Fort Mill Times
i Farm and Ranch
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All foi
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t ing agricultural w(
and the South s on
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[ 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*
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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
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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 |
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