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mmm?mmmm i ????? THE EOBT KILL TIMES. | Democratic ? PabUabc* Thuradavs. I 8. w. ukaufuku - f-tutor ana nowwtsr. 80tsomftion Rates: On* Ymt $1.25 Six Month* 65 Th* Time* Invito* contribution* on liv*subject* bat do** not aarrce to publish more than 200 words an any snbiect. Th* riirht Is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. On application w>wS publisher, advertising rats* or* made known to those interested. Telephone, local and Ion* distance. No. lit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. The Conquest of Peace. Milton sang that "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war." The poet was right. While nations of the old world have for years been arming to the teeth to conquer each other, the United States has been steadily and successfully conquering nature that two oceans separated by a narrow isthmus might be made one, and the commerce of the world pass through tjie canal without let or hind- i ranee. That task is now practically accomplished. While nations are flying at each other's throats in the mad lust to conquer, the Isthmus of Panama admits that it has been conquered by the peaceful methods employed by this ^country, and it is a con A ? ! A 1 _ _ ll . A n 11 quest, uniiKe tnose mat iouow war, fraught with nothing but! blessing for all mankind. The quiet and successful passage of the canal the other day by a large ship belonging to this country marked the beginning of a new era in the commercial history of this land, and also in that of the fcworld generally, and that era will be distinguished by constant progress and prosperity that will result in bringing the nations of the world into closer ; touch with each other. Of course the building of the canal has cost millions upon * millions of money but it has all !>een spent for the welfare of the world. Far otherwise is it with the countless millions spent to arm nations, and place them against each other in battle array. , Where the Remedy Lie*. The railroads, or many of them, are disappointed because the Interstate Commerce Commis-; sion did not make a flat reduction of freight rates applicable to all the roads. The papers cor.-1 trolled by the roads are also j lamenting what they consider1 the unfair decision of the Com-1 mission. . ^ That is to be expected for that is their mission, but they may just as well make up their minds that the Interstate Commerce (^bmmission was not formed to play into the hands of the roads, ! nor to act unjustly towards them, but to conserve the interests of the public without preventing! the roads reaping a fair profit. It may tl\erefore be taken for granted that the Commission, | made up as it is of experts, reached a just conclusion after1 weighing all the evidence. ), If the roads feel that they are not making a profit thev can easily remedy that by cutting out passes. Good authorities say that the giving of oasses to 1 legislators, judges, and a host of other individuals who are sup|)osed to have influence costs the roads $20,000,000 every year. | That amount would materially help to create dividends for | stockholders. Apart from that i there is also the further fact to j he considered that passes are a j < species of bribery and waft for ; which the public has to pay in more ways than one. :i We are all thankful that the, j next primary is two years off. & . -A n t The Harvester trust is to be dissolved. Such a decision by the Supreme Court a few yeatt ago would have kindled a confidence that free competition would naturally follow, and that' all the evils of restrained tradfc \A Air. 1:1 ? 1 nvuiu vuoa(/)mu UJVC H IllunUlIK, mist. But the public has learned by sorrowful experience thqjt dissolutions do not necessarily dissolve. The Standard Oil, Tobacco and other trusts, against which the Supreme Court decided, continued to flourish* and even to pay larger 'dividends than before. All of Which goes to show that the machinery of the law is very imperfect Doubtless the time will come when a decree of dissolution will actually mean something. SSL ' " 1 The evil of one thing sometimes obliterates some other evil, and for that let us be thankful. The sudden outbreak of war- on the European continent has led to the disappearance of Huerta's picture and even to mention of his name. For that Met us be exceptionally thankful. The Ttrrens System. Before the State or national government can do anything effective in the line of rural credits for the land-owners a better system of registering land titles must be devised, says a writer in an exchange. What will it profit us if a somewhat lower interest rate is obtained, or if money for land loans1 is made more easily available if we then find that titles are too doubtful to be accepted as collateral, or if the prohibitive cost of examining a title every time a loan is wanted, keeps the farmer froip using the rural credit system so laboriously wrougutout for his benefit? With the passage of a ' law making government finds available for farm loans, it becomes a question of Meviel importance to all interest in the State, financial as well as agricultural that no time should be lost in securing its passage. rne cniei advantages of the Torrens system are that it makes for economy and stab'lity of title. When land is once registered under this system, the title is settled once and for all time, the State being behind it as guarantor, and the cost of subsequent transieris minimized while the special proceedings necessaiy to secure such registration are simple and no more expensive than those attaching to each and every conveyance under the methods now obtaining. The News of Gold Hill. Correspondence Fort Mill Times. After a brief vacation of only i two weeks, we have again taken up our work, and the click of our battered typewriter may be heard as usual, pealing forth the news of the Gold Hill settlement. The trustees of district 39 are doing some repair work on the school house, getting ready for the fall term which will begin before very long. So far as we know, the names.of the teachers I - ? nave nor Deen disclosed as yet. I Miss Mattie Epps and Mr. Henry Windell returned on last Friday from an extended trip through Western York county, taking in the Sulphur Springs, Kings Mountain battle ground11 and other places, spending a few days at the home of Mr. John A. Ratterree before returning. The feature of last week was the house party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Faris. At no time was the party lacking i for guests, the notables being, Misses Darcus and Agnes Graham, of Anderson: Miss Hunter, of Gainesville, Fla.; Messrs. E. E. Hall, of Pleasant Valley; Chas. Ausdell, of Gaffney, and C. B. Faris, brother of the host. Baseball games, tennis, motorcycling and automobiling were added to the usual routine of house party manouvers and everybody had a great time during' the week's duration of the party. Misses Ethel and Kathleen Armstrong, of lower Fort Mill, spent a part of last week visiting in this section. Tom Hall, of the Steele Creek * V- ? " ; \*\; ??>Wiimmmmm 7 \ ' I " 'V -"F - " -?V" *?lf* **:* neighborhood, was with the writer Saturday and Sunday.v Little Miss Romania Epps visited her little friend Lillie Epps last week. _ . _ . The meeting at Oak Grove clased Igsfc Sunday, after a splendid week's duration. Rev. 11 R. Pruitt conducted rthe Sheeting and gave to the good people some of the strong^ Sermons they ever heard,' receiving eight additions to the church. Jay sold. ' Gold Hill. Aug. 24. # ? . t * ' x Ptoullar Cnrna Prevantiwa Throughout LodAoq placing a cork in the* bod is regarded by hundreds m a sure preventive agalnstrcramp. SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR RENT?Eight or ten farms between Fort Mill and Pleasant Valley. See Mills & Young Co., or write me at Lancaster. T. M. HUGHES. YOUNG MAN?Would you marry if suited? Many beautiful indian girls in Oklahoma, who own rich oil and farming lands, that are looking for husbands. Information furnished free. A|rs. M. D. Smith, Box 697, Muskogee, FOR SALE?Oak and Pine Lumber at $1.00 to $1.60 per hundred at my farm. W. B. Hoke, sawyer, Osmond Barber. FOR SALE?Several thousand choice Cabbage Plants, all the best varieties. Wm. Thrower. Turnip Seed All Varieties ARDREY'S DRUG STORE. PHONE 16 4 ' ' -w?mm*** - > a York t County Fair October 14, 15, 16. Aeroplane Flights Daily. New Fair Grounds. Horse Races, Biger Premiums. GeVUvestock and Farm exhibits ready. ?i???^ .?* H In I Yd I Yes, YOU, Who art I Candidly, we want your bad enough to give you t lar's worth of Groceries : 9 life. There is nothing c( it' merchandising that we w jjjj efforts to satisfy your ev< nl That's enough for this K| SEE what we will do for I PARKS GR( Cj| E. S. PARk 1m 1 Get the Molting Molting time ( 'Mat time ther. to pay the feed bitlp. Get it over?Ftoodo good full rati Prgt?&> Poultry Mm. lb. pail u, * jjlHi"*1)' and ail Ml piirutMd. fnnnn barfc. . , ^ SI JMm ? ? AlMiJMtrv I *w SaM by *c?liuuiey 4 V 4 ** ' 1 ? i ** 9 TAKE DODSON'S AMD! STAY ON YOUR FEET Taking calomel means staying < "home for the day?take Dodson's , Laver Tone; and save a day's work. If an attack of constipation or biliousness hits you, there's no need to take a dose r of calomel and spend at least a day getting over the efEectS of it. Ardrey's Drug store sells Dodson's liver Tone, which they guarantee .takes the place of calomel and starts a lazy liver without bad after-effects. Dbdson's Liver Tone does all the good that calomel can do, yet it is absolutely harmless to young people and old. It is a pleasant tasting vegetable liquid that will relieve constipation or sour stomach or other troubles that go along with a lazy liver, without restriction of habit or diet. You don't leave off any of the things you regularly do when you take Liver Tone. A large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone sells for 50 cents. Get the genuine and if you are not pleased with it the druggist from whom you bought it will give your money back with a smile. ^ * STATEMENT Of the Fort Mill Graded School ' for the Year 1913*1914 i ?- - ; RECEIPTS. \ From Poll tax, 1913-14 $ 362.83 < 44 3-mill const, tax ._ 905.98 J 44 dog tax 66.52 < ** special levy 1,896.85 < " high school State aid... 500.00 * " incidental fees collected < from scholars to January 1, ? 1914 443.14 4 ^ Total receipts $4,175.32 x DISBURSEMENTS. Si Deficit from 1912 $ 188.49 * Paid to teachers. 3,642.00 < 44 for coal 100.00 ] " 44 insurance 136.00 4 44 44 painting roof 49.41 44 44 repairs on furnace 125.59 4 44 44 window guards 15.50 4 44 44 janitor service, etc. 92.58 * Total disbursements $4/149.78 4 Deficit, $ 174.46 4 Estimated expenses 1914-15 $4,481.46 J 44 receipts from above taxes, etc., 3,732.18 4 Estimated deficit 1914-15... 749.28 ^ In order to overcome this deficit the Trustees have decided to charge inci- 4 dental fees monthly as follows, payable J in advance: 4 1st grade 25c 2nd grade 80c 3rd grade 35c 4th grade.. 40c 5th grade 45c 6th grade 50c 7th grade 55c 8th grade 60c 9th grade 65c 10th grade 70c 11th prade 75c All children living outside of district No. 28 will be chanred monthlv tuition as follows: Grades 1 to 4, grades 6 to 7, $2.00; grades 8 to 10. $3.00. High school students from York county are exempt from tuition. W. B. MEACHAM. Clerk and Treas. ?' - 1 Ml !-J i. . Ir. Kin's New Viseevery KILLS THE C0U6H. CURES THE LUH6S. u- I 5 Reading This Ad. 1 Grocery trade; want it ?I ;he biggest and best dol- |[0 pou ever bought in your ml insistent with honorable Jraj 'ill not do for you in our ilri 1 .t - * ?ry aesire. HN | "ad." Now come and !^| you' 1 \ JGERY CO. 11 IS, Manager. ffijl 4 ? i I PI I | ! f | | k Co.; Mili* A Youx Co. f # I ? . / SEE the "MOVIES" To-Day. A Big Two-Reel Drama and a Good Comedy. 0pen4:30P.M. Prices, 5c and 1 Oc. - 1 ? -eeeeeoeeeee * - +<$+ ??? ? $> <? ? $ e i New Fall Goods. 1 WE are showing the New Fall f Coat Suits and they are * t worth seeing, too. Prettier than ; T * * | ever, hand-tailored, smart and ? t stylish, at * j $10, $15, $18, $22.50 j ? t Also big lot new piece goods. Get ! i ready for school. Gingham, Per J cale, Devonshire Cloth?the very t * best fabric for school.dresses. r Boys' School Suits came in to day?the tough kind, yet dressy enough for Sunday wear, at $2.00 ; I to $9.00. Bring the boys in and | let us fit them up now. ; J Keep your eye on us from this t ( time on, we'll show you something t ? new every day. i> Patterson's Dry Goods Store ! ; TELEPHONE NO. 85. "SELLS IT FOR LESS." ; \ I We are distributers of I Blanke's Pure and Delicious India Tea. With each package we give one Measuring Spoon, which makes two glasses. j ?> i * ? fresh Vegetables on hand at all times. | JONES, the grocer. Phones 14 and 8. " I Dodson's \ Livertone I New Supply Just Received. ; Get It While It's Fresh. | Parks Drug Company, t The Dike Stofe. + | t #