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THE FORT MILL TIMES.' Democratic? Published Thursdays. r U. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. 40BSCRimoN RATES: On* Year 11.26 Six Month*..... .66 ^ The Time* invite*contribution* on llvesubjectp j but do** not agree to publish more then 200 word J | on any subject. The right ia reserved to edit j svsrr communication submitted for publication. | On application to the publisher, advertising | 'Itu are made known to those interested, r^leohone. local and longdistance. No. 112. Entered at the poetolflcc at Fort Mill. 3. C.. ns * m it matter of the second elaaa. ' THURSDAY. FEB. 25. 1915. * Uncle Sam is waging n relentless war on the deadly house-fly and in a late bulletin prepared by the Department of Ajrrienlture, valuable information is Riven on the best means of combatting this deadly pest. The most effective way of exterminating the fly, according to the 11 * - - 1.!^ bulletin, is to eradicate nis breeding places. The breeding season of the fly begins early in March ard continues throughout the spring and summer months. All dirt should be removed from the premises, stables cleaned and decaying vegetables destroyed. The fly has rightly been called the undertaker's traveling salesman, and in addition to his regular line of "typhoid bugs," he carries a side line of tuberculosis. Asiatic cholera and other disease germs. Now is the time to "swat the fly." The split log drag has contributed more toward the economic maintenance of public highways than any implement of modern usage. It does not require special acts of the Legislature, bond issues, nor expensive educational campaigns to make it available as usually precedes construction work. A drag can be built or purchased for a few dollars and is easily operated by any one who can drive a team. We need more drags in this State. Cheap money is the fount that makes the brook of industry flow and without it the homeless farmer can hardly hope for a home or the manufacturing industry expect to prosper. The farmers of the United States owe $5,000,000,000 and cheap money will mean millions of dollars in saving to the farmer. Church Membership Shows Gains. Religious bodies of all denominations gained 763.087 new members in the United States l A. i: j. _ n ? _ last year, according' 10 figures compiled by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This includes not only Christian, but other sects. The total number of church members is now 38,708,149. i The gains while large, are less than half what they were in 1913, when 1,320,604 new members were taken' in. On the , other hand, the increase in the j number of ministers was more' 1 than twice as large as in 1913. 1 while the number of additional Churches fell off less than half. "The curious mutations are diflfi- j cult to explain," says the council 'a rannrr v*'""v" I All the larger denominations made gains. The largest was ( made by the Methodists, who ; added 231,460 new members. The Roman Cathoiic Church gained 136,860, the Baptists 122,-. . 125, the Lutherans 56,248, the Presbyterians 56,019, the Eastern Orthodox Churches 36,500.-the German Evangelical Synod, representing the State Church of Prussia, 29,315 and the Protest-' i ant Episcopal Church 28,641. [i The New Liquor Law. For a short while longer people nay order liquor in unlimited juantities, and "social" and )ther clubs may keep liquor stored on their premises. At the expiration of about this period, however, it will be unawful for any South Carolinian :o have shipped in to him more :han one gallon a month of any alcoholic liquor, and no liquor or Deer in any quantity may be kept in any ciub, or place of Dusiness, or anywhere else ex . .' : ?... j ? :t?pL nie piivaie leaiucnee ui wie :>wner. The so-called "gallon a month" law, restricting liquor shipments into the State, does not specifically state when it is to take effect, \nd in such cases, according to 'o the regular procedure, a period of twenty days must lapse after the governor has ;igned the bill, before it can be ictually operative. The bill was -igned by Governor Manning oi ast Saturday. Interesting Event in Gold Hill. (Contributed.) A treat was in store for those vho hud the pleasure ol' living nt the Gold Hill school Moi.dav afternoon. Professor Mclnnis, ol' the Winthrop training school, gave a very interesting address on education of the past and present. Messrs. McKeown and Blair madf* interesting, as well as instructive talks on fertilizers and how to obtain and use them during the present war and panic. They also touched on orchard pruning, leguminous plants, and corn clubs in which we are all highly interested. Then last, but not least. Miss Minnie Garrison had something to say. She is county organizer for the girls' canning clubs and gave us a lecture worth while. The News of Gold Hill. Times Correspondence. The health of this section is rood I think with the exception >f Mrs. Tirzah Faris who is suffering greatly with a sore J ;ana. As we are allowed only one gallon per month now and through carelessness let several months pass without getting our allowance, will we be allowed any back rations? Will the knowing jnes tell us quick? We were at the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Epps two weeks ago. This was the first gathering of the kind for us. There were some sixty or seventv-five of the kindred and neighbors present and all seemed to enjoy it hugely. May Heaven's richest blessings go with this aged couple to the end of their journey. Here we will relate an incident in the early life of Mrs. Mary Sutton Epps: In the year '57 my brother, Brantly H. Coltharp, taught school in a house that stood near the Thomas Merritt residence on the Steele Creek roar! If uiac niiofnnB.mo WV.V*. ?w ?? WO V-UO tu 111 CI I y 1UI teachers in those days to treat both patrons and scholars at the close of the school, and one day Miss Mary Sutton asked us if Mr. Coltharp was going to treat us at the end of the schooi. We told her that we had heard nothing said about it and we told her to ask him about it. She declined to do that and said she would rather bar him out and tl en ask him. Well, one evening we got notice to be present soon the next morning that they were going to close up the house. We were on hand soon the next morning but too late to get in at the doors and had to crawl in at a window and then that was closed. Well, pretty soon brother appeared on the scene and inquired what all of that noise in I i ' t ?- . me nuuse was aoout and Miss Mary Sutton told him that he was barred out and that he would have to promise them a treat before they would let him in, and he called on me to let him in. We told him that we couldn't do that; that it wouldn't be doing the girls right and we imagine at this late day that it wouldn't have been a very healthy undertaking for us. Well, in the meantime Miss Mary had written down what she wished as a treat and passed it to him through a crack in the door. He read it over and she asked him if he was going to do as she requested. He replied I reckon so, and Miss Mary says, "Now, Mr. Coltharp, we will have no reckon so's in it, you have just got to swear to it, sir." We spoke up then and told her that there was no one Dresent tn auaiify him and that we would be surety for him and that seemed to satisfy the ?irla and the doors were opened and the school soon under way. The school was closed on Friday, the A 10th of December, with a good p dinner, and the candy and rais- q ins, which was quite a luxury in R those days. Among the grown- K ups of that school was J. H. S Coltharp, Thomas McGuire, B Serenus Garrison, Miss Lucindy F Graham, the Misses Mary Mag gie. Dovie and Lizzie Beaty, s< Miss Sallie Kimbrell, Miss Sallie P Fuller and Miss Mary Sutton, tl who was quite a kid then. CALOMEL IS MERCU ACTS ON LIVEI "DodsoR's Liver Tone" Starts Your Liver Better Than Calomel and Doesn't Salivate or Make You Sick.. Listen to me! Take no more sickening, salivating calomel when bilious or constipated. Don't lose a day's work! Calomel is mercury or nuicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are sluggish and "all knocked out," if your liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just take .1 spoonful of harmless Doduouls Liver Tone ou my guarantee. I It Is Ea: I ? To find securities j sometimes seven or frequently encoun Panics come and ho a heavy loss. A Sa The Saving Runs no similar risl draws 4 per cent qu on demand. Savings Bank W. B. MEACIIAM, Ptisidenl IL | When You of eating just the < I GROCERIES--the k ? for sale at big profit* j Come Here you get someth 2 ceries that put streng that have lasting a ties?that must be Profits to compete w < 1 Parks Grc | Phone ? A Safe In I , ~ ^ Perhaps you have saved up a + you wish to invest where the pi cure, always available, and at t rate of interest. Deposit your money with us, Certificate < Your principal will be well sc f demand when yeu need it. The interest is more than you ? ment Bond and the money is ju: I WE PAY FOUR ll ^ . ; I The First Nal I Fort Mill, Under strict supervision of U mi ri .mong the patrons of the school resent at the close was Archie raham, Rev. J. M. Garrison, lev. Wm. E. Owen, B. Fuller, . P. -and Wm. Sutton, James loyd, Josiah Faris, John M. 'aalkner. It is now 56 years since that :hool was taught. All the atrons and a large majority of he students have passed away. BY! IT SICKENS! R LIKE DYNAMITE Here's my guarantee?Go to any drug tore and get a 50 cent bottle of Dod*>n's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful toligbt and if it doesn't straighten you ight up and make you feel fine and igorous by morning I want you to go >ack to the store and get your money. "Yodson's Liver Tone is destroying the tale of calomel because it is real liver nedicine; entirely vegetable, therefore an not salivate or make you sick. 1 guarantee that one spoonful of Dodton's Liver Tone will put your sluggish iver to work and clean your bowels o. hat sour bile and constipated waste vhich is clogging your system and niakng you feel miserable. I guarantee that i bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will teep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give it to your children. It is Harmless; doesn't gripe and they like its pleu&ant taste. a sy | fielding five per cent? eight. Such investments ter great fluctuations, lders frequently sell at vings Account in i_s_ Bank || k. It is absolutely safe, larterly, and is available of Fort Mill. I W. B. MEACHAM, Jr., Cashier || Get Tired: Drdinary brands of ind that are put up (?it's then time to ^ to Us.j ling different?Gro- ^ jth in your body? ^ nd building quali- * + sold at SMALL ith inferior goods. i ? >cery Co., I S 1 16 t I $ < A vestment 1 r i j i J-II? ?I-' ^ jew uunureu uonurs wmcn ^ rincipal will be absolutely se- ? he same time pay you a fair ? ! taking an interest-bearing T 4 of Deposit. I jcured and subject to your * would receive on a Govern- * st as safe. 1 ; PER CENT. I tional Bank, \ - s.c. i . S. Government. | - AN ORDINANCE F Providing for the Organization of a r Fire Department and the Inspection I of Premises; Fixing the Salaries of o Firemen and Defining the Duties and s Authority of the Chief of the Fire !" Department; Providing for the Care ' and Protection of the Fire Epuipment and Fixing Fines and Penalties : for Violations of Such Ordinances as t are Set Forth. s Be it ordained by the Mayor and i Board of Aldermen, in council assem- 1 bled, of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., 1 and by authority of the same: -j , Section 1. That the Fire Department ( of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., shall , consist of a Chief and Assistant Chief, , an Engineer, and a regularly organized ( nnii 1 ili>nurtmpnt not tr> ovnuoH fifteen ' I ? " ( memliera including officers, and who , sh&ll each receive annually an amonnt , equal to the levy for street taxes; Pro- } vided that the Chief of the Fire Depart- , ment shall receive a salary of $d.00 per j year. , Sec. 2. The Chief, Assistant Chief, , and Engineer shall be elected annually , by town council upon the recommendation of the Fire Committee; the other , members of the Fire D' partment shall , be elected by town council upon the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Depattment, and no member thereof shall be under 18 years of age. Sec. 3. The Chief shall have the su- i pervision, direction ond control of said fire department while on active duty and in his absence the Assistant Chief, i and in the absence of both, the Engineer. Sec. 4. Upon the passage of this ordinance it shall be the duty of town council to elect such officers and mem- | bers of said fire department who shall immediately enter upon the discharge t of their duties and so continue until their successors are elected. Any vacancy occurring in the membership shall be filled by the town council upon the nomination of the majority of the : members of the fire department. Sec. 5. The members of the fire de- I partment shall have the right to elect a president who may preside at all their regular meetings, but shall have no power or authority over the said or. ganization while on active dut?. Sec. 6. The said fire department shall meet at least once in each month for exercise and instruction and at such other time as the Chief may direct. Sec. 7. The Fire Committee shall have a general supervision of the fire department and it shall quarterly make inspection thereof, said committee acting in conjunction with the Chief and Assistant Chief of the fire department, shall from time to time prepare and j adopt such rules and regulations for the fire department, and submit such rules and regulations to the town coun- ' cil for its approval and, upon being approved by the town council, such rules and regulations shall have all the force and effect of an ordinance of the town of Fort Mill, and if any person who may be subject to such rules and regulations shall violate the same, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or town council shall be punished hy a fine 1 of not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding twenty days. Sec. 8. No property of the Fire Department shall be taken out of the town unless permission be granted by f ko rrto or Kir + Vwi oKo ?? m n n nf f Kn fire committee. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the fire department to properly care for and protect the fire apparatus of the town of Fort Mill after its use either at practice or in active ser- j vice at a fire, and to see that such apparatus is kept in good order and prop- j erly equipped at all times. Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to molest, injure or damage in any manner any fire alarm j box, wires, wagons, hose or other a|>pliances or other apparatus belonging to the fire department of the town of Fort Mill, or to give in any manner whatsoever a false alarm of fire. Any and all violations of this Section shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment of not more than thirty days. Any party furnishing sufficient information to convict a violator of this Section shall receive one-half of the fine so imposed and collected. ' Sec. 11. In the event of an alarm of fire the apparatus of the fire department shall have the right of way along, over and upon the streets, railway tracks, allevs. sauares. and railway crossings within the town limits, and it shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or neglect to make way for said fire department apparatus, and all vehicles on the streets at the time an alarm of fire is given shall be removed to the side of the street so as to make room for the fire department. A violation of this Section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Sec. 12. Immediately upon the arrival of the fire department upon the premises where a fire is in propress, the chief or acting chief of the fire department shall have sole and absolute possession and control of any and all buildings on fire within the town of Fort Mill and shall so remain in possession and control until the fire shall be extinguished and premises abandoned by the fire department. Sec. 13. Thafc^while endeavoring to extinguish or control the burring of any building or structure in the town of Fort Mill, the fire department under order of the Chief or acting chief are hereby authorized and empowered to enter and pass through and over any j adjacent or neighboring house or struc! ture of any kind when deemed advis1 able. I \ 1 .Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any v terson to hinder, delay,*or in any manler to interfere with^a member of the Mre Department while in the discharge if his duties and any violation of this ection shall be punishable by a fine of lot more than Ten Dollars ($10) or by mprisonment for not more than thirty ^ lays. Sec. IB. During the continuance of iny fire the Chief of the Fire Depart- * ' k nent, the acting chief, or the Mayor ^ ihall have power to call on any and ^ ill able bodied persons to.assist in ex- - dnguishing the flames, or pulling down >r blowing up any building, if in their judgment it is necessary; or in removing any goods, wares, or merchaniise from the burning building or those ^ jndangered by fire to some place of safety. That any person failing to jbey such order from any of said jfficers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Ten Dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense. Sec. 16. That in case of anv Are it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Chief of Police to attend and take charge of the police department. In case of the removal of exposed property they shall detail and hereby are jfl authorized to detail a sufficient number of responsible citizens who are not members of the fire department, who shall constitute an auxiliary police force whose duty it shall be under the direction of the officers in charge to guard and protect all property exposed, and to arrest and detain all suspicious and disorderly persons and to do every-, thing that may he done lawfully to protect the rights of citizens and preservVpublic peace and private property. Sec. 19. It shall be unlawful for any person, after being forbidden by any officer of the fire department or of the town of Fort Mill, to ride or drive a vehicle through any street, alley or square on which the fire department is assembled for practice or active service during the progress of a fire. Any person violating this section shall be fined not more than Five Dollars ($5) or imprisoned more than thirty days for each offense. Sec. 20. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to step on, drive vehicles over or otherwise injure any hose of the Fort Mill Fire Department while the same is being used in practice or during an engagement at a fire or at any other time. Any person or . persons violating this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) or be imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense. Sec. 21. AM ordinances or parts of ordinances heretofore in force not consistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council this 6th day of January,'1915. A. R. McELHANEY, Attest: Mayor. * C. S. LINK. ClerW AN ORDINANCE. Providing for the Inspection of Buildings and Premises and the Prevention of Fires. ? _ Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Fort Mill in council assembled: Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to inspect or cause to be inspected by a deputy appointed by him at convenient times but not less than twice in each year all buildings and premises within the limits of the town of Fort Mill excepting the interior of dwellings, and all public thoroughfares, for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire or any violations of the provisions of any ordinance of the town affecting the fire hazard. Whenever the officer flluu'o n?im/i/l oUnll ' 1 * ?v.v .....icu ounii 111in any uunuing or other structure which for want of repairs or by reason of age or delapidation or for any other cause is especially liable to tire and which is so situated as to endanger other property and when such officer shall find in any building or upon any premises or upon any other place combustible or explosive matter or dangnrous accumulations of rubbish | or unnecessary accumulations of waste | paper, boxes, shavings, or any other j highly inflammable materials especially 1 liable to fire and which is so situated ; as to endanger property, he shall order j the same to be removed or corrected and such order shall forthwith be com i plied with by the owner or occupant of such premises or buildings or, failing to do so, shall be subject to arrest and fine in the Mayor's court of not less than Ten Dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Sec. 2. No person shall kindle, maintain, or assist in maintaining any bonfire of trash, waste matter, or other material on any street or public place within the Town of Fort Mill or within one hundred feet of any building within said town. Any person or persons "violating this section shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding Five Dollars ($5.00) or be imprisoned not more than ten days. Sec. 3. Hereafter it shall be unlaw ful for any nerson. firm or mrnm-otinn j to erect in or on any building within the corporate limits of the town of Fort Mill any tile, terra-cotta, hollow cement block, brick-on-edge or metal flue or chimney; and any person, firm or corpoiation who shall violate this ordinance shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days. Done and ratified in Council in regular Session assembled in Fort Mill, S. C., this 5th day of January It*l5. A. K. McELHANEY, ' Attest: Mayor. C. S. LINK, Clerk. Of. 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