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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.
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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
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: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
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| 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
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Parks Grc
| Phone
? A Safe In
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^ 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.
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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.
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>cery Co., I
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$ <
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vestment 1
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jew uunureu uonurs wmcn ^
rincipal will be absolutely se- ?
he same time pay you a fair ?
!
taking an interest-bearing T
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of Deposit. I
jcured and subject to your *
would receive on a Govern- *
st as safe. 1
; PER CENT. I
tional Bank, \
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- AN ORDINANCE
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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
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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
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.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. King's New Biscovery
I KILLS TME COUCH CUKES THE UJKCS.
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