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THE FOBT HILL TIMES.' Democratic ? Published ThundiTi. B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. ifunaciurTioN Rates: One Tear 21.26 Six Months AS The Times lnvlteieontrtbiit<oni on llveiubicctn bat does not agree to publish more than 200 vord? an any subject. Tho Hsht Is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising 'Eton are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the noatofflce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as ratll matter of the second class. THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1916. This is seed-buyinff'season'and farm'ers* will Fnow* be receivingcatalogs setting forth ' in attractive manner? seeds'for farm and garden. There "are fewthings in which a farmer needs to exercise more? care and good judgment than in buying those seeds which he has to buy. It is usually|a good rule, in dealing with seed houses, to patronize those that are well known and reputable and to avoid strictly all houses that make extravagant claims for their seeds in their catalogs. m?_ _ < . i it At i ne greatest, proniem tnat confrbnts ouripeople at the present time is that of dogs. In the language of our forefathers, there are dogs, more dogs and lots of dogs; in fact a stranger . visiting our town JJand unacquainted would declare without hesitation, that he. had got off at an Indian village, where there are always ten dogs to every Indian. Farmers who watched their crops parch and shrivel during I nef nnai*'a m U i I / > lUOt J Vll 1 O UU^IJl, >>1111%. neighbors who cultivated peri-istently made good yields, will no doubt be more inclined this year to the.use of the cultivator, one of the most valuable of agricultural implements. It is said that dancing makes girls feet large. It is also said that ice cream makes freckles. Doctors are of the opinion that hanging on the front gate produces rheumatism. A few more (inininnc IlL'O i hueo onrl t Iao nri?*Icj \'p? 4?<vi iu un v tiivow? mitt I Ilt< ^ I i 10 won't have any more fun left them. Every community is cursed by a class of people who make it their business to attend to everybody's business but their own. Such people are the meanest specimens of depraved humanity which an all-wise Providence permits to exist on this green earth. Parents should be cautious about giving their children permission to stay out of school. Every day out is a day lost to the school work ? they cannot make it up. Teachers Net in Rock Hil. Tile entire teaehincr fniw nf - - %^j?,?yyu.?0 ?' *'" the local graded school was in Rock Hill Saturday to attend a meeting of the eastern division of the York Teachers' association, of which Prof. J. P. Coats, of Fort Mill, is president. The meeting was held at Winthrop training school, where the teachers observed teaching of several lessons and afterwards discussed them. This proved to be a very interesting and helpful feature of the meeting. A delightful dinner was served at Winthrop. There were 75 teachers present, there being not over a half dozen - r i ?? * * - ?* ?u me memoers aosent. The attendance on the meetings this season has been excellent. Mr. L. F. Waldrop, of Rock Hill, spent the week-end in Gold iliJJ. I tat- giaatiijr. tfnr.-r? Race Segregation in Mills. The last general assembly passed a measure to compel separation of the races laboring in the textile manufactories of the State. Section 1 of the act follows: "Section i. It snail be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of textile manufacturing in this State to allow or permit operatives, help and labor of different races to labor and work together within the'same room, or to use the same doors of entrance and exit at the same time, or to use and occupy the same pay windows or doors for paying off its operatives and laborers at the same time, or to use the'same>tairways and windows at the same time, or to use at any time the same lavatories, toilets, drinking water, buckets, pails, cups, dippers or glasses: Provided, Equal accommodations shall be supplied and furnished to all persons employed by said person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of textile manufacturing as aforesaid, without distinction to race, color or previous condition." Wm. R. Belk Dead. A great shock to his family and friends in this section was the announcement received Thursday by telegram of the death at Cleveland, Tenn., of William R. Belk, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. C. Belk of Fort Mill township. Mr. Belk's death was due to pneumonia, from which disease he had been ill only about one week. The remains were shipped to Fort Mill Friday and after services at noon in the Methodist church the interment was made in the city cemetery. Mr. Belk was about 30 years of age and is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. He had held a responsible position for several years with an electric power company in Cleveland, and was regarded as one of his company's most trustworthy employees. The remains were accompanied to this city by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Acikins, the latter a sister of the deceased. The News of Gold Hill. Times Correspondence. Townsnip supervisor lilankenship, and his overseer, H. H. Windle, have just completed one of the finest pieces of road construction to be found in the county. It is the new road between Mr. "Pete" Warren's and Steele Cteek. Mr. Blankenship is an adept road builder and deserves much praise for the economy he is practicing in building and working the public roads of the township. The many friends and relatives of Mrs. Tirzah Faris regret j exceeding to learn that her condition has not improved. Mr. S. K. Blankenship has just returned from Charlotte w here he underwent an operation | at the Presbyterian hospital for ; internal troubles. This is a ( second operation of its kind and 1 we wish Mr. Rlankenship a I speedy recovery. Misses Lessie Epps, Mabel I Smith, Professor Dickson and ! Mrs. S. ,H. Epps, Sr., spent Saturday "in Rock Hill. We regret to learn that several cases of smallpox has developed in upper Gold Hill. Hyperion. Gold Hill. March 1. MARITAL AMENITIES "My dear, you take my breath away." "I couldn't do that; it is too strong." THE PROPER THING. " Here's a story of a man who hanged himself, and space is short. What shall I do?" J "Out him down." THE REAL THING. Bill?1 see $40,000 was spent in Rngland on the production of a single moving picture film. t Jill?And ti?at was reel uiuuej. CALOMEL WHEN i\ MAKES YOU SIC I "Dodson's Liver Tone" Is Harmless To Clean Your Sluggish Liver and Bowels. Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's horrible! 'lake a dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose :t dflvV imrk Calomel is mer-ury or quicksilver n-hV'li pauses necrosis of the bone*. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking it, up. Thi3 is when you feel that awful nausea ami cramping. If you are tdug<ish and "all knocked out." if your liver i> torpid and bowels constipated r 'you have headache, dizziness. tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, just tiv n spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight on my guarantee. Fit Is Ea I To find securities sometimes seven c frequently encor Panics come and 1 a heavy loss. A ! ||| The Savin Runs no similar ri draws 4 per cent < on demand. Savings Bant W. B. MEACFAM, Prisident I i;??? : When You of eating just the ; GROCERIES-the ^ for sale at big prof i Come ^ Here you get|some + ceries that put strei 4 that have lasting ties?that must b Profits to compete \ Parks Gn ; Phor Phone your wants U Shop by telephone. I venient, quick;'and satis Your telephone order will as careful attention as came yourself, whether case of grape juice, a hea< tuce or a dozen eggs. Here's a List of To-I Telephone Special Cooking Apples, per peck irisnv rota toes, per pecK, : Wesson's Cooking Oil, 25 Fresh shipment of Armo^ gar Cured Hams. Culp's Groct O. T. CULP. Prop. Welch's The National here. Buy the Ca: See The Majestic "IV LIDUS? NO! STOP! IK AND SALIVATES Here's my guarantee?Go to any drug store and pet a 50 cent bottle of Dodsou'b Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver*"Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it can not salivate or mnke you sick. 1 guarantee that one spoonful of Dodaon's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work ami clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which is cloetrinu vour svst<?iii uinl inak in;? you feel miserable. I guarantee that a l?ottlo of Dodson'-s Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling line f >r months. Give it to your children. It is linnnleea; doesn't gripe and they like its pleasant taste. s 1 yielding five per cent? I >r eight. Such investments inter great fluctuations, lolders frequently sell at Savings Account in igs Bank isk. It is absolutely safe, I luarterly, and is available c of Fort Mill, W. B. MEACHAM, Jr., Cashier = ij i Get Tired! t ordinary brands of kind that are put up its?it's then time to ' to Us.; * thing different?Gro a i?i? iigi.ii in yuui uouy? ^ and building quali- j te sold at SMALL with inferior goods. ocery Co., le 1 16 | I iOT r^day jfrctory. receive \ y Drink lovies" Saturday 2.30 p.m. AN ORDINANCE -J, I Providing for the Organization of a Fire Department ard the Inspection of Premises; Fixing the Salaries of Firemen and Defining the Duties and 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 are Set Forth. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in conncil assembled, of the town of Fort Mill, S. C.,"' and by authority of the same: Section 1. That the Fire Department of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., shall , consist ol a Uhief and Assistant Chief, an Engineer, and a regularly organized paid department, not to exceed fifteen members including officers, and who shall each receive annually an amonnt equal to the levy for street taxes; Provided that the Chief of the Fire Depart- , ment shall receive a salary of $3.00 per year. Sec. 2. The Chief, Assistant Chief, and Engineer shall be elected annually by town council upon the recommenda- ! tion of the Fire Committee; the other members of the Fire Department shall be elected by town council upon the recommendation of the Chief of the1 Fire Depattment, and no member thei^- j of shall be under 18 years of age. Sec. 3. The Chief shall have the su- 1 pervision, direction ond control of said fire department while on active duty and in his absence the Assistant Chief, 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 members of said fire department who shall immediately enter upon the discharge of their duties and so continue until their successors are elected. Any va cancy 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. fi. The members of the fire department 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 organization while *11 active duty. Sec. 6. The said fire department shall meet at least once in each month for exercise and instruction andatsuch 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 adopt such rules and regulations for the fire department, and submit such rules and regulations to the town council 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 j 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 of not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00) oi 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 the mayor or by the chairman of the fire committee. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the fire department to properly care for and protect the fire uppa mius ui me town ?i rort Mill alter its use either at practice or in active service at a fire, and to see that such apparatus is kept in good order and properly equipped at all times. Si 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 appliances or other apparatus belonging to the fire department of the town of i 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 imprison- ! ment 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 A Ai... A ?- 1 * ' ui iiiu tin- n|i|inraiuH 01 me lire oepari rnent shall have the right of way along, i over and upon the streets, railway ! tracks, alleys, squares, 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 ve- i hides on the streets at the time an alarm of fire is given shall he removed to the side of the street so as to make room for the fire department. A violation of this Section shall he punishable by a fine of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.60) 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 ?ny and all I buildings on fire within the town of *?:n .._.i -u..11 ? _ vn mni uiiw nnuii so remain in possos' sion and control until the fire shall be extinguished and premises abandoned by the fire department. Sec. 13. That while endeavoring to extinguish or control the burning 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 pasa through and over any adjacent or neighboring house or structure of any kind when deemed ad vis-, able. 1 * I Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, delay,"br in any manner to interfere with a member of the Fire Department while in the discharge of his duties and any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Ten Dollars ($10) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days. . Sec. 15. During the continuance of any fire the Chief of the Fire Department, the acting chief, or the Mayor shall have power to call on any and all able bodied persons to assist in ex- ^ tinguishing the flames, or pulling down or blowing up any building, if in their judgment it is necessary; or in removing any goods, wares, or merchandise from the burning building or those endangered by fire to some place of * safety. That any person failing to obey such order from any of said officers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Ten Dollars or imprisoned not more thun thirty days for each offense. Sec. 16. That in case of any fire 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 authorized to detail a sufficient number d 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 everything that may be 'done lawfully to protect the rights of citizens and preserve public 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 tn rirlfi fir HrJi/u o 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 prac- * tice 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. All ordinances or parts of ordinances heretofore in force not consistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council this 5th day of January,"1915. A. R. McELHANEY, Attest: Mavor. C. S. LINK. Clerk. 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 appointedby 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 above named shall find any building or other structure which for want of repairs or by reason of or rfnloniHo. tion or for any other cause is especially liable to fire 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 highly inflammable materials especially liable to fire and which is so situated as to endanger property, he shall order the same to be removed or corrected and such order shall forthwith be complied 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 tnis secnon shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding Five Dollars ($6.00) or be imprisoned not more than ten days. Sec. 3. Hereafter it shall be unlaw- ^ ? ful for any person, firm or corporation ' to erect in or on any buiiding 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 corporation who shall violate this ordinance shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days. Done and i^tified in Council in regular session assembled in Fort Mill, S. C.. this 5th day of January l9l5. A. H. McELHANEY, Attest: Mayor. C. S. LINK, Clerk. Dr. Kiig's New Discevery KILLS THE C0U6H. CURES THE LUNGS?