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THE FORT MILL TIMES Democratic? Published Thursdays. * '' m ai -te=*^ H. W. BKADKOKIi - Kditor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATR8: One Year..... S1.2f Six Months ..... .06 Tho Timca invites contributions on livrsuhjcct* bat does not agree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right is reserved to edit vary communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising ... I., l, i? . I fnloohonc. local anil loin* >1 intnncc. No. 112. Entereil nt the oontofflc?* at Kort Mill, 8. C.. aa mail matter of the Roconil clans. THURSDAY. OCTOBER7. 1915. Just for Office. The belief of the Charlotte Observer that "any man aspiring for public office in North Carolina should go before the people with a claim based on merit, rather than on the olea that the job he is after is a better thing than the one he has been holding," is applicable with equal force to every State,county, city and town in this country. "Appreciation of the people's consideration in giving him the better office would be natural and expected," says The Observer "but it would be better to be able to give in exchange for the great favor a service based on a finer degree of efficiency than had marked the record of the person he might have displaced. Only a man with an unconquerable weakness for holding office would ask the people to make a shift for his particular benefit. The man who asks to be given an office just because he wants it is making a pretty strong draft on the obligations of friendship." Pull the Cork. When the editor approaches the average citizen in the quest of news he is invariably told that the citizen "doesn't know a thing," and that answer is about nc tmtiv tlin on lwv 1 uu (IVMI HIV. lllllll (to I IIU of Europe are to effecting a prompt settlement of their differences. Everybody knows something, and most people know a lot of somethings that are worth telling and would make breezy and newsy stories, but they just bottle it up in the walls of their dome and forget that it is there. Sometimes the editor is able to pry it loose word by word until he gets tiie story, when it would 1 be the easiest and simplest thing | in the world to let it all out in a | rush. Pull the cork, brother, and let out the contents of your ( intellectual bottle and we will j pass it on to others who are ( thirsty for news. You know a-plenty if you only knew that ( you know it. t ( It has not yet made its appear- 1 ( ancp hut vl'*} afo a ~v.v ...V- V A^CVllllS II J any day?this free "boiler- L plate" advertising sent out yeari j after year bv the Suite fair * uss >ciation. The Times "fell" ( for this "free dope" some years c ago, but, along with numerous other papers of the State, this newspaper looks upon the State fair as a money-making institution #for its stockholders and - will not in the future carry any ;. of its advertising unless paid for j at the regular rates. i 2 It is not the cent or two you c pay per issue for your newspa- j per that counts. It'is the amount of knowledge you gain by read- i ing it that makes it a gilt edge 1 investment. ( Our Mexican brothers should not make their raids across the * border at meal times. It inter- 1 feres with the American diges- 1 tion. Did you ever ask a mail order t house to sell you a bill of goods , i i-' -ft on credit? Try it once, and learn your true rating with him. When a millionaire thief is sent to jail he immediately becomes a "financier under temporary restraint." It is not what you know that makes a noise in the world. It is the use to which you put that) knowledge. Who'll Whip You? A lady of the capital city of A, said this happened in her own city. A lad came home w ith a pocketful of marbles he had won, and said, "Mother, see what I won." With a grieved voice she replied. "Son, did I not tell you you must not play marbles for keeps? I shall have to punish you for it; I'm sorry to have to do it, but I cannot have you doincr anvthini? of that kinrl So, come in here." He went and got what was coming to him. Then, when his voice was again manageable, he said, "Now, mother, I want to ask you who is going to whip you for the prize you won at. the card party and brought home?" Be sure she'll get what is coming to her, and it will be more than she will enjoy probably; maybe enough to break her heart. The little gambler is just following the example set him by the big gambler. When he gets to be a big gambler the mother will have many big heartaches. Mother, are you guiltless? If you are a gambler, it is not i probable that your boy will ever think gambling a very great wrong, even if the civil law does declare it a crime.?Exchange. The News of Gold Hill. Times Correspondence. The sad news reached this section last Friday of the death and burial of Mrs. C. T. Crook at Wagener, S. C. Mrs. Crook had been a sufferer for some time with pellagra and formerly j made her home in Gold Hill. Miss Annie Faris who has taught school in the lower part of the State for the past four years is a visitor at the home of her father, Mr. S. C. Faris, of this community. There is a general belief among many of our farmers that if this hot weather continues all of th$ cotton will be opened and picked by November 1. Whether this prediction comes true we do not know, but one thing is certain: the cotton picker will soon have to lay aside his poke and hunt himself another job. The Flint Hill Sunday school ;hildren, and others who are interested, have decided to give >ne day to the Baptist Orphanage < it Greenwood. Most of these jhildren have decided to employ ;heir time by picking cotton at ' Uarl Faris'. We trust all will h iome curly and with a determi- . lation to make this their bigjest day's work of the year. : day we bear in mind that the, >50 children at this home live ml i rely by what the good people j ;ee lit to give them. I Hyperion. , Gold Hill. Oct. 5. j, Farmers are Diversifying. Says a York correspondent of 1 ne unariotte Observer: "A ride ; * >ver the roads leading out of fork and a visit to practically ( my part of York county will , show that farmers have finally | earned that diversification is the < secret of success and this is being i iniversally practiced in this sec- I ion now. The endless succession >f cotton fields, formerly a 1 'arrtiliar sight to the traveler's jye, has now been replaced bv ' lumberous bodies of fine upland ! :orn and acres and acres of uxuriant peavines, besides num>ers of acres of alfalfa. Possibly ;he most noticeable increase Uong this line is the amount of ^ m " I A." . . ?' land planted in cane, which is rapidly converted into the finest molasses product. The yield of sweet potatoes for York county is this year said to be recordbreaking while peanuts and similar crops have flourished in every part of the county. One of the most cheering features of the new order of things is the increase in pigs and other livestock on the farm. Prosperity for York farmers is cer tainiy assured lor the next few ! years and for many more years yet to come unless they should again be convinced that cotton is the only crop for a Southern farmer to raise. Jute Wins Over Cotton. .lute instead of cotton twine will be used by the postoffice department during the year beginning November 1, for tying letters. The contract for furnishing jute has been awarded the Ludlow Manufacturing Association of Boston, Mass., at $0,099 a pound, deemed .to be the lowest bid for furnishing either jute or cotton submitted to the Department. Cotton is being used this year at $0.1323. Auto Strikes Buggy. Editor Times: On Tuesday of 1. If J > ' -- * iar>c weew myseii, uaugnter ana little grandson started to Fort Mill and when we reached the hill in front of the negro church we saw an automobile approaching going north and heard another coming up behind us. We turned out well to the right and thought that one of the autos would stop and pass by singly, but not so. They passed by us both at the same time at a good rate of speed. The coca-cola truck that came up behind us struck our buggy, but no harm was done more than to frighten us badly. Indeed it was a narrow escape for us. Now, cannot our lawmakers make a law to regulate these speedy machines, and if they don't know how to stop on such occasions as this, they should be kept at home under an instructor until they learn. J. H. Coltharp. Gold Hill, Oct. 4. FOR SALE. WANTED. LOST. FOUND. NOTICE A Flour Mill of 2f> barrel i capacity i>er day has just been completed in Hock Hill. This enterprise (ills a long felt need in that fection. J. ('. Hardin is the owner and anybody desiring their wheat ground can send it to him or write him for particulars. ] FOK KF.NT Two Brick Stores and one Warehouse on Main street. Fort Mill, lately occupied by Mills & Young j Co. Occupancy Sept. 1, 1915. Apply to W. S. Stewart. Box 96, X07 North College St., Charlotte. N. C. NOTICE OF ELECTION. ~ i Notice is hereby given that an election will he held in the town of Fort Mill on Thursday, the I4th day of October, 1915, at the usual polling place, for the purpose of electing u Mayor of the said town of Fort Mdl; and that 1). A. Lee, T. I). Faulkner and A. A. 1 Young are appointed managers of said 1 flection. s .1. L. SPRATT, t Attest: Mayor Pro Tom. ( C. S. LINK. Clerk. 1 i I Loans on Cotton , at 6 per cent Last year the First National! Bank loaned money to EVERY j farmer who olFered warehouse, receipts for cotton as security. ; \nd by means of these loans hundreds of bales of cotton were stored and sold later at higher prices which put thousands of lobars in the pockets of our farmer customers. We do not advise the farmers :o store their cotton this year nor lo we advise them to sell at the present prices. This is a matter 1 which should be decided bv each ' individual farmer according to ins needs and circumstances. We are prepared however to * make loans, secured by ware- 1 house receipts for cotton, to ( those farmers who may wish to t hold their cotton at Six Per Cent j t Interest. I i1 ( First National Bank, ) FORT MILL. S. C. . | 0 Kimbi On account of i n 111 fp a n i /-?f IV^ vtAWV^ M W1 Children's Coats, ning Saturday, w great reductions: $20 L 18 15 12 17.50 5 . Ladie: I New lots still ar fea something spe Be sure t< | KIMBRE FOR MAYOR. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Mayor of Fort Mill, subject to the choice of the voters in the approaching municipal primary. If elected, I shall give the office my undivided attention and endeavor at all times to conduct the town's affairs in a manner that will prove satisfactory to the people. B. E. PATTERSON. FOR MAYOR. The Times is authorized to announce MR. W. M. CAROTIILRS as a candidate for Mayor of the Town of Fort Mill, S. C., subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the municipal primary on October 14, next. RESOLUTION. Whereas, A. R. McElhaney, iormer Mayor of the Town of Fort Mill, has offered his resignation as such officer, and such resignation having been accepted, be it Resolved, that an election be held in iv,.. m;ii tu??1?.. *v_ i I.UU WTT ii ui i ui t m hi uii x mi i anny 9 iiiu 14th day of October, 1915, for the purpose of choosing a successor in said nfiice, and Resolved, that D. A. Lee, T. D. Faulkner and A. A. Young are hereby appointed managers of said election. J. L. SPRATT, Attest: ^layor Pro Tem. C. S. LINK. Clerk. York County Fair, October 13, 14, 15, 16th. Greatest fair yet held. Complete exhibits from York County homes and farms. Entertaining, thrilling and sensational free acts. Best horses in the :wo Carolinas and probably some from eorgia will race for purses every day. Everybody is coming. Clean shows, iding devices, etc. Season tickets ought prior to Oct. 10th, $1.00 for all 'our days. Write Secretary Wm. K. Timmons, tock Hill, at once for premium list. Now is the Time ;o do your repairing. You will ieed LUMBER ?or your fences, road bridges, epairs on your house, barn and >utbuildings. We are in position x> offer special inducements to iarly comers, giving you the best >ossible material, at prices that lefy competition. I Port Mill Lumber Company, Phone No. 72. 1IBI ! ?ill H ?H KIWI Ill I I III! ell's Offe :he hard times last Fall, Ladies' Suits, Long Co; These garments must e offer them to you a adies' Suits for only $ 1 ( (4 (( 44 44 y 44 44 44 44 ? 44 44 *4 44 Dress 4 4 4 4 3 44 44 44 44 ^ s' and Children's Long < Millinery % riving every week. W< cial next week in Millim ) see our 5-Cent 1 LL'S, "Wtoe Q fciip Thi We especially inv ; eel post trade. A1 | cuted with first c 1 the best that cai | ^ Men's half soles sewed 9<)c to 5125 Pi Ladies' 44 " 44 75c ^ 4 " 44 4 4 nailed 60c ^ Men's 44 ' 44 44 75c I Boys' 44 44 44 65c c Misses' 44 44 44 50c I New Shoes made to ci 4 fnni T IUUI ~ ? Return charges paid on all wc ^ or more t S. J. BELL, Cu* ROCK HILL, < vi ' + * > ? FALL P ARE RE. These Fall days offer a gra and Clean Up." We've prep big demand?never had su You'll find every good thing i here at Right Prices. Paint NOW -Save W It's cheaper to paint than not property last longer?looks nev know it?every owner does. We you need for your job and the be NEW ERA PAINT?"/ Parks Drug < Huyler's Chocolates i Let Us Fill Your N JOB PRir The Times, F ?1- 11 11 ? ^ rings 1 ] BBMMHM?I ? we carried over I ^ ats, Dresses and I M go, so, begin- ; t the following ).98 f 98 | >.98 >.98 | >.98 1-48 E Coats, I -2 price 5 expect to of- | ery. Counter uality Reigns" ii ' ?N is Out!: j ite your par- t ^ I repairs exe- ^ ^ lass material, ; 1 be bought, | ^ atehes, 15c to 25c t >n's and Ladies' heels, 20c, 25c 'Sullivan's Rubber heels. 50c .t at's Paw and Panther Tread j Rubber heels, 3bc and 40c rder to fit your ? $4.50 to $8.00. I >rk amounting to $1.00 ^ * torn Shoe Maker. Repairing a Specialty. + - s. c. ; I A1INTS I ADY. I ind lime to "Paint Up ared for an early and ich complete stocks, in Paints and Finishes 'eather Wear. to paint?makes your vrer.-brings more. You > will fell you how much :st paint for the purpose leme Quality." Company | ind Bon Eons. ext Order For . ^4 TING. ort Mill. i