THE FORT MILL TIMES
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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
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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 ^
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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
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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
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First National Bank, )
FORT MILL. S. C. . |
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Kimbi
On account of i
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Children's Coats,
ning Saturday, w
great reductions:
$20 L
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15
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17.50
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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 (
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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
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^ 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
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? Return charges paid on all wc
^ or more
t S. J. BELL, Cu*
ROCK HILL,
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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
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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 ^
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torn Shoe Maker.
Repairing a Specialty. +
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A1INTS I
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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 |
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ext Order For .
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ort Mill.
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