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THE FORT MILL TIMES Thursdays- -Democratic. W. R. Bradford. Editor and Publisher. t : : Ml The Time* Invites contributions on live subjects, but does not agree to publish more than 2W words on any subject. t The right Is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. j On application to the publisher, udv^r- , Using rates are made known to those Interested. Telephone, Iochi and long distance. No. 112. Kntered at the postottlce at Foi t Mill, 8. C., as mall matter of the second class. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922. Forty-Jive years ugo last month i Thomas A. Edisa^ had what was | called a "crazy idea." He was working on a machine for record- ! ing telegrums, to guin speed. He i began working as a telegraph op" I era tor and noticed that a sound could fcft recorded and reproduced. From this was born the pho uograph and all the talking machines. Don't neglect youP "crazy" ideas. At any rate, don't let i - other people decide for you whether they?nrc crazy oiv not. A genuine sensation \yus caused | in England the other day when ; King Geoige appeared at one of i the leading race courses wearing j a ueroy hat instead of the customary high silk one. This set n new style for Englishmen and the newspapers have given the incident as great prominence as if it were quite an important event in English history. In this country the president of the United States iuay?wear any kind of hat that he pleasqff"and nobody cares. It is doubtful if one out of ton men would remember an hour later what kind of hat the president ?. had on. A strike of Arabs through Palestine and the countries uliout the River Jordan is reported, in, protest against the terms of the British mandate over Palestine. According to press dispatches, the strike is gencrul and although order has been maintained 'thus far, "the merest spark way set the country ablaze." It is i easy to vizualize the Arab on the ! warpath, as the saying goes, but j not easy to "see" him on strike^ Arabs and work don't seem to go together. What have the Arabs quit doing t Their main occupation is traversing the desert on camels. For that matter, how j could the beggars enforce, their ' demands by striking? Human meanness often takes! strange forms, but for sheer de- j generaey nothing meaner has come under &ur observation than the 4tjoke" played upon a little boy in Washington city the other 1 day by a man who. fortunatelv ' for himself, is unknown. Passing i the child on u-road in the suburbs he halted the car he was driving and accosting the boy handed him a piece of candy and told hiiu to ; bite It and he would get more. ! The little fellow did as lie was i told and the thing exploded in his mouth and inflicted u shock-! ing wound and probably impaired his speech permanently. The man, j . with a laugh, drove away. Such an act is beyond understanding. | ' It may be accounted for only on The ground of some sort of insan-! ity. But-in any event such a man j ' should not be at liberty, for he ' probably will do other things rff ; the Mine nature if he gets the j ehanee. No punishment is quite ; adequate fhr such an atrocity as this. A brutal crime frequently attracts your attention in the newspapers. It is an atroeious murder or a fiendish assault. You find it hard to,understand this sort of crime,, for it is the work of a fiend. You conclude that a madJ ' V ' . p ' ?! . "t ' ? man did it. Later the criminal is ' arrested and the news goes out that he is a moron. A moron is a person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to the age of eight or nine years. It ; i hen stops and never exceeds that cf a child of 12 years. Check up ! t2ie past and you realize that, you j have met many morons, grownups with the mentality of children, people who hue been going along placidly through life without i committing crime. There is an old saying that every man is a.fool outside his own business. One meets with great success, and then he is a genius, a super-intellect, in his line. Talk to him about im-! portuut outside" matters which are not connected with his own vocation and you find that he is : a genius on one thing and a moron on others. The reverse of this is found in the juck-of-allundes and master of none. He is j not a moron in any particular branch of mentality. He knows a ' smattering of many things, but lie docs not know very much ; about any one tiling. A correspondent of the t'oluin- ' bbia State suggests that people ; begin to pray lor the defeat next j Tuesday of former Governor-Cole I.. Blease. The trouble is that most people have all they can do ic pray for themselves. How "Oil Shooters" Work. in Oklahoma and other districts where there are oil wells, the "oil shooter" is a person of great importance, especially when u well is opened and sometimes in the renewing of a flow from wells that have become clogged or partly exhausted. For this last ease nitroglycerine is often exploded at the bottom of the veil, and the man who takes this dangerous product from one well tit liiintliar is: iilli-il . ? "siuinl..!' ile carries his explosive ill a ! wagon. A square box under the scut is carefuuy padded and w hen it has been solidly filled with cans of expiosive he fastens on the cover and drives slowly to the well which he is going to "shoot." lie usually has troni 80 to liiO quarts ?f explosive in the wagon. When the "shooter" reaches the well that is going to be treated he places long lubes within ilie easing of the well and pours I lie nitroglycerin carefully into ; theni. This well may be 1.500 j tret deep and is seldom less than | i.UUO. When one of the tubes is! filled, it is lowered with the ut- j most care to the bottom pf the ; well. This operation is repeated initil the shooter is satisfied that tne load is. heavy enough to accomplish the purpose. When all is ready a bar of iron is dropped into the well. The instant it leaves Ins hands the "shooter" t.kes to his heels, seeking a place j of safety. The earth trembles, there is a j crash, followed by a snap, a niuff ed Bound arises and,. becomes 1 louder and louder until a column I of oil and water shoots from 75 to 300 feet into the air: When this subsides the well is in operation. The " shooter'V receives his fee and drives away. CARD TO THE VOTERS. To the Democrats of YorkCouuty : i i am upproaching you in this method because there is no .other way available to me at this time. As you ure aware, 1 am a candicMfe for the otlice of County Treasurer for the term beginning with the expiration of the term ' of Mr. II. E. Neil on July 1- of next year, or as soon thereafter as Mr. Neil can be checked out' of office, probubly in August or September. 1 wus late in entering the race because of circumstances with which most readers of this are familiar, and except for which circumstances 1 pould not have entered the race at all. Being thoroughly familiar with the complicated responsibilities of the position, 1 was reluctant to enter,- but finsolly yeilded to the persuasion of s" numerous fnends! and well-wishers, who insist that ! my long experience in the office, j and my wide acquaintance with the many good people with whom ' I Eave come in. contact during tliat experience, would make my services especially 'useful and valuable to' the fiscal affairs of i~"fu'' *-1a ' SPv- Jr ?181*" % THE FORT fHL\ *' 1 1 ' . York County. 1 I have no doubt of tny ability i to fill the position, and since I ; have entered, 1 naturally want to i win; so to that end I want to ask for the help of every friend 4 have who feels that he or sh^yi^ help ine withoutv inju8tic^Vft>| themselves or to any oi the qftjjfcr candidates. Of course 1 am not in pot^Bor^ to make promises; but afiLto w hether or not i am cupabWoi | discharging the duties of thai of- > flee along the same efficient -flies > on which they h ?.ve been disclaEg- f ed heretofore', most readers of this are in position to judge for them- j selves, and others will have no j difficulty in finding out by tuak- I ing inguiry ot th m? who are :n a | position to know. If it were so that 1 could I | would be triad to talk thi$ matter j over with each of you in person; but as this is uot practicable 1 can j only leave ihe ease with you. If I you see proper to give me the j recommendation such an evidence of your confidence and esteem will make me the proudest Wpman in the State; but if, on the other hand, you cannot see your way clear to favor me with this high honor, 1 shall continue to consider myself rich in the memory of the courteous considerate n that you have always been according me heretofore. Respectfully, LUCIA EWAltT QUINN. UNITED STATES OISTRICT COURT* FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Ill llll? lllllf tor nf PuttnruAii ... ...V mv&v* VTA. A UibVldUU A-/* J Hoods Store, Bankrupt. NOTICE OF SALE OF MERCHANDISE AND FIXTURES. By virtue of Nan order of J. A. Marion, Referee, in the ubove entitled matter, dated August 16th, 1922, 1 will expose to sale at the store room of the Patterson l^ry (Joods Store in Fort Mill. S. '.l3? on Thursday 31st day of August, 1922, between the hours of IT A. M. and 2 P. M., the entire stock of merchandise and fixtures *And accounts of the above bankrupt. Sale to be for cash at auction to the highest bidder. Stoi& ' of goods consists of clothings jjxy goods, slvoes. notions and millVm-i ry appraised at $8,322.12. Fixliues consist of office equipment, eases and shelving, cash register, typewriter and adding machine appraised at $535.30. Accounts appraised at $500.00. Inventory of stock and fixtures may be seen at the office of the Trustee at Vort Mill, S. ('.. Trustee's Attorneys, at lloek Hill, S. or J. A. Marion, Referee, York, S. C. C. S. LINK, Trustee. XPENt ER, SPENCER & WH1TK 11 Trustee's Attorneys. ??1? ? i 4.. . Experts Painting - An Automobile v We muke it looft like a NEW CAR, especially when it has been rubbed dqtvn and sandpapered and the finest quality of coach paint and varnish has been fised. When v?*e naiiit a ear in ?nv sired color it looks like new and the paint will last indefinitely. It will also protect it aud yon get protection anil beauty combined 1 when it is painted by i JOHNSON'S pai2SOP| J AS. A. JOHNSON, Manager. Auto Painters. Body and Top Bu'.ldera ROCK HILL, S. C. I Never as Good.' J as Now . ' I ii We have constant daily reminders that Our Optical Service was never as complete as it is today. Williams' ability, quality and integrity goes into each and every pair of Qlassea furnished by us. ^ ^ eamutf " < Optometrists and Opticians - Jaard Building Ground Pldor Hampton Street 'BOOK HILL 8. 0. |3K. ;^ 4 S ' %k % K l : \ I nL ' ^ L (8. 0.) TIME8 Most Miles per Dollar TS. I" 'gum . \ THE QU Is governed to a g from which it is many people com Evervthinc we *el merit. Long exp taught us how to. ers get the benef why they remain Fort Mill f. ANNC To The Bv We are equipped and apy kind of 1 and cordially invil We carry Framir I m - . ume, rias'.er, Lei tod we can manu V * Rock Hil Phone Q15 Ho*a Noted Vet. dots Bid of Rate?Farmers Hood. Dr. H. H. Butler says, t#I use RAT-SNAP around my hospitals every three months, whether I 1 lee rate or not. It does the work / ^ ' 2* . # ' * r ty. u : * V TT *8 true?evel going around abo or<*9 an<* Oie Pher Chances are you 381 full story of the w< N n r$ stone Cords. We'd the actual facts. 1 make your next tire ^;: ness buy. Well tempering of rub be and the air-bag processes. The unusual mileag stir your ambition to re 5^^^ <*\5 own car5^5A call on us entails ?divide the distances B^-^NsW Firestone prices. Then 14 l*>'WnuiSry Miles per Dollar means Drop it FABRIC 30*3 Oldfield "vnr ... ? 30*3H Oldfleld "V99" . . 30*3 ? % 30*3H ? 1 A *CfrO -DIPPED CC Sold by fOUNG & WOLF1 A.LITY OF Teat extent by the q made. That is on e here for their floui tl in foodstuffs is of erience in the gro< judge and how to b if. Anrl fk af nro anvt blllALj TT ^ customers of ours f I Cooperativ E.S. PARKS, Manager. iunce: lilding Public of to make quick deli1 Building material ri te your inquiries. ig, Flooring, Ceiling, ment, Moldings, La facture anything in 1 Lumber ( Oakland Avenue ?RAT-SNAP gets them every time. I recommend it to everybody having rats." Don't wait until there is a brood of rats, act immediately you see the first one. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold by Lytic Drug Co. and Mobre's . "1' .V' .. ' J vx'V'''-' "vv> \ s" - " ~ *? I m ' ' ^ " ' v? . % " ' J ur Share ra Mileage ry word of the news that's >ut Firestone mileage reclomenal sales that have really haven't heard the >nderfol success of Firelilce you to call and get rhat is one sure way to i purchase a logical busijxplaln the blending and r?double gum-dipping? cure ? special Firestone bdng made everywhere will duce the operating costs of your no obligation. Get the records these Cords are covering by i youH be convinced that Most ^ i what it sayau Hi n ? Any Time CORD ft.99 30x3X Regular 8lae . S1X43 S_gg 30*JH Extra Slec . . 14.65 Wx4 20.15 32?4H ....... it.K . OAS 53x5 . . . . . 40.95 No Tax \ tie )RDS ^ m ? DDC A Pi UIVLirtU ; uality of the flour ie reason why so r. the same order of :ery business has . uy. Our custommight remark, is rom year to year. e Store I ^ MENT : Fort Mill series of Lumber ight at your door C:j: CL: i? I kJlUUlgy iJlllllglCS) the, Doors, Sash, Millwork. Company ROCK HILL, S. C. Drag Store. Wear one pair Humming Bird Silk Hose and yon will always call for them. They last longar- * and look better. $1.50. at Mas* sey s. \ t y ... ^ *