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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03
A Girls idea.

A girls idea Of a trousseau is to
have enough clothes to wear without
buying anything new for at least
three weeks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

In Ave of the nine complete months
Of 1910 American imports have been
in excess of exports. We are buying
more than we sell.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

A common house fly can go IS feet
per second. Why doesn't 1t maintain
this rate of speed when headed the
other way?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

whoever named 1t the "dirigible"
balloon should try again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

Doctors are telling how they repair
broken bones with tenpenny nails.
Woman doctors should do wonders
with hairpins.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

This country has raised Lose, 00o, 900
bushels OF oats during the past season,
not including the wild variety.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

In Oregon bear hunts are being
made successfully with automobiles.
But human victims saw their power of
destruction first
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03
In the Grand Stand.

Stella-Do you understand base
ball?
Bella-Perfectly; but why does that
man run SO hard with nobody after
him?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

An aviation meet is equal to an
opera season for bringing spell of
bad weather.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

That chauffeur who is going to drive
an automobile to the top of volcano
In Hawaii would better wait until he
gets an airship.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

Now approaches the season when
the chauffeurs Of balloons will have to
take their vacations.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

In dirigible balloon there is no
where to go but away.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03
,rove What Swamn-Root WIN DO For Yos

Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham.
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. IT VIII
convince anyone. You will also receive
. booklet of valuable information, telling
oil about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price hffy-
cents and one-dollar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

mere were high fiiers even before
the days Of airships.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03
Lucky Girl.

II thought she was engaged to be
married to a genius?"
"She was, but she got CHANGE
to marry a butcher"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

Dynamiters are criminals CT the low.
est type. ~ #f
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

believe In trusting a man when I
have got a man can trust
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

Fly paper is not good antidote for
typhoid, but it may be preventive.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03
important 10 VNotners

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Bears the ~ .-.s
signature Of l2z<kx
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

II a hen is bird, what is a bird?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-03

Is 1t really autumn at last?
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
columbia Morning News Z"

1t begins to look as if there is
something more than mere talk
behind the proposal to establish
a new morning daily in Columbia.
Friday commission was issued
by the secretary of state to the
News Publishing company of
Columbia, the capital stock being
$50, 600. The petitioners are:
Geo. R. Koester and D. w. Robin
son, of Columbia. The COM
pany proposes to publish a daily
paper called the Columbia Morn
ing News. The promoters of the
company say that the first issue
of the paper will appear on
January l.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
PRICES MAY RESULT
FROM FERTILIZER TRADE WAR

South Carolina farmers will
read with interest the statement
that three new fertilizer plants
will be constructed by the Ameri-
can Chemical company during
the next year in the very heart
of the territory covered by the
Virginia. Carolina Chemical COM
pany. One will be at Savannah,
where the company has purchased
70 acres of land, and should be
completed early in 1911, as the
contracts have already been let.
The second will be at Whining
ton, and the third at Columbia.
Work on the latter two will be
begun as soon as possible, and
the entire three should be in
operation by next summer. Alto
gether the expenditures for new
construction will total something
like 81, 900, 600, and as the Ameri-
can Chemical company has a
working capital of approximately
$lo, 500, 900, as shown by its
recent dnnual statement, 1t is not
likely that the construction work
contemplated will call for new
financing.
While the American has always
been factor in the Southern
field, the move of building three
new plants simultaneously cannot
be taken otherwise than an ag-
gressive invasion of the preserves
of the Virginia-C Carolina Chemical
company. An interest closely con
nected with the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company stated that
the Southern field is large enough
for both, but generally in fer
tilizer circles the outlook for a
trade war is considered excellent.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Political Horoscope.

South Cardinals political horo-
scope was handed out in Spar
tanburg a few days ago by a
gentleman who has had some ex-
perience in observing the politi-
cal horizon, and is, at the same
time, acknowledged to possess
some gift of prophecy, says the
Spartanburg Herald. He says he
reads in the heavens or some
where else-that there are going
to come to pass many and strange
things within the next decade
or some such space of time in
South Carolina. He says he has
seen or heard-we forget which
"a slate. And on this slate he
has seen it framed up that Con-
gresham Lever will succeed the
present senior senator in the
United States senate two years
hence; he sees George r. Rem
bert of Columbia slated as Levers
successor in congress, and he
reads the reelection of Governor
elect Cole l.. Blease, who at the
end Of his four years as governor
of South Carolina will be called
by the people to cause the re-
tirement Of United States Sena-
tor +. ID. Smith from the halls
of the national congress.
Right here, he says, he woke
up.
We are glad he did, and if his
dream was sent as a warning, it
might be well for the people Of
South Carolina to wake up also.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Has Passed the Century Mark.

The Waxhaw Enterprise says
that Mr.. Charlie Kiker, who
lives about two miles west of
WaXhaw, will be 1O1 years old
the first day of January. 1911.
Mr.. Kiker was too old for regular
service in the Civil war, being
therefore over so at that time
Instead of regular service as a
soldier he was made a govern
ment hauler of provisions to the
soldiers and their families, and
did this kind of work throughout
the war. Mr.. Kiker was a Juror
at the first term of Union county
court, which was held in 1843.
His eyesight failed him about
SIX years ago, and since that
time he has been totally blind.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Death of Mrs. J. L. Stevens.

Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, wife
of John l.. Stevens, d well known
Fort Mill carpenter, died sudden
ly Tuesday morning while on a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. ]. A.
Wagstaff, in Pineville. Mrs.
Stevens had not been in good
health for more than a year, but
her death was unexpected and a
great shock to her family and
friends. Mrs. Stevens is sur
vived by her husband and three
children, one son and two daugh-
ters, w. w. Stevens, Mrs. ]. A.
Wagstaff and Mrs. r. S. Wolfe.
She was about 55 years of age
and had resided in Fort Mill with
her family for a number of years.
Mrs. Stevens was a member of
the Methodist church. The inter
ment was in the Fort Mill ceme-
terry yesterday afternoon.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Mules Bolted, Farmer Hurt.

j. w. Stallings, white farmer
of Pleasant Valley, was painfully
injured a mile south of Fort Mill
Thursday afternoon in attempt
ing to jump from wagon to
which was hitched pair of mules
that had become frightened at
the automobile of DR.. T. S. Kirk
patrick. The mules bolted and
ran into gully just as Mr.. Stall
ings jumped, throwing him to
the ground with considerable
force. The impact with the
ground broke two of his ribs. In
falling Mr.. Stallings got between
the wagon wheels, but the driver
succeeded in stopping the fright
ened team before the wheels
passed owed his body.
DR.. Kirkpatrick says that as
soon as he saw the mules were
frightened he slackened the speed
of his machine and passed on, not
knowing that Mr.. Stallings was
hurt.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Good Roads, Better Schools.

Good roads would revolutionize
our country schools. Contrast
the lot of the country child on
his way to school in winter with
that of the city child with only
a few blocks of paved streets to
walk. Our country child, with
satchel over shoulder and lunch
basket in hand, must leave the
cheerful fireside of home from
half an hour to an hour before
school opens in order to be there
on time. The roads are wet and
muddy many months of the year.
The country is open and the cold
winds are unmerciful in their at
tacks upon him. So that, by the
time he reaches the school house.
which is often unscientifically
ventilated and poorly heated, his
feet are SO cold and his body so
chilled that he is unfit for study
most of the day, and exposure
and chilling of the body invite
pneumonia and other diseases.
These conditions cause irregu-
lar and broken attendance. They
create an aversion in the child
for the school room instead of a
pride in punctual attendance
and studious advancement. Not
only this, but a mother hates to
see her children trot off to school
two or three miles away in cold.
bad weather. She fears that the
injurious effects upon the body
from exposure will do greater
harm than the beneficial effects
upon the mind will do good. She
realizes that a vigorous mind
can only dwell in a healthy body.
and that it would be misdirected
exercise of maternal care to force
her children to school under con-
ditlons of exposure which en-
danger their bodily health.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Mr.. John w. Davidson Dead.

The Pleasant Valley section of
Lancaster county sustained a
great loss Friday night in the
death of Mr.. John w. Davidson.
Mr.. Davidson's health had been
declining for several months, but
his condition was not considered
serious until a few days before
his death, which was caused by
acute stomach trouble. Mr..
Davidson had long been one of
Lancaster county's foremost citi-
zens and his death is sincerely
regretted by all who knew him.
He was a leading member of
Pleasant Hill Methodist church
and was good man. He was
% years of age. Mr.. Davidson
is survived by his wife and one
son, Walter Davidson, of Char
lotte. The funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. T. J.
White and the interment was in
Pleasant Hill cemetery Sunday
morning.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
South Carolina Still Leads.

South Carolina still leads the
other States of the South in the
manufacture of cotton, according
to The Southern Cotton Mill
Directory, which has Just been
compiled by David Clark, editor
OF the Textile Manufacturer.
North Carolina is rather poor
second, being more than seven
million dollars behind this year
IN the amount of capital invested
IN the industry and with 800. 600
less spindles and $4,000 less
looms. The mills of South Caro-
lima average about 27,O0O spin
dies to an average of 1000 for
North Carolina mills.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Registration in Mecklenburp.

Registration books have been
opened in Mecklenburg county
for those who are otherwise
qualified to participate in the
State and congressional elections
on November 8. Names of pros
pectlve voters will be enrolled
for 20 days from last Saturday,
or up to and including the 18th
inst. Those who were registered
two years ago will not be re-
quired to register for the cleo
ton this fall. In Pineville town
ship the registrar is NJ. f. Culp
and the judges r. B. Johnson
and Will A. White. At precinct
No. 2, in Providence township.
w. E. Cunningham is the regis
trar and S. H. Kell and G.. B.
Bryant the judges.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Price of Cotton Seed Going Down.

The price of cotton seed has
taken a scent per bushel tumble
since the 1901 season opened
a few weeks ago and instead of
the rather abnormally high price
of 80 cents per bushel which was
paid for the seed for a few davs
following the opening of the sea
son the market is now 45 cents
per bushel. Purchasing agents
OF the oil mills are of the opinion
that the price will go several
cents per bushel lower within
the next few weeks, the opinion
being based upon the prospective
supply from the bumper cotton
crop which it is expected will be
grown in Texas and the South
west generally this year.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
improvements at Winthrop.

A large new cattle barn is
being built at the Winthrop col
lege farm to hold 100 head of
beef cattle. These cattle are
fattened at the farm and used
for the boarding department of
the college. BY this arrange
ment the best beef is secured at
small cost. A new silo has been
added to the dairy barn to in
crease the amount of ensilage
for the dairy herd. A large
chicken house has been built at
the practice home and poultry
raising will be done on a much
more extensive scale this year
than ever before. Not only have
these improvements been made,
but many have been made on the
college kitchen.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Fire Escape Law to Be Enforced.

Within the last week Insurance
Commissioner F. H. McMaster
has had arrested and fined $40
each in magistrate S court several
Columbia hotel proprietors who
had failed to comply with the
law passed at the last session of
the Legislature requiring that all
hotels in the State of three or
more stories be provided with
fire escapes. 1t is said to be the
intention of the insurance COM
missioner to see that the law is
enforced impartially and instruc-
tions have been sent out to
the magistrates in communities
where the law has not been OBJ
served directing them to see
that the hotels which come with
in the purview of the law be
provided with fire escapes at
once. The penalty for non-com-
pliance with the law is $40 per
day, but Commissioner McMaster
will not insist upon a fine of
more than $40 until violators
have been notified to comply with
the law.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
ESIDENTIAL BEE WON'T BUZZ
IN MAYNOR GAYNOR'S BONNET

Never" is the word used by
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, as
yefuting the suggestion that he
,3has the presidency in mind. This
IS the emphatic term he employs
n "a letter dated at Deepwells,
St. James, L. l., September 25,
sto James Creelman, a close
friend, through whom he publicly
declined the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor. The mayor
Z refers to a suggestion made by
Henry Watterson, the editor of
the Louisville Courier-Journal,
that he (the mayor is candi-
date for the presidency. The
mayor says:
"As for myself, or my political
future, l shall not. consider that
at all. Mr.. Watterson is in
error in supposing that l have
the presidency in my mind.
Never! and it is too late for me
to begin shaping my course for
any ambitious purpose.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
One More Mill Town Tax.

A matter of considerable in
terest to the owners of Fort Mill
property was the action of town
council at it's meeting a few
nights ago in increasing the tax
levy from 2 to 3 mills for the cur
rent year. 1t is stated as the
reason for the increased levy
that several hundred dollars of
revenue has been lost to the town
by the action of the State board
of assessors in reducing the
assessments of the local cotton
mills, the custom being to make
the assessment for municipal
purposes the same as that for
State purposes. The statement
is also made that the towns
revenues have been decreased
considerably by the removal from
the tax books of other property
which has heretofore been as
sessed for taxation.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
CONDITION REPORT ON COTTON
UNFAIR TO SOUTHERN FARMERS?

The condition report of the
cotton crop issued by the national
government a few days ago
means loss of hundreds Of
thousands of dollars to the cotton
growers of the South which
would have gone into their pock.
cts but for the report" said a
well known farmer of this sec
ton to The Times few DAYS ago
1T is nothing short of an out.
rage that the Federal govern
ment should, Willingly or un-
Willingly, aid the bears in their
effort to keep the price of cotton
down. Cotton has gone up some
in the last few days in spite of
the report, however.
What |, as we'll as hundreds
OF other cotton growers, object
to in the condition reports of the
government is the inclusion of
the States of Virginia, Florida.
tennessee, Missouri and Cali
tornla. 1t is well known that
- AOA ANtt anu 1SllIlCSS6c grow
very little cotton, comparatively
speaking, and as for Virginia
Missouri and California. the three
States together do not produce
as much cotton as York county:
yet the crop reporting board of
the department of agriculture
includes these five States in esti-
mating the crop condition. the
condition report in each of the
five States, except Florida. being
considerably higher than the
average for the nine principal
cotton-growing States, thereby
unfairly boosting the crop con-
dition and consequently bearing
the price, which of course means
a loss for the farmer.
Our Southern senators and
congressman are in position to
set the national government
right in this matter, and it is
their duty to see that the reform
is inaugurated before another
cotton crop is grown"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
YEGG ARRESTED In LANCASTER
WANTED FOR WESTERN OUTRAGE

j. B. Leonard, a notorious safe
cracker who operated in this sec
ton few years ago, is believed
to be one of the men who de-
stroyed the building of the Los
Angeles Times with dynamite
ten days ago. A man who gave
the name of j. B. Leonard is
wanted by the California au-
thorities for the destruction of
the building and every effort is
being made to capture him.
1t is thought that Leonard is
one of the gang of five yeggmen
who were arrested near Lancas-
ter three years ago for a series
OF postoffice and other robberies
IN North Carolina, Virginia and
South Carolina. The men had in
their possession all appliances
for safe-cracking and were a
tough looking set. All five were
convicted in the United States
court in Raleigh and sentenced
to five years in the federal peni-
tentiary at Atlanta and heavy
fines. President Taft subse-
quently pardoned two or three of
the convicts and one of these
met a violent death in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Odd Fellows Student at Winthron.

Friends of the Odd Fellows
orphanage at Greenville and the
public generally will be interested
and greatly pleased to know that
Miss Lucille Gunter, the oldest
child in the institution, has been
appointed to a scholarship in
Winthrop college. She entered
that school in September. Miss
Gunter is in her 18th year and is
a native of Lexington county.
Her father and mother are dead.
She entered the Odd Fellows
orphan home, near Greenville. on
November Ii, 1905, having had.
previously, little opportunity for
education.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Good Farming in Fort Mill Township

This year on several plan
tations in Fort Mill township
a noise has been heard that
sounds like real farming and
if the good work is kept up
for few years the fame of
York's old red hills will be such
as to attract attention far and
wide. A number of farmers
have prize acres in corn, cotton,
ETC., but Mr.. c.. P. Blankenship
probably will find the one acre
he prepared for peavine hay the
most profitable of all. Eight
tons of peavine hay is his har-
vest, which is considered by
many a more remunerative crop
than bale of cotton to the acre.
But add to eight tons of hay
the value of go bushels of oats
which Mr.. Blankenship harvest
ed from the same acre last spring
and a crop of crimson clover
which he hopes to gather next
spring in time to put the land to
cotton, and the possibilities of in
tensive farming in this section
are readily seen.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Proposed New County Road.

A number of Fort Mill names
were added to petition circu-
lated here Tuesday praying the
county commissioners to open a
public road from the Catawba
river bridge to Rock Hill. 1t is
stated that the new road would
shorten the distance between
Fort Mill and Rock Hill by two
miles. The petition will be pre-
sented to the county commission
ers within a few days.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Thornwell- Reid.

The following invitations were
sent out Tuesday:
'Mr. Elias Earle Thornwel
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his sister
Frances Harriet
to
Mr.. Edwin Sidney Reid
on the evening of Wednesday, the
twenty-siXth of October
at half after eight o'clock
Fort Mill Presbyterian Church
Fort Mill, South Carolina"
Miss Thornwell is the youngest
daughter of the late Rev. Jas. H.
Thornwell, d. D., and is one of
Fort Mills most attractive young
ladies. Her marriage is there
fore an interesting event in this
community. Mr.. Reid is a young
banker of Chatham. Va, where
he and his bride will make their
future home.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Jones Out of Jail.

f. Y: Jones, the young white
man who has been held in the
York county jail for the last
three months for defrauding the
Fort Mill and Clover banks out
OF a sum in excess of $400, was
released last Thursday upon the
return of the money by his par
ents to the banks. 1t is stated
that Jones parents refused to
help him out of the trouble unless
he agreed to enlist in the navy
atonce.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Paroled by the Governor.

Marshall Melton, who was con-
victed in York county in 1908 on
the charge of grand larceny and
sentenced to three years on the
chaingang, has been paroled by
Governor Ansel, pending good
behavior. He is required to
make report to Governor Ansel
every three months. In the pc
tition it is stated that Melton has
a wife and several children de-
pendent upon him, who are at
present residing in Georgia.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-10-13
Buck" Bryant Managing Editor.

The many friends of Buck"
Bryant, who left Charlotte some
months ago for the Northwest,
will be pleased to learn that his
good work as newspaper man
has been rewarded by the pro-
prietors of the Missoula, Mont.
paper on which he is employed.
Buck" has just been promoted
from a reporters desk to man.
aging editor.