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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11
MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Price of Cotton.
The best price paid for cotton on the
local market yesterday was l3t cents.
Seed sold for as cents.
Gina Running Slack.
The bulk of the cotton in this
section seems to have been
gathered and ginned. There
has been such a dropping off in
the cotton brought in that the
local gin is now running but one
day in each week. This is quite
unusual for the season, we are
told, as heretofore the gins have
at this time been fairly busy.
The rapid harvest of cotton prob
ably is due to the early opening
and the good price at which the
staple has been sold.
Little Cotton in Fields.
Tie season so far has been an
ideal one for the harvest and the
farmers of this section have
made good use of it. Our farm
ers have not only been blessed
with good crops and fine weather
for the harvest, but the small
grain crop &, gives promise of
= being as good as any grown
hereabouts in number of years.
A leading farmer of the town.
ship says that more. small grain
has been SOM in this section
this fall than he has ever known,
due probably to. the fact that the
Western corn crop was short
this year and the farmers are
anticipating high-priced corn
next spring and summer.
Pincvilie Boy Loses Finger.
Report reached Fort Mill
Saturday of an accident at Pine
vile in which the young son of
j. X. Cook, a business man of
the town, suffered the loss of his
left thumb. The young man
had arranged to take hunt and
had his loaded gun standing be-
beside him with the stock rest
ing on his foot and his left hand
over the top of the barrels. His
dog was in high glee over the
prospect Of the hunt and reared
upon his master. The dogs foot
struck one of the triggers of the
gun causing it to discharge and
the young mans left thumb was
torn from his hand. The load of
shot barely missed the young
mans head.
Election of Trustees.
Along with the municipal cleo
ton to be held in Fort Mill on
the second Tuesday in January,
the 18th, there also is to be an
election for three members of the
board Of trustees for the local
graded school. The election for
trustees will be conducted by the
managers of the municipal cleo
ton. but the trustees votes will
be deposited in separate box,
and any voter of the 2Sth school
district will be entitled to vote
for the trustees. Up to the
present time no one has formally
announced himself a candidate
for trustee, though the names of
several citizens have been prom
ipaptlv pcoptiOpad for tha nlacaS
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11
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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

| hereby announce myself as candi-
date for reelection to the office of
Mayor. l have possibly made mis-
takes in the past, but have always
tried to DO what thought was for the
best interest of the town and all par
ties concerned. My platform is any
thing for the p-building of Fort Mill,
and if you choose to elect me again
this shall be my greatest aim.
Respectfully submitted,
A X. McELAANEY
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

NOTICE-All persons are warned
against hunting, fishing, cutting tim
ber, or trespatsing, in any manner.
whatsoever upon the lands of the under
signed. Edd Bales.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

Mr.. w. j. STEELE authorizes The
Times to announce his candidacy for
Alderman from Ward l, and promises,
if elected, to serve as such to the best
of his ability.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11
-T's'---7---Ne3~
FOR ALDERMEN.

The Times is authorized to announce
Mr.. w. l.. FERGUSON as a candidate
for Alderman from Ward /, subject to
the choice of the voters of said ward
in the January election.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

| hereby announce myself Demo-
cratic candidate for Alderman from
Ward at the approaching municipal
election. | promise my best services
If elected. A. c. LYTLE.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

The Times is authorized to announce
Mr.. j. j. BALES as a candidate for
Mayor of Fort Mill, subject to the ac-
tion of the voters in the January cleo
ton.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at
The Times office.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
The Corn Law
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

CIXTY -FOUR years ago the
y plain people of Great Britain
scored one of the greatest
economic triumphs of the ages
the passage through Parliament
of the act known as the Corn
Law"
The campaign leading up to
this famous victory was one Of
the most wonderful in the history
of the platform Slch meetings
were never seen before and have
never been seen since, meetings of
fifty, seventy five, a hundred
thousand people. worked up to the
highest pitch Of interest, an in
terest that came home TO mems
business and bosoms in a most
direct, practical and pathetic
fashion Such subscriptions
much as $4,000 pounds being
raised at a single meeting. The
great fund of 1913, aggregatlng
$4,000 pounds (s1.25O.OOO), was
raised like lightning
Many of the chairmen and
speakers We're what they call
common laborers." but they pos
sessed uncommon ideas and un-
common ability in expressing
those ideas, and they shook old
England up as she had never been
before.
The Corn Law League" or
ganized in March 1888, entered
into the work with the purity Of
intent and hery ardor Of the old
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08

Crusaders, and never was a great
and noble propaganda blessed
with a more perfect victory. The
interests" fought the league
tooth and nail, with fair means
and foul and the league fought
back.
AT last the great day came
June &c, 1S49-when the Lords
read the bill for the third time
and passed it-passed il because
Of the irresistible pressure that
was brought TO bear upon them
by the plain people. BY the pro-
visions Of the Dill all grain was
admitted into the country practi-
cally free, and the poor mans
bread was no longer in jeopardy.
The mighty spirit of the Ieague
was, of course, Richard Golden.
the international man." without
whose genius, fire and perseyeD-
ance the Corn Law bin would
never have won out. For seven
years, from the foundation of ths
league to the accomplishment of
its purpose, he worked incessane-
~, now guiding the councils, now
addressing the meetings, and
everywhere storming mems hearts
by his profound earnestness and
winning their reason by his cool
unanswerable logic.
AS mems ideals get 70 be more
elevated Golden will become
more and more of a saint In
the great PaRthspn OF Humanity. =.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08

ped, taking the attitude of its
enormously remote animal ances-
tors who could not walk erect
because their hip joints Gas is still
the case with monkeys) were so
placed that the center of gravity
of the whole body was ahead Of
them. The baby still retains this
pithecoid C'apehke" or monkey
hke'O Characteristic after It has
otherwise become a miniature
man or woman.
But, very rapidly. change
manifests itself As the baby
grows the curvature of its spine
alters in such a way as to bring
the center of gravity Of the body
not only over the line of the hin
joints, but even a little back of 1t.
Tendency to Fall.
This causes, as you will notice.
a tendency Of the child, when It
first begins to hold itself erect. TO
totter and fall backward. Since a
monkey never undergoes the
change in the form of the spine
which transforms quadruped
into biped, it can not fall back
ward even when, with the aid Of
its forefeet, or hands, it gets IT.
self into partially erect attit-
tude. Its center of gravity re-
naming in front of the hip line,
it always comes down face for
ward.
In the case of the baby nature
provides for the backward falling
tendency by the development of
bands Of powerful muscles on the
front of the hip joints, which en-
able the human being to hold
himself in balance when he ia
standing upright, and which no
other animal possesses. Nothing
is more interesting than to watch
a child gradually acquiring con-
troll Of these muscles. When that
control is acquired, it runs, leans.
Jumps and rejoices in the possess
sion of the most universally effec-
tive bodily machine that evolution
has yet developed on our globe.
Then, at last, the last monkey
characteristic has disappeared.
Some Resent the Idea.
Some people seem to resent the
idea that the human form takes
its rise by regular variations and
graduations out of mere animal
shapes, and, for sentimental rea-
sons, persist in rejecting it. But,
rightly considered, this process of
evolution is the strongest posi-
BILE argument for the existence of
some kind of divinity" in man.
because it shows that, without
violating the laws of nature, he
has been enabled to reach a po-
sition which seems to place him,
in some respects, above nature!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
Baby's Lessons in
Evolution the Be-
ginning of Prog
ress in the Great
Step of Life.
Child Begins as Quad
ruped and Its Acquire
ment of Erect Attitude
Reveals Its Passage
from the Animal Stage.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

JOUR baby is a duadruped!
Have your noticed that? 1t
is no more able TO stand
erect without the aid Of its hands
than a monkey is. 1t goes on all
fours.
Upon that simple fact you may
build up the whole law of evolu-
ton, which some persons find 30
dificult to comprehend.
If you doubt that the earliest
human forms resembled those Of
the apes and monkeys. who had
the same common ancestor with
US, you can get rid Of that doubt
by studying the attitudes of your
baby. and the changes that take
place in its bones and muscles
as 1t gradually acquires the abil-
fly to stand and to walk freely
about upon it's feet.
One of the strangest things
and one of the most Illuminating
that science has discovered is the
fact that animals of all kinds, in
Guiding man. exhibit, during their
individual development, beginning
from the earliest germ Of physical
life, the principal stage Of evolu-
ton that their race has passed
through in its slow rise through
the various orders of being.
Ancestral Peculiarities.
Many of the ancestral pecu-
liarities that were possessed by
their remote predecessors show at
the start of their existence, but
disappear, one by one, as they
approach the adult, or full-grown
form, that characterizes them at
present.
If you will look into the works
of Huxley, Haeckel, Metchnikoff
and others who have studied and
illustrated the development of the
form of man, you will be aston
ished by the absolute likeness be-
tween the embryo (from Greek
words meaning 'in the bud'0 of a
human being and that of lower
animal, and you will be yet more
astonished to see how this like
ness vanishes, by successive steps,
as the human form emerges and
the animal characteristics drop
away.
To fully understand the argu-
ments based upon these scientific
Investigations you must have con-
siderable knowledge of anatomy
and physiology. But, If you will
study, without any special scien-
tific knowledge, the daily devel-
opment of your baby, you will
comprehend evolution practically
just as well as If you had gone
through a course of study In BIZ
ology And, perhaps, your convic-
ton of its truth VIII be all the
stronger.
The baby begins as a quadru-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
&c. b." Who for Years Has
Proclaimed His AcuteneSS,
"Falls" for a Bogus Check.
THE VICTIMS OF HIS
SATIRE DELIGHTED
They Recall with Glee His Merciless
Ridcule of Dull Commercial Eng
land and Now They Gloat.
Especial Dispatch)
LONDON, May II.

n GORGE BERNARD SHAW has
I | been done out Of more than 5000 by
crude variation of the stale old
trick of change your check for mine
and his old foes and his butts" in the
middle classes are thoroughly amused and
fully enjoying a tardy revenge.
For generation this wealthy socialist
has been ridiculing commercial England
for it's dulncss and stupidity, while deriv-
ing bountcous revenue from his literary
exposure Of these faiings.
For years he has promulgated the legend
of his own supreme acutcncss and has
mcrcilessly satirizcd the inferiority OF the
: laundering Saxon intellect, but now Shaw,
, the Wit and the wiseacre, has taken his
place, in the opinion and language of the
masses, as Il ".Ju:gins.' and Brixton is
SMILING over its tea and Chaplain is grin
ming over its herring
y few days ago messenger boy ar
rived at the luxurious hermitage of Mr.
Shaw, No. 10 Adclphi terrace. He bore
Il letter purportinG to come from Mr.
+. w. Pethick Lawrence, suffragst
ngilator. il was II forgery, and so was
the crossed check for S2.625 enclosed.
The letter requested Mr.. Shaw to give
to the bearer an ''uncrosscd" check for
the same amount, as Mr.. Lawrence
wanted the cash mt once.
Like other enemies Of wealth and
champions of the poor, Mr.. Shaw had
vast sums in uncarned increment on
hand, and actually fell for" the swim
| die, probably familiar to Noah.
| Soon aftcrward the check drawn by
Mr.. Shaw was cashcd, and in due time
back came the pseudo Lawrence check
marked Drawer has no account"
| Mr.. Shaw for once in his lifetime is re-
fusing to expatiate TO interviewers and
has retreated into the loncliest recesses
of the country.
Mr. Lawrence is trying to save his
friends face" by glittering and uDconsol,
ing cpigram.
Probably" says Mr.. Lawrence, "the
delicious riskiness of it appealed to the
gentleman"
The defrauded Mr.. Shaw probably mas
his own opinion about the righteousness
OF the transaction, hut the Devils DIS
ciplc"who defrauded him is still at large.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

problem that can appeal only 20 very
minority. but, as a matter of fact,
it is of supreme interest to every one. be-
cause the answer to it compcls us to make
Il proper valuation of lifes possessions.
Perhaps, after all, the man who is fortu-
nate enough TO win and keep the whole
hearted love of n woman is the real mill
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
LONDON TO PARIS
RAPID TRANSIT
Especial Dispatch

LONDO:;, May II.
J. MN jay to October 81. fl will ba
] possible FOR one 10 leave Iondo, a,
io"r o'clock in the afternoon. be /,
iar!s before half-past eleven. have =,
iour for business or pleasure. and he hacs
"saih at ten o'clock the next morning
This VIII be possible BIZ mc,,s ., ,,
'"o new special summer services which
me south Eastern and Chatham Raiiv,v
VIII PUT on In cooperation with the Sor,b.
crh Railways OF France. The specIa, ,r,i,
OF first and second class carriages VIII
leave Charing Cross at 80 y. NJ. and ar.
rive at the Care du Nord, Paris. n, 11.o5
The return train will leave the Cara a.,
Nord at 1880 a. NJ. and arrive at 1918
A. NJ. the Journey from Paris to Calais
being taken slowly TO enable passenrors
to get comfortable nights rest. Break
fast Will be served on the Pullman car
from Dover.
The midnight train. which Will probably
become known as the theatre train. has
been arranged primarily in the interests
OF passengers arriving in Paris from italy.
Switzerland and other parts OF the Con
unent. who have nov to travel through tho
night 10 Paris in order to catch day ex-
press 10 England.
The afternoon train from London serves
in the same way for passengers
ing beyond Paris. who can sleep the
night in the French capital and toln day
express the following morning for Italy
and elsewhere. Neither service will. how
ever. run on sundays
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
CRYSTAL PALACE
WILL BE SAVED
Especial Dispatch.)

LONDON, May II.
Although things looked very ominous a
fortnight ago for the Crystal Palace. it Is
now certain that the place will be saved.
The London County Council rs 10 con-
tribute $4,000. IL not more, and already
other grants have been made. Croydon
has voted 100000. Pcnge has promised
$4,000, Camberwel is understood to be
good for 100000 Thus s5CO.coO is assured,
and as local authorities are expected TO
find s575,oCO the other councils may be
relied on TO make up the balance though.
failing that, the London County Council.
having walked up to the necessity OF saw
ing the beautiful grounds from the builder.
will surely make up any deficit.
The total required is sii5o.OOo. but the
LLOYD Mayor of London has guaranteed to
raise half by Lord Mayors fund. The
scheme for tho acquisition of the grounds
being carried through. II will then be
possible for the colonies, as has been sug-
gcstcd 10 acquire the actual palace for
Colonial exhibition purposes
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Will
Be More Costly
Expert Believes Price VIII Advance
as Cost Of Production
Increases.
Especial Dispatch.)

LONDON. May IL
THE reduction OF tho price OF the
Times from Sd. TO ID. or 4 cents. has
created more stir in newspaper circles
than among the general public. be-
cause II is recognized that 1, places the
two cent papers IN rather new position.
The Times is like American newspapers
in one respect at least. It Is printed In
sections. and each Issue looks more like
two or three newspapers than one. ono
section being devoted TO news OF the day.
with leading and other articles, the other
sections being purely literary. financial.
engineering. or supplement relating to the
commerce OF the colonies. the develop
ment OF new centres OF industry and so
forth At the price. therefore, It is tho
cheapest newspaper publication in the
Kingdom. cheaper than either the two OF
even one cent papers.
With the great increase in cost OF pro-
duction OF late years. those who under
stand what the maintenance of a great
newspaper means are wondering II II can
pay. and II the two cent papers can afford
TO meet the Times in the production Of
supplementary sections which have lately
become such great feature of the Times.
For one thing, English newspapers can
not get the advertisements which fill the
newspapers of America.
Mr. John McBain. who understands pub
licaton on both sides of the Atlantic. dis
cusses the subject In the Daily Mail. which
is one cent paper. and while he believes
that for the present there may he
breathing space owing 10 a temporary
cheapening of paper he thinks the one
cent paper may yet cost two cents and
the two cent paper three cents.
Discussing the question How is the
American newspaper proprietor meeting
the disturbing state Of affairs caused by
the Increase in cost OF production" Mr..
McBain says:-"The American has evolved
wonderful labor-savlng machinery both
for setting type and for printing off the
journals themselves. In that matter the
English newspapers are just well off.
for almost without exception they are en-
ltirely produced by American machinery
and metnOdS. Inc HINES llscll - put INTO
print by the American monotypc and
printed by presses made by Hoe and Goss.
both firms OF American origin. The Morn
! ing Post Is produced by the American limo
type and the American Hoe presses. as
are the Daily Telegraph and the Daily
Mail and most of the provincial news
papers The conditions of production are
therefore, for practical purposes, entirely
the same on both sides of the Atlantic
While he remarks that the American
newspaper proprietor has been cncoun-
tering many of the same difficulties as
the English producer. the American pub
Usher has met the difficulty In several
ways. "In many localities. no observes.
the newspapers are combining to in
crease their price from one to Two cents"
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First Lord that the torpedo boat destroyer
is redundant. his view being that battle
ships can do its work better. Only vessels
with considerable beam will be able to
fire the latest torpedocs. and moreover.
as compared with the battle ship, the
field of vision of the destroyer, which lies
so much lower IN the water. is limited
preventing it from making the best use
Of the Increased range. Whatever may
be thought of the proposals Of the writer
in the Quarterly Review. he exhibits a
close acquaintance with the problems at
present confronting the naval authorities,
and his conclusions ana the arguments ad :
vanced in support of them deserve the
most careful attention.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
Rise OF the Torpedo; Decline of Destroyer

That some Powers think 1t should Is clear
from the decision of the japanese to equip
their four new battle cruisers with eight
torpedo tubes each, while the French are
providing for six tubes in the battle ships
to be laid down this year. Germany has
equipped all her dreadnoughts either with
five or six torpedo tubes, hut England and
America have attached less Importance to
this arm, and have been content with two
or three tubes in each ship. But vessels
under construction in both countries show
an Increase in this respect. Until the adj
vent of the new torpedoes of 21-inch diam
an effective range of 10000 yards. 1t was
natural TO devote as much weight as pos
sible to the big guns as the principal
weapons OF offence. The present position
is that the torpedo has displaced the gun
in this connection. and the Quarterly Re
viewer asks how the situation can be
turned 10 our advantage.
He notes that British pre-drcadnought
battle ships are larger faster and better
protected than their contemporaries in
most foreign navies. but being obsolescent
from gunnery standpoint they would be
scrapped as modern ships replace them.
Yet their roomy spaces below the ar
mored deck might. be utilized 10 provide
them with n number of submerged 2l-inch
torpedo tubes enabling them to supple
nent the attack of the heavy guns in the
latest battle ships at long ranges. These
converted pre-drcadnoughts would retain
battery Of quick firing guns for defence
against Observation-Disclosures. diriGibles and
small torpedo craft, but the removal of
their heavier guns would enable the thick
ness OF the armorcd deck and OF the con-
ming tower 10 be doubled, rendering them
CAPABLE of outstanding an encmy's gun
fire at the same time that it ena blcd them
Ia develop their torpedo attack.
The Quarterly Reviewer agrees with the
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Especial Dispatch.)
InNnnN y,

LONDON, May j.
Nv J HETHER by an odd coincidence or
w by natural sequence of develop
mcnt, the admission by the First Lord
OF the Admiralty that the value of tho tor
pedo boat destroyer is declining as its
functions are being usurped by other YES
Seis was made almost at the same time
that substitute for the DESTROYER as A
torpedo carrier was being suggested by a
naval writer in the Quarterly Review.
Mr.. Churchill stated that the primary
purpose of the destroyer is to clear the
seas OF ar encmys torpedo craft and its
battle fleet by means OF the torpedo but
both these objects are being pursued by
the light cruiser on the one hand and by
the submarine on the other. The Quar-
terly Review shows that the newest tor
pedoes have an effective range equal to or
exceeding that of the biggest guns in use,
and suggests that ships of the pre-drcad-
nought era, OF little use from a Sunnery
point Of view, should be converted into
torpedo ships. tho gun turrets being re-
moved and as many torpedo tubes as
possible being fitted below a protective
deck
The writer in the Quarterly Review, who
Is we'll known authority upon naval ar-
fairs. in the course OF his commentary
upon current naval thought as revealed in
the pages Of recently published literature.
draws attention 20 the omission. even on
the part of so distinguished an officer as
Admiral Sir Reginald Custance to give
due consideration TO the great development
of the torpedo. He quotes Captain Mark
Kerr. II. ", now commanding tho battle
ship Hercules, as stating that IA foreign
Power possessed a torpedo of / 900 yards
range. This is about the effective range
Of the heaviest guns in the latest battle
ships. The ranges being thus approx
mately equal. should not the torpedo tubes
in the battle ship he increased?