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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Blames the Groundhoe.

The Rock Hill Herald a few
days ago received the following
article, showing that there are
those who are confident that the
grounding is responsible for the
weather conditions of the past
two weeks:
You may sometimes fail in
getting your little two-pound
bundle of grounding from the
butcher on time, or even later
discover that it contains a trace
of ground beef. but the sceptic
on the grounding as a weather
prognosticator has disappeared
to his own warm cozy corner.
All signs fail sometimes, but this
year the second day of February
was beautifully clear and mild,
just the kind of a day for the
most prudent and well raised
groundhog to sally forth from
his borough to size up weather
conditions for the coming six
weeks, and now even we here in
Rock Hill can scarcely believe
amid the "57" varieties of
weather since February 2, that
there amt nothin' in signs"
We may consult our best medi-
cal almanacs, and even the
learned Professors of agriculture
as to the right time of the moon
to plant onions or Irish potatoes
and through some neglect other
wise fail or make a short crop.
Planting in the moon may be all
right. but planting in the earth
is better.
Any of us are liable to fail
sometimes, with all our knowl-
edge and farsightedness, but
when it comes right down to
strict high grade mid'ling bus
mess, Mr.. Grounding as prog
nosticator of the weather is a
star of the first magnitude. He
can give the weather man cards
and spades and beat him at his
own game. Such weather can
hardly be described in more
forceful language than that used
under similar circumstances by
a resident Of the mountainous
regions of Virginia, who in the
course of his letter to a paper
wrose as follows: First it blew
and then it snew, and then it
friz, and then it thew"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Wednesday Adjournment Day.

The Senate and House on Sat-
day fixed Wednesday as the day
for final adjournment of the 1914
session of the Legislature, but
the legislative day of March a
may be extended through Thurs
day and even into Friday. The
appropriation bill will hardly 20
to the governor before Wednes-
day morning and he can keep it
until Saturday if it takes that
long for him to consider it.
1t appears now that there will
be little if any general legislation
upon expected lines. Nothing
will come of the efforts to pro-
vide for primary reform, the
compulsory education bills will
all go to the junk heap, either
directly or by the veto route:
there will be no revision or modi-
ficatiOn of the present abomina-
BILE system of tax assessments:
there will be no highway COM
mission legislation nor tax on
automobiles for better roads.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

A pupil must make an average
or 50 per cent on his studies,
95 per cent. on department, and
95 per cent. on attendance for
his name to be on the honor roll
of the Fort Mill graded school.
The following have the honor
for February:
First Grade-Nannie Lee Phil
ips, Kate Mclaughlin, Marion
Jones, Effie Rich, Edith Parks,
Louise Patterson, B. w. Brad
ford. James Ferguson, Clyde
Merritt, Crawford Wilson, Alva
Fennell, Tom Harris, Hoyt
Laney, Midas Link.
Second Grade-Elizabeth Ar
drey, Lawrence Armstrong, Will
liam Hafner, Mary Kimbrell,
Katherine Massey, Mary Moore,
Bertha Moore, Ernest Wagner,
Steven Parks, Lee Carothers.
Third Grade-Frank Jones,
Willie Bennett, Ella Mae McEl-
haney, Anna Wolfe, Mary Jones,
jamie Boyne.
Fourth Grade Elma Bradford,
Marion Parks, Harriette Craw-
ford.
Fifth Grade-Atmar Adcock,
Hattie Belk, Sophie Link, Ollie
Hood.
Sixth Grade William Grier,
Melvin Blackmon, Odell Kim
brell, Beatrice Parks, Grace
Erwin.
Eighth Grade William Ardrey,
Barron Bennett, Robert Erwin,
William Erwin, John A. Boyd,
Marjorie Mills, Bernice Mills,
Mary Mclaughlin.
Ninth Grade Willie X. Bar
ber. Alice Bradford.
Tenth Grade Zenas Grier.
Sadie Yongue, Esther Meacham,
Olive Harris, Margaret Spratt,
Frances Smith.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Big Soap Sale

In this line we excel as we'll as
undersell. We carry all of the
brands and they will 90 with
everything else. SPECIAL-A
big lot of this soap a little shop
worn at a big bargain in this sale.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
LOCAL WOMAN NOW
A BIG ADVERTISER

When one of our woman customers
recently bought five bottles of Har-
mony Hair Beautifier to give to her
friends for Christmas, she started all
by herself mighty big advertising
campaign, because not only does each
one of the women to whom she gave
a bottle of the Beautifier now consider
1T indispensable for the proper care of
the hair, but each of them has been
the means of getting several of her
friends to use it. AS consequence,
If things keep on in this way for a few
months longer, we will be selling more
of it than of all other hair preparations
combined. Sprinkle little Harmony
Hair Beautifier on you hair each time
before brushing it. Contains no oil;
will not change oolor of hair, nor dark
en- gray hair.
To keep hair and scalp dandruff-free
and clean, use Harmony Shampoo.
This pure liquid shampoo gives an in
stantaneous rich lather that Immediately
penetrates to every part of hair and
scalp, insuring a quick, thorough
cleansing. Washed off just as quickly
the entire operation takes only few
moments. Contains nothing that can
harm the hair; leaves no harshness or
stlckiness-just sweet cleanliness.
Both preparations come in odd-shaped
very ornamental bottles, with sprinkler
tops. Harmony Hair Beautifier, S.. 90.
Harmony Shampoo, SOC. Both guaran-
teed TO satisfy you in every way, or
your money back. Sold only at the
more than 1000 Rexall Stores, and in
this town only by us. .-Ardrey' Drug
Store, Fort Mill. S. C.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Read This:

Any 1Oc article in the store Sc
Any 25c article in the store -2lc
Any SOC article in the store -42c
Any S. article in the store S4c
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Mr.. Lees craftsmanship.

Speaking of the record which
Mr.. Tom X. Lee, a Fort Mill
young man, has made recently
in his home city, Birmingham,
Ala, The Ledger prints the
following:
The shooting of Mr.. Lee has
been phenomenal and his records
will probably be unequalled for
years if, indeed, they are ever
tied. AS each record is perfect
he can never be beaten on that
number of shots.
His work has attracted the
attention of the entire country
and his records are accepted by
the war department of the
United States which has sent
out notices of them over the
country.
The Stevens Rifle and Arms
company. manufacturers of the
kind of gun he shoots with, has
sent him the best small guage
rife the company makes, in
recognition of his wonderful
craftsmanship. The Peters
Cartridge company has notified
him that it is sending him a
large shipment Of cartridges in
appreciation of his work"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Lime-SuIphur Solution
and ArSenate Lead

the materials used for the pur-
pose, and the time to use it is
Immediately before the bud ap-
pears.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Statement by Lin Massey:

Strenuous strivings lead on to greater
things: When one of our great men wrote:
The Law of Worthy Life is Fundamental
ly the Law OF Strife" he laid down law
of business as well.
1t is only through labor and painful eff
fort-by severe energy and resolute cour-
age, that we move on to do greater things
1t is only thru the daily striving to do bet
ter In store service and in value giving.
that this store has been able to retain it's
enviable position.
And now it is our wish to express our
heartfelt thanks to the people of Fort Mill
and vicinity for the gratifying evidence of
good will and magnificent demonstration
OF confidence that has come to us in great
ly increasing business since we opened one
year ago.
Hard as a rock and cold as marble would
be the heart that did not cheerfully re-
spond to such a convincing display of con-
fdence, and in showing our sincere appre
citation of the favors WE have received at
your hands, it is not our desire to express
such thru the glittering generaities of
cold and unfeeling type-and now it is we
are going to show our appreciation in a
material way in offering to YOU during
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
The News in Wrong.

In an edlCOrlal IN Inc Times
last week the statement was
made that the lawyer. members
of the General Assembly "are
able to get through the. Legisla-
ture almost any kind of legis-
lation they desire. !" There is a
deal of difference between that
statement and the sta tement the
York News undertal os to put in
The Times mouth when it credits
The Times with S; ling that
they (the lawyers) can get
through any kind Of legislation
they desire" The Times made
no such statement ard The News
could have been in better bus
mess than misquoting this paper.
Nor did we say anything in the
editorial that would give offense
to any of the non-professional
members of the legislature, as
The News undertook to show.
There are many good men in the
Legislature, both inside and out
side the profession of law. but
we stand by the statement that
there are too many lawyers in
the General Assembly, par
ticularly in the Senate. We have
all seen how the lawyer men,
bers of the Senate have trifled
with the interests of the people
during the present session of the
Legislature until complaint is
going up all over the State about
the dilatory tactics adopted by
that body in refusing to act
upon the measures sent over
there from the House. Why has
the Senate failed to vote on the
Fortner bill? Is the failure due
to political cowardice? If not,
perhaps The News will be able to
give the reason therefor. If
every county in South Carolina
was represented in the Senate
by a man as anxious to expedite
the work of that body in the
interest of his constituents as
the Senator from York, there
would be no occasion for COM
plant. There is nothing in the
point The News tries to raise
in apology for the Senate in the
statement that the Senate has
trimmed the appropriation bill
something like 1926, ,OOO." The
News must have known that the
action of the Senate in this con-
nection was STALL" pure and
simple, for political effect; that
the bill had to go to conference
with the House members, and
that the Senate knew when it
trimmed the appropriation bill
that the House never would
agree to all it's amendments, or
to any considerable part of them.
So we say there is nothing in
The News apology for the
Senate.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Big Anniversary Sale
Of Toilet Articles, Stationery. Etc
Three Big, Busy Days
Thursday Friday Saturday
Qarch 5th, 7th9

these three days perhaps unparalleled
buying opportunities
We want you ALL each and every one, to
come; also invite your friends who have
not acquired the habit of trading with us
10 come; we want you to come expecting
everything as represented and we promise
you will not be disappointed.
Cordially yours,
B. F. MASSEY, Jr.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05

10 have your Tickets here.
If you can't come, send the
tickets by some one else.
Positively. we must have
the tickets that win.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
Our Its Protection to You.

We believe in the goods we are selling
and the people to whom we are selling the
goods, We believe that honest goods can
be sold to honest people by honest meth
ods. We believe in working, not waiting;
IN laughing, not crying; in boosting, not
knocking, and in the pleasure of doing
business. We know that people get what
they come here for and that the bargain
today is worth two tomorrow. We believe
In courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, i'm
good cheer, in friendship and in honest
competition. We believe in increasing our
trade, and the way to do it is to reach for
1t. We are now reaching for yours with
some of the greatest values it has ever
been your pleasure to buy in Fort Mill
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
TREE SPRAYING

Time is here. 1t is an univer-
sally acknowledged fact that it
is the only method by which a
new orchard can be preserved or
an old one brought back to life.
We have
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-05
O'CLOCK, P. M,
SATURDAY.

March 7th, we will give
away the Handsome Kitch-
en- Cabinet and Pen of wv
andotte Chickens. Remem-
ber the day aid hour.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
An Enqine That Wouic.'t Down.

A light American automobile was
sold to a tea planter Of upper Assam. a
region in the Himalayan foothills with
scarcely any good roads and a rainfall
Of from 300 to 500 inches a year. Six
months after it was purchased the
planters native chauffeur drove it into
a washout on the Cherapunji road dur
ing a freshet. and it went rolling 500
feet into the rain swollen river. A
weeks search failed to reveal any
trace of machine or driver At the end
Of the rainy season the remains of the
machine were found several miles be-
low the point where the accident had
occurred The wheels were gone and
the body battered almost beyond rec
IGNITION. and it was only on the score
of sentiment that the planter had the
pieces gathered up and taken home by
coolies. A month later while on tour
Of Assam l saw the salvaged engine
and part Of the transmission gear set
up over a well and actually pumping
water to the planters bungalow on the
top of high ridge.-World's Work
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
PAYING RATION FOR
FATTENING CATTLE

Experiments cOndIcted ut the Texas
stations prove the value of cottOnseed
meal and silage Us rations for fltten-
ing cattle, says the Country Gentleman
The ratiOns used were cottonseed meal
and silage: cOttOnsced meal. cotton
seed bulls and silage; cottonSeeG meal
and cOttOnseed hulls; cotton seed and
silage. The cost of the feeds Used WAS
as follows: CottOn>eed meal So il ton,
cOttonseed bulls 81 il ton. cotton seed
ST. Il ton and silage SD IL ton.
Twenty-eight steers We're divided
into four lots. and ail received the
same treatment except fer the ratiOnS.
The average weight of The STEERS WIS
SO pounds. and they COST Si2.2l Il head.
or SI.9J IL hundrpdwcight.
When on full feed each steer in lot
l, ON cOttOnseed meal and cottOnseed
hullS. ate six pounds of meal ;Iad thir
ty pounds of huiiS Il day. Each steer
in lot =. on cottonseed meal and silaGe.
ate six pounds Of meal and tifty-two
pounds of silage day Each steer in
lot ;. on cottonSred meal. hulls and
silage. ate six pounds of meal. fifteen
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
OrnithoIosicai Weddings.

There WIS a poetic appropriateness
In two weddings which were cele
DRAFTED in London some time ago in
which Mr.. Bird led Miss i.innet TO the
altar and Mr.. Wren WAS linked to Miss
Nightingale.
Although il Is seldom that one comes
across two of these "ornithological'
weddings in Que day. they are 10y no
means uncommon
On one occasion church near Dub
tin was the scene OF an interesting mar.
rage in which a Mr.. Grove was united
to a Miss Grove b. the Rev. Canon
Peacock, the wedding march being
played by Mr.. Rock. Much more re-
markable. however, was match
which set Edinburgh in a 1utter some
years since. The bride was Miss Hen
rietta Peacock. and the bridegroom was
Robin Sparrow. The Rev. Mr.. Daw
performed the marriage ceremony;
Philip Hawk officiated as best man
and Miss Larkins as principal brides
maid. while the marriage lines were
extracted by John Crow. session clerk.
1t is worthy of further remark"
adds reporter, that the sections
name is Raven. one of the pew openers
is Gull. and the assistant sexton is a
Henry Laycock. "-London Taller.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
PUBLIC SALE.
Having decided to quit farming

having decided TO quit farming,
will on
WEDNESDAY. NOV. II 1914,
at 10 o'clock, sell at public auction en-
the farm where | now reside, % miles
north of Buena Vista. the following
described property to wit;
l five year old bay horse, 3 work
mules, brood mares. 2 jersey milk
cows, sows and pigs, 6-150 ID hogs,
4-3G0 ID hogs, l male hog, wagon, l
binder. 2 mowers, Hoosier corn plant
er, hay press, l buggy and harness,
l surrey and harness. cutting hairows
2 drag harrows, G dcu be shovels,
single shovels, hay frame, l tobacco
frame, 2 sets of wagon gear; 6 sets of
pillow gear. corn sheller. l set of horse
and sheep shears, cultiva;or.
acres of tobacco in barn, 10 tens of
hav and oates in bale; 20 barrels of
corn in heap; lot of tobacco canvass,
some Household and Kitchen furniture,
and other things to numerous to men.
ton.
Terms made known on day of sale.
w. H. EVANS, Buena Vista. Ky.
A. T. Scott. Auctioneer.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
Echoes Made to Order.

Are you aware that it is possible to
make echoes? 1t is. indeed. easier to
make than to destroy them
In the past men built their great tenn
pies and cathedrals with no thought of
acoustics. Hence. when the preacher
preached echoes rolled freely amid the
groinings of the roof. down the rows Of
Sculptured columns and round and
round the nave.
With wires strung here and with
tapestries spread there many of the
echoes of the old world buildings have
been obliterated There are echo ex-
perts-builders acquainted with the SCI
ence of acoustics. whose specially is
echoes destruction. Sometimes their
tasks are bard.
Today an architect takes thought OF
the echo. His building Is constructed
so as to exclude this intruder. And,
knowing how to exclude It. be knows
how to welcome it also
Architects are frequently called upon
in landscape work to put up summer
houses and arrange rocks around them
so as to create an echo there. And this
they can satisfactorily do.-LoDdoD Tit
RitS
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29

pounds of bulls and forty-two pounds
of silage day, Each steer in lot I.
on cotton seed and silage. ate eight and
nine-tenthS pounds OF cotton seed and
forty eight pounds of silage. Because
the cotton seed secured the cattle ut
the last of the feeding period it was re-
placed with meal as in the other lots
and Immediately the cattle recovered
and increased in weight.
1t will lie noted that all the steers
made excellent gains and at Il very low
cost per 100 pounds of gain. The rela-
tive gain of the different lots however.
is hardly shown. for in shipping lots
l and 3 showed much greater shrink
age. The net shrinkage. or the Shrinkage
less the FILL on lot was 12i pounds.
on lot , sixty pounds. on lot :: ninety
four pounds and on lot 4 sixty -nibe
pounds. Hence the actual gain of the
silage and meal fed steers Of lot =
was greater than that of the hullS and
meal fed steers of lot !. and lot made
a much larger profit
The net profit on lot I. led hullS and
meal. was S14.32: ON lot =. fed silage
and meal. SPOOL: on lot 3, fed silage.
bulls and meal, S15.SI; On lot 4, fed 81
lage and cotton seed. $3.50.
Comparing the results of the four lots
from the standpoint either Of largest
net gains or cheapest gains. lot ., fed
cottonseed meal and silage. must be
given the advantage.
We must conclude therefore that the
ration of meal and silage is consider
ably superior to the others.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
Foo Signals.

All the up to date light stations pos
sess fog signals for warning the mari
ner of the presence of rocks and other
dangers in foggy weather. The larger
ones are so powerful that their blasts
can be heard twenty-five to thirty
miles out at sea- Most of them are
worked by compressed air, a gas en-
CINE of perhaps twenty or twenty-five
horsepower being brought into requisi-
ton for this purpose. The siren is
blown periodically every seventy.
eighty or ninety seconds or so. the &C.
ruai blast lasting perhaps about two or
three seconds. 1t means that while
the siren is running, In the case Of the
larger apparatus. something like 500
horsepower is being expended in the
production of sound.-Scientif1c Ameri-
can
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29

who is there" cried the impassion-
ed orator, who will lift voice against
the truth OF my statementr'
Just then a donkey on the outskirts
Of the crowd gave vent to one Of the
piercing ''hee-haws" Of the tribe
The laugh was on the orator for a
moment: but assuming an air of tri-
umph. he lifted his voice above the din
to say, 81 knew nobody but an ass
would try tt"-London Globe.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-29
Treatment For Hoo Paraiysis

When hog becomes paralyzed in
the hind parts give a physic of castor
oil or epson salts and then feed milk.
middlings and limewater in form of
slOp. says the Farm Journal Add
green cut fodder or roots or grass.
Once daily rub the lOins with drug
gist's soap liniment Give the hog a
fluid extract of nux vomica. starting
with three drops twice daily and in
creasing the medicine a drop per dose
daily until alarming symptoms are
seen or the hog gets up. at which
stage go back to the first dose and re-
peat If thought necessary. The condt-
hon is due to pampering. lack Of ex-
ercise and overlooking. Stufing on
corn is most likely to bring it on. The
tendency to the disease is hereditary in
vows from pampered stock.