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A PLEA FOR THE BOYS WHO WEAVE THE CLOTH Editor Fort Mill Times. Fort Mill has a pood graded school, excellent teachers, a modern, up-todate buildinp. These show that the [ b'coool has the support and approval of the patrons. Also that these parents are interested and workinp for the fu- j ture welfare of their children. The traininp these children receive; and the studies they pursue are of vita! 1 -interest to their prepress in future j years. Within ten to fifteen years the; boys of today will be takinp th? ir j places at the helm, developing and pro-! ducing the wealth of our community and State. Thought should be given to the kind j of training that will be needed when . the responsibilities and opportunities of life lie before them. Will it enable! them to take hold with a sure and ' steady hand the duties before them? No one, of course, can tell what j each particular child will do in after > years, but it is reasonably certain , that the majority will be following in the foot-prints of their parents. Seme will 1 e in business or professions, some farmers and some faetorymen. The school at present is well equipped for preparing those th: t can at- j tend college, enter a profession or business. It also has, I believe, some few ' studies adapted to the ones who later | may prefer the farm. But the school j at present has no special studies suited ! to the needs of those who will work in i the factory. Since the majority of the children of school age live at the facto-' ries, we should adjust the courses of j studies to satisfy their requirements, studies that will be of service to them in later life. The textile industry is fast becoming the predominating industry in the Piedmont section of the State. It will always be the one of most importance in our town. Then what is clone to develop and better the opportunities of the factory employees develops an i betters Fort Mill. We need more intelligent boys from the factory to pursue textile courses at the best textile schools so that the mills of this section would weave the finer grades of cotton goods as done in New England today. If the elementary principles 01 me texuie studies were learned at school by the factory boys, they would take more interest and pride in their daily duties, and numbers of them would master the advanced textile courses at the Institutes of Technology. The factory children do not attend as they should, you say. After the fifth or sixth grade the school is not developed along lines to benefit them. They learn more along their line in the mill working. What will it profit him to prepare for a classical course in college which he knows he cannot pursue? The boy from the factory knows that what he needs to learn are studies that will enable him to make either more cloth or a ' finer or better grade. 1 feel sure that if such textile studies i that are adapted to the high school j were taught we would see a much ! larger percentage of attendance from the mill villages. The high schools and academies in < the Northern States so arrange their ! curriculum with a practical as well as classical course that those who know that after graduating they will not pursue a college or university course, can elect studies along the line of their chosen occupation. It is as honorable to weave the cloth as it is to wear it. I hope that we will soon appreciate that there is much to learn in the textile industry, and that those of the younger generation who wish may have a readier and much better facility for acquiring ^it than at present. X. Y. Z. Fort Mill, Sept. 17. Gets Road Contract. For the sum of $;i2,r? W. F. Harris of this city has been awarded the contract to grade a portion of the 1 Hades bridge road and to erect, a new bridge over the big branch just west of the creek bridge. The P< Be*] 1st Wil arc owi NEW SERIES every other Saturd; PROFITABLE that Shares may he sul PERPETUA W. B. MI v ' , I For BREAKFAS I For D1 1 ll/IVrt O i mc/c o i > viiillig i/c( PEEF It makes good loaf; it makes good pies; it make; makes GOOD HEALTH. Try a bag; it's a little bi same. 9 For sa 1 McELHANI p FORT MI ' The Bank For i I Ten of our directors are gaged in farming and at o ings the interests of the 1 I cussed and given careful ation. It's a good plan f< a banking connection; h money some of these da Iular customer of ours we him. Remember us when y< will remember you when i . ? The First Na Fort Mill, 1=1' =li- =li lf=l| A new Boys' an II Hats an just op The Red R; | Bl II? Id l| srpetual iiiii?i rrnnwwp?* ^'i y mini js to announce that Serie we will begin paying to t th the maturity of this S< paid for and that they ai ners, non-borrowing stoc i Hooks of Subscript! ) Some day you will th home or *o save moi ly. It is so SIMPLE that our wealthiest and most Inscribed for at the office L BUILDING < iACHAM, President m T, I NNER, I For SUPPER, ter than lLESS makes good biscuits; it i good cakes; in fact, it stter and the price is the I ile by lY & CO., | LL, S. C. jj?| tmmmsm the Farmer ' more or less actively en- J ur regular monthly meetfarmers are always disand intelligent considera- a jr every farmer to have | e may want to borrow ys and if he is a regcan arrange the loan for | >u have money and we you need money. _ s _ i w-% ? itional Dank, - - - S. C. I I IE ll 1EE3 line of d Men's id Caps ened at acket Store. I Ill ||=1|=1P || IFI Buildin; ? s No. 1 will mature withii he Shareholders in that i $45,3 cries many individuals w re independent of the ren kholders will receive in < The Goodly Su on arc now open for Seri ank us for inviting you t( icy. The payments anio a child can understand i successful business men of the Secretary and Tre & LOAN ASSO Econc V does not mea lowest price p paint that cov and gives the g -?in other wor AC costs less beca' Let us show y Massey's YOUR DOCTOR L?L ES ents; and in exact accord ^ analysis. II Yoiir I is responsible for the outcor ^ and to yourself by making put up rignt. J nis is our s] Massey's ] }gk "Get it at Massey's?The g and Lc n the next sixty days ant Series OO.00 ill be made happy in the t question forever. In a HASH, to be put in eircul m of $18,300.? es No. 4, and the first p< > subscribe to stock in il unting to FIFTY CEN1 t and carry stock in it, are enthusiastic stockh< asurer, at the Savings fi CIATION, J. L. S > > >my in Pa our Hous n buying the paii er gallon. It me? eis the most surf: reatest number of i j ds, the best value f ME QUALM HOUSE PAINT use it takes less ar ou pleasing color timate quantity ne ly other service v\ u buy or not. Come in and get an Acme Guide Book and some cc i Drug Stoi Cannot Help - - - You H unless his prescription is carefully and accurately compounded with pure, standard-quality ingredi- $$ ance with the terms of his )ruggist ne; so be fair with the doctor sure that the prescription is gP lecialty. Drug Store, M re's a Reason." 0 >an Asso i that on or before Novell ; knowledge that their ho iddition to these happy ho ation right here in our m o li y in out on same will be 1 t. It is the easiest way \v PS on each Share subset and on the other hand >ldets. lank or at the First Natio F PRATT, Sec'y and Treasu . 1 inting e it sold at the ins getting the ace per gallon ^ears of service or your dollar. Y id lasts longer, combinations, :eded, or be of re can, whether Quality Painting ilor suggestions. Fort Mill, S. C. Doors, Sashes and Blinds require good judgment in their selection, or else you must purchase them at a Reliable Lumber Yard 1:1. _ r* ? . ? ' ? ime ours, contractors ana nunc* ers know that pood work cannot be done with poor material, and thar is why so many of them are our customers. Fort Mill Lumber Company, 'Phone 72. ciation iber mes >ni eidst, nade September 20. e know of to build a a rp r\'i Ul /.?? % > V ]puj ItUIV UH it is so SAFE and nal Bank. ort Mill, S. C. ircr.