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% THE FOBT HILL TIMES.] I >.rnf PublUihml Thuriwlav. H. W. BRADFORD - - Editor ind Proprietor. j -fu?3CHiPTioN RATES: One Year ...11.26 SI* Months ...... ..... ........ .68 Ths Times Invites contributions on HvesubjecH but does not sirree to publish rrjorc than 200 words on any subject. The right is reserved to edit a vary communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. (Entered at the postofllce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mall matter of the second class. THURSDAY. DEC. 3. 1914. What of the Homeless at Home? A few weeks ago a certain daily newspaper in one of the great cities started a movement for sending a ship load 01 unristmas presents to the orphans of Europe. The idea "took"- because it was new and novel, and it afforded opportunity for cheap notoriety. The fact that a ship load of food would have given greater and more pressing relief did not matter. There was no glory in sending food to the starving. Now another great daily paper comes forward with a scheme for having American homes adopt the orphans of Europe. Thar, like the Christmas ship, is more or less commendable: and it, too, affords an excellent means of abverti.dng?advertising the newspaper and "some people." It is well to relieve distress in Europe. It is well to provide homes for the orphans. Both may bring forth letters of thanks from kings and queens and lesser dignitaries. All of which, to be sure, would make excellent read- i ing in print. But what of home? What of the hundreds of thousands of children in our own country to whom Christmas will he but an empty name a mockery? What of the little babes in our own country who are pining' and dying for want of proper nourishmen? What of the mothers whose breasts are empty because the table is bare? What of the fathers who are walking the streets because there is no employment for them? What of the young girls in the , great cities who are dragged j down to the dent.hs hpejniKel their positions are gone, their board bills are overdue, and they eave nowhere to turn no great paper to head a campaign in their behalf? Europe has our sympathy it should have what assistance we may reasonably extend. But charity should begin at home and the Lord knows there is abundant call for it in the United States today. But then there is glory in that j -no advertising for the newspaivers no notoriety for the i givers. it 18 just chanty ami plain charity is not popular. 11' there is anything more to he said in behalf of employing an architect to suggest the kind of furnishings suitable for the new court house in Yorkville than that it will afford the fortunate : if.M i muiviuuai an opportunity to receive several hundred dollars of the taxpayers' money for ?tohich he will Kive practically nothing in return we have not heard of it. If York County is to set up in the business of granting gratuities, those who are Responsible for the drifts should at least be considerate enouph to see to it that the money goes to persona who reside in the county. " ' ' %' ' bo that eventually others who | live here will indirectly share in ' the bounty. Nothing less was to be expected of the American people than that they would respond readily and liberally to the plea to help the helpless Belgians whose opportunity to provide i for themselves has been swept away "by the destructive Eu! ropean war. Deprived of the I ' opportunity to do for themselves, many thousands of these worthy people are on the point of starvation, and starve they will unless the heart of our great country affords them succor. It is worth noting that in helping the Belgians relief is not being extended such a race as the vild hordes of human flotsam and jetsam that people all south Europe. The Belgians are an industrious people who can take care of them-1 selves in normal times. "One More Hog to Each Plow." "If every farmer in this State I would just increase his hog production by one hog per plow this year, what a difference it would, make in South Carolina one year from now," remarked Commissioner Watson Monday. "One or two hogs and ten chickens added for every plow in this j State would put hundreds of thousands 01 dollars ot wealth here without any effort being: felt. ' The last available census that South Carolina produced 688,288 hogs on 176,434 farms. The value of this product was $2,628,297. That was an average of less than five hogs to the farm and each farm had an average of 76 acres. This department of course appreciates the efforts of progressive citizens to raise hogs ir. large numbers on regularly prepared hog ranges, such as there are in some sections of the State, but what we wish to see is more of an equalizing of the good results from producing more meat and energy on the farm. "I see no reason why the number of hogs produced in this State last year should not be doubled this year, but even if that might be too much to expect, why should not each farm er try to increase tne number ol hogs on his place by at leist one hog for every plow that runs? And chickens are easy to raise in the country, where they have ranging room. Let us have at least ten more chickens per farm in 1915, althodgh I see no reason why South Carolina should not produce 5,(XX),000 more chickens this coming year and thus add to the income of the State something like $1,500,000 that is practically 'picked up.' " Cost of Cotton to Grower. The cost of producing cotton averages about 8.24 cents a pound, or $20.35 an acre, according to Assistant Chief NatC. Murray of the federal bureau of crop estimates, in a report published Thursday. These statistics, the latest available on the subject, are the results of the investigation made in 1010. A similar investigation in 18tX> showed the production cost as 5.27 cents a pound, or $15.42 an acre. Many inquiries, due no doubt to the general decline in the price of cotton, which on November 1 averaged 6.3 cents a pound to producers, compared with 12.1 cents, the average of the past five years on November t have been received by the department of agriculture. Yearly reports on the production cost are not made by the department and the results of the 1910 investigation had not heretofore been announced. Nany Large Towns are Dry. These American cities are either now "dry" or were voted "dry" on November 3. The population figures are taken from the census reports of 1910: Seattle, 237,194: Denver, 213,381; Atlanta, Ga.. 154,839; Spokane. Wash. 104 109- T upnnrro Wash.. 82,743; Portland, Maine, {>8.571; Topeka, Kan.. 43.684; Memphis. Tenn.. 131,101; Nash * ville, Tenn., 110,364; Richmond, Va.. 127.628: Norfolk. Va.. 67.452; Oklahoma City, Ok., 64,425, Phoenix, Ariz., 11,133; Vicksburg, Miss., 20,814; Charlotte, N. C., 34,014; Fargo. N. D., 14,331. FOR SALE?2-ft Oak and Hickory Wood at $8.50 single cord. $3.25 for 5 cord lots. OSMOND BARBER "* Watetoak Farm. 1 ""iL-xitja L FOR SALE ?Lot of 30 Duroc Jersey Pigs and several nice Shoats. Bert Nivens. " A. A BRADFORD, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Estimates cheerfully furnished on all classes of brick and wood work. Telephone No. 30 TAX NOTICE 1914. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 14, 1914. Notice is hereby Riven that the TAX BOOKS for York county will be opened on THURSDAY, the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1914, and remain open until the 31 ST DAY OF DECEMBER. 1914. for the collection of STATE. COUNTY. SCHOOL and LOCAL TAXES, for the fiscal year 1914, without penalty; after which day ONE per cent penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of January, 1915, and TWO per cent penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of February, 1915, and SEVEN per cent penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1st day of March, 1915, to the 15th day of March. 1915, and after this date all unpaid taxes will ro into executions and all unpaid SinRle Polls will be turned over to the several Mapistrates for prosecution in accordance with law; Kor the convenience of taxpayers, 1 will attend the following places on the days named: And at Yorkville from Monday, November 1(1, until Thursday, the 31st day of December, 1014, after which date the |>enaltioH will attach as stated above. Note The Tax Books are made up by Townships, and parties writing about taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the township or townships in which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. stsHsarasHSHSBasasagassasa | BUY YOUR a Xmas . ju We have everything tl In up-to-date Jewelry sto ui With a purchase of F nJ your railroad fare to F | Ruff Jewelr | York County's L IU Goods bought fro* IJ 1 ?1 In us engraved free I\OCK 11 jBSBSBSBSSBSgBSBSBSBSa^ I DO YOUR B. 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