Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 17, 1914, Image 4
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS OECREE8 DOLLARS INDULGING
IN LUXURIES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAQ.
. >
War Rouenue Tax of HOS.OOO.OOO
Levied?Beer Bears Brunt of
Burden.
Congress has levied a war tax of
$ 103,000,000 to offset a similar amount
of loss on import revenue due to the
tiuropean disturbances and of this
amount beer is the heaviest
contributor, having been assessed approximately
$o0,000,on0; a stamp tax on
negotiable instruments, it is estimated,
will yield $.11,000,000; a tax on the
capital stock of banks of $4,100,000
and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, theater
tickets etc . makes the remainder.
Congress lias decreed that the
brewer, the banker and the investor
must shoulder the musket and march
to the front; that milady who would
add to her beauty must first tip Cncle
Ham. and a dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleasure
and Prolit?the twin heroes of
many wars?shall fight the nation's
battles and by an ingeniously arranged
schedule or taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those of
Clinirp mid Hnivi tniiphinr in its
various ramifications almost every line
of business
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
its country; that bares its breast to
the fortunes of war and risks its life
to preserve the stability and Integrity
of the nation's credit
The market place has always been
n favorite stand for war revenue col
lectors The trader is a great financial
patriot His dollar is the first to
rally around the stayipangled banner
and the last to hear the coo of the
dove of peace. He is called upon to
huv cannon; to feed and clothe the
boys in blue and each month cheer
their hearts with the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition,
and money ts as important a factor
in war as blood Many monuments
have been erected in honor of heroes
slain In battles, poems have been written
eulogizing their noble deeds and
the nation honors its soldiers while
they live and places a monument upon
their graves when they die, but very
little has been said of the dollar that
? bears the burdens of war.
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens of War.
All honor to the tollar that answers
the call to arms and. when
the battle is over, bandages the
wounns or siricicen soiaiors, lays a
wreath upon the graves of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans
All honor to the industries that
\ bend their backs under the burdens
of war; lift the weight from the shoulders
of the poor and build a bulwark
around the nation's credit.
All nonor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer to
the comforts of the boys who are
marching: cool the fever of afflicted
soldiers and kneel with the cross beside
dying heroes
A dollar may fight its competitor in
miiuimn, iiiuiinu ii .i limy ail UKK"' l'""
supremacy tn trade and occupations
may view each other with envy or
suspicion, but when the bugle calls
they bury strife and rally around tho
flag, companions and friends, mess
mates and chums, all fighting for one
flag, one cause and one country.
The luxuries in life have always
been the great burden-bearers in government
We will mention a few of
them giving the annual contributions
to tlie nation's treasury: Liquor, $210,000.000;
tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar,
$.14,000,000; silks. $11,100,000; diamonds.
$3,837,000; millinery, $2,470,000;
furs. $2,024,000 and automobiles,
$870000. We collect $661,000,000 of
internal and custom revenue annually
and $410,000,000 of this amount classifies
as luxuries, and to this amount
we should r dd the $100,000,000 war tax
now levied.
The war tax is immediately effective
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the
industries are mnrching $100,000,000
strong and beneath the etarry flag
11,.,.. ...Ill nil >1.- ? - ?
Mir; niii mi me treasury again wnwe
they snout, "Hurrah for Uncle Sam!"
In every field ol human activity the
demand for more competent men and
women is growing every day. Especially
so in agriculture
Home pride in a mighty valuable as
act. and the farmer who nan none Is
carrying a heavy Handicap on the
road to success.
Work is the salve that iieals the
"rounded heart
SHAKEN, BUT NOT TAKEN.
i .1 l. -ii ?i?
i Biiixift an over wnen I proposal
to her."
"And the ^ir! ?"
'"Shook only her head."
THE CAUSE.
"The ahscorder was in straitened
circumstancea."
"1 suppose that ia why he look to
crooked ways*"
THE RURAL
THE FARMERS THE CUSTODIANS
OF THE NATION'S MORALITY.
Corporation of Church, School and
Press Essential to Community
Building.
By Peter Radfortl
Lecturer National Farmers' Union.
The church, the press and the school
form a triple alliance of progress that
guides the destiny of every community,
state and nation. Without them
Civilization would wither and die and
through them life may attain its great
est blessing, power and knowledge
The farmers of this nation are greatly
Indebted to this social triumvirate for
their uplifting influence, and on behalf
of the American plowmen I want to
thank those engaged in theBe high
callings for their able and efficient
service, and 1 shall offer to the press
a series of articles on co-operation
between these Important influences
and the farmers in the hope of increasing
the efficiency ot all by mutual
understanding and organized effort.
We will take up. first, the rural
church
The Farmers Are Great Church Builders.
The American farmer t? the grentest.
church builder the world has ever
known lie is the custodian of the
nation's morality; upon his shoulders
rests the "ark of the covenant" and
he is more responsive to religious influences
than any other class of citizenship
The farmers of this nation have
built 120,000 churches at a cost of
$7">0,000,000. and the ntinual contribution
ot the nation toward all church
institutions approximates $200,000,000
per annum. The farmers of the Uni
ii'ii amies Duna zz cnurcnes per day.
There are 2ftp0ft0,0fln rural church com
muuicants on the farm, and 54 per
cent ot the total membership of all
churches reside Ih the country.
The farm ts the power-house of all
progress and the birthplace of all that
! is noble The Garden of Kden waR
in the country and the man who would
get close to God must first get close
| to nature
The Functions of a Rural Church,
it the rural churches today are go{
ing to render a service which this age
demands, there must be co-operation
between the religious, social and economic
life of the community.
The church to attain its fullest measure
of success must enrich the lives
of the people in the commuuity it
serves; it must Duild character; develop
thought and increase the efficiency
oi human life. It must serve the social,
business and intellectual, as well
as the spiritual and moral side of life
If religion does not make a inan more
capable, more useful and more just,
what good is it? We want a practical
religion, one we can live by and farm
by, as well as die oy.
Fewer and Better Churches.
Itlesurd is that rural community
which has but one place of worship.
While competition is the life ol tradeit
is death to the rural church ami
moral starvation to the community.
Petty sectarianism is a scourge that.
I blights the life, ami tne elinrrh nroln
dice saps the vitality, of many communities.
An over-cjiurched commun
ity id a crime against religion, a sen
, ous handicap to society and a useless
tax upon agriculture
While denominations are essential
and churoh pride commendable, the
i high teaching of universal Christianity
: must prevail if the rural church is to
! fulfill its mission to agriculture
We frequently have three or four
i churches in a community which is riot
I able to adequately support one Small
oongregatlons attend services once n
month and all fail to perform the re
ilglous functions of the community.
The division of religious forces and
i the breaking into fragments of moral
j efTorts is oftttme* little less than n
calamity and defeats the very purpose
' they seek to promote
The evils ot too many churches can
be minimized by Co-operation I'he
social and economic life of a rural
community are .respective units and
vuniiui uc nu<LTS?IUIIJi divided DV (ie'
nominatioiial tines, and the churches
csn only octfcpy this uu|>orlHiit held
by co-operation and co-ordination
The efficient country church will
definitely serve its community by lead
ing in all worthy efforts at conwnunily
' building, in uniting the people in alt
! co-operative endeavors for the gen
eral welfare ol the community and in
arousing a rem love tor country life
and loyalty to the country home and
these results ear. only be successfully
accomplished oy the united effort ot
the press the school the church anc
organised farmers
NOW HE'S 80RRY.
"What's he sore almut?"
"Hia mother-in-law Wanted in trn
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to Europe a couple of month* ago,
and he would not hear to it."
A SHARP WOMAN.
"You say she know* her husband
like a book?"
"Yea. And she can shut him up
like one, too."
CHANGED HIS LIFE'S WORK
Aversion of Companion to Travol by
Sea Led 8ir Henry Layard
Into Bible Landa.
Tlie first man to undertake extensive
and important explorations
among the ruins of Babylon and
Nineveh, says the Milwaukee Sentinel,
was Sir Henry Layard. who was
| born in Paris nisety-seren years ago.
It was due to his friendship for a
young man who had a great fear of
seasickness that he was led to begin
what was to he hia life work. T.avard
' was educated and started for Ceylon
10 practice his profession.
Mc was accompanied by another
' lad who had a horror of the ocean,
and l.nvard readily agreed when his
companion suggested that they make
the trip by land across Europe Asia
Minor, Persia and India. It was
[ while on this journey that T.avard
I was inspired with the ambition to
delve among the ruins of the ani
iont cities of Asia. "When 1 first
beheld I lie mounds of Nineveh,'* he
wrote, "a great longing come over
lite to learn what was hidden w'tliin
them." lie yielded to the desire,
niul largely at his own expense car:
ried on those excavations at Babylon
and Nineveh which were chiefly
: responsible for the discovery of the
lost records and relics nt n people
who lived 3.000 years ago. Many
cities and palaces, including the pnlnce
of King Nebuchadnezzar, were
unearthed by Levant and the most
valuable trenail ret in the BntiHi inuRiMtin
gorve to commemorate hit
name and fame.
SURE .
">
First Literary Hack?If Jonah
had lived in these days he'd have
heen a lucky chap.
Second Literary Hack?I should
say. He could easily have gotten
lire hundred for that whale story.
THE TULIPS OF HAARLEM.
The consular report mentions the
anxiety of the Hutch bulb growers
about the effect of the war on their
world-famous industry. Haarlem is
a specialized horticultural nursery
for all Kurope and the United States.
The tulip, of course, is the typical
bulb, the symbol of this amazing
Dutch industry and a standard 01
value?as wheat is the agricultural
barometer and pig iron the industrial
indicator.
The Dutch growers produce 2,00<!
varieties of tulips. They sell a million
dollars' worth of bulbs to tlx
United States every year. The nations
at war may not be in a mood
just now for the gentle science ol
j tulip cultivation, hut a heller day i>
I : 11 i *ii i i
rumiup. naanem will I>e UOing t
flourishing business in bulbs, hs foi
centuries agone, when Kssen's greal
armament factories are turning oul
implements of peaceful industry ua
der the Krupp brand.
A FACETIOUS PEDAGOGUE.
"Professor (Sadsbv, the T^itt ir
teacher, has a very small wife. IT it
pet name for her ia 'Multv.'"
"That's a curious name. Whw
does it mean?"
"It's an abbreviation of the Imtii
i phrase 'multum in parvn.'"
THEY ALtO RAN.
"I j;ot dm cup for running."
j rt\Vhoja In-it ?"
! "The owner ami ?ii pol icemen.**?
Harvard Lampoon.
THE REAtON WHY.
"Bnulder dona*, wlgr does vm
name yoali mule l*oor Kieuso?*# ?
"Sister Anneli?.*, I Hmi it hrka*
it's hettdr'n none."
?? AUNTIE
WANT? TO KNOW.
City Nephew (on vacation) ? I'n
studying now for n doctor.
Itural Aunt?i>o tHl? Ain't th<
daulwr aU? U* 4u Jua awa atud/iug i
;**- ^ 4 -- -^1
! MUCH VIRTUE IN THE GRAPE
Nor.* of the Fruit* More Potent in the
Effects Upon the Human
System.
j Since the dawn of creation the
i grape lias played a part in the his;
torv of mankind. \Vs iind mention
of unfermented gTape juice in the
j earliest recorded history. In Greece ;
and Persia grapes were made into
a sirup in order that they might be !
preserved as long out of season as
possible.
The grape contains many healthgiaring
elements. Both the water
and sngai of the grape require no
digestion, so can readily he taken
into the blood. The mineral elements
in the fruit clear, strengthen
and cleanse the liver, kidneys and iurestinos.
Some one lias aptly said
that if the grape were a medicine
more could not he elairr.nl for it.
(irnpe sugar is one of the moat >
important elements contained in the
fruit Albuminous matter, lime. .
iron, genuine cream of tartar, which
is the natural salt of the grape, and
vinous acid, which is similar to the
malic acid of the apple, are also
found. Indeed, there is no safer
tonic in health or general ill health
than the grape.
The grape is at its host when
nipped by the frost. Those who
have had the pleasure of breakfasting
on cold grapes pulled from the
vine on a frosty morning will, in|
deed, vote them h rare treat.
There is no more welcome addition
to the preserve closet than grape
, jnice !
CROP WASTE IS ENORMOUS
Diligent Gleaning Would Yield an
Abundance of Good Food for
the Hungry.
Ever since Ituth gleaned in the
I.eMa of Boaz there has l>een a lesson
tr nl' mankind that there is enough
waste in the world to give all an honest
living, if it were only diligently
gleaned.
The other day, riding through the
ountry, we noticed many bushels of
dropped apples that were left to rot.
Why, we thought, could not those j
apples he gathered and given to the
poor? No reason, except there was
no elTort made to do it. We raise j
millions to send Bibles to the heathen
; why not a few hundred to send
those apples to the people who really
need them. It would give lots of
happiness and improve greatly the
Christianity of those who do the
gleaning and the distributing.
There arc many fruits and vegetables
in our orchards and gardens i
that are hardly marketable and yet 1
! would be good food to many pimple. ;
) : Why might not the idle people be j
i i organized to gather up this food and
i scatter it among the poor? If an
i ; organization was formed tn
; and distribute these gleanings there
i would, no doubt, he plenty brought
in. There is plenty of good will, if
; it were only set in the grooves and !
* | started along.?Ohio State Journal.
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% TAX RETURNS FOR 1915.
I Office of (he County Auditor of York
County, South Caroline.
Yorkville, S. C., Dee. 1, J914.
* As required by statute, my books
will be opened at my oflice in Yorkville
on r'riday, January 1, 1915 and
' kept open until February 20, 1915, for
f the purpose of listing for taxation all
I personal and?real property held in
' I York county on January 1, 1915. ii
t For the purpose of facilitating the |
r taking of returns and for the greater
convenience of Taxpayers, I will l?e
* at the following places on the dates
t named:
At ltamah, (A. M. McGill's Store).
Friday, January 1.
At Bethany, (McClill Bros. Store),
baturnay, .January 2.
At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 5 and (i.
- At Bethel, (Ford, Barnett & Co's
1 j Store), Thursday, January 7.
i At Point, (at Harper's) on Friday,
January 8.
At Bandana, (Perry Ferguson's
t Store), on Saturday, January 9.
At Smyrna, on Monday, January 11.
1 At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and
1 Wednesday, January 12 and 18.
At Sharon, on Thursday and Friday,
January 14 and 15.
At Bullock's Creek, (Good's Store), !
' on 5sntnrd?v .lunimrv lft
- J ? J ?*
At Tirzah, on Monday, January 18. j
AtNewj>ort, on Tuesday, January 19. j
At Fort Mil), on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, January 20, 21 and 22. <
At McConnellsville, on Monday, Jan-1
uary 25.
At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 20.
At Coates Tavern, (Koddey's) on
Wednesday, January 27.
At Hock Hill, from Thursday, Jan- j
1 i uary. 28, to Wednesday, February 3.
And at Yorkville, from Thursday
February 4, until Saturday, February
s 20.
All males between the apes of I
twenty-one and sixty years, except j
Confederate soldiers over the ape of
fifty years are liable to a poll tax of
$1.00, and all persons so liable are
1 especially requested to pive the numbers
of their respective school districts
in makinp their returns.
BKOADUS M. IX)VE,
County Auditor.
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IAsk Santa for a Bank Book j|
Showing your first de- ||
e J^SsSSfal5^ posit in the Savings j
I if c$\ ^ Bank. It is one of the
? I could receive. It means
i*" "k n the
safety of your II
BOOK\]
noney, better statjd- II
f&wffi' ^ 1iess associates and an g
Jff'jif easier, safer, cheaper
way of transmitting
money and preventing disputes which checks insure. "
| Savings Bank of Fort Mill, I
I W. B. MEACHAM, Prisideni W. B. MEACHAM, Jr., Cashier ^
l i
Santa Claus I
Has arrived and for the Hist year has
made headquarters at L. J. MASSEY'S,
where you will find the best stock of
Christmas Presents of the BETTER *?
KIND that he has ever shown before.
Watches, Clocks, Fobs, Chains, CulT
Buttons. Bar Pins. Rmnrhps Sot ninn-c M
Signet Rings, Baby Pins, Neck Chains, Pendants, Bracelets,
Fountain Pens, Toilet Sets, Jewel Cases, Party Boxes, Sterling
Silverware, Silver plated Ware, Cut Glass, China, Pictures,
Baskets, Doils, Air Rifles, Balls, Foot Balls, Sewing
Machines, Handkerchiefs, and numerous other things at
very low prices. Come early and get first choice.
L. J. Massey.
Now in the Jones Building.
you
Yes, YOU, Who are Reading This Ad.
Candidly, we want your Grocery trade; want it
bad enough to give you the biggest and best dollar's
worth of Groceries you ever bought in your
life. There is nothing consistent with honorable
merchandising that we will not do for you in our
efforts to satisfy your every desire.
That's enough for this "ad." Now come and
SET] what we will do for you.
PARKS GROGERY CO.
E. S. PARKS, Manager.
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vri nit auuil^CM CUIIl"
panies in the world.
Rates too low for you
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to iaKe ine risk. : :
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District Agents.
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