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"HE FORT HILL TIMES. it . 1L rnocratic *PoMlMM Thuri ilavr. ^ l ?. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. . Subscription Rates: , 1 One Your ...$1.26 ? Sis Month* .* .66! The Time* invite*contribution* on live subject! hot doe* not airree to publish more than 200 word* on anv subject. The right is referred to edit ( I eery communication submitted for publication. ( ? On application to the publisher, advertising ^ rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and .'ontr distance. No. 112 Kntered at the postofflce at Fort Mill. S. C.. a? mill matter of the second class., f THURSDAY. DEC. 31. 1014. ( C Hints for New Year's. 1 Look not upon the wine list ' when it is read. Don't eat pie with your fin- .l gers; try your mouth?it tastes,1 much better. . In conversation, slide over tfle* weather chestnut and talk about woman suffrage. N Don't ask how many calls the v young lady's had; you should ( 4-rv ^snAAIIMAfWA f O 1 OA i t ruiIICI iu uia\.uuitiK^ i ciiou- j | hood. Don't enter the parlor with i J muddy boots: you may be taken * for a carpet cleaner anxious to work. ^ Do not carry a cane; some of t the ladies on whom you cail may j consider one stick at a call suf- j ficient. j; Don't allow the young lady to I help you to any one thing on the p table more than twice; the third ^ time help yourself. Be sure that you have your own hat and coat when leaving: this may not be for your financial 1 aggrandizement but it's safer. ? The parcel post system which j Uncle Sam inaugurated the first of 1913 in the belief that the ^ high cost of living would be j throttled and the farmer would be greatly benefitted by ship c ping his produce directly to tlu 1 consumer in the city has failed ^ utterly in bringing about such 1 results, say officials of the post- ^ office department. In reality the thing that has occurred is t exactly that which the opponents of the parcel post system said i would occur- that is, the system c has worked out to the entire i benefit of the hip: mail order G houses in Chicago and to them ' alone. The Chicago post-office, 1 which is one of the largest in thecountry, is now daily jammed to suffocation with parcel post packages .which are being sent v out by the big mail order houses, t while little or no produce is s handled as incoming parcels, a The amount of food products I c that are shipped from agricultur s al districts today by parcel post d is bardlv worth considering. It is true that the friends of the 1 parcel post argued that it would allow people in the cities to get J farm products fresh from the county and that the system r would cut out the middle man. \ make more money for the farm- I ers. and cut down the high cost tr of living for the consumers, r That has not been brought about. The farmers themselves do not c appear to^be clamoring for the ' parcel post in the handling of j their products, and they are con- t tent with the present methodsij of shipments. This town may never be a Chicago, a New York, nor oven an f Atlanta, but it can be made to r grow. If you have the impres- r xion that those cities grew en- s tirely because of their geogrnph ieal location, you are wrong. 1 That helped, but it took consci-1 entious work and perseverance 1 to make them grow and keep $ them growing. There isn't a x man in this town who would \ want to it l>ecoine a place of s tenement*. Home-owners are M nuch more desirable. The small own is the better place is which o live. There you get the rain, he sunshine and the pure fresh iir, while in the bis: city you get ain, little sunshine and practicilly no fresh air. If your boy alks of going to the city, advise dm otherwise. Keep him here n his own home, where environnents ire good and pure. If rou want your children and your irandchildren around to cheer ,rou when shadows of time begin ;o creep into your life, make the lome town so good that your boy .vill want to stay there. Show lim that the old home is prefer-; ible to the big city as a place in __v i % viucn 10 live. What We Spend for Education. One of the most interesting ahles in the forthcoming report >f the State department of education shows the percapita expenditure according to enrollment in the various counties. An examination of these figires discloses a wide difference n school support among the 44 counties. The average for th(? Jlate was: White, $14.94: negro, ! >1.86; both races, $7.92. Barnwell leads with an investment of $36.68 for each vhite child. For the negroes, Charleston leads . with an ex>enditure of $6.96 for each pupil. When both races are considered, Richland leads, with an expendiure of $14.52 for each child. The improvement during the icholastic year 1913-14 was highy gratifying. School expendiures for the State have doubled n the last five years. This progress has been due to the progress in local taxation stimuated by liberal appropriations 4.. I... it ;?> t-i 1 iu tuuiuy uisuicui uy ine State. Seven Mills for Deficiencies. "It will take around 7 mills to neet the expenses and the deiciencies of the State governnent," said A. W. Jones, comproller general, in discussing the inances of the State. "I can't ell just exactly the amount as ret that will be required for the jovernment next year." The claims committee several lays ago approved claims unounting to more than $200,000. ["lie report by this committee is 0 be filed with the ways and neans committee of the house, ncluded in this amount was a :1aim for $11X1,000 presented by he sinking fund commission. The comptroller general will tot recommend a sweeping :hange in the tax law. He will isle that a tax commission be ireated to study the South Caroina tax system and make eeommendations for changes. Higher Prices Ahead. Meat at 50 cents a jxtund and hoes at $10 a pair are possitilities in the next two years, in he opinion of Government and dockyard experts, after taking 1 census of the cattle in the muntry and finding the visible ..I.. I , l or /in/1 (mn i i ><i|?l".v ies? tnan ?3D,imu,wou ncatl, mys the Chicago Dispatch. As his includes calves, yeariings tnd full grown stock the number if animals capable of breeding 3 reduced to an alarmingly deicient supply. "Meat in America will be a arity before the war ends, with j ts drain on our supply," said I lenry J. Williamson, Governnent statistician in the Departnent of Agriculture. "Unless scientific breeding be:omes general and the slaughter >f calves ceases before five years iave expired America will find lerself in the class of European ountries that have to look to mportation to supply meat." Over 18,000,000 Soldiers. The belligerent forces in the ields of the European war today' lumber all told nearly 18,500,000 nen, or 28,000,000 with all reerves and "new" troops countd, according to a French statisician. M. YvesGuvot. The expenditure reqyired he estimated at an average of near- j y $2.50 daily per man, or about >11,000,000,000 for one year of' varfare. A single year of the1 uresent wai, he thinks, will cost ibout the same amount of money is the total expenditure for all ;be wars of the past 50 years. Nr. Manning Very Busy. Gov-Elect Manning has been a very busy man of late, says a Sumter dispatch. He has been giving much time to various State matters and studying details of various plans in which he is interested, and moreover he has had submitted to him numberaus bills and courses of proposed legislation by those interested in different matters. Business, too, has claimed a great deal of Mr. Manning's time* and he bas been very busy shaDing affairs so that he could withdraw from the management or directorship of the numerous enterprises in which he has been interested. His resignation as president of the Bank of Sumter goes into effect .January 1, but in the meanwhile the bank is changing from a State to a national institution, and this calls for an amount of detail and red tape and takes up a lot of time. All in all, Mr. Manning has been a very busy man ever since the campaign began last June. Forty-fifth County. The election Tuesday In Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield counties on the question of form ing McDuffie county from parts of these three counties carried. The vote was 619 for, and 97 against. MeCormick will be the seat of county government. This will be the State's 45th county. NOTICE TO FARMERS. Notice is hereby given that until further notice the gins of the Fort Mill Mfg. Company will be operated only on Thursday and Friday of each week. The grist mill of the company will be operated on Monday of eich week. FOR RENT Cottage on Confederate street next to Presbyterian manse. Applv to Bailes & Link. laisasasasasHsaasasasBssasaI mil BUY YOUR Xmas . We have everything tf up-to-date Jewelry stoi With a purchase of fi your railroad fare to R I D..?? I 1 1\UI1 JCWCII 9 York County's L< jjj Goods bought from 11 (n us engraved free XvOClv JL J lasHsasBssgsHasagasagasHsj *p This bank i 1 axes?c?unt,y an your taxei 1 Revenue Stan on hand and can supply We pay 4 per cent interi The First Na Fort Mill, - " * ; Every Fan I .... . . (hn A Handsaw A Woodsaw ? A Crosscut Saw tools foi A Hatchet will be A Hammer A Plane COSt to ] ? a chisel time is \ A H i I *" ! rt ivieiai rue i and you A Wood File ; A Drawing Knife cHaSing" A Square that yOl A Rule rp. A Tape Measure A Post Hole Digger Vld? yOl a Grindstone ordinan I A Brace and Bit . . . A c ^. valuabk A Screw Driver An Auger If Ol Nails, Bolts and Screws them 1c the remainder. Every tool g McEIhaney IgsassasgsgsgsgsasasasmfBl Jewelry | j FIRE IN ROCK HILL H . ll : J m ^ I II iat can be found in an |C{| e 11 . o ve Dollars we will pay IK] * ock Hill. jjjS K1 eading Jewelers, ~ |jjg % mO O We do repair work IU3 4 9 of any kind. In]! | Iffil "Get It at Mr lEsassBSHsasBsasasasasasalBl ; ? y hat/onal bank | *7^ is A MEMBER Of ^tj^lTHE FEDERAL * RESERVE M srsreM i ^ i ly and a disc ret and new at ali <*> is a depository for York t d we will be glad to handle i for you. We have a large % ,.. ?n/> , ... r Z stains and van ||lv?-supply of these of J H all denoninations ^ those who may need them. ^ est on Savings Deposits. t Ltional Bank, f ...m.oC|..i. Masse1 ?p mm wm ^^IMnnnRK ner Needs yi P* Will buy this comJt U plete assortment of r the farm, and their use worth several times their you in a year's time. Your your money on the farm, i cannot afford to waste it | into town for small repairs | 1 can do yourself. >mall investment will pro- I i with a means of making I / repairs promptly and save 5 time, and money. i already have a portion of it us make you a price on guaranteed best quality. & Comp'y : SALE i BIG VALUES! t I n all damaged ? ods. Come and see. ; lY'S drug store. I Phone 91. . rpi _ t? ?? inac) B?xucre a a. xveusoil. + \ inishing Marred Furniture EASY AND INEXPENSIVE itched pieces of furniture that are unsightiit to your home can be made to look bright ght expense?and you can do it yourself. ACME QUALITY VARNOLAC lishes at one operation, giving to all kinds of surfaces the elegant effect and durable, lustrous surface of beautifully finished oak, mahogany, walnut or other expensive woods. Call for Color Card. y's Drug Store, l orl M,u J