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Telephone, local and .'ontr distance. No. 112
Kntered at the postofflce at Fort Mill. S. C.. a?
mill matter of the second class.,
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THURSDAY. DEC. 31. 1014. (
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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
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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.
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BUY YOUR
Xmas .
We have everything tf
up-to-date Jewelry stoi
With a purchase of fi
your railroad fare to R
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9 York County's L<
jjj Goods bought from 11
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i 1 axes?c?unt,y an
your taxei
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on hand and can supply
We pay 4 per cent interi
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Fort Mill,
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Every Fan
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A Handsaw
A Woodsaw ?
A Crosscut Saw tools foi
A Hatchet will be
A Hammer
A Plane COSt to ]
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a chisel time is \
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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
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9 of any kind. In]! |
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and new at ali
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is a depository for York t
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i for you.
We have a large % ,..
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||lv?-supply of these of J
H all denoninations ^
those who may need them. ^
est on Savings Deposits. t
Ltional Bank, f
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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!
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n all damaged ?
ods. Come and see. ;
lY'S drug store. I
Phone 91.
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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.
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