Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 17, 1915, Image 4
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80UL MATERIAL HA8 ENTERED
TrtE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
Tha Bank a Financial Power Houaa
to the Community.
By Peter Radford.
One of the greatest opportunities fh
the business life of the nation lies
In practical co-operation of the country
banks with the farmer in building
agriculture and the adventure is laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before the
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at a low rate of interest,
and ofttimes without compensation, to
buy blooded livestock, build silos,
fertilize the land, secure better seed,
hold their products for a betetr market
price, etc. The banker in contributing
toward improving the grade
of livestock; the quality of the seed
and the fertility of the soil, plants in
the agricultural life of the community
a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny
on'g brook, runs on and on forever.
Community Progress a Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
on such a basis would severely test
the sanity of the banker; Buch transactions
would pain the directors like
a blow in the face. A cashier who
would dare to cast bread upon waters
that did not return buttered side up
In time for annual dividends would
have to give- way to a more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human klndnesss Is
being imbibed more freely by our financiers.
It indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able financiers
and the banking industry more
competent. The vision of the builder is
crowding out the spirit of the pawnbroker.
A light has been turned on
a new world of investment and no
usurer ever received as large returns
on the Investment as these progreaolifn
hnebn-n n.krv A ~ lAAMn * />
Taking the community into partnership
with the bauk, opening up a
ledger account with progress, making
thrift and enterprise stockholders and
the prosperity of the country an
asset to the bank, put behind It
stability far more desirable than a
letterhead bearing the names of all
the distinguished citizens of the community.
The bank is the financial
power house of the community and
blessed is the locality that has an
up-to-date banker.
POLITICAL PRAYER MEETINGS
It is a sad day for Christianity when
tlie<:hurch bolls call the communicants
together for a political prayer meeting.
Such gatherings mark the high
tide of religious pdrittcal fanaticism,
put bitterness into the lives of men;
fan the flames of class hatred and destroy
Christian Influence in the community.
The spirit actuating such
meetings is anarchistic. un-Christllke
and dangerous to both church and
state
The success of the nation is la the
hands of the farmer.
Work for the best and the best will
rise up and reward you.
Tenant farming U jest one thdc
attar another sittheet a gmj hf.
ni ic uanrvrio, ?nw uiuue iuhun iu
uplift Industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
It is refreshing In this strenuous
commercial life to find so many dollars
with souls. When a dollar is approached
to perform a task that does
not directly yield the highest rate of
interest, we usually hear the rustle
of the eagle's wings as It soars upward;
when a dollar is requested to
return at the option of the borrower,
ft usually appeals to the Goddess of
Liberty for its rontractural rights;
when a dollar is asked to expand in
volume to suit the reqqiy$3ieuc? of
Industry^ J?_ * talks solemnly of
rw?redeemer, oui soul material nan
entored into the vaults of our banks
uud rate, time and volume have a
new basis of reckoning In so far as
the ability of some of the bankers
permit them to co-operate In promoting
the business of farming.
God Almighty's Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty's
noblemen. Heaven lent earth the
spirit of these men and the angels
will help them roll in place the
cornerstones of empires. They are
not philanthropists; they are wise
bankers. The spirit of the builder
has given them a new vision, and
wisdom has visited upon them business
foresight.
The cackle ot the hen. the low
of klne and the rustle of growing
crops echo in every bank vault in the
nation aud the shrewd banker knows
that he can more effectively Increase
his deposits by putting blue blood in
the veins of livestock; quality In
the yield of the soil and value into
agricultural products, than by business
hundshakes. overdrafts and
? gaudy calendars.
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OUR PUBL
I?Intro
Through the Pre** Service of Agriculture
and Commerce, the mbster
minds* of this nation will be invited
to the public forum and asked to deliver
a message to civilization. Men
who achieve seldom talk, and men
who talk seldom achieve. There is
no such thine as a noisv thinker, and
brevity Is alwayB a close companion
to truth.
It will be a great privilege to stand
by the side of men who can roll in
place the cornerstone of industry; to
associate with men who can look
at the world and see to the bottom
of it; to commune with men who can
hear the roar of civilization a few
centuries away.
Too often we listen to the rabble
element of our day that cries out
against every man who achieves.
"Crucify him." Mankind never has
and probably never will produce a
generation that appreciates the genius
of its day. There never will be a
crown without a cross, progress without
sacrifice or an achievement without
a challenge.
This is an. age of service, and that
man is greatest who serves the largest
number. The present generation
naH uone more 10 improve me condition
of mankind than any civilization
Hince human motives began their
upward flight. The OreekB gave human
life inspiration, but while her orators
were speaking with the tongues of
angels, her fanners were plowing
with forked sticks; while her philosophers
were emancipating human
hought from bondage, her truffle
FREE PORTS
BUILDERS OF
COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPROPRIATIONS.
By Peter Radford.
This nation is now entering upon
an era of marine development. The
wreckage of European commerce h&H
trifled to our shores and the world
war is making unprecedented demands
for the products of farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our flag
Is seldom seeu in foreign ports. If
our government would only divert the
onergy we have displayed in conquer-4lg
the railroads to mastering the
oommerce of the sea, a foreign bottom
would be unknown on the ocean's
highways.
This article will be confined to a
discussion of our ports for the products
of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 51 ports, of which
11 are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $51,000,000
for Improving otir Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
a tuli of approximately $50,000,000
annually in wharfago and charges for
which no tangible service Is rendered
The latter Item should be lifted oft
the hacks of the farmer of this nation
and this can he done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that aro free where vessels can tie up
to a wharf and discharge her cargo
BUILE
While the bi
and the sav
If you contemplate the ercc
barn, or outhouse, or the rer,
present buildings, DO IT NC
if you act at once, for you ca
now than you can possibly dc
110 or BO days, we verily belie
have passed. Labor will be
Building Material market is a
know say that prices will he 1
We will supply you at close fi
nish you estimates on what y
Take advantage of conditio
Build
Fort Mill
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ductory
| moved on two-wheeled carts driven,
and oftlimes drawn, by slaves; while
her artists were painting divine
dreams on canvas, the streets of
proud AthenB were lighted by firebrands
dipped in tallow.
The genius of past ages sought to
arouse the intellect and stir the soul '
but the master minds of today are j
seeking to serve. Civilization has as- |
sicnpri to Amnrlpo fha I
of the greatest age. and the greatest
men that ever trod the greatest planet
are solving It. Their achievements
have astounded the whole world and
we challenge every age and nation
to name men or products that can
approach in creative genius or masterful
Bkill in organization, the marvelous
achievements of the tremendous
men of the present day. Edison
can press a button and turn a light
on multiplied millions of homes; Vail
can take down the receiver and talk
with fifty millions of people; McCormick's
reaper can harvest the
world's crop, and Fulton's steam engine
moves the commerce of land
and sea
The greatest thing a human being
can do is to serve his fellow men;
Christ did it; Kings decree it, and
wise men teach it It is the glory of
this practical age that Edison could
find no higher calling than to become
the janitor to civilization; Vail the
messenger to mankind; McCormick
the hired hand to agriculture, and*
Fulton the teamster to industry, and
blessed is the age that has such
masters for its servants.
free of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. It takes
out the unnecessary link in the chain
of transactions in commerce which
has fcr centuries laid a heavy hand
upon commerce. No movement is so
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute ,
its benefits as that of a free port
and none can be more easily and effectively
secured.
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CINEMAS ON THE 8EA.
It has been remarked before now
that only a salmon stream or a golf
course is neces ary to add to the completeness
of the equipment of the upto-date
modern liner, with its swim1
tiling baths, theaters, tennis courts
and other aVnenities, but it has been
left apparently to the Orsova, of the
Orient line, to receive the first board
of trade permit to carry a cinema.
Tor tli" purpose of the Bhow a stage,
including a pretty drop scene, is
rigged up on deck, where seating accommodation
for some 1,500 spectators
is provided, and noniuHammable
films are used, so that there is no
danger of fire. In addition to the
ordinary "subjects," special films
showing Australian scenes and events
are provided for the lienefit of emigrant
passengers, and in this way
serve educational as well as recreative
purposes.
HARD LUCK.
"Terrible predicament Jones was
in."
"What was that?"
"(*ot in hot water anil couldn't
get anybody to bail him out."
Reporter?I hear you have had
trouble in your museum.
Manager?Yea. I had to diacharga
one of the Siaine&t Twina.-?Puck.
> NOW
1 ! f l
uuaing s good
ing is great.
lion of a new home, tenement,
nodeling or repairing of your
>W. You will be the winner
in do the work cheaper right
) it a little later. If you wait
ve the golden opportunity will
come higher, the Lumber and
ilready firmer, and people who
sack to normal in a short while,
gures and will cheerfully furour
work will require,
ns and
Now.
Lumber Co.
te 72.
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War Proof In
(The Financial \
With restless nights attending
lative securities, the holder of i
Mortgages sleeps soundly in
security is aud always will re ma
terest generally paid promptly a
what the Fates of War may hoi
liferents.
Particularly does the farm loi
rior worth during times of grt
II he best security on cc
the earth itself.
The real estate mortgage r
high grade, approved, seasoned
earth and its fullness; the kind
and throw the investor into a fit
comes out.
It is based on values of land \
hancing, adding additional secui
At present the leading life ins
own nearly $500,000,000 of farn
losses have been practically nil.
of other investments have been
Into VOIfO
J VMi O.
The Union Central has contim
average rate of interest on its ii
for 47 years been-managed in U
surance at the lowest net cost,
at your age, call on or write toBAILES
Use Gock
A coat of paint?good paintby
protecting against weather i
Paint your house, porch anc
Quality House Paints. They
wood and the weather and pr
property better than any other
ACMtm
?our trade mark?on any pai
it's the best that can possibly b
We have paints and finishes
barns, roofs, floors, carriages.
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d? paintea, enameled, stained,
any way, wc have an Acme
purpose.
We will be glad to show yoi
or not.
VERY LOW RATI
Panama Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO,
Opened February 20th, Clos
Panama-Califo
SAN DIEGO. C>
Opened January 1st, 1915, CI
VIA
Southern
Premier Carrier
Tickets on sale daily and limi
Good Koing via one route and r
Stop-overs allowed.
Frta Trip Fan*
Columbia, S. C $82.45
Charleston, S. C 85.15
Orangeburg, S. C 82.15
Sumter, S. C 84.15
Camden, S. C 84.14
Aiken, S. C 79.15
Chester. S. C. <*>
Rock Hil), s. C.. ~.1111"is'. 90
Spartanburg, S. C 81.50
Greenville, S. C 80.00
Greenwood, S. C 79.20
Newberry, S, C 81.10
Proportionately low rates from oth
trip rates to Seattle, Wash.; Portlani
many other western points.
Full information regarding the var
schednles, etc., gladly furnished. A
request. Let us help you plan your (
Why pay tourist agencies, when or
S. H. McLEAN, Division Pa*
W. H. Tayloe, P. T. M., H. F. Gary,
Washington. D.C. Washing!)
vestments. -pi
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: the investor in specuSood
Real Estate are
. _ _ *?
tne conviction tnat nis iait
in sound, and his inter- 0Urj
it maturity no matter jggj
d in store for the be- $76
tat
in emphasize'-its supe- ^
?at financial upheaval.
irth is considered of ]
tat
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epresents the stnctly tra
security based on the um
that won't turn pale Pet
every time a war extra 111 5
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vhich are steadily en- are
ity from year to year. unc
urance companies alone
ii mortgages and their con
whereas the shrinkage dis;
very heavy during the (
inv
sur
we
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hoi
uously since the date of its or
ivestments than any other life
le interest of its policy-holders,
For pi oof of Jthese assertions a
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FORT MILL, - - - S. C.
I Paint
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?saves ten times its cost
and decay.
i lawn fence with Acme
will stand between the
otect and beautify ) our ; j
paint.
uirr i
nt or finish means that
e made for the purpose.
for all surfaces?houses,
In fact, if it's a surface to
varnished or finished in
Quality Kind to fit the
i colors whether you buy
ES ACCOUNT
c Exposition,
CALIFORNIA,
es December 4th, 1915*
rnia Expos'n
^LIFORNIA.
oses December 31st 1915.
Railway,
of the South.
ted 90 days for returning. i
eturning via another.
0m w?t ii? PmIIumI, Orttta
$104.24
106.85
104.79
__ 105.65
j 105.05
102.45
102.32
102.32
101.00
101.00
101.00
102.81
er points. Also very low round1,
Ore.; Vancouver. B. C , and
ious routes, points of interest,
Iso descriptive literature upon
-rip.
ir services are free? Address
is. Af?t., Columbia. S. C.
G.P.A., W. E. McGee. A.G.P.A
Columbia. S, CL
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ie Union Central |
Life Insurance Company I
in first mortgage loans on I
m lands distributed through- I
the United States. |
*hese loans as shown in the |
; annual report amount to g
aqa /<or> ^- v... 1?i ^
>1VT,1UV ocvui^u y V ICttl tfbe
worth $278,000,0QQ.
Safety First.
'he published statements of
i various State Departments
Insurance which are authoriive
and impartial demonstrate
rond question that Union Cen1
policyholders are receiving
jxcelled insurance at a lower
i cost than the policyholders
any other company.
Cost Second.
'he policies of the Company
liberal and simple; you can
ierstand them as well as your
ryer. The amount of the
icy is paid to YOU if you bene
totally and permanently
abled by accident or disease,
'onsider well these facts and
estimate before taking inance
in any other company;
are at your service and will
erfully refer you toourpolicyders
for their verdict.
ganization realized a higher
insurance company. It has
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? >v. uiivio buuajr tllC uesi Hind
for memorandum of cost
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MAKE YOUR OWN f
??-ft* paint;'
von wni save
Xj&fjkff t 56 cts. PER GAL.
THIS IS HOW
ISi^,, -/Buy4gill.L.AM.Semi1//
Mixed Real Paint #8.40
/ ?tt I' And 3 gals. Linseed Oil
C ^ I I to mix with it at
K I 1 estimated cost of 2.40
1 | I I Makes 7 gals. Paint for $10.80
I Vkll I It's only $1.54 per gal.
The L. A M. SEMI-MIXED
REAL PAINT IS PURE WHITE LEAD.
ZINC aa4 UNSEED OIL?tAe Seat kaewa
palat neater lata lor IN years.
Use a gallon out of any you
buy and if not the best paint
1 made, then return the paint
| and get all yQur money back.
j J. J. Ballea. Fort Mill
v lij
. iu>r. v.u., wpiumma
W. W.Xoogler A Son, Chester
J. W. Copeland Co.. Clinton
J. D Wood. Grier
Clean 'Em
Why not have that last Summer's
suit cleaned and pressed?
We call for and deliver goods in
town on short notice. Parcel post
packages will receive special attentiou.
Panic Prices as Follows:
Men's Suits, cleaned and pressed 40c to $1.25
Boys' 44 44 44 44 25c 44 $1.00
Ladies 44 44 - - 50c up
Palace Barber Shop
TALK IS CHFAP
and is alright in its place, but it
won't run the furnace nor bake
bread. If you have hot air in
your house or oven, it must be
produced by burning fuel.
We handle the very best Hardand
Soft Coal and our prices are
way down. Phone orders to 72.
Quick delivery.
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Fort Mill Lumber Company,
A. A. BRADFORD,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Estimates cheerfully furnished on al
classes of brick and wood work.
Telephone No. 30
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