Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 30, 1916, Image 2
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the; fort hill times i
Democratic ? Published Thursday s.
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B. W. BRADFORD - Editornnd Pronrietor
OBSOBIPTION IUTFS,
Ons Year.. SI.26
SI* Months 66
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On spplicstlon to the publisher, advertising
rates are mads known to those interested.
Tjleobone. local and longdistance. No. 112.
Entered at thepostoRlce at Port Mill. S. C.. as
mall matter of the second rdass.
THURSDAY. NOV. 30. 1916.
For Council's Consideration.
What about allowing the
youngsters of the town the
privilege of shooting fireworks
Christmas? The little ones were
deprived of this pleasure last
3 Christmas, while in the surround4
ing towns they enjoyed themselves
in this sport to their
heart's content. We "came
along" at a time when there
was only one brick building on
Fort Mill's main street and have
I known Roman handles to be
n j ; ? 1 _ i I
nrea msiue, over ana unaer
wood buildings and the town
has not yet had a fire from such
cause. As we said some time
ago, Christmas without fireworks
is, to the little ones, like
a picnic with the dinner left
out, and we hope that the city
government will allow the children
at least one day to thus
enjoy themselves during the
coming holidays.
m m m
;
ica, uicj ic pjciij/ u<tu, atcording
to reports?these bowling
alleys on Main street, the
habitues usually being:, it is said,
men and young men who con- 1
gregate there for the purpose J
of drinking, blackguarding and i j
carousing. And the pity of it is
that in one of the places the
services of two boys are required
to "set 'em up" and they
of course are witnesses to all 1
of the alleged rowdyism of tne ?
elders. The revenue the town t
receives from these resorts does 1
nut, viwiiiu any ways near oil- i
setting the evil done, and they i
should be put out of business 1
immediately. ?
We believe the electric lights r
along Main street should be put.
on an independent circuit and I t
burned all night. Also there I
are two or more back lots in the v
business district which should i s
be lighted at night. One of j >
these mornings, we fear, some j t
merchant will enter his store to 1
find that enough stuff had been *
stolen during the night to pay t
for lighting the business district
for several months. Light, we
all know, has a tendency to keep
down roguery. 3
s
The "punch board" and to- v
bacco and candy raffle business o
has become a nuisance in Fort
Mill. Saturday night the writer
heard a boy not over 16 years of
age say that he had lost $2.50 Sl
of his week's wages attempting s
to win an 80-cent box of candy j]
and had not gotten the wrap- v
pings of his finger, and this is i tl
only one of numerous similar tl
cases. This business is a gam- ?
ble pure and simple and should 11
be stopped at once. ^
IT
Sweeping Main street Saturday ^
nights is rpighty line business. [j
but the street should either be tl
sprinkled before being swept or Vv
the sweeping done after the es
hllfiinPSfi h<i)ic/>u oro r>l<-I TU<. ?l
vMwa?i%r?w irvuuvu MS W Vtl/aWUi A UU VI
dust in the street last Saturday ei
night was a little more than [><
pedestrians could bear and we u
dare say that quite an amount ^
of goods in the mercantile es- 11
tablishments were soiled as a I
result of the work.
a
Well, we have said what we u,
thought of carnival shows and a|
what the good people of other y<
towns thought of them, and we w
await, with interest the aetinn of a<
the city . fathers of Fort Mill al
when the next aggregation of di
these dissolutes apply for privil- ^
ege to "exhibit" in the town. ^
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There stands in the center of ^
the street just north-west of the
Southern freight station a big jn
telegraph or telephone pole I ft
which, for a wonder, has not ^
already caused the smashing of
numbers of teams rounding the
corner. The pole should be
removed at once.
Your Help is Needed.
Fort Mill has a good, live
Chamber of Commerce, an organization
which was formed
some weeks ago with the avowed
purpose of making the town
bigger and better in every way.
The chamber secretary tells us
that quite a number haVe joined
iL - * *
me organization since the night
of its formation, but the
membership is not as large as it
should "be. In fact, there are
several business men of the town
and township who have not yet
united with the chamber, and
this seems a little strange, for
the upbuilding of the town and
community can mean more to no
other class of individuals than
to those engaged in public business.
The next meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will be J
held on Monday night, Decern-;
ber 4, and a cordial invitation is
extended to every good citizen
nf ? U.. 4 1 4- - *
ui uic luwii unu townsnip to
unite at that time with the organization.
Come, brethren,
let's get together and pull together.
A good, strong chamber
of live, determined members
will put this town on the map,
and it will stay there. Let's,
get together to make our town
bigger, better and more attractive;
to bring our boys and
girls to realize that in the development
of our natural reSources,
in promoting more
scientific farming, in making
better schools, in building better
roads, in developing and securing
manufacturing enter- j
prises, and in countless other
ways of community building,
there are opportunities right in
hVif * 4 'aM '' ?
wiu IIUIIIC LUVVII xur ci
career of usefulness such as can
not be found elsewhere. Join
the Chamber of Commerce and
lend a helping hand..
Let's Welcome the Soldiers.
The Times rises to suggest
.hat the town of Fort Mill plan I
'ome appropriate reception for
.he members of the Fort Mill
Light Infantry who are expected
;o return home from the border
it an early date. Why not arange
for a turkey supper at the
irmory? We are satisfied that
he ladies of the town and comnunity
would be delighted to
issist in furnishing such enter-1
diriment. The Fort Mill com)any
has distinguished itself
vhile on the border and we
ihould show these patriotic (
roung men our appreciation of
he service they have rendered.
The Fort Mill Chamber of Comnerce
is suggested as the proper !
>ody to take action on this sug- .
;estion. (
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southern Kail way train No. '
ti on Sunday morning delivered 5
ixty and one-half gallons of
rhiskey to the local express
ffice. Prohibition? Bah!
Birds and Boll Weevil. j
The South Carolina Audubon <
ociety has recently published a
urvey of bird life, which is most j
iteresting, and possesses much ]
alue in view of the approach of i
lie boll weevil. Every citizen of I
lie State should try to get hold
f a copy of this pamphlet, read j
; carefi^ll> and follow its sugestions.
The farmer has no
\*Q Ill'jKln olltl in '
x. VMIUUMIV UIIJ III 111C UclIIIaign
against the boll than the
ird. The Bob White, Meadow
ark and the Killdeer Plover are
iree of the most valuable boll
eevil destroyers, and should be .
specially protected. I believe
le legislature should place an
m bar go on the killing of these
irds (if not u|>on all bird shoot?g)
for the next live years so
lat they will have an opportuity
to increase to such an extent
s to materially help in checking
le weevil.
A few months ago I went over
large farm in North Carolina
pon which shooting has been
psolutely prohibited for several
ears. It seemed to be stocked
ith thousands of Bob Whites,
j we were flushing them all *
long the road every few hun- r
red yards. Some were so tame
lat thou -e ?' '
WVU.VVI/ KUb UUl UL UIIU I
ay of the automobile. If every r
irm in South Carolina were as o
ell stocked, 1 do not believe the t
)11 weevil would do 50 per cent, e
' the damage which it has done F
i the territory further wefit. D. d
. Coker in Hartsviile Messen-t
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THE FORT)
Church Efficiency Campaign.
During the first week in December
the ministers of the York
Baptist association plan to con
duct a county-wide campaign or
"church efficiency." The pre
gramme for the campaign has
been mapped jput and the ar
rangements made for meetings
at various churches of the da
nomination in this county, in
eluded in the first half of th<
campaign. A schedule for th<
remainderof the Baptist church
es will be made out later.
It is the purpose of the cam
paign to place before the Bap
tists of this county the variou:
phases of the work and to ac
quaint them with the problem!
and also to furnish informatioi
fO f ho hoof mnth/Nrl r?
?~ V??V wot IIJCW11UUO Ui OUI V lilf
and meeting these problems.
The schedule for the firs
series of meetings follows:
Monday, December 4, 7 p. m.
Sharon; Tuesday, December 5
10 a. m., Unity; 7p. m., Hickory
Grove; Wednesday, December 6
10 a. m., Enon; 7 p. m., Smyrna
Thursday, December 7, 10 a. m.
Union; 7 p. m., Charlotte street
York; Friday, December 8, 1(
a. m.. Pleasant Valley; 7 p. m.
Park, Rock Hill.
For 1-Cent Letter Postage.
The ways are now bein*
greased for the launching of th<
movement for the readjustment
of postal rates in the next sessior
of Congress.' This problem was
to have been taken up in th<
last session but had to be de
ferred on account of the con
sideration required by railwaj
mail pay. Since this has beer
disposed of the committees' an
prepared to take up the mattei
of placing the various posta
rates on a more equitable basis.
A zone system of rates foi
second class matter is beinji
prominently urged to take tht
place of the present flat ratt
which was adopted nearly fort>
years ago. The present ratt
has for some time been regarded
as a discriminatior
against the newspapers in favei
of the great national magazines.
Like the parcel post the proposed
zone rates would be based
on the length of the haul.
The postal committees have
been besieged by petitions bearing
millions of names and several
hundred thousand letters from
individuals urging a readjustment
of postal rates with a view
of making possible one cent
letter postage. A survey of the
situation indicates that sufficient
changes will be made in the
various rates to permit the
granting of a 1-cent rate on
local delivery letters in the next
session of Congress.
Fourth week jurors from Fort
Mill-for the present term of York
court are Kenneth Nims and
J. M. Roach.
Th?* I<r>ntwiuror /'ocu
? w vt v.uov/ vrao iarvcu
up in York court Monday morning
but it was not expected that
a verdict would be reached before
late yesterday or this mornnR.
'
Why Pay More?
At the present urices of Groceries.
Feed Stuffs, etc., it belooves
everyone to save every
cent possible on each purchase.
We carry a full line of Groceres,
Feed Stuffs, Fresh Meats,
Fish and Oysters, the very best
n every respect that can be
nought.
Courtesy, quick sales and short
profits is our motto.
A fresh shipment of extra
an?'' ters 1 l\r Tl-l-jnlroiritfir>rTr
' C -J
Phillips & Ferguson.
'Phone No. 29.
Now is the Time
o do your repairing. You will
leed
LUMBER
or your fences, road bridges,
epairs on your house, barn and
utbuildings. We are in position
o offer special inducements to
arly comers, giving you the best
>ossible material, at prices that
lefy competition.
tot Hill Limber Cen^enyJ
MILL TIMES, FORT MILL, SOL
TAX NOTICE-ieie.
Office of the County Treasurer
of York County.
: York, S. C., Sept. 19, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that the Tax
1 Books for York county will be opened
on Monday, the 16th day of October,
" 1916, and remain open until the 31st
} day of December, 1916, for the collection
of State, County, school and local
taxes for the fiscal year 1916, without
> penalty; after which day one per cent.
. penalty will b? added to all payments
in the month of Jannary, 1917, and two
per cent, penalty for all payments in |
= I me monin 01 r eoruary, lyiT. and seven ]
> per cent, penalty will be added to all
' I payments made from the 1st of March,
* ! 1P17, to the 15th of March, 1917, and
after this date all unpaid taxes will fro
_ > into executions and all unpaid Single
" ( Polls will be turned over to the several
- Magistrates for prosecution in accordg
i ance with Isw.
For the convenience of taxpayers, I
will attend the following places on the
S days named:
, At York from Monday, November
20th, until Saturday, the 30th day of
X December, 1916, after which day the
penalties will sttach, as stated above.
? Note?The Tax Books are made up
1 i 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.
f HARRY E. NEIL,
County Treasurer.
; Old newspapers for sale at The
: Times office.
) No. 9941 REPORT OF THE
.I THE FIRST NATIONAL
In the State of South Carolina, at the
RESOU
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts, secured $ ; unsecured,
? U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulat
> Stock of Federal Reserve bank (50 per
. Furniture and Fixtures ..
Net amount due from approved rese
1 Chicago, and St. Louis
> Net amount due from banks and bank
? 10 or 18),.. -
- Other checks on banks in same city or I
- Outside checks and other cash items ..
Fractional currency, nickels, and cen
, Notes of other national banks
' | Lawful reserve in vault and with Feder
j Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer
urer
r Total
1 LIABIl
i Capital stock paid in
! Surplus fund
T Undivided profits.
T Less current expena s, interest, and 1
' Circulating notes outstanding
; Demand deposits:
> Individual deposits subject to check ..
r Certificates of deposit due in less thai
Cashier's checks outstanding
): Total Demand Deposits. Items 33, 34 , 31
,i ... .....
' I Total
<TATP nr ceiiTii ** *
VA uvu III V AAUljliNA- A^our
I, W. B. Ardrey, President of the abc
. the above statement is true to the best i
1 Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Correct?Attest: J. L. Spratt, J. B.
CELEB
The best way
you to celebra
Demcratic victoi
ted States has e\
' buy a big box
HUYL
It's made in the good
and it's the kind Wils<
you to eat. Of course,
kind, too, but it's not s
Jones Drug
"On the J
fflW
C.This building is a
thrifty Scots. TK
pass the millions
contented people,
them at a time wi
are needed
4^ Our banK is a i"
thrifty people of U
is the burglar pr
judicious deposito
traded the valu&b
c. We want those wl
bered among our a
positors to enlist u
banner and let tY
with ua
41. Money in the bi
feeling of prospei
pleasure
, , 4L Start a banK accou
a
Savings Bank
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TH CAROLINA
Don't Miss the i
"THE I
Featuring Pearl
Majestic Saturday - 5c
Fresh Fish, Pork
and Mixed Sausage
Friday and 'Saturday
at the
Fort Mill Cash Market
KINC'8 NEW LIFE PILLS
The Pills That Do Cure.
CONDITION OF
BANK, AT FORT MILL,
close of business, Nov. 17th, 1916.
fRCES.
; 103,293 86
$373.96 ..... 373 96
ion (par value)... . 25,000 00
tcm vi nuuacripuon j yuu UU
2.450 00
rve agents in New York.
__ 1,604 86
er8 (other than included in
24,547 77
town asi reporting bank 262 110 I
$924.31
its. ... 183.32 1.107 63
2 99f> 00
a! Reserve Bank 14,995 70
and due from IT. S. Treas
? 1,850 00
$179,380 58
JITIES.
$25,000 00
5,000 00
$2,994.33
.axes paid . 1,620.11 1,374 22
25,000 00
? 115,412 59
i 30 days 7,225 43
368 84
5, 36. 37, 38, 39 and 40
..$123,006.36
> $179,380 58
lty of York, ss:
>ve-named bank, do solemnly swear that
of my knowledge and belief'.
W. B, ARDREY, President.
23rd day of Nov., 1916.
W. B. MEACH AM, Notary Public.
Mills, J. M. Harris, Directors.
RATE!
we can advise
te the greatest
y the old Unirer
known is to
of fresh, pure
JER'S.
old Democratic way
)n would recommend
we have the Hughes
weet.
: Company,
Square."
Ill
w t
monumtnt to the
rough its portals
of savings of a I ,
to bo returned to
len these savings
nonument to the
\ls community. It
oof vault of our i
rs who have conle
habit of saving.
ho are not numimall
army of de- 1
nder the savings
weir money grow i
J
inK produces a
rlty. Enjoy that
i
mt with us today. q i
: of Fort Mill. 1
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2nd Chapter of the Grei
IRON C
White, Creighton Hale i
and 10c - Valuable Pre
I + ? A- .4:4.4 ^ A f A A A ^ A ~ A A *
: Ladies
& ^
| Just the newei
t and Ties. Orgc
Georgette Crepe,
| and Organdie C
11 Q?- /^-ii
I & uci^c v^onais, wil
French Serge C
\ cuffs, $ 1 and $ 12
I de Chene Ties,
something new,
j 25c and 50c.
; cioi
| New shipment
\ this week. We 1
? with short trouser
boy:
Mill
Miss Wessells ^
| more weeks. Get
\ leaves. We are s
s( HALF PRICE.
| KIMBI
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$ + 4 4 *4< 94kjN4>*4> ?
4 Is the only metal that has nc
4 be a Gold Christmas. We
4 stock of Gold Goods. Watc
4 Valliers, Cuff Buttons, Br(
4 Scarf Pins, Bracelet Watche;
4 and Silver, Cut Glass, China,
4 everything to make your frie
4 Come early and pet first el
t i i n
JLa? J. 1*
r4^4*
i There's So
I In knowing that
f pendable, and th
but dependable m
j you leave your on
t may rest assured
filled with every c
| be delivered pror
^ quality of everythi
| the best. Phone
I Parks Gr
Phoi
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nere n is.
You want a life insurance polcy
with every good feature in it
You want it in an old and
itrong company;
You want it to cost you the
east possible amount of money.
Well, we arc the only people
n this territory who can give
rou all three combined in one
?mpany ? the Union Central Life
>f Cincinnati.
We issue any form of insurince
you desire.
Bailes & Link,
Agents.
1
Vat
Wonder Serial,
)LAW"
and Sheldon Lewis. ,
sent Free to First Fifty Ladies.
' Collars 1
J
5t things in Collars ji
indie Collars, 25c. jj
Chiffon, Net, Serge ~
ollars, 50c. French
:hout cuffs, 75c, 85c. ;
hiffon Collars, with t
25. Plaid and Crepe
25c. Striped Ties, ;
50c. Middy 1 ies, *
~w
thing. I
Boys* Clothing this
nave the very thing ^
s, for an overgrown t
inery. \
vill be here but a few t
your hat before she
jelling hats at exactly
CELL'S j
L D
>t advanced in price. This will 4
are prepared with a splendid 4
hes, Rinpfs, Fobs, Chains, La +
>oches, Bar Pins. Tie Clasps, 45,
Cameo Brooches, Baby Pins 4.
, Clocks, Umbrellas, Dolls, and +
;nds and family happy. +
loice. +
rtASSEY |
lid Comfort {
your grocer is de- ?
lat he sells nothing
erchandise. When
ders at this store, you ?
that they will be I
are; that they will
nptly and that the ?
ng ordered will be ? <
No. 116. I
ocery Co., *
le 116
Z
Phone 15;
Groceries
We carrv nofhincr
f* "*?V
we cannot guarantee to
he absolutely first-class,
and we keep the prices
i down.
Prompt deliveries.
Culp's Grocery.