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THE TOST HILL TIKES to B. V. BEADVORD - fidttoraad fiswlsf J ?! * : v) vnoumoN Katbs: tl OMTW 11.26 Btz Month* f. ... .66 tl - , ^ Tha Times nrl tee contributions on lire eubj#ct* hot to pnbUoh moro than tOO yorda U on My eubject. The right la raaarrad to adit J '*t<r eomraunicatton aabmltted tor publication. ? b On application to tha publUher. advartiatng p rata* ara made known to thoaaintaraatad. n Talaohone. local and lonadUtance. Wo. 111. ^ THURSDAY. AUGUST 30. 1917. J? , f< Will We Heed the Lesson? " k After the war. what? After ^ we have beaten back the Ger- w mans from Belgium and France b and definitely dispelled the curse h of military autocracy from Eu- o rope and the world for the time being, what are we going to do about it? Are we going to con- h tinue right on living in the fool's T paradise where we slept in a P' false sense of security before b' the war, or are we going to profit ^ by our lesson? a' For two or more years before D the war was thrust upon us \v* M were warned of what might ^ ' happen, even more, of what was 81 likely to happen. But we shook our heads and said it was too bad that a militaristic spirit was springing up in this country ol h perpetual peace and prosperity. 01 We re-elected our president be- ^ u ~ i i i i. i. ei cause lie uuu nepi us uui ui war. ' And then, even he, with his 1 great patience and forbearance, ? was compelled to accept the fact ^ of war. We were finally com- q pelled to fight, in spite of our v unpreparedness and our foolish d confidence in our neighbors. H What do you suppose would ti have happened had this country 0 possessed a military establish- b ment worthy of national impor- 0 tance and common sense? Does a anyone imagine that Germany would have been so ready to force us into battle on the side q of the Allies if we had had an a army of 10,000,000 trained men, ? as we probably would have hac H if we had adopted universal mili ^ tary training five jot ten years ago? Does anyone imagine that f< our ships would have been sunk d and our citizens drowned so pro- it miscuously if we had had a navy ? commensurate with our position ^ in the world? And still the con- ai scription bill is passed specifiic- w ally as a temporary measure, to and many of the estimable gentlemen w ho voted for it? because their constituents demanded that they should?are loud in their ei nrof^sfationa fhnt universal mili. ft tary training is a peace measure! May coi gress and the people? for the people are responsible t( for the deeds or misdeeds of jT congress?heed the lesson that this war has taught! May Amer- a ica come through the war awake at least! if she does the heart- a aches and the misery, the wast- ai age of money and men, will not ^ have been in vain. The Times is pleased to acknowledge that city council has done a great deal of permanent a street work during the present tl Olimwow ? ? ??-b ? J nuuiiiici, piuunuiy ao mucil US Si has been done in any single year n in the past. Work that was need- p ed has been done in such a man- 11 ner that it will need but slight ?. attention for the next few years. ^ However, we fear that the steeet ^ department has been neglecting a our main street. The paving g surface along this thoroughfare h is worn away in places, and b climbing the depot hill one ex- y neriences about as rouerh minor h a# if the street had never been n paved. It may be that the city ^ iff . * has spent all the money this year that it can well spare for street C work, bat we think the wlmiwia | 9 '. V*'* * . > 1 ^Dr 4 ation should strain a point and 1 it the street in condition beinter seta in. With its already amorous holes it is not pleasant '-contemplate what the eondit i on pf the street will be if it ih ] lowed to stand over until ah* j ther year without repairs. I Local buyers of cotton and cot- ; >n seed can do much toward < Doming business this fall and ' l.. : ..L m ' iuix:i ujr paying as uiuuu xor lese products as the buyers in 1 ae surrounding towns pay. It ' rill be recalled that last season ' lany bales of cotton and hun- ( reds, possibly thousands, of , ushels of seed were hauled to ! tock Hill by Fort Mill farmers , ecause prices in Rock Hill were Bually about 1-4 cent higher < ar cotton and about 10 cents < lore per bushel for seed. We 1 now of no reason why the Fort ' [ill buyers can't pay as much 1 3 the Rock Hill buyers or the ' uyers of other towns and we ope they will do so the ap- j roaching season. No sirree, Manda, no society { appeninprs in this issue of The i imes. Trouble is, it didn't hapen. Fact is. society seems to e on the blink at present. In- 1 eed, so far as we have been ble to learn, not a card has een turned in the town of Fort ! [ill since the Rev. Baxter F. , [cLendon appeared on the scene I, )me two or more weeks ago. , Pope Leo's Robe. OO CinItKa^tr nnAiim/1 Pnlnrrtkin lino UIIJ WVUJ QIVU1IU UUIUIIlUia ad hands on a robe worn by 1 ne of the Popes? The editor of he Record has had that privil- 1 gre. On a recent call to the 1 ome of some delightful Catholic eople in York, county we were ermitted to see a number of 1 eautiful robes worn by Bishop >'Connell, now of Richmond, a., but for many years presient of the American college in tome. There are numerous beauful paintings and robes in the >'Connell home at Fort Mill, lit none that imnresseH me more I n account of its association than remarkable white brocade robe roro by the late Pope Leo XIII, ne of the greatest statesmen nd one of the best men that the latholic church has ever had for Pope. The robe shows that he ras a man of small stature and fiat he used snuff, occasionally, n Bishop O'Connell's collection f relics are some rare and beauful things that can occupy one >r a whole day in studying the elicate workmanship, and hearig the legends connected with ach by Miss Mary O'Connell, le bishop's talented sister, hese O'Connells are nephews nd nieces of Dr. O'Connell, <ho founded the convent in Co? imbia. ? Columbia Record. Gold Hill News. Gold Hill. Aug. 27.?Mr. Stephn Coltharp and lady, of Kenjcky. are visiting: relatives in lis community. S. L. Coltharp, who has been a a visit to relatives in Darling>n, motored home today, bringtg his relatives with him. Miss Ruth Nivens has bought new Ford. The straw hat boys have been ; ailed from refreshment to labor nd they are now busy pulling >dder. The crops of both corn nd cotton have been cut off by le dry weather and east winds. /e think there is a lot of com urt by being left too thick on tie ground. We have in mind certain field where there is tiree stalks left and where one balk would have made a lot lore corn. We will mention no ames, because we are not huntlg a fight and we will not run, ither. Now, this will sound ke old-fashioned talk to some, ut bless you, bud, a lot of oldashioned things are good yet nd deserve respect, for here is his old headache of ours which as stuck closer to us than a ?i * ~ rouier now ior seventy-five ears, and we can't help bat ave some respect for it. If its ame has ever been changed, we on't know it Splinter. Roy Spratt of Mt. Holly, N. L, was among the visitors to tot Mill Sunday. mi ffiLL FEELS PftfOD ] OF HER SOLDBBOT RECORD 1 There are perhaps few towns ^ tr the countfy no Ifefger than ! Port Mill which have furnished is many officers for the army as lias this place, there now being LI men from here holding com- j missions in the various branches i of the service. Not only has Port Mill tbe distinction of furnishing an unusual number of officers for a town of its size, but it has the added distinction of sending into the service an infantry company and a supply company, besides the several men in the regular establishment as non-com missioned officers who call this place home. Topping the list of Fort Mill _ /b t i. m r% a a imliters is u?ui. toi. x. d. opraic of the First regiment, N. G. S. C., who has been promoted successively from first lieutenant of Company G., First regiment, to 1 captain of that company, then to major of the second Battalion, First Regiment, and recently to lieutenant colbnel. Colonel Spratt is an old Citadel man who has been active in the National Guard since 1900, when company G., ' then company K., was organized ; with W. R. Bradford as captain. Until recently Capt. Spratt was 1 cashier of the First National 1 bank of this city and has large farming interests in the township. 1 The Fort Mill man next in 1 rank is Caot. S. W. Parks of company G., First regiment, < whose military experience is coextensive with that of Colonel Spratt. Captain Parks has been at the head of his company for several years and although he was without military training previous to the formation of his company, when he was elected second lieutenant, he is accredited with being one of the most 1 efficient officers in eithei of the State's regiments. Previous to 1 the stay of the First regiment on the Mexican border last year. Captain Parks had been for years engaged in the drug business in this city. Lieut. J.add M. N^issey, of Fort Mill, has been in the First regiment for several years. He is adjutant of the Second Battalion, with rank of first lieutenant. Richard A. Fulp is first lieutenant of company G., to which he was promoted from second lieutenant, after tha USrof ?nr?5 VIIV A IAOK XC^lment returned from the Mexican border last fall. The second lieutenant of company G. is Murray Mack, who i was transferred from company H. (Rock Hill) to his home company some weeks ago. Lieutenant Mack is a member of the well known Mack family of this city. His father was the late Rev. J. B. Mack. D. D., who in his day was one of the best known Presbyterian ministers of the South. This completes the list of Fort Mill men wTho are officers in the National Guard. Recently, however, five Fort Mill men won commissions at Fort Oglethorpe, and there is one Fort Mill man a captain in the regular army. Capt. James D. Fulp, U. S. R., after finishing the course at Ogleii *- - ? ? - - uiurpe. spent a lew cays with his family here and left for Cambridge. Mass., where he is receiving additional instructions under French officers. Last year he was superintendent of the Fort Mill graded school. It is stated that Captain Fulp barely missed a majority at Oglethorpe. Capt. George W. Potts, U. S. R. has been connected with the National Guard for several years. He was recommended by Capt. Parks as one of the two members of company G. to attend the Oglethorpe camp. Captain Potts is an alumnus of the College of Charleston. First Lieut. Frank G. Potts, U. S. R., is a Fort Mill man, j though for a number of years he has been a member of the facul-, ty of the University of South Carolina. Like Captain Potts, Second Lieut. R. Holt Ardrey, U. S. R.. was recommended by Captain | Parks for the training course at Oglethorpe. Lieutenant Ardrey is a brother of Capt. Erskine Ardrey, U. S. A., and iff a son of' the late Capt. Wm. E. Ardrey, I who wm bm a mwnhw from] 1 1 Mecklenburg of the North Carolina legislature. Lieut. Marshall Boyce, U. S. EL. won his commission at Osie thorpe. He is a son of Wm. W. Boyce, whose home is in the upper part of Fort Mill township. Capt. Erekine Ardrey, U. S. A., is a graduate of Wept Point and has been in the ajroy for several years. He was recently1 promoted from first lieutenant. McLeadoa Meeting Closes Soday. The Rev. Baxter F. McLendon announced from his pulpit Sunday morning that he would close his series of revival meetings in this city next Sunday night. Thus the meetings will have run continuously through four Sundays, a period of three weeks. It is generally felt that these services have been productive of much good, as large numbers of the congregations have professed conversion and many others have reconsecrated their lives to Christian service. The attendance which has been uniformly large at the evening services indicates the interest in the movement taken bv the neonle of the whole community. The criticisms heard during: the first few days of the revivalist's methods have long: since quite disappeared and the consensus of opinion now is that he is an earnest and consecrated man, having: power and the unselfish aim of serving his fellow man. Last Sunday morning a considerable number of people were present from Rock Hill, York and Clover, as was indicated by a show of hands at the call of the evangelist, and it is expected that at his closing meeting next Sunday the attendance from these places will be even larger. The services Monday evening for the negroes filled the tent to overflowing, numbers of white people being compelled to stand on the outside of the tent. It is not known at this time where Mr. McLendon's next meeting will be held.' Fort Hill Soldiers. Following is the list of Fort Mill men who were yesterday drawn for war duty: Will Sutton. Lonnie Kager, C. B. Kimbrell, Jame^ Collins, Guy Bradford, Oscar Hammond, Jno. L. Cassidy, Bernard Blankenship, Walter Clawson, William Gray, Clemson Faris, John Gaddy, Jacob White, Fonzie Wright. Walter Pope, Edward Glover. These men, with others yet to be selected, will be called to the service beginning with Sept. 5. Tightens Up on Child Labor Law. Perhaps the most striking legislation reproduced in the annual volume of labor laws of the national bureau of labor statistics, which has just been issued, is the act of congress establishing eight hours as a standard work dav for employes operating trains on steam railways in the interstate commerce. Next to this may be placed the federal statute excluding from interstate traffic the products of the labor of children employed in mines or quarries under the age of 16, or in mills, canneries, factories, etc., under the age of 14 years; the hours of labor of children under 16 years of age must not exceed eight per day, nor may such children work between 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. State laws affecting the employment of children are also strengthened, as in South Carolina, where the age for employment in factories is raised from 12 to 14 years. Round Trip Excursion Fares j Via Southern Railway System from Fort Mill, S. C, Atlanta, lit., 910.30. Account National Baptist ConvenVention (colored), tickets on sale Sept. 2. 3, 4 and for trains scheduled to arrive Atlanta before noon September 5, final limit returning Sept. 14, 1917. Cleveland, Ohio, $31.00. Account Elks of the World (I. B. P. O. E.) colored, tickets on sale August 25. 26 and 27, with final limit returning September 5, 1917. Muskogee, Olds., $42.50. Account Annual Session, National I Baptist Convention (colored), tickets on sale September 2, 3 and 4 with final limit returning September 15, 1917. Proportionately reduced fares from other points. Summer excursion tickets now on sale to various resort points. Call on local ticket agent for details or communicate with S. H. McLean. Division gj??' Amnt fldta? Ma, S. CL | tMBM^Jgwy ". .' ""* -?.. .. . . . - ?s!Psl VT *?v * ii&BrsJsBEZ ! "Root Hog, Or Die," | Is the only consolation the world gives you. ? | If You Haven't a Bank Account | With money in the bank you can't | ? combat with adversity and t Be Victorious | | Place your earnings on interest at this t | Bank where they are safe until you ? | want them. * Small savings * ? | grow surprisingly and | | If Left in This Bank | $ Will be a help in old age. Open an account | ? with us. We welcome you here. | a "Make Money While the Sun Shines." | THE SAVINGS BANK. | t Of FORT MILL. f | # $ | Give the Governnment | I YOUR Support NOW I I I ? Many are now doing so at consideiable cost or saori- 1 ?> <T 4 flAA VATT -4- -? ?-*ai a. ?? ? ? * s x uvb. xw vau uu su wiuiuui eimer. now; inis * , w t bank is a member of the great Federal Reserve Bank- f t ing System established by tho government to give + f greater financial stability and strength to member ^ banks and greater protection to their depositors. You ? * can give your support to this splendid enterprise and 1 ? obtain its protection for your money by becoming one ^ of our depositors. ? I i | FIRST NATIONAL BANK, f | FORT MILL, S. G, | T. t **? +++ | The Value of Your Money. 1 < .. ... 4 That's what you are l<x?kinpr for these days, and if you 1 ? will give the "Cash Store" a chance, we are sure you can T come nearer getting more for your money, with the excep- ? ? tion of a few articles, than anywhere else. Phone us an Z order; if not satisfied, let us know. Satisfaction guaranteed. * Specials for Saturday, Sept 1st. 2 10-pound bucket Snowdrift Lard $195 I 10 lbs. Granulated Sugar, 1.00 Wesson Oil, per can, 35 * 3 pounds Caraja Coffee ..85 ? 6 bars Octagon Soap. 40 * Lots of other things such as grape juice, vinegar, pickles, ? f postum, syrups, ketchup, extracts, canned brains, veal ? + loaf, tea. and various brands of coffee Also, we have a + few fruit jars left, and will be glad to have you visit our $ i store at any time. Phone us for anything you want and if ? niTA VlAtfAVtf if ???A ??rill ? - O Ti O ^ ? nt nuvenl ii, ?c ?in gci it ivi vt'u. oavt* o. r. o. VUUpoilS. <? 1 * J I > Samuel A. Lee. $ | 2 <g, <$+&+$ + ' ? <* -? ?* $*?+<? * <* < > o 1 Everything Good in Groceries ii I i! | If the market affords it you will find it here. We <\ ? t take special delight in serving our friends. We are serving more satisfied customers than usual, and our ;; < delivery wagon is ready to serve you. It will be to o your interest to let us supply you with your Ta- o <; ble Groceries. Our stock is fresh and clean. ;; "*} Phone your grocery wants to No. 116. o < o I <> o i ? o Parks Grocery Co^ :: Phone lie :: < ? < >