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f I THE PORT MILL TIMES Dtmoentlt - PtiblWMdThondiTi. v i ? B. W. BRADFORD - - Sdttoru4Pmn^oi \ f \ OttSCIUrTIOl* katis: On* Year A tl.ZS Six Months 86 The Times i nvitescontributions on lire subject* bet does not agree to publish more then 200 words oa any subject. The right Is rsaerred to edit /err communication submitted for publication. ' ' 9 On application to the publisher, sdrertistnc rites are made known to those interested. Telephone.local end Ions distance. No.112. ss? ??se?masse?a???is?s??as?? THURSDAY. SEPT. 6. 3917. Tine to Act. We would just like to give a little hint to the Chamber of 1 Commerce of this city and of Chester, Fort Mill, Winnsboro and other places along the line? mnof oonoaiq llw TTn**f Mill PaaI/ i uivot lauj i viw AUiu9 ivx/vn Hill and Chester?that if they want to have a National Highway between Charlotte and Columbia through their respective cities that they had better get busy on the matter and put it in some definite shape. The bridge across the " Catawba between here and Fort Mill is under way, and the road from Rock Hill to Fort Mill will be put in an elegant shape, and below Rock Hill for some distance the road is crood. but. we understand. that there are points between Fort Mill and Charlotte, Chester and Rock Hill and Chester and Winnsboro that will have to be put in a first,-class shape before this route can be considered for a national highway. The reason we say "a little hint," is the fact that we note that a contract is to be let right soon, or maybe has already been let, for a new bridge across the Wateree at Camden and this, of course, if completed will make the chances more difficult, but we believe that if the matter is pushed right now on the eve of the completion of the Rock Hill-Fort Mill steel bridge that it can be brought to a final, as the route this way would be much better, because it is a ridge road all the way and no streams after Chester is passed, and is also much shorter.-Rock HilL Record. Don't Rock the Boat. "Sit steady and pull with a long, firm stroke," savs a writer in the Atlanta Retail Grocer. "Don't rock the boat. Don't change seats in midstream. DiD your oar deeply, smoothly, calmly. Maintain the rythm of motion which assures conservation of energy and fullest return for the power expended. Have confidence in the directing hand of the coxswain. Keep an alert eye on out for every signal and respond implicitly. Work in harmony with your fellow workmen. Don.t work at cross purposes. If you don't like your work or your fellow workers, change jobs for you are rocking the boat and delaying progress. Be fair to yourself and to your business b> fitting into the scheme of busi hoc ptwvuui v ui miivii jruu QIC a part. Life is boo short to waste any of your time in a misfit job. Therefore, select your boat, pick up your oar, conform to your environment, be ready to give orders and have them obeyed or receive orders and obey them, as the case may be, but be 'Johnny on the spot' every minute, enthusiastic, alive, ambitious, cheerful; a competent part of a competent whole. Then will your boat sail smoothly, powerfully, triumphantly, through calm or storm, bringing you to your goal, strong in your sense of duly performed, happy in the realization of the reward of merit AH that is necessary is that you have faith and courage, be he patient, work consistently and ' energetically and sit steady inj the boat , The Potato Comes Back. The huge potato crop which j the _ Federal forecast indicates will be produced in the United States this year means that this important food staple will be cheaper for American families that had to cut down on potato consumption because of high prices to restore the tuber to a prominent place on their bill of fare. The department forecast, based on estimates from all parts of the country, places the total A- 1 J _ A A 1 potato yieia ac more man 40/,000,000 bushels, as compared with 285,000,000 bushels in 1916 and 360,000,000 in 1915. Potatoes of the current season are already on the market in large quantities and. since the early harvested tubers cannot be kept easily, should be eaten more abundantly now if spoilage is to be avoided. Next to the breadstuffs, potatoes are the most important food crop of the western nations. Thay are all the more important now that the world's wheat supply is short, since they furnish starch, the principal food ele *. _:i k. 1 1 1 1 1 meiiL cuiimuuceu uy ureuu, auu so may be substituted in part for bread. It is no hardship to Americans to eat freely of potatoes; rather, it has been a hardship to them during the past half year to forego somew hat the use of this common food. Blease Not in Governor's Rice. In the Columbia correspondence of the Charleston American ex-Gov. Cole Blease is quoted as saying positively that he will not be a candidate for governor in 1918. Attorney General Peeples was in tViP unmp pftrrpsnnnfionpp quoted as announcing positively his candidacy for governor. Biennial sessions of the general assembly and the recall of State officials (to be provided by contitutional amendment) being in his platform. W. A. Stuckey, of Ler county, practically placed himself in the field for governor on a platform of economic issues, saying that "it is my intention now to be a candidate for governor." Railroad Cpmmissoner Jno. G. Richards said that he was at the command of the Reform Party; that he would consider it an honor to be selected by them as their candidate for governor, or to take any other position in the ranks to which the Reform party might assign him. "Personal-i ly, I have no announcement to make. If the memhers of the Reform party, after careful consideration, conclude that it is their desire for me to become their candidate for governor, I shall abide by their wishes and go into the race with all my power and might."?The State. Revival Meeting a Success. The McLendon-Pledger revival services which have been going on here for the past three weeks came to a close Monday night, the final service having been j postponed from Sunday night on | account of rain. The congregation at this final meeting was the largest of the campaign and was very er.tVinciaati/* PK/% ? wnuk'iuui IV. Jl IJC iUUI IKIIIlI?>lUf?> ! of the community who have, worked together strenuously and harmoniously made short addresses expressing their gratitude to the evangelist for the work he has done here, which is generally believed to be the most successful meeting ever held. here. Among the results are pledges' from 212 converts to ioin tVi? churches of this community while hundreds of others pledged themselves to consecrated Christian lives and service. The free j will offerings for the benefit of the campaign amounted to above $1200. Mr. McLendon left Monday morning for his home in Bcnnettsville. He wilf begin a series of services in Rock Hill on the morning of September 20. it j was announced just before his | departure from Fbrt Mill. I : f\ |pp Yerk Cmty Newt Hitters. tiorkville Enquirer.) The city of Rock Hill has parChased for $4,000 the White property on Academy street in that city. The property will be converted into a public park. Officers captured an illicit distillery on the A C. Stroup place about thirteen miles north-west of Yorkville Mondav afternoon The outfit was a rather crude affair, the worm of which was missing. A galvanized iron tub had been converted into a boiler and this was being used to make the stuff. It would probably hold twenty gallons of beer. There was nobody at the place when the officers made their approach and neither was there any liquor in sight. A quantity of "slop" in three barrels was all that was captured. This was poured on the ground. With the exception of a little sanding yet to be done, the public read on which the chainganghas been working between the corporate limits of the town of Fort Mill and the new bridge being built over Catawba river, is completed. The chaingang is still camped temporarily on the Fort Mill side of the rivef and will be for some time, Superintendent J. Ben Cook and his assistants have made good progess in building the road between Fort Mill and the river, and the road is a beauty from an engineering standpoint. At present there are forty-four convicts on the county chaingang, six of them being white men. Builders of the new bridge across the Catawba river between Catawba and Fort Mill townships expect to finish the work by November 1. Some twenty-five or more men are now employed on the work and they are mak ing good time. Three piers have practically been completed. Judging from appearances, the bridge is being put there to stay, it is quite probable that the Indid Hook ferry now being operated will be continued even after the new bridge some two miles further down the river, is completed. By way of the new bridge, the distance between Fort Mill and Rock Hill is a fraction more than seven miles. By way of the ferry the distance between the two towns is about twelve miles. High water in the Catawba river caused nine benches of the tempoi'ary trestle of the Southern railway below Catawba Junction to give way Saturday night about 9 o'clock. It will require several days' time to repair the damage. In the meantime trains on the Marion and Kingville division are proceeding to the bridge and passengers and baggage are being transferred across by ferry. The permanent bridge across the stream, which is in course of construction,* was not HnmnirpH Roilmnrl man oau fViof the temporary bridge gave way because the piles were driven too closely together, thus making it impossible for debris going down the swollen stream to pass under the trestle. The river was up several feet Saturday as a result of the heavy rains. Mules } I will be in Foi PVirlamr C ? * , K, For the purpose o MULES and 1 from 15.1 I If you want to sa^ mules to J. B. Mil G.N." vv^r " v ; :. w *' . . -V:' 'J Whiskey Stills Mast Stop. \ Old Demon Rum is on his last legs, says a Washington despatch. Prifcnown*T fntiAMl oaainAAa i 4Vt AUUVAOI OCA T IV^O at 11 p. m. next Saturday night, Acting Internal Revenue Commissioner Gates issued warning to distilers of the grape, wheat and corn that their stills must cease their labors on the hours sharp, until the war is done. No beverage? can be distilled after that hour from cereals, tubers, fruits, molasses, grape or apple cheese, fruit parings, cannery refuse, beet sugar, molasses, sour wine or the products thereof. Wine, merry nut brown ale and beer will still be brewed. hnwPVPr nnd those arhn for whiskey will still find a couple of million gallons in storage which can be softl despite the food control law. Addressing Letters to the Soldiers. Postmasters throughout the country have received letters from the postoffice department giving instructions to the public in addressing letters to soldier boys. The letters specify that the name of the person, the cantonment, or camp, the regiment and company to which the person belongs should be plainly stated. In addition the sender's name and address should be given in tne upper left hand comer. Persons wishing to address a relative or friend in one of the training camps should first ascertain their regiment and company letter. This will insure a prompt handling (ff the mail. Growth of the Novies. It is estimated that there are 15,000 theatres in the United States, exclusive of vaudeville and other theatres in which pictures are shown as a part of a program, devoted to motion pictures. There have been as many as 17,000 at one time, but the tendency the last few years has been toward fewer and larger theatres. The daily attendance in these theatres is variously estimated at from 12,000,000 to 17,000,000 persons. Perhaps 15,000,000 would be a fair estimate. Sometimes attendance falls off in one section, duetto local' causes, as it did in New York last summer during the infantile paralysis epidemic, but these losses are quite as often offset by gains in attendance in other places. The general consensus of opinion among trade authorities seems to be that while the movies may have reached fVio rrnnif K IViaii* WIIV iiVlllVll VI UIVU ^/v^uiai IVJ' they have not passed it. They are at least holding their own, and students of the industry believe they will continue to do so as long as the standard of excellence is increased. The standard has risen steadily, as the constant-fan knows. On the other hand, it is pointed out, the movie public can never be much greater except as the world's population increases, because the world and his wife now go to seethe pictures. Miss Alice Bradford is spend' the week with relatives in [ Charlotte. Wanted. rt Mill, S. C., on iept. 7th, f buying YOUNG Fat Age Mules to 19 hands. ye feed bring your Is stable on Friday. Nash. i \,x-v< f . v ! "Root Hog, Or We," j i *.? ai ? -* '- - - - tea z iue oniy consoiauon trie world gives you. ?1 I If You Haven't a Bank Account 11 * With money in the bank you can't II | combat with adversity and J I ** Be Victorious || j Place your earnings on interest at this ?.! 5 Bank where they arc safe until you ?1 ? want them. 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