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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
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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
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energetically and sit steady inj
the boat
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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
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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
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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/*
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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
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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.
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Whiskey Stills Mast Stop. \
Old Demon Rum is on his last
legs, says a Washington despatch.
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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
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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.
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Fat Age Mules
to 19 hands.
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