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THURSDAY. SEPT. 20. 1917.
Good-Byes to Soldiers.
It is an intensely dramatic
scene at the army encampments
when the boys say their final
farewells previous to their departure
for France. An air of
mystery is present. Under the
voluntary censorship, the boys
will drop out of sight like ships
that pass in the night, like faces
in a fog. The next heard will
be from the battle stained soil
of a foreign shore.
Yet under the modern spirit
t>f concealing emotion, the parting
scenes do not show sorrow
on the surface. The bands play,
pretty girls give color, people
ioke and banter each other
and give laughing commissions.
Tears are furtively brushed away
and voices struggle to keep
straight.
While some of these partings,
if the war continues, will be
final, yet that is the case of
many family separations. When
you see the crowd at any railroad
terminal, some of the departing
friends are going forever. Unless
life is to be all mourning,
we must look at the bright side.
The death rate of soldiers, even
in this war, is not as large as
many people think. With the
protections devised by modern
science, the death rate of our
soldiers will be comparatively
low.
Those who stay at home have
by far the worst of it. The boys
who go will have their minds
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imeu uy me intensely interesting
game of war, and the learning
of its technique and skill.
They won't have time to worry.
There will be jolly and inspiring
comradeship to buoy tham up.
Those who stay have too much
time to think, and will brood too
much.
It is one thing to philosophize
about the thing in an abstract
way. Quite another to send
some one yourself. Only those
who do this have any conception
of the meaning of this hour.
uoci neip such to be strong!
When the boys come back as we
trust they will, the crown of
glory and honor will be one that
is never acauired in the unheroic
paths of peace.
The New Pensions.
The United States must adopt
a pension system for soldiers of
the European war. The suggestion
is required with some
favor that the government should
assume a certain liability similarly
to the principle of workmen's
compensation, and pay over
given amounts for death and
disability.
l lie way Civil war pensions
have been handled is generally
admitted to have been a disgrace.
The majority of the,
people favored liberal pension
laws. It is not likely that the
people would ever have sanctioned
giving pensions to a lot of the
deserters and bounty jumpers
who ai e getting them.
Also men who served but a
few weeks and never saw the
front, are in a wholly different
class from those who had actual
war experience, and should be
ao treated. Another .extravagance
is in the case of women
WM) married veterans long after
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the war was over. In a ^ great
many cases this was done because
the veterans looked good
for but a few years. It 'was ah
easy way of getting money out
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oi an easy-mare government.
The majority of our people
have not begrudged the mohey
that has gone to the old soldiers
and they wish it was more.
They do begrudge pensions
slipped in by personal favoritism.
It is all wrong that about 30,000
pensions have been secured
through special acts of Congress.
The law is liberal, and when
special act pensions are pa&ed,
it means that men who under
the principles laid down by Congress
are not entitled to them,
have been able to get them
through friendship or pull.
In the new pension system,
Congress should lay down cer
tain principles tnat certain men
are entitled to pensions for death
or injuries or ill health due to
service. These pensions should
be liberal, but the thing: should
end right with the limits established
by Congress, and there
should be no special favors.
If the people of Fort Mill would
support home enterprises like
they fall for the traveling institutions
we imagine there would
be more prosperity all around.
.
York County News Natters.
i x orkville Enquirer.)
The railroad commission has
ordered the Southern railway to
begin the construction of a
freight depot at Tirzah within
sixty days.
Mr. W. J. Cherry, of Rock
Hill, has been appointed by
Governor Manning as a delegate
to the Twelfth International
Farm congress to be held in
Peoria, 111., September 25-28.
Friends and acquaintances of
Paul R. Bratton, son of Mrs.
P. R. Bratton of Yorkville, will
be interested to learn that he is
now "somewhere in France,"
with the 19th Regiment of Engineers,
U. S. A. Mr. Bratton
volunteered with the 19th Enginppr?
wkinAfi >*o ara in
Philadelphia, Pa., several months
ago.
York county people, especially
those living in the vicinity of
Clover and Fort Mill, will be
interested to learn that Evangelist
Baxter F. McLendon, known
to hundreds of York county
people as "Cyclone Mack," is
conducting an evangelistic meeting
in his home town of Bennettsville.
The meeting there
began Sunday afternoon and will
be continued for several weeks.
John Hagans, a negro, was
committed to jail here Saturday
night by Magistrate of Bullock's
Creek township on the charge
of murder. It is alleged that
Hagans shot and killed George
Jamison, a negro in a difficulty
in Bullock's Creek township last
March. After the killing,
Hagans left the county and went
to Chester where he was arrest
ed last week.
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reaerai court lor the Western
district of South Carolina, in
session at Rock Hill last week,
adjourned late Friday afternoon
after disposing of numerous
cases. Newberry Carter of
Greenville, was convicted Friday
morning of selling > liquor to
soldiers and sentenced to pay a
fine of $200 or serve four months
on the chair gang. Paul Traynham
was convicted of a similar
offense and fined $50. Grover
Fowler, a Spartanburg policeman
was convicted of violation
of the white slave act and sentenced
to pay a fine of $200 or
serve six months in the Atlanta
Federal penitentiary. R. J.
Reid of Greenwood, was convicted
of violating the Mann
white slave act and was sentenced
to two years' imprison
ment. Four women were convicted
of immoral conduct at
army training camps and seni
tenced to six months imprison|
ment each. The Campobeilo
! Oil mill pleaded guilty to shipping
cotton seed meal containing
less than the advertised amount
of ammonia. The mill paid a
fine of $G0l
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New Goods
We are now rei
our New Fall Goo<
SHO
Our Light Top Boot
are as reasonable in
as any you can find
Children's Shoes, too
co?
We have these in
years. Also Coat Go
dies' and Children's C
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We have the Seoge
shade.
MILLII
Miss Wessells is wii
show vou iust the Ha
need.
Watch Our Ad
E. W. Kimbi
The Cotton Situation.
It seems to the Press and
Standard the present decline of
cotton is not at all necessary,
and that if the farmers do not
rush their cotton to the market,
that they will receive more
money for it. We would strongly
urge our farmers to make arrangements
where possible to
hold their cotton, and not to
rush it on the market. If this
country had a good warehouse
system where cottop could be
stored and warehouse receipts
issued tbersfor, farmers could
borrow enough on their receipts
to pay their debts and furnish
them with what necessary
money they need, and hold their
cotton till they cared to sell.
We believe that this country
' would realize many thousands
I of dollars more for its cotton if
; held in this manner than if
forced upon the market at this
time. It would be good business 1
for the business men and bankers
of the county to organize a
holding company for this pur- ,
pose. Cotton would be a safe
asset, and the farmer would be i
secure in holding it off the market.
? Walterboro Press and
Standard.
Looks for 30-Cent Cotton.
Col. W. G. Smith, state ware- ;
house commissioner, has issued ,
a letter to the farmers of the
State in which he advises them 1
j not to rush their cotton to the \
market but to take advantage of i
the State warehouse system and '
hold it for a better price. The
commissioner is convinced that
the staple will bring not less
than thirty cents.
In his letter, Colonel Smith
declares that there is plenty of
i money in the banks and that the
j bankers will readily loan on
State warehouse receipts, and at
reasonable rates of interest.
He says the year's cotton crop
should be marketed very slowly
as to rush cotton on the market
as rapidly as it is gathered and
ginned will lower the price.
"Farmers should see to it that I
the price of cotton is kept on a
parity with the price of other
agricultural products," says the
letter. "Measured by this
standard, the market price today
! should be thirty cents and above;
u^oiuco me iiiai'iiiathuici tan
pay thirty cents a pound for cotton
and stilt make a fair and
reasonable profit on the manufactured
Koods."
FOR SALE?At m bugain, two I
Grain DriHo. Fort Mill ImMiir Go.
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idy to show you
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price and as pretty
anywhere. See our
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ITS.
sizes from 2 to 14
ods suitable for La.
^oats.
ni. oiiHrun, monnay, ucioter Z'J. '
At McConnellsville, Tuesday, Octo- .
ber 30,
At Tirzah. Wednesday, October 31. X
At Clover, Thursday and Friday. .
November 1 and 2. ^
At York from Saturday, November 1
3, to Tuesday, November 6.
At Coates'B Tavern, from 8 o'clock
a. m. Wednesday, November 7, to 1
5 o'clock p. m.
At York, Thursday, November 8.
At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, X
November 9 and 10.
At Rock Hill from Monday, Novem
ber 12th, to Saturday, November 17th. ^
And at York from Monday, Novem- ..
ber 19th, until Monday, the 31st day
of December 1917. after which date ^
the penalties will attach as stated <y>
above.
Note-The Tax Books aro made up ^
by Townships, and parties writing ^
Libout Taxes will always expedite mat- $<
ters if they will mention the Township
or Townships in which their
property or properties are located.
HARRY E. NEIL, *.
Treasurer of York County. ^
SALESMAN WANTED. I
Lubricating oil, grease, specialties, t
paint. Part or whole time. Commis- *
sion basis until ability is established. '
Man with rig preferred. *
RIVERSIDE REFINING CO. ' *
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TAX NOTICE- 1917.
Office of the County Treasurer f
of York County. I
York, S. C.. Sept. 17, 1917. 1
Notice is hereby ffiverr that the Tax T
Books for Kork County to ill be opened f
on Monday, tHe 15th day? of October, 1
1917, and remain open until the 31st .
day of December, 1917, for the collec
tion of State, County, School and Local ^
Taxes, for the fiscal year 1917, without t>
penalty; after which day One Per
Cent penalty will be added to all payments
made in the month of January, ?
1918, and Two Per Cent penalty for all
payments made in the month of Febru- ^
arv, 1918, and Seven Per Cent penalty
will be added to all payments made 4
from the 1st day of March, 1918, to the
16th day of March, 1918, and after this .
date all unpaid taxes will go into exe- f
cutions and all unpaid Single Polls will
be turned over to the several Magis- 7
trates for prosecution in accordance 4
with law. ?
For the convenience of taxpayers I 7
will attend the following places on the 4
days named: ?
At York, Monday, October 15. to | 7
Wednesday, October 24.
At Smyrna, Thursday, October 25. ?
At Hickory Grove, Friday and Sat- 7
urday, October 26 and 27. 4
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Supplies
We have on hand a full assort- *
ment of everything (books excepted)
that is needed for the
school room, at right prices.
Come in and look over our
stock before buying.
HUTCHINSON'S PHARMACY |
| "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 |
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 1
with us. We welcome you here. f
"Make Money While the Sun Shines." *
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Every week, we try to give a list of a few of the nice ?
eatables we carry in stock, to eaable our customers to get ?
what they want, when they want it. 'Phone orders de- ?
livered promptly. When in need of any thing in our line ^
call 'phone No. 8.
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Special Saturday. *
10-lbs Sugar $1.00
10 rolls Toilet Paper . .50
7 pkgs. "Rub-No-More" Washing Powut-r 25 1
10-lb. Snowdrift Lard, in bucket 1.95 ?
Pure Apple Vinegar, per gallon, . .30
Wesson Oil, per can,
Lard cans, wooden tubs, buckets, brooms, lamps, axes, 4
handles, cutlery, etc., in our hardware line, besides many %
other tempting delicacies in our fancy grocery line. 4
Give us a trial order and be convinced. Satisfaction 4
guaranteed. 4
Samuel A. Lee. I
Everything Good in Groceries f
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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- {!
ble Groceries. Our stock is fresh and clean. <; I
Phone your grocery wants to No. 116. o
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