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THE FORT HILL TIMES
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THURSDAY. SEPT. 26. 1917.
Protecting Our Citizens.T
It is the request of our government
that all agencies for
forming public opinion, including
of course newspapers, should
take occasion to speak of the
causes of the war, so that all our
people have a clear idea of just
what we are fighting for.
The first end in view is to
protect our citizens. Our people
have been foully murdered
while exercising their right to
traverse the high seas. These
people were not in most cases
out on frivolous errands, as
some of our enemies assert.
Many of them were innocent
women and children. Others
were men on business errands,
seeking orders and material
with which to keep our factories
runninp^and our working people
/ employed. Many others were
hard working mechanics, diligently
plying their vocations as
seamen, stokers, etc.
It makes no difference that
some of these ships were carrying
munitions. They had a right
to carry them. It has always
been agreed that a neutral power
had the right to sell munitions to
a belligerent. Germany has
often exercised the same right
when she was a neutral in
* previous wars.
These people had just as much
right to travel on those ships as
a citizen of this place has to
walk on the public highways of
this town. When they were
killed, it was foul murder, contrary
to all laws of God and
man.
If a nation is going to command
any respect at all, it must
protect its citizens when they
are engaged in lawful pursuits.
If the American flag stands for
nothing, if any people can
trample it in the dirt, if business
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ana worKingmen cannot leave
the country on lawful errands,
we must expect to degenerate
into a second rate power. No
one will pay any attention to us
and the world will regard our
talk as bluff. If we had years
ago taken a more decided stand,
Germany would not have dared
kill our citizens and defv us. It
is time to demonstrate that the
American flag cannot be spat
upon with impunity.
Wrapping Paper.
Even w hat may seem like the
comparatively small matter of
wrappi ig paper is taken up by
the government authorities and
the public is asked to avoid needless^
waste. At the present prices
of paper is is not so neglible a
matter as people may think.
' Formerly paper was thought
of as an almost worthless material.
Now with its wholesale
use in the munitions trades, and
with the disappearance of the
forests that produce paper stock,
it is one of the valuable products
of industry and should be carefully
handled.
People are finicky about the
kind of paper their parcels are
wrapped in. It seems to be considered
very bad form to carry
in the street a parcel wrapped in
newspaper. Yet every fragment
of printed page represents the
mechanical skill and intellectual
effort of a good many people. It
dors not look as pleasing to
the eye as the plain surface of
white or colored paper, so no
merchant undertakes to enclose
his packages in such material.
Many articles put up in neat
jars, cartons or other containers,
hare also to be wrapped in paper
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in order to suit our fussy tastes.
Shoes, f->r instance are first carefully1
wrapped in soft tissue, then
are pjacecjjn an attractive carton,
eovored with glazed paper,
and embellished by the nafiie 6f
the manufacturer. It should be
a perfectly good looking box to
carry in public. But, no, before
our pride will tolerate it, it must
be covered with an additional envelope
of paper for which we pay
in the bill.
The matter may seem too trifling
to be worth discussion.
Yet the aggregate of wrapping
paper needlessly used is a very
big sum, and it diverts stock
from other Kinds of paper product
where it is very scarce.
Popular habits in this matter
show false pride, which manifests
itself in many ways in our
lives and adds to our burdens.
The Rock Hill Record notes
the fact that since the quart-amonth
law became effective 200
liquor permits have been issued
by the probate judge of York
county, while in Chester county
2,646 permitshave been issued ?
eight times as many in Chester
as in York. One reason for this
perhaps is that in Chester county
the town of Chester is about all
there is and it is little trouble for
the citizens of the town to obtain
the permits. Another, and better
reason perhaps, is that the
county does not border on the
North Carolina line and there
are no North Carolina towns to
which one quart may be shipped
each fifteen days to persons,
irrespective of whether they belong
to North or South Carolina.
Perhaps it is because The
Times has always opposed cheap
carnival attractions that we are
prompted to say we are rather
glad that there is to be no York
county fair this year, if a fair
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caiuiut uc oucvcasiuiiy neiu, as
the directors intimate, without
such attractions. It does seem
to us, however, inasmuch as the
county fair is intended primarily
to show up the county's best
products with a view to promoting
the raising of better
farm products, poultry, stock,
etc., York countv has already
demonstrated that she is rich
enough in these products to put
up an agricultural and mechanical
display that would be worth
while, without depending*on the
cheap shows to draw the crowds.
Talking Without Knowledge.
In a communication in the
Columbia State last Tuesday, the
Rev. S. P. Hair, a Baptist
preacher well known in Rock
Hill, taking a stand for the
establishment of another Statecontrolled
college for women in
South Carolina, makes this
stntpmonl
"If we should enlarge Winthrop
she would not be able to
meet the demand."
The question naturally arises,
How does Mr. Hair know that
Winthrop cannot meet the demand?
It seems'to The Rocord
that a minister of the Gospel
ought to be sure of his premises
before making such a statement
as a fact. ?Rock Hill Record.
Maj<stic Today ? William Hussell in
a great f?-reel Western. Open 4 p. nr.
I Prepare fo
Let us furnis
thing to mal
and comfortc
chilly nights
follow.
W e have an>
and if it do<
pav cash, asl
I plan.
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News ef GeU Hill.
Editor Times: We have nothing
of importance to report but
don't think we have gone into a
hole, no not yet We are just
tolerable I thank $ou. and so far
as we know our neighbors are
well and some have begun picking
cotton.
Just here we desire to thank I
the ladies of Fort Mill for the,
fine dinner they gave us on the
21st inst. Some one on thatj
occasion remarked that it was
just too good for poor folks to
eat but you know such as those
are always with us. We had a
little war joke we wanted to air!
on that occasion, and maybe it
has been told often enough, but j
to fill up we will produce it again. |
In January '63 we were sent to i
the hospital at Farmville, Va..
with a first-class castf of mumps,
when they wore us out we were
attacked with carbuncles on the
back of our neck, and we had
three in succession and they wore
us out again. But the laugh was
coming for one morning a preach-;
er came into this ward and went
from bunk to bunk and had a1
word with each soldier. He i
finally reached the head of the
w#rd where there was an old
soldier who was badly wounded.
The preacher talked and prayed
with him and when leaving gave
the old man his hand saying, i
"good-bye brother, I hope you
will be up soon, but then please
remember that it is sweet to die
for one's country." The old
soldier came to a sitting position
on his bunk and pointing at the
preacher said: "Yes, brother,
that is mighty nice talk but I
never did like sweet things."
The preacher and all had a
hearty laugh.
Sixty-four years ago today,
Sept. 25th, 1853, occurred the
first death in Fort Mill, it being
H. H. Coltharp. To the best ot
our recollection there were only
four families living there then.
They were Dr. B. M. Cobb,
William and T. G. Culpand Owen
Matthews. Splinter.
Gold Hill, Sept. 25.
The New Stamp Tax.
The new war revenue bill,
which has passed Congress, I
carries stamp taxes as follows:
On bonds of indebtedness, 5
cents on each $100; on parcel
post packages, 1 cent if carrying
postage of 25 cents or more, on
capital stock issues, 5 cents on
i each $100; a graduated tax of
2 cents upon capital stock sales;
sales of produce on exchange, a
i graduated tax of 2 cents up;
i drafts or checks payable otherwise
than on demand, promissory
notes, not exceeding $200, 2
/?nnf c /Ino/^o A? fAnnivtnnto
v,v_ ii c* , uttuo un laiiuo, luiiciiicnio
, or other realty, exfceediner $100
up to $500, 50 cents, and 50
cents for each additional $500 or
fractional part thereof; power of
attorney, 25 cents; proxies fori
voting, 10 cents; on playing
cards, retailing at 15 cents per
pack. 3 cents; over 15 cents per
pack, 8 cents, this in addition to
the tax now imposed under existing
law.
Old newspapers for sale at The
Times office.
J. Harry Foster,
Attorney at Law.
Rack Hill. S. C. Fart Mill. S. C.
At Fort Mill Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
Office rear 'Phone Exchange.
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TAX NOTICE?191T.
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of York County.
' York, S. C.. Sept. 17, 1917.
Notice is 'hereby given that the Tax
Books for York County will be opened
on Monday, the 15th day of October,
1917, and remain open. until the 31st
day of December, 1917, for the collection
of State, County, School a^d Local
Taxes, for the fiscal year 1917, without
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 February,
1918, and Seven Per Cent penalty
will be added to all payments made
from the 1st day of March, 1918, to the
15th day of March, 1918. and after this
date all unpaid taxes will go into executions
and all unpaid Single Polls will
be turned over to the several Magistrates
for prosecution in accordance
with law. ?
For the convenience of taxpayers I
will attend the following places on the
days named:
At York, Monday. October 15. to
Wednesday, October 24.
At Smyrna, Thursday, October 25.
At Hickory Grove, Friday and Saturday,
October 2t> and 27.
At Sharon, Monday, October 29.
At McConnellsville, Tuesday, October
30.
At Tirzah, Wednesday, October 31.
At Clover, Thursday and Friday.
November 1 and 2.
At York from Saturday, November
3, to Tuesday, November 6.
At Coates's Tavern, from 8 o'clock
a. m. Wednesday, November 7, to
6 o'clock p. m.
At York, Thursday, November 8.
At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday,
November 9 and 10.
At Rock Hill from Monday, November
12th, to Saturday, November 17th.
And at York from Monday, November
19th, until Monday, the 31st day
of December 1917, after which date
the penalties will attach as stated
above.
Note?The Tax Books are made up
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,
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County.
Teachers' Examination.
The regular Fall Examination of
applicants for Teachers' Certificates
will be held in the courthouse on
Saturday, October 6.1917.
JOHN E. CARROLL,
Supt. of Education.
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Our Business
is to furnish you with Lumber of
the best quality at the lowest
prices. If you are thinking of
building a new house or repairing
your old one
You Can Do Better
here than elsewhere, as many of
our pleased customers will testify.
We are as anxious that you
should get good stock as you
are to buy it, for we want our
reputation and your house to
wear equally well.
Fort Mill Lumber Company.^
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To The Ladies
You cordially invited I
to attend
Our Annual Fall
Millinery Opening
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b nday, Sept. 28th, I 4
Saturday, Sept. 29th I 1
Greater and more complete than ever
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E. W. Kimbrell Company
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4DIES' DEPARTMENT 8
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it devoted exclusively to the Ladies I ^
and vicinity, where their accounts |||
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lartment Midget Pass Books are
e books that will fit the smallest W&
d small Folding Check Books to ill
us explain its many advantages. |?|
not make a deposit. Just come i?!
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j Coffee, Coffee, Coffee. |
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4 The Coffee season is coming in and we want all our friends +
to remember that we sell the very best grades, and will be
+ glad for you to try some of the following brands; %
t White House Coffee, in one pound tin cans . .35 Z
Ca raj a Coffee, in one pound cans .30
Caraja Coffee, in three-pound cans 85
1 Arbuckle's Breakfast Coffee, one pound cans .30
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x m uucmc ? ^ouee, Krouna or srrain . .25 ^
"Dixie Flyer" Coffee and Chickory. per can 10 ?
t Very best grade loose roasted CofTee, per lb .20 Z
^ A complete line of the nicest things to eat, candies, fruits, T
? etc., besides the many other useful things we carry on our ?
^ hardware side which we haven't room to tell you about. ^
I . Special Saturday. f
f6 pounds best grade loose Coffee, $1.00 $
10 pounds Sugar 1.00 X
^ 10 bar9 Octagon Soap, 60
| 10 bars Clean Easy Soap .50 ?
I Samuel A. Lee. ?