Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 08, 1917, Image 2
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Toleohone.local and lone distance. No.112.
Bntered at tho postofllce at Port Mill. S. C.. oi
mail matter of the second class.
THURSDAY. NOV. 8. 1917.
Conserve the Food.
Although all of us cannot go
to the firing line and in that
way help to win the war, there
are many ways in which we can
h ilp. We may help by being
true to our country, taking every
opportunity to impress upon
others the righteousness of our
cause, and holding up to them
the awful consequences which
would ensue were the Huns to
win the fight. But greatest of
all we can by conservation do
more than in any other way.
Every slice of bread saved is
that much more for the soldiers
who are at the battle front. We
have not as yet seen the actual
need of food, but the time is
liable to come before this war is
ended when many of us may gc
hungry, and every bit saved now
will enable us to carry on the
struggle that much longer, and
to a successful conclusion. Supruico
t V"io iiovt nrnn nf
bliv IIVAt VI vp VA A WU'l |>Uli
should be a failure, with the
European countries engaged in s
death struggle, and the fieldi
lying in waste, where would the
food to feed our boys at the
front be found. Not only musl
we feed our own brave boys, bul
we must furnish food to help
feed our allies who bore the
brunt of battle before we became
engaged. We do not think thai
our people are sufficiently alive
to the importance of saving oui
foodstuffs. Thev seem to think
that all this talk of saving it
nothing but idle talk, and wc
can only hope that they will
realize before it is too late that
when we waste we are just as
much slackers as he who refuses
to go to the front when he is
called. ? Selected.
There is nothing wrong about
sending the President the shell
from which the firht American
bullet was tired in the War.
However, what would be much
more highly prized by the
American people is the shell from
which the last bullet was tired.
The picture shows of this
Pfllintrv nrn "nr? anroinof" o
proposition to survive. The tax
on seats, tax on tickets, advanced
reel rental and advanced express
rate doubtless will work disaster
to many of the shows in the
smaller towns.
An exchange remarks that the
price of flour has gone so high
that the money for one sack
will very near pay for a quart
ol liquor.
The man who thinks he can
handle liquor in Fort Mill or
tli/iinifi, ...it -J- ? ^ 1
v iciuiij WKIlUUt UCICCI \%Jl\ lilts
things to learn.
The human being is yet unborn
that the war tax does not
touch.
York News to Suspend?
The York news of Monday carried
this notice over the signature
of the president of the News
Publishing company:
"As Mr. T. F. McDow has
served notice that he will be un
able to continue any longer to
act as editor of this paper, and.
iuasmuch as it is practically impossible
to obtain an editor ami
manager satisfactory to the owners
of the paper, u meeting of
the directors and stockholders of
the York Publishing company
will be held at the office of the
company on Wednesday evening,
the 7th instant, at 8 o'clock for
the purpose of considering the
liquidation of the nffairs of the
company, and the discontinuation
of the publication of the York
news now, or at the close of the
year. A full meeting of the
stockholders of the plant is de?
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Y?tk Cuaty News Natters. \
I \orkville Enquirer.)
Up to Wednesday the total
number of families in the State
who had signed food conservation
pledges was 45.838. York 1
county had reported 2,771. (
Mr. W. T. Beamguard said <
yesterday that Sunday school j
attendance at Clover Sunday was <
283 against an average attendance
of from 150 to 175. <
!
I j Joseph M. Taylor, special agent;'
' ftf thp poncno rlonartmont' V?aa
'advised The Enquirer that 8,236
> j bales of cotton were ginned in
; I York county up to October 18,
1917, as against 7,085 bales up to
r the same date last year.
| Though the farmers are doing |.
1 their best to get the cotton
picked as rapidly as possiple, and I,
there has been some complaint i
to the effect that cotton is opening
rather slowly, there are
, quite a number of fields between
Yorkville and Clover that are
white with open bolls.
The D. E. Finley land near
Tirzah church, was sold yesterday
in three tracts as follows:
No. 1, of 45.9 acres, bought by
, Fred E. Smith for $50; No. 2, i
40.9 acres, bought by A. M. !
Barnett for $55.50 an acre; No.
j 3. 179.4 acres, bought by Hope
' 1 Varnonfila nAmnont? <5/1*1 ,101*
, 4*ivi vuntii^ wiii^auj iui q'x x ,
I acre.
Sugar is becoming a very
i scarce article in Yorkville. There
i isn't exactly a sugar famine yet,
. i but there is a scarcity. Just
I anybody can't go to a local
; grocery store and buy, say a
; j hundred pounds. You might ask
> for a sack of twenty-five pounds,
- but vou are more than likely to be
; I told that you can only have a
11 dollar's worth.
"j If the number of quart-amonth
liquor permits that have
? been issued by the probate judge
1 of York county, is any indication
' of the healthfulness of the peo1
_l_ - -T 11 ... .1 i 1 I i l.l
pie 01 me county, tnen me neaitn
of the couuty is remarkably
good. Up to Weenesday afternoon,
October 31, only 513 per*
mits had been issued since the
! | quart-a-month law became efJ
i fective.
t I
; 1 The price of corn meal is hold
ing up to $2.50 a bushel. Many
: i people have thought that as soon
j as the new crop began to come
? in there would be a break in the
| price. There is no question of
. the fact that in the face of a !
,. corn crop like this, a few years
; back, it would have been difficult
11 to sell corn about here at this
season at 50 cents a bushel.
The price of corn, however, continues
up around $2.50.
"Liberty" Theatres.
S xteen "liberty theaters" now
being built by the government
in the various National army
<>unlninfnonlo am tn )>n oolf
VM tlVVIIItiVIIVO HI V tV L/V CVIi " I
sustaining, and with one ex-1
ception will be a part of a
regularly organized dramatic
and vaudeville circuit. Camp
Lewis, on the Pacific coast, can
not be included in the circuit for
geographical reasons, so special
performances by Pacific coast
companies are being organized
by well known theatrical men
lor the circuit. Each theater |
will have its own complete
| tquiptment. Every cantonment |
is being searched for men of i
; theatrical experience to aid in :
setting up the circuit and numer
ous stage hands, electricians,
actors and musicians have been )
, found among the soldiers.
So-called "smileage" books,
containing $1 and $5 worth of
i admission coupons, will be
offered the public through the
i i_? * f mi i
MttKt nanus war reuei. inese
books can be sent to the men in
camp to pay their 15, 20 and 27- j
cent admission charges.
Packages for Soldiers.
Postoffice patrons throughout
this section who have relatives I
or friends among the soldier j
boys in France and desire to
sena tnem Christmas packages I
should heed the notice of the j
posioltice department as to the
necessity of the early mailing of
packages intended to reach our j
troops in France by Christmas, I
ana to the fact that such pack- j l
ages must not exceed seven (7) j j
pounds in weight.* 1
j * The department, also advises
that unless packages intended )
as Christmas presents for ine c
troops in France are deposited in 1
postofflces on or before November s
15th. it will not be possible for <
1 them to reach destination before r
Christmas day. %
The department further ad-1
vises that on account of the '
postal regulations in France "
packages aaifcim more thaa i
leven (7) pounds cannot be
forwarded by mail.
Killed en His EafUe.
Robert Smyer, (Uncle Boh),
the veteran en&rineer who. has
been running a passenger train
n -p. xt \tr ?:i 1 *?
?/ ** viiv w* 11. ??. i aiiivau lur
the past twenty-six years, is
dead as the result of a distressing
accident that occurred in
Chester last Friday night. When
Mr. Smyre was passing the
cross-over switch, a Southern
engine struck his engine and
turned it over. He was caught
in such a manner that he could
not help himself and was held
there until his fireman bravely
went into the cloud of steam
and brought him out. He was
terribly scalded and. suffered
agonies until death came to his
relief at about 6:30 o'clock Sunday
night.?Yorkville Enquirer.
Four Negroes Drowned.
Jim Perry, Will Garther, Will
Lumpking and a fourth negro
were drowned in Catawba river
at Great Falls, Chester county,
Thursday evening, when they,
u c _.1
aiuii^ wiiii IUUI inner lU'glWS,
endeavored to escape from a
gasoline boat which suddenly
burst into flames. They had
come up the river from near the
Rocky Creek station of the Southern
Power company, where they
were working, and were filling
the tank of the boat with gasoline
for the return trip, when it
is thought one of the negroes
struck a match to liirht a cigarette.
The negroes were drowned
while fighting wildly to reach
the bank, only ten feet away.
Efforts were made to rescue the
men. The river is only 12 feet
deep where the men perished.
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor ami
Aldermrn, the Town Council of
the Town of Fort Mill, S.C.,
by Authority ok Same;
Section I That a levy of ten mills
on each and every dollar of real ami
personal property not exempt frorr
taxation, held, owned, or liable foi
taxation within the town of Fori
Mill, S. C., on the first day of January
1918 be, and the same is h< reb\
made for the following purposes:
Ordinary Purposes 3 mills
Int. Waterworks Bonds-2? "
Sinking Fund li "
Street Improvements. 3$ "
Sec. 2. That said taxes shall becc mc
due and payable at the office of th?
City Treasurer on the first day ol
November 1917. Taxes may be p: ii
up to and including the" 15th day ol
November 1917. Thereafter and up tt
the 1st day of January 1918, a penult}
of 15 per cent, will attach to st.ic
taxes not paid by November 45th 1917,
Sec. 3. A-fter the first day of January
1917, executions will issue againsl
all delinquents for the amount ol
taxes, penalty, and costs in accordancf
with the laws of the State of Soutl
Carolina and the municipal ordinances,
Done and ratified in council in regulai
session assembled in Fort Mill, S. C.,
this 16th day of October, 1917.
11. K. PATTRRSON.
Attest: . A'avor.
W. A. ROACH, Clerk.
When a Man Dies
The most worthless asset U
be found in his estate is his
good intentions.
You INTEND to take life
insurance, or MORE life insurance
some day.
Take a policy TODAY in the
Union Central Life,
Of Cincinnati, and create at
once a valuable estate by the
payment of only two or three
per cent on its value.
If yon are under 30 years of
age, five cents a day will
pay for $1,000 of life insurance?the
price of a cigar or
cold drink. Think of it! *
C. S. Link,
FORT MIT J. S r.
Our Business
s to furnish you with Lumberof
,he best quality at the lowest
arices. If you are thinking of
building a new house or repairng
your old one
You Can Do Better
lere than elsewhere, as many of
>ur pleased customers will testify.
We are as anxious that you
ihould get good stock as you
ire to buy it. for we want our
eputation and your house to
rear equally well.
Tort Mill Lumber Company.
Old newspapers for sale at Tba
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THE MAJESTI
SPECIAL
HENRY B. V
America's Forer
LITTLE
A Heart-Interest Drama i
Here is a photoplay that will t
you any "little shoes'* in your h
brothers or little sisters? You lov
appreciate them as fully as you s
I I In this nhoto-rlr?ima
f purity of children; their whole-he;
I , ness of nature. When you see
I catch up the first kiddie you mee
i & your own child or other children
I Bring the Chil
I One Day Only - Open1
I (We pay the \\%
; COMING THURSDAY
"Cinderella and the
A Fairy Play For
err The Grand Bail err Cindered
in king's castle dlX transfer
; Gorgeous Costumes >:
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eg* Every young man ought to promise himself inde- fill
pendence at fifty, and live up to that resolve. +
The will to begin saving while young, backed by *
the perseverance to continue will show assets when you ?
are fifty years old that arc valuable. ^
Remember we pay the same rate of interest to those ft fc*
whobring a dollar here to deposit or whether they ?JK
jjro| bring a hundred. | ^
? 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings. ||||
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TODAY.
If ALTH ALL.
most Actor, in
SHOES"
in Five Exquisite Acts.
ouch your heart strings. Have
ome? Any children, or little
e them, of course, but do you
hould?
all lays bare all the unalloyed
arted love; their supreme goodthis
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t and kiss him. You will love
more than you ever did. 1
Idren To-day
Ip. m. 10c and 20c.
ir tax today.) !
, NOVEMBER 15TH, 1
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Old and Young.
a's magic err The Rabbit Ponies
niation and Pumpkin coach
Magnificent Settings,
var tax) - Prices, 10c and 20c.
Thanksgiving Cake, j
Phone us for fruits for your cake for Thanksgiving. ?
Although our stock is not complete as yet, we will he glad
to help you get what you want. We have on hand at the T
present time, Citron, Raisins, Mixed Nuts, Brazil Nuts, ?
Extracts, etc., and will later have a complete stock for you.
Fresh lot Snowdrift Lard just received in 4-lb. and 10-lb. $
buckets.
Fresh shipment Macaroni and Cheese, Cream of Wheat, ?
Corn Flakes, etc.
\jrvrTr,ir,_-rru~ coo n .
me o. i.. o. coupons win not oe given after +
January 1st., so buy all you can so as to get your premium. T
They are good any time.
Samuel A. Lee. t
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keeper. For a general stock of 1
groceries of tested merit we believe |
that our store cannot be out-classed. $
Our prices are always at the bottom 1
and we are prepared to serve the ?
public with the best of everything in 5
our line. ? a
Phone us your wants. We are al- | I
ways "on the job." <
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