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THURSDAY. NOV. 22. 1917. ?
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Prohibition in Alaska. h
The legislature in the territory
of Alaska has passed a law to the "
effect that on and after the first o
*>' ; . day of January, next, it shall be a
unlawful to ship into the terri> y
tory any intoxicating liquors, a
and that it shall be unlawful to b
sell, barter, or give away any 1<
whiskey anvwhere within the tl
bounds of the territory. This is ii
prohibition with a vengeance and s<
the people of Alaska are fortu- j<
nate in having a legislature com- b
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poseu 01 material .strong: enougn n
to enact such a law. Not only a
is the law most stringent, but
the machinery has been provided a
by which it will be enforced, b
We are prone to look upon the r?
Alaskans as a lawless people, tl
but those who live there say that a<
the'laws are most rigidly enforced,
and there is much less :t
lawlessness than there is in the >
States. We also think of Alaska H
as a cheerless, cold country, '
where vegetation does not flour- '>
isb, but we are told that in cer- tl
tain parts of the territory flowers
bloom all the year round and b
that splendid crops are made.
Uncle Sam looks upon Alaska as
one of his most valuable posses- tl
siohs, and is spending millions w
annually that this great country tl
mav be developed in order that si
. he may be repaid, with interest, ^
the vast sums which he is in- a
vesting there.?Ex. e:
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Pictures Vs. Saloons.
T . . al
In a recent interview Billy
Sunday, the evangelist, now in ?
Atlanta, said that "the motion
picture slowly but surely is |c
taking the hide off the saloon- cj
kteper by giving the working- a,
man a letter place to enjoy his
% evenings lhan the filthy booze
joints " >,
Mr. Sunday's observation is n
soundly basedv 'lhe motion t<
picture theatre of the present .v<
day is indeed worth while to ?1
worKing people alter a nara
day's toil. It is educational* in- .
vigorating, inspiring and nearly 18
always uplifting. The working- M
man who walks by a saloon to w
ei joy a good motion picture CJ
entertainmejit will not only save s'
money and preserve his self- 10
rt spec(. but he will find life the J*
better for his perspicacity.
There can be no point in common
bet yeen the motion picture
and the saloon. The mission of
*the first is to provide clean and sc
wholesome entertainment for the tl
masses, while that of the latter tv
is to swell enrollments in pris- sc
nnR wrpnlr Krvmoo on/1 ?? > as
.? tivMivc UIIU A Mill
careers. The American work- T1
ingman is growing wise and it is y<
no wonder therefore that the
motion picture is an attraction
against which the "filthy booze is
joints" referred to by Mr. Sun- te
> day no longer have a chance of ol
winning out in popular esteem, ut
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Some people may not know how fc
the salaries of the postmasters cl
are determined. There are four ;
classes of postmasters. In the
first class the salary begins at
$3,000, based on gross receipts n(
of $40,000, and ranging up to re
$6,000 when gross receipts are m
$600,000 or more. There are ^
but two first class offices in this
State?Charleston and Columbia. ^
In the second class?such towns Wi
as Rock Hill, Spartanburgt etc. ?
the salary begins at $2,000, baseo n<
on gross receipts of $8,000 and hi
ranging up to52,900based under ar
$40,000. Thr third class begins \K
with a salary of $1,000. based on he
receipts of $1,900 and ranges up ce
to a salary of $1,900 on receipts W(
under $8,000. Postmasters in jVl
fourth class offices are paid cer- re
tain.percentages of revenues un- Co
til such percentages reach $1,000 da
a year. be
wBBw?Sh*~- ?T" be
A little pig in a little pen now
wiH come in mighty hand along ?
. about this time in the good Year 1
ft our Lord 1918. ]?
?et any dty church onSunjUy
?ming and they'll give you a
imple of it Here's how you
ill know when it's a-coming:
ou'll see somebody go to thel
iano or pipe organ and begin to
law over the keys like a puppy
igglng for a ground-mouse,
hen you'll* see a young lady
larch out with her ?rms /nil of
heet music and her face set like!
lie time-lock on a national bank
ault She stops and gazes over
be audience as solemnly as a
onvict going to the electric
hair. Then she unfolds her
lusic and begins to pucker her
louth till it looks like the blosom
end of a swivelled cucumber.
Everybody holds their breath,
omething awful is about to
appen.
Suddenly the young lady's
louth opens like the nose end
f a tobacco sack, and you hear
noise that sounds like pulling a
ard of bologna sausage through
tin horn. Her eyes seem to
ore through the ceiling like two
rft-handed - gimlets and her
hroat works like a frog swallow[)g
a June bug. Her voice
eems to have been made in
Dints and put together with
rass rings, and it rattles against
er Adam'8 apple tike dragging
log: chain over a bridge.
The audience leans forward
nd drinks it in like a young catird
eating a worm. Of course
obody understands a word of <
ie song, and if they did the
ong would be a failure. It
rould not be "fashionable singig."
The only thing required
f you is to sit there like a
hicken with the gapes and
rink it in. Let it run in at
oth ears and ooze out through 1
ie pores of your soul.
The singer stops to get her J
reath and to wait for the
udience to catch up. The J
rganist hits the instrument in '
ie face a few times like a niesrer <
^oman a-beating out peas, and |
len they sail in again. Lickityplit
they go, up and down the '
:ale, like two hound dogs after '
rabbit, and all the while the 1
xpression on the singer's face 1
>oks like a mixture of cramp '
>lic, death agony, a toothache '
nd a sneeze. '
Once in a while , the jointed
telody comes in such volumes 1
iat it almost jars the shingles
ose, and then it fades away
II it sounds like where the little 1
nd of a cat-fight tapers off to '
ot hing.
And when it is all over, you go 1
rune feeling like somebody had 1
in a wood rasp over your sore 1
>oth. But it is the Fashion,
mi know, and Fashion is a great
d gal.
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From the Rock -Hill papers it i
learned that an ordinance has :
;cently been enacted there j
hich almost, if not entirely, ,
oses that town to carnival j
lows. The Rock Hill council is i
? be congratulated. We would
? mightily pleased to see the i
ort Mill council follow suit, i
here are no good carnivals.
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Mr. Merchant, do you know of <
>me stores that are no better 1
lan yours?yet are advertised J
vice as much? Do you know of
me that are not half as good :
\ yours?yet better advertised? J
hink this over, and let it worry <
>u somewhat
This npnifinonop io o%ivJ/\n<>
? v >i w|/?*|/v < SO OIIAJUUO tu
sue each week a spicy and intresting
local page, and if each !
: our subscribers would hand '
j one news item, what a newsy
iper we could send out! Try it :
>r a few weeks and mark the
lange.
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Nut Report Incomes..
Every man or woman whose
it income is over $1,000 a year,
gardless of the fact that they
ay be exempted from paying/,
e personal income tax, will be t
quired to file a return with the j \
ic iiivcinai <rcvcnue cuuecinr, 11 i
as stated Saturday. For in- 1
ance. a married man with a
it income of $2,000 will not
ive to pay any tax as that
nount is exempted, but he will d
; required to hie a return. If (
) were single his tax, 2 per J
nt on the amount above $1,000. 1 J
[>uld be $20. Th elaw is effect- t
e as of January 1, 1917, and: ?
turns must be filed for all inmes
received during the calen- ?
ir year of 1917, the returns;"
ing required to be filed on or | *
lore March 1, 1918,. for the c
ar^l^ i?
FOR SALE?Pair of good, heavy
ek nuka. vuoa and Umeaa. Ap- A
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Here is presents
entirely differer
COMING TUESD/
Heralded as the n
The Farmer's Golden Opportunit
The present high prices affo
the tenant farmer an opportuni
that may never come again?
opportunity to buy and owr
farm and a home. Cotton, 1
bacco and peanuts, the Soutl
principal money crops, are brin
ing record prices and tena
farmers all over the South ha
more money ahead than th
have ever had before. The u
to which this surplus is put
going to determine many a mar
future?whether he is to rema
a tenant, farmer or heenme
home-owner, working his o\
land and living in the shadow
his own vine and fig tree.
Right now is the time of i
times to make the successi
effort. Money is more plentii
than we have ever seen it ai
certainly we will never s
Southern farm lands any cheap
than they now are. In fact, c
of our .very plentitude must cor
high-priced farm-lands, becau
of the increased demand f
them. Already in thV; North a;
West lands at $100, $200 and $3
an acre are practically out ol t
reach of the poor man. lie ii
not the cash to buy them, a
il lie buyt> on crtcn it is> aunt
unpobs.bie lor him to keep
ih<: Uiieiesi payments, lti a?o
paying the principal.
Just so surely as day folio'
night similar conditions a
norning here in the South, i
ready Southern farm lands
some sections have gone up
$75 and $100 an acre, and it
jur firm belief that the prese
generation will see most of o
lands at these figures and ev
higher. Ihis being the cas
now is the tenant's golden opp<
tunity to become a home owm
And the privilege of feeling ont
)wn soil under foot is worth t
effort?worth all the saving a
privation that be necessary f(
as old Dr. Knapp used to s
"the home-owning Americ
farmer is king in his ov
right." ?The Progressive Fan
er.
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
Beginning with next week ahd c<
tinuing until further notice the ginnt
of the Fort Mill Mfg. Company will
operated only three days each weel
1'uesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Fort Mill Mfg. Company
AN ORDINANCE.
He it Okdained by the Mayok a
Aldekmrn, the Town Council oi
the Town of Fokt Mill. S.C..
by Authority ok Samr:
t ,
Suction 1 That a levy of ten mi
>n each and every dollur of real a
personal property not exempt fr<
fixation, held, owned, or liable i
.axation within the town of F<
Hill, S. C., on the first day of Jar
try 1918 be, and the same ia here
nade for the following purposes:
Ordinary Purposes 3 mills
Int. Waterworks Bonds-2& "
Sinking Fund li "
Street Improvements. 3J
Sec. 2. That said taxes shall becor
lue and payable at the office of t
'ity Treasurer on the first day
Jovember 1917. Taxes may be ps
ip to and including the 15th day
Jovember 1917. Thereafter and up
he 1st day of Januarv 1918, a penal
>f 15 per cent, will attach to sa
axes not paid by Nov?mber 16th 191
Sec. 3. After the first day of Jan
ry 1917, executions will issue again
II delinquents for the amount
axes, penalty, and costs in accordan
nth the laws of the State of Sou
''Srolina and the municipal ordinance
Done and ratified in council in regul
ession assembled in Fcrt Mill, S. C
his lflth day of October^ 19? 7.
B. E. PATTERSON,
attest: Mayor,
if. A. ROACH, Clerk.
aerica's Most Famous Emotions
ittleJ
scl the most fascinating photoplay in which tV
it from any play in which you have seen hirr
Five Appealing Parts. Open 3:30 p. m.
tY PFflRI WHITE EVERYBODY'S FAVi
cost Thrilling Serial in which Miss White has appeared. Twenty
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nt t ' '
? t * i
ve i In pleasing the particular house- *
ey J keeper. For a general stock of j
{Se 4 groceries of tested merit we believe i
)6 4 that our store cannot be out-classed. i
l.'a ? Our prices are always at the bottom
m % and we are prepared to serve the 1
Vn public with the best of everything in ^
of | our line. i
| Phone us your wants. We are a 1- 1
all $ ways "on the job." I
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nd | I
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ne ? Phone 116 }
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rid ' 1
ire ,
in Did This Question Ever Arise ir
to
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ur W hy Does the Savings Bank of r t
en
se,
>r;r.
^ ^ rhre's a reason, a good sound reason.
he Not more than fifteen years ago people
nd only those who were obliged to. Today, ho1
>r,
ay No longer do people carry large sums al
ail the tea pot, the stocking or the mattress the 1
vn
' People have become EDUCATED.
They have been taught by bitter exp
bank is the only safe place to keep mo
?ry people put their money in the banks, no
vided. but for the many benefits and coi
# count affords.
Bank advertising differs from the b
candlestick maker's in that it endeavors I
nd to provide for future needs. No one w
more savings accounts, the more prosper
Therefore, it is not wholly a self
Savings Bank to advertise and in its adv
g of thrift, for the more people we can star
>rt our community will be.
iuby
And That's one of the Reasons wh;
ne
he TT?"** ?"SSSS?? ^SS
of
lid \
I The Savings R
B "The
"h Fort Mill Friendly
r Bank"
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il Artist Appes
HOE
le great Walthall has
i, and we hope you v
Prices, 10c and 1!:
flRITF In HTUF T
" hie r
1 Mysterious Parts. See the
i Just Twent
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f In which to do your Christr
and get them ready. We 1
holiday goods a little earlier tl
? patrons plenty of time to get
$ look over our display, buy wh
? take care of it until yau want
|. 1917 Crop En
<( We have new crop Californ
one guaranteed to be sound.
% seeded raisins, citron, etc. Y
tention. Satisfaction guarant
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\ Your Mind,
:. Mill Advertise?
You can depend upon that.
who did business with banks were
wever, it is entirely diffsrent.
>out on their person, no longer is
liding place for money.
erience, they have found that a
ney and today thousands of
t alone for the SAFETIES proriveniences
which a bank ac
>utcher's, the baker s and the
to .create the desire to SAVE,
'ill dispute the fact that the
ou8 the community.
ish motive on the part of the
ertising to encourage the spirit
t to 3ave, the more prosperous
y we ADVERTISE!
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trill come to see it. I
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ATAL RING"
iirst Chapter Tuesday.
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nas shopping. select your gifts. ?
rave arranged our display of
han usual in order to give our
wnat tney want. Come and ?.
at yon want and we will gladly
it delivered. ?
iglish Walnuts. |
ia Soft Shell Walnuts, every
Also, butter nuts, mixed nuts, ?
our orders jjiven careful at
eed. _
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A. Lee. |
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Onlir ft VIA Mon
vuij uuc iTiaii
in five is physically able
to secure an old line Life
Insurance policy, and
while you may be that
one man this week you
may be one of the four
who can't next week.
THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE
offers the most attractive
policies, the
maximum of service
i to its policyholders,
absolute security,
and lowest net premiums.
Make inquiry concerning
these statements of any
business man in Fort
Mill; then make application
for a policy. Next
week may be everlastingly
too late.
C. S. Link, aV-V
FORT MILL. S. C.
Our Business flD
is to furnish you with Lumber of
the best quality at the lowest
prices. If you are thinking: of
building a new house or repair- V
ing your old one
You Can Do Better
here than elsewhere, &s 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.
Port Mill Lumber Company.