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TEE FORT MUX TDCS8 ?, : PwpofftW? fuMMiWTIwtifcw. ^ ^ ; 111 ^ - ~ S. W. M?urw - * ?>- ? o<MCBirnoM katm: . On* Year 11.28 Six Month* M fSa rimea nvltoscontrlbution* on IhrasabJaet* h At loss not arree to publish more than SOO word* jT *ny subject. Tho rl*ht In rwerved to ndft /try gvAmttnlcttkniabmltteji-for pabllemtion. On aoplicattoa tp*l|to publisher. advertising r |te? <r?- m?<t*kffowir to those Interested. TaloDhonyWeol and Ion* distance. No. lit. ^fcntdreri at the postofllce at Port Mill. 8. C.. as pall natter of th# second claaa. THURSDAY. JAJ*. 3. 1918. Why "Somewhere" in France? We have never quite seen the sense of the-expression "Somewhere in France." There might be particular occasions when it would be desirable and in fact necessary to keep silent as to the place and time of departure or tlie place and time of landing. But, when a mother has a son in the trenches, she should be permitted to know where he is. "T lere are thousands of parents in the United States who do not knew where their sons are today, and the result is the addition of much needless uncertainty to the necessary grief of absence and worry," says the providence, R. I., Journal."No one would advocate the giving out of information that wo.jld be useful to the enemy. But there is no need for us to make the mistake into which Great Britain fell at the beginning of the war. The policy of absolute secrecy which the London government maintained for a few months it soon abandoned, and at the present time no government on either side surrounds the ^whereabouts of the individual soldier with super fluous and irritating mystery." The policy of requiring "somewhere" to be given as the place at which, from which, to which or in which, appears to us to be amateurish or melodramatic Tell the mothers where their boys are. Lessen their apprehension, allay their dread. It cannot be of any great military value to the Germans to know where indi vidual soldiers are in camp. ? Columbia. Record. - Waste is Criminal. The duty of the American pei.ple to economize in consumption of food and all other materials as well as save money, can not be too often or too strongly urged upon them. The duly is so imperative, its observance so vital to our country's success, that it should be kept constantly before them. The proposition is plain and understandable. We have lessened the productive powers of t hi' nnnotfu K\r fu L Inn 9 AAA AAA ??v wuiivi j kjj lanin^ M|VW|WV men away from the productive foices of the country; instead of producers of one kind or another the soldiers are consumers of the products of our farms, factories and mines, andUwhen the^muniiions they expend and will expend against the enemy is considered they are tremendous consumers of the manufactured products of the country. A tremendous amount of the. manufacturing energy of the country has been withdrawn from manufacturing the things we use in peace and put to manufacturing the things we use in war. . The total loss to the :ountry of the productive energy >f our soldiers and sailors and the diversion of a great portion pf the other productive energy >f the country to war purposes lessen to a great extent the amount of material and supplies produced by the country. To this condition of lessened production and increased connut ption of and by our own nen must be added the extraordinary demand made upon this :ounlry to supply the armies of our allies and u> a great extent heir population with food and ither rn iteipal. We must meet the condition h*t confronts us in two ways? >y the strictest economy in consumption, i'or every pound j l' 1 ..ujl. pound to.be devoted to tbensee of our army end navy ani the military forces of oor allies; and by speeding up our production to the limit. The American people | are going to .do all that they know to be necessary to win this war?to shorten this war. They have only to realize the imperative duty of economy in saving and they will economize and save. State's Vital Statistics. The death rate for the State of South Carolina during the the ten months period ending \ October 31 increased from 18.9 to 14.5 and the birth rate decreased from 29.0 to 26,1, compared with the previous ten months. period, according to statistics compiled by the bureau of vital statistics of the State ho?rd of hf>nlfrh. Fnr Mils non'nil in 1917 there were 19,672deaths, as compared with 18,669 for the same time in 1916. Births this year amounted to 36,401, as compared to 38.901 in 1916. It was stated at the office of the vital statistics bureau Saturday that the birth figures hardly did the State justice as owing to the fact that a number of physicians had gone into the military service during the year they were a little neglectful in making birth reports. .Three hundred and twenty-one persons died from accidents during the year. Of this number 216 were killed in accidents of a general nature, 21 in automobile accidents and 84 in railroad accidents. Six people died from alcoholism during the year. Spartanhurg county led the State in births during the year. 2,015 being reported. Our Fleet of German Ships. Sailing under American names in the service of the United States are 109 German ships damaged by their'crews prior to their seizure by the Government when war was declared. They add more than 500,000 gross tonnage to the transport and cargo fleets in war service for the TTnitPft Stntos There is evicence that a German central authority gave orders for damage to these ships, so that none could be operated in 'ess than 18 months, and documentary proof that the enemy believed much of the damage to be irreparable. In less than eight months all the ships were in service. The former German liners, sailidg under distinctly American names, are now fitted as troop ai d cargo ships. Each is convertible to a completely equipped hospital ship for return-voyage service. Nitrates for the Farmers. Congressman W. F. Stevenson has sent the following telegram (o the press of this State: "The secretary of agriculture has just been informed that the government has bought 100,000 tons of nitrate of soda and after great difficulty has succeeded in securing shipping to bring it to the South Atlantic ports. Eighteen thousand tons are to be deiyered in January and the balance as rapidly as possible thereafter. Until it is all delivered the price will be around $75 a ton at the ports, to which the farmers will add the State tag tax and the freight and terminal cha.ges from the ship to the farm; will be sold only to farmers and for cash and limitations will be placed on the amount any one farmer can buy. Deliveries will begin at the more southern ports, as the Florida farmers an* now needing it, but the wants of all the farmers on the South At* lantic coast will be cared for at their most convenient ports. Unless some unl'orseen contingency arises this program will go through. Must Renew Licenses. For the information of all owners of motor vehicles the State Highway Deoartment has announced that in accordance with the law 1917 license plates I wi?l be recognized by the authorities until February 1. 1918, [us mII invnuro kouo .... l/HC III* MI III margin in which to obtain their number. After many delays due to transportation difficulties the State Highway Department has received a shipment of 45,000 license plates for 1918 and is now issuing the same, but as ! many owners seem to thirk that they must obtain their license p ates prior to January 1 the above announcement is made. License plates for 1918 riust be placed on motor vehicles on or before February 1. ? Rut Ctil U hkwy. "" Information was received at i the office of Governor Manning . Thursday from Provoet Marshal i General Crowder that no further drafts of men will be mobilized at training camps before February 16. By this order, 19 per cent, of South. Carolina's fu>l; I quota will not be called into the j Qopuipo until *1 ?_ 4 - ' . ?w hiiwi mat nine. ftp- | proximately 2.000 men remain 1 to be called. The State's full quota is 10,081 men. Of thi:number 81 per cent, has been called. Deficiencies in percentage already called, because of physical unfitness, are to be ) met during the interim. Four calls have been made for men already mobilized, 5 per cent, whites having been called September 5. Percentages called later were: 40 percent, whites, 20 per cent, negroes, and 10 per cent, negroes. Steel Creek News. Mr. Pleasant Brown, of Buffalo, N. Y., is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Brown. Mr. Erwin Potts, of Wake Forest college, who has been spending the holidays at home, is returning this week. Messrs. Bryan Potts and Glenn Smith and Misses Isabel Choate | and Wilma Potts motored to | Huntersville last Friday where they visited Miss Sadie Mullen. Mr. Mason Smith, of Camp Sevier, spent last Sunday at his home here. Mr. Lee Neely, who is a student in the Presbyterian Seminary in Columbia, spent part of the holidays at home. Miss Winnie Stroup. who has been teaching near Polkton, N. C., returned to her home today. VV. C. Stroup and family, ol Po?kton, N. C., spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stroup. Misses Isabel Choate and Nancy Porter, students of the State Normal at (irfpnshnrii turn tomorrow. Miss Claroliue Carothers is spending the holidays in Pompano, Fla., visiting her brother, Mr. C. C. Carothers. VV. P. Whitesides, principal of the Observer school, is spending the holidays in Alabama. Mrs. W. H. Millwee, who has been quite sick, returned from the Charlotte sanatorium Sunda> much improved. Mrs. H. M. Stroup and chi dren of Wake Forest, N. C,. have been spending the holiday ? in this vicinity. They are r? turning home this week. Miss Catherine Carpenter, whhas been teaching school near Shelby, N. C., returned la? Friday to take up her duties for the spring% term. All the "schools in this cot- j munity will not open until Janu ary 7, on account of the c< la weather. E. H. P. Steel Creek, Jan. 1. Sergt. A. C. Lytle, of Camp Sevier, Greenville, is a v:sitor to his home here. COLONY HAS FEW INDUSTRIES Belgian Congo, After Thirty Years, Is Still In the Sarly Stagee ef Development. Helgian Congo, founded thirty years ago, is still in the early stage of development. So far practically no manufacturing industries have yet been established end. aside from the important copper minea in the Katanga district, the only large industrial enterprises are the railways and river . transportation aarvlces. It may be said that all business activities in tha colony are devoted to the collection of tropica) product*?rubber. ivory, gum copal, palm oil and kernel*, cacao, ote.?and the railway and river eerricea are in reality only accessories to theee activities. having been established primarily to aid in i the transportation of these products to tha seaport*. The gathering of rubber in Congo baa never recovered Its former activity, and in all probability will never again be *o rich * source of income to the colony ae ft was provious to 1913. The caitiva'ed product from the plantations In the Cast. Indies is superior In quality to the wild rubber of the Congo, and. owiug to tho active competltloa of the larger ' plantations and better location as to shlDDinr facilities ft m?? ha ?Um.i -- - ------- ? upon the market at lower ratss. ~~i Liberty Ml of Cool. Senator C. . Snyder he* had rspllcu of the Liberty Bell mad* from anthracite and will send.to frieada ikeee unique souremIrs of the bell's trip to San Francisco. The bells have been oorred out of , solid coal by Jaaaee Cunningham) of Summit Hill, writes a Pottsrtlle.correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, and upon the top te the tni ti.il letter of the surname ef the recipient, set In sulphur gems, frem the m nes. which hare Ot heeoKfel. metI low color of old gold. Nothing has been omitted to stake | the touTenir a perfMt eopy eff the bell, i the famous oadt being ruga educed ' with ddellty II ^ I I U urMa off Mi Interacting article*, H "War Talk*, by Uncle Oaa," I written by Ma Howard M. I Qreee, prssldsnt of the Unlven. [I aal Military Training League, of [I which thle la the first. They tell || In a graphic way why military || training la of value, both to the || nation and to the individual, and | cur reader* will find them of || unusual Interact. I WAR TALKsl By UNCLE DAN Number Two JImmle Collins Tolls What Ho 8a What Military Training Does for Boys. 'Well, hero we are!" exclaimed Bline, presenting his chum, Jlmmle Collins. "Very glad to see you, Mr. Collins," said Uncle Dan with a smile. "Aw," said Blllle, "Just call him Jlmmle. That's the only name he knows. He's the pitcher of our baseball nine, and he's some pitcher, too. Just feel of his arm." "Well," said Uncle Dan, feeling, "That's a mighty good arm!" "Now, boys," said Uncle Dan, "what do you want to talk about?" "Well," said Jlmmle. "I was down to Galesburg a few months ago when the boys came home from the Mexican border. They looked tine. Everybody was surprised to see how straight they stood and how manly they were. The boys seemed proud to wear the uniform. I tell you their muscles were as hard as nails. 1 heard Banker Haskett say that the training and discipline the boys had had was exactly what very boy in the country ought to have, and that now these boys could get a better Job at higher pay than they could have hud before. Do you think that's so, Uncle Dan?" Uncle Dan replied: "I have a friend who employs hundreds of young uwu. juc uwiifs gives Doya navlng had military training the preference; he saya It pays to do so. He finds they are more alert, more prompt, more courteous; they know how to carry out orders; they ^re quicker to think and to act than those without tridning. He said from his experience he believed that six or eight months of intensive military training would add at leaat 20 per cent to a man's AFTER FIVE M0NTH8. The two pictures are of the same young man. The first was taken the day ha an listed and tha aecond after ha had had ftva months' military training. Hla homa is in North Carolina. earning capacity, and that it was the bast investment any young man could make. "BUlle, If you will go up to my room and bring my amall handbag, I will 1st you see two photographs of the same young man, showing what only five months of Intensive trnlnlng on the Mexican border did for liiiu." The bag was brought. Uncle Dun, showing the pictures, said: "Well, here they are. They tell their own story and it Is a mighty interesting one. The young man, before training, has a discouraged look; he has seen but little of the world. There was very little In his surroundings to bring mm uuu rv nen ne joined trie colors and Uncle Sam took him in charge, life for him took on u new meaning. He saw a chance to do something and he something. He woke np. His captain says he La twice the man he was when he joined the army. This may be one of the extreme cases," said Uncle Dan. "I can tell yon, though, that war or no w:>r. no one thing will do the young m of this nation so much good in so si.m-t a time as a few months of intensive military training. It fits a man to fight his own life battles In the business world as well as to defend his country and Its flag. "Nearly every civilized country gives Its boys military training. It I* <wm. pulsory. It Is based upon tbe fact that it is the duty of everyone to help defend his country; and as war is now carried on. no one can do much unless he is trained. Also, the records show that the killed and wounded among untrained troops Is nearly three times as great as It Is with well-trained men who know how to flght and how to protect themselves. By this plan a nation has trained men to defend her and the Individual is a stronger and better man for the training. "If the Chamberlain Bill for Military Training is passed by congress, as it ought to be, the same thing would be done for millions of other young men throughout the land. Everybody ought to demand of his congressman and senators the passage of this bill." "All right, sir, exclaimed Jlmmle, we will see Judge Brownell, Mr. Haskett, and Professor Slocuro, and get than 1??MM? Yuletic THE JOYOUS CHRISTI\ The time of all times'whc fined, and it is ^ wit people of this commt prosperity throughou This is indeed a joyous se been fraught with'su dences of the confid< whom we have had 1 We know the"public~will policy we outlined at deviated from. We iof Fort Mil^and^Yorl neighbors and friend munities'and success! Why should we not feel t VAT 1 f lv tie ^ ww nil uo UIIU UCIlVIll^ you should have, it is < often during the com cial friend, we want I AND, AGAIN, MAY WE YOURS A FULL Ml OF.THE YULET1DE MMH?P?WPJU JUJJJWJUWJ NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that an elec1011 will be, held at the usual polling lace in the town of Fort Mill, Tuesday anuarv 8, 1U18, for the purpose of lecting the following to serve two ears: Mayor, Two Alderman so Large, vlderman Ward No. 1, Alderman Ward ?lo. 2, Alderman Ward No. 3, Alderlan Ward No. 4. Also, at the same time and place, a Commissioner of Waterworks will be lected for two years to succeed J. .1. tailes, whose term is about to expire. Oualifn-d electors of the said town .iust have new registration certificate, i. Y Starnea, J. N. McAteer and . C. Saville are appointed managers f thesaid election. The books of registration for the own of Fort Mill will be opened at the dice of J. M. Hutchinson. Supervisor f Registration at Hutchinson, s hnrmaey on Saturday, December 1st, JIT, and remain open until Decemer 28, 1917, for the registration of .ualitied electors. B. E. PATTERSON, Attest: Mayor. i. A. ROACH. Citv Clerk. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS \nnual Meeting to Be Held on January 10, 1918. Pursuant to statute, notice is hereby ,iven to whom it may concern, that the nnual meeting of the County Hoard of ommissioners of York County will be eld in the office of the County Superisor at York, on Thursday, January Oth, 1918, commencing at 10 o'clock . m. Under Section 993 of the Civil Code, II claims against the county not preiously presented, must be tiled with ne Clerk of the Board on or before anuarv 1, 1918. and holders of claims vill take notice that if the same are lot presented and tiled during the year in which they are contracted or the /ear following, such claims will be forever barred. All claims against Yo.k County must be itemized, and they must be ac:ompanled by affidavits of the claimants letting forth that the amounts claimed ire just, true, due and owing, and hat no part thereof has been paid by discount or otherwise. All persons authorized by law to adninister oaths, are required to probate laims against the county free of charge. By order of the Board. THOMAS W. BOYD, supervisor. A nniu T U/ollo,... rM..-Lr LONG TERM FARM MORTGAGE LOANS. Interest: SPECIAL RATE G per cent, depending on conditions as to imount and credit period and annual nstallinents offered, and as to borrower's urgency in having loan closed. ORDINARY RATE 7 per cent on a quick 5 to 10-year loan not under $300. For particulars applv to C. E. SPENCER, Attorney. I h|^pv if ?y w Horses and Mules. Can suit vou in any kind of HORSE or MULE. Call on me at Harris's Stable, Fort Mill, S. C. nr tir ur utMrn w. w. w. niiNno. KING'8 NEW LIFE PILLS The Pllla That Do Cure. < i i ? .js j?hb? t ....... , le tgs I IAS SEASON - I ?n good willfshould prevail and joy should be uhcon- I th Ja spirit of genuine sincerety that we extend to the R inity our Christmas Greetings and fond wishes for fi it'the New Year. 0 ieson with us, for'we are rounding-out a year that has y ccess and prosperity and, above all, rwith^ many evi- R snce in which this bank is^held by not only those with | business dealings, but by our entire citizenship. R pardon the personal pride we take in the fact that the n the time of our organization in 1889 has never been | a ? - nave always been heart and soul for the betterment 9 k^County. Our Stockholders and Officers are your ij s andjmen of good standing in their respective com- 9 Pul in their various lines of business. $ hat you are our friend? If you are not doing business y some ot the benefits which we are" so anxious that i your fault. We want to see your face in our bank * iing"year, and if you are in need of a business or finanto be that friend. 3 , HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WISHING YOU AND ? =:ASURE OF THE HAPPINESS AND BLESSINGS I The SAVINGS BANK, .1 fort; mill,:s. c. m?? ?? warn \ We Take a Delight \ ? ? In pleasing the particular house- ^ ^ keeper For a general stock of > + groceries of tested merit we believe ^ Y ^ that our store cannot he out-elassed. ^ * + Our prices are always at the bottom ^ ^ and we are prepared to serve the ^ public with the best of evervthing in ^ our line. ^ i Phone us your wants. We are al- ^ + ways "on the job." ^ I Parks Grocery Co., i Phonal 16 f \ . . .. ... ? ?i V n . n * I At i our service Again ? The Holiday rush is over, and we f - are still here to serve you in the coming year, better than we have in 4 t the year that is past, Call on the ^ Cash Store for all kinds of nice Gro - ceries, light and useful Hardware, 4 Cutlery, lite. ^ Glad to serve you in any way we can r : The Cash Store. f \ Phone No. S. D. A. LEE SAM E A. LEE *s 4> 1918 * f At the be^innin^ of this new year we take this oppor tunity to thank our many friends for their patronage during the past year. Notwithstanding the fact that three of our directors, including the Cafhier, are now in Uncle Sam's Army, those left behind in charge of Uncle Sam's Hank ex pect to maintain the high standard of service already estab- $ f lished. You are cordially invited to call and talk ov *r your ? f plans for 1918 and if we can be of any assistance to you in ? any way consistent with safe banking, we are at your ? j service. ? z ; X | First National Bank j I W. B. ARDREY, J. L. SPRATT. V-Pres. I | President. Acting Cashier. |