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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.
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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
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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country has been withdrawn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,
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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.
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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
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upon the market at lower ratss.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Horses and Mules.
Can suit vou in any kind of
HORSE or MULE.
Call on me at Harris's Stable,
Fort Mill, S. C.
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KING'8 NEW LIFE PILLS
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?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 \
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? 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
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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
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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. ?
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