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Gnrdcns.
C5:>i<:e< it e was rani'd on it!
this cur n ri i'v as els* where
throughout lord on ;m unE
precedent (d sca'e in 11)17; hut
what wjis dotto last \enri- as
nothing compared with what
will be required in 1018. Last
spring the United States had
ju ?t entered the war. Prices of
foodstuffs, while considerably
above what they had been in
normal times, were notntng nae
as high as they are today, and
a sugar famine, scarcity of flour
and salt, meatless days, etc.,
were things unknown. Today,
though, the United States is j
actively engaged in the war, and I
is straining every nerve and
every resource to bring about
the defeat of autocratic Germany;
and to accomplish this
end this country must cheerfully j
part with a large part of its food
supplies in order that Allied
Euiope may not suffer. Were j
there no immense army to be
raised to assist iii carrying the
fight to the Germans the task I
would not be so difficult; but
agriculture in the United Slates
th;s spring, like every othei
fo) tn of industry, must undertake
its lask with a greatly uenU
fprl t'urpp r?t* liilirtrprs Tn irt> 1
back, then, to our opening statement:
The people of the United
States, and particularly of tin
South, where entirely too little
attention has been given to
foodstuffs, must produce something
to eat, or pay the penalty.
A garden, even containing only
a few square feet, will product
wondrously, if given the proper
attention; and every item of
foodstuffs produced in thb
fashion, no matter how tiny 01
inconsequential, will have its
weight in solving the food prob
lem.
Last spring the people of this
community became keenly alive
at once to the situation and
responded splendidly. more
vegetables being produced that
ever before. But bust year's
results must be improved upon.
There must be new gardens,
and gardens that were worked
las; year must be made to yield
greater returns. It is a mos
et hical situation that exists, and
on y by thorough co-operation
and the employment of every
resource can the country weathei
the storm and emerge happy,
contented and victorious.
Let's at once, without wait9
ing for favorable weather, take
steps looking to this very important
matter. No home without
its garden, even though
small, shouid he the goal aimed
at, with sufficient production of
beans, peas, canned lruits and
vegetables, etc., to furnish the
markets of the country.
The property of the State will
be assessed for taxation on a
basis of 40 per cent, of the true
valuation, the rate emolovcd in
former years, in conformity with
the wishes of the Legislature, according
to a letter which was on
Tuesday mailed to the County
Auditors and Boards of Assessors
of the State. The rescinding
of the resolution adopted at
the auditors' meeting in Columbia
December 21>, 11)17, was the
result of the resolution adopted
by the Legislature a few days
ago.
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One rat will, it is estimated,
eat or spoil four busiiels of ^rain
a >ear.' It costs $2 or $2 a year
to feed a rat on your place.
Mr. T. Heyward Merritt, of
Rock Hill, was a visitor here last
.Friday. I
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The German working people, |
the civilian population, says an j
? xchunge, seems at last about t(.
rise against the will of jhe war
lords. and are demanding peace.
We have believed for a long time
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'naL tnis wouia ne a result, soon
or late to appear. Its coming'
marks another stage in German's
downfall, that is, the downfall
of autocratic rule Ripger than
a defeat at the front is this reverse
being now sufe'cd by tl e
Gorman aut.lvn?ies, f?> mwave
will continue to riso'hitrhe *
ami higln r. untii it will nsrilj
tlie whole emp re. Nearly half a
million l ave l?e* n on st?ike in
Merlin alone, ,ami tho i-t ike s
spr? aline: to the confines of t e
G? rman empire. It would suiI
?is?? us not one hit to see a con' l?-fe
ovtr'hrow of the present
rvprime in (J. rmany through this
movement which now se< ins to
he gaining ground so rapidly.
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hatiwns at War.
Kvery now ami then s >iik,oik?
wants to know what i aliens are
a war wiih Germany. The list
up to this good hour, as the ministers
would say, is given below.
Cut it out and paste it up somewhere.
The nations actually at
w ir with Germany are seventeen j
in number. Their names and the
dates on which they declared
wir are as follows'
Serbia ... July 28, 1914
Russia, Aug. 1, 1914
France, Aug. 3, 1914
Great Britain Aug. 4. 1914
Montenegro, Aug. 7, 1914
Belgium, Aug. 14. 1914
Japan Aug. 23, 1914
Italy, May 23, 1915
Portugal. March 10. 1916
Rumania, Aug. 28. 1916
United States, April 6. 1917
Cuba, April 7, 1917,
Panama. April 7. lfll7
Greece, June 29, 1917
Siam July, 22. 1917
Liberia, Aug. 7, 1917
China, _ ..Aug. 14.1917
San Marino is at war with
Austria-Hungary.
The nations that have severed
olations with Germany and the
date of the break are as follows:
I Brazil April 11. 1917
Bolivia, April 13, 1917'
Guatemala..*.... April 28. 1917
Honduras. _ May 18. 1917
Nicaragua, May 19, 1917
Haiti, June 19. 1917
, Costa Rica, Sept. 21. 1917
Peru. Oct. 5 1917
Uruguay, Oct. 7, 1917 j
There are nine of these and
counting the seventeen at war
here are twenty-six nations opposing
Germany.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real
estate in Fort Mill and the township
were recorded in the office
of the county auditor during the j
month of January:
E. B. Cook to Knox Windie, '
8(>.5 acres, consideration, $5,310.
John R. Logan, C. C. C. Pis.. !
to James H. Sutton, 1 lot, consideration,
$1,000.
John R. Logan, C. C. C. Pis.,
to S. L. lVleacham, 1 lot, consideration,
$1,800.
John W. Gunn to W. E. Kimbrell,
1 lot, consideration. $500.
Governmpnt Will Holn
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"The Federal government is
going to help to the extent pf
j #17,000 on that three miles ot
; concrete road between Rock Hil.
(and the river bridge," said
| County Supervisor Boyd yesterday.
"We tried to get governrrmnt
assistance between Rock "till
I and York\ille." Mr. Boyd went
on. "but tailed, and although
our application lor help on tile
i Rock Hill-Catawba bridge road
was fourth on the list, it was the j
hrst to be granted. So tar it" is
me only application that has
been granted."
The Rock Hill-River bridge
road is to be tour nines long ?one
nnle within the corporate limits |
ox Kock Hill and the other three
miles irom the corporate limits
ot Kock iiiil to the river biid^e.
i luc iuaU nas already been graueu i
and will require but a small i
, Miiiuuui ui surfacing before n is
ic-auy lur the concrete bed.
in'is concrete bed, Mr. Boyd
explained, will be fourteen feet
wide, and he thinks it will cost
pretty close to $10,000 a mile.
The # national government is
helping on the recommendation
of the State highway commission.
The work of the chaingang
is to be counted in the i
county's half of the expense and |
the balance is to be made up by
private subscriptions. Altogether
the cost of the three
n iles will be close to $35,000.
"I am inclined to think," said'
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Supervisor Boyd, "that the State
highway commission was influenced
in its decision by the
fact that the Catawba bridge,
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vvneii cumpieteu, win oe tne
only highway bridge across the
river between the North Carolina
line and Camden. The
Camden bridge is in process of
construction, only, and may or
may not be completed before
ours. Then also, this concrete
road will be an important link in
the highway between Charlotte
and Columbia."
BANKS THEIR VICTIMS
NEAT SWINDLE PRACTICED ?V
PAIR OF ROGUES.
Man With Certified Check, and Fat
"Detective," Make a Handsome
Sum Easily and Run Small
Risk of Detection.
A tall, well-dressed young ma*
strode vigorously Into a larbe bank.
He walked to one of the glass-covered .
desks, took from his pocket a piece of j
paper, scribbled something upon It
and went to the paying teller's window.
"I would bo obliged if you will give
me that in now fifties." said the young
man with a certain air of positiveness.
It was a certified check for $850.
Tho paying teller examined It, recognized
tho signature of the bank and
counted out 17 new $50 bills and
slipped a little rubber band around
them.
Just as the tall man started from
tho window with his money In his
overcoat pocket a shorter, older and
fatter man edged up alongside of him.
"If you move a step or say a word j
i u snoot you ror the crook you are," ]
said the stout one.
At the same time he shoved a pistol
against the side of the younger
man and handed a card through tho
window to the paying teller. "Pinker
ton" was there In big type and below
a man's name ns special detective.
"This fellow," said the man with the
man with the gun. "is a counterfeiter
wanted in Cincinnati. Now hand back
that money," he said to "the captured
criminal. The little sheaf of new
fifties was returned.
"If you will let mo take that check j
I'll do the rest," added the detective, |
and the obliging teller returned It.
There had been no noise, no excite
mcnt and no observers to this odd
transaction. When the pair left the
hank they didn't go to a police station,
but to another bank not 200 feet
away.
There they went through exactly the
same performance?got 17 nice new
$50 bills, banded the little bundle back
and also got their alleged bogus
check.
And from this second Dank they
went to six others In the space of less
than an hour. I^ter in the day when
counting up their cash eight bank
tellers made a remarkable discovery.
Each one w^is shy, as the poker
players say. exactly $150.
What happened was this: While
the stout confederate posing as a detective
went through his role, the oth
er slipped three of ihe $50 bills from
the rubber bound sheaf and returned
not 17. but only 14.
Unless you stop to count thein. 14
new bills feei and look as much like
17 as one guinea pig looks like another.
It was done so quickly the
tellers didn't seem to think it neces
sary to count the returned cash.
As for the check for $850. it was
really genuine and the swindlers got
ha *k that money before leaving town
wl'h their $1,200 in those nice new
fifties.? Philadelphia Eedger.
LOPSIDED FLIGHT.
Aide (riding furiously up)?General,
the enemv has oaptureil our left
winp. What shall we do?
General?Fly with the othei.
Coming SAr
ANOTHER BIG WIS
JjHp 'Vengeance and
With thj (ireatest Stars in
William 1
sweeping valleys <>l the
mk pled with men, and women,
rope aiut snoot. A thiobbin;
^1 lives prccioas enough 10 tii*I
^^ Lv his and
k AT THE MAJESTIC NEXT S
Make a Hard Job Easy j
By Buying at the |
Carolina Bargain House I
Good Groceries shaved to the last cent of pro- |
tit and stay in business. *jj
Men's Shoes, good grade, $l.HO to $4.HO. !
Woniens' Shoes, $1.60 to the finest at $5.50. ;
Shoes like your sweetheart wears at $4.40.
Children's Shoes, 25c to $2.45.
Good Ginghams, fast colors, 20c yd.
" A world of Notions and Toilet Goods, Etc., and
hundreds of articles in the
5c, 10c, 25c Dept.
We will try to get moved,*both stores together,:!
this week. ^
COME IN and talk it over these had days. j|
Won't be mad if you don't buy. j"
Carolina Bargain House, |?
B. M. LEE, Proprietor.
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Borrow Money t
You cannot borrow a dollar without credit. Is your
credit established any where?
One of the best ways to establish your credit is to
have an account at the Savings Bank. Build it stead
ily and show by your transactions that you are a safe
loaning risk.
The Savings Bank welcomes accounts of responsible
people who desire to establish their credit. You can
not do it in a week or a month, however?you've got
to start and build it up.
Why not start to establish your credit here now?
4 PerCent Interest Paid on Savings. *
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Our GREAT VALUES in General Merchandise have for li
the past 4 weeks given us more business than we expected in
the beginning.
We are today better prepared to take care of your orders
as our stock is nearer complete and more new goods arriving
daily.
See us when you want High Class Merchandise FOR
LESS. A good buyer-EXPENSES LESS. "SEE?"
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Potts Supply Company 1
JNO. S. POTTS, Manager., $
Is Looking for You. |
We Take a Delight I
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In pleasing the particular house- ^
keeper. For a general stock of :
groceries of tested merit we believe ^
that our store cannot he out-classed. ^
Our prices are always at the bottom ^
and we are prepared to serve the ^
public with the best of everything in ^
our line. i
Phone us your wants. We are a I- ^
ways "011 the job." . r
Parks Grocery Co.,
Phone 116
Is],Your Money Supporting ;
the Government?
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At this critical period in our history our mani'factur
ers are offering their mills, and our young men are of- ^
fering their services to the United States government.
Would you like to do your share and help by putting f
your mouey where it will support the New Federal Re
serve Ranking System, which the Government has es
tablished to stand back of our commerce, industry and
agriculture?
You can do this by opening an accoune with us, as t
part of every dollar so deposited goes directly into the t
new system, where it will alwavs h<? wa/iu f?
... ? _ ?- juu
when wanted.
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First National Bank |
VV. B. ARDREY, J. L. SPRATT, V-Pres. |
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