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THE FORT MILL TIMES
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Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112.
Bntered at the postofllce at Port Mill. S. C.. a*
mail matter of the second class.
THURSDAY. FEB. 21. 1918.
' The Advertised Offensive.
While the world is expecting a
tremendous offensive by the Germans
somewhere on the Western
front and while they have themselves
advertised it, the expected
sometimes does not take place.
The State would not predict that
there will be an absence of extraordinarily
severe fighting in Belgium
or France or Italy in the
spring about to begin, but it
would be equally cautious about
taking it for granted.
As a general rule, combats between
individual men or armies
are not fought out according to
published schedules and the Germans
would be the last to disclose
their purposes in advance
of action. Reviewing the incessant
prognossication of the coming
German onslaught, printed
mnro than turn mAntliQ orrn
on j can hardly escape the irnpr-'sdon
that the armies of the
all.es are beckoning the Germans
to come on and, if this be true,
th re is the more reason to believe
that the Germans will not
forget that prudence is often the
better part of valor. The attacking
force naturally incurs the
greater hazard until it shall have
won a decisive victory, and the
Germans are too canny, in our
opinion, to imagine that thev can
do now what they failed to do at
the Marne and at Verdun. They
may be driven forward by the
exigencies of politics in the empiie,
but they will not hurry,
they never are precipitate.
The likelihood of an offensive
Viv tha fillioc nn tlio \A/nct-iM*n
front is at least as great as it is
of one by the Teutons, unless the
latter shall attempt, as has been
intimated,' another great drive
upon Northern Italy.
Meantime, while the speechmaking
is going on between
representatives of the great
powers, it is not impossible tu
think of a continuing condition
of comparative inactivity in the
great armies.- The expression
of the Vienna newspaper, Die
Zeit, that "The war is in the
main finished" together with
others from Austrian journals,
showing reluctance of Austria
to narticiDate in further ag
gressions, is particularly significant.
Except in their initial campaign
at the outbreak of the war
and in their disastrous attack on
Verdun the consistent German
policy has been to take the line
of least resistance. They have
kept their ships out of harm's
way, they have relied on the
sneaking submarines, they have
cudgeled the Russians at Riga
after Russia was out of the
fighting, they have furnished
direction for the Austrian rally
agairst Italy, but for the last
year, in the West, they have
given ground.
The inference of augmented
strength to their armies on account
of the Russian collapse is
susceptible of easy exaggeration
and signs are abundant that the
Germans are making the most of
the facts to spread a terror of
themselves. That is a thing
quite different from actual fighting
and one can think of a
German willingness to wait until
the German people have had
their bellies filled with bread
from Ukraine with consequent
strengthening of their nerves.
The German claim is that they
are already victorious and, if it
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replenished from the East, it is
conceivable that they will be
content to hold what they have.!
One factor that might induce
them to give battle in the West
would be the knowledge that in
the course of the year their
submarine campaign will fail
and it may be that they do foresee
that event. An extended
attack by them in the West
' would be equivalent to confession
that they anticipate the
successful trwuiportatioa sad
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landing of at* least a million
American soldiers in France before
the closing of .the present
year.
I We are not prophesying that
there will be no German offensive,
but merely saying that
its certainty is not to be assumed.
It will be undertaken only
as a stroke of despair.?The
State.
Jlew T?i Regilttioi.
Mixed flours containing less
than 50 per cent of wheat flour
may be sold without substitutes
according to a late ruling of the
food administration.
Special rules governing the
sales of other mixed flours have
bten promulgated. Retailers are
forbidden to sell mixed flours
, containing more than 50 per cent
j of wheat flour to any persons unless
the amount of wheat flour
substitutes sold is sufficient to
1 make the total amount of such
(Substitutes, including those in
mixed flour, equal to the total
amount of wheat flour in the
; mixed flour. For instance, if any
mixed flour is purchased containing
60 per cent wheat flour and
40 per cent substitutes, it is necessary
that an additional 20 per
cent of substitutes be purchased.
This brings it to the basis of one
pound of substitutes for each
pound of wheat flour.
The other exceotions to this
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uaoio ui uurciit&se, in aaamon to
that of mixed flours containing
less than 50 per cent of wheat
flour, are those concerning the
sale of graham flour and whole
wheat flour, which flours may be
sold at a ratio of three pounds to
five pounds of wheat flour; and a
I special exception, which may be
: granted upon application showing
the necessity, in case of speI
cially prepared infants' and invalids'
food containing flour.
Metal Identification Tags.
To insure prompt identification
of enlisted men of the army who
may be killed or wounded, a
numbered tag system similar to
that in the British and French
armies has been adopted by the
! war department. Adjt. Gen.
i H. P. McCain announced that a
number will be stamped on the
metal identification tag each
soldier is required to wear and
| that a similar number will be
j placed opposite the man's name
in the war department roster,
i The new system will be put
I into effect February 28 and here}
after all men entering the service
will be given a numbered
tag when enrolled. By this arrangement
the department hopes
that there will be no possibility
of officers not being able to
identify soldiers' bodies because
of blank tags, such as worn by
s?.-me of the men who went
j down on the Tuscania.
About Gardens.
Kditor Times: Your article on
1 "gardens" is certainly correct
1 ai H timpk Tt will Ko Kooriuri
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ard the gardens hoed; indeed
, they will, don't you worry.
; Since the struggle demands the
j resources of the nation and the
valor of her manhood to forge
and wield the tomahawk, the
gardens could be turned over to
and tilled by the ladies. Would
it not be a good idea to get a
rivalry started among them as to
who could have the best?
"Do our damndest" and not
! "Do our bit" should be our
i slogan. Who ever fought by
"bits?" It's pull off your coat
and then tear off the rest?hair,
hide and wool.
The nation is fighting. It's
time to get our coats off and use
the hoe, if we can't shoot
straight or mold the bullets.
T^o * L . 1 - ?.
m. ouvuci wc caicii ine urn1
ish step, the sooner the war will
. be over. Reader.
1 Washington, D. C., Feb. 11.
Marriage Last Evening.
An event of much interest
throughout this section was the
marriage at her home last
evening of Miss Hester White,
of Lower Fort Mill, and Mr.
A. C. Burgess, of Rock Hill.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. R. K. Timmons. of
the Fort Mill Presbyterian
church, and was witnessed by a
large number of the relatives
and friends of the contracting
parties.
Mrs. Burgess is a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Sydney
White and is popular throughout
this section. For a number of
years she has made her home in |
Rock Hill, where she was head
saleslady in the deDartmont
store of A. Friedheim & Bro.,
and numbers her friends by the
score in that city and section.
Mr. Burgess was also connected
with the Friedheim store for a
number of years, but is now
with the wholesale concern of;
Blankenship & Johnson, of Rock j
Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess will
make their home in Rock HilJ.
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Year Scrap Btok.
Here are some statistics from
a pamphlet published by the
Bankers' Trust company and
elaborated upon by Dp. frank
Crinfe. We do no$ expert any
one to assimilate them <Juickly,
but it a good Apiece" for the
scrap book:
1. What nations are at war?
The Entente allies on the one
side, and the Teutonic allies on
; the other. .
z. in a me tne Entente allies, j
Great Britain (including her' 1
colonies?Canada. Newfoundland J
Australia. New Zealand and
South Africa). France, Italy, j
I Japan. China, Siam, Portugal,
j the United States, Russia and a
few other minor countries.
1 3. Name the Teutonic allies,
i Germany, Austria. Turkey .and
Bulgaria.
4. What are the land areas of
the two forces? The Entente
i 19,526,000 square miles, and the
Teutonic 1,222,000. 1
5. Population. The Entente
473,250,000 and the Teutonic 147,000,000.
6. What per cent of the total
land area involved belongs to
'the Entente allies? 94.1 percent.
To the Teutonic allies? 5.9 per
cent.
7. What per cent of the population
involved? Entente 76.3
per cent. Teutonic 23.7 per
I cent.
8. What is the strength of the
army and ,navy of each side?
The Entente allies have 21,400,- .
000 fighting men and their 4
opponents 11,000,000; that is,
66 per cent of the total armies
1 are Entente and 34 per cent
Teutonic.
9. What is the total man power
on each side? Entente, 91,700.000;
Teutonic. 25,050,000, or ;
78.5 per cent against 21.5 per
cent.
10. What is the difference in >
national wealth? That of the
Entente allies is $553,000,000,000,
of the Teutonic $134,000,000,000.
11. War debt? Total national
debts of the Entente, $83,960,- j
000.000, or 14.7 per cent of their
! wealth; of the Teutonic, $38,500,
, 000,000, or 28.7 per cent of their '
I wealth.
12. Total income? Entente, ]
$82,100,000,000; Teutonic, $16,600,000.000.
13. What has the world war
cost so far? Estimated in Julv.
1917, cost in money to the Entente
allies, $70,200,000,000, to
; the Teutonic, $109,500,000,000.
Cost in men killed, wounded and missing-,
to the Entente, 8,992,)
OF.fi* t A t Via Tcnionin 13 OAt ^7^70.
v?V| ?? V1IW * VUIUIIIV., U,(A/1, I IO,
total on both sides, 15,214,729.
14. Note that the combined 1
debt of the Entente allies is 14.7 1
i per cent of their Wealth, while |
that of the Teutonic allies is 28.7
per cent of their wealth,
15. Since the war began the <
Entente allies have lost about 9
per cent of their original man
power, and the Teutonic allies
have lost 20 per cent. The Entente
allies have spent 12 per
cent of their wealth, the Teuton- |
! ic 29 percent.
16. Japan has an army of 1,500,000
men and a man power of
10,500,000, which may be reckoned
as a reserve force. Russia
had 5,000,000 men in the army
and a man power of 30,000,000,
but is an uncertain quality at
' present.
17. As Russia drops out, however,
the United States of America
comes in, having 22,000,000
men to draw upon, $225,000,000,000
in wealth, and a national income
of $40,000,000,000.
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ao. Against an tne men and
money advantages of the Entente,
however, Germany had
the advantage of being thorough- :
iy prepared, organized and unified.
The entente has done most
of its preparing since the war
broke out. It is safe to say Germany
would have triumphed i
quickly if it had not been for |
the British fleet. It alone was |
ready.
Phone 15 i
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uooa uottee, 15c!
Fresh Country Ekrs 40c !
No. 1 Irish Potatoes, pk.. 50c
Choice Pink Salmon, _.20c
Canned Tomatoes 20c
Full stock of Flour
and Corn Meal.
Culp's Grocery,
DR. A. t_. OTT ,
DENTIST
Office hours, 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
/ (Dr. Spratt's office)
lie lk Building, Fort Mill, S. C.
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NOW ON IN I
Beginning yesterday and contini
2nd, we are offering the pec
opportunity to buy good, h
money-saving prices?ev<
Dry Goods, Notions. (
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Have all been MARKED t
sale; so come along and rea
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READ THE*
25c quality Unbleached 5.00 to 6.50 Dress Skirts 1
Sheeting, 36 in. .... 19c $3.98
17c quality Unbleached 3.75 to 5.00 Dress Skirts i
Sheeting, 30 in...l2V^c $2.98
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v.?u.vav.nv.u onccuiig 3.50 Ladies7 Rain Coats 1
10-4 35c $2.75
25c quality Madras, skil l 6 CQ j a(Hes, Rajn Coatg ,
patterns ...... 20c $4 48
25c quality Middy Cloth c~ oc
i7y2C ovC Rain Caps . . . .35c
30c quality Middy Cloth ^-l/2C quality Ginghams, 1
20c dress pattern ... .8 l-3c ;
35c quality Middy Cloth 15c quality Ginghams, |
. .27c dress pattern . . . . 10c
25c Pa jama Check, 36 in. 15c Quilt Cloth, 36 in. 10c *
20c 25c quality Unbleached
20c Pajama Check' 36 in. Canton Flannel. . . .20c
16c 20c quality Unbleached 1
15 and 20c quality Duck- Canton Flannel.... 16c (
ling Fleece 12*/2C 20c quality Hickory
15 and 20c Flannelette Shirting 14c
111/- Ma.-. r-\. '
-/2t quality c. nevioi f
25c pualitv Huck Towel- Shirting- 16 2-3c
ing 17V2C 15 and 25c Kimona Crepe 1
35c Gingham Aprons 25c 10 and 20c
55c Baby Blankets . .50c 20c Outing 13l/2c
85c Bureau Scarf . . 65c 15c White Ratine for 1
55c Bureau Scarf .. 45c Skirts 8 13c
50c Bureau Scarf . . 40c 50c quality Bleached 1
25c Bureau Scarf . . 20c Sheeting, 10-4 . . . .45c
50c Collars 40c Crochet Thread, all col- 1
25c Collars 20c ors 8 l-3c 1
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Other Bargains too N
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Not until the great World War is over vv
E. W. KIMBRI
FORT MILL,
^\re You Doing Anything? |
Your future depends on the money you save now. *
Are you doing auything to insure your future? ^
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Saving money is largely a matter of habit. Thous
ands of people are saving for future needs, and you
can, too, if you want to.
The hardest part is coming to the decision. When *
you DECIDE to start a bank, account, the rest is easy. ^
Let us tell you how easy it will be for you to srart.
4 PerCent Interest Paid on Savings. *
The Savings Bank l|
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ASH SALE
till f ht a nm
"UL.L DLAdl.
ling through Saturday, March
>ple of this community the
onest merchandise at big
erything for spot cash.
^lothinsf. Shoes. Ftr .
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)OWN especially for this
p your part of the harvest
>E PRICES
I'.OO Wool Underskirts 5.00 Boys' worsted Suits,
75c 5 to 14 years .. . . 3.98
>0c Wool Underskirts 7.50 Boys' Blue Serge
40c Suits, 8 to 14 years 6.25
1.00 Black Satin Under- 1000 ,!?>v I>,llK'
skirts 75c Suits, 14 to 18 yrs. 7.25
I 00 Srnrf 7C- Men's lieavv wool
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i ^ r- carried over from past 1.25
flannelette Knno- . 11 r
or seasons that sold irom
"c*s ' ' ' ' * _nC 15.00 to 18.00, sale price
LOO Outing Gowns. .79c g 9g
50c 1 urkisli 1 owels 40c Brown and Gray Sergesdeduction
on all Laces this season's goods, sold
and Embroideries. for 15.00 to 18.00, sale
5,000 yards of Ginghams price $12.98
just received, plaid and Blue Serge Suits,this seafancv
stripe .... 25c son's goods, sold for ^
0c Talcum Powder 5c 17.00 to 20.00, sale price
)ne big counter of rem- . . . . $13.98
nants of all kinds for All boys' and men's Odd
this sale. Pants sold at 20 per cent
sac jjiue idiambray off the regular price.
Shirts 69c Men's Hats 25 per cent.
.25 Union Suits . .$1.00 off the regular price.
>5c Bo\ s' Union Suits $7,000.00 worth of Shoes
65c for you to select from,
1.00 Men's Fleeced Un- 15 to 20 per cent, less
dershirts 75c than the regular price.
LOO Men's Fleeced Un- A few Men's and Boys'
dcrpants 75c Sweaters at a big re.50
Dress Shirts ..1.25 duction.
.25 Dress Shirts . .1.00 $2.00 Overalls . . . .$1.59
umerous to Mention.
srtunity to Make
O DOUBLE DUTY.
ill you meet with such low prices again.
Ell comp'y
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the Government? |
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At this critical period in our history our manufactur- * *
ers are offering their mills, and our young men are of- * _
fering their services to the United States government. *
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Would you like to do your share and help by putting J
your mouey where it will support the New Federal Reserve
Banking System, which the Government ha/ established
to stand back of our commerce, industry and J *
agriculture? <'
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You can do this by opening an accoune with us, as
oart of everv dnllar on finnnLnfn/i J:?*1 * -
? uvpuomu rucb uirecny into the \ \
new system, where it will always be ready for you
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