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THE FORT MILL TIMES |i r'^-v f Democratic? PablWhod Thursdays. 1 B. W BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor | _ f 0 4i0RirnoN KATES: One Year... I1.2S 3lx Month* ..... .66 rheTime*'nvlt#*cortributlonson llveaubject* b it doe* not asree to pabllsh more than 200 word* 01 any aubject. The right i* reserved to edit rerr cxnmunlcatlon submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertialns . rate* arc made known to those In teres ted. releohone.local and lonir distance. No. 112. Entered at the poatoffice at Fort Mill. 8. C.. a* mall matter of the second claa*. THURSDAY. FEB. 28. 1918. I? Tlntw k* One Inv """T ' I Thousands of young men in America are unhappy because? for one reason or another?they J are not available for service at j the front. Some are kept back by physical defects, some have dependents they cannot in justice overlook, some are too young, others just a shade too old, for a p^ai e in the ranks. Upon those so fortunate as to meet all the requirements for: service, America will bestow her gratitude and her benedictiqn. ! Never in all the history of war- , fare have men pledged them-1 selves in a grander cause or offered their lives for a nobler ideal. It is not for conquest, it is not for greed of gold or place, it is solel> and wholly for the freedom of mankind. But not all the fighting will be done upon the battle line, nor will all the honors be achieved upon the field. Back of the line there will be heroes; tar trom the field there will be generals and common soldiers of industry; in our countless workshops there will be patriots of genius and eagerness and skill. It is not in the power of any physical defect to defeat our love of country. There can be no dependent to make us ignoble i when patents of nobility are the i nnnnmnn nrnnprtv of all. Youth is no barrier to service, age need offer no apology in the crisis that makes us one. The man who increases his knowledge may in the end be the patriot whose genius will bring tyranny to its knees. The toiler who adds something to his skill may prove more formidable in the shop than he could ever become in the trenches. The student, the learner, the faithful and undiscouraged worker may be as truly a defender of liberty as any who follow the flag. The questions for us all to answer now are?"Am I doing my best? Am I playing my part? Am 1 striving where I am and tt.Uof/wi/vM HflOAiifnoc T Kavil I Willi W iiaic v ci icouui wo x iiu-v to contribute to the victory that at any cost must be won?" There is opportunity for all. There is honor more than enough. There is glory sufficient to braid j a wreath for even the humblest of tiiose who will. * Let there be no repinings from us, though it can not be our privilege to follow the emblem of Right to the far flung line j where it will triumph. With thankfulness in our hearts, with courage and manliness in our determination, let us be eager in the dutv it is ours to perform.? Ambition. ? Selected. * i ? i Self Taxation. . J People in general seem to enjoy growling about taxes. This subject makes a theme for conversation in the family. It inspires the loungers in the corner grocery, and puts life into many a political campaign. Why, our forefathers actually plunged into rebel.ion, fought for seven years, and finally won our national independence from Great Britain, on a question of taxes. If you want to see a red hot town meeting in a back country township, just propose an extra tax for a new road and a bridge. And yet, there is one sort of tax that I is not grumbled at. That is to say. the taxpayers themselves rarely denounce it or dispute it. They keep on paying it serenely all their lives unless they happen to be tumbled into the poorhouse. Their friends i and relatives often scold about' * mrrr-N'Hflf?nrrm t..but they, while they feel the oressure, go right on paying it out. Even the poor men keep these payments up when all ol the others are cut off. We refer to the tax which met pay to ppssion and appetite. The sums thus expended every yeai ?say for tobacco and liquors only?are stupendous. This sorl of tax paying begins early ir life, when the youngster gets into the habit of treating himsell to cider, beer, ale, porter, whiskey, a cigarette, or a cigar. After a bit he "can't get along without it " nnrl an ho hin^lo him. ?? ? ? - V, MBSVt wv aiv MtllUO I I 1 III" self to pay taxes to it all his life. He growls about his road ta? when he grows up, his school tax, and his church tax, but his self-indulgence tax he passes out without a murmur, even though it may have made him a pooi man. Sometimes he is conscious of it, but he has become a slave to his habits and cannot free himself. The socialists do a greal deal of growling about the burdens put by capital upon the poor. But the worst burder poverty has to bear is the ta> which it voluntarily pays to appetite and passion. Tillman in Ri?---YmI Senator Tillman is going tc offer for reelection to the United States senate, says the Andersor Daily Mail, and he does not intend to make the campaign next summer throughout South Carolina, according to a party of Andersonians who were in Washington a few days ago on business, and who dropped in the senator's office to speak to hirr before leaving the capital. Senator Tillman declared thai he is going to offer for reelectior and added that because of his long experience and especially under conditions existing at the present time, he believes he is better fitted to serve the people of South Carolina in the senate than any other. He said he intends to address the voters ol the State through the newspapers, and that he intends to stay on the job in Washington where he is needed all the time. Second Draft in Hay? While war department officials reiterate that no date has definitely been fixed for the call ing of the second draft for the national army, all available out ward indications would seem t< poiiii 10 some nme during th< j month of April, or at the latest early in May, says a late Wash ington despatch. Such an estimate is based or the known preparations foi equipping and housing the men It is no military secret that equipment and supplies for mei ! of the second draft will beeom< available soon after April 1 anc careful observers look for th< first increments to be called soor afterward. The number 01 men to b< called in the first increment ha: not yet been determined becaus< i the question of housing then has not been disposed of. Ther< will be room for some of them ii camps and cantonments nov occupied by troops, and it i: possible that additional can jtonments may have to be pro vided. It is also possible tha some of the national guarc camps may be used during tin period. This phase of the subject has been given careful study bu notning has been decided. Good Bye Buzzard. The anti-buzzard law enactec by the general assembly at it! recent session was introducet purely at the request of the lav and legislation committee of tin chamber of commerce, says tin Charleston Post. The committer investigated the subject verj thoroughly, obtained exper opinions, decided that the buz zard was decidedly a menace t< successful stock raising in Souti Carolina, and asked the Charles ton delegation to introduce i measure which would exempi i the buzzard from the law making it n criminal offense to kill wound, or capture any wild birc other than a game bird. Thi chamber of commerce is gla< that the measure was passe< and feels that it has been instru mental in removing: one of th? chief nuisances to successfu hog: raising:. Needless to say. before takinj any definite steps, the chamber'j committee got opinions fron leading authorities on the sub ject, including the bureau ol animal industry of the Unitet States department of agriculture at Washington. I ago was located there had been destroyed. This marker was the ' big end of an old cannon which : J was taken from a Confederate fort overlooking the railroad bridge three miles south of Fort : Mill. After Stoneman burned I the bridge in '64 the old cannon j was brought to Fort Mill by Mr. . Stewart and the late John M. ' Spratt. The night of the Hampton victory in '76 the old cannon was gotten out, filled J, with powder and carried to a 5 grove near the home of the late iThos. Withers. Some little dif: j ficulty was experienced in finding 'a person to "touch off" the > charge, but finally Bob (Peg Leg) ,! Graham agreed and great was : j the detonation. The load was ' i more than the old cannon could bear and it was bursted into I numerous pieces. The large end remained intact, however, and this was placed muzzle down at >1 the intersection of Main and I Faulkner streets. As well as i commemorating the Hampton victory, the cannon was said to ' mark the centre of the town. It was originally intended to have i an appropriate inscription on the ; cannon, but this was never done, Mr. Stewart thinks that city - j council should take up the matter i j and have a suitable marker placed on the spot, t Another matter mentioned by i Mr. Stewart was that the name ? of th? late Phillip Bennett had i for some reason been omitted - from the list of Fort Mill veterans i whose names appear on the 1 j soldiers' monument in Confederi | ate park. . A by-stander sug-; gested that this matter should ' i be referred to the local chapter - of the U. D. Cs. and offered to '! donate $1.00 towards defraying 1; the expetfee of having Mr. Ben; nett's name inscribed on the monument. Mr. Stewart was quite laminar witn the war * i record of Mr. Bennett and stated * j that South Carolina had never * sent a more gallant soldier to i!the front than was Phillip Ben nett. >, Teachers1 Meeting Saturday. L The last meeting of the Teachers' Association of Eastern Vork for the present year will 1 j be held Saturday. March 2. in r; the Rock Hill high school build" ing. The meeting will be called to order promptly at 12:30 and 1 the schedule held rigidly. : The meeting promises to be the best held during the year. 1 The gejieral lecture is one of the 1 strongest that has been given to I the nublic this session. The ^ subject for general discussion * deserves especial attention ? 2 Mathematics. Many of our 1 i business men should attend this - meeting to aid in getting down I to rock bottom on this effort of ' I the school. We are failing and s know it well. If you have any" , thing that might aid the situa"! tion you owe it to us. We want ^ i you to pay up at this meeting. The program follows: " Prayer?Rev. F. W. Gregg. . Address?Dr. Lee Davis Lodge * Limestone College, Gaffney, S. C. Lunch. Departmental Meetings: Genj eral Subject? Mathematics. High 'school department. Prof. Coker; II Grammar grades, Prof. Burts; s Primary grades. Miss Roach. l| -*? Must Carrv License Ties. ': Autjwnobilists in South Carolina running their cars now with' | out 1918 license plates are doing f j so at their own risk. The time i lor getting the new licenses expired on February 1. Because 5 of the*congestion in the work ol 11 the Sitate Highway department in getting the new plates out to | the applicants, attorney general hold that those who had applied for license prior to February 1. \ bu* had not received the plates up to that date, could drive their j cars without penalty until their , licenses had been issued. However, the work of issuing the li~ censes is practically up to date, j and those driving their cars with the 1917 licenses are doing so in violation of the law. g The total number of applicaJ tions for licenses up to the present are over 40,000. The total p receipts are more than $250,000. j Police officers are on the lookout 4| for all cars not "wearing" the I new license plates. ! Withes Marker Replaced. i Hon. W. H. Stewart, of Rae> ford, N. C., would like to s^e ' the town of Fort Mill erect a msrker .to commemorate Fort l Mill's celebration of the flamptoh , victory of 1876. Mr. Stewart . was a visitor to Fort Mill Satur' day and while standing on Main street in front of the Savings Hank callpH to thp ptt-pnHnn nf ' | The Times man the fact that the | | marker which up to a few years j ' r % .? CORN WILL WIN DEMOCRACY'S WAI America's Greatest Cereal Cro Is Now Moving to Market. MAINSTAY IN NATION'S CRISIS 8urplus Wheat of tho United Stat* 4 Hae Been 8ent to Famine Threatened Europe. America's great corn crop, excee ng 3,000,080,000 bushelB, will save tt A-orld's food situation, officials of tt United States food administration b< leve. Corn Is the nation's beet food ceres lousewlves are beginning to reallz (t contains all the elements needed 1 Weep the uody Id a state of health an when used according to the scores < tried recipes, especially when con lilned with an added portion of oil < fut, will sustain life Indefinitely. Ii Jinn warriors In colonial days lived c parched corn alone for many days at time, and at Valley Forge parch* corn was at tluies the sole ration < the Continental soldiers. Owing to transportation dlfhcultli caused by the war the corn crop movt more slowly to market this year tha ever before. Now, however, the cerei Is reaching the millers and consumer In the meantime the nation's surpli whent has been sent to Europe. Today there are approximately i bushels of corn for every America: This qunntity is grenter by Ave bus! els than In former years. | Corn has become the nation's mall j stay In the crisis of war. : Just as this cereal saved the Or American colonists from famine c many occasions. Just as It served as s'aple food during the War of the Ke olution and during the Civil War, Kit Corn has ngaln come to the front ! the nntlon's bnttle with autocracy. Corn meal Is finding greatly lncrea ed use In the making of ordinnry will bread. Hundreds of housewives ai many of the larger bakers are mlxti 20 per cent, corn meal with whei flour to make leavened bread. Th kind of a mixture Is worked and buki In the same recipes and with the sail methods that apply to straight whei bread. Corn bread?using corn meal entlr ly?Is gaining n grenter popular! | than ever before. Housewives ai coming to realize that every pouml < wheat saved in America means a pour of wheat released for shipment to tl nations with which America Is assot ated In the war. There are a score of torn produc that today posses unusual lmportam for Americans. Corn syrup for swec enlng corn cakes and buckwheat eak> and for use in the kifchen Instead < granulated sugar is one of the Icadlr products made from corn. Corn oil, excellent for frying und fi every other purpose tilled by salad o'l Is appearing on the market in lari quantities. It comes from the germ < the corn. MADE-IN-GERMANY LIES CIRCULATED IN CANAD Canada Is also having trouble wl Made-ln-Germany lies calculated hinder Canadian food conservation n cording to an official statement t celved from the Canadian food co troller by the United States food a ministration. The stories bothering Canada a j of the same general character as tho j the United States food adndnistr I tor recently denounced In this cou ! try, such as the ridiculous salt at ! blueing famine fakes and the repo : that the government would sel: j housewives' stocks of home cunni goods. The Canadian food controller es mates that when the people listen ! and pass on such stories, each 01 j has the power of destruction that II | in a battalion of soldiers. "Stories without even a vestige | foundation have been scattered brou j cast," said the Canadian statemet I "Nor have they come to life casual! i ney nave sianeu simultaneously different parts of the country and each instance have been calculated arouse public indignation. "They are insidious, subtle, persb ent. Hit by bit they dissipate publ trust, the great essential in the wo of food control. "It lies with every individual to fc bear from criticism; to refrain fro passing on the Vagrant and hnrmf story, ami thus the more effective to co operate In work which is gob to mean more than the majority people yet realize." | THE UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION SAY! There ie no royal road to food oonservation. We can only accomplish this by the voluntary i action of our whole pe pie, each element in proportion to its means. It is a matter of equality of burden; a matter of minute saving | and substitution at every point in the 20.000.000 kitchens, on the 20,000.000 dinner tables, and in the 2.000.00C manufacturing, wholesale and retail establishments ?f I the country. Here's an old fashioned recipe 1 ! r?\n A1 ? n Sk?* !???* t- - iiiiiiiiii^ umi una nrrriiuy lit1 revived ami used with unusual ?uce? in several of the larger New York 1 ( tela: To make three and a half doz muftlna take one quart milk, alz ounc : hutter substitute, twelve ounces light syrup or honey, four eggs, pin of salt, two ounces baking powd one and a half pounds cominea! a : one and a half pounds rye flour. T I butter and syrup should be thorougl | mixed; then add the eggs gradual Pour In the milk and add the rye fl?i mixed with coram eel and baking pa HOMEFO I For the trade you are $ the true companionship < p Match the new spring i the Carolina Bargain H< rather than an expenditi GRO< DRY And a general variety 1 ii y all times. We have som Specials. Our polite ant ?. satistaenon tell us so?i i. s Garolii >t a?r B* ____________ n ~ a d York County News Matters. it ( \ orkvillo Enquirer.) ^ Now that the weather has in cleared up. the contractors who at are building the York-Cherokee * bridge are making very good 18 progr&ss. The concrete piers w have been about completed and n. the steel work is moving along. i?- The new bridge will be about four feet higher above the water n* than the old one. ?t Mr. J. W. Brown, who lives ,n near the York-Cherokee bridge 8 site, said yesterday that the V1K, water in Broad river was so low id Sunday a week ago* that one of his neighbors' hogs walked *" across to the other side. The 1? u, low water was due to the com1K plete shutting oil* of the flow of at the stream at the Cherokee Falls 19 and Davis dams. ?d io i at At the .suggestion of Secretary of War Baker, the American Red Cross e- is about to enter a new field ty of service in the army camps re of the United States, a field in "f which they are already working in id France, the Bureau of Communication ie between the men in the hospital and ;! their families aj home. This will necessitate building a Red Cross house in every army c&nip in the country and securing for each house a man :e who will keep in personal touch with 't- every man \vii.o is admitted to the camp hospital, as well as ?v sufficient steno of graphic force to handle the letters die- i lg tated by these men and to keep their families constantly informed as to >r their condition and progress. Col. William Lawson Feel, General TS' manager of the Southern division, has just received letters front W. It. Castie, Jr., director of the Bureau of Communications, anil from Harry B. Wallace, assistant director general of military relief, explaining Secretary Baker's plan and asking for suggestions as to men in this division who are A qualified for the positions of responsibility at tlie camps. Colonel Feel announced Thursday at a meeting of his bureau directors thai I lie Southern division would cooperate in ev-rv way to with the national organization and c- that work would be begun at once to e- assist in carrying out Secretary Bak ii- ors pians. d- The directors of the work in the Rod Cross houses will ho under the authority of the Rod Cross Field Direcre tors in tho various camps, who in se turn are under tho supervision of Z. a" Bennett Phelps, director of military n" relief for the Southern division, id Secretary Raker says in his letter: rt "Since the American Red Cross ze has already established In France, in ud accordance with an army order, a service to keep families in America In personal touch with their boys, ill or wounded in the field, it is suggest( ed that this service bo extended to 118 the camps In the United States. Ameri0,1 can Red Cross representatives at the camps, here, as in Fram e, would ha\o of access to dally lists of admissions and d- evacuations from tho hospitals, and, so far as It is in accord with necesy sary medical rules, would be allowed j'q to talk with sick men. They would . be expected to keep families constant ly informed as to the condition and orogress of the men in the hospitals, to write letters for men unable to ?t- write themselves, and in general to Ic fulfill that clause of the Red Cross rk charter which designated the society as "a medium of communication between troops in the field and their ' families at home." m ? ul Wanted. lv 1K 21)00 cords of |-lt. Wood. Oak or . Pine, at Camp Greene. I rompt do? ' livery; will also contract for C.0 day titivory. Write, wire or 'phone u.-. Brown-Knox Mercantile Co,, Davidson. N. ('. Phone 15 Good CofFee, 15c Fresh Country Kpurs 40c No. 1 Irish Potatoes, pk.. 50c Choice Pink Salmon,. 20c | Canned Tomatoes, 20c Full stock of Flour ror i and Corn Meal, -en I Culp's Grocery, en ! eg | of eh, DR. A. l_. OTT , ndj DtNT,ST ho Office hours, M a. m. to a p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) ,ur lielk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. >LKS?We Thank You, living us, for your kindness, and especially for >f the folks of our Home-Country. veather by getting something new and useful at mse. What you buy here will be an investment ire. CERIES, HARDWARE, GOODS AND SHOES, lie kept up-to-date, and cheap for your wants at e bargains in Laces and new Voiles for Saturday 1 quick service will please you. If we don't give f we please you tell the folks. . na tsargain House, B. M. LEE, Proprietor. Two More Days AND OUR Cash Clearance Sale Will Come to a Close. Never in the history of our business have we conducted a more successful Sale than that which was inaugurated one week ago. People of the town, township and surrounding country have been here in crowds to pick up the wonderful bargains offered. If you have not visited this sale don't fail to come Friday or Saturday, as this big sale positively closes Saturday night. E. W. Kimbrell Co. . I Supporting i 11 the Government I I | This is a time for every citizen to support the United + 4 States Government, and many are doing so at consid- + ; 4 erable cost or sacrifice to themselves. % i . < > . 4 We have joined the Federal Reserve Ranking System + i established by the Government to give greater finan- + + cial stability and strength to the member banks and 4 4 protection to their depositors. 4 . T t + You can give your support to this great government + enterprise and also obtain its protection for your $ * money by becoming one of our depositors. ^ I First National Bank f | W. B. ARDREY, J. L. SPRATT. V-Pres. | i President. Acting Cashier. LIVE STOCK. Acting in conjunction with the County and State Departments and being officially appointed District Agents for the Boys' Pig Club, we will be glad to buy or finance any worthy jjcihuiis in me purcnase or i'ukt, bKLtUING S I OCK. This includes not only the purchase of hogs but Cattle also. If you are contemplating the purchase of PURE STOCK, it would be to your advantage to see us. 4 PerCent Interest Paid on Savings. The Savings Bank