Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 28, 1918, Image 2
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. %
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.
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