THE FORT MILL TIMES
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B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor
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Teleohone.localand lontr distance. No. 112.
Rntered at the nostofllce at Fort Mill. S. C..as
mail matter of the second class.
THURSDAY. MCH. 14. 1918.
Work the Road.
The new Fort Mill-Rock Hill
bridge over Catawba River is
nearing completion, and indica-,
tions are that the structure will
be ready for public use within:
ten days at the outside. The)
distance between the two towns I
will be shortened several miles;
by the new bridge route, and local
auto owners are already fig- j
uring that the trip should be
made in something like twenty- j
five minutes.
But let's look at it from anoth- j'
er angle. Any kind of speed, 1
even ordinary driving, is going i
to be impossible unless some j
road work is done between Fort
Mill and the river. A trip over
this road a few days ago revealed
the fact that deep ruts
had been made during the last
wet spell, in places the road is
badly washed, and apparently
the highway has been totally
without attention since the chaingang
completed it some months
ago. And. besides the ruts and
washes, there are at several
points mud holes which have not
yet dried out on account of being
shaded by trees. It is perhaps
needless to say that no road can
remain good when trees are
allowed to keep the sunlight out.
All trees alongside this road
should be felled for a distance c
of not less than fifty feet back. (
The township supervisor should \
get busy with his teams and j
\ give this section of the road a 1
thorough working up before the 1
new bridge is opened, for the
road doubtless will be among the
most used in the county, once
the public learns it is ready for
traffic. It looks like a waste of
public money to have the county
build a good road and allow it to
wash uwa> for lack of attention.
The Supervisors" Report.
A citizen of the town inquired ;
of The Times Monday if there1
I was a law on the statute book I
requiring the several township J
supervisors of York county to
publish at intervals reports of y
the expenditures of their offices, j
A by-stander who claimed to be q
familiar with the subject said i
there did exist such a law, and
that some of the supervisors had
been complying with the statute.
but that no such report had been ; t
made by the supervisor of Fort <
Mill township. It is natural to t
presume that the people of the t
township are as much interested I*
to know where their money goes '
| as are the people of the town, j
I and if the law requires this of the
I supervisor, that official should r
begin at once, and continue, to j
publish the reports. I
- Young
Men Nay Enlist. \
xoung men who are now Zl <
years of age but who were not I
21 years old on registration day ]
(June 5th, li>17) are still per- 1
initted to enlist. The officialsi
advise all young men who are s
now 21 years old and not regis-: i
tered to grasp this opportunity t
to choose their own branch ofi 1
service and then join the colors
as a volunteer, as it now seems! I
i probable that a law will be passed <
requiring men attaining the age 1
of 21 to register. No registered (
men may volunteer for service <
in the army, except in occasional i
instances when men of special <
qualifications are needed im- J
in tko /
i(iwtii*i>vij i uiiiiuviuviib in bii^ ; *
army now is lor the period of i
the war only, and a volunteer is J
not required to sign up for any i
definite length of time; this fact c
has caused many to join. Mar- \
ried men may enlist on the same I
basis as single men. and family: I
i allowances are gram ted. The t
>nly educational qualificatioi
lecessary is ability to speal
English. The physical examina
Jon given now is not nearly a
itrict as that given a year ago
ind the officials advise any wb
nay have been rejected a
previous dates because of sligh
physical defects to make anothe
ittempt, as the second attemp
nay be successful. Practicall:
;fcijr viauvii ui tiic servive l
now open, and a man who volun
teers is given the privilege o
taking his choice of the brand
)f the service he desires. Botl
white and colored men ar
wanted and needed, the colorei
Tien to do the Stevedore work.
Why, Oh Why, Did You Wed?
Listen, Mr. Newlywed, a fev
weeks ago after you had labore<
10 hard filling out so minutel:
,he many queries in the ques
;ionnaires which your Uncl<
Sammy asked you to answer ii
irder that he may get a line 01
wu to know whether you ar<
eligible for his service in th<
jattle against the Huns, afte
rou had done this, you possibl:
;hought that you were finishe<
with that part of the job, a
east. But not so. Uncle San
las cause to investigate some o
;he late marriages and in orde:
;o put every man who has mar
ied since May 17, an additiona
juestionnaire of 18 questioni
las been prepared and sent t<
;he local boards, which goe:
lirectly into the "whys" an<
'wherefores" of-the marriages
Red Cross Week in Nay.
The week of May 6 to May 1!
nclusive, has been set aside b:
he war council of the Americai
led Cross for the next wa
Irive in which $100,000,000 wil
)e raised to carry on the relie
vork of the Red Cross all ove
;he world, according to th<
tnnouncement of Henry P
Davidson, chairman of the coun
:il, which has just been mad<
jublic. This amount will bi
ippropriated to the 13 division:
if the Red Cross in this countr:
iccording to the population am
vealth of the section, and ever:
>enny of it, with the additioi
if interest, will be devoted t(
he work of relief for which it ii
fiven.
Asa G. Candler has been ap
jointed chairman of the wa
irive committee for the Soutlken
livision, and will supervise tin
vork in the five States that com
)rise the division, Georgia
riorida, the two Carolinas an<
rennessee.
Of the $100,000,000 raised b;
he Red Cross in its last drivi
n the summer of 1917, abou
>80,000,000 have already beei
ippropriated for relief work ii
;his country and in Europe, si
hat another campaign is neces
lary if there is to be no gap ii
his work of" mercy. Out of thi:
he largest single appropriatioi
las been set aside, includinj
very branch of military an<
nvil relief. Large appropria
ions have also been made fo
vork in Belgium, England, Italy
Russia, Roumania, Serbia am
Armenia, as well as for i^elie
vork among the America!
prisoners in Germany and fo
)oth military and civilian relie
n this country.
Food Meeting Well Attended.
In pursuance of the plans o
i_ _ i l r\ _ i* "
;ne local ueiense uouncii 10
lisseminating information rela
,ive to the importance at thi
,ime of increased food pre
luction and greater economy, i
inal meeting was held Monda;
light in the auditorium with i
fairly large and representativ
audience of both sexes present
rhe meeting was presided ove
n a genial and happy manne
ay the Rev. J. W. H. Dyches
rh. D.. who, after prayer b;
:he Rev. R. K. Timmons, intrc
iuced the principal speaker, th
Rev. J. P. Tucker, pastor of th
First Raplist church of Rocl
Hill. Mr. Tucker's subject wa
"Why America Fights" and ii
an address of half an hour h
leld the audience in close at
mention by his inspiring words
He was followed by Prof. Roy Z
Thomas of the faculty of Win
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:nrop college wnose suDject \va
5 lucational along the lines o
food production. His picture
>f the situation were clear am
concise and his address was wel
received. A. A. McKeown
:ounty demonstrator, followei
Prof. Thomas with an addres
)n the demonstration work no\
jnder his charge and gave ;
summary of the results of th
ncreased interest in food pro
luction in York county whicl
vere very gratifying. Dr. J
-.ee Spratt, cashier of the Firs
National Bank, was called upoi
o explain the plan of his banl
n to supply brood sows to those
k farmers who would undertake to
. raise more and better hogs. He
o stated that since the plan became
v fairly well known that applicao
tions exceeded the supply but
* that planB were under way to
t supply all demands. He also
* called attention, to the necessity
for money to carry on the war
s and explained the system of war
_ savings and referred to the
f coming Liberty Loan. The final
h speaker was the Rev. W. S.
h Goodwin who has realized that
e our farmers are probably going
3 to be short of help at critical
times in the preparation and
farthering of crops and he pro
^uaco iu ur^ttinze it squuu ui
probably 100 emergency helpers
v in the town to aid in such cases,
i The committee who have man7
aged the canvass throughout
- Fort Mill township have pere
formed well a patriotic duty at
* no small cost to them of time
^ and effort but they have been
e rewarded by the great interest
B and the large number of people
r who have attended the several
7 meetings.
t Writes Home from France.
f Somewhere in France,
r Feb. 20. 1918. j
. Editor The Times:
1 Guess I'm among the first of
s j the Fort Mill boys in the service,
3 to see France. So, I will ats
tempt to give the community
i some idea of what it is like over
. . here, even if I may not write
? a - % .
I aDout our location ana some
other things.
Wt left New York the.? of
^ December and steamed out to
^ sea. There were men, or
1 thereabouts, on the boat, and
r every fellow was on the alert for
' "subs" and some were disapf!
pointed because we didn't enr
counter one. But 1, for one, was
e i Klad we didn't. For my part,
I'd much ratl.er meet a German
" I some other place than in the
e j water. We encountered a storm
B a few days out, and, well ?I'd
5 better not describe it too clearly.
V A...... - ^ ?
i nnjfway, it WilS bUIIIC Slglll OH i
* j board our boat. You know what
^ I the sea can do for a fellow's
1 stomach. Well, it was affecting
3 the whole buuch. But we came
s through it all, arriving at a port
in England, and I'll say the last
" three or four days were the most
r anxious, for we were in the
3 "sub" territory.
K We spent only a day or two in
' England. Uncle Sam being
anxious to get us to work. The
3 487th is a construction squadron
(formerly the 75th) and we are
v now eggaged in construction
work All 1 Vio -foil i\\\r j onnivi t/\ I I
. .. W. ... * v??V Jl VIIV/ VT O OV^Ui IU
1 be in high spirits, and I know we
I are a healthy lot of demons, for
II there is always a scuffle to get
0 near the front of the "chow" j
" line when mess call sounds. I,
1 for one, have gained sixteen
s pounds, since we reached France.
^ There is one organization over
* here that I shall always remem1
ber, and that is the Y. M. C. A.
A fellow can ?o to the Y. M. C.
r A. and feel the home atmosphere.
* I and get good old American to^
bacco, (an important factor in
* the life of a soldier). The "Y"
n also raises the morale of the i
r army. One always finds clean, I
* Christian gentlemen in charge.
But the most important thing
in our lives is the arrrival of our
mails. We are just beginning
f to receive answers to our first
r letters, and, believe me, if a
i- fellow doesn't get a letter from
s home, or his girl, he surely is
- down on his luck. No, we don't
a forget the American girls. They
y still arc held uppermost in the
a mind of every soldier, and we
e are all looking forward to the
.. time when we will victoriously
r return to them. But we all
r want to see tferlin first." We
want to show the Boche that
y Uncle Sam has some fighters too.
>- There isn't a soldier here who
e does not want to set his foot on
e German soil ?a victor,
k John S. Blankenship,
s 487th Aero Squadron.
( York County News Natters.
I lorKvillc Enquirer.)
i- The Gastonia Gazette says that
s the government has definitely
f decided upon the use of the pros
posed artillery range over against
d King's Mountain, and that prac11
tice will probably be commenced
u within the next two weeks.
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York county so far has purchased
$11,075.25 worth of war
Savings stamps, 21 cents worth
a for tach man, woman and child.
e This puts York the third county
- in the State on a basis of per
U . 1 ~
capita purcnases. iseautort comes
. first with $1.13 per capita and
t Charleston second with 62 cents.
Old
newspapers tor sale At The,
C TiaMu Office. I
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Majestic
Theatre
NEXT MONDAY,
March 18th.
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on his life, in
connection with
the showing of 3
reels of the gang's
operations and of
the famous Coffey*
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raid in which his
two brothers were
killed and Emmet,
himself, was captured
and given a
life sentence.
Open 3 p. m.
Adults, - - 25c
Children,- - - - 15c
I Would You
Germai
You are doing thin
CAROLIPs
We try to make \o
necessity. If you wil
buy nine times in ten
GROCERIES?The 1
HARDWARE?Thai
Shoes, Dry Goods, P
Few Ladies
Garolii
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Graded School Honor Roll.
Following is the honor roll of
the Fort Mill graded school for
February:
First Grade ? Distinguished:
Helen Ferguson, Allie Bradford,
Pansy Gamble, Josephine Mo-1
Corkle, Lula Parks, Everod
Armstrong, Parks Bradford,
Charles Catinup, Kenyon Young.
Advanced First Grade?Highly
Distinguished: Garland Dyches,
Harry Harkey. Distinguished:
William Adcock. Maggie Ligon,
Randolph Carothers. Claude
C ulp, Cornelia Thompson, Annie
Montgomery.
Second Grade? DistinguishedMargaret
Bailes, Bleeker Bailes,
John Bennett, Melvin Carter,
Gregory Dyches. Mary Garrison, j
Fay Johnston, Finley Lee, Edgar j
Sanders. Ezell Wacrstaff. Julia'
McCorkle, Evelyn Mills, Leo
Potts," Eleanor Spratt, Mary
Barber.
Third Grade- Highly Distin-1
guished: Frances Bradford, Omie 1
Hood, Lewis McKibben, Faulkner
Parks. Owen Patterson.
Distinguished: George Ross Garrison,
Henry Kimbrell, Gurney
Robertson. Hasten Stevens. Malton
Purdee, Mary Gulp.
Fourth Grade Highly Distinguished:
Cora Massey, Clyde
Merritt, Elliott Bennett, Henry
Link, Inez Wolfe, Willie Brad- j
ford, John McLaughlin, Hattie >
Parks, Harvey Capps, Gracie j
Purdee. Distinguished: Hazel
Gross.
Fifth Grade Distinguished:
Edith Parks, Olin Hood, Hampton
Dyches.
Sixth Grade Highly Distin- \
guished: Stephen Parks, Bertha .
Moore. Distinguished: Elizabeth
Ardrey, Lawrence Armstrong,
Katharine Massey.
Seventh Grade Highly Dis- ji
itinguished; Virginia Barber, !'
Martha Dyches, Grace Goodwin,
Elizabeth Mills, Anna Wolfe,
Frank Jones.
FOR KENT The Thompson Hotel.
Possession given after April 1st. Apply
to W. K. Ardrey.
Mt)NKV TO I.OAN ()n ri al estate
in amounts from $200 to $f>u0. Address
Drawer H? Fort Bffill, S. C.
FOR SALE Bronze, pink, red,
white and yellow Chrysanthemums, the
"Good Gracious" kind. Pink, white
and yellow bv mail. 50c per dozen.
Mrs. I). O. Potts, "Fairview." Fort
Mill. S. C.
Wheat
Our Flour Mill in Ilock 11 ill is
j in operation six days in a week
and we will he glad to do grinding
for the farmers and others
of Fort Mill township. First:
class equipment and experienced
j millers guarantees you satisfac,
tory results.
Highest cash prices for Corn,
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i Catawba Milling Company,
Rock Hill. S. C.
Phone 15
Good Coffee, 15c
Fresh Country Ejtks 40c
1 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. l_. OTT,
DENTIST
Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
(Dr. Spratt's office) ,
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Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. <
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Like To Go GhasingI
is With an Empty Gun? |
gs like that when you fail to buy at the
IA BARGAIN HOUSE.
ur shopping here a pleasure, as well as a
1 give us a chance to quote prices, you'll
Uest.
t stands the test.
Motions and a large up-to-date variety line.
1 and Missed Hats at Big Bargains.
ia Bargain House,
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Lace Sale.
Saturday, March 1(>, we. will h*tve on
sale 2,500 yards of Val? Linen and Hound
Thread Laces and Insertions. This Lace
formerly sold lor 5c, 7 2-2c and 10c,
Entire lot Saturday lc the Yard.
200 yards of Hands and Embroidery, former
price 20c to 35c,
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entire lot / i-zc tne lard.
;*00 yards of Bands and Embroidery, former
price, oc to 10cf
Entire lot 2c the Yard.
Other laces and embroidery that have
not been mentioned will be included in
this sale.
Miss llanic, of Baltimore, will be in
charge of our Millinery department. In
our Spring showing of Hats you will find
new and attractive steles :it nrieeu
to be equalled elsewhere.
E. W. Kimbrell Co.
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| Preparedness Without Cost. |
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If you could contribute directly without cost to a T
great country-wide preparedness fund designed to elim- ?
inate currency famines and act as a shock adsorber in the
ups and downs of business, would you hesitate to make
t your contribution? ?
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1 he Federal Reserve Banking System is such a
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iund and every dollar deposited with us directly increas- S
es its strength and the protection it gives to business. $
By depositing your money with us you make this
contribution and place yourself under the protection of ^
this great banktng system. ^
First National Bank f
; W. B. ARDREY. J. L. SPRATT, V-Pres. |
President. Acting Cashier. ^
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iGood Groceries.!
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; For a general stock of groceries i
i of tested merit we believe that I
; our store cannot be out-classed. |
Our prices are always at the bottom |
and we are prepared to serve the ]\
public with the best of everything in
t our line. <>
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Phone us your wants. We are a I- V>
? ways "on the job." Z
Parks Grocery Co., \
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