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. ' " * ' ' ?? I THE FORT MILL TIMES i Democratic? Published Thursday . ' C B. W. BRADFORD - Editor and Proprietor { ^ j' oeioaiPTioN Kates: One Year SI.26 1 91* Month* .< 65 I rhe rimes >nrites contribution* on live subject* | b-it doe* not acre* to publish more than 200 word* 1 ?i on* aubiect. The riaht i* reserved to edit ' / jr/ eonmunlcatlon submitted for publication. On Application to the publisher. adrertiain* rates ire made known to those interested. Telephone.local and longdistance. No. 112. ? Entered at the postofllce at Fort Mill. 8. C.. as msll matter of the second class. THURSDAY. APRIL. 4. 1918. 9W&&I i mrSfnni joyiiUMiirr Buy Them And nelp Win The War FOR SALE EVERYWHERE Buy Bonds. The local committee in charge of the campaign for the sale of; the third issue of Liberty bonds consists of Dr. J. Lee Spratt, Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick, W. P. i Meacham and George Fish, and these gentlemen in co-operation | with committees from the Red Cross and Chamber of Commerce and other organizations are preparing for a thorough canvass in j the interest of liberty and humanity. Due thought and consideration should be given to this important matter by every citizen of Fort Mill township and his mind made up to subscribe liberally to this issue by the time he is approached by members of the committee. The country calls to its patriotic people who have j been so especially blessed in' material wealth during the past year to lend a hand at this time i and offers an excellent invest- j ment for the surplus money now in their hands. This appeal does not apply only to the man who | is considered able to buy bonds but to almost every man and woman in the community, any j one of whom is able to buy a A .U- lit 1 i in'i u upun me nuerai Lern^ ofit red by the two local banks. The buyer will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has made a gocd investment and that he is "doing his bit" to win the war. To the thinking man it appears much more advantageous to lend the money to Uncle Sam at a fair interest late than to withhold it and possibly have the Kaiser take it. It is hoped that these committees will be well received and that Fort Mill will, as in the past, be found on the list as having subscribed 100 per cent of the allotment. The Farmers' Mistake. It is a very familiar sight at this season of the year to see blue smoke ascending from fields along almost any road in this section. Corn stalks, grass, trash and weeds are being burned. The same farmers snatch enough time to come to town and inquire about "that sody I ordered from the government." If they would only stop , and consider that the blue smoke is carrying away just the plant lood they are so anxious to get 4 4' -fA a. r i 111 me mi in ui nitrate 01 hooa, cotton seed meal, etc., this waste of millions of dollars worth of plant food would stop. Nitrogen is the stuff that makes the crops get on a hump and nitrogen is burned up when a fire is started in a field. One farmer's rule was to burn nothing that could be turned with a two-horse plow, and it was a good one. Let the stalks and weeds remain, and add to the nitrogen in the soil.? Exchange. ????? Head and Heed. We are publishing the following Washington despatch of Tuesday in the hope that a few men we know of may read it and by its advice keep out of jail: In favorably reporting a bill to | mpoee drastic penalties on disoyal acts, the senate judiciary committee Tuesday adopted an intendment by Senator Foindex;er, of- Washington, prescribing mprisonment for twenty years md $10,000 fine for "whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of the German empire or its allies in the present war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein." The committee also approved the same penalties for persons obstructing government war bond issues and for wilfully "attempting" as well as actual attempts, to obstruct recruiting or enlistment in the army. A War for Humanity. The following was written a half century and more ago, but it might have been written yesterday it applies so well to today's conditions. The truth is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow: War, in a good cause, is not the greatest evil which a nation can suffer. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war is worse. When a people are used as mere instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings againt tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice, is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares ? 1?*1 l- ? IllUIt* (tUUUl Lllctu lie UUCS Ituuui his personal safety, is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendency in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other. ?John Stuart Mill. A Reminder. Don't forget to make next Saturday, April 6th, "Liberty Loan Day." That's the day Uncle Sam has chosen to start putting the third nail in the Kaiser's ccffin, and every true American will be glad to help in this task. Boost the loan! Talk it on the streets, in the workshop and in the home; these are some of the ways you can do your bit. All together, everybody! "Over the top and give 'em hell! Darn the gas masks! Blast the Huns! And remember, if the Kaiser wins, you may have to make the overture "Die Wacht am Rhein." Incidentally, hpw many bonds will you buy? York County News Natters. llorkville Enquirer.) . Representing two of the Clover cotton mills and others that will join in, John R. Hart, Esq., of Yorkville, is working on plan to facilitate the transportation of southern cotton mill products to northern markets and to the ports. The general plan he has in mind is to concentrate cotton shipments at Spencer, N. C., or Charlotte, N. C., where it mav be made up in solid trains to proceed on regular schedules. The success of the plan will depend upon the co-operation of the railroads and other cotton mills; but it is possible that the whole idea might he defeated by the congestion at the ports. The machinery, material and fixtures of the York Publishing company, used in the publication of its late newspaper, the York Njws, and in the conduct of its iob orintinar establishment were sold at oublic aution last Wednesday by S. E. Jackson, receiver, to satisfy the claims of certain creditors. Among the purchasers of the property were Allison Lee of Laurens, Ed DeCamp of Gaffnev, O. K. Williams of Rock Hill, A. K. Loftin of Gastonia, J. T. Perkins of Chester, A. B. Jordan of Dillon and several others. The whole outfit inventoried on a basis of the original cost around $10,000, and the proceeds of the sale aggregated approximately $3,000. Graded School Honor Roll. Following is thfe honor roll of the Fort Mill graded school for 1 March: : First Grade?Highly Distinguished: Allie Bradford. Pansy Gamble, Josephine . McCorkle, Parks Bradford. Charles Cannup, Kenyon Young. Distinguished: Everod Armstrong, Clarence Kloniger, John McGuirt. Hazel McKibben, Helen Ferguson, Lula Parks. Advanced First Grade?Distinguished: Henry Armstrong, Brevard Crowder, Claude Culp, Randolph Carothers, Harry Har' key, Emma Bailes, Maggie Bell, I Oscar Triplett, Garland Dyches, Myra Belle Kimbrell, Maggie Ligon, Cornelia Thompson. Second Grade?Highly Distinguished: Gregory Dyches, 1 Mary Garrison. Distinguished: John Bennett, Melvin Carter, , Fay Johnston, Finley Lee, James ' Merritt, Ezell Wagstaff, Floyd < I Cloniger. Third Grade?Highly Distin- , guished: Omie Hood, Owen Pat- , terson, Faulkner Parks. Distinguished: Frances Bradford, j George Ross Garrison, Frances Hoagiand, Lewis McKibben, , Lewis Merritt, Myrtle Reeves, ' Hasten Stephens. Fourth Grade ?Highly Distin- | guished; Willie Bradford, Gracie Purdee, Inez Wolfe, Hattie Parks, Cora Massey, Franklin , Armstrong, Harvey Capps, Hazel Gross, John McLaughlin, Henry Link, Elliott Bennett. Distinguished: Susis Lee Patterson, Mamie Robinson, Lewis Howard. 'Charlie Steele, Russell Phillips. Pifth Grade ? Distinguished: Lillie Bailes, Hampton Dyches, Olin Hood, Edith Parks. . Sixth Grade ? Distinguished: ! Elizabeth Ardrey, Lawrence Armstrong, Katharine Massey, ' Bertha Moore, Stephen Paarks, Ernest Wagner. sevenin tirade ? Highly L)ift'.nguished: Virginia Barber, Martha Dyches, Grace Goodwin, Elizabeth Mills, Anna Wolfe. Frank Jones. High School. Highly Distinguished: Annie Parks. Distinguished: Marian Parks, Hattie Belk, Fair Lee, Blanche Moser, Rebecca Blanklenship, Bleeker Lee, William Grier, Stough Blankenship. Some Service Flag. There's a service flag with five stars at the home of Paul A. Jones, in Pittsfield, Mass. But that's not enough, he thinks. He is planning to add three more stars. Walter, the youngest, who will be eighteen soon, plans to enlist and two more sons are in Class A1 of the draft. Five are 'already in variouscampsthroughout the country. Five of the boys have "war brides." _____ ^ KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Cure. I Majesti< Little MAD< "The World's Kiddie M dom's Sweet "The Little In this photoplay littl seen as a poor East s then as the inmate ol next as a bareback ri as a "boy"in her E palatial mansion, anc duchess, heiress to v; This Picture W ! Both C Show Will Open (Ne Admission, 1 One-half of Receip Coming 1 Buffa) (Him In five big e tern ad Open 4 p. m. - 1 The M Hast A^ain Face Jnry. 1 W. A. (Os) Wilkinson, who ' has been in Chester jail for several months on the charge of running a disreputable house. ] and whose case at the fall term j of court resulted in a mistrial, is < now confined in jail on a charge > of murder, a warrant charging him with the murder of his wife , having been sworn out a few j clays ago by C. C. Clack, constable at the Baldwin mill. Mrs. Wilkinson was found beaten to < death at her home at Sandy , river pumping station in De- , member, 1916, the crime evident- , ly having been committed with 3ome blunt instrument Two < negroes, John and Cato Wright, 1 were arrested on suspicion, and as feeling against thein began to run high on the day following the murder they were taken to the penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping. Subsequently the coroner's jury found that Mrs. Wilkinson had come to her death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury, and the Wright negroes were released. Mrs. Wilkinson was struck down in her kitchen as she was about her household duties. Robbery appeared to have been the motive, as certain hiding places nf money had been ransacked, but some thought this might have been merely a ruse. Several months ago, after Wilkinson's place had been for some time the subject of unfavorable comment, he was arrested and tried at the fall term of court on the charge of running an immoral place. The case resulted in a mistrial, and the defendant was remanded to jail to await trial at the spring term of court. When he next goes to trial, however, it will be on the charge of murdering his wife. America to The Rescue! James D. Grist's letter from Camp Sevier, has been badly cut up by the censor this week. It is the first time that the censor has interferred further than to fix his stamp of approval. But this time the introductory paragraphs have been cut from and including the date line leaving little else than the following: Training and preparation for war is worse than war itself, they say. Besides as the men here read the papers every morning and every afternoon and learn of the great strength of the enemy; read of the heroic sacrifices of the Allies, of the daily deeds of bravery; read of the need for men to fill the gaps, there arises in every heart a desire to get over and into it, a desise to help whip them and to Iwittrr ^ 1 J U" >|>B (jratc lU U SlI ICKeil worm. '"Haig's Line Still Holds," was the lead headline that blazed across an extra of the Greenville Piedmont Saturday afternoon. A number of soldiers read that headline and read the story telling of the offensive of the Germans and of Allied lines intact. The soldier who was reading : Friday GE EVANS, Star" in one of Filmest Pictures. Duchess." le Miss Evans is first ide tenement urchin: : an orphan asylum: der in a circus;-third r.glish grandfather's 1 finally as the little ast estates. 'ill Please )ld and Young. w Time) at 4:30 P. M. 10c and 20c. its to Local D. A. R. 'UESDAY lo Bill iself) icts of Wes. [venture Prices 10c and 20c. I ajestic. to his comrades dropped the paper to the ground. He clenched his fists as he raised his arms over his head. "Great God!" he exclaimed in high pitched voice and his eyes agleam with fire?"if I were only there in that line holding ft em. "Same here," cried another &f the party; "me too," said another and the voice of assent went all around the little party. "Oh why don't they send us over and let us in it; we ain't no experts in soldierin' maybe, but damn it, we could shoot until we died." This is illustrative of the sentiment of the Thirtieth now. The Thirtieth wants to go over and hold or die. It's got to be done.?Yorkville Enquirer. The total number of bales of the 1916 cotton crop ginned in York county up to March 20, 1017 UTQO OA Q71 Koloo onrninof I I Xt/A. ? ? TTOO XCZ, %/ I X a^aiiiow | 31,358 bales of the 1917 crop, I ginned up to March 20, 1918. This Is Our Winter of Test SERVING food la a local problst. for each | community. Prices and definite rules for < every one cannot be , nenlthy and strong. Tills winter of 1018 Is the period when Is to be tested here In America whethi er our people are capable of voluntary Individual sacrifice to save the world. That Is the purpose of the organization of the United States Food Administration?by voluntary effort to provide the food that the world needs. U. S. FOOD ADM! ISTRATION I 1 DR. A. l_. OTT , DENTIST ? Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. Electric ; Bitters ; Made A Now Man Of H irr ' "I was Buffering from pain in nstomach, head and back," writer J > < T. Alston, ltaleigh, I*. <3., ' and r liver and kidneys did not work rig! but four bottle's of Electric made me feel liko a uev7 mar. PRPE 50CTS. AT ALL DRUG STORK ?? tm w w " 1? I Many Peopi A ? About ?c me pi for people considerat for those \ their mon< when anyc can with o | I You dor will do, if ; est. Start 1 F( We Sell 'em I We He; That's what we mean to do Then when we leave, you'll re Come to the WHITF. FROM Hardware, Shoes, Notions, have been delayed out of Bait Better wait till they come in i We save you $1.00 per pair Come to see us?if we can ly. If any article in our store right. Carolina Bai * [Good Gi I t == i i ; For a general st? ; of tested merit 1 ; our store cannot b< f Our prices are alvv and we are preps public with the be* our line. ^ Phone us your wa ways "on the job." I > f t Parks Grc ! Phone * Wheat Our Flour Mill in Rock Hill is in operation six days in a week ind we will be glad to do grindins: for the farmers and others )f Fort Mill township. First:lass equipment and experienced nillers guarantees you satisfac:ory results. Highest cash prices for Corn, shelled or on cob. Catawba Milling Company, Rock Hill, S. C. le Have Mil t]ie Banjul Eople think a bank is a place < who have to borrow to KniU >le money to deposit. A ban] vho wish to start to save, as v ;y for those who have already >ne thinks he can get along w ne. If you arc one of them we i to the bank and talk with < We will show you in a v that you ought to Have a Bank ?and you can have a bi here if you desire. t't need much money to open you can't spare more now?it now while you have that imf Fhe Saving The 1RT MILL, Friendly ^ Bank Cheaper, I ir Folks Sav. I 0 so long as we stay here, member us. T Stores for your Groceries. Etc. Our Ladies' Slippers imore since February 12th. f you can. for the nice ones. help you we will do so glad> isn't right, we'll make it 'gain House. roceries. | ______ L>ck of groceries * we believe that i out-classed. + ays at the bottom ired to serve the it of everything in jits. We are al- * * eery Co., \ s 116 * t Phone 15 Good Coffee, 15c Fresh Country Eggs 40c No. 1 Irish Potatoes, pk.._ 50c Choice Pink Salmon,.. 20c Canned Tomatoes, 20c Full stock of Flour ' and Corn Meal. Culp's Grocery, SALESMEN WANTED to solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or Commission. Ad nress int. HAUVfil Ull.l'u., Cleveland, Ohio. CattBHH stamen Ideas ng business. only for those in business? homes, or for people with k is a place for everyone? rell as a safe place to keep r saved. It's a mistaken idea ithout a bank as well as he. invite you to come our officers? rery few minutes * Account. ink acccount / an account here?One dollar is the start that's the hard>ulse. s Bank, >. 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