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PFf. v THE FORT MILL TIKES O*mocrttlc?PnhiiiMThandtTi. B. W. BRADFORD Editor *nd Proprietor OBIORirTION KATCa: One Year Sl.tS Six Month a .................. .88 Che rimo?:nvlte*eontrlbutioneon live object" bit does not ijrrec to publish more than 200 word* <11 any subject. The rt*ht is reserved to edit /err communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising r ?ten arc made known to those in teres ted. Teleohone. local and Ion* distance. No. 112. Entered at the oostofflce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mall matter of the second class. THURSDAY. APRIL. 18. 1918. ?W&S~ UNITBD IUm gO???HM?WT Buy Them And Help Win The War OATf *Tr*hvnrnn? Your $50 Liberty Bond.. It will protect 1,000 soldiers from smallpox and 666 from typhoid. It will assure the safety of 139 wounded soldiers from lockjaw, the germs of whicl. swarm in Belgian soil. It will render painless 400 operations, supply 2 miles of bandages?enough to bandage 555 wounds. It will care for 160 injuries in the way of "first aid" packets. It w ill furnish adhesive plaster and surgical ganze enough to benefit thousands of wounded soldiers. Every purchaser of a Liberty Loan bond performs a distinct individual service to his country and to our boys now fighting in France. . \ Cut Flour Consumption. Dr. J. B. Johnson, food ad. . r? .1- 1 iiiuiisiraiur lur nit: eastern aistrict of the county, has issued the following appeal to the people: "Our boys at the front have been forced to undergo the fearful sacrifice of meeting our common enemy on a diet containing less than their full quota of wheat flour. We have been placed on 24 pounds for the city and 48 pounds for the farmer per month allowance, in order to give our soldiers at the front the amount of wheat flour necessary for their comfort and efficiency. I am satisfied that our people will gladly support this ruling, but you know we have a population that a large per centage of them you have to wind up at the side with a key. Such people are loyal, though, to be sure, they say, 'What is the matter with you, am I not doing my bit?' When they came to me I subscribed to a Liberty bond, when they asked me, I gave money to the Red Cross. I have bought war savings stamps for my children, I never eat meat on meatless days nor wheat on wheatless days. Whenever they play the 'Star Spangled Banner' I stand up, what more do you want? What more? Good GoJ, do such people realize what this war means? Do thev realiy.?? ?f ter paying their taxes and buying all the bonds aikd denying ourselves every luxury and doing all the other things we are asked to do, we will still have to multiply our sacrifices by the thousands before we ever approach the price paid by the people of Belgium and France. Every man who is not taking this wtir home to himself and making it a part of his life, is non-essential. Every man who does not make the cause of his country the subconscious thought back of every action of his daily life, is not living up to the possibilities of his citizenship. He is not doing his part in the glorious work for the liberty of humanity from despotism. The shouting must stop and shooting begin. We can now afford to leave off singing "The Star Spangled Banner' long enough to ffO out and wnrW In keep that Holy and sacred flag from defilement in the dirty paws of the German Kiser?the paws that are dripping with murdered millions." ' V' ; ' Y*rk Ceuty News Natters. I i orkville Enquirer.) R. L. A. Smith, magistrate in Broad River township, accom a i _? a ? t_ paniea oj a posse, rmiaea a diockade still about two miles south of Hickory Grove Sunday night and destroyed the plant, including a quantity of beer, Two negroes were arrested, and from them information was secured as to the ownership of the still and the parties who were operating the plant. Four cases of spinal meningitis have developed among negroes in Bethel township, three of tht m in. the province of Dr. Dulin and the other on the Ormand Dlace. One negro woman died of the disease Sunday, and Dr. Dulin tiTQO ??AnlUr - ? ? a. ?ao icanjr cci tain ui tne curreciness of his diagnosis in the other two cases. The fourth case has not been definitely established. At the request of Dr. Dulin, Dr. J. M. Walker reported the situation to the State board of health, and an expert from Columbia went up to Bethel last night to inject serum in all the I patients that seemed to require such injection. ? York Boys to Organize. The United States Boys' Working Reserve is to be organized in York county, the purpose r,f which is to enlist all boys between the ages of 16 and ?i in some kind of work for producing food or materials for Winning i the war! R. C. Burts, juperin(tendentof the public ,chools of Rock Hill, has beer appointed by State Director S. H. Edmunds of Su'-.ter, as head of It*n<? wo-'. .11 York county. The names of all boys between : the ages of 16 and 21 will be [secured from the schools and otherwise and the names of 1 farmers in the county who need help on the farms will be listed I and nrrengements made for the boys to go out either to live with | the farmer or to organize into [ companies and camp. This work is under the direction of the Department of Labor at Washington. Each boy who i enlists wiil be given a certificate, also a badge and when he has worked for at least six weeks he is given a Federal badge bearing J the great seal of the United States. The same arrangements can be mnde for those who work in industries working to make necessary material for war purposes. J. Y. Sturnes Dead. Mr. J. Y. Starnes, a Con' federate veteran and a well known resident of this city, died Saturday shortly after noon at his home in the village of the Fort Mill Mfg. company. Mr. Starnes had been ill for several months following a stroke of paralysis. The burial was made in New Unity cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, following ; funeral services by the Rev. ! YV. S. Goodwin at the Methodist ; church. Mr. Starnes had been a resident of Fort Mill for many years, coming here from Union county, N. C. He was a man who was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Deceased was a member of the Methodist church and was always a regular attendant on services and active in church I work. Ladies Work for Liberty Loan. The ladies' auxiliary comi mittee in the Liberty Bond | campaign held a meeting in the Red Cross work room Saturday afternoon to report the result of the first week's work to Dr. J. Lee Spratt, general chairman of the local compiittee. There are five captains of teams of three .each, four of whom were assigned to the town as follows: ! Mrs. Arthur L. Parks, Mrs. A. T. I \t _ l . a* ^ irseeiy, Mrs. w. B. Ardrey and ' Mrs. J. T. Young. The rural district committees were headed by Mrs. W. H. Windell, of Gold Hill; Mrs. J. T. Garrison, of Flint Hill, and Mrs. B. F. Massey of Massey's, The report of these ladies was most encouragI ing and their subscriptions added to those already received brings the total of Fort Mill's subscriptions to more than 40 per cent over the allotment. These committees will make a final report two weeks hence. Notices have been sent out to the several precinct clubs of the county that the Democrats will meet at their respective precincts on Saturday, April 27th to reorganize and to elect delegates | to the county convention in York jMav Cth. Each precinct will elect one delegate for each 26 members or majority fraction / iSAHWHinDF I uuuii nivu unuiil PUN A SAVING ELIMINATE COST OF DELIVERY SYSTEM AND CUTS OUT CREDIT LOSSES. Opportunity For Community Workers l to Establish Plan Evsrywhsro by Bringing About Understanding Be| twsen Storekeepers and Customers. Fair and even moderate prices of food and food products these days of 1 abnormal conditions are so greatly increased over prices which were stand; ard a year or two years ago that many housekeepers whose family purses have not been fattened In proportion I to the advance In prices are ezperiencJ lng difficulty In providing, even with rigid economy, the necessities of lite, ; and many others are stretchlnc the 1 weekly or monthly* allowances oyer | these periods only by taking advan ! tage ot every opportunity to save. The retailers are, as a general rule. ; selling at prices which give them no more than a reasonable profit above cost and expenses of operation to which they are entitled; but one of the big Items figured In cost Is the expense of credit and delivery. This expense Is of course greater In larger | centers, but even in the small communities It Is a factor which contributes to making food and foodstuffs, already dear, even dearer to the consumer. Any plan whereby tbe retailer may be enabled to sell food products 'even ; a fraction cheaper without cutting into the reasonable profit to which he is entitled and which he must necessarI ily have to maintain himself in business, will, undoubtedly, be welcomed by b >th the retailer and the consumer ; everywhere; and the "Cash and Carry" plan, which Is being employed in I some of the larger cities of the coun: try would appear to commend Itself. The "Cash and Carry" plan?which fa simply the doing away with deliveries so far as that Is practicable, and paying rash? not only eliminates the one expense of delivering one's goods at his kitchen door, but also the more considerable expense of i book-keeping, credit and collections. of Vrhich the greatest Is that of credit, i since that term always implies a car tain percentage of losses, which must likewise be figured in by the merchant. else he could not continue in business very long. In other words, the man who does not pay his bill penalises the man who does pay. It would appear that in any coot munity the retail merchants would willingly give their customers the benefit of these costs?of delivery and credit?cutting down the prices of food products, if they might have the co-operation of their customers on the "Cash and Carry" plan, which would mean that the customer would either call at or send to the store, pay cash for the goods purchased, and carry the goods home with him. In the handling of heavy goods thera must, of course, be deliveries made. As an example of what saving can 1 he effected through the "Cash and Carry" plan, one of the largest dairies In the United States operates 1th qailk ! stores or depots in New York City. This big dairy corporation recently advertised what Is termed "the bigger servloe." and announced that on April 1st the "Cash and Carry" plan would become operative. To all those who carry their containers to?any one of the 185 milk stores, milk is stold at 10 cents a quart, for cash. If the milt is delivered, ae the corporation la willing to do if that should be preferred, the price for the same grade of miik la 14 cents a quart. Through the "Cash and Carry" p'an the consumer saves , four cents a quart. Another system of food storeq In ! the metropolis, oeerstinr on th? "f??K 1 and Carry" plan, will, on each one dollar's worth of goods purchased, give the customer 14 cents elthor In cash or in additional goods. If tcustomer will carqgr his purchase* with him and have the stores the expense of delivery, fourteen cents on the dollar Is certainly worth saving. PLANT WAR GARDENS, SUPPLY HOME NEEDS. It la the Patriotic Duty of Every One to Help Provide for Hlmeaif In Present Crisis. Columbia, April t.?In planting war gardens, the advice of Herbert Hoover, United States Food Administrator, Is: "Plant what you will be able to nee, not what you think you mgy be able to sell." There has probwhly never been a time since the South was blockaded during the War Batwean the Sections when It has bean so vitally aacaasary for the people ef South Carolina te ooncern themselves about tfca question of food supplies, not only that the soldiers fighting In Europe and t|? Allied soldiers aid peoples may fee fed. but. because sf the unsatlefaotroy feed sttuetion. that they stay set suffer at hone. Food product!?* durlac the coning sumsaer and fall ealls on people in ettfea and towns as well as upon the farmer for their very best efforts, aad every one who has waste land around the hone or space la the baok yard should '.?k himself: "Will the fact of ay piaatiag a goods* help w<n tha war?" Electric Bitters Made A New Man Oi "I was goffering from pain .a B-j stomach, head aud back," wriue I: T. Alston, Raleigh, N. 0., "?tvi r v liver and kidneys did r,ot workifcjfc, but four bottles of Electric JfcSifur? mada ma fael like a nen loan. ? am NW. IT MA MWC f War Savings Sfc o Bonds do Is fw&&] s Stamj *sSS*3P w?I wnWNR They " Oongr Mick othsr. They ir* botk of port the war. Tka Liberty Loan camp billions of dollars necessary toward Ins to our Allies. The peculiar significance of thi not designed merely to get money, I money. Obviously the government something with the money. If the chase aa much, gpods and services uuxics uiuai go i!wn or munttloi them. That wu Lord Kitchener's enough material and labor In thie c government and at the same time t : tton. If the people perelat In needl as well not have any money aa not for that money. Wars are not foui the goods and services that money Successive Liberty Loans will t tervals. The War Savings campai doubt until the war is over. It al shall make the sales of stamps cum ed means who buys a few dollars his share as well as the wealthier Loan bonds. Millions who could i will be able to help by investing in palgns are, in reality, only one?the Old newspapers for sale at The Times office. SALESMEN WANTED to solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or Commission. Address THE HARVEY OIL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. KINC'8 NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Curo Majestic T( (Benefit o BETSY The Greatest Historical the children of the to picture. The makii can flap: is ont Played by Miss Benefit Local Red Cross To "Souls A Thrilling Stor; Islands ETHEL ( I Clifford De OF NEW I At Winthrop ( + Matinee and nig] f Afternoon Mat t Two Per I "The Bishop's - A Drama in One Act Ad jr "Les Mise I "Doctor by | Famous come + Evening $ f "The Ro ? By B< Tor each performanc t General Admission, 50c. I 1 ^?jjj?|||| | SAF, ! SERVICE! I i I r? r i n * Safety and Strength are f have built up the Savings 1 I t our everyday business, in 1 | ^ ourselves, and which, we t , ^ be taken to mean anything t SAFETY! SERVI jt 1 hese are three elementi f consideration in the selectie banking. You will find all f 4 Per Cent Pa _____ ! The Savi] I! amps and Liberty J 'Jot Conflict. I Liberty loan campaign and War m Stamp campaign art not rival*?no than the super-drsadnsughts and dors of our navy ar? rivals. e Liberty Loan and War Savings m are two forms of the same financial tlon of the United 8tates government, were authorised by the same vote of esf and are intended to supplement unount importance to the financing of sign is primarily to obtain the many paying the expenses of war and lends war savings campaign is that it Is but to enable the government to spend can not spend money unless it can buy i civilian population continues to purnow as it did in peace time, then the is and other things indispensable to wnrning to England. There are not ouutry to supply the war needs of the the peace needs of the civilian populaess purchasing, the government might . to be able to buy goods and services Bht with money?they are fought with can buy. >e sold in successive campaigns at inign will last throughout the year?no ms at developing habits of thrift that ulative. And the person of very limitworth of War Savings Stamps does man who buys a quantity of Liberty not afford to invest in Liberty Bonds War Savings Stamps. The two camt of financing for victory. DR. A. L_. OTT , DENTIST Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. 1 O-MORROW f Red Cross) r ROSS. Pinfnro of fKo A All JL IVbV?t V VX biiw nil wnship should see this ng of the first Ameri? interesting scene. ALICE BRADY, i - Prices, 10c and 20c -Day Adrift," y of the South Sea i, featuring :layton. $ vereaux Co. f YORK CI 1Y 4 College Auditorium t ht -APRIL 26TH. inee, 3 o'clock? 1 v? formances: ^ Candlesticks/' 1 apted from Victor Hugo's | rabies," and ^ Compulsion," | >dy by Moliere. i it 8 o'clock: 4 <3 mancers," ; ostand. + e?Matinee and Night: % - Reserved Seats, 75c. I > ETY7 !, STRENGTH! I ; the prime factors which 3ank. Service is a part of f which we especially pride * elieve, if our growth may 1 j , is appreciated. * I CE! 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