Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 18, 1918, Image 2
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THE FORT MILL TIKES
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B. W. BRADFORD Editor *nd Proprietor
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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iSAHWHinDF
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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. ?
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War Savings Sfc
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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
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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.
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Pinfnro of fKo A All
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wnship should see this
ng of the first Ameri?
interesting scene.
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elsewhere. Everything guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Everything in Eatables, such as Canned Vegetables,
Canned Meats, Ketchup, Sauce, Coffees, Cereals, Produce,
Syrup, Dessert Peaches, Dried Fruits, Etc.. besides
a big line of 10c and 25c goods in our notion department,
and a full line of Hardware, Tinware, etc. .
Phone us for quick service. Your patronage is appreciated.
Buy a Liberty Bond or work to pay interest to
those who do buy. Bonds increase in value while vcu
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rower's urgency in having loan closed. Fresh Country EffgS 40c
ORDINARY RATE 7 per cent on a jsjo. 1 Irish Potatoes, pk..__ 50c
quick 5 to 10-year loan not under $300. r>- i c l)r.
For particular, apply to Ch?1Ce Pink Salmon 20c
c. E. SPENCER, Canned Tomatoes 20c
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