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91 v * * ?? ** ml' 1/ r * <SSSSSS=SSam^S=SSSsSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSSB THE FOOT KILL TIMES *9t& DMOMHh?PtblMwdnawdiTi. / B. W. BRADFORD - - Bill toe and Proprietor - I OMoairnoN kates: One Yw 11.26 31* Month* .66 * rh? Time*, overcontribution* on live subject* b at does not scree to publish more than 200 words a any subject. The riffht Is reserved to edit N /err eommunloatlon submitted for oubllcatlon. On ^application to the publisher. advertising rates are mad* known to those interested. feleohone.localand lone distance. No. 112. Rntered at the postoffice at Fort Mill.S. C..as mall natter of the second class. THURSDAY. MAY. 2. 1918. We Must Win. If we lose this war, my farm * is ' not of the slightest consequence to me/ says Governor Lowden, of Illinois. I don't care what becomes of it, for if I can't hold it as an American citizen f^ee from dictation of some superman, some war lord, who shall send me some lieutenant or sergeant and tell me what to do with it and tell me how much of a crop I can put in my granary and what I shall have to put into the imperial coffers; if I must hold it upon these terms, I don't want it. I would rather have in my heart merely the memory of it in the good old. free happy ninciiv.au uajro, wiicii cvci j man who lived on his farm could stand erect in the sight of God and in the likeness of a man. I would be happier with just . the memory of it in my heart than to hold it under the dominion, of a firplitary despotism. For this is a war not between two nations jealous of one another's territory perhaps, or jealous of one another's prestige, but it ' is the final conflict between two great principles that have been engaged in conflict since the dawn of time somewhere or another on the face of the globe. Now thfc forces on the one side and the other are engaged all the world round and when it is over one# or the other of these principles will be supreme everywhere. Either the right of man to govern himself, the right of liberty to all the people will be acknowledged everywhere, or the cannon and sword will be the only arbiters of events and men. % One of these fine davs the people of Fort Mill will awaken to the fact that the town is spending enough money annuallv in maintaining the present sanitary arrangement to float a good, big bond issue, and then ?we will put in an up-to-date sewerage system. Indications are that within the next few weeks York county will have sent forward many additional men to assist in putting tne kibosh on the reign of the Hohenzollerns. May they soon plant the Stars and Stripes on the Potsdam palace. That Fort Mill is an tirderlv town is proven by the fact that not one cent of police fines were collected during the first quarter of this year. And this not because the town was iniproper. . ly policed, either. Saturday is the last clay of th<> Third Liberty loan campaign, and if you haven'r. bouaht a bond, or feel that you are able 'to buy more, go at once and buy more. Your help is needed in the present crisis. A man must use his head if he would get there with both feet. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers ol kFort Mill real estate have recently been recorded in the office 01 the auditor of York county: J. L. Spratt to John C. Spratt, 3 2-10 acres. Consideration $100. W. E. Kimball to J. M. Mer ritt, Mary B. Merritt and Jessie Bell^ Merritt, 1 lot. Consideration, $650. C. W. McNealy to J. J. Bailes, 1 lot. Consideration $600. Sue E. Spratt to ,Mattie E. E Stevcne, 1 lot. Consideration, W. P. Norman to E. R. Pati tersorj, 2 lota. Consideration, * York Coiaty News Natters. I Xorkville Enquirer.) There are quite a number of people in Yorkville who refuse to be convinced that that meteor of Tuesday was not an airplane. They insist that they heard the noise of the propellers, and there is one man in the courthouse who says he saw a man and woman in the airplane and heard loud taking. There are others who are convinced that a shrapnel shell is the only solution to the mysterv. Mr. W. D. Wallace of No. 11 Yorkville, sold a hog Wednesday for $97.60 and applied the pro- j ceeds to a $100 Liberty bond, j There is nothing remarkable of j course, about a man like Mr. I 1 Wallace buying a Liberty bond under existing conditions; but j think of selling a single hog for i $97.60! j Messrs. W. H. Crook and j J. H. Sutton, of Fort Mill, were in Yorkville Wednesday trying to secure an adjustment of the damage to Philadelphia Methodist church which was struck by the heavy windstorm that passed | through that section some months ago and which was insured in the Farmers' Mutual. The following selected men from Local Board No. 2 left for I Camp Jackson on the Southern i railway Friday morniner: Hucrh I Carroll Robinson, Robert Ross! i Brown, William Meek Faulkner, Charlie Martin Dixon, Edgar 'Claude Hope, John Jackson Thomasson, McElwee Monroe i 1 Stroup. York county has roads and i roads and some of them are very rough and make very disagreeable traveling, especially in fast going automobiles, or rather in automobiles that would go fast if the roads would per-! mit fast driving, but it might j make us feel more comfortable i 10 know that all the bad roads j , are not in York county. A trip j , to Charlotte by way of Gastonia and Belmont will prove to any i one who takes such a trip that Gaston and Mecklenburg counties have roads that will contend with York county for "had road" honors. The best road, however, between Yorkville and Charlotte, is in North Carolina, from the State line on through ; Gastonia, and east of that tow n /? il ?--i _ to lor nve or six nines. ine resi of the way; well, it is just a road. In the Circuit Court at York j last week the case of Miss Olive j Perry vs. Mrs. M.S. Miller re-1 suited in a verdict for Mrs.! Miller. In the case of Daniel McKenzie, administrator, vs. the Southern Railway and Holler and Hailey, the jury found for the plaintiff against Holler and \ Hailey the sum of $4,200 and was unable to agree as to the ! liability of the Southern railroad. I So far as the Southern railroad was concerned, a mistrial was ordered. The sum of $124.70 was stolen i from the ticket case at the! j Southern passenger station yes-1 1 terday between 11 and 12 o'clock during the absence of the agent, j On the return of the agent from i dinner he found the ticket case , prized open and the money gone. There is no clue to the thief. Mr. McCurry says that included in the stolen money th^re was one twenty dollar bill which he believes he could identify by reason of its peculiar margin. Use Care in Sending None?. Relatives and friends of several soldiers in armv camps have been victimized by swindlers who wired or wrote for funds under soldiers' names. In each instance it was requested that monev be sent, hv u ire vvuivintr I identification, or by mail to! general delivery, the customary j ' explanation being that the sol-! dier had been discharged and \ would have no way of securing identification, nor of getting mail addressed to his company. The lollowing is a typical telejgram, sent to the father of a ??uldier in a southern camp: ! "Have been discharged. Coming home. Going to Atlanta through country tonight. Please wire me $60 at Atlanta so I may pay for uniform and come home direct. Wave identification as I am not known in Atlanta. Wire cash quick so I can get it tomorrow morning." Before being complied with, any request for money to be sent under such conditions should be verified by a letter or telegram to the commanding officer of the camp in which the man whose name is signed to the request is stationed. I w POTATOES CHEAPEST FOOD TOU CAN BUY 1?^ I FOOD ADMINISTRATION APPEALS TO PEOPLE TO CONSUME SURPLUS AND AVOID WASTE. Columbia, 8. C.?In a letter sent out by WllUam Elliott. Food Admin lsu-aior ror south Carolina, to the re- < tail grocers throughout the State, atN!; tentlon is called to the big surplus In-, Irish potatoes, and the retailers are ' urged to push their sales. The appeal is made by the Pood Adminls- , tration to the people of the State that ! they eat more potatoes and consume the big surplus during the next few weeks in order that a tremendous waste may be avoided. There are in South Carolina at the present time 40,000 hags of potatoes in hands of the wholesalers and 10.000 , bags in the hands of the retailers. It is estimated by the Federal Food Administration that the surplus this year over normal times is 110,000,000 bushels. The new crop will be coming in in a few weeks to add to this surplus. "It woul dbe a crying shame in this time of food shortage for this surplus in potatoes to go to waste," says Mr. Elliott in his letter to the retailers. Farmers were last year urged to plant big potato crops in order to relieve the food situation, and did so patriotically, and at present prices, j says Mr. Elliott, IriHh potatoes are not , only the most plentiful food, but they j are the cheanest fond thnt nonaum?.? I = I can buy. Wholesalers at different points in i the State are selling potatoes at from on* dollar to two dollars a bag less than they cost them. ? WHOLE TEXAS COUNTY QUITS EATING WHEAT Will Usa No More Wheat Flour Until After Next Harvest in Grimes County, Texas. Columbia*?The F>ood Administration has received advices and assur ance from the citizens of Grimes county. Tey that no wheat Hour will be used by aem until the next harvest. In Grimes county every day will be a wheatless day until the next crop cones in. In the name fine spirit of patriotism with which the citizens of this Texas county refrain from eating wheat bread in order that the American soldiers of the Allies and the people of war-stricken Europe may be fed. they have turned over to the government at cost, one car of wheat flour* and will deliver others now in transit. These j cars are being diverted to an Atlantic port for immediate shipment to the Allies. The food situation is still far from being satisfactory. The most urgent need now In Europe is for wheat. News dispatches received from Italy, | indicating that a powerful offensive Is about to he begun by the Austrians who have received great quantities of supplies from Russia, says that the Italians are in desperate need of food, j and that only about one-third of the j Italian army of 3,000.000 men is being maintained on the battle lino, the of flclal explanation being that there 1? Insufficient food to provide for the remainder. HOW A RURAL SCHOOL 13 FIGHTING THE KAISEF? . Whole Community Awakened to a War Consciousness by the Bethea Rural School. Columbia.?How effectively a rural school can fight the Kaiser and make its Influence felt throughout a community. awakening the people to a war consciousness and to a sense of their responsibility in the present crisis, has been strikingly demonstrated by the Bethea schoolh In Aiken county, reports of which haTe been received by the Food Administration. Food production and conservation have been so Impressed upon the peopie of the Bethea community, through the medium of the school?the children carrying the gospel home to their , parents?and the night school, which lsv attended by many adults, that in response to the crying need of the allied world for food, sixty-one acres have been sown in wheat this spring as against only tan acres last year. This is only one of the several achievement of Bathea school In war work. Bethea Is a two-teacher school five miles west of Wagener. The | young women who preside over the school are Misses Mary Eva Hite and Myrtle Burke; and they have,.in addi tlon to their regular duties, devoted time, effort and careful thought to helping the people of the community to do their utmost in helping win the war. A plot of land adjoining the aehoo! ground has been secured for a War Service Garden, which is given a? j much attention as any other part of lha school work. A Junior Red Cros.-- 1 organization has been perfected with a membership of thirty-three?ol! school children. All community work was directed to Red Cross work last Tail at the beginning of the school eras, and practically every home In 'he community has turned In some o' the two hundred and sixty-eight articles that have been finished If there Is In the State another rur>' school that can give a more practice' "temple 'ef the fighting spirit, the " ood Administration would be glad to hwr of Its achievement. "Electric Bitters ; Made A Now Mart Of H i "I waa suffering itoia paui iu ntomach, bead aud back," unites It T. Alston, Rulel-h, N. rn ?.-r n liver andkldncyc did not wort? ;;i<; but four bottlaa of Electric i": Alert made me feel like a new loan." . HPiS W v * \ I I T To k?pn thft rftiinff mo | the fight at once. Th: /f Wo.uld b _________ that every 1 < jj And why not? It is 11 up capital for the futn case of need, it can be The best in the world. I End the War. | v I FIR | School Trutter*. < The District School Trustees of the county are hereby summoned to attend a conference to be held in the court houeh at York on Saturday, May 4th, at 10:80 a. m. The situation now confronting the . public schools as a result of the war is 1 one that requires prompt and energetic . action. A full attendance is necessary ' to a satisfactory solution of the prob- 1 lems involved. ( JOHN E. CARROLL, Supt. of Education. < , Teachers' Examination. ' The regular Spring Examination of < applicants for Tetchers' Certificates will be held in the courthonso ?t York on Friday, May 3id, beginning at !> a. m. \ Applicants must be at least eighteen years of age, must purpose to teach and should come provided with pencils, examination paper and lunch. Applicants coming in after the examination ; has begun will stand practically no I chance to obtian a certificate. I JOHN E. CARROLL, Supt. of Education. <INC"'S NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Cure. It> v w | 1\ Li f f "t We will pay a F I for evidence suffici party who on Pi ; took from our stc case of Swift s Jew* | Potts Su ^ ; SAFE I SERVICE! S Safety and Strength are ? have built up the Savings Be . OUT PVPrvrlav hii?in#??ac in ia/ + - - - J ?^W...WWW, . ourselves, and which, we >e ^ be taken to mean anything, i SAFETY! SERV1C I hese are three elements T consideration in the selectior banking. You will find all t f 4- Per Cent Pah I The Savin 0 THE n of 19 or 20 out of the trencb is requires money, of course? e a proud boast for am man and woman in it ot a gift?it is an investment, ire use of the bond buyer. Tl sold quickly. These arc re '.ep the young men Buy a Bond Qi Space doi ST NATK Wheat Our Flour Mill in Rock Hill is! n operation six days in a week ind we will be jrlad to do prindi lll>" for f"ho fni-mprc oml nt liuvc if Fort Mill township. First- i dass equipment and experienced j millers guarantees you satisfac-. Lory results. Highest cash prices for Corn, shelled or on cob. Catawba Milling Company, Hock Hill. S. C. j ^?! j DR. A. l_. OTT , | Df: NTIST Office hours, S a. m. to f> p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. _____________________________________ i ARD! | Reward of $25.00 4 ent to convict the ; iday, April 26th, ?' )re one 60-pound ; d Lard. pply Co. | // ZTYI j TRENGTH! I : the prime factors which ink. Service is a part of ? hich we especially pride * j lieve, if our growth may ^ j is appreciated. ? E! STRENGTH! which should enter into t of a place to do YOUR f hree here. d on Savings igs Bank. I ? WAY . I I ies is to throw all the might of America into ? MONEY. | / city or town to be able to say * . ^ had subscribed to a Liberty bond \ t It is putting money into a bank. It is storing ic bond can be used for n loan at any bank, or* in * gular bonds of the United States Government. out of the trenches. f lick. - - Any bank will Help you. ? latcd by ^ )NAL BANK. * -? . # .4. 4 4.4 .4.4., I The Best of Everything j I At the lowest possible price, is what we are trying1 to I give our many customers, regardless of the soaring prices t elsewhere. Everything guaranteed to give satisfaction.' | Everything in Eatables, seol^ as Canned Vegetables, ^ Canned Meats. Ketchup, Sauce, Coffees, Cereals, Pro- ? duce. Syrup, Dessert Peaches, Dried Fruits. Etc , be- ^ sides a big line of 10c and 25c goods in our notion depart- H ment. and a full line of Hardware, Tinware, etc. ^ Phone us for quick service. Your patronage is appre- fl Buy a Liberty Bond or work to pay interest to | those who do buy. Bonds increase in value while you | sleep. Greenbacks Don't. ? I Carolina Bargain House. 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