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bttltMiotwrM to pnbllab more than tOO words
a any aabjoet. Thn right la raseresd to adit
(trr communication aabmlttad for publication.
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On epeltestkm to tbo pabllahcr. tdwtbim
nit* in mad* known to thooo Intonated.
Telephone, local and lonir distance. No.lit.
Snterod at the DoetoAce at Fort Mill. 8. C.. aa
awl! matter of the second class.
THURSDAY. JUNE. 6. 1918. .
Lend?Not Give.
In asking people to invest in
war savings and war thrift
stamps, the government is not
asking them to contribute money.
It is merely asking for the use
of money, and is willing to pay
liberally for it
The government simply wishes
to employ your money and pay
you for its services just as it
would employ vou and pay you
for your services.
You will get your money back
with interest?compound interest
at the rate of 4 per cent per
annum. The stamps mature in
ffve years, but you can cash
them any time you wish before
the date of maturity and still
get interest?at three per cent.
If you need the services of
your money before five years, the
savings stamps handed to the
postmaster wiil be the letter of
resignation, and you'll get your
money back with additional payment
for the time the government
has used it.
T liowi ic rtn T-orl tono nn
A ?IV? V iu liv I vu vupvy ??v
bother, no uncertainty, no worry.
It is the simplest, safest,
and most satisfactory investment
you can make.
The French at Verdun.
At Verdun the French won i
priory that will live as long as
the human race.
But it was not merely the undying:
courage and heroism that
won the day. In these days
courage must be armed, heroism
must be euuipped. or they will
fall before brute strength. What
the French did was to rush arms,
ammunition and necessary supplies
of all kinds to Verdun. A
long, continuous, rushing procession
of motor trucks rushed
to the endangered point, and
the French soldiers were thus
supplied and equipped?and the
day was saved. France reso
lately stood the shock.
Just as France was in vital
need of the necessary supplies
at Verdun, so does our country
need war supplies for our army
ahd navy. If we do not get
them the war will be prolonged
the cost of thousands of lives
ahd billions of dollars. The
government must not only have
money to purchase these supplies,
but must be able to get
tjhe necessary material, labor and
machinery. When the public
purchases unnecessary luxuries, |
it competes with the government,
hinders the government in conducting
the war. Not only is
{tioney wasted that the govern- j
ment could well use, but labor
and material needed in the war
diverted, merely because a i
thoughtless public spends dimes,
quarters and dollars for unnecessary
luxuries.
' Had France been a thriftless
nation. Vordun would never have
been saved and France would
Have gone down to defeat.
' By investing in the war thrift
and savings stamps, the government
is given the use of money,
fcbor and material; while the
purchaser has not only done a
patriotic act, but has made an
tWVAfiftmAnf tkaf uit
Ulivvuviiaviiv v i a c* v niu pOJT 111 III
>rell.
IB?.' ~
j L. R. Williams, who nas served
most acceptably as probate judge
tor a number of years, has announced
that he will not seek re:
flection, and as a result three
: candidates are alrendy in the
field, with the prospects excelfor
others. Those who have so
far come out are J. L. Houston.
X ML WilHford and J. R. Hade. j
York C?u*ty News Natters. I
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(x orkville Enquirer.)
Hamilton Carhartt has given
five ambulances costing 92,400
each to the Red Cross and one
of them goes in to the credit of
the Rock Hill chapter. Mr.
{ im/IU MA*.
w?? ? ? ? aivu i&iaii vi tuc
kind who knows how to make
proper use of his money.
Mr. J. Albert Riddle of the
461st squadron of Uncle Sam's
flying ' squadron, stationed at
Kelly Field, South San Antonio,
Texas, has written to a Yorkville
friend about a Red Cross
celebration at the aviation camp
on last Saturday, when the
aviators entertained 50,000 people
with many hair-raising stunts
in the air.
"By all means I will beat the
York county campaign meeting,"
writes Former Governor Blease
to the editor of the Enquirer,
II * T * It ? 1 ? . ? ?
ana 1 snau tnanK you to let tne
fact be known."
Because of the tax of one percent
collected on all premiums
in the town during 1917, Yorkville
gets $116.21 from the fire
insurance companies. Fort Mill
gets $56.80 and Rock Hill gets
$448,95. York county's part of
additional license fees for the
semi-annual period ended December
31, 1918, is $1,630.39.
The officers and employes of
the Cannon mill contributed a
total of $948.80 to the Red Cross
fund. Of this amount $290 came
from the officers in subscriptions
to headquarters and to different
canvassers. The operatives contributed
$546.30 under a plan
where practically all of them
each gave the proceeds of one
/^ntr'o onr) i r\ f rv
uaj a r* \j in, ouu ill auuiliuil iu
this they subscribed $115.50
through their two Sunday
schooi s.
York county friends of Capt.
James W. Campbell of Clover,
who until a few weeks ago was
in charge of the hospital corps
of l,.8ih Infantry at Camp
Sevier, Greenville, will be interested
to learn that he did not
accompany his organization overseas.
but is still at Camp Sevier
v\here he is attached to the
hospital corps of the Casual
Batta.ion. Capt. Campbell was
unable to pass the * physical
cAaiiiiiiaiiuii icquncu ui uniccif
for overseas duty.
Mayor's Proclamation.
To the Citizens of Fort Mill.
Greeting:
Whereas, President Wilson has
appealed to the nation to enlist
during June in the army ol
savers at home who will support
the army of soldiers abroad;
Whereas, the Governor oi
South Carolina has officially
designated that period of time
commencing Friday, June 14,
and culminating June 28, as
War Savings Weeks in this State,
and has called upon the men and
women of South Carolina tc
respond to the War Savings campaign
which is to be conducted
so that by the close of Friday,
June 28, there shall be no mar
or woni?n in this State who ha*
not signed a pledge to economize
this year and to invest as much
; as possible of the ensuing savings
; in War Savings Stamps;
Therefore, now, I, B. E. Pat!
fors/m Muvnr r\t H/1 ill Jr
wvtwviif tuujvi VI 1 VI t 111 III, UV.
hereby call upon the patriotic
men and women of our town tc
respond faithfully to the appeals
made by our President and
Governor and to sign the Wai
Savings pledge cheerfully and
willingly, with a feeling oi
gratitude that in this way we at
home can do our share toward
hastening the victorious conclusion
of the war for humar
freedom in which our countr>
has entered.
B. E. Patterson.
Too Much Assessment.
The State tax commissior
wants to assess the lands ol
York county lor taxation at tht
rate of $7.95 an acre as againsi
the $5.42 an acre at which it
I was assessed by the owners ol
the land in their returns.
1 his was the effect of a notic<
[that Auditor Love received frorr
jthe Slate Tax commission lasi
weeK, ana unwilling 10 take tn<
responsibility of such a raise 01
his own account, Mr. Lovecallec
for a meeting of the counts
board of equalization, which w&
held in his office Monday morn
ing.
After going over the whoh
situation, the county board de
cided that York county land is
already assessed at about as
high a valuation as it ought t<
be assessed at, and appointed i
committee to act with othei
county committees in a vigorous
protest to the State tax com
mission.
The committee consists o:
J. T. Crawford, W. W. Miller
and S. H. Eppa, Sr.?Enquirer.
Rttardiag Nitrate Shipaeit. s
Demonstrator McKeown is in \
receipt of a letter from the bu- t
reau of markets, Washington. i
relative to shipment of nitrates 1
to this country. Of late many
farmers have inquired as to 1
when they could secure nitrate j
and in view of this fact Mr. Mc- t
Keown has requested that it ,
be made known the government
is doing its best to get the ship- <
ments hero as speedily as possi- i
ble. j
The distribution of nitrate by '
the county nitrate distributors i
has necessarily been made under \
very great difficulties. The allotment
of nitrate to different j
sections of the counties and the
delivt ries to farmers of parts of i
their requirements from the al- <
lotments made to counties from
time to time has been no small
task. The work was patriotical
ly undertaken, and so far as we :
know, has been efficiently hand- 4
led, the letter states.
Five vessels have already dis- .
charged their cargo, one of
1* 1 1
wmcn aiscnargeu at unarieston.
Another ship is now discharging |
at Charleston and still another
vessel is expected soon. This
will give South Carolina farmers ]
three shiploads of nitrates and i
appriximately 45 per cent of the \
the amount applied for. No oth- j,
er vessels are engaged in carry- l
ing nitrates, but efforts are being J
made to secure other ships for
securing a sufficient amount to l
supply the demands of the farm- 1
ers. North and South Carolina ]
and Georgia applied for more nitrates
than all the other States j
combined.
In view of these facts, Demonstrator
McKeown states the nitrate
will be distributed as speed
ily as possible and that all .the;
farmers should realize that every (
effort is being made to get the 1
nitrate here as early as poosible.
Boys' Wo; king Reserve. j
The Rev. VV. S. Goodwin is
organizing a contingent of the
United States Rnys' Working
Reserve and will include in connection
with the organization
another along the same lines hut
permitting boys under the age
of 16 years to enroll for light
, work on the farms. Mr. Good[
win appeared before the pupils
i of the graded school Tuesday
morning during the hour for
chapel exercises and outlined
the plans of the organization.
me boys joined very readily and
heartily in the movement and
enrollment will begin at once.
C. S. Link has been appointed
enrolling officer and all the boys
of Fort Mill who will not be
occupied this summer are urged
to go to the office of Bailes & Link
' and enroll their names for this
J service. Federal certificates will
be issued to those 16 years of
5 age and over and local certificates
I will bo issued to those under 16
( years of age.
The farmers who are in need
| of additional labor in times of
stress are ri quested to comi
municate with the Rev. \V. S.
i Goodwin who will arrange to
! send the hoys of the reserve to
1 their aid. ' It is hoped that auto'
mobile owners in the town will
__^l i A ? ? 1 . _ r
i voiumeer 10 carry mese iorces
(i to and from the farms when |
. needed:
> ? -? ?s
Resolution by Fort Kill People.
[ We, the people of Fort Mill,
I believing sincerely in the right
eousness of the cause for which
our country is fighting, and feel[
ing a just pride in those of our !
friends and loved ones, who!
i having heard their country's!
' call, either in the camp or in the
field are engaged in the struggle
for world treedom, would have
them know of our joy and pride
in them and their service to
1 humanity, of our abiding love for
' and interest in them, and of our
i constant prayer in pubhc and in
l pri?ate lor the Welfare of tneir
I souls, the safety of their lives
f and the success of the cause
for which they are offering the
i supreme sacrifice.
To the end that we may, as
1 far as passible, match their
1 sacrifices with our own service
- we are lending our aid: b> full
i sympathy wnn the government
1 in its principles and aims; by
f i praying continually that wisdom.
j j grace and strength may be given
.: unto those in authority, and that
i we ourselves and all the people
^1 may have a proper sense of de5
pendoiice and humility before
" God; by the production and con5
servation of lcod ar.d the prac3!
tice of economy in every possible
j way; by buying liberty bonds,
i donating cheerf ully and liberally
r to l he Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross
3 work, and readily responding to
every appeal for aid in ar.y way
that it may be rendered. Thus
r we would make known to them
1 that we are with them with our
j love, our prayers, our labor, our ,
j money and our lives ir. the great;
?
ruggle now going on between
it-mocracy. and autocracy, be*
:ween light and darkness, be:ween
righteousness and unrighteousness,
between God and
the devil. <
mreo uimuu pnijrcr meciiiigs
held on Thursday, May 39. in
response to the call of our Presiient,
in which thiB paper was
endorsed, are but an earnest
expression of the prayers that
are continually ascending from
eur heart and home altars daily,
uid from those of our churches
at every service, for the physical
and spiritual welfare of our men
and for His blessing on the
cause they represent. For these
we shall continue to work, to
give, to pray and to make sacrifices
till victory shall come and
justice and righteousness shall
prevail over the earth as the
waters cover the sea.
Endorsed by Fort Mill people.
Send a copy of this paper to
/our loved one in camp or at the
front.
Boys, when you receive this,
show it to your comrades from
Fort Mill.
NOTICE.
Dpening of Bo^ks of Enrollment
of the Democratic Party.
Notice is hereby given that the
Books of Enrollment for the approachng
Democratic Primary Election will
ie open for the various precincts in
fork County at the following places,
the books to be in charge of the folowing
Committees of Enrollment, and
to remain open from Tuesday, June 3,
jntil Thursday, July 23d:
Bethany, McGill Bros.'s sttre?W.
B. McGill, J. A. Ratterree, E. W.
Pursley.
Bethel, Barnett Bros.'s store?J. M.
Barnett, J. M. Ford, A. C. Barnett.
Blairsville, J. N. Russell's residence
I M Pnouoll C T t
Rainey.
Bullock's Creek. Good's store?R. L.
Vinson. Sec.; J. D. Good, L. L. DowHe.
Clover, Jackson Bros.' store?F. H.
Jackson, Sec.; J. Meek Smith, L. G.
Lock hart.
Cohtes's Tavern, R. W. Patton's
store?R. W. Patton, Sec.; G. A. Gettys,
W. B. Simpson.
Ebenezer?John F. Williams.
Filbert, Land's store ?E. L. Wood's,
W.- L. Pursl. y, W. E. Land.
Fort Mill, Hutchinson's Pharmacy ?
J. M. Hutchinson, Sec.; W. A. Roach,
E. S. Parks.
Hopewell, J. W. Smarr's residenceE.
R. Jones, J. W. Sniarr, J. D.Smith.
Forest Hill, Ferguson's store~rS?S.
Glenn, Sec.; R. E. L. FergusorUljjk"\Y,
Martin.
Hickory Grove, Mitchell Bros.
? I). J. Mitchell, Sec.-; "J. W. Leech,
S. C. Wilkerson.
Lesslie, Lesslie's Store?T. F. Less
lie. Sec.; W. H. liill. W. L. Boyd.
McConnellsville, Harshaw & Co.'i
Store ?C. D. Porcher, Sec.; J. O,
Monro .1 It Pfinrnrl
Newport, .Jackson's store?M. Swin
ney, Sec.; T. W. Jackson, J. S. H.
Harris.
New Zion. New Zion SchoolhouseG.
R. McCarter, Miius Carroll, Wil
Bilker.
Ot?den, Strait & Hollis' Store?C. E.
Strait, Sec.; W. II. Dunlap, J. S.
Simpson.
Rock Hill No. 1, Deihl Moore Co.'i
Shoe Store- T. A. Moore, Sec.; M. G,
Bryant, H. E. Ruff.
Rock Hill No. 2, Phillips Drug Co.
J. B. Creij^hton, Sec.; J. L. Phillips,
Jno. R. Williams.
Smyrna, J. H. Quinn's Store?W.
W. Castles, Sec.; W. L. Whiteside, J
HI. Quinn.
Tirzuh, Smith's Store F. E. Smith,
Sec.; W. S. Gordon, J. M. Compbell.
York No. 1, Sheriff's Office?D. T,
Quinn, Sec.; J. E. Stroup, E. M. Dick
son.
York No. 2, Johnson's Store?I. W
Johnson, Sec.; A. Y. Cartwright, J. A,
Shcrer.
Sharon, G. W. Whitesides & Co.'i
Store?J. H. Saye, Sec,; V. K. l'lexico,
G. W. Whitesides.
( lul> District Rock Hill No. 1 in
eludes that portion of the city south o]
East Main street, and east of South
ern Railway Company's line, Columbit
Division, and also that portion west o1
Southern Railway, Columbia Division
and Club District No. 2, includes th<
r< mainder of the city with adjacenl
country*'
Ciub District York No. 1, includes
that portion of the city west of th<
Chester road, Main street and the Lin
coin road, with adjacent country
Club District York No. 2, includes th<
remainder of the city, with adjacen'
country.
All voters residing in those Club dis
tricts must enroll in their respectiv<
clubs. In all other cases the voters
must enroll in the club nearest his
place of residence, calculated by th<
nearest practicable route.
J. A. MARION,
County Chairman.
AN ORDINANCE
To Prevent Breach of the Peac*
Within the Incorporate Lim
its of the town of Fort Mill, S
C., and to Provide fenaltiei
for the Violation Thereof.
Be it Ordained hy the Mayor ani
Ai.dkrmrn, the Town Council oi
thbTownof Fort Mill, s. c.,
Authority of Same:
Section 1. Any person who shall, bj
act, word of the mouth, writing or pub
lication, express, signify or mamfcs!
favor, approbation, approval, es|K>usal,
or endorsement of any country wit!
which the United States is at war, oi
who shall, when the* United States it
at war, by act, word of mouth, writing
or publication, manifest opposition oi
disloyalty to the United States oi
overtly manifest pleasure, satisfuctior
or < lation upon, or express hope for
the success of the enemies of thi
I'nitcd States, or shull interfere in anj
manner with the sale of the securities
of the United States Government, shal
be guilty of disorderly conduct and shal
he fined not more than $100.00 and bi
imprisoned not more than 30 days o
both.
Section 2. Whoever shall aid, abet
induct, command, counsel or proeuri
the violation of the above ordinance
shall be deemed a principal, and upoi
conviction, punishable as such.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts o
ordinances inconsistent herewith art
hereby repealed.
Done and ratified in Council thii
4th day of June, 1918.
B. K. PATTERSON,
Attest: Mayor.
W. A. ROACH* Clerk*
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HEI
Dougla
Fairbai
In the Five A
Drai
"Reggie h
Also the la:
"The Grip
(7 Reels '
Open at 4 p.
Prices.
THE
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Every Bushel Saved Now Will
Supply a Soldier With Bread
Until Next Harvest
Columbia.?One bushel oiy?heat
care tor lltff-%fead needjglfcone ;
'' man from now Until the nejct haMgpt.
wheat that la saved In thiaRantry
by the substitution of cornmdal and
other cereals will supply an Amerloan
, or a British or a French or a Belgian
or an Italian soldier with bread until
the present crisis in the wheat sltua
tion has passed.
Wheat must now be considered, not
In terms of dollars and cents, says the
I Food Administration, but only In it*
relation to human life.
Before the next wheat crop is available
there remalne more than two
months in which America ia required
* to feed her own people and to continue
exporta of flour to the fighting
front and to feed the people of the
allied countries.
The Food Administration asks every
person in South Carolina who can
do so to abstain from the uae of wheat
flour in any form until the next harvest.
1 SWEET POTATOE8
AS ARMY RATION
Blp Market Opened to Farmers ef
' South Carolina ae Sweet Potatoes
Will Be Bought by Camp Quartermasters.
f i
Columbia.?The Conservation and 1
' Production division of the Food Administration
at Columbia has been
advised by the Acting Quartermaster
t General of the Army at Washington
that sweet potatoes are now a aubstii
tute component of the Army ration.
- and can be used in place of white
potatoes. Last fall a considerable
' Quantity of sweet potatoes were pur[
chased by the Camp Quartermaster,
especially for South camps, and the
- purchase of sweet potatoes will very
i likely be made on a larger scale this
i year.
* This opens up a new and ready
market for sweet potatoes. It is suggested.
in the letter received by the
Food Administration, that growers of
sweet potatoes in South Carolina com- I
munlcate direct with the Camp Quar- !
termaater of the camps located in this
and nearby States and offec sweet
* potatoes at the lowest price per hun- 1
* dredwelght.
Sweet potatoes sold for Army raI
tion must be sacked and delivered at
camps in car load lots, and prices
named should be only for potatoes in
> such quantities and delivered, freight
'* prepaid.
r
Notice.
The Charlotte Brick Company, at
t, Grattan, S. C., is being dismantled. I
( [ have for sale at bargain prices, second-band
brick, lumber, kindling wood,
r pipe, rails, boilers, engines, etc. Write
II or call on Mr. I. Mitchell. R. No. 4.
r Fo^t Mill. s? p
;Wheat
] Our Flour Mill in Rock Hill is
i in operation six days in a week
f and we will be glad to do grinding
for the farmers and others
of Fort Mill township. Firstclass
equipment and experienced
1 millers guarantees you satisfacf
tory results.
e Highest cash prices for Corn,
shelled or on cob.
s
Catawba Miffing Company,
i. Bock Hill. S. C.
?E TO-Di
t
s\ jbHBj
: MA JEST
,
jGood Gr
^ For a general stot
of tested merit w
+ our store cannot be
Our prices are alwa
and we are prepar
$ public with the best
our line.
Phone us your wan
ways "on the job."
1 Parks Oro<
Phone
. A- A.f *- * A ?. .^ ^ '4
Meet Your
At Our Fot
Best Drinks, E
and "coolest pk
HUTCHINSON'S
Agents for Noi
FOR SALE.
Corn, Peas, Baled Hay, also
Hay in stacks.
One large fresh Cow, or I will
trade corn and peas and hay for
yearlings or dry cattle.
C. B. KIMBRELL.
Route 15, Kendricks X Roads,
Pineville. N. C.
Registered ^Hereford bull service.
Political Announcement.
To the Democratic Voters of the Fifth
District.
I respectfully ask to be renominated
and reelected to Congress from this
District, and agree to abide the result
of the Democratic primary election.
I will not be able to spend much
time in the District this summer, because
of the great amount of important
legislation growing out of the war,
but will attend meetings in my district
whenever possible. It is absolutely essential
for congressmen to be at their
pasta at this time.
W. F STEVENSON, j
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Oceries. t
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:k of groceries 4
e believe that 4
out-classed. 4
ys at the bottom ,
ed to serve the |
of everything in
its. We are ul
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eery Co., t
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Friends
intain.
iest Service, 1 (
ice in town" | i
PHARMACY 1
-ris' Candy.
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