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THS FOKT MILL TIKES P?Willi Prtm>?rtTlwa?y. B. W. BRADFORD - . Editor and Procrlotoc 1 . nr? ; 1 iMonmoN KATM: OmTw M.? 9b Mo th. M (h? TliDMlfiTltoieontrlbntionion llmubjMt* b?ldoM notitnt tombllahmorcthanfOOwordi n i?r subject. The right le rcoorvod to edit /ere communication submitted for publication. On eop licet ton to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those Interested, luleohone. local and Ion* distance. No.112. Catered at the poatoAce at Fort Mill. 8. C.. as audi matter of the second class. THURSDAY. JUNE. 20. 1918. A House Divided. "A house divided against itself can not stand." the words ars true in all ages and with all peoples. That failure will invariably follow disunion is as certain as that success results from unity ?of purpose and action. Fortunate indeed is that town that is blessed with a citizenship t?at can come together as a unit whenever the town's interest Cfdls. It argues well for the breath of mind of its citizens that they can see beyond their 1 A* _ J a _1_ purely personal anairs ana eaten a view of prosperity in the large. But the real cause of disunion in the average town is not that its citizens are so deeply engrossed in their own personal affairs, but that one is jealous and envious of another, one clique suspicious and distrustful of another. Not only this, but each is really willing to forego aiiy advancement if by so doing the other may be thwarted. This is a deplorable state for any town to fall into. It is sure death to all progress, and not only that, but is invariably the direct cause of that town being left behind in the march of progress. W? are well aware that all communities have their factions and their divisions of sentiment and interests. We are equally certain that this fact need in nowise deter the town from seizing every opportunity to further its interests in every availakle way. If men could once be brought to see that by thwarting the interests of the town through their opposition to a faction, they were injuring their community, surely they would take a different view of things. The man who deliberately stands in the way of his community's progress is disloyal. Just now this word has an ugly sound, but we can use no other, because no other so well fits the offense. Placed in broader circumstances, the offense would bd* magnified. No man's perconal interest and no man's personal animosities can for a moment weigh in the scale with the welfare of his community, and the man who permits them to do so is as truly disloyal as the man who deliberately plots against his country in the large. There is a difference only in the magnitude of the offense. wFortunate indeed is that town which, when any move affecting tihe general welfare is being considered, can drop its factional disputes and put a united shoulder to the wheel in the public . interest. ./.No man has the right to inflict his personal grievances on fhi8 community and compel it to Suffer because of his own sore, toe. Yet this is just what he' does when he is not willing to i ' join in with "the other side" in "JgVMry matter that is patent.lv f6t the advancement of the community interest. . We have said that all towns I have factions. Towns will al-j ways have them. This does not mean tnat the town'3 progress is retarded by them. I11 many < cases the factions serve but to stimulate rivalry in achievement. Where this i** the ease they are beneficial. ?>r "A wholesome slogan for any ' town would be: "Go after an ? opportunity and land it; then if we must scrap, let it be over a ;, V' * ' Mother. f There is nobody just like her. ^ For tenderness ajid patience, for ongsufferfng and understanding, for sore remembrance, or. if ^ seed-be.' for quick forgetfulness, t ihere's only one mother whole b vorld over. Every good woman a reminds us of her. Every dim- a pled baby is a text for thoughts d )f her. Violets and cello tones. < pretty trinkets and soft colors, 8 gentle deeds and the silence of a the House of Worship, all are t messengers of God whispering: o "Mother! Mother!" i' Far, far away, we said good- a bye to her, but she would not be 0 left behind; she is with us; always with us. "God could not t be everywhere, so he gave c us mother." We had boasted to j1 ourselves that we were men, no ' * longer held by apron strings, and ? now we find it true, for the 1 strings have become chains, and ? we are proud of our shackles. a Who would have guessed from knowing us that mother sits enthroned in our hearts? But she * is there, the only one who knows ^ us best, the one who counts upon ? us most, and by her very ex pec- ( tation makes us men such as we c had not dreamed to be. Aye, |( God did a good thing when He t crave us mother. 5 Come, then, let us appoint her this day in June an extra birthday, not to add to her years, but s to add to her joys. Let us send j her an extra note, an extra gift, g an extra assurance of loving j mindfulness, for nobody loves r like her and nobody else in all * the world can be made so happy t with so little, if that little be|1 from mother's boy. God bless 1 our little mother!?Ex. Two things we hope: That we ?. win the war and that we live to J see the day when the editor of the Rock Hill Herald will speak j of Fort Mill as a town, instead of a "village." ^ Must Back the Government. * Few people, indeed, in this i county now fail to realize that i we are fighting a brutal, relent- i less enemy. The indictment I against the Hun grows stronger | every day. He is absolutely i devoid of pity or chivalry. An \ American correspondent reports t a conversation with a crippled British officer who, after a long stay in Germany prison pens, had been exchanged. The officer told of men so i feeble from lack of food and bad 1 conditions as to be able scarcely ' to stand being forced to work at the point of a bayonet until thev 1 dropped Irom sheer weakness; of badly set gun-fractured arms ' and legs; of soldiers buried to ^ the accompaniment of the jeers . of the German soldiers; of the ' jj long journeys of the badly ^ wounded without relief of dressings, food or water; of wounded i0 prisoners marched to exhaustion and then shot down like dogs ( when they no longer could walk ; of prisoners put into camps where lyphus raged. This is the kind of enemy we are fighting, aud this is why all ^ of us must get down and put every bit of our strength back of the government. tor one thing, we must buy only those t things necessary to maintain ^ ourselves in the most efficient condition- rh?f- will ..... ft.TV. Hit ] government more labor and}< materials for war purposes. ) And then with our savings we ; . must buy War Savings Stamps. ,. That will give government cur-1 rent funds with which to use I j labor and materials in the sue- i ( cesslul prosecution of the war. 1 , We must do as President Wilson r asks us to do in his message? ji pledge ourselves on or beiore c June 28 to save constantly and ^ to buy regularly government securities. We shall then be doing our part. To Award Naval Scholarahin r Senator Tillman announces a c competitive examination for a a scholarship at the Naval Acad- 1 amy Annapolis, Md.t for the ^ term beginning June, 1919. The r examination will be held by the civil service commission on * October 19, at Greenville. Greenwood, Columbia, Charleston and Rock Hill. . J Applicants must not be less v than 18 nor more than 20 years / of age on April 1 of the calendar 1 years in which they will enter 1 the academy and must be bona 1 fide residents of South Carolina. a It is advisable for them to under- r go a physical examination before P taking the mental examination ^ aa many fail at Annapolis on:1 this account. jv Ytrk Coosty News Hatters. I Sorkville Enquirer.) It is pretty generally conceded hat the 6 o'clock closing praclee works alright Tor everybody; tot with so many of the boys way. in the army, most people iS-Ji - - * re iuiuing trie evenings quite lull. As the result of the sinking of ugar cargoes from Porto Rico ,Dd Cuba by German submarines here is a very drastic revision f the sugar apportionment, and t is probable that "soft drinks" ,nd confectionery may be cut >ut entirely. The canvass of the State by he candidates for the senate onimences at VVinnsboro on next i'uesday, June *18, and the senaorial party will reach Yarkville >n next Thursday, June 20. Mr. Siease has stated that he does ljv4 4. A. ~ I. - -- * 1 A t IT - iul capccl 10 ue eitner at vvinns>oro or Chester, bat he will be it Yorkville, Ernest Duncan, colored, of Rock lill, is a deserter from the 321st abor batalllon at Camp Jackson, Columbia. Duncan was sent to }amp Jackson by the local board ?f the eastern district of York, :ounty on April 28, and is aleged to have deserted the miliary service at the camp on May 11. John P. White, who passed iway last Monday evening, was ibout as good a man as there was n this community. . He was quart- and upright in his dealngs, attended to his own busiless without meddling with the iffairs of other people and tried o do what he thouirht was riirht. [Tat is about the testimony of ill who knew him. It is unusualiy dull about the jourthouse these d:>s. There is >nly an occasional paper being ecorded in tne clerk's office. Hie probate judge has about the jsual number of marriage ieenses to issue, but business in iquor peimits has dropped off. Ihe sheriff is still wresrling \ith delinquent taxes. The schools being suspended the superintendent of education has jut little to do, and there is not nuch going on in the office of Lhe treasurer. Hie auoitor it. cutting in lull time getting tax -e turns on the books. Otherwise there is a dull time of it .hroughout the building Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers have taken place in Fort Mill and the township since our ast report: B. M. Lee to J. B. Mills, 30 icres, consideration, $750. James P. Billue to Mrs. Lulu Ellackmon, one lot, consideration >500. Julia White, et al., to Leroy Springs, one lot. consideration >500. T. K. Lee to J. B, Mills, 129 1-4 acres, consideration $2,000. E. VV. Russell toll. L). Harkey )ne lot. consideration, $1,450. rr i v ^ - - ine Late Kegistration. Following is a list of the young nen of this town and township ,vho were registered June 5th, n accordance with the law rejuiring that all men who had become 21 years of age since .he registration of June 5th, L917, enroll their names. The white registrants were: [lenry Bozell Hammond, Isom Smith, Eddie Thornwell Williord, Josephs. Bennett, Edward ? in ley Blankenship, Gus Walace, Gerald Geoff rey Johnson. '1 he colored registrants were: saac White, Henry Jones, )scar Butts, John Berry, Hubert lenkins, Leroy Blackmon, Odell 3arker, VVelton Wiiite, Wdson Vhite, Clarence Watson, Robert >pratt. David Erwin, Dudley Thomson. flailing Parcels to Soldiers. Since the arrival of the local nilitary organization in France, louhtless many people in this ection will desire from time to itne to send packages to the >oys "over there." Before nailing such packages, howwer. it will be well to note the bllowing order of the postoffice lepartment: On and after April 1, 11)18, >arcels for members and indiiduuls connected with the American Expeditionary Forces n Europe shall not be accepted or mailing or dispatched unless hey contain such articles only as ,re being sent at the written equest of the addressee, apiroved by his regimental or ligher commander or an execuive officer of the organization rith which he is connected. ^ ",V\> ' ' - v''v "x; : ) Col. Spratt Writes of Trip. Mrs. Thos. B. Spratt has received a most interesting letter from Col. Spratt' which was written aboard ship while crossing the Atlantic and later received one * indicating that he | had safely "reached the other I oi/1 A - ? - - - . . - ? J A- A omc mui ins cuiuiiiaiiu intact. Col. Spratt save some of the details of life on shipboard indicating the care which is necessary for the protection of the ! troops under his command esj pecially as regards their health, daily examinations of the men being made. He reported only ' a case of mumps and one of appendicitis developing on the trip. Some of the soldiers j sutfercd from seasickness, and ' the case of Capt. Richard A. 1Fulp appears to have been es! pecially severe since he says thai if his friends wish to see him again they will have to go to France as he is unwilling to lace the terrors of seasickness in crossing to this side again. During the week past a number of letters and cards have been received irom the boys of Col. Sprati's command and they all indicate cheerfulness and satisfaction in being where they are. f America's Casualties. The seccnd weekly summary of American casualties issued Sunday by the war department, shows the total number of deaths from all causes was 3,192, while 4,547 men have been wounded in action and 346 are missing in action, including all men held prisoners in Germany. . | ANNOUNCEMENTS, i For Probate Judge. Friends of J. R. HAILE, recognizing bis fitness for the position, respectfully announce hirn as a candidate for the important olfice of Probate Judge of \ ork County, subject to thv rules governing the Democratic Primary Elect.o.n. Mr. Huile is a practical business man with ye: rs of experience as bookkicper and office man and- if 1 he will make good. For Township Supervisor. 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the position of Supervisor of Fort Mill Township, subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary Election. J. L. KIMBRELL. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election as Supervisor of Fort Mill township, slibject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary election. F. H. WILSON. For Magistrate. i nereny announce myself a candidate for the otlice of Magistrate of Indian Land township (Lancaster county), subject to the rules of the Democratic party. C. COOK. Wheat Our Flour Mill in Rock Hill is in operation .six days in a week and we will be glad to do grinding for the farmers and others of Fort Mill township. Firstclass equipment and experienced millers guarantees you satisfactory results. Highest cash prices for Corn, shelled or on cob. Catawba Milling Company, Rock Hill, S. C. I ANNOUNI We have bought th< business of the Jones will continue the hu: stand on Confederate Our garage will be 1 agement of Mr. W. J. sonally supervise al I1 way of repairs. Mr. mechanic and guarar hrst-class and satisfa If your car needs n bring it around and 1 won't rob you on cha ? nmm Steele M COAL! you to place you ordei winter's supply of Co lowed four car loads much will you need? i Oscar 1 jC>c . ' * f ?>* ' V v i: HEI "Doug Fairba with his napp "Flin With F A side-splittii Women, V and Autoi Open at 4 p. Prices, H THE Notice. The Charlotte Brick Company, at Grattan, S. C., is being dismantled. I have for sale at bargain prices, second-hand brick, lumber, kindling wood, pipe, rails, boilers, engines, etc. Write or call on Mr. I. Mitchell, R. No. 4, Fort Mill, S. C. AN ORDINANCE To Prevent Breach of the Peace Within the Incorporate Limits of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., and to Provide Penalties for the Violation Thereof. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermrn, the Town Council of theTownof Fort Mill, S. C., by Authority of Same: Section 1. Any person who shall, by act. word of the mouth, writing or pub- I lication, express, signify or manifest favor, approbation, approval, espousal, or endorsement of any country with which the United States is at war, or who shall, when the United States is at war, by act, word of mouth, writing or publication, manifest opposition or disloyalty to the United States or overtly manifest pleasure, satisfaction or elation upon, or express hope for, the success of the enemies of the United States, or shall interfere in any manner with the sale of the securities of the United States Government, shall be guilty of disorderly conduct and shall be fined not more than $100.00 and be imprisoned not more than 30 days or both. Section 2. Whoever shall aid, abet, induct, command, counsel or procure the violation of the above ordinance, shall be deemed a principal, and upon conviction, punishable as such. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council this 4th day of June, 1918. B. E. PATTERSON, Attest: Mayor. W. A. ROACH, Clerk, Old newspapers for sale at The Times office. CEMENT! j garage and supply ? Motor Company and siness at its present i street. under the dircet manSteele, who will per1 work done in the Steele is an expert itees his work to be letory in every way. enairs or iuhv nnrfc . ? I'" ' ct us fix it up. Wc rj;cs. [otor Co. The United States Government urges i * NOW for your next al. I have been al i for my trade. How Say NOW! j r. Cuip. I % K .V ' ' * ? ?* ? v> 'i i' * RE TO-Di and 20c MAJEST :Good Gr ?? " i For a general stoi 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 "011 the job." I Parks Gro< f Phone i " Meet Your At Our Fou Best Drinks, E and "coolest pla HUTCHINSON'S Agents for Nor 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. >!. 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 prats at this time. W. F. STEVENSON. IVY J Writ IC. * oceries. | _____ :k of groceries p e believe that p out-classed. p ys at the bottom ed to serve the ^ of everything in ts. We are al < > eery Co., | 116 t ^ * Friends | intain. fi 5est Service, | ice in town" | PHARMACY 1 ris' Candy. 5$ s