Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 20, 1918, Image 2
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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
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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 ;,
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* ' Mother.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Steele M
COAL!
you to place you ordei
winter's supply of Co
lowed four car loads
much will you need?
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Open at 4 p.
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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
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ct us fix it up. Wc
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[otor Co.
The United States
Government urges
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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.
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