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Jipr W"> g?ggggggggi 1. i ssasaaseassssssa THE FORT MILL TIMES Democratic? Published Thuzedsrs. ' B. W. BBADPOKD - - Editor and ProsrUta m fi ill/ SHIrC mi a mom rn on katm: On* y?*r... $1.2f 9ix Month* .W Ph* Tina** 'nvltM -son tr that Ion* on llv?*ubj*et* bit do** not *7re* to publish mom than 20(i word* t any subject. Th* right i* r?wnr?l to edit ft* communication ? a bra it ted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rate* are made known to those interested. telephone, local and longdistance. No. 112. Entered atthepostofflce at Port Mill. S. C.. as mall matter of the second class. gg.1 THURSDAY. OCT. 24, 1918. The Lost Bsttalioa. The story of the "lost battalion" touches the pride of the people of this city, for the battalion belonged to the 77th Division, which trained at Camp Upton. General Bell astonished admirers of the regular army by saying that the 77th was as fine a body of troops as he ever commanded, and that it would make for itself in France. He has been justified. There is the adventure of the "lost battalion," and how gloriously it ended! No more stirring incident in the four years of fighting in France by the contending armies has occurred. The bit of profanity in the story not even the most pious American would have deleted. ' To the "lost battalion"?it was trapped in a hollow in the Argonne Forest?came a message, tjpewritten in the best German headquarters style: "Americans, you are surrounded on all sides. Surrender in the name of humanity. You will be v well treated." Major Whittlesey, the American commander, had no typewriter, and his reply was verbal. The Germans understood it. There has probably never been a terser response to a enemy sure of his prey and demanding capitulation. Whittlesey's profanity pleased his men so much that their cheers rolled over the German lines. The truth was that the "lost, battalion" had blundered, thru that excessive ardor for which the American soldier is rather notorious, into a German trap. The men perfectly understood that th( y were tactically at fault, but the Major's reply to the demand for surrender consoled them. They would fight on to the bitter end. if they had ;>to die for it. But the battalion, with its rations exhaused, was providentially found at last, and restored to the 77th Division by its American brothers in arms. The beleaguered men would not be starved out; they would not be, shelled or sniped out; they hung on with waning strength but stout hearts, their ammunition running so short that orders were given to fire only point blank at an advancing German. . Day after day passed without relief. At last it came when hope of rescue had been given up. The tactics of these men of the National Army may have been crude, but we submit that when thev have had more experience in the field they will prove invincible. The glory of their heroic resistance can never fade.? New York Times. j i j * New Food Regulation. Herbert Hoover, U. S. food n ? i ~ - 1 1 1 1 auiiiiiiisu mur, lias issueu llic following rule which.on and alter Monday applies to all public - eating places: "bread that does not contain at least 20 per cent of wheat flour subitutes cannot be served at all, and of this victory bread, no more than two ounces may be served to a patron at a meal; if no victory bread is served, four ounces other bread, corn bread, muffins, etc., may be served. "Bread may not be served as a garniture, in other words, cannot be served as an embellishment; "Only one meat may be served to a patron at a meal, and bacon cannot be served as a garniture; "Not more than one ounce of butter is to be served to a per don at a meal; "A teaspoonful of sugar is the limit for a meal, and that, on y when asked for; no sugar bowis will be allowed on the tables i r counters; two pounds of sugar is the allowance for each 90 meals served, including cooking." v. % Schotl Teachers Shoild he Paid. John E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education, is of the opinion that teachers should receive full pay during the interim their schools ate closed because of the epidemic of influenzal "In order to keep up the organization of schools, trustees should pay in full the salary of any teacher whose classroom vork is suspended on account of 1 iL_ :_n ** me liuiuenza quarantine,'' Mr. Swearirgen said. "It has been a* difficult matter to open the schools - with an adequate number of teachers this fall. In maty places the opening was delayed because of the inability of local ooards to employ teachers. The question, of course, is absolutely within the discretion of the district school boards. The State superintendent's office is concerned only with the requirements of the rural graded school law, which says that State aided two teacher schools shall run six months, and those with three or more teachers shall run seven months. But I sincerely hope no teacher will be required to forfeit one dollar of salary because of the present unfortunate situation. I also hope that every teacher will observe his or her contract and will be ready to report for duty in the classroom as soon as the quarantine is lifted." Prince Willie Writes His "Pa." The following was taken from a newspaper in France: "On the Run in France, "Everywhere in France, "All the Time." "Dear Papa: "I am writing on der run, as der brave and glorious soldiers under my command have not seen der Rhine for so long dat they have started back dat vay, and of course I am going mit dem. Oh, papa, dere has been some offel dings happened here in France. First, I started in my big ofTtinsive which was to crush de fool Americans, but dey know so little about military tactics dat dey vill not be crushed just iike 1 vant dem. I sent my men in der fight in big vaves and ven dey got to de Americans dey all saiti "boo" as loud as dev could holler. Veil, according to vot you l ave always told me, d? Americans vould turn and run like bl. 7.es. But vat do you tink ? Dem fool Americans don't know anything about war and instead of running de oddei vay, dey came right towards us. Some ol ilem vas singing about "ve von't come back till it's over, over here," or some odder foolish song, and some of dem vas lath ig like fools. Dey are so ip 1101 ant. But dey are offei reckiess mit dere guns, and ven -J . . - . . 1 ? ? uey cuiue lowaru us ll vas dal my nu :i took a notion dey wanted to go back to der deai old Rhine. Ve don't like the little di ty Marue river, anyhow. And oh, pap, dem Americans use oifel language. They know nothing of kultur, and say such i.lFel it ings right before us. And they blasphemy too. Vai you think they said right in m?nt of my .face? One big husky, from a place dey call Miss-ouri, he said? oh pap, 1 hate to tell you vat an oftVl ting he said, "To hell mit the Kaiser! ' Did you ever hear anything so olfel? I didn't Link anybody vouid say such an olfel thing. It made me so mad 1 vouldn'^, stand and hear such an otfel ting so I turned around and run mil de odder boys. Vas 1 right? Vat? And, oh papa, you know dem breastplates vot you sent us?can you send some to put on our backs? You know ve is going de odder vay now and breastplates are no good for the cowardly Americans are shooting us right in der back. Some ol our boys took olT der breastplates and put dem behind. lor de fool Americans are playing "De Star Spangled Banner" mit machine guns on dem plates. Can't you help us? "You remember in your speech you said nothing could stand before tne brave German soldiers? On, papa I don't believe dese ignorant Americans ever read your speech for dey run alter us like ve was a lot of C \f Af t'Ail * tr\ Yr f O i iuuuivu. > uk juu viuiv ui uia : ; Can't you send dem some of your speeches right away? Dey don't know how terrible ve are. Can't you have my army back to Belgium vere ve von all glory? ".My men can vip all de vimmen and children vol dem Belgians can bring us. But dese Americans are so rough and ignorant. Ve can't make dem understand dot we haf der best soldiers on earth and ven ve try to sing "Deutsehland Uber Allies" dey laugh like a lot ol monkeys. But ve are getting the best of de Americans. Ve can out run dem. Papa, if ve are not de best lighters on earth we sure de best runners. Nobody can keep up mit us ven ve tink of der dear old Rhine, and my army never did Link so much ol der dear old river. "L?et me know right avay vot to do by return postoffice. "Clown Prince Willie." i ion, mias uui> r it>n, ivirs. Lora Armstrong. J P Aidrey, Mrs. Z T Bailes. J S Bailes, S P Blankenship, Miss Dorothy Bernstrom, Z G Bryant, G. B Bryant, W ll Patterson, W J Rotors, Mrs. Thos. B Spratt, Miss Ella Smith. Wilson Osborne, Mrs. J M Oldham, J W Owens. $50 Subscriptions. Oliver Ervin, Mis. Maggie Giles, Sam Grander, John Graham, Elmore Golden, W. R. Griffith, William Grier, Mrs. R. F. Grier, Mrs. Ida Harris, Tom Adcock, J W Abernathy, Will Boulxvare,' T H Barber, T F King, Airs. S A Lee, Mrs. A T Lilly, Oian Merritte, Bernice Mills, A II Merritte, R H HolFman. Mrs. Fannie Ilowie, A E Harris, George King, CM Blackwelder, R LC Belk, R F Collins, G C Collins, Mrs. Luiya Gulp, H W. Gulp, Edward Culp, S R. Cook, J B Chapman, Minnie Lee Carter, Mrs. Ruth Currence, Lloyd Gulp, Miss Alice Chapman, Major Cherry, '1 F Davis, F W Dixon, Mrs. F W Dixon, Miss Juani'a Erwin. Mrs .1 n K.ru'in L'on. Evan, joe Mason, Walter Mckenzie, Mrs. B F JVlassey, Alisft Isabel Massey, M W Mendenontl, Mary Massey, W C McGinn, Beri Nivens, George Mckinney, George Morrow, Dick Nivciis, Harvey Osborne, J M Osborne, John 11 Osborne, Jim Osborne , R M Polls, Reese Potts, Will l'ation, 'Fred Potts, Rev. J R Smith, Miss Caminie Smith, Mrs. T M Smythe, Bill Springs, J G Smith, James G Saville, Lessie Spi ings, R F Shaw, Tom Williams, Nathaniel White, Monroe ilson, V\ W Warren, William V img, 1' P Shaw, Bertha Whte, liandy White No. 3, S H Suilon. R ins Brought Relief. Copious showers of Sunday and Sunday night brought great relief throughout this section. The rai is should do much toward combating the epidemic'of influenza, as well as enabling the farmers to get in fall plowing and the seeding of grain. The amount of rainfall Sunday was not suffi dent to help the power plants on Catawba river, which during trie last week were compelled to close down a part of their wi.et.ls, causing a cessation of work in the cotton mills in this section. Sunday's rain was the first measurable precipitation of as much as one-hundredth of an inch for several weeks. The late drouth extended through about 30 days. In parts of Lite State there was a rainfall of something like 1-3 of an inch on I September 28th, but in this im- j mediate section there had been almost no precipitation since the j 7th of September. Elliott Springs Winning Fame. Elliott VV. Springs, son of Col. Leroy Springs of Lancaster, has again been cited among a number of American aviators, each of whom brought down one J enemy plane during the period i of August 25 to September 8. Fourteen enemy planes and three enemy balloons were brought down during this period by the ! American aviators operating with the British forces under General Haig. The above achievements were noted in a summary given out by the British government and just received by the war KING'S. NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Cure. Fert Hil! Wei! "Over Top." Below appears a liRt of additional subscribers to the Fourth Liberty Loan reported since our last issue. As the first payment of at least ten per cent must be made to the banks before subscriptions can be officially counted, every subscriber is urged to make same at once. A few cards are still out, but to date a grand total of $61,700.00 has been reported. The allotment -for the township was $62,700.00 and the committee feels very a . i*.. I a iL _ t gruceiui come aw loyal, patri-1 otic citizens who have made this splendid showing possible. $10,000 Subscriptions. Fort Mill Mlg. company. $750 Subscriptions. William Mack, Jr. $?00 Subscriptions. T W Culp, J M Harris, D K Hall, J no A Kell. $450 Subscriptions. W H (rook (additional) $400 Subscriptions. F P 1 herrell. $300 Subscriptions. J Z Biiiles, S H Epps, Sr., Elmore Gordon, W J Stewart. $250 Subscriptions. W E ( unningham. $200 Subscriptions. W L liall, 'i L kibbetl, Mrs. A L Par^s, H N Patterson, A C Sutton,' Zack Spratt, Mrs. T W Culp. $100 Subscriptions. C M Warren, J K Windie, N L Carol hers, J M Massey, Johnson Love, J H McMurray, Mrs. J H McMurray, B Henry Massev, Mrs. George Fish, Miss Jane liNck m:..~ I NOTICE OF ELECTION ?tate of South Carolina, County of York. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for 8tato and County Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law in aaid comity, on Tuesday, November 5, 1918, aaid day being Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed against hiin and collectible during the previous year. The production of a cer cwicaie or oi tne receipt or the officer au- J thorired to collect such taxes, shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Section 2117, Code of 1912 .as amended by A 't No. 0. special session of 1914. Sc?tion 2^7. There shall be three separate and distinct ballots, as follows: One tmllot for United Stutes Senator, Representatives in Congress and Presidential electors; and one tmllot for Governor, Lieutcnunt Governor, State officers. Circuit Solicitors, members of the House of Representative, State Senator, county officers, and one ballot for ull Constitutional amendments and special questions, each of the three said boxes to be appropriately labelled; which ballots shall lie of plain white paper and of such width and length as to contain the names of the officer or officers and question or questions to be voted for or upon, clear and even cut, without ornament. designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the name or names of the person or persons voted for and the office to which such person or persons are intended to be chos.'n, and all special questions which name or names, office or offices, question or questions shall be written or printed or partly written or partly printed thereon in black ink; and such ballot shull be so folded as to conceal the name or names, question or questions thereon, and so folded, shall in- ueposneu in a ih>x 10 ne constructed, kept and disposed of us herein provided by law, and no ballot of any other description found in either of said boxes shall be counted. On all special questions the ballot shall state the question, or questions, and shall thereafter have the words "Yes" and "No" inserted so that the voter may indicate his vote by striking out one or the other of such words on mi id ballot, the word not so stricken out to be counted. before the hour fixed for opening the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional oath, i'lic Chairman of the Hoard of Managers can administer the oath to the other ' embers and to the Clerk; a Notary ."ablic must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their ( hairinan and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a.*in., and closed at 4 o clock p. pi., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. in., and close at 0 p. in. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers all cm!, the citizens can annoint from unions (lie qualified voters, the Managers, who. after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly t<? open the ballot lw>xes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Hoard or some one designated l?y the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Elections the poll list, the boxes containing the ballot* and written statements of the results of the election. At the said election qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or rejection of amendments to the State Constit 'tion. as provided in the following Joint Resolution: A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7 of Article VIII of the Constitution, Relating to Bonded Indebtedness by Adding a Proviso thereto as to the City of Abbeville. A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Section 14a. of article X of the Constitution by Allowing the City of ( Inn ic-stoi) Through the City Council, to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvement an dto Pay for the Permanent Improvement of the Interact t.on of Streets for Curbing and Laying of Drains without the Consent of the Property Owners. A .Joint Resolution to Amend Section a. Article XI of the Constitution, Relating to School Districts, by Adding a Special Proviso as to Greenville County. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 20, Article 111 of the Constitution, by In wrung alter tUe words "Viva Voce," the Words Except by Unanimous ConBBUK&fiiCflSMiEflflHpHBHHLsSHHHEfliHHMKi | See Our F I Our Fall and Housefurnishings i invite you to make Organs, Sewing Ranges, Oil Sto\ Wood Heaters, Grates for stoves a tresses. Pillow Ga.q* er Beds, Sheets, B] Dining Tables, Hi Wardrobes, Etc. S bile and bicycle Ti Young & 1 ^ ~ /TV ' ^TT"' * v. ^ - 'i'RH f sent." ? A .Joint Resolution Proposing an * Amendment to Article X of the Consti* j tutiou bv Adding Thereto Section 19, to ^ Empower the C.ty of Abbeville to Assess j Abutting property for Permanent Im- 1 provements. A Joint R-solution to Amend Article ' X (10)' of the Constitution by Adding < Thereto a section 17 to Empower Any < or All Incorporated Cities and Towns to Assess Abutting property for Perm a- ? ent Improvements. < A Joint Resolution to Amend Section < 7 Article VIII of the Constitution, Re- | lating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, 3 by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the J City of Orangeburg. ; a A Joint Resolution Proposing to 4 Amend Section 17 of Article VIII of the 3 Constitution Relating to Municipal ^ Bonded Indebtedness. <? A Joint Resolution to Amend Section x 7 of Article VIII atuj Section 5 of Article 3 X, of the Constitution, so as to Exempt * the Cities of Rock Hill and Florence. 4 from tho Pro v i a w\nu A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Consti- J tution by*Adding Thereto Section 10, to ^ Empower the Town of Pendleton to As- 4 sess Abutting Property for Perma- I Improvements. 1 Election Managers. A The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said ( county: Yorkville?E. M. Dickson, .lames L. Moss, \V. B. Kellar. Hickory Grove?J. K. Allison, S. C. Wilkerson, J. J. Hood. Piedmont?E. A. Bu^ns, \Y. M. Smith, W. S. Cain. Bethany?J. A. Ratterree, J. \V. Pursley. R. B. Smith. Forest Hill?R. E. L. Ferguson, F. (J. Cook, J. I). B. Currcncc. Fort Mill?VV. M. Wilson. J. Lee Spratt. Fred Nims. Rock Hill?J. B. Creighton, Jesse M. Moore, B. W. Creed. Coates Tavern?J. E. Glasscock, T. F. Lesslie, (J. A. Gettys. g Ogdcu?I. S. Kidd, A. L. Neely, W. S. Percival. McConnellsville?.1. T. Crawford, J. F. Ashe, H. C. (Jourley. Bluirsville?J. N. Russell, II. E. Hood, J. L. Mitchell. Bullocks Creek?.1. 1). Good, L. L. Dowdie, J. C. Steele. Bethel?W. W. Stanton, J. M. Ford, W. L. Adams. Clover?F. H. Jackson, Thad P. Clinton, J. L. Stacy. Newport?S. 11. Hutchison, Craig Burnett. C. T. Jackson. Sharon?E. 11. Shannon, W. H. Plexico, J. C. Hope. ?' e " " - ' ~ .........?. j-.. ueiiys, .J. rs. Sadler, J. M. Campbell. 1 Smyrna?\V. W. Whiteside*. J. 11. ( Quinii, K. M. Stroup. Ebenezer?T. R. Black, T. A. Barron, K. P. Steele. Tim Managers at ouch precinct named above arc requested to delegate one of their miintier to secure boxes and blanks for the election from John K. Carroll, at the Court House at York, S. C., Saturday. November 2, 1018. \V. B. WILSON, Jr. J. DARBY SMITH, W. L. BOYD. Commissioners for State and County Election. TAX NOTICE 1918. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. York, S. C. Sept. 17, 1918. Notice is hereby given that the Tax Books for York county will be opened on Tuesday, the 15th day of October, 1918, and remain open until the 31st day of December, 1918, for the collection of State, county, school and local taxes, for the fiscal year 1918, without penalty; after which day a One per cent penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of January, 1919, and Two per cent penalty for all payments made in the month of February, 1919, and Seven per cent penalty ...ill U - 1 J-j - ? win ue auueu io an payments made I from the 1st day of March, 1919, to I the 15th day of March, 1919, and after I this date all unpaid taxes will go into I executions and all unpaid Single Polls I will be turned over to the several Mag- L istrates for prosecution in accordance ^ with law. " It is mv desire to attend different parts of the county for the convenience of taxpayers as heretofore; but owing to the exacting nature of my duties as a member of Local Exemption Board No. 2, I am required at all times to be within call of the office of the Board and must remain at the county seat. All of the Banks of the county will offer their accommodations and facilities to Taxpayers who may desire to make use of the same, and I shall take pleasure in giving prompt attention to all correspondence on the subject. All Taxpayers appearing at my office will receive prompt attention. Note?The Tax Books will be made up by Townships, and parties writing about Taxes will always expedite mat- g ters if they will mention the Township I or Townships in which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer ot York County. ? all Stock. Winter stock of s complete and we i an inspection. Machines, Stoves, res, Oil Heaters, Laundry Stoves, ~ nd fireplaces, Mat- ]| *s, Bolsters, Feath- ][ lankets, Comforts, J| all Trees, Buffet, ee us for automo ibes and Casings. rwdfe. || I * : J Luck . J j Is a Fickle Thing | [ Don't trust to luck to take care of you in the future, for luck has a way of deserting you when ^ | you most need help. ^ Prepare against emergencies NOW, while you Z* ! are in good health and able to earn money, then- Z you won't have to depend on luck or charity in Z t the future. 2 Montr H~ J ? ?--' * - * tuunj men aic uaut;u tucKy ' oecause they have money. Did you ever' think how most of J > these men got that money? ' ^ THEY SAVED IT. SO CAN YOU. | 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Accounts. < > ? \ The Savings Bank. Do Not Wait I I Until cola weather hits you before you think of A buying your winter goods. Come in now and let us fix you up so you will be comfortable when it H gets cold. A big stock of Ready-to-Wear Goods, I Shops Flo fr<"k oalont ~ 1 41 1 , i ?v uvitvt Hum, auu tut; quality ano I prices are guaranteed. H I Things to Eat. When you don't know what you want to eat. H call No. 8, and let us help you to decide. All If kinds of Vegetables, Canned Goods, Etc., and 19 Flour that makes you want more. g Everything we sell is guaranteed to please you. ?? Telephone No. 8. J THE CASH STORE, I S. A. Lee Managers T. F. Lytle. w I tmmmmmm mmmmmm ?? ? mm? Subscription Rates of The State Effective October 1st. 1918. the inbinrintlAn x rates of The State will be as follows: , Daily and Sunday, per year $9.00 Daily only, per year 7.00 Sunday only, per year :._.2.00 Semi-weekly, per year 1 50 Short term subscriptions at same rate. Payable invariably in advance. Until October first renewals for not more than one year in advance will be accepted at the old rate, $8.00 per year. 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