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>' * v. ' * \ . : * ' i* * : ITEMS OF LOCAL INTERESf, , Mrs. James D. Fulp spent the past week end visiting friends in Concord, N. C. Miss Mary Spratt came up from Winthrop college to ?*oend the week end at her home here. Miss Carolyn Banks, of Columbia, was the week end guest of Mrs. Hattie Mack. The Rev. James A. Wilson, of Columbia, filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at the Sun9 day morning service. Misses Eva Parks, Cleo Sowell and Myrtle Bowman, of Winthrop, were week end guests of Miss Eulu Patterson, in this city. Lieut. S. A. Alford, of the United States army, visited his family at the home of the Rev. JjV. S. Goodwin, during the past week. The Times is asked to state that Lieut-Col. T. B. Spratt will make an address'to the colored people tomorrow (Friday) evening at 8 o'clockL'at St. James church. A despatch to the Charlotte Observer from Lancaster says that the home of Judge Ira B. Jones was burned Saturday evening, very little being saved. Judge Jones was in Chester attending court at the time of the fire. Announcement is made that the L. & C. railroad bridge over Catawba river will be completed within a short time and regular freight and passenger schedules will bo resumed between Lancas ter and Chester. The bridge has been down since the spring flood of 1916. On account of the recent slump of several cents per pound in the price of cotton, there has been lew bales sold on the Fort Mill market. The farmers of this section are not disposed to sell their cotton at less than cost of production in order to enrich a lot of scheming shysters on the New York cotton exchange. The War Work Campaign for subscriptions in Fort Mill township has been completed and reports indicate that subscriptions will go about 35 per cent, over the allotment. The local committees are especially gratified at the liberality of the operatives in the two cotton mills who have contributed almost unanimously at least one day's wages to this lund while a number of subscriptions far exceed this. President Wilson in a proclamation Sunday designated Thursday, November 28. as Thanksgiving day and said this year the American people have special and moving cause to be grateful and rejoice. Complete victory, he said, has brought not only peace, but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which "justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among nations." The members of the local D. A. K. chapter will give an oyster supper in the Meacham building Saturday, November from 4 to 9 p. m. The proceeds are to be used to buy wool for their allotment of sweaters to be given the sailors of the battleship South Carolina. All are cordially invited to come and help keep our sailor boys warm while bringing our splendid soldier boys home. Lonnie Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Robertson, returned to his home in this city Sunday evening from the army camp at Spartanburg. Private Robertson, along with 4,000 other soldiers, were discharged from the service, in keeping with the government's plan to demobolize its camp troops in this country during the next two weeks. It is expected that the Rev. J. O. Reavis, D. D., of Columbia Theological seminary will fill the pulpit of the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening, A congregational meeting will be held on that day with the view of considering the question of calling a pastor. A special offering will be asked for the benefit of Thorrwell Orphanage. . Mr. N. M. McManus received word yesterday of the death in an American field hospital in Fi ance of his son, Corporal H. Frank McManus, he being wounded on October 6th and died October 26th. Corporal McManus was a member of the Fort Mill Light Inflmtry, having enlisted when the company was called into service in the spring of 1917. He was 23 years of age and was married some months ago. his wife now residing with her parents near Matthews, N.C. m ?????????? Mr. C. Fred Rogers has moved with his family to Baden. N. p., where they will make theii future home. According to figures furnished The Times Saturday by Joe M. Taylor, census reporting agent, there were 21.908 bales of cotton ginned in York county prior tc November 1, as compared with 14,781 bales ginned to the corresponding date in 1917. John W. Gunn on Monday began the erection of a cottage home in Whiteville Park, with Jesse L. Howie as supervisor ^of construction. Mr. Gunn and family will occupy the house upnn ifc nnmnlafinn All physical examinations of registrants liable for military duty has been stopped, according to a bulletin sent out Monday by Major R. E. Carwile, officer in charge of State headquarters for selective regulation. Reports from forty-six American cities having an aggregate population of 23,000,000 show a total number of deaths of 82,306 from Spanish influenza during the period from September 9 to November 9- The total number of deaihs in the American Expeditionary force in France, from wounds and disease, is not estimated to have been more tharw40,000 or 45,000. York County News Matters. ? * orkville Enquirer.) * The open season for partridge shooting does not begin until December 1. mi 1 1 i n ii i nere nas Deen less toaaer pulling this year than ever before. and more shredding is going on. This situation has been brought about mainly by a scarcity of labor. % After having been suspended since October 4. on account of the influenza epidemic, theYorkville graded school resumed work Monday morning. There was a full attendance at the reopening and the work of the various classes is moving along nicely. There is quite a good deal of influenza in Sharon and the country surrounding, eight or ten new cases having developed among the school children within the past three days. On his farm on the eastern outskists of Yorkville, Mr. P. W. Love has a field of cotton, planted in two varieties, which very forcibly demonstrates the productive qualities of one variety over the other. There have been two pickings from the field. One variety has pro duced about all the seed cotton that it will produce, while on the other there is yet quite a pood picking of open cotton and many unopened bolls that will yet be picked if extremely heavy frost doesn't catch it "within a couple of weeks. Methodist Conference Next Week. The fourth session of the Upper S. C. Conference of the M. E. church. South, will convene in Bethel church next week. The first delegates will go Monday evening in order to attend the several committee meetings which will be held Tuesday morning. These committee meetings are for the examination of the younger preachers in their courses of study, the examination of those who will apply for admission into the conference, the preliminary work of the boards of missions, education, church extension, and other work preparatory to the session of the conference. Some of the delegates will arrive on the Tuesday morning trains, but the bulk of the conference members are ex ,A 'P 1 : PCCLCU LMI i uusuiiy evening trains. The attendance will approximate 250. Chester Reporter. * James Grist to Go to Siberia. Sergt. James D. Grist, of Camp Sevier, was a visitor in Rock Hill Saturday, according to The Herald: Sergeant Grist is a York man, the son of the editor of the Yorkville Enquirer. He has beer in the service for about a year, and has been one of the editor? of the camp papers at Sevier and has had in hand most of the publicity work done at the camp. He was well fitted for the work, as he had made a reputation as ? newspaper man before entering the military service. While ir , Rock Hill, Sergeant Grist tolc , friends that he expected to be ( ordered to Siberia at an earl} ! date. He did not state the kinc of service he would be engagec in on arrival in the far east. 1 Cc!&ael Spratt at Hue. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B.Spratt, of th& One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, which has I been in France for nearly a year, arrived at his home in Fort Mill Sunday night and will probably , remain here for ten days or two , weeks. Col. Spratt embarked , at Brest, November* G. under , orders to proceed to the United States and direct the movement of a regiment of troops across | the Atlantic. Information was | received of the 8ign*ng of the: armistice by wireless while he! i was on the high seas and upon ,! his arrival at Camp Dix, November 15, his orders were revoked and he was given the privilege '. of visiting his home. He reached Charlotte on a late train Sunday I night where he was met by his j brother. Dr. J. Lee Spratt, and 1 mntnroH trt EY>rf- Mill nrfiirincr here about midnight. Apparency Col. Spratt . has suffered no ill effects from the hard experiences he has passed through and is in fine physical condition. He states that Me has not had an ache or pain since he left the shores of the United States. His enthusiasm and admiration of the fighting spirit of his troops is unqualified and he says that every call on them under the most trying circumstances has been readily and cheerfully met. His description of the fighting preceding and during the breaking of the Hindenburg line for the first time which was participated in by the troops under his corrmand is intensely interesting:. The discordant note comes with the report of the heavy casualties which were suffered by the One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry. He is unwilling: for any details of this to be published at this time. The esteem and affection in which Colonel Spratt is held by the people of th'is community was distinctly shown Tuesday night when a public reception , was held in his honor in the Masonic hall. His friends gathered from many miles around and filled the hall to overflowing. The ladies of the local Woman's Patriotic society had decorated the hall beautifully with the flags of the entente nations and bunting while Old Glory and the State flag belonging to Company G, of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry were prominently displayed. The Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, Th. D., pastor of the Baptist church, introduced Colonel Spratt, who in his prefatory remarks stated that he found himself in an entirely new field of action, but he had consented to tell of some of his experiences in France, as so many of his hearers were so directly interested in the boys who had gone to the front from Fort Mill. He gave a sketch of the trip across the Atlantic and the arrival at Calais, after which they were shortly brigaded with the British first army in Belgium. For some months his troops were ensraired in holdintr the trenches and were moved consecutively to the second and third British armies further south. In the heavy fighting which preceded the signing of the armistice in the early part of October, the troops of the Thirtieth Division had unusualfy severe experiences and the casualties of the Fort Mill company were proportionately greater than that of any company of the division. Their spirit and enthusiasm received the highest commendation from the commanding officers, and Colonel Spratt. was told by the commanding general just before his departure for the United Slates, to inform the home folks of their conduct without stint saying that he "could not lay it on too thick." The troops of the Fort Mill and Rock Hill companies occupied a position at the extreme left and at a pivitol position and when the command to go forward was given the contest was most bitter and the resistance very great. Tne comi pany suffered very heavy losses in the first hours of the battle and there was much hand to hand fighting. These two companies had been engaged almost continuously from two o'clock on the preceding afternoon and throughout the night and started [ in the big fight at 5 o'clock in the morning without rest. 51 Colonel Soratt gave much interesting information of the ' conditions prevailing in the lp battle zone, of the outrages com" mitted by the Boches, and inj stances of personal courage which came under his observa' tion. An amusing incident was [ that of the capture of about 40 . German prisoners by one officer accompanied by a bugler and a private after a pistol duel be tween the former and a German officer. Colonel SDratt believes that he will not have to return across the seas but will be detailed for duty on this side until Che end of the emergency. At the conclusion of his address the ladies served coffee, tea and sandwiches and there was a cheerful mingling of the assemblage. Much interest was taken in Colonel Spratt's gas mask and- helmet and in his description <?f the effects of the gas attacks fn which he had suffered on three occasions. WANTED?To buy load of Good Hay er New Shucks. B. W. Bradford. A BARGAIN ?I have'oniof the biggest bargains you ever saw in a second-hand 88-Note Piano. Nice enough or any parlor. B. W. Bradford. FOR SALE)- -Pedigreed Duroc-Jersey Pigs at $15.00 each, two for $27.60 i:M 1 ^ -- ? uuuu uiics. I'iiinwuvu r arm, o. El. Bailes, Prop. _ GINN1 ]R'S NOTICET" Notice is hereby given that, until further notice, the gins of the Fort Mill Ginnery will be operated only four days each week? Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays ai>d Saturdays. The Fort Mill Ginnery. AN ORDINANCE. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen, the Town Council, of the Town of Fort Mill, S. C., by Authority of the Same. Section 1. That a levy of ten (10) mills on each and every dollar of real and personal property, not exempt from taxation, held, owned, or liable for taxation, in the town of Fort Mill, S. C., on the 1st day of Januarv, 1918, be, and the same is hereby made for the following purposes: Ordinary purposes! 3 mills Int. Waterw'ks bonds 2J " Sinking Fund - li " Fire Protection E'quip. 3J " Sec. 2. That said taxes shall become due and payable at tile office of the City Treasurer on the 1st day of November, 1918. Taxes tnay be paid up to and including the 15th day of November, 1918. Thereafter, and up to the 1st day of January, 1919, a penalty of 15 per cent, will attach to said taxes not paid before November 15th, 1918. Sec. 3. That after the 1st dav of January, 1919, executions will be issued against all delinquents for the amount of taxes, penalties and .costs, in accordance with the laws of the state of South Carolina and the municipal ordinances. Done and ratified in counc il in regular session assembled in Fort Mill, S. C., this 24th day of October, 1918. B. E. PATTERSON, Attest: Mayor. W. A. ROACH. Treasurer. <? vr I L U I I s a F i.c k * Don't trust to luck to t * future, for luck has a wa * you most need help. * Prepare against emerg< * are in good health and at * you won't have to depenc * the future. ^ Many men are called ^ have money. Did you e^ i these men got that mone; o " THEY SAVED IT. S( 4 Per Cent Interest Pai< | The Savii P See Our F Our Fall and Housefurnishings i invite you to make Organs, Sewing Ranges, Oil Sto^ W ood Heaters, Grates for stoves a tresses, 3illow Cas er Beds, Sheets, B Dining Tables, H Wardrobes, Etc. ? I bile and bicycle Ti I Young 6 . Steele Mote t Fort M Automobile Repai: J General, Goodric 4 and T J Our Prices ari tj % Pattersi We" & w "Schloss* Men who ca "Success" 4 to 18 year I Stetson ai Bates Sho m m -w m r inen, vvome Coat Suit Manufactur Millinery We also i Squares, Wi Traveling U If you wai Patters) "Fort t C k ; 1 e Thing * ake care of you in the y of deserting you when sncies NOW. while you >le to earn money, then 1 on luck or charity in "lucky" because they ^ ver think how most of i v? ) CAN YOU. d on Savings Accounts. lgs Bank. ; | all Stock. J Winter stock of s complete and we i an inspection. Machines, Stoves, Oil Heaters, Laundry Stoves, nd fireplaces, Mat- I es, Bolsters, Feathlankets, Comforts, all T rees, Buffet, 1 >ee us for automoubes and Casings. fc Wolfe. i r Company, ill, S. C. | rs and Accessories. h and Fisk Tires { ubes. 2 b Reasonable. J I * ? , 4 ; - * do's Dry Goods Store, Do Not Sell yerything, but e Do Sell the Best. Baltimore" Suits and Overcoats for re. and "World Beater" Suits for Boys s of age. id No Name Hats. es for Men. Long Wear Shoes for n and Children. s and Long Coats from Tlic Best ers. that is Right anywhere. sell the best makes of Rugs. Art indow Shades, Trunks, Suit Cases, lags, Etc. tit the best, we have it. in's Dry Goods Store. Mill's Fastest Growing Store." t COTTON I tmmmmmmmma ^ We have never presumed to advise our farmer friends ? when to sell cotton, neither do we d sc them when to ? hold it. We are here to lend you money if you desire ? to hold it, and to receive your money on deposit if you ? sell it. Even in the panic of 1914, when banks all over ? the country had cold feet and refused to lend on cotton ? we advertised that we would lend to the limit on cotton ? and by so doing hundreds of our customers cleaned up thousands of dollars. Farmers have made this bank what it is today and we f always have their interests at heart. ' * Our resources are well over a quarter of a million dol- ? lars and still growing. % Corne in and let's talk it over. Z * i (You know which bank ? Uncle Sam's) j iGood Groceries.! For a general stock of y_. series | $ of tested merit we believe that 2 + our store cannot be out-classed. t Our prices are always at the bottom | and we are prepared to serve the | public with the best of everything in our line. | Phone us your wants. We are always "on the job." . " <5 t t X* S Parks Grocery Co., | Phone 116 f 4 ? <?> l t The Cash Market, Proprietor. jj | Fort Mill, S. C. | Fresh Meats, Fish and Country (Produce of All Kinds. 1 Phone us your wants. 1 Reasonable Prices Best Service. | ' j