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I ' ' 111- i! -mi i i i?i . ITEMS OF LOCAL 1KTOUSST. . The best price for cotton on the Fort Mill market today la 26 1-2 cents. 'Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas B. Spratt left Monday evening under orders to report at Camp Dix. Mrs. Margaret Wilson, of Ridgeway, was the guest during the past* week of Miss Ruth Meacham. Mr. John J. Bailes has pur^i chased the cottage and lot at I the corner of Ulebourne and White streets from W. W. ^Patterson. % Regular services will be conducted next Sunday morning and evening in the Presbyterian church by the R^v. J. 0. Reavis, D. D., of Columbia. * # The national food administra* tion on Tuesday removed all restrictions as to the purchase of sugar. # Miss Robbie Spratt, who is teaching in Batesburg, visited her home here during the past week. W liter Banks Meacharr came down from Washington Monday morning for a short visit to his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. w. Jd. Meacham. The local Parent-Teacher Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 4 o'clock in the school auditorium. All interested are invited to be present. Mr. and Mrs. E. Frank Phillips, of Charlotte, were the guests of the latter's mother, M rs. D. J. Erwin, during the past week: Walter Banks Meacham, who came in Monday morning for a visit to his parents, is ill at his home on Clebourne street. The casualty list published last Sunday gives the names of Privates Clyde W. Stevens and Waiter O. Leazer of Fort Mill as having been killed in battle and Private Garland Styres, of Clover, as having died of a wound. T ie Re/. Thornton Whaling, president of the Columbia Theological seminary, filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at the morning service last Sunday. Dr. Whaling was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McMurray during his stay in Fort Mill. The local Red Cross chapter asks The Times to say that all those who have Red Cross work on hand will please complete and returu same at once. Also, a request has been received by 'the chapter for fifty girls' che- g : i _n ...u? ...:ii l?i_ :_ HMHi'h, uiiu ail win; win iicip in the making of these are requested to call at the work room at once. A petition was circulated on the streets Tuesday afternoon asking the Governor to give a a hasty trial to the negro, Sam Johnson, arrested in this township Saturday afternoon on a charge of attempted rape. The petition had been signed by some 100 leading citizens when seen by The Times man. Mr. I. B. Covington removed this week from Rockingham, N. C., with his family and is occupying the house formerly ' used by Mr. George McKenzie on White street. Mr. Covington succeeds Mr. C. W. McNealy as superintendent of the Fort Mill Manufacturing comDanv's mill No. 1. ' c The infant daughter of Mr. * and Mrs. VV. C. Stroud died 3 Friday morning as a result of * burns received several days ' previously and was buried in y New Unity cemetery Saturday 3 afternoon. The funeral services ! were conducted by the Rev. * J. W. H. Dyches, pastor of the * Baptist church. * A petition is being circulated ! among the mothers of the town asking the school trustees to change the opening hour of the 1 school. At present the school ( opens at 8:20 a. m,, and the!. . mothers find it very difficult to get the children off to school at so early an hour. C. W. McNealy, who had been i superintendent of the Fort Mill < Mfg. company's plant No. 1 for < tea years or longer, resigned the j , last week and will, it is said, < take a similar position in Me- ] ridian. Miss. It is understood ] that M|*. McNealy will take his ' new position about January 1st, j and Mtrs. McNealy and little 1 son Clulrtae, will go to Meridian ] a short} time afterwurd. Mr. u McNealir ia one of the bestj known am.most capable mill ? men m^^^^^tion and his many i . : tSSSSSS599ESEB99ESSS9gi "" m um ' hi w J Capt. Parks Woundsd. Within lese then 16 minutes after the Ni*ietb Division. U. & A., In conjunction with Canadian troops, assaulted and broke the Hindenburg ttne In tbe memorable drive, October 6. against the strongly fortified position in the neighborhood of A ...LI.L 4l t- -I nilltciw, WIJ1WU UltVUKU IWKTHCteristic German propaganda and boasting the world had been led to believe impregnable, CapL S. W. Parks, Company G, (Fort Mill Light Infantry), One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment (First South Carolina) was severely wuuiuieu in the fight foot by a fragment of snell and had to be carried off the battlefield. He was taken first to a field hospital and then transferred to a base hospital - in England, where he, has since been for treatment. Captain Parks' company had experienced unusually severe hardships during the 15 hours liftJfeiKii aBMIi CAPT. 8. W. PARKS. iust preceding the morning of ;he big drive which started at 5 o'clock. His company, with .he Rock Hill company, was >rdered to the support of a regi- | nent to their left where it was eported the Germans had jroken through. The move- , nent was made in a heavy rain, 1 >ver a rough country with which . ;he men were not familiar and mder continuous fire. Returnng late in the night, the same ! companies were ordered to itraighten a section of the line, | vhich was also done under fire, md without rest they advanced , ;o the tape when the big forward movement began. Captain Parks has been a nember of the First South Caroina Regiment since the Fort Vlill company was organized nore than 18 years ago. He vas elected the company's first second lieutenant and when the :aptain of the company resigned i year or two after the company vas fermed, he succeeded Lieut, f. B. Spratt (now lieutenant :olonel of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment) as first ieutenant, Lieutenant Spratt succeeding to the captaincy. Tor several years Captain Parks leld the first lieutenancy of the j company and did much to pronote the general efficiency of he company and develop it as >ne of the best unita of the < first Regiment. Due largely o his interest in rifle shooting fie Fort Mill company won tfie State championship for marksnanship and Captain Parks himlelf was on two occasions a mem >er of the South Carolina team < n the annual contest of the ? National Rifle Association. He succeeded to the captaincy ^ >f the Fort Mill company when Uaptain Spratt resigned a few fears ago, and commanded the :ompany during the Mexican j >order campaign in 1916 and i was at its head when the 1 National Guard of the country j was mobilized in the summer of < >f 1917 for service overseas. ! Prior to entering the Fort Mill 5 jompany Captain Parks was 1 without military experience, but 1 ie was an apt strident of military , tactics and has long been regarded one of the best informed ' jfficers in the First Regiment. I Word comes from France that . 3aptain Parks' company, along with the Rock Hill company (Capt. Lindsay McFadden, re- . jently reported to be major) suffered severely in the attack on the Hindenburg line, both , companies being in the very forefront of the assault of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment. Two of Captain Park?' sergeants. Joe Belk and Tom Hall, both Fort Mill boys, , are said to have killed between them ten Germans in bayonet ' fighting before they finally fell severely wounded. For several years prior to the ' entry of the United States into i the world war, Captain Parks MBseaaasassas-ssaBsa 1 wbJehhe sold At a sacrifice-when hiaco^maiur waft ordered up for rrtr?^aa,Carrie^, Captain Parks is in bis 44th year and hus one child, Mifla Lena Parkfi. 1917 graduate of Winthrop college, who is now a teacher in the Fort | Mill high school. He is popular I with nis home people who ire eagerly awaiting his return from Europe to improvp upon the opportunity his presence in* Fort Mill will afford them to show tne esteem in wmcn tie is held porsonally and as the captain of the company in which so many of the community's young men have ''looked death in the face and bit back at it" on the battlefields of Belgian Flanders and France. In Jail on Serioas Charge. Sam Johnson, a young ntegro, was committed to York jail Saturday night on the very serious charge of attempted criminal assault. The victim of the negro was a 20-year-old white woman, daughter of a well known farmer of the township. The attempted assault took place shortly afternoon Saturday while the young lady was returning home alone from a neighbor's house. The negro, it is alleged, overtook her and after striking her with a stick laid hands on the young lady. She fought him desperately and her cries for help finally brightened the brute away without his having accomplished his purpose.. The alarm was given and a posse soon had the negro under arrest. He was brought to Fort Mill late in the afternoon and placed in the city lock-up. The officers later had fears that violence to the prisoner would follow during the night and Sheriff Quinn came t<5 Fort about 8 o'clock in the evening and took the negro to York jail. It is reported from York that Johnson has made a full confession, giving in detail his actions prior to arrest. It is understood that death is the penalty in this State for attempted criminal assault. Mr. George McKenzie, superintendent of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company's mill : No. 2, is occupying the Presbyterian manse on Confederate street. THE MAJESTIC. If a mighty pretty girl told you that she Just hated you because you were from the North and she was from the South What would you do-huh? See BELLE BENNETT In "THE LAST REBEL." XCAJgSTlC -TO-UjiY. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 1919. 0 Notice of Opening of Boolu of Auditor for Listing Returns for Taxation. Auditor's Office, Dec. 2, 1918. Pursuant to the requirements of the Statute on the subject, notice is hereby giver, that my books will be open in my office in Tork Courthouse, on Wednesday, January 1st, 1919, for the purpose of listing for taxation all Persona] and Real Property held in York County on January 1, 1919, and will be kept open until the 20th day of February, 1919. and for the convenience of the taxpayers of the county 1 will beat the places enumerated below on the dates named: At Clover, Wednesday and Thursday, January 1 and 2, 1919. At Point (at Harper's), Friday, Jannary 3, 1919. At Bandana, (Perry Ferguson Store) Saturday, January 4, 1919. At Smyrna, Tuesday, January 7, 1919. a P - nr_j 1 nv Uivaui jr UIVVC, fT CUIltfBUBy &na Thursday, January 8 and 9, 1919. At Sharon, Friday, January 10 and Saturday, January 11, 1919. At Newport, Monday, January 13th, L919. At Fort Mill, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January 14, 15 and 16, 1919. At McConnellsville, Saturday, January 18, 1919. At Offden, Monday, January 20, 1919 At Coates's Tavern (Roddey'a), Tuesday, January 21, 1919. At Rock Hill, from Wednesday, January 22. to Tuesday, January 28. 1919. At McGil! Bro.'a Store, Thursday, January 30, 1919. At York, from Friday. January 31. to February 20, 1919. All males between the aRes of twenty-one and sixty years, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00, and all persons so liable are especially requested to Rive the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. j * * V ' -vg - **, # 1 v NOTICE?We an aMnti for aH pe- 1 riodicals and magahinea Will be glad v? spnd in- year eabactiptiou for the 'Above. Jonee Drag Company. FOR SALE?Nice Jerfay Goer with young calf, price $86.00. Also have a lew nice Duroo-Jeraey Pig* yet. S. K. Bailee, Plop. Etmwood Farm. taaanameaeMaeaeemps i- WANTED?To buy load of Good Hay er New Shucks. B. W. Bradford. A BARGAIN?I have on?of the biggest bargains you ever saw in a second-hand 88-Note Piano. Nice enough or any parlor. B. W. Bradford. Meet Your Friends At th? Dewdrop Inn. Ssrvice lO to 2, 4:30 to 8. Mrs. Jm. D. Fulp, Miss Nors Hamilton. ~ GINNER'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that, until further notice, % the gins of the Fort Mill Ginnery will be operated only four days each week-rWednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The Fort Mill Ginnery. AN ORDINANCE. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen, the Town Council, of the Town of Fort Mill, S. C., by Authority of the Same. Section 1. That a levy of ten (10) mills on each and every dollar of real and personal property, not exempt from taxation, held, owned, or liable for taxation, in the town of Fort Mill, S. C., on the 1st day of Januarv, 1918, be, and the same is hereby made for the following purposes: Ordinary purposes 3 mills Int. Waterw'ks bonds 2J " Sinkincr PtmH 11 " Fire Protection Equip. 3$ " Sec. 2. That said taxes shall become due and payable at the office of the City Treasurer on the lBt day of November, 1918. Taxes may be paid up to and including the 16th day of November, 1918. Thereafter, and up to the 1st day of January, 1919, a penalty of 16 per cent, will attach to said taxes not paid before November 15th, 1918. Sec. 3. That after the 1st day 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 council in regular session assembled in Fort Mill, S. C., this 24th day of October, 1918. B. E. PATTERSON, Attest: Mayor. W. A. ROACH. Treasurer. ELECTRIC The Best Tonic, ~ SftftprnQ Mild - Laxative, BITTERO Family Medicir! L u < * I s a F i c k ] { 4 Don't trust to luck to tal 4 future, for luck has a way you most need help. * Prepare against emerger * are in good health and abh * you won't have to depend * the future. f Many men are called 1 I have money. Did you ev< ^ these men got that money' * THEY SAVED IT. SO * 4 Per Cent Interest Paid * The Savin I See Our Fi Our Fall and ^ Housefurnishings is invite you to make Organs, Sewing ] Ranges, Oil Stov< Wood Heaters, L Grates for stoves ar tresses, Dillow Case er Beds, Sheets, Bl< Dining Tables, Ha Wardrobes, Etc. S( bile and bicycle Tu Young & 1 Steele Motoi Fort Mill Automobile Repairf [ General, Goodrich ! and Tu ; V Our Prices are f- >v 'v'V.'" '-0X Patters wT & w "Schloss* Men who ca ? ? oucccss ? to 18 year Stetson ar Bates Sho Men, Wo me Coat Suit: Manufactur Millinery We also j Squares, Wi Traveling B If you wai \ Patterst "Fort J i r \c 1 e Thing ke care of you in the t of deserting you when $ icies NOW, while you * 2 to earn money, then * on luck or charity in 3 'lucky" because they ^ ;r think how most of 4 ? ; CAN YOU. on Savings Accounts. * I gs Bank. i 3* < all Stock. | Winter stock of \ complete and we an inspection. Machines, Stoves, ss, Oil Heaters, ^aundrv Stoves, id fireplaces, Mat- | s, Bolsters, Feath- | ankets, Comforts, I ill Trees, Buffet, j ^e us for automo-* 1 bes and Casings. S Wolfe. I <j r Company, | | i, s. c. \ \ i and Accessories. t i > # 1 and FIsk Tires J | Reasonable. | j I - - ^^mBKBM ; ' ' jffl^jfflB^^B| on's Dry Goods Store, f^H 1 . _ . ..: /^|r8? - f 4; Do Not Sell V verything, but I the Best. :|l I ;>#! -- 'M Baltimore*' Suits and Overcoats for ~ and "World Beater" Suits for Boys - i K.ljj id No Name Hats. I esfor Mear Long Wear Shoes for IS n and Children. s and Long Coats from The Best I .1 ?i. :~ t>i_i-a. ? nidi is ivi^iii anywnere. sell the best makes of Rugs, Art ndow Shades, Trunks, Suit Cases, ags, Etc. it the best, we have it. aw in's Dry Goods Store. 1 VLiU's Fastest Growing Store/' -i i * | Pay Your Taxes. :i < ? < < We have had a copy of the county Tax Book made at our own expense for the convenience of the public and will be nleased fn arive vnn the amount of your tax, forward remittance to ! 1 the County Treasurer and obtain his receipt < I for you. We also have worked out a plan whereby you may deposit your Liberty Bonds with this < strong National Bank just the same as moneyv ' and issue you a Certificate of Deposit bearing interest of 4 1-4 per cent, payable on demand. (You know which bank ? Uncle Sam's) | Jj ?sh IGood Groceries, m x^n i ! 1 I For a general stock of g. scries I I of tested merit we believe that * \ our store cannot be out-classed. Our prices are always at the bottom - and we are prepared to serve the nnhl i<* wifli Vin ??- -1 " ? |/HW<<v TT(?U I1IW UW9I U1 CVC1 JIIUllj( 111 our line. <; ^ v ' ' Phone us your wants. We are al I ways "on the job." I j Parks Grocery Co., j: I Phone 116 J! I | The Cash Market, Pr.prl.Ur, ^ I [ Fort Mill, S. C. :: o Fresh Meats, Fish and Country t I Produce of Ail Kinds. i: -I Phone us your wants. | I | Reasonable Prices Beit Service. :