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i V: , ~1-?-? the poet hill times ?. ^.BRAPTOBP - . M*???<riow?ii? OMOMvnoM mm: OMTW - ?U? Six Month* ... ? fho r?BH nrUos wnttrlbBtlwiion Uwwfcmrt kVlltWMttiN* to publish roor* than S00 words ? any anbjoet. Tk? rffkt Is rs*nl to odlt >?ff ooqins?lostfciw taltltosd for utMtotfw. . Os wtliMtioii to tbi psbHthor. adnrttow Mtso sro mado known to tbooo Intarsstod. foloohons.tooslsnd loasdlstoB?. Wo. lit. Bltttnd st tho oostotte* at Port Mill. 8. C.. sa asll issttor of tbo sooond elsos. THURSDAY. JAN. 2, 1919. I : ? I The Times extends the season^* greeting along with the good wish that the year 1919 n?y prove one of unbounded v happiness and prosperity to each e? its rentiers and friends. The annual State Baptist Convention will be held in Columbia at the First Baptist church beginning January 13. Announcement was made to this effect a few days ago by the executive committee of the convention, . after a conference with pastors and laymen from all sections of 1 1 J n.i L ml tne outie, nciu 111 v^uiumoia. ine delegates to the convention will not be entertained by the Baptists of Columbia but will arrange for their own entertainment. From Union county comes a story about good roads which many sounties and communities ill the State should take a heart and act upon. A man from a distant community went to Union i<i answer to an advertisement of a farm for sale. He examined the farm, liked it, and wanted to buy it, for it seemed to be just what he was looking for. But he did not buy and what stopped the sale was the fact that the road to Union was very bad. So the would-be purchaser turned elsewhere to buy. the farm he was seeking. One of the very first things and one of the very wisest things that any county can do for the weuare 01 us citizens ana tor the attraction of outsiders is to improve the roads of the county. It is trite to say that such improvement will add to the wealth of the county as well as to the convenience and comfort of the public. As kings go, Victor Emmanual of Italy is one of the best in the business. There is much about this monarch to recommend h\m te the good will of the world, especially that part of the world in which democracy now has the upper hand ? and that means practically all the world. He had the courage and patriotism to spend very nearky all the four long years of the world war at the front with his troops and by his presence did much to encourage them to push forward to one of the moat overwhelming victories recorded in history, when in the second battle of the Piave the Austrian invaders of his country were routed with a loss of a million men. Victor Emmanuel long ago had the courage to tell the Pope of Rome to keep hands off so far as the conduct of the Italian government was concerned, that neither he nor the Italian people would tolerate any intermeddling: in their affairs by the Vatican. This, too, notwithstanding the faet that most Italians who claim any religious belief at all are members of the Church of Rome. The chiefs of countries in which there is a preponderating Protestant population might do well _to pass along similar word to the He State would repeat its ^ [gestion made a few weeks that it is the urgent duty of ^ the general assembly at its approaching session to tighten the laws permitting the carrying of concealed deadly weapons and regulating their sale. There is no reason why these laws should not be enforced. We are enJTiSorcing other statutes which a law years ago many people thought would forever remain dead letters in some of our com- ' I munities. The carrying of conI coaled weapons is almost wholly I confined nowadays to that elel mat of the population that ia bssl.cs mischief and orderly and law abiding people are at their mercy. If it be held that men whose posts require them to deal with rough Characters and who live in localthes where there ia no police protection, should be permitted to carry arms, their cases might be cov. ered with a licensing law. At a a time when the movement of the population will be necessarily much greater than usual, it would be strange is there should not be a few troublesome characters going about and that will furnish pretext for other men to carry pistols who have no business with them. A number of lives would be saved in South Carolina in the next two or three years by the enforcement of the laws that we have bearing on this subject and by amending them in some slight degree. Are not ine nves wortn saving r~ Columbia State. SAN JOHNSON PLEADS GUILTY; WILL GO TO CHAIR ON JAN. 10. Sam Johnson, negro, aged 18, was convicted at York Monday at a special term of court of attempted criminal assault on a white girl of Fort Mill township on November 30 and sentenced to be electrocuted January 10. The negro pleaded guilty to the charge, and the only question for the jury to decide was whether mercy should be recommended, which was acted on adversely. The jury was out only a few minutes. Johnson heard the sentence with little indication of emotion. He ap j *iw (icaicu IU uc aji^un.y uciuw inc average of intelligence for his race. The only testimony was by J. M. Youngblood, chief of police of Rock Hill, and S. P. Wilson of Fort Mill township. Both heard the negro in confession shortly after the crime. Solicitor Henry appeared for the State and Thomas F. McDow was appointed by Judge R. W. Mennninger to represent Johnson, who was without a legal adviser. Sheriff Fred F.. Quinn took precautionary measures against possible violence, a number oi special deputies being on duty who guarded the doors to thi court room and searched foi coucealed weapons every ont who entered. The crowd which packed th< court room was orderly and re frained from any outward mani festation of feeling. Johnsor was sent to the State penitentiary for safe keeping follqjving hii arrest and was brought back t< York only in time for the trial. CAPT. JAMES D.^FHLP WRITES OF EIGHTY-F1RTS IN ACTION Capt. James D. Fulp of thi: city, with the Three Hundrec and Twenty-first Infantry Eighty-first Division, which wai trailed for overseas service a Camp Jackson and Camp Sevier has written from the Frenci front, under date of Novembei 11, the following interesting letter to Mrs. Fulp of the lasi hours of the fighting jn France in which his division was en Raged: "Le guerre finis" so tht Frenchmen said yesterday at 11 o'clock, but from our experience since last Friday njghi when we went into our first bifl battle, it is hard for us to realize that peace has really come. We came so near to not getting into a real battle and then tc have it come when peace was already to dawn upon us seems too hard for the poor fellows who died for as Saturday and Sunday. I know that the Casualty list will be nut Innu before you get this letter, so I will tell you something of it. Our boys were as brave as any of them and we lay for two days and one night with shells pouring on us and machine guns raining through us before we got relief. We all look like old men for the experience and so many of our good friends have gone. Poor old Cowell got a ten iuchjshell straight and it was with difficulty that we could gather his body together. Five men died with him in the same burst. It was awful! Not much German infantry opposed us but the artillery and | the machine gun nests were everywhere. Our enemy, we learned from some of the ! prisoners we captured, were the | Fifth Prussian Guards, one of the crack Hun oiganizations. We are having the very unpleasant task today of policing the battle held and the poor chaplain is about ail in. None wm&Skx : . V . of us got any sleep for three nights and days. I was busy all i the time getting up rations and ammunition and had two casual. ties in my company. None of ! my officers were hit. You remember Gregory Davis, whose mother came from Riverhead , to New York with us. Well, he i Nwas the first officer killed. We lost several more but none of them that you knew unless it was Captain Bradt. We are still trying to get the men buried > and have an awful job. We ! ~ii ?'-Li i?*- i_i * i nunvcu uii lUKin iasL mgiic ana there is a day and night's work i left yet to be done. We fought i to 11 o'clock yesterday when we had orders that hostilities would 1 cease. The Germans did the ! same and it seemed like death i had come to all of us at 11, as after the awful crashing fire, i gas, popping of the machine guns, everything was painfully quiet, and one's nerves were too high strung to be let down so suddenly. The reaction was almost as bad as the action itstlf. 1 am still in a dugout this morning, as I haven't any too much faith in the Germans, and there is no abatement in prepai ration. The guns have ceased i firing, that's all. and a plenty ii [ is for us. The ground ovei which we advanced for eight i miles was one mass of marsh, i woods and so much barbed wire i that our clothes were literally torn to pieces. We never t stopped for anything, and while , we wouia De neiu up lor a time i by a machine gun nest, the nastiest thing infantry ever had to fight , our boys kept going and > we took three towns the two t days we were in. Old Joe Jacobs got a piece torn out of ' his neck, but will get a wound stripe for a good scare and a painful stiff neck. You knowby my being able to write to you that I had my unusual good luck and did not get a scratch s but some awful mental anguish. 1 I was getting a train of urnmunition off at the dump Sun day afternoon and a Boche plane a side car now and am going to quit jolting myself on a horse and blistering my heels walking. I hear that we are to go into Germany this week for patrol ; duty. THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION 8TILL FORBIDS PROFITEERING. Columbia.?In order that no mjlsttnderrstaflding may arias among licensees with regard to the effect of the armistice upon the regulations of the Food Administration. It Is stated bji the Food Administration and made perfectly clear that the regulations are not annulled by the armistice. Modifications have been made but of profit and regulations preventing hoarding have not been removed, and there is no present intention on the part of the Food Administration of dropping these restrictions, which will he rigidly enforced. The world needs at the present time are for a larger amount of food then before tho signing of the armistice brought the fighting to an end. This comer eh ends food of all kinds, with tte possible ssoeptlon ot wheat, of which there An reported to be |lM? i came down on us and peppered us with his machine gun, but . didn't hit a single man, but 1 . was sure my time had come. One never knows the feeling of ' being directly shot at until he ? goes through a battle. I wasn't - really scared, no time to think ; about fear, but when a lull would come for a few minutes and 1 ? could see dying men all about - and shell holes as thick as they - could be, often overlapping, I 1 wondered how I got through it. / I am saving my maps all ? marked to show you just what j we went through and such lltouf hot* QO t%t ?\ V\n/1 + ' <i vuvuvt iao nc ii*u LI IV" Illuming at 4 o'clock when we went over the top. It was dark as hades, raining in torrents and cold as 'ice. I didn't have my 5 rsbber boots of! for days. Poor j old Strang looks like a ghost and the colonel has been up so long !, that he can't sleep at all. He t held together fine, though, and never seemed excited, even \ when he saw some of his best r officers torn to pieces. The r lieutenants were particularly I fine and many of them will get their D. S. Cs. I haven't heard a word from Dick (Capt. Richard Fulp, Thirtieth Division) since their ? last fight and do hope that he is I as lucky as I have been. I - lived between fires with shells bursting overhead from both : sides for days and nights. They certainly put up a stiff fight and nobody thought about peace. I : do houe this thing is over, but i you never know what he can i stand until he gets into it. i The colonel has just stopped 1 by to tell me something else to do and I will have to cut this shorter than T eYnppfpil T howo X sssssaaesss UOAR LIMITATIONS OFF; NO FURTHER RATIONING Columbia.?The limitation of four foadi of sugar per month per per on hn* been removed by the Food Administration and the rale requiring restaurants, hotels and public eating places to limit their sugar consumption to four pounds tor each 90 meals served, has been rescinded by the Food Administration. The sugar shortage is over. The Food Ad minis xratton, However, expect* mat wkh Ike removal of the restrictions the public will not exceed the normal reulrements, but will continue to use surer with discretion. Manufacturers using sugar may likewise secure tbelr normal sugar requirements, without tho further use of sugar certificates. Patriot's Plenty Bi|y less - Serve less Eat only 3 meals a d^y Waste nothing \bur guests will cheerfugy share simple fare Be Proud to be a. food saver VME CHlLOktEN I.IUH IX KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Can You ( This Plot? Under what circumslatu man force a croolc to m; Can You Guess? How would the crook would he do if asked to Can You Guess? If in love with one ma with another?and com which would come to n Can You Guess? Would an office-holder on surveillance, to rifle I Can You Guess? What would you do il line, you got a faithless ing politician in your p Can You Guess? Then see this amazing I Ma\i | To Our t I * t and r < i | t We sincerely tr ; enjoyed a prospen t 1919 will ontinue * and confer favors 1 | Potts Suj t JOHN S. POT I "He Who S I PHONE 29 Best Pat Flour $ Highest prices B. C. FEE Highest Price COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Annual Meeting to be Held oe Thursday, January 9, 1919. Pursuant to Statute, notice is hereby given to whotn it may concern, that the Annual Meeting of the County Board of Ct ramisaioners of York County, will be held in the office of the i County Supervisor in the courthouse on 'Thursday, January 9th, 1919, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. Under Section 993 of the Civil Code, all claims against the county not previously presented, must be filed with the Clerk of the Board on or before January 1, 1919, and holders of claims will take notice that if the same are not presented and filed during the year in which they are contracted, or the year following, such claims will be forever barred. All claims i gainst York county must be itemized, and they must be uccompunied by affidavits ?f the claimants setting forth thae the several amounts claimed are just, true, due and owing, and 1 hat no part thereof has been paid liy discount or otherwise. All persons authorized by law to administer oaths, are requir# to probate claims against the county free of charge. THOMAS W. BOYD. Supervisor. ' Annie L. Wallace, Clerk. Dec. 7, 1918. , . DR. A. L_. OTT , D^TIST Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. Old newspapers for sale at The Times office. jiiess ii ill ces would a reputable business arry a girl he had never seen? act towards the girl? What ? turn a trick in her behalf? n?forced into an engagement pelled to marry still another? lean the most in the girl's life? knowingly employ a crook out the District Attorney's office? , double-crossed all down the woman, or a crook, or a thievower? What would you do? 11 i . .1 sioiy unravelled at tne? :stic TO-DAY Friends | atrons! j ust that you liave dus 1918 and that t | to bestow blessings f | jpon you. ; I ddIV CO.. rr 7 | nS, Manager. & ierves Best" ?Let him serve you. Perhaps you have tried many others?now try me and then select the one who serves you best. Good Service?Good Groceries?and Reasonasle Pri- i cos, plus a sincere appreciation of your trade is what you get here. 6.00 per 100 lbs. paid for Pork tGUSON. 8 Paid for Pork. | As the Old Year I I - Goes Out I We wish to take this opportunity to express our I ^ 9 hearty appreciation to our many customers for ? ft I their liberal patronage and help during the year I 1918. We wish for each and every one a Happy H and Prosperous New Year. ^ I THE CASH STORE, I S. A. Lee Managers T. F. Lytle. ? m m Subscription Rates of The State I Effective October 1st, 1918, the subscription 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 Scmi-wcckly, 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. Subscribe to The State now, and have a real newspaper, covering local, State and general news, come to your home as a daily visitor. Address, The State Company, Columbia, S. C. ' _ > MULES! MULES! * Come to see me at Harris' Livery Stable in Fort Mill if you want a mule or two for your next crop. I have about twenty-five of as nice animals as you will find and 1 know I can please you. Also a few Nice U? 1 lUISCS. Prices Right and everything guaranteed. Burton H. Massey, The ltock IIill Livestock Man. | SERVICE I j By a resolution of the Executive Committee of the | 1 I Union Central I * Life Insurance Co., i t All limitations with respect to military, naval or ? 7. relief service are withdrawn from policies issued & t and containing war clauses. No war clauses will ,t f be inserted in policies issued hereafter. Such ex- Z t tra premiums as have been collected will be re- Z ? funded. I J SERVICE is the watchword of the UNION CEN- ^ ^ TEAL and this, with SAVING in premiums and | ^ SAFETY to the policy holder in the investment of i ^ his premiums, r.iakes every policyholder a SATIS- \ i FIED policyholder. 5 ? LOW RATES LOW NET COST I | C. S. LINK, District Agent. | ^ |