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f 11 " V Of LOCAl IWTEIEST. [ Wi Mr. Jiesse Cannqp has accepted : : a position as salesman with the v' Potts Supply company. \ Mrs. Alice Nims left Friday t' for Badin. N. &" where with her husband, Joe W. Ninas, she will reside in the future. The Rev. Wm. P. McCorkle. i pastor of the First Presbyterian 1 church of Martinsville. Va., will till the pulpit of the local PreshvteHnn church novf Cimrln., ?^ ----- vav v/uuuaj morning: and evening. There are 3.785 miles of railroad in South Carolina, and of! this York county has 102 88 miles. J Tihe assessed valuation j of the railrbnd mileage in this county is $1,030,042. s1 i I County Auditor R. . M. Love arrived in Fort Mill yesterday and will remain through tomorrow for the purpose of listing property for taxatibn. The Rev. G. W. Cheek, of Albemarle, N. C., was the week end guest of Mrs. James D. Fulp and filled the pulpit of the Pres' byterian church" at'the morning and evening services. The lighting system which is being installed by the Fort Mill Manufacturing company along thb streets in the mill villages is almost completed and the usual darkness along these streets is dissipated which makes a very great improvement over former conditions. The Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, Th. D., left Monday morning for Clover and Richmond, Va. He will visit relatives Jin the former city and will attend the meetings of Billy Sunday in Kichmond for perhaps ten days. Mr. J. H. McMurray received a telegram Saturday announcing that his son, Lieutenant Roy McMurrny, had landed in New York, after several months' service in France. Lieut. McMur- < ray stated that he hoped to get home on furlough within a short time. Notice is piven that a meeting of the local-, Parent-Teacher Association will be held in the school auditorium this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Also, Miss Minnie Garrison, county demonstrator, will be at the auditorium at 2:30 o'clock for the purpose of giving suggestions to any one along her line uf work. I Mrs. J. B. Elliott announces 1 that the Red Cross work room will he open each Friday afternoon until further notice and the members are invited to come together and discuss such matters as may be of interest in the work of the Red Cross. Miss Barnette will be present tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. A measure looking to pro- , 1? i bit ion of the sale of pvtr#(?ts bitters and compounds used as N beverages in substitution for liquor was introduced in the | house of representatives the I iast week, the authors being ] Hart, of York, Hamblin, of i Union, and Hamilton, of Ches- i te>\ The bill provides a heavy fine for the first offense. The second offense does not carry a ) fine but imprisonment. The bill | alfows the sale of above mentioned articles under certain circumstances. There has been a few, possibly < a half dozen, new cases of in- ? fluenza reported to the local < botud of health within the last , week. Nearly all of those who ; have been ill of the disease dur- ing the last few weeks are able j to be out again, and apparently, < the disease has about run its i course in Fort Mill. There has ] bien but one death as a result ( of the disease in this city during the past two months or more and this was the 5-year-old child of Mr. Groce, which died at the i home of its parents in the vil- i lage of plant No. 1 of the Fort j Mill Ml'g. company. < * Private Samuel L. Warren, who ; has seen several months' service 1 overseas, is spending a ten-day furlough at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Warren, in Upper Fort Mill. Private Warren was twice injured while in active service, < the first injury being from < mustard gas, laying him up for several weeks, and the second injury from shell shock and a dislocated knee sustained when i an Austrian shell exploded between the horses of his team, killing the animals, wrecking the wagon and rendering him unconscious for several hours. I I Private Warren has about re- I covered from his injuries and < has been at Ft. McPherson, Ga,, I since his arrival in the' States I seme weeks ago. Hey a mem- < terson a number of young men met Friday evening in the. Masonic ball forth# purpose of organising a Bible dasnplkbout 25 young men enrolled and the following officers were ekctfdi Vl. IT. M r.WB&Mg, prSsrdSst|" B. C. Ferguson, vice mwsident; B. M. Bradford, secretary-treasurer, and B. E. Patterson, teacher. ' At the morning service at the Presbytorian church Sunday 21 members of the class were in attendance.^ & r. r; Z' At a recent meeting of the school trustees of the Fort Mill district, Prof. W. IJ. Ward was elected as superintendent of the Fort Mill schools for tne next scholastic year. Despite the obstacles which have continually confronted Prof. Ward since he took charge last year, good progress has been made and the standard is excellent while the physical condition of the school property is better than for several years past. The school was forced to close for some weeks last fall and the continual epidemic of influenza has reduced the average attendance, yet on. the whole, decided progress has been made. ??.?.??? Fort Hill Boy Saw Hard Service. ? -'-J ttilii an extensive perioa or service in France to his credit, Sergt. Charlie Bennett of Foit Mill, a veteran of many battles overseas, is now at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., having been transferred there from overseas recently. Sergeant Bennett is well known in Fort Mill as the son of Boyce Bennett, prominent farmer of this place. He is a "doughboy" of the Thirtieth Division, with that division taking part in some of the fiercest fighting on record in the recent war. The Fort Mill boy celebrated his 20th birthday in France by taking part in an American operation that served to break the famous Hindenburg line at St. Quentin, and at the end of his birthday saw the American soldiers still advancing. Soon after the same drive he was wounded by German fire and was sent to a base hospital in France for treatment, later being ordered aboard a transport and transferred to Fort McPherson. In addition to being a veteran r?f thfl fiorVifinor of Bf Hnonfin Sergeant Bennett took part in operations in the Ypres sector. He is also a veteran of the campaign on the Mexican border when the khaki clads gave Villa the chase of his life. In addition to the many tales he tells of life in the trences and under shell fire. Sergeant Bennett has a good word to say for i the work of the American service organizations among the soldiers overseas. "One thing that impressed me with the work of the Y. M. C. A." he said, "was the con- < tinuous effort of that organization to see that the men wrote letters home regularly. Every , time we had a moment to spare , the 4Y' men were on hand with writing material and the men were always delighted to see them coming for it meant a letter home to motner or father." Railroads Increase Wages. The railroad administration accountants report that in 1918 the $1,710,000,000 payroll of the previous year was increased 37 per ' cent, and that consequently $2,- < EMC nAA AAA J \j\ru,uvru w?a paid OUt ISSt ] year to the 2.000,000 railway em- I ployees. Many wage increases were effective for only the latter part of the year, and if these i run through the present year. ? even without other additions'i which may come from action on j I pending applications for morel pay, they would make $784,000,- < OCO additional wages. The wage level at the ena of 1918 was a < little more than 47 per cent high- 1 er than at the beginning of the year, when the government as- i aumed control. Killed by Train. While attempting to cross the railroad tracks near his home in Yorkville Saturday afternoon, James Love, aged 70, was run over and killed by a Southern, westbound passenger train His i right foot was severed, his left ' leg crushed, and arm mangled, and severe injuries inflicted internally, causing death within a few minutes. Mr. Love was a resident of the Lockmore mill village and thej accident occurred opposite the mill. He is survived by a family, one of his children being James Stanhope Love, a "shut-in," who is well known to newspaper readears under the name of "Ben Hop*" jii_.iiin|"| R| Kectftiea f?r Thirtieth. 1 rose detrain ?t the Union Station thojr am going to find just thine States, Soath Carolina, Tenneseee and North Carolina, ready to receive them, aaye thefjoiumUa State. And if those youthful veterans who smashed the Hindenburg line and who dealt a solar plexus blow to the whole German scheme of defense, don't succufnb to the attentions that will be showered, upon ?hem it will be because each man has a constitution of iron and the digestion of an ostrich. At.ii mass meeting of Columbia citizens held Sunday, plans were outlined for the reception and entertainment of all returning men, and there was manifested at the meeting a spirit of earnestness and cooperation that promises well for the execution of the plans. There were several speeches made and the keynote of each speech was that South Carolina has an opportunity to show to the returning troops and to the world at large that she appreciates the splendid service that these men have rendered and that she has the desire and the good taste to express that appreciation in a manner worthy of the occasion. Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers in Fort -Mill and the township have been recorded during the last few days in the office of the county auditor: E. R. Patterson to Ben O. Patterson, 1 lot; consideration, $1,500. Leroy Springs, Exer. Est. Sam'l E. Wh^te. to J. J. Bailes, 6 lots; consideration. $450. Leroy Springs, Exer. Estate Sam'l E. White, to J. J. Bailes, 3 lots; consideration, $335, Mrs. S. C. Rodders to Joe Hucks, 1 lot; consideration, $300. Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick to Sam'l E. and Jno. S. White. 4^7 acres; consideration, $14,010. Name, "Old Hickory/* Must Stand. The Thirtieth division, soon to come home from France bringing many South Carolina soldiers, is the "Old Hickory" division, in spite of a practice recently established of calling* it the "Wild Cat" Division, said to have finally reached the war department. where it is unofficially listed as both "Old Hickory" and "Wild Cat." The eighty-first Division while at Camp Jackson was officially named the "Stonewall" Division and as its insignia on uniforms and equipment was a wild cat it >^as known both as the "Stonewall and "Wild Cat" Divisions. The Thirtieth was officially designated the "Old Hickory" Division before it left Camp Sevier and retained the name to the last in France. First hand testimony that the Thirtieth was and is the "Old Hickory" Division aud not the "Wild Cat," comes from Lieut. Col. Thomas B. Spratt of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, formerly the First Regiment of the South Carolina National Guard. Writing from his home in Fort Mill in reply to a question from The State as to the statement that the Thirtieth was known both as "Wild Cat" and "Old Hickory," Colonel Spratt says: "Regarding the name of the Thirtieth Division, there is no official authority for referring to it as the "Wild Cat" Division, nor did I hear it so called in France by any one. "Gen. S. L. Faison while in command of the division at Greenville before we sailed had issued a general order officially designating the division as the 'Old Hickory' and it was always called that. "After our wagons and other equipment were issued in France, they were all marked 'OH,' the *0,' superimposed on the 'H," and this was the official mark for all equipment. Several orders issued by division and brigade headquarters in France referred to the division as 'Old Hickory.' "I was with the division from the time it was organized at Greenville until after it wis withdrawn from the line after all the fighting was over and am positive there is no ground at all for calling it anything else, official or unofficial."?The State. 1 ? ?, ~ LONG TERM FARM MORTGAGE LOANS. Interest*. SPECIAL RATE 6 per cent, depending on conditions as to amount and credit period and annual installments offered, and as to borrower's urgency in having loan closed. ORDINARY RATE 7 per cent on a )uick 6 to 10-year loan not under $3001. 'or particulars apply to dE. SPENCER. Attorney. ' I L ' LOST ? Atttoaobil* State Literae ^dSV-Ooj PgUp of the r iling'Jnmtmm cf York York, & C. Sept. 17; 1918. that the Tax Boeka for York county will Be opened on Tueaday. the 16th day of October, 1918, and remain open until the Si at <hy of December. 1918, for the collection of Stat*, countv. lehnal and Inral takes, for the fiscal year 1918, without penalty; after which day a One per cent penalty will be added to air payments made in the month of January, 1919, and Two per cent penalty for a'l payments made in the month of February. 1919, and Seven per cent penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1st day of March, 1919, to the 16th day ot March, 1919, and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. It is my desire to 'attend different parts of the county for the convenience of taxpayers as heretofore; but owin-? to the exacting nature of my duties as a member oi j ocai Exemption bob"! No. 2, 1 am required at all times to within call of the office of the Boa."] and must remain at the county seat. All of the Banks of the county wi 1 offer their accommodations and facilities to Taxpayers who may desire t<l make use of the same, and I shall take pleasure in giving prompt attention to all correspondence on the snhiert All Taxpayers appearing at my offio.* ' will receive prompt attention. Note?The "Tax Books will be ma id up by Townships, and parties writiig about Taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships in which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer ot York County. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 1919 Notice of Opening of Books 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 given that my books will be open in my office in York Courthouse, on Wednesday, January 1st, 1919, for the purpose of listing for taxation all Personal 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 be at the places enumerated below on the dates named: At York, from Friday. January 31. to February 20, 1919. J All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, are liable to a F)oll tax of $1.00, and all persons so iable are especially requested to give the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. BRODUS M. LOVE, Auditor York County. Old newspapers for sale at The Times office. ! FOR AN Ut I EMERC * Accidents and sickne pectedly. They may < ^ moment. These are th< * bank-account" comes t( * who heed his advice don't, wish they had. * i You can never tell wl 1 ness will come, but you * Let us start you with ai 4 You can bring in a dolh 4 whenever you can. 4 Per Cent Interest Paic | The Savir. t I The Large I Will show you n< I stock 1 House Furni Than you will fii your hon Then, too, we penses to conten make you b< ? Young & | Steele Moto t Fort Mil Automobile Repair General, Goodrict \\ and Ti o {> Our Prices are ' * AD Winter Goods at 1-4 Off on $35 Suits and Overtoats, Sale P) ^2 44 44 ** AQ l< *? ?* II 2g 44 44 44 4 Big Saving i Boys' $15.00 Suits now only 12.00 " 10.00 " " " .... Ladies' Coats and C Children's Coal Underweai Men's Heavy Fleeced or Ribbed Drawers, each only ... Ladies' Heavy Fleeced or iii and Pants, each only Warm Bli All Wool, sold for $11.00. Sale 1 Wool Finish Blankets. $8.00 vali $5.00 Heavy Cotton Blankets, o All Ladies' and Chile 1 00 Ladie Shoes Reduced 20 p 20 per cent of Sale Starts Jan Everything SPOT C PAT Fort 1expected i ;ency \ ss always come unexconfront you at any * e times when "friend ) the rescue of those to save?when those len accidents or sick can prepare for them. + a "emergency fnnd." ir now and add to it s 1 on Savings Accounts. " igs Bank. I1 J" >i. .... J. A.I??mn ' ;r Towns | :> more complete j :s of I JLi? r--J. i smug uooas | nd right here in -1 le town. t yen't the city ex- i d with and can ^ stter prices. & c Wolfe. | t r Company, u, s. c. J s and Accessories. 4 i and Fisk Tires } jibes. 4 t Reasonable. } " 4< fi t Mid-Winter Sale greatly Reduced Prices. Men's Suits and Overcoats. I >l '' La ***** #?? ? ~ *? _ nws, $zz.ou Suits and Overcoats, Sale Price, $17.50 24.00 20 00 44 44 v 44 44 44 15.00 44 * _ 22.50 15.00 44 " 4 4 44 " 11-25 44 18. 75 10.00 4 4 4* 44 44 . *' ' 7.50 n Boys' Suits and Overcoats $11.25 Boys' $8 00 Suits, now only__~ $5.95 8.95 44 6.00 4.50 7.50 44 5.00 " " 3.75 loat Suits ONE-THIRD OFF ts at About ONE-HALF PRICE r For Whole Family Greatly REDUCED Shirts and Ladies on TTnin? q..ud ~.,i~ "** T UKIUII UUIW, 1H1W VIII V, l.OO 89c Boys'$1.50 44 95c bbed Vests Misses'$1.50 44 44 44 ' 44 95c "89c Other Bivr Values in this Line. ankets and Comfortables. . Price $8 95 $3 50 Heavy Cotton Blankets, only $2.95 le, now.. 5.95 5.00 Comforts (Big Bargain) 3.75 nly 3.75 Ask to see these. Irens' Hats, HALF PRICE ;s' and Girls' Raincoats at $ I .*> 8 to $ 1 0.00 er cent for this Big Sale. t on Stetson. No-Name and Franklin Hats . 25th and Runs Through Feb. 8th. ASH Absolutely Nothing Charged rERSON'S, Mill's Fastest Growing Store. ^ ^ V V Vi 5 I . . i I Systematic Saving \ I ? I ^ Means a regular and habitual effort to secure a compe- ^ ^ tence. He must put aside a definite amount regularly ^ ^ who will provide for the rainy dfey. ? No better system is offered to the average man than a life insurance policy. Each payment whether quarterly, semi-annually or annually, is a laying up of money for f himself, if he lives, and secures for his estate a great amount of money in proportion to the cost to him if he should die prematurely. * & | THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE offers the best con- ? 1 tracts, the most liberal service, and the lowest cost. The ^ $ cosfc-of a cold drink daily will carry a $1,000 policy if you 4 ? are under 30 years of a^e. Inquire into this. 4 | I I I | C. S. LINK, Broker. I i I 4 * ? 444?4??4'?4i4^4^>4 i4-'4 444 4*4?4y4^4?4?4?4*< ' n.V.Ja.ft-.. 1 j 44'?4'?444-?>444<j?4>?4-?'4 >4 t>4 4? 4 ?4*-4f4?4v4 r 4 .v4 v4<y44*44 j r ] Our Service Pleases. | * is X We desire the public patronage and $? j; t are doing all we can in the way of ser- <' vice, quality and fail prices to merit the j same. You will always find good fresh ]; I groceries at this store. We are pleas- 1 ing our most particular customers and ? X would be pleased to add your name to | t our list. | 1 Parks Grocery Co., f > Phone 116 | ? ??>? ? y+ <***+<?+ *+<? +'$+* ?- * - - r~S- ? j THANKS J X For your excellent patronage since we began business ? I here. We trust that the New Year may have manv bless r ?? S ings in store for you and yours. t |> During the year 1919 always remember that? ' * "If It's in Town, Taylor Has It." 4 i | The Cash Market, FrepdroEp,iT?!?or 1 " ~ ? \ Jfjfoy ' Tr'""' ' ' * ** -