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Rup. - ?mm^am??? ???? ?_mmmmMM? mm?m ITEMS OF I.0CAL INTEREST. Lieut William Ardrey spent several days of the week visitins: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ardrey. Miss Emma Kennedy, of Ridge way, is the guest of Miss Georgia Ott. Lieutenant A. R. Butzgier, of Attleboro, Mass., was the guest the last week of Mr. and Mrs. Geo/ge Fish. Mrs. A. Theo Neely and little daughter Carolyn, have returned1 from an extended visit to relatives in Charleston. Mr. N. Gaillard Walker, a prominent architect of Rock Hill, visited friends in Fort Mill during the past week. The Rev. J. B. Black, of Elizabeth City, N. C., will conduct services next Sunday morning and evening in the Fort Mill Presbyterian church. Mrs. George Fish was called to the bedside of her daughter, Miss Dorothy Fish, in Paw tucket. R. I., last week. Miss Fish is suffering from a severe attack of influenza. The Rev. Wm. P. McCorkle, of Martinsville, Va., was the guest for the week end of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Elliott and filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at the morning service. * Very little talk of "flu" is heard on the streets of Fort Mill nowadays and apparently the disease has about disappeared from Lhe town. The Rock Hill board of health, which has had the picture shows of that city closed for about , three weeks, met. Monday morning and ordered the shows to reopen. Announcement is made that Cureton's ferry, on Catawba river six miles south of Fort Mill, is again in operation and travelers wishing to cross the river at that point can be accommodated. D. O. Potts, of Pleasant Vallav TiiiJcrlni; rnnoiirorl a -wj , A vtvukjv y I vvvi V vvi n I/Viv ft, & Ulii statwj^r that bin son, Capt. Gto. ^ W. Potts, of the Three Hundred and Seventy-first Infantry. Ninety-third division, had arrived in New York with his regiment. He will be stationed temporarily at Camp Upton. Lieut. Elliott Springs, who is accredited with bringing down several German planes while on dutv with the American forces in France, has arrived at his home in Lancaster to spend a few days with his father, Col. Leroy Springs. The monthly meeting of the Parent-Teacher association was held in tne school auditorium k Thursday afternoon when an interesting program was carried out. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, county home demonstrator, was present and added much to the interest of the meeting by an address. The war department last Wednesday made an announcement < which is of great interest to the < relatives and friends of the men of the Thirtieth Division. The division, it was stated, was , given priority on January 23. U/htph mDilltC fit of tirn??n ?* * ?V?* Hivunu iiiui> uiuv/io vvci c issued giving the division precedence over other organizations for return to the United States. A new establishment for Fort Mill is the Electric Shoe shop, i being opened by R. D. Nunn in the old postoffice building on Confederate street. Mr. Nunn is installing the latest electrically driven machinery for the manufacture and repairing of shoes i and when once ready for business will doubtless enjoy a liberal patronage. Two Fort Mill soldiers, Sergt. Joe Belk and Sergt. Charlie Bennett, both of whom were i severely wounded in the fighting i in France early in October, are i l spending a few days at their [ homes in Fort Mill. Both young i I men have about recovered from i R their wounds, Sergeant Belk wk having received his discharge A from the service. Walter Howie, . Ka a member of the Fort Mill com- i pany, who was also wounded in ; RAOctober, arrived a few days ago i CHraato visit his family in the Provi.J^ence section of Mecklenburg i HHfiCorpl. Oscar Gamble, another ^N9R?he Fort Mill tfoys who was ] SH^verely wounded in France last , I Mbifair*1"1"'' d ^ere Tuesday Camp Lee. Virgigia, { ^^H^H^Hhas been a hospital ^^SMHmthing the States some ' weeks ago. Corporal Gamble was a piember of the famous ( Thirtieth Division which suffered ( I such heavy casualties in the I October offensive. ???1??? Mrs. Pretto.Otey. of Columbia, was the week end guest of Miss Bess Spratt. i Lieut. James C. Dozier, a member of the Fort Mill company, has been awarded the con- ' gressional medal of honor, the 1 most coveted decoration (riven to i soldiers by the American govern- ' ment and which is granted only ; for conspicuous heroism beyond the line of duty. Lieutenant Dozier's home is in Rock Hill, but shortly after the United States ' entered the war he was assigned to Captain Parks' company, with 1 which he served until he was se- j1 verely wounded and thereby un- j < fitted for further military duty. 1 The low price of cotton has 1 ( virtually stopped the sale of the staple in York county. The 5 farmers seem determinnd not to 1 part with their cotton at anything like the present price, even I though they may have to hold it ( indefinitely. There is some talk j < of reducing the acreage of this \ year's crop, though as yet no , concerted movement has been i taken in this direction. Should i the price continue around 25 cents until planting time, how- ' ever, there may be considerable voluntary curtailment in order ' that more acreage may be devoted to other crops. The February meeting of i Kanawha chapter, Daughters of 1 the American Revolution, was i held the last week with Mrs. i Elizabeth M. Belk as hostess and the program was most interesting. A paper read by Mrs. Thos. B. Spratt on the work of the surgeons and physicians during the war was listened to with great interest. A lively discussion was entered into as to ways and means for entertaining the returning soldiers of the Fort Mill Light Infantry which may reach home about March 1. The Catawba Bridge. That a new bridge is to be erected across Catawba river between York and Mecklenburg counties seem a settled fact. During the last few days the York members of the Legisla ture have been considering the i matter and have agreed upon a c hill providing for the erection of c said bridge between Wright's r and Boyd's ferries, at the near- I est practicable site to Wright's s ferry. The cost of the bridge is I to fall two-thirds on Mecklen- t burg county and one-third on t York county. The matter of lo- t eating the structure, within the limits specified, is to be left with \ the York and Mecklenburg authorities. As originally drawn 1 the bill provided that the loca- s tion should be selected through r the joint agreement of the State s highway commissions of North s and South Carolina. Upon more i deliberate consideration, howev- i er, the York delegation has de- ? cided that the more proper way would be to allow the county au- ' thprities to select the site. Upheld Board of Health. Judge Ernest Moore has handed down a decision in the matter of the picture shows of Rock Hill 1 against the board of health in I favor of the board of health and I sustaining its position that it had ? a right to close picture shows or c anything else of the kind that 1 was considered detrimental to s the community. Monday morrtiner the board of 2 health held a meeting and after * canvassing conditions and find- 1 ing the influenza situation so * much better they decided to J raise the quarantine for the c present on the picture shows and 1 places of amusement, but to continue quarantine for nil 8 homes where influenza cases * were located. ,m, l Memorial For the Soldiers. A movement was begun here s the last week by Kanawha i chapter, I>. A. R., to com- r memorate the activity of the young men of Fort Mill town- t ship in the world war. At the1 I monthly meeting the chapter g pledged the sum of $100 for the g purpose of erecting a monument, v It is the purpose of this society t Lo encourage the organization of t a memorial association among c the people of the township who c will receive subscriptions for a t monument which will be erected ' I in Confederate Park. There are j already four monuments in this j park, which is located on the north side of the Southern Rail-; 1 way. One of these was erected I to the Confederate soldiers, one 1 to the Women of the Confeder-1 j acy, one to the faithful slaves J i and the other to the Catawba I Indians. There is room in the i center of the park for another c monument and it is fitting that this space should be filled with I such a monument as is proposed < by the Daughters of the Ameri- I can Revolution. It is improbable 1 that there is another town in ! the United States of the size of , Port Mill which can make such [ a showing in the matter of t sacrifice in men and means and devotion to the cause of liberty. The Fort Mill Light Infantry c a National Guard organization, which became a pan of the Old Hickory Division, was recruited J here as was also the supply l company which became a part ^ of the One Hundred and Eigh- t teenth Infantry. Since the entry ? of the United States into the war , e ' j | the promotion of Fort Mill men ! * to commissions in their own and a other units has been numerous ! ^ 2nd a list showing promotions ' t from lieutenant colonel down 11 would probably be much longer ; y than could be shown by any ?; other town of the size in the country. It is appropriate that P the meeting at which this move- t uent was begun was held at the ? P lome of Mrs. Hattie Mack, who v wears a service pin bearing II a stars, indicating that she has 0 that number of sons and grand- i1 sons in the service. tk. d.j i .... t lie i lupuacu nuau li?i. The special good roads comnittee appointed by the house u ;o consider good roads legislation ? ind to present a program look- o ng to the construction of a 0 permanent highway system in ,he State has agreed upon a ~ urogram and reports the same .o the house. Two bills carry- ^ ng out this program have been ntroduced by the committee. 5 The first bill provides for an ? election on the question of issuing n )onds in the sum of $25,000,000 " o be refunded by a special tax a in automohiles. This election ? -vould be held in the fall of 1920 j md two-thirds of the qualified t dectors of the State would have v 0 ratify the bond issue. The second bill provides the t nachinery for the construction t if a State highway system, re- ,, fardless of the method of finan- li :ing it, whether it be by bond ^ ssue, or by automobile license or 1 two-mill levy or by assessment if abutting property. The sec- md bill is so drawn that the ^ nachinery provided by it can ? ie used in either of the above 1 icherpes of financing the system. I tchanges the act creating the I 1 state highway commission so as \ o make it consist of ten mem- i )ers instead of seven as at pres- i >nt and gives them enlarged < lowers. 4 The bill provides that the State < lighway commission shall con- ^ itruct a permanent system of : oads connecting the county seats. These roads shall be > selected by the commission after . lublic hearings huve been held . n the various counties of the , State. 4 One interesting feature of the \ neasure is that provision is < nade that work must start in i ivery county of the State at the < same time. j Companies Could Use Funds. j The lower house of the Legis- '< ature Friday sent to the upper ,j branch a bill by Representative ? Bradford, of York, allowing the Jouth Carolina National Guard sompanies to use as they may deermine any funds in their possession appropriated by the State. The present law provides that iny unexpended balances of State unds held by the companies at he end of the fiscal year be reurned to the State treasury. This was not done by a number if the companies which were ai I hat time in France and Belgium t l . * mgagea on tne Western front I ind there was no one left to at- I end to the matter. i The bill was introduced at the 1 nstance of officers of the 118th nfantry (F'irst South Carolina) vhich suffered severely in the smashing of the Hindenburg line n conjunction with other reginents of the Thirtieth division. One company of this regiment, he Fort Mill Light Infantry, the lome company of Mr. Bradford, ? iustained heavy casualties in asiaulting the German positions, vishes to use $500 belonging to he State as a nucleus of a fund o be raised with which to jrect a monument to the mem>ry of its members who gave up _ heir lives on the battlefields of | Europe. j a Would tax Cold Drinks. , j H. H. Evans, representative J from Newberry, introduced a ? 3il 1 in the house Monday night 2 x> place a tax of 50 cents on | ?ach gallon of extract, com round, mixture or ingredient, i J wrought into the State and used 1 n the manufacture of soft j Irinks. J M r. Evans would also place a j .ax of three cents on each bottle 1 of these drinks brought into the 2 LA I ? I I The N I New J New S | Are H I \ State. All revenue thua derived would go into the permanent road building fund. Failure xi comply with the provisions of the law within three days would >e punishable by forfeiture of ill goods. " TAX NOTICE-191S. >ffic? of tho County Treasurer of York County. York, S. C. Sept. 17, 1918. Notice is hereby given that the Tax looks for York county will be opened in TflpflHftv thu 1 RfVi Hon r\t 918, and remain open until the 31st lay of December, 1918, for the collccion of State, county, school and local axes, for the fiscal year 1918, without lenalty; after which day a One per ent penalty will be added to all payr.ersts made in the month of January, 919, and Two per cent penalty for all tayments made in the month of Februiry, 1919, and Seven per cent penalty rill be added to all payments n ade rom the 1st day of March, 1919, to he 15th day of March, 1919, and a ''er his date all unpaid taxes will go jito xecutions and all unpaid Single I oils rill be turned over to the several ^ ugstrates for prosecution in accord.-nee rith law. It is my desire to attend different tarts of tne county for the convenii t ee >f taxpayers as heretofore; but owing 0 the exacting nature of my duties as 1 member of Local Exemption Beard Jo. 2, I am required at all times to be rithin call of the office of the Board ,nd must remain at the county seat. All of the Banks of the county will ffer their accommodations and faculties to Taxpayers who may desirt to nake use of the same, and 1 shall take ileasure in giving prompt attention to 11 correspondence on the subject. All Taxpayers appearing at my office rill receive prompt attention. Note?The Tax Books will be made ip by Townships, and parties writing bout Taxes will always expedite maters^ if they will mention the Township r Townships in which thrir property r properties are located. HARRY E. NHIL, Treasurer ot York County. tNNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 7919 lotice of Opening of Booka of Auditor for Liating Returna for Taxation. Auditor's Office, Dec. 2, 1918. Pursuant to the requirements of the itatute oh the subject, notice is hereiy given that my books will be open in ny office fn Vork Courthouse, on Wedesday, January 1st, 1919, for the purose of listing for taxation all Personal nd Real Property held in York County n January 1, 1919, and will be kept pen until the 20th day of February, 919, and for the convenience of the axpayers of the county 1 will beat the laces enumerated below on the dates amed: At York, from Friday, January 31. o February 20, 1919. All males between the ages of tweny-one and sixty years, are liable to a oil tax of $1.00, and all persons so able are especially requested to give he numbers of their respective school istricts in makaig their returns. BRODUS M. LOVE, Auditor York County. | FOR AN Ur [ EMERC > Accidents and siekm * pectedly. They may ? moment. These are th ' bank-account" comes t who heed his advice don't, wish they h ad. r You can never tc 11 w ness will come, but you Let us start you with a You can bring in a loll y whenever you can. 4 Fer Cent Interest Paii \ The Savii The Larg( Will show you n< stoci House Furni Than you will fi your hon Then, too, we ha penses to conter make you b Young & > Steele Moto | Fort MI Automobile Repaii | General, Goodricl 1 and T > Our Prices arc i | Pat I i ^EXPECTED | IENCY ? jss always come unex- 1 confront you at any i e times when "friend- ? 0 the rescue of those $ to save?when those X hen accidents or sick- + 1 can prepare for them. 4 n "emergency fnnd." % ar now and add to it d on Savings Accounts. ^ lgs Bank. | . "g*"^gwptewyy I :r Towns I o more complete [s of shing Goods nd right here in 1 ne town. ven't the city exid with and can etter prices. b Wolfe. | '* V/UiiipanjTj | II, S. C. | s and Accessories. t ti and Fisk Tires J ubes. 2 t Reasonable. f < ^ -yarn *' '--^3 ' * ' -i n D I F. S i I lew Spring Goats, | Spring Waists, g Spring Skirts, | rere. J . I m j % ? f A ? A A ? , I C IS U 11 s I Hi HHIHHIHHii |i Appreciation j o * o Fort Mill, S. C., February 4th, 1919. <> Mr. C. S. Link, Agent, <. Union Central Life Insurance Co.. 4 J; Fort Mill, S. C. 1 \; Dear Sir:? i Deg to thank you for your company's check for * sir $1 02.86 handed me today in payment of policy for $1,000 ? \<> taken November 30th, 1018, by my son. Hanks Jones, <. who died on January 10th, 1919. This policy had been in <; effect only 40 days; but the claim was promptly paid, in- 4 eluding interest from the date of his death to the time of ^ payment. ;; w.h.jones. t < ______________ t Service Saving Safety < ?? 4 C. S. LINK, Agent. f ? 0 f (> % i Our Service Pleases. \ ii * ===== I We desire the public patronage and J , are doing all we can in the way of service, quality and fail prices to merit the same. You will always find good fresh \ groceries at this store. We are pleas- I <> ing our most particular customers and \\ weuld he pleased to add your name to our list. * i 1 i 1 Parks Grnrprv t ? J i Phone 116 I yj *+,.?"'+r+ + THANKS I j| For your excollont patronage since we beRan business 1 ;; here. We trust that the New Year may have many bless- I \ \ injrs io store for you and yours. I; Duringt the year 1919 always remember that- t '; "" '*' Town, Taylor Has It." 2 i.The Market, *????" |