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THE FOKT HILL TIMES Umotttl c? Published rhnndATl. B. 3RtDP< i D - Editor and Proprttor One Year _* 21.26 31* Month* ... .66 rn rimes nvitodiantrlbntiomon Ihddnbweti b i* 'loot! notatrrne to publish mort than 200 worda o i anv dubioct. The rUrht (a reserved to edit Mf? ci n nnnlcatloti tubmlttod for publication. In duplication to the publisher, advertising r tteaare mnde known to thoee interested. ? . reloohone. local and lone distance. No. 112. KitnrcH at l.ho Dostofhce at fort Mill. 8. C.. as nail matter of < he second class. THURSDAY. FEB. 20. 1919. HcLaurin on Cotton. The following, which will be of interest to the farmers of York county, is taken from the "Charlotte Observer of Wednesday: "A Winnsboro cotton firm wrote to former benotor McLaurin a doleful letter about prospects. It was so discouraged that it was thinking of "selling out.' and it wanted McLaurin's opinion on the situation. Warehouse Johnnie replied at some length, , and has favored The Obsrrver with a copy of the correspondence. He went elaborately into cause and effect, but it was only in the closing paragraph that he told his Winnsboro friends what they wanted to know. "In conclusion," he advised them, "let me say that every man who will keep his cotton will be amply rewarded by the increase in price. Preparations are now being made to extend large credits to European countries. Belgium has just been loaned $100,000,COO. The $10,000.(00,000 or more loaned the Allhd countries was not actual money, but a mere credit to buy American products. -?There had to be government price fixing to keep prices from going out of sight. Cotton went down in 1914 to six cents a pound and there was no big rise until a syndicate or bankers in iyio loaned $500,t)00.000 to England and $350,000,000 to France. Prices will begin to soar as soon as these credits are arranged, ' not only with the Allies, but with our former enemies. Hold your cotton and? "wait on the Lord." The South Carolina statesman is well known in these regions as somewhat of an authority on cotton, and if the deliverance which he has made on situation and prospect is not destined to help, it is not likely to work harm." Heifc Honey for Roads. South Carolina will receive approximately $4,000,000 during the next three years, 1919, 1920 and 1021. from the federal government for the construction of permanent roads, if pending good roads legislation in the general assembly is passed. The exact lo be received by the State is $3.945,192.55. Of this amount $1,147,734.05 will be received luring the year 1919. During the year 1920 a total of $1,362,864.50 will he received and during the year 1921 a total of $1.434,594.10. Over $500,000,000 will be spent by the federal government in highway improvement during the next three years. Almost every State in the Union is expected to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered. If South Carolina does not. its peopie wnl be helping to construct pt i mareiit roads in oilier Slates and will be getting nothing themselves in return. Hade Uecorti Time. The Ruck iliil Herald of Monday bus ihi^: "The appropriation bill of ihe General Assembly, whic h was put through the House in record time last week, was under the direction ot Representative W. R. Bradford of York c? unty, chairman of the Ways at d Means committee. The hill passed two readings in the Horse >n at out two and onehalf hours, according to reports of legislative proceedings. It is Stid that never before in the history of South Carolina Legis1 tine has an appropriation bill been lointtd that met with so little opposition and so few objections on the floor of the House. At the same time the provisions of the bill appear to he fair and reasonable and all the interests of the State have been duly cared for. ".,,7 * 7U * - - *?r\ * ~ m^bbt . i ,_j V . ;t? " ' % I Our Soldieis* Memorial. g Editor The Times: What shall be the nature of the memorial that we shall ereefc to our soldier boys? Nobody doubts that wo ought to erect one that is fitting. Shall we erect one of the conventional eravevard tvne. or ahnll we erect one that serves the living at the same time it commemorates the deeds, heroic service, and sacrifices of our noble heroes? Those boys who fought so valiantly and died so heroically are the ones whose example should be followed. Their fight was that they might serve the- living. They fought for an ideal that lives, and will continue to live. They fought and won, that ignorance and conventionalism might not bind and fetter the peoples ! and nati ns of the *orld. Their j fight was that democracy might reign. We cannot but think that if they could arise from Flanders' fields that they would say: | "Serve the living. Carry on. i Make the lives of all around j mean more. Build you a Temple ( of Democracy and let that temi pie be a fitting memorial to you of the sacrifice we so willingly made." The following is copied from school Life: "Soldiers' memorials in the form of community buildings, I dedicated to civic and social uses I. . . . are urged by the Bureau of Education in a circular sent to every school community in the United States. "A number of communities already have decided that a building, in constant use as a reminder of the sacrifice made by our solders and sailors of the great war, is more appropriate and enduring -than the conventional grave yaid monument. 'There is | a growing conviction,' says Dr. Henry E. Jackson, author of the bureau's circular, 'that the conventional shaft, placed in the crave yard among the dead, is not a fitting memorial to those who died for freedom. The suggestion, made both in France and America, that these memorials take the form of community buildings, dedicated to social and ' civic uses, is obviously wise and ought to meet universal approval. On the walls of such a building should hang a bionze tablet containing the names of each community's martyrs to liberty.' '.'This type of memorial will guarantee that no boy who gave his life for justice and free dom wiil be forgotten. The number of American lives lost in this war is small in comparison to those lost in the Civil war. If a community lost only three or four, it might not think it worth while to build a monument. But a community building is needed entirely apart from its memorial purpose. The chief! advantage of this type of memo-| rial, however, is not that it is j economical, but that it keeps green an inspiring memory, and it seeks to put in operation, through its civic and social activities, the ideals for which our boys fought in France. " 'Funds for this purpose could be raised more easily if they were raised in the form of Liberty bonds, during the fifth loan, which is to come in the spring. The bonds can be used as money when the time comes to build. Thus a community can serve itself, while at the same time, it is rendering a national service. By this method more money can be raised for the government than by any other method. Not only would many individuals gladly contribute an extra bond or two for the benefit of their local community, but many who are unable to do this could pool their small gifts and contribute to a bond. Likewise, entertainments and social activities can be utilized to raise money for the same purpose. Opportunity should be given for as many as possibly to have apart in the*enterprise. EV... - - - *- * 1 Wl iljv. ll UJ lA'IK I'UJUIO DUll l^ni il few Liberty bonds to a local community cause, will help to dispel the dilution that a man is doing Subscriptic The; Effective October 1st, rates of The State will be Daily and Sunday, per yc Daily only, per year Sunday only, per year Scini-weekly, per year Short term subscription invariably in advance. Until October first renc one year in advance will rate, $8.00 per year. Subscribe to The Stat* newspaper, covering local come to your home as a da Address, The State ' Columbi ? anything especially * generou when he puts his money into ai investment which offers the bea security in the world and a fai rate of interest. To couple th Fifth loan with free gifts am and soldiers' memorials wil make it in a'real sense a Victor; loan. It will be more than this it will be a reconstruction loan ' * 'Whovoirna* A.l_i? .. uvi?tci (iuwiuh:, mis rom munity memorial building ough to be the public school house, ii order to prevent needless wash through duplication. It is th< logical community center. It ii nou part is in, non sectarian. an< non exclusive. It is owned am operated by all the people, and therefore, furnishes a platforn on which all can meet in termi of self respect. The school hous< could be remodeled or enlarge* or replated by a new one. It i; the natural capitol and clul house of every community. Ii rural dislricts small schools o course should be consolidated ii order to eliminate waste and se cure a community large enougl to support the kind of buildinj here proposed. In his foreword to the Bureau' circular,- Commissioner Claxtoi states that the Bureau of Eduea tion will gladly join with othe agencies in stimulating the eree tion of memorials of this kind b Roldipra nnrt aaiI.m-j Now, to offer y u my solutioi of the whole mutter. The tim has come when we must buih more to our school building. W* have already outgrown our pres ent building. Two rooms planner as cloak rooms, are now in us as class rooms. It has been nec essary to spoil the beauty of ou auditorium by cutting off a por tion of LtJ'or a class room. As see it, there is nothing for us t do next year but to build. Th new Compulsory Attendance lav wilh mean that our attendant will be increased from 50 to 10 per cent. In view of this fact, think you will agree with m that we should pool our energie togethir. Let us build an addi tion to the present school build ing. In that builhing let us se aside a room and on the wall o that room let us put a bronz tablet commemorating the par our boys played in the Titani struggle. This room should b a meeting place for these bo>r Here they should be.able loom toge-mer to tuik ana enjoy them selves. Here they ought to b furnished vsith good, readabl books, papers and magazines. I connection with the reading root should be maintained a good li brary. Various trophies an keepsakes should be placed u and around the walls in suitabl cases. On the top floor of this builti ing should be placed a spaciou and suitable gymnasium, wher the people may play togethei Here the returning boys coal hold various social events. In th present auditorium or a new on we should have our public gath erings. We need to get togethe and know each other better. W need to come to a democratic so lution of our various problems. Why should we not take th money we would put in a marbl shaft and add the above neeessi ties to our school building? Wh; should the people build an inani mate shaft to a living ideal Why can we not make the read ing room and the gymnasium i memorial to our boys? To me there is no more fitting place t put a memorial than in the schoe house. This is the Temple o Democracy. Here all tnu?r on equal grounds. This is an< should always be kept the capi tol of the community. It seems to me that we shoult pool our energies, that we ma; serve the living as wtdl as erec a suitable token of re-membrane to the boys. Let us serve th present and future generations 1 believe that we can do thi through the above suggest ei plan. What do you say? I be lieve the community ought to dr eide this question. What do yo think? How shall we decide it At the sbhoolhouse? When? W. H. Ward. Fort Mill, Feb. It). in Kates of State ~ 1818, the subscription as follows: sir $8.CO TjOO 2,00 . 1 50 s at same rate. Payable wals for not more than be accepted at the old e now, and have a real , State and general news, lily visitor. Company, a, S. C. < ?-i11 t?'iii i ninrlT**"* ... V -* frFnS? s - A '** $? - .' - --' * " ... .. .?" - -. *, v - /* Inoy awin cc tompany nanaie ; j j Poultry, Eggs, Butter and Cheese 1 | Swift & Company went into the produce business because they saw a crying need for the kind of service they were equipped to perform. j The produce business was in chaos. j Collecting, transportation, preparation |-i jj and distribution was hit or miss, ; !j! with delay, deterioration and loss on everv hand. SiWl I Tl:e farmer was at the merfcy of an in e uncertain, localized market. He had j| |i no way of reaching through to the ij :1 |; people who needed what he was M e I j raising for them. There was no prem- 1 ium upon improving his stocks, for tj 1 j j1 grading was lax or lacking. jjj I | ; The consumer had to accept produce J IB u Hi that, as a rule, had no known respon- J'j e ||1!} sible name behind it. He had no way $ v~ Hh of knowing how long the eggs or the $ q ||:j butter he was buying had been lying ? i around in miscellaneous lots In the back jircj e Bffll room of a country store. Much-of the ^ s JjvJ poultry was not properly refrigerated ^ i Hi before shipment or properly protected ^ t jPl refrigeration in transit. I Rfc Swift & Company's initiative brought j e jjtyi system to this chaos. Their organiza1 U tion, equipment, and Experience in 1 ^ Ik: handling perishable food products were ; already adjusted to the task. Th^lr | e jj?j refrigerator cars, branch houses, cen- ^ i- <; tral points, far-reaching connections, j|a 0 < -- trained sales force, supplied just what * e (jlj.; was demanded. n ||C Now the farmer has a daily cash i ij?j market in touch with the nation's (* L-I needs with batter prices. Standardin Si zation makes batter produce more j Th profitable. More consumers are served % I. |jj with better, fresher, finer foodstuffs. Nothing suffers from this save Mjl .e j||j: inefficiency, which has no claim upon ^ fi j|j public support. jj ? I! Swift & Company, U.S.A. ;|| f ? ?? I M - I 5 Great Cinsinu Out Sato VI ?. V v V ^ ? M <MI I V M V | d mmaammmmmaui ^ Wc have $4-0,000.00 worth of New and Up-to\ date Merchandise, consisting of Fancy and e lleavy Groceries, Hardware. Dry Goods, Notions * Shoes, Hats, Etc., that will be sold regardless s of cost. ; This is Ho File Sals y We are going to change our business, so we will sell the entire stock Af a Great Sacrifice. 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