Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 20, 1919, Image 2
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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.
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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
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Short term subscription
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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).
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State ~
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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
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and distribution was hit or miss, ; !j!
with delay, deterioration and loss on
everv hand. SiWl
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* Shoes, Hats, Etc., that will be sold regardless
s of cost.
; This is Ho File Sals
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We are going to change our business, so we
will sell the entire stock
Af a Great Sacrifice.
This Sale starts TO-DAY and continues until
Every Dollar's Worth is sold.
Don't miss this rare opportunity to secure
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In addition to our Fresh, New stock of I 1
Heavy and Fancy Groceries, we are daily 1 ' \
receiving a choice line of 1
Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. I .
Our line is yet incomplete, but we have on |
display quite a lot of o.-fi-i"
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Highest prices paid for Pork $
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WHY? Because we*give the people a square 0
Ideal, and show them that we appceiate their
patronage by giving them good service as I
well as the best class of merchandise. ?
While the other fellow is busy talking, we
are busy filling orders. We carry the best of !
everything to eat, besides having a full line n
of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Caps,
Hosiery, Underwear, Overalls, Etc., and the ?
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Everything we sell guaranteed to please. [ *
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