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TliURSDAY. MARCH 27. 1919.
Peace Pact Drafts Slewly.
The delegates assembled around
the peaoe table in Paris for the
purpose of drawing up a preliminary
peace treaty with' the
central powers Monday morning
began what is supposed to be the
last week of their work preparing
the preliminary peace pact.
Despite the fact that the peace
conference has been in session
many weeks, everything is still
apparently in a hopeless state of
chaos, which so far as outsiders
can see, will require weeks to
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it seeing as though the delegates
have nothing to show for their
many weeks of hard labor except
an increased accumulation
of unsolved problems.
If the situation is half as bad
as it appears on the surface,
indications seem to point very
definitely to the fact that the
delegates will not wind up their
work and get the preliminary
treaty in form for presentation
to the enemy either this week or
for several weeks yet to cocne.
Credit at the Corner Grocery.
John A. Green, former president
of the National Retail Grocers'
association, thinks the day
will soon come wjien the grocery
business done on credit must go.
Says he, "Monuments have been
erected to philanthrophists who
gave a few dollars to the poor,
Knf nniror m t*nfo?1 ?wAAAti
wuw 1U1 a icvcui TTUU
went bankrupt giving credit to
his customers,'>
The retail grocers do deserve
a place in song and story as the
benefactors of their kind; for
they have as a class tided more
unfortunate families over periods
of financial stringency than
any other body of citizens.
It is a matter of public shame
that this privilege has been so
notoriously abused, and it is no
wonder that the tendency to operate
greceries on a cash basis is
growing steadily.*
As a basis for credits, if it is
to be extended at all, Mr. Green
suggests that the grocer inform
himself of the customer's salary
and confine him to 20 per cent,
of that sum. This is an estimate
made by a man long in the business,
and if he says that a family
spending more than 20 per
/cent, of its income for groceries
/' cannpt be considered financially
sound, it is worth considering.
If more people practiced just
this careful apportionment of expenses
to income it would check
the tendency tp waste in buying
and using, and put credit on a
basis where there would be fewer
distracted debtors, and fewer
grocers deserving tablets in the
Hall of Fame.?Exchange.
Tigers and Braves Meet April 9.
Lovers of baseball throughout
this section are looking forward
with interest to the coming to
Rock Hill on April 9th of the
Boston Braves and Detroit Tigers.
The two big league teams
have signed up for a game at the
York county fair grounds at Rock
Hill on that date. Ty Col b
Hank Gowdy. Rabbit Maranville,
Charlie Herzog and other big
league stars will be in the game.
The squads of both teams will
be present, although only the
regulars, the men the two managers
have decided to use in the
?lineup when the championship
season opens, will take part in
the game.
The Rev. W. R. Boukuight
left yesterday for Saluda, S. C.,
to spend a short while with rela- 1
tives. going from there to New- 1
berry where, on Sunday he will 1
deliver the annual sermon to the '
Junior Order. The churches of i
the Fort Mill charge of the ]
Methodist church will on Sunday 1
be supplied at all services by I
local talent
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J season was irabUsMbyltito c#n
showed the total number of bale
ginned for the season to be 11,888,788.
- The government estimates
issued in anticipation of
of the actual figures was 11,700,000.
The price qf corn on the Chicago
market is $1.58 a bushel.
May lard is selling at 28 cents.
Locally, from the stores corn is
selling at from $2 to $2.05.
Country corn is being bought at
about $1.50; but there is very
little selling. The difference between
pure lard and compound
lard, nearly ten cents a pound,
is the greatest ever known.
I Anticipating the early presentation
of a petition from freeholders
of King's Mountain township
for the holding of an election on
the question of issuing road
bonds,' Supervisor Boyd has secured
a certified copy of the act
passed at the recent session of
the general assembly and the
county board will be in position
to act promptly. The petition
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nui |/tuuAt/ljr UC pi CfiClllCll WUtty.
The county superintendent of
of ediftation has received from
the State superintendent of education
a schedule of the apportionments
of State aid that has
been made to the consolidated
and graded schools of York county.
The total apportionment to
this dounty amounts to $4,400,
and the money is in the hands of
the county treasurer.
Regulations governing the payment
of $60 bonus to honorably
discharged soldiers and sailors
have been amended by the war
department to permit the acceptance
by disbursing officials of a
"true copy" of discharged certificates.
Heretofore the original
certificates have been required
but it was found that many soldiers
refused to part with the
papers, preferring to lose the
bonus rather than risk the loss of
official evidence of their honorable
release from the army.
From talks The Enquirer has
had with farmers from different
parts of the county, there will
probably be some slight reduction
of the cotton acreage;
but very few think that the reduction
will amount to anything
like 30 per cent "But there
may be some reduction in the
quantity of fertilizer used," said
one well-informed farmer yesterday.
"A good many people
delayed placing their orders for
so long that it is a question now
as to whether they can get theft
supplies. Of course if the use
of fertilizers is reduced the production
will be reduced; but I am
not quite sure that there is going
to be any big things in the way
of reduced use of fertilizers."
Tribate to Nr. Smith.
The death of Kohath Smith at
his home in Fort Mill last Monday.
marks the passage of
another one of those fine old
men who was an honor and a
nrarlit tA fKA ? ?
w~v*>? w bnc Kciiciauuii ill WIIIUI
he lived. He was well known
ta the people of the eastern
part of the county, especially
the generation that was of
military age in the early sixties
for a period of sixty years or
more, and wherever he was
known his name was one that
oommanded respect among those
who have regard for manly
virtue. No, Mr. Smith was not
the builder of a great fortune,
nor did he count for a great deal
in big commercial enterprises, or
anything of that kind. He was
only a small farmer, so far as
that goes; but he was a good one
and made a good living for his
family. The thing for which he
was especially noted was his
splendid character, his high regard
for the just rights of
others, and his absolute unwillingness
to take unfair advantage
of any living man. He
had unshakable faith in the love,
mercy and goodness of God. and
made the ten commandments and
the sermon on the mount the
law of his life. The splendid
heritage he leaves his children
and the communities in which |
he lived, will continue its bless- \
ings even after his name has <
been forgotten. ? Yorkville EnWiier.
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Tomorrow [Friday]
The Lecutt are Coaiif.
Great awarms of the 17 year
locust will infest the United
States in late May and early
June this year, which is expected
by scientists to be one of the
worst "locust years" on record.
Experts of the department of
agticulture, however, see nothing
alarming in the prospect.
Once regarded superstitiously
as a harbinger of disaster,
the periodical cicada, popularly
known as'the 17 year locust
because it comes at long intervals,
is seen now to be no more
than an ordinary nonpoisonous
Insect pest, which can do little
damage if proper precautions
are tatcen. The chief injury inflicted
by the insect consists
almost wholly in chiseling
grooves in the branches of trees
for depositing eggs. Young
fruit trees sometimes are killed,
but the damage generally seems
greater than it actually is, according
to the entomologists,
and popular alarm is out of proportion
to the real danger.
Suggested precautionary measures
are:
Defer putting out young fruit
trees until next year; postpone
budding operations; do no pruning
this spring.
When the insects being coming
out, hand pick them from young
trees or spray them with pyrethrum
powder, kerosene emulsions,
or a'solution of carbolic
acid or acetic acid.
Later, when the insects are
ready to begin laying, spray
young fruit trees with white
wash.
Fatal an Original Package.
Mr. Joe S. Sanders, who lives
on Mr. E. T. Carson's place, five <
rr.iles south of Yorkville, made a
curious find last Friday in the !
shape of a pint bottle of corn !
whiskey, that was probably '
bought from the old dispensary ;
hardly less than fourteen years <
ago. Mr. Sanders was engaged <
in clearing up some under brush !
a short distance from the house,
and when his axe struck some- ;
thing of a flinty nature at the ;
foot of a cedar tree, he invests
gated further to find a bottle
buried under several inches of
leaves and trash. rhe bottle
was standing upright, and although
the wax with which it
had once been sealed had 1
crumbled away, the cork was
still good, and the contents of
the bottle, which Mr. Sanders
thinks is "Fust X," remain intact
It is quite evident that
the bottle came from the South
Carolina dispensary, and the
probability is that it had been
resting in the place it was found
for at least fourteen years. ?
Yorkville Enquirer.
WANTED.
To engage five to ten gallons of pure
Sweet Milk per day for the Summer
season. Fort Mill Candy Kitchen.
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Hcirr Huttf, Proy.
Next to Patterson's Dry Goods
Store.
CLEANING. PRESSING and
REPAIRING.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Prices Reasonable.
We Buy
Old False Teeth.
We pay from $2.00 to $26.00 per aet
(broken or not). We also pay actual
ralne for Diamonds, old Gold, Silver
Mid Bridge-work. Send at once by parsel
post and receive cash by return mail
mazer's too ik specialty
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ranks 6f goose girls. Thii
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idor seldom approached.
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Great Closi
We have $40,000.00
date Merchandise, <m
Heavy Groceries, Hard
Shoes, Hats, Etc., that
of cost.
This is Ni
We are going to chai
will sell the entire stet
At a Grea
This Sale starts TO.l
Every Dollar's Worth i
Don't miss this rar
Great Bargains.
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Is a big word and has a
right beside it in the class c
of the f&mous "Mayer" shot
satisfied as to price and qua
big line of Men's Spring H
Hats and Boy's caps, shirts.
Also the best of everythin
The Cas
S. A. Lee and T. E
DR.' A. L_. OTT ,
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Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
(Dr. Spratt's office)
Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C.
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who are in March of wives,
i, however,* is what happened
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riendidly produced. The pho
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Regular Prices
ngjut Sale.
worth of New and Up-torn
sitting of Fancy and
[ware. Dry Goods, Notions
will be sold regardless
fl CqLa Onln
ii rcuvc oaic
nge eur business, so we
:k '
t Sacrifice.
DAY and continues until
is sold.
e opportunity to secure
Ills Company.
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a Tombstone. f
books of I
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LITY
bifir meaning, but we stand
>f fiTOOds We Sell. Trv ft nair
$s or flippers, and you will be
lity. Besides this we have a
[ats, Ladies' and Children's
hosiery, etc.
ix to eat.
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r. Lytic, Managers.
Meet Your Friends
At the
Dewdrop Inn.
Old D.w.p.p?r. for .die at The t
Timet office.
Our New Goods. I
In audition to our Fresh, New stock of I
I HeaVy and Fancy Groceries, we are daily I ^
I receiving a choice line of I
Rril finnrfc llofSnno I
UI j uuuuo* lIUMUIIOj LIU.
Our line is yet incomplete, but we have on
display quite a lot of these articles and invite
you to call and look over the goods.
Everything new and the prices will interest
you. Our Phone is 159.
JOE M. BRACKETT.
Subscription Rates of
The State
Effective October 1st, 1918, the subscription
? r mi ~"
ihuub ui xne otaie will De as follows:
Daily and Sunday, per year__ $9.00
Daily only, per year., 7.00
Sunday only, per year 2.00
Semi-weekly, per year 1.60
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,
comtf'to your home as a daily visitor.
Address,
The State Company,
Columbia, S. C.
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? Let him serve you. Perhaps
you have tried many
others?now try me and
PHONE then select the one who N
serves you best.
29 Good Service?Good Gro- g
ceries?and Reasonasle Prices,
plus a sincere appreciation
of your trade is what
you get here.
Best Pat Flour $6.00 per 100 lbs.
Highest prices paid for Pork
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Highest Prices -Paid for Pork. |
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A Younfi Man's Rn
That Everybody Lifces
Young men like this buggy hickory wheels, hickory
for its style, its striking lines shafts, excellent construction
and colors. throughout.
Other folks like it because it's Let us show you this buggy.
;omfortable, strong, lasting. It deserves your inspection.
Sheldon axles, Sarven patent Come in any time.
(Dealer's Name and Address)
Fort Mill Lumber Co.
j~v tim^and hides
#nHI8ttg; IliK hiohest maftket fiich
MttSKcBs III paid ros saw ruts
jhbksffir | and hides.
|H Wool CommlMioo. Write tar
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