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UBIS OF LOCAL 1HTEIEST. . lffiss Lana Parks spent the past week-end with friends in Columbia. Mr. Amidas Whitener, a prominent attorney of Hickory, N. C., was a visitor in Fort Mill Monday. ' Miss Julia Ligon of Shelby, N. C., was a guest during the past week of Misses Cornelia and Alice Harris in this city. Miss Mary Lewis came up from Winthrop college and spent the week end as the guest of Miss Dora Grier. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Yo.ung of Concord, N. C., visited the latter's mother, Mrs. Alice Harris, during the Easter holidays. Mrs. Hugh White, of Rock Hill, was a guest last week in the home of Miss Zoe White in East Fort Mill. Miss Maude Pridgen, of Wilmington, N. C., a student at Limestone college, is a guest this week of the Misses Ott. Mrs. A. L. Blake, of Rock Hill, was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Link during the meeting of Bethel Presbyterial Auxiliary last week. YX/illinm A o of nf wiiiiam a otuucu t at the University of South Carolina, spent the Easter holidays visitins: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ardrey. Misses Janie Anderson and Lizzie Ashe, of McConnellsville, delegates to Bethel Presbyterial Auxiliary, were guests during the past week of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bradford. Edward B. White has returned to his home in Fort Mill after several years' absence, the past year having been spent in the service of the United -States army overseas. Dr. J. B. Elliott left Saturday night for New Orleans, La., where he will spend the week attending the sessions of the medical department of the Southern Railway company. Accordinn to statistics of the State highway commission, there ^^are 1,043 automobiles and motor . trucks in York county, and eight cycles; 20.02 machines for each 1.000 of the population. ?The Enquirer. Some York county boy has an uppui lUMllJ iu w iii A otuuiai 0111^ to Harvard University, valued at $300, according to announcement recently made in Columbia One scholarship is to be awarded in South Carolina. Any young man wishing to compete may obtain full particulars by writing to Dr. Reed Smith, University of South Carolina, Columbia. After May 1st there will be a tax of one cent on every soft drink that costs five cents and 2 cents on every soft drink that costs ten cents. Also, most of the products of the druggist's shelf will go up in price one cent on each 25 cents of cost on May 1st, as the result of the imposition on that day of the new war tax. The Majestic Theatre today is presenting "The Price of Peace," the five-reel war picture which is being shown throughout the country by the United States government. The story is that of the American "doughboy" from the time he left the arms of his mother until his victorious return home. It shows, among other things, the American troops as they swing into action in their advance of the "mouth of hell," the work of the bullets and the shrapnel of the Hun, as our boys fall, but Old Glory could not be stopped until victory was won. The picture is furnished by the government and no admission will be charged to see it. The public is invited. The show will open at 2 p. m. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of Fort Mill township real estate have been recorded recently in the office of the county auditor: F. B. McClelland to Jno. D. McClelland, 262-5 acres; consideration, $1. E. W. Kimbrell to S. L. Garrison, 1 lot; consideration, $1,350. Jno. D. McClelland to F. B. McClelland, 391-2 acres; consideration $1. M. H. Ardrey to F. E. Ardrey, 40 acres, consideration, $100. W. J. Kimbrell. Fred M. Kimbrell, Bessie M. Kimbrell, W. E. Kimbrell, C. S. Kimbrell, Hovis * Kimbrell, Odell Kimbrell, heirs of Narinie Kimbrell and C. C. Kimbrell to Handy White, Jr., 841-2 acres; consideration,, $1,820L4U. Victory Lmb it Ob. The local committee is busily engaged in getting the campaign for the Victory Liberty Loan under way. The allotment for Fort Mill township is $40,500.00, divided as follows: City, $26,000; Gold Hill, $5,500; Flint Hill. $4,500; Sutton-Jones, $2.500; Massey's, $2,000. T. B. Spratt. W. B. Meacham, George Fish and J. T. Young have been appointed as the comjmittee for the city. Hon. S. H. |Epps, Sr., as chairman for Gold Hill school district; Maj. W. W. B&yce as chairman for Flint Hill, W. H. Jones as chairman for Jones-Sutton school district, and L. M. Massey for Massey's school district. Fort Mill has always met its obligations to the government in full both with men and money. Had it not been for our gallant { American soldiers, the chances are that we would now be paying this money to the Imperial German Government as an indemnity instead of raising it to pay the bills incurred by our government in raising and equipping the finest army the world has ever seen. The honor roll of the subscribers will be published as usual. York County News Natters. (korkville Enquirer.) York county's share of South Caiolina's apportionment of the Victory Liberty Loan is $866,150. The State appropriation for high schools this year was $inn Ann I v^vvi wu> i nb omuuiao ?|Jportioned to the various high schools of this county are as follows: Clover, $580; Fort Mill, $650; Rock Hill, $1,116; Yorkville, $915. The Columbia War Camp Community Service sends the following list of York county soldiers discharged from service up to April 18: Ralph Castles. Hickory Grove; Martin McCarter, Clover; Gary Good, colored, Sharon. The arrangement with the ferryman at Cureton's provides for a salary of $50 a month for daylight work and for night work he is t^ receive what he takes in. Up to the present time the receipts from the ferry have been more than paying expenses. Although a number of jury cases had been set for trial during the present week, upon the call of Calendar 1 Monday, it turned out that there was nothing ready for trial and court took a recess until Tuesday morning, with very little certainty that anything would be ready then. Sheriff Quinn has about the usual big bunch of tax executisns to look niter. Mivet r?f tl-io cutions, of course, are against personality. Quite a number of them are against soldiers who are with the American expeditionary forces. But the exe- ' cutions against the property of absent soldiers are not being pressed. The sheriff does not i think they ought to be. The State Tax commission is arranging to assess automobiles for taxation in accordance with 1 a plan that has been worked out under its supervision. Generally the cars are to be valued on a basis of the original cost and horsepower, with an allowance of so much a year for depreciation, and then assessed at about 45 per cent of its present value. The auditors have been asked to furnish the State Tax commis- ( sion with data as to the automobiles in their respective counties, and the State tax commission, it it understood, will furnish a schedule in accordance with which this class of property is to be put on the books. LADIES: Come in a; well-selecte Dry Goods, I We have greatly cnla and cordially invite you ti Everything nice and new a: the quality. Bundle S We have the exclusive B? factured by the Fort Mill 1 up in bundles and retails f this if you want the kind tl JOE M. Bit 77. ? . ? 4 -V ? ? ? *' *tR' ' Foracr Citizen Writes. Editor The Times: 1 have now been away from your Rood town for three months. However, i because of the eleven years I ' spent there I still feel like a 1 citizen of Fort Mill and am still 1 very much interested in the ' town and its progress. It gives me pleasure to say among the I many newspapers I take the J Fort Mill Times is prized more ^ highly than all the others, be- 1 cause it is just like a letter from I home. i As I read of the return of the I Fort Mill boys who did more < than their share to make the 1 world safe against the outrages < of the Germans, I feel that one , should be much more than happy ' and content to be a citizen of a * town that shall never-fade from 1 the pages of history. j > If you will allow me the space ( I will tell you something of the 1 town of Lumberton. We have { a population of five thousand, ^ three banks and three cotton | mills running on full time. This 1 i3 indeed a low country, only I about one hundred feet above ] sea level and the soil is very sandy with the water in many places not more than four feet below the surface. We have no hills, every where the country is level. There are two money crops here, cotton and tobacco. The tobacco crop comes on in July I and August. They tell me this is the busy time of the year. It 1 is eaid that oftimes one horse farmers make as high as five hundred dollars off one acre of land. The country is full of J warehouses in which they cure the tobacco. If one goes out in the country now he will see large tobacco beds by the road- i side just full of tobacco plants, * and the coui.ti N i? full of Indians and half-breed Ii dians, mstead of negroes. I have seen but very few negroes since 1 have been here. The country is cut into small farms of a few acres each and slnkt d off and marked farm number one, etc. The Indians have their own stock and most of them own their own -j little farm and their Ford car. J On a big day in town they have a hard time finding room to park their cars because there are so many that come in from the country The tobacco is brought to town and sold at public sale to the highest bidder. The buyers are men sent out by the tobacco concerns with full instructions in regard to the tobacco market. The people all have their cotton yet, they store ( it in the warehouses and the < banks advance them money. We have 1000 bales in our warehouse right here in town. Owing to the fact that we have two . money crops; there is no dull * season here. We are on the \ move all the time, every day is < like Saturday in Fort Mill. i Owing to the fact that the < country is so very low. we have < lots of swamps all around us. i The river runs within one hun- < dred yards of Main street. It is < very narrow and deep and the < citizens have lots of sport with their motor boats. On Sunday you can hear them everywhere. However, with all its swamps 1 and lakes I am told that it is very healthy and they have very little malaria during the summer. I like the town and the country very much judging from what I have seen of it. There is a great opportunity here to do much good in a religious way. I have organized several Baraca classes, and they are still calling for more. W. A. Roach. Lumberton, N. C.. April 21. Mrs. J. K. Roach and Miss Floreuce Thorn well, of Rock Hill, were euests last wppk of Dr. and Mrs J. B. Elliott. nBBBHHHMBBOBB nd see our new and :d stock of Notions, Etc. rged this stock recently :> call and look it over, nd prices consistent with I . iheeting. I tie of the Sheeting manu- E fffg. company. It is put I it $1.25 per bundle. See I., bat satisfies. I tACKETT. I I T3?5 < . Fort Mill Nib Gets D. S. Cross. The commander in chief, in the name of the president, has awarded the distinguished service cross to the following named soldier for the act of extraordinary heroism described after nis name: "First Serort. Willie H. Nims, Company G, One Hundred eid Eighteenth Infantry (A. S. No. L311282). For extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrelain, France, October 8. 1918. \fter all his company officers I lad been wounded. Sergeant 1 Mims, though himself wounded n the leg by shell fire, assumed command and led his company Ajth remarkable dash through leavy machine gun fire. Using i stick as a crutch, he continued forward until the objective was cached and the position consolidated, when he consented to go :o thenar for treatment. Home address, Fort Mill, S. C., R. D. No. 3, father, Fred Nims." . | Liberty Loan Levity 'e? . -fT ^ r*?t a half-wit, they called Barber I Blaney. I Barber knew, thoueh. some dav would i be rainy, 80 he shared and he Bhaved And he 'aaved and he saved? Lnd bought bond*.?Now they call Blaney brainy. For the Purest Ice Cream, Best Iced Drinks, Fruits and Candies Visit the Fort Mill Candy Kitchen. Special Parlor for Ladies. ELECTRIC Th0 JU>st Tonio' niTmQ ? Mild I-nxative, till J uHO lau.ily Medicii*^ ' [ THE | OF FOR T1 , Chec I ' I Inter | Phone 1 m [ 22 j ; I Iravi ! ; Real "Summer You doubtless will i the home to make life the hot evenings and just ahead, and here's See us for Screei Windows, Scree frigerators, Ice Coolers, Ice Cn Door Springs, 1 ii i-~ i? _e i <1 111 11 m )(' k s, 1 '()!'( We cannot mention m us; we'll make it wo Young & | Case & C ? FORT Mil > Automobile repai * No Job too Larg< I Ford Spe * We Guarantee Ever} * Phone 146 or 64 and i f i. 11111 n n 11 li i Tm n tm r inliMriaMBi VI Buy E * R Make i ? i | Pat I I <?v ?S BANK I HILL. : king Accounts, * est Accounts, Deposit Boxes, ? ts, \ ;y Orders, I elers' Checks, f nd a Banking Service. ; t Comfort. / ieed some things for i' worth while during nights which are wnere we eome in. i Doors, Screen mi W ire, lieBoxes, Water earn Freezers, \>rch Rockers, li Swings, Etc. ore, but come to see rth the trip to you. : Wolfe. .?.+.?.*.?. **?**??*#?+* > | < lhapman, i j LL, s. c. t ; rs on all Cars. f < e or too Small. | j icialists. I: j Job Turned Out. are will go anywhere. . TRIAL. , i * ^ O A CTORY J I tonds and I it Complete. ?? i I ter son's I I I wmmmmm m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I For Sale ? t Two lots in Whiteville Park, each 25 feet front, 1 ^ facing on Elliott street. Apply at once. " i t + Three cottages on Depot street, two on White ^ street, one on Booth street, one on Cohfederate - street, one on Forrest street. ^ An excellent time to purchase a home for much i less money than will cost to buy a lot and build a | house. I | C. S. LINK, Agent. | ^ Dealer in Real Estate. Fort Mill, S. C. ? i . * ' | I Our Service Pleases. ? if I t + We desire the public patronage and * I are doing all we can in the way of ser- * f vice, quality and fail prices to merit the f | same. You wiil always find good fresh ^ groceries at this store. We are pleas | ing our most particular customers and it I would be pleased to add your name to ? our list. ^ ! Parks Grocery Co., f | Phone 116 ; *i+W$+$+*+ / - ?* r v+v+ v+ ?+ +? + ?*<+'*. + + | | Steele Motor Company, { Fort Mill, S. C. J t Automobile Rcpftirs and Accessories- t ! General, Goodrich and Fisk Tires \ and Tubes. Our Prices cure Reasonable. | ? _