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
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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
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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."
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Liberty Loan Levity
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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*^ '
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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
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worth while during
nights which are
wnere we eome in.
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mi W ire, lieBoxes,
Water
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\>rch Rockers,
li Swings, Etc.
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rth the trip to you.
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I For Sale ?
t Two lots in Whiteville Park, each 25 feet front, 1
^ facing on Elliott street. Apply at once. "
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+ 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
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| C. S. LINK, Agent. |
^ Dealer in Real Estate. Fort Mill, S. C.
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+ 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 ;
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| 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. |
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