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? THE FO&T gTTjJ TIMES PAMohod tfc?ioop. ^;v . f- W.'BEADPO^D^ ^ Mttgrad Pwwtotu. * MIFTION Kates: -n? Ywr... ... I1JI Si* Months ... .W fh> Tlih<?'ntHs?contrl>utlM>ioB UTSsnbjocti "n* iio*ino(WN? to publish more th*n ?00 wordj . mv nb)wt. Tho rt?rht is i sasi fed to odti ??* oonmoanicotton submitted for publlcotkn. On application to th? nob! tabor. advert taint i+n are made known to thoee Intereated. laohmte.local and ton* distance. No. 112. v 'itared at the ooatofllee at Fort Mill. S. C.. ai mall matter of the eecond elaaa. THURSDAY. OCT. 30. 1919. House Your Cotton. Millions of dollars are lost every year through improper storage of rotton. This has !>en known in a general way for a long time by everybody interested in cotton, but probbly very few of us have even ,uspected what a tremendous factor storage is in the trade, or the astounding lot of money thrown away by the individual owner who lets a bale of cotton stay on the ground. 'Some tests conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture recently were \ brought out and their results weie so startling that the de pavement oesires 10 aia in gaming for them widest possible dissemination and most careful consideration. The most striking fact disclosed was that a 492-pound bale of cotton stored flat on the ground for six months lost 232 pounds, leaving 260 pounds for the market, while another bale stored properly in a warehouse lost ojily two pounds. This means that, if the price was thirty cents a pound, the loss on the first bale was $69.60. The loss on the bale in the warehouse was but sixty cents. \ ii Sugar and Sense. In 1918, while the world was stilt engaged in war, with sugar production curtailed, sugar ships ill id' in port and fighting men needing this fuel food, America "ind plenty of food on hand for the canning season. In 1919, with part of the prov1 a-tion restored, with ships moving much more freely than when they were being sunk by the Germans, the canning season found the country with a shortage of the precious preservative. What were the reasons? Many are given, each explaining its own bit of difficulty, f here were dockyard strikes, for example. And there was an unprecedented demand for sugar and soft drinks to take the place of alcoholic ones. But there was one big, vital reason far more compelling than thege. In 1918 there was real danger that there would not be enough sugar to go around. And Herbert Hoover, like the Josoph of the Bible tale, foresaw the iean days con.ing and prepared for them. He figured out an amount of sugar which would keep the family dinner table supplied with a lair degree of comU..4 i ^ iuit, uui wmiuui any extravagance. Almost every housewife was eager to see the war woif and there was surprisingly little trouble over the card system of sugar distribution. Then when the fruit began to ripen in the orchards and car dens, ail a woman had to do was to state to the proper authorities the size of her family and the amount of fruit she wished to can, and her permit for sugar in (jioporiion to her needs was lorthcoming. In other words, the sugar was teriftily saved from the days when it was not needed for the Uij' s when it was. This year there was no check upon extravagance, and the American people. in true grasshopper style, ate up their canning sugar before canning time. Is it necessary for this kind of chaos to continue in our food af (fairs? Have we learned nothing from these terrible years? It is not really sugar that we are short of. It is good, common sense. Registered voters of Clover made a move for progress last . uesday when an election on the uestion of w hether or not the vn should come under an act vhe general assembly assessing abutting property for street purposes, carried by a vote of 28 to 6. : ?' Y?k I'wBty Hem Hitters. (torkvilte Enouirer.l , York coa&ty Methodists especially will be ipteidgted to learn that at a meetW of the board of trustees of the Epworth Orphanage held in Columbia the other day, T. O. O'Dell was reelected superintendent of' the orphanage home. x Boisey Willims and David Mdeks, negroes of the McCon| nellsvile section who were lodged in jail several weeks ago charged | with the shooting of Earl Thom' asson, young white man, have ' been released on bond. The net groes claim the shooting was accidental. 1 The ' ferry boat at Cureton's across Catawba river between Lancaster and York counties has been sunk, according to J. P. Barber. Mr. Barber says that persons who have been crossing the river at Cureton's may cross at Taylor's ferrv at the site of what was known as the Roddey bridge. Names of the following York county citizens have been drawn to serve as grand and petit jurors at United States district court which meets at Greenwood, November 4: Petit jurors W. B. Meacham, Fort Mill; T. B. Glehn, Tirzah; J. B. Benfield, York No. 8; Grand jurors?A. E. Willis. Rock Hill; W. S. Percival, Rock.Hill No. 5. Officers operating in King's Mountain township Monday destroyed a large moonshine plant on the McElwee place which is rented by'Gad Dover. The plant was found complete in a cane thicket with the exception of the worm. It was evident that a big run of moonshine had recently heen made. More than 1,000 gallons of slop were destroyed by the officers. "Business for fakirs at. the York county fair in Rock Hill opened with a rush." remarked a York county officer. "Gambling games of almost every description were in evidence as soon as the fair opened. Five persons were arrested at the fair grounds in Rock Hill Wednesday charged with operating gambling games. One fortune telling outfit made a good thing for awhile Wednesday until officers broke up tbe game. The scheme was to fret hold of some fellow with money, have him to hold a ten dollar bill in his hand and then through a system of mesmerism, hypnotism or something of the kind the ten dollar bill would disappear. In several instances the owners didn't get 'em back." Back to Private Ownership. The railroads of the United States will be turned back to private ownership on December 1st, 1919, according to Walker D. Hines, federal director of railways, who made a statement to this effect before the national association of railway and public utilities commissioners. at a convention in Indianapolis last week. The director general stated that the roads would revert to private AUtnoroViin of fKn oIaoo v ** a?vi udip uv t?iv ViV/Ot Ui Ll!ir> year regardless of whether or not congress enacted regulative legislation. Hail, Super Hen! A ray of light breaks through the dark cloud enveloping strug gling America. Alton E. Briggs, president of the National Poultry Egg and Butter Association, says that a super-hep is being bred, and before long the type will be common and reach the public, and the cost of living will descend, because they are super-hens, and their eggs will be two to three times as large as their present size, and vet these marvels can be produced at a cost not much greater than present prices. Right in conjunction with this glad tidings comes the suggestion of ihe Department of Agriculture, that every back yard should contain its flock of chickens tended and groomed so as to give the greatest percentage of profit to the owner and the smallest percentage of annoyance to the neighbors. May heaven speed the day! Who cares what becomes of the | i tulip bed or the pansies. who j would keep clock golf, if in their place he might see a flock of super-hens strutting proudly about his yard, and know that in the intimate darkness of the hen house were super-eggs, which would enable him to look his butcher and his grocer in the ' eye, a free man and unashamed? Hail, super-hen! Bright angel of the new dawn. A nation awaits your coming. ?Ex. ' . * - ; * ' J 'J * '*r* - " * , . V . V'ilt Dbtble Siie of Mill. Hamilton Carhartt, who is spending som^ time at bis lodge at CarharU station, near the city? is planning extensive additions to the plant in Rock HID, also to the plant at Carhartt, these additions t involving, ah expenditure of more than $500,000. It became known today that Mr. Carhartt, who is the largest manufacturer of overalls in the world, and is known to 'many as the "Overall King," is preparing for these extensive additions, which will mean a greatly increased payroll," both in Rock Hill and at the Carhartt plant. Mr. Carhartt plans to at once begin the construction of units to the plant at Carhartt, known as mill number two, which will double the production capacity, entailing a cost of something over $300,000. Mr. Carhartt, in addition, contemplates an addition to. the Rock Hill mill, known as number one, adding several thousand spindles and several hundred looms, at an expense of around a quarter of a million dollars. . This addition, it is understood, will be in the form of a wing to the present structure and will front on Chatham avenue, thereby making this one of the most attractive looking plants to be found anywhere. ? The Herald. Robbed on Highway. Marion Jackson, son'of H. D. Jackson, was held up and robbed on the public highway of York county Tuesday afternoon by a negro, who answers the description given of Joe Turner, the Greenville desperado who killed two police officers some weeks ago. Young Jackson had hauled a load of POttnn SOfH tt\ OrrJon nn'l wvvvk vvr v/^UWil auu disposed of same. He was enroute home and when near Antioch church was confronted l?y a bludk, burly negro, who pointed a pistol in his face and " MAJESTIC TOC Gail Kane, "The Da (From the story by MARI, Do you believe that a slin feminine type could so disgu ? attire as to deceive even the into mistaking her for a mat Shakespeare says it cannot ian plays are of feminine ma that it can be done, and does This clever yonng star of 1 tire in her new play, "The E Open 4:30 P. M. SPECIAL NOTICE? S i- % - * Imenc regulations, we wisn one of our patrons that wher as a "Special", and advar will be: Children under 12 y< L REP' Of the Treasurer of the ' for the Nine Months 1 INCO Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1919 From License Taxes, " Sanitary Taxes " Police Fines " Property Taxes (1918 levy) " Property Tax (1919 levy, dis " Cemetery lots sold, " County Treasurer (proporti< surance) " Street Taxes. " State Treasurer (allotment " First Nat'l Bank (money bo Total income, PAYMl For Sanitary service , " Street work. " Interest (bond coupons and i Street lights " Cemetery Acct " Police service. C " Salaries, " Printing, contract The Times " Street cleaning, " Board of Health charges.:.. " Sinking fund, due in 1918, ... " Fire dep't XT ,t..o XT~*'l D.? I. i 11ol not i uauR, ..... Sundry supply and expense bills . For clii pinK Park hedge.. Waterworks, Whiteville Park ext* Discount, property tax prepaid.... Legal services Stationery (tax receipts) Street tax refunded soldiers Note T. A. Mills charged back bj Bank, Fine refunded ? " Advance Mayor for special acc pense) " unadjusted item acc't former t Cash on hand Oct. 1, 191! Total \ttest; J. B. ELLIOTT, B. C. FERGUSON. J. M. HUTCHINSON. Finance Committee. ' -v - - - - x I Get These While YOUNG i jerked him from the wagon seat. He was then forced to turn over his money, which amounted to something more than $30. Jackson Was not injured, other than by receiving numerous bruises when jerked from the wagon. The negro after getting the money disappeared in the woods.?Rock Hill Herald. I ^"s' '.i ^ ' i Majestic Monday "Bound in Morocco." Theatre" ) A Y One of Screendom's Most I Talented Stars appears in redevil," A THOMPSON DAV1ES I i-built, pretty girl of ultraise herself by wearing male members of her own family 1? ; be done, yet Shakespearele roles. Gail Kane insists i it. picture drama'wears male atlaredevil!" - Regular Prices. In keeping with the govern- f to make it clear to every S lever we advertise a program | ice our prices, that advance jars of age, 15c; Adults, 25c. ? MAJESTIC THEATRE. ! >mm mmmmmmmmmmtmmmm mmmmmJt ' ORT Town of Fort Mill, S. C., J Ending Sept. 30, 1919. ? 0 >ME. I $ 18T.S1 a 846.17 ? 743.63 ?. ' 355.00 p .280.40 ^counted) 862.90 125.00 on of Fire In- d 14.46 tl 762.00 0 Fire Dept.).. 63.66 ? rrowed) 7.800.00 a $12,038.83 *' ENTS. I <t i (\An on - y A v VI 787.02 ai discount) ' 1,059.02 ti 564.62 w 235.00 C 753.00 H, 408.00 51.00 A 55.85 31.40 375.00 ? 17.78 _ 5,174 05 195 52 6.00 jnsion 323.89 h< 17 25 h< ....1 50.00 18 25.73 ai i . 78.00 r First Nat'l j" - ? 61.47 3U.UU ~ ount (in sus- fo 50.00 # ireasurer, 84.35 fu E) 546.84 $12,038.83 ?C. S. LINK, Treas. fo Si V lai in CHANQE lovember Reco They're faeu) & WOLFE, FORT Ml "H? We want < have Fresh Made in our own in nni AAA uir < HARRY Specials Saturday. Paint half your | the other half wh; If DEVOE doesi and cost less mor charge for DEVOI If nn\;/^r j i* y wc uoesr years or three yee better-we'll give it again. LYTLE FORT AN ORDINANCE Be it ordained by the Mayor and Alermen of the town of Fort Mill, S. C, n council assembled and by authority f the same: Section 1. That a levy of ten mills n each and every dollar of real and ersonal property, not exempt from axation, held, owned or liable for taxtion, within the corporate limits of he town of Fort Mill, S. C., on the rst day of January, 1919, be and the ameis hereby made for dhe following urposes: For interest on bonds . 3J mills For sinking fund ?. . 1J mills For ordinary purposes 54 mills Sec. 2. That said taxes shall become ue and payable at the office of he Town Treasurer on the first day f November, 1919. Said taxes may be aid up to and including the fifteenth ay oi November, 1919. Thereafter nd up to the first day of January, J20, a penalty of 15 per centum will ttacfr to said taxes not paid by Noember 15, 1919. Sec. 3. After the first day of Janury, 1920, executions will issue against I! delinquents for the amount of the ixes, penalty and costs, in accordance ith the laws of the ?tate of South arolina and the municipal ordinances. Done and ratified in council this 7th ?y of October, 1919. * B. E. PATTERSON, ttest: Mayor. C. S. LINK, City Clerk. SrSanitary Tax is now due. Penalty ite, November 16th. Teacher*' Meeting. The white teachers of the county are ?reby called to meet in the court luse at York on Saturday, November I it. at 10;30 a. m Among the matters to be discussed e the following: First?Reorganization of the county isociation. [Second ?Election of two special deleites to the State Association. Third?The teacher's part in the enrcement of the attendance law. One session only?luncheon not to be rnished. JOHN E. CARROLL, Supt. of Education. WANTED?Salesmen to soNcitorders 1 r lubricating oils, grease s and paints. ] ilary or Commission. Address THE < ENNOX-OIL & PAINT CO. Cleve- ' nd. O. , rl he Times is $1.25 |K>r year, strictly < advance. s toSooRAraisl 1 md RECORDS I PLAYS ALL*MAKES OF RECORDS ? ards Now on Sale. g | Nothing is So Entertaining ? I - - - Fort Mill, S. C ji III PAMnv imruruj m tmtm unnu I y IX 11 UIILI1. ire's to the People!" everybody to wiow that1 we j i Candy Every Day kitchen, Pure and Delicious. Come d trv if wiA vmif ftnor?iJp j ..KMB J v>UA lllVHUdt CARROS, Proprietor. , Quality and Quantity for Less. " ?i??????????? It behind a formula e Mh : 1 |?The fomula?i s I pvr-^u /rip . GUARANTEE: house DEVOE; paint Thcpalnt ln ,his packaie atever you like. is ful1 meusure-and 14 * composed of: - - it 50# Pure White Lead. 11 take fewer gallons w v v /y/ , Ml V V V IW L*\11V. ley, we will make no -? l>uro Linseed Oil. -* Pure turpentine Dr^er nnd nothing else. ft wear a year or two ? irs longer-longer and you enough to paint ?? ??<8^;? V 9 -V^' v.y? ' > <> | The J. B. Mills Co., j | j Heavy and ! O Ny ^ Fancy Groceries, | Hardware and | General Farm Supplies Come to See Us. J The J. B. Mills Co. . \ >+<$>+ $>+<$>+$*<$>+. + ; > I DOES YOUR | j I IlltAM.LiL II 1 ?- --* 1* i HUIU111UU116 mm rainnngr: ! Does it Need a New Top, Seat f I Covers, Cushions, Etc.? If so, f f Have it done the "Pyramid Way" f j Pyramid Paint Shop, I | ROCK HILL, S. C. * x JAS. A. JOHNSON, Mgr. "Ask the Man Who Knows." -