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THURSDAY. NOV. 20. 1919.
Kill a Rat.
From a disagreeable but compelling
little book on "The Rat,"
published by the Public Health
Service, the reader learns that
t be rat population of the United
States just about equals the
human population. A big male
rat for every man, a big female
rat for every woman, a nest of
little rats for every household of
children. All ugly, nasty, destructive
and disease-breeding.
It costs nearly $2 a year to
feed a rat. The food?good
food, fit for human consumption
?eaten by these rats in a year
is worth $180,000,000. The food
they spoil in one way or another
m?i \r I to wrrwi Y\ t ho n f hal
I1IU.T ?? VI 111 IIIVM V l/IICAll lliuv.
And this is no time to be lavish
in the expenditure of food.
Add to that the damage the
rodents do in gnawing holes
where no holes ought to be, in
starting fires and in general
devastation and defilement.
Add the deadly diseases they
carry and spread among other
animals and among human
beings, whose ultimate cost is
impossible to estimate.
The inevitable, unanimous conclusion
is, "kill the rats!" If
everybody kills one, they will be
exterminated. ? Ex.
Coal Situation is Serious.
Closing down of numbers oi
coal burning cotton mills and
other manufacturing plants in
the South within a few days was
foreseen Tuesdav in an order of
the regional coal committee of
the railroad administration dis
continuing the supplies of coal.
The order, effective Tuesday,
was announced as "imperatively
necessary because of the failure
of miners in the country's great
coal producing: regions to return
to work." although the soft coal
strike has been cancelled.
However, in order to supply
the necessary needs of the country
the coal committee has placed
the live following industries on
t}id preferrcd list:
Class A - Railroads and inland
and coastwise vessels.
Class B?Army and navy, together
with other departments
of the federal government. This
includes bituminous coal consumed
by manufacturers or producers
of supplies for depart
meats of the federal government
when such department officially
approves the request.
Class C ?State, municipal and
county departments and institutions.
Class D ?Public utilities, this
includes the manuiaciure 01
newsprint paper lor daily newspaper
use and the printing and
publishing of same.
Class E?Retailers (supplies
for domestic consumers).
Union Meeting a Failure.
An abortive effort was made
here Saturday night to organize
a union among the operatives of
tho two cotton mills, a meeting
having been held in town hall
at which addresses were made
by Marvin L. Rich, of Charlotte,
and George Fish, general manager
of the mills. Near the
conclusion of Mr. Fish's address
a disturbance wa3 created by
several men in the audience who
appeared to he under the influence
of whiskey, the lights
were turned out, and matters
looked squally for a time. However
adjournment was made
without further difficulty, but
several personal encounters occurred
on the streets later.
There appears to be much
opposition to the organization
among the employees of the
mills here which, so far. have'
passed through all the past
months without labor difficulties
and which have been running on
full time with every machine
going for some time. The addresses
of both Mr. Rich and
Mr. Fish were very moderate in ;
tone and there appears no
warrant for the later troubleI
except whiskey.
Y?rk Has Textile Unlox.
Speaking to a large number of
textile woricera in the courthouse
at York Friday night, Marvin L.
Ritoh, attorney of Charlotte and
textile union organiser, claimed
that the good wages which the
textile workers were receiving
were the result of unionisn
among the workers in Charlotte,
Kannapolis and other towns in
North Carolina, and said that
the work would go on until every
cotton mili community in the
South was thoroughly organized,
says a York dispatch of Friday.
He denounced the farmers,
who, he said, were inimical tc
the best interests of the textile
workers and in league with the
mills' owners to fight the union
organisation among mill workers,
and charged that they had
been "petted" too much and as
a whole were a most selfish,
grouchiest and dissatisfied class
of people in the South.
Declaring that he had lost his
social standing among his brother
lawyers because he had espoused
the cause of textile unionism,
and had also been ousted
from his stewardship in the
Methodist church in Charlotte,
for the same reason, he said that
it was novf being charged that
he was a Bolshevik and an 1. W.
VV., and he,said he did not know
whether he was or not, because
he knew nothing about those or
gamzauons.
Boll Weevil in Chester.
The distressing news reached
Chester Saturday afternoon thai
the bo!! weevil had been found
on the J. J. MeDaniel farm,
about 12 miles from that city, 111
the Cornwell vicinity. One ol
the nests was being shown or
the streets Saturday afternoon.
Earlier in the week the bol
weevil was found in the Blackstock
community below Cornwell.
Made Airplane Flight.
Friends in this section of Dr,
R. E. Parks, of Lynchburg, Va.,
will be interested in the following
item from Friday's Dail>
Advance, of Lynchburg:
"R. E. Parks accompanied
Lieutenant N. C. Wright, win
has been here making flights
with passengers for several days,
In 1 tu 11 I ? rn 1
? jcotcruu} . 1II
left Lynchburg at 12:45 o'clock
and reached Danville at 1:20, s
distance of about GO miles, ii
35 minutes. Before leaving b
passenger with a camera took i
number of "bird's eye views'
of Lynchburg, and the plane
flew so near the street on Wise,
that a number of high schoo
children started the report that
it had actually landed there."
AUCTIO
William R.Ware, of L
ear load of Good Hroke
Kentucky Hon
Mares a
In Fort
Saturday, D
In the lot you will find som<
Horses and mares, including a n
ard bred and registered. No be
Fort Mill, and we mean to sell e
chance to buy one at your own i
ders and everything put up will
Don't miss it?S;
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MAJESTIC
"Boys Will Be Boys," is an
! Come out TC
JACK PI
In Owen Johns*
'THE VJ
You haven't forgotten
when you licked half the scl
the little girl over the way,
night feed in the dor mi ton
knocked on the door.
Live again those days 1
"Varmint," and the "Tenn<
| Coming 1
"The Sh
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Eclipse of Sub bu 27. |fl
On November 2Ti ear!, thelfl
morning, there will be an eclipse ?
of the sun. 6
It will be visible as a partial (
eclipse in every part of the coun- (
try except the Pacific coast. . (
Partial eclipse begins before (
sunrise east of ^the Rockies and (
reaching its maximum at sun- j
rise "and ending at 8:50. Going t
eastward over the United States, ]
from Dallas, Texas, to St. Paul, -j
Minn., the beginning of the j
eclipse, its maximum. ancKend-. j
ing, gets later every minute, un- C
til at. Washington, D. C.. it fl
, starts 7.35 a. m., reaches its {
> maximum at 8:52, and ends at t
i 10:21 a. m. ^
i All over this territory the f
. eclipse is first seen as a dark 7
I notch in the sun's rim, which *
( grows larger as the eclipse comes
to the maximum, when it covers "
i nearly half of the sun.
i Another Gift for Winthrop. d
President D. B. Johnson of
Winthrop college has announced
the receipt of $5;000 from John p
ID. Rockefeller, Jr., to be applied t
to the building fund of the stu- ?
dents' building, 'conditioned on f
' the securing of a similar sum'9
' from other sources. Mr. Rocke- 1
feller some time ago gave $50,000
for this building, conditioned
! on a similar sum being added c
thereto. The other $50,000 was <
raised by the legislature provjd- *
ing $15,000. The cost of build- c
ing materials has advanced and 1
| the building cannot now be com- {
pleted for the initial sum that >
i was sontrht
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TAX NOTICE? 101 9-102O !
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Office of the County Treasurer of York '
' County. (
York, S. C. Vov. 7, 1919.
I Notice is hereby given that the Tax i
Hooks for York county will be opened
on Saturday, the 15th day of Novem
her 1918, and remain open unt il the 81st '
day of December, 1919. for the collec- ?
tion of State, county, school and local
taxis, for the fiscal year 1919, without .
penalty; after which day a One per
cent penalty will be added to all payi
ments made in the month of January,
. I 1920, and Two per cent penalty for ail
| payments made in the month of Kebrur
ary, 1920, and Seven per cent penalty
will be added to all payments made
from the 1st day of March, 1920, to
I the 15th day of March, 1920, and after
) | this date all unpaid taxes will go into
| executions and all unpaid Single Polls
> will be turned over to the several Mag,
istrates for prosecution in accordance
\ \ with law.
j All of the Hanks of the county will
I | offer their accommodations and facil>
I ities to Taxpayers who may desire to
make use of the same, and 1 shall take
1 ! pleasure in giving prompt attention to
I all correspondence on the subject.
| All Taxpayers appearing at my office
, | will receive prompt attention.
Note?The Tax Hooks will be made
? up by Townships, and parties writing
about Taxes will always expedite matters
if they will piention the Township
1 or Townships in which their property
. or properties are located.
'I HARRY E. NEIL,
.Treasurer ot York Countv.
N_SALE!
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va.inii, ivy., win sell a 1
>es, Mules and
t Auction
Mill on
ecember 22.:
e extra crortd Knr.tuoky Driving <
uinbv r of very fast horses, stand- <
tter lot of livestock has come to :
very one of them. This is your
irice, as we will have no bv-bid- )
be sold REGARDLESS of PRICE. <
lie starts 11a. m.
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THEATRE \ '<
old and all too true saying. jjj *
1-DAY and see 1
IGKFORD |
jn's Great Story, i
URMINT' j
your "sweetheart days," ^
100I for laughing at you, and 4
or when you staged a midi
and suddenly the teacker *
with "Doc McNooder." the
jsseShad." z
MONDAY t
e Wolfe," |
ted Texas Guinon. *
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9 See us. We *
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| Firestone Tires, 1
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I YOUNG I
AN ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Allermen
of the town of Fort Mill, S. C,
n council assembled and by authority
if the same:
Section 1. That a levy of ten mills
in each and every dollar of real and
tersonal property, not exempt from
axation, held, owned or liable for taxition,
within the corporate limits of
he town of Fort Mill, S. C., on the
irst day of January. 1919, be and the
lame is hereby made for dhe following
mrposes:
For interest on bonds . 3J mills
For sinking fund . . . 1J mills
For ordinary ourooses Bi milla
Sec. 2. That said taxes shall become
lue and payable at the office of
he Town Treasurer on the first day
>f November, 1919. Said taxes maybe
iaid up to and including the fifteenth
lay of November, 1919. Thereafter
ind up to the first day of January,
1920, a penalty of 15 per centum will
ittach to said taxes not paid by November
15, 1919.
Sec. 3. After the first day of Januiry,
1920, executions will issue against
ill delinquents for the amount of the
'.axes, penalty and costs, in accordance
vith the laws of the State of South
Carolina and the municipal ordinances.
Done and ratified in council this 7th
lay of October, 1919.
B. E. PATTERSON.
\ttest: Mayor.
C. S. LINK. City Clerk.
Electric the best t?ni(*'
DfOiiPrmQ Mild * Laxative,
OtirbAO Family Medicir-"
SER_\
Our stock has been enlar
are in position to supply your
your entire satisfaction.
We appreciate your busin
appreciation bv carrying only
Highest Class of Drugs.
Our Prncprii>(ir\n O/mr
, WV.. ? .VUVWHUWII
GRADUATE LICENSED D
who your doctor is, we can fit
We are in business ?
FOR YOUR SATISF
FOR YOUR GOODW
Lytlq Drui
"The Rexall Store."
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D. Tires, Diamond
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have
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in an
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Ked and Jim Droved and we
every Drug Store need to
ess and try to express our
the Purest, Freshest and |
irtment is in charge of a
RUGGIST, and no matter
1 your prescription.
ACTION TO-DAY.
ILL TO-MORROW.
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Phone No. 16. j
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sed Painting? j
Msw Top, Seat |
Etc.? If so, |
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'Ask the Man Who Knows." ^
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l Tires, McGraw Tires, Ajax Tires, &
: Brand], Penn. Vaccum Cup Tires. @
Prices will interest U. |
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ILL CANDY KITCHEN.
jre's to the People!"
everybody to know that we
i Candy Every Day
i kitchen, Pure and Delicious. Come
d try it with your friends.
CARROS, Proprietor.
Quality and Quantity for Less.
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Criticism and
j Citizenship
It is the plain, public duty of every
citizen to criticize proposed government
measures believed to be harmful.
Swift & Company is in a better position
perhaps, than others, to understand
the meat packing business in all
\ , its relations to public and private interests,
even though the others may have
been living the subject a great deal of
since, e attention. |
Swift & Company is convinced that
interference with its legitimate business i
J function by governmental agencies,
however well intentioned, would be an ^
injury to every man, woman and
? child who wants meat to eat, as well '
as to the men who raise the meat and
to those who dress and distribute it.
Maximum service that cannot
monopolize because of keen competition
and lack of control over sources
of supply is furnished at a minimum \
of profit?a fraction of a cent per
pound from all sources. I
Therefore Swift & Company is
i taking every legitimate step of citizen- |
ship to prevent such interference.
These advertisements are intended
to help you, and to help Congress [
decide what is best to be done. Mistakes
are costly and apt to be harmful y
in these tryine times.
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Let us send you a Swift "Dollar."
Address Swift & Company;
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111.
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