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P ' nhmi?.loeiil tml lonir 'listener. No.112
"iittfol 'it ho nnntofflcp It Port Mill. S. C.. *s
noil iMttfr of itic tocond clua.
THURSDAY. NOV. 27. 1919.
Mexico Must Release Jenkins.
Before sending the note to the
Carranza Government of Mexico,
demanding the immediate release
of William 0. Jenkins, the
American Consular Agent at
Puebla, Mexico, who was recently
kidnapped by Mexican
bandits and held for $150,000
ransom, and who, after his release
by the bandits, was arrested
by the Mexican authorities
on the absurd charge of
complicity in his own kidnapping?the
State Department, it
is now reported, carefully
weighed the entire situation and
decided that, unless there should
be a prompt and complete compliance
with the demands ?ontained
in this note, the Amerioan
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tfovernmeni wouiu iskc sieo? lu
compel such compliance and also
to deal adequately with the
whole troublesome Mexican
situation. The statement in the
note that Jenkins must be immediately
released and that any
fnrther molestation of the Consulat
Ajrent "will seriously affect
relations between Mexico
and the United States, "meant,
it is said, precisely what the
words imply ?that America will
use force if necessary to compel
compliance. The note was, in
fact, an ultimatum, and, while
America would deplore the necessity
for such action, it may mean
jirmed intervention.
It is admitted in high official
circles that the State Department
has before it a War De
pan ment. estimate 01 just wnai
would be involved by intervention.
Coal Strike Nay Soon be Broken.
While the details of the arrangement
have not been of
ficially announced, it is rumored
that real progress is being made
in the efforts of the Government
to secure an agreement between
the coal miners and operators at
the Washington conference.
This progress, has, it is said,
been accomplished partly as the
result of a threat of government
intervention ?involving, perhaps
the taking over of the mines?
unless the deadlock were broken
within a week, and partly by the
presentation by the Secretary of
Labor of a dt finite proposal of
terms of settlement. This proposal,
it is reported, suggests a
flat wage increase of 31 percent.
1 . i... J ? ? l? *1? :
iiou i lie uiuppiiig uy tue muieia
of the demand for a 30-hour
week.
Will Ratify Treaty Dec. 1.
At a meeting of the Supreme
Council held at Paris Friday.
December 1st was definitely
agreed upon as the date for the
formal ratification of the German
Peace Treaty. There is,
however, aside from the question
of American ratification,
another circumstance which may
yet cause a change in the plans
of the Supreme Council in this
matter. It lies in the fact that
the Allies have notified Germanv
that, before peace is consummated,
she must sign a protocol
guaranteeing fulfillment of armistice
conditions. The Germans
have not yet stated whether
or not they will sign this
document. There seems to be
no serious doubt, however, that I
me uermans will sign the |
protocol, and the treaty will in
all probability become effective
as between the signatory powers
on December 1.
Women Nay Sit in Conventions.
According to an opinion given j
out Friday by Attorney General I
Krundage of Illinois, women may i
sit as delegates in the Republi- !
can and Democratic National |
Conventions and vote for the j
nomination of a candidate for
the President of the United
States. The opinion reverses
all practices in effect since
Illinois became a suffrage State :
and may result in the election of ,
some women delegates to the
national conventions of both 1
political parties next year.
Ytrk Csuty Newt Rattan.
(1 orkville finauirer.)
According to Joseph M. Taylor,
special agent of the census de- J
partment. York county ginned
80,301 bales of cotton up to November
1, 1919, against 21,908
bales up to the same date last J
year. - ,
Joe Jones, alias Bub Cole, well <
known negro about 40 years of
age was shot and instantly killed
. last evening about 7 o'clock near
the home of Press King, colored,
on Pinckney street Yorkville.
Cora Raine.v. a notorious negro
woman of Yorkville, and the alteged
paramour of Jones for several
years, past, is in jail charged
with the shooting.
A. M. Giles, an itinerant pho
tographer of Rock Hill, shot and
mortally wounded his wife about
I < ,?-1 1 mi % -
i o ciock inursaay afternoon. (
The shooting occurred on North '
wilson street, Giles shooting his .
wife four times with a revolver
as he passed her on the street. ,
Immediately after the shooting
he made his escape. Domestic ,
troubles were the cause of the (
shooting, it is said.
D. W. McLaurin, State pension
commissioner has extended
the time for re-enrollment of \
Confederate veterans to Decern- t
ber 20. The time originally in- )
tended to have the enrollment t
completed was December 1, but j
because of the tardiness of the \
tardiness of the work by some <
judges of probate and county |
boards the time limit had to be .
extended.
Shellie H. Sutton, of this city,
wa? on Monday notified by the
Postoffice Department of his
appointment as mail carrier on
local rural route No. 2. for which
position he stood the examination
several months ago. Mr. I
Sutton will assume his duties as *
carrier on December 1, succeed- '
ing Clarence Hoagland, who has
been substitute carrier on the
route, pending the appointment |
of a regular carrier.
REAL E
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Do You
See SPRAT
We have recently sold to the st
sellers the following property:
E. W. Kimbrell 172 acres to J
T. A. Mills 1 dwelling and 4 v
S. L. Meacham 1 dwelling to
L. A. Harris 1 dwelling to S.
Rev. Henry E. Stokes 126 acr
W. P. Norman 180 acres to Je
Frank Moore 33 acres to H. V
H. V. Richardson 1 dwelling 1
L. A. Harris 1 dwelling and 1<
E. W. Kimbrell 100 acres to J
Mrs. Lizzie Withers 57 acres t
B. M. Howie 1 hous and lot tc
J. L. Spratt 1 house and lot t<
T. F. Lytic 3 vacant lots to J.
Miss Ollie Perry 1 house and 1
Mrs. Sue Spratt 1 house and I
Miss Anna Watson 1 house an
Did you ever hear a man say, "
of property at one time for so and
In the history of Fort Mill, no p
lower price than the price paid f
stead of your hindsight, and let
We can arrange reasonable tern
SPRATT &
No. 9941 REPORT OF THE (
THE FIRST NATIONAL ]
In the State of South Carolina, at the <
RESOUF
Loans* and discount!*, including rediscoui\
Overdrafts, secured f ; unsecured,
U. S. Government Securities owned:
a Deposited to secure circulation (pai
f Owned and unpledged
Stoak of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per c
Furniture and Fixtures
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Ba
Cash in vault and net amounts due from i
Checks on other banks in the same city o
(other than Item 161
Checks on banks located outside of city i
and other cash items
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer ai
urer
Interest earned but not collected ?appro*
Receivable not past due
Total
LIABIL1
Capital stock paid in
surplus rund
Undivided profits, less current expenses,
Interest and discount collected or credited
and not earned (approximate)
Amount reserved for all interest accrued
Circulating notes outstanding
Cashier's checks on own bans outstandinj
Individual deposits subject to check
Total of demand deposits (other than
subject to Reserve, Items, 34, 36, 3
Certificates of Deposit (other than for m<
Other time deposits
Total of time deposits subject to Res<
48
United States deposit*:
U. S. Government securities borrowed, w
al security for same
Total
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Count:
I, J. I-. Spratt, Cashier ot the above-na
the above statement is true to the best of
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2i
Correct- Attest: T. B. Spratt, L A. 1
St'i Gtttt* ftr 86 CeiK
The Gastonia-Gazette recordi
the fact that Mr. John W. Baldwin,
of Beeaepger City, sold a
bale of ccttatik last week it
Gaatonia for 88 cents'a pound
and that the' history of that cot
ton furnishes a veritable apocalypse
of what the cotton growers
might do by following out
the science of selected seed
cultivation.
Mr. Baldwin gives the following
history of this cotton. Ii
the spring of 1918 Mr. Baldyir
received a quart ot i otton seec
from Congressman E ?. Webb
After he had finished planting
his other cotton he pi; nted abom
one pint of this seed and in th<
fail gathered about 22 pounds ol
seed cotton from ir.. He ginnec
this by hand and in the spring
of 1919 he planted the seed froir
it on 16-twentieths of an acre.
From this plot he gathered
900 pounds of seed cotton which
ginned a small bale, weighing
537 pounds. This cotton was
graded on the iocal market and
jold for 88 cents a pound. Mr.
Baldwin has refused $10 a bushel
for the seed from this sale.?
Charlotte News.
Wood Expected to Announce.
It is expected' by personal
friends of General Wood thai
;he General will soon announce
lis candidacy for President ol
;he United States. It is believed
ilso by the General's friends
;hat as soon as he announces his
candidacy he will resign his
position in the army.
DR. A. L-. OTT ,
DENTIST
Office hours, 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
(Dr. Spratt's office)
Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C.
electric the best tonfc?
bittebS Family Medicir^
KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS
The Pills That Do Cure.
STATE.
0 Buy?
1 Want to Sell?
T & LINK.
itisfaction of both buyers anc
I .1 Rsiilpu
acant lots to L. A. Harris.
L. A. Harris. 4
L. Meac' am.
es to R. L. Bailey.
sse H. N trman.
. Richardson,
to T. M. Starnes.
3t to J. H. Murphy.
. J. Bailes.
.0 J. J. Bailes.
> Mrs. Mamie Miller.
) T. F. Lytle.
Lee C&pps.
lot to J. L. Spratt.
ot Mrs. Maggie Wilson,
d lot to J. R. and W. H. Pierce,
I could have bought that piect
so; see what it is worth now.'
>roperty has ever been sold al
or it. Use your foresight in
us know what you want to buy
ns on all property handled.
LINK, Inc.
CONDITION OF
BANK, AT FORT MILL,
close of business on Nov. 17, 1919.
ICES.
ts. $284,680 55
$ , ? Non?
r value) $40,000 00
66,800 00 106,*800 0(
ent of subscription) . 1,600 0(
2,860 OC
nk . 20,281 8C
u 1
aiiuiiai iiitimM ?4t (lU t)S
r town as reporting bank
700 87
>r town of reporting bank
78 00
nd due from U. S. Treas
2,000 00
:imate on Notes and Bills
500 00
$514,111 94
TIES.
?40,000 00
- 10,000 00
interest and taxes paid 8,250 48
d, in advance of maturity
3,500 00
1,000 00
7? 40,000 00
g 2.368 74
- - 66*,?11 IS
hank deposits)
6, 37, 38, 39, .. 224,274 73 .
>ney borrowed) 29,662 99
. 118,656 00
erve, Items 40. 41, 42 and
$148,217.99
ithout furnishing collaler86,800
oo
$514, U1 94
y of York, ss:
med bank, do solemnly swear that
my knowledge and belief.
J. L. SPRATT, Cashier.
6th day of Nov., 1919.
W. B. M EACH AM, Notary Public.
Isrria, Osmond Bar bar. Directors.
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| 'The Hood him'
a through a coal chi
: I faced, loving, furi*
I gowned, slatternly
| B fied, a shimmy da
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AOKMXOAAi(XnAAAAr
TAX NOT1CE-1919-1920
Office of the County Treasurer of York
County.
York, S. C. Vov. 7, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that the Tax
Books for York county will be opened
on Saturday, the 15th day of November
1918, and remain open until the 31st
day of December, 1919, for the collection
of State, county, school and local
taxes, for the fiscal year 1919, without
penalty; after which day a One per
cent penalty will be added to all pay>
ments made in the month of January,
\ 1920, and Two per cent penalty for all
payments made in the month of Febru^
ary, 1920, and Seven per cent penalty
will be added to all payments made
from the 1st day of March, 1920, to
the 15th day of March, 1920, and after
this date all unpaid taxes will go into
executions and ull unpaid Single Polls
will be turned over to the several Magistrates
for prosecution in accordance
with law.
t All of the Banks of the county will
offer their accommodations and facilities
to Taxpayers who may desire to
make use of the same, and I shall take
pleasure in giving prompt attention to
all correspondence on the subject.
All Taxpayers appearing at my office 1
will receive prompt attention.
? Note?The Tax Books will be made
J up by Townships, and parties writing
about Taxes will always expedite matters
if they will mention the Township
j or Townships in which their property
I or properties are located.
, HARRY E. NEIL,
j Treasurer ot York County. .
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We have a complete stock
color or tint you may want.
Agents for the famous
"Symphony Lawn" line. (
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I iore you duv your nexi dox,
deliver same for your appro^
the box.
Our Christmas stock is v
there is one thing you won'
justas good." We sell the i
Lytle Drug
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oiled girl in all the wo
spite of this, you can't
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ite to the joy of livi
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ncer, a erap shooter
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I MONDAY 3 P. M.
Auto Ti
are distributors in tt
D. Tires, Diamon
Racine [Horse She
4 U buy Ou
& WOLFE,
FORT M
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We want
have
Fresl
Made in our owr
in an
HARRY
Specials Saturday.
3NERY
of fine Stationery, in any
We are the Fort Mill
"Lord Baltimore" and
>all and see our line be
or 'phone 16 and we'll
yal. Prices 50c to $5.00
aried and complete, but
't find here "something
real thing.
I Comp'y
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T MONDAY SI
rid?a perfect fury?a snob of all the "|
help admiring Q *|
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Burke in her second picture from her B
o. Don't miss seeing I ,
ie Hoodlum,1' I 1
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Which coines to . i
ajestic Monday J
For ONE DAY ONLY. I
ice of a spoiled heiress who dropped I
ng. A sweet, snappy, beautiful, mud- g
iftrt.pd. p.nnsidprnto +V>mm-Ktli?- -1-f?
? _ wuuju v> ??vv^ II 1'K'SKf lil \ 1 S11 1 \ fl
ynical, honorable, a safe cracker, digni- 1
, and a wholesome alley denizen?that's I
n "The Hoodlum. I
?F 1.000 LAUGHS I
- - ALL SEATS 25 CENTS j
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res You Want, |
lis vicinity for the following makes: ?
d Tires, McGraw Tires, Ajax Tires, x
e Brand], Penn. Vaccum Cup Tires. ?
r Prices will interest U. g
- Fort Mill, S. C. ^
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ILL CANDY KITCHEN.
\
ere's to the People!"
everybody to know that we
i Candy Every Day
i kitchen, Pure and Delicious. Come
id try it with your friends.
CARROS, Proprietor.
Quality and Quantity for Less. i
| Your Family Servant
That is what we are and what we strive to be.
Your table is the shrine upon which we offer ourselves.
We are dealers in "better than ordinary" groceries.
Our shelves are stocked with the best in tfaa
market of standard goods.
Let us take the responsibility of what you put on
the table to tempt the appetites of your family.
Groceries are the life of any individual.
Let us supply your nourishment in a way that wMl
bo cheapest to your purse and most satisfactory ta
FRESH MEATS, FISH and ICE. I
B. C. FERGUSON. Il
Highest Prices Paid for Pork. j