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" ' ; . r 'f> ' A V J| (fFORT MILL TIMES 1 wSEB& M^P" MHiiumwhw. . , a JBHhF EE?*???. 111!! J Publish an. J Buoroio. Sdltor and Kutitr. ^ _ snfflUFTio* Kara: * Om *?r?? tl.tS 1 Six Months y ...... .68 j f Ho Tfaao* I nrftoaoon trtbatlono on llreanbiocta Hot dooo net ifim to publish mors than 800 words on any oobjoet. Tho Htht lo rooorrad to odlt /?ff communication <ubrnltt?d for pobHeoUon. On apolleation to tbo onbliahor. admtWnc r ?too ar* read* knonrn tothoaolntaroatod. , fslaohono.loealand Ion* dfartane*. No. Ill Rntorod at th* Dootoflleo at Fort Mill. 8. G.. a? ' moll mattorof the second cloaa. - j THURSDAY. MARCH. 18. 1920. I I No Monopoly of Credit. j The Fort Mill Times does not i wish to withhold from Governor Cooper any of the credit to j which he is entitled for the cut i of nearly three-quarters of a i million dollars in the appropria- i tion bill for the conduct of the i State government as it passed I the senate, but it is not going I outside the facts to state that I the governor alone could not j huve saved the taxpayers of the Slate this sum. After it beoame i known that the senate had made lhrge increases in the appropria- I tion bill proposed by the house, j Speaker Cothran stated in a speech to the house that unless i material reductions were made in the bill he would refuse to < sign it. The governor then i made the statement that the senate bill carried appropriations that should be cut and pointed i out a number of items.in the bill < which he said he would veto unless reductions were made. The senate took offense at the statement of the governor, toward whom its conferees on the bill went into session with the house conferees in anything but a pleasant frame of mind, thereby placing the house conferees < at a great disadvantage in putting forward their proposals for reductions or the entire elimination from the bill of items they considered least meritorious. The speech bv Speaker Cothran, which met with the unanimous approval of the houBe, along with the sincere desire of the house conferees to reduce the tax burdens proposed by the >????<% _L 1 .L. ..... senate, irubwcigueu me statement of Governor Cooper in relieving the people of the State of a mill and a half tax levy for the current year. York Commissioners Not at Fault. As the Yorkville Enquirer points out, just criticism cannot . ..be aimed at the York county "Commissioners for the failure of the proposed York-Mecklenburg bridge across the Catawba river. Thaoriginal proposition to build the tyridge came from the Mecklenburg eoUnty authorities with the statement that they would pay two-thirds the ccst of the structure, estimated to involve an expenditure of $60,000. The proposition met with the approval of the York legislative delegation and last year the county supply bill carried an appropriation of $20,000 for the enterprise. But when the time came last summer to select the site for the bridge it was found that the cost of structural steel and other building material had risen in price to such an extent that the original estimate of $60,000 would prove inadequate to build the bridge and at the recent session of the Legislature York county's part of the cost oi the structure was increased to $37;000?this with the distinct understanding that Mecklenburg county was to pay two-thirds the cost of the bridge and York county the remaining third. Now the Mecklenburg authorities put forward the specious plea that because the site mutually agreed ; upon for the bridge would ne- ; lessitate the building of a considerable approach on the York ounty side of the river their proposition was to pay two-thirds he cost of that part of the structure spanning the stream ind that they did not contemplate paying any part of the cost >f the approach necessary in this tounty. York county has carried >ut in good faith her part of the igreement and the only thing he county commissioners could io was to reject the supplemental proposition of the Mecklenburg authorities. Let Jastice Be Done. The allied nations, with the exception of France, are preparing to make conditions easy for Germany, while France stoutly opposes any revision of the treaty of Versailles that will in any manner modify her claims against Germany. The tendency in England and in America to rehabilitate Germany and put her economic resources upon a sound basis, so she may enter into commercial and industrial competition with the nations she'has despoiled, is looked upon with gra ve concern by the French, whose industries Eire crippled to the extent that France is in no condition or mood to make concessions to Germany. The Huns started the war for territorial and industrial aggrandisement and for the purpose of extending their system and their "kultur" over the entire world. In fact, Germany's object was a war of conquest, a merciless war for the extermination of every element of humanity that opposed her sovereignty and it is the opinion of the great majority of the people of both Europe and America that justice demands of Germany as near a complete restoration as it is possible to make, and indemnity for the human wreckage for which she has been responsible. From the standpoint of American and British profiteers this is : Our Neat I t > A great deal depe edge of the butch< the best of intentio is unskillful he ma on which you have Our men are skills judging meat. ? ? v | A. O. JO I b A uu Wdill I that appre f T7 You want ^ ] " not affectii < If? You want ** according < > IP You want I " that is ham < Trac I Hutchinson': < || Phono ? i > ! not good logic. These leeches upon the public have no conscientious scruples. Their god is the "golden calf" and they are ready at any moment to sacrifice the flesh and blood of the young manhood of Europe and America to accomplish their shameless desires. * Fleer ShoaU be Cheaper. In the natural course of commercial economics flour should be selling at a lower price, regardless of government regulations. The United States milled 15.219.000 more barrels of flour from July i, 1919, to February 20 of this year than in the same period in 1919, and exported 87,873.000 barrels less. If there is any dependence to be put upon the rule of supply and demand, as a regulator of prices, flour should be considerably lower, for there must have been an accumulation of 85,092,000 barrels in the stated period and, allowing home consumption to be considerably greater than last year, owing to the removal of regulations requiring the use of substitutes, the supply must uc Kre?i in uuiiipariuuii w a year ago, for there seems to have been both a production and a saving that amounts to about three-fourths of a barrel per capita for the whole United States. If this be a fact, as the evidence seems to prove, it cannot be long to the time when flour will be selling at a considerable less price than it is today. Cooper at Rock HilL The Rock Hill Herald is authority for the statement that Governor Cooper will be the commencement orator for the high school of that city at the annual commencement exercises on June 11. An invitation was extended Governor Cooper last week and a letter has just been received from him accepting the invitation. The city council of Youngs town, O., has acted favorably on an ordinance taxing all unmarried men in the municipality 20 cents a month. It is estimated this would yield the city 9192,000 | a year in revenue. lepartment ji < nds on the knowl- 1 >r. He may have 11 ns, and yet if he o < > y spoil the dinner ! 1 < > i depended. ? ed in cutting and i ??? 4 >NES, Krs 1 4 > < -!-?? -L ~U --. 1 ....! ! LB 4 > 4 > to patronize a store J j ciates your business ?| <' your cash to count, <| ng quality of goods \\ prescriptions filled j| to your Dr's orders |1 the best of anything <: died in a drug store | \ le at s Pharmacy, j No. 91 I I ,J I . t I I , Getting the Those Even! SB*^^ oiches ^^M1] of Ion[ dances fWBBW^l^ r:\?? way h V thn d woro i ,j# "* TE >71> M COSTS NO MORE THAN THI 1 ?though its peerless tone is not average phonograph. Equipped phire Ball?no needles to change DO YOU Then hear "Dardanolla," the ne and ginger that will start you of | YOU WII when you hear this wonderful di Get in step with the timos and d All-Star Dance Records. Take t When It's a Pathe YOUNG & WOL The Furni 1L=|I =H i IEEE Leading Bra The sales in our Shoe Dcpartnn i.L.. i a r ? i i * iiiK me lasi iew inonins, uuc to i ? rices at which they tire sold. V hoe wearing public to the follow GIRL GRADUATE, WITT': O-SO-EZE, STEPHEN PL BRAND ARMY SHOES for We sell Shoes at a close niargii for men, women and children. L Fort Mill Coop I E. S. PARK* RESOLUTION Be it resolved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of-Fort Mill in regular session assembled and by the authority of the same: First, That the ordinance heretofore adopted providing for sanitary service _ within the corporate limits of the Town of Fort Mill and providing a tax to pay the cost of maintaining the 1 rade otXCi same, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: De8ires t Second, The annnal tax for the purpose of providing for the maintenance voar and u> of the said service shall be four dollars ycar anu w per year, two dollars of which shall be Ryable during the month of April and Detore that o dollars during the month of October of each year. Call and Done and ratified in council assembled this 2nd day of March, 1920. good will a F. E. ARDREY, Attest. Mayor. C, S. LINK, Clerk. 11 # A ' s III 1 -i Most Out of ngs-aMiome h music?every kind of music? Acst operatic gems, the favorite tra and band numbers, tlio songs 5 ago, the rythmic, foot-teasing I ? of the minute?and the Broadits of NOW. ..... i get tneni an when you own a Phonograph. No matter what J. Listo is, its playing is as vivid and o and real as if the artist himself ight, thore. ! ORDINARY PHONOGRAPH to be compared with that of the = with tho permanent Pathc SapDANCE? w Pathe Fox Trot, full of snap f on the right foot. * ? DANCE |! since record. Come in and hear it. ance. Complete stock of Pathe hem home with you and dance. Hit It's on a Record ,FE, Fort Mill, S. C. ture Men. 1' ][ ii nds of Shoes ent have taken rapid strides durthc quality of the Shoes and the >re beg to call the attention of the ving brands: S SPECIAL, HENCII MADE, TNEY'S LINES and LION men. l of profit and carry full stocks ,et us fill your Shoe wants. erative Store, ?, Manager. J [] I THE ROYAL CAFE et. Hutchison Building, - ROCK HILL he patronage of the people of Fort Mill this ' ill strive to deserve it as we tried last year and i ; ever since we have been in business, let us know your wishes and we will win your nd continued patronage.