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THE FOBT HILL TUCES ' V liMMcraiiv riMwMo tmvwv? - W. a. Bkadfokd. Editor ud Ktntcw. H^laLJi-WM I flt I S? < I'Wrmo* HA?i 0n? Tor ....... ., ? 11,? fix fonthi M j ** T1<?t yHooBOBtrilfiO. - IlMiakiMli 1 but 'oosnotovroo to pnbHah more than tMwwda 1 on ?njr anbjoet. Tho rich I to nionl to ad It ? >? (*Ammiin(raHAn 4tihmlt{#d frtr nnhltrfttlon. ?n triplication to tfe? nablt?h?r. itnrtMm r* on or* made known to thooointaMotod. '.ilaohona.local and lonr dtatanca. No. IIS Sntmd at thfl ooatoflleo at Fort Mill. 8. C.. aa mil mat tor of tko aocond eloao. THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1920. The Gossett Case. Few South Carolinians will spend much sympathy for young Kenneth Gossett becanse of the fate which has overtaken him in consequence of the crime he recently committed in defiance of decency and civilisation. Saturday afternoon Gossett. convicted in . Abbeville of criminal assault, was itn- , mediately sentenced by Judge Seaae to serve forty years in the]State penitenv tiary?the limit of the law for such offenses where the verdict of guilty is 1 accompanied by the recommendation of < the prisoner to the mercy of the court. , This young criminal is fortunate to es- ( cape the electric chair and many will think mercy outran justice to save him from the death his degeneracy merited. Judge Sease has earned the thanks of 1 *1 1 - - * i-L - L.. / Uie people Ol Uiv ovuiu uy itiubiiik iw open his ears to the sentimental pleas put forward in behalf of young Gossett, who was not too young to wreck the life of a 16-year-old girl and should not therefore have been too young to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. But with a few more forty-year sentences given white criminals in South Carolina, inadequate though the sentence may Beem in this particular^case, there will be a steady diminution of crime in the State. We may look forward to such a fortunate condition when some of the weak men now on the circuit bench are displaced by strong men more anxious to serve society than the weak 1 men are to hold their jobs. The license ordinance recently adopted by the town council of Fort^Miil provides for a license of $2 per day for auctioneers "selling at public outcry other than the clerk of the court in obedience to the order of the court," or $10 per year for such license. In the opinion of The Times the amount of this license is inadequate to afford the merchants and others doing .business regularly in Fort Mill the protection to which they are entitled from the competition of the itinerant vendors who occasionally ^Cvisit the|1 town, leave quantitieafof merchandise, ,aold at a good price and of questionable value, on the hands of unsusnectinsr Durchasers and then leave for other parts, frequently taking with them considerable- sums of money, not one dollar of which probably ever will find its way back into the channels of local trade. The Times hopes town council will meet at once and change the amount of license collected of itinerant auctioneers to a sum sufficient to give those regularly engaged in business here the protection home industries are entitled to. Why Do Men Advertise? The man who conducts his business on the theory that it doesn't pay and he cannot afford to advertise, sets up his judgment in opposition to that of the most successful business men in the osuntry. Says an experienced advertising authority: "With a few years' experience in conducting a small business on a few thousands of capital, he assumes to know more than thousands whose hourly transactions aggregate more than his do in a year, and who have made their millions by pursuing a course that he sayB doesn't pay." If advertising does not pay, why is it that the most successful merchants of every town, large or small, are the most liberal advertisers? If adver- ' tising does not pay, business firms In America squander millions daily. Is it because they want to donate these millions to the newspapers and magasine publishers, or becaase they don't know as much about business as the merchant who says money spent in advertising is money thrown away or donated to the man to whom it is paid? Such t&lk is not worth serious consideration, but it recalls the story of the man who proved that the world does not revolve by plaoing a pumpkin on a stump and watching it all night. e -? i { A gunny sack laying for months on a' i well traveled highway was finally picked up by a farmer near Laporte ' City. Ia., and found tb contain Liberty i bonds, stamps, bank stock and from is ory notes, totaling more thaa $100,000 \ stolon from s bank at H anion town, la. < DIITID 8TATS8 BSGABDBD AS VUl'lllH SAYS tOSDICK New York, April 11.?Failure of the United States to ratify the peace treaty end join the league of nations has naA ia regttded abroad as a race of (uitttertf, whAfe our professions of idealism and disinterested nee* are marked down for sham and hyprocisy," Rav? uiond B. Foedick, who recently resigned its under-sec re to ry general of the league of nations, declared here tonight. Mr, Fesdiuh, who arrived here yesterday 011 the steamship Baltic, has speut the, last month in London and Paris Raishing up his work in connection with the organisation of the league. "Our isolation is complete and we face ?he rest of^the world in alliance." he aseerted. "It is foolish to assume that tlTe situation has no elements of MAJEST1 Cralw. 1 JL iic t ail i With dainty VI A delightful coined :; Morning-G \\ The "Morning-Glory" i 1; Hams sold in America. It ii ; the average ham, but the srr ; than offset by the difference 11 sold under an absolute guarr i i I in every respect the purchas 11 get his money back. We ha ! of these hams and invite the l r A. O. JC Ice Cream I We have opene Parlor for the s mer season and fnnaa<> nf m m \/4 M1V p ty of flavors in t delicious Cream ways ready to t The Cand i H. CARRQS, MHMHnMMM ICE - IC Our plant is now ru are prepared to furnish quantity. Phone your orders t< A T I I DOES I Automobile N ; Does it need a Covers, Cushio | " the "Pyramid I Pyramid I I ROCK H I J AS. A. JOHNSON, Mgr. danger for aa Our position b one of peril. A fact that b evidently realised in Washington, judging from the plans that are being made for the b:gge3t navy in the world. The price of our isolation will be armament." ? ??u Booking tec (ML Chester, April 10.?J, 0. I.. White nnfl i 'lmrlit* and Ale* MoAliley have decide*I o have u thorough ifflfostigattOIl ni ul if their places at Evnns, in regard t. he belief that there is oil pomewhare on their land.-. A branch of Mr. White's dentation has a heavy s.mm ti at look-. !? if it tnight eotne from oil. Kitchen is Better. Washington, April 12.?Claude Kitchin, democratic house leader, is reported to be steadily recovering from the stroke of paralysis, suffered Friday. C TODAY Barbarian," VIAN MARTIN. y-drama in 5 parts. lory Hams j 8 one of the highest grade 1 , i a little higher in price than mil difference in price is more | in quality, and each ham is in tee. If it is not first class t er is invited to return it and ^ ve just received a shipment ^ public to try them. * f ittmn PI??? * miLZ, nru | | 'arlor Open d our Ice Cream pring and sum1 invite the patublic. A variethe purest, most t to be had al >e served. I y Kitchen I Proprietor. _ | te - ice i lining regularly and we the public IGE in any > No. 15. | Gulp I YOUR I Bed Painting?! w *1 New Top, Seat * ns, Etc.? If so, Way" is best. I: >aint Shop, ij ILL, S. C. : "Ask the Man Who Knows." 1 | You don't I 1 Care about I I Your Health, H Your Food, II "V/ f n-n i .g, I our ice Kill, > ? Don't Read Frugality and economy are household 1 made. To remove the old-time drudgery subject the same thought and interest thi Our mothers deluded themselves into thi occupation that could be relegated to the Now all has changed. Intelligent worr ing. To do this easily, accept the moder is money. More important of all is a good refrigei ness. Select one in which the circulation tained that odors cannot be communicate The ODORLESS REFRIGERATOR , II rpfri rrara V?* tgVIUlUI Let us help YOU to make YOUR kite YOUNG i The Fort Mill ?? i = . U -.-J ! L_ Qroo This store is For ters for the be Plain and Fancy . stock moves fast always fresh. Fort Mill Coop W- G. GRIFF] FORDS! Our third and f< .1 mese cars receive 1919 and is Some equipped wi mountabie Rims, Speedometers. G If YOU Want ^ roung & wc JOLD I i1 AX virtues, without \ hi*\i no true home can be I ' ol home-inakir.g one must apply to the at guides all artistic and scientific work, nking that household work was a menial uneducated. ten are m;d ing a ] rofes^ion of home-buildn household helps. 1 hey save time, which "ator, for here we often find cause for sick- in _f rnrci > a m - or rrviion /AIK is so thoroughly main- J d from one to the other. does this work perfectly. It is THE perfect J hen an ideal one. Sj| & WOLFE | 1 Furniture Men. -? i ?? HMHMHnaHHBnHBMM eries | t Mill headquar- . ist to be had in ' Groceries. Our : and is therefore erative Store, IN, Manager. FORDS! Durth car loads of d this week. >20 MODELS th Self-Starters, DeTire Carriers and Ithers without. j rOURS Be Quick. J yUFE, Fort Mill, S. C. ^