Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 15, 1920, Image 2
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. ^