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THE FORTMILLTIMES Democratic?Published Thursdays. . ____W. K. Bradford. Editor and Publisher. . .j "! The Tlmie Invites -contributions on live subjects but does not agree . to publish more than ?00 words .on ^ny. subject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. * .... On application to the publishers,, advertising rates ace made known to. those interested. , ? Telephone,* local and long distance, llS- " ... W Entered at the postofflce at Port , Mill, 8. C., as mail -matter of the second clasa. ? ? .. . > . r . THURSDAY.vDPC. Z. 192o;* . ' The Times thin 'week prints the principal pnrt of tho presentment of thb York county Kraml Jury- to the court th session In- York last week It Is a"'ptn>llc document -wnll -worth the time It will take to rent! it. Two points bat>ecli)lly In the -report are..' i o( peculiar Interest. There has been, as the' grnnd jury suggests. entirely too much money 'spent for officials In supervising the work on the public roads and too little for labor to do the work. There will-be a difference of opinion: of course, as fn the wisdom of the-body's suggestion for. the repeal of the provision-1 of theprohibition law permitting the -nVtemaflye of -n' money fine -Instead of a straight prison' sentence for violators of the law. ^ " - :An American named Ucefl. now In Ktissla hobnobbing with the !5olsh6vi^ts, Is quoted. ?is having said in u recent speech Jq an_ a it ell cure In that copntry, that cIcrK\/iten In' tWt8ont h. erp . States preach .fytpn t.he " p'ulplt that If the negroes and'wliltes go to the suuro heaven Jim Crow condlfforia will, obtain there as they obtain here. ltoed did not know what h^ was talking about ,or took advantage of the opportunity .to make :i misstatement which po one pres^'nr was in ..position to deny.' Southerrf prenc-hors. wjshcly refyaln ffpm discussing a. subject al^ut whleh ?ltey could not .possibly hpvc any Information, What the plans of the Almighty are as to the future life of the white peoplo - and the negroes no man knows or ever will know while he" If ? u'lj'fann,, it m!\y?no ijitit mo goon Lord Intends a sppnuite heaven.'fojthe two races and piany prefer' tt> believe t-hntjsuoh are ilis ~intentlo'rts; but It Is a waste of, time to discuss the subject. . . * ' ?*? As u rule the* m'fin who has buslV ness of his 'own to attend to does not busy himself with the grat-tittou* service of trying to attend to other people's business, nor tltoes- lie-consider It an essential to good-Pit i?anshtp to circulate report's about* the a.ffnlrs of other ^icoiMe that-lie known to, l;e fnlse. Most tbtvns-tire able to boast a number of 'shell rtliidesirahlp citizens, Hut not Kort Mill". -Everybody here Is hottest 'atid as "straight ns a tout strinte. ~ We have yet t?> hear of the citizen ttl -jhls good old town who has laid aside-lils conscience expecting,-..as inosj njen d<>, who take suVh- -a .step, to resume It at a later date. Columbia is one South Carolina- towp ~}?ss , fortunate than Eort Mill. !The other <jhy? f<y\ lnstnnee, ? report was started , iji ttv, capital city that-oqe of it^.most s\ilJ-.' strintlal hanks -was insolvent. Tbe report caused a run on tljo baj?k, hut the very day. many . of tlu> h^nk'a enstomers were at .th<i." cashiers win-, dew calling for. their deposit^, ptji^r. ( UHlnnisru u"n-? %..!?l. . .... ...... ... ? ' Its ?BKrot?atinu oveu .nigra tfign tl\o. amount 'of - those *vlthdr.a\yn. .An,?l to further satisfy, overyhody of ,,tlio solvency of* the .bank-,ahou.t .-which thA <fals<? -u>vort had . boon,, other Columbia. hanks issuedwO; joint. * statement ? RV?aranteointf.. Uyi. p)>HK9-. tionaof thor hank In .uhAsllon. . Sn^tljo. evil -intentions of .it hq$p,. wljg, ,Koua\?U to wreck ?.? Institution t l?#.VJuvl,.dgno much -fdn the . uj>hull4U>M , of.<??>-, lunrhia was thwarted. .. .IW *,guhl . V" IntcreatinK to fayigw ,t-b?>4iw)t ivc: hc> : ' ?? '? ? f ? ?4 i The X B. V i i * .-I < ? * ,1 . . i' .1 .. .. ; . ... ? < .' - * >? < . j ' < ' ? ' - ./l .-. .. Ki \ ih HEAVY ?nd FATs i: f^EMTOFF | IF WErHAVEN'' i! WANT WEI !;"" : ! '' i . .i >' ... < | . *. . , . The J. B. 4 ^ *i* * * ?/. .?/A >"? W - ' ' '' v-' v- '*' 'v W r ' v hind the report. Frequently reports a-! this chu actor arc slhrted l>y rivll business concerns which seek to profit by the misfortune they bring upon others; 4 but t'*since no one in Fort Mill is so ^responsible as to fcrrt it. wise repOTt ubo(lt'. any business institution or ehtorpclso. Includfrur banks.' npwanaiir'rs unit ainri>? we rh?H disin ??s tho- suhjtvpt without rnjshor speculation. " WAKE COUNTY FARMERS MURDER THEIR WIVES * - "* Ualeigh. \ov. gti.?Charles Davin is* lying in Wake county jail ' paralvaed drunk and S.; 1\ Shndrick is* giibbring accounts of. bi? domestic ip^djric** while neighbors, pj-e fvnrrtiing for any reason tlmt led D^vD. a farmer, and Rhadriek, a tenant riti. northern. Wake, to shoot lo death tli ir wive* thi*i morning, Davis fired -five- pistol shots at his wifp "aim." .'three bullets Went -through her head." She was still living Into this evening... Rhndriek blew half'the head" ,,.f ilia win. , , iT <iiwl U fi.11 in ? ?..<! Iw .iflVr* it "* servi - to 11 healthy imm con leinn-f ?fv".*lf.li is'sii-h a system Hint offers* me a milliiln dollars,*' lie eon' tinned."Jt .Is blind. to t.1?- simplest truth known .Jo 4'\ t<ry . < liiM. the truth that the hongrv slimild.hc fed and the naked -lot lied. I hnvv.- liitd to choose-bet weep he lo?s of private property'-Mini -1la*' law whi-h is' written *in every hiuuati hpart. I chose the one which 1 lndiexi' tp-l?e tro"." .Garland,,whq,'has stated that he re nonueed his claim to the million dollars henanse-he thought, Cnri-t wo,old haye Ion t he cm mi*. continued: ''I befh v? I imitiV-?to no good with the money. It is the man w'lur gives food to the hungry who does good, not fhe dAHnrs'Vgiv'eo ' in exchange-for tlfe food. I would lie hhppy t<N he the man if- .1 iutil the food to give, hut 1 cAnnot l'-nd nivseft ti? liandLjng the money that ismnt. trine, even .though the good that,might Jie don*; -is possibly.,great." . KKELS IjQK TWO BIG - ' > - . SHIPS TO.BE LAIJ>. . . . ; , tfrtinej*. Ma^a.. Nov. 2X^-?'hho ke\-l of tliV sitpi'rdrcitdnnlight 'Massachusetts Will ?3?;? '?"?T. mmm ^ *> -<?V t vx" ... , s1 * V - =" *: - v I [CY GROCERIES. '% ^ARE,: . S, SEEDS of -V'v j JNDS. . | r WHAT YOU ,J LL- GET IT. " _ 'i | I , , . _. . V , - ,J .-. -i ( ' III ? ' " 1 i ?? ,, Mills Co. > U-.f , *f ; ' i' f ,-f ? < says. .Others declare it wan wrawjs'd in pupirand nlaeed there. 1>iixin. Ai:*<* lain on" the jail floor without twitnliinp a intifrrlo for- Ifl hours.- Nhuilriok ilef-lares ho "allot hi<f Wife when lie found a man with .her." " * Slmdriok is a flisoharjr "d" inninto ftf llieyitnjf hospital, and. of oonrse. there is- nothinjr^iuminst his dead >yifo. Ho has pone-ei a/?y upaiu. TIo is Jar above the avenip?-of the 'tenantry in eduoa tifrn and tnlks -at timos lalnitmu-lv. Mrs". Kfyiilrlok'fe people livo in MitUins. S. (\, ho ^y^, TIo "has a son 111 living at homo nod a duupht - f three years old. Tho infant is .natnod Xofl Cropsey. after tho Kli/al)n4li City pirl. >v.lin*r dcowninp sent dim V "ihox<-to .prison for.,30 years. The. two*'-farmers- killed their'-wiVes . early this morninjr. Nobody seems to have any liplit to 'throw on Datis. who has monkey .film oiioiijjlf in him' to make drank ov ry prisoner' who breathes mijojorou fumes..-. The ooroner wept oat<15 m'lps to the honiieide and tudd an impres-t over- Mrs.-Shndriek. The sl(eri(T; srtys- it was ntvussar.v to iiatter. in the doV>r to i liter the house*-. Slm?l riek, In* 'sn*vs.' tvns silt In;; in the kiti-lnn wilJi flie tjiildren and wati di'iip tit-' liady. v . Davisj ,?|iid 1ms . wife ..never had any trouble of wliieli tin* neiplibors knew; Miailrirk-wus si'vornl tmopt-lis in tin*. ?tnh> hospital. Ill1 \y?s not "riplit" tlii niorninp. In- saVs. lint lie -t Ininirlit In* whs well when lit' loft* tin' lidtfpilhl lie ImVii'Vod in liis .wife until" In* found hoi* up true. mi*l lit' tolls Jils limatii-nl store only to destroy it witji another .Italluei-, nation. . . . . refuses fortune t.eft him by father ltn7'':ir! Iliiv. Mans., Nov.* iltt. ? Charles I'nltnd. tlu? yonny nian win} lias rciiount i'i! 1 si- ripht It ft him hy liif fatluT. .lames C.arlniu\. who . was d wealthy t hibiiuin and yaiditsnian of Boston, t-otlav made a formal state, .ni'iit of liis reasons, for- rejretinp *t|i? 'money. Mis statement, In- said, wn-' dm* to tin* f it ft il'nt tin* many report* of liis fni'uri* to aivonf the dop-iey Inid fijiJed prrnurfy to pr?*e?t liis ^position.' ' "I lVfio" to ayt'ept .tin* mimey lfeau-f 1 is not ipino." was yoimp < iai hind'.* nun-ma r\ of , liis . a-dion. ^ "A system. wllitdl li-'Vi':; a vu-t. u-iuniti l...l..l..^- .... I t * -A~ FORT BOLL TDDM be luid noon after New Year's day. It was unnouiu-cd tonight at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem shipbuilding eorporation, Ldt. The Massachusetts -rAvill be' jurgur than any vessel now in *ihe% United States navy. v0f UOft feet length over all and 10(5 feet beinn. Her displacement will be 4Ji,200r tons:- SHe will have electric drive and engines of 00.000 Horsepowsr and her fqpoed is to be 2.1 knot*. The uttnanrent will cam prise 12 10-inch gnns and a secondary Intttejry'nf 1G sixinyh jgun>}. The keel of. the?Lexington, a battle cruiser^will l?o laid hood after that of the Massachusetts. She will luiw nearly the sa.iue beutu.but her length over all is to be SSrt feci..and displacement ttl.500 tons. The Lexington's engines of 1 IKU.000 horsepower will yield a speed of ^ .'Jfv knots under eleetrie drive. She will ' mount eight lG-itic1i guns- and 10 sixi inch guns, and also wil have eight torpedo tubes. t Two tiunanu'd 'scout cruisers with 00.OOjj horsepower engines and a speed of 15 kpols also will lie built at Fore Kiver n the coming year. The plant m^v is working on naval constrnotion that will total aproxdnately !(t7">.(H?0.0(?0. ?<n\? \I)\II\'1UTI( IT<?rc VIVI'HT nil's Coats and, Suits eto-ln;: out at. half priee. WARNING. . ' All parsons are hereby warned not to hunt, tlsh or otherwise trespass upon the lands of, the undersigned. MRS. HATTIE MACK. ()||o thousand beautiful Dolls just rceotvctl at Massoy's. Tito ki :d you its-il to net liefore ttu' war. Mitkc your t\hole I'a.ntily happy Christinas with, one present. A Ihunswlek Phonogiytph will t|o it. Hear it "at '.Massey's and eontpare the tune. ? I' 666 is a prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know. DR.:'A. L. OTT, . . Of NTIST Office hottr^, 8 a, m. to 5 p. m. ' (f)r. t^prirtt's office) Kelk Fort Mill, S. ('. ? * ^ 1920 T Are tiow due and pa , a, ' . j* . * , iti the County's OLD , r ..V :,i . ? ,: , . you-nave been payir thirty-three years. THE SAVIl OF FOR Having?qualified ys Administrator of (ho Kstato of \V. M. Adkins, deceased, all persons * having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them to the undersigned. properly approved, and all persons Indebted, to said estate are untitled to make payment to the undersigned. , " J.' I,. SPItATT. t * It Administrator! TKACI1101 tH' SALAMI KS. Tire law now. requires that every teacher liv tho puldle schools must, hold a certificate or a permit from tin Stale Hoard of lOxnminers ami this certiorate or permit . inust be registered with the. V'ohnty Superintendent. ' So further salary warrants can be approved until this requirement lias been complied with 'and -teachers who want..their nvo.uoy before the nniuKi)** siimuil nilinod.tatoiy n??irln t?? yr'et their cro<|ontinht in proper shape. I Jul IN K. (.\MUtorX, ; It .County Superintendent. K"l! SAI.K?.One. larpe nice Jersey Cow with youn'R calf one week old. This makes fourth calf. f'ooiT I'.iilkrn and genllo.. Cow at Water < >uk l-'arm. Ho triad to show her to anyone. . i >smortd Itarher. U U It - MY T ISM Is a powerful Antiseptic and Tain killer, euros infected cuts, old sores, tetter. et.e. Relieves Sprains. Neuralgia, Rheumatism Santa Clans has arrlted at Mnssey*s, where- he has nuicle liejidtjiiarli'i-s for the ??n-t years <lls|?e*istiij? presents of the heifer kind that last. 666 will break a cold, Fever and Grippe quicker than anything we know, preventing pneumonia. i Stive half your money. I,. ,1; Mas. sey I ins a lot of lunlli-C mul fitilai. ; ro . a c SPECIALS * V AT GULP'S Celery 1 5 & . . 20c Cranberries, qt . . 25 Grape Fruit each. 1 0 Eng. Walnut, lb. . 40 Extra Nice Prunes per lb 25 Voegle's Chocolates, per lb. . . 80 CULP BROS. PHONE 15 znm STOMACH INDIGESTION TbstlforiPs Black-Draught Highly Recommended bj a Tennessee Grocer for Troubles Resulting from Torpid Liver. Eaat Nashville, Tcnn.? The effli> lency of Tbrdford's Black-Draught, the r^.ulne, herb, llvor medicine, ia vouched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, a rrocer cf this city. "It Is without dovibt.the best liver medicine, and I don't believe I could get along without It. I take it for sour stomach, headache, bad liver, indigestion, 'and all ether troubles that are the result of a torpid liver. "I have known and used it for years, and can and do highly recommend It to etery one. I won't go to bed without it in the house. It will do all It claims to do. I can't say enough for It." ( Many other men and women throughcut the country have found BlackDraught Just as Mr Parsons describe n ?valuable in regulating the liver to its normal functions, and in cleansing tb* bowels of impurities. Thedford's Elack-Drnught liver medlcino is the original and only genuine. ' Accept no imitations or substitutes. , Always ask for Thedford's. ? SC ' s.Miii or ri i'.siina , puopi-.utn . ' 1 will offer for side to i he highest 1 bUler, at Public- Auction, -it the evidence of the late W. M. AdKins, at J 11 .o'clock Saturday morning, Dcscetubcr 11. l'.'"JU. all of the personal ( property of W. M. Ad kins, deceased, consisting of horses, mules, cattle farming Implements, household furniture. etc.. Terms of sale. Cash. J. l?. SPltATT, 2t Administrator. A. L.- PARKS, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND FUNERAL EQUIPMENT ? MOTOR HEARSE 1 OK I MILL, S. C. MACO yment can be made! EST BANK, just like lg them for the past NGS BANK T MILL 'At ? , ? ' -???? =;s^===== Go Your Xmi Shop i And when yo something subst I thing that will b reminder of the Nothing mal wonderful giftth for the home, sc is used daily, g comfort and cor OUR LINE OF ROM is complete anc tee satisfaction article. YOUNG & The Fort Mill Fui PROMPT SERVICE R Only 19 D In Which to do your Chri -tmas avoid the rush which always cc invite you to our store, ar.d it is amy way. A general line of display next week. THE CASh S. A. LEE and T. F. 1 GOOD RF&M The Fort Mil Times In' BIG_SIJBSCRIF v^o^dy I You Get ALL FOI MAGAZINES and Ol &"&, for $21 THIS EXCEPTIONAL OFFtR IB CiuC Subscriptions may be new or renewal. All renes year from present date ' V I IS ping Early u shop buy :antial, somee a constant giver. Ices a more an something jmething that iving greater lvenience. [? FURNISHINGS I we guaranwith each WOLFE rniture Men. ^ EASONABLE PRICES 'ays Left Shopping. Buy early and mes with Christmas. We a pleasure to serve you in Holiday Goods will be on f STORE LYTLE, Mgrs. NG CHEAP vites Attention to Its HON OFFER to woman I! M-yJ3?5*?aa^ T^| JR of Those JR NEWSPAPER 5Q Order Now 3D FOR* A fe'HOHT TlMt ONLY rtil aubacripclona will be cilcndtJ for una o f expiration.