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y' i ; - "> ' THE FORT MILLUMES : C Democratic?Published Thursdays. ^ W. R. Bradford. Editor and Publisher. S : I I The Times invites contributions on live subjects but does not agree to publish more th&n 200 words on any subject. The right Is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. i i On application to the publishers, advertising rates are made known to t those Interested. Telephone, local and long distance, No. 112. Entered at the postofllce at Fort Mill, S. C.. as mall matter of the' second class. THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1920. The Fort Mill Times congratulates Mr. W. D. Grist upon his completion of 35 years of service as editor of the Yorkvllle Enqdlrcr and Indulges the hope that ho may live many years longer to continue his work on that excellent paper. However good a newspaper The Enquirer may have been when Mr. Grist became its editor a third of u century and raoro ago, It Is certain that under his guidance the paper ly today far and away thebest county paper In South Carolina and is an Institution of wh??..? York county is Justly proud. Unquestionably the farmers of thlp country have been deluged with advice in the last few months. In South Carolina and the other cottorgrowlng States they were told by of flcials of the cotton association and others who thought they had some superior information to impurt that not n bale of cotton should be sold below 60 cents the pound and that If the major purt of the crop wore held for a few months the market would reach that figure. Advice of this character was first offered when the market begun to decline curl> last fall but had not gone down to 30 cents. It is a fair ussumptlo:. that a considerable number of farmers were thus influenced to holu their cotton, at what loss the price they could get for it todny Is the best evidence. Other farmers, perhaps a majority of those who refused to sell on a declining market, felt that lefts than 4 0 cents, the price which the staple was bringing when the 1920 season opened, was too little for a crop that bad been grown nt unusual expense, and these determined to hold their cotten in anticipation of a better price a little later on. But the price continued to go 1 down in* the face of the holding movement, and the advice of those who talked loudest about what the market wus going to do the next day or the next week has cost many cotton growers dearly. The offico of the State commissioner of agriculture has been one of the chief offenders in this section. Mr. B. Harris, the commissioner, is a good man and is represented as having made a success of his own furmlng operations, but ho could not qualify as a prophet and knowing this he should not have ussumcd to give the farmers ndvice on a subjoct about which his Information was as scant as their own. Some* years ago some one asked Joe Cannon to what he attributed his success, in life. "I haven't had any sncoess worth brugging about." the old fellow was reported to have re pueu, -out ir I have been a little more fortunate than the average man, as some seem to think, it is due to tho fact that 1 have not asked other people how to run nty own'business." Many cotten farmers would have been In better condition had they not listened to the ndvlce of others as to how to run their business. Harvle Jordan, vice president of the American Cotton association, does the cause of the farmers no good when he goes outside the facts to state that it cost 4 0 cents a pound to raiso the 1920 crop. Any ( honest farmer in the South whose cotton last year was grown under normal conditions will admit that if i he could today sell it for 4 0 cents thero would bo a margin of profit in It for him at that price. i A hopeful sign that this section ' of tho country has passed through tht worst of the financial depression 1 that began about six months ago Is found in tho announcement from various Southern towns that the ' owners of cotton mills which have been Idle for some time are planning to resume operations at their plants at onco. It is certain that these mills j would remain closed if there were ' no markets for their products, for < mill owners, like other careful busl- J V.' ; - " ijr n - v. v i >' - " ' ?\: t -r I > / I W jess men, would not put their money n goods they were doubtful of their ibillty to sell. Every yard of cloth he ihills weave means a marjtet for lust .that lajich mope rais cotton, ud while l|?e resumption -of work kt these mills Is of most Immediate concern to the thousands'of employ3es who have been idle. It nevertheless also will help the farmers, merchants and other business Interests. And if only the cotton market would take an appreciable bound upward, pretty soon the South would again be on its feet. There seems to be little if any diminution in the crime wave which has been sweeping over the country for several months. In the large nunfpin of nnmilatlnn th?? reckless tjvc8 us our unenviable notoriety as being tho most criminal nation In the world. We believe In training the young. In humane and reformatory treatment of convicts, in an effort to educate them mornlly. Intellectually and mechanically, and In a parole system properly administered. All those come before or afterward. The fundamental thing In repression Is to bring Into tho minds of all the peoplo, criminals, possible criminals and Impossible criminals, tho common thought that one who violates the law or commits a crime of violence is certain to be caught and certain to be punished. They all have the opposite jnental condition' now. It must be changed." There is a lesson in the gradocrosslng tragedy in Charlotte Saturday, In which four liveH were lost, that should be taken to heart by every automobile driver In this section. Few people ever are so press-' od for time that they cannot afford the loss of the minute It takes to bring their cars to a full stop before attempting to cross the tracks of a steam railway to mnko sure they are not running into danger. The Times does not know whether the driver of tho automobile that came to grief In Charlotte Saturday or the railroad company was responsible for the loss of the four lives, but It does know thnt with duo precaution many, perhaps most, of the grade-crossing accidents could he avoided. Human life is too valuable to be thrown nway when it could be preserved by the exercise of a little precaution. For the snkn of >?!? oommnnlOf overy ono should want his local newspaper to bo prosperous. Only as country newspapers are prosperous will there be attached to them men of the brains and training necessary for a position gt leadership, nor can the publisher, unless ho Is prosperous, prodvice a paper which Is representative of the community, and of which the community may be proud. Moreover, a paper struggling to make ends meet Is more likely to succumb out of sheer necessity to the alluring offers of dubious advertisers or political charlatans. HUB - MY -TISM Is a powerful Antiseptic and Pain killer, cures infected cuts, >ld sores, tetter, etc. Relieves Sprains, Neuralgia, Rheumatism disregard for the rights of property and the sacredness of human life goes on and as yet no effective means to curb the lawlessness has been set in motion. In the smaller cities and towns there have been many robberies In recent weeks, but In only a few Instances have the robbers gone so far as to add murder to their crimes in plying their trade. Not so in Chicago and New York, for instance. "There is not a citizen of New York who has any assurance that he will not be robbed or murdered at any hour of the day or night," says the New York World In ' describing crime conditions in the metropolis. Crime also has been " rampant in St. I,auls and Tho OlobeDemocrat of that city indorses tho i statement that the courts are largo, ly responsible for tho present un paralleled excess of crimes of violence. "There must bo an entirely different spirit and attitude toward t.ho matter on the part of the bench > and the bar," says the St. L.ouIh paper. adding: "Assuming that the police are successful ih catching a , rohber?and that Is what the robbor hlmaelf at the present time does not assume?the road from that point to the penitentiary must be shortened, ' widened and straightened, the crooks taken out of It, and all the by-roads ^nd side-tracks removed or closed , up and the road - hnrd-surfaced for tpeed. It Is done In other countries. rt can be done here. Wo have moro 'rlmlnal courts and less to show for hem than any other lund under the nn, It Is not a credit to our Intol'icenco and our common sense. It s the certainty of punishment, and *ot its severity, which exerts a reUrnlnlng effect upon the commission of crimes In other countries. It is the lack of that certainty which \ ~ TORT MILL Tim Patronage vj \ & jf We wish to thi patronage you h . 1 >"v s* ? IVZU and hope tc V ___ Hutchinson's I THIS STOI k That the Ne bring to eacfc friends Peao and Happin< B. C. FEB A Goo BUY AL Groceries, Han Fertilize Seeds, Farm In FR< THE J. B, NO ACRE TRACT OP liAVn w?n I SAM: AT AUCTION. Tho undersigned are now the owners of the below described tract of land and will sell the same at PUBLIC AUCTION to tho highest bidder on Saturday, January 8th, 1:921, for cash. The sale to be had In Port Mill, S. C., on Main Street and In front of The Sayings Bunk Building between the hours of 11 A. M. and 12 M. This property is being offered for snle and the' highest price offerod will buy It. If you want a farm. It Is up to you to name the price. Purchaser to comply with his hid within one hour nfter the sale but foiling to do so, the property will be nesold at defaulting purchaser's risk. DESCRIPTION. All those certain tracts of lancW situated in Port Mill Township, County of York nnd State of South Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: 1. Beginning nt a pine stump In the public rond nnd running with public road to Springs' and Spencera'4 oorner, thence with Springs line to B. O. corner; thence N. 30 1-2 E. 19.68 fcopoplnr; N. 30 E. 19.10 to W. O. down; thence to small branch, and with meandcrlngs of said branch to W.O.S. 14 E. 506 to W.O.8., 7 1-2 E. 18.60#to the beginning; containing fifty acres, more or less; this being t*ie same tract of land conveyed to W. T. Darnell by A. M. Kee by deed dated Mch. 19th, 1873, recorded Book Y, page 419, R. M. C. ofllce. York County, S. C. 2. All that tract of land containing fifteen acres, more or less, bounded by lands now or formerly of H. H. Klmbrell, Mrs. Broni, and Sugar: / S* \ -i"' ; V, . ,, f 3, roBTmm&a ? ??????? ???? Appreciated \ '' > -L. J vjifet/H r t ? '!? r tin ink you for the ave given us in > merit it in 1921 .ii 4 A ; Pharmacy i it IE HOPES ;w Year will l of its many e, Prosperity ess. LGUSON. 1 ?? i 1 1'1 1 - 1 ?Ul t J d Rule L YOUR dware, rs, Feedstuffs, nplements, is and Wagons : OM .. 1 MILLS GO. | : creek, this being the (tame tract conveyed to W. T. Darnell by Mary B. and J, M. Merrltt by deed dated Nov. 12 1895, and recorded R. M. C., office, York County. ?. C., Sept 19, 1896. 3. All that tract of land containing fifteen acres more or lens, lying on west elde of Sugar Creek and bounded by lands now or formerly of Mrs. Brem, W. T. Darnell, and by Sugar Creek, this being the same tract of land eoneveyed to W. T. Darnell by W. L. Kimbrell by deed dated Dec. 2n<1. 1892, and recorded in It. M. C. oflice. Book 114, page 705. W. A. MEDL.IN. BLANCHE MEDLIN. LOST ? Female Pointer, brown body, white legs, Tuesday afternoon. Thformatlon leading to recovery of dog will be gratefully reoelved by w. a. Belk. Fort Mill, 8. C. LOST?Fink automobile tire, 30 by 3 1-2, knobby tread. Saturday afternoon between York and Fort Mill. Finder please notify William Hnencer, Cherokee avenue and Third St., Oaffney, S. C. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants? Wukeflelds, Flat Dutch. Succession, prepaid pnroel post 100 30c; 300 73c; 500 $1; 1,000 91-00; full count and delivery guaranteed. Kxpreas F. O. B. here 1,000 11.00; 6.000 91.50; 10,000 up 91-25. D. F. Jamison. Summorvllle. S. C. 6 66 will break a c?4d, Few aKl Grippe quicker thai aiytkiaf we kaiw, pre?eatiaf paeawania. I i 1 ) ] ^ ^ t . ! Don't Worry - i . i * :.. [ The world know* littl care* 1cm. The world successes. Stop worrying over t helped, and do things Few peoplecare a cc failure, and;few if any, You may sit and magn mourn and go mad o but men will only smile and say of you; He's Self-pity,'sympathy-soli wailing will only let'yoi Brace up, brush up, thii get up. Think down, lo< and you will stay down Paint your face with a s cess and then work foi j Yours for a happy and j YOUNG & ALWAYS BUSY?BUT Start the New For real values in merchant Shoes, Hardware, Groceries 01 will need during this year. W our line and compare prices s We appreciate your patronage goods at very reasonable pric qualed in town. Phone us your want THE CASf S. A. LEE and T. F. New Year's We take this opporti many friends and custc al patronage during 19', hope that we shall be ? The CamU h. sasssKSBe^ea^riiasa^llHHfefeL. -Smile! "'vi1'- ' W' 1 ' ** ". ; ;. .. i. ';r.!? ! y. '*1 -* 1 1 " J ; ? "4 U '! V' v" *1 . i ? e of fHilurM mJ ' only watches the ,?N ii Kings that cant be that can be dene. ? I >ntinental for your .< will help. ify yonr mistakes, ver your blunders, that cynical smile no good." . J t citing, wishing and a down*iower. tik up, and you will ok down, act down, >. j ill ? mile.*r l hink of suer it. ii t pi \ < * prosperous New Year. S * rWOLFE NEVER TOO BUSY r Year Right lise, whether Dry Goods, * whatever it mav be ? e invite you in to look over ind values with any other ; and wil! give you good es and service that is une# s?Phone No 8. f STORE LYTLE, Mgrs. Greeting. inity to thank our_^J mers for and