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Democratic?Published Thursdays. ^
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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 <
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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
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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
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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:
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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.
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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
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Yours for a happy and j
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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
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New Year's
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