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Thursday. .?? ' The Time* Invites contributions on live subjects but does not agree to publish more than S00 words on any , subject. The right Is reserved to edit every communication submitted tor publication. On application to the publishers, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. 1 Telephone, local and long distance, Mo. lit. Entered at the poetofllce at Fort Mill. 8. C.. as mall matter of the second class. THURSDAY, JAN. IS, 1921. President-elect Harding Is due the thanks of. the country for his gooJ sense In putting a crimp In the plans which were under way for his Inauguration next March to be attended by an unprecedented expenditure of money. Thus are the Washington crap shooters, card sharks, blind tigers and hotel proprietors deprived of .tho harvest of gold they hud expected to reap. There seems to be prevalent In somo sections of the State an Idea that bonded indebtedness should take the place of direct taxation In financing government. The speaker of the house of representatives in his address at the opening session of tho Legislature Tuesday said that in his opinion it was unconstitutional for tho State government to divert revenuos derived from direct taxes to permnnent improvements ? puonc buildings. He said money for such purposes should be provided by bond issues. At Indignation meetings recently In several counties in the State speakers have favored issuing bonds to pay costs of local government, to be attended with reduction of the tax levy. Money secured by the ttale of bonds docs come easier. It is more quickly raised than by the collection of taxes and taxpayers do not . feel so heavily-the tax burdenThere is a respite in the payment of taxes, but it is only a respite. The bonds must be retired at somo time in the future?they cannot run on forever. Against the time when they shall fall due provision must be made ,/?or final paVnie'nC And the Interest dividend to holders of the bonds must be paid continually. The taxes must be collected to provide a sinking fund or amortisation payments and the Interest. If bounds be continually issued, from year to year, a time would come when the securities would be unsalable at a profitable rato. This method of flnanco should bo reserved, so far as possible, as an emergency measure. It should be resorted to only when a comparatively largo and definite amount of money la needed for a specific purpose. If money be provided for a number of purpoaese and in large quantities, there will be an undue tendency to extravagunce and laxity of disbursement. Governor Cooper Wednesday delivered hla annual address to the General Assembly If there was In hla recommendation* an insistent demand for retrenchment and u consequent lowering of the tax burdens, we were unable to observe It. But no one famtl'ar vlth the governor's Idea that taxation makes for prosperity wUl be disappointed. Insistent demand for lower taxes has made a hard problem for tho General Assembly this year. The clulm of the various departments r and Institutions of the State government have grown from year to year, even faster than has been the taxblo increase in the value of property. - Previous sessions of the L<egtslature have committed the State to a policy of improvement and expansion in keeping with the general progress? a policy Its friends claim It would be unwise to discontinue now even in the face of advert conditions. The constant drain of the purse in payment of the federal luxury tax has probably been largely responsible for the, growing antipathy to all taxes. So long* as the war kept before the people there was cooperation, but now that the demand. If present, is no longer apparent, Irratlblllty and dissatisfaction have naturally followed. .A number of remedies have been suggested by various authorities. These range frpm a plan to discontinue entirely for a or ear or two all but the most necessary functions of government to the suggestion that all property be returned for taxation at its true value rather than on a percentage basis as at present, taxing of incomes and inheritances, inoroaso of licenses and small luxury taxes |^|plfar to those now imposed by the ^WmI government. ; ?']Nnday morning in Magistrate B. flMUfcs* oourt, Ralph W. Hood, forHnhrt Mitt dttsen, was awarded ^Kgg^Hr^tyegaigst the American BBS r :-*^h?HB s?K" naffli'-?OTV*?aJR - . ' : -i ! 1 1 , GRADE CROSSING DEVICT. R. M. Hood ?m invntka WMch He I Thinks Hill Prevent Accurals. R. M. HpodU Fort Mill shoe, dealer, 1 h?s been st work for aomt -tl?ue on < a device to prevent glide eroMtng j accidents dad la now confident he has solved the problem and that if ' his Invention comes into general use ^ the toll of human- life In this coun- 1 try from this cause will be greatly 1 diminished. If not altogether prevented. Since the automobile and 1 other mother > chicles came. Into universal use about ten years ago there have been annually thousands \ of fatal accidents at grade crossings golnglerbgenpdeacEu cmf cmf cmff by thoughtless or reckless persons driving their ennf upon steam railway tracks In front of approaching 1 trains and it was to warn others of this danger that Mr. Hood several months ngo began applying his inventive, genius to a method to prevent" Just such accMcrts. , 1 Mr. Hood has made a small working model of his device and claims 1 that It Is simple, cheap, easily Installed and kept In working condl- 1 tion and that It will automatically ' display an effective' signal warning of the approach of a train. The device, It Is claimed, will work with trains approaching In either direction ' or when moving backward or for- 1 ward. Should the device be adopted by the railroads. Mr. Hood says' It ( will eliminate the expense of Installation of steam whistles on locomoatives and eliminate the necessity of sounding the whistle or bell when ' the train approaches a grade crossing J Mr. Hood is the Inventor of a number of useful patents and his Fort ' Mill friends will watch the develop- 1 ment of his latest idea with ^ntcrest. DOUIITFUli OF CUT. W. W. lx?nc Not Certain I'arnior Will JtcdiM* Anvatfe. "I confess that 1 am more or less skeptical of the willingness of the farmer to meet a situation by reducing his acreage in cotton." says W. W. I.*>ng, director of the Clemson college extension service, in discussing the uresont situation and the future outlook for cotton prices. "1 appreciate that the farmer is entirely honest when he expresses his willingness at this season of the year to reduce his acreage," Mr. I^ong continued, "but I very much fear that when planting time arrives and the cotton morket becomes stronger and tho tendency is for higher prices, tlint he will forget his good intentions, expressed a few months before. and satisfy himself with the thought that tho other fellow is going to jnake the reduction. I want to emphasize this fact, that unless the cotton acreage of the South is greatly reduced* those farmers who are now holding cotton will be forced to sell not only what is on hand, but this next year's crop at a price that will not only be disappointing, hut that this period of demoralization will of necessity have to continue. There never was a time when thp siit lint inn na tn thn nrlcn r\f nr%f _ ton wofl so absolutely In the hands of the farmer. If he will act with that Intelligence and good common sense that he has always been credited with, this situation can be solved." VOTE TO JOIN YORK. Citizens of Chester County Tire of Present Home. According to reports received in Rock Hill Wednesday, the citizens of the Fishing Creek section of Chester county Tuesday voted to become a part of York county, thereby nddlng 75.3 square mtlos to the territory of this county, increasing the population by nhout 4,000 and ndding to the taxable values of the county over a million dollars. The vote was 14 7 for annexation and 63 against, with 16 votes contested. I.caving out the uncontested votes there was a majority of 17 over the necessary two to one vote. Of the 16 contested 'votes it Is understood inni some were ior and some against annexation. Citizens from the section of Chester county voting on the proposition, expressed the opinion In Hock Hill yesterday that the official tabulation would show the result In favor of annexation. Indian Commission Holds Hearing. Monday night a hearing wns held In Rock Hill by the commission appointed some weeks ago under authority of a resolution of the 1920 General Assembly to inquire Into and report to the present General Assembly the advisability of the State making a final settlement with the Catawba Indians, whose reservation of 652 acres Is* in York county. Several Fort Mill citizens and a number from Lancaster county testified at tho hearing. All save one Lancaster county citizen expressed the hope that the State would not discontinue aiding the Indians In one way or another. For years the General Assembly has appropriated annually $7,000 for maintenance of the Indians and $500 with which to operate a school on the reservation. A proposed plan of settlement which sefcmed to meet with more or less favor wns for tho Stnte to buy an additional tract of land for tho Indians, employ a practical farmer to teach them how to fnl"nn and gradually decrease and finally withdraw | an<J money payments tho General -Assembly might see fit to make them. During 1920 there were 128 Indians who participated In tho allotment of State funds. The members of the Indian commission nre W. M. Punlnp of Rock Hill, Roach S. Stewart of Lancaster and W. H, Hope of Rock 'Hill. Bank 11ns Corxl Year. Following the annual meeting i Tuesday of the stockholders of the i First National Bank of Fort Mill, nt I which L>. A. Harris presided, the old < board of directors was reelected. 1 Wednesday afternoon at a meeting 1 of the directors, the report for the < last year of theS^crtdent, Col. T. B. Bpratt, was presented. The report showed that th) year 1920 was the best the bank (has had since It was j organised ten years ago. A dividend of 8 per cent was paid the stockhold- , era and a sulwantlal sum added to the bank's r?ye account. It was J shown that ^^^^ank's resources are ' about, $100^^^B>cater than at this time lut^^^Vhe officers elected by the B. Spratt, president;^^^^^^^Btarber and J. L ' W. T. Barron, assistant Virginia's Mj??7 A centitry old mjrsttry te recalls* by a tombstone In * ceip*t*r? * w*ndtJ? Vs.. which *bears as tnssrtptlon but no. name. .The mystery botan 06 July 2*,' llll, when the brlf Four Sons, bound frdm Halifax to tbo W??t India* anchored off Alexandria Just Ions enoush to lower a boat and sand ashore a man and a sick "woman Wear*ng ? heavy v?!l in spite of the stlfltns beat. The husband, who never save his name, engaged the best room at the hostelry and then procured the services of one of the leading physicians n Virginia. But as the physician later testified, the woman was always veiled when he visited her. After two months and a half of constant Illness, the "female itnyijer" died, and her husband's own bands prepared her for burial, placing her In* the'coffin still with the veil over her face. For 12 years he returned on the anniversary of her death, laying flowers upon the grave. Then he. too. disappeared and the Brave was neglected until an old gentleman and two elderly women appeared and ordered that U be repaired. They admitted that they were relatives of the dead woman, but beyond the fact that her husband was an officer In the British navy, they declined to give any Information ? nor has the century which has elapsed thrown the slightest light upon the mystery. Sugar at Two Cents. Sugar made from sawdust at a cost of less than 2 cents a pound is promised by Robert Hyde, a Pittsburg chemist. Ho says that one pound of sawdust will make threeluarters of a pound of sugar. In explaining his discovery Mr. Hyde lays that while studying chemistry n Germany an old professor made a itatement one day regarding the properties of sugar that left a lasting impression on him. He set out to ipply the statement to the extraction of sugar from wood, but expermcrit after cxxperiment failed. ~ After eight years of research, by accilent one day in his laboratory he jpset a certain Mquld on some exceldor nnd the peculiar effect brought ibout the realisation of his dream. Mr. Hyde says that If made by hand he sugar will cost about 3 1-2 cents i pound, hut if manufactured on an extensive scale by machinery the cost eat ho cut to less than half that imount. The trial of the case against J. -B. Kerr, pccused of responsibility for the denth of J. M. McCorkle on the Pineville road between Charlotte and Pinevillle several weeks ago, was postponed in the superior court In ^horlotte Tuesday. Mr. McCorkle and Kerr were riding in an automobile lit tho time the accident occurred which cost tho former his life, Kerr being the driver of the car. A num- ; uer or relatives of Mr. McCorkle live In Fort Mill and considerable Interest is felt locally In tho outcome of the case against Kerr. GASOLINE MOTOR OILS KEROSENE We are wholesale I representatives of the Marshall Oil Co. Let us know your wants by phone, call or letter. Immediate dei * uvery. CULP BROS. PHONE 15 1 Young & Wolfe have added a picture framing department to their furniture store which doubtless will prove of convenience to the peopjte of this community.. For some tlmepfort Mill people who wished to havW pictures framed have had to send them jut of town. Save half your ^onoy. Winter ihoes at HALF PRICE at Massey's. Frost Proof Cajtt>age Plants? Wakeflelds, Flat Dutch. 8ucee*islon, prepaid parcel post 100 30c; 300 7Sc; 100 $1; 1,000 91.00; full count and 1 ell very guaranteed. Express F. O. 8. here 1,000 $1.00; 6.000 91.60; 10,000 up 91.26. D. F. Jamison, lummervllle. 8. C. oTi vtU fcmk a call, Few ab4 Grippt friefor Him mytUi* we kaow, I Help Your Moulters Moult ? [rpHINK of the amount of he X required to grow e thoaeand 1 A moulting hen needs good heal t] (Dr. Hess Poul helps poultry throogh the moo] hens to laying. It contains ton! digestion. It tones up the do ?v.. - - - *wu ftuab kith mouunf oen Mo disease where Pan-a-ce-a I moulting hens Dr. Hess Poultry Wm htmdh tkm Dr. h LYTLE DRUi Molt* man knu yom ha Going t< If to, tee us about he thmm ka? ( -JA s- _ uwn ibi jvu Willi IU H We have two excellc to properly load and han Our charges are res glad to serve you. 'Phor B. C. FEF Groceries and % / j&m- o. ore GOODTH tp* X' ' ? infill' ruurwn. "Produce. Phone Fifteen. BE \S BUY AL Groceries, Han Fertilize Seeds, Farm In Buggii FR e THE J. B. What the B; loS 1. PROVIDE SAFETY FOR U 2. COLLECT YOU* CHECK* , 3. PROVIDE A SYSTEM FOR ] 4. COUNSEL. YOU RQOAJlDlN< ' 6. 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Fort Mill >T)DE8T BAN* i ""i..1 Li in ' i" TO THE F In addition to on partments we he added a y ?/f ' PICTURE FE DEPART* I All materials we best and our eqi most modern, and prices guarai Prompt service YOUNG & THE FORT MILL FUR DON'T BE TO Bl Everything in our stock has market level, and lots of thin; half what they were. If vou in Dry Goods, Etc., it will pa; and $1.00 now is worth as m be. Get what you want whil See our Special Prices on Cai ial counter display. Come THE CASH S. A. LJEE and T. F. New Year's < We take this opportun manv fripnrlc or?*-l i U11U V^UOLUll al patronage during 192C hope that we shall be as The Candy K H. CARRQS, Prop STARNESm f . v . \ Get the nun it* that ^ ^ ^ VMWV MUVVUAVI. iny your Repair Work done a Electric Starters, Generatore The Best of Service ( STARNES MC _A1 Syrnea, Goi^LMgr.?W 9|l^| ' * - . Jk ir other deive recently IAMING IENT use are the uinment fh^ I Both work iteed. o WOLFE NITURE MEN. : ^ ^ ? AFRAID JY. been reduced to the gs are being sold at need anything at all y you to see us, and, luch as $.00 used to e you can. nned Goods. Specin, and look it over. STORE rTLE, Mgrs. Greeting. \ ity to thank our lers for their liber>, and express the fortunate in 1921. itchen 1 rietor. j noRcoT rile of yours by hay.t Starnes Motor Co. Magnetos Repaired. Guaranteed. )TOR CO. i I . Ji Steele, Machinist. J