Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 17, 1921, Image 2
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THE FORT MILL TIMES
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No. 112.
Entered at the postofflce at Fort
Mill, 8. C., as mall matter of the
second class. *
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921.
Some years ago the late Senator
B. R. Tillman said that there was
more poverty and ignorance in
New York city than in all the
States of the South combined. The
senator did not perhaps mean to
be understood as saying that there
were a greater number of people
in New York who could not read
and write than were to be found
in the South, but. ignorance does
not alone comprehend one's inability
to read and write. There
are other forms of ignoranee and
it was these that the senator
doubtless had in mind in his observation.
On the score of poverty
the indictment was correct
then as it is today. And to prove
the assertion one needs but to turn
to the current number of The Literacy
Digest and there see a pie.'ure
of a tenement home in New
York showing the mother at work
over a table with nine children
about her. Four of the older children
apparently are helping the
mother in the "home work," while
the other five are playing about
the room neglected. The picture,
we are told, is a reproduction of
conditions in thousands of homes
in New York which are described
as "the 110 man's land of the industrial
world." Therein work is
done by the mother and children
on various articles for men, women
and children, such as slippers,
shirts, neckwear, vests, wai.-.tsj, tasoolu
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pwio, ui iiiiuiai uu>vi;int iuiia, vrun,
powder puffs, infants' petticoats,
children's dresses, boys' jackets,
knitted caps, toy watches. These
articles, when completed by the
mother and children, are returned
to the factory whence the material
was secured and in due time find
their way into the hands of the
consumer, who perhaps never sus
pects that the articles were finished
at the expense of physical
and mental health of children,
"whose little fingers and little
minds are forced jjt tasks which
tire eyes and backs and fingers and
deaden hearts and minds." I'o
poverty is due such conditions.
The mother, perhaps having a vagabond
husband or being a widow,
is forced to take in "home work"
at distressingly low remuneration
to maintain herself and little ones,
who, of necessity, are called upon
to help in the tasks. Meanwhile
mental, moral and physical neglect.
is the portion of these children.
Nowhere in the South will
one find such conditions of poverty
as are to he found in these
homes of the North.
Fort Mill boasts two strong
banks which have always shown a
disposition to accommodate their
customers, and that the people are
not upappreciative of the service
of these banks is shown by the
fact that they are now patronized
by practically every substantial
citizen of the community. In selecting
his banking connections
the thoughtful citizen considers
the strength of the institution and
its willingness to accommodate
him should he call upon it for a
loan. There never has been any
question as to the strength of the
Fort Mill banks and that they
have helped hundreds of their
customers over rough places or
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have advanced them money with
whieh to finance their business is
a known fact. This being the
case and F6rt Mill being the logical
banking place of the people of
the lower section of Mecklenburg
county, N. C., who wish to place
tbeir business with banks that are
run as banks should be run, it is
little wonder that the list of customers
of the local banks from
across the line in North Carolina
shows a steady increase. With
good roads from the Steel Creek
and Pineville sections of Mecklenburg
county to Fort Mill practically
the year round, not only the
banking business of the town is
being increased by citizens of
those communities, but much other
business also is coming here us
a natural concomitant.
Will Hays, postmaster general
in the Harding cabinet, may make
a good official, but if his ability
to conduct the postal service depended
upon his looks he would
fall down on the job. It is possible,
however, that he was wearing
a false face when the pictures
recently printed of him in the I
limi'onnnn... I -
uuu magazines were
made.
Spokesmen for the railroads of
the country say that the companies
are about bankrupt and it is
suggested that the government
may be called upon to take over
their control. All of which is en-,
couraging. If the people must continue
to bear the burdens of inefficient
railroud management the
sooner the federal government
comes to their relief the better for
the country. No one denies that
the railroads have been hit by the
financial depression, but so have
all other public enterprises for
that matter. Let the railroads
begin to treut the people with a
greater degree of consideration
and much of the nationwide spirit
of antagonism thut has been manifested
toward them recently will
disappear. This is a .day of retrenchment
and an effort to return
to normal conditions, yet we
see the railroud companies instead
of helping in the undertakim* nut.
ling upon the public the further
burden of increased passenger
rates, after having already put
into effect freight tariffs that are
entirely too high. Presently the
companies will awake to the fact
that they have a serious competitor
in the motor vehicle and for
short hauls of both passengers and
freight they must compete with
this new method of transportation.
Why, for instance, should
the Fort Mill merchant or other
busines man pay the Southern
railway $5 to haul a package of
freight from Charlotte to Fort
Mill that can be brought here by
motor truck from that city for $4?
And again why should the citizen
of this town who has business in
ltock Hill patronize the passenger
trains of the Southern when he
can go down there in his motor
ear in as short time and return at
his pleasure for less than the cost
of rail transportation? It would
seem that the railroad companies
would take into account the fact
that, they must meet present-day
conditions and give the people the
relief to which they are entitled.
Otherwise business for them will
continue to iro from bad to wnr?n
It is a fair assumption thut the
public demands such salacious
reading matter as the reports the
daily papers recently carried on
the trial of the Varner case at
Greensboro, N. C., and the reports
ihe same papers are now carrying
of. the trial of the Hamon case at
Ardmore, Okla., otherwise the
press would not feature such filth.
The newspapers, like the merchants,
are in business to supply
the wants of their customers. The
damage done by such nauseous
news is not in the effect it may
have upon grown people, but because
it pollutes the minds of the
youth of both sexes with incidents
of the seamy side of life that it
were better for them to know
nothing about.
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TORT MILL TIMEI
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FINISH
LYTLE DRUG CO.,
NEW ST
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We beg to announ6e to ou
generally that we will opt
week a
First
on East Hall Street. We i
stock everything found i
and we respectfully solicil
Features of our business
Prompt Delivery Service,
week for the Specials we i
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GOOD TH1
Orocorir?, Market, Country
Prwluee.
Phone Fourteen.
Executors' Sale of Personal Property
of the Late W. H. Windle.
Notice is hereby given that we
will sell at the residence of the
late \V. II. Windle on Friday,
March 25fh, 1921, beginning at
10:30 o'clock A. M., all of the per
sonal property of the late W. IJ.
Windle, consisting of various articles
of household furniture, agricultural
implements, cotton seed,
corn, wheat, rye, lumber, together
with four mules and two sows,
shoats and ull other personal property
of said deceased not heretofore
disposed of. Terms of sale
CASII. No property to be removed
until paid for.
J S. BRICE and GRACIE L.
WINDLE,.
Executors for the Estate of W, II.
Windle. Deceased.
"RafcSnap Kills 48 Rate"
WtOwtrrfaWiifcui, h?ijlmii
H? mti : "After nelnff one lerrc peckeira.
we counted 48 deed inte." RAT-SNAP
killo 'era. di lee tip the cereeee. end leevee
o ?ell. Cete end doce won't toach it.
Oieiiee In con venire eUeeekee: no mixing
with other food. Get e peckege todey.
Three eiaee: Ke for kitchen or colter: 65c
for chicken hoaee or corn crib; $1.26 for
berne end outbuildinge. Tour money beck
if RAT-&N AP doeen't do the work.
L.YTL.E DRUG CO.
THE CASH STORE.
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ffcenew your walls
a year from now (
owf/i so.ip, water, and a rag? K\
HERE is bcautv that time trcuts I A
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Devoc Vclour Finished Walls aro ' I
really washable; can be kept sani- !
tary and fresh for years!
Devoc Vclour Finish ir riade ?r 2
nany artistic colors th "ccf iho ft
light, keeping the ryoin tkerlCl, I
some like and restful, it can be R
iscd over wall paper, burlap or kl
slastcr.
"DbVOH PRODUCTS nret.roe tested and /
proves,-backed by Ifi6 years* D|
cncc of the oldest paioi moiuhcltii .11^ D
concern in die U.S. Fouimed I "SI. -m, U
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GOODS
r friends and the public
in the latter part of this
s Grocery
shall endeavor to keep in
II an up-to-date grocery
t your patronage,
will be Low Prices and
Watch The Times next
shall offer.
ADFORD j
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)3>TIEI1S
INGS TO EAT
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Shoe Repairing
Men's Shoes Half-soled . . $1.00
Women's Shoes Half soled . .75
Men's Shoes, Soles Sewed . 1.25
Women 's Shoes, Soles Sewed 1.00
My business is run on a Cash
Basis and all work must be paid
for when delivered. Jobs left
30 days will be sold for charges.
J. P. Biiiue
MAJESTIC THEATRE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23,
William Duncan
and '
EDITH JOHNSON
The world's most popular
serial couple, in
"Fighting Fate."
This is Duncan's latest serial
Remember the date.
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SPECIAL
. ONSPRIN
JI We have an almost complete I
Men's High Grade Slippers ii
? will sell them to you this seasc
I cheaper than last season. \V<
; price list and then come to s?
| in the good "Star Brand" line.
. pleased as you always have b<
All $12.00 Oxfords
All $11.00 Oxfords
J J All $10.00 Oxfords
? All $9.50 Oxfords
| All $9.00 Oxfords
Y All $8.50 Oxfords
All $8.00 Oxfonls
All $7.25 Oxfords
All $6.50 Oxfords
*; All $6.00 Oxfords
Every pair of Children's Slipj
?> portion to price. It will be a
'let us have the opportunity to
'' new Slippers.
THE CAS
| S. A. LEE and T.
See Our Sho
Friday ant
For
Grocery
Offered Tt
B. C. FEB
STARNESI
Get the pep in that Aut
ing your Repair Work do
Electric Starters, Gener
The Best of Serv
STARNES /!
A. R. Starnes, Gen'l. Mgr.
CALL
on
CULPBROS.
ror your
Groceries, Coal,
Ice, Gas ol ine.l
Kerosene and
Motor Oils.
CULP BROS.
PHONE 15
Why Mr. tf. Windsor (R. I.) Put Up
with Rata for Yaars
"Year* ago I got tome rat poison, which nearly
killed our fine watch dog. We put up with rata
untti a (dead told me about Rat-Snnp. It surely
kill* rats, though house pets won't touch it." Rata
dry up and leave ao smell. Prices, 35c. 65c. SI .25.
Soli and guaranteed uy
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THE CASH STORE. ?\
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line of Ladies', Children's and *1
1 Blaeks. Tans and White and ??
>n at from $1.00 to $4.00 pair
i invite yon to look over our \\
e what we have to offer you
We are sure you will be ??
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$7.50 :;
$6.50
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. $5.90
$5.75 ;;
$5.50
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big saving to you if you will ?
furnish you this year with X
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I Saturday
Biggest
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MOTOR CO.
omobile of yours by hav
ne at Starnes Motor Co
ators, Magnetos Repaired
ice Guaranteed.
VIOTOR CO.
?W. J. Steele, Machinist.
| Tired |
S"I was weak and run-down," Wif
relates Mrs. Eula Burnett, of B
Dalton, Ga. "I was thin and 0
Just felt tired, all the thne. B
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yk ever hungry. I knew, by
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m four bottles. Now I'm well, A
8| feel Just fine, eat and sleep, K
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made."
Thousands of other women Art
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? Mrs. Burnett did. It should R
H help you.
dj At all druggists.
notice <?f eost stock
certificate.
Notice is hereby given that Oertillcnte
No. 10!> for two (2) shares of
Stock of the Fort Mill Cooperative
Association issued to the undersigned
on October 27. 1019. lias been lost or
destroyed, and the undersigned, owner
of said stock, will apply to said corporation
on the 20th day of March,
1021, for the issue of a new certiorate
to him to take the place of that
which has been so lost or destroyed.
M. J. ADCOCK.
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