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I SEEMS WEST.
The Republic of Panama, which
was described in recent news dispatches
as experiencing strained
relations with the neighboring republic
of Costa Rica over a boundary
dispute, is the subject of the
following bulletin isued by the
National Geographic society from
Washington:
"The Isthmus of Panama, which
now almost exactly corresponds
to the Republic of Panama, has
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the square foot as any other section
of the earth of similar size.
They have ranged from the ignoble
to the noble, from the drunken
debaucheries of bloodthirsty
pirates as they sacked the prosperous
cities of the country, to
the feelings of Balboa as he stood
the first white man to view the
waters of the pacific, and those of
the American engineers who saw
the completion there of the
world's greatest engineering feat.
And through it all large tracts of
the little country have remained
much as they were when Oolumbus
first set foot there in 1502,
and happy to find a part of a real
continent after seemingly interminable
islands, named it 'Terra
Firine.'
"Panama perpetrates one of the
greatest of geographic jokes on
those who visit it. It very convincingly
makes east west. From
Panama C\ty the sun rises out of
the Pacific, which to most Amerinnti
triin/lc io fliA .
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Kcttinp amis only. And he who
sails throuph the canal from the
Atlantic to the Pacific travels not
from east to west, hut from west
to east, or more accurately, from
northwest to southeast. One pets
the impression, as one writer has
phrased it, that 'there is sotnetliinp
crooked about this.' The
crookedness is found to be in the
isthmus which runs predominantly
east and west instead of
north and south, and in addition
makes a double curve like the letter.'
S. so that at one place the
Atlantic waters are actually west
of those of the Pacific.
"It may seem a fur cry from
the lay of the land at Panama to
y the South sen, but because of the'
east and west trend of the isthmus
the popular name for that
y huge, inland-dotted ocean has
s Inrpely tuken the place of the
*,* more nearly eorrect 'South Pacitic.'
When Balboa stood on an
vv isthmian mountain crest in 151*3
' ami discovered the great ocean
v stretching off to the southward
v he naturally named it 'El Mar del
; ,Sur'?the South sea. A few days
: later when he had won his way
v. to the newly discovered ocean he
Waded into it and made the singularly
modest claim for the king
? of Spain to sovereignty over the
*' sea and- all lands and islands bordering
on it, 'from pole to pole,
4, until judgment day.'
"Since a few years after Bal1
boa's discovery the Isthmus of
Panama?for a long time called
Darien?has been the gateway for
commerce between the East and
West and between Pacific South
Americu and Europe. The old
city of Panama was founded as
. . the entry port on the Pacific side
in 1518, more than a hundred
years before the Pilgrims landed
ih Massachusetts. Portobello,
known to all readers of pirate
tales, was the Atlantic port, and
between them was constructed a
paved trail. At the height of
Spanish colonial power gold and
silver from Peru were carted
across the old trail like ^ordwood.
"Such great wealth was an irresistible
attraction to the buccaneers
who infested the Caribbean.
Time after time they swooped
down on the isthmus from their
strange island commonwealth
near Haiti. Old Panama was entirely
destroyed in 1671 by such
an expedition under the leadership
of the notorious Henry Morgan,
later Sir Henry. On other
occasions, Portobello, in spite of
its formidable fortifications, was
taken, and even occupied by the
pirates as a base for months at a
time. One of the old forts of Portobello,
useless to the village to
which the one-time opulent port
had shrunk, -was demolished duru..
ing the building of the Panama
canal and its stones crushed to
make material for concrete.
"Politically the Republic of
Panama is a thing apart. Tt was
lormely a State of the Republic
of Colombia, in South America,
but gained its independence in
1903. Geographically it is a part
of Central America, but it has
been left out of the. recently
formed Union of Central America.
This isolution is no doubt due in
large part to the existence of the
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Canal under United State* ownership
extending through Panama
territory.
"The little republic is shaped
like a section of waving ribbon or
of a squirming snake. It is 31
miles across at its narrowest point
and not much over 50 miles wide
throughout most of its 450 miles
of length. It is about the. size of
South Carolina. The greater part
of the Atlantic side is occupied
by jungles. The population is between
a half and a third of a million.
* Some pure Indians occupy
the central mountains and a part
of the Atlantic coast toward
South America. There is a large
negro element in the population.
The remainder are of Spanish extraction
and of mixed blood. The
majority of tlie more civilized and
progresive inhabitants live on the
Paeific side of the Island, and are
cincentrated noticeably in the
western end toward the Costa Rican
border. Since tbe cession of
the canal zone to the United
States, Panama has had no army
but has depended solely upon its
national police force."
Help Your Home Paper.
Frequently solicitors for job
printing canvass various towns
in south Florida in which there
arc located newspapers doing job
printing of all kinds, says a newspaper
published in that section.
They generally secure more or
less work, not because their work
is any better or because their pri1
ees are any cheaper, but because
the customer litis not the nerve to
tell the solicitor be believes in
patronizing home industry. He
fails to remember that the local
newspaper is every week giving
publicity to the town and putting
forth every effort to advance the
interests of the merchant, the artisan,
the workingman and every
person in the community. The
advertising patronage of the pa
per <loos not pay for the issue,
and the publisher must then make
up the deficit from the receipts
of his joh department. The outof-town-printer
gives the business
man 110 publicity whatsoever, and
the exclusive job shop is not in
position to give any publicity.
History of White House.
The White.House at Washington,
home of the president of the
United States, received its name
from the fact that it was built of
white free stone. The site of the
building was chosen by President
Washington and Maj. L'Enfant
when they laid out Washington
in 1791. Its architect was dames
llobau of Dublin, who modeled
the structure after the padaee of
the Duke of Leincester. The corner
stone of the building was laid
cn October Id, 1792, and Its first
occupants were President and
Mrs. John Adams, who moved in
during November of 1800. After
it. was burned by the British in
1814 the original architect returned
and supervised its reconstruction.
Wood?Dry Stove Wood ready
for the stove, $3.50 two horse
load, cash on delivery. Phone us
your order. We don't deliver
with gas. but we will get there on
time. Phone J25-B. Gt
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
Thedford's Black-Draught Highly
Recommended By a Tennessee
Grocer for Troubles Resilting
from Torpid
Liver. \
East Nashville, Tenn.? The effloi
lency of Thedford's Black-Draught, the
genuine, herb, liver medicine, la
vouched for by Mr. W. N.f Parsons, a
grocer of this city. "It Is wtthont
doubt 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
other troubles that are tho result of
a torpid liver.
"I have known anil m./i if i?. ???
and can and do highly recommend It
to every one. I won't go to bed without
It in the honae. It will do all It
, clilms to do. I can't say enough for
| ItMany
other men and women throughout
the country hare found BlackDraught
3net as Mr Parsons describes
?valuable In regulating the liver to
its normal functions, and in cleansing
the bowels of impurities.
Thedford's Black-Draught liver medicine
is the original and only genuine.
. Accept no Imitations or substitutes.
I v Always ask for Tfcegord'a, g,a
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GENERAL INFORMATION.
CITY GOVERNMENT, v
F. E. ARDREY Mayor
C. S. LINK.! .Clerk
A. L. OTT Police Judge
V. D. POTTS Chief of Police
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.
i No. 35 Southbound 6:19 a. m. ?
No. 31 Southbound 8:07 a. m.
NOT 86 Northbound 8:23 a. m. J
No. 113 South bound.. 11:38 a. m.
I No. 114 Northbound..11:55 a.* m. i
, , No. 27 Southbound 5:32 p. m. , ,
No. 32 Northbound 6:35 p. m.
No. 28 Northbound 7:48 p. m.
I MAILS CLOSE. . ]
For train No. 27 5:10 p. m. [
For train No. 28 7:20 p. m. 1
I For train No. 35 8:00 p. m. I
For train No. 36 8:00 a. m. \
Note?No mail is dispatched on ?
trains 31, 32 and 114. Trains 27 e
I and 28 do not handle mail Sunday. J
P0ST0FF1CE HOURS. \
I Daily 8:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. i
Sunday 9 to 9:30 a. a., 4:80 to 5 p. n. &
, W. B. AUDREY, Postmaster. i
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS?
Purebred White Leghorn Eggs
from healthy, prolific layers for
sale at $1 per setting. J. ?T. Cunnup,
Port Mill, S. C.
New lot Buster Brown Hosiery
just arrived at Massey's. Prices
about, half as last, year's.
Miss Estelle Massey has opened a
Milliilent' Parlor at her home on
llaJl street to make and ret rim
hats, which means a great saving
to you. Miss Massey has had
much experience in this Hue in
Fort Mill and elsewhere and will
be pleased to serve you.
Fine .lap. Matting Kugs 9 by
12 feet and Grass Kugs 8 by 10
feet $5.90. Massey's.
Ford for Sale at Bargain?$200
buys Ford touring car in firstclass
condition; new tires all way
round; IUIV model. *J. F. Moore,
R.F.I). 3, Fort Mill, S. C. 2t
See the new Oxfords, Pumps
and Keds_ at now prices at Massey's.
"Do Rats Talk to Each Other?"
Asks Mr. M. Batty, R. I.
*'I got five cakes of Rat-Snap and threw pieces
around (ccd store. Got about half a dozen dead r.its
a day for two solid weeks. Suddenly, they got fewer.
Now we h.iven't,any. Who told them about RatSnap."
Rats dry up and leave no smell. Three
sises: 35c, 65c, $1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by
L.YTL.E imiJG CC>.
THE CASH STOKE.
Tomato, Pepper, Lettue, Collards,
Onion and Celery Plants in
season. Phone us your plant order.
Medlin Plant Farm, Phone
125-B, Fort Mill, S. C. (it
Mrs. Crandall (Iowa) Tells How She
Stopped Chicken Losses
"Last spring, rats killed all our baby chicks. Wish
I'd known about Rat-Snap before. With just one
large package we killed swarms of rats. They won't
get this year's hatches. I'll bet." Rat-Soup is guar,
an teed and sells for 35c. 65c. $1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by
I,I 11,1', L>KUU UU.
THE CASH STOKE.
Mr. Farmer, tuirn your King
Cotton into King Porto ltico Potatoes
ami watch the South graw.
Wo have bedded 400 bushels pure
Porto ltico potatoes grown from
vine cuttings. We buy the best
seed that money can buy. Therefore
we can give you the best potato
plants on the market. Give
us your order early and avoid the
rush. We have been in the business
ten years and know how.
Medlin Plant Farm, W. A. Medlin.
Owner and Manager. Telephone
125-B, Fort Mill, S. C. 6t
Better Than Traps For Rata
Write* Adam* Drug Co.. Tear.*
They lay:" RAT-SNAP la doing the work
and th j rat undertakers are oj busy ae pop
corn on a hot atovc." Try item your tut*.
RAT-SNAP is a "money hack" guaranteed
sure killer. Comes ready for usd : no mixing
witb other foods. Cats and down won't
touch it. . Rata dry up and leave no smelL
Throe aizos: 86c for ono room; 66c for
bouse or chicken yard ; SI.26 for barns and
outbuildings. Start killing rata today.
^ bbbs Sold and Guaranteed by
LYTI.E HIlUG CO.
THE CASH STORE.
Pyramid Paint Shop
HOCK 11ILL, S. C.
PAINTING
If your car needs painting we will
pnint it for you and do It In such a
way thnt you will bo surprised at the
difference it makes in the looks of,
your old car. Our corps of painters
are the best that can be obtained and
only those who are experienced in
, car painting are on our force. Thfv
looks of your car Is Just like the
looks of your person. It rocs a lang
way.
JAMK8 A. JOHNSON, Proprietor.
a, tort mill, s. a
NEW
For Spi
, New Spring Co;
the Return of Lov
In our Suit Dep
more attractive tha
range from $25 to
To those who a
display presents a
will be a pleasant
Our line of Sprii
| men and Children
inspection.
There is no rnoi
#
of the new seeson
is the store that sh<
at remarkably low
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By Trad in
We wish to call the attcnti
thing in GROCERIES on w
where in this section. \
ourselves, and we help our
Because of quick turn-over
to consider. And we guar
number is 159.
Fort Mill
TAX EXTENSION.
Office of the County Treasurer of
York County.
York, S. C., March 1. 1921.
Pursuant to the Act of the General
Assembly notice is hereby
given that the time for the payment
of taxes due between October
15 and December 21, 1920, has
been extended to May 1, 1921,
with a three per cent penalty added
to all payments made after
March 1 Prntn \Tjiv 1 to \T??\ 15
1921, there will be a penally of
7 per cent, ami after May 15 all
unpaid taxes will go into execution.
Unpaid ^oll taxes will be
placed in the hands of the magistrates
of the several townships for
pi osecut ion.
All of the banks of the county
are offering their accommodations
and facilities to taxpayers who
may desire to make use of the
same, and I am taking pleasure in
giving'prompt attention to all correspondence
on the subject.
All taxpayers appearing at my
office will receive prompt attention.
Note?The tax books are made
up by townships and parties writing
about taxes will always expedite
matters if they will mention
;the township or townships in
which their propert) or proper
ties are located.
HARRY E. NEIL.
Treasurer of York County.
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ats, ouits, Uxtords am
t Prices.
artment the models
n they are this seas
? $60.
re thinking of a new
n unusual opportunil
surprise to the purcha
rig and Summer Shoe
in all the latest styles
fa (nffir*/-* ~1 ? 1?
lilting wcxy vja LClCL
than with our Spring
ows you the latest Mi
prices.
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Save Man
g at the Cooperai
ion of the public to the fact
liich a better price can not h
Ve arc in business to help t
selves better when we help tl
s our stock is always fresh,
antce quick deliveries and effi.
I Coonerativi
E. S. PARKS, Manager.
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t. The attainment o
dence of being- fit
There is merit t<
* old and tried. 1
^ and merit and
York County's C
THF. SAVINGS 1
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If it's minus whiskers you want
to be
Take the matter up with me.
A haircut, shave and shineAll
these things make one fed
fine.
TAKER'S BARBER SHOP
Good service, prices right. On the
Porch next to Savings Bank.
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have never been
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Spring Coat our
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ser. $20 to $40.
for Men, Wois
ready for your
>rating the beauty
; Millinery. This
illinery Styles and
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live Store 1
that there is hardly any- jp
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he consumer as well as B
ic consumer best.
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cicnt service. Our phone I
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