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THE FORT MILL TIMES
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Democratic?Published Thursdays.
We. B. Bradford. Editor a ad PafcUafcey.
The Times invites contributions on
live subjects but does not agree to
publish more than 200 words on any
subject. The rltrht is reserved to edit
vestment. So instead of losing
money tho railroads are really
making money and will continue
to make it as long us this provision
of the Each-Cummins bill
stands. The trouble with the
railroads is they are too greedy.
They are not satisfied with the C
per cent the people are being held
up to present to them on u silver
platter, but are hollering because
the tribute everybody is paying
them is not greater. If the railroads
are not hauling as many
passengers and handling us much
freight as they formerly did,
there is nothing in that for Mr.
Average Citizen to worry over.
On the contrary, he would have
something to feel good over if it
were a fact that, the railroads are
losing money, for the usurious
rates they are charging for. their
service is inexcusable. Some days
ago an official of an important
railroad operating in the South
said his company did not wish to
put into effect the recent increase
in passenger rates ordered by the
interstate commerce commission.
This very road had an army of
lobbyists in Washington working
night and day for the passage of
the Kseh-Cummins bill; but they
did not want to put into effect
the provision of the bill directing
the commerce commission to order
the increase! Was there ever
a more stupid suggestion made
for public consumptiont Back of
the claim of losses by the companies
is an effort to fool the public
so that when the decreased wages
they are now contemplating for
their employees is put into effect
and the employees go out on
strike rather than accept the decrease,
the public will have been
led to believe that it was abso-1
lutely necessary to pay lower wages
or have the companies go to
pieces.
One is safe in guessing that if
Tohn O. Richards had been a
member of the South Carolina
I railroad commission the authority
recently granted the Bell Tele||
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every communication submitted for
publication.
On application to the publisher,
advertising rates are made known to
those Interested.
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No. 112.
Entered at the postofTlce at Fort
Mill, S. C., as mail matter of the
second class.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921.
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Depend upon William Jennings
Bryan to say something'refreshing.
Praising the work of Congressman
Claude Kitehin of North
Carolina as leader of the Democrats
in the house of representatives.
the Nebraskan a day or two
ago observed that four years hence
the country in electing the president
will be more interested
"in the direction the candidate is
going than in the section he comes
from."
Take with a hig grain of salt
the poor mouth put up by the
railroads of the country. They
ai'e not losiinr mniiAV an?l !???
I newspaper stories to the contrary
are put out by " the companies to
deceive the public for a selfish
purpose. Under the Each-Cummins
law?an iniquitous piece of
legislation?put through Congress
by Republican members about
the time the railroads were returned
to their owners a year or
more ago, the companies were
guaranteed (> per cent 011 their
capita) stock, more than a third
of which is said to be watered
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phone company to increase its
rates in this State would have
been withheld. Our recollection
is that in the discharge of his official
duties Major Richards could
always be depended upon to look
u{|er the interests of the people.
But the railroad commission now
is apparently dominated by a man
whose -conception of his obligation
to the public runs in another
channel. This man is Frank \V.
SShealy, with whom the Fort Mill
community has had some experience.
Two vears airo au effort
was made by Fqrt Mill citizens
to have the railroad commission 1
order the Southern railway to
stop passenger train Nq. 32 here.
Mr. Shealy's reply was that if
such an order were issued it
would have to include Ridgeway,
town of 300 people. Fine reasoning
from the railroad's point of
view!
There is food for thought in the
communication The Times prints
toduy suggesting that the people
of Fort Mill erect a memorial to
the soldiers who went from this
community to the World war ami
whose brave soids having "gone
west." did not return with their
comrades. "Greater love hath
no man than this?that lie lay
down his life for a friend." The
half dozen and more Fort Mill
boys who made the supreme sacrifice
in the cause practically ovI'VlTvlim
I V tlimnrllt l?i trli t imiiu
for every citizen of the community..
and it would Heeni us little
as the community could do to
show its gratitude in a substantial.
enduring way by erecting to
tlieir memory u statue of marble
or granite, that the world about
us might know that we are not i
people who hold lightly the priceless
service these brave boys rendered
their fellow-man.
Vance's Knowledge of Toads.
The following is printed in one
of the Charlotte papers as the
first school composition ever written
b>\ Governor Vance of North
Carolina:
"You told me to tell what I
knowed about toads. Well toads
is like frogs, but more dignity,
and when you come to think of it,
frogs is wetter. The warts which
toads is noted for can't be cured
for they, is cronick. but if 1
couldn't get well I'd stay in the
house. My grandfather knew a
toad that some lady had trained
till it. was like folk's, when its
ntuctur \i?K?oo1iwl >? ... 11 ?v
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for flies. They cetches them with
their toil}; wich is some like a
long red worm, but more like litenil*,
only litenin hasint got no
guin on to it. The fli will he
standing a rubbin its hind legs
together and a thinking what at
fine fat fli it is and the toad a
sit ten some distance away like it
was asleep. While you see this
fli as plain as you ever see anything
at all once it aint there?
then the toad looks up at you
solum out of its eyes like he said :
What become of that fli? but you
j know he et it. Thats what I know
about toads."
! Talk by Dr. N. E. Winters.
i Prof. K. M. Smith, teacher of
agriculture in the Fort Mill high
school, has arranged with Dr. \T.
10. Winter, Clemson college expert
on soils and fertilizer, to
visit Port Mill on April 80. at 3
p. in., and deliver to the farmers
of this community an address on
agricultural subjects. Dr. Winters
was in Fort Mill a few weeks
ago and made a talk at the school
but on account of the unfavorable
weather only a few heard
him. He is one of the best known
agricultural speakers in the
South. His address in Fort Mill
on April 30 will he delivered in
the high school auditorium.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our deep
appreciation for the kindness and
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o.,...paiuv tJAifimea us during the
funeral and at the burial Sunday \
of Private Clyde W. Stevens. We
wish to especially than the local
military company and the American
Legion post.
DALLAS STEVENS & FAMILY.
- 1 Automobile
Found ? Owner of
abandoned Overland touring car
recently recovered near Fort Mill
can get same by proving owntrahip
and paying ex pauses. V. I).
PottR. Chief of Police, Fort Mill,
S. C.
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FORT MILL TOOSi
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Norris'
By ELxpress Toda^
$ Your Candy Want
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(.'r(Kvrirs, Market, Fountr)
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IMiune Fourteerf. ^
Canned Gooc
l'ure Apple Vinegar, quart ......
Breakfast Bacon, pouiul
Sliced Boiled Ham, pound
Kagle Macaroni package
Tomatoes, can
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Sliced Pineapple, can
Dessert Peaches, can !.....
Other Canned Hoods of Interest?-\
Pork and Beans, Sock eye Salmon,
eed Dried Beef, four kinds of good
ton's Teas, Lye llomiuy. Corn. (
mentoes. Salad Dressing, Olives.
CULP BR
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# Upper Main Street, Fort IN
J serving meals or short ord
a hurry. We make every ef
f If you are in town for a si
\ care to trouble to go home j
a glad to have you try our se
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LET ME REPAIR YOUR
SHOES
Bring your Shoes to R. M. Hood
for good wark and reasonable
prices. Terms, cash.
Shoes and Hosiery for sale, as
usual, at bargain prices.
Gome to see me.
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R. M. HOOD
THE SHOE MAN.
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Fresh Shipment I
Candy f
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Pharmacy I
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>3STES
1NGS TO EAT
Is At Culp's
lOcts
. 60 c ts
66cts
15cts. 2 for 25cts
7 1-2 cts, lOcts, locts
. .. .. 30ets
.. 45c t s
'an Camp's Soups, Campbell's Vienna
Sausage.Potted Ham. Slihucket
Syrup. Wesson Oils, HipCalifornia
Asparagus. Canned PiPickles.
OTHERS
ME 15
YCAFE $
/lill, makes a specialty of #
iers to those who are in a J
fort to please our patrons. ^
aort time only or do not #
at meal time, we would be J
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ITURE COMPANY ?
Directors I
Jcensed Embalmer ^
; South Carolina License No. 141
US, Assistant ?
t Phonos 212 and 12(5
SOUTH CAROLINA ;
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Cabbatre Planta f??r !?? /*
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shipment. $1.75 postpaid.
Medlin Plant Farm. Phone 125-B.
Fort Mill. S. C.
LISTEN!
Baker's is the Barber Shop thut
baked the prices, but it didn't do
it at 1 lie expense of service.
Hair Cut 25c
Shampooing, plain 25c
Singeing 25c
Tonic 25c
Shave 15c
Massage, plain 25c
Come and see us. We will save
you money and send you away
smiting
BAKER'S BARBER SHOP.
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RjiKci in pr<
L?l?/AjliCT hard service.
Vulcanite
I Wl giving consie
n of >'t'ars- 1
and Hexago
You can't aipict durable and
Z;;rJL"',"r. double thick
trad*- mark ia on . . .
; llMrco/iaJjtwbajr Alld WlO
with asphnll
in either a d
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beat on the r
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lookod it ov<
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Men's Pe
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in one of the new
consist of coat an<
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mauc, uycu UillC,
are serviceable.
B. M. Bf
PHONF
Prices Plai
We lievc adopter
in many of the larg
every article in our
a tag giving the pric
system lessens the c
a convenience to the
one price to all?thxi
I nrsi class, fresh Gr<
Let us supply yoi
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STARNES
Get the pep in that Ai
ing your Repair Work <
Electric Starters, Gent
The Best^of Set
STARNES
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f. How well will it serve. How
last. Will it still he actively en)teeting
your home after years of 1=
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Roofings have hern noted for
itont roof service over a long period
'he patented Self-Spacing Shingle L
n Slab Shingle both make a very
weatherproof roof. They give a
ness of roofing over the (aitire roof.
fibrous felt thoroughly saturated |_
b and surfaced with crushed slate |~
loop red or grayish green color, all
o make Vulcanite Roofings the
narket. You can see this line hero,
a, rooliug until you have at least L
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Lumber Co. j
ILL, S. C.
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iper Suits
.50
[ let us fit you out
Pap er Suits. They i
d trousers, are well
can be washed and II
Sizes 36 to 56.
iADFORD
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nlyMarked
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I the system in vogue
e cities of putting on
store as far as possie
of the article. This
liancc of mistakes, is
customer and insures
it the lowest at which
>eeries can be sold.
i with Ice this summer
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ltomobile of yours by hav
lone at Starnes Motor Co
erators, Magnetos Repaired
vice Guaranteed.
MOTOR CO.
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