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I . ' " ' THE FORT MILL TIMES Democratic?Published Thandan. ????? i . ,M ??M? W?. . BwrtiiH, ?<tfg mmA MWIIM. SSI iminr LThe Times Invites tontributtons on live subjects but does not afcree to publish more than 200 words on ah>* subject. The right Is'reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. . * " On application to -the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 11*. Entered at the poatofllce at Port Mill, 8. C., aa mail matter of the second clam. 11 ? y in 1 ^ THURSDAY. JULY 7, 1921. As the country gets farther away from the Civil war era, each year there is noticeable in the South a more general observance of the Fourth of July. For two or three decades following the conflict between the sections the people of the South took little stock in celebrating the day the patriotism of their forefathers made memorable in the struggle of the colonies for independence. The reason for this indifference was born not so much of the conflict between the North and the South but of the conditions the North imposed upon the South following the resort to arms. With the government of the States of the South in the bunds of carpetbaggers, scalawags and other undesirable citizens our people were burdened with oppressive taxation and experienced humiliation in many | ways. Consequently there was little heart left in thefn to cele-I brute any kind of event. But time has healed many of tire u ounds. inflicted upon the South in those dark days and a few j years hence the Fourth probably will be as generally observed in this set ion as in the North. The Fort Mill Times does not have to go afield to find itself in full accord with the Yorkville Enquirer in the statement that ^ "the country is not 'busted.' " The surprising thing is that any one should reach such a conclusion. As The Times sees it. conditions are not half so bad as some of us seem to think. True, the business depression which overtook the country something like a year ago has had the effect of producing a general slowing up in the flush times brought about by the war, but there, are indications that the depression already has struck bottom and that from imw oil thiiino Ufill -- *>w ?< vrtt iiiiii^n n ail UC U?? ' the upgrade and that in the course of a few months the country will have about forgotten "the slough of despond" in which so many fancied themselves permanently anchored. It has been # the history of tho United States as it has been the history of other countries that war times are abnormal times?abnormal times in one way because governments are then not in position to stop and figure on the value of the dollar. Governments engaged in war spend money in a prodigious way. Any other policy will llOt win. Thl? flrnvornmnnt urmutf. e?l in an armed conflict is headed for the shoals the minute it adopts a cheeseparing policy. Naturally the policy of the government at war is reflected upon its citizens. In the mass they may be depended upon to count their dollars ; with as little concern as the government counts its. Kxtravagance begets extravagance. The United States at war with Germany spent millions of dollars recklessly ; but that waH the policy it took to whip the Germans, and the ! United States did not enter the ! war with any other thought than < that of whipping them, whatever the cost. And as with the expen- j ditures of the government in those days, just so with the expenditures of the individual. He x probably was little if any more concerned over what he got in return for?his dollar?it caine , easy and left by the same route.' Of course there had to be an end of all this extravagance?it had to end for both the government^ (if and'the citizen. The return of normal times vm as inevitable as the return of day after night. But there oeuld have been a gradual easing down and not so many would have found reason to complain had better judgment - been displayed by those we must look to at Washington to. guide the country over the rough places. That, however, is another story which would call for digressetM No. one will argue thaf conditions for the last ten mouths have been what we should have had. But conditions have keen what the country might have expected. When money was flowing in to practically every one save the sularied man during the war days and for 18 months afterward the exercise of a little forethought would have saved many the inconveniences they have since experienced. Nearly every iarmer, otner business -man. laborer and professional man might have laid by something for the rainy day. Many of them did not do so. but they have learned their lesson and will know better next time. Meanwhile, awaiting the end of the readjustment period, apparently just around the corner, but which, when it urrives, will nbt bring war time profits with princes and paupers in its retinue, there is no reuson why any one should Tear, as some seem to. starvation. No one is going to starve in this country. Few will be forced to live without substantial food and enough clothing next winter to keep out the eohl. But an increased volume of productive labor and a greater display of optimisih along with it would prove of "value at the present time and for some time to come. 'And surely if a country newspaper, which in the most favorable circumstauces has a struggle to make buckle and tongue meet, can take a hopeful view of conditions and the future, the business man or other citizen also can 'do so. The chances ure that few have been squeezed harder between thfe upper ami nether millstones of the business depression. The Yorkville Enquirer' is right?"the country is not 'busted.' " The late P. T. Barnum uttered a lasting truth when he saul the American people* dearly loved to be humbugged. Baruum was in the circus and show business for many years and he knew what he was talking about, lie offered for the amusement and entertainment of the people the sort of things they wanted to see and by cater ing to their wishes he accumulate ed an immense fortune. Hut as a itioney-inaking man on a plan by which he frequently gave nothing in return for the coin which came to him in such generous measure, Barnum was n rank four-flusher compared to Tex Rickard, promoter of the recent Dempsey-Oarpentier prize fight, which lasted less than four rounds and netted Rickard something like three-fourths of a million dollars. "What fools these mortals bt." Hundreds, perhaps thousand, of men, some single, others with families to provide for. paid a substantial sum to see the fight and their money should not have COlll* for Mil V Kiu*li mivnnu It ? ?J I' l"",v. * was needed in their homes and others will have to suffer as a result of their extravagance. And what did they get in return for the outlay? Nothing hut the pleasure (!) of seeing one man beat up another one who was clearly his inferior physically. t*rize. fighting has nothing to recommend it to the public and the wonder is that so many thoughtless people will pay to see it. One of the things that passes the understanding of clear-thinking people is why some folk be- j come offended when they are asked to pay their debts. These i frkllr ? L .L ivm mriu IU IIIIIIK WIIPH II1P(V are requested to meet their business oblations it is an assault Upon Their honor, a reflection upon thir integrity and a lack of confidence in their intention to redeem their promises. In most eases there is no basis in fact for such reasoning. Now and then one comes in contact with or hears of a business concern which does not show its debtor custom-1 i N ? V I m the degree of eonnderttw they are entitled to, but. syeh eon eerus are the* exception and erally are condnoted by abort sighted men who soon reach th? end of their biraineps tether. jli X owes B an. account which A promised -he would pay the fifst of the mouth and then fails "tc meet the obligation, why 8hot|ld R hesitate to Rend A a bill or otherwise remind him that the account is due and should be pafcH Business houses which extend the public credit cannot whit indefinitely for their money. They must make collections or sooner or later close their doofrs. Put it. takes people who do all sorts of thinking to make up tin population of the world. Over in Georgia, for instance, a woman is under indictment for tin murder of a man who had asked her to pay a bill. It is hard to bein v? that ong would take the life of a fellow human being for such n fancied grievance, and in the Georgia case one must conclude that if the woman is guilty she was craxy or that there must have been something else back of the .crime.- , ^ LOST?Little boy's Straw Hat, black, with black band striped with blue, nrnhahlv in Vnrt A/fill 1 tie "day morning. Please return to R. G. Bryant, R. 2, Fort Mill. ^!" N H H r i kfl Solid brass and IB full morocco lea III made to take a( |?j I 'Cannot be pkkec f| banks. Ask us || | CThe Savi Vi n j?. o. JC GOODTH UmocHvi, Market, Countrj l'roilur*. ? . , (Miotic fourteen. V ' < t I h: ROCK HILL FORI Funeral W C. K. Chreitzberg, I I New York State License No. 46t JESSE HAR r /J \" Day Phone 503; Nig ROCK HILL.^ MOTOR E< t fife- > 0***111. a o. ! ; nmmiBn 5 Indigestion g S B Many parsons, otherwise D HI tHwom and healthy, art B B ^otharad occasional]? /with B | M Indigestion. 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