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' a*riSrmsyM*? *HB "Itie interchange of some of the . largest battleships in the American. navy between the Atlantic andrPaeific fleets through the Panama canal shows that the big waterway is functioning alonsr the lineslaid down for it when the United States undertook the task> of constructing a seaway between the two Americas," says a bulletin from the Washington v headquarters of the National Ge>> ographic society. \ "When the work of building the canal was undertaken," the bulletin continues, "no one had an idea of the tremendous amount of material that would hav<> to be moved to make it a usable waterway such as it is today. "At that time it was figured that the total excavations i'or the canal proper would be 101 million cubic yards. But by reason of the enlargements and slides the task continued to grow un*il approximately a quarter of a billion cubic yards of material had to be removed. The rail distance from the union station, Washington, to the Pennsylvania terminal, New York, is approximately 228 miles. Imagine instead of the roadbed a canal with vertical bunks 45 feet deep and 124 feet wide?deep and wide enough to accommodate the biggest ship that flouts, and connecting the nation's metropolis with the national capital?and yon will have u picture of the umount of material that had to be removed to make the great Isthmian highway a completed project. "Nor does this remarkable comparison include either the excavations by the French in the canal nor those of the Americans for the auxiliary port works, eouliug stations, etc. These were vast enough to widen the imaginury Washington-New York shipway tn 1 f?4 fw?t (tn tin* ItAtt ntn t\i' thin ditch could be laid 11 standard American railway tracks. "One can get another picture of the immensity of the task by reflecting 011 the fact that the total spoils which hail to be moved to unite the seas, divide the continents and shorten the sea lanes of the world at Panama were equal in volume to moriv than 100 pyramids of the dimensions of Cheops, two such py rum ids for every mile of the big waterway from deep water to the Atlautic ? . to deep water in the Pacific. ^ "The saving effected by ships using the canal has more than justified the hopes of the governv ment in undertaking its construction* in prewar days the cost of maintaining a freighter in coin, mission was approximately 10 tcciits per net registered ton per day! Thus, a 10,000-ton steam:ahip cost for maintenance about !$1,000 a day. Its pveruge speed was around 25 knots a day. O11 the trip from New York to San Francisco there is a saving of 32 days. With such a ship this extra distance would cost, 011 the basis of prewar prices, $33,000. On the basis of present prices it would cost $50,000. The vessel by usuing the canal in prewar days, paying $1.20 per uet registered toil, saved its owners or charterers $21,000. On the basis of present day prices, the saving amounts to nearly $40,000. If, as is now planned, the coustwise shipping using the canal is ex - > c a 1 . - ? eutpieu xrom me payment or tolls, a 10,000-ton steamer will save $12,000 every time it passes through the canal, in tolls, and at least $38,000 in distance eliminated. "While it looks rather high to .think of a 15,753-ton ship like the ?Orga paying $18,900 for an eight .hour trip through the canal, yet .to choose that route between the feast and west coasts of the Unitted States over the Magellan route would save upward of $52,*000 on the trip. ? 4 a t J? a . -1 * aiumiut interesting tiling :about the toll rates at Panama is :the%omparatively low rates at which cargo moves through the canal. A net registered ton in shipping practice is 100 cubic feet of cargo space. Now, it happens that most cargo doen't require so much room, and that for some commodities three tons can be put in each net registered ton space. For instance, cotton takes much more room than nitrates. A cargo of the latter has moved through the canal for 37 cents a ton, while a cargo of lumber might cost a dollar a ton. The j average rate for bulk cargoes ranges around 67 cents a long; ton. '"Lhe rate of $1.20 per net regiatered to*, or $12,000 for a 10,- j f ."' n Av * ??* - v . ./ * . . ' V . "&$* \. t ' "v x " . < 000-ton ship 1b no higher when viewed from the stiiid^ifit of cost of operating the canal than when looked at from the angle of knot-money saved. "The present income from the canal is barely sufficient tp pay the coat of operation, with no allowance whatever for depreciation or- interest on the investment. "With the tremeudous decline in ocean freight rates in the past two years and the large, increase in transcontinental railroad rates the. competition of the canalusing steamship lines for transcontinenal freight has hit the railroads a very hard blow. Much tonnage that in prewar days moved from seaboard to seaboard by rail is now going by sea. with the result that hundreds of freight trains are moving no more." The season of the Fort Mill Baseball club has closed temporarily, owing to the absence of a niitnKnn nf t\\t* vtln vnt*c with til** IM IIIUV & vy ? I liv * ? ' ? ??v local military company at the encampment at Mount Pleasant. Following the return of the company the Reason will he renewed and games will he played on the home diamond with all the strong teams in this section of the State. Stockholders ' meeting. The semi-annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fort Mill Cooperative Association will he held at the store of the Association Thursdav .Inly 21st. at 8 P. M. ' C. W. KAKON. . Secretary. 40 cents a pound or 10 cents a yard buys perfect Sea Island Domestic at Massey's. No scraps, all in one piece. Each can<% more , one before There is a certain takes one back to cooking was an an Southern hospitalit In offering you theswe assure you ther approaches the qui chase of a single bo \ jfa fHKCAl * Lytle Drug Philadelph Batt Made Specially f anteed to Last $27 Alto FORDS, FORD PAI SORIES Alwayt in Stock, HEATHM # STATEMBPtT Of tkm rnadHloa ef Sfcihfri IWT rf F?rt IUI, located at Fort Ifitt. 1 C.ml tfce do** el Mmm J?m 90^ 1M1* RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts T..$ 91,960.91 Overdrafts 996.09 onr^ Qfnolra awajmI K?t w*aw mm vwireu My bank _ 10,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 3,660.66 Due from banks and bankers, 7,879.76 Currency 6,700.00 Silver and other minor coin.. 441.21 Total *120,618.62 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock y>aid in *26,000.00 Surplus fund 12,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 187.00 Dividends unpaid 1,000.00 Individual deposits subject to check * 82,411.45 Cashier's checks.. 20.07 82,481.62 Total ." *120,618.62 State of South Carolina, County of York. S. S. Before me came W. B. Meacham, president of the above named bahk, who, being duly Bworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is-a true condition of saia bank, as shown by the books ot said bank. W. B. MEACHAM. Swnm tn nnH atiKansnkoil this 11th day of July, 1921. W. B. MEACHAM, Jr., Correct Attest: Notary Public. J. M. CAMBI F., ) S. L. MEACHAM. - Directors J. H. McMURRAY, \ 666 cures Dengue Fever. Summer Shoes must go regardless of eost while it is gouig time, at Massey's. 666 cures Bilious Fever. 666 cures Chills and Fever. New lot Ladies' and Children's Hats at half price just arrived at Massey's. Rub-My-Tism kills oain. Let The Times sell it for you. ed toa^faste temptingly delicious than the charm about Nunna.ly's that the old days when Southern t?that recalls the time when y became an American ideal. e candy dainties from the South c is nothing in the market that ility of Nunnally's ? the purx will convince you of this fact. 40Y OF THE SOfmi The iw;?-puu?rf ^ jS Box BnuNTtrm. M ifw *nl ah I Company iia Storage eries or Fords. Guarvelve Months? i. '.OO f ' '' ' *TS and FORD ACCESOTOR CO. % i j mmmwmmmmm mm t. ~ 1" -. \ " I 1 . -. * ; .. - ' v ' ;v ^ ms% V TO CI I I 5 Pair? Men's aood stvles. v^li Price, .... ' . rr? N 75 Pairs, worth 1 I 38 Pairs of La to $8.30, Close-out 56 Pairs of Ladi $14.00, to close oi One lot Ladies' (mostly small sizes Our entire stock Hats at HALF PF < > ' ? Don't fail to see PA 1 You Can By Tradin j We wish to call the attenti thing in GROCERIES on w where in this section. \ ourselves, and we help our Because of quick turn-over to consider. And we guari number is 159. Fort Mill 666 cures Biliousness. Pyramid Paint Shop ROCK HUtLi, S. O. PAINTING If your car needs painting we will paint It for you and do it in such a way that you will be Surprised at. the difference it makes in the iooka 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. The looks of your car is just like the looks of your person. It goes a lung way. IIS 111 A irvtl WO/WT WW? _ - ? ? " ^ wuiicn , rruprieiar. j ? i II LISTEN! Baker's is the Barber Shop that baked the prices, but it didn't do , it at the expense of service. ! Hair Cut 25c Shampooing, plain 25c Singeing 25c Tonic 25c Shave 15c Massage, plain * 25c Coana and see us. We will save i you money and send you away J I* smiling BAILEE'S BARBER- SHOP. [ Rub-My-TUm kills infects on. ] v.r-. : 2 A ??? in ill L . ; * f t I ^Shoe KES UrrtWALK EASY* iMi? BmBbsOIB LOSE OC FOR CASH \ Fine Oxfords, blac jes up to $8.00, .? ?... up to $15, Close-ou dies' Oxfords and : Price .... es' Oxfords and Pu it for only Oxfords and Pur j) to close out quick, ; of Ladies', Misse LICE and LESS. the Bargains 0 "TERSC Save Mai g at the Cooper? on of the public to the fac hich a better price can not Ve are in business to help selves better when we help a our stock is always fres mtee quick deliveries and ei . Cooperath EL S. PARKS, Manager. Fine Alum At Ha We have made arrangena AMERICAN MAID ALU! iasue a certificate to our niit*ohouii Uo* a I#uicnnnr uiai rimiiirrt iiicii num ware at HALF PRICI guaranteed and the piecea sent direct by the manufu< post prepaid, from Dan villi tory in every rehpect the funded when the ware is r< We have samples of the \\ windows and wilK he plea which places this fine wori era at Half Price. B. C. FE1 PHC HEAD THE TIMES * EVERT WEEK FOE HOME NEWS * jjy!? IUICK ! :k and brown, all Special Close-out . . $3.95 t Price . $5.95 Pumps, worth up $3.45 imps, worth up to . . . $5.95 i nps, broken sizes and is* and Children's Sy <t )N'S iy Dollars >tive Store . !t that there is hardly anybe secured here thau else- 4 the consumer as well as the consumer best, ih, which is something else f&cient service. Our phone - V I re Store inum Ware If Price nts with the manufacturer* of VIINUM WARE hy which we customers with cacti $10 cash i to onier this Genuine AluniiC. Ttie quality of the ware is are of beautiful design. It is eturers to your home, parcel i?, Va., and if it is not satisfacpurcliase money will be rc?turned. are on display in our show ?etl to explain fully the plan p in the hands of our customfcGUSON >NE 29 i-wih ii i i , i i j - - - - m A. L. PARKS, > FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND FUNERAL EQUIPMENT - MOTOR HEARSE ^ FORT RILL, S. C.