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Entered at the postoltlce at Fort Mill,
8. C., as mail matter of the second clans
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922.
By and large the people oi
South Carolina are in bad shape
financially and the promise of
better times in the immediate future
is one of those things all
like to hear about but which few
are reallv so credulous as to ox
pect. Since the financial depression
and the boll weevil struck
the State about two years ago, to
jointly make hard times for thousands
of our people, we have been
told so oftexr by the daily press
th&t conditions were again becoming
normal that all faith in
such stories has been lost. Except
for the recent advance in
the price of cotton, which helped
only a few farmers and others
fortunate enough to have on hand
a part of last year's crop, nothing
has occurred in recent months
to ease the strain practically everybody
has been under. Whethei
there is any merit or not in tin
claim that the Congress of the
Uuited States is doing what i'
v can to cut down appropriations
one hears no criticism of the
body on that score. More than
u'i any time in recent years, a1
least, the people are demanding
economy in the conduct of the
public business. They want their
governments, both State and national,
run on a scale which will
call for the expenditure of lea.money
and thereby relieve the
tuX burden as much as possible.
In South Carolina an odd situation
exists in this connection. A
great majority of the people an
convinced that the State government
is costing too-much, that ii.
recent years many useless offices
have been created and that much
money-could be saved if these
offices were abolished and others
run more economically. But let
. the suggest ion come from a rt,
sponsible source that the cost ol
running the State goveruineni
[should be cut down and a section
of the daily press immediately
throws up its hands and undertakes
to belittle the suggestion
by asking, "Would you destroyWinthrop
college, would you
turn th^boya at the university out
ii.to the street, would you close
the doors of the Citudel and the
medioal college, would you take
from the iqinutes of the Slatt
hospital the food and clothing
and treatment thff n?ed, wouht
you cripple the public schools?'
The motive-'behind the question
ppj is so apparent, and the same old
question has been repeated so often,
that it really is not worth
talcing seriously ; but it befuddleis
, / the brains of some us it is meant
to do and they are thereby led to
believe that an army of icono;tv.
Otasts Who would tear down ev
erything is about to be turned
fifii^^fcoee on the State. Nobody wilb
sense to know that he II
jf ejikg cutting his mouth il he eats
"with hie knife wants to cripple
any institution worth
Snd the colleges and"
HHStfiddie schools are most assuredly
j?4a?L das*. But there are in1^ !^'^----.'^.
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them upon the State should be ]
repealed. There must have been
so much as a hundred thousand '
dollars appropriated at the last
session of the Legislature for the ,
upkeep of these useless append- j
aires of the State iroveriiini?iit. I
"But," we are told by the propo- j
nfents of and apologists for high '
taxation and the squandering of
the public funds, 44suppose -the
hundred thousand were cut off,
(hat would mean a saving of only
one-fifth mill." That's what -it
would mean; but the frugal man
does not refuse to add to his savings
account five dollars because
lie hasn't so much as ten dollars
to add to it, nor does the average
man refuse to eat his breakfast
because there isn't placed before
him every mornihg sirloin steax
or ham and eggs. If the Legislature
does not see where it can
save the .taxpayers of the State
one million dollars, is that any
reason why one hundred thousand
dollars that is being used to
produce nothing should not be
saved? When word comes from
Washington that Democratic senators
are trying to save the people
from the injustice, of the
tariff the Republicans are trying
to pass, everybody in this section
looks with favor upon their
efforts, but when the daily press
of South Carolina, or a section of
i*, tries to justify extravagance
in the expenditures of the State
r<ivuriintnnt 1 lunui .will lin limn V I
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to say that the daily paper probably
knows more about the needs
or the State government than
anybody else and it would be
well to follow its advice. As a
matter of fact, the daily paper has
.10 superior knowledge of the
-subject, but lots of people think
.t has.
Here is a bit of choice cam-,
paign thunder that the Democrats
ire apt to use to good advantage
111 the congressional elections
uext full. It is from a speech delivered
in the house of representatives
last fall by Congressman
\Vood of Indiana, who has just
been made chairman of the Ke!
publican congressional campaign
committee: "1 know the very serious
condition that is prevailing
throughout the laud. 1 am only
.<neHkiii?r the truth when 1 sav
that the people of this country
employed in every vocation and
a. every character of business are
giving this Congress hell. They
..re doing it because we have done
.'.othing to stimulate business,
t hey are doing it because we
iiuve done nothing to give employment
to the unemployed.
. hey are doing it because we
. eve done nothing to benefit the
armor and stimulate the price of
he farmer's products." This is
he deliberate utterance of the
.nan who has been given the task
of reelecting the very Congress
whose shortcomings he so pointedly
described..
Possibly it doesn't make much
diference, but a good many people
frequently find themselves
wondering why it is so seldom
convenient for Senator E. D.
Smith to attend the sessions of
?he United States senate.
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XV We see by the papers that a
young man named Rufus Grant
i:..i a. i e a il n !
ly uujuiuiu general 01 nouui tarolina
and "that he lauded in the
Orangeburg poliee court a few
.lays ago on the charge of drunk
and disorderly. At the time we
.bought it inconsiderate of the
Orangeburg authorities not to allow
the adjutant general to get
as drunk as a ford and as disorderly
as a striking dock worker
if he saw fit without even thinking
of making out a case against
him. The plight of the adjutant
general was really distressing to
tifc,, but we were greatly relieved
when he assured the public in a
communication to one of the daily
papers thai he was neither drunk
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THE FOBT MILL
The Republican leaders in Congress
are still rubbing their eyes
following the awful jolt they got
in the North Dakota primaries.
Senator McCumber's defeat for
renomination was' the plaiuest
and most emphatic repudiation
of the Harding administration
th?? (M)lllltrv llMSi vot wivau inli
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is emphasized by the fact that
MeCumber had served 34 years
in Congress and had risen to the
chairmanship of the giwat committee
on finance, where he was
the spokesman of the reactionary
Harding administration. Many
of the great newspapers'of the
country had anticipated the result
of the North Dakota primary.
however, tor they realized
that the people have lost confidence
in the Harding administration
and are disgusted with the
do-nothing Congress.
Announcement is made 111 co >
luinbiu that Governor Harvey has
appointed ex-Governor Cooper as
the South Carolina member of a
committee of Southern men residing
in Washington to oppose
the passage of the Dyer antilynching
bill, now before the
United States senate. Governor
Cooper wasn't born yesterday
and he is apt to think twice before
he becomes mixed up in a
political contest in opposition to
the attitude of those to whom he
is indebted for the federal appointment
he is holding. The loss
of independence is one of the
penalties One must pay for accepting
political favors at the
hands of those with whose policies
he is not in sympathy.
Shower for Miss McMurray.
Among the parties recently
given tor Miss lather MeMuray,
who is to be married Monday aiternoou
to Edward J. Aliern of
Greensboro, N. C., was a shower
by Miss Lana Parks last i hursciay
alleriioou, ui tier home oil
Clebourne street. As Miss Kuth
Aleaeham played the wedding
march from Lohengrin, Jittie
Margaret Niias and Ee -8. Parks,
dr., entered the parlor dressed as
a bride and bridegroom. The
"bride" presented her shower*
bouquet to Miss McAlurray, while
the "bridegroom" handed her a
hey wrapped in a note which read
as follows
"There's a big suit.ease to match
this key;
If you want what's in it just follow
me."
The guests then followed the
"bridal" party into the dining
room and there found a suit case
tied with ribbons and bearii^g old
shoes and "just married"!placards.
After the - bride-elect had
opened the suit case and inspected
the numerous gifts, angel cake
and mints were served by Misses
Louise and Bculah Parks.
Souvenirs of the occasion were
tiny pink umbrellas und pink
bags of rice. As the guests were
leaving the bride-elect was showered
with rice. . .
New Goods at New Low prices
coming in every week at Massey's.
Beautiful Silks, Voiles and
Organdiek at half price. f
LOTS TOR SALE?Three) lots
in Whiteville Park, Port Mill,
clieap; cash or terms to reliable
party, or will consider a trade.
Write to J. L. Patterson, Box 43,
Mount Holly, N. C.
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FORT MILL, S. C.
GENERAL INFORMATION.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
A. C. LYTLE Mayor
C. S. LINK Clerk
i A. L. OTT Police Judge i
N. M. McMANUS.Chief of Police
DEPARTURE OP TRAINS.
' ' No. 81 Southbound 7:66 a. m. ' '
I No. 4 Northbound 8:H0 a. m.
No. 118 Southbound..11:21 a. yi.
I No. 114 Northbound.. 11:55 a. m.
No. 5 Southbound 5:88 p. m.
? No. 32 Northbound 6:38 p. m. < ?
j MAILS CLOSE. <
For train No. 81 7i0a?. ,
1 For train No. . 82 6:10 p. m. 1
For train No. {5 5:10 p. m.
t- For train No. 4..., 8:10 a. n.
Note?No mail is dispatched en 4
trains Sunday afternoons. ~ J J
POSTOFFICE HOURS. \
Daily 7:45 a. m. to 40 p. n. f
Sunday - 7:45 to 9 JO a. m. ft
3. W. PARKS, Postmaster. I
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I TOWN OF FORT MILL
Receipts and Disbursements for
i Three Months Ending June 30.
1922.
RECEIPTS.
(Cemetery account .. . .$ 17.00
I r'ines .. . 368.50
License tax 545H.11
Prepaid property tax .. 128.22
Property tax *('21 levy) 242.86
Sanitary tax ( 21 levy). 6.00
Street tax 1,164.00
Street dept. (gravel sold) 73.00
State firemen's fund .. 82.80
Suspense acct. repaid . . 58.20
Interest earned 145.11
$2,538.80
DISBURSEMENTS.
Appropriation, July 4..$ 46.80
Bills receivable 35.00
Bills payable 3,040.30
Care of prisoners 19.45
Cemetery department .. 143.20
Fines returned .. 35.00
Fire department ! 55.00
Health department .... 114.80
Interest .. .'. 581.92
Legul services * 12.50
Lighting department .. 490.12
Office exp. and supplies. 94.25
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m v??vv V4V|/U& iiuv 111 u%/ X.UV
Parks and wells 2.00
Public printing 31.25
Public works comsn .. : 6.00
Salaries 334.50
Sanitary dept 243.48
Street tax refunded.... 9.00
Street dept 802.44
Town hall repairs 4.50
$6,492.84
Excess of disbursements
over receipts $3,954.04
Cash on hand April 1... $3,588.92.
Note discounted 500.00
Cas^i in office, April 1. . 256.57
Total $4,345.49
Balance $ 391.45
1 C. S. LINK,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Attest?B. 1). Culp, G. W. MeKenzie,
J. W. Gnnn, Finance
Committee.
The straight and narrow road
may not abound with beautiful
scenery, but it is paved with
something better than good inJ
tent ions.
In other days we were taught
that half a loaf was better than
no loaf at alb but now the idea
seems to be that a strike is better
than a steady job.
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Is governed to a g
from which it is
many people com<
Everything we sel
merit. Long exp
taught us how to j
- ers get the benefi
why they remain
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We are equipped
and any kind of I
and cordially invit
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Lime, Plaster, Cei
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Economics
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Do you realize th
iFord One-Ton
at $430 is not
wonderful tru<
offered but the r
means of solvir
and delivery pre
you are a farm<
manufacturer?
Let us give you
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ALITY OF
reat extent by the qi
made. That is on<
i here for their flour
1 in foodstuffs is of t
erience in the groc
judge and how to bi
it. And that, we i
customers of ours ft
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cooperative
E. S. PARKS, Manager.
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lilding Public of
to make quick deliv
kiildinsf material rii
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e your inquiries.
g, Flooring, Ceiling,
nent, Moldings, Lat
Facture anything in F
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il Haulage
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Equipment:
Pneumatic Tiro*
?' and Demountable I
Rime. Your choice III
of either tho mpec- I
ial grating of
6 1/6 to 1 for II
iat Lll? egoed delivery or |
the standardgearing
of 7 t/4 to I HI
Tmrk 'or heavy hauling
only the most
:k value ever
nost economical
i g your haulage !|
)blems, whether jjj
3r, merchant or '
all the facts.
lotor Co.
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jality of the flour
e reason why so
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the same order of
ery business has
ly. Our customnight
remark, is
om year to year.
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Fort Mill
eries of Lumber
jht at your door
Siding, Shingles,
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4illwork.
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