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? ' ' SMYRNA. ?m Gray Beard-Among Cities of the Earth. Smyrna,, which, with its surrounding "country occupied by Qreek soldiers, lias been declared by the Greeks, against the wishes of the allies, to be autonomous, is one of the world's gray beards among cities, says a bulletin of the National Geographic society. 4 4 Some American cities are proud of their age," .continues the bulletin, "feeling that a tew centuries entitle them to distinction. In contrast to the newest oil town of Texas or Oklahoma, where corn stalks are probably Still to be found along Main street, Boston's 290-odd years indeed justify a feeling of maturity,, while the four and a quarter centuries that look down on Santo Domingo entitle that" first comunity to be established in the New World to its pride of seniority. "But both of them are in the heyday.of youth when compared with London, which probably has existed for close to 1,900 years, or Koine with more than 2li centuries behind it. It is when the Near Kast is reached, however, that one finds cities that are truly old. Many, like Babylon and Thebes, Ninevah and Memphis, have crumbled away ages ago, but here and there one comes upon a living community whose beginnings are lost in the haze beyond the point where history begun. "Such a gray beard among cities is Smyrna, which is believed iu uuvi- nireiiuy iit't'ii ioug in existence at the time of the destruction of Troy, 11 centuries before Christ. In fact., Smyrna is set. up by some persons as a rival of Damascus as the oldest city in the world. "The original builders at Smyrna chose their site more happily perhaps than they knew. The forces of nature have been kind to the locality. Miletus and Kpliesuh were formidable rivals for many centuries, but thejr rivers finally choked their harbors with silt and the cities died. Smyrna had 110 stream of any consequence and its excellent harbor, the best in Asia Minor, has continued to bear its heavy burden of commerce through the ages. ^ "Sinvrna has a population close to tllrit. ftf Mi'U' Ol'limiiu titi.l lit-.* the latter it is a 'Crescent City,' extending in a semi-circle about iis bay. But while the American i t -r i t\ r Tti ILLAU&Z/1J IV^KaKrlv I n. Jil y? I I) II MM j **' fv ?1 I fl I Or. If I ?h I f f]^H| 1^1 I ?Hl ? I wit I I hoi I I hoc om I fy/w S ^ ?* Young, Wol ii' Funeral Dl i ii Emba A i:' MOTOR E< \j: Day Phones 144 anc ' : FORT MILL. i > W- F '.-KW " . ; \ ,. * Crescent City is wholly flat, Smyrna has itsjcim of hills* which under the magic pf Mediterranean skies and sunsets, invest -the city with a beauty which detailed insepction does not verify. Its terraced outskirts are picturesque, but they lack the striking quality of the terraces of Algiers, llong Kong and Valparaiso. "Like a number of other cities of the Near East, Smyrna is a Babel. Even under the old Turkish empire, its population was composed of almost as many Greeks as Turks?a fact which is npt strange when it Is remembered that Smyrna first reached cityhood! under Greek influence and remained Greek for many centuries. The city was Wholly iGreek for more than a millennium; it has been nominally Turkish for 500 years. '' Besides Greeks and Xurks, there are in the population large numbers of Armenians and Jews and lesser groups of almost every other nationality under heaven. Quite a number of Europeans live in the city and there is a clean and fairly attractive European (piarter with its hotels and theaters: "A striking thing about Smyrna since the World war is that Greek control seems to have made so little difference in the lite of the city. Its several hundred thousand Greeks and Turks live in perfect amity and Turkish warships even may be seen flying their colors in the harbor among the warships of perhaps a dozen other nations. In some ways the Turkish quarter has more the flavor of old Turkey than present day Constantinople. In the latter the dropping of veils by the women is marked; but in Smyrna's streets the veiled figures from the harem still flit bv in all their old mvsteriousness." I Those fellows who are boosting I Henry Ford for presindent may [think the country needs a shaking up. By the way, somebody said some time ago that tire government was going to prosecute the war profiteerss. We may never see Lodge in a vast wilderness, but his opponents think they have him on the way to the tall timbers. "An optimist is a. man whor buys a pocket book on credit," says the Columbia Record. But what about the man who sells it te him? We Guarantee: 11 means actual cash in your | H Kket to take advantage of I H O" *# H is offer! H IAINT half your houM with Dmt' I Load and Zinc Paint; paint th? other r with any othar paint you chooaa. H| Davoa doaan't take fawar gallons and t laaa money, wa will make no charge |H Dwvoe. ^B >avoo doaan't wear a year or two or thraa ifaJotgtf ?terror and taffar-wa will | a you enough bno* to do the job ?ear. H paint half your houae lead-and-oil; the ar half Davoa. In thraa yaara the land* I-oil half will be hungry for mora paint, h Davoa a till round. tot, wall give you enough for the whole Mj tea. K raa Product# are time-teat ad and proves H lead by the 1M yaara' axpertanoe of the R at palm manufacturing T-rr In the R & Founded US*. R LYTLE DRUG CO. I Fort Mill, S. 0, H The Drug ! 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She took Bill H^yward and Emma Goldman from us. ? ? v % / * ' ' ' StA I'-*' * V' -I:-'-"1 things you will be V to have during the s } rs:: I oors . | Windows J i Wire. I li Chairs | cm Swings | orch Shades | practice economy, lk< <** ' * uuy. i k Wolfe I 53STES 1 INGS TO EAT -} K MAID BREAD ter Bread" ectrik-Maid would be "The s electrically baked, thereby r of the ingredients. Order DirnatENOB" ID BAKE SHOP ROCK HILL, 8. C. READ THE TIMES 1TBT WBBK FOR HOME NEWS * -.4. ' . f ybbs^tw.-r. * * * - - '** V s * * * . ' tEfje jfirsit J2 T. B. SPRAT J. L. SPRATT, vice president OS. BARBER,,vice president MTV MTVTi] TTLi VT LilVJ In better shape to take financial needs of the pati are today. And in additi all the good new businesi this bank. With ample c bership in the Federal Rese financial connections in ] are able to take onre* of proposition. Many of ou their connection with this Bank is one of their best i First Natii Operated Under the St United States Trade \ And save your cas are worth 10 cen 100 Lbs. S. R. 50 Lbs. S. R. 1 24 Lbs. S. R. 1 Come early, as ' barrels at this pr gust 17th. WASH DAY SPECIAL: fnur 1 0.r?nt kari nf Or!a B. C. FEF PHCW Always' You will always fi Store the freshest thing in GROCEF We are in busines get rich in a day, i and are satisfied profit. BRADFOi HAM. STREET JOB PRI AT THE TIMES OFFIC "\*V ' -Vj ' Jail ^ . .' . < r j ? % :' ': J*. > 'r^V . "tT Swrv Jvv , vVlfe*-. ki^V. f> i ^JCi*"', . I ____. * *. - ? ^ ** lattonal IBanfe . r, PRESIDENT W. T. BARRON, CASHIER S. A. LIGON, ASST. CASHIER E NEVER care of the legitimate 'ons of this bank than we an iA fViia VA AAWA vu IIV iiuto bV bU&C l/Ul C Ui s that may be offered to apital and surplus, memirve System, and excellent [arge money centers, we any reasonable banking ir coustomers tell us that strong growing National assets. anal Bank rict Supervision of the Government Vith Us th Coupons. They ts on the dollar. Flour * $2.00 Hour - 1.00 Hour - .50 we have only 30 ice, effective AuOn Mondays we will sell gon Soap for 25 cents. 1GUSON IE 29 I rhe Best nd in stock at this and best of everyLIES. s not expecting to i week or a month. with a modest RD & CO. : - PHONE 113 INTING E - - PHONE 112