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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09

Notice OF Opening OF Books OF Audi
tor for lasting Returns for Taxation

Notice OF Opening Of Books OF Audi
tor Tor LISTING Returns. for Taxation
Auditors Once. December 3, 1920.
Pursuant to the requirement OF
the Statute on the subject. notice Is
hereby given that my books will be
opened In my Office in York Court
House on SATURDAY. JANUARY
1ST. 1921, for the purpose OF listing
for taxation all PERSONAL and
.iREAL PROPERTY held in York
County ON january 1, 1921. and will
be kept open until the goth day Of
February, 1921. and for the conven-
fence OF the taxpayers of the county
I will be at the places enumerated
bel wv on the dates named:
Caover-Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jenuary 4 and s.
Bandana (Ferguson's Store)-On
Thursday. January 8.
Hickory Grove-On Monday. jan
uary 10. @ -.
Sharon-On Tuesday. January.11.
Bullock's Creek-On Wednesday.
January IL.
McconnellsvS,le--Thursday. Janu-
ary IS.
Newport-On Friday. January IA.
Fort Million Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday. January II. 1S and
Rock Hill-on Monday, January
20. through Saturday January 2s.
At York from Monday. January
81 TO February 20.
All males between the ages OF
twenty one and six.y years are liable
to q poll tax Of 90 and all persons
90 liable are especially requested to
give the numbers OF their respective
school districts in making their re-
turns.
BROADIIS NJ. LOVE.
Auditor York County.
Dec. 2. 1920. At
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09
TAX NOTICE-192O-21

Office or the County Treasurer of York
- County.
Notice is hereby given that the
Tax Books for York County will be
opened on Friday. the 18th day Of
October, 1920, and remain open until
the 31st day OF December, 1920, for
the collection OF State, County,
School and Local Taxes, for the fiscal
year, without penalty, after which
day One Per Cent Penalty will be ad-
ded to all payments made in the month
of January, 1921. and Two Per Cent
Penaty for all payments made in the
month Of February, 1921, and Seven
Per Cent Penalty will be added to all
payments made from the 1st day OF
March. 1921. to the 18th day of
March, 1921, and after this date all
unpaid taxes will go into execution
and all unpaid single polls will be
turned over to the several Magistrates
for prosecution in accordance with
law.
All OF the banks of the county will
offer their accommodations and facil-
tiles to taxpayers who may desire to
make use OF the same, and l shall
take pleasure in giving prompt 'attcn-
ton to all correspondence on the sub
ect.
All taxpayers appearing at my Office
will receive prompt attention.
Note-The Tax Books will be made
up by townships, and parties writing
about taxes will always expedite mat
ters IL they can mention the township
or townships in which their property
or properties are located.
HARRY F.. NEIL
Treasurer of York County.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09

One thousand beautiful Dolls just
received ut Masscy's. The kind you
used tn get before the war.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09

Make your whole family happy
Christmas with one present. n
Brunswick Photograph will do Il.
Hear Il at Massey's and compare the
tone.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09
Pyramid Paint Shop
ROCK HILn. 5. Q.
PAINTING

If your car needs painting we Will
paint 1t for you and do it in such q
way that you will be surprised at the
difference it makes in the looks Of
your old car. Our corps of painters
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. 1t goes a lang
way.
JAMES A. JOHNSON, Proprietor.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09

866 Is 4 prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy We know.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09
lndianIand Township

The bank has SO many customers and friends in
County that have also had year
similar Of the Lancaster Countys Teasurers books
tor Indian Land Township and offer these Lancaster
folks well the York County people opportunity
Of paying their taxes here and being the
receipt of the County Treasurer.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09

Santa> Claus has arrived at Mas
sey's, where lie has made hcadquar-
tiers for the past 81 years dispensing
presents Of the better kind that last.
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Fort Mill Township.

We have had copy made of the Treasurers Tax
for Fort Mill Township which contains the of every
tax in the township and the of his
We have had this done for several years banks
and it has great the public
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09
Steele Creek Township
and
PineviIIe Township
and

We have lots and lots of good up too
but they pay curious North Carolina that
haven't quite caught to The Treasurer ofMeck
enburg County last asked for couple of pads
counter checks said it almost daily
farmer to ask for this bank We hope be able
help good friends in these two townships in
practical way later.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
THE BANK THAT BACKS THE FARMER.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

"a greenback- fell out upon her lap.
She pounced upon it.
Fifty dollars! Why-why-!"
"The letter will TELL" he said, lean
ing eagerly toward her.
She unfolded the stiff sheet, the in
ner side of it covered with the letter,
written in a clear, readable hand:
"~Vincennes, Ind, June Is, lS4-.
MY Dear Colonel:
Enclosed I am sending the usual
monthly remittance, as per your order
when you left.
"Why haven't you answered any of
my letters? I have sent the remit
lance regularly but have not heard a
word from you for nearly seven years.
AS 1 have repeatedly told you, your
estate has increased till I hardly know
how to invest it further. If I don't
hear from you I shall have to come
up to Buckeye for a consultation.
'"The little girl-little Hesper Dawn
must be quite a woman now. AS I
have written you, her grandfather, old
Godfrey Dawn, died last year. He re-
pented in his last hours and left her
sole heir to his fortune, which, as you
know, is even more considerable than
your own. The estate is in my hands
ready 30 convey to her. The legal age
of q in this state is eighteen.
If old Godfrey has not misinformed
me, she will be twenty the twentieth
of this present month. So. she has
been for some time legally competent
to come into her estate. II, under
the terms Of your will, she should fall
sir to vour fortune us well. which
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18
$! And over noth1ng!"

like this! And over noth1ngw
Nothing"
"Well, hardly anything"
"And you weren't afraid"
mot with-you here"
The Misunderstanding statement
pleased the man-pleased him i'm
mensely.
And you're not afraid now?'
"Only that they might find you. Why
should / be-"
"Then-I must follow him.
He ros from the sofa. Hat he had
none-it was tramped to rags in the
dust and dirt OF the village under he
wide reaching limbs of the oak-but
he began hitching together the strips
and tatters of his blouse.
The girl sprang up and faced him.
you! Why, you can hardly stand"
1--WE must find out whether he goes
back to the village or down to Fallen
ROCK, Everything depends on know
ing that"
He made a step toward the door.
She got before him.
"Ill go"
"You!'
"Why not? l know tho woods. and
they're safer for me than you just
now"
She was at the door of the kitchen
before he could stop her, her haste
the greater. perhaps, because she
knew he would stop her. He reached
her arm Just as she raised the latch.
NO. It's my place!"
It's your place to stay right here
and gain strength for your big plan
tonight. Why, it's only a little ten
minute run-and | know every bush
and tree"
His plan! Everything depended on
ton his being able to carry it
through. He could not move till the
time came, and that would be when
the dark came. 1t would ruin every
thing to be seen too soon. And yet
he must know which way the man
went. Much depended on whether he
fed his horse now, or went on to the
village and came back after night to
feed him. The P~earlhunter hesitated,
wavering between a very keen and I'M
spoiled chivalry and a very insistent
expectancy.
eff he should-catch you"
She laughed merrily.
mot ever you could catch me in
the woods"
She flung open the door. He
stretched forth his arm.
mo, no! | can't"
But she was gone.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

lie Could stand it no longer. he
was in the very act of sweeping the
curtains aside when the girls right
arm. the one hid behind The door.
dropped to her side. Her hand went
into the folds Of her dress. When it
came out it held the revolver he had
cleaned and put in order the night l;e-
fore. She cooked the weapon and
leaped back. The door flew open. The
man on the step barely saved himself
from sprawling in upon the floor by
%clutching the door jamb. When he re-
gained his balance, he was gazing into
the muzzle of a very steady and de-
pendable looking six-gun. A; first
flush he actually thought it was a Joke.
You wouldn't shoot a MANI"
His voice had lost its jaunty assur-
ance.
NO." came the cold, crisp answer
down the steady barrel. but I'd shoot
q snake"
There was no chance of misunder-
standing her.
"Damn'd if 1 don't believe you
would"
you know how to find out"
He knew. He slowly raised his
hands. The expression in his eyes
might have meant any number Of
things: first of all, that he bowed to
necessity; second, that he would come
again. Astonished, mortified. baffled-
that, most of all baffled-he doubtless
salved his pride with that second
thought: He would come again. The
girl SenSed something of what Snol-
derrd deep in the bold eyes-eyes that
Il good woman could hardly meet with
out dishOnOr. But there we're plans
afOOt-and she trusted them.
Listen! I'll give you time to get
out of sight, If you walk fast. If you
look back, or if you are in sight when
think the time is up, III shoot and
I'll hit what | shoot ut"
He studied the eyes back of the re-
vOlver What he saw whirled him
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18
CONTINUED Next waer,
SWITCHES BAGS;
He GETS BABY
"Br0ken Blossom" Wishes Infant
on Stranger-Babe Is
"~AccompIice."

Bridgeport, Gonna New York girl,
calling herself a "broken blossom" the
mother of an eight-weeks-osd baby,
abandoned it in the Grand Central sta.
ton in 4 clever way that permitted
her offspring to enter the home Of a
well-to-do citizen of Bridgeport, I'M
known to himself. Only he did not
keep the baby, but turned it over to q.
hospital. >
The baby's mother, unable to sup.
port it and unable also to give it a
name, put her child in a large travel.
ing bag, gave it a fresh bottle Of milk,
and when the Bridgeport citizen--Rob.
ert f. Rohland-placed his w bag
on a ledge of one of the ticket win
dows in the station while he bought a
ticket, the mother snapped bags.
The baby, warm in the bag and hav'
ing all the nourishment it needed
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

around, his hands still up, and started
he vent the faster he went. In less
time than she had thought. he had
passed the turn and disappeared.
She closed the door, laid the revolt
yer on the table beside the sewing bas-
ket, crossed the room to the sofa. The
Pearlhunter had come out from behind
the curtains, admiration running riot
in his eyes.
II wish I knew some way to tell
you," he said, "how proud I am to
know a girl like you. I don't know a
man that could have done it. And
him the Red Mask! Before you I
feel like a-a-tailOr.'
She looked up at him, tried to smile
the smile was a failure. Her lips
%quivered; her eyes fell. To the Pearl
hunters amazement she dropped down
on the sofa and burst into tears. He
stood shifting from one foot to the
other, puzzled and helpless. 1t was
beyond him. He sat down beside her,
reached forth his one free hand and
laid it upon her hair.
"Why-don't cry! It's-all over
now!"
He frowned in an effort to think of
something else to say. But all he could
think of was: Don't cry" and that
didn't seem to do any good. He was
thinking some very uncomplimentary
things about his clumsy and awkward
self, when she looked up. The man
stared. She was la%ughing-a nervous
little laugh right through the tears.
The laugh astonished him more than
the tears, but it was an immense re-
lief to him. just the same.
sIv. isn't 1t silly for me to carry OH
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

ter 70 hOtice the reInarK. it was sd
dressed in a very bold and legible
hand: Box %, Buckeye, Ind. The
postmark she could not be sure Of. 1t
appeared to be Vincennes, but some Of
the letters were too dull to read with
certainty.
els that your ~r'volver?"
There was not much chance to read
letters-or do anything else-with a
youngstcr like that in the house.
eyes. Have they found that man
that escaped from Jail last night?"
"Naw! An I hope they don't. I
met that timber buyin' Teller on the
way down here" He came near the
girls chair. IF they's anybody I hate,
it's him. Gran'pa says"-he leant
nearer. and spoke low-"he kills peo-
pie! Gee! but I wus skeered when I
saw him a-comin' down tn road! He
wus awful mad, an a-swearin' to his
self. He slashed at me with a switch.
But duckcd, an cut dirt, an Skinned
over tn fence. When I looked back
he was a-goin' or toward town, al l
streaked it through tn woods lickety-
split"
The very information she had been
about to venture forth into the woods
to acquire.
"How is YOUR grandma today?"
"Oh, she's well ag'in. She cooks
lots of things now. She fried me
some screw-cakes yisterd'y."
He was gone-"lickety-split."
The girl closed the door, laughing
softly. and turned toward the curtains.
The P%earlhunter was just coming
through them. ut couldn't have
turned out better" he said. "The
dark, M stroke more, and things will
take a turn"
"That stroke!" She was very
thoughtful, her eyes searching the side
Of his face toward her. "You speak
of it lightly; but so you spoke Of that
dreadful fight with the mob"
He sat still a long time.
81 don't know why I shouldn't tell
you" he said at last. "The only rea-
son I didn't was to save you the
thought of it. But a girl like you'd
ask M better backin' in a tight place"
Her face lighted.
"Then why not take me with YOU"
He started, turned his slow eyes
toward her. A moment he studied
her, and then shook his head.
"No"-the word seemed final. ut
won't do for a girl-a lady-to hear
what will have to be heard tonight;
and see what will have to be seem"
Her eyes dropped so did his. They
both me at the same focus-the letter
in her hand. She passed it to him. He
turned it over and over, looked at the
address. the postscript. and handed it
back.
Il never got a letter In my life" he
said, "nor wrote one"
"Neither did l." She turned the let
ter over and over, studying it. "Box
23," she unused. 'It's for Daddy! He
couldn't read it, even if he were here.
Do you think I should open itT
Eyes, I think you should" he ad-
vised.
She tore open the end of the envel-
ope and drew out a folded sheet OF
legal cap. AS she unfolded it, a bill
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

must have zone TO sleep shortly afte-
the substitution occurred, for there
was not a sound out Of it on the trip
from New York to Bridgeport. The
two bags were so much alike that
Mr.. Rohland did not notice the sub
stitution until he got into his home.
When he opened the bag the baby
was awakened and began Justify t.
test its lungs. The four hours in the
bag had apparently not hurt it a bit.
In the bag Mr.. Rohland found a
note from the child's mother. This
explained that the baby was eight
weeks Old, had been baptized and that
the mother had been deserted by the
child's father. The note further stated
that the mother was leaving New York
for California.
Mr.. Rohland thought things over for
a while and then notified the police
and the Bridgeport hospital, which
took the baby in.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18
CHAPTER XII,
Box Twenty-Three.


The Pearlhunter stood in the kitchen
door, feeling no little disgrace, and
watched the 1.-THE form Of the girl dart
in among the bushes that lined the
cliff where it Topped east, enclosing
the little pocket Of level woods where
the cabin stood. He saw her stop
suddenly. She stood listening a mo-
ment; came flying back.
To the question on his face she an
SWered by closing the door and mo-
tioning him into the main room and to
the window by the sewing table. A
small boy came whistling up the path.
"It's the grandson of the good old
]storekeeper I told you about" she
whispered.
They both laughed as she pushed
him toward the curtains, laughed
though it irked the man no little to go
into hiding at the sound Of every foot
step-in a girls room at that, while
she stood guard.
"Ask him about the hunt today" he
whispered. "And above all, ask him
if he met a man."
She nodded and pulled the curtains
close. The next moment she had
opened the door.
swell, Billy! Glad to see you. Come
right in"
Billy did come in. But Billy wasn't
speaking. Through the little gap in
the curtain the Pearlhunter could see
him standing just inside the door. Billy
was by no means a prepossessing
youngster-barefooted, thin Skinned,
very decidedly ~pigeon-toed. His sharp
little face was deliberately and pic
turesquely freckled. There were
freckles enough for a big face, and
Billy's face was small, so small that
some Of the freckles had to stand up
edgeways to find room. But his eyes,,
in the midst of their speckled sur
roundings, looked out sharp and bright
from under his frazzled straw hat.
They were very busy just then in TAX
ing down, n by me-, every feature Of
the room, from wall to wall, from car
pet to loft joists.
The girl closed the door, put an arm
about the slim little mite under the
ragged hat and led him to the big easy
chair-the stricken old mans chair
near the middle of the room brought
the smaller rocking chair from her
sewing table and sat down by him.
The little fellow tried to lean back
in the big chair. 1t was far too deep.
He sat up straight, swinging his feet,
and continued his methodical survey
of the room.
"How in the world did you ever find
your way, Billy, out here in the
woods?"
The sharp little eyes looked his
companion over-coolly; a tiny shade
contemporary.
Huh! That wusn't nothin'." His
voice was thin and sharp like his face;
high like the peaked crown of his
rusty hat.
"Did your grandpa send you?"
"Uh-huh! I brung y'u a letter.
Gran'pa tends t. tn post office now.
The OF postmaster had a stroke night
b'fore last, an hain't knowed nothin'
since. So gran'pa tends to it,"
He unbuttoned the bosom of his
waist. drew out n letter and handed It
over.
"Air you Box 23?"
"I-yes-I guess So" was the
startled answer as she took the letter.
Huh! That's a funny name-fer a
girl"
But she was too busy with the lot.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

-s!Snbosnood was not out hunting him
with every sort Of Weapon the Flat
woods could furnish.
That supper! Bacon and eggs,
brown toast, and coffee! And the
hands that poured that coffee and put
the sugar in, and spread the toast! 1t
had to be eaten in sem~idarkness, for it
wouldn't do to risk a candle-sem.-
darkness, but not in silence. He for
got that the girl just around the, cor
ner of the table had turned out to he
a rich heiress-the princess" of his
fairy story-while he was only the
P~earlhunter-a man without a name.
Twilight at the windows warned
aim that the dark was lowering like a.
night raven over the woods. His time
had come. The business of a man was
afoot.
She closed the stove hearth to hide
the fire light. He opened the east
door of the kitchen, once more the
grave, cautious woodsman. She held
out her hand; he laid it upon the arm
in the sling; covered it with his own.
"Wild Rosew he said. You'll al
ways be that. no matter what they call
YOU"
The fancy went through him that
her hand thrilled, ever so slightly, up
On his arm. He closed his great palm
over it.
"The woods shall be safe tomorrow
for you-and me-" he said, and fol-
lowed the words with the boldest act
of his life-picked up the hand from
his arm and laid it to his lips. The
next instant he had slipped away into
the gathering night.
Buried in the bushes, he spared a
second to look back. She was still in
the dark frame of the door.
A sound like the passing of a whis-
per, like the breeze playing with soft
leaves, caught his quick ear. A gray
ghost-the Wild Man of the Flatwoods
fitted along under the cliffs and en-
tered the cabin.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18
CLASSIFYING the DOG.

My little niece is very fond of ami
mails. Seeing some children in the
next yard tormenting a puppy she
said: You kids let that dog alone:
don't you know dogs is people PIX
change.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-09
CITY COMES TO
AID OF CAR co.

petition to have the cost at service
plan established for the operation of the
indianapolis Street Railway Company is
being prepared by samuel Ashby, city
corporation counsel, and will probably
be placed before the public service COM
mission within the next two weeks.
The plan, as approved by city OIL
Gals, will base the amount Of street
car fares on the cost of operation and
maintenance OF the street ear company
and a fixed margin OF PROFIT
The plan is in operation In several
cities, according to Or. Henry Jameson
chairman Of the board Of directors Of the
street railway company, and has proved
satisfactory.
The system, when established, viii en-
able the street railway company to foat
loans for the improvement and extern
sion Of the service, DR.. jameson declares
II is planned, according to DR.. Jane
son, to spend million dollars in the i'm
prOvement or street car conditions here
II the company can have assurance
through the adoption OK the cost Of
service" plan that 10 can obtain an In
creased fare later II necessary II can
make the loan, he says.
A conference with members OF the
public service commission will be held
by Mr.. Ashby before the petition is died
and suggestions as to changes are ex-
pected from members OF the state body.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-09
u. S. WATCHES
EVENTS IN STRIKE

WASHINGTON. April 9.-President
Wilson and high government officials
today are watching carefully events IN
connection with the widespread strikes
of railroad workers.
Full facts as to the gravity OF the
situation have been laid before the presi-
dent and he is Fastening completion of
the railroad wage board, created by the
Cummins- Esch BILL which would afford
machinery for the settlement of the
strike.
Further government action to curb the
strike may be taken IL conditions do
not improve, but at present the attitude
of officials is that the strike can be
curbed by officials OF the railroad
brotherhoods and the government is in
clined to allow those officials to deal
with the situation rather than to use
the force or the government.
American Federation Of Labor officials
are watching the progress of the strike
with concern, for they regard the move
ment as dangerous TO organized labor.
All of the higher officials Of the fedora
ton sre out Of the city. most OF the
railroad union officials being en- route to
Kansas City, where they are to hold a
convention on Monday.