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.. : - V * . > . . - | . * . .? .-. ' ^??????????? ^ WJE^LKI-WRKKL^ W ^ L. M. grists SONS, pubiubers.} % dfmnitg Dcirspapci;: Jj'or th? promotion af thq political, Social, ^jrieultura! and tfommerria! Jnteresta ?( th< fleojl*. (TERM8?^^,*P*E*"iN0^ANCi ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, ATJGTJST 22, 1919. ISTO. 67 GREAT RAILROAD PROBLEM Suitable Division ot Profits Between Producers. SOMETHING ABOUT GLENN L PLUMB j Able Student of Economic Has Devoted Lifetime to Solution of Perrplexing Problem and Knows Much About Railroads. New York Sun. Who Is Glenn E. Plumb, author of ..inn to democrat-1 ^ me SO-l'aueu lauvi F.u.. ize the railroads? This is the question of the hour, in the homes, at the clubs, in the hotel lobbies and on street corners. It is asked varying ways and under varying conditions. For example, hubby is interrupted while eating his cantaloupe at the breakfast table. "Who is this Prune the papers keep talking about?" "Not Prune. Plumb, my dear," is the reply. "It'B not a person; it's a plan, a system. Labor leaders think .the time has come when they should get "Some of the plumbs earned by the railroads. They have called strikes until they get the plumbs. That's why they call it the Plumb plan." Or perhaps the question is popped in this way: You meet an acquaintance with a look of desperation, who buttonholes you. Another touch, you suspect, to meet the high cost of living. But instead of being asked for a ten spot you are asked to impart a little current information. "Who is this Plumb person, do you know ?" "He's an American Bolshevik," you answer offhand, without knowing anything about it. "He's made a life study of Socialism and the Soviet and all that sort of thing and wants to apply Russian methods to the American railroads. Just another dreamer in our midst." Another form of inquiry comes when Chateau Thierry marines meet. "Who the hell's Plumb?" bursts from under one of the shrapnel helmets. As a matter of fact, one's lack of knowledge concerning Mr. Plumb "is accentuated when one visits his offices. The address given for the Plumb headquarters is room 410, Munsey Buildlng, but on the way down the corridor it is noted that offices being passed are labeled in gilt letters "Plumb Lecture Bureau." By the time the entrance room, 408, is reached one is in the midst of an organization. A cordial reception is granted visitors, there being two or three wideawake young men on their toes to make themselves useful. On the occasion of my first visit I found Mr. Plumb himself at his desk in the adJoining room, and one of the secre^ tables, without UiquiHng as to my identity or mission, directed me to the inner office. Hi Has a Strong Grip. Mr. Plumb arose in a tired sort of way, took told of my hand with a grip of steel and indicated a chair beside his desk. In appearance Mr. Plumb illustrated the average American business man?nothing very striking one way or the other. Rather short of statue, but with a fine physique and a rugged, sunourneu wukluu.?, K* might be taken for a lawyer or a L broker or a professional man or a shopkeeper, but never for an orator or I an agitator. His manner is quiet In the extreme and the tired look about his eyes?he had been reading manu^ scripts prepared for the Interstate Commerce Commission?suggested the student or bookworm. Socialism and certain brands of labor agitation are known to go hand in hand with extreme craving for publicity, but in Mr. Plumb's case the rule seemed reversed. He was sympathetic with the idea of having his life story outlined, but he was at a loss to know what to say about himself or how to begin. It was not affectation, - _ but genuine embarrassment. "This is all so new to me that I don't believe I can do myself justice without thinking it over. My mind is so wrapped up in this hearing that I find difficulty In collecting my thoughts for other matters." At that moment a young man who had precipitated himself into the room interrupted, to my address: "Say, If you're going to write anything about this, get off that mare's nest you had in this morning's paper! The theory that " Mr. Plumb raised a restraining hand and checked his overenthusiastic assistant. With a scarcely perceptible shake of the head he suggested that nothing bored him more than these fiery outbursts of argument. The contrast between Mr. Plumb, the silent brains of the organization, and the fiery young assistant who advertises * the product was unmistakale. Mr. Plumb himself had not had time to read any of the comment or criticism in the newspapers, but his assistant had read every line in every available paper and apparently knew It all by heart. It Boon becomes apparent in talking with Mr. Plumb that his is a distinctly legal turn of mind. He is a lawyer first, and the plan for which he is responsible has been built up as a result of his legal studies and practical experience in the railroad line. The whole thing represents a case which he has worked up and perfected to his own satisfaction after years of persistent and untiring effort. Whatever flaws there may be in it and whatever his ultimate fate will be there will always remain the interesting personality of the man who single handed and alone has established himself as leader in a new line, and thereby finds himself suddenly the most talked of reformer in America. Indications are that Mr. Plumb will be a shooting star, but he will be on unusual form of meteor while he lasts. And when the glow fades he will doubtless resume his law work at the same old stand, disappointed, perhaps, but taking on his next work with the same quiet, philosophical spirit that i T-torizes hi* work now. ' Disappointment Won't Crush Him. i To illustrate this philosophical spirit an incident in the life of Mr. Plumb may serve. He used to drive an automobile and got a great deal of satisfaction out of it. One day he and a fast passenger train on the Wabash Railroad tried to use the crossing at the same time, with the result that the automobile was demolished and the train went along as if nothing had happened. Mr. Plumb is still fond of automobiling and has bought a new car of another make?but he lets his son do most of the driving. His present plan to change the order of industry may be run down by the National Express, in which case he will accept the inevitable and devote his time to some other plan. He is not of the kind to cry over spilled miik or waste time I in vain regrets. Mr. Plumb was born in Clay, Washington county, Iowa, fifty-three years ago. He began work on a farm, and the steel grip of his hand is due to the number of cows he milked, according 1 to his own version. F.ven as a boy he concentrated all his effort on the par- ' ticular work before him, and consequently he became in early life a champion milker. He milked more 1 COWS man any uae ciac m mu vuuinj, according to the home folks, and ho became an adept in speed and pro- ' flciency. Getting an education and at the ( same time earning enough to keep ' himself going formed a double prob- . lem for young Plumb. He tackled it courageously. He worked as a breaker | boy at coal mines, making himself generally useful and showing an inquisitive mind, which brought him much useful first hand information. , After graduating from the high school 'I he ran a "ditch digger" and later graduated from Oberlin, Ohio, in 1891. ( and then went to the Harvard law , school. He took his degree in the | Northwestern University in 1893 and ( entered a law office of Starr. Miller & , Peck In Chicago. Hit Early Railway Fights. . In the line of his work Mr. Plumb became attorney for a small Inde- , pendent street railway and proceeded ( at once to learn all he could about the , management, operation and statute , laws regarding street railways. It is . said that he applied the same thoroughness to this work that he applied . to milking Iowa cows. He concen- , trated all his efforts on street rail- ' way problems, but worked very quietly and kept most of his information to . himself. He did not advertise. Accordingly, when the Chicago . 1'ivet Railway tried to get the right to use any street in the city under its ninety-nine year franchise and when all the legal talent had been retained by the traction companies to further the plan, the companies had overlooked Mr. Plumb. This, at least, is the way the story comes from Plumb head- ( quarters. | The city of Chicago retained Plumb chiefly because there was no one else left to retain and he started the fight for the city. He won the case and his investigation work at that time is primarily responsible for his continuing interest In railway matters. There it was the question of the people's rights as against the rights of the railway owners. Now Mr. Plumb has broadened the idea and is championing the rights of the railroad workers as against the rights of the people and the railroads. He does not take the stand that the people or the railroad owners must necessarily suffer, but his scheme is to tit the rights of the . workers into the general makeup j of railroad industry. He calls it; "democratizing the railroads." Mr. Plumb did not launch his new scheme until very recently, and he might have remained in practice in Chicago on the side of the railways except for an incident which came as an aftermath to his success against the traction companies. He had modestly retired to work as counsel for a small traction line when the Chicago railway Interests, as they are called, bought out the small company just to make Plumb lose his job. This is all part of the story as Mr. Plumb's friends tell it. They say that it was to "get even" with Plumb that the move was made, and tnrt tnis pracucany < forced Plumb Into his present line of 1 work. Anyway, he devoted years to 1 studies of valuation and railway prob- 1 lemis. He claims to have discovered ' that there is in law no clear definition 1 of where private rights end and where public rights begin in public utilities corporations. His s'iand now is that there is no clearly defined law as to ' where the rights of the workingmcn 1 end, and hence his bill to democratize 1 the railroads. ' Now Has 2,000,000 Clients. 1 In his statement before the Inter- ' state Commerce Committee Mr. Plumb says he represents as general counsel the organized railway employees of America, consisting of the Brotherhood 1 of Locomotive Engineers, the Brother- ' hood of Locomotive Firemen and En- ' ginemon, the Order of Railway Con- 1 ductors. the International Brotherhood 1 of Blacksmiths and Helpers of America. the Brotherhood of Railway Train- : men and a score or more of other '< unions and brotherhoods. He says the organizations number upward of 2,- 1 000,000 men employed in railway transportation. Voluminous data on labor's plan for government ownership and democracy in the operation of the railroads is being provided by Mr. Plumb for the committee. It seems very probable that the Plumb plan will not get a single vote on the committee. The proposal that labor, the public and the management shall control and share in the profits :>f railroad operation has a distinctly Bolshevik tinge in the eyes of so many citizens that wholesale criticism is being directed at tne new pian. The consensus is that the plan is so radical that the whole industrial groundwork of the nation would be upset. There is no denying: it is radical. hut Mr. Plumb himself claims to he a conservaive and. strangely enouph. there is much about him which indicates conservatism. He says, tor example, that if this plan does not appear acceptable, he is perfectly willing to work along: other lines. He does not take the stand that this is the "only plan;" In other words, his covenant can be amended or modified by interpretations or reservations, and he does not say that rejection will break the heart of labor. He simply says in effect: "As a lawyer, giving all my time and study to the problem. I think I have a case worthy of consideration." Mr. Plumb knows nothing about Socialism or the Soviet communistic doctrines and does not believe in them. it is explained. He believes in law and order, it is added, and relies for success ui>on convincing congress of the feasibility of his plan, just as a lawyer relies on his ability to convince a judge or a jury. Although he works from 8.30 in the mqrning until midnight as a rule, he occasionally finds time for recreation in the form or go it". in the popular Imagination a Trotzkian Bolshevik and a golf player do not harmonize, and Mr. Plumb is considered a very good golf player. He is classed with the best amateurs. He can go over the course with something of the sureness' and expertness of a professional. He used to be something of a star at tennis, and has always been fond of outdoor athletics. Mr. Plumb is living now in Chevy Chase. His wife is heart and soul with him in his work, and his son, Wimmiam C. Plumb, is working for his father at the headquarters here. There is nothing dreamy or Bolshevik about young Plumb. He is just back from overseas, where he served with the Eighty-third Field Artillery, and helped to make the terrain unsafe for Germans. PLANS OF LLOYD GEORGE British Premier Makes Important Announcement to House of Commons. In the three hours' speech in the house of commons in which he dealt with Great Britain's domestic affairs generally, David Lloyd George, the British prime minister on Monday disclosed three important decisions of the government. Two of these had been widely discussed and the government's purpose with regard to them was anxiously awaited. One of the decisions was that the post-war plan of ultra protection, under which imports were limited to Lnose granted special licenses uy mc board of trade, will be abandoned September 1, and the putting into effect of measures to prevent "dumpng." The second decision was the rejection of the majority report of Justice sankey's coal commission which provided for the gradual nationalization if coal mines, and in its stead launchng a plan for partial government control by which the government will suy out the owners of coal lands who -eceive royalties from mining companies, give the miners a share in the :ontrol of the mines, organize the nines into districts and establish a fund for improving the living condi- 1 :ions of miners. Under the third decision the gov- ; ?rnment will embody a bill of recommendation for a Just industrial council of employers and employees and 1 48 hour week and a living wage applying to nearly all industries. During his address the premier placed responsibility for the delay In making peace with Turkey upon the United States. Great Britain, he said, iesired to know how far the United States was prepared to assume her ihare in guaranteeing the protection )f people under the former Turkish ,-oke, and while awaiting this infor- , nation Great Britain had occupied rurkish territory. Mr. Lloyd George used strong tvords in dealing with necessity for the promoters of the league of na:ions to show good faith by reducng armaments. He said that those who believed most in the league of nations must trust it most, and the rest would follow them- Great Brit- { tin was ready to reduce armaments as 1 first condition of real economy in world armaments, and if all other countries also were ready economy would result. If the nations increased their armaments, the premier declared, the league of nations would be a mere 6ham and a scrap of r?Q MAP The premier dealt at length-on the economic situation, the war he eaid . ost Great Britain 40.000,000,000 pounds and an outstanding fact of the present situation was an alarming adverse trade balance of 800,000,000 pounds. The national debt, he pointed aut. had grown from 641,000,000 pounds to 7,800,000,000 pounds. "We can not prosper," said Mr. Lloyd George "we can not even exist without recovering and maintaining [>ur international trade. We bring up the trade balance, adding to our exports and lessening our imports. ... In avery direction we are spending more and are earning less. We are consuming more and we are producing less. These are facts. It can not last." The premier declared that Great Britain could never improve economic matters until there came an increase in production. "There Is no other alternative" he exclaimed, "except quitting the country for which we fought tor four years." The occasio i for the speech of the premier was the closing of the summer session of the house of commons. While Mr. Lloyd George spoke with his old time fire, held the attention of the house and frequently gained its applause, he really was speaking on the defensive for his government is under remarkable bombardment from a large majority of the newspapers which are charging it with enormous extravagance under headlines such as "The Road to Ruin." Lord Robert Cecil, Great Britain's sponsor for the league of nations followed Mr. Lloyd George with emotion regarding the league"It would be better to scrap it altogether said Lord Roberts," unless the government means to work as a unity. I am not satisfied with the attitude of some of the officials and the spirit of the bureaucracy toward it. The need for assisting Armenia, Lord Robert continued, was overwhelming. "To tnko nwav the British troops." he said, "means to condemn these unhappy people to extinction; the remnants of them will be slaughtered almost to the man, woman and child. If there is any competition between help for Deiklne (the anti-Bolshevik commander in southern Russia) and help for Armenia, Armenia surely had the first claim." The Laborltes sharply criticized the government's coal mining proposal and Its failure to nationalize coal mines. William Brace, labor leader for South Glamorgan and president of the South Wales Miner's Federation, described the government's plan as "the establishment of a glorified combining." I IN AND AROUND CLOVER Correspondent Tells of Things ol Present Interest. BUSINESS NOW~~NOT SO BRISK Meeting of Sunday-school Association ?Texas Man Thinks York County Makes Good Showing?Activities in Baseball. Clover, A ijg. 21:?Attended by a fairly large congregation representative of most of the township the annual meeting of the King's Mountain Township Sunday school association was held in the Presbyterian church of Clover Tuesday. There are sixteen Sunday schools in. King's Mountain township and most of them were represented by one or more delegates. A feature of the meeting was an address by M. F- Montgomery of the state office of the South Carolina school association in Spartanburg. In the course of his address the speaker mentioned the remarkable growth that had been made in Sunday school attendance and influence in South Caro Una in the past few years and spoke of the possibilities of the future, urging wider and more constant attendance of men and women as well as children as a means of further promoting the Master's Kingdom. Mr. Montgomery spoke at the meeting of the Bethel Township association at St. Paul Tuesday afternoon, following his address here. in the absence of President S. N. Stacy, Mr. \V. T. Beamguard presided over the Sunday school meeting here>fore adjournment officers to serve during the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, R. R. Brown; vice president, W. N. Jackson; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Robert A. Jackson; superintendent of cradle roll department, Mrs. E. D. Petty; superintendent elementary department, Mrs. Wade H. Pursley; superintendent of home department, Mrs. S. C. Pursley; superintendent teacher training department. Rev. J. L. Yandell; superintendent adult Bible class, W. G. Reynolds. The place of the next annual meeting was not fixed by the convention, that matter having been left to the Judgment of the executive committee Finds Great Improvements. Mr. S. W. Wallace of Shelby county, Texas, a native of York county who moved-to Texas forty-nine years ago and who is now visiting relatives and friends in Clover and community and other sections of York county, the visit being the first he has made in the past eighteen years, finds many evidences of progress since he was here last and while a bit partial to the state of his adoption is bound to admit that York county is superior to his Texas county in some particulars. Mr. Waljpce notes many evidences of progress in community building in the past eighteen years and declares that the fine school houses, handsome churches and commodious homes that he finds on every hand are a revelation to him. The crop situation in his section of Texas was rather poor when he left home several weeks ago and advices he has since received are to the effect that there has been little Improvement. He says that the York county prospect is the brightest that he saw anywhere between his home and York county. Mr. Wallace is a brother of (he late Joseph F. Wallace, who was for many years clerk of court of York county; he served throughout the War Hot ween the States with Mr. L. R. Wiliams and other well known York county men and he has many friends and acquaintances throughout the county. He has been finding keen enjoyment in hunting up many of his old acquainances since his return to the county that he first left in 1872. Although he is now 78 years of age Mr. Wallace's health is still good and he still retains his capacity to do a good day's work. He expects to return to his Texas home time next week. Construction Work Going On. Fair progress is being made on the ?n nf ths buildinsr on King's Mountain street which will be occupied by the new bank which will begin business in Clover some time this fall with V. Q. Hambright of Rock Hill as cashier. The brick work on the structure is well under way and provided there Is no serious handicap through inability to secure the necessary materials, the building should be completed and ready for occupancy within a few weeks at most. Construction work on the addition to the Hawthorn Mill is not progressing so speedily, according to General Manager M. L. Smith who says the trouble lies in the fact that it is almost impossible to get the proper materials. Thus far only two car loads of brick have been received. Groceryman Barrett Busy. James A. Barrett, the popular Clover postmaster who along with the rest of Uncle Sam's postmasters has assumed the role of groceryman here of late, expects to do a rather rushing business. Mr. Barrett entered the grocery business last Saturday and took in several orders the first day. Clover people have placed orders for dried beans, canned goods and pretty nearly every article included in the list of goods that Uncle Sam had collected for the use of his soldiers and which he no longer needs. Postmaster Barrett expects to send in an order to the depot in Atlanta some time this week to fill the wants of his customers who are increasing in numbers daily. Masons Went to Dallas. Quite a number of the members of (he Clover Masonic Lodge went to Dallas, X. C., Monday evening, the occasion being the administration of the Third degree to several candidates ror the Dallas Lodge. A banquet was held in connection with the Masonic celebration at Dallas and the local Masons report a great time. Among those who went from Clover were Messrs. Vf. T. Beamguard, J. L. Stacy, J. E. Brlson. R. S. Riddle. Arthur Barnett, Vess Olenn, J. E. Jackson, Clyde Ford, C. M. Dickson, Waddell Moses, S. A. Sifford. No Cotton Selling. According to Mr. W. P. Smith, well known cotton buyer the bottom has dropped out of the Clover cotton market during the past couple of weeks and the sale of hardly a bale is to be reported. There are few If any folks in the surrounding commun1 lty who are forced to sell Just now am it is plain that they are not going t sell at prevailing prices unless the: [ have too- Now that there is no cottoi on the market there has been a con stderable fall off in business generally Clover merchants who a couple o [ weeks or more ago remarked to thi coirespondent that this summer ha< been like the fall of the year to then so far as business was concerned no\ opine that it is about an average sum mer with little merchandise beini sold. Baseball Still Popular. [There is no abatement in basebal interest which was revived this sum mer after a lethargy of two years du< to the fact that most of the live wlrei of the national game In this territor; had gone Into the army. Clover stll continues to have a game every weeV and well known local players who hav? recently returned from service overseas have greatly strengthened the local team and are contributing mucl ^toward keeping Clover on the maj jtrom a baseball standpoint. Mr. W- P Jfmith, once a great player but now or the coaching lines due to the ravage; It time and the appearance of graj airs is keeping an eye on the tean the capacity of a sort of managei ^nd coach. The games that are stagec in Qlover are played on the diamond At trffe Clover Mill. .w. Teachers Selected. ' ? Prof. W. R. Koon who some time age vas re-elcted superintendent of th< Hover school and In whose hands wa; 1 pft the selection of his corps of asisBants subject to the approval of the tjoard of trustees will make known hi? selection within a few days. Branches of the Clover High school will be located at each of the cotton mills this year, an arrangement having been made whereby the mills would supply a house for school purposes at eacr mill provided the school district would supply a teacher for each school, thus i%lievjng the congested condition ot t|te main school building. The school \Vill open early in September. Personal Mention. .r W nr r-. nf f>,? .XVI. YV . LJ. illUUl C, vuv U4 V?tv Vtwvw. residents of Clover is in very poor health at the present time and his relatives and friends are very much conqprned about him. Mr. Moore is in the fftlth year of his age and suffered an attack a few days ago from which he has not recovered as would be hoped forThe body of Judge W. H. Lewis, a Well known lawyer of Gastonia who died at his home in that city Monday was buried in the cemetery in Clover, Tuesday afternoon, a large concourse of friends and acquaintances of the deceased from both Gastonia and Clover attending the funeral. Mr. R. E. Currence and little son of Asjievltttoyt'N. C.. are visiting Mr. Curj^a^c^agAer, Mr. J. F- Currency {Mrff.^flT-iteck. Dickson of Yorkville ^WW^flW*n^ed the family of Mr. Currence here this week. Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Brlson and Miss Annie Lee Adams of Clover were visitors to the mountains of North Caroliana this weekMr. Mack Ferguson of the clerical force of the Bank of Clover is enjoying his annual vacation. Sam Brlson of Gastonia, spent Sunday here with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. W. I. Brison. Mrs. J. T. Blgham of .Chester visited hre daughter, Mrs. W. P. Grier here this week. Rev. Paul Stroup of Newell, N". C., has been spending several days here, the guest of the family of his father, Mr. W. B. Stroup. Rev. Stroup also attended the A- R. P. conference at Linwood College. Miss Addle Matthews of Greenville is visiting the family of her father, Mr. W. M. Matthews here. Mr. William Matthews of Charlotte spent Sunday here. Mesdames R. L. Wylie and W. P. Smith of Clover, were visitors in Charlotte, Tuesday. Mr. J. R. Moore and family of Richmond, Va., are visiting the family ol Mr. W. D. Moore and other relatives in Clover. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitener of Shelby, N. C., are visiting the famil> of Mr. W. F. Rich and other relatives and friends in Clover and vicinity. New York Strike Settled.?The (strike which for two days has paralyz? K?.OW onH alovfttod svstems of eu IIJC DUunuj the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, was formally called off Monday night by a vote of the strikers to accept a compromise offered them at a conference of city and state officials Monday afternoon. Under the terms of settlement the men will receive a wage- increase of 25 per cent, and it is provided thai the question of whether they shall receive the additional 25 per cent, demanded by them shall be submitted to arbitration- Resumption of service was ordered to take effect at midnight Monday. The 25 per cent, wage increase ^vas made retroactive to August 1, and, according to Interborough officials, means an annual increase raise In the pay roll of $5,000,000. The agreement also provided for reinstatement of all strikes with their old seniority ratings and for arbitration of all other differences which can not be adjusted by negotiations. Statement of the strike came at the end of a chaotic day in which the mterborough'a 2,500,000 daily patrons plodded to work in a drizzling rain, rode jammed surface car lines, steam trains and steamboats or auto buses. With the strike at end District Attorneys Swann and Martin announced that they would continue investigation of charges made by Mayor Hlyand that the strike had been brought about by collusion of Interborough officials with leaders of the "company union" for the purpose of forcing an eight cent fare. Mr. Swann has subpoenaed 50 witnesses to testify before a grand jury as to the alleged conspiracy and asserts that he already had obtained evidence pointing, strongly to such a plot. Donald W. Fether, of Los Angeles, Cal., a student of Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y., recently arrested charged with murder in connection with the death of Miss Hazel Crance of Ithaca, has been released on the ground of Insufficient evidence. I CATHEDRAL AT LOURDES v , ; Magnificent Roman Catholic Shrine In Southern France. f * ATTRIBUTE OF MIRACULOUS POWERS i * v Old Priest on Duty Has Been The Host and Guide of Kings and 5 Princes: But Says the Greatest Occasion the Place Has Ever Known 1 J Was When Three Thousand Ameri-| I* . | can Soldiers Came For Blessings. By Lewis M. Grist. Pride of every French village above i everything else is in its church or < j cathedral. Proud of his religion above < everything else is the Frenchman. ' Most of the French people are homan 1 Catholic in their religious belie. i Protestant in religion largely I J guess; because my father is before me : and his father before him and his i before him back to the beginning of 1 the tribe I reckon, I never dreamed a f couple of years ago that I would ever I become interested the least bit in i Roman Catholicism and would come t to be thrown with Catholics a great t I deal, would visit a Catholic cathedral t j and become curiously interested in the 1 creed. i I am still Protestant and will be all my life and I. do not propose to dls- : cuss creeds in this article, but rather a to tell of a beautiful church and a little ? visit to the Spanish border while over- F seas. I But before I start that: Before I got a into the army I had the idea some- i how that Roman Catholics did not believe in God, that they were a wild, 1 reckless sinful class of folks who had ' no regard for anything, who believed ? that they could commit murder if they a j chose, tell the priest about it, give him a a uuuai nuu mcuvji-viiivc vvuva w oaj , prayers of forgiveness and go about ^ their business satisfied that it was remembered no more against them. Rut I learned soon after getting into the army, that taken as a whole, the ^ : Catholics are mighty fine people; cer' tainly the majority of the soldiers of Catholic faith with whom I was thrown t in contact, were. There were excep- t ! tions of course; but there were like- t wise as many exceptions among the v i Protestants. Yet I found that the t i Knights of Columbus would hand you b out a pack of cigarettes or a piece of chocolate if you were Protestant and b i they knew it just as readily as the f "Y" would do if you ' were Roman n Catholic and they knew it. Most of t the men in my outfit were Catholics and I could borrow five franks off one p f them just as easily as I could from c one of my Protestant buddies. A But we had started to the Roman p Catholic cathedral: Getting a few days b i leave and wanting to go somewhere, v several friends and myself decided to p take-?a little trip over into Spain. *V.? p thought we might run on a bull fight t( i or a bunch of brigands or something s to break the monotony of the quiet g little French village In which we were Sl quartered. So to Spain we started on g one of those little wlnky-dink French a trains that run so slowly and are so a very uncomfortable that you wish the e railroads might adopt the Plumb plan ^ or any old plan that might Improve e the service. n Pyranees the Border. v i The beautiful Pyranees mountains v are the border line between France p and Spain. At the foot of these mountains in France lies the pretty village f, of Lourdes, and the only thing that t i distinguishes that village from thou- s ; sands of other French villages is its f( magnificent cathedral. The erection v commenced more than a thousand fl years ago. It is a wonderful structure, t beautiful in its design, perfection in its i workmanship. I don't know its di- d mensions but I do know that all of the c churches of Yorkville could be put into 5 , it with all their members and then e after an invitation had been extended s . to all who do not belong to any church t ; in Yorkville to come in and had been j] 1 accepted, there would be room for a t few more neighboring congregations d . n.wi oil n-nnW havo anfflrient stnndinsr r room. ii i The numerous windows of the 0 cathedral are of beautiful shades of f stained glass including paintings of n , Bible characters and those who are t , famous inv the religious history of the t ; world since the Christ lived on the t earth. a Saint Peters' Foot. fl 1 At the entrance to the cathedral ! there is a bronze statue of Saint Peter, e He is seated, his feet clad in the r 1 sandals that were worn in the time of c Christ. One foot stands out promin- e > entl> above the other. The statue is c ! regarded as a sacred and holy thing f ; by Catholics, and it is said that every n . Catholic who has visited that famous . cathedral since its erection has kissed s [ his foot. Thousands, perhaps millions n of kisses have been planted there be- v cause the foot is growing much worn l ?-?" ? "ftoiilt tVinroAt I") i Hard by the cathedral Is a pool, the t , waters of which are said by the Cath- t ollcs to be holy and possessed of heal- v , ins qualities. Those who are crippled v or those who are suffering physical s . ailment and who believe in the virtues 1: of the pool will be cured of his ailments, it is claimed und in proof of f the contention there are suspended n near the pool hundreds of pairs of o crutches said to have been left there " by cripples who having been cured of a , their ills, had need of the crutches no ii more. c Built by woman. It is related that the Cathedral was 8 built through the efforts of a woman, t a noted saint whose name I have n forgotten but whose shrine I remem- b ber seeing in the cathedral. This 8 woman, so the story goes, had a won- T derful vision and it was told to her 1 , that she should build a cathedral in e this villa'ge of Lourdes hard by this sacred pool, and the cathedral stands 8 today a monument to God and this a saintly woman whose memory the a people bless. 11 A part of the cathedral and a source v of wonder are a number of statues of * the Twelve Apostles and other saints placed at various intervals along a sort r of winding trail leading into the a Pyrenees. The story of the crucifixion 8 of Christ is told in statuary along the 4 way. There is a statue illustrating his trial by Pontius Pilate: his Journey to Calvary and finally his crucifixion up- t on the cross and his being laid away ti in the sepulchre, all wonderfully wrought in massive bronze. There were perhaps a hundred soldiers, Red Cross nurses and "Y" workers in the party who visited the church at the time I did. Included in the party was a Catholic chaplain of the army. He engaged in conversation a priest who had been in the service of the cathedral at Lourdes nineteen years, a kindly soul w}th the light of Clod upon hiH face and who related to our chaplain much of the history of the cathedral and many interesting racts in connection with it. He in turn interpreted the priest's story to us as I have told it here. The priest said that he had seen many impressive ceremonies perform?d in the cathedral, he had seen some jf the most eminent men of the world tvho had come there to visit it. "But :hc most inspiring scene I have ever witnessed," he told the chaplain, "was i week or ten days before the visit of >mu .boys here when more than 3,000 Vmerlcan soldiers of Roman Catholic 'aith, each carying a lighted candle in iccordance with Catholic custom, mssed through the cathedral and knelt jefore the shrine of the Christ and he virgin his mother, each man a ough soldier, veteran of many a batle and many a skirmish?3,000 men cneeling in deep reverance before the mage of the Christ." The Catholic members of my own xirty knelt before the various shrines ind crossed themselves and perform d other ceremonies as do all good toman Catholics. We who were 'rotestants merely stood in respectful ind reverent silence. We knew nothng else to do. But the visit to the beautiful cathed al impressed me very much. I shall lot soon forget the picture of that iweet faced old Roman Catholic priest ind what seemed to me the weird itrangeness and grave solemnity of t all. TO CUT COST OF COTTON lovernment Suggests Means For Eliminating Wasteful Practices. As one effective means of reducing he high cost of living the government, hrough various agencies already esablished is seeking to eliminate wherever possible, and at least shortn, roundabout and expensive routes etween producer and consumer. "How much "difference should there e between the price that a farmer gets or his cotton and the price that the illl pays for the same cotton?" asks he department of agriculture. "The North Carolina cotton mills aid about $16,000,000 more for the otton they used last year than the armers received for It. Getting down 0 a unit basis, the farmer who grew a ale of cottom lacked $11.50 of getting rliat It was worth to the cotton mill," 1 says. "A little of the $11.60 went a the railroad for hauling the cotton o the mill. As most of the cotton conumed by the North Carolina mills Is rown in North Carolina and nearby ections of South Carolina and Georia, the freight item did not amount to great deal?probably 30 cents a hunred, or 30 points on the cotton involv U. JL lie IXV Cla()C LUOl VI VAViiaitQV vu he draft bill was probably oneighth of one per cent. Including other ecessary costs of selling and delivery rlth these items, the total expense rould be about $2.50 to $3 a bale in radically all cases. "The natural conclusion is that the irmer is getting less for his cotton han he should have, or that the conumer of cotton cloth is paying more or it than he should pay, maybe both, /htle the middlemen are making a proIt out of proportion to the services hey render." These facts were ascertained by the lepartment, and are embodied in a ircular, "Suggested Improvements in lethods of Selling Cotton by Farmrs." The solution suggested is direct ales, or, in any event, less indirect han at present. That would probably ovolve co-operative selling organlzalons among cotton growers, and direct lealing by such organizations with he cotton mills. Certain difficulties n the way of direct selling are pointed ut and suggest interesting classlying service that would be made as a leans of overcoming them. Suggesions apply, to some extent, to the enire cotton-growing territory, but eastrn North Carolina, where cotton mills re in close proximity to the cotton lelds. The first suggestion is that the farmrs grow the kind of cotton the mills leed. It is pointed out that most local otton mills use only one or two -rades and usually only one staple of otton and that it is necessary for the armer or some other agency to furiish what the mill demands. A compress and ample storage and hed space at central points in the lain producing areas, it is suggested, kfould improve conditions. A very lmiortant suggestion is the establishment of a disinterested classing service hat would serve the Interests of both he producer and the consumer. This vould enable the farmer to know the alue of his product, and co-operative elling would better enable him to resize that value in dollars and cents. As to North Carolina, better ginning acilities are needed. The old gineries are not capable of pressing large r .average sized bales to the density isuully obtained in other states. As result, the average weight of bales i North Carolina is low and the mills omplain about it. Less damaged cotton should be hipped to the mills. Mill owners say hat they have neither the inclination or the facilities for conditioning cot on, and wish to buy only from hippers whose cotton has already been ut In the best possible condition, 'his objection could be met by farmrs' organizations. The final suggestion is that farmers row better varieties of cottoi. There, gain, the benefits of organization are pparent. Many buyers, knowingly or nknowingly, buy the better staples without paying a proper premium for hem. The result is that the fanner is icllned to stop growing the better vaiety, out of which the buyer makes n abnormal profit, but for which the rower receives practically no more han an inferior variety. A rising of Polish workmen gainst he Germans is taking place In many awns in Upper Silesia. GARNERED WITH SCISSORS News From Within and Without, the County. CONDENSED FOl' QUICK READING Lancaster Newt, Aug. 19: Laat Friday, I* A. Baker of Kershaw, sold several hundred pounds of Lancaster county gTown tobacco on the McBee market at 66 cents a pound. The highest price paid for tobacco that day was 60 cents for a small lot of exceptionally good leaf. Mr. Baker's tobacco was the attraction of the market that day. It was well cured and of good quality. The McBee market was a scene of unusual activity last week?the sales of Friday totaling over 50,000 pounds. Tobacco growing is a new thing in this section. Five years ago they did not know they could grow tobacco, but the rerusts during the past two years have been very encouraging Mrs. F. E. Smith andchildren, of York, motored to Lancaster Saturday and were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs, R. A. Long. The home of Henry Stover, in the S C's community of Kershaw county was a scene of a pretty wedding on Monday evening, when their daughter, Miss Susie Stover, became the bride of C. Vernon Hammond, of Stoneboro. ? Married, August 17th, 1919, Mr. James Hinson, of Primus, and Miss Leona Blackmon of the cotton mill ' village, Lancaster. B. F. Adams, notary public, officiating B. J. Faulkenberry, formerly of Lancaster, died at his home in Columbia, Sunday afternoon after a long illness. Mr. Faulkenberry was 25 years of age and had been married only a short while. Rock Hill Record, Aug. 18: Dr. W. . W. Fennel! left last night for New York city, where he will buy a lot of modern equipment and labor-saving appliances for the infirmary. Before returning he will go ouf to Rochester, Minn., for a visit to the Mayo Brothers Hospital John Ft. Williams has sold the Dr. Bigger house on College avenue to J. P. Culp and the J. B. Swlnne house on Clay street to Mrs. R. H. Sherer of Bullock's Creek..... Walter Jenkins. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins of this city, arrived here this morning after nearly two years in France. He received his discharge from Camp Lee. C. L. Dunlap has bought the Chris. Walker bung&lo on Charlotte avenue. The Walkers will build a home on the lot adjoining the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson. Sr. The building committee of the board of trustees of Winthrop college has awarded to the Southern Ferro-Concrete Co. of Atlanta Oa., the contract for the construction of the Students' Building on the college campus, at their bid of $95,667?their bid being the lowest of several bidders. The contract for glumblng and heating was awarded to the L. F. Waldrop Co. of Rock Hill, at their bid of $4,720?that also bfelng the lowest bid. uanney i_eager, Aug. is: roe moot remarkable character In Cherokee ounty, or indeed anywhere In the United States, is John H. Lynch, of Cherokee Falls. The old gentleman will be ninety years of age next April, and came to Gaflfney to have a warrant issued for a neighbor who had threatened to kill him, the difficulty having arisen over the fact that the neighbor's calf had been trespassing on the old man's pea patch, which he had himself planted and cultivated. Mr. Lynch, in spite of his great age, is hale and hearty and does his dally work in the fields. He has been married four times and is the father of fifty-two children, nearly all of whom are still living. His youngest child was born the year that President Wilson was inaugurated, and is named Woodrow. In his younger days, Mr. Lynch was a miner, having worked at many of the prospects in both North and South Carolina. He has the appearance of being not over sixty-five years of age....J. H. Wltherspoon superintendent of the city schools, returned to Gaflfney, Saturday after having spent' six weeks at Columbia University, New York, taking a special course. Mr. Wltherspoon said yesterday that he did not care to discuss the petition which was mailed to the trustees requesting his removal. One of the trustees said that it is probable a meeting: of the board will be held this week to dispose of the petition. Gastonia Gazette Aug. 18: Judge William H. Lewis died suddenly this morning at 11:80 o'clock in his office in the Groves building, an attack of heart trouble causing his death. Judge Lewis was apparently in the best of health and was sitting at the typewriter in his office working when seized by the sudden attack. He called Dr. L. N. Patrick whose office is in an adjoining room, but by the time Dr. Patrick could reach his side, he was breathing his last. Judge Lewis was 66 years old, had been a resident of Gastonia for the past 35 or 40 years, coming here from Scotland Neck and growing up with the town and county. ' ' !:ne he was one of the leading lawyers of this section of the state until a few years ago when on account of increasing years he was forced to give over a large amount of his practice. In 1888, Judge Lewis was married to Miss Alice Campbell of the Bethel section of York county, South Caro Una. Miss Campbell was a daughter of Dr. Campbell and of a large family of sisters, Mrs. Traywlck. of Gaatonla Mrs. Dr. J. W. Campbell, Mrs. W. E. Adams of Clover, Mrs. J. M. McCiain of Clover, all being sisters. Of this marriage ther survive two children, Mrs. W. J. Howard, of North Wilkesboro and William C., who recently returned from France and who has reenlisted in the army and is stationed at Petersburg Va. Judge Lewis' second wife to whom he was married in 1895 was a Miss Hoffman, of the Iron Station section, who survives the deceased with the following children. Bryai^ Joe, Everett and Wilbur....- Mr. Max D. Abernethy, who has for the past several months been city editor of The Gazette, leaves this afternoon for Raleigh where he has accepted a position on the staff of The Raleigh Times, the capital city's afternoon newspaper. Mr. Abernathy is a young newspaper man of exceptional ability and considerable experience and bis new position comes in the way of a promotion to him. V . v/ -' c*r.4-V5 ; r 4 &&&.- >; - i . ^SSl