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/ . * . . - . . " V&s * 0 . : '{ l ^ssi ^8,- spit* weekly; ^ '' ^ ... ';,. l. m. grist's sons, publishers. & .jfamilit gjncspapcr: J;or the promotion of the goliftyal, Social, Jjgricultqal and Commercial interests of thi> lleogty. ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., RRIID A.Y, MARCH 18, 1921. NOl ? : : ?? - " ' -;-v;^;' VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS i 1 Stories Concerning Folks and Things Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. If money grew on trees, I would not be well heeled; For some would own a patch of woods, And. I a barren field. ?Gastonia Gazette. If it were raining diamonds, And they fell like hail. Just as certain as anything; I'd be sure to be in jail. ?Views and Interviews. Makes Them Stand Back. Deputy SherifC Tom Quinn usually has the task of feeding the prisoners in the York county jail and he does so unassisted. There were twenty-four prisoners in the jail Tuesday, and a friend asked the deputy if he wasn't a little skittish in doing the feeding alone, lest the prisoners make a rush on him at the meal hour in an attempt to escape. "I don't think there is much danger : of that," the deputy sheriff returned; ! "but still :I take no chances. I always make the prisoners stand back some distance from the door when I go to ; open it for the purpose of feeding : them." Soldiers Help Business. j "If it were not for the soldiers at Camp Jackson," said a traveling sales- ] man of Columbia the other day, "Co- ' lumbia business houses would be suf- ] fcring more than they are now. Be- ' cause of the decline in the prices of j farm products and the general financial stringency, ousmess ai uic sian: uaju- ' tal has been hit pretty hard the same ] us other sections of the state and of > the south. But that's where Camp Jackson helps. The monthly pay roll J of the camp is now about SI.OOO.OOU and , the most of those fellows blow the ' money. Dealers in second hand automobiles have been getting a pretty ( good slice of that million by selling ] the soldiers second hand automobiles 1 on the installment plan. Others have been getting their sham of it loo. There is no question of the fact that Camp Jackson is a. very, .valuable-.and very welcome adjunct to the city of Co'.tim- i . bia. just at tills time." 11 Farmer and Cropper. ! ] Made a trip to Riddlevillc, with Ai- j * bert Riddle Tuesday afternoon. Mr. I i Riddle was going up there to help his ' brothers It. S. and T. 1 Iowa id get ( started their Fordsons which had been , standing up unused since last fall, ana Views and Interviews went along for \ the pleasure of the trip. Stopped at R. | B. Riddle's a few minutes to say i "howdy," and. incidentally ran upon j some facts that furnish a typical con- ; finnution of tlie truth of the editorial j comment in The Yorkville Enquirer of i Tuesday concerning' the relations be- ; tween farmer-owner aiul farmer-rcntei ( and laborer. \ Over in a Held near by, a young I negro man was breaking up corn land with a two horse plow. Observing the work and the workman, Mr. Albert Riddle inquired of his father: "What's Tom doing with iiis auto- ' mobile now?" "Nothing," replied the father. "It is just standing in the garage. lie did ' not have the money to get a license ' tag, and h ltas.no gas." 1 Tim Torn referred t(i \v;is Turn j i Stanton, tw.euly-four, who, il was ex- ! ' plained, had been Horn and raised on tlie place and had never been off it j< more than :.i few weeks at a time; j i I'.otli the Middles seemed amused : ' about the automobile and Views and Interviews wanted to know the joke. 1 This is the story as told by Mr. It. I!. 1 Middle: i "Tom had been saving up his money 1 until he had about a thousand dollars ' when lie took a notion that lie wanted 1 an automobile. 1 advised him against H the purchase, telling him that he had j i better keep his money in the hank; but i nothing else would do him. so of j 1 course, 1 did not insist any further, lie j < bought his car and had a good lime j i with it until his money ran out and ' then he had to run the car in. "Along about the latter- part of. December. I galled Tom's attention to the fact that he would have to get a J new license d:\g for 1921. He had no; money and I knew it. He replied.: "'They eajdt. bother me ii I let my!1 ear stay in the house, can they?" "I tohl him they couldn't undr then 1 i : went on to tease him a little with the! question as to whether he was sorry [ ' * *- !--** !??.. i >ii .in a ' now that. lie nan not n-n ... in tin- bank find, done without an auto- ; mobile. "'Itather have my automohile than all the money there is.' he declared, lie don't talk much hut that is just what he meant. "Not long ago I observed that Tom was almost barefooted, and suggested 1 that he should have some shoes. "'(lot no money.' he replied, 'and will do without shoes,' but when I ( told him what this spring weather might do to him in the way of pneu- | monia on account of his hare feet, lie : i was glad enough to accept my offer to get him a pair of- shoes whieh I did." Clothes and Girls and Boys. ' ' "Speaking of girls and hoys amlj elothes and Kfyh's -ami Turft?do\vwiiml one thing' and another," sai-.l a father.| the other day, as he handed Views and Interviews a couple of newspaper clippings, "what do you think of these?" AN* ODli TO TI-IR C.IRL (I3y One of the Boys) Little girl, you arc so small, Don't you wear no clothes at all? Don't you wear no shimmy shirt? Don't you wear no "petti skirt?" Just your corset and your hose? Are those all your underclothes? Little girl, you look so slight When I see you in tlie light. With your skirts cut rather high Won't you catch a cold and die? Aren't you 'fraid to show your calf? It must make the fellow's laugh. Little girl, what is the cause? Why your Clothes are made of gauze; Don't you wear no undervest When you pro out fully dressed? Do you like those peek-a-boos 'Stead of normal underclothes? Little gi 1, your 'spenders show When the sunshine plays just so. I can see your tinted flesh Through your thinnest gown of mesh; Is it modest do you 'sposc, Not to w^ar no underclothes? I can see way past your throat To a region most remote; 'Taint my fault, now, don't suppose, Why not wear seme underclothes? Little girl, your socks have shoals Of those tiny little holes; I Why you want to show your limb I I do not know; is it a whim? Do you want to catch the eye Of the fellow passing by? Little girl, where is the charm In your long, uncovered arm? An the "V" behind your neck? Is it for the birds to peck? Little girl, I tell you those Arc not as nice as underclothes. Little girl, now listen here: you would be just twice as dear 4 If you'd cover up your charms? Neck, back, legs and both arms. [ would take you to .sonic shows [f you'd wear some underclothes, But no lover?goodness knows? IVants a girls "sans" underclothes. Little girl, your mystery, Loving charms and modesty f\re what make us fellows keen L'o possess a little queen. S'pose I wore some harem pants, Jr no shirt, like all my aunts, 3r a ringlet through my nose? They'd arrest me, don't you s'pose? [ must wear a coat of mail, L'lothed from head to big toe nail; I must cover up my form, Even when the weather's warm. ?Chcraw County News. ODE TO THE BOYS. (By One of the Girls). 'I read the* ode the other night, Vnd I just thought if was-ft-slght."-"^ s'ow. this is my reply to you, \ml I'll try to make it true; A'e wear clothes that suit the year? y'ow, wouldn't we look nice to wear \ coat, vest, collar and tie n the hot months of .July? iir:S are more auviiocvu hhiii iiivii, AY change our stylos now ami then; Hut men are content to wear lust the same from year to year, \'nw, 1 think, if the truth were known, believe that you men wouhl own That you l.ke to see us dressed, n our very latest 'best.' A'c may not like the way you go, bit we're too polite to tell you so. \?tnv let ine say a word to you. Then I'll quit, for I'll be through: Little hoy, you look so slight, . IVh.v wear your pants so tight? \nd that horrid pinch-bark coat? Hint's a thing that gets my gnat, n the summer, when it's warm, AY very thinly clad our form; '.at in the winter when it snows. A'hy, sure, we wear some underclothes!" NEW USE FOR PLANES Airplanes Will be Utilized in Laying Land Telegraph Cables. A new job "for airplanes?laying of land telegraph cables?has been tried nit successfully in Sweden according j In army air service reports. A six mile rtrrtcli was laid and put into scrriee in eight, minutes that came from j its station It) miles away. Of the j ! it; ,1,1 ! t'lg'lil mi IIIII OS wrn' .s|n-io. i n>ni>i s ind tin: i(Iher two in making connec- j .ions. ( rent possibilities, both military and pominercia!, arc seen by air .service | dfieors in this new enterprise. Kipiip- | uent of planes for cable laying is said j Lo be simple and inexpensive. For j kittle use, it is declared, the system J nay well prove "an effective means in In- hands of army chiefs" for influenc11 g the outcome of the tsrugglc. "In the course of operations in the open field" says the report, "a onnection can be brought about irnnediate'.y as for instance between different marching columns, even though ihey are separated by inaccessible ground. Another valuable use would be in establishing communications with troops oil forced marches either during an advance or a retreat. I In trench warfare, lines of communication destroyed by enemy fire can be J restored even in the middle of violent j action." There is no need for the plane to j alight. The cubic is unreeled from the I machine in Might with a flag marker I at the end lo guide signalmen on tin- ! ground lo it. When over the point at j the other end of the stretch of ground | to lie covered the wire is cut from the rot! ami ilit- free end weiKhteil, mark- | ( (1 ami dropped. Tlio men below merely have to pick it lip ami connect, it to bet; in talkir.ir with the forces at the i nlher oml. Kor commercial purjioses, the l'Cporl. sn^ests that cable laying from the air ni:iv well prove valuable in forestry anil forest fire protection, scientific exploration or other endcavors where communication is necessary "yet too (liflicnll of installation by fit her means." ? The''department of airricnltnre tested .2S?.fit's samples of set*<| for farmers limine: the liscal year ending .Inne Sft 1ft"", THE NEWS ABOUT CLOVER Well Known Baptist Minister Tenders His Resignation. SPORTSMEN AFTER GAME RESERVE ? I Estimate Shows Sewerage System Would Cost $30,000?Evangelistic Campaign Concluded?Yorkville-CIover Road Almost Completed?Other Matters. (By a Start Correspondent). Clover, March 17.?Rev. Dr. O. LT Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church of Clover and Union and Enon churches, has announced his resignation to his congregations v/ith the request that it be acted on as soon as possible. Dr. Jones will go to Columbia, where it is understood, he will do ministerial work in that city and also at Camp Jackson, adjoining. He has been pastor of Clover, Union and Enon Baptist churches about two and onehalf years and during that time he has won a warm place for himself in the hearts of his three congregations. Un- . der his pastorate the membership of the three churches has grown cousiderab;y and the congregations feel that the vacancy caused by his resignation will be hard to fill. Meeting Concluded. The series of evangelistic services which have been conducted in the First Baptist church of Clover during the past ter. days by Rev. J. A. Brock of Granitevllle, S. C., came to a close Wednesday night. Two services were held each day during the meeting and therC was much interest in the revival. There were several additions to the Baptist church here as a result of the meeting, it is said. Will Lease Hunting Lands. Several well (known Clover sportsmen have under consideration a plan to lease 3,000 acres cf hunting land in Charleston qounty from the Pringle estate of Charleston. The land in question abounds in deer, wild turkey and other game as well as iish and the Clover sportsmen who make a journey to the lower section of South Carolina once or twice every year for a few day's hunting know well the land, that 1?.. Kfitflntc Vtiintofl viicy liiujiuau iu luuov., iiuriiic *' ""-vv* on it before. .Among those interested in the proposed lease are: Drs. M. B. Neil. I. .T. Campbell and. J. E. Brison, .Messrs. Geo. McCnll, Will Jtudisill, J. C. Ford, A. J. Quinn and J. Aleck Smith. Going to Los Angeles. .las. A. Barrett, postmaster at Clover and one of the leading members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics in the stale, is making preparations to go to Los Angeles, Cal.,- in June as a delegate to the national convention of the order from South Carolina. M-. Barrett was elected one of four delegates from South Carolina at the last annual state meeting of the order held in Union. Delegates from North arid South Carolina and Georgia Mi-mo. ii'ii-lv in Juno v'i'i ll?vv .1. ... where* they will go in a body to the far away California city. Fish Are Biting. The fish in the streams around are beginning to bile. J. Meek Smith, ardent fisherman was telling about a great big trout about so long that he caught in Mr. \V. I'. Smith's fish pond 011 the outskirts of Clover, Wednesday afternoon. Mr. M. L. Ford has already made several journeys to Catawba river and the lakes surrounding and has had pretty fair luck. Almost every day others go to the creeks around and to the river in search of good fishing. Still Storing Cotton. Farmers in the surrounding com* wit-vv vi.i*v Halo inclina lion to soli cotton, ;md according' to local buyers, sales during the past few days have amounted to practically none. It is said that there arc about bales in storage in the Clover warehouse and a few more bales are being added almost every day. The Sewerage Project. Within the next thirty days Clover people will be given an opportunity to say whether or not they want a sewerage system for the town. Agitation for i a sewerage system for Clover was be- I gun more than a year ago. Funds were i raised by private subscription to bear the expense of a survey and this survey has been completed, lllueprints of the proposed sewerage system have been placed in the hands of the local committee and an estimate of the cost, which is slightly more than $50,000. While there are a number of Cloverites who feel that in view of the recent bund issue for a new high school building. the town has taken on as much public expense us u can siann iur a while, there are others who are of the . opinion that a sewerage system may never lie had cheaper and that because uf the {froat need fur it, now is tire time. Petitions will be circulated among the freeholders concerning the I project in the next thirty days, it is |said. Yorkville-Clover Road. ll<aid forces have been busy at work this week on the Yorkville-Clover road i via. Filbert, and the sand clay surface i has been completed from the Kind's ! Mountain township line past the Alii- I 'son creek bridge. The road men are i | now working between the bridge and it he corporate limits of the town. That | part of the road that has been completed is said to he in the best condition that it has known in years. "While the road between the bridge and Clover, where work is now in progress, is a little rough, at the same time it is passable and already a goodly part of the Vorkvillc-Clover traffic that has been using the King's Mountain road to Clover, past the home of W. C. Adams, have reverted again to the use of the more direct route. The road should be completed* within a few days, It is said. Busy With Gardens.. Clover people have been busy during the fair spring days in planting their gardens. Almost every family in Clover has a garden every year and according to people who have been telling this correspondent about their own plantings the gardening industry this year is more flourishing than usuol. A Clover seed dealer said the other after noon trat he alone ha d sold twenty bushels of onion sets this spring. Clover's Building Programme. Carpenters looking for work will find plenty of it around Clover this spring and summer. Numberc of carpenters will be needed on the %ew high school building construction and on. the First Presbyterian church edifice. In addition to that, at least two citizens propose to build residences this summer and there will probably be other additions to the building programme of the year. ( Personal Mention. It. A. Jackson of Clover, was a visitor in Yorkville this weelcj. W. J. McCartcr of Yorkville, was a visitor in Clover last Wednesday. Mr .and Mrs. 0. A. Niell left Wednesday morning on their, bridal trip to points north and east. Herbert Jackson of Clover, was a visitor in Yorkville this week. Clay Jackson, United States navy, has returned to Norfolk, Va., after a visit to his parents at Clover. BIG PAY FOR MOVIE STARS Expenses of Living and Keeping Place Totals Thousands. Dazzling salaries iiyhd to motion picture stars fairly stagger the average man, who is managing to keep about two jumps ahead of the sheriff these daysi writes O; O. Mclntyre. New York newspaper' writer in the Washington Herald. And yet the "overhead" of a Celluloid Circe is something to contemplate. I know a director who is married to one whose fame is world-wide. > . / In his less affluent days wo lived in -4same bo.'tcding^tWSOso and cut our own hair. Today the poor fellow cannot dress without a valet and he has a private barber and .masseur who comes every morning to doll him up Tor the rigors oF the day. Hut he is. only a director and his expenses arc trivial, compared to that of his wife. Her salary, I imagine, is one of the. reasons the employes of"thc mint are never laid off! In round numbers it is several hundreds of thousands. Mine is also in a round number. Zero. One item of her expenses alone last year was ?16,000. This sum represented an expenditure for photographs of herself and the mailing cost to thousands of her admirers in all parts of the world. No request for a photo is ever denied. Stars realize that the young boy and girl waiting at the cross roads postoffice for a photo are the real life blood of the movies. Eighty per cent of the movie fans are children and .she receives 6,000 letters a month ?mostly from young people. To some she sends a photograph that costs, postage and container in-' eluded, 42 cents. To others she sends a photograph that costs $1.12. Her wardrobe for private wear cost her 52S.OOO last year. It so happened that she had a flock of fur coats and so it was a light year. She believes that her success depends upon appearing smartly dressed in public. Her face is so well-known that people recognize her and if she looks, as her husband termed, "dowdy" some of her prestige would v.tnish. J Icing a public favorite it is necessary to entertoin extensively and the expense of this amounts to vast sums, i In fact the admission was made that just about enough was left from last year's salary to pay the Income lax. BOY PAYS PRICE Wanted an Easy Life Which Resulted In Death. Earl Gardner, 17 years old, was imbued with the fallacious idea that the world owed him a living and that it was to be provided without any effort on his part. As a result he was found dead, recently in an alley in Chicago, III., shot while trying to steal an automobile, police say. Anthony Buldnck, a theater owner, told the police he had fired two shots at a man whom he caught running his machine out of a garage, but that the ' ' * Vive hriuru hit. ruuner aau run uwaj. . ? er the body was picked up. Young1 Gardner escaped from the Bowmnnville Correctional School on February 2f>, and has been dodging the authorities ever since. Jt was found today that ho had been living in the home of another boy whom lie met at tin- liowmanville institution. Most of liis time has been spent in poolrooms. His friend permitted him to use his bicycle and his days were occupied in riding. Presumably lie picked up enough by petty larceny to provide funds for his entertainment in the poolrooms. He sneered at work and went after Hie easy numey. Last night he paid I he price. CONFEDERATE PENSIONS Old Law Changed in Impotanf Particulars. PAYMENT SUPERVISED BY LOCAI, BOARD All Applications to Be Submitted to Home People Who Will Revise, the List Each Year and Make Proper Apportionments. Comptroller General Duncan Is alrenHv wni-kinc nn the 1921 nenslons for to the^board-of honor inthe-countym which applicant resides.. . . "Sec. 5. The board of honor In each of the several counties of the state shall .consist of three Confederate veterans, and for two years from January 1, 1020; the several county pension boards as now constituted shall constitute the county boards of honor. The term of office of such county board of honor shall be two years and such honor board shall be elected at a called meeting; of the veterans, to be held at the county scat of the respective counties, said meeting; to be in January, and to be held once in every two years, and vacancies in the board to be filled In the same manner at a meeting to be called by the chairman of the board. That the names and addresses of the members of such boards so elected shall be communicated to the comptroller general of the state not later than November 1 of the year 01 election and prior to commencement of their terms of service. Such county boards shall report to the comptroller general of the state, between January 1 and January 15 of each year, all deaths occurring among those on the roll since the preceding January 1 that shall come to their knowledge, and also all enrollments made since the preceding January 1. The decision of'such county board of honor in granting or refusing enrollment shall be final. The members of the county board of honor shall each be paid $2 per day for not more than ten days in each year and be reimbursed for all necessary and proper postage and advertising, and ten cents per mile for each mile actually traveled in the discharge of their du- J ties. Tiie ju.dge of probate In each county shall bo the clerk of the board, of honor in his county, and he shall disburse all amounts sent to him by the comptroller general for those on said roll, for the county board or otherwise, and lie shall receive for his service 25 cents for each enrollment and 25 cents for each disbursement under this act. He shall keep a complete list of all enrolled, the amount paid or payable to each, and a receipt from the pensioner for all such payments. In the event of the deatli of one enrolled, and there being no widow to receive deceased's allotment, lie shall pay same to the one paying his funeral expenses, and likewise in the case of a widow. "Sec. 6. That any soldier or sailor, a bona fide resident of the state for two years, who served in the Confederate states army or navy, or who in the state militia performed actual service, and who did not desert the service of the state of South Carolina or of the Confederate states, or the wiring- of such soldier, shall be en titled to enrollment, who was living with him a*s his faithful wife at the time of his death. As soon as practicable after the appropriation has been made each year by the general assembly, the comptroller general oc the state shall apportion to each county a pension fund in proportion as the number of white pensioners in such county bears to the total number of pensioners in the entire state, then it shall be the duty of the several county pension boards to classii fy all pensioners in - their respective Confederate veterans and as usual much interest is being taken in the progress of the work. The general assembly at the last session passed an entirely new act in reference to the payment of pensions, which act is being commented upon widely. The bill changnig the pension law was introduced by Senator Hart and it was due largely to his efforts that it went through, without any trouble. Below is the complete act as passed by the 1921 assembly: "Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: That there shall be, and there is hereby, created an honor roll of the Confederate soldiers,' sailors and others whn in the state militia, nerformdd ac tual services in the Confederate states army or navy, who did not desert the service of this state or the Confederate states, who are residents of this state, and the widows of such as are residents of this state. "Sec. 2. That said honor roll shall consist of all soldiers, sailors, militiamen and widows of such soldiers or sailors who were married prior to the age of 50 years and were on the pension roll of the state prior to 1919, including inmates of the Confederate home, and also enrolled during 1919, and such as may hereafter enroll under this act. "Sec. 3. The necessary expenses of administering the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the amount appropriated for pensions: Provided, In the event of the death of a soldier, sailor or militiaman, the amount which would have been paid to him shall be, for that year only, paid to his widow or the party defraying the funeral expenses of the said deceased, pensioner. "Sec. 4. All applications for enrollment from vcar to vear shall be made counties into such classes as the re- 1 spective county boards may deem best ! without regard to financial ability, and fix the amount the various pen- | sioners in each class shall receive. All pensioners, as soon as they arrive at the age of 80 years, shall be elevated to Class A. The comptroller general I shall forward the amount apportioned for each county to the probate judge of such county for distribution. When any Confederate veteran whose widow shall be entitled to a pension shall die, it shall be sufficient for such widow to prove * her relationship and was living with him as his faithful wife at the time of his death in order to entitle her to a pension as the wid ow of such veteran: Provided, That * any pensioner entering the Confeder- a ate home shall be limited to $50. "Sec. 7. The secretary of the historical commission is hereby required to give full informatipn as to the services in the army or "navy of any soldier. sailor or militiaman, as same appears on the Confederate rolls, when requested. "Sec. 8. That all records in regard to pensions now and hereafter existing shall be by the one or ones in control or possession thereof immediately turned over to the comptroller general of the state. "Sec. 0. The sum of $600,000 is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the allotments of those on said honor roll and all other expenses provided for in this act "Sec. 10. That the comptroller general shall be, and hereby is, authorized to employ one additional clerk, at a salary not exceeding $2,400 per annum, to assist him in discharging the duties herein placed upon his office. "Son 11 Tho npriQfnn Hnarri nf flip 4 state of South Carolina is hereby abolished, and all acts in reference thereto and inconsistent with this 'act be, and the same are hereby, repealed." ' FIRE TRAP SCHOOLS Statistics Show There are Thousands In the United States. Tens of thousands of school children housed in fire traps and hundreds of thousands of them either on half-time or in make-shift buildings is the condition in 429 cities of the United States as disclosed in a report made public-'.yestecday^- ? - !' " The report was Issued by the national 'committee for Chatfiber of Commerce co-operation with the public schools on a survey conducted by the American city bureau. The committee was organized in February, 1920, to inquire into school i conditions. Its executive committee is < headed by George D. Strayer of < Teachers college, Columbia university, i New York. ] The evidence presented "shows ] clearly that there are tens of thousands 1 of children now housed in old, insan- ] itary dangerous buildings," says Mr. ] Strayer in his introduction to the re- ! port. "Many of. these structures are ] best classified as Are traps.' Data was received from 429 cities. The report says: "These facts, obtained from 75 per cent, of all the cit- 1 if>R renortinir. show that in these cities . even excluding those housed in an- J nexes where conditions may be normal there are more' than 453,000 children ' who are cither on half-time because of lack of building space or are housed in portables, rented buildings, attics, ^ basements or corridors. It would re- ( quire an average of two thirty-room buildings in each of these cities to ' properly house the groups of children ' alone." "The report sets forth statistically the inadequacy of playground space on the playground than is supplied in the classrooms in which they are ' taught," says Mr. Strayer in the introduction. J "Three million six hundred thousand children are represented in this report on playgrounds," it is stated "and the study discloses that one-half i of them?1,800,000 children?have no ! playground at all. < On the subject of fire hazard in i schools* the report states: "Only 5 per < cent of the total number of buildings 1 are of the types of construction us- I ually called fireproof. Only a small | number have fireproofing elements to < lessen the first hazard to the children. At least 25 per cent of the two poorest types of buildings are of two or more stories and, do not have a re-escape." , The report directs attention to "the large number of children between the , ages of 13 and 1G years who leave the J public schools." There is probably no more serious problem or none more dif- . fleult to solve now facing the people of 1 this country," it says. According to the reports from 290 cities, 6 per cent of the children have J left school before their thirteenth year, 19 per cent, before 14, 38 per cent before 15 and 64 per cent hefore they arc 16 years old. "In the geographical groups," the report continues, "the highest per cent, of those children remain in the western cities. Next in order are the Great < Plains cities, then the southern, the < Great Lakes, and lowest of all are the < eastern cities. In this last group only i 29 per cent of the children 16 years of < age, and 56 per cent of those from 14 to 16 years, inclusive, are in school." 1 Attention is directed to "a notable i falling off in attendance," at evening >. schools during the last six years, n : period of unusually high wages," * X rHE NEWS OF ?Bflfc; _ ' h. ? ..v. ? ' -! u'. Possibility of a Cbaoga.Jn FtetvjVj. mastership. 5RYANT READ CONSUL W. 0. # V - ifth District Medical^Society lis Reorganized?Dollar Day Attracts Large: : Numbers of 8hopper^-Other Newa and Notes of the Metropolis of 'York County. (By s Staff Correspondent). Rock Hill, March 17:?Who will" bo jostmaster of Rock Hill under the* new idministration? , Will Postmaster E. E. Poagr tie allowid to retain the position that he fillSpto he satisfaction of the patrons'of' the >fflce or will one of the "Old Guard" ret the plum? Information comes to ;his correspondent that some of the itock Hill Republicans will try to land he place for one of the faithful. But ;he name of the candidate to' be centred upon for recommendation has lot been made public if he<or she has >een agreed upon. There are several mder consideration, It is said, and also here is a tendency to take things easy ind give careful consideration to the" natter before somebody bikes .up to.; EVashington and tells tlj? president and ' lis advisers who should be who ' In Rock Hill so far as the postmasterahip s concerned. On the other hand it is said here that since the members of the Republican party are comparatively ' ? a -i x*. ?i~l.i 'l^U. few in numDer ana since jl uugui, up iretty hard to get a competent mdn for he place out of the ranks of -the 'Standpatters," Postmaster Poag 'wJU lot be bothered. That Is the lay of tHa and just now, according to one who w n position to know. ' ' : Word comes from Chester that an at":6mpt will be made to oust Postmaster Douglass of that city when the propeir t :ime comes and give his job to one oV > .he faithful. Rumor has it that &"Q.: Viyers, proprietor of the Myers hotel of ihat city and himself a' well known iraveling man is after the.job.J The present postmaster, Mr. DodglasSf haa. Deen in the postal service in' CJbo^bw 'or many years of nla life, jind^he^'ljj. s A' jaid to be one of the. ntciet' efficient 30stmasters in the state.Vv!J^"e;aituatlpn in Chester is somewhat it is said; the chas^s'.<if.^pljjc^(e-.bef.^.. Ing Inclined to take??!ff Sgj$flllWu. Wijir' But the- "dopb" which is being talked HefeiVoncernihfc./ the two postmastershlps. " 1 Bryant Head Consul. " Max G. Bryant, well knot^\|n frafefc^ rial circles in Rock Hill, Wai?<on TuiMtv' Jay elected head consul ot, the Souths" Carolina Woodmen of the WoHd it^fto innual convention of Woodmen Florence. Other officers elected^'wjre; S. Inman, Greenville, . head advisory Fred C. Lotz, Charleston, lieadbimkeg;. Ft. S. Hood, Sumter, head ciieTPkr! IM" Lewis, Sumter, head escort;. Ci j 6. 3'mith, Inman, head watch ma 8; J. Ife. Vfackey, Florence, head senary. Doctors Held Meetihjj; \ , Dr. W. P. Timmerfnan of i^teaburg; president of the South Carolina Medj.nlal association, and Dr. E. A. Hines of 'onaon secretary of the 6tat6 associa ion, were the principal speakers at& -e-organization meeting of-tHei Fifth District Medical association: held- -.in Rock Hill, Tuesday. Officers w&e jlected as follows: Presid<&t, Dr. W. R. Walker, Chester; '/ice prfehideht, Dr. 3. W. Poovey, Lancaster; second vice president, Dr. W. M. Love, : Cftest&r; secretary and treasurer, Dr. G; A. Hexllies, Chester. The meeting- held hire ivas mainly for the purpose of effecting i re-organization of the society. Chester was selected as the place for the next meeting, the meeting to be held in May. There were a number of physl:ians in attendance upon the meeting nere. Dollar Day Draws Crowds. "Dollar Day" today for Rock Hill, inaugurated through the Merchants' association of the Rock Hill Chamber pf Commerce,' drew large -numbers pf shoppers from all sections of York 1.? fVnm T^inonstfir And Ches JUUIU> auu &?vu* ? ter counties. Merchants of thfe-city offered many unusually attractive bargains for the event and they/Jhad a busy Jay of it. . . Personal Mention. Peter Pappas of Rock Hill; was a visitor in Yorkville today. V. Q. Hambright of Clover, was a visitor in Rock Hill Wednesday. Claybourne Stroup and MlsS Maud ? Stroupe of Yorkville, were .visitors In Rock Hill on Wednesday. Mrs. J. B. Pegrram and daughter of irorkville, were visitors in Rock Hill fhis week. Mrs. ,H. B. James and Mlas Gladys lames of Yorkville, were in Rock H1H ast Tuesday. ? LIQUOR SOLD CHEAP 100,000 Quarts Were Offered at $3 Par ' Gallon. Druggists united in a' rush to the customs house in San Francisco, recently when they learned that 100,000 quarts of Scotch whisky were to besold at $3 per gallon. Twerity-sSVbitiruggists appeared. , Sales amounted to 500 gallons, u ivas announced. The liquor'13- tJlfr" rccumulation of seizures made on 3hips entering this port, and is being sold to druggists under ordhw*'. ftohtWashington, ' < u ?? !.. (?< . 4< ?