ty '^ ' '
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liUbliihed 1891. "
8QH00L OPE NINO DATE.
"Start Session to Begin Tuesday,1
September 6.
The 1921*22 session of the Kort
Mill graded school will open
Tuesday, September 6, yesterday
said J. B. Mills, chairman of the
board of trustees. Originally the j
trustees planned to have the session
begin a week earlier, but the
unexpected resignation a few
weeks ago of C. (\ Stewart of
Pendleton, who hud been elected
superintendent, and the necessity
of completing the installation of |
the plumbing in the school building,
begun some time ago. have
, caused the delay.
As yet the school is without a i
superintendent, but a meeting of
the board of trustees is scheduled
for one day next week when it is
expected the place will be filled.
With the exception of a superintendent
and the possible ne< es- |
sity of electing an addition!
teueher for the fifth grade, de- ,
pending upon the enrollment of
pupils in tbut grade, the teaching
corps for the session is complete.
Failure to receive as much
State aid for teachers' salaries as
it was thought would be available
for that purpose is said to
litiVH irivim tliu ii-iiul.iiic /.,,i>wi, 1
bela concern.
Train Damages Mill.
An unusual accident occurred
at mill No. 1 of the Fort Mill
Manufacturing company when an
empty freight car that was being
placed on the mill siding jumped
the track last. Thursday afternoon
at the crossing on
)Vhite street and ran into the
northeast corner of the weave
room, knocking a hole in the wall
- several feet in length and otherwise
damaging tin wall from the
foundations to the roof of the
building. It is said that it will
be necessary to rebuild the wall
^for a distance of about 120 feet
in both the east and north sides
of the building. The accident is
thought to have been ?1 lit* to the
accumulation of earth on the inside
of the track which prevented I
the ear from staying on the rails. |
li> the damaged corner of tin* j
building is located the corner- i
stone of the original structure,
which was built in 1SH7. The
cornerstone was loosened hv the
impact, hut was not displaced.
A number of operatives wt re at
work at their looms near the corner
where the ear struck the
building, hut none of these was !
injured.
Visit Boll Weevil Section.
A trip for GO or more farmers
of the community and business
men of the town to the lower section
of the State to observe boll
weevil conditions is being arranged
by the First National Bank
of Fort Mill. The party will ,
be gone two days, leaving Fort
Mill early next Wednesday morn"V--Ji:g
and returning the following
day. The trip will he made in
automobiles and it is thought {
that tmieh valuable informal inn >
_ I
will be (ruined by members of the ;
party which will be helpful to 1
the community under the cluing- I
ed conditions which will eome j
with the general advent of the I
boll weevil in this set ion.
Soldier Picnic Friday.
Practically all arrangements
have been completed for I lie joint
picnic Friday of the T.nii thill
'Guards and the World e.ir vote
raiift of Fort >'ill lowusbip. The |
picnic will he '*11 the grovi surrounding
Spratt's spring, near
town. Following the picnic an ex
hibition drill will he given at lite
hall ground by the military company.
at the conclusion of which
the hall teams of the s< n ice
men and the militiamen will pit y.
Friday night there will he several
athletic contests in the armory of
p the militiamen.
w m + m
Henry V. Richardson a few
ilays ago bought the home and
shoe repairv*hop of R. D. Nunniin
Fort Mill. Mr. Nunn has bought
a farm in the Dixie neighborhood
of Mecklenburg county, to which
he will move with his family in
the near future. ^ I
Phe F
MILLIONS FOR GRAFTERS.
Government Pays for War Goods
Never Delivered.
In the house of representative
you will find a Republican who
i- not afraid of tlie administrat *
ii. says Senator Tom Watson's
Columbia (C!a.) Sentinel. His
name is .lathes T. Bc?;?r an,| he
r? presents tin* Kith Ohio district.
Mr. Hejj|f wrote the war department
a polite letter in which
lie invited the Hon. Weeks to
furnish Congress with copies of
all iln- records of the war department
showing; adjustment of
claims of war eontfactors.
*
The Hon. Weeks was too busy
following President Harding on
some vacation to answer Jicprcsrntalive
Megg. therefore the assistant
secretary. Wuinwright,
n?tified the Ohio congressman
that owing to a scarcity of clerks
it would l?c utterly impossible to
n.rnish the information.
'I he newspapers say that Mr.
lb gg replied by stating that be
c> peeled to obtain the lists without
conducting a correspondence
school on the subject and if Wainv
right could not furnish them
voluntarily, lie would he forced
Io respond to a resolut ion of ( 'oiigre.is.
demanding that lie produce
ili?' evidence.
Mr. licgg suggested to the Iloll..
Wainw right that if he in eded
clerks he might use some of the
army officers who arc loafing
'around Washington.
'I he war department decided
to I ii 1*11 isli the in format ion ami we
now learn that our government
iiis paid more than two billions
of dollars to eontractors in the
adjustment of war contracts, and
i.* many cases we learn that the
goods contracted tor wrrr never
<u Iivcred to tin- army, although
our government pays for them.
Do you uiulrrstaiul why Mr.
Wainw right lullkrtl when Mr.
I??gg askrtl thr war ilrpartiimni
for this information?
Tim following arc samphs ot
thousa mis of rases where our
treasury lias heeii rohhed liy
pi ol it?M?rin?r eriiniuals:
Shehlou A\Ir & Spring Co.:
Articles del i Vel'cd. lloim ; aillOUIII
pai<I. fJoS.OOO.
Kenyoii Co., for raincoats; Aria
les <leiivereil. $.")<?.()(K); amount
paid. sjsthO.tKH).
Stiniehaker Corporation: Artii
li s tleiivrred. $*J.!)?Sti,(HM); amount
paid in addition. $1 .(Mil.000.
Ford Motor Co.. for tractors.
Number delivered, none; amount
pi id. *1.20!).:M1.1)0.
Ford .Motor Co.. for tools: |)eIi\
? !*? ? 1. none; amount paid. $2-!!>.2.
Ford Motor ('o.. for spare
parts: Delivered, none; amount
pi.- it I. 17,Gt?rt.r>4.
Packard Motor Co.. for fucks
Xuinhcr delivered, none; amount
|)il l< I, $ I > < ,1 20.11 I .
Nash Motor Co.: Articles delivered.
nonr ; ;iiiioi1111 paid. $t?27.000.
('oil's Patent Pircartus Co.. for
automatic rifles: Delivered none;
amount paid. $1 .Sti.">.47 1 .02.
Ileretlles' Powder Co.. for 'P. N.
T. for ?roods aeeepled. $2,700,O-lti.oO;
amount paid. $4..782.224.
70.
Potato House About Completed.
Work on the community sweet
potato storage house which was
planned last spring hv the farm
l is of the lower section of Port
Mdl township is ahout finished.
The house is on the farm of Sam
A mist ro:i?r ami has a capacity of
2..">00 bushels. It was huilt in
conformity with plans su?r?rested
|.\ <'letnson college and the farm
ers interested in the enterprise
ar< confident that. so far as the
I i use itself is eoneerned. tliev
will have first class potatoes to
market a few months hence. The
proper curing of potatoes for
market, however, calls for eon ;
sulcrahle attention ami care. Tin*
artificial heat in the ! ?i i i l< 1111 *"
must he kept at the proper tempt
rature. otherwise the potatoes
will not find ready sale, as is
frequently pointed out in farm
journals and in the bulletins sent
out by the a orient turn I department
on the curing of sweet potatoes.
ortI
FORT MILL, S. C.t THTJ
NEWS OF YORK COUNT?"t
Current Items of Interest Found
in the Yorkville Enquirer.
Secretary Fewell of the Rock
Ilill chamber of commerce is trying
to get in touch with th?? Indianapolis
find.) baseball team
with a view to trying to interest
them in coming to Kock Hill for
spring training next year.
"I feel^piite sure that the York
county ehaingang will not have
completed its. work in t'atawba
township by September 1, and 1
think they will be doing fine if
ihev complete the work by .January
1." said \Y. Hall Spencer,
member of the t'atawba township
/cad commission.
Officers and members of the
i'Yank Koaeli post of the American
Legion are considering the
.dea of inviting the South t'aroina
department of the American
Legion to hold its annual convention
for 1922 in Kock Hill. It
I.as not been definitely decided
yet whether the invitation will be
ei tended to the convention at its
Newberry meeting, but definite
decision will be reached withm
lie next few days.
"Oh. yes. we've got plenty of
boll weevils." said (I). Keid,
prominent < 'atawha township farmer
when the correspondent asked
about it Saturday. "They are
doing some damage." Mr. Roid
went on to say. "and I am ex
icetiiig that the effect on the
crop is going to be very marked
?et ween now and October 15. The
...II ? 11 - ? - * '
Mill nccvil in llCt'e IO Slav UIH1
tlii' sooner we farmers generally
realize that fact' and begin to
make arrangement* to grow
erojis other than cotton the heter
off we are going to he."
Mr. \Y. S. IVrcival of the OgU'ii
neighborhood was in Yorkville
Monday on hnsinoss. Asked
about the hoi! weevil in his seetion.
lie said that there is no
donht of the fart that the weevil
r: there. "On the farm of Mr.
Si agle. a near neighbor," he said,
"yon cannot only see what the
wi i viI has been doing, hut you
can see the weevil himself, lie is
also at work on Mr. T. L. .Johnson's
farm. 1 do not know eerj.inly
whether 1 have any weevils
or not."
Martha Katehford. negress.said
o he at least 11(1 years of age.
iiiil Sunday of the infirmities of
old age and was buried ill the
cemetery at Mount /ion church
for colored people near McConn
llsville Monday, a large crowd
ei colored people attending the
'''.moral. The old iicgress. who is
s; id to have had retmrrkahly good
health during lie long lifetime,
recently became sick at the home
of her son-in-law who lives on
Mr. I{. M. Brattou's place in Bethesihi
township. Some people
claim that she was eonsiderahlv
more than 111) years of age. hut
tliai w?s th.- age stated -by her
son on |ho burial certifieatc.
York county fanners will not
have the benefit of the services
of a Cuited States cotton grader
during the coming: yeah, recording
to announcement Saturday of
Dr. .1. It. .lohnson, president of
lie York County Cotton association.
"It is evident." said I'resilen
.lohnson in discussing the
t.u!.i?r. "that the farmers are
in.' very much interested in the
n a ter certainly not to toe
pi.in of putting up the necessary
nu Key to insure the services of
a rrnder. Several weeks ago we
d vided the county into school
districts with a view to trying to
ret hem to jruarantee their pro
rata part of the Trader's salary.
Only one district in York county.
Ib'thesda. No. 'JS, guaranteed its
pro rata part. We did not get
up quite enough money to pay
I be cotton grader's expenses last
venr wtib lb.. !>. i l
, .. . ...... . ... i rMI II I INII I II all I
to dig down in my pocket to the
ninouiit of +118 to make up the
defieit and I do not care to do
this again this year. It is my I
opinion that never was the need j
of a public ?rmder greater than
this entiling year, hut if the farmer."
are not interested enough to
put itj> the neeessarv money, why.
ol course that settles it."
Mrs. I j. Iv logon of Shelhv, N. ;
is a guest at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Alice Harris.
I
Will5'
RSDAY, AUGUST 25, 192L
K END LONG TRIP.
Tarantulas Gome to Town, Probably
From Central America.
The long ride from Central
America, probably, to Fort Mill
ended Saturday for two tarantulas
which arrived in a bunch of
hi lianas ordered froiu Charlotte
by Feruson's grocery. The trip
Droved too much for ?uu? <?f tL??
tarantulas, however, ami it died
on the way. The other one was
very much alive when it was discovered
Monday morning near
tl.t top of - the bunch of bananas.
I' has since made its home in a
fruit jar. along with the remains
of its dead companion, and has
been an object of curiosity for.
many Fort Mill people who had
never before seen this species of
spider. The tarantula is three
o! four times larger than the
largest spider common to this
section and its hitc is said to
prove fatal in many instances
where prompt medical attention
cannot be had.
Dr. .1. R. Desi'ortes of Fort
Mill, who spent several years on
a hig banana plantation in Itritish
Honduras and who in that
country had occasion frequently
t observe the tarantula, says it
il? es not hitc as many people as
generally supposed in this
country.
"The natives in gathering the
banana crop are always on the
lookout for the tarantula," vesti
iday said Dr. DesPortes. "They
seem to know where it is hiding
in the hunches of bananas and
kill most of them before the ha
naiu.s are taken aboard ship for
ex port.
"More than two-thirils of the
bananas consumed in this country
are grown in British Honduras."
continued Dr. DesPortes,
and most of them come through
the port of New Orleans, where
they are put in cold storage awaiting
shipment to the various distributing
centers. The ilonduran
t arantulas that reach the United
States with these bananas Jiave a
hard time surviving the eold of
tLi refrigerating plants, but now
and then one does survive ami
fiimlly lands where the bananas
j.re to be consumed. They are
not attractive in appearance and
I would not advise one of my
friends to try to make a pet of
one of them."
SERVICES AT* FLINT HILL
Church Observes Annual Home*
coming Meeting.
(Written for The Thins.)
The annual revival service of
Flint Hill Baptist church began
Sunday, August 14. For more
than a century this day has been
observed us home-coming day for
i nose wlio out from the community.
year by year. The pastor,
ilu Rev. .1. R. Smith, preached
twiee. morning and afternoon, to
large and appreciative congregat
ions.
Monday there was n?> morning
or afternoon service, hut
hcgipning Monday night the pastor
was assisted hy the Rev. S. 1*.
liair of Fountain Inn. formerly
pastor of the church for seven
years. Morning and afternoon
for the remainder of the week he
preached to large and attentive
congregations, except the first
two services when the weather
was unfavorable. Mr. Hair's
messages were heart-searching
and uplifting and a spirit of
sweet fellowship prevailed. He is
greatly loved hy the Flint Hill
people.
There were 22 applications for
baptism and one hy letter. The
meeting closed last Sunday, the
preaching service being followed
b\ tin* baptism of 18. with four
others yet to he baptized. The
singing throughout the meeting
whs splendid, the leader. .J, (i.
Smith, always bein at his post.
The Rev. (iarv T. Winded, a
son of the chureh. will preaeh
next Sunday.
.las. F. Boyd. Church Clerk.
Hoover in Everything.
Senator Torn Watson: No matter
what's what or who's who.
here in Washington, it cannot get
bv without having Hoover put
into the soup before it is served.
Time.'
BALL TEAM ENDS SEASON.
Silver Cups for Wilburn Ferguson
and Douglas Nims.
The 1921 Fort Mill baseball
team has disbanded, after winning
12 of the 1G games played
during the season. Of the four
games the team lost, one went to
Great Falls, one to Arcade and
two to Aragon. The close of the
season found no money in the
club's treasury, but the manager
of the team. \Vilt?in-?i
. p.
whs able to keep down expenses,
thery leaving no debts to be paid
by coiitriutious from fans as has
been the ease a nuiiier of times
in recent years when the season
ended.
A compilation of the batting
rt cords of the players for the season
shows that Wilbnrn Ferguson
led with 2t? hits and that
Douglas Nims came second with
24 hits, For their good stick
work these two players will each
be awarded a silver cup bv (Seo.
Fish, general manager of the
plants of the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company, who has taken
much interest in the fortunes of
the team.
NOTES FROM GOLD HILL.
Happenings in Upper Section of
Fort Mill Township.
The (Sold Hill public school is
in summer session again and good
work is being done with a large
enrollment. The pupils of the
vnluuil * 1 1 *
mux xl ^<1ii !/.( ( i ii llllTiirV
sot'ii'ly and had their first meeting
Inst Kridnv afternoon. Tin*
naming of the society was the
first matter brought up for dismission
and it was decided to
call it the ('rook-Furis-Coltharp
society in honor of the present
trustees of . the school, but the
nauie will be abbreviated into the
C. F. C. Literary society. After
unending to other business a
short program was carried out
which was enjoyed by all. The
society then adjourned to meet
again next Friday.
David Smith of Tampa. Fin., is
in this community visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith.
Mrs. Tom Lungstoti of Florence
is on a short visit to her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Kpps.
Miss Winnie Crook has return
home, after visiting friends at
Newport and Kock Hill.
Miss Mary Kdwards id' Jack*
sonville. Fin., was the guest of
her uncle. K. (i. Faris. last week.
Miss Mason lilankcnship has
returned to her home in Union,
after visiting friends and relatives
here.
lOllii* Mn.? Itu il?*o '?*' i11 -
..... ' in n ui 1 1111" > lilt',
N. (spent Ilu* hist week-end
with her aunt, Mrs. Tom Wilson.
Mrs. ti. F. Young of (Sainesvilli*.
Flu., is a visitor at tin* lioim*
of lu*r parents, Mr. ami Mrs. .1.
I.. Kiinbrell.
Kosa Mae Bradford is visiting
her father in Florence.
Misses Carrie ami Kthel Tatterson
of Pleasant Valley are spending
the week with relatives here.
Miss .lanie Belle 4 * It'll n of Monroe.
N. ('., is visiting Miss Sadie
K iinbrell.
Many (iolil Hill people attended
the protracted meeting at Flint
Hill ehureh last week.
A protracted meeting is being j
conducted this week at Philadelphia
Methodist church by the pastor.
the Rev. W. H. Baukuight,
v ho is being greeted bv large
congregations at each service.
Apparently there is much interest
in the meeting. "Boagns."
New Seed Store.
Kock Hill is to be the liot.c* ol
a new seed store. of which K. II.
Currison. until recently demons
i ration agent for Mct'ormick
county, and Karl (i. Paris will be
the proprietors. The store will
carry in stock a complete assortment
of farm and garden seed
and will open its doors on Sept?
inher 1. Mr. (larrison is an
experienced seedsman and has
also been actively engaged in boll
weevil work and will therefore be
able to give the farmers of this
section many valuable suggestions
in the fight they will next
year find it necessary to make
on the cotton pest.
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$1.50 Per Year.
COMES AS SURPRISE.
Announcement of Ble&se Not Expected
in York.
Writing to the Oharlotte Observer
of last Monday, the York
correspondent of. that paper commented
as follows upon the an
ntflllioemeiit ??f t'?*!?? "
, vri\ 11. I Hilt
he will be a candidate for governor
next year:
"A news dispatch from Newberry
appearing in the daily papers
of Saturday morning to the
effect that t'ole L. ltlease has
tossed his sombrero in the political
arena and will meke the race
for governor next year, was read
with interest and surprise here.
"Coining on the heels of his
Filbert speech near York several
weeks ago. when he dramatically
declared that he would not be a
candidate for any oilier ami so
far as he knew would never be a
candidate again, his changed altitude
caused considerable eom
iiii*iiy ami speculation. At Filbert
In* attacked the extravagance of
the State administration in language
that scorched ami sizzled,
declared that the 'pepul' needed
a man of ability ami character
to plaee the t'aets before them
ami lead them to victory. I?ut said
I hat lie was too old for the task
and that tlicy would have to seek
a vonnger man.
"Now. however, another year
ot political turmoil, perfervid orations
ami appeals to parti/an
prejudices looms up on the political
horizon, for lilease will undoubtedly
prosecute his race for
political honors in characteristic
fashion. lie will likely capitaltalize
the prevailing discontent
over alleged high taxation and
make this tin* chief plank in his
platform. This much was indicated
in his Filbert speech, when
he excoriated the Legislature for
its heavily increased appropriations
for State institutions and
oft ices and declared that if all
t lie ? Irones could he turned out of
oftice (Ration could tic reduced
one-halt.
"York county was one of
Mease's strongholds up to 11)18.
when a majority vote was given
X. It. Dial, his opponent for the
1 nited States senate, lie still has
a considerable following here,
hut most unbiased political observers
believe that he has still
further lost strength in the last
few years and that such a thing
a? his carrying the county again
i? out of the question."
Agrees With "The Times."
Alter quoting an editorial in
The Times of last week in which
it was stated that the provision
of the const it lit ion of South Carolina
requiring that the public,
printing be done by contract
should be stricken out. the t liesit
i News says:
" Itight you are. Mr. I trad ford,
ami did you notice that the advertisement
which asked for bills
stated that any bidder would
have to furnish a bond fot $10,(li?It
"The manner in which the
State's printing is done is a joke
and it would pay South Carolina
t,? give the present plants doing
the work 'by contract a pension
; ml then place the work with
printing plants in other sections
oI South Carolina. Oh. well, the
State's printing has I cut and
nil lll.lll\ > C|| r* illKl I!
guess it will continue to I). "
Resignation Accepted.
Sunday afternoon at a congregational
meeting of t lie Kort Mill
I'reshyterian clmrcli. the resignation
of the Key. .1. II. lilac!;. let
the last two and a half years pas
lor of the church, was acceptce
and the resignation will hi v Inreferred
to licthcl preshyl?-ey for
action liv that hody. perhaps at a
called meeting to lie he'd early
ill September. The resignatiili is
to take effect October 1. Mr.
black lias been iii declining
health for severaf months and in
announcing to the congrey.ition
several weeks ago his intention of
resitting he stated he did not f?? ?
that his strength wotihi permit
him continue the work. The
congregational meeting Simda\
afternoon was presided o-er !>y
the Rev. Alexander Martin, L>. Lb,
of Rock Hill.
t ?