Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"'"'LtoWtalwd 1891. FOET MftL, B. 0, miS^DAY, MkTt lb, IMS. ?.? *?r W. ? , , i . ... .! III. WORK or TWO GENT STAMP. Now Carries Letters to Remotest Islands of the Sea. American 2 cent stamp now encircle the globe. "The recent addition of Haiti and Bermuda to places where 2 cents will carry a letter calls attention t? the vust extension. ill the last few years, of the 'cruising radius' of our 2 cent stumps," says a bulletin of the National Geographic society. "WTth the tiny red square you may dispatch a letter northward to a point where it will be carried to its journey's end by a dog sled into some Eskimo village, or southward across the equator toward a mule back journey up the Andes or a canoe trip into a white settlement among the Tierra del Fuego natives. "Theoretically vou are entitled iu? Altai, uirt-iiiig ui inr universal Postal Union since the sessions of in Koine, a great volume of buUness was transacted. *\Both Germany aud America, in met, are entitled to more than * alphabetical precedence in the Universal' Postal Union. The success V>f a conference called at the institution of the United States 12 years before the Postal Union was firmed, and the operation of the Aastro-German Postal Union which Mad functioned effectively sinee W>0, had a direct bearing ? upon tJB organization which made it poseMle for a 2 cent stamp to Carry ywur written message to . fe peher c Am tries and remote is^ * Boys Eant to Jail. . Ernest V Buirage and Horace Ghapman, \ white boys, Friday aftern cam a^re taken to iail in ^ York to a whit trial on the charge of robbing the supply room of the Vort Mill \ Manufacturing company^ mill IWo. 1, of aevenil hun?rad d#U*rd' worth of supplies. Ilk of the}supplies were found ^*jg> h* the kgmoisf one of the boys fid in s growe near the "Hi to send u letter with a 2 cent stamp as fur north as Cape Columbia, to the point 011 Grant Land which is supposed to be W Canada's, farthest north, were there either postoflfiee or friend tc receive it, and to the far south of Patagonia or across the Strait of Magellan to the Argentine por-~ tion of Tierra del Fuego. The southern limit of your 2 cent correspondence does not quite reach Cape Horn, which belongs to Chile, with which a 2 cent rate has -not yet been arranged. "'Fast and west your 2 cent stump will reach to New Zealand and Samoa, und to the U. S. postal agency at Shanghai, China, and the U. S. naval hospital at Yokohama, Japan. Other points iu (. hiua and Jupun require the usual foreign rate of 5 cents. 1 "The alphabetical list of some 60 places where a foreign letter will go at the rate of 2 cents an ?0. ounce or fraction thereof seems complicated. But it isn't hard to remember if you calalogue .it geographically instead of alphabetically. Briefly, you can send a letter anywhere in North America and to all important points lu the West Indies for 2 cents. The 2 cant rate applies to all South American countries except Venezuela and Chile, Paraguay and , Uruguay, and Dutch and French Guiana. "In Europe, only England, Irelaud, Scotland and Wales are inV nlurt.ul 111 ill.. > .1.111+ 'iniin All ?+' \? in lllC m Will /iUllUt All ui Asia requires a 5 ceut stamp except the points mentioned above. Ol course it is to be remembered that the 2 cent rate us well as other domestic rates apply to Alaska, the ('anal Zone, Guam, 4/ the Philippines, Porto Rico, the Virgin islands and Americun Somoa. *4 Agreement by which more countries gradually are being added to the 2 cent list are reached through the Universal Postal Union, which first met at Berne in 1874. The oft-repeated statement that the postoftice is a civilizing agent is realized more fully \when it is noted that representatives of the central powers, the Allied countries and the United estates met in friendly conference fit Madrid in 1920. As this was ill, : ? t .?... T r..:??~ 1 I REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND. Revolutions are not always 0< sudden, fierce upheavals such av we have seen in Russia. They may. be silent, graudal, almost ^ unnoticed for years, until wesud- ^ denly awake to find'them accom- ^ nlished. Such a revolution in ^ I he social structure of the Eng- J*1 lish nation has been going on for ^ a generation, and with a speed lately accelerated by the Great ^ war, says Youth's Companion. For 250 years England has been ruled by its landed aristocracy. From that class, not alwuys titled but always distin- ei guished by long occupancy of the land and by social and political ^ authority, came most of the statesmen who built aud main- P1 teined the British empire. Their 1 wide and fertile estates and the "stately homes" where they 1 dwelt were perhaps the most n< beautiful and delightful things . j that modern civilization has to show in any country in the world. 1 But for some time their glory y{ has been waning. The growth of industry at the expense of agri- u; culture in England has made the land less and less profitable and till* tliPUllH nf thn l?ri?11rvW1 umolloi and smaller, especially when compared with the income of the successful merchant or manufac- a* turer. But the crushing blow to ^ the lauded class has been dealt by u taxation. Heavy before the war, l4< ii is simply tremendous now. W1 Great parts of old estates bring in 110 revenue whatever; they are parts of hunting grounds. The . parts under cultivation are usu- ^ ally cultivated under the traditional easy going methods of the c# British squirarchy. Not much m other property brings so low are. f* turn 011 its assessable value as ** that kind of real estate. But taxes, supertaxes and death dii- al ties *are inexorable. Landlords m great and small are selling otfl ** because they eauiiot find the 81 money to keep their property up 841 ard pay their bills. Many of the ef oldest and greatest places iu Eng. ll' lund have gone under the ham- . mer in the last few years. The newspapers are crowded with ad- 10 vertisements of manors, parks, P( mansions and baronial estates for sale. Famous old art collections n< are broken up lor the money they will bring; that is how Gains borough's charming "Blue Boy" came to the United States. The face of the country is ch.anging; 110 longer one by one, p, but score by score, the old fami- jj lies are leaving the laud where re they have lived for generations. The estates are not often broken up and sold to small farmers, m Newly rich men buy them for stl the prestige they bring and maintuiu theiu from the returns froin |11 more profitable investments. The ...U~ i: ?' 1 1 jjrupic ? nu nvtsu uii lite Ittitu, 0| loved the land, carried on in a p gentler form the old feudal traditions and felt their responsi- Cb bility to their neighbors aud to w the nation for the position they ^ occupied are disappearing; their C}( homes are becoming the "coun- rc try places" of the city men. Since the whole social structure w of rural England was built on the foundation of those of landed families their decay is equivalent tc in parts of England to a revolu- ot tion. The new owners will hard* ju lv be able, even if they wished, tjj to take their place. Indeed, af- 5, ter a time the taxing policy of 'w Great Britain will almost surely <j< dispossess them too. ^ England is becoming too crowd- w ed and too busy to find room cc and time for the many great es- ;g tates and the alow movinir. leis- ..1 urely life of the old "county jr families." Democracy and altru- j? ism both forbid. The path that England has taken made the passing of the old landed class in- lit evitable. Economically the change ti may in the end work out to the g< benefit of the whole population; but it Remains to be seen .whether ft thp m<>n whn tft t.h?.crr?*t m political influence of the former *j ruling elaas will show as much is capacity and as much disinterest* h* ed patriotism as on the wrhole g< their predecessors showed. a Si 8omf people say they don't sv like onions, and others till the < truth about it. el ?.".J , t CONVENTION ECHOES. ap?B>a|jnii MM of u Opponent of n?n?l4M DitL A bit of political gossip going 16 rounds at the recent State emocratic convention which will i heard with interest generally as that two yetrs hence United :ates Senator N. B. Dial will ive for opponent Congressman imes F. Byrnes of the Aiken Strict- who ia said tn hovo ro. ived much encouragement to iter the race. Mr. Byrnes has presented his district in Con ess for the last 15 years and in le of the outstanding figures on ie Democratic side of the body, 'hen there is an opportunity to od the Republicans for their roken promises and inefficient ethod of conducting, the public isiness and Byrnes is in the iighborhood he seldom lets the rportunity pass without improeg upon it. He is quick in deite, has a good vocabulary on L:-L a- -1 J S- ? uicn 10 oraw ana 111 nis long urs of service in the house has ithered a fund of information is friends say he could use to >od advantage in the senate. Along with the statement that r. Byrnes will enter the race gainst Senator Dial also came ie statement that Edgar Brown ill be an aspirant for the seat >w held by Mr. Byrnes. If Mr. town has designs on the house at of his district, he received a tnsiderable shove Washington* urd when he was elected State airman?an honor few men are o big to accept. It is a politiil asset worth the while of any an in public life. Mr. Brown is rviug his first term in the State >use of representatives, from srnwell county, and is generly considered one of the strong en of the body, in which he is >pular because of his affability id fairness and influential beiuse of his ability and diaintertedness. He is as far from par* uinship as between the factions the party as any South Oaroli* an ever gets snd those who low him best will be disap>inted if his administration of e office of State chairman does >t meet with universal approval. There was lots of speech niakg in the convention, but one ouid have to stretch his imag" ation and violate his conscience i dignify most of it with more 'aise than to describe it as meocre. Claud Sapp made a hurh speeoh that was worth listen* g to in opposition to a high riff argument of which Wanna aker, president of the cotton as* relation and owner of a head of ?ir that needs eutting, delivered u?elf;~but the one really high ass speech the convention listled to came from Congresaman red Doininick, who opposed a anket indorsement of the soilled farm bloc in Congress, bich he said was composed in ie main of high, tariff Republiins awaiting the opportunity to >b the people to further enrich le big interests up North. There ere some in the convention who id not appreciate the force of r. Dominick's remarks; it was o deep for them. There werei hers who. did not enjoy what said because ithey recalled iat he voted aarainst the soldier >nus bill, to which he referred cidentally by saying he would sfend hit vote in the campaign is summer. But most of those ho heard the speech came away mvinced that the Third district represented by a man who is ?leto take^ease of himself either the halls of Congress or on the istings in South Carolina. One was able to gather very ttle information at the couvenon respecting the raoe for the overnorship. An effort was ade to persuade Tom Mcbeod, irmer lieutenant governor, to iter the race; but- the effort >parently got nowhere. MeLeod all in politically, and of this > is well aware. Somebody augisted that Mendel L. Smith was coad bet for the .governorship, it if Judga Smith fhdnraad the iggeation it was not in a load >ice. Meanwhile ftlaam-and hia oat friends were aayiUK lie will _ > . ...? ' ; BULLIONS OF BALLOT8. Birth OuvUna Prvptni for Pri auury on Jnno 3. .The North Carolina board of elietioBK. this week began sending out the three and a half railIhu ballots which will be used in the primary on June 3. Over a million ballots are needed for the Slate tickets and in addition to thfcee the State board furnishes the tickets for the congressional and judicial districts, and also for the districts In which there is a contest for State senator. This is by far the largest numbed of ballots ever used in a North Carolina primary, the big increase being necessitated by reason of tk<l fact that women this year for the first time will participate in tlif primaries. The women voted in the general election of 1920,, but their enfranchisement came between the primary and the general election. The ballots are being; sent out on the basis of five times the number of votes cast for the State offices, or five times the uuinber of votes cast for any office two years ago. Ih Fort MHl there is considerable interest felt in the outcome of the race for sheriff of Mecklenburg county, just across the State line, by reason of the fact that former Sheriff N. W. Wallace is again a candidate in the Democratic primary for the office, from which he voluntarily retired a few years ago. The present sheriff of Mecklenburg county is W. O. Cochran, who is seeking reelection. . ^ ^ Many Pledge Support. Since the announcement appeared in the newspapers a few days ago that Col. T. B. Spratt df Fort Mill was being urged to enter the race for lieutenant governor, numerous letters and telegrams addressed to him have--been received in Fort Mill from citizens living in various sections of the State pledgiug him their support should he decide to become s candidate for the office. Col. Spratt hae been away from home for the last week attending the meeting of the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church at Charleston, W. Va., and no word uaa come from him, so far as The Times is able to learn, whether he is giving the matter serious thought or not. Should Col. Spratt decide to enter the race, not only Fort Mill but all of York county is expected to get enthusiastically behind his candidacy. Election Approaching. According to a Washington uiBpntch frvigut rates yestorday were ordered reduced throughout the entire country by the interstate commerce commission. The reductions are to take effect on July 1. and will cut the present rates'about 10 per cent. In mak; ing the reductions the -commission cut nearly in half the freight rate increases authorized August 25, 1920. ' In the Southern districts the previous increase of 25 per cent is cut to 12 1-2 per cent. have easy sailing against Laney, Bethea, Swearingen and Coleman. and Blease himself, seemingly confident of election, was b?ard to remark to Laney that if he did not beat all of the four in the first primary he woukl make the one getting in the second race with him a present of the best suit of clothes in South Carolina. The little ripple of interest caused by the announcement of Swearingen had died down by the time the convention met and the observation came from virious quarters that he had no show of election. The truth is, Swearingen is entirety without one of the chief assets a man must haveto win the governorship?popularity. He has had little trouble to hokl the office of superintendent of education, but the governorship is a different office and likely is beyond kit reach. He has been at the head of the education department af the -State for the last 13 years. In that time his duties-hare brought him in contact Orith thousands of people throughout the State. One h safe hi gueoeiag that moot of these * .? * ' YOU* HOUSE DESOLATE. Passing through a part of the thinly inhabited hill country of Missouri, a traveler was startled by a sound that seemed to come from somewhere in the woods on the hillside above him. In a moment it 'was repeated, and he t recognized the long-drawn-out, I heart-rending howl of a lonely [hound. He tied his horse and. climbing the path, came in a few i minutes to a tumble-down dwell ing. The door was swinging on one hinge; through a brokeu window an old piece of curtain was slowly flapping back and forth; the weeds had grown high against the walls. He called and out from under the sagging porch came an old hound that looked mere skin and bones. Her great ears flapped about her sunken eyes; her skin hung loose over her protruding ribs. She looked up into the face of the traveler with the most pitiful expression of desolate loneliness and appeal that he had ever stiie on the face of either man or animal. The house had evidently been forsaken for a long time, but the old dog hud refustd to leave her old home. There through the months that had passed she had nmnatred to exist. Hut the nlaee was home no more.. The horse, the cow and the pigs were gone; the chickens no longer cackled round the shed; the ragged children no longer ran about in their bare feet and called to the old dog as they started toward the mountain stream to fish. But w orst of all the master was gone; there was 110 longer anyone to follow through the woods in search of game. The traveled divided his lunch with the dog. Later as he drove on down the mountain road he ugaiir heard thatJ heart-rending cry of utter loneliness and despair, and he said to himself: "That was the loneliest scene 1 e\er looked on in afl my life." " Yet there is one scene that is more desolate than even that deserted house in the mouutains; it is the life that is cuiffty of God and Savior. How many such souls have cried out in loneliness and desolation, cried out in utter despair as they looked into the years ahead?without God ami without hope 1 Mr. Fiah Still General Manager. There is no truth in a report which has gained currency during the last week that George Fish, general . manager of the plants of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, has resigned and ? ? l.i. 1 tti a ir:n buuicuipiatcB leaving run ru.ni. Mr K lull lino llAt icnll several mouths and has not yet entirely recovered from the serious illness through . which he passed some time ago, although recently he has been attending to his duties as best he could, anu last week he and Mrs. Fish left for a summer resort in New Eng land, where Mr. Fish hopes to regain his health and return to Fort Mill en soon as possible. Speaking of the absence of Mr. FiBh, Col. Leroy Springs, president of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, was heard to remark a few days ago that Mr. Fish had been the most successful manager yet in charge of the local mills and that it would be u big undertaking to find a man to succeed him. r ? ?. Revival at Baptist Church. Members of the Baptist congregation of Fort Mill are anticipating with much interest the opening on Sunday, June 4, of the revival services which .will be conducted in their church for ten days by the Rev. Dr. R. O. Lee, pastor of the First Baptist church of Chester. Dr. Lee is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Lee of Fort Mill and was reared in this community. He ia considered one ot the strong preachers of the State and only recently closed a sue ccssful meeting in Columbia. Since be assumed the pastorate of the Chester church/only u short time ago; accessions to the church have numbered more than 150. t the meeting in Fort Mill the singing will be conducted by Carlyle Broods ol Atlanta. ' V ' .ws* \ ' SCHOOL SESSION AT END. Tenth Grade Pupils Issue Interesting Newspaper. The closing exercises of the Fort Mill graded school for the 1021-22 session are under way this week. Wednesday evening an audience that filled the auditorium was present to enjoy the exercices of the primary and intermediate grades. This evening the exercises will be conducted by pupils of the ninth and tenth grades, after which certificates foi attendance and deportment, certificates to members of the seventh grade and the 1). A. K. medal will be delivered. This year for the first time pupils of the tenth grade have issued a school newspaper, which they were pleased to call "The Saucy Jay." The paper is a creditable little publication. It contains several columns of live reading matter and a number of advertisements of local business houses. In its editorial column the following announcement appears : "We, the tenth grade students, take greut pleasure in presenting to you The Saucy Jay. We realize that the first uttcmpt is rarely ever the best, but however that may be, we are proud that we have started something in our school which will at least serve the purpose of pointing out pitfalls to future classes, who probably will produce a much better pa per. " Wc hope that you. the general public, will find genuine delight musing over these pages. And to you, former pupils of Fort Mill High, it will bring back only pleasant memories of your school days. S. 1'." Wins Congress Seat. - * Fort Mill friends of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Harris, who is remembered pleasantly here as a guest some time ago of Mr. Harris' parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. -Harris, learned with interest a ^ few days ago that her father, lion. Uuiiin Williams of Decatur, Texas, had just been elected to Congress from the 13th Texas district to fill out the unexpired term of the late Congressman Lucian Parrish, who died some weeks ago as a result of injuries he received in an automobile accident. One of Mr. Williams' opponents was Miss Annie Webb Blanton. sister of Congressman Plant on of th; 17 th Texas district, who came near being kicked out of his seat a few month)* ago for iusertiug obscene matter in The Congressional Record. In a total vote of more than 20,000, Miss Hlanton got less than 3,000. . First Home Game for Locals. A large crowd Saturday afternoon saw the Port Mill baseball team win its first home game of the seuson from Arcade mills, 8 to 7. The result of the game was in doubt, however, until the last mun was down, lip to the 6th inning the Rock Hill team was ouLin front, 5 to 2, but in that ? inning the Port Mill boys staged a rally which put them on even -? ^ rnu^.? Keel Willi I lie viHiiurs. I III CC more runs wer added by the locals in the 7th. In the 9th Arcade tried hard to take the game, but fell two short of the necessary number of runs to win. The Fort Mill team has won all of the three games it has played this season, two from Areaue and one from Lancaster. The next home game will be played Saturday with Lancaster. Furr's Sentence Commuted. One of a batch of 18 pardons and paroles granted by Governor Cooper just before he retired from office Saturday was lor dames Pelzer ("Honk") Furr, former Fort Mill man who was serving a sentence of three and 4 half years in the State penitentiary for bigamy, of which he was convicted in Kershaw county in November, 1920. Furr's sentence was commuted to two years and he will therefore be released from prison during the month of November, burr is said to have been a patient at the prison hospital the greater part of the time iince his sentence took effect.