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. .? , ' ' . -Vl" - ... J X " . . \ ^ \ % . "?? ^ : WM * *' ' v4 < The Fort Mill Times. lUUblllhed 1891. TOBT ^tS^T'oT'THtnMDA^ JOLY 18, 1g=n??$1.60 Pw T?. THE BLUE NILE. :* ir* * Mighty River That Helps Feed t Egypt's Agriculture. The advisability of damming up the Blue Nile not far from Khartum in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudair ho that the rich triangular region between the two mighty ? forks of the most historic river in the world may be turned into a granary for all the Sudan is bev mg considered by the British 1 A - 1 government, newspaper uispaicnes say. "The Blue Nile,, rising in the highlands of Abyssinia, together with two other atliuents from the same source, furnishes the world famous Nile with much of the rich sediment which for centuries has enriched the plains of lower Egypt during the flood season," says a bulletin of the National Geographic society. "Down through a region little known and almost devoid of inhabitants or any form of civilization, rushing over numerous cataracts and rapids, the Blue Nile cuts its way from its source, the beautiful broad sheet of water know n as Lake Isanu. 1 he lake, which in the future may become the reservoir for the irrigation of a vast area, lies 6,000 feet above sea level and about 2,500 feet below the normal level of the plateau in a basin resembling somewhat the crater of a volcano. Near it's southeastern corner, through a great fissure in its almost inaccessible rim, the river issues, and circling around the mountains strikes out in an 850 mile course toward the northwest to join the chief branch of the Nile at Khurtuin of Kitchener fame. "The vast plains of Scnnar or ^ El Uoaira on^ its left bank are among the richest on the continent und it is these that the irrigation projects, are to develop. In 8ennar, the Dinder, a Blue Nile tributary which also rises in the Abyssinian highlands, adds, during the rainy season, its sediment laden flood to that of the already swollen river, and together at Khartum they disci large over 10,0(k) cubic meters of water per second, thus outdoing the White Nile . itself during that time. "From July to October this mighty flooding goes on, the waters of the Blue Nile, socalled be cause of their clurity and blueliess ut ordinary seaRons, mingling their chocolate brown with the greenish-grey color of the Vhite branch of -Father Nil us. 44This great difference in the volume of water from Abyssinia is due to the heavy rain that falls in the mountains of the country not far front its eastern coast. The Nile system in itself -may be said to be a simple one, its basic source being that steady flowing river from the tropics which is fed by the great lakes in the eastern and central portion of the continent, augmented at times by a great volume of water from its Abyssinian affluents. 44Sine 19U2 the inhabitants of Egypt neur the mouth of the Nile have hud their water supply replenished during the season of low water by the reserve supply stored at the Assouan dam. 4 4Long stretches of the area north Of the Blue Nile are almost entirely uninhabited, one traveler reporting that he traveled '86 miles in Abyssinia and had not seen a dwelling or a sign of civiliaation.' And even when one encounters inhabitants in the country further to the east he finds them 'unashamed of any crime or vice.' They perpetrate -their crimes with perfect indifference and recount them with gaiety and laughter as part-of the reg* UlaT conversation during meals. "Up in the highlands near the river's source'despite the burning tropical heat of the- day, one is glad to erawl snugly beneath his ' blanket when night has fallen. The beautiful blue lake eneircled with mountains and dotted with islands leaves much for future TURNS TO PKAGH&8 York Farmer Puts Oat Five Thousand Trees. With the boll weevil menace piompting hundreds of York county farmers to look around and consider what money crops can be produced in this section besides cotton, there is much interest in the experiment of Johnson Cameron at peach growing oil his farm three miles south oi York. Mr. Cajxieron is flaying a pioneer role lor this section of the State in undertaking to grow peaches on a commercial scale and it ^s though that on the outcome of his venture will depend whether or not many other York county farmers will turn to fruit growing as a means of outwitting the boll weevil. Last fall Mr. Cameron put out 5,000 peach trees, 4,000^ of which are the Elberta variety. They were set out 011 50 acres of land protibitnced by competent judges as well adapted to peaches. No pains were spared in putting them out or in fertilizing and cultivating theiu to assure the best results. The trees arc now looking well and two years lienor will bear their first erop. Some ol the trees are expected to bear a small quuuutity of fruit liex*' year, but 110 yield of consequence can be expected until 1924. Air. Cameron "also put out sev eral acres in apples and an ucre each in cherries and damsels, but lie expects to grow thes:fruits largely for his own use or for sale in small quantities in tin surrounding territory. He doe-* not contemplate ruising other fruits than peaches on u coininer cial basis, as he thinks the ven ture would be very hazardous lie does not think apples can be successfully produced here. Little Time for Enrollment. Fort Alill citizens urc evidencing little interest in the State and county primary to be held the latter part of August. Up to la?? night less than 2u0 of the bOU and more men and women of the community had gone to the trou hie to place their names 011 the Democratic club rolls to qualify for the election. The enrollment books in Fort Mill us elsewhere throughout the State close 011 July 25, leaving only ten days alter toduy lor citizens who wish to have a vnice in the selection of State and county officials to put themselves in positiou to register theiri choice at the ballot box. A full set of State officers, a county treasurer, county supervisor, county superintendent of education, couuty auditor, judge of probate, two county commissioners, four members of the General Assembly and a magistrate ii. each district of the county are to be nominated in the primary. Dunlap for Circuit Judge. Meeting in York last Thursday, the York County Bar association, in the- following resolutions, indorsed Walter Dunlap, Esq., for the vacancy on the circuit bench created by the recent death of Judge Moore of Lancaster: ".Resolved, That the members of the York County Bar association unanimously iudorse Walter M. Dunlap, Esq., of Hock Hill for the position of judge of the Sixth circuit to fill the vacancy of the late Judge Ernest Moore. "Resolved, That the members ci inc Dur present to tne Legislature the name of Walter M. Dunlap, Esq., as a man fitted for the high and honorable position of the judge of this circuit, as a worthy successor of Judges Witherspoon. Qage and Moore, and that we give him our unqualified indorsement as a man of fine ability, unblemished character, and one in every way fitted for the high office for which we have indorsed him." deceptive caim. Hippopotamuses, which the natives hunt for their hides, infest its waters. "The mystery which has always hung to the Dark Continent still encompasses much of this virtually unknown regions, but its promise is great when man learns to harness the power it possesses, to give.water to its thirsty and dry sections and wrest ftbm 00 TO BKOAMPMEHT. Fort Mill OompaniM Leave Sun- I day for Gamp Jackson. The <9 officers and men who compose the membership of tne A iom Hall Guards (.Company K, p 118th infantry, IS. G. IS. C.> auu a the commanding officer and lb d members ot the Fort Mill section o of headquarters company, Third battalion, 118th infantry, are ex- E pected to entrain in Fort Mill v Sunday morning at 8 o'clock lor tl Camp Jackson, Columbia, to take g part in the annual eucampmeut s of the regiment. At Kocfc ?liil c the special train on which the mi- h litiamen will leave Fort Mill will p pick up the Frank iioach Guards and the section of the headquar- e tors company located m that city. C The encampment will continue a through Saturday, July '29, and J1 the following day the various n companies 01 the regiment will n return home. C Frederick Nims, Jr., captain of ti the Tom llati Guards, will act as v major of the Third battalion dur-. d mg the encampment, owing to tl the absence of Maj. J as. (J. Do- I zier, who is with the State cam- d pcign party as- a candidate for a secretary oi state. The command n of the Fort Mill company will b therefore devolve 'upon F. M. ? Muck, first lieutenant. \V. 11. .\iins, first lieutenant, is com- s mandiug officer of the headquar- ii ters company. n liotli Capt. Niius and Lieut, v Nims have ordered the men of r their respective coinmunds to re- H port at their armories Saturday ? evening to be in readiness to load a eirly Sunday morning the equip- tl inent the companies will take to A Camp Jackson. A complete roster of the officers and men of the Tom Halt Guards follows: Officers?Frederick Nims, Jr., * captain ; F. M. Mack, first lieuteu emt; H. P. Grter, dr., second lieu- j* truant. * Sergeants?R. M. Bennett .A. ^ O. Jones, Jr., G. S. Leiumonds, 1 Yancey Potts, J. J. Adkins, W. B. * Ardery, Jr., C. C. Garrison, J. L. ? Honeycutt, J. L. tilackwelder. ~ * Corporals?E. E. Broom, Stan- n hope Ligon, J. L. Pettus, E. B. n Honeycutt, W. B. Patterson, llope c Harris, Ira 'Wilson, A. R. Honey- 0 cutt, R. C. Wright. c Cooks?Earl Bailes, L. C. Harris. ^ Mechanic?Mason M. Morrow. 0 Bugler?Thomas Hucks. a Privates?G. W. Ashley, L. B. c Broadnax, Leroy Cook, A. L. P Cunnup, John L. Gordon", R. E. v Hammonds, Jesse G. Harris, H. " P. Jones, Marion A. Mills, A. M. v Patterson, H. L. Patterson, D. N. 0 Pettus, E. P. Pettus, H. E. Ross, L. M. Robinson, A. T. Smith, M. H. Smith, W: C. Whitesides. Privates?G. W. Asheley, L. B. f Barber, Roy O. Bass, T. B. Black, ' J. G. Bouknight, C. M. Bradford, R. H. Broom, 11. S. Collins, J. M. s Cook, H. H. Craig, J. M. Creu- ? shaw, J. C. Cunnup, Bud Duliu, V G. R. Erwin, H. G? Paris, T. M. " Paris, E. M. Pite, Claude Gordon, J* Robert Gordon, 11. J. Gross, Oscar B. Hood, Charlie lluddlestou, n Pravor O. Kimbrell, Wm. B. Kim- c O CI 1^:4-1.:.. t t*t n if? 6 uicu, >o. to. Aiicuiu, <j. *r . r. morrow, Clarence Merritt, J. B. Mc- | Cuirt, Luther K. Patterson, J. D. Pettus, J. E. Phillips, Gladys E. a Hitch, Ernest Stamper, J. W. v Steadman, J. 1). Vttughan, Jr., 0 Wm. G. Walker. * r The following members of the h Fort Mill section of the headquarters company aft expected to attend the encampment: e First Lieutenant?W. H. Nuns, j Sergeants?Douglas 1J. Nims, # Thomas A. Ferguson. I Corporal?Wm. D. Rogers. Private (First Class)?Wm. A. - Parks. "* Privates?Theodore P. Brown, , Olin L. Deese, W. F. Hammonds, ( Thomas F. Harris, Clyde H. Merritt, H. D. Potts, Fred U. Win- t dell, Henry S. Elms, John R. t Pressley, Charlie A, Leaser. Hep- - ry H. Doater, Charlie W. Moaer. j Joe K. Bennett and Mias Rom Hollifield, daughter of Mra. Ltila a Hollifield of Fort Mill, were mar- e ried^ Saturday-afternoon in York e by J. L. Houston, Judge of pro- t bate. They were accompanied to f York by a number of frienda and g aU returned to Fort Mfl! shortly jj BL0W FOR BONUQ. toftat <jf MeOnmber Against Mofsura lor Soldiers. The recent defeat of Senator (cCumber in the North Dakota rimaries is expected to exercise decisive influence over the solier bonus measure in the senate f the Uliited States. One of the effects of the North >akota contest has been to proide agitation for the removal of Ue bonus irritant from the conressional situation. There is | aid to have been a tremendous hange of sentiment in' both ouscs of Congress regarding the roposed law. Created significance is attachd to tha defeat of Senator Me- I lumber In this respect than to ny previous bonus event. The forth Dakota senator was the lost active champion of the bous measure in either house of ingress,' and there is much less ulk noW among senators who ,'ere mofct enthusiastic for immeiate action on the bonus bill liau there was before the North )akota . primary. Out of sucn iscussioh as concerns it, there i ppears to be crystallizing a loveraeilt to dump the present ill and adopt another for the x-service men. Every attack 011 the bill has re-1 mica in moan lent ion ot its origiial provisions. The cash payiciit for all bonus benefieiaries ras dropped in the house of repesentaties. Changes made by Senator McCumber and his annotates in the senate have further ; tripped the measure of most of he provisions demanded by the imerican Legion. Bank for Pineville. The Merchants and Farmers unk is a new institution for 'iueviUe; N. C.f which will open s doors for business on Septemtr vith W. B. Meach am of Virt Mill as president and L. L. towns of Pineville as cashier, he bank will be a State institu* ion, with a capital stock of $15,00, all of which has been subi-ribed. Application will be made ,cxt week to the corporation comlission of North Carolina for a barter. The btmk will own and eeupy the building formerly ocupied by the Loan and Savings unk of Pineville, which was put ut of business about a year ago s a result of peculations of the ashier, according to the reports tublished at the time. Mr. Downs, /ho is to be the cashier of the unk, is now postmaster of Pineille, but expects to resign that iflfice within the next few weeks. C&rhartt No. 2 Running. Business men and others of \>rt Mill learned with interest a ew days ago that Carhurtt mill :o. 2, at Carhurtt, three miles outh of Fort Mill, had resumed pcrations, after being closed own for many months. The mill $ not yef running at capacity, ut win t>? in operation oil full ime, >with every wheel turning, f soon as operatives can be soured , it is stated. Already sevral families have moved into the illage and have gone to work in he mill. The resumption of work t the mill means a considerable cluine of trade for the merchants f Fort Mill, as many of the optatives come here to buy their ppplies; m m Sentenced to Eondt. After pleading guilty in the ourt of general sessions at York (onday to the charge of larceny .mi receiving stolen goods, Geo. turrage and Horace Chapman, rhite boys of Fort Mill, were ;iven ftfe months each on the ounty chaingang by Judge Mc iowan. Burrsge and Chapman tere sent to jail several weeks go to await trial for the alleged ucft of electrical supplies from he Fort MB1 Manufacturing ompany. Beat to Ohalagang. Tried Tuesday afternoon before jury in Magistrate J. R. Haile's ourt and convicted on the harge of violating a labor conract, James Gulp, negro, was bod $25 or 90 days on* the chaining. He is serving the days, 'he^proooeuting witness wis W. - <?' TRANSFERRED TO FILBERT. State Candidates Not to Speak at York Court House. The State campaign meeting foi York county scheduled to be held at the court house in York on August 2 will be held at Filbert und the visit of the camr\Ql nrn t\u rt \r r\ mmII t j iv mm v iiiogc u in coincide with the annual political , picnic, held there. To comply with the rules of the party, how- , ever, the meeting will be called to order in the court house by J. A. Marion, county chairman, and then immediately transferred to Pursley's grove at Filbert, where , the candidates will speak. - j This procedure was suggested , by Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell, chairman of the State executive committee, who was asked to change the place of meeting by the York county member of that body, I)r. 1. J. Campbell of Clover. Mr. Brown said that as the campaign scedule had been lixed | by a committee he did not have ' authority to make the change, i but thought the arrangement outlined would meet the requirements of the occasion. The attendance at .the Filbert J picnic usually runs between 2,000 ! and 3,000 and this year the crowd will likely be still larger, due to the drawing power of the State campaigners. Swearingen on Defensive. The third week of the campaign for State Ofiieers came to a close in Orangeburg Saturdav without anything sensational having occurred 111 the race for governor, 1 further than the charges made by .John T. Duncan against all the other candidates . for the ofhee. Thus far what many consider the most interesting development of the campaign has occurred in | the race for superintendent of. education, in which .J. 11. Hope of. Union apparently has put John ; K. Swearingen on the defensive with- the charge that the recent useless adoption of text books by the State board of education, of which Swearingen is u member, will cost the patrons of the publie schools more than a quarter of a million dollars. .Swearingen is trying to sidestep. the charge by saying that the State hoard is responsible ami by asserting that the State does not need a former book agent, referring to Hope, in the oftice of superintendent of education. Hope replies that Swearingen will be glad to get a job as book agent after the primary election in August. Another for Fort Mill. The Fort Mill ball team won its eighth victory of the season Saturday afternoon when it defeated VVaxhaw 011 the local grounds, ti | to 2. Up to the eighth inning I the gaiiie wus tied in a knot, each 1 team having scored twice. Then ! the home boys got u man 011 and Andral Ferguson hit for three bases, scoring a runner ahead 0/ him Mint luti?> MUV? IUU ? OVV1 lllg *|IIUOVl*j thanks \s more hitting, which produced in all four runs for the locals. Waxhaw had already shot hei bolt and was unable to add anything to the 2 runs she had accumulated. Both the pitchers, Andral Ferguson for Fort Mill, and Tyesinger of Waxhaw, had a good afternoon, except the eighth inning for the latter. Fort Mill's next game will be with Clover in Fort Mill Saturday afternoon. Officers for Junior Order. Fort Mill council, Junior 0. U. A. M., recently elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing six months' term: S. II. Sutton, councilor; T. W. Massey, vice councilor; T. A. Mills, recording secretary; J. D. Vaughn, IftKKIttt Milt runnnl in? an/i?numF . T ? ??!/ VWAVIIIIg 'OVV/1 i CAA J | A | F. Lytle, treasurer; C. D. Hope, I financial secretary; E. K. Broom. I conductor; Henry Ritch warden; | If. 'C. Burrage, inside sentinel; John O'Kelly, outside sentinel;' the Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, chaplain ; S. H. Sutton and T. A. Mills, J representatives to the State council. ? ^ Not much can be done with the man who miatakes hit prejudices for his convictions, TIME TO FIOHT WEEVIL. Abbeville Paper Says Early Action Is Necessary. The boll weevil is commencing his work in the cotton fields in earnest, says the Abbeville Press uud Banner. The time has come foi the farmer to fight if he would make a crop of cotton. All advisers agree that the rapid cultivation of the crop at this season is one of flie surest ways of getting results. The cotton should be plowed once each week, at least, and preferably twice each week. This not only hastens the crop to maturity, but numerous boll weevils are knocked from the stalks, covered up and killed, while the punctured squares, the breeding places of the young weevils, are covered up and destroyed. Now is the time to apply poison. It should be applied freely and frequently. The department of agriculture recommends that three applications be mude, one every four days. In lhat way you strike at the old weevil on the stalk and in turn at the new weevils as they hatch from the punctured squares. You may not get every weevil, out igllowmg this plan, the weevils are not allowed to remain in sufficient numbers to do much harm, at least that is the claim. But whatever is to be done unit be done this month and the ? next. The farmer who is idle, who is not wide awake to the situation, and who does not utilize every human means of fighting the pest, wilL not grow cotton this year. Judge McGowan Thoughtful. That Special Judge Frank P. McGowan of Laurnes, who is presiding over the present teriu of the court of general sessions for York county is a humane and thoughtful judge is evidenced by a little incident that occurred in the eourt rooin Monday morning, says the Yorkville Enquirer. Two young white men, George Barrage und Horace Chapman, ^ aged 18 and 21, respectively, tex- * tile workers of Fort Mill;-\pleaded guilty to the" theft of electrical supplies from the Fort Mill Manufacturing company. 4 4 You boys have been engaged it, cotton mill work all your lives, haven't you?" inquired Judge McGowan. 4 4 Yes, sir," replied the two boys. , 44Thought so," said the judge. Then he wanted to know if Supervisor Brown was in the court room. When told that the supervisor was not present, the judges said: 441 want the order to get to Su per visor Brown that he is not to work these two boys in the hot sun from morning until night. They have been accustomed to ^ o ^ working inside a building and are not used to work in the hot sun. If required to work oq the roads from morning until night k.;>? it might mean the death of them, ? since they are not used to such - s ~ e;. posure.'' Mrs. Hudgins Freed. . A verdict of not guilty was directed by Judge McGowan yesterday afternoon in the case of the State against Mrs. Effte Hudgins, charged in the court at York with the murder of her husband, Pink iludgins. The case against Albert Zimmerman, indicted with Mrs. lludgim-, for the same offense, had not been cqjapleted / J when the court adjourned for the James 8. Glasscock Dead. M James S. Glasscock, announce- * meat of jvhosc serious illness appcared in The Times of last week, v died at his home in the Neely's Oek section of the county last Thursday. Mr. Glasscock had been critically ill for several weeks. He was about 6S years I old and had lived in York county ' I practically all his life. Mr. Glasscock was one of the most proaai> nent citizens of the eastern see- M I tion of the county and had represented the county in the house representatives. He was a to-do. farmer and a member the A. EL P. church.