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v EsUbiiahod 1891. ^ TARIFF INYITKS LOBBYISTS. Horde ( Smooth Individual* Expectto Infest WaShlngtoB. According to the Dearborn Independent, k lobbyist, who has plied his trade in Washington Biuce the early days of the tariff that recently \ became a law of (he land, lately had this to say: "Two months ago my mind was thade up to leave Washington immediately upon the tariff bill becoming a law, but the special provision in the act giving the president authority" to raiae or lower any rate In fhn Kill ?1 ? ? ... vui uvi iu bavwu ou per ceni the rate carried ^in the bill, and to apply the American valuation -plan, opens up such a rich field that i have decided to remain Indefinitely." This man advised a friend to get busy aud make a few connections with interested concerns in the United States and go into the lobbying business, assuring him that during the years during which the tariff act will be in effect will be the richest aud most fruitful in the history of 'tariff lobbying at the national capi* tal. But it probably will not be so easy as that, for tariff "lobbying has changed from the coarse methods of j a decade ago, when whi3key and wine, dinners and dollars, and women and witchery brought home the bacon for the lobbyists. Those old, raw and disreputable days are past. Tariff lobbying Is now one of the fine arts, except that uone of the other fine arts is quite so lucrativeThe "flexible" tariff arrangement places decisions as to increases or decreases iu rates in the hands 6f the Federal Tariff commission and the president of the United States, aud they will be subjected to the Wilfln umllo. .1? " -- ?.?-y uu?iivot iui|iuriuuiiioB una argumenis oI tbe lobbyists, and this situation will require a smoother and ? mere expert individual to deal with them than with senators and representatives "on the hill." It will not be a wholesome spectacle?this thing of a flock Of lobbylbts soliciting the president and the Federal Tariff commission, tor it may be expected that additional "afcorfiis of specialists and experts lu various chemical, industrial and other lines wfflT he found pfermanentiy camped in Washington- after the jfc'ordney-MOCumber tariff act shall have gotten into full operation, as the "flexible" provision in that act opens up possibilities hitherto undreamed of. It may be of Interest to attempt to learn Just what a lobbyist is, and In the pursuit of this information let us go back to 1913, when the Underwood tariff bHl was being considered and when exhaustive hearings were had before the senate judiciary committee on the "maintenance of a lobby ?? muuence legislation " Every member of the United States senate at that time appeared before the committee and each was subject* ed to a set of questions in the form of a printed questionaire. One of the questions was as follows: "What do you mean by the word 'lobby* and 'lobbying'?" Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Arlsona said that "the lobbyist who _ jnalte^it his business to ilve in or stay about Washington for the purpose of Influencing legislatjon, making his living in whole or in part, is the most odious." He divided then? Into three distinct groups, the "occasional^ the "professional" and the "legitimate." Senator Borah, progressive Republican, of Idaho said: "1 suppose In popular parlance, we mean by 'lobbyist' a man who <s employed, paid professionally, to Influence legislation concerning a matter, not because he is interested in the matter, not necessarily because he thinks It is W..A V- a. _ - * itut, vui uocuusp ne uesires 10 earn his salary, and la paid like a lawyer pometimes to argue a bad case, to do Uhi beat he can in the situation. That la my idea of a lobbyist/' During the coming days, in administering of the Fordney-McCumber tariff law, we well may expeet auch It steady growth of the art of "lobbyteg" by paid "lobbyists" that It will assume such proportions as to firmly entrench itself in ofilctal circles that it will become an accepted part of the machinery of government at Washington. tut if only a small part of the dire {results prophesied take place then there will be an open Meld for thosi v| who, as Senator Borah puts .it, are **eseployed, paid professionally to in fluesce legislation," end It Is certain ly new believed by those who aure faP' Millar with the Methods of the. "Inetdere" la Washington that a verita;? hie fcorjle of professional, aaprofe*Sp^kHi>l> special and other naeatalogued g. hntUojfrsy in a coontry-wMe "on to a cover otnecre fHE F HOT ENOUGH FOOTBALL "Newspaper opinion sometimes isn't worth much," a day or -two ago said a Fort Mill citisen. "Just now I hare in mind," he continued, *^an editorial 1 read in The Times a few days ago saying that there is too much footL?ll m as? - - van ior mo Kooa or tne public schools. Prom this opinion I must dissent, as the lawyers express it. We are not having enough football. I am in favor of a football game nearly every day. Aside from the* pleasure foothall affords nearly everyone, nothing adds so. much to the public interest, especially in the small towns, as to hear the football boys discuss -the whys and wherefores of a recent gnmb 4>r dope out the prospects of a game soon to be played, ft makes me feel good and I enjoy it. "But there is one thing about the football season I think ought to be changed, anJl that is the games should bp played during the summer months or else, if the season is to remain as it Is, the schools shoud operate during the snmmer months and be closed while the fobtball season Is on during the fall. I do not think the public schools should be allowed to interfere with the football games, and F am glad that some of the schools close their doors for a few hours at least on the days they have games. "It may be that not all the children attend the games, but that is their fault or the fault, of their parents, who ought to have to put up the money to pay the children's way into the grounds. The law forces parents to send their children to Bchool and I cannot understand why the same low should not also force the parents to send their children to the football games. The Times' opinion of football is calculated to stir up strife, and if it is to continue to express such opinions I think the paper ought to be suppressed." To the which The Times replied that if it i? one of the newspapers whose opinion "isn't worth much." , why pay any attention to what it suys? First National Bank Ba-quct. The annual stockholders' banquet of the First National bank of Fort Attn i- ?? T - ? t. ... u? am i du m nurern;au i** | glon hall thia evening at 7 o'clock. The banquet will be a more elaborate affair than any of its predecessors and It is expected that most >of the several score stockholders and a numerous company of specially invited guests will.be present to enjoy the unusually attractive menu prepared under the direction of Mrs. J. L* Spratt and to listen to the talks of a number of Charlotte business men. Including Col. T. !?. Kirkpatrlck and i Clarence O. Keuster, secretary of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Col. T. B. Spratt, president of the bank, will be the toastmaster at the banquet.. During the evening ne will also make a short statement relative to the bank's business during the year, which is said to have been remarkably good in the face of the general financial depression and the presence in this section of the boll weevil. , . . Reception for Mrs. Springs. Complimenting Mrs. Elliott W. Springs, attractive bride of Capt. Elliott W. Springs, Mrs.. George Fish Wednesday afternoon entertained more than a hundred guests at a reI caption. The home was attractively decorated throughout with jotted | plants, roses and chrysanthemums, j Eleanor Spratt received the cards in the front hall and the guests were | welcomed by Misses Dorothy Bergl strom and Miss Agnes Link, who pre I oouiou liiwiu 10 me receiving line, compose^ of the hostess, the guest of honor, Mrs. Springs, Mrs. "Leroy Springs of Lancaster, Mrs. J. M; Odell of Concord, N. ?C., and Mrs. R. H. Viser of Fort Mill. Receiving in the library were Miss Edna Tindal and Miss Lana ParksFrom the library the guests- were ushered into the dining room, where Miss Lucy Fish, Mies Margerle Mills, W'lss Ruth Meacham and Miss Julia i Boyd served a salad course with salted nuts and punch. The dining room table was covered with a Madeira luncheon cloth and adorned with a large silver basket filled with white ^chrysanthemums. .Given Leaf Sentence*' [ In the Mecklenburg county superior court in H Charlotte,.^ N. C-, last1 Thursday, Charles B. Kimbrell pleaded guilty of second degree murder on (hi rhirM nf fcUKft* Tnhn W OWM. mere it Kinbniri farm In the lower i Steel Creek neighborhood, * few weks ago, and wee given 18 -rears in the State prison at Raleigh by Judge Webb. Friday Morning Judge Webb reduced the sentence to l&^years. these mbo, the moet of whom are cunningly?putting constantly and everlastingly against the welfare of the people la behalf of their ~bwn perao* ul gate J* > "i , ORT I FORT MILL, S. C., THURi j HEWS OF IOBK COUNTY. Item of General Interest Found In the * York? llle Enquirer. Treasurer Neil Monday received a wire from the comptroller general instructing him not to open the tax bocks until December 1. Several people applied at the office of the treasurer Monday to pay their taxes, but on account of the instructions from Columbia the taxes could not be received. Robert C. ("Fox Hunting Bob") Whitesides, in jail in Yorkville, charged with the killing of Jim Whltener, pear Clovei, on November 12, will not be tried at the November etrm of general sessions. Whitesides, it is expected, will be released on bond this week, following application of his attorney, T. F. McDow, Esq. According to estimates of Mr. t n Marshall, civil engineer of Yorkvilie, who is well Informed in such mutters, it would require about $300,000 to build a concrete road between Rock Hill and Yorkvilie. Mr. Marshall has had wide experience in road building und understands the subject as thoroughly perhaps as any rnau in the State. x Within a very short time after the new home of Mr. K. M. Mitchell of Sharon No. 1 began' to burn last Thursday afternoon there were nearly 100 automobiles parked in the near vicinity, the cars coming *from every direction, some of them from as far away as Hickory Grove; but because no fire - fighting facilities were at hand, the crowd could do nothing but look on. As yet there is no definite Idea as to how the fire originated. George M. Bennett, 30. formerly of Yorkvilie, was run down and killed by a street car in a suburb of Charlotte on November 12. Mr. E'eunett was dragged for a distance of 32' feet after being run down by the car. He survived the accident only a short time. He is survived by his widow and one child. His father and mother, iMf. and Mrs. J. W. Bennett of Yorkvilie survive, as do a number of brothers and sisters. The work of the chaingang in grading the West road in Yorkvilie is being hampered somewhat beoause of the delay in building abutments at the two bridges that are to be constructed. There being nothing to hold the dirt that would otherwise be banked against the abutments, work has to be concentrated for the present on less advantageous points. Clover Leaf council No. 23, Junior OrderUnited American Mechanics, at Clover, has taken on new growth durr inn the nast month #ni? <? ?? indication of any iet up in the enthusiasm in the order. In the past 30 days 40 new members have been admitted and there are a dozen candidates awaiting initiation. Council officers are planning for a big Junior banquet to be held on December 9. There was a total of 483 votes cast in the general election in York county November 8, according to the report of the commissioners of federal and State elections, who met in the court house last Tuesday to tabulate the vote. 'Each of the constitutional amendments voted on curried by a big majority in York county. Representative Bradford's lesdution seeeking to amend section 5 iarticle 8 of the constitution, empowering the General Assembly to rtguate the printing for the State, carried 120 to 12. Fant Robbins. negro about 18 years old, died on the farm of Mr. h'oy Bankhead in Bullock'a Creek township Saturday night following an attack of hydrophobia. The boy was bitten by a dog, supposed to be mad. in August. Dr. Saye gave the hydrophobia treatment at once, but because of the irregularity of the mails at that time, due to the railroad strike, the serum failed to arrive promptly and the treatment was irregular The boy began to act | strangely Friday and following conTQlsoins Saturday he died Sunday night. . * Reports reaching the office of the county superintendent from various school districts are to the effect that parents are cooperating with teachers to a most satisfactory degree in | enforcing the provisions of the compulsory school attendance law. Superintendent Carroll said Monday that there are not more than SO children of cumpulsory attendance age who are not now in the schools and he was satisfied they tiad good reason tor failure to attend. The compulsory i school law for York county - became efecti've on November - All children ^ - - . - - i umween uie ages or s ana i4.-are required to attend tor 80 consecutive school days. . A' soft answer may turn away the bill collector, but he w}U come again. Another thing to be thankful tor is . that 1*33 is another off year in poll- < tics. The Turks are magnanimous. They did not ask the Greeks to pay an indemnity?they took It. ' -<i X \ ' - sr ?' '' " ' ' Mill WAY, NOVEMBER 23, lsST* SCOPE OF DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. ] i " * """ RepiUkan Lose Heavily la .Both Congress and State Elections. The size of the recent Democratic victory is better understood when given in detail. The Republican majority; of 168 in the house- of representatives has been cut down to approximately 16 and the Republican majority in the senate of 24 has been cut to 11. In addition to these victories Democratic candidates for governor were elected in 13 States which had Republican governors?New Yort, Ohio, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Tennessee. Twenty-sixStates of the union now have Democratic governors, a majority of two in all of the StatesThe claim -of the Republicans that fltnu or>n vn 1 VVU1IV1 uvtu lUf UUUOC ttUU SCII~ ate in the 68th Congress is not meunt to be taken seriously. As a matter of tact they do not have actual control ?n either body- The balance of power between Republicans and Democrats Is held by progressives, independents and radicals It may be assumed that the element holdidg the balance of power will not cooperate with the Republican reactionaries in matters of legislation, says a Washington dispatch, and it may also be assumed that the reactionaries will not accept the progressive or radical program of their nominal Republican colleagues. The 68th Congress promises therefore to be one of the most interesting and Important of recent years. Its record will undoubtedly determine the domestic issues of the 1924 campaign. DoagluH NlniH Declared Eligible. Fort Mill friends of Douglas Ninn*, star football player of the Rock Hill high school eleven, were pleased lost night to learn that the effort which has been under way for the last ten days to have him declared an ineligible player on the charge that he had accepted money for playing baseball with the Fort Mill baseball team during the .1921-22 seasons had failed, j The charge was" preferred by persons interested in the Chester high school team and was considered first at a meeting of the football committee of the South Carolina High School league in Abbeville last Friday. The committee failed to reach a decision in the matter that day, bowever,and adjourned until yesterday afternoon, when the decision favorable to Douglas Nims was reached. Another fkock Hill player, Shultz, against whom charges of ineligibility had also been filed with the committee, was declared eligible. The committee is comnosed of Malor Jumes D. Pulp, superintendent of the Abbeville schools; T. L. Hanna, principal of the Anderson high school, and L? L. Wright, superintendent of the Honea Path schools. Methodist Paster Arrives. The Rev. R. L. Keaton, with Mrs. Keaton and their four children, arrived in Port Mill Tuesday afternoon from Columbia and Mr. Keaton has taken up the work as pastor of the *ort. Mill charge, to which he was assigned by Bishop Collins Denny, presiding at hie annual session of the Uppelr Methodist conference of South Carolina, in session in Oaffeny a few days ago. The congregations of the three churches- in -the Port Mill charge, St- John's, Philadelphia and Heasant Hill, joined a few days ago in giving Mr. Keaton find his family and -Old fashioned poUnding when they were presented with a large Quantity of table supplies. Mr. Keaton will preach next Sunday his. first sermon as p&stor of St. John's. Evangelistic Club Organised.'' Twenty citizens of Port Mill en ruuea luesaay evening as memoers of the Fort 'Mill Business Men's Evangelistic club, which was organised at the Fort Mill Baptist church with George- Fish as president; S. L. Meaoh&m and C. S. Link, vice presidents ; N. L. Carothers, corresponding secretary', and S- A. Lee. secretary and treasucpr. A number of Rock Hill cltisens came to Fdaft Mill and assisted in organising tire club, all of whose members are expected to attend a rally; of the Rock Hill club at the Palmetto theater in that city next Sunday afternoon.'' Football Games Thrown Oat. In addition to declaring Douglas Nlms and Shults of the Kock Hill high school eleven eligible players, the football committee of the Soath Carolina High School' lbagne, meet<__ i_ *?" -.??- -? UIB jvowi iwy IU ^AiwvTiii^ uiniw out the games Rock Hill plated with Tort Mill and Kershaw and the games ' Chester played with Fort Mill, York and Clinton. All of these gsmee were won by Rock Hill and-Cb seise, leering the Fort Mill team the leader la Mm Catawba association. ><v . . Tnto, CHINA'S tiBEAT K^ANAL SYSTEM. The Chinese lead the worid in th< mutter of canal building. China h& more artificial waterways than all other countries combined. They ar< of all lengths, and widths, and depths from the short and narrow ditch-lik< ones to the Grand canal, 800 miles it length, and a fine bold river In width China is rated as having 6,000 miles ot man-made waterways. Even at t remote period in the history of th< old, from and after September 1, 1920, to send such child to a public school during the entire year. Exemptions shall be: Children physically unable; children who havo completed the eighth grade; children from 8 to 10 years old who live more than three miles from a public school, except where transportation is furnished, and children taught by parents or private teachers." Leave for Columbia. The Rev. W. R. Bouknight and his family moved Tuesday from Fort Mill to Columbia, where Mr. Eouknlght has become pastor of Creep Streeet Methodist church. He bad been pastor of the Fort, Mill charge for the last Tour years and during that time made many friends in this section who regretted to see him leave. lEach of th? phnwhaa Port MH1 charge, St. John's, Phlladelphia and Pleasant Hill, made gratifying progress under Mr. Bonktyght s pastorate, both- in increased membership and amounts contillmted (or church work. Last Thursday evenin? a farewell banquet was tendered Mr. Bouknight by the congregation of St. John's. Baptist Sunday School Program. The Fort Mill Baptist Suuday school program for 8undayf November 26, is as follows: 1. Opening song, No. 200. 2. Introduction by the superintendent. " f ?. sentence Rermon by Mi a a Boairlcg Parks. . 4. Special musks by choir. 5. "Ths All Conqusring Christ." by Rosalia. Roblnsoa. 6. Duet, Mabel and 'Myrtle Reeves. 7. Prayer. 8. Class period; instrumental music 9. Reports and announcements. 10. Closing song. No. 199. Preaching at 11 o'clock. } . "* v.. :":r4 -' t.v:\ ^ v, ' ..'V - ' \r , '. ' h*/ '*< r ' . * ' *..* .* t / * . ** . v . ** h aS89^8P empire, the people of China understood much about deepening rlv.ei channels, draining their lands, ahd constructing artificial waterways. China's man-made waterways are t great help to her commercially Most of what we term draying ami freighting in the United States is don? by the canal boats of China. Tlu Grand canal is the highway of commerce. . Millions of boats, large and small, laden with' freight of every description pass aloug it from year tc year. Thousand? of these boats, too, are family homes. Hundreds of thousands of the people of China live in boats on the cana] and rivers. They have no othei homes und never have had. They arc born, they live and die in these bout homes. Canton is the greatest place of all the water folks. It is estimated that in this Chinese city alone 400,000 persons live on the water. The boat homes are known as sampans. Some of them are built like scowb, with a regular little house in the center while others have only bamboo mattlug supported by poles for a sehelter. v In this space the whole family congregates to eat and sleep. Often they are packed in like sardines in a can. Others still of the house-boats are more pretentious, having two to three decks, one above the other. The occupants of modern apartment houses could learn something from the house-boat dwellers of China in the way of utilizing every inch of space: There are gardens on the decks, poultry yards and duck pools, and often a pig or two snugly quartered. An odd sight to foreign eyes is to see a boat moving along with all the family washing hung out tc dry. * v Oregon School BUI Causes Friction. A. bill to abolish private and parochial schools in 41ie State of Oregon, carried by a majority of more than 20,000 votes in the recent election, promises to furnish a fight between lawyers of various' religious denominations and influential members of the Ku Klux Klan and other fraternal societies. The supreme court of tke State is expected to be the battleground of 200 or more lawyers who have signed an opinion that the bill is unconstitutional and the sponsors of the law. The Catholic church is up in arms against what it calls an attempt to take away American rights. Hie bill requires that "any parent or guardian or other person having control, custody or charge of a child more than 8 and less than 16 years >'* Si M : M - .."v ?* > ? " - . ? . .* V m?>?Tr?r. - 1PLAT THAirKStttYIKG. Fort Mill ami Abbeville EIoyoam to ? Meet la Fort Mill. I Major James D. Fulp, superintend) en* of the Abbeville schools, was . in . Fort Mill Monday and while here ar? ranged to bring the Abbeville high i school football team to Fort Mill. Thanksgiving day for a game with v ) the local high school eleven. The k Abbeville team is considered one of i the best high school teams in the . State. It has lost only one game this . season, and that to the Anderson I high school team. Fort Mill also has a strong team which has won all of k its games this year except those with the Rock Hill and Chester high j school teams and will be the champion team of the Catawba association | if the Rock Hill and Chester games are thrown out, which is sSid to be I not unlikely, on the charge that each has played Inellgibles. ( The game between Port Mill and Abbeville will be played at midday in order that the boys may enjoy their * ? Thanksgiving dinners immediately af! ter the game. Considerable inter. est is being manifested, both lu Fort , Mill and Abbeville, in the outcome of ( the gume, as it may have a bearing on the State high school champlonship. ; Special to The Times. ' Abbeville, Nov. 22.?The football ^ boys of the Abbeville high school are ! looking forward to their trip to Fort 1 Mill on Thanksgiving with u great deal of pleasure and interest. They ' daily ask numerous questions about *li? ? -I?* i?c iiiaiui IL lU" 11 uiiu espci'iaiy uuuui the wonderful little football team 1 which Fort Mill high school has. The 1 Abbeville team will leuve here at 1 noon Wednesday, arriving -in " Fort ' Mill over the Southern road at l? o'clock the same afternoon. Returning they will leave Fort Mill at 5:30. o'clock Thanksgiving afternoon, arriving in Abbeville at 3:30 Friday morning- v" The record of the Abbeville team for the season is an enviable one, notwithstanding the fact that, they are not runners-up for the State championship. They have played the following games: Ninety Six 0, Abbeville 3u? Due West 0, Abbeville 19. > Greenwood 6, Abbeville 7. Clinton 0, Abbevile 25. , Anderson 6, Abbeville 0. i Edegefield 6, Abbeville 2t>. Saluda 0, Abbeville 6. i The last team played, Saluda, has been undefeated in two seasons until Thornwe'l orphanage and Abbeville / took them in tow the last two Fridays. * The A' heville team is not ;i heavy > one, out vorks like a machine and according to the statements of tha principals of some of the schools they have played, resemble Presbyterian college's lightning eleven. The Abbeville payers are: Nicklos. tackle; Gambrell, halfback: Crawford, end; B$wie, halfback, Godfrey, tackle; May, tackle, center; Bradley, H., end; Galloway, halfback; Tate, guard; Hawthorne, guard. ? The coaches of the team t.re* N. S. Swetenburg and Prof. A. R: Hafner. Legion Post Elects Officers. At the annual meeting Monday night of Ell Balles post, American L?egion, the following officers were elected: Brlce O. Culp, commander; Edward B. White, vice commander; P. M. Mack, chaplain. Following the election, the commander reappointed W. B. Ardrey, Jr., adjutant and treasurer. T. Heath Lclk was elected post promotion officer and was authorized to appoint an assitant. The duties of the promotion officer, recently created by the post, are to provide entertainment for the members at post meetings and to promote and direct all enterprises of the postDring the last few months interest in the work of Eli Balles post has has been growing and a membership campaign is now on, with a handsome prize offered the legionnaire bringing in the greatest number of members. The officers of the post will be installed on the regular meeting night of the post in January and for this meeting the "eats committee" has been Instructed tn serve the best ban quet the post has yet had. Faires Goes to TriaL William C. Faires was to go to trial tomorrow morning in the court or general sessions in York charged with the murder or four members of the Taylor family in Clover on September^ It.Is stated that Faires* defense will be insanity. He has employed Thos. F. McDow and former Governor Cole L- Blease to defend him, while the State will be represented by Solicitor Spears end State Senator John R- Hart. Trial of the case is expected to coneme two or three days* And it is to be hoped that the next war will make the world safe for the victors. v. v. ' ' " < /' *" **' . ' ' ' A* ':'4 *.'A ' < *7*'