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0 GARNERED WITH SCISSORS I ?L-l_ News From Within and Without the County. CONDENSED FOR OUICK READING t # Some Hem* of Fact, Some of Comment nd All Helping to Give an Idea of What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing. i Fort Mill Times, July 26: Twenty- j two members of the Fort Mill troops, Boy Scouts of America, left town at 6.30 o'clock Wednesday morning forj Chimney Ttock, in the mountains of: western North Carolina, where they will go Into camp for ten days. The trip was made in a large motor truck and was expected to consume about 12 hours. Mac Archer, Fort Mill soldier who was severely wounded overseas while in the service with the Fort Mill company, is expecting soon to enter the , government hospital at Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta, for treatment, his wounds j never having healed satisfactorily I Hop. E. Gettys Nunn of Rook Hill was a visitor to Fort Mill for a few hours Tuesday morning. After serving the j country acceptably for six years as a member of the house of represents- ; tivbs Mr. ?Nunn declined last year to1 offer for reelection and now says he is out of politics Claude Gamble, World war veteran, who was severely wounded in action with the Fort Mill! company In the attack on the Hlndenburg line, returned a few days ago to the home of his father, J. M. Gamble, j near town, after spending several months as a patient at a government hospital in Asheville, N. C. His health his improved steadily for some time and he is now hopeful that he will not have to return to the hospital for further treatment Two hundred citizens of the community were at the Southern passenger station Sunday night at 9 o'clock to greet the Fort Mill military company upon its return from Mount Pleasant, where for 15 days it had been in camp with . the j other companies of the First regiment,; S.C. N. G. The officers and men of the cbmpany came home in good condition physically, there having been only one or two slight attacks of illness among them during the encampment i The building which has for years been used by the Gold Hill public school has j outlived its day and now the trustees | are planning to either erect an entire-1 ly new building next year or make ad- 1 ditfons to and remodel the present building to provide for the increased attendance at the school. Recently the chairman of the board of trustees, W. H. Crook has been corresponding with the county superintendent, John JE3. Caeroll, with reference to state aid for a'new building, which Mr. Carroll1 urges Instead of additions and repairs to the old building. There seems practically no doubt that financial as- I sistance for a new building would be forthcoming from the state, but the law does not otherwise provide building aid for schools. Already the Gold Hill school Is considered one of the best country schools in this section of the state, but A-ith the improved facif = '/ Eveiyth -nc 1 i ii ! i I < i 1 ] I I BLEND V/a I I CICARKTTES JtyA lities which the trustees are hopeful of providing it will be even better than it now is. Lancaster News, July 29: Married . by Clerk of Court Haul Moore, July 2?5, 1921, Miss Ethel Masse.v of Catawba. and Luther H. Oilstrop, of Hick- j ens. Duff Marshall, convicted of . manslaughter before Judge Shipp in Lancaster county general sessions court. March, 19i7, and sentenced to serve five years in prison, was paroled during good behavior Tuesday b> Governor Cooper. The Lancaster! County Sunday school convention met at Van Wyck Presbyterian church Wednesday, July 20, and had a pood attendance notwithstanding tlie rainy 1 day. Judson Hasel Witherspoon prominent business man and publicspirited citizen, died at his home on Arch street extension yesterday morning at nine o'clock. His health had been failing for many months but he ( was only confined to lis bed since | Saturday. Dentil was di*> to Plight's disease. Chester Reporter, July 28: Prof. M. E. Brockman, superintendent of the Chester schools, completed his task as instructor at the Kurman Cniveisity Summer scliool a few days ago, und after spending a few days with relatives in Greenville and vicinity will return to Chester with his family and 1 begin to get ready for the opening of j the local schools. All places on the j faculty have been filled except one. I Thin h:is been offered u young woman. J but she was still undecided a day or two ago There was a good crowd and a good time at Armenia yesterday the occasion beinj? the annual picnic. United States Senator E. D. Smith wired Mi-. Walter Simpson, chairman of the comniittee on arrangements, that he was unable to be ^ present. Capt. J. L. Glenn, Jr., the other speaker, was present, but said j he thought the people would enjoy the ; d?*A' more by spending the time in social intercourse than in listening to an j address, and his wishes prevailed, and ; the speaking was dispensed with. | Mr. Sam W. Kluttz, who is just .Alck 1 from a week-end trip to Elberton, Ga? pictures a distressing state of affairs j as existing in that section due to the ! ravages of the boll weevil, *vhi?h may j depict what will occur here in about one more year, If the public does not j wake up in the meantime to the ubso- I lute necessity foj>diversilication. With j only one product .to depend upon an i agricultural section is ruined when I due to insect invasion or from other cause the yield is cut dawn some fifty per cent, or more; and exactly what is occurring around Elberton may oc- J cur about Chflstet4, if some steps are not quickly taken, though, we feel it only right to state that from the best information we have been able ! > get hold of the crof> reduction due to the weevil should not be more than twenty-five per cent at the most about here. After the olose of the Sunday School League season there will probably be a post-season series of Ave games between a team selected from the first and fourth teams in the race and one composed of players taken from winners of second and third places. F'ull details will be worked out ind for Ql )thin& s TRAT'S OUR ID CAMELS?the Qua! Why, just buy Camels and [t's the best packing science :igarettes fresh and fulj flav Heavy paper outside?secure and the revenue ^tamp over th< age and keep it air-tight. An/3 nrktft fVlicl TVir*rp'<I rtftf Camel package. No extra wi improve the smoke. Not a cer that must come out of the qi Camels wonderful and excli merit alone. Because, men smoke Car taste and fragrance of the fim blended. Men smoke Camels refreshing mildness and their retty aftertaste. Camels are made for men selves. UA1J DS TOBACCO COMPANY, WinitonKMmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmatmam 1 r and announced in a few days ...II will delight the many friends of Sheriff D. Gober Anderson all over tht county to know that hf has so farvprogressed on the road to recovery that lie will he able to lei ve the Chcstei Sanatorium Saturday. Gnstonria Gazette, July 29: Mr. and Mrs. YV. IJ. Anderson have returned from a motor trip to Cherry l?tne, Alleghany county. Hariing a puncture to his gasoline tank o"er some of the rough roads, and an advent no with a rattlesnake in which the rattlesnake came off second be.it, there wer-i no untoward incidents to mar the trip Messrs. I. H. Gantt and H. A. Query und Masters Harland and Thomas Gantt ard Misses Irene Gantt and Helen Morris returned Thursday evening from a trip to Camp Sapphire, Brevard. They went to se? Master Way Gantt, who is n camp there. Two other Gastonia hoys, W. B. Morris, Jr., and Thomas Moore, are also at Camp Sapphire Messrs Zeb M. Harry, Carl I'nderwond, Ralph Griflfin, Bonnie F. Xorris, Jr., Lucius E. Wilson, John G. Brum Icy and J. Mack I'nderwood returned Wednesday night from an enjoyable two weeks camping trip Miss Ina Jones of Hickory Grove, S. C? is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Jones, on route two. There an 110 indications whatever of a coming epidemic of pellagra in the county and the health situation in Gaston county is as good if not hotter than it hits been for some time, according to Dr. L. N. Glenn, county health officer Champion cigarette seller, Confederate veteran, and successful photographer and fruit grower are all combined in the person of Mr. Edward Eeatherston Small, who stopped in Gastonia a few days during the first of the wfek on his v.av to Union where he is now visiting Rev. G. A. Sparrow. If variety is the spice of life, Mr. Small has enjoyed a career that hits never boon insipid. As :i soldier during the civil war, as the introducer of cigarettes to a large part of the south, and as a trnceling salesman in other lines, he hits seen it carter of interesting, exciting, and humorous experiences that does not fall to the lot of most men. Mr. Small, although 7S years of age, easily recalls and vividly describes his experiences in the Confederate army and in business after the war. During their youth Mr. Small and Rev. Sparrow were intimate companions. They grew up together, entered the Oonfedc rate army together and for two years fought side by side. From that time until a few days ago they had not seen each other. Sunday they met after a separation of r>7 years. And a glorious meeting it was. Roth were unable to restrain their delight and had 110 desire to. They had a great time recalling old times and cxper j iences. Cleveland Star (Shelby) July 28: I Rev. W. A. Murray has returned home ' from Grover where he held a most | successful revival meeting at the Presbyterian church for the past week. ' the meeting closing Sunday night with j thirteen accessions to the church. This is one 11! the 1110x1 nuurisninfc riiurcii; fs which Mr. Murray has in ills pres *??. lanxaa mmnm itti t lnammft JAIJiyl how EA in making lity Cigarette,. look at the package! has devised to keep ored for your taste. I foil wrapping inside I ^ end to seal the pack- I hing flashy about the rappings that do not it of needless expense laiiiy ui WI/M.VWW isive Quality wins on nels who want the sst tobaccos, expertly ; for Camels smooth, * freedom from cigawho think for them % ?k /i I bytery and he is quite proud of its I 1 good record Mrs. E. E. Panther, of j i Casar, killed a large rattlesnake Sun- j I day morning while she was en route ' from her home to services at Corinth Haptist church. The snake had seven rattles. L. p. Connor, aged 7i ! veers ilii'd ;it his residence on Mc- 1 Brayer street al>out noon Tuesday following an illness of several weeks ' duration. All of his children were at I the hedside when the end came. .'Jr. | Connor was one of the best known citI izens of Cleveland county, possessing a large number of friends all over the j county. He was reared near New I I'rospect and lived there until a few , ! years ago when he moved to Shelby. Manager K. T. Kostmund of the ; Cleveland Springs Hotel says tie: patronage is growing and each weekend the hotel has more than it can accommodate, although there is a lull during the middle of each week ' Perhaps the case of most interest in Superior court during the week was , 1 that in which J. T. S. Mauney, former ' \ I chairman of the highway commission ! ] | of So. 8 township, was charged with trading with himself while chairman of the board and with malfeasance of ( office in that it is alleged he had or- I dcred Frank H. l.ce paid the sum of $800,901 the state alleging that Mr. Lee's services did not warrant any ( such sum being paid to him. The evif dence had been concluded and attor| ncys were arguing the case when the i Star went to press I. (I. Wells of ''grover, when he was a boy, carved his name and the date, 1870,' on the shell of a terrapin. A. L. Wells, his I brother, while working in a wheat i field several days ago, found the same , terrapin. The name and date was apparently as plain as when it was cut f>l years ago. The' terrapin was found | within 50 yards of the original place. Mr. D. IJ. Simmons who lives six miles north of Shelby has a young heifer with her first calf that has six teats, all of which are fully developed and giving milk... * .Mrs. Nancy S. Hester, aged G9 years, difd at her | home in West Shelby Monday follow! ing an illness of several months. Mrs. Hester was a lovable Christian wo- [ man, having been a member </f the Methodist church since early girlhood, and was well loved by all who knew ' { j /few listene ilVTT III STOP and talk you see with his car. Ask him \ i Most likely you esting story about ments ? before ti found. Money wj unkept. Trouble o morous to every [ ? man who went Ihi Finally U. S. Ti Tires ever since. ? Perhaps it's the ex 'i'irtr buyeis that make phatic in their preibrei year. When these men United I L.G. ? ier. Although she suffered much dui - ng her illness she was always cheer- | ul and 'resigned. . m LEFT TO MELLON Secretary of the Treasury Has Full Authority. The senate finance committee last rhursduy, voted a favorable report on !he bill giving Secretary of the Tieasily Mellon unlimited power to arrange or collection of foreign loans. The only limitation put on Mr. MelIon's power by the committee was an amendment by Senator Penrose, Pennsylvania, requiring that the refunding if foreign loans be finished within five years. Secretary Mellon gave the committee the first outline of his plan for collecting the $11,000,000,000 Kurope owes the United States \n principal and in- i 40 terest. . I Mr. Mellon told both what he would , ind would not do, if giv/rn the aurhor- ! Ity by congress he asked for. He said he would: Start with Great Britain, the principal debtor, and follow with France und other countries. Ask each debtor to submit *a statement telling how it cou'd pay and what terms it desired. Defer interest collection for sometime to come although not necessarily, to April 13, 19:12, the date concerning which former Secretary Houston had an "understanding"' with Great Britain. That he might consent to a still further deferment of. interest if it is sought by Great Britain and France. Mr. Mellon said he would not: Accept bonds of any nation excepi the direct indebtor. In other words, he would not take Serbian, Greek or Polish bonds in payment or as security for monty loaned Great Britain or France. As to acceptance of German bonds. Mr. Mellon said he cou'd not now say whether that question will have to be considered. 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