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ESTABLISHED 1855~ YORK, S. 0., TUESDAY, X < > V KM. B KR 09,1921. . ; NO. 95
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More 01
Less Interest.
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Son-.? of Which You Know an<
Some You Don't Know?Condensec
For Quick Reading.
"We've had quite a largo number ol
families from the mountains of Tennessee
and western North Carolina to
move ir.lo (iastonia recently to work
in the mills, especially the Loray," said
l'oliceman Meek I'arrish of Gastonia
who was talking about his town the
other afternoon. "Just why they have
decided to leave their forms and come
to the mills I don't know but I do know
* that there are quite a number of
mountaineers and their families here."
Where Squirrels Are Plentiful.
"Squirrels are so plentiful in some
sections of Lincoln county and are doing:
such injury to corn that farmers
are encouraging: hunters to shoot
* them," said John Warren, prominent
young business man of Linculnton, X.
C. who was talking about squirrels to
Views and Interviews the other day.
Mr. Warren is an enthusiastic hunter
himself and his especial delight is
squirrel hunting. "There is r.o scarcity
of squirrels and other game in
Lincoln county," Mr. Warren went on
to say "and any time one wants to go
out for a day's sport he does not have
to worry about ilnding game."
Unfavorable for Grain.
"This wet weather is preventing the
sowing of many a bushel grain that
would otherwise have been sown." remarked
Mr. I!. X. Moore, President ol
the Loan ?v Savings I {.ink to Views
and Interviews.
"But they should have had it in by
this time with all the tine weather we
have been having," replied Views and
Interviews.
"Couldn't," said Mr. Moore. "It wan
impossible. 1 have in about twenty
bushels of oats; but not a grain ol
wheat."
"? am surprised at you, T woulc
Tli ink a man like you would be more
he forehanded in such matters."
"Couldn't get corn out of the way,"
he said.
Gastonia Looking Up.
*"I?u:-ilie :-s is looking 11p Mi 'iwmniii
? again," remarked K. S. Dickson prominent
young business man of that cii>
t?? Views ami Interviews while the latter
was in the (hist on capital the other
afternoon. 4 Wo are not building any
new cotton mills just now and as a
matter of fact I don't know that anything
will be done in that line soon
.\t least I haven't heard of it. However
all the cotton mills of the city
and enmity are running in the day
time and unite a number of them liavt
o;: night shifis. (lasbmia is doiny
<iuite a lot of building however. Tin
Methodist church is making preparations
to spend $l?n.noo or more in remodeling
the church Imihling and the
Itaptists also have plans for new
church work, (juitc a nuinhcr of store
buildings are under way and there i>
talk of others. Several residences arc
being built and we hope that it wil
not be- so vefy Ion f before construction
work is started 01: our new postoffice:
building. While things hero arc
not 011 the boom that they were in the
fall of lt?l!? and the- spring of 1920 Mil
we- have 110 reason to complain."
Failure to Sign Checks.
"Kve ry now ami then every* niai
fails to sign a eheok that he is giviiu
cm- sending to someone else," said Mi
Jim I'age. cashier of the Ikwik <
("over to Vii-ws and Interviews a f?v
days ago. "Tliis doesn't happen vor,
often, but it does happen, and usual!;
'? the matt 1 is easily straightened ou
and 110 harm is done-. Not long ago,
v coulimiccl Mr. I'age. "we received
letter from one of the big Chicago mai
houses, reading something like this
( b-ntlcnien: We are herewith en
closing a cheek ss'-nl to us by one o
your customers. ,\s you win no...
the check is properly made out exeep
that it is not signed. We did not dis
cover the omission of the sipnatur
until endorsing f"r deposit. We hav
shipped the pn' ds for which this elioo
was to pay, hut have no record h
which we can locate the party wh
sent us tlie check. We will very mile
appreciate the favor if you will try t
locate the party and have the choc
signed and return it to us." We too
th<- rlii cl\ and In mm niak.nv; conipai
isotts Willi oth *r cliecks lu re in t!i
ha'k and finally w> decided that v.
had located the lialit mall. The ne>
time lie was in the hank, v.<* ask?<l ](ji
. if lie had. sent .a cheek to a ecrtai
Chicago coiicei n on a certain data |'?
so tinny dollars. He said that he ha
and when tin- cheek was laid in frot
of him In* said it was his and prompt
sip.mi <1 it and we returned the check I
tin* C ;icapo mail order house."'
Can't Freeze 'Em.
m i common weakness of the av?
age cotton nr'UMT is an insistent dele
initiation to fool himself, lie wants
hclieve certain things and he just w
believe them in spite of everybody
everything. There are a good tnai
pi ojile who insist that if We have
eo'd winter it will kill out the hi
. weevils to a large extent and we e;
plant cotton next year with mipunil
Th<-v nr?- told differently hy peo|
who have had experience in the west;
but that makes no difference. This
from the Anderson Daily Mail is reliaj
hie and it is interesting; but it will not
' I convince anybody who believes that if '
I the boll weevi'e won't be frozen he
ought to be: I
"Editor Daily Mail: .las. II. Jlol i- i
I! day, K. I!, (ioasett, I. M. Malum and
i others placed a boll weevil between'
| two blocks of ice at the ice factoryi
' here and let it remain 24 hours to see
if it could be frozen. When taken out j
' ami placed in the sun it camo to life, j
I They then drilled a hole in a block of
I ?. -1 ..... it i.. tl.n Itnlo tt'lliln the
ice was being eompjcte'y frozen ami
( let it remain for 4* hours; to their astonishmer.t,
when placed in the sun it
again revived and flew away.
Does this not upset the theory that
, a cold winter will kill the weevils out?
What does Mr. IJyars and Clenison .
, i college think of this?
.! "G. W. Sullivan,
| "Williamston, S. C."
Warehousing Cotton.
'"From the way some of the people i
. were talking during the early part of
the season," said Vic llamhright, of
Clover, last Saturday, "it looked as if i
we might as well consider the conver- |
sion of our cotton warehouse to other)
uses. Of course I did not think that
' any such tiling would ever he necessary;
hut that would have hcen the cue
! from the way many people were talking
as I said.
"Ihit now the warehouse is about
i full, and wo are tiara i>ui 10 uiku eani
of the cotton wo are being asked to j
I store." i1
"All that talk was from people who
got stuck by holding," put in a by- i1
! slander.
"Well, there might have been some
of that." replied Mr. llambright, "and 1
! no doubt there were many who would 1
,i have fared better if they had sold ,
. i instead of stored; but suppose there
! had been no warehouses, how would
the holders as a whole have come out?
; You would have* seen cotton go below j
11 ten cents, that is all."
"{sometimes I think that ail the
; warehouse is tit for is to hold the cot- 1
11 i
ton for the mills' until they get ready
for it," remarked another bystander. 1
"Yes, there are people who talk that,'
t too," said Mr. llambright; "but they'
.iri- not people who think. Certainly
: the mills tire going to buy tiie cotton
as eli -aply as they ran; but if there
had been no warehouses, they would
jhave bought it cheaper than they are
j now buying it. The principal reason
1 right now why the mills are not loading
up with cotton is because they
have not the money with which to buy
it tit present prices. If cotton were a
great deal eheaoer they could pet tin
' money till light; but at present prices
they are buying firm band to mouth.
And wlii'e i: is not for me to predh t
bow prices are going, I don't hesitate j
to say that it is the mi'ls rather than
the holders who will pay thu wa"c'
house charges in the end. for instur.ee
' supper cotton goes to " "? cents next
i spring, who will pay the warehouse
1 charges? They certainly will not have
!eo-? the holder anything.
"Hut litis, everybody ought to know,"
' concluded Mr. llambright, "if a man is
: going to hold his t otton ai all, he
should keep i; under sVIte r, if not in a
* j standard warehouse, then somewhere
' | C(|Ually sec urc; b cause if cotton is left
I on the ouiside it always loses more in
lvalue than the warehouse charges*
j amount to."
ASKING THE EDITOR
Ssmo ef tlie Fool Questions That Are
Directed to Newspapers.
it i? ;ir* Kditor: My little- boy has
? worms. What will help him?
.; Answer -reed him lots of lish they
f like'em North Adams (Mass.y iP-rahl.
r
v Sure Trick,
i lu-ar Kditor; I would like to he an,
t j orator. What is the best way to a:c
" unite a llo\v ui i ui^iiiifju .
;i Aiisw r: Wc'l. >? m m in lit try troadI
inn' nil a tack ill your hare fiet. Vn:i:
kers Statesman.
' Generous Doy.
Dear I: airier: After lakim*. iny In i
i! nii"I t1 dinner, theatre, supper and :t
- taxi >10111", sinultl I kiss Iwr good
< ni^Iit
e Answer: No. you did eimu;r!i for her.
k '?"T(?pir.s of the Day" I'i'm-.
y j
n' Help-Mate
'' Dear Kdilor; Would ,\on marry a
" tiirl on ten dollars a week?
^ Answer: Ves. if >!ie has a rfiady j"l>.
Ne-.V Wk World.
ie Voice or Worse.
*" Dmr Kdilor: When I sue; I I tears
kl in m\ eyes. What ran I do for ihi; ''
11 Answer: Stuff rottoi in your ears.
11 Sea 11 le I 'ost - Inn llinein-er
il"'
11 To Get Stuck Up.
)t llr.il- I'Mit"! . II<\v ' iii 1 Kllrl. ii Ml
ly liiiir'.'
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\Vimii|?c:~ 1 M i ? I ' 'i '
Cut Up-Joint.
Iifiii hMitor: I lots ,i l?i|t? !??-i slii'|>
1 " 1 luivi- itliv oIjmt llilHir
Answvi : Sii|i|in..t? mii.h! < ill it :
, mi .it inn |i!;u Winn : - i t,. 11 i
Urjiri^".
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n ; The One nnd Only.
>11 Dear Editor: W'liut"i the bci-'l
in tu uc-iiiniMariy n holy vocnlinl
;y. Answi, : A lui.-biunJ. \\:t:d. villi*
tin I Wv. s
ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET
Johnson Will No! Rm Fnr The Office
of Mcynr.
U. D. C.'S WANT SITE FOR MONUMENT
Greater Support Necessary for County
Fair?Much Cotton Stored in Tirzah
t.. 1 ti? Tuininn
warenousu?i nc v? uy
School Had Great Football Team?
Other News and Notes of County
Metropolis.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Rock Hill, Nov. 26.?Dr. J. 15. Johnson
will not be a candidate for mayor
of Rock Hill in the municipal election
to be held in January- Croat pressure
has been brought to bear recently on
Dr. Johnson to have hint enter the rr.ee,
but ho said today that he was out of it.
"Rock Hill needs a mayor who is a
younger man than I," said lie today in
discussing the matter of his candidacy;
"and furthermore 1 have ennte to the
conclusion that I can be of better service
to my city out of oflicc than in office.
1 have had a number of flattering
jffers of support, but after giving careful
consideration to the matter I have
come to the conclusion that I cannot
afford to make the race for a good
many reasons."
The County Fair.
There is much local lalk relative to j
the future progress ai d prosperity of
the York County Fair, an annual fall
event held in Rock Hill. Complaint is
made that the fair association is not
getting the support from all sections of
York county that is necessary to make
the fair a success llnancia'ly and otherwise.
The fair held recently lost
money, exhibits of livestock especial ly,
were woefully lacking and although
the fair management worked, most
vil'e. I I.#. f-.if ;i
iauiniin\ n> io.iw .... ..... ..
(hey had very little support from the
people of tli" county at large. The fair
association believes that one of tin
first things necessary t m ike the fair
a permanent event is to buy the
grounds where the fair is held. These
grounds belong to tli" estate of the late
J. M. Cherry. The understanding is
that they can be bought for ?"iOU an
acre and there are a hoi t. twenty acres
in the tract that tiie fair association
has been using. How to finance the
purchase of the grounds is one of the
l.dg problem:! confronting the association.
Off to Cuba.
Dr. and Mrs. W. \V\ Fcnr 11 and
daughter, Miss Aicthia Fenuidl of Kock
Hill, left Friday for Havanna, Cuba,
where they expect to spend about two
weeks. Dr. Keninll is to deliver an address
before an assembly of distinguished
suigcons which is to meet in
the Cuban capital. They expect to visit
all parts of tlu island of Cuba while
away on their trip.
Pnrry Ferguson III.
Ferity Ferguson, who for many years
was i ngaged in the mercantile business
at "I'.a 11 dan.i." mar Kenny's mountain
in Kithel township, is quite ill at th
home of his daughter, Mrs. ,1. M.
Youngblood, in Hock Hill. Mr. Ferguson
ha:; been in had health for some
tine and his n atives and friends arc
\ cry much worried about him.
Football Champions.
Winthrop Training School won tli
football championship among York
county schools when she defeated I lock
Hill IPgh school lo re on Thanksgiving
day, t!l to 0. During the football season,
Just come to a close, the Training
school had tlie I ost football I" no in it.-'
i.1,, ,, ^ inie ami that
lo Cheat. r, which prol.nhly 1i:h! the
III --I high Selloo! Iraill ill I ill* fit at".
Tin* total M'oi'i fi'i I In* Ti tii.ini; scliool
tilling till' football :*e II .ill.-'l fl.i.-Vil.
was Jvi against a total of by th ir
opponents in t!.?. eigln games played.
The scmvs i:i eaeli g.. lie Wi re as follows:
Training school lsincsi-icr i?;
Training school U. Winn: bo:o >;
Training sehool o, Chester 1 ! ; Training
school Kershaw 7: Training school
ia. ^ oiltville ; : Training school Til.
Hand's .school e: Training school I'l,
I lock 11:1! a.
S'to for Confederate Monument.
Th I Jock Hill Chaph r I'. I?. ?"
have recently had the Com fedorate
tnonuineiit of this city r< snoiielcit. ami
now tliey air after tin city to providi
site for tli" location of tlie inommn nl.
So far the city lias ilont nothing in r--fatal
to providing the site anil t J.?\- t!>
ineiithers t the I'. I?. <. i. in tin- o
a.oii i*| having * Ik, niil'n' 'annum- at
on llnir hands with tmwlicrc t*> pa*'
I lit:! tln eii\ u i!| j-r.n ide a site ai'd
if the city doenot thm soni- puhlicspirile.i
citizi n v. ill.
Br.nonot for Misons.
IJvck 11 ill Ala ci: a * pi t |t la-.' I a
a big liaii'iuel t i i> lieltl at the C*h:iin
her of I'miinieive lui'l lc re in vt Tiler'111\
night. S'-vt-ral "mgii t?i ii,-i -rs'' ol
the Masonic fraternity in S'tui!i t'ai"
lint a t- * lie present for the occasion
ti- i in .-olilition in tin- It?i:?|rn i ; i I
eraIde Masonic work is going to he pill
mi. Tli local I Slue l.oilg*-" o| Ma -an
is uiic of the largest in tin- slate and i'
is i \ji. -till tha: there \% ill he a I.nr.
niitnhi-r of iiii-uiik is of tin- *. ; 11111 \
out |'i|- ill - I>.a11 |ti I ami Hal ting or
j Tiie 'ia.v niglit.
Ware lion o Filiiny Up.
It. it. <fallcat alien cf the M iti
ivanli-ii: c ai Tirr.ih, who v.r's la t'c to
day, said that there were in<>r? thai
1 ' i .11* vv .
nines ?'i cuiiuii . .1. -
h(?u<e which lias .I total < iiuc
j itv "f lrss than Mv nates writ
on to say that other farmers of ilie
Tirzah section had cotton in .store as
I soon as room < ould. be made for them.
; There arc some farmers of this Tirzsli
section who have had eolton in the
Tirzah warehouse since 1CMK, he said.
Left Many Liberty fiends.
"The late Hen L. Abacy, prominent,
j Columbia lawyer, wlio died recently,,
I left $:100,000 in l.ibcrly bonds anions liisj
I other property," said today a Kock i
I ilill man \vli< knew uio coiumina invv i
Iyer well and who saw his will. "Thisj
( is a direct slap at those Columbia pccn- j
pie who tried to make it appear that
the late I ten Abney refused to buy Liberty
bonds during one of the Liberty j
bond drives in the late World war,** the I
I lock Ilill man went on to say. "To
, the credit of the late Mr. Abney it
i should he said that he probably investj
ed, heavier in Liberty bonds than anyi
: other individual South Carolinian.''
Back to Washington.
A. E. Hutchison, secretary to Con-!
gross man "W. F. Stevenson, who has!
been spending several days at his home
here, expects to return to Washington i
next week. According to Mr. Hutehi-i
son a secretary to a congressman has,
more work to do when congress is not
in session than he does when the body
of lawmakers is in session. -'People
write about seed and t Idtf-Mriing and
that tiling after congress adjourns/'
said'Mr. Hutchison today J "They think
j that a congressman domn't have a,
tiling to do when cung?ss is not in
session; but believe mell am busier i
then than at any other time."
INSURED FOR $>,000,000.
English Worrsn Has Clothes That
Make Royalty4Take Notice.
.Mrs. Smith Wiikimibi). hailed in
Paris and on the Riviera as the world's
greatest spell lor, transformed herself:
into the world's greatest splendor re- j
I cenily for the famous Victory hall at!
1 Albert hall, iii London.
Mrs. Wilkinson blazed her way into I
tin* I'rince of Wales' box,-.a literal'
walking diamond mine. Attired as the
' Queen of Sheba," she absolutely stop,
prd the proceedings tit London's most
famous armistice celebration.
.Members of the royal family, peers
i and p crosses and J'tirope's most fam-j
ous fashionables stood aghast at thej
marvelous display of wealth on the
Sown of tliis stont Nottingham mat-J
j ron.
The gown was manufactured by u J
famous dressmak-r, and was insured'
for ?5,noo/JOD. It contained more than
'7"' 0 cTfain iwls and pcarir." ,'ae wore,
a cuirass of tine diamonds over a skirt i
of silver 'ace embroidered in pearls.
Jlcr sh< es were of silver cloth with
hiah Loui:; XV he's covered with tiny j
yellow diamonds.
The most startling feature of tlie
whole bizarre costume was the headi
dr ss wliltfli was ;{*'? incites high. It I
was a loose c>p lac"vd'with diamonds,
' w ith three ropes of wonderful pearls
of gradual* d length draped from the
ends of tin? cap at the ears and falling:
,
h, low tit* chin. From the top of the
diamond rap stood three white peacock
foath rs studded with diamonds. These
were guarded on either side by woud
rful' birds of paradise.
llrs. Wilkinson also wore long diam**ii(l
* trrings and a magnifieicnt chain
of diamonds arouiul lit r neck and
dropping h> the waist. Wonderful
I!!.'.:.-, ? h wen t li ;i Kings ransom,
with diamond, pearl and emerald
braclets and ann!ets completed the astounding
oriental cos turn?, which it is
safi in a- 'i t that the "Queen of Sheba
nwer aw The like of in her palmiest
days."
"It is lli<- world's mo t wondorfut
di S." declared tin* designer of the
.r tuin -. ' The like of it was never
sce:i 1* ;01 vIn her presence the most
magnificently gowned women were
o.itsliont
Wilkinson is staying at the Ultss
fin- s**ii and wears a different
irim n < \ * ry ? v< niu-:. She is planning
ii go to Anic.'iiM soon with her gold
bathtub and nth r convenience.! as announced
last summer.
ROAST FOR WATSON
Georgia Nurses Condemn Remarks of
Firebrand.
A resolution strongly comh mui:'Si-nat.*r
Tlioinas II. Watson, of <le-?rgia
for utt? raiii-i s in the senate was
unanimous!' adopted l?y th>- (lenrgia
S'ale A -in iatiou i f (iradiiat-a Nurses
at it loiirti ciUli annual coh .t-ntiou is
. r i i . ' w . ...
Tin* r? "Iniiott r<-:n':
i;. !\( ,'. Th.it ill :i;r V.I ; to t!if
i- ; :! . ot tin- .i>1:ii ?r ii; !or I'rmn
li< i>|-:;i l. ' i. WiltsolJ. th:il t!'?
IM IIIV Wll'fV5 Hi I - null -'Iin.'i III' Ihr ??flii-i
rs i :I in:; ll'" v;?r v?\ t! ? (Ii-oir.i.?
A: <ic.iiI i<in ni 11;skIii;iI Ntiisrs. il<>
hi'ielij > "u rvcuhl us condemning
Hi" voi i1 tii.'t iii iiriMt ?I th?? iftiini k
.hi l tiiitl i-nniii. ; > "ii i?r?>r?I us coti.-i?lii
it: . tli?- r I., t in- -1 iiii-AiiU'iictiii
.i .I -ii i 11 vi:11 I" ili<- liiloirily "l
All!' I ' M| \\ "lll.l ttl'1 Mm|.'* .
Tom lhitt'iiir.Moii. a vltlto man of
Audi t.soii, rli.'M'Krd Willi Iwii i-.isrs of
I violation of t!: prohibition '.cam. rw
ivi il ! iic lai^r.d til', s v?-t impo: c.l l?j
Jinlni* \?.11 ?: lilt* \ivii'i:op term
i el lilt; ' ! .?1 court. 11 nl'hia mi was
t'h: ri <1 \\ iLit h:ninsr whiaI > in his
|.i : ic|| oil two ilii'fn lO occasion.;.
, litn i '.-i often u lieiiu; for tiv** ptlltiiis,
.ii'! tlio second tor Hiii't;* anlliii . tic
I ! .cil iruilly t" tin- cii 1 and
linii ' \\\ il.ln.- 'enro l him 5,i pay
a i n nl >">i| and In In- kept in (ho Audi
i ijd oi'ti! the line i paid, or
I | otherwise ordered, i:i the first and
[ serve sentence of 90 days or pay a
*1 (ltn -I M in : I" I %
ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE
Indications Arc That It Will Not he
Renewed.
JAPS PUT GREAT FAITH IN BIG STICK
Great Britain Would Aid Japan In Preventing
tho Spread of Democracy,
Rave an Observer.
(By Frederick J. Haskin).
Washington, D. C.?Although both
the British and the Japanese are still
putting forth propaganda on behalf
a renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance,
it seems to be now the general
opinion that it will not be renewed and
that its termination will be a great
factor in establishing peace on a sound j
basis in the Far Kast.
That the Japanese want this alliance
and that it would be an advantage to
them in the future as it has been in
the past is obvious. Japan's career of
economic and military imperalism,
which has carried her into Siberia,
Manchuria and China, has l>een made
possible largely by this British support.
If this alliance were continued
on the same terms, Japan's imperialistic
career could continue and the militaristic
forces in that country would
l|r strengthened. If the alliance is
genuinely renounced by Great Britain,
and Great Britain is genuinely in accord
with the United States in Asiatic
policy, Japan's imperialistic ambitionsl
will bo moi;t effectively curbed. She
will face a combination against which
she cannot possibly hope to prevail.
The liberal forces iti Japan will be
strengthened.
This cuibing ot Japan's militaristic
career therefore stands out with increasing
cloar^bss as the great object
of the conference. Its accomplishment
will be a long step toward international
peace, in the opinion of the best-informed
observers, provided it can be
done without alienating all Japanese
confidence in the western powers.
Japan has survived as a nation solely
by reason of her military and naval
strength. She has seen every other
Asiatic nation exploited and robbed of
autonomy and integrity by the western
nations. Her faith in the big stick I
is based on logic and experience. That
is why even the liberal forces in Japan
rally behind the government imme- j
cliately when an emergency arises.
Japan must be convinced therefore, not
only that her present course in China,
alHiieiiuria and Siberia must be abandoned.
but also that her integrity and
autonomy and her rights in commerce
will be respected. If Japan goes away
disgruntled and suspicious, nothing
much has been accomplished for the
cause of peace.
Why England Wants Alliance.
It is easy enough to see why Japan
wants the alliance with Eng'and, but
not so easy to see t lie basis of the
English desire for it. The English
government originally considered it
neccssaiy to offset the menace of Russia
to her Asiatic empire. With Russia
n gnat imp/rialistic powqtf Great
Britain really needed a strong'Asiatic
ally. Willi Russia out of the game of
empire, she does not need such an ally.
Doubtless Japan is still useful to her
by doing her naval police work in
v.vraicrs' but it has been an
nounced that Cirent Britain will have
an Asiatic fleet of her own in the future,
so this work is evidently no
longer to be entrusted to Japan.
Moreover, Japan it is stated in many
quarters, has steadily injured British
prestige in China, for the Chinese have
r.o confidence in any power allied with
Japan.
What, then, is the purpose in Asia
that Japan and England still have in
' common? <?!) well-informed observer
says that ii as a purpose which neither
of them can afford to state in public,
and which certainly will never he mentioned
at the conference. That common
purpose is to suppress the rise of
democratic ideals in Asia.
i Japan is ruled by an oligarchy. Its
eop.stitution and its parliament are
ilikc of little effect in its a (Tails. The
republican spirit and class consciousness
arc a menace to the ruling oligar1
' ' <-? wMimcoac llflth
WHICH :s l l\n iw omj-|?. X
l.iki wise tilt* present Japanese course
mi China would be largely thwarted if
China could set up a successful republican
government, and the same is true
of .Manchuria and Siberia.
Britain in Asia.
(beat P.ritain rules over many milli"iis
of people in Asia, and among' all
of them the republican ideal is growing.
India, for example, is on the
yorg of revolution. If one Asiatic republic
succeeds, the republican spirit
will be strengthened in all parts of
Asia. (Jreal Itritain, as an empire,
fear: the spread of republican doctrine
from China to India, by way of the
Philippines.
Japan and (i.c.il I'.ritaiii then Undoubtedly
have in common the purpose
' f *' i!, u i. . I As:i:ilii* m?0
|i! s in i??n and of preventing
tin* - j?: i:i< 1 (if democratic doctrine
. i;i niy (In in. The increase of American
pvest iRe in t tie orient means the rise
I tic d. -mot-ratio ideal there. The
t'liited States nil! tmdoiibledly try to
lielp China si t up a successful rcpllbii<
n government.
In this fundamental respect, therefore.
(lri .it Hi it.tin's interests are those
ot Japan rather than those of the
iv.it* ! State, tliat is, those of the
Ilritish imp rial government tire. Tliore
is a l u?c and growing" mass of liberal
opinion in England which is sympathetic
to the American point of view.
Hut the British empire as such can
maintain itself only, if at all, by sup- |
pressing the rise of democratic ideals
in the Orient.
It is for this reason that we see in
the newspapers articles of British in- i
spiratlon speaking on behalf of the
' Japanese alliance. It is argued in the
ilrst place that this alliance need not I
! be at all inimical to the United States.
In the second place it is suggested that
the alliance be made a tripartite agreement
to include the United States.
All of this argument, say the experts,
is specious. An alliance between
Japan and England would inevitably
work against the United States in the
Par East, whatever its stated terms.
The proposed tripartite agreement
would merely have the effect of tying
the hands of the American government.
MARVELOUS BLIND GIRL
Willetta Huggins Sees by Smelling ,
and Hears by Feeling.
The most marvelous girl in the
world is just beginning to do marvels
for other girls and*for boys, too.
She is Willetta Huggins, of Janes- (
ville, Wis., whose eyes are blind and ,
whose ears are deaf, but who sees by '
smelling and hears by feeling. .
Willetta is 16 and an Inmate of the
Wisconsin school for the blind at
JanesvilVe.
Before Willetta became' totally blind
and deal sne was iar irom a nuuvei;
frankly, her teachers thought her stupid
and Indolent.
Often they lost patience with her.
They "just couldn't get things through
her head." At 10 years of age she had
got only so far as the second grade and ^
was really a problem for her grand- .
mother, who was rearing her with her ^
two sisters and one brother.
Then a teacher, a little more Inclined .
to investigation than the others, found (
by some simple tests that Willetta (
couldn't see well or hear well. She was (
brought to the attention of a field agent
for the school for the blind, who took ^
her to the institution.
For several years, despite the most
sympathetic attention and scientific
methods of the officials and teachers at
the school, Willetta didn't improve 1
t much. Her disposition, if anything,
grew worse.
Two years ago she became deaf; a
year ago she became blind. For a
week she was more morose, if anything,
than before. Then one day suddenly
came an awakening?the result
of her sudden perception of her powers (
of smelling and feeling.
Today Willetta Huggins, through the 1
development of her powers of smelling
and feeling, has become more marvel- 1
ous than even Helen Keller.
"Maybe it is the gift of God in return
for the loss of my sight and hearing,"
is Willetta's only explanation. Some
have been skeptical. They thought the
girl still had some powers of vision. To
convince them she was given yarn,1 of '
six colors, in six separate envelopes,
and locked in a bank vault at Chippewa
Falls. In this blackness she opened
the envelopes, smelled the yarn, wrote
the color of each strand on an envelope
and put the yarn of that color in its t
respective envelope. When the vault
was opened it was found that she had
made no mistake.
She can hear by feeling vibrations.
If she talks over the telephone, she
merely places the tip of her finger on
the receiver diaphtjtigm. If she is listening
to someone converse, she rests
her finger lightly on the person's
throat, shoulder or chest.
So acute is her sense of hearing by
feeling, that she can tell what Superintendent
J. T. Hooper of the school is
saying by standing ten feet from him,
; and talking hold of the end of a wooden
pole, the other end of which he rests
on the top of his head.
Willetta recently visited Governor
i John J. lilaine at the state capital at
.Madison. She listened to him by placing
her fingers on his shoulder, and she
j easily told the colors, of his coat by
smelling it.
Major E. A. Fitzpatrick, secretary of
| the state board of education, said to
Willetta:
i "Can you tell the denominations of
j bills?"
"Surely," she said.
Ili> tested her with St. SJ. S5 and S10
? T_
greenbacks. She identified each.
'IIow do you do it?" he marveled.
"By feeling' the numerals," she said.
J She tolls the number of persons in a
| room by her sense of smell. A cat en'
tered the room noiselessly. "Who let
! Hie cat in?" she inquired, immediately.
I "I smell it."
She told Governor Blaine: "I am
more happy without my vision and
I hearing than I was before. I guess it's
because I understand better, by smelling
and feeling?and so I make others
| understand me better."
But Superintendent Hooper of the
school sees a far-reaching lesson in all
this. Briefly it is:
"Willetta was miserable for years
j because she was misunderstood. She
was being forced to use her senses of i
seeing and hearing, which were quite
deficient, while the proper thing would
have been to develop her senses ofi
j
smelling and feeling, which were quite
extraordinary.
one. So now, with Willetta's aid, we
are trying to work out a system which
will enable us to understand this balance,
and to give the world advantage
of it for the training of other children"
%
IPS OF CLOVER
fork Started on New Residences to
be Built In tbe Mill Village.
POLICEMAN MORROW HAS RESIGNED
Hunter* Got Many Birds Opening Day
of Season?North Road Is In Bad
Shape Temporarily ? Other News
and Notes of Metropolis of Northern
York
(By a Stan Correnponaent.j
Clover, Nov. 28?Construction work
an twelve new houses that the Clover.,
Cotton Mill Company propose to build
in the mill village has been started and
it is the indention of the management
to push the work to conclusion as
rapidly as possible. The 'building of
:he twelve houses means the bringing
3f about sixty more people to Clover,
tt is reported that the mill may build
still other houses.
Rough Stretch of Road.
Rains that have fallen during the
[Mist several days had the effect of
putting the North road from the home
of J. B. Jackson to the corporate limits
of Clover in bad shape and more
than one automobile driver has had
to send into Clover for another car to
pull him out of the mud. The road
it this point is being reconstructed
ind the rains falling on it in its present
shape have had the effect of relucing
it to one big mud hole at that
particular point. Of course this conlition
is only temporary since the ?
construction gang is going to put it in
good shape as quickly as possible.
Superintendent J. E. Whitesides and.
pis force have completed the rebuildng
of the road through the village of
Bowling Green to the Gaston couidy
line and for once the York county road
is in better condition than the Gaston
county side. Until this work was done
the road in the vicinity of Bowling
jieen was always a veritable quagulre
in bad weather; but now it can
!>e traveled in any kind of weather.
Policeman Quits.
Frank Morrow, for several years past
night policeman at Clover and a most
efficient officer has tendered his resignation
effective December 1. The position
of night policeman or watchman
in any town is not an easy place to
fill and Mr. Morrow has his eyes on a
Job that he thinks he will like better.
It Is his Intention to move to Florida
in the oeerr future. George Sparrow,
constable for Magistrate A. J. Qulnn
of king's Mountain township will
succeed Mr. Morrow as night man on
the Clover force. Mr. Sparrow will
continue his duties os township constable
in addition to taking on the new
job.
From Florida in an Auto.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Ford of Tampa,
Fla., are visiting relatives and
friends in this section. They made
the trip from the Florida city by an
automobile and will very probably return
home the same way.
McNeely a Visitor.
T. J. McNeely who for a long time
was a superintendent of the Clover
Cotton Mill here was among the vialtors
in Clover last Saturday. Mr. McNeely
is now living at Durham, N. C.,
where he is superintendent of a mill.
He has many friends in' Clover and
community who were pleased to greet
him during his brief visit here.
No Great Holiday Display.
While Santa Claus is going to leave
a pretty good selection of holiday gifts
with Clover merchants the supply that
he is going to leave will not be as
large this year as usual. Inquiry
among Clover merchants develops the
Information that they have not purchased
as largo assortments of special
Christmas goods as they have been
doing in the past. They do not believe
that there Is going to be as much
Christmas buying this year as formerly
in this section because of the
shortage of money and therefore they
are not going to stock up heavily al"
- -" Ofa trrtlno? to
lUOUgll III luui ac 111v? u?v nu*'*p ?
havo plenty to take care of the trade.
Three Marriages in One Day.
Three marriages In one day at Clover
was the unusual record here last
Wednesday. Clover people have been
talking about it ever since dnd the
local gossipers and match makers saythat
now since the matrimonial ball
has started rolling for the fall there
will probably be a number of others
between now and Christmas. But of
course nobody knows "for shore" what
is going to happen along that line as
Mayor Ike Campbell would say.
Found Plenty of Birds.
Clover sportsmen who spent Thanks
giving1 day in the fields round pieniy
of partridges to shoot at and the usual
number of rabbits. Some of the hunters
it is said killed all the birds the
law allowed and then some. Dealers
in shot gun shells say that business
in their line has picked uf> wonderfully
since the open season for partridges
was ushered in Thanksgiving day.
? Rev. E. D. Wells, pastor of Beaver
Creek and Cool Branch Baptist
churches, in Chester county, for the
past L'l years, has resigned.
? Nearly one-half of the 700 blocks of
Augusta, ua? including ine oince 01
the Augusta Chronicle, was destroyed
by Are last Friday. The loss is estimated
at not less than $1,000,000 ancf
some estimates put it at $1,(100,000. \o
loss of life has been reported. '
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