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: . < . . > ?- < j I ' ' /JJ ^-1^-1 SEMH WEEKLY. L. M. QRi8Tt son3, Pubii.h^ ? ^amilg 3)ea?spper: ?^or i\i{ promotion of the fjaiitupl, Social, Jjgriculiur^I and Commercial Interests of th$ jpeopty. TER"I2j^SCt^f^i?S^^f. ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 19*32. . INTO. 28 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs ol lore or Less Interest. PICKED CP BT ESQUIHEK E?POSTERS 8tories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and 8om? You Don't Know?Cslndensed For Quick Reading. "If I could Just call back ten years," . said J. R. Haile, of Fort Mill, the other day, "I might get in that race for treasurer myself." Mr. Haile has been Deiore mc vuwni vi iuo wouuvj ??. ber of times, and generally he has been elected. He is now magistrate for Fort Mill township. He continues to take a lively Interest in affairs political. He has no idea of entering the race for 1 treasurer, however. Just Didn't Think. Heard a man who knows what he is talking about the other day say: "I have seen that fellow go to that service station at least four times to get free air and free water for his car, , and I know to my certain knowledge , that he has never bought a gallon of | gas there. Wonder what any of the j service stations furnish free water and air for? Seems to me that If I was ( in the business I would make 'em pay, ] especially if they did not have appreciation enough to buy their gas , from me." , , Will Take no Medicine. "Sale of olive oil has increased con- i siderably since the sect known as ] 'Holy Rollers' has begun to spring up i in this section," said a drug clerk of ] a# V*r? swviirit^r trKn , iUC wroiciu OCV.IIVU VI vuv cvuuv J fTiiv 1 was talking about the Rollers the other morning. "It is said that the members of the sect believe that it is wrong to take medicine when they are sick and they do not believe In doctors. Their idea is that prayer and rubbing with oil will cure all ills. We sell various members lots of olive oil, which is the kind of oil preferred by them in ministering to the sick/' Going rn For Cattle and Hogs. "If the boll weevil gets the cotton crop over this way and lots of us believe it will, although we are going to plant cotton just the same, a good many farmers are going^to turn theit activities toward cattle and bogs in the future," remarked a Hickory Grove farmer, tvho was discussing the situation the other morning. "That's what I am going to do and I know of others who are'thinking the same way. But maybe the price of hogs and cattle would hit rock bottom about the time we got started. You never can tell in this farming game." Will Ask tho Supremo Court. The code Commission is in somewhat of a quandary because of a recent act of the legislature that is calculated to mnki> nnnfiminn if rarriixi nut? hut which the commission is not disposed ' to try to carry out, until it can get the advice of the supreme court. Col. W. W. Lewis, of the code commission was talking about it Wednesday. It is like this, as Views and Interviews understood Col. Lewis. "The constitution provides for the codification of the laws every ten years, and provides that the laws of not more than ten years shall bo included in a single code. "The commission had completed its work up to January 1912, the period contemplated for in due season/ and its report was duly adopted by the general assembly. "At the last session of the general assembly, however, there was passed an act providing that acts passed at that session amendatory to acts already in the code be codified along with the others, bringing the code up to date. "We do not see how we can do this, without causing confusion. If we should make revision of acts that have oeen amended by specific reference to I the sections stricken out or changed, i as seems to have been intended, then f we would leave a great many acts to be taken care of in the next codiflca- i tion?some of this year's acts in the present code and some in the next. I "The unconstitutionality of this act > was pointed out tb judiciary com- I mitttees of both the house and senate, and the updei standing was that the bill was killed: but it appears to have passed somehow and there you are. "The commission sees no other way for it than to. get a ruling from the supreme court." Joke on the Jokestera. "Quite an amusing incident occurred in Hickory Grove last Saturday (April Fool's Day) but as it turned out the Joke was on the jokesters," said a.young cltlren of Hickory Grove who was telling Views and Interviews about it over at that town the other day. "Some young folks of the town persuaded the telegraph agent here to compose a fake telegram to a popular young lady advising her that her best beau would come in on the evening train to see her. The telegram was f sent and the young lady for the time being believed it genuine and made preparations to receive the swain. A number of young people of the town made it up to be at the station when the evening train came in to view the disappointment of the young lady, who would also be on hand to meet the yourtg man who would fail to get off. But before train time the telegraph agent advised tho young lady that the ?7 ?r, s I I ^ "'i5 telegram was a fake and suggested that the joko be turned on her friends. Communication was had with a young man living1 between Hickory Grove and Blacksburg, who was urged to come down on the train and greet the young woman. She was described to him fully and it was all fixed. Just before train time the young woman who had received the fake telegram was at the station, as were also a number of other young people, snickering up their sleeves. Well, the train came. A nice looking young man got off and recognizing the young lady from the description, greeted her as though he were really an old friend. The chagrin and amazement of the Jokesters was great. Their faces turned red; they wore a surprised expression and really they didn't know what to do about it. Finally one of them suggested, 'We'd better be going,' and back to town they went. They didn't realize until next day that the joke was on them.'* KLAN ATTACKED Texas Senator Defies Organization and Demands Its Destruction. The progress of the Ku Klux Klan should be promptly arrested and the organization destroyed, according to Senator Culberson (Dem., Tex.), who B a candidate for re-election, says a Washington special. This is (he first Jme a prominent aspirant for office tias emphatically and openly defied the Klan, which is especially strong and rigorous in Texas. It indicates a new attitude on the part of public men. Some members of the Texas delegation in eontrress and others prominent ly Identified with the politics of that state, tonight Bpoke of the courageous position assumed by Senator Culberson. They applauded his sentiments tnd declared that it required unusual jourage to express his opinion openly ind frankly. The views of the senator were outined in a letter to Major H. V. Fish5r of Houston, Tex. It follows: "Your recent letter asking my politlon with reference to the order tnown as the Ku Klux Klan, which is tow in operation in our state, was luly received, and I answer at the sarlicst opportunity. Threatens Civilization. "I have not affiliation directly or indirectly with this organization and I im unqualifiedly opposed to its operitions. If not curbed, it will usurp :he" functions Of the state and be destructive of government itself; it will hdeed overthrow our Anglo-8axon civilization in its relation to govern ment. "Steps should be taken, therefore, ind at once to arrest its progress and Inally to destroy it. Appeal cannot Pe made to the Federal government for this purpose, for it is without Jurisdiction unless application is made by rexas to the United States in the manlifer provided by the constitution for protection against domestic violence, ind this is unthinkable. "Fortunately, however, the power of the state is ample, and if no law now fxists adequate to the occasion the legislature may be called in extra seedon to supply this deficiency." Work Opposes Ryan Bill. Postmaster General Hubert Work Iocs not think the Post Office Department should be required to keep the names of members of the Ku Klux Klan or other organizations as proposed in the Ryan bill. In a letter to Chairman Stcinerson pf the House Post Office and Post Etoads committee he said: "It is found by reference to almanacs and year books that the membership of the vast number of social, fraternal and benevolent as well as political organizations includes many millions of persons. Manifestly, therefore, the preparation and maintenance of a list of all members of such organizations would impose a tremenious burden and great expense upon :he Post Office Department and the Postal Service, in fact far greater in my judgment than would justify the xccomplishment of such purposes as the proposed legislation may be designed to fulfill. "T therefore rernmmerul that the .id. ministration of the proposed law, if enacted, be not placed in tho Tost Office Department." BUSINESS PICKING UP 50 Per Cent Increase In Employment Reported by Eastern Cities. An increase of more than 50 per cent, in employment is shown by a survey of seventy-one cities from New Hampshire to Georgia, made by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Not only are the number of opportunities for employment increasing, but business in general is optimistic as to the future, the report stated. In response to the questionnaire sent out by the chamber, thirty-seven cities reported an increase in employment over July 1921. A decrease was shown in only thirteen cities, all of them in Pennsylvania. Thirty-three showed neither decrease nor increase. Among those showing the greatest improvement in employment were New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford, Conn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Heading, Pa.; New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Utica and Uingrhamton, X. Y. ? After close observation we conclude that the minimum on which a family of five can live is the sum the provider happens to earn. I : ? .. ' MUNICIPAL FINANCE Story of Town Hall That Ate up the I Town. IMPORTANT LESSON IN INTEREST ' ' ' - i Experience of Wallingford, Connecticut is Being Duplicated in Hundreds of Other Amer'can Town*. Chaa. Albert Collman m Dearborn Independent. It was a raw and blustery day. As we stepped out upon the sidewalk, we could hear the wind soughing through the branches of the great double row of elms and maples that lined Main street. The selectman, having the subject on his mind, stopped for a moment to look back at the old town hall. The town hall was a very old building, and a stranger might have been pardoned for remarking that it showed its age. Its style was that of bygone days. In fact, it stood back from the corner, apart from the busier thoroughfares, - as if it were half In hiding, and ashamed of the part it had played. It was a three-story structure of red brick, with a mansard, and a tower with a black-faced clock that overlooked the town. In its doorway, the town signpost was plastered with probate court notices. In the basement was a barber's shop. From an upper window of the tower protruded a-transparency t>f the Owenoco Tribe, No. 44, L O. R M. The building housed the offices of the selectmen, the town clerk, the judge of probate and the court of burgesses. ?-i. > "Wow is youf town financially? T ftow muchtof your taxes goes for thirty or fifty years ago? 8omebody ir Back in 1891 the town or city c< year bonds at four per cent. Posterity Well, here is posterity?now. We 1891 has amounted to ene and one-fiftl is, the "improvement" (which probably the books) cost two and a half times more, it tne doot nas Deen '"tunaea. Posterity is carrying a load that i was a good old horse, but he's breakini The story which follows is the s part of the country where all the final what happened to that town. Look up your own town's affair taxes it paying for "dead horses." Fi about y9ur community's neck. Find oul town and its surrounding country trie banks into big bank*, and then into bi money?which are provided by the inter ties, and used in the wildcat financieri When the small towns of America to run dry. When the small town wakes up, t be lifted. The whole deceitful gold fallr And the^manipulators of the peot For purposes of thrift, the upper floor of the tower had been let to the Cheyenne Council, D. of P.; the Red Men's Club and the Owenoco Tribe. The auditorium on the second floor was used for social gatherings. The wings on the stage were in a state of bad dilapidation. So in a way were the adjoining rooms, the offices of the town officials and the much used stairway. Floors, ceilings and walls plainly showed the wear and tear of two generations. In fact, the question of repairs had been the subject of conversation. "I know it ain't a credit to the town," observed the selectman. "Then why don't we put up a new building?* He shook his head. "Well, I don't know why they named the get-rich-quick man after this place, but our town's too poor to afford a new town hall." The speaker's eye roamed across to Main street for a moment. Rather inadvertently he said: "Our bank over there's just got out plans for a fine new building. Well, I reckon the town of Wallingford's paid for It." This remark was an epitome of the town's history. Wallingford, Connecticut, is about as American a community as one may find. It was settled by Puritains in 1670, and many of their lineal descendants live thero today. Its stately elms and maples shade some of the few remaining streets in New England which represent the Colonial grandeur of the residential avenues of its forefathers. From the windows of nearly every house one can gain attractive views of the Blue and Hanging Hills. The town played its part in the history of the Revolution and the Civil War. Then when the period of reconstruction came, the future looked bright for Wallingford. One of its citizens had learned the secret process for the manufacture of German silver, the town was to become the father of the silver trade in the United States, and the future home for the manufacture of w'hitc metal and electroplated wares. It was known as the richest agricultural community in Connecticut, and during the fruit seasons, Wallingford peaches were the contested prizes in the markets of Boston and New York. The process of development of New England towns was radically different from that of towns in the west and middle west. Perhaps early stirring of civic consciousness, becauso its settlements were so much older. At any rate, this small Connecticut community took a great stride forward when it abandoned its old frame edifice and built itself a fine brick town hall, with a tower and clock. Wallingford built it in 1869, at a cost of $45,000, borrowing $40,000 tb pay for it. Today, a half century later, that debt remains practically unchanged. For purposes of illustration, the hu miii jiiutKUKiiitHi, it i uit* rciunen tu go back more than fin yonrs. In 1872, -tfl zw ' Wallingford had a population of 3,500. Today its residents number between 12,500 and 13,000. This is not a story intended to deal with predatory finance or political mismanagement. Undoubtedly, the municipality of Wallingford has always been honestly managed, and. as concerns its two banking institutions. But had Wallingford, In its early days, established a sinking fund and paid off its $40,000 debt. It would have tremendously altered its coming history. All would have been well had it adopted the business man's policy of paying its way. Instead of that. It decided, to live on borrowed money. In this it merely followed a fallacious principle, born of custom and tradition. But, as will bo shown, in adhering to this principle, the town retarded it? growtn, crippiea us imure, ana piacea a burden upon its townsfolk which has* handicapped them for half a century. On September 30, 1872, the report of the selectmen and the treasurer of the town of Walllngford showed Its financial condition to be as follows: Town bonds outstanding: $40,000 Notes outstanding ?,. ;? 30,718 Interest paid on town bonds and loans *. % 3,461 Total indebtedness ? .... 75,894 Total assets 11.980 s / Balance against the town....$58,914 , Year after year, Wallingford consistently pursued the same principle. Whenever it paid a debt, it contracted a larger one. Instead of slightly increasing its assessments, it merely borrowed more notes. The balance against the town in 1875 was $45,794; in 1876, the adverse balance was $43,783; in he chances are that you don't know. interest on debts contracted twenty or i voiip town knows. >uncil sai "Let ua sell bonds?thirtyought to help pay for thial" are posterity. The interest alone since i times the original expenditure. That you cannot find except as a record on what it was said to cost?and maybe t cannot carry much farther. Posterity j down. tory of an American town located in a icial brains are supposed to be. Read s. Find how much of every dollar In ind out what constitutes the millstone : through what leaks the wealth of your kles into little banks, and from little ig speculative pools-^he vast pools of *est and the savings of small communing of New York. begin to shut down, New York is going :he usurious interest burden is going to soy is going to be exploed. pie's money are 9*0*9 to work. 1877, $44,554. The situation regarding the adverse balance became so embarrassing in 1880, that the selectmen took counsel. The first selectman was a man of imagination. He conceived a stroke of financial genius that-was worthy of Wall Street. In fact, it was an adoption of Wail Street's financial methods. "Look here," reasoned the first selectman. "Didn't we borrow $40,000 to build the town hall? Well, then, why not put dow .he town hall as an asset?" The suggestion met with instant ap proval. The report of the selectmen rx" September 30, 1880, was made out as follows: Town bonds outstanding ?... $39,800 Notes outstanding 22,972 Interest paid on town bonds and loans $3,850 Total indebtedness ........ $63,971 Assets: Town Hall, including lot and furniture .... 36,000 Total assets 53,051 Balance against the town $10,920 So, at one stroke, an actual balance against the town of $46,920 was re-! duced, on a paper showing, to $10,920, and the selectmen felt proud of their achievement. From that day until the present time, the town hall has been carried as an asset. Unfortunately, the better appearance I of the annual report failed to reduce j the growing debt of Wallingford. In spite of the increased paper assets, the selectmen had to keep on borrowing money, as the following figures indcate:' Sums borrowed on notes: 187 9 $21,171 1881 $23,557 188 0 22,972 1882 27.606 1883 $26,140 Again something had to be done. The banks began to object to loaning larger sums on short term' notes. Besides, most of the old town bonds were falling due. But at every town hall meeting, the taxpayers vigorously protest- j ed against having the valuations on their properties raised. The selectmen, in 1883, faced with the necessity of meeting a debt of $61,000, tried to raise themselves by their bootstraps. They decided to pay the maturing bonds with another issue, and to fund the short-term debt into an additional issue of fixed inteiest-bearing bonds. They made another loan of town bonds in the amount of $35,000, and a second loan of $25,000. Wallingford now had a bonded debt of $04,000 although its real assets had in nowise been increased. From 1872 to 1883, inclusive, Wallingford had paid out $38,283 in interest on its loans, which was almost enough to have paid off the original loan made for building the town hall. Wallingford had not paid off one dollar of its old debts, and it still kept on borrowing. In 1894, it raised $25,000 on notes; in 1895, $32,000; in 1896, $33,360. And the balance against the (Continued on Tage Six.) CLOVER NEWS BUDGET Peanut Growers Ready to Plant 130 Bushels of Peanuts. SERVICES HELD IN NEW CHURCH Clover High Wins Firsi Game of Season?Farmers to Use Much Less Fertilizer?Other News and Notes of Northern York County. (By a Staff Correspondent). Clover, April 6?V. Q. Hambright, secretary and treasurer of the Clover Peanut Growers Association has ordered 150 bushels of peanuts which members of the association will plant this year. The peanuts ordered for seed aro the White Spanish variety end are expected to be received here within the next few days. The association has about twenty-five members all of whom are anxious to give peanuts a try-out and Secretary Hambright said that Inquiries are being received daily as to whether or not the peaffuts had been received. The secretary said that all members of the association would be notified as soon as the peanuts arrive in order that as little delay as possible will be had In getting them in the ground. According to Mr. Hambright, more farmers than usual will devote some acreage to the cultivation of sweet potatoes this year. Farmers of the Clover section have been in the habit for a number of years of paying a great deal of attention to potatoes; hut (ho inrtfrntlnna ara thAt thev are going1 in for potatoes on a muQh larger scale this year than formerly. ' To Use Less Fertilizer. It is estimated here that farmers of the surrounding country have bought at least 40 per cent, less fertilizer this year than they did last and last year's supply was reduced about 40 per cent, as compared with the former year. The great majority of those farmers who have bought fertilizer this year have paid cash for It, the practice of selling it on "time" having almost disappeared here. Cotton Sales Brisk. Much cotton has been sold on tho Clover market during the two weeks prior to this week. In fact until about Monday the local buyers had been kept -pretty busy. Most of the cotton sold was in the hands of farmers of the community who had it stored on their farms and tho sales included very little taken from the Clover Warehouse which is still packed to about its capacity. Clover Mill Closes. The Clover Mill shut down WednesH.iv nfternnon anil will remain closed until Monday morning, It Is stated. There i3 a probability that the mill will be run on half-time schedule for some time to come. The Hawthorn Mill on the southern end of town continues to run full day time while a portion of the machinery is also being operated at night. This mill, it was learned Wednesday, has plenty of orders to keep it going and at the present time there is no indication that it will be necessary to curtail production?certainly not in the near future. Clover High Wins. Winthrop Training school baseball team was powerless before the curves of Johnny Walker, high school pitcher extraordinary in a game here Tuesday afternoon and Clover found it an easy matter to take the visitors in tow to the the tuno of 16 to 0. In fact, only thirty-one batters faced young John during the one-sided exhibition, and of this number twenty-one took three swats each at the air. Winthrop was credited with one scratch hit. On the other hand the Clover players slammed the pill at will, batting honors of the day going to Hogue and Maxwell who were credited with honie runs. Clover High goes to Great Falls Saturday for a game with a team representing that town. Coaches Rudisill and Cockran of the high school team took the lads to Gastonia Wednesday afternoon to see an exhibition game played between the Buffalo team o> tho International league and the Charlotte club of the South Atlantic league. The game which was described as a regular laree was won Dy ine wow xorKors? 5 to 1. Services in New Church. First preaching services in the new First Presbyterian, church building on King's Mountain street were held last Sunday, the services being held in the Sunday School rooms in the basement of the building which part has been completed. Special musical services were held by the Sunday school in commemoration of the event. The Sunday school orchestra is composed of Messrs. Will Rudisill I and J. A. Page, clarinets; V. Q. Hambright, cornet; W. P. Smith, saxophone; Miss Louise Smith, organist; J. Meech Smith, director. Both Sunday school and preaching services were attended by a large number of members and visitors. While the new church building lacks a great deal of completion, it is so far completed as to allow the holding of services in the future. New Filling Station. Good progress is being made on the building of a large gasoline filling station on North Main street which is being erected by M. L. Ford and f^ons. The filling station Is being ft).'- " ? * lv_- J- 1^ y *-J- _w'.y.-* i built just off the main road between Clover and Castonia and should prove a convenience to many passing' cars. It will be ready for use within a few days it is said. Hawthorn Baseball Team. The baseball fever is beginning to 'rise at the Hawthorn mfll and in fact all over town. The Hawthorn baseball park built last summer by the mill management and which by the way is ono of the best fields in the two Carollnas, has recently been put In good shape. Uniforms for the players have been ordered, practices i are being held and the teai will soon be in shape for a game evjry Saturday. Lacey Parish, Will Rudlsill, I n? .1 nd? Toolrann Wrvrx* I yuuug Illlll X age, nuu/ ...... Cook and other good players, who were here last year will be on the Job again this year and the understanding Is that there is quite a lot of new material at the Hawthorn and in other sections of town that is quite promising. Overtures were made to Hawthorn recently to enter a textile baseball league; but the team management declined to enter. However there will be no trouble in getting all j the games the locals can take on. j Andy Jackson and Lacy Parish are to pilot the team thi3 year. New Star Route. Clover people are much gratified over the new star mail route soon to be inaugurated between Clover end Gastonia which has been gTeatly needed for a long time. Under the new arrangement mail facilities here will be greatly improved and in fact will give Clover all the mail service that she needs. Magistrate on the Job, R. E. Love, recently appointed magistrate of King's Mountain township to succeed the late A* J. Qulnn has taken hold like a veteran and is administering the duties of bis office like an experienced official according to Clover people. Several cases have already come before Magistrate Love and he has handled them in a most satisfactory way. Clover Swimming Pool. Clover's swimming pool built last summer through subscriptions donated by public spirited citizens of the community will be opened within a short while, it was stated yesterday. Some improvements are to be made at the pool this year. It is proposed to build a wooden rail around it and very likely a refreshment stand will bd opened' tbfere. Ttfe Wtrtutftug1 pdol was a source of much pleasure and amusement to grown ups as well as youngsters last year and it is believed that it will prove more popular this year than last Hawthorn Community Houso. Fouhdation for the community house to be built by the Hawthorn mill nas oeen aug oui ana praciicaji; all of the material for use in building the structure has been laid on the grounds beside the baseball park. The community house will be completed some time during the summer. Still Vary III. Reports from the bedside of Mrs. M. A. Dorsett who has been quite ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Pierce in Gastonia for some time past are to the effect that there is little change in her condition and she is not expected, to live. A Soldier's Farewell.?The following letter written by a young British officer, "to be delivered to his father in the event of his death," was sent recently to the Times by one of its readers: TO MY FATHER. "This is a flnaJ message for yon to read when I am dead. There will be so little else?just the brief official notification 'The Secretary of State for War regrets maybe a belated letter or two, speaking only of the small happenings of the day; perhaps a tale of a brother officer as to how I fell; beyond that, nothing. And, therefore, now beforehand I say farewell. "There is no need of many words. But I want first' to thank you as your son. You have been to me the best father a fellow could wish. I want to thank you for the gift of a clean and strong and vigorous and healthy body, straight limbs, and thews that could} serve England at her need. For the gift of a powerful intellect and a discerning mind?thank you. For tho long years of self-denial that made my education possible; for 11 * J tkn t b o nl 1 lllK guidance iuiu icatmii^ mut nvfi. | mo straight in the days of youth; for j the counsel and help ever freely proffered when I asked; for all noble things In your example?again and most earnestly, thank you. "Secondly, as to my death. Inasmuch as we be men together, there Is little need for words. It is in a good cause that I lay down my life. All tjie things that I hold dear in life I willingly give up since it is t-equired of me. I am proud and glad to be one of those whom England takes, one of those who in their bodies pay the price of her honor. And though in your heart there will be sorrow, you will also be proud, and you will not grieve over much. "All good things be unto you. May the coming years bring wider fleids of service, honor and honorable work, strenokh and wisdom to perform it, and in the end peace and.contentment, and quiet rest. Your son, a soldier of England, salutes you! Farewell!"?New York Times. .... j FORT MILL MATTERS Much Local Interest Idithre to AM Shooting of M. L Cohen. HAT BRING A CRIMINAL, ACTWf Money for Township Road Bonds Net Yet Received?Bradford Undecided About Being Candidate for Re-eJec'-; tion?Memorial Fund Hes Reached About 12,900. By a Stall Correspondent. Fort Mill, April It is reported here that M. A. Cohen, merchant of Fort Mill and Gaatonia, will swear out warrants against Sheriff F. E. Qulcn, uonsiaoie n. xj. at/nnm>u, <- vmw.i?y V. D. fotts, Constable J. M. Pattertbn" and Magistrate F. C. Black, charging them with' assault and battery with in* tent to kill. Coben was shot in the leg on Sunday night, March 26 while op his way from Gastonia to Fort Mill, by one of the officers who were engaged in looking for liquor runners. The oif fleers allege that they shot at Cohen only after he shot into Sheriff Qulnn'S car while Cohen, it is said, declares that he did not have a pistol. Cohen' is still in the Fennell Infirmary in Rock Hill, undergoing treatment tor his wound and it is said that .he will probably carry a stiff leg for the remainder of his life. There are a number of versions of the case being teid around Fort Mill and there are those here who think that Cohen got what was coming to him for refusing to halt when he waa ordered to do so by the officers. There are others who argue that the officers had no right to stop the man. It was reported Tuesday that Cohen has engaged M. L. Smith, Esq., as his counsel and that he has also approached ex-Governor Blease relative to the case. What the outcome of It all will be, however, re-, pains to be seen. Cohen, whose former home waa at Eutawvllle in Orangeburg county, has been a resident of Fort Mill about nine months, coming here from Charlotte. He. operates a store here and at Gastonla.'. Bradford Undecided. Hon. W. R Bradford, editor and publisher of the Fort Mill Times and for several years past a representative in the legislature from York county said Tuesday that he had. not definitely decided, whether or not )*e will be a candidate to succeed himself. Mr. wrwigrty <* house ways &rffTmefcfil> ?WHJWttee. Memorial to Soldier*. The subscription fund to the proposed memorial for deceased soldiers of Fort Mill and vlcifiity who died, in the late World Whr now totals about $2,500, it was stdfed, today. ; It is hoped to raise about $5,000 for the purpose and those who have the matter in charge feel confident that they . will be able to ralsd among Fort Mill * citizens all that is desired. .The money subscribed so far is the gift entirely-of citizens of Fort Mill and vicinity. Ten tative plans for the memorial would have it to be a large marble or granite shaft which would be placed in Confederate Park on Main street near the Confederate monument t Bond Money Net Rsesived. Although the Fort Mill township bond issue of $75,000 was sold some time ago to a Toledo, Ohio concern, the proceeds from the sale of the bonds have not yet come into the hands of the township road commission. It Is said that an attorney for the purchaser has found a slight flaw in the form of the bonds and until this matter is cleared up the money will not be re? 1 J I# 4a hntwuH fknf tho tXlVCU. nuncru, *v ? ? _ matter will soon be cleared up because/* people of the town and township are anxious to proceed With the road lm-?* provement programme of the commu^ nity. j?Mills Running Smoothly. M Both of the cotton mills of Port Mjlt are running on full time and one of the manufactories Is running a part'of Its plant on night work as well. Tfef .j ?m. I? .n|/l in. lyi management ui mrm muio id ?<?? w rexperiencing little or no trouble In selling its product ' > Bad Piece of Road. <r. One of the roughest pieces of publiO highway to be found In York county is the stretch between the Catawba, river (Cherry) bridge and the corporate limits of Fort Mill. Automobiles must observe the "not over ' 3 fifteen' miles an hour" ordinance lest they break a spring or an axle and. even at that rate of speed passengers must necessarily experience one hardjostle and bump after another. How* ever this road will be placed in first class shape before many more weeks have passed, since practically all arrangements for its rebuilding b^ve been completed. Candidates Greet Voters. Several of those candidates who have already announced fpr county oN flee have been over and among' th? the voters of Fort Mill and after csjiV vassing the town have gone out into the country hereabouts. Fort Mill citizens however as a whole are giripc mighty little attention to politic^ so soon in the game, since the most of them have many other things more important to look after Just now. ? The "nameless pathos" In the airof spring isn't nameless now. It'a a yearning for new tires. ; j ? Two many patriots claim to be supporters of the government when they are merely holding It up.