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i 4< "1 ^911^ SEM1. weekly. " __^ u m. ortisT'* mwMUM % <>f{amiln |)ctrspapcr: J'or the promotion n/f the political, Social, .Agricultural and Commercial interests of flic people. TERMsi^S;^.E?iviNc^T8ANCB ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. CTFRIDYY7SF.PTF3IBKR 2~i, 1932. INTO. 76_ VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Merest. PICKED DP BT EKQDIKEK BEPOBTEBS , i 8torie? Concerning Folk* and Things, Some of Which You Know and 8ome You Don't Know?Condensed "It's been entirely too dry to have any luck hunting 'possums in this section so far," saia an old 'possum hunter of the covnty the other day. [ "Pronti^aiiv all iKssum hunters are I aware of the fact that there is not much use to try to catch them in dry weather. Because of the weather I haven't been out a single time this year and those who have tried their luck regardless of the weather have told me that they met with no luck." He Has Betn on the Job. Referring to a paragraph early in the summer telling of the persistence with which Lowry Love of Bullock's Creek township, was fighting the weevil, Views and Interviews on Tuesday asked Mr. John'S. Hartness if he knew how Mr. Love was coming. '"From what information I can get," said Mr. Hartness, "he stands to make two-thirds as much cotton as he made last year. But he has been working all along. They say he has been staying in the field practically all the time, and if a boll weevil hit his field expecting to stick he had to hit it a -> ?. ?v. ? OIIUll YYIlliO UVivtv uw/..e?*. Another Miil for Clover? "The common talk around Clover," remarked a prominent citizen of that town the other day, "is that we are groins to have a fourth cotton mill there some of these days. While the officials have had nothing to say about it, at the same time there has been no denial of the reports so far as I have heard. The talk is that it will be built by the gam; company that is buildtngf' the Hampshire Mill now and it will occupy a site where the Hawthorn baseball diamond is now located. Regardless of the new mill however, it is a fact beyond dispute that Clover is doing more building right now than any other town in the county." Flourishing Prayer Meeting. "We believe that we may be pardoned because of the pride that we have in - - - - .. our prayer meeting at Union cnurcn, remarked Rev. N. A. Hemrick, pastor of Clover and Union Baptist churches the other day. "Attendance on prayer meeting at Union church last week totaled seventy-five adults which is quite large?In facrt, unusually large for attendance on a country church prayer meeting. That figure does not include the attendance of children which woujft bring the total to more than 100. In all my experience as a minister I have n;>ver known the congregation of a rural church to take as much Interest in prayer meeting service as do the people of Union." Expects 30,000 Bales. "Despite the ravages of the boll weevil I believe that York bounty's cotton crop this fall is going to be a pretty good one and tnat the farmers and everybody will be in fair shape," remarked Dr. J. B. Johnson, president of the South Carolina Cotton Association. "I have been over practically the entire county in the last thirty days," Dr. Johnson went on to say, "and I have received reports from well informed fanners in every section of the county. From this information I have come to the conclusion that we are going to gather around 30,000 bales of cotton. Tho boll weevil has hurt and has hurt like everything; but still if we get 30,000 bales we ought to be in pretty good shape and I think that is about the outlook." Women Must Register. Talked yesterday to a gentleman from a country box that voted strongly for Blease in the recent primary. "Did the election go to suit you?" he asked. "Only partly so," Views and Interviews replied; "but I have learned long since that I cannot have everything my way." "Well, that is right; but it was our fault that we lost that election." 'How's that?" Views and Interviews asked in order to bring out the point. n,,,. u-nmnn were not enrolled: that's all." "But would they have voted with you if they had been enrolled?" "Some of them would?more than did vote with us. But many of them who would not enroll, say they will be prepared next time. I hear of a good many that are*stirred up considerably." "To see whether they are in earnest, then," suggested Views and Interviews, "suppose you tell them that they had better be on hand on the first Monday in October to get registration certificates. Possibly there is no danger of any assault on the Democratic nominees: but it is very important to be in a position to vote in case of need." Glad it is Settled. .. Talked to a striking Southern shopman in Columbia the other day who had just received orders from his union to return to work. "My, I am glad that it is over," he said. "I had been out so long that I had spent practically all of my savings to provide the necessities of life for my family and so far as I was concerned it was getting to the place where I was beginning to wonder where the bread and meat was coming: from. From our point of view, however, the strike has been worth while. We have gotten practically everything that we held out for and we have convinced the world that our union is still the strong organization that It has been for years and that we do not propose to try to live on the wages that we were making before the outbreak of the World War. We have convinced everybody that we couldn't do that because living costs haven't come down anything like that proportion. But it is a relief to have it over with and to get back to work again." Married While You Wait. Called at Magistrate Black's office to get some information, and while there a wedding party from North Carolina came in. There were six of them? three men and three girls. The prospective groom advanced more or less hesitatingly to the middle of the office and stood waiting, without saying: anything. "Want to get married?" asked the magistrate. "Uh, huh," he grunted, accompanying the grunt with an affirmative nod of the head. "All right, come in. Which of the girls? That one? Very well, join your right hands." The two joined right hands and stood up a little straighter. "You , solemnly promise and swear to take this woman as your wedded wife?" Uh, huh!" "Do you ," reading from the marriage license, "solemnly promise and swear to take this man for your wedded husband?" "Yes," said the girl, nodding her head. "Then in the name of the state of South Carolina," continued the mag Istrnte, "I pronounce you husband and wife." It was all over so briefly and simply that both seemed to think that there should be some more coming. "How much?" at length asked the groom. "Whatever you care to give," answered the magistrate preacher-like. The groom laid down a two dollar bill and the magistrate gave him back a dollar in silver. Then the license return was properly filled out and witnessed and the groom wa3 Instructed to go to the probate court and procure a certificate. JUDGE PEURIFOY Appreciation of Jurist Now Presiding in the Sixth Circuit. Judge Puerifoy was born May 9, 1872 in Edgefield county, in the section which subsequently became a part of Saluda county. His parents were D. B. Puerifoy and Nancy Peurifoy. He was reared on the farm and his early education was in the rural schools. Havinir u'on n hpnpflplarv srholarshiD at the Citadel in 1890 he attended, that institution and graduated in 1894. He was elected principal of the Walterboro graded schools and taught there four years, in the meantime studying law, and was admitted to the bar in 1898, and practiced law at Walterboro. He was elected state senator from Colleton county for the term 1902-1906 but declined re-election. Judge Peurifoy was very successful in business affairs as well as in his practice at the bar. For a number of years he owned and edited the Press and Standard. He organized the First National Hank of Walterboro and was made president. He was also owner of the Colleton County Telephone Co. Besides these activities he owned and managed large farming interests. With such wide experience his activity and success he became a conspicuous figure in the life and business of his county. He enjoyed respect and confidence of his people aud his winning personality made him very popular. In February, 1916, he was elected judge of the 14th circuit, composed of the counties of Colleton. Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper and Allendale. He married Miss Caroline Hagood Wctsell. of Walterboro, in 1898 and has two children living, one daughter, who married Capt. L. R. Warimee of the marine corps, now stationed at the Charleston navy yard, the other child, a son, now a cadet at the Citadel, Charleston, S. C. Judge Puerifoy, since his election as judge, has presided in all the circuit courts of the state, with the exceptions of the courts in this judicial circuit, which when held will complete his first judicial tour of the state. Judge Puerifoy has made a most favorable impression upon our people, by his dignified and courteous bearing, his firmness in administering the law, his steady dispatch of business, the clearness and force of his utterances, his great sense of justice, with due consideration for any ground of mercy which should temper justice.?Lancaster News. MERE-MENTION. There was frost throughout New England last Tuesday morning. The licensing of women law readers has been approved by the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal church in session in Oregon Fed| eral Judge James M. Mortan, of T'os! ton, on Tuesday handed down a ruling I in which he held that ruin running | vessels may be held when captured beyond the three mile limit Judge | David, of the Chicago Superior court, announced last week that members of I the Ku Klux Klan would not be allow i ed to serve in the trial of cases over which ho presided. VETO OF THE BONUS President Acts as Was Expected o Him. REASONS FOR WITHHOLDING APPROVAL In the First Place the Bill Provides No Means of Raising the Money?In the Second Place Assumption of Sudh a Tremendous Obligation Would Disrupt American Finances. President Harding' on Tuesday vetoed the bonus bill, as was expected of him. His reasons for withholding his approval are set forth in the following message: To the House of Representatives: Herewith is returned without approval, H. R. 10874, a bill "to provide adjusted compensation for the veterans of the World war and for other purposes." 4Via ns'Anfa/l rvnrrvAOa r\f tV?A Vtlll ?r tin uic a ? u ?i vu j/ui jwwv v*. to give expression of a nation's gratitude to those who served in its defense in the World war, I am in accord, but to its provisions I do not subscribe. It cannot and never will cease giving expression to that gratitude. In legislating for what is called adjusted compensation congress failed, first of all, to provide the revenue from which the bestowal is to be paid. Moreover, it establishes-the very dangerous precedent of creating a treasury covenant to pay which puts a burden, variously estimated between four and five billions, upon the American people not for discharge of an obligation, which the government always must pay, but to bestow a bonus which the soldiers themselves, while serving in the World war, did not expect. It is not to be denied that the nation has certain very binding' obligations to those of its defenders who made real sacrifices in the World war, and who left the armies injured, disabled or diseased, so that they cannot resume their places in the normal activities of life. These obligations are being gladly and generously met. Perhaps there are here and there inefficiencies and injustices, and some distressing instances of neglect, but they are all unintentional and every energy is being directed to their earliest possible correction. In meeting this obligation there is no complaint about the heavy cost. In the current fiscal year we are expending $510,000,000 on hospitalization and care of sick and wounded, on compensation and vocational training for'the disabled and for insurance. The figures do not include the more than $35,000,000 in process of expendi ture for hospital construction. The estimates for the year to follow are approximately $470,000,000 and the figures may need to be made larger. Though the peak in hospitalization may have passed, there is growth in domicilizatlon and the discharge in full of our obligations to the diseased, disabled or dependent who have aright to the government's care, with insurance-liability added, will probably reach a total sum in excess of $25,000,000;000. More than 99,000 veterans are now enrolled in some of the 445 different courses in vocational training. Fiftyfour thousand of them are in schools or colleges, more than 30,000 are in industrial establishments, and a few more than 6,000 are being trained in schools operated by the veterans bureau. Appruximaieiy i'j,uuu nave compieieu their courses and have employment in all cases where they desire it, and 53,000 have deferred for the present time their acceptance of training. The number eligible under the law may reach close to 400,000, and facilities will continue to he afforded, unmindful of the necessary cost, until every obligation is fulfilled. Two hundred and seventy-six thousand patients have been hospitalized, more than a quarter of a million discharged, and 25,GTS patients are in our hospitals today. Four hundred and sixteen thousand awards of compensation have been made on account of death or disablity, and ?4S0,000,000 have been paid to disabled men or their relatives. One hundred and seventy-five thousnnd disabled ex-service men are now receiving compensation along with medical or hospital care where needed, and a quarter of a midion checks go out monthly in distributing the eight million dollars payment on indisputable obligations. I recite the figures to remind the congress how generously and how properly it has opened the treasury doors to discharge the obligations of the nation to those whom it indisputably owes compensation and earn. Though undying gratitude is the need of every one who served, it is not to he said that a material bestowal is an obI ligation to those who emerged from the great conflict not only unharmed, hut physically, manually and spiritually richer for the great experience. If an obligation were to be admitted, it would be to charge the adjusted compensation bill with inadequacy and stinginess wholly unbecoming our republic. Such a bestowal, to be worth while, must be generous and without apology. Clearly the bill returned herewith takes cognizance of the inability of the l government wisely to bestow, and says in substance, "we do not have the cash, we do not believe in a tax levy to set the situation, but here is onr note, you may have our credit for half its worth." This is not compensation, but rather a pledge by the congress, while the executive branch of the government is left to provide for payments falling due in ever increasing amounts. When the bill was under consideration in the house I expressed the conviction that any grant of bonus ought to provide the means of paying it, and I was unable to suggest any plan other than that of a general sales tax. Such a plan was unacceptable to the congress, and the bill has been enacted without even a suggested means of meeting the cost. Indeed, the cost is not definitely known, either for the immediate future or in the ultimata settlement. The treasury estimates, based on what seems the most likely exercise of options, figures the dlicct cost nt approximately $145,000,000 for 1923, $225,000,000 for 1924, $114,000,000 for 1925, $312,000,000 for 1926, making a total of $795,000,000 for the first four years of its operations and a total cost in excess of $4,000,000,000. No estimate of the large indirect estimate has ever been made. The certificate plan sets up no reserve against the ultimate liability. The plan avoids any considerable direct outlay by the government during the early years of the bill's proposed operations, but the loans on the certificates would be floated on the credit of the nation. This is borrowing on the nation's credit just as truly as though the loans wero made by direct government borrowings, and involves a dangerous abuse of public credit. Moreover, the certificate plan of payment is little less than certified inability of the government to pay, and invites a practice on sacrificial barter which I cannot sanction. It is worth remembering that the public credit is founded on the popular belief in the defenaibillty of public expenditure as well as the government's ability to pay. Loans come from every rank in life, and our heavy burdens reach, directly or indirectly, every element In our citizenship. To add one-sixth of the total sum of our public debt for a distribution among less than live millions out of one hundred and ten millions, whether inspired by grateful sentiment or political expediency, would undermine the confidence on which our credit is builded, and establish the precedent of distributing public funds whenever the proposal and the numbers affected make it seem politically appealing to do so. Congress clearly appraised the danger of borrowing directly to finance a bestowal which Is without obligation and manifestly recognized the financial problems with which the nation is confronted. Our maturing promises to pay within the current fiscal year amount to approximately $4,000,000,000, - - - " ' A. 1 . ? ,1 rwl most of whicli will, navo 10 uc lunucu. Within the next six years more than $10,000,000,000 of debt will mature, and will have to be financed. These outstanding1 and maturing obligations are difficult enough to meet without the complication of added borrowings, every one of which threatens higher interest and delays the adjustment to stable government financing and the diminution of Federal taxes to the defensible cost of government. It is sometimes thoughtlessly urged that it is a simple thing for the rich republic to add four billions to its indebtedness. This impression comes from the readiness of the public response to the government's appeal for funds amid the stress of war. It is to be remembered that in the war everybody was ready to give his all. Let us not recall ,the comparatively few exceptions. Citizens of every degree of competence loaned and sacrificed, precisely in tho samo spirit that our armed forces went out for service. The war snirit impelled. To a war neccs sity there was but one answer, but a | peace bestowal on the ex-servirc men, I as though the supreme offcr'ng could be paid with cash, is a perversion of public funds, a reversal of the policy which exalted patriotic service in the past to be inspired by compensation rather than consciousness of duty to flag and country. The pressing problem of the government is that of diminishing our burdens, rather than adding thereto. It is the problem of the world. War inflations and war expenditures have unbalanced budgets and added to indebtedness until the whole world is staggering under the load. We have been, driving in every direction to curtail our expenditures and establish economics without impairing the essentials of governmental activities. It has been a difficult and unpopular task. It is vastly more applauded to expend than to deny. After nearly a year and a quarter of Insistence and persuasion, with a concerted drive to reduce government expenditure in every quarter possible, it would wipe out pvopvthtnir thus fur neromnlished to add now this proposed hurdr n, and it would rend the commitment to economy and saving so essential to our future welfare. The financial problems of the government are too little heeded until we arc face to face with a great emergency. Diminishing of the income, due to the receding tides of business .and attending incomes, has been overlooked momentarily. The latest budget figures for the current fiscal year show an estimated deficit of more than $6.r>o,000,000, and a further deficit for the year succeeding, even after counting upon all interest collections on for(Continued on Page Six) DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES State Executive Committee Declares Results. REGISTRATION NOW VERY IMPORTANT State and County Tickets Should be Printed in Different Colors?Republican Candidates Might Offer to Get the Expense Money. Columbia State. Thomas G. McLeod of Bishopville was declared the nominee of the Demo- I t- I ? nnrttf trnt/Pi'Tlftr hv t tlP state cianu pai i; &vi , v. ..w. ~j Democratic executive committee at its meeting in Columbia Tuesday at noon. The vote wap declared to be Blease, 85,834 and. McLeod 100,114. The total vote cast in the governor's race was 185,948. James H. Hope was declared to be nominated for superintendent of education with 104,978 votes as compared with 78.8C5 for John E. Swearingen. The total vote cast in this race was 183,843. Allard H. Casque was declared the nominee for congress from the Sixth district with 14,572 votes against 13,313 for Phillip H. Stoll. The committee passed a formal resolution declaring Mr. McLeod, Mr. Hope and Mr. Casque to be the nominees of the party. On the tabulating committ*>A was T Yancev Williams. R. P. Searson and W. L. Riley. A resolution was passed asking all county chairman and executive committeemen to urge all citizens to register in order to vote in the general election this fall. Sam J. Nicholls of Spartanburg called to the attention of the committee the possibilities of Republican opposition in the general election. Some candidates may offer Just to get the $2,000 expense money, Mr. Nicholls said. The big vote in South Carolina is always in the primary, whereas a larger vote should be polled in the general election, the speaker declared. Secretary Edmunds was instructed to write all county chairmen and to suggest to them the appointment of a committee to look after getting the citizens registered. Gen. M. L. Bonham of Anderson was in o /-?/-?with thn QIKTITACtinn (if ' Mr. Nicholls and pointed out that the first Monday in October would be the last chance to register, In all probability. This, he said, should be borne in mind by all voters. Another suggestion made was that the supervisor of registration go to all tho precincts and allow the citizens to register, especially the women. T. Hagood Gooding of Hampton thought some fund should be obtained to provide for the expenses of the registrars going around the county, but no formal resolution was passed on this phase of tho registering question. Tells of Letters. John T. Duncan told the committee that he had heard from reliable sources that two letters, one from the chairman of the committee on elections of the United States senate and the other ii uiji liic liiau mail ui uiks luiilo^ujiui>'? committee from the national house of representatives, are in the possession of Republican leaders in the state in which the writers declare if Republican candidates are put in the field at least three will be counted in after the general election, Mr. Duncan said the plans were, according to what he had heard, to "cut up a little and tear up a few tickets on election day" and this would provide the necessary protest to get the Republicans counted in. J. W. Doar of Georgetown said he deeply appreciated the seriousness of the situation and declared the postmaster of Georgetown had openly stated that he would run for congress in the general election. The postmaster has said that he was in Georgetown to build up a Republican party. Eugene S. Blease of Newberry called attention to the provision in the law requiring all registration certificates to be dated 30 days prior to an election. Mr. Blease said this was an important point that should be remembered. Chairman Edgar A. Brown also gave a word of warning for all the committeemen to go home and encourage the registering of the citizens and the registrars to do their duty. Upon the motion of T. Hagood Gooding a committee of seven, one from each congressional district, was appointed to study the rules of the party with the view to making certain changes. This committee will report to Chairman Brown and Secretary Edmunds, who, in turn, will advise all the committeemen of tho action of the committee and as a final result action may be asked of the legislature. Chairman Brown appointed the following as the committee: Senator H. H. Gross, First congressional district; T. Hagood Gooding, Second district; Dr. E. C. Doyle, Third district: James T. Crews, Fourth district; R. A. Dobson, Fifth district; J. \V. Doar, Sixth district; Gen. Wilie Jones, Seventh district. This committee met after the main committee session and chose Mr. Gooding chairman and Mr. Doar secretary. In connection with the general aim of getting all citizens to register a committee of three was appointed to confer with Governor Harvey, the members being Senator Gross, Senator Sam McGhee and J. E. McDonald. Colored Tickets. The subcommittee appointed at the last meeting 4o look into the matter of changing the color of tickets so as to minimize the placing of ballots in the wrong boxes reported yesterday i and recommended the use of white tickets for the county list and a colored ticket for the state offices with the tops of the boxes to correspond. Eugene S. Blease of Newberry rej ported for the committee. Senator Gross and George Bell Timmerman. were the other members, but C. E. Jones acted for Mr. TimmerrrAn in his absence. Following the report, which was adopted, a committee consisting of Mr. Gross, Mr. Blease and Mr. Timmerman was appointed to have a bill introduced in the legislature looking to the carrying out of the recommendations of the report. The full report was as follows: "To the Honorable, the State Democratic Executive Committee: "The undersigned, the subcommittee appointed at the last meeting of the committee to consider the matter of having changed the law of the state as to the tickets used in the primary elections to th6 end of preventing so many voters from placing their ballots in wrong boxes, and to make recommendations relative thereto, beg leave to respectfully report. "First. That the primary elections laws and the Australian ballot law of the state should bo amended by striking out all provisions requiring the state and county tickets to be printed on clear white paper and inserting in lieu thereof provisions to require that all county tickets shall be printed on plain white paper and all state tickets on some colored paper; also, that county boxes bo painted white on the tops thereof and that the tops of the state boxes be painted " ? /?n?.Kno?\Anrl Yiri + li (hn Prtlnr I Cl tUH'l n; V<v/l A VOJfUlIU ?? Ikil liiw vw?v of the tickets used for state candidates. "Second. That tie chairman appoint a committee of three from this committee, to be composed of members 'of tbe general assembly, one of whom shall be the chairman of this committee, to have introduced at the next session of the general assembly such necessary bill or bills to carry into effect the provisions of this resolution." On motion of John I. Cosgrove of Charleston the committee thanked Chairman Brown, Secretary Edmunds and Treasurer Jones for their efficient work. NEAR EAST CONTROVERSY. Powers Agree to Hold Conference for an Understanding. Further danger of the immediate outbreak of tho threatened war in the Near East has been settled by an agreement for an early conference of the powers most directly concerned. The crisis was precipitated by the announced purpose of Kemal Pasha to pursue the Greek army that he has diiven out of Asia Minor across the Bosphorus into Thrace and to resume Turkish sovereignty over Constantinople. The treaty of Sevres has taken the Turks out of Europe, given eastern Thrace to the Greeks, established a neutral zone on both sides of the straits between the Mediterranean and Black seas, and internationalized Constantinople under British protection. The prosecution of the threat of Kemal Pasha meant the brushing aside of the treaty of Sevres and the re-opening of the whole combinations of the Near East problems. Assuming of course, that the other signatory powers would unhesitatingly | uphold the integrity of the treaty of Sevres, the British government immediately warned Kemal Pasha not to attempt the crossing of the straits and began vigorous preparations for war. France and Italy having come to a different view of the whole situation, showed a disposition to hold back; but Great Britain continued her preparations with the announced purpose of going it alone, even going to the length of occupying the fort of Chanak at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles and on the Asiatic side. The vigorous attitude of Great Britain has brought Kemal Pasha to an agreement that he will await the result of a conference in which he will participate with Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Rumania and Jugo Slavla. It is understood that the United States will be welcome to the conference if it desires to be represented; but the United States has not been invited because of its aloofness from European affairs. Russia is known to claim a great deal of interest in the whole matter, but not having been recognized by any of the powers except Turkey, is not being asked to participate. While the tentative agreement for a conference seems to make the present | situation reasonably secure, there is reason to anticipate that trouble may develop between the Turkish and British forces at ult.iost any time, and if this happens there will of course be further complications. Before the agreement for conference, it is known that Kemal Pasha had announced his purpose to go into Thrace for the purpose of protecting the Moslem population from the Greeks and that he proposes to resume Turkish sovereignty over Constantinople and it is known that Russia feels that she is entitled to a say in thb whole matter, regardless of the fact that she is not recognized by the other powers. ? Warrants charging accessory before i the fact in connection with the slaying of Arthur Hughes, deputy sheriff and policeman of Honea Path, were | sworn out by Chief of Police George Page before Magistrate Geiger at Anderson Monday afternoon for the arrest of Willie Moore, Jesse Shirley and Plumer Ashley. The three men are charged with aiding and abetting, or being present ready to aid and abet in the alleged plot to kill Arthur Hughes. The warrants charge the men with disarming Chief of Police Page immediately after the shooting, Willie Moore holding the offieer while Ashley and Shirley disarmed him. Judge Mendel Smith Monday afternoon signed bond for bail in the sum of $2,000 eaeh. This is the same case in which Ernest Ashley was sentenced to a. term of 12 years for manslaughter Monday. FORT MILL ) Interesting Write-up of York County's Town Across the Catawba. LOCATED ON SITE OF OLD INDIAN FORT Claim is Made That Rod Shirt Movement Started There?Record in War and Peace Stands Out Boldly on Pages of State's History. John M. Banks in Columbia Record. Situated among the hills of eastern York county, eighty-odd miles from Columbia, seventeen miles from Charlotte and eight miles from Rock Hill is the town of Fort Mill. Fort Mill is not a town which seeks glamor or which goes before the world with blasting trumpets or which is puffed up with self-pride. However, deep in the hearts of those who have 1 lived there or who live there now and who know tho record of the York county town, is a justifiable pride and if one studies the history of the town and looks into the progressive and fighting spirit that dominates its inhabitants today he sees there the cause for this justifiable pride. Fort MiU is located on the spot which' was once the National village or capital town of the Catawba Indians. It. is said that back in 1756-57 an old In* dian fort was started, but never completed. Here is where Fort Mill is located. The incompleted fort still stands three miles from the town and near Fort Mill still live the survivors of the brave Catawba Indians who have always been friendly to the whito ?rh.rt have "fought for and X (1CV uuu, n??v ..v.. ? _ with and not against the pale /ace." A Historic Town. Another historical aspect of the town is the fact that it was there that the last meeting of President Jefferson Davis, when head of the Southern Confederacy, was held and from there' part of the cabinet went to Abbeville^ another historic town where the last council of war was held. Fort Mill was the real birthplace of the "Red Shirt" movement which successfully brought the old Palmetto state out of the rule of Radicalism and the carpetbagger into rule by Democrats and the white man. Edgefield and Fort Mill have been said A share in the glory of the inception and successful conclusion of the movement' which resulted in the election of Wado Hampton and the suppression of the Radicals and carpetbaggers. Fort Mill is a town which has naturw ally felt the depressed times, but the manner in which it is pulling through and still fighting pluckily with its facO to the sun serves all the more as a credit to tne town. Fort Mill is composed of a sturdy people whose vocabulary does not contain the word quit. The same spirit that made the soldiers from Fort Mill and vicinity famous in the war of '6\ to '65 and ofthe world war, from which place the most gallant and brave soldiers that donned the uniform?this same spirit predominates the citizenry of Fort Mill today. Permanent Improvements. , At present plans are now under way for the paving of the streets of the town and the roads connecting with the highways to Charlotte, Rock Hill and other points. The town has issued 130,000 in bonds and the township $75,000 more which will be spent in the immediate future for the permanent improvements in the streets and roads in and around* the town. This work will be under direction of L>. A. Spratt, (1. L. Spratt and X. L?. caromers, iuo highway commission of Fort Mill towp- , ship. Fort Mill of the present is perhaps better known as tho home of four monuments, some of which are unique, located in Confederate Park, which is situated on the railroad. These monuments are erected to the Confederate veterans, bearing the names of the soldiers of Fort Mill in that conflict; another to the women of tho Confed-* cracy, the first of its kind ever erected in this state; another to tho faithful slaves also unique; and one to the faithful tribe of the Catawba Indians, These monuments were erected largely through the untiring efforts of the late Capt. S. E. White. Her Gallant Warriors. 1 Fort Mill is also known for the parti that her sons played in tho World War, With a heritage of bravery handed down to them from their fathers who fought in the War Between the States the young men of Fort Mill and surrounding territory a part of the im| mortal Thirtieth Division and whose (fighting was to a large measure re(sponsible for the crashing of the Hindenburg line went to war and cams " ' ' ?1U4 back with a record tnai is uiicaucucu. In 1900 the Fort Mill Light Infantrywas formed for drills and for whatever service may be asked of them with W. s Ft. Bradford, now editor of the Fort Mill Times, as captain; Thomas B. Spratt who rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the world war and Samuel \V. Parks, who was wounded in action in France, as lieutenants. When the call to the Mexican border came, Fort Mill sent a company which made a line record, but when the country called her sons to the great conflict of the Nations in 1917 the Fort Mill company was again one of the first to be sent to Camp Jackson to prepare. That company gave thirty-seven (Continued on Page Six). * - . ? fyfeirfiAvfriTTi _ ,jl? ' iA v.