Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 01, 1920, Image 2

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1 THE FORT MILT, TIMES W R. BUDNtD I J. J. BAILKB - - - - ? - - i rwnonots. W. R. Ba&oroan, Editor sad Mimcw. 8 J mo* i mow katbs: Ono Tow tm I Six Months .M ^ ' Tm TIsm i nrit?eontrtbnthw on lloosuhj?ts ?t too* not axro* to publlob mor> thsn 100 words o i snjr subject. Tho Hcht Is issorisd to sdlt '?? eommunlention submitted (or stUhoiiso. On Replication to tho publisher. sdrortism* rstoo sro msdo known tothasotntorastod. TnloDhono.loeslsnd I on a-distance. No.Ill Rntnred mt tho naotofltoo at Sart Mill A P u null mutter of th* second class. THURSDAY. APRIL 1. 1920. _ Military Training Unnecessary. More because they feared the disapproval of the country than from any desire to do the right thing, the Republicans in Congress refused to write into the new army bill a provision for compulsory military training for the youth of the country; but they did not neglect to serve the munitions manufacturers by providing for a regular army of more than 300,000 men, which is three timeB as large military establishment as the country needs. Outside of professional army officer circles and the interested manufacturers, there was practically no demand for compulsory military training, and we are pleased that the Democrats in Congress went on record almost unanimously In opposition to this phase of militarism, which4iad kept the people disturbed ever since the World war closed. Just before his death some months ago, Senator Thomas S. Martin of Virginia, in one of his last public utterances, warned the country against compulsory military training, saying that we would not have another war for 60 years, "that peace is here and peace will stay for a long time. We Hnn 'f noAr) mtMa ? ? > ? uv.1 V ucvu guns, we neeu piUWB. The greatest blessing that could have i come out of peace with "Germany would have been world disarmament. It j would not only have relieved the peo- j pie of millions of taxes, put workers in i the fields and shops, saved millions of 1 homes from ruin and put a broad smile on humanity, but it would have kept the nations from nagging one another, and thus embraced the world in a per- 1 manent peace pact. The worst slavery this nation ex- , perienqes is seen in its subjection to i the military and naval schemes, which are demanding of the people millions i of dollars to maintain their vain pre- | tensions in the shape of great warships , and army equipment. The nation suffers the burdens of a great feudal system, which imagined its safety depended upon a few armed leaders, , whom the people worked to feed until called upon to tight for them. Senator Beamguard Retires. . Senator J. EL Beamguard let it be known just before the General Assembly adjourned three weeks ago that he would not ask the voters of York county to return him to the senate. And thus the people of the county and of the State at large lose an intelligent, industrious legislator, who has given twenty of the best years of his life to unselfish service for their betterment Always honest, always frank and straightforward in his attitude toward every official matter that came before him, Senator Beamguard was at the same time a student of public affairs and was withal fair-minded and could be relied upon to take a disinterested view of every public question. Not only was Senator Beamguard well informed upon matters of Statewide concern, but he gave the wants and needs of the people of York county close study and it is doubtful whether another county in the State has had in recent years a senator better qualified to represent or more desirous of representing uie sentiment Of bil im- 4 mediate constituency. The people of 1 York county especially will miss the 1 services of Senator Beamguard. Gardens Make for Happy Howes. , While the weather in this section has i been anything but favorable during the ] last few weeks for farm and garden | work, there is now the promise of | clear skies and warm sunhine and with 1 the advent of spring weather it is ex- t pected that unusual efforts will be made by those interested in coaxing , from the soil food for man and beast j and the South's great money crop, cotton, to overcome the handicap of | lost time due to the recent excessive 1 rains. Not only is this part of the ' 9 V: South blessed with the soil and climate t necessary to produce profitable staple I crops, but here as in no other section j of the country is the average house- , holder able to add to the happiness of 2 M W^.VvV'' \ pgtjSffi- * up ?-,' * * ^ ^ . * im-P mmmm the family and at the aaxne time effect teal economy by jpewiag Vegetable and flower gardens. Vegetable and flower gardens build up the bome and keep the entire family interested. Wherever one finds gardens of this character that have taken the place of weeds and rubbish, there also will be found a happy family, a successful father, a contented mother and wellbehaved Children, in their own gardens they all have a common interest. Each has his favorite flower and vegetable and while each contributes a part of his or her time, all receive the benefits of t|ie whole. A child brought up in surroundings such as these is surely making better preparations for the future than those who are spending their youth in useless or idle play. "dream OF AH OpiuM EATat | i uewumcay. { I thought that It was a Sunday morning in May, that it was Easter Sunday, and as yet very early in the morning. [ was standing, as it seemed to me, at the door of my own cottage. Right before me lay the very scene which sould really be commanded from that situation, but exalted, as was usual, and solemnised by the power of dreams. There were the same mountains, and the same lovely valley at their feet; but the mountains were raised to more than Alpine height, and there was interspace far larger between them of meadows and forest dawns; the hedges were rich with white roses; and no living creature was to be seen, excepting that in the green churchyard there were cattle tranquilly repoeing upon the veriant graves, and particularly round about the grave of a child whom I had tenderly lored, just as I had really beheld them a little before sunrise in the >ame summer when that child died. 1 gazed upon the well known scene and 1 said aloud (as 1 thought) to myself, "it yet wants much of sunrise, and it is Easter Sunday; and that is the day on which they celebrate the first fruits of resurrection. I will walk abroad; old grtefs shall be forgotten today; for the air is cool and still, and the hills are high &nd stretch away to Heaven; and the forest glades are as quiet as the churchyard; and with the dew I can wash the fever from my forehead, and then I shall be unhappy no longer." And I tumod u if ?? ?? 1? ~ > 11 v|icu mjr guuen gate; and immediately I saw upon tbe left a scene far different; but which yet the power of dreams had reconciled into harmony with the other. The scene was an Oriental one; and there also it was Easter Sunday, and very early in ? the morning. And at a vast distance j were visible, as a stain upon the horison, the domes and cupolas of a great city?an image of faint abstraction, caught perhaps in childhood from some 1 picture of Jerusalem. And not a bowshot from me, upon a stone and shaded by Judean palms, there, sat a woman; ( and 1 looked; >nd it was?Ann. She fixed her eyes upon me earnestly; and c I said to her at length: "So then I have c found you at last." 1 waited; but she answered me not a word. Her face was the same as when I saw it last, and " yet aarain how different f years ago when -the lamplight fell upon her face, as for the last time I kissed he lips (lips, Ann, that to me were not polluted), her eyes were streaming with tears; the tears were now wiped away; ahe seemed more beautiful than she was at that time, but in all other points the same, and not older. Her looks were tranquil; but with unusual solemnity of expression; and I now gazed upon her with some awe; but suddenly her countenance grew dim, and, turning to the mountains, I perceived vapours rolling between us; in a moment, all had vanished; thick darkness came on; and. In the twinkling of an eye, I was far sway from mountains, and by lamplight in Oxford street walking with Ann?just as we walked 17 years before. when we were both children. April is to be observed as "round up" month by the Baptists of the State and during this time it is hoped that [>ne-flfth of the five year $75,000,000 campaign pledges will have been paid up. The entire month is to be ievoted to payment of pledges and further enlistment so by May 1 the XAmrvainm ~v..~~SI 1 * whmi win M9 auie to report t ? 100 per cent, payment. ? Irrespective of the ratification of the p federal suffrage amendment, there are d 17,510.000 women of voting age in 90 States that have already qualified to 1 rote in the presidential election in * November, according to figures com- ? piled by the National American Woman t Suffrage association. Ratification, it 0 is estimated, will extend the privilege t to about 9,600,000 more. "South Carolina is the best State in s the Union for the negro," says The ^ People's Herald (negro) of Columbia. B "Nowhere in America is the negro c getting on so well in the economic world as here. Nowhere has he as many real friends in the time of need. ' We do not claim angelic perfection for n the white citisens of the State. They iiave their faults like the common herd ?f humanity. While, on the other land, the negro has his faults, he, too, leeds to go and wash in the pool of SUoam." , zzs =S3I J1 IC ?TATED AND CALLED COMMUNICATIONS A A stnted communica^ tion of Catawba Lodge, vftAX No. 66, A. F. M., of South Carolina, will be held this (Thursday) / V!y \ evening, beginning at 7:30 o'clock for the pur)ose of conferring the second degree. a cuicu communication oi tne Lodge vill be held Friday evening, April 2, inening at 7:80 o'clock, for the purpose >f conferring the third degree. By order of the Worshipful Master. C. S. Link. Secretary. NO l'ICE OF ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that pursuant o an Act adopted on the 26th day of February, 1920, by the General Aslembly of the State of South Carolina, entitled "An Act to authorize the Trusees of Fort Mill School District of (ork County, to issue Twenty Thousind Dollars in coupon bonds for the jurpoee of erecting an addition to the >resent school building, equipping the lame, for school purposes and to proride for a tax levy" and agreeably to he proper resolution of the Board of Trustees of Fort Mill School District, in election of the qualified voters raiding in said District is ordered to be teld on Tuesday, April ISth, 1920, rithin the Fort Mill School District, fork County, S. C., at the following ilace: Young & Wolfe's Store, o vote upon the question of the isuance by said Fort Mill School District >f Twenty Thousand Dollars ot UnH<. >r so much thereof as may be requisite or the purposes as set forth in said Let, payable to bearer, to run fbr not xceeding forty years from date of ?ue, bearing interest not exceeding ix per cent, per annum, payable semimnualiy, for the purpose of completing he erection of an addition to the presnt Fort Mill school building, and quipping the same for school puroses, as the Board of Trustees may leem advisable. Ballots shall be provided, by the Vustees, on which snail be printed the 7ords, "For the issue of Blonds, Yea r No." The voter in favor of isuing bonds shall deposit a ballot with he word "No" erased thereon, those pposed with the word "Yes" erased hereon. The polls will remain open from even a. m. to four p. m. The folding are appoint managers of aid election: J. II. Belk, Jas. T. Young, Jr., and 5. S. Link. The production of a registration eeriftcate and tax receipts will be ecessary. J. B. MILLS, Chairman Board of Trustees. W. H. WARD, Secretary. The Times is $1.25 per year. MlMlhiJIIBJS^aagg^ *M6 $5^/. - ~ t rs FOR Fun W; PB QPF 1 I Young & P THE FORT MILL FU] -L . . ! _ . I I^?r1in( ?-??"I The sales in our She ing the last few inont prices at which they j Shoe wearing public 1 GIRL GRADUi O-SO-EZE, ST1 BRAND ARMY We sell Shoes at a c for men, women and c Fort Mil | 1 ??e?? Tribute of Respect. Kanawha chapter of the D. A. R., of Port Mill. S. C.. wishing to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of Mrs. J. H. McMurray adopts the following: Whereas, on the night of the 29th of February, 1920, the Lord in His wisdom saw fit to deprive this chapter of its beloved chaplain, the oldest charter member, be it resolved: 1. That by the death of our co-worker we, the chapter, have been deprived of a faithful and active member, one ?uick to respond to every opportunity or service. 2. That her memory will be cherished by ua as a God-fearing woman, patriotic, kind and generous to her fellowmen. 3. That these resolutions be inserted in our minute book and a copy be sent to the family and the press for publication. MASON HARRIS SPRATT, MATTIE S. BA1LES, . MARY MACK ARDREY, Committee. Candidate for Congress. I hereby announce myself -to the voters of the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina that I am a candidate for renomination for Congress < in said district, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election; and I take this occasion to thank the voters < fcr their support in the past and I prom- ( ise them if elected to serve them in the future to the best of my ability as < I have endeavored to do in the past. W. F. Stevenson. i [ March 19, 1920. ,?*, ?Lf <qp*., ' y-'."-i . \i'-' * *VV*^ .iv 5 v- - p 71 ? \ YOUR uture ants US hi if ^ wone, | iNITURE MEN =][=][= Iy Brands >e Department have t lis, due to the qualit are sold. We beg to < to the following hran< O kTE, WITT'S SPECIA EPHEN PUTNEY'S I SHOES for men. lose margin of profit children. Let us fill y .1 Cooperate EL S. PARKS, Managei * \ Morning I (; The "Morning-Glory * I Hams sold in America. 1 (I the average ham, but the ' > < than offset by the differei | sold under an absolute gu | in every respect the parcl I get his money back. We of these hams and invite i < I 1 ? A. O. J > > * The cost of The Tin j "fla^rT^n '^li IJjjlSjL^ r I IE iJl of Shoes n|;(in ? unvii 1 tl^MU Ail ItlVjn UUI y of the Shoes and the :all the attention of the is: L, BENCH MADE, ,INES and LION and carry full stocks our Shoe wants. 4 ire Store, i Glory Hams j " is one of the highest grade ? it is a little higher in price than ? small difference in price is more ? [ice in quality, and each ham is arantee. If it is not first class ? hiaser is invited to return it and ^ have just received a shipment ? the public to try them. * ??- t ONES, | nes is only $1.25 a year. 7