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PRESIDENCY OFFERS
MANY COMP ENSATIONS
The attractive position of the
presidency of the United States no
longer seeks the man. ' Particularly
this year, men, many of them, are
seeking the job. Although each
P'fsldent In turn declares that It is
an empty honor, so fraught with
burdens as to be undesirable, yet,
invariably, a president seeks anoth
The work is tremendously hard, of
course, but there are compensations.
Mr. Wilson, who came to the White
House a poor man, will leave it
fairly well to do. His salary is $76,OoO
a year. If he saved two-thirds
of this, in eight years' time his savings
would amount to $400,000.
The truth is that a president need
r.ot spend half of $25,000 a year unless
he chooses. He has few necessary
expenses, because Uncle Sam
pays neurly all his hills. To begin
with, the nation provides him with a
palatial home, completely furnished,
rent free. He gets his fuel and
. light for nothing and the wages of
most of his servants are paid out
of the treasury. Even his wife's
maid and his own valet draw their
stipends from the government.
The four "chambermaids," all of
them men, who do the upstairs work
in the White House are on the government
payroll. So are two women
employed in the laundry, the butler,
two chauffeurs and the housekeep
er. Mrs. Wilson has a social secretary,
but her salary comes out of a
. congressional appropriation.
The president has food to buy and
clothes. He pays the wages of a
cook, a scullion and three or four
oilier servants. Barring incidentals,
these represent his expenses, except for
the cost of entertaining. President
Itoosevelt spent many thousands of
dollars to entertain, but in this line
the Wilsons have exercised a notable
economy.
The nation has spent more than
$4,000,000 on the White House, Including
its upkeep. More than $1,000,000
has been spent for furniture
and furnishings. Ttye cost of upkeep
is now $35,000 a year, but at
frequent intervals Congress is called
upon to appropriate big additional
sums for specific purposes.
Should the president's wife want a
new carpet, or curtains, or a piece
of furniture, she is not obliged to
consult her husband on the subject.
She merely tells the majordomo to
buy it, and when the bill comes in,
he pays it out of government funds.
The president's wife can give a
teally gorgeous entertainment at a
comparatively small coat. For music,
she lias the free services of the Murine
band, one of tho finest bunds in
the world, and, being the president's
own, is at all times at her disposal.
Nothing to pay, and she might have
a concert every morning at breakfast
if she chose.
Then, there is the matter of flowers.
They are expensive, but the
lirst lady of the land doesn't have
to worry about florist's bills. She
could have a cartload of roses delivered
every morning from the greenhouses
if she so wished. The greenhouses
. are supposed to belong to
the District of Columbia, but their
output is entirely at the disposal of
the mistress of the White House.
If she wants orchids, one of the
finest collections of plants of that
kind in the world is at her disposal.
One green house, whose output
goes exclusively to the White House,
is a grapery, in which are grown for
the president's table, Hamburg, Muscat
and other choice varieties of
grapes.
The president npd his wife do not
hrve to pay for the stationery they
use, or for the telegrams they may
choose to send on personal matters.
THE RO\
Trade Street. Hutchison Bui!
Desires the patronage of
year and will strive to deser
before that ever since we ha
Call and let us know your
good will and continued patr
Save Moi
Buying l<
500 Pound ]
1,000 Pounc
Prices without books, 70c p
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There Is, In the business annex, a
telegraph office, always at their disposal.
Invitations sent out locally
are never mailed tram the White
House, but are Invariably delivered
by a uniformed messenger.
Few people are aware that the
president has In Washington a summer
cottage, always kept at his disposal.
It Is located In the beautiful
park . that surrounds the Soldiers'
home on the outskirts of the city.
I.incoln, Grant and Arthur spent a
good deal of their time there in
warm weather, when they could not
get away for a vacation elsewhere.
If a chief executive wishes a sea
voyage, there is the presldental yacht
Mayflower at his disposal. This vessel,
fitted luxuriously, is kept in constant
readiness 12 months In the
year, with a complete crew ever
handy to take the vessel to sea oh
2 4 hours' notice.
In former days, crowds gathered
at the depot when the president left
the capital. The crowds were not
merely annoying;; they were dangerous.
On such an occasion It was
that Charles Guiteau, lurking behind
a door in the old Pennsylvania station,
Jumped out and shot Garfield
in the back. All is chasged now.
When the president starts on a journey
he is driven direct to his own
private entrance of the union station.
In fact when the union station
was built an entire wing of the enormous
structure was set aside for his
personal use.
Whenever the president goes traveling
in his private train he always
has the right of way no matter how
badly traffic may be congested. Until
recent years whenever the president
went traveling he did it on a
sort of charity basis. The railroads >
furnished the train free of charge
and paid all expenses. Finally Congress
put un end to this system by
giving the chief magistrate (25,000
a year to pay his own travel costs.
The president, of course, has no
doctor's bills to pay, and even the
medicines dequlred by himself and
family are furnished gratis by the
government.
wnen the president desires to at- ,
tend a theater, he has nothing to ,
pay. Each of the principal play- ,
houses in Washington provides a box
for his use whenever he cares to occupy
it. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson like a
good variety show better than anything
else, apparently, and they
sometimes take stalls in preference
to a box.
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Hlg Price for Old Kosln.
At the time of the Civil war Zack
and Henry Jones were operating a I
turpentine still at Cow ford on the
St. Mary's river about six miles front
Folkston. Oa. They drifted their
naval stores on hand lighters down
with the tide to Camp Plnkney to be
loaded on vessels which at that time
navigated the St. Mary's river.
In 1861 some of this rosin was
sunk supposedly by accident at Cantp
Plnkney. Ten years later, in 1871,
several thousand barrels were lost in
the largest freshet In the history of
the St. Mary's river.
Itosin in those days was put up in
280-pound barrels and sold for approximately
$10.70 a ton. This old
rosin was discovered and is being
taken up and sold to a Jacksonville
company ai $:10 a ton.
Assistant Truant Officer.
Miss Kathleen Armstrong, daughter
ol Mr. and Mrs. I.ee Armstrong, who
recently returned to her home near
town, after teaching during the 191920
session in the public school at
Mebane, N. C., has accepted the position
of assistant truant officer of the
l'ort Mill graded school district and
began her new duties Monday morning.
W. H. Ward, superintendent of
tlie Fort Mill school, is chief truant
officer of the district.
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the people of Fort Mill this
ve it as we tried last year and
,ve been in business,
wishes and we will win your
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SCHOOL TAX ELECTION
Notice is given that an election
will he heltl at Massev School House i
n Massey School District No. 4 on
Friday, June 25, 1920, for the purpose
of determining whether an ad111
ionii I tnv nf -in- ? 1
.. .uu. 1II1MO nil me uu^lur
shall be levied for school purposes
In said district. The polls will
aper\ at 7 o'clock a. ,m. and close at
1 p. m. Voters will exhibit tax receipts
and registration certlflcates.
L. M. MASSEY,
W. M. WHITE.
BOYCE BENNETT.
Trustees.
FOR SALE ?"FORD CARS," N.-w
and Rebuilt. Also carry in stock Ford
Roadster, Touring and Sport Bodies.
We do high grade painting and top
building on all makes.
PAYNE'S AUTO WORKS.
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W. B. MEACHAM, J. H. McMUF
President Vice-Presid
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Carpenters, per hour
I>11 borers, per hour
Flooring, per 1,000 feet
Shingles. per 1,000
IjUthH, per 1,000
Nails, per keg
Hriek. per 1,000, laid
Heady mixed paint, per gallon... .
Linseed oil, per gallon
Cement, per barrel
Plaster, per square yard
Lime, per barrel
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' OF LABOR AND MATFKIALH
WHAT IT IS TODAY.
1914 1920
, $18.00 $ 48.00
40 .90
20 .46
30.00 110.00
3.60 10.00
2.50 16.50
2.50 7.50
18.00 *5.00
1.75 4.50
75 2.50 't"'\
1.75 4.76
30 1.00
?0 2.25
INSIRANCE ON YOUR PROP:ark?
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LACK A BUILDING TODAY FOR
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