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THE FORT MILLTIMES Democratic? Published Thursdays. W. R. Bradkokd * P?KIUK? J. J. Baii.es i Publishers. W. R. Bkadkord. Editor and Manager. SuBsctiiTioN RATER: One Year 11.26 Six Months nr. TheTimos Invitescontrihutionson livcsubjects but does not agree to publiBh more than 200 words on any subject. The right in res?>rved to edit vtrv communication Bubmitted for publication. On application to the publishers, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Kntered at the pos'offlce at Fort Mill. S. C..as mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. .JULY 15. 1920. A <lay or two ago wo road a news item staling that the editor of n weekly newspaper published in a town not a thousand miles from Kprt Mill had sold his paper and would "devote his time to his other business affairs?" And then we fell l<> wondering what other "business affairs" the editor of a weekly newspaper could have. It is a tift.v to one shot that no other business this editor may have was created by the revenue from his newspaper, lie had mf ucwsjiaper nusiuess a lonn time and tlio chances aro that <lnrini' nil the years he devoted to the up building of the town and enmity i>< wlileli his paper was puhlished he ha.I Tint b*?en ahle to earn from his paper more than a poor livelihood for himself and family. At best the weekly newspaper lacks much of being a money-making Institution. In the case of the editor just referred to. however, we suppose the neenraey of the statement should not he looked Into too closely, for it bequeathed the old fellow a transitory imaginary iiu pei'tance to say that he had "other V.usiness affairs." The letter of the lion. Thomas 1\ Colli ran. addressed to Coventor Cooper, in which it is pointed out that if one more Slate rntilics the Anthony amendment to the federal constitution. which provides for woman suffrage, and South Carolina falls to make her election laws conform to the provisions of that amendment we may lose our representation in Congress, is worthy of serious consideration. Mr. Cothran is a constitutional lawyer whose opinion cannot ho passed over lightly and when In raises a point of this character the burden of proof is on the man wlu? takes the opposite view. The Spartanburg Journal, edited by Maj. .1. C. Hemphill, has a splendid editorial calling attention to tin- lack of Sabbath observance in South Cam linn and contrasting conditions in this State with the action of tin* Italian Kovernmeut in preventing automobile tilling on Sunday. "Strange as it may seem." observes The Journal, "wimc tilings arc done in Italy bettor tlian they are done in South Carolina." The Italian Kovernnient, however, does not take high ground for it*- refusal to allow the use of automobiles on the Sahhath, proscribing their use for eeonoinle reasons only, ttne would not perhaps In* wide of the mark in saying that in tliis country millions are wasted every Sunday in itutomohile riding that leads to little good and in thousands of inHtunees to much harm; l>ut it is not so much the loss of money involved in the needless Sunday use of automobiles, had as it is, as it is the veering from the nation's old ideas of Sahhath observance that tugs at the heartstrings of those who would not have the Christian custom set aside. America more than other tuitions of the earth has been blessed, sod it may he that not a few of the h* -sings vouchsafed our people have ie because we have remembered the Sahhath day to keep it holy. It Is deplorable, to say the least, that our country should have to turn to one of the decadent countries of the ( Id World to observe that automobile riding on the Sahhath is not indispensable. If Italy can get along without the use of aulomohilcs on i ii?- r>;iooain oecauso she will be ahead in dollars and cents at the end of the week, surely America can follow her example for the better reason that God's word teaches that it is wrong: "In six days the l.ord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the laird blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed It," Again we are taught that "the Sabbath is to he sanctilicd by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly enjoyments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the publie and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercy." Cotton Shows Improvement. According to a report issued by 15. I!. Ilare, agricultural statistician of the bureau of crop estimates, t'uited States department of agriculture, the condition of cotton in South Carolina or June 25 was 74 per cent, of normal. as compared with tis per cent, on May 25. 1920, anil 79 per cent, on June 25. 1919. the ten-year average on June 25 being 7 7 per cent. The ^ acreage reported as planted and standing on June 25 was 2.900.00 acres, same as the revised estimates for 1919, Don't overlook the opportunity to save 50 cents by renewing your subscription before August 15. 4f ' /J! ' ' EARTH'S KKT1ECT LAND. "Mexico, without ii doubt, is the richest spot on the face of th" earth, and I have often thought that tins is why there is so much trouble 'n tliat country," declared William H Ellis, a Wall street banker and broker, to ? reporter for the New York Times Mr. Ellis recently returned from an extended visit to that country and was among the last to see President f'arranza before he was killed, being a pasesnger on one of the trains used' by the presidential party in fleeing from the capital. "A country that is poor nobody lights for and nobody cares about." Mr. Ellis continued. "Mexico is si country that can produce three crops ol corn a vear. a country that can produce gold, silver, copper. lead, limber, coal and fruits of both the torrid and temperate /.ones? a country that averaged in 1!?1S a production of 12 1-2 per cent, of the production of lite oil of the entire world country that has a well, which, when it was at its height, produced 200.000 barrels of oil every 2 1 hours. "There are today in Mexico lands selling from $1.ooo to $12,000 tu acre iti these oil regions, which 20 years ago 1 could have bought for 110 cents an acre. American money. The soil is so rich in some parts that when .1 bandit is killed they haiiK him up to tho telegraph poles or to tin- liinl> of a troo, afraid to Imii v liiiti in 11* found, for tho soil is so rich that he mi^ht ki'ow attain and they miKhi I'i vc the same work of cxterininiitimr hint ovor attain. "The country laces the Atlantic a"d I'to-ilic ("'cans, lias an open Kate at the port of Salina Cruz to the Pa elllr and orient and has an open Kate :<! the Port of Mexico to the Atlantic, the Kitlf and tho I'aribhcnn ?ea ami 11 Kit rope, Africa and Australia. Mexico lias cuoiikIi mah<>KanV and elionv to polish every house en thheentincnt; it has Ktanite, marhle and et yx enoiiKli to hiiild every house ir New York city, it has rnimitiK rivers lat'KC streams of water erossiiiK the entire repuhlie, uiakitiK their way rapidly toward the seas. "Mexico has a variety of people running from the oldest type of humanity to the present type of our hrirh civilization. No one knows where the old Aztec came from and who put 11iiu there; he was found by t'ortez and there were evidences that h? had hocn there thousands or mil lions of veal's before t'ortez discover <1 him in 1 r? I!?. When t'ortoz foiiinl him ho was his own soparato ami >listiliol oi\ili/.al ion, ho hail a rulii iinnily limit 111> of his own pooplo. m- hoinp tlio rnlor ami that proilominanl spirit that is in tlio Aloxiratt 'inlay was in <'naiihtomoo. "Ilo was oil |it iiroil ami llioy trio.) o foroo him to divulpo wltoro liis ' loiisnros ttoro hiihlon. Ilo with oito >f his Irnsloi! lioiitonants was put on a nlook iiml a tiro was stattoil umlor Ms foot, hnl I ho ohl A/.loo simplv irmnoil .at th<- porsooulor ami not a void oamo from him; that dominant pirit. with tiro oonsiiniitiK part of Ins lioily, ooiilil not ho forooo to di\ nlpo anythinp that would hurt hintsoil, liis oountry ami his poonlo, "i?m* of his oompanions who was ufforinp with him oriotl out in pain tml t 'naiihtomoo roprim:im)"il him for it ami saiil tlio most ploasiint nionionts in his lift- woro wlion ho was ol'iV rinp ttp his hod\ in sntTorinp and saorilioo foi liis oountry ami liis ph. This |it'oi!oiuin:int spirit still an doininatos tin Moxioaus of lot'a.v and thoy arc not naturally orttol. Tin' Amorioan pooplo do not tinih r t a nil llioni. Nat tirstlly. tlnro am thousands of nail Moxioaus and millions of pood Moxioaus. "If only tin of this .-mi i . W know I I;.low thov won!.I linvo i nil) frill ?M lIMon 01 iik in .iiiii i -1? 11. ng It it 11 a I wood lie extended In them. I5.it, li't us hope tli:it tin1 |irii|iUi now inking i harm ?'f the tuition sluill n incmher that ;In v must r? spcot tin it neighbors and must not trespass upon .heir neighbors' rights :tn.l it' liny lo they shall ho punished. Tlmy must j.i'i'p within their limits, they tuns' 'lot iillow thoif hiimlils to uross our frontier; thoy must not allow our innocent moil ;iiitl oili'/.uits to ho tuuriluroil along I Im highways; liny iiinst nrotoot foreign life ami foreign proporty; t hoy must livo in peace it" thee o\ | ?oot ;m\ help from their neighoi'." SOLDIER BONUS ALMOST DEAD. Neither Party Seems Favorable to Pro- I posed Legislation. All uhnlluo of the passage of sol liurs' holms legislation llo\l winter scents lo have Mono glimmering. fail mo of tho party platforms to declare for tho proposition somns to havo destroyed all hopes of faxorahto no- I 'toll tiy ooiiKfoss. The soldiers* Imims hill as passed j by the house .a week hefoie_lhc roooiit i nijoiirtinioiit is pending in the senate | ooniinittoo on linaiu e. The senate i iitanee commit tec has given the hill ! no consideration and may prefer to i 11111 u it In sltimhi i without ailion luring tho routing sossion. ? Mlioors >i' tlx- Aniorioan l.rginn, Itnwovor, atv ortain to :ik>(itt** ami piohahly will tVn ! tilt* OOllllllitll I' to l'? |Mllt till' hill tn tin* llour of tin* m n.itc. Ivm*ii iii oaso tin- hill ill sunn* niiranillons 111: it 11?-1* slioiihl nit I liroiigh tin* sonato mill a onnfori noo ropoi 1 is ap provoil hy hoth hnnsos its veto hy Prosiilont Wilson is onnsiiloroil ?*ortain. Tin* ailniinistration's viow of t ho proposal has hi on niailo oh-ar in a lottor soiit hv Soi rotary Houston | to tin* honso ways anil moans coin- ; mittoo 11;111> opposing any holms h*gislation. atul also hy tho attitinlo of tlio ailininistration spoUosinon at San F*"rnnoisoo in tho ilrafting of tho platform. Hoth tho Hopnhlioan anil Pomoorntio platforms iloolaro for propot trontniont of tho ox-sorvloo nion. hut hoth oarofully avoiil any spmitio nioiition of oitlior tho cash honns sohonio or any forms of adjiistoil oomponsalion ilosignoil to aiil thoso who sufforoil no wounils. Tlio offoct of hoth tin* Hopnhlioan i f FORT MILL TIMES, MICKIE SAYS /CMRN >MOVJST IK) IX \WU\LC^\ / SOVAC EELL??. DRWjS IV) PC \ I VAE\AJ<SV>AV>tV*. CUPPIVIO "TVKIO '?.\ I 1 "tVvCtC. Ncxao-S. EOVAO'ACT VXOBODv) > A. VWWOOP ABCWt OML\ / J I HXSSELF 'V) fUCV\ VAC. GOE? OP?) I NMxD BECOX VJOE. VMOKA-C PUWAT/ \lT >. VAOLN ^VAOKSA VAJt'Vt / /ootca put stupp \w -rue ) /papeu 'AT ^VJ^^ViODV va N V )K4TER.E<STeC? tR. \Mtol , > *3O0W at ALL OUT A LOCK 'Ki / v tv)eaNtv\\viG- .s^ V 1 r~S # J jilt nnil I 'cniorraI ie platforms is to repndiate the policies of tlio parly leaders in tin- house. The Kopnblionn caucus in tin- liotise went on record for bonus legislation. anil Kopublli-.-iii Leader Mondeil. althonuli at lirst opposed to tile bill, abided by tile will o| the majority and urued its pasiair<\ l-'veil the I >einocratie leaders iii the house siipported bonus legislation. Tiny differed willi Itepublicans only in (In- manner <>f raising the necessary funds. Tin* I >enmcrats, l<il liy r?f|irrsriil:illvi< Henry T. Itaillcy of Illinois, contend that instead of various forms of taxation proposed in Hie Kcpuhlican l>ill a tax slionld lie levied as sliuirested by both tiolitical parties. The conventions hot It at t'liicano and San Francisco a)>pe:irto have been a vindication for the minority annum house tiiomhers of holli parties. w w i s si<;\s. (.rami lttr> < alls \t tent ion to SpeedIntr on ( oncrctc Itoad. Vorla illc Kn?iuirer. I'.cforc heinii discharged yesterday ifternoon the York county irraml jury made tin1 following report, signed by \V. I*. Smith, foreman: "The eounly ollieers report to its that there is a meat deal of speeding and reckless driving of automobiles op the cement road between Uoek llill and tin- t'atawba river blidire and that they are having I rollI le in enforeiim the law. especially in regard to interstate travel, on aecount of no speed notices heinur posted on this stretch of load. We therefore reipiest that the county supervisor bi' Instructed bv the presidio:: jlldae to erect a siKH at each end of this road, one at the entry of Inktomi avenue in the eitv of Itock llill ami one oil the Fort Mill side of t'aIcwh.n river, stating that the .speed I im it will be enforced." Johnsons llead l.i-l. Ill the I'lles of till' bureau of war risk insiimiii'f. Washington, aro the names ami reeords of npwarls of l.r.oo.oon soldiers. sailors anil marines. insured uioIit tlio war risk in iir.nii c ail. In I In- earn indexes aro listed llio mimes of * J.JOo Johnsons, i lie most 11 amorous family name in tlio I nroan reeords. Some of tlioso Johnsous ami also spoil their names vai .ensly as Johnston anil Johnstone. The Smiths, with f.l.liiiO, are i.ol far hehiiul I'.iinierienily. Tlio I trow lis. with tv.aro third and the Williams famby eonies to the front with 17,000 nam's. Then it the order named i niiH' the Join sos. ^S.tlfiti strong; the \niiorsons. St;,000; the Walkers. I X. 7. U|l. st \ of the eonilition of Savings Bank of Fori Mill looated at Kofi Mill. S. : 11 the eh se of business June :'.li, lit JO. Ilesonrees. I.oaiis nlld iliseolllils $ I 0 J. I JO.Sfi i >\ erdraft s l..r> H.'J 1 lurmtuie and li\t ures . . . . J.fl 1 ti.J'.i 11iu? from ha ilks and hankers 1 J.r.nn.Jo i 'urn n. \ T.OSJ.OO Silver ami other minor eoin 'JOO.lO TolaI * i ;_'.i> i'p.iii. I.iahil ji ii'H. Capital stork i>:ii> 1 in.... $ 2fi.000.00 Snrplns finnl 12,000.00 I' i Ii\ i<l?-?I profits. less i'iii ll 111 i'\|m'us|'s mill lilNI'M I : i nl 1.221.01 I lull v i I ii;i I Heposits suhjei-l ti> ? In rk .. $9 I .002.1 I I 'ash ii-r's )n i Us 2.217.11 oit.sio.r.r. Null's a in I I lilis I Ifilisi-i >n ii 11-i I None I .ills I \i>:i I >! . i in -111111 ii >4 ?"i-rl iiitt i-s for Money I '.nrrowi-il None Toisii $ 12.2.01 .:>?; Male of Smiili Carolina. County of York. ss. Iti-fori- no' -:im? W. I'.. Menohiini. I'iI'siilont of tin- iiliovc nmiii-i! hank, w lio. l'l-inu iluly sworn. says that the mI'iivo ami foroi'oimr statement Is a tiin- i-Miiilition of saiil hank, as shown hy tin- hooks of saiil hank. W. It. M 17 AC IIA M. Sworn to :11111 snhsi rihi'il before nu> : ihis Till ilay of July. 1920. \V. It. M KACH A M. Ji:.. Notary I'uhlir. i i 'orrci'l Attest S. I.. Mentha in. .1 II Mi-Murray, \V. It Meai-hani. Jr.. Direr tors. FORT MILL, S. C. SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION UNIVERSITY OFSOUTH CAROLINA The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in the University of South Carolina and for admission of new students will be held at the County Courthouse on Friday, July 9, at 9a m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 9, they will be awarded to those making the highest ! average at examination, provided they I meet the conditions governing the award. I Applicants for scholarships should write to President Currell for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by the applicant, i should be filed with President Currell by July 2. Scholarships are worth $1(M), free luuion una tees, total $l.r>N. The next j session will open September l.r>, 11)20. For further information and catalogue, address President W. S. CURRELL, Columbia. S. C. ? DR. A. I OTT , DENTIST l Office hoursj H a. m. to 5 p. m. (I)r. Spratt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill. S. C. JOIN Join the throng o tills store where C treatment a policy. Yon will always possible price. Fort Mil G. OMHHiHHWI | Why Ni I I A Vacant | YOU INEEI NEEI g WE ^ NEEl | Everytl I Fort M I mmmmmmmmmmmmm* 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 I'AYNE'S AlITO WORKS. Charlotte's Reliable Car Market, 26 Hast 6th Street, Charlotte, N. C. Nnrfic on i^uiiio ail1 Cai We receive i'i\ of these Famous fully preserved in :i We solicit your Hutchinson' Phon THE THI f t lirit'f v people wlm iUALlTY is a p.it receive the host (J 1 Cooperatrv W. STARNES,Manager )t Build p : Lot is Dea NEED THE HOME; LAB ) THE WORK; YOUR )S THE IMPROVEMENT! HAVE THE MATERIAL ) THE BUSINESS. hsng it Takes We Have It. [ill Lum FORT MILL, S. C UK A I) the time; FOR HOME NEW d Whitman idies . . ;sli shipments weekly luhcs, which arc caret rcfrii?eratini; case. Candy orders. s Pharmacy, e No, 91 1 RONG 1 t rude regularly w it li iciple and courteous unlit \ at the lowest g m 1 re Store. 1 1 IIOHDMBU9 I a Home I ! d Capital ? ORERS | TOWN S AND , AND to Build I ber Co. I I ( OTMHHI9 A. La. PARKS, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND FUNERAL ^ EOUIPMENT MOTOR HEARSE S IORT Mll.l,, S. C;