Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 15, 1920, Image 2
THE FORT MILLTIMES
Democratic? Published Thursdays.
W. R. Bradkokd * P?KIUK?
J. J. Baii.es i Publishers.
W. R. Bkadkord. Editor and Manager.
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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.
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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
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FORT MILL TIMES,
MICKIE SAYS
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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.
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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.
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