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- 1,1 pmm THE FORT MILL TIMES Democratic?Published Thursdays. W. R. Bradford and J. J. Builes Publishers. W. R. Bradford, Editor and Mgr. Subscription Rates: One Year $1.25 Six Months .. 65 The Times invites contributions on live subjects but does not njcrce to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The ri^ht is reserved to edit every communication submitted for oiibliontinn On application to the publishers, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and lonK distance. No. 112. Gntered at the postofllce at Fort ,MIII. S. C., as mail matter of the second class. THURSDAY. JUNK 24. 1920. North Carolina will have a number of reasons for being thankful when Morrison succeeds Itickett as governor. tine of the things Governor Hickctt lias done recently which is hard to excuse was the needless ordering of a machine gun company from Durham to Graham to "protect" three negroes accused of assaulting a white woman from the fury of a "mob," which "mob" is said never to have existed. and the consequent death of a citizen at the hands of the militiamen. Apparently. Itickett loves the limelight. In grandstand fashion he ordered the machine gun company to Graham with instructions that they shoot to kill if nn attempt were made to harm the negroes. No attempt was made to harm the negroes, but there was collected a party of four or five men and hoys near the Jail where the negroes were imprisoned and "suspecting" that they meant to try to get possession of the negroes, the militiamen tired into the party, killing one of the number. Itickett thereby becomes partlf-m.a ni-lmlnl. ? .... ....... <u int' ueain or an innocent man. The march of the boll' weevil to wnrd York county is steady and uninterrupted and unless something in ? the nature of a miracle happens the pest will have established itself her? before the end of Itecen! newspaper reports tell of much dam age being done the cotton crop in l.cxington and Itichland counties and within the last week the weevil habeen found in great numbers in Ker si.aw county. Itetween York and Richland counties lie ^ Chester ami Pairllcld counties,. *a?f4 -otjly on c*unty, I.ancnstcr, is bettveen tin border of York and Kershnw. Noth ing, apparently, can lie done to sta.\ the progress of this most destructivi enemy of t he farmers of this section lint it is worth while perhaps to remind them that some crop or other revenue producing agency must lu found to supplant a considerable par. of the cotton crop unless the prop perity now being enjoyed is to be fore gone. In the lower section of tin State, where the weevil lirst nppearei about two years ago, the acreage pu to cotton-has been materially reduced and much of the land is devoted ti peanut growing. Hut expert farn demonstrators are authority for tin statement that in the red lands of v?rk county peanuts cannot lie growi prolitnMy for comnierelnl purposes. I' the statement he true, it would seen that the farmers of Yorl; count* must turn their attention to othei crops, t ihviously with the limited acreage now timler pasture, eatth raising cannot he undertaken wit I any assurance of prolit for the lirs year or two, for the land suitable foi pasturaRe must lirst lie seeded ti Krass. The advent of the boll weovi in York county may prove a hlessinR. hut it would seem wise to take time 1 the forelock and prepare for the ^ coining of the pest. All over the country newspapers are eryiiiR aloud iiRainst the reckless automobile drivinR which daily is elaimiuR its toll of human life and makitiR hundreds of cripples. The major part of the accidents involving fatalities occur in the cities am) towns, hut the loss of life due to speeuinR is becoming more and more freipient on the country roads. Motor cycle oUlcers charged with the prose, cation of speed law violators doubtless do much io lessen the onngerlus 'iractice, hut in spite of their diligence and In some places the certainty of arrest and subsequent conviction of the accused, the evil apparent Iv grows from day to day. one of the tilings that is hard to understand, if indeed a plausible explanation can he offered lor It. Is that men who otherwise are excellent citizens, and attest their s?ood citizenship hy scrupulously observing every other law of the land, once they arc seated at the whcol_ of their automobiles and opportunity Is offered for fast driving lay aside all thought of law anl recklessly endanger the lives of men, women and children to a decree that is inexcusable. Fortunately this class is not large. Most automobile drivers appreciate their obligation to society nnd operate their cars nt a rate of speed within the law. Tint there is a large ami growing class of irresponsible automobile drivers who have little thought for law observance or the danger to which they subject their fellowman when it comes to satiating their desire for fast driving. This class of reckless men ami boys should be dealt with severely by the authorities. If one of their number Is convicted of \ioluting the speed laws the t.ne should be such that it will teach the offender that he cannot disregard he rights of the public without suffering materially for it. Also tnere should be in every community a responsible ofllcer whose duty it is to see that the public is safeguarded against the dangers we are attempting to point out. If there be ortlcers who I'or one reason or another are reluctant to bring to book those who violate the laws designed to protect the "ublie against the Improper use of motor vehicles, these oUlcers should be relieved of the annoyance of dodgng the work they are paid to do. I,.\XI? OF DO OH OIK. Xmericn's "Creed" No linger a Ijiugliing Matter to ( ermnits. The following article is by a German In a German newspaper. It is n German after-tlic-war measurement | of the American and la of particular interest because of its contrast with popular German comments on our countrymen before and during the great war. and because of the fact that the not particularly lovable characteristics that the writer finds in us <ccm to bear a strong faintly resemblance to characteristics which the German has always professed to admire in himself. Ilerr Ki win UosenParlc's sincerity must dc taken for .rrnntod. Ills article appears in the Fankfurter Zcitnng, Frankfort, Germany. "Americans are free." "Every American is the architect of his own fortune." ' "America Is the greatest, fairest, best land in the world?the' land of largest opportunity." "The greatest blessing granteil to mar. is to lie an American." "America is God's country." If ilie success of this American creed, with its "postoresque" aggressiveness and self assertion, had not been so obvious and indisputable in achieving real results, we might be tempted to recall the old saying that the loudest shouters get the most attention. For the Americans have always advertised this American creed in their own country and elsewhere with unexampled insistence and voeiforousncss. They have always sung the same anthem. They have advertised their unbounded resources, their unexampled opportunities. We all recall the naive boasting of our American friends, but we 110 longer smile at It as we did formerly. "I'm an American and I'm damned glad of it. It's the llnest country in Hip world, in my country ino prrsi<1< nl has not a particle more rights than a hark driver. We have got inpro money than all Europe put together. We raise more hogs and hotter hogs than all the rest of the world besides. If we once start lighting we'll smash all you people oxer there. Our morals are higher tlinn those of other tuitions. i impiety Is real piety. Our veracity la simon pute veracity. < Mir honor is the most sensitive of honors. t utr daughters are the most beautiful and virtuous, our xvlvos are the fairest, our men are the salt of the earth; for we are Americans and we are damned proud of it. This is CSod'a country." Doesn't that sound comical. None thA less, these alleged truths contain sufficient basis of substantia! fact to make a working program. They hax'e been dinned into the ears of the people every day and hour. < irators proclaim them from public platforms. Clergymen preach tliem from the pulpit. Newspapers headline them; schools teach them; they are the accepted beliefs of the best gorlety; they ere the ever fvedt theme of statesmen. America's pride in -tself is a loax'on which hinds its div#>fur> nl?niMil<i lo??et)ier It has hoOn fi |?roat KUCCeSS. l'ralse has always boon tho host inoontlvo to labor. Nations, llko indlviilnals, timl |>raiso. ovon self-praise, heartening. rriclo. vanity, n power(ill self-consciousness. devotion to success, have thus boon molded into the American character and have become part of the people's soul. There stands the American nation? a UviiiK fact! The beam of liKht which Hashes out across the western continent. from the Statue of Liberty does indeed hind the people into one. "I am an American. 1 am proud of it. America is God's country." Nothing succeeds like success. The American who boasts of his AmeriMICKIE SAYS ( * OXOJ* "SEE. T\V <S\UEU, CXO1HW I TUA.VAP SlQVI PMUTVR py>T OVA I \"tW <sKV)VAVh UOJUOVA BRIOOE PER > KAfV 'hi TVV BO?<3, HE SJkNE / wtMucv,* BRING ?SRxoeeZ ( ROUMD -TO TVV UOOSC. <iOkAfc m J TlVAE. VNHENi WNt Ibo 0OSN V)1 yU/ GAVE rr fW OKICE OVER, J ?\ MhVT GOT TV VAC TO fct CUAStkll I AtU OVER TVC COOMTtM REfvOtViJ i "wo W\VAJ>?^ N N) ~ c??my ?i * FORT MILL TIME canism and of his God's country, on every fitting and unfitting occasion, is not a man to be laughed at for that reason. His uutionul faith, which bus the good qualities of the faith v.'hlch moves mountains, is only to be admired: for it is an honest faith. Nothing is more false than to speak of the United States as the land of dollnrs and its people as dollar chasers. They made a god of doing things. Gold was only a pleas. unt incident. Doing things was what rcully counted. It was as if its new dwellers breathed In with the very air of the land where the}* lived the two watchwords of faith which America demands of every citizen, self-confidence and service. A man must have faith in himself, and he must be of use in the world. Americans regard these as the first A ~? Announ | | Our new building I pleted and we wish t ? are now equipped to < - of Automobile Paintir | We also make Seat Cc ? Curtains and Signs. \ Pyramid P ? ROCK HI ? Overhead Hridge i A First Cla Grocery St( Our experience of in the Grocery Busii how to buy goods c our customers get t knowledge. Your j ited and appreciate _a__ o. cr< I CLE South ( N EXT SESS Kgi ll'MIONT AM) corns Collpjtc I.amis?1,560 acres. Value CoHcrc Plant?$2,000,01 Teachers, <> Ulcers, Assistants? Enrollment 11) I?. ID2U?1014. Ten Decree (durses in: \Krl( Architecture, Chemistry. (1 l.nuiiicerlnu. Civil l-'.ngh I'.li-ctrioal Engineering. Alee Encinecriiic. Industrial 1m 11 tieneral StHeme, Textile liuli Short Courses in Acriculturi Textiles. Sl'MMKlt NCIIOOl. June 14-July 24. Aci'lcnlt nraI Teachers. 6 weeks course?June 14-J 4 weeks course?June 28-J Cotton Orading Course. Itcgins Juno 11 and contlni uliout four works. College Make-up Courses, ronrsos for ItenioMil I'.iitranc dltlons. Juno 14-July 24. <'Iiii? Hoys" Conines. July i:i-July 2 2. SIXOXIl HOMF. COMIX Inly :?<?. Ill ami August 1 All graduates anil ex-studei urged to attend this gather! "Tigers" at the old I*nlr! Yi he quartered in Harraeks, so sheets, towels, etc.. as you dh you were a cadet. We can aeeommodnte only 1 Harraeks and will reserve sp order of the applications roeei' For Full Inform! IX) NOT DEf.AY, YOU M S, FORT MILL, S. O. moral commandment*. Out of this conception of Individual duty hus evolved national pride and a sentiment of national unity. The American nation was born the moment that the American ideal of manhood took definite shape. "I'm an American. and I'm damned proud of It." These challenging. anceremontous words? Americans have shouted them a million times into the ears of their Kuropeun friends?constitute the key to the American character. If I wish to understand, to judge, to comprehend the Americans, 1 must keep these words constantly before my mind. I must realize how powerful and direct their meaning is. I must consider them with respect. Their defiant assurance is itself an exultant nflirma- I tion of their truth. cement i i ; is now about com- t :o announce that we ? Jo the highest grade ? lg and Top Kuilding. >vcrs, Cushions, Side <% ( 'aint Shop j LL, S. C. ? Look for the Sign. 4 I ss I >re over thirty years ness has taught us >f first quality and he benefit of this latronage is solicd. i MSON Carolina's College of A{ ION OPENS WEDN Value of a Coll to.00. 120. There was novor a time ult ure. lemical was so highly prized and leering, ha ii leal High wages lor antra In* nation, a young man to discount i ucation. But such an ed > and work of four years, viewed of time and money, is e to an estate of more than u,y What estate com para hie uly '24. of average means hope to nes for What {young man can a in the same time at any o Education tits one for ire limited only hy his Eventually for the untrain cry of ignorant and undiri I. ats are Clemson Col lege brings nK young man in South Carol 9U will nihilities of a technical ed i bring 1 when lege a hoy from the hum olina can prepare himself .000 in ace in service of his State and nn veil. W. ition Write or Wire:' [AY HE CROWDED OUT. APPMCA1 Ice Ceam D Sunday Nor We are now pr Sunday morning ( Cream for househc I pI iic vnnir r?r*r V4 *_/ AAC4 J V/V4I W A V, The Candy H. CARRQS, 1 CAN We tape pleasure in an eun pointed Kurt Mill Apents for Crown's Li PECAN "The Typienl Tropical t'i ndy. pecans ktow." Try a roll next t ine you are m received each week. a<;f.nt m n v\i. Lytle Drug Phon< JOB PRI AT THE TIMES OFFICI COLLE jriculture and Engineer! ESDAY, KEPTKMHE lege Education i Insert nin Agrii'iilt in , , AKHoiiIIII when expert knowledge so highly compensated. Tiek Krm ling Cliol Tti HiiMii win i t-iii i?i many |J\|? KIin* llio value of a college eil- I.ibe ucntiun, representing the l'ee l?ee merely as an investment filial in earning capacity * oast a I I $a0,000. Call f?i ami-. with this can the parent SCIIOI.M give or leave t?? his son? Tho Ci equire that much value year sehc ther business? ami Text One Y en I a life whose possibilities tober 1 t ship is v capacity anil character. tion. eil there awaits the slav- Scholar . . _ , ' lions are jeteel effort. houses at .... A. , for full ii within the reach of every M'holarsh Una the henetits anil pos- next sess ucation. At t'lemson Col- their awn Those blest home in South Car- enter on for a high place in the stand exi 1 rather th itlon. Colle In given M. I!IflfiS, President. the count The Registrar, Clemso rn INS WIIJ, BR <'< >NSII?EltEI> IN Til a elivered I I nings II epared to make I 1 deliveries of Ice I 9 :>ld consumption. I I lers on Saturdays. | I Kitchen | 'roprietor. IDY fill!' that \vi' h:i \ e lieeu og Cabin ROLLS ' 1 Miiilc in Kloriil.i where tl"' 'ar our ;;lore. Kresli shi|niienl I LY'S C.XXIIY ? ! I < Comp'y | j NTING 1 - - PHONE 112 EGE I ng It 18, 1920. I'I'llI.H' SKItVK I. Analysis mill liis|MM'tloii. il I'lmit IHsenso Control, nil nil Intension. t'loniHon CoIIprp, S. C\ ilicat ion. era ('outml. k Sanitary Work. rty National I'.ank I'.|?Ik., ('nhimliia, S. f. l''.\|M'rinii'iit Station. Florence, S. 'lain 1*1 \|H*rlmi*nt Station, i these RKt'iU'lcs for i?v>lstItKII I l*S AXI> EXAMINATIONS >lloge maintains 170 fourilarships in the AKricMillural ilc <'oiirsos, anil f>- in the r Agricultural Course i* 0 Juno I.) Kaoli scholar* ,-orth *100.00 ami froo unship and ontranoo examinahold at tho county court 0 a. in., July '.Mli. Writo uforniation In regard to the 1 ps open to your rounty ion. and the laws governing iril. who are not seeking to seliolarships are advised to iniinat Ions on July '.Mli, an wait until they conic to go in the fall. Credit will for examinations passed at I y seat. I n College, S.C. I r <*iti>rit icrcrivri?. i