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MOTORING IN THE DESERT. Christian Science Monitor. The deserts of the world are constantly becoming more and more contracted; and the motor car is, of course, one of the reasons why. In western America, for instance, many of the great regions that had hardly been explored when men had to go afoot, horseback, or by wagon, aro now easily traversed in comfort in less than a day by enthusiastic picnic parties In motor cars. Wherever <jne lives, whether It be In a mining camp amid the sagebrush, or at a ranch where n tiny stream trickles | down from the mountains to irrigate n thousand acres, it Is always possible nowadays to go for a pleasant r'.de. The stranger from the city may think, as he looks, from the collection of brick buildings and shacks that v form the town, out over the desert, that there is no place to go; but he's mistaken. Somewhere out In those hills that are so blue in the early morning, there Is a spring with a few trees around It; somewhere else there are the ruins of an old stone house by another water hole and everywhere there Is the broad country to ro through, with Its hard, straight road that required little making. A desert in America is not usually a place of mere sand. The sand Is to be found here and there In the irrigated regions; but what 's still barren is usually rather good soil which lacks only water to make it productive. Over a track through this good soil a motor ear can go about as fast as over a modern concrete road. That is one reason why, cen In this new era of road, making, the concreto has not yet extended much into the desert. Motoring on tne desert. nowevcr. is not to no adequately judged by what ono encounters on some of the main traveled highways across the country. The o'd trails that go almost from nov. here to nowhere, for a hundred miles or more away from the smallest settlements, are sometimes the best for pleasure traveling. An alkali flat of Just the ripht kind Is esII t otally satisfactory for speeding, for there the wheels of the car hardly make a dent in the solid surface. As one speeds over the desert there is always plenty to see If one Is really watchful. Idr.ards, locusts and rabbits. spears of Brass, and areas of rabbit wood, with perhaps here and . there a small Joshua tree, which Is not really a tree at all. but a kind of yucca, all these are more interesting from an automobile than from a train window. Indeed, from the observation car one would not see any of these varied details which help to Rive a zest to the motoring. Prospect holes and abandoned mine dumps of the smaller sort, tunnels and rouBh shafts, with here and there the remains of a house that was built of tin cans and rocks, these also still show something of the old mystery cf the desert that has mainly passed away with the broader use of the automobile. People who have heen prejudiced "against I ho desert, who have thought of it as haro and uninteresting to pass through on tho train, need to motor hero and there over its actual surface in order to appreciate it. With all Its baroness, there is a constant variety of shape and color, a wonderful clearness of the atmosphere, and often n very welcome coolness of the air, especially at night or in the morning. Motoring at night on the desert if, of course, best of all. for then the eyes of every animal, small or large, are afire in lite dark: and. one nnd all. what animals are there are attracted by the lights of the car. Nobody who has traveled thus at night could call the desert really lonely. A ride over it is quite different from a ride In a city park; but it is a ride to enjoy and to remember. Old prejudices ngainst the desert must, indeed, rapidly disappenr as its actual nature is better understood. Coal May Igist 2,000 Years. We shall not freeze for quite a while yet, if the miners keep on digging coal nnd railroad workers do not refuse to transport it. According to the estimate of the 1'nlted States geological survey onefourth of our anthracite is gone; hut we have enough left to last us 100 years at the present rate of consumption. We have in this country enough coal of other kinds to Inst 4,000 years ^at the present rate of consumption. Increased consumption, as population grows, may easily cut that down to 2.000 years' supply. The Western States have about two-thirds of our total coal. The coal of the remaining States. If consumed at the present rate (f>00 million tons per year), would last 1.000 years. Our great smokeless fuel, anthrn otto, will ho nearly pone half a eontury from now, if consumption cont'nuea to Inoroaso, an<l lonp before that time it will ho so expensive that only rioh folks ran afford to burn it. Our proat prnndehildron will have to ho oontent with somothinp less desirahlo for domestic use. Summer Toi v Southern ^ 0y> MOUNTAIN AND SF.AsifoitF. DVCRD Tickets on sale daily at all at a return limit October 31st, I9i!ft. Stop-over privllepes allowed. For further information, call o S. H. P District 1*? COLIJBff r Bread From Rotated Pompcti. Pompeii and Herculaneum ore us- < , ually spoken of together. They were i > neighboring towns In the foothills of * \ Vesuvius and were together destroyed : ? by the great eruption of 79 A. D. < Pompeii was a summer resort. | [ rather like our own Newport, where wealthy Romans maintained beautiful | [ villas. Herculaneum was more of a j > business town. We know very little < > about Herculaneum, but today we j J may walk about the streets of Pom- , , pell and get a pretty fair notion of what the place was like. ! * Pompeii was overwhelmed by show- ( > crs of volcanic ashes?hot. fiery stuff ; that drove the people out of the city. 1 [ There was plenty of warning and not < very many lives seem to have been ' 1 logt. Crowds were taken off the beach > In ships. By day there was darkness < as of night. Illumined only by the ( J glare of the volcano, nnd the panic < > n.ust have been frightful. | But the ashes did not wholly bury ' * the town. They fell deep enough T only to reach the second stories of the houses, or not much more than that. | Pompeii was destroyed, but In recent I years the task of digging It out and uncovering most of It has not been X too difficult or arduous to be worth T v hile from an antiquarian viewpoint. Herculaneum, on the other hand. A was burled beneath a flood of lava a from the burning mountain, it la to- t day entombed In solid rock, and to 4 disinter it is a praetleally hopeless ? proposition. Besides, the molten ^ flood must have destroyed it. a One of the most Interesting things found in ruined Pompeii was a x linker's shop, with 48 loaves of bread & rendy for delivery to customers. Each loaf was stamped with the baker's 4 name. X Im|M>rtnnt News Bulletin. | "Marketing Cotton in South Onro- 4 linn" is the title of extension bulle- 4 tin 4 0 Just published by the exten<don service of Olemson college to aid 5 in the cnmpnlRn for the promotion & of proper grading, warehousing and marketing of cotton. The publico- 4 tion contains discussions of cotton ^ guiding, the necessity of warehouses, tho cost of construction and opera- 4 tion of warehouses, n synopsis of the ? State warehouse laws, the coopers tive agreement recently made be- 4 tween the extension service, the bu- w renu of markets, the warehouse com- ^ mlssioner ami the South Carolina 4 Cotton association, and copies of half ^ .1 hundred letters from farmers show- * Ing what they think of the otllclal 4 cotton grading service. Copies of the $ bulletin may be obtained from county x agents or by writing the extension 4 service of the division of publico- $ tions. Clemson Collegp, S. C. 4 Vice lTesiilent of S.%. J franklin i?. iiooseveu, Democratic & 01 ndldnte for vice president. was * naked whether If elected at 38. he Y would he the youngest vice president $ Of the United States. He did not ? Know, but hoped some of his friends __ wculd look the matter up. John Cabell Breckenrldge was elected vice president on the Democratic ticket with James Ruchan-ut in 1856. He assumed office March 4, 1857, when he was 36 years, one month and 14 days old. When Breckenrldge completed his term he was candidate for president ns representative of the Southern Democracy. The same year he wns elected to the United States senate, hut soon afterward joined the Confederate army, l'roni January to April. 1865, he was sicretury of war Itr the cabinet of Drosident Davis. He died in I^exington. Ky., May 17. 1875. J. T. Young yesterday attended the J'athe Dealers' convention in Charlotte. Mr. Young was accompanied to Charlotte by Mrs. Young, who spent the day In that city with relatives. William J. Ilryan is being urged by the national prohibition convention. now In session in IJncoln. Neb., to H iiccept that party's nomination for the presidency. Friends of Mr. Rry an say he will not accept the nomination. Parley P. Chritensen, farmer-labor candidate for the presidency, urges tit i.iid illinium ill join II 111 111 II request to tho president that he pardon Eugene V. Debs, socialist candidate for the presidency, who Is nerving a term in the Atlanta penitentiary. SPECIAL NOTICES. (Advertisements inserted in this column must be paid for in advance; minimum charge 30 cents.) POH SAEE CHEAP?Berkshire sow with eight pigs; six thoroughbred Poland-China pigs; eight Duroc and Berkshire mixed breed pigs. W. II. Windell, Oak drove Farm, Fort Mill, S. C. |; FOR SAI.K?Two Jersey milch A cows, oiio ersey male 14 months old. one new rubber tired top buggy, one nice combination horse. E. K. Oarrl- T son, Pineville, N. C. ???? , * i m# I a unst tickets: IA v Railway i HKwmT POINTS AT (iltRATLY KF- '1 PARKS. I tionn until September 30th. with hnul ( I f n Wa) Ticket Agent, or write to: AcLean twoirr Agent. ria, s, c. 1 - FORT MILL TIMES, TO Statement of it the Close of Bosinc Condensed from the Report tc Currency REM) WRCE Loans and Discounts Overdraftii U. 8. Bonds Liberty Bonds Stock. Federal Reserve Rank other Stocks and Bonds Ranking House, Furniture and Flxtu Redemption Fund Cush Reserve?In Ranks In Vault IiT ABIIjITI Deposits Capitol Surplus and Protlts Circulation mils Payable, Rediscounts of Money ] shape or form Other Liabilities We ben to thank each a r.d ever; and friends who have made 11 possibl ment which other bankers, a s well u.? If you are not already doing you luink with a strong lutnk th at is no take care of all reasonable and essen The National 11 Rock Hill Cash Capital of $300,000.00 I HA n. DUNL.AP, President. S. It. SPENCER, Vice Pros. THE ROYA Trade Street. Hutchison Buildin Desires the patronage of the year and will strive to deserve i before that ever since we have Call and let us know your wis Kood will and continued patrona [wo Remarkal WITB E-B 12-20 Tr E-B Tracto At FARMINGD into?9:25 P. M.t May 20th, to 1:5 0 p. i?tos Plowed?16.8 acres, fi 1-2 to 7 1-2 minutes. mo?15 hourso, 4 4 minutes (not tnclud ters which had slipped during the 'uel Consumption?Approximately 2 Rail til added?0. Vater added? 0. 'iehl?Clover, rye n? n rover crop; ; I full of molHture; heavy, inter mill 8tnek bottom choked plow scvei 24 HOUR TRACTOR D] At COLUMBt ?uto?4:45 P. M.. June 7th to 4:45 P. \<tch Plowed?24.72 acres, 7 1-2 to 8 ir line?24 hours (less SO minute** for nd strainer in pipe line as one tank < Fuel Consumption?54 Rallons of ker?.*< HI added?0. 'leld?< >Id pnsture unplowed for 27 year 'osl |?er Aere?About .15 cents for f uel Bailes Lun IHIHT Ml LL, ET MILL, S. 0. Condition | iss June30,1920 j ? the Comptroller of the | f. s. * .$1. 955.978.76 A 298.86 x 205,000.00 ^ 123,850.00 S 10,800.00 T 17,528.67 ? ros 45,703.42 4 10,000.00 A $348,263.30 ? 44,294.52 428,557.82 92,707,717.53 * KS. T $2,177,037.41 4 300.000.00 4 82.069.4 1 A 196,200.00 4 Rorrowed In any J* NONE 42,410.63 | < < C 92,707.717.53 4 y one of you loynl patrons * lo for us to present a state- A < we, think is n Rood one. r business here, and wish to 4 t only willing, hut al?l<\ to ?! tlal needs, come in to see us. 4 Fnion Bank, 1 t I, S. C. I "Absolutely S e' t J. M. CHERUY, Vtee Pres. 4 | GEO. A. BEACH. Cnshler. ^ lL cafe K, - ROCK HILL i people of Fort Hill this t as we tried last year and been in business, ihes and we will win your ige. lie Records r actors and - ni r riows ale, n. j. M.. May 21st. inches deep, one acre every 56 inR 20 minutes for adJustinR coulniRht). una of kerosene per acre. larRe trees in middle of tield; soil lent showers Friday morninR; old -al times; broke one break-pin. emonstration rs, n. j. M., June 8th. iches deep. justinR coulters and cleanlnp fuel ?i Kerosene wan extremely dirty.) >ne or 2.1 Kallons per acre. r, grass 12 inchett deep. and oil. . ! . !l iber Co. s. c. ... 5 Use Che A bank check is a receipt, a safeguard, a convenience, a proof ot credit, a business necessi a pi inie factor ciency. USE CUE Open a checking acc< be assured of safet THE SAVIN* of Fort W. B. MEACHAM, J. H. McMURF President Vice-Presiden I We will soil "Cnrhnrrt" Mvcrnlk % "Old Hickory" and X. & \V. Ovora I All Slippers at 25 per cent. off. $:i.00 pair on men's and ladies', children's. Buy now. something new Brand" kind. tAll Straw Ilats at 2.r> per cent. ofT, sides the above mentioned, we will sj ^ may happen to need. Call us any time, i'jtone No s. < > . * < | The Casl $ I S. A. LEE and T. F. Quality L With Ecoi That's why our O NESS continues to j to month. Our patrons maj 1 111 \/\Vl l?/\/l/Vl 1' 1 II / v I* / . irrrn 111^ in* "good things to eat. B. C. FER< : Bread - Rock i Is the BEST and I Fifteen cents buy: * Bread 1,6 t Cheese 7 Ham... 6 4 Steak. 2 ^ Eggs 2 | Eat twice as mud cut down your Yv jj The body needs Proteii + drates, Fats and Water. A only food containing all of t | EAT MORE ! Rock Hill Ste I ROCK HIL 1 % icks J ity, in industrial effi:i:ks niinf UPDL1 A I ^uhv uunu auu ;y and service. GS BANK Mill. LAY, W. B. MEACHAM, Jr.. it Cashier Saturday j v?> < at $_.WH pair. ^ ills at $2.7."> pair. X M> whirli means a saving of $1.50 ^ ami from 75c to $1.50 pair on ^ r ami guaranteed?the "Star & I or 1-4 loss than price. He- ^ ? > ive yon money on anything you ? > . > i Store, | LYTLE. M(?rs. I I Z^CIa I tiomy ltOCERY RUSI*ro\v from month ' always depend re the best in 9 9 CiUSON. Hill - Bread : cheapest food. s food value in + OO Calories t SO Calories OO Calories 80 Calories + 55 Calories ? \\ BREAD and | ying expenses. f is. Minerals. Carbohv- r ind good BREAD is the + hese elements. <$> BREAD | am Bakery j .L, S. C. |