Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 29, 1920, Image 1
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Established 1891.
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES
Just as the national political pot
this year contains candidates for
president of the United States who
are newspaper publishers, so does the
State of Arkansas bonst of huvlng a
real live, progressive newspaper man
as a candidate for governor. John
A. ltlggs, publisher of the Hot Springs
New Ern, one of the best dullleg In
Arkansas, Is making' an active rtice
for governor. His slogan of "flod
flrst, Arkansas next," is winning many
friends for him.
Defender Resolute gave the Rrittish
chnllenger. Shamrock IV, the worst
drubbing of the 1920 regatta In the
tlnal race of the scries off Sandy Hook.
N. J? Tuesday, winning boat for boat
by 13 minutes and 4 5 seconds?and
the America's famous yachting cup
rentnlns American property.
Attorney Cleneral A. Mitchell Palmer
agreed with representatives of
the coal industry at a conference In
New York Tuesday to appoint a committee
which will tlx the maximum
price for bituminous coal. It Is
agreed that individuals and llrms ex- I
acting profits beyond the fair margin |
subject to investigation nml fixed by
the committee will l?c prosecuted under
the Lover act.
Price breaks doubled In violence in
the wheat market In Chicago Tuesday
those of the day before. An extreme
loss at one time of lfi cents a
bushel was the record as compared
with 8 cents loss Monday. Financial
strain was again the chief reason ascribed.
Corn and oats shared more
or loss the collapse of wheat, but In
contrast with grain. the provision
market scored a general advance.
The village of Weston. Wis., had
long wanted a church, but never could
afford one until prohibition came,
fclven then its citizens were not wealthy
enough to erect a building, but
the man who for years had gerved
liquors with a free lunch came forward
and said he had decided to go
Into another business. He offered the
use of his saloon and dance hall for
the church, and his home for the parsonage.
The tlrst Sunday the church
wns open he came into town from his
farm, took a drink of water from the
town pump and sat in the front row
during service.
The reputation of grasshoppers as
destructive insects is well established
In Kansas, hut Francis Callahan of
Abilene lins what he clnlms is the
record "hopper" story. Francis declares
that grasshoppers consumed his
pay chock. Ho had obtained the
chock In town and white cultivating
corn discovered that the check had
become soaked with perspiration. He
lnid It on the ground to dry out. An
hour later when he returned to get
his check he found only a few remnants
and a number of grasshoppers
devouring what was left. As evidence.
Francis produced the tattered
remnants to his emloyer and got a
new check.
_ Whnt he says he believes to l>e a
"flaw-prrfof" will has been made and
tiled in the otllce of the clerk of Polk
County, la., by Theodore Mantz, a
Des Moines lawyer. Mr. Mantz dictated
his will into a talking machine,
nnd had It recorded In wax. At the
end of the dictation, C. 11. Miller, a
lawyer, and H. W. Itrandt, a court reporter.
testified Into the machine they
were witnesses to the "making" of the
will nnd spelled their names in full as
the witnesses. The record then was
put on a machine and reproduced the
voices. Hcing pronounced eorrect by
Mr. Mantz, he took it to the clerk's
office, had the box containing it sealed
in wax nnd tiled. Mr. Mantz hns
instructed Mrs. Mantz to take the
case to the highets court of the country
if the vnlidlty of the will should he
questioned.
Another sinner has returned to the
fold, writes "lluck" Tirynnt to the
Charlotte Observer from Washington
Hoke Sntith. of Georgia, who did all
the harm he could during the consideration
of the peace treaty, now
announces himself for the senate, and
I* standing squarely on the Domoorntlo
platform. Jim lteed is trying to
break hack into the party in Missouri.
These arc considered straws
that show the course of the wind.
Kenntor Vnnco used to tell n story
about the calf that left its mother
nnd ran off after an old steer. The
owner of the cow and the calf when
asked what he was going to do about
it said "the llttlte fool will come back
nt feeding time." The mischief-making
Democrats, who cherished the
congrat ula tins of llenry Cabot
Dodge, the South-hater, are now seeking
the support of real Democrats.
Wanted by ItoiHiriler.
Recorder ' ?tt Monday morning issued
a warrant for the arrest of
Claud Chapman, until recently employed
nt a local garage, who is
charged with reckless driving, using
profanity on the streets and contempt
of court. Chapman is alleged to have
violated the speed ordinance Sunday
afternoon. Monday morning the
' other eharges against him are said to
have arisen when he was summoned
by the police olllcer to appear before I
the recorder, which he refused to do.
but instead got in an automobile nnd i
left town.
To Stamp Out Illltcrtu-y.
Miss Inn Ashe, county organizer of
schools for illiterate adults, urges that
as many as possible of the trustees
and teachers of the various public
schools of the county attend a meeting
to be held in the court house nt
York Saturday morning nt 10:30
o'clock, nt which plans will be lnid to
stamp out Illiteracy In the county.
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NEWS OP YORK COUNTY.
Item** of (ionoral Interest Clipped
Prom the Yorkvtlle Enquirer
Farmers on the western side of the
vuuui) uu iiui Ht'viii 10 uc quue ho wen
up with their work an are the farmers
on the eastern side. Most of the
western farmers are hoping to get
two or three more furrows In their
cotton, and also their corn Is still
needing work.
The gates to the Democratic primary
In this county will he closed on
Mondny, August 2. at noon, and the
opening campaign meeting will be at
McConnellsvllle on Tuesday, August
3. All would-be candidates must
sign the pledge and pay their assessments
before the first named date.
Comptroller General Sutherland and
Clerk Jackson of the comptroller general's
office visited the court house
Wednesday for the purpose of making
their annual settlement with Treasurer
H. K. Nell and Auditor B. M.
Dove. The State officials found tho
books of the county officers In a very
satlsfactry condition.
I?nst Saturday morning's session of
the court of common pleas was devoted
to memorial exercises in honor
of the late W. B. Wilson, Sr., Judge
Moore presiding. Tributes were rendered
by Messrs. C. E. Spencer, G. W.
S. Hart, W. W. I*ewis, J. A. Marlon,
Thos. F. McDow, J. S. Brlce, Herbert
M. Ptinlap, Walter M. Dunlap. W. J.
Cherry nnd Judge Ernest Moore. All
of the spenkers testified to their high
appreciation of the character and legal
ability of the deceased, nnd a
resolution of respect was spread on
the minutes of the court.
A verdict for the plaintiff In the
Slim of fan IK'fm. I "" 'I ?cft
punitive dnmnRos was returned by the
Jury at the recent session of the court
of common pleas in the case of If.
I/. Johnson against Frledhelm McCarter.
Johnson brought suit in the
sum of $400 for alleged damages suffered
by his automobile In collision
with an automobile driven by McCartcr
on November 29 last. The accident
occurred near Post Oak school
house In Bethel township. Many Bethel
township people heard the testimony
In the ense Thursday.
The handsome new church building
recently completed by the Beersliebn
congregation was solemnly
dedicated to the worship of God last
Sunday with exerciser appropriate to
the occasion. The programme included
an address by Col. W. W.
I.ewis, on the problems of the modern
church, the regular morning sermon
by Bev. M. It. Kirkpatrlck, the
oldest living former pastor of the
church, and the dedicatory sermon
In the afternoon by Itev. George E.
Guile. There was a picnic dinner
during the recess hour thnt included
plenty of the best of everything for
the grent crowd that was in attendance.
All of the exercises were entertaining
and Instructive, and the
signing, especially under the leadership
of Mr. E. M. Dickson, came In
for unusual commendation.
II. 1<\ Eldredge, a Columbia advertising
agent, has published a chart
which purports to give the name, location,
circulation and frequency of
issue of all the newspapers in the
Stnte. He has the Yorkville Enquirer
down us having a circulation of 2,600,
and being published once a week. The
Anderson Daily Tribune does not appear
on his list at all. The Fort
Mill Times, one of the best of the
coui^ry weeklies, has been overlooked
entirely, while other papers of
less Importance appear with considerable
prominence. The chart has
caused ?iulte a commotion In some of
the newspaper offices, which are
making vigorous protests because of
I alleged misrepresentations. The idea
I of the chart Is good and helpful and
' lis execution Is (piite creditable, proI
aided the innecuraeies are in good
faith: but whether these inaccuracies
are in good faith or not. it would
I seem that they ought to be corrected
.t least to the extent of naming all of
the different newspapers' type. So
far as The Yorkville Enquirer is concerned
It does not care, because it
has long since learned to appreciate
that the paper shows for itself, and
I representations that arc inconsistent
with the facts have never done It any
permanent harm.
So far as the Yorkville Enquirer
has information, the boll weevil has
not yet made his appearance In any
part of York county. If he succeeds
in establishing himself for long before
he is located and identified such
success will be surprising. All the
farmers are looking for him and in
t^eir search they are learning a good
deal about Insects of all kinds. There
are bugs and bugs in this county,
h eluding bugs that have been here
nlwsva ivlthflllt Vinvlno ~ J
? * ?? ..?? ii?e niiim iru cvrn
missing notice previously. They nro
I.< lng noticed now. Kvery now and
again one of them is run down and
hotted on suspicion, and unless somebody
can vouch for him. just as apt
as not he Is brought to the office of
'he Yorkville Enquirer for identification.
The Yorkville Enquirer is
not maintaining n department of entomology;
but whenever it thinks
that a suspicious Insect needs to be
examined further, that Insect is sent
to Clenison. Quite a number of such
suspicious insects have been sent to
t'lempon recently; but so far all of
them have been able to prove thai
they were victims of mistaken identity.
The vigilance of the cotton growers
has been in no wise relaxed and
the outlook Is that there wil be no
rdaxntion of that vigilance.
Mrs. Hamilton Courtney of Savannah
Is in Fort Mill visiting her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Oulp. Miss '
Mannle Oulp of Greensboro. N. O.. another
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oulp. i
also Is their guest for several days.
ORT ]
FORT MILL, S. C., THU!
MARKETING OF COTTON
STRESSED BY SPEAKERS
About 150 farmers and business
men of Fort Mill attended in the Masonic
hall Friday evening a meet
ing under me auspices of the American
Cotton association in the interest
of the better marketing of cotton.
There was some confusion as to the
hour of the meeting, otherwise it is
thought the attendance would have
been larger. Addresses were made
by John O. Richards of Kershaw, A.
A. McKeown, district demonstration
agent, W. H. Mills of Clemson College,
Asbury K. Dover, member of the federal
farm loan board, and Dr. D. B.
Johnson of Rock Hill, president of the
York County Cotton association. Each
of the speakers was given close attention
and committees were appointed
to stir up interest in the housing
of the local cotton crop and to secure
funds for the cooperation with other
townships of the county in the employment
of a county cotton grader.
The meeting was presided over by Dr.
Johnson.
Peculiar interest attached to the
speech of Mr. Dcver, for J8 years the
representative in the lower house of
Congress of the Seventh South Carolina
district, who resigned a few years
ago to accept a place on the federal
farm loan board. For six years Mr.
Dover was chairman of the committee
on agriculture of the house of representatives
nnd Is considered one of
the leading authorities on agricultural
conditions of the country. He was
the author of the Dover food control
act, a war measure designed to prevent
protiteerlng in the necessaries
of life, as well as much Important
legislation in behalf of the agricultural
interests of the country. Hla
speech in Kort Mill urging the farmers
and business men to stand by the
American Cotton association in its
efforts to promote the better marketing
of cotton was a strong presentation
of the necessity for the cotton
growers to unite in protecting themselves
uguinst the cotton speculators
miu ui\iuiciuvai it UlU.v uuuiu ICCCIVU
the value of their product. Krcquently
during Mr. Lever's speech he was
applauded and a number of those who
heard him remarked, after the meeting
that it was regrettable that South
Carolina should lose the services of a
man so well equipped to serve the
public.
Major Richards, the first speaker
of the meeting, said in opening his
address that if the coton farmer received
the profit to which he Is entitled
on his product It would not only
make for his own prosperity but the
prosperity of the Southern people
generally, adding that men who do
nothing toward the production of the
cotton crop are the men who are reaping
the big rewards from it. "Until
the American Cotton association was
organized," he said, "the cotton farmers
never had the real sympathy and
assistance to which they were entitled
from the business interests of the
South; but all are now standing
shoulder to shoulder and through the
cotton association this cooperative effort
has in the last few years saved
half a billion dollars to the South on
cotton raised during those years." He
urged membership in the cotton association.
saying it was a fight for
the industrial freedom of the South,
and w'th adequate warehousing facilities.
proper grading nnd official
weighing a new day would dawn for
the cotton States. "The farmers
know as much about grading cotto:i,"
he* said, "as W. J. Bryan does about
the different brands of liquor; and
because of their lack of knowledge of
the different grades of cotton they
are annually beaten out of an immense
amount of money. "They lose
enough in this way every year." he
said, "to build a warehouse at every
ginnery In the South. Most of the
buyers are honest, but like the farmer
know little about the different
Krnnes 01 coiton anu ramer man run
the risk of losing use too much conservatism
in grading the cotton."
"South Carolina ought to huve facilities
for warehousing 500.000 hales
of cotton," said Mr. Mills, "but the
storage facilities today will care for
only about 200,000 bales," he added.
"York county Is better off in this respect
than many other counties of
the State. The annual cotton crop
of York amounts to about 40.000 bales
and the county has warehouses with a
capacity of 20,000 bales." lie was of
the opinion that Fort Mill needs a
warehouse of about 600 bales capacity,
the cost of which would depend
upon the kind of material used in its
construction. He estimated that cotton
could be stored in such a warehouse
as Fort Mill needs at about
24 cents per bale per month. "The
big farmers are able to take care of
themselves by erecting their own
warehouses and putting them in the
State system," he said, "but it is the
small farmer who needs the benefits
of the public warehouse so that he
the market as soon as it is gathered..
He directed attention to the ruinous
practice of many farmers who leave
their cotton exposed to the weather
and said that every farmer should
store his cotton to the best advantage
to he aide to got cheap insurance on
it.
Following the address of Mr. Mills.
Mr. McKeown wont into a detailed
statement of the plans of the cotton
association to provide for warehouses
and the employment of official graders.
Mr. McKeown's statement wus
listened to with marked Interest and
made a splendid impression on the
audience.
Mr. I^ever got to his subject at once
and after referring pleasantly to the
comparative good looks of himself
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Mill
R8DAY, JULY 29t 1920.
ATTAMPTED POISONING
CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN
Saturdny afternoon J. M. Epps, far.
mer, who lives near Fort Mill, swore
out before .Magistrate E. S. Parks a
warrant for the arrest of his wife,
Mrs. Emma Epps, charging her with
an attempt to poison Saturday morn.
Ing himself and his daughter, Mrs. S.
F. Sutton, with parts green placed In
the coffee pot at Mrs. Sutton's home,
a few hundred yards from the home
of Mr. Kpps. Mrs. Kpps was arrested
Saturday afternoon by Magistrate J.
F. Lee and Saturday night was taken
to the county jail at York, where she
Is being held pending the outcome of
the charges against her.
Saturday morning Mrs. Kpps had
occasion to visit the home of Mrs. Sutton
and it was while there she is accused
of entering the kitchen and
placing in the coffee pot the poison.
According to Mr. Kpps' statement she
and his daughter, Mrs. Sutton, have
not been on the best of terms recently.
While at the Sutton home. Mr.
Kpps further states. Mrs. Sutton saw
Mrs. Kpps at the cook stove with her
hand In the coffee pot, but thought
nothing of the incident until she made
the coffee for the noon meal and then
discovered the presence of a green
substance boiling out of the pot.
The incident was reported to Mr.
Kpps and he came to town and had a
physician go to his home and analyze
the contents of the coffee pot. The
physician gave the opinion that there
was paris green in the coffee pot.
I-ater in the day Mr. Kpps swore out
the warrant for the arrest of his wife.
Mr. Kpps is of the opinion that his
wife is of unsound mind and thinks
she should tie committed to the State
Hospital for the insane in Columbia
or the home for the feeble minded at
Clinton. He and Mrs. Kpps, his second
wife, who was Miss Knimu Kimhrell,
were married on December 22,
11*19.
DtN-Uiios Mtiorvsvlllc fall
Dr. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the
First Presl.yterinn church of York,
has announced his declination of the
call extended him several weeks ugo
by the First Presbyterian church of
Moorcsvllle, N. C.
and Mr. Mills, said that he had not
come to Fort Mill to soft soap the
farmer, "who is a poor business man,"
he said. He referred to the conditions
that obtained for the cotton
farmer shortly after the outbreak of
the World war In 1914 and said that
if the South again experienced similar
conditions it would be the South's
own fault. "The farmer knows all
about producing cotton, but has little
information ubout marketing it. I do
not want the farmer to receive a fair
price for his coton, but I want him to
get the value of it. When cotton
mills in New England, and some even
In the South, are able to pay dividends
of from 100 to 300 per cent,
that Is evidence that the farmer is not
getting the price for his cotton that
he is entitled to." He said the shirt
he was wearing cost hint $5 and that
there was about f>0 cents worth of
cotton in It. "If 1 were attorney general
of the United States." he said, "I
think I could find some important
work to do in this connection." "Who
got the $4.r?0 difference?" he Inquired.
Sixty-thre per cent, of the farmers of
South Carolina are tenants?a bad
condition for the State. Recently on
a trip through his home country. I.exington.
he counted six farm houses in
which some years ago well-to-do families
lived. These families had quit
the farm for a reason, he said, and
that reason was that there was nothing
attractive about farm life. He
deplored the nationwide tendency to
move from the country to town and
said it could he halted by the farmers
making their places more homelike
and installing for the benefit of the
women and girls of the family, if
for no other reason, some modern
conveniences to be found in the cityhomes
"Not 10 per cent, of the
farm homes in South Carolina have
In them running water or a modern
lighting system and the average farm
woman works IS hours a day," he
said. He urged the farmers to make
life easier for their wives and daughters
by improving living conditions
at their homes.
"It took South Carolina 36 years,"
Mr. I*ever raid, "to regain the wealth
she lost by the four years of war between
the States. With the return of
prosperous times it is the duty of the
farmers to provide good schools for
their children. Why, the government
sets aside one-third more compensation
for the charwoman that cleans
my ottlce in WashinKton than is paid
the average country school teacher in
South Carolina," he said. lie urged
the farmers to buy automobiles, sayiiiK
that they made for more attractive
farm life and enabled their wives
to get away from many of their burdens
and the grinding isolation of
country conditions.
Mr. Rever closed his speech by
urging the farmers to Join the cot 1on
association and support the movement,
which was in their interest, lie
said that the State should cooperate
in the warehouse movement by Issuing
bonds.
Following Mr. I*ever, Dr. Johnson
made an interesting talk in which he
referred to the liberality of the York
county banks in lending the farmers
money on their eotton and of the federal
government In aiding the farmers
by letting them have money at a lower
rate of Interest than the government
can now borrow money Dr.
Johnson feared that If the Republicans
win In the election this fall the
farm oan aett will he repealed.
Time
HOMES FOR CHILDREN.
Welfare Board Considers Applications
of Fort Mill Families.
Mrs. Mildred Wooten of Columbia,
representative of the child placing department
of the State board of public
welfnrc, spent Tuesday In Fort Mill
making the investigations required by
the rules of the board in response to
applications that recently have been
made by 1>ort Mill families for children
now in the care of the board.
Refore Mrs. Wooten left Fort Mill she
stated that it was not improbable that
a number of children would be placed
in Fort Mill homes.
The Stnfe board of public welfare
was created at the 1920 session of the
General Assembly and has since taken
over and enlarged the work done by
the South Carolina Children's society,
which was an association of prominent
women of the State whose purpose
was to place in suitable homes
orphan children and children whose
parents were unable or unwilling to
care for them properly. The child
placing department of the welfare
hoard now has 16 children under its
care. These children are in need of
homes and it was with the view of
placing two or three of them here
that Mrs. Wooten came to Fort Mill
Tuesday.
"We feel," said Mrs. Wooten while
in Fort Mill, "that we are doing a
good work and that the public is appreciating
our efforts- it would surprise
the average citizen to know of
the great number of calls our office
receives to provide homes for destitute
children. To give you an illustration
of what we are doing, let me tell you
of a case that we handled in the Tee
l>ee section of the State not long ago.
Word came to us that there were five
children, all in one family, in the
backwoods of Marion county in great
I ..? I ... Mnrinn
county and investigated the case.
There were four girls, the oldest about
15, and one little hoy in the family.
Their home wuh near a logging cuin|.
at which a great many negroes were
employed and I found them in extreme
poverty, living alone, with nothing
to eat except potatoes and cornbread.
Their mother was dead and
their father, it delicate man who had
done the best he could for them,
had gone away from home and fallen
ill. He was unable to return home
and could do nothing to relieve thi
condition of the children. 1 took
them to Marion and I hero succeeded
in placing in good homes the little boy
and one of the little girls. The Deln
llowe home, in Abbeville county, took
in and agreed to rear the thro.e remaining
ehlldren. It was a source ol
great relief to ntc to see these children
comfortably provided for. All ol
them had good manners, indicating
that both their father and mother had
the proper conception of the duty ol
parents.".
FAI.L OF XimiANon.K
Fort .Mill Hreck I'leascil With the Victory
of His Countrymen
Harry ("arms, proprietor of the
Fort Mill Kiindy Kitchen, who is a
native of one of the islands in the
Aegean sea captured by (Ireece from
Turkey in the Kulknn war of 11H1-12,
was greatly gratified to learn from the
press dispatches a day or two age
that the Greeks had driven the
Turks out of Adrianople, first city,
next to Constantinople, in Importance
in European Turkey. Harry is confldent
that if the allienl governments
of Europe allow Greece a free hand
in the war between that country and
Turkey, the "Asiatic Buzzard" will be
driven from Europe for all time.
Adrianople was taken from the Turks
In the war Greece, Serbia and Itulgarla
had with Turkey In 1911-12
and was allotted to Bulgaria only
again to fall under the sway of the
Turks in the war with Bulgaria fol,
lowing closely upon the heels of tin
Balkan war.
"Most Americans do not know ot
the unspenkable atrocities which the
Greeks have suffered at the hands ol
the Turks." Harry said. otherwise
they could understanel the feeling of
bitterness we have for them Now
my countrymen are repaying then
in a measure for the centuries of
persecution to which they subjected
us. and I thank God fe>r it. If the
pi lies would let Greece alone, the
Turk would soon shake the dust of
Constantinople off his feet. Constantinople
belongs tee Greece tinyway
and she ought to be allowed to
take it."
Celebrates Hltli Birthday
About H>0 guests gathere-d at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Patterson
in Barbervlllo. Lancaster county
Wednesday. July 2 8. to join with
them in the celebration of Mr. Pat
tereon's 84th birthday. Mr. Patterson
has tlve snn?, four daughters and
grandchildren, most of whom wore
present at the. celebration yesterday
The remainder of the company was
made up of friends and neighbors
anii other relatives. A delightful
dinner was spread on tables in the
ample shade in the yard, well laden
baskets having been brought by many
who attended the celebration. Aftei
the blessing by the Itev. J. W. II
Dvehes. Mr. Patterson's pastor, all
present partook of the bountiful dinner
and enjoyed a social hour together.
In the afternoon T>r. Pyohes
read the lOftd Psalm and offered
a prayer for the aged couple, their
descendants and all present. Mr. and
Mrs. Patterson, who have traveled
life's road together for many years,
are hod in high esteem by their neighbors
and greaty belored by their
children, and these annual gi.inerings
in their honor are always largely attended
and greatly enjoyed.
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S1.25 Per Year
SAYS WORLD WAR MEN
SOON TO RUN COUNTRY
"American l,eglon men and other
veterans of the World war will run
this country live, ten or 15 years from
now," Franklin D'Oiler. national commander
of the legion, told U00 legionera
at a luncheon given in Ids honor
in Kansas City a few days ago.
"The ex-army men will be most
prominent in business, in professions
and in polities, not merely because
| they are ex-service men, but because.
to get m the nrni.v. they were picked
carefully."
The Irglon, Mr. Ii'Oiler said, itas
performed a greater service than has
been generally realized, hoth in keep,
lug down lawlessness and in aiding
men disabled in the war.
"The most important thins before
the legion today is to set some form
of payment for the service men and
to make further provisions for those
disabled. The fourfold compensation
plan, which passed the lower house
of Congress at the last session, but
which was not considered by the senate,
seems to he satisfactory to almost
everyone who understands It.
When the plan was presented to Congress
we asked It to make the reparations
its much as was consistent with
the welfare of the country."
The fourfold compensation plan offers
four options to service men.
Farm loans to nhl them In purchasing
farms; home aid. so Hint they may
buy homes of their own; vocational
training to put them in position to
earn a good living, or a cash bonus,
depending in amount on the length of
time in service.
"The charge that this plan would
bankrupt the country is. to me, laugh
aide." Mr. D'oiler said. "These men
thought enough of their country to
of'or their lives for it?and they did
offer their lives, whether they fought
<r France or not?and they surely
think enough of it now to see that It
's not bankrupted."
VEIIDICT AOAINST STOCKTON
Jury Awards Mrs. Itroom $l,.Mlll for
Injury to Child
Fifteen hundred dollars is the
amount of damages awarded to Mrs.
Kdna I.oe Broom of Fort Mill last
Wednesday afternoon by a Vork
county Jury, with John S. Sandifer as
foreman, for injuries, including a
rotten iirin. 10 i lie iz year om
laughter of Mrs. Itroom on White
street, in Fort Mill, some months ago,
'he ease heltig against T. C. Stockton
-?t Cleveland county, N'. C., who was
i-barged with reckh-ssly driving ttic
utomohile which struck and caused
the child's injuries. Several Fort Mill
citizens appeared as witnesses in the
case. The verdict was said to he the
largest ever returned hy a York jury
ai:ain:t an automobile driver.
Stockston and three otiier men were
driving a car through Fort Mill some
months ago and the itroom child in
crossing tlic street near the otlice of
the Fort Mill Manufacturing company
was knocked down and seriously hurt
by the car. Stockton and his companions
continued on their way to
Charlotte, hut were there arrested upon
request of the Fort Mill oHlclals
and immediately brought back t'o Fort
Mill and fined for reckless driving.
l'cw Want Victory Medals.
Instead of being swamped with applications
for the Victory medal, the
war department has joceived only
50,000 applications since June t. when
distribution was commenced hy the
a tiny. The department had prepared
to issue approximately "5,000 a day,
it which rate it wounhl have taken
four months to complete the distrihu
1on. At the rato applications havu
been coming, however, it would take
almost six years to Issue the medals
'? the men entitled to receive them.
Applications for the medals should
i? made l>y ollicors and men in person
>t hy mail to the nearest post camp,
tation or recruit ing otlice, where
'dunks ami full instructions will ho
'tirnished sts to the class of medal
'ltd nuiehcr of battle clasps to which
'he applicant is entitled. The dis harice
papers, which must he submitted,
will then l>e returned, and
irders forwarded to the depot otlicer
I" the <|iiartcrma>-'tcr corps at I'hila'e!|ihin
to ship the medal directly to
he applicant. The no dal will he isued
to the nearest relative of an olli cr
or enlisted man entitled to it. w ho
vns kllltd in action or h is since ?1:ed
>' application is made in the manner
described. stating the fact of death.
l?r. ott iiittiini'v Kccorarr.
I >r. A. L. <>(t a few days ?ko aeroptctl
the ofliee of rccooliT to which
he was elected liy town council at its
neetinK Tuesday evenlnc of last week
and is now ready to hear any oases
over which the police authority of the
'own has jurisdiction. Yesterday In.
'Mt stated to The Times that it was
his purpose to enforce impartially the
ordinances of the town. "| do not
urpose to make fish of one and flesh
>f another," snhl in- i hi. When a
Icfei.dant Is brought befor" inf I
hit 11 not iissume that lie is .tuilly,
hut if ho is innocent lie will he aide
to establish Ids Innocence, otherwise
[ he 11 i 11 pay for his wronjfdoing."
Sunday School Library Looks
Six hundred new books have been
d?led to the circulating library of the
South Carolina Sunday School ns?oela(
n, aocordinK to an anonnccmcut ol
v>e ffr'rr.l superintendent. With
his addition, the library now enn ii'ns,
it Is said by the association,
early all of the best hooks in print
tealirjj with Sunday school methods
The association loans out these
hooks free of ehrir**o to any Sunday
school workers of any denomination.