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Established 1891.
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES
Dugar Hill, a machinist at the
Globe mills In Gaffney, wan electrocuted
Saturday morning while he was
using a machine (or cleaning the
dust from a room In the mill. His
death was instantaneous. He was 2 4
yeara old and had Just taken out an
insurance policy for $2,000, which
will be paid to his widow.
Eugene V. Debs. Socialist candidate
for president, who is serving a
term in the Atlanta penitentiary,
has put his foot down on the movement
started by friends to obtain
n pardon for him from President
Wilson. Debs says he does not want
a pnrdon so long as his comrades
"are held criminals and convicts."
Seven hundred nnd fifty school districts
in South Curollna have voted
original school levies this year or
raised existing levies to provide additional
school funds as the result
of an act of the General Assembly
this year. The revenue added to
school receipts in this way throughout
the State will exceed a million
dollnrs. according to a statement Just
given out by the education department
in Columbia.
The Democratic party's war chest
Is open to contributions of any
amount, George White, chnlrman of
the national committee, announced
in Washington a few (lavs ago. Party
leaders, Mr. White said, "will examine
the source rather than the
amounts of all contributions. Pence,
progress. prosperity, will tie the 3word
sloRan of the Democratic campnlKners,"
Mr. White said, adding
that with thiH slogan the party should
he "Coxsure" . of victory.
Uncle Sam is In the tight of his
life ngnlnst John Barleycorn, says
"Buck" Bryant, writing to the Charlotte
Observer from Washington.
Moonshinlng is on the Increase and
crime Is rampant In consequence of
the activity of the booxe mills. People
coming to Washington from the
South assert that liquor is more
plentiful in North Carolina, South
Carollnn, Oeorgln and other States
In that section thnn It has been since
the dry laws went into efTect.
John J. Mitchell, president of the
Illinois Trust nnd Savings bank, Chicago,
predicts lower prices and, along
with the end of skyrocketing, a general
improvement in business condl
tionn. Food prices are coming down."
he said, "nnd that is an encouraging
feature, so far ns the public, the ultimate
consumer. Is concerned. Onts
that sold u week ngo for $1.15 a
bushel have fallen to 75 conts a
bushel. Corn is off 4 0 cents a bushtl.
Wheat has dropped 25 cents a
bushel and tlour has declined 75
cents a barrel."
A. Lessen, proprietor of a small
grocery store in New York city, Friday
fuced a sentence of two years
in the penitentiary In Atlanta, having
been found guilty of vlolntlon of
thft fiontlnn Af ?%? T
...v wi tuv <4c?rr ail piuviuInR
against hoarding foodstuffs. Federal
Judge Howe In Imposing sentenee
aald he might hnve chosen the
alternative of fining lessen $K.000,
but he did not want to put the dollar
mark on the Judgment. Rvldenfe
was produeed In the trial to
show that I^eaaen had hoarded more
than 200,000 pounds of sugar.
Barton county, Kanans, la the
banner wheat county of that State
this year with an estimated yield of
4,600,000 bushels, valued at nearly
12 million dollars. Tt has a population
of 18,000, which means Its
wheat output this year Is worth
$640 per capita for every man, woman
nnd child In the county, to say
nothing of the corn nnd other
products. It has had no labor
shortage, nnd much of the threshing
has been finished nnd the floating
labor has been filtering away to Nebraska
nnd other fields, following the
ripening grain
Snld to have been born 144 years
ago, the year the Declaration of Independence
was signed, on a spot
which Is now government reservation
and which he still cnlls home. Domingo
Jacinto, chief of a tribe of
Digger Indtnns In l.ngunn mountains.
California, was one of the spectators
at a recent Independence day
celebration there. Accompanied by
his daughter, a granddaughter and a
great-grnndson, he evinced keen Interest
In the program. He is said
to be older than the pines and other
trees which make I*aguna Mountain
resorts a playground for the residents
of Inmerlnl nnH
counties, .California,. Although feeble
be cnn walk, hear and talk without
difficulty.
At what point alcoholic content
cider and fruit Juices may be regard
ed as actually intoxicating Is a question
on which John F. Kramer, federal
prohibition commissioner, has
refused to pass. "Home brewed beer
containing more thnn one-half of 1
per cent Is legally Intoxicating,
whether It la physically Intoxicating
or not." Mr. Kramer said, "but In the
^ case of elder and fruit Juices, made
^ In the home for use there, enforcement
officers must prove that they
are actually Intoxicating to be lllegal.
The difficulty, of course, will be
to prove that so conclusively as to
convince a Jury, especially In a 'wet*
community." Older and fruit Juices
are the onfy exceptions named In the
law. This. Mr. Kramer explained,
was due to the desire to affect as little
as possible conditions In the home
and on the farm, "lleer." he said,
"never was made at home."
Monday was the 17th anniversary
or the unveiling of the Catawba
Indian monument In Confederate
park, Fort Mill.
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NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Clipped
From the Yorkvllle Enquirer
Mrs. Emma Epps. 36, of Fort Mill
township, who was committed to jail
recently on a charge of attempting
to poiBon her husband by putting
parts green In his coffee, will be committed
to the State Hospital for the
Insane, It was learend yesterday.
Officials said there was no doubt of
the fact that the woman's mind Is
weak. v
J. Meek McGlll, prominent business
man of Hickory Grove, said yesterday
that Broad Rtver township had. raised
us quota 01 me tunas necessary to
secure the services of a federal cotton
grader for York county. Broad
Hlver township was assessed $250.
That there Is need In Fort Mill for
the constant services of a federal
officer to look after violations of the
Mann white slave act was the statement
made by a prominent Fort Mill
citizen to the reporter yesterday. The
Fort Mill man went on to say that
the white slave act was constantly
violated In Fort Mill, many white
girls being carried across the State
line to and from Fort Mill and Charlotte
for Immoral purposes.
A Inrge section of country In the
Neely's Creek section of Catawba
township was swept by a terrific hallstorm
last Sunday evening at about 6
o'clock. indicting damage on the
growing crops to the extent of many
thousands of dollars. The crops of
the following, including between 300
and 500 acres of cotton and corn,
were virtually wiped out: Will White,
S. W. l?raffln. J. A. HhiUtnglaw, J.
B. Stewart. ?. ?. Itockholt, I,.
Boyd, Mt*. Mary Hoddey plantation.
Mrs. W. M. Martin, ?. ? Fowler,
W Mull 9nl?i^ar W T ??
T. M. Anderson. The crops of the
following. though not suffering so seriously
as those tlrst named, were
considerably damaged: I. T. Walker,
T. W. Boyd. J. H. Williams. J. M.
Simpson. J. W. Simpson. Robert R.
Oettys. J. G. Walker. D. T. Oottys G.
A. Oettys, W. E. Walker. H. t>. Kennedy,
Joe Hatterree, Bud Ferguson,
Will Ratteree, T. E. Patten.
There are 3,877 names on the
Democratic club rolls of York county
this year, compared with 4,086 names
on the club rolls In 1918 and 4.706
In 1916, according to the revised
rolls which were pussed upon by the
Democratic executive committee during.
a long sesion In the court house
Monday morning. The . enrollment
for' 1980 Is 209 names short of the
enrollment of 1918 and 829 names
short of the enrollment of 1916. The
enrollment by? precincts, according
to the returns of the executive com1918
Is as follows::
1918 1920
Bethany . 125 116
Bethel 107 96
Blairsvllle 117 86
Bullock's Creek 58 46
Cntawba* 72 65
Ebenexer 72 62
Filbert 106 124
Fort Mill 302 359
Hopewell 4 8 27
Forest Hill 70 81
Hickory Grove... .. .. 170 133 1
McConnellsvllle 112 112
I-ensile .... ? ? 00 I
Newport 51 52
Now Elon 128 102
Ogden 72 78
Rock Hill No. 1 .. ... 637 638
Rock Hill No. 2 .. .. 505 518
Sharon 118 107
Smyrna 70 72
Tlraah : 93 73
Yorkvtlle No. 1 257 250
Yorkvllle No. 2 320 347
Total 4.086 3,877
Coates Tavern In 1918.
Following are the candidates who
tiled their pledges and paid their assessments
to the county chairman hefore
the lists closed Monday at noon:
State senate. John R. Hart; supervisor,
Thos. W. Royd, R. F. Lee,
Hugh O. Brown. Clem' F. Oordon:
house of representatives, W. R. Bradford.
F.. W. Pursley. R.1 M. Mitchell.
Erwln Oarothors; clerk 'of the court,
W. R. I a tinier, F. E. Clinton, T. E.
McMackln; coroner. Paul Q. McOorkle;
sheriff, Fred E. Qutnn, J. Cnl
Steele; county com m last oners, Ladd
J. Lumpk|n, John C., Klrkpatrick;
magistrate. Bethel township. John
M. Ford. J. D. Royd; magistrate.
Fort Mill township, E. S. Parks, J. R.
Halle; magistrate, , York township. J.
C. Comer. Fred C.'.Black; magistrate.
Bullock's Creek township. J. L. Duncan;
magistrate, Broad R'ver township.
R. L. A. Smith; magistrate, Cntawha
township. J. F. Wlnkate: magistrate.
Bethendn " *
Crawford; magistrate, Ebonexer
township, T. R. Glenn; magistrate.
King's Mountain township, A. J.
Qulnn.
St. 14ml* Negro to Congress? ;
St. I-outs la faced with the possibility
of nominating a negro for congress
from its 12th district and the
nomination, many believe, means
election. There are two negro candidates
and two white men. Congressman
L C. Oyer, present incumbent.
who tr. seeking renomlnatlon,
is In Japan with a congressional committee.
investigating Japanese trade
conditions. Dyer Is opposed by Dr.
W. B. Clarke, a white man, and Geo.
I*. Vaughan. negro lawyer, and W.
A. Vanahle. negro edncator. Vaughan
has been making a particularly
active campaign and reports are that
he has mustered strong support. It
Is estimated that HO per cent of the
voters of the 12th district are negroes.
Dyer never had had any trouble with
the negro vote untl a year ago. when
he sought election to the State committee.
Negroes demanded that the
place be given to one of their race.
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CITIZENS WILL URGE
RIVER ROAD REPAIRS
Considerable Interest Is being taken
throughout York county In the
visit to Kock Hill Friday night of
the State Highway commission to
consider at a public meeting the Improvement
of roads in this section
which the commission will be urged
to take over as a part of the State
system of highways. The county
officials of all the counties In the
5th congressional district are expected
to confer with the commission
in Rock HIM Friday evening.
The State board soon will take
over the concrete and macadam road
)>ftwcen Winthrop college and the
river bridge and will thereafter assume
the responsibility of maintaining
the road. An asphalt surface
will be put over the portion of the
roau on wnicn mere now is macadam.
The county commissioners will
he asked at the meeting in Rock
Hill tomorrow night to put the road
between Rock Hill and York In such
condition that the State highway
commission will feel justified In also
taking it over for State maintenance.
The statement was made yesterday
that a delegation of Fort Mill citizens
will attend the conference of
the State highway commission in
Rock Hill tomorrow evening to try
to Influence the commission to take
over the stretch of a mile and a half
of rond between Fort Mill and the
river, which connects with the centent-macadum
road between Wlnthrop
college and the river that the
commission already has agreed to
maintain. It was pointed out by one
of the Fort Mill citizens interested
in the proposition that unless the
road between Wlnthop college and
the river was to be used mainly as
a pleasure driveway there was quite
as much reason why Rock Hill
khnillH pnnnnrnt a with Vnvt Vflll In
necking to have the roud Improved
on the Fort Mill aide of the river aa
there was why that city should have
wanted the other end of the road
taken over by the highway commission.
MAKING BIG MONEY?
Fort Mill Man Said to Bo Selling
Much Iiiquor.
Go away from, home to learn the
news of your home community. A
day or two ago a Fort Mill man was
in York and while there was / regaled
with the following bit.af Informationby
a ctttxen of that town:
"What has become of Mr. 8o-andSo
of Fort Mill?" asked the York
man. "Ib he still doing business at
the same old stand? Fort Mill Is a
tine community and I should like to
live over there, but I sometimes wonder
if a considerable number of your
law-abiding people do not sleep the
entire 24 hours of the day. The Mr.
So-and-So to whom I refer has been
reported as doing a land office business
selling liquor recently and I am
told has deposited several thousand
dollars in the bank. There Isn't
anything surprising about the report
that this man is sellinir Honor thomrb
for he la an old hand at the business;
but there la oecaaion for surprise In
the fact that so many Fort Mill cltl7.ons
think he la a high-toned man.
Will the officers get him? I should
not be surprised If they do. Just
wait and see." concluded the York
man.
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Uvea With Broken Keek
Physicians have discovered in I^ee
Henslee, 17 years old, of Pine Bluff,
Ark.,one of the most remarkable
cases in surgical history. The boy's
neck was broken in a fall from a
house. In July, 1919, and It was not
until a few days ago that an X-ray
examination disclosed the fact. He
apparently recovered from the fall In
a few days and since then had been as
physically active as othef boys, running.
swimming and Indulging In
ntVlAV* annrla InnltiMinof Kiaahl n rr
h or bps to ride.
Recently he complained of pain* in
hid back. Finding no cuuse, physlclans
decided to tdVe'an X-ray pTfotopraph.
The negative revealed that
the third, fourth and fifth vertebrae
had ben fractured and dislocated, an
injury which physicians said usually
causes death at once. Hui'geortli warned
the toby that a fall or sutT#en jar
might result fatally. They are . contemplatig
cutting a piece Of tyone
from his shin bone and grafting it upon
the third and fifth vertebrae If the
fractured hones do not knit together
properly under treatment bcinb given.
Use Km kors as FcrtHtser.
Sdckers are the reaOort for the
wonderful potato crop ardufid Dryden,
Orftarlo, this year. Sufckers by
the million Infest Ijatce Wabigoon,
near Dryden, a farming center.
These flsh, weighing tlfror gnd three
pounds. And not good to c^t, go up
the creck3 to spawn. fevery little
stream emptying into the lake
swarms with them in May. The
farmers don't waste time catching
them with a hook and line or even
with seine. They use a pitchfork or
a shovel. It's no trick at all to wade
out Into the shallows and shovel out
a couple of wagon loads of suckers
In an hou'\
Farmers, at potato planting time,
bury a sucker in each hill of potafoes.
The tish are rich In phosphate, the
basic element of all good fertillsera
Potato crops are phenomenal. One
man In the district raised 1.014
bushels to the acre last year. A
number of others did almost as well.
In most parts of the world 500 hushels
to the acre la considered a bumper
crop. These worthless sucker*
are making the formers In the lake
Wabigoon district rich.
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L8DAY, AUGUST 6, 1920.
MAIN BALLOT BATTLE
TO BE STAGED IN OHIO
A Kuen or prophecy as to which
of Onlo's sons seeking a residence In
the white House Is the really chosen
one of the people of this State Is
the merest piffle at this stage, says
a staff correspondent of the Kansas
City .Star writing to his paper from
Columbus, Ohio.
If the truth be told Ohio, before
the conventions. didn't visualise
either Harding or Cox as exactly 9f
White House stature. Of course,
both candidates had their groups of
enthusiastic admirers who saw them,
but the 8tate as a whole looked upon
her two prominent sons about in the
same fashion as the remainder of the
country has reacted to their nomination.
Bbth parties are making tremendous
efforts to carry the State. Tne
Impression Is prevalent throughout
the country that as Ohio decides so
the remainder of the country will go
?that the political barometer here
It: the best Index as to the state of
political weather In the remainder of
the nation. Realising this and that
the political eyes of the country are
Axed upon the "Mother of Presidents,"
State and national leaders of
both parties are centering efforts on
the State entirely out of proportion
to the actual weight of Ohio's electoral
votes. They are doing it for
psychological effect on the rest of the
country.
If the Harding forces, for Instance,
can show such a drift before election
in Ohio that It is fairly certain the
Republican nominee will carry U?e
State, they believe It will take the
punch out of the Cox campaign elsewhere.
for Cox was nominated on the
theory he would be a cinch In Ohio,
likewise, the Cox supporters have n
"hunch" that If they can produce
such a trend toward the governor
that fa nnnaront on/I stlolra ass* I*
will have a tremendous force In Influencing
other Statets, by showing
that Ohio, which knows both candidates
first hand, picks Cox.
To an extent both parties are right
?the Ohio fight will he by all otitis
the most significant battle. Yet
Harding, it would seem on analysis,
might lose Ohio and yet win, while
with Cox loslnfi Ohio would he fatal.
The Democrats are highly organised
here, better, probably, than in any
other State, and that might be of sufficient
weight to tip the scales here,
while the .Republic#!)*, better organ^
Ised in New York and tfew JerteyT
might reverse the Ohio decision. On
the other hand, if the Cox style of
campaign, aimed primarily at the industrial
liberal vote, doesn't go over
in his home State, where he Is best
known, it would be difficult indeed
to conceive of It sweeping the other
Industrial States.
Ordinarily, the forecast of how a
State will or can go can be drawn
with more or less truthfulness out of
the history of the past. But the psychological
factors of this campaign
are entirely new. so that Ohio's past
line-ups are little more than straws
to give the normal political mind of
the State.
Both candidates have made some
good races and some poor races In
the State. Supporters of both can
get comfort out of statistics and figures.
The Cox campaign has the ad.
vantage of ret>resentlng the "ins." the
governor having the powerful unified
and very effective State machine
he has built up through his terms In
the State house as an initial asset. It
has the advantage of conmlete bar
ninny In the Democratic ranks, with
Cox complete boss of the State machine
and the nominations for governor
and United States senator going to
men friendly to htm without opposition.
On the Republican aide, and that
Is one factor that makes any slse-up
of the State Impractical at this time.
Is'the Intense fight on in the O. O. P.
ranks for the gubernatorial and senetorial
places on the ticket Ohio Republicans
sensed early this was a Q.
O P. year anr t"oy jumped Ir. with a
vengeance for the nominations and
they won't get out until Knocked out
by the voters. Until the bitter State
piimary struraie Is over. It e?rmt be
told how Harding will be left, benefited
or Injured by the outcome.
Rut offsetting that Is the equally
distinct fact that Ohio has strongly
reflected, or certainly did until Cox
was nominated, the same undercurrent
of "anything to clean out the
Ttemocrats" that has been felt In other
States. This factor worrMb the Cox
supporters privately just as that well
oiled, harmonious Cox machine is the
bugbear of the Republicans.
APPROVES BR11KJE WORK.
Repairs to RaMot Structure (Please
, .Pleasant Valley Citizen.
Editor Fort Mill Times!
Permit me a little space In The
Times to add my approvnl to the
article written by "W. R. B." In last
week's Issue of your paper.
We, the people of the Pleasant
Valley section rejoice with those that
rejoice In that Bailes' bridge has
been repaired and is now In good
condition. In our rejoicing let's not
forget to commend Osmond Barber
for the valuable service he has rendered
the public in the erection of a
hnndralltng to the approach of the
bridge on the York county side. We
feel that we are under many obligations
to Mr. Barber and W. B.
Hoke. Possibly there were death*
there that could have been avoided
and suffering eliminated had these
Improvements been made years ago.
The world Is crying today for
thoughtful and acttlve men. It I*
time for Lancaster county to look
around. W. C. M.
Time;
THE SOUTH LEADS
Section Has More Spindles Than New
England
Time was when experts would tell
you that line cotton yarns could not
be manufactured In the South, because
In the first place labor of the
right type could not be had, and In
the second place, because of unfavorable
climatic conditions, says the
Charlotte Observer. In those days the
bulk of the cotton crop was shipped
North, spun into yarns and manufactured
into goods, and shipped back
Soouth and sold at the retail stores.
The South, which was producing all
of the raw material, instead of profiting
by the fact, was paying a double
freight Mil. and putting the profits in
another section. It was paying the
freight on the cotton north, then paying
the freight of the goods back
south, and allowing the profits or
inanufaetute to remain in the Nortn.
Then some bolder spirits be^tai tt
try that which the chemists said
could not be done. They began to
manufacture fine yarns with Soutne?n
labor and in Southern climate The
results have been successful from
the very start, and today thore arc
more spindles making coarse and fine
yarns in the South than there are In
fhe North.
Everything is made, from th"
coarsest yarns to the finest counts,
and in very recent years n number of
manufacturers are finishing the goods
South, rather than shipping them
North to be ilmshed. It fact thenare
several highly successful mercerising
and finishing plants in this
State, and there will be many more.
There Is also a tendency among the
Southern manufacturers to sell their
ol|rn output direct rather than to
handle through Northern agencies,
and numbers of groups of mills in the
South are today selling their own
goods. All of this wonderful chungc
means Immenxe saving to the South
and It means also thut millions of
dollars which formerly went North
are being kept in the South, to aid In
Southern development. All of these
thoughts are brought about by the
government census report issued this
week, which shows the marked lead
the South has today In the consumption
of cotton and In the increase of
Itts spinning Industry. During the
month of June the South consumed
56.4 per cent of the cotton of the
country and of the spindleagc Increase
In the United States of 563,396.
practically all. or 539,748, were
in Southern mills. .The tables have
Indeed turned, anff VYie"South Botonger
grows cotton to ship elsewhere for
manufacture, but each year the tendency
to manufacture raw materials
at home gains.
SCOUTS ON ENCAMPMENT.
Members of Fort Mill Troop Spending
Ten Days at Battleground.
Eighteen members of the local
troop of Boy Scouts, under the leadership
of the scoutmaster. R. II.
Strthllng. left Fort Mill at noon
Tuesday for a ten-day encampment
at King's Mountain battleground. In
the northwestern section of the county.
Kong's Mountain battleground
is about 35 miles from Fort Mill
through the country and as the
trip was too long for the scouts to
make In one duy they planned to
spend Tuesday night nt Tlrxah and
he there for the big cotton association
picnic Wednesday, resuming
in the afternoon yesterday the hike
to the battleground. The scouts'
camping paraphernalia Included everything
necessary to make their stay
afield pleasant and comfortable. The
following scouts compose the party
on the camping trip: B. W. Bradford.
Jr.. John McKee Hpratt, Elliott
Harris. Thomas Harris, Joe
Broadnax, Dan Broadnax, J. B. Mills.
Mike I.Ink, Henry Dink, Clyde McInfyre.
Evans Wolfe, James Ferguson,
11. C. Ferguson. Jr., Eugene
mi'Miinrn, r;arie sioelo, i-ee t arotnWORKING
IX)R W A K EIIOUSK
CommlshliiiMT Rivers Tells of Effort
to l>evek>|) System.
Writing to the editor of The
Time* in reply to a recent letter
commending his efforts to develop
the State warehouse system, J Ollfto
Itlvers, warehouse commissioner,
si. ya:
"I appreciate your kind words and 1
assure you that I am turning over
the cards with the face up to develop
the State wurehousc system
It Is capable of great good to all the
people of the State and from the
eigne I see and the enthusiasm
which the folks are showing you
will see more cotton stored this year
than ever has been since its institution.
We are working night and
day on its p^pbtems and I ain glad
to be able to-gay to you that we are
solving them %nd putting the system
on ioun(| principles and scientific
operation."
Dr. M. C\ Heath Dead.
Word was received In Fort Mill a
few days ago of the death In Richmond.
Ky.. Tuesday of last week of
Dr. M. C. Heath, former well known
cltiiM of the upper section of I?ancaster
county. Dr. Heath was a brothel
of the late fl. D. Heath and O. P.
Heath and Was a grand-uncle of J.
M. and W. 8. Belk of Fort Mill. Dr.
Heath was an aide on Colonel Monasters'
staff In the War Between
the States, having run away to enlist
at the age of 14. He was a graduate
of the University of South Carolina
and practiced at Bellevuc hospital.
New York city, prior to taking up
his practice in Richmond. He leuves
two children. Dr. Heath was 76
yearn of age and the last of a family
| of 16 children.
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THREE OLD MEMBERS
BACK IN LEGISLATURE
York county will be represented In
the General Assembly at the 1921 and
1922 wsslons, including the new
member of the senate, who Is to sit
from 1921 through 1924, by three
members of the present delegation,
John K. Hurt of York, W. It. Bradford
of Fort Mill and Kmmet W.
Pursley of Klng*B Mountain township.
It. M. Mitchell of Bullock's Creek
township und Krwin Curothers of
Itock lllll will be the other house
members from York county. Mr.
Mitchell represented the county in
the house of representatives in 1917
and 1918. He did not offer for reelection
two years ago. Mr. Carothers
has not heretofore had any legislative
experience.
Monday at noon the time expired
in whleh candidates could enter the
race for the Democratic nomination
li? the primary the last Tuesduy in
this month and for the first time in
years only a sufficient number of
candidates have qualified to fill the
five seats to which York county Is entitled
in the General Assembly. In
York Monday morning the statement
was made that Robert Save Riddle,
young farmer who lives In the Clay
Hill section of the county, would enter
the race for the house of representatives.
but he failed to do so and
after the time In which he might
have become a candidate had expired,
u close friend of his said that he
could not afford to be away from
h6me during the months of January
and Februury. when the Generul Assembly
Is in session, and for that reason
had decided not to offer for the
house.
For the next four years York county
will be represented in the State senate
by John It. Hart of York, who Is expected
to rank among the leaders of
that body. Mr. Hart is an able lawyer.
He is n son of the late MaJ. James F.
Hart, distinguished Confederate officer
who lost u leg In the service while
commanding Hart's Imttery. Two years
ago, after serving a number of terms
as mayor of York, Mr. Hart entered
county politics as a candidate for the
house of representatives and was nominated
by a handsome majority, lead
inic the list of six candidates. Mr.
Hart was assigned to membership on
tht Judiciary committee of the house
and participated in most of the de
Imtes on the more important hills inIwiIiimI
at the mhUmu of the
Qeneral Aasembly. He succeeds Senator
J. K. Beamifunrd, who declined to
offer for reelection, after serving eight
years In the senate and 12 years in the
house of representatives.
In point of aervlce. W. R. Bradford,
editor of the Fort Mill Times, will be
the oldest member of the York delegation
in the Oeneral Assembly for the
next two years. Mr. Bradford was
elected first in 1911 and will have finished
his fourth term ns a member
of the house of representatives with
the explrntlon of the 1922 session. At
the first session of the house in which
he sut Mr. Bradford was assigned to
membership on the ways and means
committee, ranking 17th in a membership
of 28. During his second term
he had risen from 17th place to llfth
place on the committee and at the
beginning of the 1919 session was
the ranking member of the committee,
of which he was appointed chairman
by Speaker Oothran. Along with Senator
Chrlstensen cf Beaufort county. ^3
Mr. Bradford is said to hold more Important
committee and commission assignments
than any man who has sat
In the Ocnernl Assembly In recent
yearn. Besides being chairman of the
ways and moans committee, Mr. Bradford
in a member of the sinking fund
commission, the joint committee on
printing. the budget commission, the
canal commission, the general contingent
fund committee und was chairman
of the special good roads committee,
composed of seven house mem born
and four senators, which prepared
the highway hill that became
a law a few months ago.
Kmmet W. Pursloy. farmer of King's
Mountain township, will begin his
third term next January as n member
of the house from York county. Mr.
Pursley is rated as one of the substantial
members of the house, who unlike
many other members, takes his duties
a* a representative seriously. He seldom
misses a session of the house ami
votes disinterestedly on every matter
brought before tlie body. lie is u
member of the following important
committee*: Agriculture, legislative library.
office* and officer*, education,
ruilroad*; road*, bridge* and ferric*;
Htate houMC and ground*. C)f these
committee*, that on agriculture Is esteemed
the most important. Mr. I'ursley
is Recond in rank on this committee
and if for any reason the present
chairman should not he reappointetd,
he will be in line for the chairmanship.
It. M Mitchell is not without legisla live
experience having served one
term, 1917-18, a* a member of tne
house of representatives from York
county Mr. Mitchell is an Intelligent
young man of excellent Judgment who
was highly c*teemed by his fellowmembers
during the lime he formerly
erved In ihc house, lie Is a former
and his home Is In the Rlalrsvllle
section.
Krwln f'arothers of Rock Hill, member
of the well known York county
family of that name, will ho the
youngest member of the next York
delegation. He is a son of the late
Dr. Tom t'nrothrs, and was graduated
'nst June from the law department of
the University of South Carolina.
A number of Fort Mill people were
among the hundreds who yesterday
attended the big cotton association
picnic at Tinrah. i