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TH E FORT M ILL TIMES Democratic?Published Thursdays. \V. K. Bradford and J. J. Bailes Publishers. W. K. Bradford, Editor and Mgr. Subscription Raton: blip Year fl.25 .Six Months 65 The Tiiiios invites contributions on livo subjects but does not agree to. .publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right Is reserved to edit every communication submitted for' publication. On application to the publishers, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. , Entered at the postotllce at Fort: Mill, S. C., ns ihnil matter of the second class.THlTltSDAX AUGUST 0, 1920. The. Times hopes . thut .there is more than the mere suggestion in the, report that Governor. Cooper is thinking of. naming Jnnves H. Thornwell n member of the State board of education. Mr. Thornwell is an old Fort Mill boy whose friends have been grutltled to observe the success he has met with as a teacher and school executive. For a number of years he was superintendent of the Winnsboro schools, where his services were highly es t< fined. Arterward lie was chief clerk in the ofllee of the secretary of State in Columbia. hut a year ago an attractive offer from Hartsville induced him to return to school work and lie has since been the head o;* tlio sclion)# there. Mr. Thornwell knows the needs of t.ie puMic school system of South Carolina and is n ma n of excellent judgment Ay hose appointment as a member of the hoard of education would add materially to the strength of the hoard. Whether conditions were such that the interstate commerca commission should have granted the application of the railroads for the big increase in freight and pnssengcr rates which are to become effective this month is a proposition to discuss which would now lead to nothing, since the order of the commission has gone forth allowing the companies to charge about 33 per cent more on their freight business and an increase of 20 per cent over their present passenger rates, addInn .? ..........1 ?J ' - !** .? IIIIIIUIIJ U|lll mill* oflmc of the ronds something like a billion unci u half dollars. In the main (his vast sum will go into the pockets of the employees of the companies, anil it will he paid by the public. No one could reasonably expect the railroads to do business on a pro-war basis and it may be that the position of the interstate commerce commission is Justified r by conditions which the roads are facing, but there are many who will wonder if the increase could not have been less and still afforded the companies sufficient revenue to do business on a safe basis if they could have found a way to get rid of the army of incllicient employees they are now carrying on their pay rolls ai salaries considerably in excess of those paid the workers in most other lines of endeavor. York county farmers doubtless will be heartened by the statement of Prof. A. P. Ponradi. in CJafJfney a few dpys ago. that in his opinion the boll weevil will not do much damage in Cherokee county, whose- climatic conditions and character of soil arc about the same as those of this county. Prof. Ponradi is entomologist at Plcmson college and Is said to lnjve given much study to the liab. it? and habitat of'the weevil. If he is r t in the conclusion that the pest v have reached itfc northern out port before it Invades Pherokee in gr? at numbers, then the cotton grower" of this section have much to be thankful for. other boll weevil au thorltles have boon <inotod as saying, however, that the post may bo dep< tided upon tit do great damage tn any community whoro cotton will grow ?o maturity. It would seem tboroforo that time only will toll what is iu storo for York - county from the activity locally of this littlo insect, which already has cost the Si ut'> hundreds of millions and has h ft a trail of ruined farms and deserted homes in its advance from the l!lo Grande to the Watoroo. Meanwhile there would bo littlo lost If the farmers planned other crops and other methods of producing revenue in connection with cotton growing. No one believes that with the coming * of the boll weevil the growing of cotton will be a thing of the past here, neither does any one whose word Is worth quoting set up the claim that the weevil will do no harm in York county. An illustration of the alleged Increased cost of road construction material and Inbor that .is of local interest is given in the bid of a eonc< rn which lias offered to put down a mile of hard-surface paving, IS feet wide and without guttering. In Fort Mill for the $P.0,000 bond issue authorised some months ago at a speelifl election anil the $10,000 the federal government has agreed to expend on road work In ^cooperation with the town. T*ess than six months ago. during the month of February to t>e exaet. when the, bill was passed l?y the General Assembly creating the street commission of Fort Mill, the State highway engineer assured the author of the bill that with th? bpt* - * $30,000 bond Issue U contemplated, and 110,000 promised from the federal treasury, at least a mile and a half of hard-surface streets could be Inid in the town. Now it Is seriously proposed that all this money be ex. pended and the town receive little more than half the paving tho cltlx< n** were under the impression they would get by approving the bond lame. Information coming to The Times is that tho estlmate-idd was submitted after a corps of engineers surveyed the streets. One of these (ngineer-. after making the survey, mated thnt little grading would be i ecep?ary to put down permanent puving on the principal streets of ,1'ort M'll. If one wonders therefore why the discrepancy In the figures of the State highway engineer and the contracting concern, it is I orhnps worth while to conclude that the highway engineer probably did not expect more than a reasonable profit would have to be paid on the work. But however- thnt may be. the street commission is said to have rbout made lip its mind to reject the hid Involving the expenditure of the entire $40,000 for less than a mile of paving, which position, we are sure, will be generally Indorsed by tb" i>'f - n? of the t.wvn. If the town Is to have praCt'e-'I'y no voice In the amount of paving to be put down from the proceeds of the iiond true, the wise thing fvr the commission to do. In the opinion of The Times, is to leave olT the paving for the time being. Any proposition involving approximately jess than a mile and a half of hard-surface paving would not be approved by the citizens of the town, because it would mean the expenditure of funds in one section of the town to vhioh other sections are entitled. It i* thought, however, that at the next session of the General Assembly adA n* /ii A first tla Grocery St< Our experience of in the Grocery Busi how to buy goods c our customers get 1 knowledge. Your ; ited and appreciate i O. JTi Announ f Our new buildin; ? pleted and we wish I t are now equipped lo < * of Automobile l'aintii We also make Seat C< Z Curtains and Signs. I Pyramid F | ROCK HI f Overhead liridge % * + <+.i 'Chece is ai ^ us s 1 V|? / tery and m 7 For ba Mai battery s |I V J Repairs, \ Wnd, on ? FORT MILL mm dltlonal legislation can be passed which will meet the general expectations both as to the amount and character of the pa\lng It was stated the town would get when the bond Issue was approved. The people of Fort Mill have lived through the dust of summer and and the mud of win-, ter since the town was Incorporated nearly a half a century ago and it would be better to stand these conditions a few months lunger than to have the town enter an unwise paving contract that would be objectionable to many citizens. The Miracle Man la coming to Hio Mnjcsttle next Thursday. SHOES SHOES I am going to stay In the SI Hie business, and If lamest price? and lamest dealing, cou|4ed with icood honest Shoe*, a|>|M-al to you, tltcn 1 feel tlu?t I merit your patronage. 1 am sure that you eannot buy the same Shoe elsewhere at anything like the price I ask. Call in to see me when you need Shoes. R. M. HOOD The Right Price Shoe Man. FORT MILL. - South Carolina ISS >re over thirl v vpars ness has taught us )f first quality and the benefit of this patronage is solicd. OWES cement | < i < * < i * is now about com4 > io announce that we J; 4 ilo the highest grade \\ lg and Top Building. j; Dvers. 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When scholarships are vacant after July 9, they will be swarded to those making the highest ftVprftffF lit. PYuminufi?m iKou I meet . the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Cui rell for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, properly tilled out by the applicant, should be tiled with I'resident Currell by July 2. Scholarships are worth $100, free tuition and fees, total $158. The next session will open September 15, 1920. For further information and catalogue, address President W. S. CURRELL, Columbia, S. C. DR. A. L.. OTT , DENTIST Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. v JOIN Join the throng < this store where ( treatment a policy. You will always possible price. Fort Mil G. THE L Women ofttinies take get started?they wan There's a lesson for n Think of "the last cha PAT If you think The Times worth the money, $1.25 a year, your subscription will be appreciated. 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