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. p i * Established 1891. SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES Thirty million dollars was added Tuesday to the nation's express bill. < when the United States railway labor board awarded the-14,000 employees i of the American Railway Express company an Increase of 18 cents an < hour. The decision Is retroactive to < May 1. 1920. The North Carolina Legislature met 1 Tuesday In Raleigh In extraordinary session to consider ratification of the i federal suffrage amendment and local tax matters. Ratification was not i mentioned In the message from Governor Blckett read at the opening session, but the governor announced that he would submit the amendment today with a special message recommending its approval. A bright picture of the national coal situation Is painted by the geological survey in figures Just made public covering coal production and transportatlon for the week of July 31. Despite a decrease in production as compared with the production of the < previous week, due to strikes In Illinois and Indiana, the end of July found an increase of 44,600.004 tons i over the amount mtned up to July 31 i of last year. I I-arge quantities of paper suits, made In Germany, are being displayed by a British firm of importers at their shop In London. These garments are I fashioned after the English styles and < are said to be of tha very best class < of paper texture. Tfiey can be bought < In lots of a thousand for a little over I 6K cents each. m one montn tne British importer took 40,000 of these suits, a large number being reexported to India and South Africa. "If lightning should strike this tent tonight, how many would be ready for it?" the Rev. John Timber, evangelist. asked a congregation of Methodists crowding a tent at Springfield, Ind., Monday night. Outside a storm was threatening. A few moments later a bolt of lightning entered the top of the tent, killed two ministers on the platform, burned the Hev. Mr. Timber dangerously and knocked down many of the worshipers. After a |l mile swim down the Mississippi river a 2 60-pound hog returned hqme near Hickman, Ky., with K a record as a long distance swimmer. ? The hog was caught in midstream " by two Hlokmen men while fishing. | The owner arrived to get the hog. | which he said had been on a mound ' above Columbua, Ky. He thinks the hog fell into the river and was carried downstream by the current. The hog lost ten pounds in weight as the result of Its Journey. A Joint resolution providing for ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment was introduced in uoi n nouses 01 m? miiuenneu lkkiiiiotore Tuesday. In a message sent to the Legislature by Oovernor Cox of Ohio. Democratic nominee for the presidency, he said: "I sincerely hope the Tennessee Legislature may ratify the suffrage amendment at once. It Is not only a matter of Justice and right, but I believe one of the utmost benefit to the Democratic party, because the rreat Issue upon which the campaign will be decided will And Its response to the Democratic appeal In the hearts of American women." SUMMONS WAS MISTAKE. Fort Mill Democrats Sign Club Roll Property. As the result of a mistake in the office of the county chairman, notices were received Saturday by between 75 and 100 cttlxens of Fort Mill who had signed the local Democratic club roll to vote In the August primaries sum- \ monlng them to York Monday to show cause why their names should not be stricken from the roll because j of alleged defects In their signature^* -? Investigation disclosed the fact that a { stenographer In Mr. Marion's office < had misunderstood some directions he 1 had given as to perfecting the rolls : or omer cuius ana inm inuuvciiwinj the notices were sent to Fort Mill. Saturday afternoon Mr. Marion. -In a statement over the phone, said to the secretary of the Fort Mill cluh, J. K. Halle, who has had charge of the local registration, that with a single exception the Fort Mill roll was In good shape. 8ELL8 VA1AIABLK FARM. J. J. Italics Disposes of Place In Inncanter Oountjr. A real estate transfer In which $28,000 was Involved took place In the Pleasant Valley section of I-ancaster county a few days ago when J. J. Balle* of Fort Mill sold hia farm of 256 acres to Walter E. Hall and B. J. Alexander, farmers of that neighborhood, who bought, respectively, 246 acres and 10 acres. The price paid by by Mr. Hall |100 per acre. They are by Mr. Hall $100 peracre. They are s to get possession of the farm on Jan- | uary 1, 1921. There Is considerable woodland on the place and much of the land is under a high state of cultivation. * t Mr.Ballessaldhatahrne. ttioec sbr ] I Mr. Bailee yesterday said that the < farm was worth all and more than | he got for It, but that with his other ( business affairs to attend to he could i not give the farm the attention It de- | manded and for that reason had de- i elded to sell It. i Russian General a Mechanic. < "You think It Is surprising that I. ( who have been a general In tho army ] of the eaar, should work In a New ( York garage or should seek a position ] as chauTeur? I shall be very lucky ( If 1 can be a chauffeur. I know | seven Russian generals who are | sweeping the streets of Finland " t * *HE F BTEWB OP YORK COUNTY. Items of General Interest Clipped Fran the Yorkvllle Enquirer The village of Tlreah may get a new depot for which enterprising citizens of the place have been working for some time. W. T. Beamguard, J. A. Page and J. F. Pursley, who compose the board of trustees for the Clover high school, have as yet secured no superintendent for the school for 1920-21. The chalngang having finished the grading of the Landsford and Rock Hill road from the Chester line to about Roddey's stattlon, Is now surfaclna the road at the Doint where it crosses the Chester line. Omclolii of the York County Cotton association, branch of the South Car. olina division of the American Cotton association, have been advised that the Staete convention of the assoclation will be held August 25 Instead of August 18, as was originally pro* posed. While passing through the Lands, ford section of Chester county the other day. the editor of the Yorkvllle Knqulrer had pointed out to him the hoMse of Tom Hardin, a well-to-do negrai ft years of age, who has more than Itt direct descendants, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Prof. W. R. Koon, for the past two years superintendent of the Clover high school, will not be superintendent of the Clover school again. He has recently accepted the superintendency of the school at Scranton, a progressive town in the lower section of South. faroHna. and together with his family will leave for that place within a short whle. Doling the past few days a representative of the Torkvllle Enquirer has been across the county from southeast to northwest. In fact he tins been from Fort Ljiwn In Chester sounty to King's Mountain In North Carolina, and the only poor crop prospects he noticed along the entire route was In the vicinity of Neelyts 'reek and Roddey's station, where the Pail recently played havoc with both :otton and corn. Friends of Marvin H. Morrow, presdent of the Bank of Blacksburg, who tilled himself last Tuesday, insist that ho killing was accidental. They state that his errand home from tho bank was to procure certain private papers that he kept In a bureau drawer; that Pis revolver lay on the papers; that when he picked up the papers the revolver probably fell on the floor and' was discharged from the shock. The Friends Insist that there was absolute, ly no business reason in the world why Mr. Morrow should think of mak. Ing away wth himself and that he was not the kind of a man who would otomit suicide on account of trouble. That portion of the Catawba river bottom* in the neighborhood, of the Southern railway trestle Is in shape to yield up another heavy loss in case >f another flood like unto that df July, 1910. On lands of Hall Spencer, Walter Ferguson. J. S. Glasscock, W. N. Ashe and Henry Masse? there are more then a hundred teres of corn t.\a| M* from 12 to 16 feet In height ind that looks as if it would average not Iwm than 60 bushels to the ncre. In fact, none Of it looks us If It would rail below 60 bushels and soniu of It teems to promise a great deal more. Vtuph of the corn Is now in the roasthr ear stage, and some of It youngor. [f the river continues to behave a* well mm it has been behaving so far here will be a tremendous yield from hese bottoms. COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENS. t'otevw >>lHfds) Little Interest In SeIwoMob of Public OActals. The county campaign opened in irtcConnefjBville on Tuesday of lost naalt w|th about 76 voters present. *poeches were made by John R. Hart, nndldate for the State senate, and Rmmet W. Pursley, Rrwln Oarothers ind It, M. Mitchell, candidates for :lie bouse of representatives. WcdicHilay the second meeting of the ram. taign was scheduled for the cotton as. uciaiion picnic at Tirzab. Saturday i meeting will be held in Fort Mill, rhe dates of the other meetings are is fellows: Forest Hill, August 19; Clover. August 21; Hickory grove, Au tunc, If* f?i?|rnvuit% AUKUMi c o. iuik, \ ugust |>A minimum of Interest apparently s UMttg displayed In the county cammlgn and the suggestion has been ad'nnasd that the meetings be called off.t in doubtful, however, whether such u-tion will be taken by the executive onyoltte*. There are contests for 'lerfc of court, county supervisor and iheyMT. No meeting was held at Rock Hill net Saturday, the date scheduled for he meeting In that city, because there vai go aeseuiblcKe of voters to hear he candidates, who spent the day 'halting bends with friends and makng new acquaintances. Oeaaii Big Cantaloupe. J. If. Harris, Pleasant Valley 'armor, Tuesday morning brought to Fort Mill a cantaloupe he had grown >n ble plana that weighed 14 1-2 )otm4e. The cantaloupe was sold to a croeenrmgn who subsequently sold It o g traveling man for 92.50. This s the largest cantaloupe there Is any eoerd of this section having produced tnd beats by 1 1-2 pounds the prise :antalonpe sold a few days ago . on the r'olnmMa market about which the pa. ;>?(? of that city published news Items. Mr. Harris also has been successful this 9ranr tn growing watermelons. From an acre patch he already has gathered and sold 1,000 melons and there are many yet left In the patch tu he marketed. The acre 1s expected to net Mr. Harris more than $750. ORT ] -C-. ; a. * * FOBT MILL, 8. C., THTO SALIENT POINTS FOUND IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH The following paragraphs* are taken from the acceptance apeeh of Qovernor Cox Ih Dayton, Ohio, last Saturday I thank Qod I take up the stand* ard of Democracy a free, man, unfettered by promises and happy in the consciousness of untrammeled opportunity to render a service. He who turns away from the tragedies and obligations of the war, not consecraed o a sense of honor and of duty which resists every base suggestion of personal or political expediency, Is unworthy of the esteem of his countrymen. Senator Harding's pledge of "formal ana errecuvo peace so (toon as a Hepublican Congress can pass Its declaration" means but one thing?a separate peace with Germany. The plain truth Is, that the Republican leaders, obsessed with a determination to win the presidential election, have attempted to satisfy too many divergent views. Inconsistencies, Inevitable under the clrcumstanoes, rise to haunt them on every hand and they And themselves arrayed In public thought at least, against a great principle. More than that, their conduct is opposed to the Idealism upon which their party prospered In other days. This plan would not only he a piece of bungling diplomacy, but plain, unadulterated dishonesty as well. No less an authority than Senator I^odge said that to make peace exocpt In company with the allies "would brand us everlastingly with dishonor and bring ruin to us." The Monroe doctrine Is the very essence of article 10 of the Versailles covenant. Skeptics viewed Monroe's mandate mlth alarm . . . yet" not a shot has been fired In almost a hundred years In preserving sovereign rights on this hemisphere. Every high school youngster In the land knows that no treaty can override our constitution, which reserves to Congress alone the power to declare war. One of the first things to be done Is the repeaf of the war taxes. Fed rmi iiiAi&iiuii ilium "u iiuavuy rvuuceu, and this will be donei at once If a Democratic administration Is chosen. Annoying: consumption taxes, now unjustified. should be repealed. The public official who falls to enforce the law Is an enemy both to the constitution and to the American principle of majority rule. Morals cannot be easily produced by statute. The writ of Injunction should not be abused. We need a definite and precise statement of policy as to what business men and workl lng men may do and may not do by way of combination and collective action. Neither, labor nor. capital should at any time take action that would put In Jeopardy the public welfare. i . Multiply your home owners and you will make the way of seditious agitation more difficult. The discourtesy to the president Is an affair of political Intrigue. .History will-make It odious. As well might It be directed at a wounded soldier of the war. i There will be no attempt Jn {Ms campaign Ho compete' by dojl^rs with our opposiuon. LIEFT. W. A. OTF AT HOWE. Distinguished Naval Offlrrr on Visit to Fort Mitt. ' Lieut. W. A. Ott. U. 6. N., reached Fort -Mill Tuesday evening for a vtalt of a few days at the home .of his father. Dr. A. L. Ott. This Is Lieut. Ott"s first visit to Fort MIU since the close of the Word war, In which his gallant conduct won for him not only the decoration of the American navy but decorations from both thq Italian and Greek governments, la the latter case the deooration being presented to Lieut. Ott by King Alexander in person. Lieut. Ott left Constantinople for the United States on June 16, after spending several months with his vessel In the Turkish' capita^ He reached New ' York city About two weeks ago and came from <there to Charleston last Friday. He. Is expeet* ittg Orders from the navy departmeut to report In Philadelphia Within the next week. Lightning Striken Otmnrtk. 'urine a munaersiorm TueMity afternoon lightning struck. and damaged to the extent of several hundred dollar* Philadelphia Methodist church* two miles north of town. The church had twice before been struck by light* ning and had only recently had consldr^hle repair work done on It In anticipation of a protracted meeting held there last week in which the pas. torj the Rev. W, R. Rauknight, was assisted by the Rev. R. F. Morris, pantor 6f ShandOn -Methodist-church, Columbia. Mr. Rauknight ftated yesterday that.afrangemetats would be mode to have the church repaired at once and that the congregation would be without a house of worship only a few weeks. Hpcol Demons of Animal Work). Two of the fastest of the smaller animals are the greyhound and the Jack rabbit. The greyhound can do at the rate of 32 miles an hour.-whlle his cousin, the Russian wolfhound, can beat him by five miles and has much greater powers of endurance. The greyhound, like the horse, digs In with his fore feet and uses his front legs for pulling as well as pushing with his hind legs. The Jack rabbit's front legs are only crutches, but, like the antelope, he makes up for It by the power of his hind legs. Mill SPAT, AUGUST 18, 1920. OUTLAW PANCHO VILLA NOW TURNS '"PATRIOT" The world hu heard much In the laat ten year* bf the patriotism of Francisco Villa. HI* recent promise to retire to private^ life and permit the new De la Huerta government of Mexico to carry on In peace 1* said to be Inspired by patriotism. He Is guaranteed a lavish annuity and each of his followers la promised a farm and a year's army pay. but of course these are merely little testimonials of an appreciative government to such patriotism aa that of Pancho Villa. His surrender Is a patriotic act, so were* those butcheries and ravages of the last score of years which have made his name one of terror below the Rio Grande and one of the most repulsive In history, declares a current writer. For ten years Villa has been killing and robbing and burning In the name of patriotism. Before 1910 he frankly admitted he was a horse thief and a bandit. i Attempts have been made to cloak his brutality In romance. He has been edited the "Robin Hood of the Desert." It has been said he robbed only the rich; that he gave to the poor of his plunder; that his hedrt bled for his persecuted countrtymen. Yet the trails he has traveled are littered with the bodies of these same peons, terribly mutilated. Their homes and villages are In ashes. Their farms lie barren. Their women have been desecrated and their children orphaned. Always through the tllmsy fabric his friends have woven about him leefo the cruel face of the beast of prey which knows no law but desire an4 might. Htill, In spite of his lust and cruelty, PnnnRn Vllln Kna haU o nnrtnin nnurfln over his fellows. For 34 years he has been an eotluw with a price on his head in a land where every man is supposed to have hlB price?and that a small one. Yet seldom has any one attempted his betrayel. It Is the admiration of the peons for his daring that has protected hlra. his friends suy. Or It may have been their fear of him. None of those who dared attempt his betrayal ever lived to ie? celve his rewards. Ills hold on his own men is more easily understood. In the days whop the armies of Mexico, both federal and revolutionary, were ragged, poorly armed and half starved, VUla'B men were well cared for. They werg mounted on good horses. Their guns were In good condition. - They were well supplied with ammunition. They grew wealthy from the loot their chief allotted them. They had fortunes In jewels to bestow upon their women who rode on wire netting, swung hammock-wise, beneath the cars of the troop trains, and accompanied thg soldiers wherever they went. Disci* pline of a kind was strict. Insubordination was punished by death, as aleg was cowardice. But wherever Villa went there was bound to be much loot, and his men remained loyal, t Accounts of the bandit's early Ufa are so Interwoven with fact and rriendiy nction it ib hard to aetermint which la truth. He waa born in 1468, In I-as Nleves, Durango. He waa the eldest of four, children, and it fell upon him, when his father died, to provide for hla mother and Mater and brothera. The family moved to Chihuahua, where Francisco worked for tome time aa a cowboy. So far aqcounta tally, but aa they presume to explain hia entrance into banditry there are many discrepancies. k In an interview with John N. Wheeler in 1916, Villa recounted hla own version of this event. "One day my siater called me to her and told me one of'the owners of the hacienda had assaulted her." he said,which was not uncommon in those days, for the peon families were little more than slaves. Prom the time I was old enough to play vtith the other peop boys I had always had a very bail temper. They tell me I have yet.When mv sister told me her storv this temper overcame me, so I got a gun and waited my chance and ahot the owner of the hacienda in the leg. -H# waa not badly wounded, but he summoned the rurales, who were the federal police under Dias, and came to our adobe hut to get-me. "I thought I would aurely be ahot for what I had done. However, the owner of the hacienda became remoraeful and told the ruralea not tp tako me. It waa unuaual that he ahould do this, and dietruating htqi and knowing how quickly auch a man changea hla mind, I fled to the hllla near the haclendat "My family knew where I waa hiding in the mountaina and they used to bring food to me, eapeclally tha alater who had been wronged. At laat one day they reported to me that the owneer had again changed h|g mind and that the ruralea were aearching for me, and I had betttey flee. That waa really the beginning o* my long life In the mountaina." Franclaco waa 16 yeara old at tha time. Borne weeks later he fell in with a band of horae and mule thlevea, who were raiding ranchea in Mexico and Belling the atock on the other aide of the Rio Grande. He joined them. A few montha later he killed their leader and himaelf became chief of the band. That ia Villa's own atory of how he came to be an outlaw. An article published In the I*oi?don Telegraph in 1614 was considerably leas friendly. According to thia atory Villa waa aentenced to prteon when he waa 14 yeara old for steallng cattle. Upon hla relaaae he aettied 4n a mining camp, and a lltti# while later waa again sent to prlaon for homicide. When he came out of priaon the second time. The Tale Time: . -,T> > ' . ? SHOW WINDOWS ROBBED. ' TWevea Get Ooputdmble Loot at Two Ftort Mill 8torn. Two show windows of Port Mill stores* Patterson's and the Cooperative association's, were broken Into last Thursday night and goods to the value of more than were taMen there from. At each store a small hole was broken In the plate glass front and a number of pairs of shoes, shirts apd a hat or two were pulled from the show windows through tho holes and carried away. Early Friday morning officers were out trying *c find traces of the thieves, but were unable to git any Information that warranted arrests. With the exception of tho robbery or a small store near the depot here some weeks ago* no Fort Mill stores have been the vtctime of night thieves for some time. Rats Take English Town. Millions of rats are overrunning Monmouth, England, and neighborhood. While the congregation was leaving a Baptist church on a recent Sunday an army of rats ran among them. One woman collapsed. All means have been tried to keep I down the plague. Traps, poison, shooting, dogs and cats have been used, but the rats have not only survived but also thrived. The medical officer stktes that the rats are of two kinds?brown and black. It was suggested to the Monmouth district council that expert rat destroyers should be employed, but the fiau oa/uiB inai incjr vuuiu uu better than the experts, the matter has b>? left to them with discretionary PMrn to call in help If necessary. Now Controls Garage. Crawford Heath has bought from the Fort Mill Lumber company the stock of the Ballen Motor company and has taken charge of the business. Mr. Heath came to Fort Mill a fewmonths ago from North Carolina and up to the time he took over the business Of the garage was connected With It as a mechanic. graph continued, he organized a band of horse thieves with headquarters In the mountains to prey upon the haciendas of Dur&ngo. These are only two of the many Stories told of Villa's beginning In crime- Some of the others may be a little more romantic, but all lead to the Same end?his assumption of eemmend of a band of outlaws. HI# life from that time was a continuous match of wits with the rurgles of Dlas. Re grew suspicion of his own men/ At night he would Steal away from them and spread his blanket In some secret place. He developed the senses of a wild animal. A Mgppin* twig would awaken him. When he assigned an officer to lead an attack, he demanded either sucCrae or the officer's life. If he determinded upon an assault and any of his staff dared criticise, he paid for hie criticism with his life. Once in the guerilla warfare which he carried 01) throughout mose of the Carrunza regime he led his men, unarmed, againet the Carranzlstas. It was the end of a series of daring victories. The Carranzlstas were retreating and Villa's ammunition was low. amiiy U1 iiib inv3ii uiu uui imic a single cartridge for their guns, but |p the opinion of the chief another fOUt was neceaaary and he relied upon the prestige of hla troopa for success. At the first rush the Carranzu troops Showed signs of weakening, but they quickly discovered the condition of their assailants and engineered a counter attack which cost the lives of hundreds of Vlllistas and scattered the survivors through the mountuina. But Villa cared nothing for human life. Early In his military career, while an officer In the ariny of Made- I TO, he instituted the policy of killing the officers of all federal troops he matured and giving the men * the n/ oltlinr Intninir hla forces Or being shot. Frequently he carried out hie own orders of execution. There Is one revolting instance when fo men were captured In a raid I n ft village. Villa condemned them tp death and designated himself their egecutioner. He had them drawn up With their backs to a wall. Then, revolver In hand, he walked along the line taunting them. If a man showed ho fear the bandit placed his revolver oyer hie heart and fired. If he did shpw fear Villa passed him by. In egder that he might wutch his fellows die, So he kept on. killing the ones WhP showed the least fear and orderin# the others aside that he might I gjtjpy the torture their faces showed, until All were killed. Then the murderer threw his still smoking revolver to an orderly to clean and went to bed. The bandit himself was frequently reported kIMed. now by one of hip own men: now In a skirmish with Carranza troops; again by some old adventurer who had sneaked Into his camp and stabbed hint as he rested In his own tent. A Japanese doctor said he had given Villa a slow poison which must result in his death. A report came out f the City of Mexico that he had beep fhot through the right leg In a brush with the federals, that he had drewed ittmself away to the moun-| tains, hut that he must have died for ffM Pt attention. In a dozen way:* was he killed by rumor. Home particularly imaginative commentator tied him cremated, hut a few days Inter therb was a hacienda raid in whieh Villa was seen and recognized. The Mexican government had offered $40,000 to the one who should either i eapture or kill him. It was understfeod there were other sources froin which the reward would be swelled to $100,000, but still Villa lived. 4 $1.35 Far Tea I I ' I = FARMERS OF PORT MILL NOW FACE ARMY WORM The presence of the army worm In Catawba township und across the State line In Pinevllle township Is giving considerable concern to farmers of Port Mill township, who fear thai the pest, alike destructive to grow'ui; crops of cotton und corn, soon will mul.c its appeurance In this community. Several duys ago the aritty worm was discovered In the cotton on two farms near Hock Hill and Saturdav afternoon it was found In great numbers on the place of T. P. Morrow, almost In the corporute limits of Pinevllle. The army worm Is described as a small striped caterpillar, uhout threefourths to an Inch in length, comparatively free of hairs, except a few found on the dark bumps that are regularly pluced along the body. ? Uto of the characteristics by which It is distinguished ure the lines or creases on the head, which form an Inverted Y. The newly hutched worm Is about one-eighth Inch in length, all white with a dark head. They are to be looked for around bunches of grass. They will eat almost all of the corn plant, but most often feed on the tender buds und shoots. They ulso attack cane and cotton. The most effective weapon Is to destroy the worms while they are young and still cling about plants where they are hatched. The next most pructlcul weapon aguinst them is suid to be poisoned buit. ^ UllhS (TTtZhNK (iOOOIlYK. Chester Paper Apprclu-uslvc of Imms of Territory to York County. Chester News. * The News hears that u petition calling for an election to decide whether or not thut portion of Chester county locuted east of Pishing creek will annex to York county has been signed by the requisite number of freeholders und hus been sent to (lovernor Cooper, asking that he order the election. If the election Is called it will require a two-thirds mujorkty in order for the ubove-mentioned section to heroine a part of another county. There is no question but that the people living in Chester county east of Fishing creek ure umong the best citizens not only in Chester county but in South Carolina, und Chester would exceedingly regret to see them become a part of unother county, whether It be York or another. However, as The News views the matter the citizens east of Fishing creek are qualified .to do their own thinking and if u majority of them desire to leave Chester county and become u part of York county, The News wishes them well In their new undertaking and it truly hopes thut they will not nee the day when their step will lie regretted. However, we sincerely hope that the good citizens of east Chester will seriously consider their move from all angles before they take such ft plunge. The question of leuving one county and becoming u part of another Is no trivial matter. If east Chester goes to York, the citizens of that section must take their proportion of the Indebtedness of Chester county and they must also beur their proportion of the taxes in the county to which they annex. We would like to ask. What are the citizens of east Chester going to get when they annex to York county? What will be their rate of taxation? Have they any assurance that they will get good ronds or do they hear promises? Is Hock Hill working for the citizens of east Chester or is she working for a court house, something she has been laboring for for years? If Hock Hill some dav becomes a county seat, what will their "new court houHe" rout and what will lie the Indebtedness and rnte of taxes In this new county? The News UKuin says that if Ilia Kood citizens of east Chester want to leave us and become a part of York we wish them well and when the day comes that they will regret their move "Old Chester," the banner county of South Carolina, stands with open arms to again welcome you and yours back into "The Fairest I.and in l?ixle." If the citizens of the I.andsford section of Chester county who are seriously considering joining York enre to lise the facts they may reply to one of The News' questions by saying that in uniting with York county they will hci u iowrr iux ruie inun inev ' ow have In Cheater county, anil, further, more, they ure assured of absolutely fair treatment In the expenditure of Public funds In York county In contradistinction to the nllcKCd unfair distribution of public road funds in Chester county at the exppnse of their section. It Is to be feared that some one may charge The News with the Indulgence of very extravngunt language for su.vlng that Chester is "the hnnner county of South Carolina."? The Times. Cobb the Daddy of 'Km All. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, veterun outfielder with the Detroit Tigers, has the distinction of being the only player in the major leagues today who has played for 15 straight years on u big league team. The Georgia Peach, who 15 years ago slurred as a member of the Aogusta team of the South Atlantic league, was sold to the Tigers in August, 1905, for n sum said to have been $750. In his 15 years as an outfielder with Detroit. Cohh has performed in 1,970 games, and his butting aveiuge of 314 for this long stretch will likely stand for yeurs to conie us one of the major leugues' unrivaled achievements. " / *