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* 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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$1.35 Far Tea
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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.
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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.
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