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" *>/ v * : i ' .vV . ' ' C \ \ - r . \ Established 1891. ' SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES Itnllrnad bonds valued at 9200,00V, reported lout In the mall between Milwaukee and New York a month uko, were burned In New York a few days ago by thieves who stole them and were afraid to dispose of them, according to postottlco Inspectors. * With thv announcement that the noutcs of tt.v&s American soldiers ?>iiu suitors, who died ovcrseus, have uvea returned to the United States up to uute, and thut the bodies of _,UUU IIIUIU urv UUVUIU Itauoyvi If of the (Jutted Bunes, the wiir department indicates ttiut the work, of removing Ainericup bodies outside l i lie nc-tuul buttle zone Is well on its ?uy to completion. YVitiehbcrg, Prussia, a town rich in the memories of the Protestant. Keformullon, Is tt> celebrate the 4uutn uii.avcrsiuy of the birth of ^ Jnurtin L<uther In December, 1HU0. ^^itheruiis from every quarter of the ipouc wul oe present ut the lmpressi\? ceremonies, which are ' to tuke place in tl.e town where Muriin Dull ht lived and founded the church winch bears his nameNatural rocks, such us lime, gypsiiiu, phosphate and potash shales can be tunue to ulford a permanent naii fertility system, according to the professor of pluut iihysiology of the t'liixcrstiy of t'liicago. "Lly employing these natural rucks in a pulverized torni," he says, "the farmer can easily increase Ins crop yiulds. For lunately for American farming these rocks are located In ubundunce where there Ik greatest need for building Nearly 16,000 disabled American veterans of the late wur have been plaevd in vocational tluinitiK institutions in the United Stutes and started on (lie way to rehabilitation. Dctweon l.oott und 5,000 more will be similarly placed us soon us the sellouts unit colleges are all reopened as a result of the Joint drive initiated by the federal bourd of vocational tiuiqlng und the Ainericun 1-egion last spring. This addition of 5,000 government pupils wfll bring the number of men in training by autumn up to about 50,000. There are 28,000 less men now in the factories of Detroit than wore en.ployed April 1, according to tigurea of tho employers' association of that city, owing to the slackening of | the motor Industry, on which Detroit's population Increased from 4(55,7GG in 1910 to 993,739 in 1920. Thousands of others ure working on part tlmo and consequently, for the lirst time In a long period, the house tension has slackened to a point where a considerable number of vucancies exist. The wages for unskilled and semi-skilled labor are fulling off. with manufacHirers adjusting piecework prices. A gang of 12 bandits held up tho J crew of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. : Paul freight train in Chicago u few ! days ago, overpowered them, took charge of the train und compelled I lin tiMirinnpp t ii nnntintm (a run t hn locomotive at high 8|iocd. The train was composed of, of 11 cars of merchandise aad one car of motor cars, valued at $500,000. It was reported that - the handtts were members of the outlaw switchmen's organization and that the ruld was a part of the War that has been going on for some tirfie between the rival union organizations. A little old man wizened and gnarled by years of hardship and privation in the North, folded his hands over his brenst, closed his oyes and "went out" at Rellevue hospital. Now York, a few days ago?one among hundreds of destitute, derelict old persons who have breathed their last there. Rut Investigation of r the little old man's effects shows that ho left a sealed will disposing of a fortune worth $150,00a. It consisted <of money in Alaskan hanks, IJberty JVMids, cash, a ruby ring, a diamond ilng., a diamond stickpin and a goiu i ?ggot, worth $10,000, and also the deeds to several pieces of property in Fairbanks, Alaska, up soli fertility." Salvaging automobiles from the bod of > 'ueoes hay. Texas, where they . were carried by the tidal wave and tropical storm that swept over this po^t of the <5ulf coast on September 14, 1919, Is being successfully accomplished by an expert wrecker of Corpus Christ!, Texas.- Up to this time 27 ears h?e been salvaged and the search of others Is being made. At the time the great storm struck Corpus Christl the city wns filled with visitors, many of whom had made the trip to the city In automobiles. The tidal wave came with such sudden fury that escape, except In a few Instances, was cut off, and hundreds of motor cars were washed <r>ut mto the bay. One of the most eurprlrdng things about the automobiles tlmt have been recovered Is that all lait throe of them were fotiml ta excellent condition, notwithstanding the fact that they lay In the bed of tjte buy for nearly a |- """ , Missionary to Japan. I Miss Arfa Saunders, who for several ^ j yars has been engaged in welfare ] vork at .the York cotton mills, will } leave noon to engngc In mission work t. in Japan, according to an announce, ^nent by the Hev. K. K. Gillespie, D. (H: pastor of the First Presbyterian ^hf*rch of York, at the morning service foundry, ller support will be assumed 4?y Mrs. S. M, McNool, a member of same ehurch. Miss Saunders Is j? graduate of Wlnthrop college and is weJU qualltted for her jvvrk. \ * \ i. W ' ' v Thi namks non-coms. Copt. Nims Announces Appointments for Fort MH1 Company. Frederick NlniB, Jr., capt&ln of the Fort Mill company of the National Cluard of the United States, organized lust Tuesday evening. announced yestcrduy the following appointments of non-commissioned* company officers: First Bcrgeant, Robert M. Bennett: mess sergeant, Alfred O. Jones, Jr.; sergeants, Orover 8. Lcmond>, Walter Wright, Joe M. Snilth; corporals. James u iioncycutt, James <). Hammond, Karle R. Hroom, Jesse L>I Hack welder; mechanic, Fred W. Stamper; cooks, John . ,S. Bnyne. Thomas A. Ferguson. I Yesterday announcement also was made that a representative o? the federal government, connected with the State adjutant general's department in Columhln, and Major Glenn, who was in Fort Mill from Columbia for the formal organization of the company ten days ago, would be here this evening to muster the company into the federal service. The entire membership of the company, except the boys who are away at ending school. Is expected to be present at the meeting this evening. Under a recent <act of Congress, National Guardsmen are now paid for attending drills. 60 of which must be held, during the year. The olllcers of the Fort Mill company, whose company letter Is "M," instead of *"K" as the hope was expressed It would be. plan to begin drills Immediately the company is formally accepted for service. OLl> IIFADS FALL. Voters of State I'ass Up Number of (hiuity Oflleials. Various shakcups took place in lOUlltV races over the State Tnou. lay in the abound Democratic primary. Sheriff Sum D. Willis of Greenville wua defeated by Uarlos Hector in Greenville, Mr. Hector being the I rotlicr of the late Sheriff Hector. Willis was appointed by Governor t'ooper to 1)11 out the unexpired term of Sheriff llcndrix Hector, who was Killed about two yeura ago by Jake Gosncll. Sheriff W. J. White of Spurtunl>urK, who )ius held the otllcd continuously for 12 years, was defeated by Sum K. Miller. Anderson county *ulso changed sheriffs, C. G. King, incumbent, being defeated by \V. t?s. Murett by a majority of 1,900. Sheriff Sim J. Miller of Lexington county, who has held the olllec tor a period of about 12 years, goes down to defeat, his successful opponent being E. Austin Hoof. J. A. Berry, chairman of the Judiciary committee of the house from \ trungeburg and speaker pro teih. of the house, was defeated for the State senate by Mr. liutson. In Lexington, Dr. D. M. Crosson( <! feated L. K. Dreher for the senate. XEW (iAMK H)lt SPOKTH "l'ly l*oker" I'ustlnK* Objected to by t Town Authorities. Ileie lie comes?the little fly: W nlch will get him, you or 1? "Fly poker" is a new eumc to Fort Mill and the purpose m this article is to uncover its mysteries to the uninitiated und tell of the grief that overtook a number of men and boys who engaged in the pastime Sunday aiternoon. While not essentially a watermelon season game, "fly poker" is best adupted to the months when wutermelon rinds are eusily obtained and the active house fly is to lie found on every hund. The number of players in u particular game is limited only to the size of the wutcrmcloq iliind, the uppctite of the fly and those willing to put their judgment and cash against the judgment und cash of the other fellow, it is a simple little gume, but if the flics so cssentiul to help along in its progress are in an accommodating mood quick action muy be had for one's money. The watermelon rind huvlng/ been secured and the players having usually gone behind un old building or cisuwnere mui prying eyes may noi too closely observe what Is going on, each lays his nickel or dime on the side of the rind producing the greutest flow of juice und then ull await the coming of the fly, which usually is a story of seconds rather than minutes. All is quiet when the tly comes. Presently he will 'tight 011 or nearest the coin of one of the players, und hooray! that fellow wins the money. Sometimes the town also wins u hunch of money. This is said to l*e about to happen. Sunday afternoon oiticcr I'otts was in the neighborhood of a store near mill No. 1 of the Port Mill Manufacturing company, lie was tipped off thut a party of men r.pd boys were taking part in a game of "fly poker." The town does not approve of "lly poker" and Ottlcer I'otts catching the men and boys arrested them. They are expected to have a hearing before the recorder within the next day of two. Second Hearing Tomorrow. The second hearing In police court of the seven Hock Hill men, C. L. i Hecknell, C. F. Mctlee. K. H. Itice, W. I* Roberts. J. D.'Tart, Toy Boone and Isaac Hyatt, chargef) with disorderly conduct on the streets of Fort Mill on Sunday night, September &. I? sot for Friday. At the first hearing last Wednesday the Jury failed to agree and the trial was postponed to a future date. Kach of the defendants is under 950 bond. I li FORT MILl M'MACKIN AND BROWN WIN COUNTY, OFFICES T. E. McMackln and Hugh Q. Brown were nominated in the Democratic primary Tuesday for clerk of the court anti county supervisor of York county, respectively, over W. H. Latimer and Clem F. Gordon. In the race for the clerk's otllce Mr. McMackln received a majority of 214 votes and In the contest for supervisor Mr. Brown goes into office with the substantial lead of 861 votes. The total vote of the county Tuesday was 2,676 against a total vote in the tlrst primary Democratic primary on August 21 of 2,758, Showing .nnt there was almost as much interest it' the second as In* the tirst primary. In the tirst primary, Mr. Brown IUV. I\IM1 VJIllJt UIMUIl 6VV ^ Uiv? Ul uu- I feutlng a Held ot' three opponents. He is a former York county sheriff and Is at present living on his farm near filbert. Mr. McMnekin, nominated frrv clerk of court, also has had experience as a county otticial, having: served one . term several years hro as superln- I tendent of education. Mr. McMack- . in's home is In Bethel township and like Sheriff Brown ho is a farmer. The returns from the various precincts throughout the county In the races for clerk and county supervisor follow: ' 7 ur r PBECINCTS ' u 1 t if i i; k c g l r" ? S i = ^ "c I! ~ % o X o JII 2 ~~ <? Bethany ....... || 5| 8fi| ~ 8X| 2 Bethel || 4 ft | 27] 681 9 Blairsville I] 27| 29| 49| 8 Bullock's Creek || 2.11 U| 32| 2 Catawba ]! %26' 14| :il? J 2 Clover |l 37| 237| 201| 11 < Khenezer 15| 24| X| 31 jFilbert || 1 R| 98| 117| 1 Fort At 111 j| 1 aS | 27| 06| 99 Forest Hill !| 301 17| 48| 4 Hickory Crove .i| 58| aoj 84| 4 | Hopewell || 131 12| 21?1 o! I.esslle I! ir.| 401 391 24 ! McConnollsville j| 63| 261 44| 45 Newport || 12| 25| 20! 8 New Zion || 29' 521 76| 41 t igdeil || 24! 301 II 64 Itock 11111 No. 1 l| 154| 23lj 85| 300 Hock Hill No. <1 || 1301 1S91 84| 235 Sharon I| 30! 41| 49] 22 Smyrna || K| 33| 41| 0 Tlrzah j| 20! 341 39| 15 Yorkvilie No. 1 |j 137| 711 202| 25 Yorkville No. 2 || 2001 S8| 245| 49 II 1 1 1 Totals 11120411 47R|1805| 944 4 In the primary for United States senator. Smith received 1,967 votesi to 065 for Warren. The vote for! lieutenant governor was: Mauldin | 1.621. Harvey 1.100. For railroad commisloner Shcaly carried the coun. ty over Smith by a vote of 1.007 | te 902. Fort Mill's Vote. In Fort Mill Tuesday interest in the second State and. county Oenio. cratlc primary apparently was even below that of two weeks ago, when only 249 of the 359 who had registered cast their ballots. In the primary Tuesday the vote dropped to 165. Candidates or their friends had employed motor vehicles to bring the j voters to the polls, hut many who I wore solicited to \cte said they were j ti o busy to do so. Still others said i the election did not interest them and ' gave that as a reason for staying away from the polls. The vote of Fort M'U for the vn- I rious State a-nd county otllces fol- ! lows: United States senator. Smith 158, Wurron 25: lioutonant govern- I or, Harvey 120. Maiildin railroad i commissioner ,<hcal\* 8fi, Smith 75>; [ county supervisor, llrown 69, Gordon i 99: clerk of court. I-at inter 138, .McMackln 27. V Connecticut for Suffrage. In deHnncc of Gov. Marcus II. Holconil). who In a message had said ) 'hat it n^Kht not pass any measures save those which it had been spe- ' (dally culled to consider, the Con- . neeticnt general assembly Tuesday In special session at the capitol in Mart- ! ford, adopted a resolution ratifying ; the 19th amendment to the United StntPH cfiiis't it nt ion sitill in tlot.nnPO I it adopted In concurrence.' two pieces of general legislation, although the | governor hart given warning thnt ho ivoi^l "pockct"- any measures so adopted. The governor, taking tho position that the right of women, to vote legally at the November' election mav he jeopardized by a decision In Tennessee which would nulll- | fy rnt'lleation by that State?the 36th to ratify?personally gave notice to members by a proclamation, read by him after his message to the session which had just opened, of a special session to he held next Tuesday specifically not to act upon the 19th amendment. Dinner for Southern Veterans. The members' of the Florence Thornwell chapter. Fnlted Daughters of the Confederacy, are arranging for | the annual dinner to he given the ! Confederate veterans of Fort Mill I township. The dinner is to he given , at the home of Mrs. L. J. Massey } on Friday, September 30. and like i the dinners of other years is helng looked forward to with much pleasure by both the veterans and the ladles who will prepare It for them. I .a st voar "there were 17 veterans at the dinner, hut plates were prepared for a number who were unable to be present. There are about 20 den- ( federate veterans living in Fort Mill township. > ' ,rf. > ,, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTH smYth defeats warren. - .1 Senior Senator Reelected by Majority Running Into Thousands. United Stat en Senator E. I). Smith of Lynchburg wan renominated In the Democratic primary Tuesday oyer ! his opponent, George Warren of Hampton. The total vote tabulated | was 90,147, of which Senator Smith received 51,644 and Mr. Warren | 36.563. Senator Smith's lend thus was 17,141. Of the 44 counties from which returns were received. Senator Smith curried 35 and 6eolgc Warren nine. Wilson G.' Harvey of Charleston was nominated for the office of )ieutenunt governor over Oscar K. Mauldln of Greenville. Mr. Unrvov leading" by approximately 12.000. The vote was: Harvey 48.047; Mnuldln 36.140. fc>ank W. Shenly of bexlngton was nominated to succeed himself as railroad comfhissioner over 1>. I*. Smith of Colleton. Mr. Shenly, In the vote tubulated, received 60,219 and Smith 36.546. MOTORS LINK 500 TOWNS. Rig Transport System Being Planned for Kngiaml. A scheme whereby 500 town In Great Britain are to lie linked in one commercial motor transport system . oon la to l?e launched by the automobile association. About 600 agents will act as clearing houses, registering requirements of loeal manufacturers and traders, providing return loads to bondon for vehicles and thus eliminating dead mileage and economizing running costs. The originator of the scheme says It will pro vide t treat lirltaln with n road transport system without parallel In the wcrrld, and one that will relocate the railways to a position of secondary importance In transport 'service. It will not only speed up and reduce cost of transport, hut will reduce railway freights and enable poods to be carried front door to door. I.oss of time In sidlnps will be eliminated and farmers and others In remote districts wtll be alble to net their jrnnd.r collected or delivered by applying to the nearest ngent. Although during the war some of the more important centers were linked up by motor transport and several of the services are still kept up, their efforts are mainly local and thus of benefit only to small areas. Repair Work at Depot. A considerable amount of repair work has been di.ne during the 4ast fortnight by <i fore* of carpenters at the Southern t'relgh' depot and In the freight yard In Kort Mill. The workmen originally i?>r.' here to assist In the construction of the trestle necessitated one mile north of town by the recent washout of the Houthern track at that point. FORT MIIX 20 YFLA 118 AGO. Mrs. J. L. Watson has moved Into ti e Mrs. N. C. Massey house on Rooth street. Miss Myra Fravor will board with her. Misses Resslo liovd nnd Itertha Mannoy Ion Moiuluy night for l{ed Springs, N. C., where they will enter ttio Ked Springs seminary. Miss Kf. flu Culp accompanied them an fw a* Charlotte, Monday morning Superintendent H C. t'ulp of the county ohatugung brought to Fort Mill froin tho wedern section of tho county tho rook crushing outfit, preparatory to mac* adamlzing u part of the public roads In his township. Since the gang was brought to this township n few weeks :|go some very vulun>hle work * has been done by It on the I,nnen8ter road. At the solleltatlon of the officers of the military company In this plucc T>r. J. II. Thornwell and Itev. It. A. Yongtte have agreed to lecture In the town hall Friday evening September -1. at S o'clock, for the benefit of the company. The subject o( their lectures will he announced In these columns next week. Arrangements nave aiso 'toon mnuc wun .vir. c:. r. Ulnnkcnship. lender of tho Gold Hill orchfstra, *o fnrnlslt music for the occasion. Friday afternoon Capt. A. K. Smith was appointed temporary receiver of the old Hook TFill cotton mill, now known as the Orescent mill. Oapt. Smith took ehartre at once and the spindles which have hecn silent for a week are now humming. It Is expected hy the management to get the mill out of the hands of tho receiver within r.o days. Kort Mill has probably never seen a Democratic primary election "pass off as quietly as dhl the one yesterday. which was held for the purpose of nominating three county officers and a like number of State officers. The race for clerk ef court developed the major port of Interest of the day. All kinds of stories were circulated nttmpg the voters of the use of money, etc at other places by the friends of the two candidates. hut these stories did not seem to Influence mn"v The result of the vote at this precinct was as folloXvs: Clerk of court, Tate 127. Wylle 128; supervisor. Culp 227. Cordon 26: coroner. T.outhlan 11* 2. I.ove RR; (governor. McSweerey 144, lloyt 109: lieutenant governor. Tillman 1 fil. Sloan 91; railroad commissioner, F.vuns 126. Whar top 127. Complete returns for York eopetv o? telephoned The Times from Yorkvllle this morning. ?(ve Mcflwec ev 1.724. lloyt 1.202: Tftlmnn 1 M*i. yto-<n 1 095: Kvans 1 650. Wharton 1.260: Tnte 1.452. Wylle 1.R02; Coin l.ir." Cordon l.i90; Louth Ian 1,787, I.ove 1,157. ' Total vote 2,885. LLTI MBEB 16, 1920. | LARGEST ENROLLMENT IN HISTORY OF SCHOOL The 1920-21 session of the Port Mill graded school opened Monday I morning with a record first day enI rollment of 410 pupils. The audlI torluin 1b not yet sufficiently completed to be occupied and the schoo? in temporarily crowded into the main building. It 1m thought that the new building will bo completed witnin the next six weeks and the new classrooms on the lirst floor will relieve the congestion in the other building. The eleventh grade in the high school was revived this year with Ave students enrolled. The total enrollment in the high school on the opening day of the session was 57. An additional teacher was added in the first and fourth grades this year and one teacher is yet to he added to the high schooT corps. The agricultural course will not be given this year, but the second yea? in the home economics course Is being offered the gi^ls. A number of -visitors were present for the first dny opening, but they could only visit the class rooms slncf the auditorium wn* nnt nvnii?iii? sultnlhle opening exercises. L The board of trustees this year Is emu posed of J. It. Mills, chairman; T. It. Sprntt, treasorcr; J. J. Bailee, Osmond Harbor, It. P. Harris, 11. D. Ilurkey, W*. J. Klmhroll, J. T. Young and W. D. Wolf. The scnool superintendent Is It. II. Stlbllng, who was elected a few days ago to succeed W. W, Ward, resigned. The teaching corps far the session Is us follows; First Grade?Miss Minnie Garrison, Fort Mill; Miss Marie Manney. Shelby N. P.: Miss Ethel l^oftls, (Jreenville. Second Oradc?Miss Agnes Idnk, Fort Mill; Miss Julia Armstrong, Fort Mill. Third Grade?Miss Esther Meaehnm, Fort Mill; Miss Zelmn Phillips, j Fort Mill. Fourth tirade?Miss Thelnia < ?tt. Fort Mill; Miss Ethel Armstrong. Fort Mill. Fifth Grade?Miss Carrie Spencer. Itock 111)1. Departmental and high school teachers; T.ntln, Miss Dorothy rtergstrom. Fort Mill: history. Miss Caroline Carothers, Fort Mill; ma>u^niDlInc Ml? I.-.l.. - 1, .,_n ?. ' ...? , ... i.-..- .( no i^iiiiun, Dt'iiiiKPri; Kngllsh teacher yet to be elected; honte economics, Miss ICmmn Anderson, Rock Hill. VIKWN OF TOM WATSON. New (iroivln Senator Stnles 1'osltlon on Public truest Ions. Following his nomination in t o Ocorglu Democratic primary for the United States senate to succeed Hoke Smith, Tom Watson gave out the following statement of his uttitude toward public questions in which he said: "I will do all within my power to pass a new law compelling the president to remain in t|iis country durlhg hlH term of office and to declare inat his voluntary abandonment of his country shall amount in law to a 'resignation of his olllcc. "My earnest efforts will be dircc??. to raise the l.lberty bonds to par b>* ? ? K'Htii HJIIUUI 111 (I?) IIH-IH of all debts, or by the Issuance of greenback money notes on these "bonds to the amount of their face \aliie. 1 will do niy utmost to abolish fran'itiK privilege, so that all men, high or low, rich 'or poor, will pay the sumo postage. "1 did not hesitate to say that If I was elected to the senate I would support most heartily a bonus bill for the soldiers and sailors which will give them one year's extra pay? a very slight compensation for what they lost In the war. "Now that the C?l\il war Is so far In the past surely the pension question should be nationalized. "I am eternally opposed to any league of nations. No flag above ours. No foreign congress (Issuing orders to ours. No foreign council assessing tuxes against ours. No foreign bankrupt governments unloading their debts 011 our*. "I will oppose those Who seek to unite the ehttreli nn?l the state; will combat those who seek to abridge in tho slighte t degree the full freedom of the press, of religious worship and of the 'utmost freedom of speech' which Wilson told the Parisians he hnd always advocated." Trying to Foretell Hurricane#. The Unltod States weather bureau Is engaged In a determined effort to combat the danger of hurricanes In the tlulf of Mexico and South Atlantic regions by the adoption of a sys tem of upper air observations at a number of stations In the West Indies and In the Southern States. The service Is from July to November, the month In which most West Indian hurricanes occur. The annual hurricanes In South Atlantic and flulf sections hnve almost nlwny? been attended with enormous damage to shipping. Not only hnve many"ships been destroyed and many hundreds of lives lost, but also transportation has been seriously Interfered with heeanse of caution necessitated by tho advent of the hurricane " n-on. If the weather bureau's latest plan proves helpful In enabling P to give warnings of hurricanes, the :vrtem will he of Immense benefit to shipowners, shipmasters, passengers nd freight shippers. ? Wfc ft . - V . French newspapers are urging Marshal Fosh to accept the presidency of France as the successor of Desrhanel, who Is about to resign the office. |%/B MJ NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Items of Groenl Interest dipped From tie York vtlie Kaqulrrr The night shift at the Hawthorn mills at Clover has been discontinued according to Information from that town. Production has been curtailed it Is said, because of a dull yarn market. King'* Mountain township road forces operating under the direction of the State highway commission are nuking fairly good progress in the construction of the North roud between the York township line and Clover, through the towu of Filbert. Ktul estate agents operating in Clover and vicinity huve heeu busy 01 ibie und huve been instrumental in creating cunsiueiable interest in real estate there. liitormallon iroui Clover is inat a number of real estate deals at Ciover are now being negotiated. li. i\.. Wyile ol Chester, reproaenlauvt, ut luu uiUte of the ooiupiroUtr Kvuemi, is mgugeo in checking up the u\ v o uills of I he oitlcers of futn ?.uuiii>. Air. Wylie cuiue to York* villu Aiuu^ty. He will he engaged tor ueverul uuys Willi the uuU.^i, uikbuiur una supervisor. Juuicd U. Uumui', formerly u lieuivnaiu of the lUili uiiauiry of the ?uth division, it* taking the lead in me matter 01 organizing a company ut a a iiuiiu 1 Guardsmen tor Itouk Hill, it is proposed to etjuip a null in Hoc* ilui to he used iu quarters for the miiitiu. com puny it the even; It la tie- i vuicu lor Kock llill. Kock 11111 la Muttering from the a U- j lOiiiOuue prouieui uhout u? acute ad loikMite suffers. on t&tlurdayd both much of ajuiii etreet are lined witii . uioiuooiiet* for a distance of a quur< I hi- ot u mile and there id hardly , more thun enough room for two autoiiiobiiet* to paat*. The street la >iuite u bu?y looking place. Kive citizens of Shuron took tnd civil Mervice examination held In the court houHu here Suturduy for t.io purpotiu ol selecting a poatuiadter at that place to succeed William Caldwell, resigned. on account of III ! health. Those taking the examination, which was under the direction of MIsm Muguret Glenn, assistant! I 11 _ " I ? ui tmaiviiic, wcio; r . o. and C. L.. Kennedy, It. L. Plexico | O. C. l'rait, V. K. Plextco. .According to announcement comiiik from Hock 11 til Mux W. liryuut, moving picture theater proprietor of that city, bus purchased a building on Kecord alley which he will convert into u modern theater. Mr. Bryant purchxcd the building from W. C. Wtiitner and the understanding la that he will obtain possession about January 1. The building is at present occupied by John A. Kussell, a v> holcttule dealer, and The Itecord Publishing company, "This special term of the court of general sessions (s not worth while." said Solicitor Henry Monday. 'Bo tar as 1 am concerned, 1 do not mind coming to it; but 1 do mind seeing SO manv others fnrpwt tn rnmo when the little business that is transacted at this term could just as easily be postponed to November." Most other people who understand the sitpatlon * ugree with Solicitor Henry In this proposition, but .-till this unnecessary term continues. During the three days the registration books were open In the court house, 62 ladles applied for and re-; cetvcd registration certificates. It would hardly be fulr to represent that the women of this vicinity showed uny special keenness for the > right to vote. Deft to themselves probably not more than half a dosen would have applied for registration certificates. Most of those who did pply were urged and persuaded by interested friends who artfued that now that the ballot box Is free to women, every woman who Is otherwise qualified should take the necessary steps to vote In case .it should Iiopiiiiip nucMHArv ?n rtn u<> Not until the first Monday In De. comber Is the registration board of York county required by law to hold another sitting, and as the hoard does not Ret pay on day* other than those required by law. It la hardly prohuble that there will be any more sittings except at the earneat request of a considerable number of people. It Is very Important that the women of York county showld be roRtstered as early an possible; hut It Is not at all prohuhle that there will be any Ren- i t rnl reRlstratlon among them unless i somebody who Is capable of properly I handliiiR the matter will take the In- I itlutlve and Induce them to come out. I This Is n matter that should be looked ufter without unnecessary delay. The sooner the question Is taken up the better. There should at once be commenced u thorough and systematic canvass to Ret all the women of the county to come out on the first Monday In December. York School Opens. York boys and girls to the number of 452 Monday abandoned the alluring amusements of the vacation period, hunted up books, pencils and satchel* and resumed the pursuit of knowledRe In the city graded schools. The opening of the new session was under circumstances decidedly auspicious. The enrollment was he largest In the history of the schools for the beginning of a term, the number from the town being augmented by evernl score pupils from the country Immediately surrounding. Pupils and teachers alike seemed glad to> return to books, their enthusiasm auguring well for the success of the I > ear's work before them. t , -f* 4t.7t Per Year vffl? CALLS COTTON GROWERS ^ TO MEET NEXT MONDAY 9 MK Governor Cooper Tuesday Issued a :$lj9 proclamation calling on the people of ' M South Carolina to gather In tholr re- ffl| spectlve county court houses Monday, Hfl September tO, In observance of "Cotton day" and discuss plans of carryIng out the program ugreed upon by the American Cotton association to save the South from the serious situatlon confronting It. Meetings aro jj| being arranged in every county In the .jijc State for next Monday. Following is the proclamation issued by the governor: "Whereas, there is urgent need for MUKKijr miurminK, arousing anil n?ot> lliilng all the farmers und business Interests of the South In the llicht for better cotton prices with all that It ineana for the civilization and progress of our section, and, "Whereus, the farmers, merchants. VjnH bankers and business and professlonal men composing the American t'otton association have. In convention assembled and after a thorough discussion of the situation confronting the South as a result of the failure of cotton to bring a fair price, that plans should be perfected for the holding of cotton until a fair price can be Becured; that plans should be discussed for fully utilizing warehouses and warehouse facilities and ? jl for erecting additional warehouses with apoctnl emphasis in this connection on practical pluns for tlnanc- y Ing the cfop, and that plans should be perfected for Immediately Increasing the acreage In fall sown small sK?! grains, also cover crops, as the one wise and certain plan of effecting A reduction tn cotton acreage, and. .JaB "Whereas. It Is believed that tho # $ best method to place this program before the farmers of the cotton growing Staton in to arrange for the holding of moetings In every county VSw In the cotton belt on Monday. September 20. at 11 o'clock In the county court houses. at which tlmo the program agreed upon can ho presented to the people. . . !JH I "Therefore. I. Robert A. Cooper, ; governor of South Carolina, do horoby set aside Monday. September 20. as 'Cotton day' In South Carolina, and do hereby call upon the people of this state to assemble In their respective court houses at 11 o'clock on that day for the purpose of discussing the ootton situation and carrylng out the program as agreed upon." HhOCKADKIlK 1K1I1T. ' Sheriff Qui n? and I>cputJcH Destroy Outfit In King's Mountain. h? . ?* VJw For the llrat time in years. York county moonshiners showed tight When caught one riLt ill a a still in King's Mountain township l-Yiday night by a 'raiding party composed of Hherlff Fred K. Qulnn, Deputy Sheriff D. T. Qulnn, Magistrate A. J, Qulnn and Countable O. W. Sparrow, one of them deuling Magistrate A. J. Qulnn a blow In the fare with n shovel before surrendering- Two atllla, one of which was in use when found, were captured, about 40ft gallons of beer destroyed und J. (1. Dover and his son, Krvin Dover, arrested on the charge of blockudtngu J. O. Dover, who has been In tho courts several times for alleged Illicit distilling, was Monday released on bond In the sum of 11,000, whilO Krvin Dover Is still In Jult. In addition to an indictment for moon4 shining, Dover also will have to answer to the churge of asauultlng an officer. Taking advantage of the darkness, the officers stealthliv crent uo to ' within a tew feet of the still, where tor several minutes they lay and. watched the two blockaders at tho Interesting work of converting corn into the tlery beverage. The Hrst In.- . tiniation the moonshiners hud ot dunger wus when Magistrate A. J. Qulnn reached out und grabbed Erv?a Dover by his trousers, the distiller rewarding the interruption of hla midnight work by a smashing blow ift the fuco with a shovel. The othefr officers then sprung to their feed, whereupon tho two Dovers surrent- b ',p dered without further resistance. Magistrate Qulnn's wound was not serious. Deputy Sheriff D. T. Qulnn hod one foot and ankle hudly scalded y f when he stepped into n bucket of hot slop near the still. Another still wak JPjL found about 200 yards from the onto - / in operation. ; I Flan "Nickel Drive." I fl Members of the lo?*al chapter, ot the Daughters of the Confederacy jp interested In helping to purchase a & portrait of Gen. Wade Ilumpton to I hang in the gallery of the R. E. 'ff .Jt , Dee camp. United Confederate Veterans, at Richmond, Va? and ask that * tiie school children of Fort Mill tak^e purt In the "'Nickel Drive" to be put on In various schools of the State next week. It Is hoped that ns many * children as can do sc will take to their teachers one day next week a contribution of b cents for thia worthy purpose. The gallery in which the portrait of Gen. Hampton* will ' he placed contain* the portruld^^ many noted Confederate office rv^^HMjitl South Carolina has up to neglected to honor her most gulshed Southern leader In Confederate veterans and ot^^H| this section who contempla^^^fl^B tending the general Confede^^^^^V union to be held in liauitoa^^Hl next month, are officially i the Southern railway that I trip fare from Charlotte fixed at ?tM*