Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 16, 1920, Image 1
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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
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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. \
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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
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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:
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PBECINCTS
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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
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Totals 11120411 47R|1805| 944
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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.
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smYth defeats warren.
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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.
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French newspapers are urging
Marshal Fosh to accept the presidency
of France as the successor of Desrhanel,
who Is about to resign the
office.
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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
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? 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.
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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?
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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*