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, ' ?Is l/l } 1 i Established 1891. SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES One thousand guns aro being dertroyed weekly by tho German governnicnt In compliance with the terms of the Versailles peace treaty. It Is announced by the allied commission. Twenty-seven thousand guns already have been destroyed and 6,000 await destruction. Employment agencies which went out of business In Chicugo during the war, when any sort of laborer could pick his own Job and name his own hours and- wages, say there is a mark falling off in the call for labor, both skilled and unskilled, and that the supply now far exceeds the demand. Employees In a road gang of thi Haiti more & Ohio railioad held up ?. l-assengcr train by shooting erup on the main line near Hulloway, onto Engrossed in wooing sevens and 'levens from the dice, the workmen pain c heed to the approaching flyer and the engineer was compelled to stoi ami "shoo" tliein away before proceeding. ,Internal revenue ofllelnls in Chi mivp ucgun nn investigation oi the presence of $2,225,000 In the fetl. oral building vault!} with no record ol its source. The existence of the surplus money was discovered when th< oilicials of a corporation called In to explain why they failed to pay $225,000 taxes, produced receipts showing they had paid. t'heaper shoos next spring. without any corresponding cut in wanes of shoemakers, is the promise held out hv Thomas F. Anderson, secretary ot he New Knglnnd Leather and Hnoc association. At the same time the American Woolen company has opened lines for next spring showing a ieduction of 20 per cent in the price of many woolen goods. The new autumn paper suits have arrived in Washington from Austria. The suits cost $2.62 and have been placed on exhibition by the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The manufacturers , assert thnt the suits are washable, a liUle ordinary soap and water tanking them look like new. Workingmen's overalls can bo manufactured for 15 cents, it is said. - *nit* iirniH. mnisy waists and slmrt skirts have no pine In the juvenile court nt Washington. T>. C!., according to Judge Kntheryn Sellers, who ordereil thot nil of the 17 young women attached to the court shall dross with greater modesty. All stive one of the girls complied with the order. She resigned after she had hecn told by her honor to go home and wash the paint and powder off 1-er face. The American legation in Pekin. t'hlna, htis bt en Informed by American missionaries and business men in separated provinces that the famine area covert more than 90.000 square miles and that more than "O.Ouo.OOO people are affected. The crop In toe suffering area Is 92 per cent below rormol. Many natives already are dying or dead and arsenic Is being used by the elders of families to poi son their wives and children in order that they may avoid starvation. T^hr t'hlncso government Is unable to cop< with the situation. Mike 1 Irncrnll ..f th.e..?..?H i>?.? baa a little stnro. and recently the police dronped in for the third or fourth time this yenr because it hnd been reported that he was selling liquor there. A Jug with nt>out two drinks of moonshine In It was found under the counter and n kutnmel bottle. belonging to Mike's wife, was also found. In police court Mike said liekept tli liquor on hand for the bnhy. and that the Infant had consumed about two jugs of moonshine during the Inst two days. The Judge wns . I eptlenl and decided that Mtke must pay $f?0 and cost. One plnvfully stolen kiss is said to have caused the walkout of in.000 men emploved hv the Norfolk A- Western railway at Norfolk Vn. C!hn.rle? I'ra<ly, an employee, stole the kiss from a girl clerk, and Henry 1 livers, i timekeeper, chtded h(m about tt ntll Ttradv became resentful. I.ater Hivers reproached n rrtrl for poor work and she w?nt to Rradv sayim* tb:^ Divers hnd "made her cry." Still angry Ilrady demanded Divers' discharge. The company refused to ^discharge the tiniekeener and a strike f< Uowed. The walkout Included clerks, shopmen nn?l bmk"mon, 9*00 FOR KACII 1IOMF lll'V. Italic Until Clours $10,000 Since Passing Ills lOtO Murk. Fort Mill baseball enthusiasts no loss than devotees of the grent national frame In all parts of the country will read with Interest the story that Tin be Iluth. the greatest hutaman of them nil. Is In ft fair wny to elenn tip a fortune in this hnsehnll season of 1020 through his prowess with the V'illow. When the season opened, Kuth is said to have been guaranteed by the New York baseball men $500 for every home run made this season In excess of his 29 record for 1919. ** To date be has made Jpst ?o pmre home rnps than In 1919. which nets him the tidy sum of $10,000 under this guarantee. And the sear in yet has two weeks to run. Tint that Is not all, for Ttuth this voar nets $95,000 from a movie con- , tract, gets $10,000 from a soap com? pnny, $5,000 for talking Into n pho- j nofrraph, will draw $20,000 or more as his season's salary and has a chance to figure 10 the world's series profits. All of which makes him the best paid ball player to date for any . one season's efforts. R- -r: Till NEWS or YORK COUNTY. Items of (irncnil Interest Clipped From the Yorkvillo Enquirer Charged with abandonment of his ?lfo, Anthony Thompson was committed to York county Jail September 14 by Magistrate J. C. Comer. I Charged with the theft of an automobile, the property of J. C. Hambright of Iloek Hill, r. R. Bradford i Is in the county Jail, having been committed September 13. from Sioux Falls, S. D . to Guinosville, Ga., on a motorcycle, u distance of aliout 1,500 miles. Is the experience of William Dgrby Glenn, son of Mrs. W D. Glenn of Yorkville, who returned to his home in Yorkvi.le lust Friday. after spending most of the summer working In the wheat and oat tlelds in Western States, Mr. Glenn was accompanied home by his friend. W. Ft. Kehols of ltappinc, V:i., who spent u few days here en rout-* to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Young Glenn is also a student at the University of North Carolina and expects to enter upon hir senior year there next week. Just how much pay the managers who served during the two primaries in York county will receive for their work has not been determined, but they will receive something. .... the meeting of the York county executive committee held Thursday a resolution was adopted to the effort that the sum of $12 he allotted to each precinct for the payment of the m'an agers uftcr nil other hills have been paid. The resolution provides that If after outstanding bills have hcen l>aid It is found that there is not a sufficient amount on hand to distribute $12 among the managers of each nreclnct, then the amount that is on hand will he distributed unions tliom tt was made clear that bills for construction of booths and printing will he paid first. A. B. Smith, cotton grader for York county, will have ofliees in Yorkvllle and Rook 1III1, it was decided at a Rooting of the farmers* roprescnta'ives of the nine townships of Yora county held in the court house in Yorkvllle Wednesday. The meeting was held under the auspices of the York County Cotton association, with Dr. J. R. Johnson, president or the , association, presiding. President Johnson read a telegrnm front W. W Dong of the extension department of Cfemson college, under whose direc- , Mon the federal cotton graders work, j stating that "it is agreeable to us to ( have the county grader divide his , time between York and Rock I III'.** | It was decided that the county grader , will alternate week about at Id" Yorkvtlle and Hock Hill ofliees until ^ January 1 when he will he free to operate in any section of the eountv i vlierc his services are desired. Ahnut , prominent farmerk of the eountv , attended the meeting held here. York eountv cotton growers aim ( ethers to the number, of mere than 200 gathered In the York county court house here Moiidav morn'ng. hi observance of Southern Cotton day. the K meeting being hold under the ( insniees of the York County Cotton ( '" oclntloii, branch of the American ( Cotton association. Pilnelirtl sneak- , ?rs before the meeting were Rev. J. I., Ontos, pastor of the Yorkvllle A. !!. 1'. church, and Hon. J. S. lli rice. well known lawyer of Yorkvitle. both monitors urging the farmer* to stick by the American Cotton ivwooiatlon. Ollieers to serve the York County association during t he ensuing year were j elected as follows: President. J B. Johnson. Book Hill: treasurer. J. H. ft. Jenkins. Yorkvllle; executive eotnjnittoe. J. T. Crawford. MeConnellsvllle: . \V. B. McGlll. York No. 1 : 1?. TV T.esslio. T.esslle. Jus. IV Crist. Yorkvllle. secretary of the association, de- . ellned reelection. stating that it vould be impossible to serve longor ( because of his increasing duties with the Yorkvllle Knnutrcr Mr. Crist was accorded a rising vote of thanks by tbe audience in appreciation of his untiring zeal to the work of tnc association during tbe vear just come o a close. A majority of the members of the association, on motion of Mr. C. N. Tnman. pledged themselves to hold their cotton until fafr and just prices can be obtained: to utilize tho warehouse facilities of the countv and to increase their acreage in fall grains. MIlJj COMPANY PITS Ol'T Il1.\/.K Fmployecs leave Dinner Table ?? Ues|*>iid to Fire Alarm. Editor Fort Mill Times: 1 wish to cull your attention to the news item in last week's issue of , your valuable paper .regarding the liro at the house on White street. The item stated that the tire spent itself nctoro the dilapidated hose hchnsins to the town of Kort Mill was hrouKht into uctlon. Tliis hose was not put Into action, Put Instead, when the lire was noticed l?y Mr. McKcnsle. the alarm was Riven t>y the mill whistle callltiK forth the iiicmhcrs of the No. 2 mill lire department from their dinner tables. They promptly stretched two 300-foot mill hose lines across the railroad trade and through sys- ] tematic work Rot the lire under control before the roof of the house j burned through. The faithfulness of the No. 2 mill hoys Is to he commended. as their prompt and cnorRetlc action saved the adjolnins houses from possible destruction. I wtfth to thank them and other volunteers through your patter 'for the Rood services Riven in the savins of outside property. OeorRe Fish. Fort Mill, Sept. 22. "V \ J *i ?i + + * - * % " > i Fob / * FORT MILi HELP PUT UOVERMOR The presidential eleetlon la 1 praetieully empty. The men In for funds. Tlie nppenl Is direct the chances of success will bo a Illustration of tlie futility of try prosecute an aggressive, cnmpnlgi present the enuse of the party in tUffcrcnce in the vote In tliat St Surely this section, Uie lion so liudly needed to advance tin* ea mul with the assistance the South to hope tlint 1m* will be elected, should Ik* proud mid ir he Is elei One d<K*s not linve to hark h eonduet of the national govcrnr McKinlcy and Itoosewit adniinl cine In Washington than he had see a re|k*tition ol' this eondltioi "November. 'Hie South will cut sure, lie Is an Ideal ltepiibliean the Soutli. 'llu* Southern white this section if the llenmeriitic |mii The South, in common with (M*ratie administration tlu* like < to have to urjfe the citizens of tAtvcri.oi* vox; hat 1.1..11 I.-. a sti them ami up|MirviitIy are will hit evefynne in this section a future atliiiiiiistratlon is tor Southern nu imiIkii. Score* of farmers and othe dollar or more to the. Democrat! .Mill Times will Ik* pleasetl to aek contributions that nuiy Ik* entri HOW ItAlldtOADS HtillT SNOW. iveepimr Tracks Clear in Northwest Job of III); l*ro|>ortinnH. Where is the heaviest snowfall In the United States? The weather bureau says it is in the Cascade mountains of Washington and Oregon and the Sierra Ncrudu of California. There in the winter time snow accumulates on tho level ground to a depth of 25 or 30 t'eet and is often twice as deep as hut in canyons and gulches. In tho high Sierra Nevadu. a snowfall of 66 feet is not uncommon. At Tamarack, Pal., a mile and a half above sea level. 73 1-2 feet fell during the winter of 1906-07. ltuilroads llnd such snows impossible to remove. On the overland route of the Southern Pncilic, crossing the Sierra Nevada, it has been necessary to build 32 miles of snowsheds. at a cose of $42,000 to $66,000 per mile. They are constructed of massive timbers and are designed to sustain snow 16 feet deep. When the snow gets deeper thnn that it must l>e shoveled off by hand. At points where the railroad runs along stee|> slopbs millions of tons of snow slide over the tops of the sheds each winter, this movement being fa-.' rilltnted by an "apron" 20 to 40 feet long, built so as tp slant from the shed roof up to the hillside above tho latter. j One trouble about the sheds is that locomotives are liable to set them on lire. So serious is this danger that < four trains in summer and two trains In winter, laden with flre-tighting up- | pa rut us. are kept alwuys under steam. All local engines carry pumps and are followed by tank ears ; Idled with water for tlre-fightlng pur- ' poses. Snowslldcs in the Sierra * Nevada . ind Cascade mountains, veritable ava- | lanehes of snow, often sweep away the sheds. Worse yet. they occasion-1 ally bring disaster to trains. On Jan- j uar.v 22. 1016. a snowslide struck an all-steel passenger train near Oorea. i Wash., and cut it in two. sweeping several conches into a ravine 120 feet below and killing a number of persons. In many parts of the eastern United States, where, of course, the mis chief is far less serious, the railroads each autumn put up wooden fences | four to six feet high. These fences i lire erected on the west or north aide I nf the tracks, because drifting snow is carried usually by northerly or westerly winds. Breaking the force of the wind near the ground, they precipitate the snow in n drift on the j lee side of the fence, leaving the track beyond relatively clear. Some railroads in the plains States recently have adopted the expedient r?f planting trees for windbreaks. ft has proved very successful, and dur- ! log th" last three summers many miles of young trees of sturdy and j rapid growing kinds have been set out In this way. They are placed dose together and a few years from now they will offer an effective bar- I rier. Oulches and canyons traversed | by the I'nion Pacific railroad in Colorado and Wyoming are being protected by like means against the drifting snows which tend to choke them in winter, obstructing tratllc. Not only docs a heavy snowfall add greatly to the cost of n railroad's maintenance of way, but it also | causes loss through interruption of the flow of freight and eventually to business and industry in general. Kx- ! sense is further occasioned when coal arrives nt Its destination solidly fro- , ?cn in cars, which have to be thawed out. A number of small white boys are accused of robbing the money till at Hutchinson's pharmacy. J * - . > * 1 ; ?, "'V. * ;\ tl * , . HW 3MJTf " orf ma j *^kp* lt Mi ^ S. C., THURSDAY,T. SEPT] n i. i ? COX, THE SMITH'S FINEND less than two month** my and the charge of (ioTenior Coi'h (wnpaign a and urgent and unless there la linnx erlously imitalred. Within the last foi ii?K to carry a Northern State for the IV If f lux lint lotto 1 nuiMnal?M ? .. . >.w n w?i.|mm?i winmm Maine* as it sliould lutve been prvsi n ate tru days a?o. in* of Uie Democratic (tarty, *til not I ndidacy of Cloven ior C'oi. Ho la rank is in position to frivc him, ant) shou In Itint the DenMieratic |NU*t> lias t ted. the South more tluui any other nek numy years to recall tiie time ul rient. Our section was an outcast, a i Istrations. Titen the avernjee Soutlieri 1 in the British Parliament. If there 11, tiiey are a(tt to Itavc their wishes n no ttjrurc in WnsliinKtoD if 1m* becoir i, and the Repuitliean party Utcs, m< man w1m> can eotavmplate witlt equnn rty Koes down to defeut is a sorry s l the rest of the country, tuts enjoye ?f which no living man has seen, it tills section to contribute funds foi angcly organized animal. Some eon.' t to let the future take care of Mm In |Miiiifiilly striking contrast to the *11 to turn a deaf ear to llie appeal fi r men luul women who will read till* c (turfy without missing it. ' Will not uowlctlgc tin* mvl|>l of nul forw nr? ilsUhI to it. FOltT MUX 20 YICAKK A CIO. (Fort Mill Tliiics, Sept. 19. 1900.) The year old son of Mr. W. II. I'urks died of diphtheria Saturday morning and was buried in tiie cemetery at this place Sunday morning. Capt. and l^irs. S. K. White returned to Fort Mill Saturday ovenIiik. after u sojourn of several weeks at Hot Springs, N. A kusi of wind last Wednesday afternoon blew down and slightly damaged the tent under which religious services huve been conducted at tne head of Main street for several days. The tent was quickly repaired. On tlie plantation of Mr. l>. A. Lee. in tills township, 1..1S9 pounds of cotton was picked by his five, sons ono day last week. The sons are 11. M.. aged 20* years; Frank, aged 16 years; Hubert, aged 14 yearn; Tom, aged 11 years, and Sam, aged 7 years. They picked :t4. 291. :i:i4. :tii and ;u? poi nds. rospeetiwely. Misses Kittle Kirk pat rick and ionise MeMnrrny left this morning for ltOck Hilt tr> ?i,?? o?? ?> ? HI" J"1' class at Wlnthrop college. A few weeks ago Miss Kirk pat rick \\:<> awarded one of the two competitive kdiolnrRbipg to which York county is entitled nt W inthrop. She Is the eldest daughter of l*r. and Mrs. T. S. Klrkpatriok and is an unusuallv bright young lady, having stood first in her classes during the entire tit., she attended the public school lr Fort Mill. Mr. 11. C. Quinn. who has superintended tlte construction of the county bridge across Catawba river at Sutton's ferry, infer ns tis th.v the brhlue is tinishc? .11 d will be o|ien to the public as noon as the apnr."?nehoji)Jtro bjilt, whb 1? w'll llkclv consume no nioro than two weeks' time. ,As v.t. the public read from Fort Mill to "In* bridge lias not been surveyed, inn it is understood -that n surveyor has been employed to do the work and wdl begin n? onco. Immediately af tor the void ?s surveyed considerable work will be done on It by the cnunt\ ehaingnng. Fort Mill Is to lose another vnlrnt le citizen. Mr. J. T. Mnckny has "fsigned the position of secretary and treasurer of ;he Fort Mill Manufacturing coninanv and will mrfvn tr> l4tnrustor within two weeks to assume the duties of cashier of the I<ancaster hank. Mr. Maekey's sue* cossor as secretary and treasurer of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company Is Mr. J. R. Williamson of Newport, Tenn. OMhTlMl! THAfJKDY FOl'M), Ikxlles of 10 Men. Found In Texas, llccjill Old Stories. Further scach of the spot near TMshop. Texas, where 2.1 skeletons of human bcincs were found enrly in Auerust has revealed 15 more skeletons. mnkinsr a total of 40 men who were the victims of some kind of a traKcdy of which the people of 'the present day have no knowledno. No proof hos come to lltjht to substantiate the theory that the skeletons belonged to members of Jean I^ifltte's plnntr crew. That they helonaed to some part of the old world, however. Is evident from the rust encrusted rellcA that have been found hv the snot where the collection of skeletons was found These fne'u 'e a hrnss Ineense burner. cold rinsrs and brnoolots and an unindenMflod Iron ohteot which hore the words Cadi*. Spain. A telephone message received In Fort Mill this mornlnp at 2 o'cloel: form Oastonla, N. f\, said that yeccrmen had Just cracked a hank safo In that cFy. . * / V'.f' . r I piW_ ^r~^| f f' ' llTI EMBER 23, 1920. I , IN TNE WHITE HOUSE national Democratic treasury is re appealing to Routlicrn Dommmts dilate ami wliololHNtrtnl response rtnight litem lias been a jiukiiful party without sufllclcnt funds to cc had liatl ,money with which to ted, there would have been a big rail to do Its duty \vht~n funds nnj InjC a strong, njatu'sslvp rampntitn Id give him,. there Is ovttjr reason i loader of whom the entire country section will profit by his election, ten the South luul no voice in the IMiiiuli. In Its.own house during the i congressman luul no more infill ** ! Ik- those among us who wish to ratified If Harding Is elected next to* president. Of tluit all may be ivea and has Its Is-iug in liulr\d or lmity the treatment In store for outliern man, to say the least. xl an era or irrosjicrUy under I>emshouhl not therefore l>e necessary promotion of the candidacy of <ldcr little what yesterday did for if. One way to insure for last eight years under Democratic or funds for I lie Democratic cant i ari' in |M-sit ion to contribute a tliPM' help tiie party? The 1'iirt I to the national ranmilltiv any AN'til'S C'ATTIiF <iO WILD. flay Hill l-'nniicr Stalks Animal* Tluit Hefuse to lie llerdetl. A remarkable instance of domesticated animals answering the call of the wild and following their primal instinct has been furnished by a hero of 17 Aberdeen Angus cattle belonging to John J. Nivens, well known farmer of the Clay llill section of the county, a few miles northwest of Kort Mill. l.ast sprit) the cattle were turiteo into a large pasture on the land oi the Southern I'ower company along liig Allison creek. With an abundance of grass, water and everything else necesi ary for their comfort ut their disposal, the cattle were left to themselves. Hiving in the dense thickets and canehrakos that border I>ig Allison creek, the cattle were soon entirely out of touch with peo' pie, but not until a few days ago was it known that they had thrown oft their thin veneer of domestication and retorted to the wild stale of | their far off progenitors, i Tlds came to light following denre |>lation.s 011 corn and other crops in | proximity to the pasture In which the cattle had been confined An investigation disclosed that the Angus herd was responsible for the damage and an attempt was made to round them up. Then the surprise came. They were found to he as wild as doer, fled at the sight of man and went through or over burbtd wire fences with a facility almost qnbehevabie. After Mr. Nlven* and his neighbors had made repeated unavailing efforts to capture the cattle alive, tliey began hunting them with guns and dogs like wild creatures of .the forest. Nearly all the herd have been killed .tiring the last few days, some of them being chased and shot down as far as 12 miles from their original pasture. A hunt for the remaining members of the herd, scattered in the woods and bottoms of several townships, is still in progress. Freight Wrecked at WiniblKira. A serious freight wreek occurred in Winnsboro Monday afternoon wiien train No. 53, a local freight from Columbia to Charlotte, ran into tinrear of a work train near the depot. The northbound freight war heavily loaded, carrying 4-1 cars, and had put on extra steam, as it was coining up grade. The freight engineer saw the work train in tiino to save a collision, but the brakes failed to work. No one was Injured, as all the members of tho crew had time to jump. Five of the cars in the work train were completely demolished. The cars were thrown clear of the track, which was not torn up. The wreckage was cleared away in a few hours and Southern passenger trains Nos. 31 and 28 left VVinsboro about 6:30 P ni. Farmers Mifl in Many Counties. Following a proclamation ol' Governor Cooper, meetings of farmers were held In more than half the enmities In the State, Mondry, at which a Ilrm stand was taken for the holding of eotton until there is a material ad. vanee in price. Several meetings had been held before Monday on account of conflict in dates and In otber counties meetings are being held the latter part of the week. All the meetings reported went on record as indorsing | the plan of the American eotton association to hold the September crop ( for 40 cents, with Increase of 1 cent per month. Several counties also [ recommended that for next year's j ' crop not more than tVe acres be planted to tbe plow A* the Spar tanhurg meeting a committee of ten farmers placed the cost of producing a pound of cotton this year at 33 1-1 o | cents. | ... [MES. -- -' ' ii i f * VUJi OON8IDER BONUS PLAN. American Legion to Hold Second An* nual nnvtlnic Next Week. The attitude of the American Legion toward a bonut for the 2.000.000 members of the organization is expected to overshadow all other questions at the second unnual convention of the legion to be held In Cleveland. Ohio, September 27. 28 and 29. Thirty thousand former service men are expected to attend the sessions. A drive to bring every eligible former service man Into the legion will also be discussed. The aim of such a campaign, lenders say. Is to make the legion the most powerful, non-partisan, unselush force 111 Amrrlon.i The questions expected to reeelve the most attention include an Americanization program having for its purpose the assimilation of the nation's alien population and aiding Imml- ; grants in learning American ideals, | history and customs; the bonus proposition: planning of memhersnip drives to double the present member- j ship, and more adequate aid and care for wounded American soldiers. Another proposition to be discuss- t ed will be the granting of immediate citizenship to all who served In the , army, navy or marine corps. Revls- I on of the civil service regulations to make it easier for former service men to obtnin public employment, decision upon a definite military or non-military policy, declaration of \rtnlstiee day. November 11, as a national holiday, drastic action for hose who proved slackers In the World war and adoption of a "ritual" for initiation will also bo considered. WOMAN MAY BE PRESIDENT. Full Suffrage Makes Election to AWf [ Office Possible. t ? ) Woman senators, woman repreaert-:l tntlcs. a woman president of ithe United Stntes! , Ratification of the 19th amendmentdeclaring there shall bo no abridge ment of the riKht to vote on account of sex makes all those things possl- tl>le. Joseph W. Folk, former jovern-i or of Missouri, who aided the women <l In their tight, has made that state-..1 ment. | There never has been a constltu-.b ttonal inhibition against women hold. Ing federal office, even that of presl- | dent of the United States, he said, except on the ground that a woman, who eould not vote, was not a citizen . of the United States. i The granting of full suffrage to ? women knocks out that harrier. If It ever was a barrier. Governor Folk said. He said the question renlly was decided by the United States supreme . court many years ago in the Susan H. Anthony case. It was then held that an American woman was a oltl7.en. but not In the sense that she could vote. "With reference to th? qualifications of a president of the United States." Governor Folk said, "the constitution provides that no person, except a natural horn citizen, shall he eligible to the office of president, neither shall any person bo eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age ; of 3 5 years. It does not say a natu- ; ral born male citizen. "It Is true that other sections of the constitution uso the masculine pronoun 'he* in referring to the pres. Ident, but that could not possthly be construed as a prohibition against a woman holding the office of president. " 'He* frequently Is used In tho plural sense when both men and women are meant." FORI* CARS AT OLD PRICKS. Deduction Announced on All Ford Company's Product*. Itccstabllshnient of pre-war prices , on till products of the Ford . Motor i company, effective Immediately, was j announced Tuesday in ., Detroit by |, Henry Ford. Tho price reductions range from approximately 14 P?f.| cent on motor trucks to 31 per cent on smalt automobiles. In .announcing tho decision of the company, Mr. Kord snld: "Now is the time to enl| a halt on var methods, war prices, war profit*, erring and war greed. It may he necessary for everybody to stand a little sacrifice, but it will he , most profitable, after all. because the sooner we got the business of the country back to a pre-war condition, the sooner progress, prosperity and contentment will occupy the attention of tho people. "For the best interests of all. It Is time that u real practical-effort was made to bring the business of the country and the life of the country down to normal. Inflated prices al-. ways retard progress." The announcement said the pricereductions were made .despite unfilled orders for 14 6,965 vehicles. There will be no reduction in wages at any of the Ford plants, it was announced. Ilenrv It. Merrltt l>cad. Henry It. Merrltt died . Sunday morning ahout X o'clock at the home of his son. J. R. Merrltt, In the upper mill village, after an illness of hut a few hours. Mr. Merrltt was 7ft, years of ngo and had heen a member i of Flint Hill Baptist church since early manhood. Besides his son. he. ip survived by one sister, Mrs. N. J. Monro of Pinevlllo, N. P., and a brother. It. A. P. Merrltt of Fort Mill. Interment took place In the city cemetery Monday afternoon,, after fun- i oral services by tha ReT. J. W. H. I fiyohes. past or of tha Fort Mill Bap- I tlat church. | II fi-wriT-i-'r i T - v ,' T| .^tMNhPer YMeflH **,w"" *'**"*** *'f^i YORK COUWTO BArriSTS ^ I 3 HQht>jmHUAh MFET1WC Vl The York Baptist association mat I in its 62nd annual session on Wed* H needay, September 16, erith the First . Baptist church of York and eontlai !^^^? oed In session two days.- Pull del*gattons were enrolled from nearly all .1 the It churches In the association, "Voul Winning" was the theiuo pre- ; .JffgiHjj sentod by W. M. Whltesldes. superln- B tendent of the Baptist hospital, Co- B him bin, In the Initial devotion service. This proved to be the keynote of th* - B whole association meeting. N The committee on order of bust- B ness, the Rev. J. W.H. Dychea.. chair- , f?Hj man, called for only four main re- y ports?one on missions. Including iHS State, home and foreign missions; one on -benevolence, >Including the orphannge, the hospital and aged ministers', relief; one on education, in. eluding the education, board, School* and miotsterlai education, and one on the . seventy-Ave. million..' campaign. ^ Other, matters calling ..for report* were religious literature, woman's work, Sunday schools, public, morals and obituaries. Splendid , reports were presented on nR phases of the work and theso were ably discussed. The visitors representing the generul work of the denomination in the State were: The ltev. C. K. Hurts. JB IX II.. general secretary-treasurer; the Rev. W. T. Derleux. D.' D? corre*- i$yj ponding secretary to, the cum mission 4^ on missions; the Rev,. C. A. Jones, D. " . D.. secretary-treasurer of the education board; the Rev. T. J. Watts, D. . D? secretary to the .commission on ; ,V Sunday schools, B. Y. P. .U. and col- rj? portage; the Rev. Z. T. Cqdy, editor "i of The Baptist Courier, and the Rev. W. M. Whltesldcs, superintendent of v the Baptist hospital. The Rev. J. R. V Fixerv rcpreeentatlve of> the. book de i??i[ui7 or i no suia mtHton board, displayed a> One collection" of hooks. The -pastors . resident of tho association. pronent at the. meeting were: J. IX'Croft. T. H. KoM'h, W. D. 11ammeU and O. K. Thomas of ItockiHUl; O. Ij. Jones. Clover; J. It. ttmlth, Flint JHilh J. W. Hit Dyches. Fort Mill; F. A, Idles. (Charlotte Htreet ihurctv York; B. Hi. Waugh, host of tho association, who, with his. people of the1 First churchy .proved himself to be a .royal entertainer,, and Oar* Windell of .Fort Mill, student for thfe ministry. - ' ' Much, sympathy! wus felt for the Itev. J; P. 'Tucker, pastor of the First church, ltock Hill, who was at the bedside of .his sick, wife In Ashevllle, N. ,C. > News having reached' the meeting that Mra Tucker, who has keen III of. typhoid fever for several weeka was In critical condition^ spe>> clal prayer was offered, for, her recover yj [and also for the recovery of J C. .Comer,..deacon of the First church, York, who Is 111 in a North Carollitu hospital. There Is a growing number of laymen in the York association who. ren. der efficient service in official capacities, on committees and in the dlscusalon of the work, of the churoh, nmoiiK the number being Jinnee P. Boyd, W. A. McAfee, E. 11, Johnston, B. I?. Meucham, T. H.r Hopper MUee Wood, Josh Davis. S. A. Dee, H. I>. Markey, A. L. Parks. There wus adopted a supplementary report of the executive committee to the effect that the llpv. t). L?. Jones and the Kev. B. H. Waugh be appointed conservation orgunlzer and publicity director, respectively, to see that the spirit of the report on the scventy-tlve million campaign Is carried out. Messrs. Jones and Waugh guve evidence of their ability. In work of this character in the campaign last year. Woman's work was well cared for iby Mrs. J. T. Garrison, newly elected superintendent of the W. M. U. of the association, Mrs. P. A. Idles and other ladies, assisted by the visitors and pastors. The officers elected lust ycur, having served, with efficiency at, this session of the body, were reelected for. another. year.. They are: Jus. P. floyd, moderator! W. A. McAfee, vies moderator; the Kev. 11. H. Waugh, clerk. linrl ItV H .iGhnutAn # rsmmiror The meeting of 1921- wlll be >held with Northsldc church. .Hock Hill, of whloh the Hev. W. L>. JiainmejU la pastor. * ? Wbra.Weami May. HflXcr. Kdltor Fort- Mill Times: Please give the ladles oI this township through your paper Information as te how and when they should apply for registration . certificates. J. W. Johnston. . (The registration of. men and. women. is governed by .the aam#,law> The women if Forb Mill township will not be. able to vote In the bannerol election In November, unless arrangements are made with . the county board ef registration to come to Fort Mill.for .the enrollment-of voters prior to October 1.?rKdltor i ,Fort*..i lini Times.) ??, Two . AutomeUlnti Hwifclltd. Tuesday ufternoon Just before adjournment of the United States court. In-. sessionin Keek: Hill, the Jury .awarded the*., government .itbe..automobile belonging to C. C. ,I.)ster of Hpartanburg, which was being used by an employee -of Mr..-L4ater to itra-nsparpf vihlskey^ Vrtdenget ahownd that Mr., tilster thought the employee was on ar trip selling drugs at the time, he ' Was hauling the blockade Jlquor, hut.under the law tills did net hinder the seizure of the -car by tpe government. The value of ,tbe machine was fired at 91.200,' The automobile of T. W..^pley. alllo of Spartanburg, was declared . forfeited. It having been used to transport contraband whlakoy. f f 9 I