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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.
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*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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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! 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
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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. |
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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.
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