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: -y B?tobli?hed 1891. j" ' ' SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCBS Unleee the women of Indhut* tlve |B?fpff<W their exact ages they will not ~>e pot-. v> . m It ted to vpte, according to a ruling *;,2;'j made by the State board bf election Commissioners. Those who roglster^ tHl as 21 plus will have to register again or lose their votes. * Robbed of an even doxen pocketbooks, purses and walletsMn less than . . a month's stay In Chicago, Joseph S. Marks Has left for his homo In Ixm don, England, with the remains ot his roll padlocked In a tough pigskin purse, which, In turn, la secured to ? reenforced trousers waistband by n manganese chain. - r Immigration Is rapidly approaching pre-war figures, according to United b utes officials ut Washington and Now York city. An average of between 25,000 and 30,000 v foreigners jwKjjjj&. linve been arriving at the port of Now York every week for the last two months and this number would be twice as groat if shipping accommodations were available, according t* steamship agents abroad. Houston. Tex., is collecting a fund of 350,000 to be spent In entertaining the old men who wore the gray In] tho War Between the States, when the Confederate reunion Is held in that city October 6 to 8. Sixty city blocks will blaze with fluttering colois. Avenues of approach from the throe railroad terminals will lead the it.coming visitors Into a maze of flags and hunting in the center of the city, "Tho Court of Honor." Including 8,000 to 10,000 veterans. Hour\on expects 75,000 to attend the reunion. ' Detailed examination of surrendered German u-boats built during the ...... kn. rr viim nai iiuo |>iuuuvcu uuiiiiiiB vv forecast Important changes in American submarines, according to officers of the navy department. Aftor careful study of the Qermafi craft and a thorough test In the long cruise across the Atlai.tlo, American experts have found only a few unlmporiant details worthy of incorporation in new Amortcan undersea craft. In periscopes and optical fittings the K German boats were superior to prewar American submersible*, it wasadmitted. Periscopes on new navy submarines, however, are superior to the best similar fittings found on the captured vessels. DELHI A0AIN INDIA'S CAPITAL. r, ,fr? Restoration of Ancient City ITqdertaken by English Architect. The work of laying out the now capital of India at Delhi is well under wny, and Sir Edward Luityens. the arohltcct, has returned to England with the news that the city will be ready for occupation by the government in 102(, says Munsey's Magazine. Prior to 1212 Calcutta was the capital of the llrttlsh cmpwe. Partly In deforence to the wishes of a growing iKdlnn nationalism. It was decided to restore Delhi to the position It hold under tho rule of the Moguls. To this day "our beautiful city" Is the native description of Delhi from one end of v India to the other. "The beauty and ir.ngnlflconcc of the buildings erected by the sovgrolgn of Hindustan amazed even travelers who had aeon St. Peter's." wrote Macaulay In 184 0. "The decorations which surroundod the inrono or ix>im dazzled even eyes which wore accustomed to the pomp of Vorsmatllcs." Delhi In also a place of tragic memories, for when the great mutiny of 4 the native troops broke out In- May. 1857, all the Europeans In the ancient capital of the Moguls were mercilessly butchered by the rebels. . In the following September the city '? was retaken by Oen. Archdale Wll,, son nnd John Nicholson, after despernio fighting In which more thnn 5.000 British soldiers fell ? Qen. Nicholson among them. HFfr* The new official capital created by Sir Edward I,utyons Is being built on a site about a'mile outside the walls of old Delhi. The historic palaces and tomples of the past arc not being touched, but a modern sanitary pyatom Is being Introduced in the ancient town, and 70 Indian princes are building palaces near the new seat of government. The council chamber and the senate house are moving to ward completion, the secretariat is nearly finished, nnd the government Is spending more than $5,fluO.OOO a year on the work, which wus interrupted during the war. A monument to Indian soldiers who fell during the'wor has been doslgned by Wr Edwin and nil the races' of India are contributing to Its erection. CITY Nl'F.S NKWHIVIPERA. ChkitRo Mnnldpnllty ClaWis Twenty Million Dumayrfl. a r Fomcthjng new In newspaper libel . suits was started when the city of Chicago. entered suit for $20,000,000 against (he Chicago TrlbunO and the Chioago Dally News. The suits were Htig&K Instituted by the nssistftftt corporation counsel In thd name of the municipality. TO' The amount sited for from ench paper Is $10,000^000. considered a record amount, ft Is stated that these suits are the llrst Instance of city authorltlea suing newspapers on behalf of of a municipality. Hitherto the present corporation counsel's, libel suits against cttlsens and'newspapers numcd the mayor himself as Plaintiff. In the present case the sulfa are based generally upon allegations In the two newspapers that {? *1' ? ? -Aw - v ^Hv .*" H . ' * "' ' V [,? ! ' , =f TO KNLuUtWtWPHAlTAGE. Methodist to, Erect Administration Building, at JPpworth. The. Methodists. oC South Carolina -are greatly Interested In the movement to IralN $100,000 with which to orect an administration building at Epwerth orphanage, Columbia, and have named Saturday, October 9. "Orphans' Work dgy," when every member of the denomination in the Slate will be asked to sui>sar|be to the the worthy undertaking.. worth orphanage has long sine# outgrown Its present quarters and many orphans are being denied a home at the Institution because of the lack of facilities Xo cam for them.. , The erection of the proposed administration I.eliding will permit*- the orphanage to care for more than a hundred .*-t'onal children and train Into useful men and good women little ones who are now being raised In undesirable surroundings or poverty: It -wan to' provide for the welfare of these children that the movement for the enlarged quarters was undertaken. Lopally the. direction ot the cam'rnlgn for funds for the admlnistrafc Hon building la under the suparvislon of A. O. Jones, superintendent of n't. John's Sunday school, and mr. Jones bus appointed the following committee to solicit subscriptions: N. L * Carothers, Mrs. Bllie Parks. Miss Kathleen Armstrong and Miss gallic Griggs. This committee will report ot a congregational meeting of St. John's on Sunday, October 10. Impetus has been given the movement for the administration building by a letter recently written by Bishop U. V. W. Darlington urging the Mothodists of the State not to fall to do their duty by neglecting to support atlie undertaking to provide a home for as many needy, helpless citn-ren of the State as possible. While it is the purpose of the Melodists to confine the canvas for funds for the administration bultdinf to members--of their own church. It is stated that contributions from i o v? uuicr vuurcueB luifrumcii in-the care of orphudn will be grntcfolly received. DRUGGISTS TO MEET. Plmrniaclsts Hold Annual* S<*s*lou In Hock 11111 Soon. John M. Hutchinson, Ph. G., of Kort Mill, secretary, announces the annual meeting of the Seventu Judicial Cjrcult Pharinoccullcal''a8soclntloii to ne held In Itock Hill on October 12. During the lost few days Mr. Hutch Inson has sent out to majnhers and prospective members of fSe association the following letter directing attention to the meeting: *v v Dear Sir: ? As the secretary of tho Seventh Judicial Circuit- Pharmaceutical association I beg to call your attention to the fact that the annuul meeting of the usauciatlon. will ba held In ltook Hill on Tuesday, October 12, and Chalrmnn W. It. Sims has arranged a very Interesting program for the meeting. A number of matters of special Interest will be brought ,up for consideration .and you ure earnjstly urged to be present. " , At our' last meeting, held In Chester on Juna 20. the annual dues were fixed at $2. Please send me this amount ho that your name may be placod ujpon our rolls. If you are not already a member you are Invited to Join now and attend the Itock Hill meotingi As you know, the association was formed for the mutual bene'flt of ltg members and much Is promised to those who belong. Don't forgot the, place and date? HOCK Mill, TUQHtiny. (>CtOD?r 12. Fraternally yours, . John M. Hutchinson, ' Secretary and Trensuret. COTTON GOODS REDfTCKD, Rock Hill PlantM Announce lily Cut In Wholeaalc Prices. The local textile manufacturing plants have mode outs ranging from 35 to 40 per cent In wholesale prices of goods, and the Indications are that other cuts will follow, says the Rock Hill Evening Herald. The drop has been more or leas gradual,, though within* the past week it has been more nronoiinoeri in unine llnnn* than in others. The drop In prices amounts to from 8 to 10 cents per yard for the cloth, while the drop In prices of yarns has-been even greater, in some cases amounting, to virtually 50 per cent from the high mark of a few weeks ago. Tightness of the money market and inability of the buyers to handle {urge Stocks has curtailed the demand, according to erne view .of the drop. Another reason is that prices have been abnormally high and the inflation was bopnd to- be reduced. Those holding this theory- aro? of tha, opinion that a further drop In prices will come, as they are yet considered too high. What effect the decreaae In the price will hnve on the price of cotton Is regardod as somewhat uncertain. It Jp pointed out that to date the drop in the price of the raw product has n?| boon no great as has been tfco. drop in tho price of the finished product. ? ? , Nothing to Ohe Out. "A newspaper man to Interview you. airv" said the servant. , "Tell him I'm so hoarse that f can't talk," answered the candidate. "I told him that." said the servant. 1 hut he said he would ask/ihn/QU**-1 tlons and you dould nod-r-yes or no.'* "Tell him I'vo a stiff neck and j 5 Few s rOBTHIlil BETi ER PUBUC SCHOOLS URGED BY YORK BAPTISTS At the recent session of the lork County Baptist association, held in Tork, the folic wine resolution was unanimously adopted by the. body urging the General Assembly of 8outh Carolina to make provision fir hotter educational facilities for the boys nnd frirla nf tka !Jt'? ? In the /i.unmnn school a: * To our deep humiliation we learn from reliable surccs, both State and federal, that South Carolina ran KB lower than any other State in the United States, and 4 even below HaT waii, the Phiilpplnes^and Porto Rico, la the matter of oducatlon. J ud*ed by the standard of efficiency, our stufe school system ranks boiow taut of uny other State, und judged oy the suiuduru of literacy, we are at iue bottom of- the list, with .5 per cent of our population over 10 years of age unable to read or writ^ A carciul study of the facts in the case indicate* that the weakest place In our educational system is the realm ot the common scnool. It has olio coino to public .notice that the Legislature does not seem to be giving to itie common people tho consideration that their importance would warrant, l or example, it is reportod that the ^efeisluiuic appropriated from the public treasury more than twice as much money for the State Institutions of higher education that serve (ess than. 4 per cent of our pupils than it did to the common schools, ?T litvii aic IUC ouic ucpunuvuwc Ul f a per cent of our pupils, even for the rudiments of an education. Now, whereas we are deeply interested in the cause of education and ure pained to learn of the low educational status of our beloved State, therefore Be it resolved. That the York Baptist association, consecrated to the Word of Qod and the enlightenment j>f souls, herelfy exercising the right of petition in public matters which affect the vital moral and spiritual welfare of the poople, does petition 'the legislature through the York delegation: % First. That our problem of illiteracy and the needs of our public free schools shall be placed positively Lefore every other educational interest In the appropriation of public money. Second. That the Legislature shall directly give greater authority and pressure to agenoral campaign whlcSh shall seek to enlist all educational fprccs and agencies and the onthuslasm of ull citizens in a determined effort to lift the grand old State of South Carqjipa from Its position under the pall of Illiteracy. , Third. Thut in submitting this pelilon respectfully through them- to (he Legislature, we prefer the request of the York county delegation "tnat I shall devote itself to the support of . Aich a movement, and especially for iUh possible measures of educational advancement affecting the public schools of York county. Fourth. That we further and finally. confirm our earnest good faith as a body, devoted to the Increase of Intelligent Bible reading and church members and to ail taat makes man und woman stronger, better*and happier in the service of God and man, do herewith pledge ourselves to promote In every possible and proper way all efforts In State and county te secure the Improvement of our educational status as rapidly as possible. And in ylew of-the efforts now? being put forth by the State and philanthropic Institutions to rid our State of adult Illiteracy, we call upon our people who aro able to do so to discover and to teach the adult {intonates in their communities. Fifth. That a committee of three he appointed to present these resolutions to t\ie York delegation. 4Signed). The York Baptist Association. ? Jgm. F- .Boyd, Moderator; B. II. Wuugh, Clerk. Pom in i t f ? i) r> t*?h r..?^ v. ?'UI IJ?, IVUVIX ill" , n. II. Waugh, York; C. 8. Moorehcad, Hickory Qrovc. FOB rHBlHTIAN KDUOATIOX. PrmkytwkMM to Hour OollofN1 F.11(k)H-ment I)I?cusmnI Sunday. The Rev. J. R. Black, pastor of the Kort Mill Presbyterian church, has received word that a ropresentuttvo of the general assembly of the Soutncm Presbyterian church will be present at the morning service of the local church nxt Sunday to prsenc to the members-of the congregation the plan of the million dollar fund for Christian education in South Carolina. The1 campaign for raising the" ivillion dollar fundTwns indorsed at the last meeting of the Synod of s>?uth Onrollna, meeting In Anderson last November, and has since bo?n approved by all of the proshyterieir of the State. When the million dollars la socured It will he npport.uned among 'nlotnhlA Theological seminary. Preebyterlan College of South Carolina. at Clinton. Chlcom College for Women, at Columbia, and ThornweW orphanage, Clinton. Pledges amount, lag to mqre than $800,000 already have been received hy the committees and it Is. expected that the goat will He fetched hy December 1. The officers of the Fort Mill PrethytOrlan church are hopeful that there will be a large attendance of ^the .members of thO church Sunday; to hear in* representative of the synpd present the need of-the ci>-. ' dowment fund. 'v'- ' lISIS ' .. s+* * :T ME i, a. c.. thpbspay, septs GRADED SCHOOL NEWS. Medical Inspection* of Children tc Begin at Once. Prof. Verd Peterson, State supervisor of urlcttltural Instruction, was In Fort lalll one dar last week and while here held a conference- with the school authorities relative to the continuation of the agricultural de purimeni in m< men scnooi here. It way decided to contlnuo the work thp eosutog year.and .It ia hoped that a Clemaon graduate will be secured to succeed Mr. Strtbllng, recently elected superintendent of the aohooV, by the time the class rooms in the new building, are. ready tor use. It is possible that yt shop may be fitted up and the boys given the opportunity to take manual training In addition-io the course In agriculture. Miss Hoffman. State supervisor qC home economics Instruction* under the Smith-Hughes act. spent Monday here Inspecting the ~ homo economics department of the high-school. Miss Hoffman expressed the opinion that the school would have a successful year In this work. One of the peculiarities of the course offered Is that three periods per day must. be dove.ted to cooking and sewing and related subjects to be taught by Miss Kmma Anderson,'who Is In charge of the work. A meeting of the Parent-Teacher association will he held at the school building Friday afternoon at 3.-:i0 o'clock. To comply with the State Inw massed last winter tall school children must undergo a medical arid dental Inspection to ascertain the presence of any contagious or Infectious disease. or any disease detrimental to the child. The inspection will be conducted by the Fort Mtll doctors and the results will not be mode pub. l|r. h"t will bo considered confidential by the authorities, except that he results of the Inspection may be communicated to the parents or guardians of thfe children. Any parent refusing to alio* the medical or dental Inspection ns provided by the inw Is subject to a fine of $5 or 10 days' imprisonment for each offense^ The Inspection will begin at the sc hool house this week. jwi auaiairr kkiah. Cox Woakl Have Supported Nchraskan for Prestdency. At Omaha,i Neb., Monday night Governor Cox gave out a statement saying tbat ho would have supported William J. Bryan for the presidency had the former" secretary of state been nominated by tho Democratic party for the presidency and added that he was fostering progressive ideas gained under Mr. Bryan's leadership "I have known Mr. Bryan politically and personally for many years,^ said the governor's statement. "Ho has been an- Influence for jtood. 1 supported him three times for the presidency with my newspapers, my voice and my vote and* would have done so agntn this year had he been the candidate, of the Democratic party instead of myself.- As a matter of fact, as a young man I gained from *-> / > innuu^Hiuy mBny or me progressive Ideas which - I since hove endeavored to propoxate." The statement t>f Governor Cox was In response to an Inquiry Jrom a local newspaper man regarding the position In the campaign of Mr. Hryan. who has withhold support from Governor Cox. Thirtieth Reunion Rnd#. The,second aVinuul reunion of the 20th, (Gld Hickory) reui&on. came to a close In Ashevlllo, N. C., yesterday with the election of Col. Albert Cox of Raleigh, N. C., as president of. the Old Hickory association and the selection of Nuahvlllo. Tiaa,, as -the 1921 reunion City. Col. T. B. Hpratt, Fed *J. Dunlap and Joe M. Smith are 30th division veterans who attended the." reunion from this section. Textile Workers Organise. Local No. 14St, United Amcrtooli Textile Workers, was formed in Fort Mill Monday evening with the follow. Inir ofHcors- .1 C MnW.IVin nnv nrAui dent; S. P. Johnston. vice president; J. W. Johnston. llnnnctal secretary; F M. Allen, treasurer; Charles Bailee, recording secretary. The union pinna to hold weekly meetings, every Monday evening. FOKT MILL 20 YEARS AGO. , ? " 1 . ? * (Fort Mill Times. Sep*. 22. 11)00.) Mr. A. A. Bradford. Jtr.. has moved with his family to Rock^HIIl. Itev. Dr. Bays, presiding elder .of the Hoek Hill district, preached In the Methodist church at this plaeo Sunday morning. Mr. J. Lee Sprntt left Monday even!n? for Baltimore, Md., to resume lis Aejttal studies nt the University oi Maryland. Mr. W. T. Hongland hns bought the vacant lot on Booth street opposito the small brick atore room of Mrs. Kllsa Fulwood and will at once begin the ereotlon thereon of a drdproof , livery stable. Th<y stable which he Is, now using will he occupied this winter by Messrs. L. 8. Nlvens and W. F. Harris.. . A protracted meeting Is to hogln I r.t the Baptfbt church In this place on the flrst Sunday In October. The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Finch, will he assisted by Rev. F. O. p. Curtis of I-aurlnburg. N. C. Mr. Curtis was poster of Flint Hill church; near tort Mill, a few years ago. - ' ' iv;m. Tr UBS* 30, 1M>, WORLD POWtR DREAM OUT OF WILHELM'ft HEAD William Hohensollorn in now a i broken down old man who taken litI lie interest in current events and cherishes ho ambition to conquer tho i world, according to reports from Doom, Holland, where the former , hedged in by the high walls of hts .German kaiser is llvinic a retired life. S w mmm I I'VUl II vol 111 V. According, to Dr. ,T. II. Fokkcr, consul general at large of The, NcLher> iundH, Holland did dot greet with 1 open arms the former cifcteror- when lie fled mo suddenly* from, his own olintry. The government ' notlffbd fount Bentinck, with whom the former kaiser was staying, that, entertainment should be provided "for only a few days," but Wllhelm stayed , it the Hcnttii?k castle in Anterongon . t?ir more than a year. ^ ' When the former German emperor purchused the custie at Doom lie Indicated. hlH intention of remaining in I ' 11oltuud for the rest of his life. He] Itus also purchaseu a home for his npysteian and a Villa for his court marshal. Ills retinue of 20 persons includes members of the old regime ' ;m Merlin. Little is to bo seen of the extensive measures for ^guarding the former ruler from thMroofputh running parallel with the h)gh wire fonco widen iii-rounds the etftntc. No visitors are permitted to veiper the gates until they have been Identified. Armed , guards patrol the vicinity and a second barbed wire fence is concealed li side the Tnaln barrlcadeT Wilhelm, who hits probably sawed more wood < than any other man In Euiopc, has flvcn up his more strenuous exerc|se? and is engaged, it is said, ii writing his memoirs. i Doom castle Is an old-time, roomy Dutch house, reminiscent t of feudal 1 days. The dining room, drawing room und smoking room are on the 1 "'Irst lloor. A largo door gives access 1 to the socalled Gobelin room, where 1 iliiierniflnnnt rinhoi ? 1 ..... v.v.'vmii ia|irniri?H cm- I I hellish the walls, and here tho lloor is covered with the famous silk car- I pets valued nt $12.r>.ni)0 which tho Turkish saltan proscntod to tho kaiser. The former kaiser has his study, brd room and hath room on the second lloor. l In the left wing of the house arc the rooms of the former empress, for whom an olevntor was put In, as she is unable to walk upstairs on account of Illness. The former kaiser sloeba It n bed with a canopy. Every morning at 8 o'clock the whole personnel assembles in a hall and attends divine service. The pnste.r of the Moravian Hrotherhood In SSeista. a small village near Doom, has been chosen by thc.-l'umous exile to preach at Doom. With the former em ?|>.or living likelihood of the pence of the world being disturbed by the Ilohottzollern family, for the former crown prince In snfi lv Internet in thn iot? ...? - Wlerlngon, situated in the Zuidcr Zee. i ! ^*jiob this modern St. Helena tho'< Dutch government has stationed a < slrpng( military guard. strengthened r hv a torpedo boat, which patrols the ' little Inland day and night. n ? * * ^ GAS FROM STRWV f ?; i f Fxperlraents Doing Miulo With Xcw ? CorobtiMtile for Automobiles. A Bub obtained by the destructive distillation of wheat, oat and rye' straws is now being prhiluoed upon a 1 small scale at the experiment farm | Qj the United States department of | rftriculture at ArlinKton, Va. Al- t though an nutomohllo has heon ope- 1 rated with tho new eomhusttle, and t li has been used for Illuminating pur- s p? ncs *as well as for rooking, the pos- ! c nihilities of straw gas are nat yet ( ' fully determined. t The work can he carried on hut' slowly, hut It Is planned to do mpct> I J tl pt will determine the quantity and c I nature of til* pun tVint ninu l.n I tnInert from wheat, ont, hnrley, rye j and rice strnws. nrirt from cornstalks, \ corncobs nnrt other vegetable mntter s usually burned nn waste. | While It has been possible to ope- t rate an automobile with straw pas, i nod It Is known that 50 pounds of j straw will prortnee about .100 enhle t fret of Ran?an nmount nutllelent to drive a light roadster 15 miles?the ^ problem of reducing1 the pas to ll<t- f uld form or eonilensinp It ftufflelontly t to nllow It to be carried eonveniently t lr- an essential one thnt mttst be sol- ' vert before' straw pas ran bo consld- j 1 ered as a possible motor fuel. This r task will he taken up by the do- % j.artment of aprlenlture. i CJIVK TO PAHTY FUND. ] Prmorra's rentrlbute tn Campaign of ! Co*. And Hot^evcll. As a result of the appeal In The Times of last week for funds to nsn?#t the Democratic party in its flpht ' 'a elrrt Co* and Roosevelt, the fol- | lowing Fori IJomorratn have \ mpde I ho contributions noted opposite thdlr names: Woman II.an , S. L. Meneham 1.0W J. J. Ralles l.no It, D. Nunn 1.00 , A, O. Jones 1.00 N. Jj. Carothers 1.00 D.. A. I.oe 1.00 i.i O. Wripht . l.oo .1. R M'lls 2.0<t T*. A. Harris 1.00 1 *\ p Pattrr.on 1.00, J. R. DeaPorte* J' 1.00 i . .T M. Hutchinson J.00 'J. M. White 1.001 MES. ' . } ' . : , NEWS OP YORK COUNTY. Items of General- Interest Clipped IVom ibe YorkvUle fcnquirer "I began work grading cotton in Rook H^ll Saturday morning." said A. R. Smith, federal dotton grader for York county, last Saturday aftornoon. "1 graded ton bales the first day, * Mr. Smith wont on to say. Deputy Sheriff Torn Quinn, who had hin right leg badly scalded several weeks ago when he stepped into some hot mash at ? Kind's Mountain township which ho was assisting In raiding, Is still suffering a great* deal from the Injury. The leg Is not healing aa rapidly i f hud boon expected and the flesh remains raw. "My father," remarKed Mr. Qulnn the other day, "said he did not see what 1 meant stepping In that stufT anyway, and 1 assured hint that 1 would never do It anymore." The condition of the East and West road between Yorkvlllc and Rock Hill Is more wretched than It has been at thla season for years, and It Is constantly growing worse. From the best information nvnMnhlo, there Is but little hope for early relief, because apparently there Is nobody responsible. The trouble seems to l?e that at the last session of the Ocneral Assembly there was passed act which took out of the hands of the county hoard of commissioners the money with which the road might have been tlxed and put that money under the control of the State highway commission without dovolvlng any special obligation on the State highway commission to do the work. Under the law as It stands the State highway commission has jurisdiction over all rounty-to-county roads and all roads that continue Into other counties or States, and It has authority to do what it thinks proper In the building und maintenance of these roads, conditioned on the approval of the county authorities. The money heretofore available to the county authorities Is now subject te the warrant of the State highway commission, and nlthough the State highway commission cannot do anything except wlih the approval of the jounty authorities, evcn,wlth that ap <Minui i?ic mnie niKnwny commission Is not compelled to net. f The State highway commission hns both the irioney nnd the discretion and appar-* ?rtly ! has small If any rosponslbtl?y. All the automobile license taxes hat were.formerly at the disposal of bo eounty authorities are not now at llsposnl of the State highway commission and In addition to the license axes the State highway commission ioS at Its dlspnsnl the proceeds of a property tax ot two mills on the dojar levied on all the property of the county. It wns understood some months hack thiit the State highway *oni mission wns to take over anil inlnteln the Yorkvlllo-Rock Hill road when the same should have >een put In nceentahle condition by he county authorities, but the trou?lo Is that the county authorities lave no money with which to put the y>n (1 In ncppntahlii nnn.iui? ml r..,..,v viriHiiiiuu. i nrrr s no irvalluble njoney. It appears, exicpt thnt which la now within the ontrol of the State highway comnisslon, and the State highway com ulsslon* It nppcars, Ir not wlUInK to lilow the nae of the money for that MM'pese. Just now the prospect for he maintenance of public highway 'ommunlcntlon between Yorkville ind Uock Hill through the winter loes not appear to be very brightEDISON ON WOMAN KrPPltAGE. mentor Tfdnks Feminine Voters Should Remain In Homes. In roply to questions put to him by wo women candidates. Thomas A. SdtRon, at hla laboratory at West 'range, N.' J., recently doclared hlniielf opposed to womon taking polltl>n 1 ivl?UA ? -? at-- " rnyn ultj jncw I OTK IVOrld. They cnn do much moro, good In he homo," he said. For several weeks candidates have >een addressing noon-hour moetings ?f the Edison employees. Two women il?eakers were recently leaving the ard when the mayor of East Orange, vho hccompanied them. saw Mr. Edllon about to enter his laboratory. When the mayor presented them, he mayor asked Mr. Edison If he vould not give his views on woman's position in politics. The inventor tmlled and mild: "When I was traveling !Y? Utah 1 vns surprised to note the fact that <nloons were kept wide open, despite he fact that-woman suffrage In that ttatc* permitted the women to vote. This was quite a surprise to mo, as I iud always been of the opinion that vomen would support the moral 1biucs in politics, nnd that Is tho woman's big opportunity today. I am lot keen to see women take political positions when they can aoeompll-? <o much more good In the borne. Hut Ihey cnn aid those who vote for better conditions. They hold the balance if power, but they are very stubborn." flighcr Kipress Rates. The South Carolina railroad commission hns Issued an order allowing the American Hallway Express company to Increase Its charges 12 1-2 pgr cent In South Onrollnn. TIs Increase Is In line with tho Increase recently nllowed on Interstate business by the Interstate' commerce commission. The express company b asking for still another 12 1-2 per rent increase, duo to the recent wage Increase authorised by the labor hoard, t>Ut the application for the Increase hns not yet officially come brfore the railroad commission. .C. H. Belk of Charlotte; former Fort Mth cttlscn. spent Saturday and Sunday in th? city with r?!atlv?a. i jm PRESIDENT HOW^TM President Wilson is ready to part, in the Democratic contest to the extent of mskiH^H speeches and aft Tin* suggeaMeaw^HMj for the success of tho party* provMip H the Democratic national lenders 1m I vite hint to do so, says a WashingteMH, dispatch. The president is In :'JCT better health today than he has since his illness more than a yeaty* H ago and Dr. t;ary T. Grayson, H personal physician, feels that a Itafr&jl itcd speaking campaign would only help the Democratic causo b'WraH ' that it would be good for tho preset&J ^ dent physically. !$t| But President Wilson lias not yft :1 ^ heen asked by the Democratic cone* mlttce to take an active part- In campaign. There have been suggeations from partisan Wilson Dome-,, H erats, but no ??11 i? i: 11 invitation has. ,! boon extended the president to take off his coat and make an old thne-V*k; Wilson campaign in tho intorost o?? t ji the party. It Is said authoritatively that til? ' ^ president will go Just as Tar In the interest of Governor Cox as he Is invtted to do l>y tho Democratic lendA- >. crs. He feels hat his physical eondJr. tlon is such that he can without.inn t -! Jury to his health make a number speeches for Governor ('ox and. theDengue of Nations. Rut the Democratic committee Is. afflicted with Unnnctnl dllHcultioe. and more than thnt, there seems to", "f? be few if any members of the organ!- '~2 zatlon who have tho same idea about pyj tho way to run ;? national campaign. Especially is this true regarding the .< president taking an active part ttt , the campaign. Those opposed to.-the* ' president argue that the country has ^ had enough of Wood row Wilson and' ' to inject his personality into- UMRa'* v cniupnlgn would tie llttlo short' ott* suicide for tlie party. They contend'- jjj thnt Governor J 'ox must win without?) Wilson's active participation in ttUH* campaign or not win at all. On tho other hand it is argued! ,v. . '.^.-5 that Governor Cox has already ndap*. n tml Htn ?? ? ' ? 4u" -*"1 ..... ...? ........ .oon. <>i i u? LiuniiiiiB^-iVr j ' accepting the Wilson ponro treaty*. The president has thousands of- > friends and ninny enemies. Thone*. fore his fiion.l- -,iv t hero ran he no question illnnil Wilson looping thor nemocratie cause by making spooch?r .ffiFjo es and working for the oloetion-j ?t .: Cox. Tin: ( \iti'iCT-iiA<;<a;itfc. Vultures Win; 1'looked' to tike fioulDl to 1'rey I" pun Helpless I'oopje. The question is frequently asked by, , young men and young nun who have, , grown up since the era o? reconstruo-..lion In the South following tho ciopo : , of the War J'.etwe.on thu States as to who the carpet-baggers were tinA, whence they en inc. The oarpeUbagegers were corrupt and often ignorant,- , pojlitieinns from the North. AftOlT. thfi,close of the war nearly ull the whiten^ , In the South were deprived by Con- Kress of the privilege of voting, be-* cause they had taken part in- t^jH>1 < war against the federal government; This condition w-.s taken udvan*ag>*' of by unscrupulous politicians and ad- < venturer* trom the .North, who tQOM'\ up a temporary residence In- tho* Southern State* that they might cook - trol the negro Vote and be elctttoU t. to otiiee. The name cornea from tfcKfc- $2 olu-fushioncd traveling l>ug, which " ? wuh made of carpet witti leather-mountings. The carpet-bag suggested the temporary character of the- real* denee of those adventurers fromthe-- North. The State governments ai*. ',. ministered under those condition*. were of the worst sort imaginable. . ICnornious taxes were levied and the money frequently was spent in e??: < travaganec and speculation, leaving the State* hurd< ncd with debt. South Carolina suffered perhaps morn than, any other S<t-thorn i>'at? from tlto i depredations of this horde of thieves ami rascals. HOW TUN IK >1.1.All WOHKfW Franklin's Fund of $5,IMMi (J row - to ill One Hundred Yearn. How the dollar Invested worksi for the individual himself h:is bean beelc illustrated hy that nrsl great American toucher of thrift, Bendaesfcrw Franklin, says The World's Work*. In 17it 1 tie bi-queatnod 15,000 tQ thoMnn-onwealth of Masaachusetth and 10 the city of lioatun as a mark of .lis appreciation for having appolatr . ed him as agent in tihigland ati tho ''handsome salary" of 10,000 and to-, matte his .bequest really valuablO" with his great foresight, FrankM* j provided in liis will tliat this fft.OOU should he pal out at f> per cent Jn? terest for 10<* years, that at the end of that time 21-121 of the fund accumulated should again he put .out at interest for another hundred- yearae and then the fund he divided one* fourth to Boston and throo-fourttie to the State. Let us show how well that' $6,000 of Franklin's has worked. At the ?nd of the llrst hundred years it-had jrrown to s 4 :t l. k -'t. f> *. it wee then .divided in pecordaneo with the WlM; $229,200.4* was set aside-fer "public vork" and $l?2.1 xft.1 ft v,asstarted on its course of cnrnln Interest* fer another hundred years. That- was in 1201. January 1. 1912. this num.had. grown to $2R7.X0S.1ft and at JtUe.rate of Increase the fund, should amount < o nt least 16.900.000 when. the boc-t end period Is completed, and may be considerably more. Otto I lord of King's Mountain. ** C? wns killed In n ralroard wreck at ^ Orpver, N. C., Wednesday.