Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 07, 1920, Image 1

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^v%SSRS?S&? 4 ' ".One dollar starts a savings ac? l \ count," was the legend over a dollar J'.i. bill hanging In the window of a bank ^fP^Bteunorid, Ind. A robber saw the -E' '* dollar bill, hurled a brick through the JY #500 plate glass window and escaped W with the greenback, r ^r*"'Tale university. New Havon, Conn., ' la it Thursday began Its 220th year i - with few effects of the war period visible %nd reorganisation plans In ef. - feet In many departments. A stato v ^ mont from the university estimates the freshman class at 800 and the ' intal enrollment at 3,600. I A Jail sentence of one year and a I (Ins of 91 was imposed In the United States district court at San Francisco nn 1 tVllltnYn Smith DO .van r.nM rmin te'rfeiter who was convicted here. Smith said he had passed bad money jctHS.v in the hope ot getting: into Jail, as he Pwos well treated there. There was another break of half a cont a pound In refined sugar In New York Tuesday, when the Federal Sugar Refining company anno'uncod a reduction to 12 cents for fine granulated. This represents the lowest price of the season so far. It is nhout 12 conts under the highest prices (- prevailing early in the summer, and within 3 cents of the prices ruling vhen the industry was under the ?ontrol of the government as a war measure. The American government Is restoring between $100,000,000 and *1 SO,000,000 worth of enemy alien property to Amcricap women who before the wnr lost thoir citizenship by marrying Germans, Austrtans or others who became alien enemies. The return of allon enemy property I' being mn'de by authority of Congreas. It vested the president with authority to direct th< return of certain particular classes of alien enemy prnporty that had been seized during the war. Dnlton Hall, sentenced to ten years nt hard labor for murder. cn*ltnly stepped out of the chningang line at Aiken. went to Atlnnta and' was married to Miss Adeline1 Dillon. The ceremony over, Dnlton bnde his wire good-hy, boarded n train nnd the next day when the roll was called at the convict camp ho stepped Into his customary place, nut the county supervisor had missed the prisoner and row n heavy guard accompanies him to prevent his leaving the gang again should he take a notion to go back f nnd spend a couple of weeks on a honeymoon trip. In Iowa nothing Is too good for tho b'S hog. In Dcs Moines Monday afternoon, Hahy Ilowkcy's Giant, an 8monts-old Junior ehnmplon porker, '* weighing 350 pounds nnd valued at $-10,000, nrrlved at a prominent hotel In an expensive automobllo. walk?ed Into the hotel on carpets spread especially for his visit, was registered by the secretary of ? the National Swine, show, posed for a picture and then grunted his way heartily Into the elevntor nnd rose to the tenth floor, corner front room, where he wis to spend the night. , Democrats from all over the western rectlon of North Carolina, attending federal court in Ctaorlo'te this week, exnress the oninlon that t^e KUito will go Pomoerntlc In the election ?ioxt month by 70 000 majority. Women are not ilahle for Jury duty In North Cnrollnn hv virtue- of the 19th nmtmdment to the federal constitution. according to an opinion from theodlce of the attorney genera 1. who ruled Tuesday that the right to vote plays no part in the qualifications of a juror and that tt will require a legislative act to lmih>5? tho liability of Jury service upon r AMA?KP AT IMPUDENCE. I Wilson Kay* Americanism" of Republicans lit flecoptlon. ProHldent Wilson, In bis first campaign appeal made In Mwaday's papers directly to the peopte. urged the Inmwscmcnt of the Iyenguo of Nations <it the election next month and doblared 'tohe whole world will wait for an Intimation of what Its future is to be.- . , The president charaterlred as "absolutely false, ?wt*crtton% that article 10 of the tongue ^covenant would make It possible tor other nations to lead the United Htatss Jnto war. Tbwro' was nothing In the covenant, lie .said, "which In the least tnter / feres with or tmpnir* the right ot ^Congress to declare war or not declare wnt according to Its own Indo- [ pendent Judgment, as our constitution provides." ">ly fellow countrymen" wn? the president's method cf addressing his epmrnvnioetton to #tio people. Tt contained no mention of presidential candidates by name, but ww? confined jto n brief defense of nrttele JO nnd ru arraignment of those who he declared hurt "grossly misled" the publlr with regard to tho treaty. The president said that those who l hnd spent their lives, as he had "In familiarising themselves with the history nnd traditions and policies of tthe nation must stand nmssed at the gross Ignorance and Impudent audacity which has .led |them to attempt . to Invent an 'Americanism' which ^ has no foundation whatever In any of the authentic traditions of the government." ^ /k rtlapntoh sent out from Greenville ;i way* fhAt the Clover manufacturing ^ comiwny, st Clover, which e'osed last week -tHKMvusp of "market conditions." ' rwmmert operations Monday. The Kj^,v'ntanagejpont was quoted as saying I# , tT^tt the mill 1n forced to run on part Ik - " * r- ' - . ?-r-: r*i i'v ?V v>***V v. Wit Till i", ? '-^v " ' * I ? . ; . > tr. ^ '. I GOOD GAIN FOR YORK CO! ' , Preliminary announcement of the It litlcal* subdivisions, juat made by the 2,818 for the decade 1910 to 1920, the 47,718 and under the oensua of the pr f|om 41,084 In, 1900 to 47,718 In 1910*, for the laat ten years > . -I Most ct the 'incorporated town* of- t while three townships. Bethel. Broad as having lost In population, although ; have gained somewhat In- the. last dec a The population of Clover and Fort 1 same, -but the count gives Fort Mill 1 Clover, whose gain was 401. making a Mill. Ten years ago Clover's populatio King's Mountain township. In which Cl' 5,783. The population of Fort Mill ti bly less than thfct of King's Mountain. Jdlll township live lh Fort Mill, while Mountain township live in Clover. There are ten incorporated towns in tion of whioh is 16,620/ Ten years ug< 13.720. a smIn nt 2 SAD fni* tha ln?? il? gain for the townships during that tin The gain for the town of York for t census bureau announcement, was 396, 1910- to 2,731 In 1920. The population of the county, towns government as follows: York county .. .' Bethel township Bethesda township, Including McC'onn II "Broad River township. Including Hick Sharon and Smyrna towns Bullocks Creek township _..... Catawba township. Including Uock l Kbenozer- township. Including Ebenex Fort Mill township, including Fort Mil King Mountain township. Including Cl< York township, including Tlnsah and 1 The population of the ten Incorpo- j rated York county town, as shown ] by the census of 1900, 1910 and 1920, ^ follows: 11120 1910 1900 Clover 1.608 1,207 961 1 Ebenezcr .. .. 298 190 * 331 ' Fort Mill .. .. 1.946 1,616 1.394 TRACK FUGITIVE .1,500 MILES. Former Army OMoer Located In Alas- , ku iumt lutrx ncnri'U. The fame of the Northwest mounted police of Canada for going to the ] enrth'8 end for fugitives Is rivaled In j the story of the arrest of an Amerl- i can and his confinement in the District of Columbia jail last week after federal officers ventured .into the , heart of Aiaska for their man. He Is Capt. Charles J. Morgan. United States army, said tn he absent without le$vc from Camp Grant. Illinois. , " i J The officer was turned over to the j United States marshal tor the District by Louis T. Erwln, United Rtates | marshal for the Fairbanks district In , Alaska, and his deputy. John O. Wood, after a t"*p covering 3,500 miles. The officers were compelled to travel a distance of more than 300 | miles by dog sled In order to bring { their prisoner to a port of debarka- j tlon. , The arrest of Morgun and his return to the jail In Washington will cost the . government approximately $2,000. Morgan was charged with having j made efforts to cash a check bearing , the name of Walter T. Howe, former 1 assistant United States district attor- '. noy of Washington. / iThe federal grand jury returned an | Indictment against Morgan Hepieenher 18, 1919, but the accused was not to be found. The government inquired of the ?irmy authorities of Camp Grant, where Morgan was stationed. , and wore told that he had absented himself without permission. The long search to find him then began. Secret service men discovered that he , had found hi" way to Alaska. i i Ill it'r, IUCKLK IMPROVEMENTS. i Rock lilll M<ll Building New Village for Kmplojrcm. i A regular village in gplng up on the lull between the Blue RuukJe mill t and the old Iredell Jones homestead, where the Blue Buckle company is ( building 100 cottages for ocou- ] panoy by operatives of the Blue Buck- , le mill, says the Rock Hill Evening | F?v raid. These houses have from four ( to six rooms, xftth spacious closets and two or more grates for each cot- ] tnge. The cost will average about ] 11.200 a room. Streets huve been laid out on the J hillside and water la to be provided for each house. Borne of the houses have boen completed and are now occupied. while the progress on others in not so advanced. The work of lm- ' proving the streets and beautifying 1 the grounds has also progressed to a 1 remarkable extent. The work on the Blue Buckle agdJ- I t'on Is going forward rapidly, tpo 1 mammoth weave room being about ' completed. This,1s an entirely new ' building, of steel and conorete con- I structlon, and la located between the 1 main building and the railroad. An I nddltlon to the main building Is also < going forward. ' Quite a number of new houses have ' heen erected, also, in the village ad- i Jaeent to the mill, these having al- < ready heen occupied by operatives. 1 Stamp Book Economy. W. U Ardroy, postmaster of Fort Mill, says there la economy In buying ' stamps In the books the postoflWse department offers the puhllo. Books of 1 2 cent, 1 cent and of both combined ' can be bought at a price only 1 oent groftor than the value of the -stamp* ( within. Mr. Ardrey thinks that stamp users would certainly have money by getting theft postage In books, as (1 more than the patra coet is loat by I gctnmlhg or lose of lumps. The ( books also are much more sanitary i | and convenient in every way. t ' JNTY SHOWN BY CENSUS. ?* ' , ' ' 30 census for York county and its po. government, shows an Increase of population ten years ago being esent year 50,636. The increase was considerably greater than that he county shotv substantial growth, Rlvor and F*ort Mill, are recorded the towns In each of these townships do. fill was expected to be about the ,046, a gain of 330, against 1,608 for dlference of 338 tn favor of Fort n was 1,207 and Fort Mill's 1,616. aver is lot-uica, nns. a population ol iwnshlp as 3,783, which is considoraMore than half the people in Fort loss than half the people in King's York county, the combined populuo the population of these towns was cade, which more thun absorbs the le. lie last ten years* according to the the number increasing from 2,326 in and townships Is announced by the 1920 1910 1900 50,636 * 47.718 41.684 2.944 3.222 S.StB s town ... 6.238 6,136 6,013 ory Orovo. . < . 2.816 8.199-- 2.677 3.443 3,279 3?123 1111 city ... 14,376 12.683 10.066 er town .. 5,127 4.693 3.143 II town ... 3.783 3.968 3.850 iver town . 6.79:V 4,914 4.098 fork towns 7.017 6.825 6.400 Hickory Orov?. SOI 286 3*9 McConnellsvllle 247 279 .... Hock Hill .. .. 8.809 7.218 6.486 4hnron 419 374 180 imyrnn 101 109 48 ' rirzah 160 128 131 York 2,731 2.326 2.012 ROADS FIRST IN FRANCK. American lenrw Great Ijtomn From HumMc Citizen of Republic, Theodore 05dry, business man of Kansas Cltv. Is confident of the ultimate sound recovery of Europe, says the Kansas City stnr. Mr. Onry has Just returned to his home after six months abroad, most of which was spent in England. France, Mr. Oary sold. Is far along toward rehabilitation. Belgium is working hard and fast, while England. with characteristic deliberation, Ik solving ite problems sanely. England, outside the Industrial center*. is prosperous pdtfi hardly a trace of war hA boIH n-n... -- ? ?? 1 _ ?-?. r'm'mv huuii uhu men and women are workingFrance, Mr. Onry motored past former battlefields to see grain growing In recent trenches, barbed wire reeled und coiled, to he put to peace usage later, and ronde In surprising repair, considering the recent devastation. "It was in a remote rural section where I got a lesson I wish Mlasourl could learn," Mr. Gary related. "Ahead of us was a man past middle nge, filling holes in the road with rock. lie wna working slowly but welt, evidently believing that his task was the ail-important one. "Wo stopped. Through an interpreter J asked the man if he had a home, lie said yes. I asked him if lie didn't have garden truck to tepd. He said he had, Why, I him. with so much else to do. he could afford to work on roads which still were passable? , " 'We are too poor now to negleot our roadways,' he answered. 'We must tlx them up first, then we can raise and sell our produce.' "I didn't quite understand the old tian even then, Mr. Gary explained. "Here we take . the attitude we are too poor to afford good roads. lie vas too poor to neglect them. Further travel explained it, however. "On those roads that are repaired ind smoojh, a gardener or farmer will haul mure prudweu with one horse ind a cart than our farmers cap foiy' n a wagpn and team or with ? small :ruek. ""The humblest man T interviewed In Burope taught me the greatest lesson. He knew the value of the roadways >nd turned attention to them first of ill." Idttlc Cotton BclnR Sold. Ordinarily several hundred hales of otton are mnrkctcd In Fort Mill by he end of the first week In October. >ut this yeur little o'f the staple Is icing sold on the locnl market, due to wo causes. It Is said?the recent big dump In price and the Inability of hose who find It necessary to market heir cotton as sopn as It Is ginned to lather it on account of the Inclement veather of the Inst,few days. Many 'armers In this section are In position :o hold their rottoh for hatter prtoea md will either store It on their places >n In the public warehouses. Others ire not so fortunately situated nnd Ircumstanees with them are nnch hat. they must market their cotton it once, even though they are forced :o sell' for less than the cost of proluctlon. Various opinions are express, id ai U the course of the market in he next few weeks. Some are optl-^ nistld. believing that the recent decline In ]prlbe will soon he suceeedod >y .? better market, while others are 1 laco\iraged over the outlook. Muob Interest Is felt locally In the fork, county fair to he held In Rook 3U1 two week* hence.' - A good pro* era in has been arranged for the fair ipr: the exhibits are expected to be he best yet shown at the fnlr. T MD LL, 8. C., THTTBSDAY, OCT< g?SB?-g II I .. . . 'WORK DAY" SATURDAY. Methodises Ready tor Canvas for Additional Building* for Orphanage. The Methodists of 8outh Carolina are confident that success will reward the efforts they are to make Saturday, whloh has been designated as "Work day," to rplse a fund of-$100,000 or more with which to provide a much needed administration building for Epworth orphanage. In Columbia The now building will enable the church to care for an additional hundred children at the orphanage. Every member of the denomination in the State Is to be solicited Saturday to contribute to the administration building fund and the leaders of the movement are confident that the campaign will prove a success. In Port Mill the cgnvas for funds Is under the direction of A. O. Jones, superintended! of St. John's Sunduy school. A committe to solicit subscriptions was appointed several days ago by Mr. Jones and this committee will report Sunday morning at the regular services of St. John's church. Bishop U. V. W. Darlington has taken an active Interest In the movement for the new hulldlng and hn* written the following letter to the membership of the church on the subjects "An argument in fnvor of the en lsrgementi and support of our Ep worth orphanage Is wholly unneces snry. However, the statement of r. few foots will not bq out of place at this time. "First. This Institution Is the only one of Its kind which our church b nttcmpttnR to maintain In South Carolina. Into Its fo|rt are gathered fron time to time the orphan children if this good Stnte for whom our chordIs responsible. True, we do not path er oil for whom we are res|?onslhlc. hut aq many ns our equipment will proMde for are there. . Jdere |s Methodism's provision for ?outh Carolina orphans. "Horond. We could and would have more of these unfortunate* hut for thi faet that otir equipment Is Inadequate We must have an administration hnlldln* that will nronerlv represent Smith Carolina Methodism's Interest In her orphans. To ?nv that sneh a building Is needed hardly expresses the situation strong enough and then, we Just must have a new dining hall *?nd kltehon. Anyho?1v who hns In-' seeded the premise* will heartily Join | with mc In saying, we Just must have It. "Argument Is not neressnrv. O.i and see for yourself. T did. and because of what 1 saw I am making this appeal to every Methodist In South Carolina. Help us aUihJs time. . , I - "f<et everv preacher In charge whether It he mission, circuit, station or district, do his duty noyy. ?ee Jh?t every Sundny school superintendent Is fully Informed concerning our Plana for work day. yf? ought to more Van double what we did last veat\ and wp HiTt do It If hM otir ppopla w|ll work together. "Nfcv for orif xrnod honest effort on 'Work Any' for Kpworth orphnn ? I PORT MnJi 20 YEARS AGO. U- J (Fort Mill Tln>es. October A. 1??00.) Dr. J. It. Mnek In nt homo, nfter nn absence of several weeks In Oeorkln. *Jr .T J. Ttnlles of Pleasov.f Vnlley matrlpp|nted nf Wofford pojlo?e. In SpnrtnrhtirK lust wrefc. fol. Prnnk H. krown ? "> of Rh?. reser's oldest and best eltlsens. died >u bis honie in that community Pt?turdny nfiernoon. A new side track Is brine built bv he Southern railway nt f'ntnwbn river. The track Is to be used for en^nty enrs eplv. The county chnlnprnne Is nt nt"?s ort engaged In macadamising the pnbllc road between the rln honor of Mr. W. J. Stownrt and the homo of Mr s. J. KimWrell. Sid Smith, n young whjto mnn who lived In this place a fo?~ morlhi ngo shot a negro In Rock Hill Saturdev jtlornoon. Ho was arrested Immedl- ' atoly aftpr the shooting. |>pt oso(|ped Saturday night gnd hag nt>t pinna ifhen hoard of, . j , j Glnnrm Vnrndl to Close. Warnings to cease ginning cotton until the staple "brings %5 cents a pound" were found posted on the (loom or several gins In Anderson nnd f'oonpc counties Monday morrtlnr. I 8ome of the notices were typewritten nnd were afllxort to the doors with mntehes. The posted warnings followed the receipt by Anderson newspapers of letters signed "The | lilnck 75." saying that 75 men had ; taken oaths to burn gins that con- ! tlnue to gin cotton. One glnner In the vicinity of Ander- | son ploeod down Monday. Others are i reported to have said they would cpqtinue operations. Citizens to fBnforro I,aw. . Oltlsens of Hharon township. Mecklenburg county. Just across the Htnte line from Tork county, Indlgnnnt at alleged bootlegging nnd the use of the highways and byways of the township hy autolsts for Immoral ourposes Monday asked Morris McDonald, chairman of the Mecklenburg hoard of county commissioners, to deputise them us rural policemen to serve without pay. They explained that they were not interested in securing any fees for their services that may. result from their work, but simply asked authority 'to clean up conditions that were said to he had. | They promised swift results If given the authority they requested. Mr. MoDonald Is said to have stated that V he would make the appointments. | . J'. '1" .....'. 2L. .. ... ? LL Tl )BER 7, 1920. > SKFTTCTf OF LIEUT. DOZIER. .American Ic?k>n Magazine Writes of Hero of Fart Mill Company. A recent Issue of The American Legion Weekly contains tfie following Interesting sketch of . Lieut. James t' Dosler of Rock Hill, who won the congressional medal of honor for heroism while In service with the Fort Mill company of the 30th division In one of the engagements In which the division took part overseas: j "Still another medal of honor man whose bravery was a reminder that Amerlcn was repaying what she had obtained from Europe Is Jnmert C Hosier, formerly of the 11th lufsntrv I 30th division. Although practically all Dozler's life before tlie war had been spent In his native town of Rock Hill. S. f\. bis romdle nno^s'ors lived In France. And It was fitting that. In tddltlon to winning the medal of honor, he was made a chevalier of the T eglon of Honor by the president of France "Perhaps several hundred years ago In France near the very same town of Ithe Mrobenrs of I.lent. Hosier fought vronibrehaln. where on October 8. 1918, the South Carolina man set nn .-Miiiipu- m ii wnmo nrmy by refusing to ho taken to ,tbe rear Ofter being wounded In the shoulder, and. pressInn on nt the head of his platoon, to hrenk down enemy opposition. With n sergeant f'Whncker') Smith nt his side, Idcut. Dealer nttneked a machine nun nest, creeping up on the defenders under license tire and killing the entire erew with grenades and his pistol. Then he captured a number of prisoners who had taken refuse In a dugout. "South Carolina. hlH native Stnte did not overlook the faet that Ideut Dealer hnd distinguished himself. When Lieut Dealer, last .Tune, married the girl who hnd heen waiting fer him all during the war; the townspeople presented as a wedding gift a sliver service which was Inscribed w'th a tribute to his war heroism. Ills old company also presented to Mm a memorial gift, a silver table stand. "The hero of Mothrehaln Is now staging a single-handed ndvonee In the business field. Although urged by his friends to run for ?he office of ndjutant general of South Carolina he preferred to Join the selling staff of a wholesale grorory company. Tn this civilian O M C i-- ?? prcts to drive ahead <o his objective tore In which he will rnnk as C. O." IMnnnln* for Rlyer TtrMee? The Charlotte News of ^tiirilny nftrrnnop contained the fnlloylnfr Item (vbont the proponod York Mecklonbbnr brldpe aeross the Pn'^whn rivet n fnu- mtlAo ? P "It Is probable }hnt HiJooKlenburg coypty hogr-d of pnmmlsslonerF wUI tgke nrllon Monitnv to xiithorin* t'<o anpfttruotfon of a hrldco over the Chtnwba rtver between Meoklenhurg nnd York counties. Herlot P?nrkson ehalrman of the h'whwrv bureau of the rhnnibor oi commerce received s" telephone message Pnturdny from J. P. Price, attorney for t*'" York board of commissioners, "nylng member* or the York hoard eotilct not be herr Monday to ro?Fiilt with the Merklen burs Hoard about the wo?*k but the* he was nuthort".->d ?o stv York county was ready with fto.onrt. her part of the estimated co?t of tha brldire N'eeklenburp oopptyb, u*rt of the eofit wtl| h? twine n< wpph as that o' ?nrfc jtopnty. or $80,eo0.,t The Fort Mill Tlmps has h?m una hie to l"p.fn uhflf-cp eov oe'lon wnt tajcen the Mecklenburg board of commissioners Mondev 'ook'nt to th erection of the proposed bridge. Verdnn'a First Harvest tn Peace. On the treneh-searrod. xhell-pltted hills round Verdun, whero the hurled dead are ooui-tcd ny the scores of thousands, they are now reaping the ' tMt harvest Ihnt has t>een raised thrre slnee the war. Thirty-two families In the little village of Tlras, now a skeleton of broken walls and shattered tree trunks, which lies under the ^ee qf iho Tote du Polvre, thp ?v?nu months of OKlpIng, have returned to fhetr homes and all- -men unmon nn.1 fire working in (he fields to bring it* the porn tbgt hue grown on gnllant graves. The work is dangerous, for ur.exploried shells iie everywhere, and hnnd grenade* are scattered over the ground hy the sackful. Parrrt-TenclKT (lHlerrH. The regular monthly meotlnt of tlv P*rcnt-Teaot e*- association wan held In the graded school building Inst Frl dny afternoon. This being the firs | meeting of the pssociutlon (luring th' present school yenr, the election o' ofllcers was the first mntter taken up M?s. I.. J. Masosy was elected pres(lng. Mrs. W. P. Wolfe vice president Miss Clarolene Carothcrs gepyetary. and Miss Mlnnte Garrison treasure*A|>out ao vvnmep in addition to tin tpp?:|ierH of ttie srhool, were present Ht the meeting an d a good yeac'H work la assured, Money foe IV-moeriUie Party. In addition to the amount reported Ieat week as contributed through Thi Times to the nn'lenal Democratic campaign fund, which has beer, forwarded to Oen. WlUe Jones of OoInintda, treaaurcr for Houth Carolina, contribution? qf 91 each also have been forwarded from O. W. MoKensdo, J. U Hitch and the Fort Mill Times. Qsrdairlt Ceorgtn's Oovernor. Thomas H. Tlardwiek. former United Htates senator, won the Democratic nomination fojr governor over Clifford Walker, former StAte attorney gen- \ ^raD'In .the rtfh-off primary held In Georgia yenterAny. ' MES. NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Itonw of ficncrnl Interest Clipped From tltc Yorkvllle Enquirer ! Because of construction, reconstruction and repairs, the road between Ydrkvllle and Oastonta has been more or less difficult in places all summer and It Is not yet altogether clear. Miss Lutie Jenkins and Mrs. C. E. Spencer have received appolntmonts as notaries public from Gov Cooper. The commissions of the two women bear the dale of September 27. So far as tlio records show they are the first two women of York county to hold public office. Some farmers In Bethel township are getting wage hands at a cost of $1 a day and dinner, according to scvernl Bethel township men In Yorkvllle yesterday. However, there are others | hat nre paying $2 a day and dinner, hut the consensus of opinion Is that he latter figure will soon become the exception. Soenlled "blue lews" nre being rigidly enforced In Sharon, according to I Information from thnt u-i - vi i-?aic Ul "Oft drinks nnd other articles on the ^nhhath Is strictly nrohlhlted and the police officer.of the town hns been instructed to keep a vigilant lookout for vlolntlons. It Is said. Nobody t may buy gasoline In Sharon on Sur?<1ny except the physicians. Residents of Clover face n coal "horiaste. It Is reported. Coal dealers In that town who for years past have been accustomed to take orders for coal among residents of that town "nrly In the summer nnd who have been In position to deliver the fall nnd winter supplies before this time have been unable to make deliveries this venr. Numbers of residents of Clover *re said to be very much worried be- j cause of fear that they will he unable* o pet coal for this winter's consumption. Horsetraders assembled In Yorkvllle on account of "First Monday* -eported a dull day's business. There --r.-r.. iow irnners In the hack lots oml thoy brought with them few nnlmnts. One horsotrader excused the ( '"thnr^le business conditions that pre. ' niletl hecnusc of the fact that the day wax not rilny and wet and on th* f?rher ground that thorn wa? ttttle itquor In e\ldence. which, had It been ohtnlltohle. would have put some of the horsemen at lenst In a trndlng , notion. ? York onpntv women who desire to vote In the general election but who have failed to register are now denied 'bat privilege. Although yestewhiy -*ns tlrst Mondnv for Oetoher and the registration books are kept openlon "rst Mondays the hooks were eloaed yesterday because of a provision of the Inw which requires their closing | 10 days prior to anv general election. ' Several Clover ladles made Inquiry j yesterday nhout reirtstrntton certificates. but their Inoulry developed the | Information that they were too late. Private opinions as to whether or not women would be required to pay noli tax and road tax In York county >nd.in South Carollnn. now that women hnyc the right to register and I vote under the 19th amendment to I the federal constl?utK?n. were freely ' ilven yesterday, by several men who freely admitted they were net at all ure about It. There were some who ?rgued that legislation w*>u?d ha pa*"- ' ">U which would require the new ounl'fted elector* to pay poll nnd road tax. | Thori> were other* who argued that the general assembly of South Oaro- j Mnn would nev^r do it. J. Ralph Rankin. formerly auperln rndont of the Riverside farm In York I county and resident of the New Hone section of Ooaton county, was killed I early Saturday afternoon when a trhetor he wn? driving fell over an embank- | orient, ltnnkln. ncoordln* to report*, was operating the tractor with a hpe- t row nnd apparently wns not aware hat he was so close to the steep ->mbankment. He fullest to hear a warning ery nnd toppled over the high step with the tractor, which fell on top of him. He lived ontv a short I .vhlle after the accident. Mr. Rankin, who w.'ic nltrtuf 4a ?? ?? - ... k?. IV T.-nin .11 11 WHK | wrl! known In northern York county and in Oastnn county: Ho Is survived l>y his widow nnd two sons nnrt sev- I "rnl brothers nnd sisters. About KO cattle] Inc'udlng register- i od. grade nnd erns* rattle. the prop- ' orty of Irby It. nnd .T. Blnkcly M< GUI. farmers of Drond River township living nenr Hickory Grove, were renorted yesterday by J. Blnkely Me- i Gill n* helng In dnngcr of perishing from hunger hecnuse of the fuel thn? pasture lands on which the cattle had | been gracing hnd ?>een stripped bv the irmy worm. Mr. MoOitl raid ?hnt he I had been unable to buy cottonseed bulls nnd meal for the entt!" up to I the present time. although ho wns " ill making an effort Attempts to | sell the esttle to butchers had been unavailing. although their sale hnd I been nttempted In Cnlumb'a Gaatorrln ' nnd other places. The army worms i mode their appenrnnee ip the Me- ' Gill pasture. In which the rattle have been grnrlng n'l summer, some time I ago nnd have literally olenned It of I 'rn^s leaving nothing for the cattle to -at. There are more than 200 ^cres ( in the pasture. Mr. MoGUI said he ont nn agent to Columbia to try to sell the cattle, hut the agent reported bo could not dispose of them there. ' 'Torts to sell them In Oas'on'n had also proved uneynlllng. although he 'ntendc to go to that elty again yesterday In an attempt to make a sale. Commit Comes Down. A drop In the price of cement from 17.BO to $5 a barrel was announced In Atlanta Monday night by a large sup- t dy company. The |5 quotation ap- 1 piles to earlOftd lota f. o. b. Atlanta and wi$h the rebate allowed on sack* returned mokes the net coat $4 a barrel. W f ^ LV, 4 4jS ' m H ? M ||B $1.75 Per Year ; -?||B SOUTH CAROLINA MAK2& 1 GOOD POPULATION GAIN v>|^ South Carolina made substantial gains In population during the laat &j| frag ten years, the announcement of the ffl census bureau yesterday giving the \jB State 1,6 8 3,66 2, which Is 168,262. or 11.1 per cent. . greater than that of vflfl 8 1910. The State, however, fell short ^jb9^| of Its relative growth In 1910 by 2 per bent. wS South Carolina had a population of 1,516,400 In 1910. ranking it as 26th most populous State In the union. It showed an Increase of 175,084, or 11.1 per cent, for the ten yeArs ending with 1910, Its numerical growth huvlnff 'ftJH been the third largest In Us htstorv to that time. South Carolina's largest v4fH| numerical growth to the present con- 81 bus was In the decade ending with '3938 1880, when the increase was 289.96T, I and her relative Increase also was the largest she ever had, it having been . 41.1 per cent. In 1790, when the first federal census was taken. 8outh Carolina ranked , as seventh most populous State of 4gH the 17 then existing, having hud a .^99 population of 249.073. In 1800 and 1810 it ranked as sixth State. r:?UNG SQUAD Foil KLKPHAliT. BIk (Inn* Animal "Went Mad" anil JMJmm Wl>.u io iw*u "Snyder," a >10.000 trained elephant, owned by u circus showing In Satina, Kans., fell before a tiring squad a few days ago. Prior to Hie death he furnished the curious who had traveled to the show grounds to see u three-ring performance, but y,ju instead witnessed a tragedy "when an elephant goes inud," with fours ^ and thrills. Everything was In readiness for the afternoon performance. Under the greut white canvas tent flockod \ the show-goers, dad, mother and the children?-they were all thero. The ring master" ha?l cracked his whin and then?from a rear tent came a roar. Snyder, the trained elophnnt. had taken offense ut the appearance of a new trainer, lie refused to be nubdued and in n few mlnutoB the huppy crowd of a few moments be- ; fore was thrown Into n panic. They surged through the doors, crawled through apertures In the side of thai canvas, while Snyder started to playbull with the cages of his fellow un- *1 ?n\fcV* A meal of npples and murshmahlows, mixed with deadly poison, only added to his rage. A cage of four lions caught his eye and with another- > roar he caught the cnge with W* trunk and tossed It 30 feet away. Then the tiring squad of live army ,".j rifles was brought into action. The shooters took their places on the tops * of cages and waited for an opportunity to &keo(. One volley was tired, another, and still another. The earaCed elephant made a Inst desperate attempt to reach his enemies, but the ateel bullets had reached their marlc. ? Women Pastors Coming? Women pastors occupying nulolts fi* our churches may he expected sootv,. accoVdlng to the Bev. C. E. Draper, pastor of a Kansas City Methodist church. "The church of tomorrow,"*" says Dr. Draper, "will ho mado out of the church of today. It will he* more democratic In spirit, and lts> program will he as wide* as humanity. The church always has been* m Conservative. It will continue to bo* F cpnservatlve. for It must sift out only the very beet In whatever It adopts. . , / But the church must advance. Thopeople will not tolernte an autocratic church. Its purposes must he to* serve more than to he served. Tho church of tomorrow must wage an offensive warfare for Christianity.'*1 * * * Aged Negro Woman Demi. (Contributed.) Aunt Ann Sprutt, an aged colored woman, died on the night of September 20. She was 82 years old and" was the last, except one, of the sor-. vants of Thomas D. Sprntt who woreset free after the War Between theStates, and the last of the family or Joe and Easter. *. , V < She was Industrious, honest, kind. showing that thw Irails sprung rrom "the love of Christ ronstralnlnR her."* She picked cotton the day before he she died at l o'clock that nlRht. She had enjoyed Rood health and strength all the last years of her HfOw Bandit Making Idnbroldery. William L. Carlisle, the Wyomln* train bandit whose exploits have Alt-, ed more ncwupapor columns than those of at.v 'letter. character of like stamp. Is leading an exemplary existence In the pcnito.itlnry at HawMni*, Wyo., by spending his efforts on attempts at artistic embroidery %ork. Much of his handiwork has been soldi to provide him with funds to pursun studies which he has taken up. Oar% ll?>~ -till ? ft?... Ihr. ninnnrfa In his chest received when captured by officers last winter and he Is y?t unable to perform much manuat labor. i Women Sheriff for North Paroltn*. Miss Myrtle Hllcr of Plttsboro. P.. is the brst woman In North Cnrw ' o'ina to hold the office of sheriff, hav? Ing been appointed to that office fi? Chatham county Monday to succeed J.con T. I*ano. resigned. Immedt-. 1 rtnly after election by the countycommissioners. Miss Slier filed thn necessary bond and took the oath or office. Conference to Meet In Union, The annual Upper South Carolina Methodist conference will begin at Union November 3. with Bishop D. V*. W, Darlington presiding. ' '.A.