^ato?hed 1891. ' " ^ ^ F0BT MILL g_ ^ thobsDAT^ OCTOBER 21, 192a """~ ! ? < '
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES
Rhoiid the usual 48 offices of a lo.
Rally Incorporated town be filled
from the Inhabitants of Georgia's
smallest - Incorporated town there
would t?o but throe prsons left outsldo
of the office-holding class, according
to census figures Just announced.
This Minority would constitute the
disinterested electorate. This smallest
Incorporated town In the State is
Heno, with u total population of 46
peopl*. Jt is one of the 11 lncorpo- '
rated towns of the Stale possessing
populations under 100.
jv* Ira Flouts of New Washington, Ind.,
has n ,clock which has' run since it
was made in 1810. It Is hanging in
a hriok house built In 1820. The clock
was made by William Thompson, an
Kng'lshman, according to a stateT
|? m:-nt posted in the back of the clock
in lliOJf by the father of the present
owner. Mf. Fouts said Thompson
brought his tpols and brass plates,
from England*and cut out all the
wheels and machinery, piece by
piece. The grandfather of Mr. Fouts
started the clock running May 12.
1816, and it has run 104 years, keeping
good time.
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith,
speaking before the first session of
the convention of " the American
Hankers' association in Washington
Tuesday, charged that the farmers
were being denied needed erodlts,
while the luxury producers were getting
credits. The farmers will lose
two billion and a half dollars if fore
wu m riiiirivf-i innr cn>l)H ai ine present
prices. he said. ^The Tnrniers in
planning their crops-for the spring of
1022 wore faced by n labor shortage
and tho high cost of everything usod.
Now the crops are hervested and the
pr?ces paid the farmers are going
down.
About one year ago pmctlenily the
entire.tBoston police force went out
on strike and delivered the' city into
the hands of hoodlums for a day and
^ two nights. They struck > foh the
right to serve their union ahoad of
their community; they never were
permitted to return to their posts.
What became of these men has been
a matter of ,somo discussion. Undoubtedly
a great many of those
without some trade drifted into the
private polic(\gnd guard forces maintained
around powder mills, facto
rics. ptc., nin inc traction siriKc in
Now York brought many of them
to llht, according to The Wall Street
Journal. It has boon discovered that
a large number of the Boston policemen
who were suspended for unionizing
are now working as strikebreakers
on tho Brooklyn Rapid
Transit.
Congressman Frank Doremus. In
charge of Democratic Middle Western
headquarters, in Chicago. In a statement
Tuesday night rolteruted previous
statements that "the Republican
campaign Is about to collapso," and
predicted thnt^he Republicans would
have to "fight desperately" to win Illinois.
"The latest evidence of the
collapse comoB from Ohio where hysterical
cries have gone forth *o save
the State for Harding," the st -lenient
said. "Tf any one doubts this let hi a
ask Will Hayes. The Republican
lenders have suddenly rcnllzod that
even tho support of those who cannot
forgive a Democratic prosld?nt for
driving the German kaiser from his
throne cannot overcome the tremendous
Republican and Progressive
swing to Pox. The Republicans will
have to light desperately to save Till iy>ls.
Mr. Harding's voclllatlng
method of dealing with the groatost
moral question of the age Is bearing
Its legitimate fruit. With Root and
25* distinguished associates proclaiming
that the election of llnrdlng
means the adoption of the I<cague of
Nations covenant and with Johnson.*
Borah and several other senators declaring
* that with Harding that
tho league covenant and all reservations
are to be 'scrapped,' the average
Republican votor wonders who is
trying to fool him. 'Who are tho
cheaters?" Is rapidly becoming the
question." .
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NOIKKI.KRK, IflWHKKIjKKS GUN.
American Rapid Fire Won poo Utilizes
Centrifugal Force Principle.
Tho story of how David slew (Toll
nth with n sling and stone is recalled
by the latest type of rapid lire gun,
firing 2,000 balls & minute, which is
operated on. the general principle of a
siting. There Is no noise, no smoke,
no flash?-just a steady strcamB of
noiseless death, and with a squad of
four inen It would be possible to wipe
out an army corps, says a writer In
Leslie'* Weekly.
This device la tho tho invention of
MnJ. Edward T. Moore of the Now
Jersey Natloul Guard. Ho olalms to
have Tolved successfully tho problem
of the use of centrifugal force, instead
of explosives?that Is. tho rapid oiltwnrd
sweeping force, when a body Is
revolving rapidly. The gun's shaft
rotates at the rate of 10.000' revolutions
a minute?so rapidly, la faot.
that It does net appear to revolve at
? !! The wheel Is driven hy an electric
motor. The bullets are fed Into
* tho machine gun and am thrown outward
towards the target with terrific
force, as the wheel revolves. A target
Is nearly ripped to pieces a few
seconds after firing. The deadly effect
of'several thousand guns of this
character, in war can well he Imagined,
Restrictions'-' placed upon the
inventor by the government during
CHILDREN AID "NICKEL DRIVE."
Pupils of Graded School Contribute
to Hampton Portrait.
Last week (he "nickel drive" was
explained by the teachers In the Fort
Mill graded school and the children
rvspdnded with contributions totaling
18.85. This Is a free will gift by the ,
school children to be used with other
similar gifts In the State to place
a suitable portrait of Gen. Wade
Hampton In a memorial gallery In
Richmond, Va., where there are
creditable portraits of other boted
Confederate generals to be found.
Only a small steel engraving oil Gen.
Hampton is now In the <nllery and
the United Daughters of the Confed
oracy at their last State cons*entlon
inaugurated this movement to more
suitably honor the memory of the
State's distinguished military leader.
The board of trustees of the school
have declared a holiday for Friday,
October 22, to enable the teachers
nrd pupils to attend the York county
fair In Rock Hill on that day. Tho
schools of the county were asked
to participate in a parade and various
contests at past fairs, but this
v?nr the children will be given free
tickets to the fair grounds aid may
enjoy the day to the fullest. A number
of Fort Mill women have entered
exhibits at the fair and several of
the poultry clith members of the
community have fowls'on display.
The high school girls have begun
regular practice on the basketball
court under the direction of Mies
Tindal and Miss Carothers and they
expect to develop a strong team this
fall.. Athletics generally are hampered
at the school by the lack of
suitable grounds, but It is hoped that
thin condition may soon be bettered
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MITiLS WUJi CASE HEARING.
Attorneys Come to Fort Mill an?l
Take Testimony for Referee.
An dclio of* the more or less noted
Mills will case, arising in Union coun.
y. N. C? wns heard In Fort Mill last
Thursday when attorneys from Charlotte
arid Monroe came here to take
the testimony of C. C. Mcllwalne to be
used In the*' reference ordered by a
North Carolina court some time ago.
Miss Maggie Ross Mills died at her
home In the Marvin neighborhood
of Union Qounty. about 12 miles from
Fort Mill, last May. She was 80-odd
years old and left an estate variously
estimated to be warth from $100,000
to $160,000. In 1907 she made a will
nnd In It nnmcrt two negroes, Bob
Ross and Mltty Boil Houston, brother
nnd slater, ua the principal legatees.
Mft Mcllwetpe was one of the witnesses
to the will nnd his testimony
wns therefore considered Important.
There are 98 people In North Carolina.
most of whom are residents of
Union county, contesting the wlH on
the ground that Miss Mills was of
unsound mind at the time it was
drawn and therefore did not know
whet she was doing when she left
such a large pnrt of her estate to tho
two negroes. These 98 people claim
to ho related to Miss Boss In one degree
nnd another.
FORT MIIX 20 YEARS AGO. J
(Fort Mill Times. Oct. 17. 1900.)
Mr. Frank Klmbrell is now employed
as a salesman in a grocery
store In Fort Mill.
Mr. Robert C. Moore, who Is well
known In Fort Mill, apd Miss Marlon
Clfirkson wefe married in Charlotte
Inst night.
Mr. W. B. Hoke of this place has
accepted tho foremnnshlp of the machine
shops of A. D. Holler In Rock
Hill.
'Mr. R. F. Grler announced to a <
number of friends a few days ago
that that he will not be a candidate
for reelection to the ofllco of intondent
nt the approaching election.
The principal pnrt of the cotton
crop In this section has been picked.
A few years ago it was not an uncom
mon thing: to see fields white with
cotton as late as January 1.
The 11-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. J.^Patterson died at
tholr home In this place Sunday afternoon.
The child was burled In
the Fort Mill cemetery Monday afternoon.
Mr. Itlp Moore returned to his
home In Rock Hill yesterday morning.
after a visit of several weeks to
Mr. J. M. Armstrong In this township.
Mr. Moore Is to begin the duties
of secretury to tho president of
the Monarch mills. In Union, this 1
fall. 4 .
Few people In this community arc
rware of the fact that one of ^Fort
Mill's oldest citizens was a relative
of President Andrew Jackson. Ruch.
however, Is the case, and the relative
Is none other than Mr, T. D.
Faulkner, whose father and "Old
Hickory" wore first cousins.
Mr. T. IV Belk, the principal local
cotton buyer, informs us that about
700 bales of this year's crop have
been sold on this mnrket. which Is a
slight decrease from the number of '
talc* sold here up to the same date
of last year. t i
Mecklenburg Women Register.
Aftotit 3,000 Mecklenburg county
* omen have registered Cor the electlon*
next month, according to the
cotinty Democratic chairman, D. B. j
Smith. "We are expecting a total of
4,000 women voters In Mecklenburg <
county'* said Mr. Smith, "moat of
whom will vote the Democratic ticket i
and help roll up the majority i
the men will give for the party."
3rhat Meckjenburg will do for Jake
fewel. Republican candidate for.Congress,
wlU be a-plenty, oald a Charlotto
cltlaan In Fort Mitt yesterday. <
PS?
TORT ktllJ/B EDUCATIONAL.
OPPORTUNITY.
( (Written for The Times.)
It ha? been truly said that at least
three things are essential to a complete
educational equipment. These
necessary things are bricks, books
11 nd brains. A definition of "college,"'
given years ago. was. "Mark Hopkins
on one end of n log and a student on
the other." Hero was brains and
character moulding and Impressing
brains and character without the
mediation of "bricks." Contact between
teqeher and pupil was the
main thing. This contact. obtained,
whether with "brickB" or without
them, the desired end is""~ secured.
Some few men have been educated
without the use of the "log" or
"bricks," and* with but a few "books."
These few were used wisely and
well, however, and their lessons
thoroughly learned. Such men as
Lincoln and Johnson, who could not
vo to school, and here and there one
like Washington Irving. thnt genius
of early AVnerlcan literature, who
nlso could not go, were self educated.
If one has the alphabet he has
the "key to all-knowledge." All may
have this. Then whv should any remain
uneducated? Rooks on all sub.
rets may be secured at small cost.
so that those who ha.ve education In
"mour* ?o mnko n beginning
may greatly widen the sphere
r>t their knowledge along many lines,
scientific, historical, literary and
practical,
Fort Mill was formerly looked upon
ns a sort of literary center, a place to
which students came from other sections
to secure intellectual training.
Perhaps the literary circle wns narrower
then than It may he now, for
the opportunity wns no doubt denied
to many nt that time to whom the
door of opportunity Is wide open
now. Not only have nil the people
the privilege of sending their children
to S9I100I at this time, but for
he snlce of the child and the State
they are compelled to send them.
The people of Fort Mill never had
a better opportunity to educate their
children than they have at this time.
Fort Mill Is well equipped with j
"bricks, books and brains." The new 1
building. just nbout completed, and I
furnishing ns It does a numbey of 1
much needed class rooms and a com- j
rnodious audl'orlum, ndds grently to 1
the supply of "bricks." nnd Is orna- |
mental ns well as useful. There is a <
great deal that might be done to en- |
ha nee the beauty of the grounds, but t
this can' be done only by complete !
and sympathetic cooperation be- |
tween otllctnls and faculty, patrons
and pupils. .Would It not be well to ,
observe "Community day" In the near
future and give everybody a chance J
to. show their love, for the school and
their Interest In ' the eduoatlop of .
their children In this practical way, '
which Is a fine brand of patriotism?
To this equipment wo have well ar
. ....p,..! uuuinrii 111 muiiy, {liuilliva IU
g<ve harmonious development to all
of the faculties of the pupils, and an
ample supply of books for the teach- :
Ing of these courses. So much for
the "bricks" and the "hooks." These
are necessary to the best and most
successful work In matters of education.
We also have. In an unusual '
degree, the third arid most Important '
element In the "trio," and that Is the
"brains." The Fort Mill school Is fortunate
In having a full, able, conscientious.
well prepared and hard
working faculty. But however able
and conscentlous the teachers may
be, and however earnest In their desire
to benefit their pupils, their work
will he largely nullified unless their
efforts both in the matter of discipline
and that of Instruction are re- 1
loforeed by naternal Influence and
authority. We also have the "brains"
to be developed and trained. Nearly
five hundred bright, healthy children}
What an opportunity we have to give
incm tne proper training. What a j
privilege 'they have In the facilities '
offered In the Port Mill school at
present! I was in a country school
some time ngo where the equipment
is meager and the school ternrj only
four months in a year. I">o the pupils
in the Fort Mill school apprecl- j
ate their opportunity? May they
have a fuller appreciation of that
opportunity than ever before and a
keener sense of the obligation growing
out of it. And may wc all, patrons.
pupils, teachers and others
work together for the upbuilding of
our school and for the development
of charabter strong and noble, in the
children, for this is the true end of
all education. J. W. H. D. j
*
Miss Rstelle Pulp Dead.
Miss Kstoile Pulp, daughter of the ;
late James B. Culp, died in Charlotte
last Friday. She was 29 years old
and had been ill for several months,
lip to a short timo after the death
of her fathor in Port Mill in the early
part of the year, Miss Culp had lived
in Fort Mill for nbout two years. She
had been a* great sufferer since child,
hood ar.d much sympathy was ex.
pressed for her hy Fort Mill people
who knew of her condition. Recently
Miss Culp had made her home in
Charlotte with her sister, Mrs. Boyd.
The Interment was in Elmwood cemetery.
Charlotte, Saturday afternoon.
Mills Close Three Days.
Notices were posted Wednesday In
both the mills of the Fort Mill Mann- :
fncturing company stating that work |
would be "suspended at 6 o'clock that
sftemoon until the regular starting
time next Monday morning. It is I
stated that the aloslng of the mills I
for throe days was in response to tho.i
request of a number of operatives]
who wished to attend the textile Hhow .1
In Groenville and the York county J
fair In Rock Hill. '1
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS
PICKED UP ABbUT TOWN i
Mr. and Mrs. Q< M. Bradford of
Florence spent Tuesday and WedneS- <
day In Fort Mill with relatives. f
Mrs. Rrncst O. Galthcr of States- 1
vtlle. N. C., Is a truest this we<>k In <
the home of her parents. Dr. and <
Mrs. T. 8. Klrkpatrtck.
William Erwln, senior student at 1
demson college, has been honored by 1
nia classmates by election to the office
of vice president of the clnss organisation.
C. W. McNenly of Columbus, Oa..
v.'us a visitor to Fort Mill this week.
Mr. McNenly formerly wns a superintendent
for the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company.
Amonr the students at Furmnn
university. Greenville, for the present
-esslon is J. T. Garrison, Jr., whose
home is In the Flint 11111 section of
Fort Mill township.
Herbert Baker, son of W. D. Raik?r,
returned to his home In Fort
Mill Saturday, after completing a one
year term of enlistment In the regular
army At n camp in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. I... J. Mnsey entertnlned
at a luncheon at their home
?nst Wednesday in honor of Mrs. H.
T,. Gibbon of Charlotte, N. C.? who
was their guest during the last week.
Recent real estate transfers in Fort
Mill wore: John Tt. Imogen, clerk of
court, to R. R. McKH>ben, one lot,
12,500; Mollle D. DcntOn and others
to R. R. MoKlbben, one lot, 12,165.67.
Mrs. Edward 8. Reeves of Union
veturne^ to her home this week after
a visit of several duys ut the home of
her brothers, W. B. Meacham and
8. L. Meacham. Mrs. M. A. Meacham i 1
returned to Union with Mr*. Reeves J
Mr and Mm. I. H. Patterson had
as their guests for several days this
week Mr. nnd Mrs. J. L. Patterson of
Mount Holly, N. P., B. E. Pntterson
of Farmvllle, N. P., Mrs. Herbert |
I.ewln of Charlotte. N C".. and Mlas :
?ner. Ardrey ?.f Norfolk Yn.
Dorothy May. 2-wecks-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Epps, died
Monday afternoon, after a "brief Illness.
Funeral services were conduct, j
ed at the home of the parents In the j
upper mill village Tuesday afternoon
by Dr. J. W. H. Dyches. pastor of
the Fort Mill Baptist church. Interment
took place Immediately afterward
In the city cemetery.
E. 8. Pnrks Is soon to succeed his
brother. Pnpt. 8. W. Parks, as manager
of the store of the Fort Mill Poopertlve
Association, which position
he formerly held for several months. |
Pnpt. Parks took over the management
of the store of the Cooperative t
association severnI weeks ago with J
the understanding that he was to hold I
the position only temporarily. '
The Young People's union of the
Fort Mill Baptist church has accepted
an Invitation from the young people
of the Pleasant Valley Baptist church
In Ijinoaster county to render a program
at thgt place next Sunday afternoon
at Ii.IO o'clock. The quarterly
social meeting will he .turned f
Into a Hallowe'en party, to l?e given
Tuesday evening at o'clock, to
which the Pleasant Valley young people
will he tiv\lted. .
C. T. Crook has returned to his
home In the Gold Hill section of Fort !
Mill township, after spending several
months with his daughter near Wagenor,
In Aiken county. Mr. Crook
says the crops In Aiken county this
year are not ns stood ns they usu-I f
ally arc and that this fact, counted
vith tho low price of cotton j
has had a decidedly depressing effect
upon tho people of that section. ' (
Improvements to the lodge room .
of Patawha lodge No. 66, A. F. ,
which were begun a few days agn
under the direction of Oapt. 8. W. ^
Parks have been completed and are
considered entirely credi'able by (
those who have seen the work. A J(
stnted communication of Catawba ' ^
lodge Is to be held this evening at
which the third degree Is to be con- j
ferred. It Is expected that a large '
number of |he members will be present
for the ceremonies.
According to local dealers. there
has thus far been no appreciable de- 1
crease in the consumption of gaso- , o
line since the business depression I T'
struck the country a few weeks ago. '
Apparently peaple are ns eager to r
ride In their motor driven vehicles as f
ever and the number of cars on the v
streets and country roads Is ns large !'
as It would be If cotton were selling "
at a profitable price, according to the *
same authorities. While there has *
he?n no decrease In the sales In Fort
Mill of "gas." there has been recent- j h
ly a slight drop In the price of one [ ^
cent per gallon. OJasollne Is now i '
selling in Fort Mill at 35 and 36 cents
per gallon.
The open season for shooting partrlrlSM
In South Carolina In comnll. h
nneo with the game laws of the 0
P?ete is from Thanksgiving day. No- n
vpmher 25 this year, to March 1, with v
a hag /limit of 15 per day for tho
hunter. The open spaaon for doves
began on October 15 and closes Jan- r
uary 31. dorlng which It'ls lawful for '1
the individual to kill not In excess of i "
25 birds per day. Squirrels to the I v
number of 15 per day may bo killed!'1
to March 1, the open season having I *
begun on October i. The season for'"
shooting mendow (Hold) lark* Is '?
f-om November 1 to April Jt?. Tit ere I
la a provision of federal law with j
reference to shooting meadow larks n
nnd the hunter might do well to fa- s
mlliarlxe himself with K. i a
Good crowds nnd splendid exhibits a
nre reported at the Tork County fair n
which opened in'Rock Hill Wednes- 0
day and Is to run through Friday. *<
Many FoYt Mill people are attending ?
the fal?\ s |0
NEWS OP YORK COUNTY.
[tenia of General Interest Clipped
From the Yorkvllle Enquirer
Rock Hill la to have an aeroplane
orporatlon which will engage in the
lying of ah aeroplane for exhibition
purpoaes.. O. C.- and E. N. Boyles
ind Ralph Mooney are the organla;ra
of the company.
A total of 232 women have been
fglateted to date ot Sharon. Smyrna,
llckory Grove nnd Rlnlravllle. . The
lumber n* enrtr pf *he eve nreclneta
s- as fallows: Bullock's .Creek 8.
Iniyra 13. Blnlrnvllle 4 3, Hickory
Iwf 91. Sharon 77.
The Neelv| Manufacturing company
losed down Monrthy mornlnp for n
period of two weeks. Inability to
>ell products Is "understood to have
'orced the camparr*' to clrse. The
>thcr three Yorkvllle mills arc In
>peration at the present time.
As the result of Injuries received
n Rock Hill a week aK\ William
r erke. aged 5. son of Mr and Mrs.
FSrnest Rocke, died in a hospital in
Flock Hill last Friday. The youna
>oy was struck by an automobile
IrRen by T*. A. Pone of Rock Hill.
That the price of R.asollne Is comnp
down nn<l Is Kolnpf to drop mnto lal'y
In the near future Is the prellctlon
of J. H. Carroll, well known
mtomohlle and oil and pasolina deal
r. "The wholesale price of casollne
? coming down," Mr. Carrojl Monbv
morning predicted.
York county along with hundreds
if York county fftrmors Is holding
ottnn for higher prices. Supervisor
riios W. Rnyd snld yesterday that
he county had on band nhcut ton
mlcs of cotton which hnd boon
rrnwn on the onur.tv farm. Tie colon
Is the accumulation of several
rears.
The York county hoard of oducnlon
will give no general holiday to
ichool children In the rural schools
?n account of the York county
air. nccordlnr to announcement this
nornlng hy John K. Carroll, sitperlncnlcnt
of education. Trustees of the
'ar'ous schools, however, nre allowed
o use their discretion In the giving
if a holiday In their respective .school
list riots. The county hoard declined
o rI'-o a general holiday because of
he Jnct that such a.Jmlid'.v was dc lured
last yenr and hundreds of
ichQol children and numerous tenches
Instead of attending the fair wont
dgtt|ng,
ifarry R. Nr||, who In addition to
?elng one of the most efficient county
rcasnrcrs In ftnuth Cnvol'nn. Is n
lo^e ohserver of men and general
vents, was discussing luis'neis enn It'ons
and the aopnrert "spirit" of
he people In a local barbershop the
ithcr night. "One trouble," he said,
ind In fact the greatest trouble with
Imost everybody and everything Just
uvv Is that we oil do too much cn*>? ?!
v talking. Kven if times nre a
ittlo hard and conditions are not so
trl:*?'1 there Is no use talking nltout
t end bemoaning the fact. The thing
o do Is for overyhody t?? keep his
r.onth shpt and get down to hard
rork as never before. 1 for one have
llllt It." And those who heard Mr.
Ceil were of opinion that he was
bout correct In what he said.
That gasoline shipping tpnk* or
icrrrls which are made of Iron Is
he latest thing for use as hollers for
PfOnshlnc d'stPlcrlcs Is the Infor
nMor? h^oncht bor-> Mnidny by DIsrlet
Constable Horace I*. Johnson,
bo wltli assistant officers raided a
dMl'lory til the home of Sis CJIles.
olorod. on tk'j Walter Tlnnkhend
ilncr In Bothesdn township near
.o*"ryv!lle rrrly Sunday morning
'ho plant was rot In operation when
he officers came, hut nhotit inn gatrrs
of ivnsli Wits found no'trcd upo"
he ground. While the distillery was
node tip less f>r further operation.
VriIter ffile h, son of Sis (lihvt. wnit nr.
rntrd, charged with aliened oonneclon
with Ihe outfit, and was later routed
ort bond In the sum of $300.
'ho distillery is the first to be relorteil
found In Hethesda township
a n lopif time.
Kergusroi-Wcsterland Wedding.
A wedding of Interest to many In
his section occurred in Itoek Hill
>n October 12 when nil'.s Nell May
rguson, oldest daughter of Mr. and
f's. 11 C. P^nttimn of Kurt. Mill boainc
the bride of Alonao M. Westrland
of Hook Hill. The ceremony
fas performed at the parsonage of
he West Main Street Methodist
hurrh In flock H'll by the pastor,
he rtov. Roy W. Wilkes, assisted hv
h" Ttev. Mr. Hhealy.
!lccrntiv Mrs. Westerlnrd had
een attending a business college In
ireenv ood. She and Mr. Westerland :
R"t that elty for llock If ill on the J
ay of their marriage. At Clinton ]
hry were Joint d by llaile Ferguson,'I '
rather of the bride, and at Chester j
i> her father. Miss I^enora Jackson j
"rt M* nnd Mrs. Fraley. uncle and i_
unt of the bridegroom. The hr??'al I
-.' o'-'d fro- fitcs'-or to llock Hill !
or the wedding.
Mm .1 I
and won resuming her studies '
r Greenwood nt the time of hor J
nnrriagto. She is n popular youn<? .
/ unnn who-e friends will ienrn of
irr marriage with trench intercRt.
fr. W'erterinrd is a younfc InislncR* |
cnn of Rock Hill where he nnd hi* i
ride will make their home.
K)m Vurnie Rihh of Fort Mill was
rereted upon at n Ilcdlt Hill hoRpital '
undny evenln"" for n rcHous cane of
pperdlcltln n l?h which she wn* 'i
Irlckrn Setae*-y The condition of i
fflrr P.orr yesterday, wag reported |
HtlRfncfofy nnd the nppemred to he 1
n the rond to recovery although the i
latetnent was made that Rhc wan In , i
very serlouw condition when the i
peratlon wan performed. ! (
PREFERS "BUSTER" BOYD SITE.
Mecklenburg Board Rxprrwra Clwicc
For Liocatloii of River Bridge.
Ratification of plana for constructing
a bridge over the Catawba river
between Mecklenburg and York
counties. at the "Buster" Boyd site,
ns taken by the Mecklenburg board
of county commissioners Thursday,
when it Inserted In the records a recommendation
that the "Buster" Boyd
site wqb the one favored by the board
f commissioners as the bridge site,
says the Charlotte News. This record
will go down tc the Incoming
hrnrH nf \f ??i- > ? * ?
? mcvnicuuurK commissioner*
"s a recommendation, though it Is
rreognlr.ed as a recommendation and
not ns a mandate.
Tl?o making of the entry was InPT.ired
by a delegation of citizens
from the neighborhood of the "Buster"
Boyd site In lower Steele Creek
township who appeared before the
commissioners \vltl\ llerlot Clarkson,
chairman of the highway bureau of
the Charlotte.chamber of commerce.
The commissioners at llrst said they
did not favor committing themselves
In an official way to the new hoard,
rlnce the members of the present
board were personally known to fanr
the "Buster" Boyd site any way.
hu% they finally agreed to do so.
... ........... ...<K I "?u iriitiHH JW ?v.
York county now has $40,000 to apnlv
to the erection of tho hrldgie and
Mecklenburg $80,000.
NKJIIT ItlltKKN ACTIVR
Vceroos In Florence County Rash to
Cotton Fields.
At T.nke CMy, In Florence .county,
200 night riders, mounted on horses j
and rind In the old Ku Klux Klan
'.'arb. rorte Into town and as a result j
iho cotton fle'ds In thnt neighborhood
next dny were alive with plckertband
the housewives of I?!?ke City now j
have all the rook and washerwoman .
holn they desire. Farmers now see a
vny out of the ruin which faced |
hem hv the deterlorntlon of cotton :
'nr-ine blue In the debts for the lack !
of nickers.
The n'cht riders apnenred In l,ake
CMy about 1 o'clock Thursday night. ]
First they celled on some farmers
v-bo had been paying as much as '
*1 F?0 a hundred for picking cotton
and suggested to them that this was
too much. The price fell to $1 Immediately.
Then the ghostliko cavalcade
proceeded to the negro section
and threw out sevornl hints to
me i'ncn inni more wofk ann less |
Innfllnt oniony the negroes of that .
emotion wtiild pfrhapn be a knod j
Mm?. ftcnro thr new hordes of rot- |
ton piekers nn<l the ninny washerwomen
and rooks that sprang? up
nvornlrht.
Thr I^nkr City ntnyor. W. H. Whitehead,
next rrcrtvrd a visit from tho
:trh? .rldTS. who told him that he
rhnuld enforce thr ynaraney laws
r"orr Inroiibty. The nmyor respond- j
rd that what he needed to rpforr the i
hws was tho undivided support of
ho eairruint'y.
The nl-'ht r?dera went about their
htte'nesn calmly and there was no
Mldmee of nnv Intention to offer violence
to anv of the many persons vlsI'ed,
hut they meant business, Just i
the same. n,nd are said to havo Riven
K'tiplnit that a second visit was not .
e he desired hy those with whom i
hey had'conferred. '
91.70 Fit Year
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M*8WINEY*S HOME TOWN
FOUNDFD BY MONK
?
Since the hunger strike of Torrence
McSwiney begun in an English prison,
about two months ago, us a protest
against his arrest, tho city of
Cor^c, of which he was lord mayor,
frequently has figured in the press
1 dispatches. But us Interest In Its
chief official has outshadowed Interest
4n the city's affairs, the foot that
Cork has an mtfqgjyrd mayor in his
absence has rlooked. This
acting official O'Callachnln,
u young insn^^^HBiiuch the tamo
type as Mc^wl^HHBiself. And the
city over a-hlf^HUbnonilnally presides
Is on*.' ora^^Hnost interesting
in Ireland. ra^HHK is set out in
the following wH^Hof the Nntlonal
(icographlo soa^^Ht Washington:
Cork, third j^^^^^Hrcland, bears a
very supertlct^^^^^Bblance to New
York city in tj^BSBmiclcus is situated
on an Jiee^^fcfolded by two
arms of a r Mt^^Rre its waters
meet a bay.} flJ^BBpmpnrison soon
becomes a t<M^K however, for
Cork is n rf than 80,000
souls, has ft J HflRc buildings or
thoroughfare* f j^Hfcrtance and was
built on a l<k?,' iNWHupy site, instead
of qn the rocky ribs of Mother Earth.
The stream that enfolded Cork before
it grew across its watery barriers
is the lllver Eee. which rises in
a little lake to the north. From a
tiny island In tlfat lake came the
pioss hermit, St. Fin ltarre, who established
a monastery at Cork river
in Ihe seventh century, and from this
start the present city has grown..
Both the lloinan Catholic and Protestant
cathedra Is of Cork are dedicated
to tlYb early Irish saint.
At the head of one of the llnest
harborjf" In Ireland?a landlocked
cove whose waters are as placid as '
those of a lake?Cork long was subject
to uttAcks by sea marauders. Invading
Danes burned thu city in 821
and nga|n In 1012, and after the see- *
ond destruction founded on the site a
Danish tracing post. The Irish., '
.again In control of the city, submitted
to the English In 1172, who for
many years maintained a precarious
foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not by force of arms but by "Infiltration,"
for before a great while the
one-time English post was the most
Irish city In Ireland, its government
"etircly in the bands of the people of
Erin,
A tragedy overtook Cork the year
Co Turn buw discovered Amerien, and.
was visited most heavily on its lord
msyor. During that year the city received
and assisted Perkln Warbeok.
pretender to the English throne. The 1
mayor lost his head and tho city itschkrter
Cork's wonderful harbor- h?u
It a maritime Importance since early
days, i Ttecognitlon of this fact is
seen ht the title of admiral of the
port bestowed on the lord mayor of
Cork by Edward IV and held by the
lords mayor to the present day. In
a triennial ceremony the lord mayor
evidences his right to the title of adnilrdl
by casting u dart out over the
harbor.'
QueenStown, at the head of theouter
harbor, and practically a part
of r^>rk, Is the port of call and departure
for trans-atlantie liners. This
fact has made Cork a city of sadness
to many, for perhaps a million or
move men and women. In largest part
more hoys and girls, forced hy economic
pressure to emigrate, havethere
bidden gondby with set faces y
and stfeamtng eyes to the land they
love so well.
When Irelnnd suffered what wa?
perhaps the most pathetic of Its trlh.
ulatlons, the famine of 1847, Cork
rtecame the renter of Its sorrows.
Thousands of miserable, emaciated
creatures made their way there from
nil over Irclund, hoping to gain passage
to America. Hundreds died of
hunger slong the roads loading to tho
city and In Its very streets./^
Close hy Cork Is the ruined towerof
Rlarney castle, stronghold of.~Cormnc
McCarthy, who. legend has It,
instructed ny un old hag ho""hn<J rescued
to kiss one of the stones Qf tho
tower?the fnnvons "ll)ar"hey stone"?
Iwamo lrresistlt>ly eloquent.
On the picturesque, wooded" shoresof
the Cork hnrhor are many resorts
and One country pieces. One of tho
latter. "Tlvoll." tho home Of Sir Wat.,
ter Raleigh. was given to t?lm by
Queen Elizabeth, and Edward Spen- :
cer was the recipient of KUcolmnrv
castle, where he wrote "The Kalrfe
Queene-." ' r?y
Ill'RAI. 1IKAI/TH WORK.
State Ronrd of Ih-ulth to Entertain
York County Audiences.
The Times has received the fotl'?w|n<r
for nubllcfttlon from Miss
Juanita Necly, county home demonstration
hktI for York county: ;
"Tt wMI |>p of Intercut to the people
of York county to know that tho
'teonrtn-ent of county health Work
nn(J rural eanlintlon M the Rhuth
Carolina Ptnte hoard of health and
the ho'me demonstration agent of
York county will give free entertainments
at various place* In the county.
Three entertainment* will consist of
cnc* live talk* by member* of the
heoph hoard, two splendid moving
picture film* and musical number*;
"The following York eounty com
munltlce have ssked ?for the free ehtertnlnnienta:
Pharon, Newport, Mt.
Holv Cold Hill. Flint Hill and.HtfcConrellsvllle.
Ae noon as the IHtWfann'
Is *"irtr out hv Miss NepV Iftjgature
will he furnished and "puhfiffty
will be given through the newspapers."
A? a result of the action of the
Mecklenburg board of county commisstoncrs.
whose recommendation
is is thought will be followecj by the
incoming board of commissioners,
as to the location of Ihe proposed
York - Mecklenburg Catawba river
bridge, the two counties now seem
in n fair way to yet together In tho
oustruction of the bridge. The.York
hoard of commissioners Is expected
to agree to the location of the bridge
at the "Buster" Boyd site and If such
ctlon is taken and the new Mecklen'
urg board follows the recommendation
of the present board, actual
* ork on the construction of the,,
bridge should be under way early In
tbe now year.
Olsngreemcnt between the two
i ounty boards over the division o#
iic cost of the bridge has delayed
Jhe building of it for several month*,
'''be understanding -was that Mick* j
'< nhurg was to pay two-thirds the
ost of the structure, but when tho
epresentn lives of the counties met
^n the river hanks several months
go nnd finally agreed upon a site
'or xiie bridge, the Mecklenburg
eprosentntives came forward with
'he proposition thnt since a long
pproaoh to the hrldgo was necessary
>n the York side they would agree
i pny the cost of the structure only
Trona the Mecklenburg end to tho
enter of the river. Thereupon the
onforence adjourned and it looked
"or several months as If the bridge
ould not he built. Vtnally, at the
peclnl session of the North Carolina
'.ecrlslnturo held last July a new act
as passed with reference to the
ost of the bridge and both counties
low hive the iponey In hand to he- ,
In work on the structure after the
lew Mecklenburg hoard Is Inducted
nto oflVe nnd the contract let.
The "P.uster" Boyd site l? about
11 mile* from Fort Mill and Is two
miles up the river from Wright's
ferry. While the bridge is expected
o prove of greater benefit to Char-,
lotte in a commercial way than to
iny other section of York county. If
not to the whole county, it Is thought
'hnt a considerable amount of trade
ill bo brought to Fort Mill by Ita
"rection. The bridge also wilt shorten
by several milcM the distance betfreen
central and western York county and
Charlotte. Before the bridge Will be i
of much service to the public, how- I
ever. It will be necessary for York
enurdv to srend a considerable sum I
in ?>nnatrtinMnrs n rwn <1 J '