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f The Fort Mill Times. E?t?bluhed 1891. FORT MILL, g. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1920 """ ~ ' 1 ' 1 ^* '' $1 7R T>?.. v LITTLE NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES The death of Gen. E. M. Law, at Bartow, Fia., Sunday, loaves Brig. Gene. Marcus J. Wright of Washington, D. C., and Felix Robertson of Waco, Texas, as the only survivor* ' of those who held the rank of general officers In the Confederate army. , according to records In possession of Gen. Wright's family In .Washington. j1' . John M. Daniel of Greenville asj-" turned the duties of assistant attorney general of South Carolina MonJday, succeeding Morris C. Lumpkin of Columbia, who resigned some tlmo ago to enter private practice. Mr. Jf Daniel is a well known attorney, having run a close race for solicitor of the Thirteenth circuit the past summer and being a candidate for county judge of Greenville at the time of his appointment to the assistant attorney generalship. According to .reports received by the dally papers of the State, a larger vote wns cast in South Carolina in the genernl election Tuesday than had been cast at any genernl election In recent years. The Increase is due the votes of mnny women who participated for the first time in an election In the Stnte. In some places the vote by women approximated from 25 to 50 per cent of the total. Incomplete returns received from a maJortlty of the counties in the State Indicate that the veto will be from 7 5.000 to 80,000. The Republican vote In the State this year Is expected to be considerably less than 3,000. j O. T. Mcltrlde, and J. P. Hurt, both t white, were arrested Mondtiy and taken before the magistrate at Hen nettsvllle charged with the abduction of two school girls about 14 years of age. The girls left home to attend school Friday morning ari^ failed to return to their homes that afternoon, and they were not found until Saturday night. The girls were soen Sunday near Hasty, N. C., by a citizen of Benncttsville and his wife. McBrldc, who was known to one of the girls as Tom McCrlver and single, 1b said to he a married man of Cheraw. Hurt is a man of family in Bennettsvlllc. McBrldo waived 'preliminary hearing and was released on 42,000 bond. Feeling Is said to be strong against the defendants In Hennettsvlllc,. but a full and fuir hearing Is promised them. HOHI1K1) OF $50. Fort Mill Man Victim of Negro Tuesday Kveniiig.* lrn T. Wilson, weaver tit mill No. 1 of the Fort Mill Manufacturing com . puny, reported to the police officers pf Fort Mill Tuesday evening about 7 //o'clock that he had been held up and robbed of $.r>0 by a negr> earlier nj the evening. Mr. Wilson said lie was emerging from a small building in the rear of the mill nnd as be was about to pass through the door wa> grabbed tlfie breast and held htm chile goring through his poe.\ot?- to find /the money. Itelng a mute Mr Wilson was unable to make an outcry or give an. alarm until ho rcachoil lus hoarding houso. some distance' awu.v, and by that time the negro hail got out the neighborhood of the crime. ' /^fleers In nearby towns wore re i quested to be on the lookout for the .negro, a description of whom .vi.s furnished. Mr. Wilson cam? to Fort Mill from Charlotte about a month ago and has since been at work here as a weaver. Personnel of (iciU'ral Assembly. According to n booklet Just Issued ""^hy J. Wilson gihhes, clerk of the J State house of representalves giving the personnel and the vocation of ench member of the 1921-22 General Assembly of South Carolina, W. It. Itrudford, editor of the Fort Mill Times, Is the only newspaper man who will occupy a sent in either branch of the General Assembly during the next two years. The State senate is composed of 4 6 members. 25 of whom are classed as lawyers in Mr. Gihhes' booklet. There arc 22 holdover members 01 me senate, while live of the members elected in 1920 have served in the senate In previous years. (>f the 124 members of tho house of representatives, 4 2 aro lawyers. Forty-four house members were reelected Tuesday alontt with 66 members who have not had previous legislative experience and 14 who have served in the house <n former yeurs. An \?l of Bygone Days. Citizens who did not lose their appetite with the passage of the prohibition laws for the cup that cheers will rend with interest the advertisement In the Fort Mill Times of October 31, 1900, of a Charlotte dealer who took "pleasure in calling to tho attention of the .public the very low prices of my tine old open furnace whiskies, which for 15 years have had no equal, either for drinking or mediclnnl purposes." - 1 Some of the prices quoted in the advertisement were as follows: "Old Corn Whiskey, very IIUW, 9<*I , Viuuu ivt?r?n vim. $1.60;" "Fine Geneva pin, $3;" "First Hate Sunbeam Uye, $1.60;" "Fine ?' High Grade Uye, $3;" "North Faroilna Apple Brandy. 42.25;" "Old N. O. Peach Brandy, $2.50:" "Poach and Honey, $2;" "Fine Bottled Whiskies < in close box. $4." Complain* of I*lir Pons. A communication received n day or two ago nt The Times offlee requests the paper to call attention to the offenslvcness of the pig pens that are allowed In town. Says the writer: "I venture the assertion that there is not another town in 8outh Carolina the site of Fort Mill which tolerates in Its midst such dlsense-produclnK. filthy Institutions." ? ' . ' ? * \ l-i * % SMALL. VOTE TUESDAY. Fort Mill filves Democratic Candidates Unanimous Support. As has been the ?tase In Fort Mill for many yet\rs. It fact ever since orKantzed opposIHo i % to the Democratic nominees fcr State and county offlces ceased i. third of a century and more ago. there was a light vote In the general election Tuesday. One hundred and seven citizens vo'od the straight Democratic ticket for State and county officers nnd at the federal box there were 101 votes enst for the Cox presidential electors nnd for W. F. Stevenson. Democratic candidate fo^ Congress. Ngt one vote was cast in Fort Mill for the Republican presidential electors. Neither was there a single woman to apply to vote In either the State or federal election. Only seven of the number who voted in the State . elc'ion expressed a choice one way or the ot *? *,.over tho proposed constitutional amendments. While the vote in Fort Mil! was light, i* is said to have been almost twice that of the general election of four years ago and many fervent expressions of hope for the sticess of Governor Cox were heurd around the polls. ' The candidates voted for In the State and county eioct'on in Fort Mil' n? elsewhere in York county Tuesday follow: Governor. Itoiir. A. Cooper, lieutenant governo-, Wilson G. Hnr vey; secretary of state, W. Banks T>nvo; nltornev genera', Samuel M. Wolfe; comptroller penem'. W. E. Tinnenn; State treasurer. Samuel T. Carter; State superintendent of education. J. E. Swcnrlncren ad.lutant and Inspector prnora!. W. W Moore; commissioner of agriculture. B. Hnrrls; railroad comml.-'sioner, F. W. Shenly: circuit solicitor. J. K. Henry; State senate Jolin it. Hart; house of representatives. W. P. Bradford. Erwin Carothers. P.. M. Mitchell, E. W. Pnrsioy; sheriff. F 7* (^ulnn: county - ntiervisor. llurh G. Brown; clerk of court. T. E. .McMackl it -r * * * . FOKT MIIiL ao YEARS AGO. ! (Fort Mill tTlnies, (>6t. 31, I'JUO.) Rev, Mf. Yongue is conductlnp a protracted meeting; at Pleasant Hill Methodist church. Services ire hemp held morning and evening. Mr. I-. E. I.ipon returned to Fort Miil Monday evening, after an nbsence of several months, during which he was employed in Scriven, Gn. He expect to securo a position in Florida in the near future. Magistrate McElhaney has been i confined to his room for several days with prip. Two other members of tlic family also are indisposed. Mte. McElhaney and their daughter, Mi is Nannie. Mr. William J. Ttogers and Miss Eudocia Perry, two popular young people of Pleusant Valley, were married on tlie evening of October 26th at the home of Mr. J. W. Hall, the ceremony being performed by their pastor, the Rev. K. A. Yongue. Mr. James Boyd, who lives eight miles north of Fort Mill and is a son of Mr. W. F. Boyd, met with the misfortune of having his right hand broken in three places in a corn shredder. It Is thought that his hand will have to be amputated Miss Susie White was one of the two teachers In this county who was the recent examination lield by the county board of education. Curds have been issued imnouncing the marriage of Mr. Edward Kimbrell and Miss Myra Fravor at their prospective home on booth street in this place on Tuesday evening, November 6. The ceremony is to be performed by Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell and will be witnessed by oni.v a small number of relatives and friends. The S. D. Barron chapter. U. D. C., has succeeded in making - arrangements with Bill Arp to lecture at the Presbyterian High school in Rock Hill'Friday evening at 8 o'clock. This is probably the best opportunity our people will have of hearing Bill Arp for a long time and Fort Mill should be well represented at the lecture. The money realized from the lecture will be devoted to the erection of a Confederate monument In Kbenezer cemetery. Tickets to the lecture are for sale at the drug store of Dr. T. B. Meachnm in this place. Still h Dixie in Sonic Hearts. "Is there still a Dixie?" asks a Northern weekly, to which George N. Itnllev editor of the Houston Post. replies: 4"Yes. there If still a Dixie. A Dixie.In the heart* of *ome of us older one*, and in that realm of the spirit fancy may summon visions of the most beautiful of scones, the loveliest of faces, and days of cloudless blue! Dixie, the East to which those of us who stand on the rim of the fading day turn in devotion, while the shadows creep! Dixie, the Glory I.and of the Past, the golden bourne of memory's silent rambles, the hallowed solitude in whose cool depths the lost chords of life breathe again their music into the soul! Dixie, love's shadowland, peopled with the unfettered spirits of the noble and the great, redolent of memories that do not die because they cluster about things immortal, templed with .the dreamfahrics of a nation that drew from out God's boundless deep and after four years of glory, turned again home! Dixie, the beautiful and glorious, the sweetest chapter of the history, the noblest epic of the ages, the light of yesteryear whose effulgence girds the crest of time's swift onward tide! Dixie, the stainless mother of the nation, the indestructible kingdom of the twilight!?Dixie, the incomparable South of our dreams! BREADTH OF MODERN SCHOOL CURRICULUM. (Written for The Times.) It h a matter for gratification that so many things have been added In recent years to the courses laid down for completion before one finishes the grammar school or graduates from the high school of the present day. The elective system in colleges and universities, Instituted only ^ few years ago. has grown in extent and favor till literally hundreds of courses in language, science, literature; history, mathematics, art, music, ate., lire announced in ineir catalogues, many of these courses not required for graduation but among the studies that may be chosen by a student as a part of his course for a degree. Of course In elementary and secondary schools not so much choice Is allowed, nor is the range of studies nearly so wide or so complete as In the high, er Institutions of learning; but even hco, among the higher grades, some choice Is given in the selectidn of studies. Many aubjocts are taught in the high schools that a few years ago were given only In the college course. The courses are not as extensive as they are In the average college, hut where there are sufficient laboratory facilities a considerable knowledge of such studios as physics, chemistry and biology may* be acquired. These are practical studies and their pursuit gives mental discipline as well. That manual training and study of agriculture and domestic science have been brought to our doors and made accessible to pupils who may never go beyond the high school course gives us cause for gratitude. It Is the writer's conviction there are two studies that ought to be given a more prominent place in our grammar and high schools, one of these being music and the other art. i >f course I have reference to the rudiments of vocal music. There Is some danger that music will become a lost art with all the people who are not called upon to rendor the service of song in a church choir. We ulrcudy see signs of failure at this point, and many seem to feel that they have no part or lot In this matter. Nor does Instruction In drawing go as far as It should, even where it Is taught at all in our schools. More attention should be given to mechanical drawing. Including perspective, etc. This knowledge would be available for practical purposes and would aid as a foundation for more advanced work along almost all artistic lines. The breadth of our school curricula brings us face to face with several dangers, however. One of these is that breadth of study will result in a corresponding shallowness. If a broadening of our course of study brings about a decrease In Intensity und depth It Is a question whether we have gained or lost by Its Introduction. In our modern schools many more facts of many kinds are. or may be, learned by the pupil; but when we compare present day culture with that of those men and women who. In a former day, necessarily confined their studies In the common schools to LAtin, Greek, mathematics and logic, we are usually compelled to give first place to the older culture. We of today should appreciate our wider opportunity for breadth of culture and be sure to so use It that there will be no lack In Its depth and Intensity. Another danger is that the Immature Muiuuin. il uuuwuu lu liiuudc iui ii?i??self, electing one study and rejecting another, will pick that which requires less effort rather than that which will be best for his mental discipline and for preparation for his life work. I do not think those educational philosophers are mistaken who hold that the study which the child dislikes is the one he probably stands In greatest need of. Dislike for mthematical studies, for Instance, shows a lack of development along mathematical lines and a consequent need of such a development. Still another mistake which is made by young pupils and submitted to by many parents and teachers Is that of leaving off language study, especially the study of Latin, for courses which they consider easier and of greater practical importance. Since a considerable per cent of our English words are derived from Greek and a much larger per cent from the Latin language some knowledge of both these languages Is desirable as a scientific foundation for English. Especially ought attention to be given to l>atln not only because of its relation to English and Its use In so many technical courses, but because it is so often required for col lege entrance and a lack here will therefore cause delay In entering or require much extra work after entrance to make up the deficiency here. J. W. H. D. Prolong IJfe i*f Siloes. By the exercise of a little care the life of leather shoes may be considerably prolonged. It Is a well known fact that If a wet shoe Is placed too close to a tire, the interior of the shoe Is sometimes ruined before the surface of the leather shows appreciate dried slowly. An Knjoyablc Banquet. The banquet given the stockholders of the First National bank last Thursday evening proved a pleasant occasion for the two score and more present. Among the features of the evening was a talk by Col. T. B. Spratt in which he told of the gratifying success of the bank during its ten years' existence. \ MEWS or YORK COUNTY. Item of General Interact Clipped From the Yorkvllle Enquirer The total amount of cotton of the 1920 crop finned In York county up to October 18 was 9,790 bales, compared with 22.440 bales up to the same date last year. No effort has been made to get exact returns from Tuesday's election In York county because of the ex- 1 ceedlngly small Interest In the matter; but from such returns as have i been received the total vote of the COUntV DllV be snfelv ootlmaln/I nt about 1,100, out of a total registration of approximately 4,500. The total vote in the federal box at Yorkvllle was 259 and these Included the i votes of 59 women. "Any plan to reduce cotton acreage by iftetute would be foolish and would be Impracticable to enforce, in my opinion," said 8enntor J. E. Beamguard of Clover, In conversation with an Enquirer representative Saturday. "Mr. J. S. Wannamaker's request that the General Assembly pass a law reducing acreage," said Senator Beamguard. "Is wholly Impracticable. The proposal has been before the General Assembly before and has been turned down, as It would no doubt be again It brought up. Acreage reduction by Inw Is nn Impracticable remedy for I the present situation. In my opinion." When T. W. Moore of the Outhrlesville section went Into his Rweet potato patch one day last week to dig potatoes he found three qunrts of moonshine corn liquor hidden there, according? to a report reaching Yorkville Monday. The liquor wns not labeled. however, and while Mr. Moore may hnve his suspicions as to the I ownership of the contraband, he has | no positive proof. Up to yesterday, according to Teports, nobody had put 'n a claim for Iho liquor. The condition of the York ville-Rock lllll road has been wonderfully Improved as the result of the overhauling it has had at the hands of the State highway commission. A man whose Judgment Is entitled to respect old the Yorkville Enquirer Monday that If desirable he would not he afraid to drive a Ford from Yorkville to Itock lllll In 30 minutes. Before the overhauling he would not have been willing to guarnntee the making of the trip Inside of nn hour. With- \ out more attention In the way of surfacing nnd dragging, the road can hardly be expected to stand up under he weather and heavy traffic to which It will be subjected this winter. "I am hauUng people from everywhere down to 'Kcrshnw to see the 'Faith Doctor," " snld Saturday evening Capt. Albergotti, well known conductor of the Southern railway. Just I this week I've carried people from I Greenhoro, N. C., and lllgh Point. N. I C., and other places. There are peo- 1 pie going to Kershaw to see the 'Faith i Doctor' on practically every train that I goes to Kershaw and according to reports around there so many people 1 are coming to see him that he has to i Issue his waiting patients place checks 1 Just like they do In a barber shop on i u busy day." 1 m m m < UKAULU bttltlOb -NJLjW'S. I Ac* Teacher liktH'J fur High bchool 1 OcpurtmcuU * Miss Edna Lawrence of Sharon, 1 ?v uniirop college graduate, bus been 1 elected us icucnti oi English In the 1 ugti school una uegHii work Wednesday atternoon. Superintendent atrlc- 1 iiug hus been leaching the English 1 classes In addition to bis other duties tibd progress in the work wus theretore hampered to a ce lain extent, otiss Lawrence completes the high ' school faculty but un additional teacher is still needed for the ilftn grade. 1 This week closes tho second month of the current school year and the lirst quarter's reviews. Examinations will | be held next week, lteports will be I sent to the purents every uine weeks to show the progress of the pupils. Notices ure mailed monthly to the pa, rents of children not doing satisfac' tory work. The new auditorium Is practically completed and it Is hoped that? it may be used for the tirst lime Monday morning. Chapel will be held In the j building at 84 6 and the high school | will occupy the new class rooms. The Parent-Teacher association will : meet In the auditorium Friday after| noon at 8:30 o'clock. The new officers of the association will be Installed and matters of Interest discussed. Jaybirds Destructive. A costly mistake was made by Inj eluding the Jaybird In the list | of song birds protected under the tile KUIlie laws of Month CurAlln. cording to Ira U. Sniylhc, well known Fort Mill cltixen. "These birds," said Mr. Hmythe yesterday, "are more destructive than crows and I think the people should be allowed to kill them to protect their corn patches. As a song bird, the 'Jay* is a bum artist. 1 am confident the Jaybirds In my I neighborhood huve eaten and otherwise destioyed five or six bushels of corn for me in the last three or four weeks. Before they were given the protection of the game laws all I i had to do was to take my shotgun and kill a few of them. The report i from the gun so frightened the others < that they gave my corn patch a wide * berth. Jaybirds not only devour a lot of corn but they add to their work ' of dcstructlveness by picking a few i grains from other ears and leaving the ears in such condition that the i first rain causes the ears to rot. The i Legislature could do the farmers and 1 truckers of the state a real service by seeing that Jaybirds are not protected under the game laws as song | i birds, which they most emphatically , i are not." < FARMERS HOLDING COTTON. ' Better Price* Expected to Follow General Election. Official Information from South Car. ollna Indicates that the farmers In that State are standing firm on the cotton holding movement and that even In the oaae of "distress" cotton only a small amount Is being marketed, says the Charlotte Oherver. The holding movement In North CarnllMo *- - </ .< > .a ui tuuBiucrauie more consequence than known in previous yenrs. There is some leakage, to be sure, yet the idle condition of the platforms prevailing since the season opened tells the story. One thing to guard against Is the marketing of cotton during the spurt whioh Is almost sure to follow the election. If cotton does not take a rise within a Week or ten days after November 2, then traditions will have been broken. A rise of a few points may tempt some holders to come out with the cotton and a sufficient supply might bo placed on sale to to serve immediate purposes. and that would be sure to result in reaction. The holding movement has been established on a basis which promises to bring results if only maintained for a few weeks longer. If the farmers stand their ground they are quite likely to get better prices than have prevailed In recent weeks, although It is not a good prospect that 4 0 cents will be reached. Cotton must encounter the shaving down process which is being applied to all products, and the fanner who holds his cotton for big money Is going to hold it a long time. Cotton is sure to bring a better price than at present etlsts, hut It is not going to reach the fancy figure. NEW DOC; LAV. Canines to Be Tasini SI.25 Cnder Hecent Act of legislature. A matter of general Interest Is the dog law passed at the 1920 session of the General Assembly. Tho new law provides for an annual tax of $1.25 per head on every dog In the State six months old or older and requires that the county trenrurers of the vn rlous counties shnll Issue to the owner of the dog upon which the tax Is paid a metal tag marked "Dor Tax." with a receipt for the tax. stntlnR the year for which It was paid. The act further provides that "the lax shall be levied and paid to the county treasurer as other taxes are paid: Provided, further, that this tax shall be exclusive of all other license taxes, either municipal or otherwise: Provided that all such taxes collected hereunder shall be credited to the schools of the school district from which It Is collected to be used In support of the schools .of the district: Provided, further, That the said lax shall become due and payable at the same time State and county taxes beoome due and payable. "That every owner of a doR shall be required to collar and place the aforesaid dog tax upon the said colInr. Kxcept when such dog shall bo used for the purpose of hunting, when such dog shall be upon a chase or hunt. "Any person owning, harboring or maintaining n dog. failing or refusing to pay the tax aforesaid, Bhall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convictton thereof shall be lined not less than |9 nor more than >2 5. one-half of which shall go to the I person reporting said failure to pay I said tax, and one-half to the public KChool fund In which said derelict occurs. "That each county treasurer shall be allowed to retain 25 cents of the said tax, to reimburse him for furnishing said tags and keeping the rocords, as are required under the provisions of this act. "This act shall go Into effect on January 1, 19J1." NO BOLL WKFVILS FOl'NI). Government Entomologist Visits Foil Mill Cotton Field*. E. S. Tucker, government entomologist from the Delta laboratory, IT. 8. department of agriculture, Tallulah, La., was a recent visitor to Fort Mill. While in this community Mr. Tucker Inspected a number of cotton fields In his work of tracing ilio migration of the boll vyccvU in the Southeast and afterward reported that he hud found no weevils here. He added, however, that the insect was still migrating and might yet reach this community before the cold weather of the fall set in. It is the hahlt of the weevil, Mr. Tin ker added, to migrate in the early fall in search of food before the cold drives It into winter quarters. He is certain that sooner or luter the boll weeyl! will reach this section in force and will do great damage to the cotton crop. Farmers of this section who i*nd In their fields Insects they believe to be the boll weevil arc invited to send specimens to The Times office for Identification. Mrs. F.ftic Hunter Married. Cards have been received In Fort Mill announcing the marriage in Lancaster last Thursday of Mrs. Elflo Hunter nnd Thomas O. Moffatt of Chester. Mrs. Moffatt Is a daughter of Mrs. Augusta Culp and the late T. G. Culp and has many friends In Fort MtU who will learn or her marriage with much Interest.* Mr. Moffatt Is one of the proprietors of the Moffatt wholesale grocery In Chester and Is also well known In Fort Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt will make their home In Chester. President Wilson has thus fnr had nothing to say about the result of the lucceas of the ItepuhlicanH In Tuesday's elections. V AVI x vai HARDING AND CONGRESS ELECTED BY REPUBLICANS The scope of the Republican victory Tuesday that swept the nation continued to grow yesterday and last night as additional returns were received in New York. Senator Harding was elected by the greatest popular vote ever amassed in the history of American politics. It is claimed that the Republicans will have a majority of 10 to 1!> in tin uuu mure man u hundred in 11? house. Chump Clark was a mom.; Ih? prominent Democrats who was defeat ed for reelection to the house. With about eiKbt States still in tho doubtful list in presidential and senatorial contests, the hinge majorities assured Senator Harding of at least :?I0 electoral votes, with Coventor Cox certain of only 1U7 and alt from tho South, including Kentucky. Maryland and Missouri. usually Democratic, went for llardlnt; and in Maryland a Republican senator was elected to succeed Senator Smith Missouri reelected Spencer. Republican. to the senate. CRN. K. M. RAW l>r,\l>. l.oiiK I life of Confederate llero F.imLh at I'lorlda Home. Many of the older citizens of York county who know personally Maj. fion. K. M. [jiw, and not a few of the younger Kcneiation \\ bo knew his splendid record as a citizen of the county and a soldier of tho Confederacy, beard of >!? *-*?' ? word, n 11*ir?K that they arc t.y no means likely to do. For I hern it would l>e tlie rebirth of the nation and they would Tec new vistas of a shining renown stretching ahead of them. MOVED 2? TIMES IN ?i WI'F.KK. So Distrneleil Father Offers to Swap . I la try for a I?or. "Swap- An R-pound baby hoy. in Rood health, for a dog; preferably an Airedale. J. S. Moriaritv, i!7 Hudson avenue." This is the text of an advertisement prepared the other day by the father of Jnek Moriaritv. Jr. six weeks old, to eall attention of the people of I .on An Re I os to what tin styles "a heartless, cruel ahd inhuman condition" in that city. He says n hitter and disgusting oxperienee has convinced him that dogs are more welcome than babies in South Hollywood, and that parents are hcinR classed with criminals and undesirables. "I have been required to move 26 times in six weeks," said Mr. MorlarIty. The other night we were invited out or our apartment on Castle plain? because the baby crleil. In tho same house there are two Airedale d?'jrs. unil these animals not only are allowed to live In the house from whir a we were evicted, but they eat at the same tuble with their owners." ( y _ - ..... .k .iiii otimi.'iy lit his homo at Kartow, Fla., with deep roRrot. Hon. Liiv was tho surviving general otlleer of the army of tho ?'onroderate States of America. Hen. Law moved from Vork to Florida in ix;?:t. la that Stat.- tie established the South Florida Military institute, lie had repeatedly rej fused honors at the hands of tho | State organization of t'onfedor d veterans. For years following tin* War Hot ween the States (Jen. Ltivv was closely Ideniilied with York, where h" taught for years In Kind's Mountain Military nendemy. Me was also at one tlnie editor of the York Kilterprise. In the latter '80s he was a candidate for the State senate from York county and later offered for the seat held in I'oncress by John .1 Hemphill, representative of the Mil dlst'-'et. Oen. Law was 8-1 years old. llo suffered a stroke of paralysis about two weeks ago and had been nneonsclous from Tuesday of last week up to his death. He is survived by three sons and one daughter. coxsTWTixoi'i.i: to nui:i:ri:v SIriis Point in That IMrcctiou and fit.v ' May lie Ity/.unthim \Riiiu. So the Creeks are to have Conslantlnnple. The news has not hern odieially eonllrmed, but it seems to be one of those pronouncements set afloat in sueli a way that it can bo denied If a denial shoot.I !>< > ry, writes Sidney Caryn in The ArKonnut. The governments of Kurope do thnt sort of thing. Sometimes it Is called u ballon d'essari, and Its object Is to ascertain the direction of the wind of public opinion. If the wind should he unfavorable the dementi can follow quickly. Itnt the news is probably true. The Greeks wait Constantinople. They want It. badly. Small wonder, when we remember that the ancient name i f tlx* city is I.yzuntium, and this is a natnc to conjure with in oriental Furope. There is an old prophecy of a great war that shall establish the Greek at the Golden Horn, and old prophecies play no small part in the polities of the (del World. I'.yr.antium was the fountain head of ancient glor'es, and the glamor of sentiment and romance enfolds it. It was the Idrth place of Fastern Christianity and of the great schism that sp'it in two the Christian world. If the Greeks shall establish tliemi selves at Constantinople they will assuredly change its name to Ttyzantlum or show themselves strangely Indifferent to the spell of a mighty