The Fort Mill Times.
U Established 1891. FORT MILL, 8. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1920.
. LITTLe N'KWS STORIES.
Short It mis of Current Interest From
Various Sources.
Raw augur dropped to C 1-4 cents a
pound, a new low for the season, in
the sugdr market In New York Tuesday.
The price reflected heavy slackening
demand and Ir a loss of more
than 17 centB from the highest of tho
season's quotations. Inst May.
Michael Weiss and Clifford Rirby
were killed In the American Mineral
company's mine, about three miles
from Onffney. and a , young man
named Phllbrek was severely injured
when n tunnel In which they were
working 'caved in about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The men were
working 20 feet under ground In what
Is known as the old lend mine.
Daisy Chappell, nogress, plunged
down the elevntor shaft In the t.ibcrty
National -Bank building In Columbia.
Tuesday night from the Eighth lloor
to the first nnd saved herself from
, denth by clinging to the enh'e that
draws the cars up and down. The
woman was painfully burned about
the hands nnd arms, but escaped serious
injury.
In a report Issued in Roanoke, Vn .
Monday by ofTlolnls of the Norfolk &
Western railway relative to the coal
supply from' fields in their territory,
conl operators in the Pocahontas territory
were quoted as fearing that
mines will be compelled to close
down by the first of the year because,
of lack of orders.
T. R. McT^nurln. Hennettsvile hank,
er who disappeared from hip homo
Monday leaving n note in ti mat 'or that
ho intondod to tako his own lifo, has
boon trncod as far as Atlanta and
from that city ho wirod his wifo Tuesday
afternoon, "Rverythlng Is all
right; don't worry." Mr. MeT.aurin Is
a on of former United States Senator
John I... Mel.aurin.
The supreme court of the United
States Monday delivered an opinion
in which it holds that the removal of
lawfully acquired liquor stored in
commercial warehouses and transportation
of such liquor to tho home of
the owner is not prohibited under the
Volstead act. There is a difference
of opinion as to the full significance
of the decision and certain test suits
will he necessary to clarify it, it is
snld.
Thirty-live governors and 12 governors-elect.
among th<* number being
Governor Cooper of South Carolina.
have definitely signified their intention
of attending tho 13th annual
governors' conference to bo hold at
llarrishurg. Pa.. T>eeember 1, 2 and 0.
For tho first time in almost four
? years flour sold at the mills in Minneapolis
Tuesday under tho $11 a barrel
mark.
In Kansas City Tuesday Pan B.
Jolmson, president of the American
league, deelured war to a finish on
the new National baseball league,
formed in Chicago Monday, which
includes three American league clubs,
the New York Yankees, the Chicago
White Sox and the ltoston Ked Sox
Johnson doclered that the American
league would establish new clubs in
New York. Chicago and Host on to
take the place of the bolters.
Nearly 9.000 bodies of American
soldiers who died or who were killed
ia France during the World war have
been shipped to the United States and
turned over to their nearest relatives
t and 1,800 more await shipment at
French ports, according to tin nn:
nouncement of the United States
vontir.u rnirlctrnHAH UPrviPP TIlO U'firk
of removing tho bodies of fallen
Americans Is expected to l>o completed
by next summer. Nearly 60 per
cent of the bodies of American officers
and enlisted men buried In
French soil will be returned to the
United States, it is further announced.
Five hundred delegates from all
parts of the country are In attendance*
upon the 27th general convention of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
in session in Ashcville. N. C.
Corruption of employees and officials
of tbc shipping board of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, graft
In purchasing supplies for and in repairing
government-owned merchant
ships and the use of political or other
Influence In obtaining contracts for
ship construction and the allocation
of completed vessels to operating
companies are among the maze of
charges made in a report submitted
to a house committe of Congress on
shipping bonrd operations by two former
employees of the hoard.
NOT PROTECTED 11Y I..WV.
Senator Hurl Kays Jaybirds May Re
l?cstroyed.
Editor Fort Mill Times:
Not only to show you that I road
V your paper, hut also to correct what
seems to he a mistaken impression of
Mr. Ira Ci. Smytlie in reference to
Jaybirds, I bog to call your attention
to act No. 174 of the session of 1919.
You will find there that ongles, buzzards,
crows, jaybirds, English sparrows,
etc., are placed under the head
of "destructive birds." T do not think
the federal idrd regulations prohibit
.the killing of Jaybirds, for tho reason
that these regulations apply only to
migratory birds. So you might say
to Mr. Smythc that so far as tho law
Is concerned. ho ran go ahead and
kill Jaybirds to his heart's content.
John It. Hart.
York. Nov. 6.
Long ScnteiHv for Furr.
Word was received in Fort Mill
yesterday of the conviction in Cainden
Tuesday of James P. ("Honk")
Furr of Rock Hill. on trial this
week In the court for Kershaw county
on the charge of bigamy. He was
sentenced to three and a half years in
' the State penitentiary. Furr was accused
of marrying n young Kershaw
' county woman a few months ago
while he had a wife.
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GRATEFUL GOVERNMENT!
Alleged Pack of Consideration Shown
Wounded Fort Mill Soldiers.
"If the lack of consideration the
government is howlng a number of 1
wounded Fort Mill soldiers is general 1
throughout the country." said a day I
or two ago an ex-oflicer of the 30th '
division, "it must have been a contributing
factor in the defeat of the 1
Democratic party in the presidential
election last week. I have no idea
President Wilson knows what is going
on in this connection, else J arti
confident conditions would be changed I
immediately for the better. There are
living in Fort Mill a number of former
soldiers who were severely
wounded in action and some or tnem
are still suffering from their wounds
tc such an extent that they are Inca- <
nncltatod from doing hard work.
These men deserve a fair pension.
They are not getting it. Only one
mnn T know of who went from Fort
Mill to the World war and who was
severely wounded is getting a pension
sufficient eo sustain him and It may
he reduced any day If the precedent
set in the case of other soldiers from
here who were severely wouded Is followed.
Several who were severely
wouded are being paid a few dollars
per month, i^ is true, hut his is a
pittance when t considered alongside
the amount it now takes to keep ono
going.. There is today a Fort Mill
soldier in a government hospital, unable
to work, whose leg was shattered
in the attack of the SOth division on
the I'iadenhurg line and he is not
<11.IV> lilts uin- i i'in in money :rjni mo
government. His log Is stiff and will
lip stiff tho balance of his life. Annthor
fiirt Mill hoy contracted white
swelling while In a training camp
with his company. Up also will go
through life with a stiff log and oonrconontly
unnhlo to do tho work he
could hav<> done hut for his army
service. To my certain knowledge
the government Is not pnylng one cent
toward his upkeep. Other Fort Mill
soldiers who were severely wounded
and who have not recovered from
their wounds are drawing only n few
dollars each per month from the government.
Talk ahAut grateful governments?hah!"
RICCKITIOX FOH TKACIIKRS.
l'airnt-'l'i-arhrr Association to Kntortain
Tills Kvcning.
The Parcnt-Tcacher association of
th?' Fort Mill graded seliool will give
an Informal reception this evening at
8 o'clock in the now school auditorium
in honor of the new teachers
and Invites all the pnrents of tho
school children to he present to
meet the teachers. It is said that
the teachers are making un effort to
visit the homes of their pupils during
the year, but It Is thought that
II will he worth while for the parents
of the pupils to spend n few
hours socially with tho teachers at
the auditorium this evening.
At a meeting of the hoard of trustees
Tuesday evening it was decided
to give the school a half holiday today
to celebrate Armistice day.
Superintendent Strihllng said yesterday
that the half holiday would
break 'ato the examination schedule
somewhat, hut II was deemed wise on
account of the significance of the day.
, Tho high school and the sixth and
seventh grades moved into the class
rooms in I lie new auditorium Monday
morning and chapel nlso is being held
in the auditorium every morning at
8:45.
Miss Hoffman. State supervisor of
home economies instruction, visited
tlie home economies department of
tho school and seemed well pleased
with the work that Is .being done by
the high seliool girls.
Prof Vorrl l^otorgnn Cinlo on?\Af
visor of agricultural instruction, also
visited ttic school Wednesday on a
tour of inspection of the work being
done in the agricultural department
under Mr. fmlth.
Ft HIT MILL 20 YEARS AtiO. |
(Fort Mill Times. Nov. 7, 1900.)
Fort Mill w.is represented at the
State fair this year by a larger number
of persons than usually attend
trom this place. U'. report that the
oxo'mts were tirst class and that a
if re t crowd was in attendance.
At an early hoar Monday night
thieves entered the residence of Mrs.
Eliza Fulwood on Booth street, but
were frightened away before anything
was stolen. Entrance to the house
was gained through a kitchen window.
$ i
The State and federal elections
pased off quietly at this place yestcroay.
very little interest and no enthusiasm
Whatever being manifested.
Notwithstanding the effor's of the
Democratic chairman to arouse interest
among the voters in the federal
election, only 100 votes were cast,
two of which were for McKirloy. Six
more persons voted at the State box
than for president.
For some days past a young gentleman
and lady have been quietly
preparing their future home in this
place. There, at 9 o'clock last evening.
they were joined in hoiy wedlock
by Uev. Pr. J. H. Thornwell.
The contracting parties were Mr. Kdward
W. Kimhrcll of Fort Mill and
Miss Myrn Fravor of Raldwinsvlile.
X. Y. About 40 relatives and friends
witnessed the ceremony. At tte same
time and place. Miss Ziza Young,
third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Young, and Mr. J. R. Mills were married
l>y Rev. A. Finch, pastor of the
bride. Their marriage was a complete
surprise to all except a few who
were taken into the secret- Mr. and
Mrs. Mills are deservedly q?op T.ar in
the community and have the best
jwlshes of a wide circle of friends.
NEWS OP YORK COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Clipped
From the York vl lie Enquirer
The census bureau Monday an.
nounced that the cotton of thd 1920
crop sinned to November 1 aggie- ,
guted 7,471,352 bales against 6,305,054
bales to the same date last year. ,
Charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, Jess Furr and
Hen Hunter, white men of Rook Hill,
were committed to the county Jail In
Yorkvllle Monday. It Is alleged that
the two men tried to sell some neKroes
In Rock Hill a quantity of wa
icr. claiming mat it was liquor.
The civil service cpmmlsslon l as
advised Congressman St6venson that
the Sharon postofflce has been advanced
to the presidential grade, the
change having been made on October
1. and it will be necessary to hold
another exnmlnatto.n for the selection
of a postmaster, who will be appointed
by the president.
York county has purchased from
W. L. Williams and J. Frank McElwee,
guardian of Ada D. McElwee, a
minor, the building In the renr of the
county court house known as "Law
Range," according to announcement
made Monday by W. L.. Williams.
The purchase price was 95,250, with
he understanding that the present
owners of the property tear it down.
unuer me xerms or ine contract rney
may retain the material. Negotiations
for the purchase of "Law
Range" have been under way for
some time past.
"I've dehorned about 80 head of
cattle this week." said Saturday Mr.
J. A. Whitesldes of Sharon in talking
about cattle to Views and Interviews.
We use for the purpose of cutting off
the horns of cattle a specially made
instrument called a dehorner. With
it one can do a much neater and
quicker Job than with a saw. The
use of the saw in cutting off hornp is
a Very slow and cruel process. With
the dehorner, however, the horns aro
snipped off quickly and it is ail over.
Where one handles cattle In largo
numbers," Mr. Whitesldes went on to
say, "it is almost necessary to cut off
the horns. There are always sure to
be one or more real mean cows In a
bunch of cattle and those are hooking
the others and causing them to fight,
with the result that we sometimes
suffer losses. Hut with the horns off
there Is an end to fighting."
York county borrowed $13,000 at
the monthly meeting of the county
commissioners held last Wednesday,
the money to be used for mooting tho
ordinary expenses of the county during
the next two months. The money
was borrowed for a period . of two
months from the Peoplels National
bank of Hock Hill, the interest rate
being 6 per cent. Only two buls for
the loan were submitted to the commisioners,
the other hid coming from
the Citizens' bank of Rock Hill, which
offered the money at <5 per cent also.
Supervisor Boyd said Wednesday
evening that the bid of the Peoples
bank, although the same rate as tho
Citizens' bnnk bid, was accepted because
of the fact that the succesful
bidder Rave assurance that It would
loan the money necesary for paying
York county's part of the expense of
erecting a.hrldge over Catawba river
above Wright's ferry, which bridge Is
to be built Jointly by York county
and Mecklenburg county.
"School week" will be observed
over the county December 5 to 11.
Federal Commissioner Claxon has requested
the governors and chief
school officers of the States to tako
such action as may be necessary to
cause the people to use this week in
such way as will most effectively disseminate
information in regard to
the conditions and needs of the
schools. Chambers of commerce,
bourds of trade, women's clubs. Rotary
clubs, labor unions, farmers' organizations
and patriotic and civic
societies are requested to devote one
meeting to a discussion of the needs
of education In their States. Tho
ministers also are asked to devote
one of their church services on Sunday,
December 5. for emphasising the
importance of education. Friday afternoon
and evening of school week
hns been designated as the date on
which community meetings in the interest
of education should be held in
nil school houses, both in the city and
country, for the purpose of discuss
ing the needs or the schools, ino
means of meeting these needs and
remedying conditions.
MANY INDIAN RELICS.
s. Ij. Mcacltam lias VaIuaMc Collection
at Telep?M?ne OIBce.
A collection of Indian relics that
is perhaps one of the moat complete
to be found in this section of the
country attracts the attention of many
visitors at the business office of the
Fort Mill Telephone company. 8. L.
Meaeham, president of the company,
has devoted several years to assembling
the collection, which consists of
tomahawks, arrowheads, spear points,
pipes, heads, pots a mortar and pestle,
used for grinding corn into moal. and
many other unidentified utensils,
which played n part in the dally life
of the Kod Men of this section more
than a century ago. Practically every,
thing in the collection was found
near the Catawba river in Fort Mill
township and not a few of the article*
were picked up on the hanks of
the river following the freshet of
lhlt>. In the collection Is a human
skull, thought to he that of an Indian
woman or girl which was added to
the collection along with many arrowheads
and a few specimens of pottery
a few days after the high waters
of the river washed It up on the hanks
four years ago. Of peculiar interest'
to many who see Mr. Meaeham's collection
Is a small stone figure resembling
the Idols worshiped in pagan
countries.
THE FORTY DAY FA8T OF DR.
HENRY TANNER.
In connection with the recent hunger
strike of Terence MacSwlney, the
Irish prisoner In Brixton jail, reference
has been made to Dr. Henry Tanner
and his 40 day fast. To the present
speedy and unsentimental generation
of money-getters the mention of
that once famous feat will likely bring
little or no reactions of interest or
memory, but to the old-timers who
were here in the '80s. Dr. Tanner's
fast will be recalled as an event that
rocused the sympathy of the entire
world for 40 days, upset time honored
theories of scientific dletarlans. turned
the laugh on the doctors and became
a "sporting event" whose dally outcome
was watched In every village In
the country. *
Or. Henry. S. Tanner, the faster, was
born In England, but was\a resident of
Minneapolis when he upset the world's
established dletarian Ideas. As a matter
of fact he made two long fasts.
He first came to notice In 1877 at
Minneapolis through his determination
to abstain from ftiod as an expedient
of relief from asthma, rheumatism
and an ailment of the heart. A
ten day period was fixed upon, that
being then considered about the limit
of human endurnnce. Finding himself
vastly benefited by his ten day |
abstention frorp food, he continued the
experiment until, according to his own
statement, he had reached the then
astounding limit of 4 2 days without
partaking of any solid food.
IIi<l font utlrro/1 ort ? *
U|> cv uuiu cuiuroversy
in medical circles and the genuineness
of his exploit being widely
doubted. Tanner offered to repeat the
performance under any conditions
which might be named. After long
preliminary negotiations, it was finally
arranged that the test should be made
under the supervision of a medical
college in New York and it was begun
at noon. June 28, 1880, at Clarendon
hall.
The most extraordinary precautions
were taken against possible deception,
the doctor being practically confined to
the hall during the Jest, and he was
constantly watched day and night.
The sole furniture of the hall or room
where he was kept was a cot and a
table. Before starting the fast, his
clothes were carefully searched to
make sure that he had no tabloid
nourishment concealed about him and
every nook and crevice of the room,
and even the bed clothes, were rigidly
oxamjned. Visitors were allowed at
all hours in the hall and some member
of the medical college was con- I
stantly by his side as well as attend- I
Ing physicians of his own selection.
The first 14 days of his fast he took I
neither water nor exercise. By that
time, however, public interest had
been strongly aroused and to meet the
clamor of the press and the appeals
of humane officers, he was taken for
a short dally ride in Central park,
drank water from a spring therein
nnd afterward during his fast water
was kept on his table by which he
refreshed himself from time to time.
Reporters from all the newspapers
were assigned daily to watch him and
report progress and whole pages of
the press were soon devoted to the
test, the minutest changes being noted
in his condition, cabled abroad and
bulletined throughout the country.
As his fust progressed the public ex
eiternent increased day by day and the
doctor was the recipient oC all kinds
of advice, encouragement, sympathy
and protests. I<argc wagers were made
for and against the proposition of his
holding out the 40 days and a great
denl of money changed hands on the
issue, especially In the closing days of
the test, when his condition was considered
precarious. Bven in the remotest
of rural communities Dr. Tanner's
fast wns the topic of the day
and the bulletins of his condition were
eagerly awaited.
When he began the fast Tanner
weighed 157 pounds, his pulse being
normal at 80 beats. Toward the latter
days of the test, he spent much
of his time on his cot, with his knees
doubled up to his stomach und several
times he showed alarming signs of
collapse, which were generally relieved
by water sponge baths and mustard
water rubbed on his stomach nnd
the soles of his feet. His irritability
increased rapidly as the period of his
fast drew near its end. The 38th day
he was seized with violent retching and
was unable for a while to retain even
water on his stomnch. Smoking In his
presence was forbidden, as it reacted
powerfully on his sense of smell and
created nausea. Chemical analysis of
the waters ejected "from his stomach
at Intervals showed not the slightest
evidences of food having been partakent
He heenme very weak and
spent most of his time on his cot, rolled
up in his covers and with his feet
doubled up in his favorite position.
As the fast neared its last hours the
interest increased in intensity and took
on in some instances hysterical phases.
Telegrams poured in on him
begging him to desist from the exper.
tment, women wired him proposing
murrlage, and physicians from all
parts of the world sent warnings?
some of them by cable?as to the
manner In which he should break his
long fast and as to the necessity of the
utmost caution In the character of
nourishment selected, and it was freely
predicted that he would not survive
his tirst meal. And here's what happened?much
to the astonishment of
that world of the '80s:
At "high noon," as the papers of
that time announced, of the 40th day.
Dr. Tanner completed his fast, the hall
being crowded with spectators and the
sidewalks outside lined with people
awitlng the news. The factory whistles
announced when the time was up.
Tanner had ordered fresh fruits to
be brought and the doctors had light
gruels, beef extract and milk at hand.
I
LAUNDRY PRICES TOO HIGH.
Fort Mill Man Thinks Government <
Squadron Should Re Called In.
"There Is an opportunity for somv
good work to be done In this section ,|
by the government's socalled 'Hying s
squadron of profiteer hunters,' In my ,
opinion." yesterday remarked a Fort
Mill man after reading the press dls- ,,
patch announcing thut the "squad- t
ron" had forced the Chlhls restau- .
rants throughout the country to reduce
their food nrices "I'Mtni" ?? =
in ess concerns in this section," he ad- ,
ded, "will have to be forced by the j
strong arm of the law to cut their ,
wartime prices, otherwise I am con- .
vtneed there will be no relief for the j
public. An illustration of what I f
consider an unreasonable price came
under my observation a day or two f
ago when n friend of mine got back r
a package of collars he had sent out t
of town to be done up and had to
pay 4 cents apiece for the work on (
them. During the war I spent a year f
or more in a city where everything (
was admittedly high, hut at no time y
In that city did I have to pay more *
than 3 cents each for having my col- .
lars laundered. This isn't such a ,
small matter as one might conclude <
at tlrst blush; but however small I' .
might be in the amount of money
the public is actually paying above
the worth of the laundry work, the ,
iiuumce or md. price Is the thing to ,
consider. Most of the merchants Ir. ,
tids section hnve reduced the price
of their ttoods In conformity v. Ith the
nation-wide movement to lower 'he (
cost of living and when any business .
concern refuses to fall in line with ,
the movement it should bo force.1 to (
do so. The old story about labor ,
conditions is bunk and no one need
now use it with the expectation of <
(hiding an informed person to be- ,
lleve It." ,
HOCK HILL DISTRICT CASTORS. \
Bishop Darlington Makes Announcement
for Next Church Year.
At the Upper South Carolina confer- i
once in session in Union, liishop Darlington
Monday announced the following
appointments for the Hock
Mill district:
G. C. Ixtonard, presiding elder;
Blaoksburg, M. K. Meadors; Hlnckstock,
G. W. Shell; Chester. Haldwln
Mills. S. J. McConnell, supply; Hethel,
Henry Stokes; Chester circuit, R. C.
Boulware; Clover. J. G. Hoggins; East
Lancaster. J. A. Hledsoe; Fort Dawn.
R. W. Wilkes; Fort Mill, W. H.
Rauknight; Great Falls, J. E. Ilrown;
Hickory Grove. M. T. Wharton. M. O.
I.atham supernumerary; I^ancaster, E.
li. Mason; I-oincaster circuit. F. V.
Robertson, supply; New Zlon and
Cannons. B. B. Black, supply; North
Itnck Hill circuit., J. B. Kilgore: Rich
burg. A. Q. Rico; Manchester and
Highland Park. H. K. GrifTln, supply; (
St. John's. Rock Hill. J. W. Spcako:
West Main Street, Rook llill, W. S. ;
Martin; Rock Hill circuit, R. R. Hoi- |
royd; Van Wyck, T. F. Gibson: Wlnns- ,
horo, J. P. Holler, R. F. TTovis sup- ,
ply; York. J. K. Walker; conference
secretary of education and missionary ,
secretary, J. C. Ropej\ I
A Correction. i
Kditor Fort Mill Times: I
In the manuscript submitted to you
last week on "Breadth of Modern
School Curriculum" there was the following
passage: "When we compare
present day culture with that of those
men and women who, in a former
day, necessurlly con lined their stud- .
its in the common schools to reading, i
writing and arithmetic, and in the colleges
to l^atln, Greek, mathematics
and logic, we are usually compelled to
give -tlrst place to the older culture."
By the unintentional skipping of a
line by the typesetter the sentence was
made to read "contlncd their studies
in the common schools, to Rutin,
Greek, mathematics and logic." Of
course no sane man would he likely
to advocate riow or in a former time
the general study of Rutin. Greek, the
higher mathematics and logic in the
common schools. In order to set myself
right with your readers with reference
to this matter, I am asking
you to make this correction, which I
am sure you will he glad to do.
J. W. H. Dycncs.
Fort Mill. Nov. 10.
Disregarding all remonstrances. Tanner
reached for a soft ripe peach,
peeled it and slowly ate it. Then he
called for a Georgia watermelon off
the ice. He cut a hole in it and
plunged his hund down into the heart
and ate a considerable cjuantlty of it.
Waiting a few minutes he took a glass
of milk on top of the peach and the
watermelon and then stood up and
made u little talk to the crowd, apparently
greutly relieved after his long
nirttiu. in a nair nour ne took a little
more watermelon. After being
driven to the home of a physician,
he rested an hour or so and then, at
3:20, drunk an ounce of liKht wine,
after which he took another slice of
watermelon. At 4:30 he was eat ink
with (treat relish a piece of beefsteak,
not swallowing the tiber of the moat.
At 6 o'clock he asked for an apple,
ate It, and then asked for another
and partially finished It. At 7:30 he
tried the beefsteak attain and nt &
npother ounee of wine. Then he fell
nsleep and woke the next morning
with no distressing effects, while the
entire medical world wondered. At
the end of his fast he weighed 123
pounds, a loss of 35 pounds from his
normal weight, his pulse registered
92 heats and his temperature was 99.
Dr. Tanner lived to he 87 years old.
I He died at San Diego, Pal., Januar**
| 3, 1919. He had lived In California .
some years and found n colony there
t which made a cult of fnstlng for
health and some of his patients made
records for long fasts, some of which
j exceeded his own.
?i.ii> rer xeur
STAN US n\* PRINCIIMiK.
iovomor Cox Would Not llrtrnro
Ounitnieii Stops.
CJovornor Cox. Domocrntlc candiInto
for the presidency, in his lirst
tatement since the election, a few
lights hri) said that In spirit he was
'as proud as when the tinht was
tarted" and that he "would not rerace
a step nor yield a sinprle jot in
rinclple." ,
"For the lirst time in ten years,"
aid Governor Cox. "the Republican
Pointer Senator Christie IVnol (iiws
View of Unci' Problem.
Christie Itenet, fonui'i' I'nited Sl;itcs
senator from South Carolina. was in
i'harlotto. N. a few ila.vs aim and
while in that eitv eave out tlm fob
lowintr statement expressing his
\ lOWs of tin- rare problem:
"The yroatesl problem now confront
inrr tlm Suntliern people is tin*
nice problem. eycn as tlm Moivroiian
problem is th?> irrcatest faring tlm Pa-'
eifie slope States and the assimilation
of tin1 foreign oloinont the jroitrst
facing tlm Northern and ''hisleni
neoplo. 'flu- rjiee problem ran never
ho solvrd tty Northern and foreign
propagandists. It must be solved by
ns. Wo know tiro negroes and knew
how to deal with thorn.
"Tim sort of men rmodod today is
tlm sort who believe in homa and
rhuroh and religion and who will
stand in tlm open and say so. Today
presents tlm greatest opno'l unitic't
over presented to Christian levinen.
Wo roust got |t into ortr I'f,a Is trr.at
tiro ehe relt should stand for the highest
oxprrssions not only of religion
hut of patriotism anil lionte lifo."
Ilomr (irown ling Only.
A New Yorker who recently wont
to Texas wrote tire following for Iris
home paper: "The Southern farmer
rtvts up at the alarm of a Connecticut
clock, bullous ids Chicago suspenders
to Octroi! overalls, washes Iris face
witli Cincinnati soap in a Pennsylvania
pan, sits down to a ?>rund Itapids
la hie, eats Chicago meat and Indiana
hominy fried in Kansas lard on a St.
Louis stove, puts a New York hri?ll->on
a Kentucky mule fed on Iowa corn,
plows a farm covered by an ? ?liio
mortgage; when h"dtimc eniiies he
reads a chapter from a ISIhle printed
in Itoston and says a prayer written
in Jerusalem, crawls under a blanket
made in New Jersey, and Is kept
nwnKf ny a icxas dog?tile only home
product on the plnee."
Married in Charlotte.
William M. Howie and Mia* CJIndys
liattknlKlit, eldest daughter of the
IJqV. W. H. Ilauknight anil Mrs. It.iuknight.
sprang a surprise on their
triends last Wednesday afternoon
when they went to Charlotte, N. C,,
and were ntttrrled by the I lev. Mr
Jenkins, pastor of a .\1etho<Hst rhttre?
In that city. Mr. lldwio and his
I ride returned to Fort Mill shortly
after the ceremony and #are making
their home with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mcllwalne.
i V:
'ill 1.1 ?r? III I IMIU'H'H' I IMIUUI Ul lll?"
cglslativc and executive lirnnrhcs of
ho national government. Therefore
tollcy as to statute and administration
s with it. Its task is no longer that
>f tho oritio but tho constructor.
"It is my hope and llrm belief that
ho nomocracy of tho nation will not
ittompt jiolitioal sabotage. Tho connry
has soon quite enough of that.
. "Wo aro in tho midst of an omortoncy
and tho nation's ovory resource
should coordinate in behalf of tin'
hings that aro helpful. So long as
tovornmon1 exists tho principles <?f
I'homas Jefferson will ho tho center
shout which human hopes will gather.
Talk of a new party Is absurd
'?ne might as well discuss the destruction
of human emotions.
"As essential as it has boon to the
volfaro of the country in the t>ast.
he creed of nomocracy is more
tended now than ever because
wonts have made it distinctly the
American t>artv.
"lit snirlt 1 ant as proud as when
ho Pclil started T would not retrace
t stop nor yield a soldo iot in prin lplo.
It was a privilege to make the
'ontost for tho right in lite face of
lvorwholtning odds.
"There is a difference between deVat
and surrender. The (pig of |lomocraoy
still Ibes as tho svntbol of
[hings more enduring than the pasdon
and resentment that come with
he aftermath of war."
m,.\MF,R WOMFN rou I>I:I'I:\T.
Flock Mill Heootil, \d\oeate ol' I'qual
Suffrage. Sees New l.igltl.
Tho Rock Mill Record was one of
the few South t'arolina newspapers
vl.lcVi Oitveicited wcocoi solTrae'e
IfonrThe Record since tlio recent defeat
of the Democratic |>;irtv in tile
^residential and congressional elections:
"For the post I" years The liornril
ins steadfastly advocated suffrage for
A'onipn. They Kot it. ami tlte lirst
chance tliev hail to express It they
vent to work ami elected a ltepubli'ttn
president That the women of the
country are responsible for the IJe[mhliean
victory is undeniable. "
ihown In the itnnienselv lame I.'epnb.
icttn vote in the Northern anil W'est?rn
States.
"Thoy handed ns a lemon- bitter
is anything well could be.
"Do the women want another war?
tnd starvation in this country when
he Republican party will put in operation
a protective tariff. as that
party will surely do?
"Do the women reallv believe in a
?overnnient by the people? We doubt
it.
"It Is doubtless a fact that they do
not believe In a democratic form of
crnvern incut
VF.Gim <M'F>TH?N I'MtDIOl'NT.