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LITTLK NEWS STORIES.
Short Items of Current Interest From
Various Source*.
To get rid of undesirable residents
ot Sparta, N. Y., a small village near
sOarboro, owned by wealthy New
Yorkers. Prank A. Vanderllp has
bought the whole town. Until lately
lawless foreigners lived In ramshakle
buildings In Sparta and there were
some places that bore an III repute.
8outh Carolina Is this year making
the largest corn crop In its hlsto
ry W. W. Long. director of the extension
department of Olemson college
Tuesday announced In n telegram
to the bankers 'of the State.
He added, however, that the acreage
own In small grain this fall urges
tho bankers to use their Influence
with the. farmers to Increase seeding
of these crops.
The manners and customs of modern
society nre deteriorating because
of the too great freedom between
young persons, says Dr. Charles W.
Elliot, former president of Harvard
! university. "Look at the way women
dress as seen on Hoston streets.
They wear clothing In a way our
mothers would have put down as indecent.
It Is my observation that
the manners of the common average
Individual are better than the manners
of those more esteemed In tho
soclnl circles."
Wearing only a smile and a night
gown, Oustnve Hlaer. 200-opund 8yenr
old hoy was taken to the chlldrens
society from his home In New
York. It was said the hoy's mother
had hidden his clothing so that he
might not he taken from her. Doctors
of the children's socletv snld the
hoy's stoutness wns cnused hy a disease
of the veins of the brain which
linn neen increased hy his failure to
takC1 nny exercise. Neighbors hnd
complained that the hoy was not RettlnK
proper care. T.atcr he was returned
to hie mother.
Cuts In the wholesale prices of
men's fall and winter suits rauRlnR
from 33 1-3 to 40 per cent were announced
Monday hy 19 Rochester, N.
Y? clothinR manufacturers who are
members of the National Association
of ManufucturinR Clothiers. SprtnR
lines of the same manufacturers
opened Monday ?t prices 30 per cent
lower than Inst yenr's prices. The
price cuts took effect lipmediately.
No statement was made by any of the
members In explanation of the price
decline, but fnctorles are knouua to
have on hand large stocks of tiAold
find returned winter suits. Overcoat
stocks are said not to he so large.
4 T>r. H. R. Cox. Inventor of the dfy
battery, the around wireless and other
contrivances In use throughout the
world recently demonstrated in . New
York an Invention to preserve indefinitely
fruits and vegetables without
the nld of Ice or chemicals, lie predicts
that his Invention will be applicable
on hoth a very large and a very
?nm1| scale: thnt It will make possible
long distance transportation of
faults and vegetnhlcs without refrigeration
and will be manufactured so
ohennlv thnt the anpnrntus can he
Installed In every home Pr. Pax estimates
that *>ls Irvpnt'nn will make
?M>""lho a ?n'in? of a million dollars
vear through the conservation of
c??,i|ts and veeetshPq now go
to westn In the TTr>l?e,l ?5totr<I
Writing to the Chnrlotte Observer
from Washington, "RurU" Rryant
savs the Republicans will hoein at.
once to chop off Democratic heads.
They have a grand nlan for reducing
expenses by eliminating government
employees. Kor n yenn or longer
they iwlll cut down and after that
start In and build un with "deserving
Republicans." F.von in the coming
short session of Pr,egress they
crpeet to take legislative stens to
eliminate more thnn to onn govornm
-nt en-nlove In W< shlr.etn.i now
employed tinder the elvll serviee,
thereby saving In nnnnnl erpensrs
from 100 to 200 million doHnr? This
1" rtxelusleo of the elvll sew'ee cm etoveos
e tsewheeo than Washington,
whose number also will he reduced,
but hv legislation other than that
controlling the satiation In Washington.
Rock Hill Dlutrkt Re|>ort Host.
Rev. f. R. Major, presiding elder of
Tlock Hill district for the past three
{years. will leave, with his family,
next week, to take charge as presiding
elder of the Columbia district,
snys the Rock Hill Herald. The many
friends of Mr. Major and family regret
their departure for Columbia,
l?ut rejoice that the change is in tfie
nature of a promotion and will wish
for him abundant success in his new
held. Mr. Major hns done a splendid
work In this district in building
up weak churches and in fostering
BBMM^t^Tthe8tronR(>r ones
Martin FV Ansel, former
of South Carolina, Saturday went on
the bench as Judge of the Greenville
county court, established by election
on November I. Mr. Ansel has been
legislator, solicitor, governor, special
Judge on 14 occasions and Is now permanent
Judge of the new Oreenvlllo
county-court. He hns been In pollt
leal Iflknce 1*86.
Ths^^^^^^^^edulcd to be
F(4|HIWMM^HlteiornliiL; In internH^^^^^^K^k^ca
n
Imponl^^^^Hi^Hkunrntlnn,
bend, was raI r
-disagreeable
fallen almost lnees3^^B^BipW|Mto
the day. It Is not kiow^QHfMlillMtfe'
er. the plans of those behtm^^HtM^poratlon,
which Is t) hnndlew^Hn
chiefly, contemplate a meeting Tor
- Fort M1U at a la.ter late.
?
SPEED DEMONS" OF OTHER.
DAYS.
With the coming of the motor car
and Its brother of the empyrean, the
enchantment of distance has disappeared,
and with It much of tho romance
that used to invest the long
tialls traversed by men In the days
when the horse was their farthest
drenm of motion and endurance.
About tho only reaction a cross
country traveler would get in these
days. i<( announcing a motor trip
from New York to San Francisco In
six or elirht Hnvs would he. nerhans.
the perfunctory inquiry, "How did
yon find th roads?" Cushions and
gasoline make little appeal to the
imagination, but what heart will' not
yield a responsive thrill, even in this
era of rapid mechanical motion, to
the feats of speed and endurance
achieved by the hardy horsemen of
other days, venturing forth on long
lonely rides, whether at the call of
duty or in the mere lust of sport and
adventure ?
Amazing, even in comparison with
the performances of the modern
knights of the wheel, were some of
trie famous uceus achieved oy me men
whose limits of s|>eed and distance
were marked by the spirit and endurance
of horse and rider. It seems
hardly credible that by the use of the
horse alone a record of little over
eight days from Missouri river points
to San Francisco in the transmission
of the mails could ever have been
attained?yet it wiy< done by the
Pony Express more than a half century
ngo. The remarkable moil service
across the plains was instituted
by two of the great overland freighters.
Willlainn H. Russell and Alexander
Majors, ahout a year before the
beginning of the War lfetween the
States. Up to that time it took six
weeks to two months for letters to
go from Missouri river points to cue
const.
The Pony Express was a system of
relay stations for cross country riders
established at points about 15 miles
apart. The fleetest and hardiest of
horses were bought for the service
and the riders were chosen from the
young horsemen of the plains?hardy
young fellows, capable of roughing it
under all conditions, light of weight
and dauntless of spirit. Each rider
was supposed to ride three animals
in succession, traversing three "stages"
in emergencies. The rider left
the starting point as promptly on time
as a* railroad train, going off at A
full gallop, .which he maintained
until lie reached his tirst stage, where
'he must only occupy a few seconds In
changing from one horse to another,
which he always found standing: sod.dled.
bridled nnd fed awaiting him.
A speed of 20 miles an hour often
was thus attained and kept up clear
across the continent. The news of
the bring on Fort Sumter was carried
to Sacramento by the Pony Express
in eight days and 14 hours, and later
under the stimulus of a big bonus to
the riders this record was cut down
n full day by the riders enrrying the
news of the battle of Antietam.
One of the most famous of the
"speed demons" of the Old Santa
Fe Trail was F. X. Aubrey, whose ride
from Santa Fo to Independence, Mo.,
in 1854. achieved a record for speed
and endurance that was never surpassed
in his day. Aubrey was an enterprising
New Yorker who went
West in . the latter part of 1 845 and
broke into the freighting gnme. He
was a plunger and "considerable of a
sport It was the custom of the easy
going traders of that time to make
but one trip a year over the trail, but
Aubrey started in breaking records
after he had embarked in the business
nnd soon had his trains making two
trips a year. He amassed n fortune
and spent large sums in expediting
the service. A daring, hardy horsemnn
himself, his record ride was the
result of a 'bet made with some of
his competitors in Santa Fe. He
wagered $10,000 that he could ride
front one end of the "trail" to the
other?that is, from Santa Fo to Independence,
Mo., on horseback in six
days. He made tHe trip in five and
a half days, a distance of over 800
miles, enrrying as provisions only a
meat. Of course, he changed mounts
repeatedly on the road, buying fresh
horses as he went along. I^ater, on a
wager of $110,000, he reduced this
record to four nnd a half days. To
accomplish this he had himself strap-*
ped .to his horses, taking his sleep
in the saddle.
NO KXTKNSION OP TIM P.
C'oniptroller ( eneral Says Taxpayers
Must Settle Promptly.
K No extension of time for the payBL^ent
of taxes will be made in any
|bf ?he counties this year. VV. V.
Sutherland, comptroller general, said
Monduv.# The schools and the State
and county governments must he run
according to schedule. Mr. Sutherland
pointed out and for this reason
If will be Impossible to grant^any extensions
anywhere this year. .
The State has borrowed considerable
money and this must be repaid.
"Any man who Is a real citizen will
not think of seeking to delays the payment
of taxes" Mr. Sutherland said.
The tlnie limit for the payment of
State nnd county taxes without- penalty
is January 1.
A reduction in price of 2 cents per
t loaf was announced Tuesday by two
wholesale Seartanburg bakers. The
retnlers In that city announced an
additional cut of I cent per loaf,
making a net reduction of 2 cents to
consumers. .
ITNEVILLE AGENT CONVICTED.
S. M. Baggctt Fioed for Having Ltqiftr
for Sale. .
S. M. Buggett, agent of Ihe Southern
railway at Plneville, N. C., waa
lined $250 In recorder's court in
Charlotte Friday morning for haying
In his possession liquor for sale. Baggett
also was given a suspended sentence
of six months on the public
roads, under which he is required to
so conduct himself as to be able to
report good behavior to the court
every 30 days for the next year.
A Charlotte police officer testifying
against Baggett said that he brought
llnimp A Phu rlrttia In an ca nlninnhdo
and Thursday was delivering It to an
express messenger of a Southern railway
train running between Charlotte
and Columbia when he was arrested.
The arrest was made by Officer R. C.
Steele, who, up to a few weeks ago,
was a member of the Rock Hill police
force. The package which Baggctt
handed to the express messenger
was found to cotnin six gallon Jars
with corn liquor in them.
Raggett is said to be an old offender.
According to the Charlotte News
he was arrested during the war bv
federal agent* on ?. cnurw violating
the liquor laws, hut was not convicted.
For reasons the public has
not understood, the Southern railway
has retained Raggett as agent at
Pinevllle. Now that he has heon
convicted and must report monthly
to the recorder in Charlotte to escape
serving four months on the
chaingang. it is a matter of further
speculation whether the rntlway company
will still allow his to act as
agent at Pinevllle.
As an aftermath of the conviction
of Raggett differences arose In Charlotte
between Recorder Jones, before
whom he was tried, and W. R. Orr.
chief of police of Charlotte, which
culminnted in a hearing before the
recorder Monday morning in which
Chief Orr was charged with contempt
of court. Following the tlning of
Raggett, Chief Orr stated that fines
given liquor dealers wcro regarded
by the dealers themselves as nothing
short of "cheap licenses. Recorder
Jones took offense at the remark
and Saturday afternoon directed Maxtor
Wilson to suspend the chief, which
the mayor refused to do. At the hearing
Monday Chief Orr said he was
not trying to damnge the recorder by
his remark, which was satisfactory
? .. * as ?
Magistrate Quinn had reached out
and grabbed one of the alleged
! moonshiners by hip trousers when re
received a vicious blow In the face
I from a shovel. Considerable Interest
has been evinced In this case.
I The Japanese population of Call
fc rnla was announced Tuesday by the
census bureau as 70.198. an Increase
1 of 29.840. or <59.7 per cent, compared
v%lth 1910. The Japanese population
: of Washington State was announced
as 17.114 and that of the State of
I Oregon was given as 4,022.
ii mi.- reiuruer una inc ruse was dismissed.
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.
J. J. Holies Sell* III* Interest in tlu>
Fort Mill Times.
During: the last week there has
A change hns taken place In the
ownership of the half interest in
the Fort Mill Times which J. J.
Bailes acquired when the paper v.*a*
bought the first of the year front P.
\\\ Bradford. W. H. Bradford having
closed a trade with Mr. Bailes hy
which he becomes sole owner of the
paper. The Fort Mill Times was es
tubllshod hy Mr. Bradford about 30
years ago and has since been published
continuously either by himself
or his brother. B. W. Bradford. The
paper has at times been on the ragged
edge which demanded sacrifices
on the part of the publishers to keep
it going: at other times it haa been
comparatively prosperous ns newtoapers
published in towns the size of
Fort Mill know prosperity. During:
the present year the circulation and
advertising: of The Times have grown
inrre than 100 per cen'. the plant
b:?s boon improved by the installation
of a lynotype and other modern
printing equipment and yesterday
Mr. Bradford sa.d it was his purpose
to enlarge the pnpor so as to give its
patrons more reading matter as soon
n* help can* he secured to do the work
which additional pages will call for.
HEAVY COURT DOCKET.
Many I.tquor Case* to He Tlre<l a<i
* oun in iora.
A honvy docket will confront the
fall term of court of general sessions
for York county which convenes next
Monday, November 22. with Judge
Melver of Cheraw presiding. Distilling.
transporting whiskey and other
violations of the prohibition laws con.
stitute the majority of cases on the
court calendar, though there Is the
usual quota of indictments for larceny,
housebreaking and similar minor
offenses. \
Only one murder case is scheduled
for trial, that of Kirk Dowry and
Cora Kalney. charged with the murder
of Joe Jones, who was killed on
the outskirts of York nearly two years'
apo. Ail the parties Involved In the
affair arc negroes.
Among tho distilling cases Is that
of J. D. Dover. Erwin Dover and Tom
Dover, all white. In addition to the
charge of distilling. Erwin Dover has
bet n indicted on the chargo of resisting
arrest. It being alleged that he Is
the man who struck Magistrate Quinn
in the face with a shovel when a
moonshine plant was captured in
King's Mountain township several
months ago. This was the first time
bloekaders had attacked officers in
York county in a long time. The
raiding party had crawled up to the
still under cover of nlirht and
NEWS or YORK COUNTY.
Uma oT General Interest dipped
From the Yorkville Enquirer
There is a noticeable dearth of
traveling salesmen on the road at
the present time. Most of the men
who are trying to sell anything at all
are selling provisions.
Cotton warehouses at Sharon are
rapidly being filled to their capacity,
according to persons In position to
know. Only a few bales of cotton
were sold there last week.
Mrs. Louts Friedhelm of Rock Hill
has been appointed York county
chalrrnam for the sale of Christmas
seals, tne proceeds to ro to the South
Carolina Tuberculosis association.
Thos. W. Boyd said yesterday that
Messrs. J. S. Olasscock, Hall Spencer
end others had harvested their corn
crops on the river near Oatawha
Junction and that the yields are quite
satisfactory. He went on to say that
most of the farmers In his part of
the county, southern Catawba townhave
Rood crops of corn.
A thleR or thieves entered and robbed
Swlnnle's store at-Nowport Thurs
dav nivht A nnnntltv r\t onnnnri
Rods wan stolen ns well ns a few other
articles. The person who entered
the store was evidently hungry, for
there was evidence that he hnd cut a
piece of cheese and hnd helped hlmdolf
to crackers, sitting: down In the
store to eat.
Through the efforts of General
Mananer Nell of the Yorkvllle Cotton
Oil company, this town has probably
fared hotter than any other town In
the State ns to the coal situation. The
price of coal has been high. of course,
hut no higher than elsewhere. generally
n shnde lower, and at no time
has coal been unobtainable. There
have been times In most other towns
when coal was not to he had at any
price.
Miss Wlllou Gray, State supervisor
n{ schools for adult Illiterates, was a
visitor In York last Friday. She came
to consult Superintendent of Education
John E. Cnrroll In regard to
plans for holding schools for ndult Illiterates
In York county during the
tronths of January nnd February.
The county superintendent favors the
proposition and arrangements will be
made for conducting the schools.
The City Investment company, a
corporation of Itock Hill citizens
which proposes to build a new hotel
In that town, has decided to Increase
Itr authorised capital from $65,060
?? $150,000. At a meeting of those
.Interested In the proposition held In
Itock 11111 Friday night, the following
ofTlcers were elected: President,
W. G. Stevens: vice president, W. R.
Armstrong: secretnry and treasurer.
J. G. Rarnwell.
The Frank Roach Guards, National
Guard military organization of Rock
Mill, was orgnnlzcd at a meeting of
guardsmen held In that city last
week. James C. Pozler was elected
c.iptnln of the company. C.ordon Collier
first lieutenant and Pride Simpson
second lieutenant. The company was
named In honor of the late Frank
Hooch of Rock Hill, who lost his life
during the World war while fighting
with the 30th division.
The "blue laws" of the town, long
among the ordinances forbidding the
sale of other than necessary articles
on the Sabbath wore enforced Sunday
for the first time in years. The
chief of police said Monday that so.
far as he and his forue were able to
observe, the ordinance was strictly
obeyed. Persons who have been accustomed
to buying tobaccos and soft
drinks on the Sabbath merely laid in
a larger supply on Saturday.
The several local unions of textile
workers in South Carolina nre being
appealed to for subscriptions to a
fund to be used In providing a Christmas
dinner for former employees of
the Carhnrtt mills who have been on
strike for the past several months
and a number of whom nre living in
TTnlon hall, where they nre existing
on a strike nllownnce of $6 n week
each. It Is proposed to raise $1,000
for the Christmas dinner.
"Well." said Representative K. W.
Pursley of the Santiago section, who
was in Yorkvllle the other day. "the
time for the meeting of the fSeneral
Assembly is rapidly approaching and
I guess the I-egislnture will be besieged
by the various hoards and
commissions at the session with reouests
for Increnscd appropriations.
T have an Idea, though, that unless
there |s a very material Improvement
In financial conditions there will be
vdry few Increased appropriations of
a?v kind to ho made by the nevt General
Assembly. Of rnnrw one run
rover toll but that Is the way It looks
o me now."
Funeral of W. M. Adklns.
Kuncrai services for William M.
Adklns. well known Fort Mill township
fanner, who died suddenly at
an early, hour in Fort Mill last
Thursday morning, were held Friday
afternoon and the interment was in
the town cemetery. Mr. Adklns rnd
long been a member of the Methodist
church. He alsc had been for years
a member of Catawba lodiro. No. r.G.
A. P. M. and was one of the original
member* of Gold ffill brass band,
famous as a musical organization In
this section a quarter of a cen ury
and more ago. Of the dozen men
\?ho first composed the membership
of the hand. Mr. Adkins is the first to
pass away. He Is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Mary Adkins,' to whom
he was married several years ago.
following the death of his first wife,
and by the following children: J. I,.
Adkins of Radtn, N. O., F. K. Adkins
cf Chattanooga. Tenn., R. I-. Adkins.
Mrs. Ida King of Pleasant Valley
and Miss Resale Adkins of Kansas
City. Mo., who arrived too late for
the funeral. R. I,. Adkins and W J..
Adkins also were unable to be pres-J
ent for the funeral. I
1MIANTOM SHIPS STILL HAUNT
THE SEVEN SEAS.
W often hear of ghosts haunting
houses, churchyards, and appearing
at bedsides, or coming when bidden
at the seance, but les? often do we
I.ondon Answers. Yet there are scores
|of well authenticated cases of the appearance
of phantom ships and boats,
and these accounts, often related by
persons of unimpeachable iDtegrity.
are so strangely consistent as to detail
that one must pe?-'orce hesitate before
dismissing the eubject as moonshine.
The best known of all ocean specters
is the phantom ship known as the
Flvinir Dllli'hmnn I
. w ? ?.T .itv.it nun L*tr^n
many, many times seen In the Ihic-t?
ocean, and occasionally lr? tne
southern parts of the Atlantic.
The^rlgln of the Flying Dutuhmun
goes Wck to the 18th century, when
p Dnrch captain, notorious for h.e
profanity, swore during a terrible
gale that he would round Cape Horn
in spite of ull the powers of guod or
evil could do to prevent him, even if
he had to sail till Judgment day.
In vain his crew implored htm to
give up his mad project, and the hrst
i -.ete was vie icntly assaulted l y the
shipper and thrown overboard.
But a terrific flash of lightning
struck the ship, killing the captain
on the spot, and very soon the ship
went down with all on board. But
the vow the captain had made still
held good and forever he and his ship
are doomed to continue the hopeless
struggle of rounding the .cane in
teeth of a terrific storm.
Today may he met a large number
of aallors who have seen the phantom
ship, and all agree as to certain details.
Wherever the Flying Dutchman
Is seen, she is utwaya rolling und
pitching as though a tierce storm
raged, and this In spite of the fact
that all around Is calm and still,
Around her topmast plays a flash of
blue lightning.
Her phantom crew are alwuys
dresspd us were the sailors of the period
in striped Jerseys, and wearing
red woolen caps, and are seen rushing
feverishly hither and thither to
carry out the commands of the cho1<
rio giant of a captain,
All the reports, too. agree us to the
style of the ship, all wood, very high
In the poop, and other*detlls In perfect
accord with the ships of the late
ltlth century.
The Flying Dutchman was seen
during the greut war by the entire
crew of a llritlsh ship about a hundred
miles east of the cape.
"We wore homeward bound," said
one of tho eyewitnesses, "and the sea
was perfectly calm, and we were
vainly trying to pick up a breese. It
was towurds evening when daylight
was giving place to dusk. Almost
suddenly on the bow side appeared |
u iiirjc woouen ship with the hindmost
part of her hull very high, of
the build of a bygone century.
"nut tho weirdest purt of It was
that she was being tossed up and
down like a cork, straining her every
timber to muke headway, and plunging
us though in the teeth of a tleroo
gale. We could see the crew In a
perfect frenzy currylivg out the orders
of a huge man wh? WU# evidently
the captain.
"There wftg no sound, but suddenly
a vivid Hash of blue lightning wcrm.
ed to play around her topmast, and
at the same instant the vessel d sappoured
as though It had been wiped
from the surfuce of the oceun. 'I he
next day our ship was torpedoed and
most of the orew drowned."
It is said that the Flying Dutchman
appears only to the crew of a
vessel that Is doomed.
The crew of a IJuteh ship, the Idly,
told a tale very similar to the above,
she havlnir nni-nnnlopi..l ?" ..V-.,
ship nenr tho capo, and the next day
the Lily was wrecked In n terrible
storm and all nhoard, save four of
the crow, were drowned.
The east coast of England Is haunted
by the apparition of a ship totally
different from the Flying Dutchman.
She has been seen off Croiner and the
Yorkshire coast.
She Is quite a modern vessel, but
her masts, rigging, sails and hull are
encrusted with Ice and frost, long
icicles hang from her rigging* and she
plows her way through a mass of Ice
floes.
Many phantom ships, too. have been
j seen off the coast of Cornwall and
the cast coast of Scotland. The Black
Lugger Is a weird and terrible apparition
thnt haunts the Scottish roust.
As her nnme ImplU's, she Is a lugger,
though her hull nnd masts are
of the ordinary kind, all her sails are
made of crape, black as soot.
She sails slowly and steadily straight
iini'>?(i nno witnout the slightest sound |
or divergence from her course and
passes through any other vessel that
may tie in her way. To nee the somt?er
Hlack hugger, as In the case of j
the Flying Dutchman, means disaster
and tiad luck, often death, overtakes
those who encounter the weird ghost
of the ocean.
\o flue to Krpress Hnbhers.
Kfforts of the nirhlnnd county nuttiorities
to apprehend the partlra
vho threw the safe from 'he express
car of train No. 36 near KtOlnns, 10
miles north of Columbia, Inst Thursday
morning. have thu.? for resulted
n failure. The express messenger
reported that two men entered the
car and overpowered him and after
securing severnl hundred dolluts
which was not in the safe, they threw
the safe from the car. evidently expecting
to dynamite It later In the
dav and secure the contents, nbout
J16.000. Their plans v/e?<? upset by
the crew of a passing freight who
sow tve safe lying beside the trae?:
and recovered It In time to prevent
further loss by the express company.
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GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
l'an-nt-Teacher Club Ulvitt Delight- .
ful Entertainment.
Lush Thursday evening the Parent Teachers'
club delightfully entertalni
eu the teachers of the graded school
,?i in lvform.il r?cet*tlon In the n?'W
l school auditorium. The teachers and
| the trustees of the school, with their
wives, formed the receiving line to
> ? gutsis bh mey arrived. so
| that all might become acquainted.
During the evening an Interesting
j musical program was rendered under
[ the leadership of Mrs. F\ K. Ardrey.
Miss I cy Ftali i*ni Oeorgo F11'l. tto
freshments of sandwiches, coffee,
salted peunuts and mints were served
by the members of the domestic
science classes. More than a hundred
parents and friends of the school
were present to enoy the occasion.
Thursday. November It, Armistice
day. was observed by the school bv
having a half holiday, with appropriate
exercises In chapel at noon.
The Rev. W. It. Ttauknlght conducted
devotional exercises, the school sang
"America, Superintendent Strlbllng
read a poem. "The Fool." by Hubert
W. Service the primary grades sang
two patriotic songs. Mr. Rauknlght
made a short tnlk on the significance
of the day and the exercises were
closed with the song. "The Star
Spangled Banner."
DEFENDS JAYBIRD.
Correspondent Replies to Recent Article
|n "Hie Times.
Kdltor Fort Mill Times:
The writer of this letter hns been too
busy to reply earlier to the nrtlclo In
a recent Issue of The Times written by
Mr. Smythe with reference to the Jaybird.
1 wish to say a few words In
defense of this very valuahte bird.
Hlrdologlsts now give the Jay credit
for destroying a great many Injurious
Insect pests, principally of the weevil
vnrlety. He will eat cotton boll weevils.
and f have personally observed
him getting the weevil larvae out of
acorns, nnd he will sit on a pecan tree
n Inn* l?t ? _| -
ai the home of the bride's parent!*,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P, Harris. in Pleasant
Valley, when their eldest daughter.
Miss Kdna. became the bride of
J.eonard E. Wood of Spartanburg.
Tho llfv. W. It. HaukntRht of Port
Mill om<dated.
The home was attractively decorated
for the wedding. with quantities of
chrysanthemums used In conitdnattou
with ferns and smllax. Just before
thp ceremony. Mrs. J. W. Rims. Jr..
and Mrs. Ft. Klrven. acrompnnled
b;.' Mrs. S. E. Flalles. rendered "At
Dawning" nnd "I'ntll.". The wedding
march front "I?ohenRrln" was played
by Miss Ktta Sklnper. Nancy HarrN,
little daughter of Mrs. Agnes Harris,
was ring bearer.
The bride nnd bridegroom entered
together, the bride wenrtne her roInr-awnv
suit of midnight blue trlcotlne,
with Kollnskv cape, brown hat.
and corsage of bride roses nnd orchids.
miring the eeremonv Mrs S R.
Pnlles rendered "O Promise Mo "
The eeremnnv wns followed hv a
reception attended bv a large number
of relatives and friends of the
bride and bridegroom.
Immediately after the eeremonv.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood left for Spa*-*0*'- %
burg, where they will make their
home.
.. v...... miiuiiH n>r II l-lllllH'B lO KC
the weevil larvae as It cute Its wny out
of the nut and <lrops to the ground.
And when you aee the Jny sitting close
around the oak trees he la hulling the
acorns to get the little white worms
Inalde, and while he mav tenr the end
of an ear of fresh corn he Is not after
corn, hut after the worm we have all
noticed embedded among the grains.
Almost every housewife has noticed In
shucking roasting ears a groan sort of
worm eating the grain. Well, that's
what Mr. Jay Is after.
There should he a law pnased bv the
T'nlfed States government making It a
felony to kill nil birds excent English
sparrows and huzznrds. Onlv heathen
and fools murdar our sweet song blr.'s
and our Insect destroying birds. To
Mexico thev tench the children that
birds sre nlaced here hv the Creoior
to he loved and honored and that bird
murderers can never gat to TTanvon.
And vat our churches send missions Reports
of the first quarter's work
are being given out this week and nu
honor roll Is being prepared which
will he ready for publication next
week.
The Catawba Idterary society was
rt organized Wednesday with the students
of the high school us members.
Yancey Potts was elected president.
Mary Bnuknlght vice president,
Virginia Barber secretary and treasurer
and Earle Steele censor. The
society will meet every two weeks,
rles to Mexleol It must make the
Almighty lauvh for some of our
church choir singers to sing "Nearer
My Ood to Thee" and "I Never Invert
Jesus As Now" while their hats
are adorned with bird wings and
feathers. The heathen African women
wear cow horns and hoofs In
their ears nnd nose, which Is Just
about on par with our women's bird
bills nnd feathers on their hats.
Ah T unit' before McjIpo Is nllvp
with t>or? 111iful sonirhlrds nnd their
sonps nnd henutlful plnmnKe help
to mnke the eves of their maidens
bright with love nnd hnntdnens nnd
mrikf Mexico the lnn?l of hirds and
music *>n<| ?-wopt tronlr contentment
And If wo love our liven nnd want
oontent'oent *?nd vnlne th? future
htnt>ln"? nnd nrosnerltv of venerations
lo tiori let n? khvc tho birds
nnd value their lives "? opr n?vn.
Hon I M. I .pi?.
Fort Mill. N'ov. 1R.
i m + *
Mks Isliia Hurrls Married.
A marriage <?f Interest to mmiy Fort
Mill nnd Pleasant Volley people
| took place lust Wednesday evening