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The Fort Mill Tnstes. ' - ' E?Ubil?hed 1891. POET MILL, 8: C., THPE8DAT, DMHOP a, 1?90> " Fl.W P., - ?RIK8 OF REVIVAL SERVICES. Rev. Dr. Thomas to Hold Meeting at Presbyterian Churdi! beginning Tuesday night, December 7, in the Fort Mill Presbyterian church, the Rev. Trigg A. M. Thomas, D. p., will cqhduct a series of revival services which will continue through Sunday, December 19. He Mill be assisted in the services by W. 01. Waltermire. a noted singer of Alabama. whoso accomplishments are well known throughout the South ond Southwest. Dr. Thomas is an evangelist whose work Is done under the direction of the gcnferal assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church. lie was formerly camp pastor at Fort Sill. ' Okla. In many of his recent meetings his work has been heartily supported by ex-service men of all denominations. Dr. Thomas will come to Fort Mill from Anderson, where he has beKun a ten-day meeting. During the last few months he has held successful meetings In Georgia and Texas. From the Big Spring (Texas* Herald of September 10 the following report of a meeting then In progress In that town la taken: "The great union tabernacle meeting which began August 2fi In Big Springs, conducted by Hey. Trigg A. M. Thomas. D. D., of Kansas Olty, Mo., will close next Sunday night. The meeting has proven to be one of the greatest. If not the greatest, ever hold In Big Spring. Some of the oldest settlers say they never saw anything like it before. At the close of the services Sunday night there had been 390 decisions for Christ end the church end a hotter life. Big Spring churches have been strengthened and the entlro community spiritually quickened. "Dr. Thomas Is a plain, powerful gospel preacher. He denounces sin In all forms, nnd yet back of all his preaching nnd work there Is a heart filed with the love of God and sincere desire to secure the salvation of the lost and the spiritual quickening of church members." During the revival servles. arrangements will be made for dally prayer services to be held In the various sections of the town for the women and u special service daily' for the men. Services will be held each evening In the Presbyterian church at 7:30 o'clock. A late announcement from . iho UIIJT, fs vl III I it 11(1 MIIUIM llt*l . Mme sulphur, which is a wine colored liquid, may he obtained in Fort Mill, Rock Hill or Charlotte stores. As its name indicates, lime sulphur Is made of lime, sulphur nnd water, all of which have been boiled togfther until they have fofntcd the wine colored solution. The spray is very caustic to one's hands or eyes, therefore when spraying with It one should use gloves or keep the hands dry end avoid allowing the drift to reach the eyes. Remember, we can only have good fruit trees by pruning nnd spraying. Man With the Iron Mask. The "man with the Iron mask was a mysterious French prisoner of ! state whose Identity has never been | satisfactorily established. He was elosely confined at Plgnerol. 1(187; at Exiles, 1681*. nt St. Margurlte, 1688. ; nnd was finally transprtedo to the Hostile In 1098, where he died No- , vember 19. 1703, nnd was hurled the following day In the cemetery of Stt. Paul, under the nume of Marehlall. He wore a mask of hlaek velvet while Journeying from prison i to prison and. although treated with the utmost deference, was forbidden | to uncover himself, under penalty of , Instant death. Presbyterian church says that the ravlyal services will begin Sunday night., December r>, when a union service will be held,,beginning at 7:3ft p?V?look. The Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, Th. D., wilt, preach the sermon ami Monday night the services will be continued with the Rev. W. R. Rauknlght conducting the service. Mr. Waltormlro Is expected to rench Fort Mill Monday and take charge of the singing and Dr. Thomas will arrive Tuesday December 7. and continue the meeting through December 19. CARE OF FRUT TREES. Points on Pruning and Spraying for Readers of The Times. When the leaves have fallen from tlio fruit trees the sap has become Inactive and at this time they muy be pruned. But in pruning fruit tiees there are several essential points to bear in mind as follows: First, head the tree low; second, cut out ' all diseased und broken branches, and those infested by bugs; third, cut out suillcient limbs and I twigs to allow ample sunlight to reach all purts of the tree; fourth, keep the tree well balanced by cutting off limbs from the heavier side of the tree until it balances with the lighter side or the side containing ltss limbs; fifth, in removing twigs, limbs or branches cut them off as close to their base as possible. Itonitntber that long spurs front bad cuts hardly ever heal, thus allowing insects and diseases to enter the tree; sixth, put off all suckers or water shoots at the base of the tree trunk or on the side of the tree. Seventh, be sure to remove pruned wood front tho orchard. Insects like to breed in such waste. Kighth, after pruning be sure to spray. After the trees have been pruned, spray them thoroughly with lime sulphur ut the rate of one gullon of lime sulphur to nine gallons of wuter. This spray kills the Sun Jose scale und Invigorates the bark, causing it be OHADKI) SCHOOL HONOR ROIili. In n note accompanying the honor roll of the Fort Mill graded school for the first quarter, nine weeks, ending November 5. II. H. Stribllng, superintendent, explains that the pupils who make an average of 90 or pipro on rill their work and who do not miss over two days from school Rrc placed on the honor roll, while those who, in addition to making f hf> (1 %'nrn irn *-? f Qfl ? ?-?ole/v n? niviuhv \m ?v \?i uiui c niou nu? c perfect attendance, are designated as "distinguished." The honor roil for the first quarter Is as follows: Dlstliuciilslicd Pupils. Ftfrst Grade?Jnhnsle Wilkerson. Marion TTarkey, Miss Minnie Garrison tencher; T.oma Taylor 98. Inez Armstrong 9.r>, Marion Wilson 95, Miss Marie Mauney teacher; Murray Gulp 96. Frank Gnrothers 95, Gilmore Pitman 92. Dorothy O'Kelley 91, Miss Ethel Ix)ftis teacher. Second Grade ? Harriet Carothers 96 .Tannic T.ou Garrison 95,Mary Morris 95. Margaret Wilson 95, Maner Gulp 94. Evelyn Robinson 94. Zizn Mills 95. Miss Agnes Dink teacher; Demise Dowery 98. Eugene Patterson 98, Hruce Dambeth 96, Bentrlco Glnrk 94. William llnrkey 92. Gatherine Baker 91, Jack Brown 90, l.euise Mosesy 90, Gilbert Gross 90, M'ss Julia Armstrong, tencher. Third Grade? Floyd Pitman 96. Beatrice Ferguson 95, Franklin ^1ler. 90 Rebecca Gapps 90. Miss ZeD ma Phillips teacher; Mildred Medlln 95. Clement Potts 95. Helen Ross 95. Ruth Hallos 90, John Atrdrey 90, James Elliott 90. Eli/.zabeth Parks 90. Puwnrd Smith 90. Miss Esther Menchnm teacher. Fourth Grade?Melyln Garter 95. Willie Honoycutt 94. Tyois Porter 93. Helen Ferguson 90, Miss Ethel Arm Fifth Grade ? Mi*ry Garrison 95, Mien Ethel Armstrong teacher: Jns. Black 96. Miss Carrie. Spencer, teacher. Sixth Grade?Owen Paterson 97. Seventh Grade-?Cora Masscy 91, Elliott Bennett 90. TIattle Parks 90. In ex Wolfe 90.. Ninth Grade Rubv OriltK 90. Eleventh Grade?Marlon Parks 93. Miss Dorothy Rergstrom. Miss Claralene Carothers. Miss Edna Lowranco. Miss Edna Titidal Miss Emn?a Anderson. M. R. Smith, high school teachers. Pupils making an average of 90 or more in their studies and deportment hut whose attendance was not perfect were: First Grade ? Robert Cousart, Wallace Wolfe. Rebecca Wright, Ida Mae Hooks 98. Johnnie Snlnks 95. J, C. Ferret -90. James Epps 93, Ftyyd Adcock 91. Oscar Rass 91, Glaclona Dunns 90. Crawell Pierce 90. Sadie Stamper 90. Second Grade?Jessie Watford 96. Third Grade?Gussle Hammonds 93, John MeGuIrt 92. Charlie Carter 90. I^oward -Patterson 95, Carl Gordon 95., . * Fourth . Grade?Myrtle Reeves 92, Sarah Wolfe 92. Elmer Lowery 90, Beatrice Smith 90. Miss Thelma Ott toucher: Garland Dvches 9u, Emma Dalles 91, Allie Rradtord 91, Rula Parks 91, Miss Armstrong teacher. Fifth Grade?Fnv Johnson oi Juanita Thrown 94. Sixth OradoJi -Bay Hunter 93. Goldlc Afford 9 5. Seventh Grhdc?Henry Tdnk 91. Klghth Grade? Nannie I.ea Phil'lp" 92. Ninth Grade?Katherlne** Massey 91. Klizaheth Ardrey 90. Tenth Grade?Martha Dyches. IlKtilXNINt; or ,I.\P NAVY. C?>nf(tkr.tle Ironclad First Battleship ol Orientals. A Confederate ironclad, originally named the Stonewall Jaekaon, was the real basis of the Japanese navy. It was sold At the close of the War Between the States to the Japanese and renamed the Ad/.utna. When In lStiT, Admiral Knomoto tied with all the Japanese fleet except the Ironclad and attempted to set un an independent government tit Hakodate, it was the smelly. grim end wallowing old Ironclad that proceeded to tear the'rest of the navy to hits, as well as to destroy the forts under the command of the rebel leader. So thoroughly did the ironclad do its work that the rebellion failed, and its loaders were seized and exhibited in Iron capes thronphout the country. The work of the Ironclad was not lost on the Japanese, and they listened the more willingly to thr ndv'ce of He"'''- Watt >n Gvinnell, an A?uoridan naval o'hcf r who entered the emperor's service and rose to the rank of ".'liulrnl. They began a navv that steadily grew In strength and number and one that received encouragement from hotli American and British navnl heads. MRS. SARAH K. RKAVKS DKAI). Mot Iter of Fort Mill Citicn Pusses to Reward. Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Uoavcs, 'aged 7Ti years, died Thursday morning, November 2f>, following a brief illness, at the home of her son. T. N. Reaves. Mrs. Reayes united with the f'lensant riulns Baptist church in Kershaw county at an early age. She was married in 1X62 to Thomas C. Reaves and is survived by her son. two brothers, \V. M. (lay and (leorge (lay. and two sister1*. Mrs. Rebecca West and Mrs. Mary TrusedeM, all of Kershaw cpunty. Mrs. Reaves was a daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (lay. Funeral services were conducted at the home in Fort Mill Friday ntdrnlng by the Rev. .1. W. If. Rvches, after which 'the body was tnktjn to Kershaw, where Interment took placr at f.aurel llill cemetery. Vtr. Pyches being asslted in the services at the grave by the. Rev. John M. Neal of Kershaw. GRAND JURY REPORTS. York Body Touches Upon Matters of Peculiar Interest. A number' of matters of Importance were recommended by the York county grand Jury in Its final presentment at. the November term of court In Ybrk last Wednesday and so well pleased with the report was Judge Melver that he complimented the body by saying that It was one of the most intelligent presentments he had over heard "We beg to call the attention of vut cuun, ueguii i??5 icpun, lu me llagrant and persistent violation of the prohibition laws ot this state, and to express our conviction that these violations are not due to any lack of zeal on the part of those charged with their enforcement, but rather to the lack of adequate punishment being meted out to the violators on conviction. Usually comparatively small fines or short terms on the chaingang are the sentences, which, we presume, are in accordance with the laws as they now stand, therefore we beg to recommend to our representatives in the Legislature that at the approaching session of that body they strive to have the prohibition law so amended as to eliminate the tine alternative and have It provide that in case of conviction the convicted person shall be sentenced for not less than one year on the chaingang for the first offense, not less than five years for the secone offense, and not less than ten years for the third and subsequent orfenses, if there be any. with no part of any sentence suspended. Furthermore we recommend that the law providing that extracts, tonics and other concoctions containing over 2 per cent alcohol may be sold on certificate he either amended so as to provide the same punishment to the seller when sold for beverage purposes as the seller of any other intoxicant. or repealed." The chaingang committee of the grand jury "found the stockade in good condition, clean and sanitary, the convicts properly clothed and everything In excellent shape." "Generally speaking," said the school committee, reporting on the condition of the publich school buildings in thq county, "they are in good condition, well equipped with blackboards and single desks and built with due regard to .light, air space and ventilation. In only a few instances do we find the old style building and unsatisfactory equipment. We recommend that wore attention be gi\^n to the water supply, outhouses and the general, sanitary conditions surrouding the schools und that gool locks be provided aid all 1 uildlngs kept securely fastened when school is not In session. "Th<j ono teacher school has out lived Its usefulness. We ran rover have an educated cltlxensnlp so long a'r one teacher Is expected to teacn anywhere from four to ten grades as is the case In many of our schools. We recommend to our people their most serious. consideration of the question of school consolidation and transportation 6f pupils." "The roads of the county." said the report of the committee on roads and bridges, "are not in good conditio^ and many of the bridges are badly in need of repairing. Possibly on account of the continued wet weather, rather than on account of negligence there has been very little work done on our public roads during the present year and many roads have not been worthed at all. In our Judgment we have entirely too many road officials In York county and what Is everybody's business is nobody's business. We have county commissioners, township commissioners, a special set of road commissioners In Broad River township, a western road commission and a State highway commission and dozens of road overseers. So many road officials In fact that it takes entirely too much money to pay their salaries and does not leave enough to go on the roads. We do recommend that the law be changed and all these officials be reduced to three competent, efficient men. And in this connection we wish to say we do not upproye of the plan of placing the automobile tax and a special levy of two mills on the county property in the hands of the State highway commission, as we consider a great deal of the work done by this commission as Impracticable and extravagant." After reporting thut the county Jail was well kept and clean *n<J niakIng recommendations as to repairs on the court house and suggesting that the clerk of court keep certain rooms in the building locked, the court house and jail committee said: "The grand jury of York county have time and again requested the town council of the town of York to remove the Vend pipe front Its present location, and the said town council has paid no attention whatever to the frequent recommendations. We are Informed that the life of a stand pipe la IB years and the stand pipe at the rear' of this court house is new ever 17 years old, and Is a constant danger t<> county property worth tlS0,9tHT or incro, and a menace to the hundreds it human beings who are compelled to gather here at stated periods for ttie purpose of conducting the butt, ness of this court. "We therefore recommend that such proceedings us are necessury be Instituted to compel the town of York to remove her stund pipe." ? ^ Mrs. 8. A. I^ee's Sunday school class of Junior boys entertained their girl friends in the Raraca room of the Fort Mill Baptist church last Wednesday evening. A number of interesting games were played and refreshments were served. NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Carre? Item of Gene?I Interest From tl>e Yorkrllle Enqalrer. "I shipped 100 bales of cotton to Columbia, stock Subscriptions to the American Export corporation." said Dr. J, B. Johnson of Rock Hill, Friday. Dr. Johnson, who is president of the York county branch of the American Cotton association, said that he was well pleased with the progress being made toward raising stock subscriptions to the proposed corporation. A valuable overcoat, the property of Judge Edward Mplver. presiding over the court of general sessions and common pleas for York county, was stolen Thanksgiving morning at i Rock Hill. The Judge was en route to his home In Cheraw to spend Thnnlf aiHvinsi Ua oIasvaaA -dd sh-. ..wg. . ?*VI OIV^pVU UII UIO train at Rock Hill, leaving hie overcoat In the train. When he returned it whs gone. . York county timber will go into wagons made by the Piedmont Wagon company at Hickory, N. C? B. L L&ncy. well known lumber and saw mil! man who has been cutting and ftawlng great quantities In King's Mountain township, has a large supply of oak lumber lying beside the tracks of the C. N. & N.-W railway at Clover ready for shipment to the wagon makers. Prisoners confined op the York < county chalngang. near Roddeys, were given an extra dinner last Thuinday on account of YhanksgivillC. Thfl *>* ro niann trim. The game warden and his deputy went into Fort Mill township with the view of trying to locate a number of North Carolina hunters who. according to information, have been in the habit of coming over from Mecklenburg county to York county to hunt on Thanksgiving dny since the North Carolina hurittng season doos not open until December 1. The officers came upon several other persons who did not have licenses, but who made it plain that they were bunting on their own premlaea and therefore under the law were not required to have hunting licenses. ROX1T8EH FOR SOLDIERS. Twelve State* Reward Veteran* of World War. In the face of bitter opposition on the part ofv Many New York* city newspaper?, a soldier bonus of 910 for each month's service In the Woifd war was carried at the New York elect 1 oil by popular referendum. It is estimated that 400.000 ex-serried men end woman will share in this rant. In Washington State and in ffew Jersey, where opposition eras almost negligible, according to fw> ports, similar results were obtained. Washington voting 919 per month for every month of service up to Armistice day nnd New Jersey granting her returned soldiers 910 per month, with a maximum of 9100. New York's maximum Is 9250. With the three States Just mentioned, the list of States which have voted rash bonuses to their returned t soldiers numbers 12, namely?Massachusetts. Vermont, New Hampshire, j Minnesota. Wisconsin. Rhode Island, i North Dakota South Dakota and Maine. of these. North Dakota. ' which pays her fighting sons and ' daughters $25 for each month of ; service, without setting a limit, la ths j moat liberal. _ ? ASK FAIR TREATMENT. SOth DtiUoa Vetmw Wwl Ancrloan ftufawy at BeiUcomH, "I am not lurpriied at the latest ctfort of the New York) people to appropriate to their State the credit f<jr smashing the Hlndenburg line ID the great American offensive In France In October, 1918," yesterday said a Fort Mill veteran of the SOth division after reading a Washington dispatch announcing that the Empire State was making an effort to Induce the war department to locate one of the four American cemeteries to be established In France at Bony i? v.?? -? u uuuur Ul lue MID division, the New York National Guard division that fought alongside the 30th division during a part of its service overseas. "Of course those of us who served in the 80th know that the division did the principal part of the hard fighting necessary to break the seemingly impregnable Hindenburg line, but the country as a whole is not so familiar with the facts and unless the Old Hickory organization bestirs Itself the credit for this Hurculean enterprise will be stolen from the Southern soldiers and pretty soon the children of the nation will be studying histories telling that the Hindenburg line was broken by the 27th New York division assisted In a small way by the 30th division. The Hindenburg line was broken by the boys from South Carolina. North Carolina and Tennessee, who constituted the 30th division, as General Pershing has more than once said, and wo want the cemetery the New Yorkers are applying for located at Belllcourt. in honor of our own dead. "Let me tell^you a story of the work of the 27th division. On the Tiornlng of the 12th of October. 918, following several days' continuous fighting, we were relieved by the 27th near a little town called Bohnln. We went to the rear for rest and reorganization, but were again ordered to the front on October 17th to relieve the New YorW Ion, much to our surprise, hut It was even more surprising that we found the New Yorkers standing in the tracks we had left them in on t'he 12th apparently unahle to make any headway against the enemy. We at once began and offensive and before nightfall of the 17th had pushed the Germans back Ave kilometers. The difference between the 20th division and the 17th. In my opinion, was thia: The 30th was composed almost entirely of native born Americans and was perhaps the most ailAmerican division In the entire army our country sent to France, while the 21th had in Its rans thousands of fototgn born soldiers." The Washington dispatch to which the Fort Mill soldier referred contained a letter from Col. Albert L. Cox, president of the Old Hickory organisation to Senator Simmons of North Carolina, In which the former colonel of North Carolina aitlllery In the 30th division said: "There has been- a continuous effort on the part of the people of New York State to gain to themselves and the soldiers who in France represented them the entire credit for breaking the Hindenburg line. I notice now that an effort In hetng made to locate one of the four American cemeteries In France at Bony, to be known as Flanders Field. The location of auoh a cemetery should by all means be at Relllcourt." "Please be good enough to bring this matter to the attention of the war department in order that proper credit may be given to the men who wern mainly responsible for the American offensive In Flanders." THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. Shipping Board Peculation Story of Graft and Greed. The moat disheartening document that haa come out of the aftermath of the war. In the opinion of not a few editorial observers, la the aordld atory of greed, graft and Incompetence under cover of the United States Shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation, as set forth in the Fisher-Richardson report ta a congressional Investigating committee, aaya The Literary Ulgeat. It Is a story of alleged mismanagement, waste, graft, bribery, nadded pay rolls and systematic looting of the public treasury by minor officials and employees of the board. Involving a loss of millions of dollars to the taxpayers. The I>etrolt Journal calls these charges a bitter blow to American patriotism, and de.clares, In fact, that "Prussian spias did less damage to the American cause than did the corrupt agents of the Emergency Fleet corporation." "The disloyalty among German-AmerIcan newspapers during the war." It adds, "compares with this disloyalty of native-born Americans, aflame with greed, as door-mat thievery compares with housebreaking." And the Minneapolis Tribune reminds us that "one of the most heinous crlmss that can be chargud against an tndlvtdnsl /if a MMuuaMiMt I? a *u f?lM to a public tract t& time of -war peril*." "Bxldeatty the btggMt part of a war bill la the htch coot of graft" cynically remark* tha CIimIb> nail Knqulrer, and the Maw Tort Herald, after reading (Mi reeital of "thefta by minor official*. graft by middlemen, and plain waste all along the line." exclaims: 'Thla la one of the reaaona why the ITnlted Statea government today owe* In round numbers 21 billions of dollars and hne an Interest charge on Its debts of about a billion dollars a year. Tt la one of the reasons why the American people have a ta* bill of 4 billions a year.** Mr. and Mrs. A. I,. Parka and a number of their children motored to Durham. >?. C.. last week and spent several days there visiting relativea. i SfiESKESSflSSSSSSSHSSEESBBESBED OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. & H. Epv* Married Over Half Century. An event of much Internet to their wide circle of friends and numerous relatives In this section of the State was the recent celebration of their golden wedding by Mr. ^nd Mrs. S. H. Epps at their home In the Qold Hill section of Port Mill township. Exactly 60 years ago last Wednesday. November 14, 1870, Samuel Hamilton Epps and Miss Margaret Jane Blankenshlp. both-of Fort Mill .v-utoid, were married at the horn* of Mln Blankenshlp's (rudfather, the late Elijah Blankenshlp, by the Rev. A. L.' Stough, pastor of Flint Mill Baptlet church, of which both weer members. Bight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rpps, three daughters and flvf sons, all of whom are married except one son. who, with his brother, la engaged In the furniture buslneaa In Tampa. Fla. Two daughters married well-to-do farmers of thla section, -while the third, the youngest of Mr. and Mrs. Bppa* ohlldren married Thomas H. langaton of Florence, a well known cltlen of that city who holds a trusteeship of Fiirman university, his al- 4 ma mater. The other Bon, the Rev. Grover C. Rpps. pastor of a Darlington county Baptist church. Is also a graduate of Furrnan university and Southwestern Theological seminary In Texas. On the occasion of the celebration of their golden wedding most of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rpps found the way back to the old homestead and brought with them their children. 22 In number, only oho being missing on account of death. Of the few who were present at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Rpps 50 years ago, three only were present last Wednesday to enjoy the celebration and rscount with the "bride" and "bridegroom" the Incidents of the wedding so many yearn ago and . rejoice with them over the half century of happiness and prosperity a kind Providence has permitted them , to spend together. Three who were m\ mf wvuuinK or nr. una Mrs. TJppe and who also were resent at their recent celebration were a. P. Btankenshtp, uncle of Mra. Epps. and ' I O. T. Crook and W. H. Crook. lHfo* C.;v Ion* frlenda and neighbors. A feature of the celebration \va? the presence of Mr. Epos' brother, J. P. Eppa, who also celebrated hie goldden wedding six yearn 'ago, but whoae wife han since died. Both Messrs. 8. H. Eppa and J. P. Eppa > have excellent recerdn as soldiers of the Confederacy. ' jfr For three terms Mr. lipps was hon- / ored hy his fellow-cltlsens of York 4 ' Jv county by election to the dtouse or representatives of the General Assembly and In nt present a member of the county pension board. ?, Mr. and Mrs. Epps received n rum- iV ber of pretty and useful presents In honor of their golden wedding and attesting the esteem In which they are held by their many frends and relatives. A splendid dinner was i feature of the celehratlou. RIGHT MAN IN. PULPIT. * Mlioirt Paprr Suxiwts Way to FtU Country (hunbrs. In these days of rural surveys and pim> tor reorianizinii country cuurrues. It la Interesting to note In the farm and country press occasional reminders that country people, much like city people. are likely to he found In the pew on Sunday If there Is the right man in the pulpit. The editor of the Monroe County Appeal waa asked not long ago. says a New 'York city newspaper, to give free publicity to an appeal for more students In a theologtcul seminary. He replied by declaring that the crying need Is not for "more machine-made preachers." hut for trained leaders who realise "that preaching Is only an Incidental part of a pastor's work." Unless the pastor Is so trained and Inspired that he can say on Monday morning. "Come on. folks, let's apply to Widow Smith's needs or Mill Simpson's worries or to our community's problems the religion I dispensed In Sunday's sermons," his preaching Is not going to go very far. In the opinion of the Missouri editor. Wallace's Farmer started a lively . discussion shout how a minister ehould preach to a congregation of farmers when It printed an editorial on "Preaching and Farming" as a reply to a country pastor who wrote asking the editor "to suggest a number of agricultural subjects on which I can preach a aeries of practical sermons of real interest to farmers;" hut the editor of Wr?llac>'?' Fsrm?r does not believe In agricultural aer mona tnd irtvra ht* reasons na follow# "The moM iaOMMful oonntry prtMlMft we k?T? know have beea thoee who HBdcntand the work and , Ufe and manner of tho thinking country people and who are in thorough sympathy with them. Through this oadocotandloc and sympathy they have been able to connect up the Uvea of their people with scriptural truth. But thahe mlntetem who almply try to poet themaelve* on anme particular agricultural auhject and then prrnch a aermon op It uannlly disappoint thcmaelve* and t ir hearera a.? well. "We auapcct that when the average man goca to church on the 5tuhhnth day. It la with the dealre to get iom?. 11 n r that will contrlhnlc to hln spiritual welfare and life rather than to he material; something wlhlch turna li'< ?hri;irtita ?way from the thlriy- of every-day life and toward mutter* In which he renaonahly expect* the* preacher to he better Informed than, he himself." > +x ' * . " . % e soup and beef ha ah and was furnish* ed by the county. In the afternoon several people from the Arcade mill In Rock Hill visited the stockade and Kave the prisoners fruits, nuts and cigarettes. Inmates of the county home were also given extra fare on Thanksgiving. It Is not going to be an easy thing for the South to hold Its cotton crop, for against the holding of the crop is the organised financial power of the world outside the South. The Issue is not so much a question of reduction of prices In order to secure a readjustment of trade as it is of financial supremacy. If the South can hotd this crop and compel the ' world to pay a profit for It plus the cost of production, then It will only ' | remain for the South to he prudent and careful to maintain her financial | supremacy for years to come. But If the South Is foroed to give up this crop without profit, or at coat, then It means that she will continue to be a servant to those who have been exploiting her for so many gvsMera. tlons past. ."It might be of Borne Interest to you to know," said yesterday a physician, "that Dr. Edward Rhodes Htltt. distinguished aufhnrltw mi imn. leal diseases, recently appointed an Hurgoon general of the United States navy,, spent much of his boyhood In Hock Hill with an uncle, John R. Ixjndon." Appointment of Dr. Stilt. I who Is one of the best known medical men In the country, was made I by President Wilson after he had apj proved the application for retirement I of Admiral W. C. Rralstead, present surgeon general. Dr. Stltt'a father and grandfather were natives of Mecklenburg county. About 40 hunters, white and colored, In the fields Thanksgiving day were approached by Qame Warden Dan T. Woods of Yorkvllle and Deputy Game Warden Jack McCarter of Filbert with request to see their hunting licenses and In all but three Instances the licenses were produced. These three parties. Will Woodward, Noble Massey and Verrun Oettys. whom the officers met In the vicinity of the Catawba river bridge between Rock Hill and Fort Mill, had no licenses and gave bond to appear before Magistrate Glenn of Ebeneser township some time this week for