Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 02, 1920, Image 1
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E?Ubil?hed 1891. POET MILL, 8: C., THPE8DAT, DMHOP a, 1?90> " Fl.W P.,
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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