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^^Jkbliehed 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1920. ti 7* v
I^^Kvival services begin.
HRflmrlKK A. M. Thomas Opciu MeetHf
Inc at Presbyterian Church.
tmff Rev. Trigg A. M. Thomas. D. D., not.
evangelist of the Southern Proa^Voyterian
church, whose home Is in
Kansas City, Mo., arrived In Fort Mill
Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. and that evenV
ing began a series of revival servlW
ee* in Fort Mill Presbyterian church
f which will continue through December
18. His singer. W. C. Waltermlre.
arrived Monday and has organ.
i*ed a chorus choir composed of the
voices of the choirs of the three Fort
Mill churches and will direct the
singing.
Dr. Thomas comes to Fort Mill
from Anderson, where he has Just
concluded a successful meeting, and
In a number of meetings he has con
UIK'IM TfirOllghOUt tho South ho has
phnwn great pnwer"Tind ability. Tt is
believed that Fort Mill has been fortunnte
In securing the services of Dr.
Thomas and that the meeting here
will he well attended.
On Tuesday night, whleh was the
opening night for tho services. the
church woe about half filled, the In
IMHfiMffillffll
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T1h? Rev. Trlpit A. M. Thomas. 1?. 1).
element weather no doubt contributing
to the small attendance. The
subject of Dr. Thomas' sermon was
"Prayer" and he read extracts from
Rxodus and James. In plain and simple
but effective words he illustrated
the great power of prayer in the dul
_ ly lives of Individuals, the unquestlonahle
answer to sincere prayer, and Its
s consequent effect upon persons,
groups and communities.
Dr. Thomns officiated Wednesday
morning at assembly exercises of the
Fort Mill graded school and delivered
a short address on education
and character, the service heing Interspersed
with songs by Mr. Waltermlre.
a pnrt of which were Joined in
by the pupils. The Wednesday night
service was more especially for the
school children, who had been specially
Invited.
The services tonight will/ be especially
for the members of the National
Guard and the Tom Hall
Guards have been invited to attepd
In a body, as has the local troop of
Roy Scouts. The subject of the sermon
will he "Among the Soldiers"
and should be of great interest to the
ev-service men of Fort Mill, as Dr.
Thomas was in the service himself
fot about two yearn.
Tha -? " ' > ' ~ '
. ..? minim ??i r rinny nnn tsoiurdny
evening wlH ho for the especial
benefit of the young people of the
community, the subject for Friday
night helng "The Ix>st Christ" and
for Saturday night "The Full and
ftise of n Great Man."
J Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Dr.
Thomas will preach on "The Only
Foundation" and Sunday night on
"The Preeminence of i^hrist."
The subject for Monday night will
he "Is There a Hell:" Tuesday night.
/ "Heaven?What and Where '?* T? "
Wednesday night. "A Straight Talk
on Forbidden Subjects." The subjects
of the remaining sermons to he delivered
in Fort Mill by Dr. Thomas
' Hi he nnnouneed in The Times of
next week.
At S o'cloek Sunday afternoon there
will be a mass meeting of women
in the church for special services and
every woman In the community Is
urged to he present to hear Dr
Thomas talk on "Consecration and
Christian Service."
Cottage prayer meetings for women
have been held each morning In
three sections of town at 9:30 o'clock,
the plnceii of meeting being announced
at the night services, and
these prayer meetings will be continued
daily throughout the entire
services. "Men's fellowship meetings"
are being held each pftornoon
at 3 o'clock In business houses and
these also will he continued dally.
Th P morchonlo nn/1 ?
miu UIIICI liuninvn^
and professional men have agrded
to close their places for 25 minutes
each nfternoon for the purpose of
Joining In these services, and oftlcera
of the church hope to he nble
to arrange with the genernl manager
of the local cotton mills to hold
ahort prayer services during the noon
hour for the benefit of the operatives
who are not nble to lenve their work
for the morning and afternoon praver
services at the homes and on the
streets.
Valley of Ton Thousand Snmkes.
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
near Katmai, In Alnskn. described
briefly by Andrew J. Stone, in The
Century. Is one of the world's greatest
and least known natural wonders.
The valley Is a volcanic depression,
from which steaming and
smoking gas and lava jets leap Into
the air by the thousands, some of
them no larger than a pencil.
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FORT MILL STORKS ROBBED.
Places of J. B. Mills Company and ]
Young & Wolfe Filtered by Negro.
Within a few hours after he had
broken Into and robbed the general i
rarchand'.ae store of the J. B. Mil s i
company of $f88 and . tha furniture i
etoro of Young & Wolfe of 8'i.RO, I
Andrew Dunlap, young negro mar. 1
was in 'the custody of Magistrate's I i
Constable Joe F. Dee. on whoso farm (
'near town he was employed as a la- 1
borer, ready to be taken to jail in 1
York to await trial at the next term
of the court of general sessions for
York county. All of the money sto- 1
len by Dunlap was recovered and i
he made a full confession of the rob- i
beries, according to Constable Dee.
Dunlap was taken to jail Friday nfte<oon.
, !
When J. T. Young of the 'firm of !
Young & Wolfe came down town to
his store Friday morning and discovered
that the money drawer had
been robbed and that an unsuccessful
effort also had been made to
break into the office safe, he at once
suspected that Andrew Dunlap was
the guilty man, from the fact that
Dunlap had recently done some work
on the roof of the building and was
familiar with the construction of the
trap door therein, through which
entrance had been gained to effect
the robbery. Mr. Young at once got in
in touch with Constable Dee and re
ported the robbery.
Meanwhile Constable Deo had (
learned of the Mills store rohbeVy. <
He soon located and arrested Dun- I
lap. who, nfter a little persuasion, 1
told Mr. Dee that he had robbed both
stores and was ready to turn over ?
lo Mr. Dee' the money he had sto- <
len from them. Just as Mr. You ng f
had suspected. Dunlap said he en- 1
tered the Young & Wolfe store
through the door in the roof and had J
raised a rear window to Ret into the 1
Mills company store, where he found !
the $188 he stole therefrom to the i
office safe, which Was not locked. !
Dunlap had the principal part of the (
secreted In a bag of lime at his t
home.
Dunlap Is said to have been '*?
troTible before for stealing. Alan it '
Is said that he Is one of the host 1
farm hands In this section of the 1
country. I
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IIAKDING NOT Y IT KI,K(TKI). 1
i
Senator and Cooltdge to He Chosen 1
on February 0.
No one has yet been chosen president
of the United States, and no j
one has been elected vice president, .
to take otfiee on March 1. A number t
of important steps have to be taken
before Warren fl. Harding and On'- (
vin Coolldge aetunlly are declared
elected to the offices which the voters
of the country sought to give them 1
November 2. last. ,
Neither will receive the certificate ,
of election tint il. arising from hi?
seat on the dais of the house of representatives
and addressing the assembled
senators and representatives ,
Vice President Marshall, on Wednes- j
day afternoon. February 0. 1921.
proclaims the result of the election.
The voters on November 2 did not ,)
vote for president and vice president
but for electors in each State, the
number of electors being precisely
the number of senators and repre- .
sentatlves that State Hues in Ca?
grcss. Each State's electors meet in
the State capital the second Monday (
In January and give in their votes.
The governor prepares in triplicate '
a certificate testifying the result. .
One copy is delivered to the electors,
one is filed with the judge of the |
United States district court and the (
third copy is sent to the secretary _
of stnte of the United States. The
electors send, hy messenger. their
copy to the vice president and the |
copy is securely locked in a capitol t
sn f e.
The law requires that the senate t
and house shall meet in "conventlon"
in the hall of the house at 1
p. m., on the second Wednesday in
Fehruary, the vice president lives!''
inc to canvass the returns contained
in the certlllcates. The returns
in placed in two inecially prepared
boxes which arc made every four .
venrs hy the senate cabinet maker.
After the senators and supremecoii?-t
justices are pothered in the
hall, the vice president ordj-s the
two mahognnv boxes and the tellers
end the respite of the vote as the
pome of the State Is called hy the
v'e e r-r'fddnpt
'Che br?v?s bv tr*>d|tlo?. ??o to the
ice ni a cijl'-pn'r 'CliOS.
Tt Marshall thp? w'll k-a-e Wash- *
h-eton revt Mip-ch with t-vo sets, he
having acquired one set when he
snnoneced the reflection of Wnodrow
Wltsop and himself of FVbru- .
rry 14. Ill 17.
Victoria i talked at IH-atli Order.
Shortly after Queen Victoria took
th# throne of England it was required
of Iter to sign a death warrant.
She was in an agony of regret and i
put off the signing as long as possi- j s
hie. At length the Duke of Welling- | t
ton presented her the fatal paper, it i
was for the execution of a soldier t
wno nan uesertcd three times. The | s
queen witli tears in her eyes fum- | i
>>led the pen and then dropped it. I
"Is there anything you can any for ' v
the man?" she asked. "Well, some ! f
people have testified, to his moral s
character."' slowly replied the stern s
old soldier. "lie is certainly a very v
had soldier; mayho he is a good <
man otherwise." The queen laughed i(
out loud with relief and exclaimed. j {l
"Oh, thank you for that a thousand , o
times." She scrawled across the pa- f,
per and added her name. TYic duke , t
picked it up and only smiled grimly v
when he rend, "Pardoned, Victoria." J h
gkai>i:i> school m:\vs.
Pureiit-TcnolMT Club Holds InterestIn^;
.Mwtliift.
An interesting meeting of the Parent-Tenolier
elul> was held In the
auditorium Thursday afternoon. A
<hort program, consisting of songs
by the high schofel girls and a short
play. "Getting < >ff to School," arranged
by Miss Kdna Tindal, was
jflven lirst. The itev. Dr. Dyches then
made an appropriate talk on "Cooperation
Between tlie Parents and
reaehers." In the outset Dr. Dyches
said tliut the proper cooperation did
not exist and ho urged the parents to
rally to the support of the teachers,
lie also said that every parent
should take a course in physiology
o that they might understand children
latter. The teachers were reminded
that each child had different
tastes and natures and should be
considered indi\idualty instead of In
the aggregate.
A short business tpccting of the
club followc (1 the address of Dr.
Dyehes and the committee appointed
to secure a sewing machine for the
home economics department reported
that a new machine had boon
imrehased and installed in the school,
flic machine was secured from I... J..
Mossey, who made a generous cut in
the priQo of It.
I'rof. M. It. Fmith had the misfortune
to tret something In one of his
eyes last week, causing him much
pain and the loss of two days front
his agricultural classes.
-^liss Mm ma Anderson tilso was
WTnpelied to miss two days from her
lasses last work on account of the
serious illness of her mother In Hock
Hill.
The ienth grade Flnglish elnss enloved
n visit to The Times office
Monday morning. The members of
hi class were very much interested
n the linotype as well ns the printi
y, press, and they wish, to thank
lie editor of the paper for showing
hem his plant and explaining how
Pho Tintes is printed.
This week. lieceniber 5-11, has
icon designated ns "School Week"
iv the commissioner of education at
Washington. Mr. t'lnxton, and it Is
icing pvscrvcd all over the country.
I'he purpose of the "week" is "to
lisseni'nale among the people accu ate
information in regard to the
renditions and needs of the. schools
"'hnir" appreciation of the value of.
uluentlon. and create such interest
is will result in better opportunities
'or education and larger appropriating
for schools of all kinds and
trades."
Joiin K. Carroll. county supcrineiidcnt
of education,' has asked that
1 meei'ng lie held in every school
Vst.rict in the county one night this
r.eok to consider some phase of
?choo| improvement. Since so much
ins lie?n done to Improve this school
Irvine the oast two years It does
oj se?m .advisable to agitate sentlnent
for additional taxes locally, but
l>e c ndltien of the grounds around
i f p:?led and high school buildings
ertainly warrants that some attenion
be pa'-', to their Improvement,
riie total eorollmont to date is
Mid the average dally attendance 'is
ibout ino. About one-fourth of t)?e
i hool lot Is covered by the^wo
mlldiiigs, another fourth is covered
with scrap lumber, brickbats and
dunder in general. This leaves only
iialf of 1h lot for the children to
day on and It is very uneven, being
-ut up by ditches and washes. Over
naif of the area is pure red clay,
v? Ich : irkes it nnsuited for a playground
in dry weather and a verl
hie ":>iu 1 lio'e" every time it rains.
I'i e trustees nnpreclate the condition
if the grounds, hut their hands are
<u !>v hick n: rnncis. and it is up to
lie p:i*i\>ns rf the schoool to come
Wwnrd and remedy matters. The
inggi.tien litis been made that the
school have a "community day" on
vhlch all the patrons of the schoool
night gather and clean up the
rem"'.!, remove the surplus earth
low pi: ces and make things more
tttraetlvc generally. The work on
he septic tank will probably he
ouipleted this week and that is the
iist work to he done under the
dans mapped out hy the trustees
ast spring. It is earnestly hoped
hat the patrons of the schoool will
xaniine the school grounds during
his week and see just how things
re and then begin to plan the rem'de.
Kort Mill's school plant and
<iulpnient equals If it does not ex eed
that of any town this size in
he State and it behooves every citi;en
of the town to make it more ntraetlve
and inviting to the younger
feneration. Visitors are always wel onied
to the school, hut it Is ho|?ed
hat the patrons of the school will
ihserve Friday as "visitors' day" and
ee what is being done at the school.
It. 11. S.
Marsh on rhcrokre Thieves.
I'rior to 1R40 Ihn i>iiiilnli>?ent
neted out to ti Cherokee Indian for
tenting was 39 to 100 lashes upon
ho l>uro hack, and tlie offender was
ined a sum douldo the amount of
he damages sustained by the porous
Injured. In the event that a
lerson was wounded or his or her .
ife endangered* while the attempt
ras being made to rob. then the ofonder,
upon being convicted, should
uffer death. It has been said by
oine persons claiming familiarity
rith the customs of the Cherokees |
if early days, that more than 39 I
ashes never were given, hut printed |
icts of the council, some of them '
f early date, prove that .as many as
o lashes often were prescribed as '
he punishment for certain offenses, I
rhlle In other acts as many its 100
ashes are mentioned.
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KEW8 OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of (irnrral Interest
I-Yom tiw Yorkvtlle Enquirer.
"Old Man Gad" Dover, noted moonshiner
convicted at the recent term
of the court of general sessions of
blockading, and sentenced to serve
six months on the chaingang, is to
bo a trusty nnd will not wear shackles.
Supervisor Boyd said Monday.
The supervisor said he was confident
that Dover would not attempt
to escape and that (h?. phiiinmine
needed^ a good trusty. There are now
about 32 convicts on the chalngnng,
the supervisor said.
Immediate liquor supply for Uock
Hill and vicinity wns considerably
reduced as a result of raids In that
section made by prohibition officers
Saturday night and Sunday, when a
ten-gallon keg of corn liquor and
eight quarts of "case goods" nnd
three pints of corn were captured,
while several defendants will have to
face charges of transporting '
storing at the next term of the court
or general sessions.
Mr. W. W. Blair of Bullock's Creek
No. 1. who was among the visitors
In Yorkvllle Monday, told of the killing
rf a strange water fowl by a colored
man on Broad river one day
Inst ' -eek. The colored man thought
that he wns shooting a wild duck.
The fowl was brought to Mr. Blair,
who consulted an Illustrated bird
book on the subject with a view to
nveer'ainlng the stranger's identity.
He enme to the conclusion that It
was en albatross. It was larger than
an overage wild duck and although
v,? neat was dark. It was good eating.
.
nrisoners convicted of various
offer> -os at ll>r recent term of the
court of general .sessions for York
cwtn'v were enrr'cd to thp York
eou*"v ehningnng stocknde nenr
T-es^Be last week hv Superintendent
T IVo Cook The slv convicts were;
Cad hover Tom Cover. Jesse Woods.
T.fon -rd Blnek Joe virkpntrick. Arthur
Burrls. C. It. Bradford, young
white tnnn convicted of the theft of
nr. nutoniohile. the property of ~ Hamhrlght
of Book Hill, and sontencd
to serve three months in the
penitentiary, has horn carried to the
State penal institution nnd lins entered
upon the service of his sent
At ii meeting of nltnut 20 or more
Shnron citizens held Monday evening
discussion of the matter of levying a
tax on town property for the support
of the town government-was held nt
considerable length. It was pointed
out that Sharon, although long an
Incorporated town, did not have nt
present a levy for town purposes, although
such was necessary. Authority
for the levying of such a tax is
contained in the charter. At the
p?oet|pg Monday several citizens
snoko In regard to the matter, all
that oiieh a levy wns neeessurv
and should he Imposed on town
???or ort v? The amount of the tax
" no not agreeif upon hut the understnrd|p?r
Is that the levy will he
ahout 5 mills.
STRKNGTH OF CHURCHES.
Presbyterian l'it|)cr Compares Metliotllstn
ami Catholics.
In a recent article The Preshyterlan
Stnndard compares from government
statistics the strength of tvp
Methodist and Romun Catholic
churches in this country as follows:
"Whereas the . Roman Catholics
report 10,4 60 churches, the Methodists
report 67,493. The Roman
Catholics report 20.588 ministers, the
Methodists 46.364. The Roman
Catholics report 12.800 Sunday
schools, the Methodists 69,078. The
Roman Catholics report 1.932,206
Sunday school members, the Methodists
7.287,381. Only in two items
does the Roman Catholic ' church
surpass the Methodists: it reports a
slightly larger expenditure of money
and a much farger church member,
ship. It is this latter Item that Is
significant. While the Methodist
church reports 7,867,863. the Roman
Catholic church reports 17,549,324.
"Notice thnt notwithstanding thc\
Methodist church has more than six
times as many churches, more than
tlwce as many ministers, more than
live limes as many Sunday'schools,
and nearly four times as many Sunday
school pupils, the Roman Catholic
church reports more than, twice
as many church members. I* it not
probable that the statistics are misleading?
Is It not probable that
while all the other statistical estl
mutes Tor the two churches sire made
on a common basis, the estimates of
church membership are made on
different liases? This is not only
probable; it is known to be the case.
The Methodist church counts only
communicants; the Catholic church
counts all who have been baptised.
No child?is ever born into a Catholic
family that is not baptized, for the
reason that It Is 1 toman Catholic
11 rvot el * V? .. ? 1- - *' 1 -- ? * * *
w^ixiiq nun uiipiiHiii ia iiiiaoiuu'iy
<sscj>tial to salvation. If baptism
wore as rigidly administered In Methodist
families, nnd if this sacrament
were made the basis of estimating
members, there is little ground to
doubt that the Methodists would outnumber
the Roman Catholics in
membership. They would hardly
need more than six times as many
church buildings if their roll of communicants
were not larger."
An Important Fort Mill township
real estate transfer took place a few
days ago . when J. R. Mills bought
the W. II. Wlndle farm, consisting
of about 350 acres, five miles north
of town. Tse consideration Is said to
to have been about $25,000 and the
farm Is considered one of the best
In this section of the roun'v. Unlike
most Fort Mill township farms, the
land Is level, p.nd has been brought
up to a high state of cultivation.
NLW8 AROUND TOWN.
Short Stork* 1'lcked Up Hero and
There by The Times Reporter.
Wylle Hammond. Fort Mill township
youth, had his left hand severe- (
ly injured a few days ago by the bite
of a horse he was feeding.
A number of Pineville stores and
the railway express office at that <
place were robbed Tuesday night, ac- |
cording to reports reaching Fort Mill
yesterday. ,
George H. Drew of New York. 1
some years ago manager of the <
Charlotte brick works at Grattnm !
two miles south of Fort Mill, spent i
last Friday in town. i
Tho Ilo? w i? -
?... ... i\. rmuKnignt spent 1
Tuesday and Wednesday In Colum- 1
bin. on business connected with Ep- '
worth orphanage, of whose hoard of
managers he Is a member.
Members of St. John's Methodist
congregation recenty gave their pas- <
tor, the Rev. W. U. Bauknlght, nnd
his family an old-fashioned "pound- I
ing." consisting of a large quantity
of various articles of food, for which 1
Mr. Bauknlght says he Is extremely 1
grateful.
W. It. Bradford left this morning
for Columbia to nttend a meeting
today, Friday and Saturday of the
Slate budget commission, of which s
he i? n
i in- inner members
of the com mission* are Govern- 1
or Cooper and Senator Chrlstensen <
o? Beaufort county. <
The congregation of St. John's I
Methodist church Is anticipating
with pleasure the first oftlclnl visit
to their church Sunday of the Uev.
O. C. T.eonard, presiding cider of
,Rock Hill district.recently transfer- <
red from Anderson district. The last i
quarterly conference of the yenr of
St. John's church Is to he held Sun- i
day morning immediately following
the sermon by Mr. I.eonard.
According to A. Y. Williamson of
Fort Mill, traveling salesman for an
Ohio shoe manufactory, there will
he a marked decrease in the price i
of spring nnd summer shoes next
year compared with the price at I
which shoes for these seasons were
sold to the consumer this year. Mr.
Williamson says the retailer will he
uhl? to sell shops next year at the
price he paid for them wholesale this
year and still make the same profit
on them.
Following the cut of 16 per cent
made in the wages of the employees
of the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company several weeks ago, a further
cut of uhotit 15 per cent was
announced for the employees a few
days ngo. It is reported. There Is
said to have been little Improvement
recently in the cloth market and various
cotton mills In the Piedmont
nv^wn ?ji me < arounas hnve found
it noepssary within the last few
weeks to reduce the pay of their
help.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I.yken Watson of
New York city spent a few hours in
Fort Mill Saturday the guests of
friends, following a visit of several
days to Mr. Watson's brother, W. A.
Watson, in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs.
Watson were married only a few
days ago and had come South on
their honeymoon. Mr. Watson was
a ci'iren of Fort Mill about 20 years
ago. hut for the greater part of the
time since then lias made his home
in ti e North. ,
J. K. Hunt, commercial ngent of
the Norfolk A- Southern railway, with
headquarters in Charlotte, was a visitor
to Fort Mill Tuesday. Mr. Hunt 1
is confident that business conditions
will he greatly Improved within the
nokt few weeks. "Already there is a
noticeable Increase in the movement J
of f . eight over our line in the last
week or two as is evidenced by the
amount being received at our terminals
in Charlotte." Mr. Hunt said
to The Times, "and I expect to see
the volume assume even larger proportions
during the month of Janu- ,
ary. The people are far from bank- j
rupt and a few months hence most
of us "w ill have forgotten the present j
depression."
The ltcv. J. W. H. Uyclies, Th. I).,
pastor of the Fort Mill Haptlst J
church, left yesterday morninar for I
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ACTION CAUSES INDIGNATION.
Western .Union Huh Telephone Removed
i>om Fort Mill Oltloe.
Considerable indignation has been
expressed within the last day or two
by putrons of the local office of tho
VVestorn Union telegraph ottlce over
the action of the telegraph company
Ir. having removed from Its Fort Mill .
office the local and long distance
telephone which had been a part of
the eniilimipnt nf ?%? ?????? *?
? ..iv v..in_t mi several
years and which had become a
source of great convenience to telephone
subscribers In both town and
country, especially In receiving messages
sent over the telegraph wires.
Saturday the local Western Union
ottlce received an order from division
headquarters to have the phone removed
at once and Monday the order
was compiled with. It Is unstood
that the cost of the phone. $3
per month, was given as the reason
for the order.
In Fort Mill ns In other towns In
this section it has been the practice
of the Western Union for years to
receive prepaid messages and to
use the telephone in transmitting
many of them to the persons to
whom they were addressed, thus
saving time and expense for the company
and time at least for the receiver
of the message. Under the
order removing the telephone, however.
messages of the telegraph cotnnnnv
will ??J ? -
, .. ..... ...m , mi 111 ue ueuvereu in >
town by band and In the case of
people living outside', town will bo
mailed from the local postofflec.
Yesterday the statement was made
on the streets of Fort Mill that the
railroad commission will be appealed
to at once to order the telephone
restored. It was pointed out that the
telegraph company Is still operating
under Its war-time schedule of rates,
which Is appreciably higher than paIrons
of the company paid in normal
times nnd with these rates in force
and the business of the local office
understood to be prosperous, the argument
for economy on the part of
the telegraph company had little
force.
AfiKICVLTt'KAI, ITKMS.
I-'ort Mill High School's View of Ortier
and Cleanliness on lAtrin.
Few farmers realize the importance
of clean farms for the control
of diseases, insects and other pests.
A majority of the farmers allow
their corn stubble to remain over
winter, harboring In its roots a small
white worm known ns the corn stalk
borer. This worm eats out the pith
of the stalk in summer, causing the
plant to he easily blown over. It also
stunts the growth of the plant. The
corn stubble should tie plowed up In
the fall, thereby causing the stalks
to rot and become Incorporated In
the soil. This would also kill the
borer.
During the winter terraces are allowed
to remain covered with grass
In which may he found cut worms,
chlncz bugs, rabbits. Held mice and
other pests which take their toll of
the crop. Why allow your terraces
to remain In this condition?
In the average orchard you will
find dead or dying fruit trees which
may contain insects or diseases that
will attnck the healthy trees at the
lirst opportunity. During the winter
many of our poach trees have old
tliied peaches, or mummies, hanging
on their branches. These inuinnilea
contain germs of brown rot which
will infect the healthy fruit next
summer, during wet weather. It Is
therefore a good idea to remove and
burn dead or dying fruit trees and
also the mummies on or under tho
pencil trees.
In the fall n great many farmers
bring in their corn ami other grain
to store it In granaries or cribs which
have not been cleaned out. These
buildings contain bugs from tho last
year's crop which are glad to see
Tresh food brought in.
How often do we see plows, harrows
and other farm implements
standing out In the open to weather
find rust, thereby shortening their
life of service? If you haven't a
thed for your tools It will certainly
(lav von tn the end to construct one.
When told these facts most farmers
say. "I haven't the time." If you
baven't time for these important
things you had better quit farming.
Tood farming requires time, care
ind devotion.
HI'XOMF.S UTY OVEIt NIGHT.
>11 Transforms Town of Itrcckcnrklgc,
Ttwns.
>f the several oil boom towns that
lave marked the development of tho '
ctroleum iiidusetry in Texas during
he lust few years, none has hud a
imre sneetotuler rise than .trecKenidge.
When the great oil pool sltuited
adjacent to the town site, wis
liscoyered in March, IbL'b. Ilrenkenidito
had n noniilatlon of l.iiOO. Tv. o
'<? >rs uro the population wa? only
>00 people. At the present time
here are 20,000 people living In the
>onm town.
Some iden of the wealth I ha* has
'ome to the people of the town a* a
esnlt of the oil development may be
.ad when it a stated that the ?srireerate
deposits of the toree banks,
; $0,000,000. AlonR with the pholoinennl
Krowth of the town rame
he eonstruetlon c?f two rn'lioads.
The city cannot accommodate the
?eonlo as fast as they are ponrim? in.
"oily 2.000 ten's are helny used for
Ivlns* <marters nnd approximately
0,000 people ere lodRini? in ronmn?
hon?es and temporary shelters.
JumbllnR. bootle^Rlnft nnd other law
lolntlcns are not tolerated in rtreck-.
nrldfte. which. It Is said, is the beat
overned oil town in Texas.
Columbia to attend the annual meet- !
ing, the 1110th, of the South Curolina
Rnptist convention, which opened !
Tuetday afternoon at the First Liap- '
tint . church and is to continue
through today. Huptists front every !
section of the State are attending tlte
convention and matters of much Importance
to lite denomination are being
considered. Hcports covering 1
every pltase of the work of the
church have been read and discussed
and action taken on various mutters
affecting tlte future of the church. 1
Tlte convention is composed of messengers
front the 1.114 llaptist
churches of South Curolina. i
A disappointingly small number of
citizens attended the meeting in Hoek
Kill last Friday of the York county
legislative delegation, culled to give
the citizens of the eastern section of
the county especially an opportunity
to offer recommendations affecting
tlte county govcrnnient. Representatives
of the Tom Hall fluards.
Fort Mill military organization, nskCd
the delegation to include in the
county supply bill for next year an
item of $5.'0 with which to help the
company equip Its armory, and Col.
T 15. Spratf of Fort Mill urged the
loejcRation to set* that atop* were f
taken to repnir the public highway 1
between Kort Mill and Catawba r
river. Statements also were made t
In bchajf of the work of the county
home demonstration nRent's work |
and the work of the home demon- T
stration aRcnt. The three members 1
of the delcRatlon present, Itepre- l
sentatlves Bradford, Ptirsley and On- i
rothers. derided to defer action on f
all matters presented until a full del- v
eRatlon meetlnR can be held, perhaps e
In York a few days hence. K
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