The Fort Mill Times. jt *
&*] Eitablished 1891. , v FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920. ^
SAW "BAYONET TRENCH." I
I
Fort Mill Man Retail* Strange Trag- I
cdy ?f World War.
/ "The 'Bayonet Trench' monument?
& unveiled at Verdun, France, on L>ecjj,
ember 8, marks one of the strangest
Is tragedies of tne World- war," yester^
day said a Fort Mill man who did
his bit as an American soldier overseas,
"Shortly after the armistice
was signed It wus my good fortune
to be able to visit Verdun and I can
testify to the fact that there was at
that time the bayonets of 100 French
soldiers. In whose honor the monument
has just been unveiled, protruding'
from the ground where they
were buried alive by u wave of mud
caused by the explosion of powerful
ehnllu nf I Imlr o/im PiiHfiu n ttH t hf>
Germans."
According: to the story sent out
V > from France about the unveiling of
the monument, funds for the me,
moriul were provided by George F.
Uund of Buffulo, N. Y.f who was
killed in an aeroplane accident In
England lust December.
Young Rand was one of the first
1 Americans to Join the Lafayette
Escradrllle. As he was hoering over
a trench, during the battle of Ver'
dun, on tho fateful morning of Jone
12, 1916, waiting to glvo the 100
French pollus in tho trench below
[ . the signal to go "over the top." he
sudently swooped lower. Just in time
to see the treacherous Holds of mud.
churned by tho shells of both armies.
roll forward and completely engult
the men. leaving the 100 bayonets
sticking up through the mud.
The 100 poilus. watching their ottlcer,
who stood watlh In hand, ready
to order the advance on Douaumont,
where u German artillery regiment
was stationed had no opportunity to
escape. With their rifles grasped
flrmly in their hands they wero
literally burled alive. Not a man
J moved, and when months after the
armistice had been signed. Investigators
visited the Held, they found the
K 100 bayonets sticking up. each the
::|K breadth of a man's shoulder apart
The young American aviator, as he
looked down on that unwavering
line of bayonets which looked as if
they were held nbove the heads of ;t
3 company on Inspection day. made
the vow that If he lived through the
?<" day ho would provide funds for a
I suitable memorial. When he reached
|v.- headquarters that night ho told his
K&C*,' comrades of the silent "trench of
bayonets" whleh marked one of the
Bpf bloodiest encounters of 'he war. and
he wrote his check for 500.fio
Smk' francs which he sent to general
Jif- headquarters.
The monument dedicated last
? Wednesday amid most ImpreSiCO
ceremonies will probably prove one
I j' of the Insting memorials of the
'j World war. It marks the spot, where
uunca unaer several reet or name
mud, 100 skeletons are still fiic'ru:
the enemy, their rifles grasped la
their bony Angers, waiting the order
I . to "go over tho top."
The monument Includes a huge
v ' marble slab which Is erected over
, V the long line of bayonets. Although
many of the bayonets have been stolen
by relic seekers, tho rest will he
' preserved* by means of a huge perE
Kola strurture of granite whlrh surJtcunds
the spot.
Ambassador Wallace made the
speech and handed over
to President Millerand the deed for
" > the property. President Millet and
accepted tho vi.'l on behalf of
i t^SwRance, and expressed his npprechit
tjjlnn to the \iaeriean!- who ,hn 1
jtSjfcple possible the monument to the
bravo Bretons who were burled In
r '"lh# "trench of bayonets"
0- i^ANTS NEW PENSION LAW.
Honey Not Uniformly Divided, Says
Mr. Wilkerson.
Torkvllle Enquirer
Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory
Grove, who is chairman of the York
. county pension board, was discussing
the pension laws the other day with
Views and Interviews. "The trouble
with the pension law now," V>e went
on to aay, "is that there Is no uniformity
of division of the pension
money in the Severn! pnim?li>o <*f Il.? I
State. The present law la all right I
with the exception of Section 6. I
which I think should bo amended an I
follows: "As soon as practicable I
aftert the appropriation has been I
made ?*ch year by the general as- I
aetobiy. the pension commissioner
Of the State shall apportion to each I
county the pension fund In propor- I
Uon to .the number of pensions I
Therein. Thon It shall be the duly of I
the several county pension hoards to I
classify all the - pensioner* In their
respective': counties Into two classes I
dhly to WMl Class A * R, Class A I
to bo composed of all pensioners I
whp have attained the age of 80 I
years, or those who have lost an nriu I
oV a leg, or who are blind or parnly- I
led or otherwise totally Incnpnrlta- I
x ted and whose Income docs not <>veood
$tt0 per annum. This Class* A I
shall eac || receive the sum of * 1 o?>:
and all the balance of the fund Rhall
. be equally divided among all the I
Other petitioners known as Class It. I
Put In th#^ event thnt at any time I
hereafter Class : n shall receive more I
nthan 119 them the amount shall he I
apportioned at the rnte of from $75 I
to $ltd. All pensioners as soon as I
thfj trrttui at the age of "^11
provided thetr Income does net exceed
IS??. The pension odmmisslon
v-^Vdhatt the amount npporIty
to the ludtto of
I ' the pension law
| ; 1'S^jraMt finnrested are made."
I >-Wither son "1 believe
1 pqflslon yaw wlli then be
FINDS CROSS OF HONOR.
ropfwk'rotc Veteran AkiiIii in I*os- 1
session of Tri'iisumf IHtYirallon.
A Fort Mill Confederate veteran
was telling a party of friends a few
days ago of the mental disturbance j
he underwent one day last week !
when he thought for a time he had i
lost the cross of honor which was |
presented to him many years ago
by the local chapter of the Daughters
of the Cnnfedomov. Flnnllv af
tor looking everywhere In his home
he Imagined the cross might he, he j
located It Just where he afterwards *
recalled It had been put away in the
family Ilible several months ago.
"That cross," said the veteran, "may
stand for little in the estimation of
the present generation, but it means
much to me?much because I believe
as tlrmly today ill the righteousness
of the cause for which we
fought so many years ago as 1 did
then and for the further reason that
it is the only tangible evidence 1
have of the four years of my young
manhood I spent in ' the Army of
Northern Virginia, and naturally I
value it very highly. It was presented
to me by the Fort Mill
Daughters of the Confedercy just 20
years ago last Monday, to be exact on
the 10th of December. 1000. Similar
cresses were presented by the
Daughters at that time to about 60
other Confederate veterans. I
would very grently appreciate a list
of my comrades to whom the decoration
was given on that occasion,
hut I know of know way to get it,"
concluded the veternn.
There was a waj to get the list to
which the veteran referred, however.
It was printed in the Fort Mill Times
of December 12. ll?00, as follows:
Thos. Alexander. J. M. Armstrong.
\V. T. Alderson, J. \V. Ardrey, It. T.
Bailey. John Hnync. W. F. Boyd. P.
S Bennett, ltoht. Burns. J. P. Batles,
J If. Coltharp. L. N. Culp. J. \V.
Felts, W. A. Fisher, W. 1. Jones, I""".
II. Johnston, C. J. Jennings. J. It.
Kimhrcll, J. S. Klmhrcll, S. A. Kell.
A. U. Merritt, Bowman Merritt. Thos.
Merrltt. It. A. P. Merritt. J. B. Mack.
S. F. Massey. T. B. Mcacham, I*. W.
Mull. J. T. Nlvens, W. II. Nicholson.
I.'. O. Pearson. W. F. Patterson. A. J.
Patterson. S I?. Patterson. W. T. Pettus,
W. C. Perry. K. Shannon. Ira
G. Smythe, T. P. Spratt, W. di. Stegall,
S. A. Stewart, Crocket Saville,
J. If. Thornwell. A. S. White. S. E.
white, M. M. Wolfe. O. \V. Wilkinson.
J, H. Klmhrell, J. Q. Cousart,
J. II. Osborne, Z. T. Balles. J. P.
Epps, S. II. Kpps, W. S. McCUellnnd.
I. A. Patterson.
LONDON' TltlF.S ItimilFK IIOADS. !
Heavy Motor TrnlHo Fiirrrs Experinu
nt hi l'avliig Material.
Load surfaces and their proscrvatioi\
beeoine day after day a matter
of more urgent consideration l?y municipal
engineers, for there nevei |
was a time when the strain upon the
highway was so great as it is now.
says London Answers. The tendency.
furthermore, is for that strain to
grow because road transportation by
ga; ollne driven vehicles is continuously
increasing and with It the power
and capacity of the vehicles themselves.
In the Borough Hlghstreet, a thoroughfare
much vexed by divers
forms of tralllc, an experiment in
road making of the utmost Interest
is in progress. This is the substitution
of rubber for wood blocks or
stone sets. Here and there in London
there are patches of roadway of
a few yards covered with rubber to
deaden the sound of wheels?these
are' to bo found near hotels where
the latter adjoin railway termini, at
the entrance to a courtyard which
is the common approach to many
lints, or outside the wards to a hospital.
Hut the use of rubber as a substance
employed to resist the ravages
of traffic is a new idea in London
highway construction. The
work is being done by the Southwrk
Horough council, and a great number
of experts have already been to
inspect it. Onq side of the road only
Is being faced with rubber, so that
a definite and convincing comparison
in efficiency made be made between
the new and the old surface material?.
The rubber is laid in flat slabs
three-quarters of an inch thick, attached
to steel plates. Broadly flanged
studs project from the olr.to?
and these are sunk In ?hp moist concretc
foundation. which In hardenIre
grips and firmly holds them in
pin Co.
Mrs, A. W. Fray or kfrail.
A telograni was received Ity Mrs. K.
AV. Klmbrell of Fort Mill Inst Tuesday
telling of the death Monday. I>ecomber
6, of her mother, Mrs. A. W.
Frnvor. in a village on Paget sound,
near Olympla, Wash. Mrs. Frnvor
had been ill for some time, hut the
seriousness of her condition \v:fs not
known to Mrs. Kimhrell. She was
65 years of age and had for years
heen a member of the Presbyterian
church in Bablv. lnsvllle, N. < .,
where she and Mr. Frnvor lived prior
to their removal to Washington
State somp time ago. The body was
taken to Raldwlnsvlllo for' interment.
nnclil,,.. U? l-'l-.l 11 ?
mm. rviiinni'ii, .>1 r.t. rrnvor
? survived by her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. K. It. Andrews of
Olympla. Wash., and Mrs. Will Bafcer
of BnldwlnsviHe, and one son.
Charles H. Pravor of RaldwinsVille.
Mrs. Pravor was well known In Port
to her daughter here, and the announcement
of her death brought
sorrow to many.
Three thousand liquor stills were
put out o( business in North Carolina
last year.
m:\vs of vouk county.
Current Items of Ocucral Interest
From tlie Yorkvllle Knqnircr.
There are eight prisoners in the
York county jail, all of whom have
been committed sinco the recent
term of the court of generul sessions
on charges of a minor nature. All
of the prisoners are negroes and
none of theui lias been ablo to give
bond, despite considerable effort
IllUUe oy II1CI11 to UOlUHt uonusmuu.
That there are many birds in that
part of llcthcl township near the
York-Gaston county line is the testimony
o\' Messrs. Robert Herndon
and Lewis &1, Grist of Yorkville, wlio
spent Saturday in tliat section hunting
with Mr. T. M. Riddle. The party
discovered eight coveys of partridges
and had to stop their sport
for the day when they had killed all
tite Idrds that the law allows for a
day?a total of 4 5.
That portion of the Yorkville-Rock
bridge and Tirzah is in the worst
condition known in years, according
to persons who have recently had
occasion to travel it. The road, it
will l>c remembered, was taken
over several weeks ago by the State
highway commission, which plowed
it up with a view to rebuilding'it.
Since that time heavy rains have had
the effect of softening it and heavy
trucks and autoihobilos have cut
deep ruts, making it in sevctui places
well nigh impassable. The road
is particularly bud at a point near
the residence of Rob Ward, colored
farmer living near Tlrzali.
Two burial plots in Rose Hill cemetery.
Yorkville, have been donated
by the Yorkville Cemetery association
to Mecca Stewart post No. t?G
of the American Legion with the understanding
t lux t Hie plots be used
feu the burial of soldier dead oT the
Into Wllt'lil Will' wtwwn IuwIIau Mtntr tit
luuuu KinIIy 01 Kraft are liehcudQd
out of hand. is is said; railroad tariffs
have been raised on condition
that the increase go to the relief
funds, and 20 per cent of their salaries
for three months in deducted
from the incomes of till government
employees. Itcports made to the
Methodist and Presbyterian boards
of foreign missions and appealing
letters received from missionaries in
the stricken areas recite that the
j suffering is so widespread that even
| oft-smitten Cathay is 1 appalled by
' the immensity of the tragedy.
?^
Mr*. It. V. Cross Married.
I Cast Wednesday afternoon at her
I home in the upper section of Port
! Mill, Mrs. ii. M. Cross was married
i by tile Itov. .1. B. ltlnek n-istnr nf
! the Fort Mill Presbyterian church,
to K. \V. Andrews, formerly of Fort
I Mill, but who had made his home
j in Atlanta for some time.
F'.evcn milts were cut from the
dl'/nnee between Washington and |
Atlanta in the reconstruction and I
double-tracking of the line of the
southern railway, lteginning January
1 passengers between these two clti
Iob will he given tho benefit of the
^docreoscd mileage. |
future be brought back to the home
soil (rum Kurope. Information was
received several days ago by relatives
of the late Private (Mark Grahaui,
who lost his life while lighting tvith
the 11 stir infantry of tire (loth division
to the effect that his body
would soon be shipped to the United
States. It is the desire of relatives
that the remains be interred in Hoso
llill cemetery here. The funeral
will be iii charge of Meech Stewart
post of the American Legion. No
definite information has yet been received
by post ollicials as to when
the hotly will arrive.
There is a strong probability that
the positions now held by Mr. John
K. Blair and Miss Juanlta NecJy as
farm demonstration agent and home
demonstration agent, respectively,
will be abandoned after January I,
according to information gathered
by the repbrter.
At least two members of the York
county legislative delegation, it is
learned, arc inclined to favor a discontinuance
of appropriations by the
county lo support the work on, the
ground that because of general ilnancial
depression and a taxation that is
about double that of a year ago, it
is necessary to use the pruning knife
on ay;>ropriations wherever possible.
Whf n aske 1 about the matter in
Bock llill last Saturday afternoon
Farm 1 >en.castration Agent A. A.
Me!'cown said that while he had
heard that some members of the
delegation favored discontinuing the
work in York county, lie had no definite
information on the subject and
til at so far as bo know ttm
would l?c continued in York county.
< IIIN.VK ST.VKVI\C? MILLIONS.
Inimc-.i c Number In Northern Prov<
i-iet's Paring Death.
Kuro,JC''s starving millions have
Wen en our. i to -Rive the parliaments
cd' charity pause, but now
comes word that China is scourged
by mo worst famine in 40 years and
calls to liuma dty for aid. Deduced
by want, tens of millions in the
northern provinces face death from
hunger because they ear.net be
rtached, and others, even if now
I assisted, cannot lie kept fed until
the Juiu harvest. Many instances
of canniballt.un and wholesale suicide
are reported by missionaries,
who are sending out a general appeal
to relieve what the Peking and
Tientsin Times describes as one of
the greatest catastrophes that have
befallen the world. Kven the slowinoving
Chinese government is so
alarmed by the peril that it is resorting
to drastic measures to sue<
or the stricken peoples, Olllciuls
MUST ATTEND SCHOOL..
I'u rents" Kxcusrs for t liihlrcn Frequently
Not Satisfactory.
In making the monthly report of
absentees to the county attendance
otllcer it was found by the superintendent
of the Fort Mill graded
school that considerable laxity existed
in the excuses sent in by parents
to explain the absence of their
cnuaren. "That was absent
because 1 kept her at home" may,
satisfy the teacher. l>nt it does not
satisfy the law, and parents are made
liable to the penalty. Certain points
of the law are quoted so that all may
understand the requirements:
"Every parent, guardian or other
person having charge of any child
between 8 and 14 years of age must
send such child to a public, private
or parochial school, or to a competent
tutor, subject to the approval of
the couhty superintendent of education,
for four consecutive months.
"Upon written petition a majority
ui u.e quauneu electors residing in
any school district requesting the attendance
of pupils on school throughout
the full term, the county hoard
of education shall order such 'attendance
hereunder.
"That any private or parochial
school attended by any child between
8 and 14 years of age shall
first he approved by the State hoard
of education. Such school must give
its instruction in the English language,
and it must teach such subjects
as are required in similar public
s< hools in South Carolina.
"The county hoard shall appoint
such attendance ollicer or ollicers as
the needs of the public schools of
the county may require. The duties
of such attendance otlicer shall he
to take annually a school census of
all the children in each district between
the ages of x and 14 years
and to tile with the county
hoard of education a report giving
by school districts the name of each
such child, the race, the sex. and the
names and local addresses of each
child's parents.
of each attendance oilicer to rceeUr**
from the superintendent or principal
of iny school within the district or
territory the name of every child
between 8 and It years of Tie absent
from school and ascertain from
the parent or guardian of such child
the reason for such absence. If due
to other than providential cause or
to such cause as would seriously endanger
the health of the child, such
pare it or guardian mdst be untitled
to appear before ttie nearest magistrate
at a special time to show why
he or she should not lie punished
for his or her neglect: Provided,
That the attendance oilicer may In
his or her discretion excuse any alisoncc.
A full record of such excused
absence, together with the
reasons therefor, shall be tiled
monihly with the county superintendent
of education.
"'1 hat any parent, guardian or ]
other person having charge of any ,
child subject to the provisions of this I
act who wilfully neglects or refuses
to comply with these provisions shall
lie guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction before a magistrate,
be lined not less than $5 nor iftoro
than $10 for each offense. 4'hat
such fines are to he paid into the
school fund of such district in which
the said offense was committed.
"That it shall be the duty of each
toucher, principal or superintendent
of tiny school to notify at once the
attei dunce oilicer of the absence of
any child between 8 and 14 years of
age from school, and any teacher
wilfully neglecting or refusing to
report any absence to the attendance
ofllci r shall have deducted front his
or hor salary for the current month
$5 for each offense.
"In case of a widowed mother or
a crlppldU father any child above
12 years of age whose labor may be ;
necessary for the support, in whole
or in part,, of any person may be excused.
The parents of children unable
to purchase the necessary books
for attendance upon a public school
shall, upon the order of the county
board of education, be furnished
these books out of the public funds
o? their district."
The county attendance olllcer has
written the following about excuses:
"Work is not considered a legal
excuse, and neither is illness in the
family unless serious. Children will
not be excused for visiting, going to
town, caring for baby while mother
is away, etc. We will not accept
trivial excuses of any kind. All childcrn
8 to 14 years of age must attend
school every day unless illness
or something mukcs it impossible for
them to do so."
The citizens of the Fort Mill school
district voted1 that the compulsory j
attendance term be nine months
and consequently all the children
of the district within the provisions
of the luw will be required to be
present at school every day for the
nine months unless providentially
hindered. Each teacher has a copy
of the compulsory attendance law
and a supply of excuse blanks that
will be useo in explaining' absences.
Parents are urged to fill out these
blanks carefully und thus cooperate
with the authorities in this important
matter. Unless their excuse is
vnlid, the absence will be reported
to the proper ofliccr at York and he
will investigate and see that ihe law
is enforced.
The school will close next Wednesday,
December 22. for the Christmas
holidays and will reopen Mon- .
day, Januury 3,
An interesting Christmas enter
tninmcnt will be tflven Tuesday |
AOHUTl/I'l RAL lXFORMATION.
(ickOil Reading Mutter Kee?nimemletl
for Farmers.
There are several ways by which
farmer may Ket agricultural information,
namely: by talking with
others, by observation, by personal
experience and by reading. By these
four wavs none Is so Inmnrtnni >"
the one which is most neglected?
that of reading. This may be due to
indifference in sonic cases, but in
many cases it is caused by a lack of
knowledge as to the place for securing
information.
There are four sources from which
the fai mer may get much valuable
help: k'irst, from good farm papers
and oilier papers. It is better
to secure a paper dealing with subjects
on local conditions, rather than
one pertaining to farming in a different
section of the country. If you
are not already subscribing to ono or
more such papers, why not send in
your subscription, beginning with the
new year? If a farmer is on the alert
tie can often tlnd articles of
mui n agricultural interest and help
In the newspapers. Then each State
has an agricultural experiment station
which publishes Information
denllmr with nvnnplmoiiio
phase of agriculture. These bulletins*
are free for the asking. Write
and have your name placed on the
mailing list of the agricultural experiment
station at Cetnson college ami
on the mailing list of other experiment
stations.
A paper known as Weekly News
Notes Is published at t'leinson and is
available for free distribution. It
gives timely dots on various agricultural
subjects.
Another source of, help to the
farmer is the numerous free bulletins
of the i'nited States department
of agriculture. Write your
emigre: sinan to send you a supply of
these and to place your name on the
mailing list for future bulletins.
Tbes bulletins cover every subject
of agriculture imaginable and will
lie found interesting and helpful.
Within the last few years many
useful books have been published on
agriculture. It is now possible to
got i>m> or more book* on any sub*
jed of espedul Interest to the reuder.
Fur instance, there tiro hooks
dealing with farm crops, livestock,
orcharding, care and management of
poultry, soils and fertilisers, diseases.
insects, etc. All professional men
have their Ihrarles or reference
hooks and the time has come when
the professional farmer should have
his. M. It. S.
ELITE SKY SHEDS" COSTLY.
The famous "hluc sky shed" in
which so manv farmers house theH
farm machinery, implements and
equii nvnt, while being a cheap shed.
Is : very costly one. There is
iier ; '\ two hillion dollars worth of
r achirery on the farms of the Enlteil
Kit tes and the annual depredation
of this machinery is estimated
at frot i 1to 2 1 per cent because the
mac hinery is not sheltered.
FYcquenlly one sees a plow. grntn
h'nd r or mowing machine left In the
held just where If was uphltehcd
from. It stands there a whole year
with the rain and snow soaking Into
the .vood parts, freezing nnd thnw nir
;:rd rotting them; rusting the
iron portions, deteriorating the mnchlnc
much more than the few days'
work it is jnit to In the course of a
year
Tl " '"nlted States department of
ari'-nlt lire says that good farmers
take ear.- of their Implements. The
department has Issued bulletins
shewing how to eare for the various
farm implements, saying that the
tin e to care for such implements is
when its work is finished. Plows
should he put in a dry place where
the i mid boards w Ml not become pitted
wi'li rust. All machinery with
bearit gs needing grease and ?U
should be liberally supplied with
tlu.'c lubricants before storing in
winti a Muarters.
<;ru r-ason 'or *0 much unhoused
machinery and Mich a great national
loss each year from deterioration is
tiie foot that nearly 50 per cent of
tho farmers in this country nre tenants
and if the landlord will not
build u suitable shed there is little
for the tenant to do but allow the
machines to stand out, as he cannot
afford to build a sited to shelter the
machines for perhaps only one or
two seasons and then have the shed
heron e the property of the owner
of the farm.
Pome farmers believe that the detr'duration
of the machines from exposure
Is less tlin.it the interest and
overhead charges on a building to
protect them front the weather. The
........... hi .i i iiimnri rniK department
<>f the I'Diversity of Wisconsin states
that a $100 implement shed will pny
interest at the rate of 22 per pent a
year when housing $1,000 wonth of
machinery.
The Ftaptist Sunday school will
give an interesting program In connection
with the Christmas tree to
he displayed in the church at 3
o'clock Saturday i fternoon, December
25. The otlieer.s of the Sunday
school extend a corelial invitation to
the public to attend the exercises.
night, December 21. by the first and
second grades. The program will
consist of speeches, songs, dialogues,
etc., of a Christmas nature and
promises to be a success. A small
admission to defray expenses and help
improve the school will be charged.
It is hoped the attendance will be
largo and thereby ehcourige the little
folk In their first appearance of this
..... .....
rer xear
INTEREST IN REVIVAL.
Mooting of l?r. Thomas at Presbyterian
Church Well Attended.
Interest in spiritual matters that
Ko?-? Mill has 'tot known for soveral
years has been manifested durliiK
the past week In the revival services
av the Presbyterian church which
are being conducted by the Rev.
Trigg A. M. Thomas. D. D., evangelist
of the general assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian church, as is
Indicated by the attendance at the
several services each day?for the
women In the morning, the men in
the afternoon and the general service
at night. Including the service
?
?i oiunouy night, there lmtl been 116
derisions for Christ, the church and
u better life, it was stated.
Union services were held Sunday
evening In the auditorium of the
graded school, at which the building
was comfortably Idled, despite the
unfavorable weather. Services will
be continued each day of the week
and will conclude with the service
on Sunday night, l>r. Thomas leaving
early Monday morning for a visit
during the holidays ut his old home
in east Tennessee.
The subject of l>r. Thomas' discourse
tonight will be "Old Tlnio
Itepentanee;" FMday night. "The
Fellow That Clot Married:" Saturday
night, "The Unpardonable Sin:"
Sunday Morning, "(lod's Unspeakable
("lift," and Sunday night. "Value of
the Soid."
There vrlll be a special service for
men and boys In the church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock when Or.
Thomas will address the congregation
on "The Meanest Man in Fort
Mill."
A service for young people under
MO years of ago Is held each evening
at 7 o'clock and there has been or"White"
and "Oold." The niem
on or two sections, designated ?h
"White" nnd "Oold." TThe membership
of the club numbered 65 at
the second meeting and Is growing
in numbers with each meeting.
MiY TO ALASKA AM) ItACK.
Army Airmen Make Hound Trip fn
112 Flying Hours.
Nine thousand miles of flying over
uncharted territory ought to leave a ,
Hying machine pretty well frazzled, it
would seem, and its occupants pructlcally
all in. This was not thu ease
with the United states armj' air service
Alaskan flying expedition upon.
Its recent return to New York, however,
from a jaunt up to Nome. Itoth
men and equipment were aa spick
and spun as on the day of the start
three months before. "We never
had a missing cylinder 011 the entire
tight between here and Nome,
and return," said t'upt. St. Flair
Street, commanding ottlcer of the
expedition, "and we never changed
a spark plug." At that, the aviators
were united in tlie opinion that they
hail a rough trip. "I never want to
go through such weather again," said
('apt. Street, hut the planes stood it
magnificently." The commander said
it was the worst weather he hud
ever flown through. They hail samples
of everything?rain. snow, hall
and sleet, clouds, fog ami mist. They
found that fho p*i?ui>? -"
.n..|.s ui
llrltish Columbia and Alaska "aren't
worth a cracked spark |i1uk," uml
that they might uh well have had a
photograph of the mid-Atlantic to
steer by. While the expedition
spent some three months on the
road trip from New York ta Nome,
the SM>oo miles were nuulo itt only
112 flying hours. The rest of the
time was spent waiting for tho
weather to clear and in gathering
data of various kinds. There wcro
four pinchines in the .expedition,
each equipped with 400-horsepower
liberty motor and manned by two
men. 1'robably no flight was ever
undertaken over a wilder stretch of
territory than that truversed by tho
aviators after leaving Wrangell, Alaska.
Here they began coming In
contact wltb men who still pack
guns 011 their (tips. It was the land
of the dog sled and caribou, with
hundreds of miles of unbroken forest,
mountains and glaciers. u herever
they went the roar of their motors
brought out the men and the
beasts of the forest and trail to gav.e
with wonder or fright at the birdmen.*
Most of the natives had never
seen an airplane before, and some
had scarcely ever heard of such a
machine.
HAS ItlUCHT l?lM?SI?l-:(vr.
AdJ titani fJcncral Favorably ftit/
prc*M-<l Willi l,?wal Millila Villi.
"Already the prospects of tue Wort
Mill National (iuard company Is
the best or any company in the State,
notwithstanding the fact that the
company waa organized only a few
weeks uko," Friday said Adjutant
(Sonera Moore to The Times. "The
company luis a live set of officers,
judKinK from the reports sent in to
my office," added the adjutant general,
"and I have been gratified to
note that the attendance at the
drills has been so good."
The membership of the Fort Mill
company ia now 98 and therefore
lacks only two of having rcacoe.i
the maximum allowed by the feuerol
government. "We expect to have/
100 members within the next day or
two," snid an officer of the company
yesterday.
Cotton production for the year la
12,98,000 bales, according to the estimate)
of the department of agrlcultlre,
made public Monday.