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- K . . - fe-v' ' r . f THE FORT MILL TIMES Democratic?Published Thursdays. Waa. ft. BratteH, Bettor sad Publish or. The Times invites contributions on live subjects but does not 'agree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right Is reserved to edit every communication submitted for - niihllaottoa On up|>llcation to the publisher, advertising' rates ate mude known to those Interested.Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the postofflce at .Fort Mill, S. C.. as mall matter of the second class. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1921. Good luck to the jjovernment in its efforts to round up the slackers! Publication of the slacker lists in the newspapers will help wonderfully; but the lists will not contain many a name which should be on them. \ = The supreme court of the United States Monday set aside the conviction of Senator New berry of Michigan, who was under sentence to serve two year? in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans., lor violating the act of Congress specifying the amount beyond which candidates for the senate should not go in their campaign expenditures. At the time Newberry was convicted we expressed the opinion that it was extremely doubtful whether the penitentiary doors would evei open for his reception ?not because we doubted the righteous, ness of the verdict against him but because we knew it was about as hard in this country today to land a malefactor of great wealth behind prison bars as u was in ancient tunes for a camel to crawl through a needle's eye. More and more we are coming round to'the belief that the criminal laws of of the country are designed piiiicipally to catch po' white folks and niggers. If tile man without bulging pockets 01 influential friends is convicted o? violating a relatively unimport ant criminal law he will have to find in some way the money to pay his tine or go to prison. And it often happens that in imposiMU" nr?..r? ...0 ..VM? j acuv u ll}/uii |JUUt 1111*11 our judges lose sight of the fact that the convicted man will not he the real suffer, but that it actually means in many cas*s the taking of food from the mouths of helpless children. We should hate to be responsible for an innocent child having to go to bed supperless or having its body half clothed to pay for the wrongdoing of its father, however worthless he might be. But to get back to the Newberry ease, the decision of the supreme court doubtless was hailed with great joy by the occupant's of millionaires row in the United States senate ?a pretty bunch of misfits to make laws for a great and intelligent people! The Times is in full accord with the statement of a contemporary that while the traditions of American universities is basically sound, the recent discovery that there exist Kiwii _ ...V.v?ivu vi i aui" cals in 38 of the major educational institutions of the country should not be overlooked. Young men and young women in their college years are impetuous and impatient. They al\yays have been and probably always will be. They set out to cure overnight the besetting ills of this world, and they ignore all diagnoses and courses of treatment that time has proved sound. This is to be expected of youth. Experience, however, is a competent teacher, and the youthful S >cialist usually becomes the old age conservative. The dinger lies not so much in the fact that young men and young worn m will talk socialistic theories as it doas in the possibility that radi' cat agents may seek to make use of these, youthful intellects. Goalless homes would welcome the advent of spring weather. 1 0 I / \ The following interesting information relati4e to York county appeared in a recent issue of a scholl bulletin issued bp Winthrop college: York county borders on North Carolina, and is a north-central county of South Carolina. Its total area is about ti8t>.(>8 square miles and it comprises nine townships which lie somewhat in tiers of three. Three ot these townships. bethel, King's Mountain unu Broad River, have areas containing a number of small mountains. Bethel is crossed from west ill an easterly direction by Crowder aud Big Allison creeks; Bullock is crossed from north in a southwesterly direction by Bullock and Turkey creeks. These two townships have some rather rough and hilly areas. Two rairoads, the Carolina & Northwestern and the Charleston division of the Southern, praclically bisect the county, east and west, and north and south, respeceively. The main line of the Seaboard Air Line crosses a few miles of the southeastern corner of the county, and the Savannah Charlotte branch ot the Southern crosses the county, from Chester through Rock Hill and FortMill. cutting off a southeastern section of the county, approximating 130 square miles. Broad^Kiver forms a part of the western boundary of the county, and the Catawba river separates Fort Mill township from the remaining townships and constitutes n part of the eastern county boundary. The ponn'v of York is ai part <>f the border territory which originally formed a part of North Carolina. A survey was made about the time of the Revolutionary wMia which gave an upper tier of counties to South Carolina and . L a * i ins new ii'iTiiory was Known its "In1 "Now A<aniiisition. The district of York was created in 178") rind a court house was _buill?aJ~ Kerjrus' Cross RoidsA which is the present location. Time elapsed before there were many stores at the county neat and the wants of 'he peonle were supplied from the peddler's pack. A store was built about 1810. In 1808 a survey was made of York county by Col. W. B. Allison. This survev established the township boundaries of the county. The earlv settlers were ScotchIrish and Scots. They were stroue believers in religions liberty whf* brought their Bibles across with them. Thev were hitte? ajid fearless opponents of the British and Tories, neer takinpr recourse to British protection. Such was the spirit which won the Revolutionary war. After the Revolution and dnr injr tno early decades of the 1800's here were scant means of obtaining an education. There were verv few hooks obtainable. Tories had destroved hooks wherever thev had found them. Ministers of the Oospel became the teachers. We read that even such n hook as "Lock's Essay on the Human Understanding' was put o use for learning the letters and to read and spell, and copies for writing were set with a stick on an even spot of ground. In the period of common school revival. 1830-60. institutions of learning were established with considerable rapidity. A very distinguished scholar who began teaching in York a few years before the War Between the States was Dr. Robert Latham Dr. Lathau taught the Brick Academy in York about 1852 ami made of it a well known school. After the constitution of 1868. Dr. Lathnn organized the county school system. During fh? period of negro rule he was put out of office, hut was restored with Hampton's administration and was commissioner until about 1888. Dr. Taithan was a scholarly minister and rendered and lent and pioneer serice for education in York. Bethel presbytery established Yorkville college in 18f?2. This was a nonsectnrian institution and was considered the equal of any college in the State prior to 1860. Like many other institu.tioiiR. it could not he revived after the war. It was sold to citij zens of Yorkville and it was later ! converted into what was about the second graded school of the State?about 1882 or 1880. "H, \yaa rohml?-rrr~lfX)? m*f? mt. building oI the eity, sehool-of York. | At Fort Mill there waR another noted academy, Catawba ^fcadei my. This academy also possessed noted teachers and many merrnf j prominence were trained in . ? f , '< y\,. * >' ~ ~ ' JTOETMILL TIMES, 1 I We Received a Fr i ! N orris' I * I; Let Us Know Youi | Hutcinson's j PHONE i> i ^ \ -A.- O. 0"03 GOOD THIf ( rtxi rli>. Mat ki t, t'ouutr) I'iDilmv. f I'ho.tf Ftiurtit'ii. Daily Deliver ^ r "'J > Our wagons are now ri eries of Ice. Give us y and avoid the bother oi - CULP BRC PHONE JOBPRII AT THE TIMESOFFI< \ | Prices Cut I Repair '* K ;; We have made a big reduction ii \* and truck repairing, along with P Alii* nmrirvlikfA o4 ^ ^ " *A * . VII. I VIUI'U-IC ni WIV 111 ttlllUIIlODIU1 . Y money on ^'our repair bills Onr than the prices of eity garages. II We are the authorized agents for \\ and Ford Parts?the genuine kir ! 1 l>o not forget that we carry a ffi Michelin Tires, two of the best r . < 6ET MILL, 8. 0. esh Shipment 1; Handy I ti * Candy Wants. I %\ Pharmacy 91 11 ISTEIS IGSTOEAT * f I V ies of Ice | I naking daily delivour standing order ordering daily. )THERS 15 NTING C'E - - PHONE 112 ?> on Auto ii Work ?? < ? i prices 011 all automobile \\ a general cut in prices on V, parts. We can save you !! prices are much lower \! . . ;;i this section of Ford Curs .. id. \ nil stock of Goodyear utnl < nakes on the market. ?? 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