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sum SCHOOL HEAD. 1 Fort MU1 Beard OMoom O. 0. F Stewart of Pendleton. At a prolonged session Monday bight of the board of trustees of ^ the Fort Mill graded school, C. C. n Stewart of pendleton, Anderson ^ county, was elected superintend- ^ ent ot the school for the 1921-22 it session, which opens early in Sep- * tember. Of the many applications received by the board for tho nnaitinn Mr Stou-art 'o waa accompanied by recommendations " from well known Rchool men which were considered best by a the board and there was practicul unanimity in his election. ^ Mr. Stewart is an A. B. grad- 81 uate of the University of South Carolina and recently has been ' at Peabody college, NaRhville, Tenn., working for the M. A. de- ^ gree. He has had eight years' experience as a teacher, first at j*. Cope, Orangeburg county, where he was in charge of the school for three years, following which he was superintendent for two !' years of the school at Trenton, ^ Edgefield county, and for the last three years has been head of the ~ school at Pendleton. Each of the lf changes Mr. Stewart has made in ( his school work has been in the 1 nature of a promotion. That his 1 connection with the schools he 81 has served was satisfactory to the . trustees is attested by the fact that each year he received an increaRe in salary and has never applied for reelection. ^ Mr. Stewart is 32 years old, is * married and has two little daugh- j' ters. He is a member of the Pres- ' byterian church and among the numerous recommendations he n submitted to the Fort Mill board 1' was one from the Rev. Robert 1 Adams, pastor of the Pendleton Presbyterian church, in which Mi1. Adams said: "I take pleasure in recommending Mr. C.- C. " Stewart aa a Christian gentle- j1 man hnd a'qualified teacher and '' school principal." ; With the election of* Mr?Stewart as snperintendeut of the Fort Mill school, the corps of teachers ll for the next session is complete j with the exception of two vacancies. which have recently occur- f red by teachers who were elected some weeks ago decling to accep* the work. These vacancies will 1 be filled at a meeting of the > board to be held within a day or b two after the arrival of Mr. Stew- ?i art, who is expected to come to Fort Mill from Dillon the latter r part of the week. o republicans" in row. [ Discord Drops Out Among Mem- . bers of Congress. Eugene A.. Hutchison of Rock Hill, secretary to Congressman Stevenson, who returned* to his M home one day last week from Washington for a short vacation, " was in Fort Mill for a few hours * Friday^ While here he said to The Times that, there tf as a merry ^ row on in Washington umong * house Republicans which ^_the Democrats were watching with interest. Mr. Hutchison's state- *' ? V inent was emphasised by press ( dispatches Wednesday morning J which said that a call had been issued by Representative Ansorge '' of New York for a conference last night of the 100 new Republican memhcrs r?f 1I10 hnuo> whn were dissatisfied with conditions. * In the call it was stated that none of the objects for which ! Congress had been called into (. special session had been accomplished. "Nor is there definite promise as to when they will be." * Ansorge said. "There are upwards of a hundred first-term Republicans in the house and j they all feel as I do?that we have not been permitted to make r our influence felt. "Congress was called into spe- ^ cial session for certain definite purposes, namely?for revision of the cumbersome, unwieldy and | inequitable system of taxation. j the passage of a fair protective x tariff and the passage of a peace ^ resolution. None of these objects j have as yet been accomplished. < nor is there any definite promise f as to when they will be. "Nearly three months have passed since the calling of the i< special session and we want to )i see action, spelled with a capi- I tai A." c ? v MISS WILLIE HOKE DEED. ort Hill Woman Succumb) to < Operation in Baltimore. News of the nudden death at fnion Memorial hospital -in Balti- i lore Tuesday night of Miss Willie i lae Hoke, daughter of Mr. and i Irs. W. B. Hoke, was received i Fort Mill yeaterday morning I rith many expressions of sorrow i y her friends and the friends of '1 fie family. , N ' Miss Hoke left Fort Mili two 'eeks ago and- after spending a w days in Washington became patient at the Baltimore hospiil, where she was operated upon fonday morning, with apparent nccess. as was indicated in a telpram to the family Monday af?rnoon from her brother, Joe loke. A decided turn for the rorse came in her condition 'nesday. however, and she sucnmbed in a few hours, due to be shock of the operation. Miss loke had been a sufferer for sev- k ral years from heart trouble and was with great reluctance that er family consented for her to ave the operation performed. Miss Hoke was .14 years old. he was a woman of marked in-' plligenee and culture and had might successfully in the Fort fill Public school and the public rhool at. Summerton. WillinmRrrg county. Rhe returned tft her ome* in For* Mill last Christmas fler spending 18 months in Washington in the government ervice. She whs an active memer of the D. A. R. and had been member of the Fort Mill Presyterian church since her pirlood. Resides her father and \other. Miss Hoke is survived bv h.ree brothers. John S. IToke and 'nul W. Hoke of Fort Mill and oe Hoke of Snencer. N. C\ The bndv of Miss Hoke reached 'ort Mill from Baltimore this torninp and was taken to the ome, where the funeral services. - charpe of the Rev. W. R. touknipht. assisted bv Dr. J. W. 1. Dyches. will be held this afteroon at 4 o'clock. Interment will e in New Unity cemetery. t. G. GRAHAM "iN EXTREMIS 'ormer Fort Mill Oitixem Seriously 111 at Rutherfordton. News of the critical illness at tuthcrfordton. N. C., of Robit 0. ("Pep Tiep") Graham will e received in the Fort Mill comminity and throuphout York ount.v penerally with pen nine epret by the army comrades and ther friends of the former Oonederate soldier and well known itizen. Mr. Graham has been makiup lis home near Charlotte for sev ral years, whence he moved from \>rt Mill township. His name is mong the hundred and more incribed on the local Confederate nonunion t of Fort Mill men who erved in the Southern army in he War Between the States. Some years ago Mr. Graham as a prominent figure at all the oeal gatherings of Confederate eteransand at political meetings nd on snch occasions usually vas surrounded by a group of lis friends anxious to hear his car stories or observations on inestions of public interest. lie ook a prominent part in tbe lanipton "red shirt" campaign ii '76. As a youth he volunteered or service in the Confederate riny ami as a member of Com any B. 6th South Carolina regment. was continuously with his oininand until he was so severev wounded in a skirmish in Virfinia in 1864 that amputation of me of his legs was necessary. Mr. Graham himself thinks his resent illness will terminate faally. Monday he gave his final aessage to his Confederate com ades as follows "Tell my comrades in the ^harlotte camp I will not meet vitki them any more. See that I m put awav all right. Would ike for my' Sunday school at 'ineville to attend my funeral. I rant to he buried in my new 'onfederate uniform which the daughters gave me at Sharon, S. I will soon eroRS over the iver." Capt Frank Potts of Columbia s spending several days at the lome of his father. Hon. O. W. *otta, in the Pleasant Valley ommunity. NEWS or YOftK COUNTY. Ovnnt lUmi of IntWost round ! in tbo YbrkvtHo U|iS?r. Unlawful distilling is going on in every township in thb county ind^he business is on tfle increase { rather than on the decrease. Mr. T>. Horace Brown, who lives.near Oak Kidge school house in the northeastern part of Be- 1 ihesdi: township, lost 31 bales of |1 cotton last suturday evening when lightning struck his cotton house. There were 3& bales in i the house ami only one was saved. Accepting a material reduction in salary. Prof. W. S. Retd, during the past year superintendent of the ("lover high school, has been reelected and has accepted. Trustees and patrons of the school were particularly pleased with the work of Prof. Reed and are happy to learn that he is coming back again. Prof. R. S. Cochrane, principal of the school, has also been reelected and has accepted. Mr. W. D. Bowlin, who lives on Fishing creek, about 10 miles southeast of Yorkville. raises lots of ch taken*. They range in the wide flat bottoms of Fishing creek near bis home. It is a fine place for chickens under ordinary conditions, but it does not suit at. all under conditions of high water. Because of the bigTain Sunday night of last week and Mon/^uir h/k uMik.kb ?*?\ ??* uaj uiu v* criv {j,ui up in iwviu time and caught large numbers of chickens in the bottoms. Mr. Bowl in and Mr. R". E. Wingate went in after the chickeua. They succeeded in saving quite a number, but mauy were lost. They always raise a lot of corn in Bethel township, as everybody knows. They are also strong for wheat and oat? up that way. Ask farmers about it this year and they'll tell you that the acreage devoted to tlTOse crops is as large if not targer than it was tast year. Up towards Riddle's mill, going in from Clover by the homes of J. B. Ford, A. L. Campbell, I. H. Campbell, the Olenn place, R. Meek Barnett's, Will Adams', Dr. T. N. Dulin's. Will Wallace's. Ous Brandon's and so on, one sees lots ol corn planted. Although it is small, i? is apparently in good shape. There's been roightly little rain and there has been no trouble about keeping it clean. jf Kolks up Bethel way are mighty keen to see something started in the building of that bridge across Catawba river above Wright's ferry. York county and Mecklenburg county have already gotten together in .regard to furnishing the money, and according to the Bethel people asked about it. unless somebody throws a monkey wrench into the machinery somewhere, why it won't oc so long before construction work will he started. In all probability the bridge will be located at what is known as the "Buster Boyd" site. The site gets its name by reason of the fact that it adjoins the premises of a Mecklenburg county farmer named Buster Boyd, who has been a great booster for the bridge for years. Best almshouse in the Stute under the best management is the distinction that the State Board of inolic Welfare gives the York county home and 1. B. Boyd, the Mtpermtendeiit. Ilere is a report that has just been made by AsMMuiit Secretary Brearly of a \ isit to the county on June 9: "the York county almshouse is one of the few commendable in Ml'.tutious of its kiiul in South Carolina. The permanent plant is ranked as the best in the Sti#\ even though the cement walla are showing signs of weakening, and the management of Mr. I. P. Boyd is a.credit to the county. The food Huppiietl is better than at any other almshouse and there lu.s been # no complaint of the preparation. In addition to the usual food, eggs are given freuently. milk" twice a day, butter at every meal and ham or chicken at least once* a week. The chief improvement since last yfar is that the roof has been repaired niid repainted. The cement that j has crumbled off should be re- | surfaced before further damage : is done and t^e entire plant ; should be screened against flies j and mosquitoes." SCHOOL BUILDING AID. dotation Department Gives Fort Mill district $1,000. Although the Fort Mill high school building was not put up in accordance with the requirements of the law, says John E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education, in a letter written on June 15 to John E. Carroll, superintendent of education for Yetit county, the application of the trustees of the school for $l,OCO;State aid in paying for the erehtion of the building has been onn?/v??^ I*- a ! ' - iui. owi*unii{;fii hums in tire letter, however, that he "feels sure the State ruperil)-' tendent himself will be criticised by many people because of the faults in the Fort Mill school building.'' The leter of Mr, Swearingen to the county superintendeitt follows: "Today I am paying the Fort Mill building application in the sum of $1,000. The building appropriation for 1921 was exhausted early in the spring. Fortunately the budget commission has allowed a small balanod from another source to be used to supplement building allowances It is from this source that you are being sent building aid for Fort Mill. "The plan of this building could have been improved. The con struttion has never- been accepted by the Staty board of education or any lepresentative of the board. "The qpstakes. however, were honest mistakes. The new building is a great improvement over the former structure,- The district needs the money, 1 hope j that any communities intending to apply for building aid hereafter will be more careful iti Meeting the requirements of the law. It is a pleasure to cooperate with you In aiding the district, although I feel sure the State superintendent himself willbe criticised by many people because of the faults in the Port Millfsehool building." MAY GET POSTMASTEESH1P. C. J. McElhaney Recommended by Republican Chairman. It begins to look as if there will be a change in the postmastership of Fort Mill within u few days. Word was received in Fort Mill from Washington Saturday that C. J. McElhaney had been recommended for the local postmastership by Joe W. Tolbert. Republican State chairman, and that Mr. McElhaney probably would be adviged to take charge oi tne omce July 1 as the successor of W. B. Ardrey, acting postmaster for the Inst year. Mr. Ardrey has been anxious to give up the office for some time and several weeks ago wrote OongrcaHinan Stevenson a letter stating that he wished tp be relieved of the duties of postmaster as , soon as possible. He has been acting for the bondsmen of B. H. Massey. who resigned the postmastership July 1. 1920. and has never been officiallv appointed. Mr. MeElhaney is not without experience in the postal service. For several years he was assistant to Postmaster Massey and his friends are confident that should he receive the appontment he will fill the office to the satisfaction of both the government and the public. At present he is a member of the town council of Fort Mill. Not until a few days ago was it known, and then only to a few, that he was an applicant for the post mastership. In politics he has been a Democrat, a fact which th'e Republican State chairman ir, said to have been aware of when the recommendation was made. It is presumed that, should Mr. McElhaney receive the temporary appointment, he will stand th^ civil service examination for the permanent appointment. Youth Killed in Book Hill. Hope Crenshaw, aged 19 venrs. an operative at the Arcade mill in Rpck Hill, was instantly killed at noon Tuesday when he entered the transformer house at the mill. In some wfiy a 44short" was made and he receiver! the full strength of the high power lines entering the building. ALIENS SWAMP PORTS. Foreigners Seek Entrance Despite Immigration Law. The 3 per cent immigration law has been on the statute books of the United States less than two months, but already it has developed enough 4'kick" to make life miserable for several cabinet officers and the immigration authorities in general. On top of the protests of the societies of for eigners now in this country and those of steamship companies in this country and abroad, the immigrants themselves have taken a hand in the affair and it requirered the combined efforts of hundreds of Boston policemen lost week to prevent a riot on the docks of that city. When the passage of the 3 per cent immigration luw by Congress beeaine a foregone conclusion there was a grand rush of foreigners, especially from the shores of the Mediterranean sea. to reach the United States before it became operative. For the first time in the history of steamship companies premiums were paid for steerage berths and even then the demand for passage was so heavy that ships in foreign ports had to anchor in midstream and load secretly. As a result there were soon on the high seas enough Italians. Portuguese and Spaniards to make up the quota for one month under the new law. Those who arrived first were admitted, but when the steamship Canopio reached Boston two weeks ago with more than 1.1200 Italians and Portuguese, the limit for June had been reached. The immigrants were kent aboard ship while the steamship company and Washington used the wires to argue what should be done with the shipload of foreigners. But the Italians became restless and finally agreed to a concerted assault on the dock officials, seeking to enter by force the portals of the "promised land." Pol ice reserves were re-1 quired to defeat the attempt and even then the trouble was not. quelled until ufter a day's fighting. Picnic for Mill Employees. George Fish, general mauuger of the mills of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, announces that the company will give a picnic and barbecue to its emolovees uiul friends at Spratt's spring, near town, Monday, July 4. An interesting program, embracing various games and contests, has been arranged for the occasion and a da>%of recreation and pleasure is promised all who attend. George W. McKenzie, speriutendent of mill No. 2, is actively in charge of the arrangements for the picnie and barbecue. Mill Running Nights. ' For the first tiifte in several months night work has been under way this week in the-weave room of mill No. 2 of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, due to lightning Saturday night putting out of commission one of the three transformers at the m^ll. The damaged transformer was sent to Charlotte to be repaired. however, and the mill management expects it to be returned by the end of the week, and the night work will then be at an end. Studebaker Car Burned. A practically new Studebaker roadster belonging to .Jesse L. Howie, Fort Mill man. caught fire on the public road between Fort Mill and Catawba river Sunday night and was quickly ruined by the flames. Mr. Howie was alone in the car at the time. There was some insurance on the car. it-was stated, but not enough to cover the loss. The Fort Mill ball team apparently was headed for another defeat Saturday afternoon by the Aragon mill boys in Rock Hill when rain catne aloqg and broke tip the game in the fourth inning. TTie score was 7 to 4 in favor of Aragon. . These teams play two games on the Fourth, the first in Fort Mill in the morning and the second in Rock Hill in the afternoon. J." - ... BEADY FOR REUNION. York to Entertain World War Veterans on Fourth. Anticipating the largest crowd of York county peop'e ami those from adjoining counties that the county seat has entertained in year^ all plans are practically complete for the holding of the first reunion - of Yo k ?'oi 11,. service men in York, duly -l. The celebration is :o he hold under the auspices of Mcivh Stewart post, American Legion, of York and people ot the t??? u end community generad\ ait cooperating with the Legionane-. n> make the occasion u most such ful one. Congressman J. J. McSwuin of itit* fourth South Carolina di-> triet, whose home is in Orecnviih and Capt. Oscar K. Mu:i!din. well known lawyer of that city and veteran of the Spanish An< r ioan and World wurs, are to be ihe speakers of the day. Loth are expected to ayive in York on July 3. Lieut. L. E. Shealy, Charlotte a\iator, with a long fly'nij; record, who has never had ai. accident, was in York b'riilay and made arrangements .viln the In gionaires to fly to York in his plane on Jul.v 3 in ordei to mole flight* oh .July 4. He will land o i Me Far Ian field, one-half mile east of the court house. A basket dinner will he served and ex-aprvice men and then* families and friends ore "\pected to take dinner with tliem. whieli will be sperad on coo! lawns throughout the town. The Fort Mill military company and at least a portion of the Rock Hill military company a.e expected to be present and these men will be entertained by townspeople and Legionaires. Exercises of the day start at 10 o'clock on the morning of tinFourth with .a monster automobile parade. Headed by the I'trzah Concert band and followed by automobiles containing hun dreds of ex-soldiers and their friends, the parade of automobiles, all of them decorated in holiday attire, will pass through the principal streets of the town. After the route has been covered the parade will stop at the Yorkville graded school grounds, where the exercises will be formally opened. Therinvocation will be by Dr. ?L Lee Oates, former clerk of the local exemption hoard and pastor of the York A. R. P. church, known to Legionaires as the" War parson." The crowds will be orticiallv welcomed by Mavor K. A. Ilall. Addresses; will be made by ('apt. Mauldin and Congressman MeSwain. Then will eoine adjourmnent for dinner. A ball, pame between Clover and the American Legion Larrupers is seheduled for the afternoon and a street dance for the night. The program also calls for many other featured. Militia to Attend Reunion. Officers of the Fort Mill military company are this week making arrangements for the company to go to York Monday to take part in the first annual reunion of the ex-service men of the county, to be liehl under the alls pices of Meecb Stewart post, American Legion, of York. Yesterday it was stated that the trip to the county seat would be made through the country in motor trucks and that the plan 'was to * leave Fort Mill not later than H:.'{() o'clock Monday, morning to guard against possible delay on the road and still give the company plenty of time to reach York and take the place assigned it in the parade., scheduled to move at 1(1 nVliu'lf VVIiilu it iu < * r>i>i*t ?<d that more than half the company membership of 1(H) will attend the reunion, a number of noncommissioned officers will not be able to go because they have been ordered to report Tuesday at the school for non-com missioned oftieers at Mount Pleasant, where the annual 15-day encampment of the First regiment. N. (!. S. begins on duly 10. For similar reasons one or two of the company oftieers may also be unable to attend the reunion in York.