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1 Established 1891. RESIGNS PASTORATE. Rev. J. B. Black Gives Up Work With Presbyterian Church. | At the morning service last Sunday, the Kev. .J. B. Black announced that he hud tendered his resignation us pastor of the Fori Mill Presbyterian church, to take eifcct at once. Mr. Black has bet-u in ill health for some tiiuc and in making the announcement of his resignation he stated thut he did not feel that he could do the work any longer. Monday afternoon Mr. Black left Fort Mill for New York city where, it is. .....I i. :n i IIIIIIUIDIUUVI, III* ?III t'llll'l it tal for treatment by specialists. The resignation of .Mr. Bldctt will be cousideicd ami perhaps, accepted at a congregational meeting of the church which likely will be held before the end of the month, in the opinion of ollieers of the enurch. The procedure in such eases in the Presbyterian church is for the congregation to act upon, the resigin tion and then inform presbytery of its action. Should the congregation of the Fort .Mill church accept Mr. Pluck's resignation, it is presumed that similar action will shortly afterward be taken by Bethel presbytery at a called meeting. Announcement of the resignation of Mr. Black was received with reirret throughout the com inanity. Not only members of the Presbyterian church were pained to learn tliat lie lia?l given up the pastorate, hut many others realize that the town is about to lose the services and influence of a strong and eloquent minister whose intellectual attainments and godly walk were a great asset to the community. Mr. Black came to the Fort Mill church two years ago from Elizabeth City, N. C. wnuewasn ior j_.ocais. Saturday afternoon the Fort Mill baseball team went to Rock Hill and in a game with Arngon got the small end of a f? to 0 score. Manager Wilburn Fergu_ son of the loeals attributed the ,^^1oss of the game to ineffeetive pitching, while others who saw it said the eoat of whitewash applied to Fort Mill was due to the all-round bum work of the team and that it was not brought about by the poor work of any one or two players. Still others said the umpiring was off-eolor. claiming that the Fort Mill hoys got the worst of elose decisions end that it was necessary for the team's pitchers to split the plate wide open before strikes were called. ? Charged With Transporting. Tuesday Horace Johnson. State liquor constable, went before Magistrate .1. K. Hnile and swore out a warrant for the arrest of 11. Wisher. Fort Mill man, on the charge of transporting. Wisher is accused of having brought into the State from across the line in North Carolina a quantity of whiskey. As yet he ma mint lias not been served. Yesterday Magistrate llnile stated that lie hud another warrant for Wisher which he issued several months ago on a similar charge, hut that service of the warrant had been withheld upon an understanding with the accused. Should Wisher In* apprehended. both warrants will In* served upon him, saiil tin* lo.i^ ist rato. Hartness-Grist Announcement. At a party given in the prospective bride's honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ferguson in Sharon last Thursday evening, announcement of the engagement of Miss Susie llal'tness to .lames J'tiYulson (Jrtst ??!" York wa* made, the wedding to take place October it. Miss llurtness is the daughter ot' Mr. and Mt;s. John S. Ilartness of Sharon and lias many relatives and friends throughout the county. Mr. (Srist is a member of the staff of the Yorkville Kmpiirer and is well known in newspaper ^ .circles. The announcement party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson was attended by a large number of young people of Sharon and vicinity. 9"Phe F TWO NEW BALL TEAMS. Ex-Service Men and Fort Mill Militiamen Organise Clubs. Baseball is on the upgrade in l?\?rt Mill. During the last fort-, night two new teams have been organized in town, one composed of World war veterans and the ; other of members of the Tom | I Hall Guards, local military com' panv. Both teams plan to prac- , 1 tiee regularly within the next i few days and with a number of | experienced players in each line- ; ; up expect to put up a creditable exhibition of the national past- , I tune when they make their ini- j ti;ii appearance on tlu* diamond for local honors on Tuesday ttftrinoon. August Hi. On?? of the t?*11 in managers yesterday said. | sptnking for hoth teams, that j there woml he no "joke games" i part iciputed in l?y either team. The teams will line up against I taeli other in their first public exhibition for the benefit of lliej cli'h house filial of the Tom Hall j Hoards, who have on a campaign to raies money with which to put op such a building on the eompa- ! ny's rifle range, two miles south I of town. The club house will occupy a site near that of the elllb . house of the Kort Mill Light Infantry which was washed away >n the disastrous freshet that swept down the Catawba river, lit lb Hi: but if t lie 1 rotative plans now being considered for I die building are finally adopted t it will be much more commodious than the old building and will be provided with a number j I of modern conveniences found in ! most military club houses. The personnel of the baseball i t (Mius I ol lows : Kx-Serviee Men I >r. \V. II. ' Martin e. \Y. T. Hnroru rf. HerIw.i.i 11 II. i ' v wi I in i i inn i i.^ in. \ . a. in 11 ii | George I'otis rf. Holt Ardrey p. i Heath Hoik If. K. A. Smith 2h. Kohcrt Potts :il?; utility players. Buck White. John St alliums. .). T. i Young. Jr. 'lorn llall Guards ? Douglas* j Nuns If. Alfred Jones lib, Mitr|>h\ i ook ? . t'harlton Harrison of. Aiulv Perguson p. Karle I Hniles Jh. Hope Ligon lh. Charj lie Armstrong ss. .Murray Paris I rf; utility players. Spratt Howie. | Aiirmi T. Smith. Harry Bradford. I inpire ("apt. S. \V. Parks, j Managers ? Tom Hall Guards, l imit. A. i'. Lytle; Px-Scrviee team. I lerhert I larris. m ^ * Cat Catches Weasels. A warrior cat with a statesman's name, that describes Abraham Lincoln, a big black feline wl.o is performing prodigious feats id' valor in an effort to curb ihe activities of predatory weasels lhat frequent the hen roost of his owner. Muse Davis, negro. I who lives near York, says a spe- ' rial from that town. The story of Abe's exploits were narrated a day or two ago by Abe's master, who insists that he is not nature I faking or romancing in telling of I his cat's prowess. And what j Mose says goes with those who i know liini. " When ah Ink an" moved lust Jot' de yt'i'c," said Most', ''(ley all j | lowed ah couldn't raise no chick-i ! ? us what' all went, kase ol' de vat'I mints in de swamp clos" my i | house. Ah done showed dent "hoilt dat. all has. De weasels , comes fur inv chickens, luit dev j i don't go hack. My big black cat. | Ahraliam Linkun. done kilt six j of de varmints and he's lookin' fur mo'. No snh. he don't eat . 'em ; just kills 'em in de night, I?i injrs 'em iii ?le house through | de cat hole in de do' and lays 'em by de fireplace. Kolks wanna Jniy him an' when ah says 'No.' dev axes if ah I len' him. hut ah ain't 1 is *11 in * to nnffiiu latng as aiic sums I?y me < lit t way all s gv inter sstit*k t?> liim. all is."' Child Breaks Arm. While playing; with a number of her little friends Tuesday afternoon. Margaret. d-year-old daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. .1. .1. I'.ailes. fell from a toy wugon ami broke lier left arm. The little girl was at otire taken to Roek Hill, w In re the injured arm was set at a hospital. Catawba lodge, No.56. A. F. M.. will not meet again until Oetober. ORT ! FORT MILL, S. C., THURS NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Current Items of Interest Found in the Yorkville Enquirer. ('. L. Parker of .Jonesville, who purchased the plantation supply business of J. K. Purslev in Clover more than a year ago. has sohl his store to Clyde Paris of Clover No. 4. The annual settlement of the comptroller general's office with the auditor and treasurer of York county was made last Wednesday, two representatives from the office in Columbia coming to Yorkville for the settlement. They found all the books and records kept in a satisfactory manner. The York County Pair association has joined the Cni6n Racing association, according to an announcement mailt* by Secretory l'\ M. Fewell. The Union Racing association is one of the best known ami strongest horse racing assoeiations in the country ami now that the York County Fair assoeiation has become coniieet?'i| with it. some jrooil racing I for the November fair is assured. The races have been a ; feature of the York County fair for several years ami indications are that the racing meet in Hock j llill this fall will prove much I more attractive than heretofore. | Maj. Lindsay McFaddcn. World j war veteran, said Saturday that | lie would not again be a candidate for lieuW'naut colonel of the . First South Carolina regiment of the National (Suard to succeed ' Lieut. Col. I*'. C. VonTresekow of j Camden. who has resigned in order to accept a United States con- ! sulsliip to a foreign country. Maj. j MeKadden was defeated hv Lieut, j Col. VouTivsrkow for the honor in an election several weeks ago anil lie saiil that he wouhl not attain seek the place. \V. S. Wilkerson of Hickory Ciove. S. 11. Kpps of Fort Mill and Dr. .1. .1. I latins of Koek ilill were reelected members of! tiie York county pension board ; at a meeting of the Confederate; ve clans held in the court house Monday morning. M. S. Carroll I of the Cotton Belt section presided at the meeting. There were no i ot.her nominations in addition to! those elected. The new hoard I wiif hold oflice two years. The county probate judge ex-officio is secretary to the board of pension commissioners by statute. SevI elite* n veterans of the county aticiuled the meeting, called for the purpose of electing a pension hoard. I 1 red K. Smith and other prominent citizens of Tirzah are working on plans for the holding of another picnic at Tirzah, Thursday. August 2f>, similar to the gieat picnic held in T. M. Dates' grove at Tir/.ah last August. Hon. | -J. Skottowe Wannamaker of St. Matthews, president of the American Cotton association, is to be | .lie principal speaker of the occasion and music is to be furnished by the well known Tirzah t'on[ *? i t band. Tirzah has been famous as a picnic ground for years. In the old days the picnics there were purely political, but last year and this year the picnic is of an agricultural nature and 'he speakers of the occasion will d v eiiss agricultural conditions sole I\. Aii invitation to the general politic to come an?l bring wo'1 I I ed baskets lias been extended a.: i it is confidently believed that nut only York but a halt' lo/en surrounding counties will be repIVM'lltcd. "There are two ii .poilant el.unges to be noted in the hunting laws this year." said l)an T. \Vooil, Vork county game varilen, Tuesday morning. "The open season for hunt in# squirrels rii coons, opossums and rabbits begins September 1 this year 111st? ail of October 1. The open season for doves begins A igust l."?. This date is about GO 'lays earlier than the federal law, wbieli applies to migratory doves Chief (lame Wardeu Kiebard-on has taken tip with the federal authorities the matter of recognizing our doves as non-tnigra* yy. hut so far he has not been able to meet with any success, lie has instructed me that so far as the State of South Carolina is concerned, it is legal to begin shoot Hill DAY, AUGUST, 11, 1921. GIVES UP POSITION. ! 0. O. Stewart Resigns Superintendent of Fort Mill School. C. C. Stewart of Fountain Inn will not be the superintendent of the Fort Mill graded school during t lie 1921-22 session. Some v i-eks ago Mr. Stewart was elect eti 10 tin* position by tlie board of j trustees and was expected to assame his duties at the opening of the full session early next month, but a letter received a day or two ago by >J. B. Mills, chairman of the board, from .Mr. Stewart's father, Dr. 11. B. Stewart of Fountain Inn, states that Mr. Stewart's health has broken down and that he will be unable to undertake the work. Recently on account of declining health Mr. Stewart hail to leave l'eabody School for Teachers, in Nashville. Tenn., where he was doing postgraduate work. His health is such, says his father, that, upon tin advice of his physicians, he will give up all kinds of school work for at least six months. The board of trustees of the Fort Mill school considered them Nfvfs loruuiutc when Air. Stewait's application for the superiniciulcncv was received some time ago ami unanimonsly elected him to the position from union;; a large imiuher of applicants, and it was with regret that the letter was received from his father stating that his health would not permit him to undertake the work. Mr. Scwart has conducted successfully a number of schools in the State and it was anticipated that the Fort Mill school would have one of its best sessions under his direction. A meeting of the hoard of trustees of tlie school will be held within the next ten days or two weeks, it was stated yesterday, to elect a successor to Mr. Stewart. School men of the reputation the hoard wishes the head of the local school to hear are not easily found without employment at this time of year, hut efforts will In made at once to get in touch with such a man. yesterday said Mr. Mills. Rockefeller's Wealth. dohn I). Itoekefeller's wealth is estimated at 2 billion and 4(H)1 million dollars hv the author of a recent hook, "Dynastic Amer ii*n unit 'I'lloki* Who Control It." Tin book, mi argument for a const'tutional amendment to limit excessive private fortunes, iiiciitii.neil Rockefeller us the king of ail the money kings on earth. "Air. Rockefeller is the colossus that bestrides the business world," the book declares. It lists Rockefeller's wealth as follows: Standard Oil and other securities 1 billion, railroad stoeks and bonds 400 million, mines and hanks 400 million, national. State, city and foreign bonds :U)0 million. public utilities securities *J00 million, real estate 100 million. Much of this, the author Kays, has passed into the hands of the magnate's relatives, Charles McOinnig Dead. I'unci al services for Charles Mediums, well known farmer of ti;e Providence section of Mecklenburg county, were held at Sardis church Monday morning. Mr. (j.nuis died Sunday, following a : stroke of paralysis which lie sustained several weeks ago. He \\as(?7 years old. In addition to his widow, lie is survived by three sons. Boyce Medinnis ot drcciishuro. N. and Strong) Medinnis and Neely Mediums, j who live at the Medinnis home in Providence. lie is also sur- j vi\ed hv a brother. Crunk Mei < : i. . i:e ; ? > Mimim, who uies in rrovmence. Mrs. Mabel A. Stewart ami her i little daughter of Charlotte are guests of Mrs. Stewart's mother, j Mrs. Marv H. An I rev. ing doves August 15, although jue must take one's chances with the federal authorities I'erso- j i a My I believe that tin doves \( have now are native horn and that they are very ties* -uetive to ei ops, especially y??un;? com. 1 have had numerous complaints from different sections of the county where they have been destroying corn." Te^ie; RUNNING A RAILROAD. Henry Ford Shows Magnates How to Do the Job. Jokesiniths will continue to make "flivver" jokes, but the world no louger laughs at Henry Ford. Today Ford is probably the most talkcd-of man in the United States because lie lias increased the wages of workers when many other employers are reducing them and has decreased freight charges un his railroad, the Detroit. Toledo & lrontou. when every other railroad executive in the country has heen protesting that the policy would he ruinous. He has also made an offer to the United States government to take over the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant, finance it and produce fertilizer for the American farmer on conditions that have caused "big business" to gasp. '1 he plan is to operate this great enterprise at a net profit of not to exceed S per cent per year, and to permit farm organizations I to have supervision over the ae counts, that they may know that farmers are getting exactly what Kurd promises them. The result is that President Harding has received a petition signed by 100 Michigan fruit growers asking that the railroads of the country he turned over to Ford. In a notice to employees of t h? Ford railroad announcing an in crease of wages for all workers, a minimum of $0 per dav !<> un skilled labor and an increase in proportion as the work requires skill and responsibility, and the eight hour day and the dimina tion of all unnccessar\ Sumlax work. Ford says: "As in oilier Ford industries we are applying the doetriiie ??I making men as well as machines, and this change eoines not only as a recognition of what our employees have done in the past, hut in the belief that we are in creasing tin- incentive for a belter and higher service to the em ployees themselves, and. above all. humanit v. The new policy means natn rally eight hours of individual thought, intelligently applied to the work and well-directed, on selfish effort toward betterment of the service. "Only through a eombin.ition of these elements can t his ratlroad .perform its duty to the public ainl raise the standard of service which railroads are in duty bound to give. "We are striving for the best and are satisfied the best will | come when our men absorb th spirit of real cooperation. "In the in 1 roduet ion of new policies from time to time, we .. :11 .. i... ? ? U| ill Wil VN IM'Jir III II1111 > I III-' I'M I'fit of our etilployiM-s. ;niil I \. ry rtlort will la* mailt* lo improvtllii'ir working eoinlitions." Wlion Kuril pun-lias.<1 tin- I). IT. & I. Iio foolt'il tlio finam-ii-rs. 'I hey imagined In- intended t<? mm' till- t'Oiul to I'MITV run I to hi> Ih-arhom plants. It lias. however, at* eouiplished vast!\ greater things. It assisti-il tin* iiiaiiufaci ui'cr ill solving his r? ? 111 fiuaii imhI problems, wIimii tin- \->o'\'-v of Wall street wen- park liiuii inv him ami were amiouiieing nlino-; ilaily that In* was about to sineumb to his many diflieult ies. Appendicitis Operations. Miss Thelma Oil. <l;tu?_rlii?-i- of Or. ami Mrs. A. L. on. Tm-sdai evening was taken in a Work ilili hospital to lie operated upon tor appi'tulicit is. The operation was performed yesterday afternoon and later in tin* May won I i\ < (1 from Miss Ott's I>t- I-.i<I - I?\ her parents said sin- passed through tile operation sneerss fully. Mrs. Daisy Fnlp. wife of Maj. laiues D. Fulp of Abbeville. tin went an operation for appemliei tis at the Abbeville hospital Monday afternoon. Mrs. Fnlp's eon dition Tiles?lay was reported sal isfaetory in a message ive.l it; Fort Mill hv Mrs. A. (). .lones. mother of Maj. Fulp. Among the visitors to Fort Mill tliis week is Miss Margaret t'alh cart of Winnsboro, who is a guest of Miss Kate McLaughlin. * v * 5. V % ' > $1.50 Per Year. BOY PASSED AS GIRL. Deceived North Carolina Neighbors 31 Years. That truth is stranger than fiel tion was (nought to light by re ports of it boy at Oeraeoko. oft : it*' North t aroiina roast, v. .10 r. nsiim-railotl as a girl from t intime of his bii'i h kiii iI In- was J1 y '.it's old. Aeettrae\ ol the slu/v , is wmuIumI for b\ Allison (inles of l'orisnionth. \ a., who reeeiitlx j spent <1 few days in Charlotte. Mr. (tales has been going to ! Oeraeoko for his summer vara J lion for several years ami lias '; s-1 11 tlie "girl" on a nninher ot j oeeasions. iiiul ib-elareil that eaeli time lie was deeeiveil by "Iter* .11 peartnu'e. '.. n>. . ... - lit* no\ eatlcil ' I"* \'? I'M i v1'iililihis. said Mr. dales. "Mis ' 11<.is?J;iorade was lirst started I \ 1 i> s iiitrlici'. w ho hail w islied him < ha horn a jjirl. She dressed 1 I. in iiji in ;;irl ( lollies w lien lie a I ' he tol and told him lie was a ?;irl. Wliell lie jrrew older ' he?r;r''d him for her sake to > . I.i imi" tie luastplerath . I le i a i < i d to do so. and mil il Tie w as i years old he wore his hair h ! ?.' ami ran around in jrirl's eh.'lies. ' v* hiv^-elI talked to the hov. i h in k in<i him a jrirl. I i is ? . I reeolleet. \\ as rat her \ h i ii e l'.a tli.it oi a ?rirI. hut he ah .olute|\ em-tain that I was i .'lie: to a enl a! t lie t line. I or stopped to think of it. I . >;ii< e he:-r?i i hat several ol I i - is!; |) 11 e I'S .'etutl'ly fell III loo : h h'.ni. I I lee. *s real u:iiu?* is ('has. ! '. Williams. When he renelnd ! v ears ol ajie a lew w eeks aj-'o h det'i*le<I to make a man of him J s. 't ami ordered .1 ;111?l. < in.mi "s mil fit, 1|?* 111<I 111 is u: 111? i mmni mil I miic ni?;!il. .1 U'l' tin* 1. 11II i I \" 11; I < I "inn* to ht'il. | ii< nit ills linn* mill 11 mi 111 i*i I tll?* lot lu*s. "I w ;is mii l lie I i4i?i t t In* lu*Xl ! ii.i*i iiiii^-. \i In n In* 11 1*i for l'?i*au I I'I't. Not ,i si1111 of I lie maliy , v. !:m uiii 111111 ivea agnized hint, .i<! ii \\ as only \\ ln*ii in eoiiver I'i: 'A I ii Mill* V\ I.Mill III' lilll'W la* In* ioiii Ills story. Ill* 11?* Mil that 11 \> as sol i* I v to 1111 *?i si * .i s iniiilii-r 'lint In* luiil so lon^ \ |'.:m nl as .. m ii I. 11?> slat ml I lint '..in*., m tlii I'ai'l that his heard *.* < I in ii so lira v \ that In* hi 11Ml slia\<* i*Iosi* ?*11 >1111 to ! I.;:. 11i -1111:y . 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