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THE FORTMILL TIMES Democratic?Published Thursdays. Wh. R. Bradford, Editor and Pakllihfr. 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 t publication. < >11 application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. Telephone, local ami Innir <tlnt u nco No. 112. Entered at the poatotttco at Fort Mill. S. C., as mall matter of the FPiond class. 1 THURSDAY. AUG. 11, 19*21. If lite system adopted by Henry Ford in operating liis railroad, the Detroit. Toledo &. Ironton. was applied to every raidroad in the country. as has been suggested, there would be a saving of billions of dollars annually to business men and consumers. It would mean the difference between an efficiently operated and highly profitable transportation system ami one which is just two st.-ps ahead of bankruptcy, main tains a lobby in Washington to inveigle as many millions as possible from the government, cuts tiie wages of iis workers and (tils the public that it may go to before rates are cut. Small wonder that petitions are flowing into" Washington urging that tiie railroads and other badly managed enterprises in which the public is vitally interested be turned over to Ford Perhaps it would not be a bad idta for the World war veterans \.ho are urging bonus legislation to adopt the plan outlined by a leader of the Iowa farmers, Col. Smith liookharl, who wotdd have the government make a survey of the fortunes aeeunudated as a result of the war and then levy a sufficient tax i\n the possessors to produce the amount needed to pay the bonus. No one could object to the plan except the profiteers, and there is no reason why their feelings should be considered in the matter. It is estimated that 1 .'i.OOO new millionaires had their names entered on the books id' the internal revenue department between the date of the entry of the United States into the war and tin- signing of the .*..... i..?: u' m iiiini ice. ii mey avorajfi'd I it) ill ion of war-nunlt' wraith thry succeeded in getting awav with a total of lf> hill ion tlollars while our boys were fighting overseas. If tlie former soldiers ran compel them to disgorge this loot they can secure the bonus to which they are entitled and at the same time render the country a great service. Stick a pin here: If there is anything happening in North Carolina that has the semblance of a sensation, depend upon the Charlotte papers to make the most of it. A few days ago these papers imagined they luul discovered an earth-rocking story in the resignation of a man named Craven as head of the Ku Klux Klan in that State. They played up the story to a fare-you-well on the first nai/e and m tli??ir rial columns commended ('raven's action. Willi what had the appearance of "a watch me strut air" Craven let the word go down the line thut he considered the l\u Klux Man a lawless organization and that he had resigned as State mogul and ordered every local elan in his jurisdiction dish uided forthwith. lint?it now appears hat Craven had no office from which lie could resign and tl at his "order" disbanding the local klans was puerile. That, at least, is what Col. Simmons id' Atlanta, head of the national Kn K lux. Klan. says. WINFIELD HANCOCK PAINTER AND DECORATOR Fort Mill, - - 8. C. Estimates cheerfully given on the cost of both large and small jobs. ( \ n '' * 1 A STBOMBOLI?LIGHTHOUSE OF MEDITERRANEAN "T? The constantly active volcano, Stroiuboli. 011 Siromboii island in the Mediterranean, seems to be redoubling us etioils ia.ei\ and tlie d.OJO terrified inhabitants arc holding themselves 111 rcuauio. > I I to flee at anuosi any momem should the danger trotu the molten roeks ami sulphurous g.isscs issuing from the crater threaten their lives and their homes, uis patches sav. "The circular cone of the volcano which forms the island of I Stroiuboli and the six other is I lets of the Lipari group comprise a connecting link between \ esuLvius on the mainland of Italy |and Etna in Sicily. The volcanic I wrath of these three migh'.v [mountains is partially responsible for the terrifie earth shuddering* at Messina ami in other parts of Sieily ami Italy," says a bulletin of the National <ieorjrraphie society. Washington. "The situation of the Input*! ! group on a map suggests the idea {that they are the stars which j Sieily saw from a terrifie blow lie cosmic times on the tip of her nose, inflicted by the wrathful hoot of Italy. Ktmmboli is living? up to this figurative excuse I for her existence by keeping her [ fires burning night and day. throwing he lurid light on the Italian and Sicilian horizon. "itn this mountain which rise?. I !{.()()() feet above sea level, and about (i.000 feet above the flool ot the sea. according to the an leieiits. was one of the forces ot Vulcan on which lie hammered .out the scepter ol dove ami the shields ami spears of the gods. [ On its precipitous slopes Aeolus. I god of the winds, in company with six sons and six daughters was supposed to have held his revels and in the cavernous sides of the mountain to have confined the blasts. "About a thousand feet from the top of Stromholi there is an o| cuing from which steam conj slant ly issues ami lianas in a i smoky-looking cloud above the | mountain. Ordinarily it is possii hie to climb up to the opening ami look over upon the black floor, through the cracks of which smoke issues ami the red I hot lava hisses, hoils ami sputters. tin* 'cooking* ?>l* tin* earth's j interior resembling more than I?n:yIllill?T else the boiling of a targe pot of iiiiisIi. As the hug< I huhhles hurst, lava is thrown I I: gh in the air. Sometimes the fire of the earth quickens. as it has been doing reeently, ami then lie hissing of the steam may he heard many miles out at sea ami the lava hoils over the side ot II In* cone.' "Stromboli. unlike the, volcanoes.that experience intense par oxystns of activity followed by long periods of repose, offers one of the best examples of the continuously active volcano. Stand nig alone in the sea. it is visilm I for almost a hundred miles, its ever-lighted fires tinting the clouds and the sky with a ros\ glow, which has led to its heifij! I - i i > -i i tin i jij; m I lllillM' til tilt' Mediterranean.' lis light, how ever. is noi constant in its int<-ii I .sitv; i'irst ilit* sky is almost a bright rt'tl. which then decrease." ! to a taint glow, only to Im- lot lowed again hy tin* light. "In this respect it resembles i 111? flashing lighthouses which art' common to roasts the world lover, and in xcality it is used b\ i s; ilors in the Mediterranean. It. the lighthouses of the iiiaii-in;.d< kind the Hashes eouie at regulai intervals, one ol the beaeous bring different iairtl from another by the length of time between the flashes. Stromholi. in this j respect, inaintains its individual | itv. for its glowiugs are very ir regulnr, varying between one ami JO flashes per second. I lie j I intensity also varying from lime H> iimt'. "Scientists. in studxing 11??* i flashes of (In1 light ot tin- III 01111 latin. have found that as tin* ; | steam accumulates below. tin* lava in trying to force its wax oil! pushes liaek tile seiilii of the ei.uhlron and leaves the surfaet of the molten mass exposed to view; when that huhhle lias Intfsi with a roar the seiim again darkens the surface, ill eoliseipieiiee of which the sky glows and fades. "The little town of Sail Vin een/o on Stromholi is almut 1t? miles from the Straits of Messina. The surrounding country is fertile. and cotton, wine and figs are raised. The mountain sides yield sulphur and pumice st? iv?. " r / * I FORT MILL TIME; WE pS'I I People wl I money now 1 I are high ar same people I save a few ye, I wages were s< I IT IS WHA I THAT I THE SAV1 I OP FO GOOD TH <;r<Mfrlr?, Mai lift, t'ouiilrj I'l Ollllll1, I 'I imc I 'ourtt'i'ii. 1= 1 E w jr?v!h Shingle offers I thcde roofing fil R/irv in ? inu> % / ** Owv' You will wa \ shingle when 1 Soe ^ "tHis sKin^lo i_ I Fort Mill. I FORT Ml l==ll===? IE "\ * r 3, FORT MILL, S. 0. PPT ho cannot save I because prices I e probably the I who conldn't I ars ago becaase I o low. I r vnn chuc I I I UU UNTt COUNTS INGS BANK RT MILL mmmmm )NES INGS TO EAT 11 ~~H== j y-i. ' a^KTaasfet^QrllS Vf^!T **rl r k . ,. I Lesisring v !=? .tire in ;i roof is a int. consKIcratmi VmJW'PS" r <. A it <1 in this ?(! (in<! the Vulca- 'isf&a no Sl:tl> Sliinj.'!.* It. will ni\i? ? 'J N etion for yon: s,.( I K ?v:t!? tii.s H. , :?litv are dura;.:- L ti vexiess a u. i ither piotrciioa. 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I i >; -M* > < < < :< ;< { JOB PR II AT THE TIMESOFPU I _ \ ^Old newspapers for sale / * v ; <*> STERS ] ilong agreeably ; the Master of ? ?> ntented, happy \ lent. =? to themselves M Masters. It J nirself a little * take s( me por- ; whenever they t it tl lem in this t GS ACCOUNTS ; A lal Bank { . . $ 50,000.00 I First Class RIES -M omptly By DFORD 113. .j,.j, .j..j. .j. A ^ ^ is Week | each .... SJc f $100 I t, dozen . . . 50c t ng . $1.50 t + _ 1 _ r r? or* a UK 111)4 | or Work Shirts . 50c * Must be sold. ST ORE I ' 8 I .YTIjK, Mk?'S. ' J I >: > > SITING )K - 1MIONE 112 ' -The Times office.