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.--.v.:-1 , * 1 *f V ? ; '*/,:' THE FORT MILL TIMES Democratic?^Published Thursdays. W*. R. Bradford. Kdltor nnd Publisher. % ___________ The Times invites contributions on live subjects luit tines not agree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. t * mi ;i ! | > i ica u?mi in lilt' l?ui>IISIUT, iuP\ortisinic rates are made known tc those Interested. Telephone, local and long distance, No. 112. Kntered at tlie postottlce at Fort Mill, S. as mail matter of tht second class. THURSDAY, OCT. ?i, 1821. . Pence officers who go outside lite law and undertake to create law to suit their own whims, get little public sympathy when they come to grit ' The Texas sheriff who sought publicity by trying to break up a parade of Kit Klux that was in violation of no statute law nor running counter to the morals of the community got about what was coming to Iiiui in the bullets that entered his body. This is a free country. If men want to join the Ku Klux lliey have an undeniable right to do so. as much right to join the Ku Klux as they have to join any other secret or fraternal order that has been organized in this generation or any other other generation. The present day Ku Klux Klan has never been eon\ icted of being a lawless body, the effort of a few newspapers ; ml publicity seeking officc-hold? rs to create such an impression .o the contrary notwithstanding. A battery of .~?0 Philadelphia i*iw vers would he put to their .vils mils to discover the devious ways of the New York cotton xehange. Monday in the face ol i lie census bureau report indicating a smaller yield by several hundred thousand bales than was forecast by ilic August report, tile price ol eoltoii declined several points, the only reason for which apparently was that the {ramblers stood to win more by depressing tin* market than they would have won had they allowed the price to {ro up. (lovoruor t'ooper has refused to stay tin' execution on Krid?,.\ October 'J I, of < . .1. fox. one ot the trio of men recently convicted of the murder of William Itray.ell, Columbia transfer driver. The plea for execiilivt interference in belt.ill of I'ox was based upon the ground that it did not seem fair to allow him to To to the electric chair on the dale s? I for the execution of the three men while his comurdcrcrs, Kirby and (iappius. w ere given a new lease on life by their appeal to 1 lie supreme court. The governor's action probably will meet with general approval, but it does seem a little hard that tor lack of funds to emplox a lawyer h'ox must meet death earlier than Kirb\ or (Sappins for a crime for w hich lie is no more responsible than either of the oilier mm. Slick ;i pin in utmost any citizen of Kofi Mill wlio has been living here or whose family has been 11\ injr here or elsewhere in York count \ lor the last 40-odd years or more ami the chances are yon w ill sim' ; i former Kit Klux or the (iesccmlant of a Ku Klux jump. An exchange remarks that school ?rirls nowadays think it undignified to carr\ noonday lunch ex to school with iIipiii as their inothcrs did. 'rrne enough. Hut the same girls do not think it undignified to iiiiitich ice cream cones on the streets or to try to improve upon nature hy publicly daubing their faces with complexion powder, some of which has a fishlike sun II. a smell not of the newest, as our old friend Sancho I'an/.Ji once observed. At tin conclusion next Sunday morning of the regular services at the Fort Mill l'rcsb\ terian church ihe sacrament of the Lord's supper will he observed. IMte l{ev. .1. F. McKiunon of Kutherfordton. N. will ofociutc at he serv ice. I W ' * PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS. Interesting Items From Progressive Community. Miss Mary Bailes. "Winthrop student, spent the last week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Bailes. A. E. Harris of Gastonia. N. spent the week-end with his sis. M?? l' XI l?l-- -i u ? in, 4111 9. \ . fiui'i. Mrs. Plum Heath and daughter. Miss Helen Heath, of Midland. N. C., visited relatives in 1 this section recently. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wolfe of Charlotte. N. ('., spent the weekend with Mr. Wolfe's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wolfe. ? Palmer Hudson of Chester spent the week-end with his parent.s.Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Heath and their children Thursday mo1 tored over from Fort Mill and spent the afternoon in the community with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wolfe of Charlotte. X. (_'., recently visited Mr. Wolfe's parents, Mr. ami Mrs. J. 1). Wolfe, Miss Grace Pickett of the upper Steel Creek neighborhood recently was a guest of Miss Grace ilood. lames Dickson of York a few days ago visited his brother. F. W. Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Potts. F. P. Stephenson and Walter Patterson last Sunday attended the 1'nion county Sunday school consent ion at Weddington. X. C. Prof. It. C. Hurts and a delegation of laymen from Rock Ilill will deliver addresses at Pleasant Valley Baptist church next Sunday at d o'clock p. m. and a cordial invitation is extended the public to he present for the speeches. '' Spinner. PEOPLE AND THINGS. .Mrs. dames 11. Harvey of Westerly. it. I., is a guest iu the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Harris. Fire of unknown origin was discovered late last. Friday afternoon iu one of the sheds of the Fort Mill Lumber company. The fire department put out the blaze before the loss amounted to more titan a few dollars. At a meeting Monday night of lie hoard of trustees, ('apt. F. M. Mack was elected simeriiitendoiit of the Kofi Mill graded school, lie had served as principal of the school since the opening of the session early in September. Alfred (). .I ones of Fort Mill was elected to succeed ('apt. Mack as principal. Mr. doncs is a recent graduate of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina and is a young man of much promise. Miss duanita N'eelv. home demonstration agent for York county. is planning meetings to be held throughout the county for the purpose of giving talks ami demonstrations on orchard work. Al the meetings Miss Neely :s taking orders for fruit trees. In Fort Mill the meeting is to be held on Thursday. October Id. at 10:d0 a. in., in the graded school building. The meeting at Flint Mill school house will be held at f o'clock in the afternoon of ti.e same day and at (Sold Mill school house on Monday. October 'I. at d p. m. Football Schedule. The sccdulc of the Fort Mill high school football team for the season, as arranged by the Catawba High School A til let ic association. is as follows: October 7?Rock llill high w.I i.? . .1. 11:?? ? IIIIOI <11 mich 11111. October 14 Chester high school at Port Mill. October 21?Kershaw high at Port Mill. October *2S Wimisboro high at \Y intishoro. November 4?Winthrop Training school at Port Mill. November 11 Lancaster high at Port Mill. To Use Presidents' Catafalque. The war department. Tuesday announced that when the body ot' the unknown American soldier is brought back from Prance for burial in Arlington cemetery November 11 in memory of the nation's unidentified dead in the World war is placed in the rotunda of the eapitol on the night of November It it will lie in state on the same catafalque that was used for Presidents Lincoln, (Sarfield and MeKinlev. The drapings about the catafalque will be a careful reproduction of those used at the funerals of the three martyred presidents. n TOM MILL TMK BHBH SECU wm w^m Q &)hen you M cotton you 11 payment a Hfin HI YORK COUNTY'S PI THE SAVINGS BAI |J A GOOD BANK BN 3 i I New i T II - _ - It Our Fall Sweal ' J' J J pretty styles and t - Ladies, Misses an( T ' T It Come in and 1 ! ** !:; to you. I THE CAS ' | S. A. LEE and T. < < ooooooooooooo 1WE ARE SELLIN VELVET l( MADE IN C BEST TO BE HAD | Hutchinson' O PRESCRIPTIO ooooooooooooo At Youi The Fort Mill Gini A-l order for the seas ] farmers of this sectioi service. We have reduced t $2.50 per hale, with t jper bale additional. W e will appreciate FORT MILL S, FORT MILL, 8. 0. RITY vr^i r se// yowr MtjJH I receive in liH | 1 check on I n i OLDEST BANK 4 NK OF FORT MILL M TO BANK ON M \ weaters \ I 4? ... i 5 i ters have arrived, I he latest colors, for | t i Children. 1 ? 4 * Z et us show them ;; $ ?. x I I ?? 4 u ... :: t H STORE |: 0 2> F. LYTLE, M^rs. * 4 ? 1 + ooooooooooooo<| X G EXCLUSIVELY O = :e cream i :harlotte 0 i IN THIS SECTION 8 s Pharmacy ? n druggists o Q<XXXXXXXXXXXX " Service lery has been put in inn hIwmwI tlwJ ^ I ? X l/I IV, | i the very best ginning he price of ginning to tagging and ties at $1 your business. GINNING CO. _ \ , You Will to tn l/nn IU IMIU We work four t< ing fourteen coti territory coveri mately 750 squ We have 1 0,91 of floor space rooms. We guarantee sa prices. The la the great volum and the thousand customers provt tee. Prompt service deal is our mott Young & THE FURNIT! a., o. jo: GOOD THI1 IrtMrrics, Markrl, Coiiiilr> I'iimIiiiv. 'limit- I'liiirUrn, S E I NEW CROP SEED?Vetch. Cr Sweet White ('lover. Rape. Al? Turf ()a1s. Kul?rhuiii.(>uts.Apph (irass. Orchard (Irass. laiwn < Jilue (Jrass. Permanent I'pland Mixture. Mixed ('lovers and (>r Onion Sets in any quantity or tnee and all other (iarden Seei We deliver seed at Fort Mill Try our 14 Full O-l'ep" (Ticket Phone 111-A fort Mill for prii Garrison-Faris! ROCK HILI 4Our Seed Will Grow." f i * > i > < > < > Interested i < ? {I V awns, includ- !i ton mills, this i; ng approxi- I are miles. I 0 square feet | in our show | itisfaction and | irge territory, 1 e of business | ds of satisfied | j our guaran- I and a square x o. I Wolfe | URE MEN I . I ISTES HGS TO EAT ED iinson ('lover. Red (Mover. rw/.zi Rye, Carolina Rye, t Oats,Alfalfa. Italian Rye Irass Mixture, Kentueky and Lowland Pasture asses, variety. Big Rostoti LetJ. i Feed?it makes hens lay. i*es and partieulars. teed Comp'y Lf S. C.