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EaUbliihed 1891. FORT~BULL, S. C., TStJB8DAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921. f
KAN INTO THE LAW.
Miller Bros. Shows Therefore Pt^s
Up Fort Mill.
Miller Bros, shows, traveling
tent exhibition, which is touring
the upper section of the State,
did not give performances in Fort
Mill as it* had planned for Tuesday
and Wednesday nights. One
of the proprietors of the shows
was in Fort Mill Tuesday morning
when he learned, he said, for
the first time that he could not
legally put on his exhibition in
York county, due to the 11)20 act
of tlw? I .wiriul u 1.1:....
IVI IMUVUU- mi
uivalR, except on the grounds ??f
the York County Fair association
during fair week, or travelin*;
tent shows of any kind in the
county. Arrangements, according
to the proprietor of the shows
who was in Fort Mill, had already
been made with the town authorities!
to present the shows Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday
nights. * *
"1 cannot understand." vest<
rdav said a Fort Mill citizen,
who was speaking of the Miller
shows incident, "why the proprietors
were not told to begin with
that such a show as theirs could
not he put on legally in York
county and that the town of Fort
Mill had no right to violate a
State law by issuing tliein a li- 1
cense. It ought to he known
once and for all time that the act
of the Legislature is going to he
respected in Fort Mill. Win ther
the act is constitutional or not is
beside the question. Let some o?
those who are so cocksure that it
is not, test its constitutionality
before the supreme court. I'ntil !
that body declares the act uncan- (
stitutional or it is repealed it is |
the law. the opinion of those who
know nothing about what it takes
to make an act constitutional to
till' Cilll I I'll I" V lint w ! t li?t ii in I in tr
Will Make Fine Report.
The Rev. \V. R. Bauknight. j
pastor of Si. .lolm's Methodist
eliiireh. Fort Mill, expects to leave
Tuesday for Lancaster to attend
the annual meeting of the I'pper
South Carolina conference, which
will he in session the greater part
of next week. The congregation
of St. John's is hopeful that Bisli- '
op l.T. V: W. Darlington, who will
preside at the Lancaster meeting
of the conference, will reassign
Mr. Bauknight to the Fort Mill
charge for another year.
In his report to the conference
for the Fort Mill church. Mr
Bauknight will he ahle to show
tl at the church has met all its
fiiuyicial obligations during the!
year now drawing to a close, between
$10,0(10 and $11,000 having
been contributed by the congregation
for elnirch purposes. He
\t* 111 nluo Ko ul\li> In roiiMid tli'it
there have hern 70 additions to
the church membership during
the year and that the congregation
is just completing one of the
hest equipped and most commodious
church buildings within the
bounds of conference.
Kershaw Beaten at Football.
The football team of the Fort
Mill high school walked away
with Kershaw high on the local
grounds Friday afternoon, is to
0 Though one-sided, the game
was interesting throughout.
Minis, captain of the Fort .Mill
team, secured all tin* touclnlows
and played a good game, making
several long runs. t)thers doing
unusually good work for Fori
Mill were: Link, Kimlirell, Parks,
Mills and Patterson.
Several times the Kershaw team
braced tip and held the Fort Mill
boys for downs within five yards-)
of the Kershaw goal. K? rshaw
made the ten yard distance hut
onCe during the game and litis
was on a well executed forward
pass for a gain of 22 yerds.
The gentlemanly eonduet of
the Kershaw players was commended
bv a number of the spectators.
One of the most tragic of F.ng
land's war memorials has just
been unveiled in the village
church of Holywell a simple tab.
let of white stone let into the wall.
It contains only the names of 12
villagers killed in the war. hut
the tragedy is emphasized by the
Statement that these 12 were the
village's entire fighting strength.
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GRADED SCHOOL NEWS.
Korean Missionaries Make Interesting
Talks to Pupils.
The Uev. MY. and Mrs. I). L.
Anderson. who are spending some i
lime at their ohl home in Chester
eountv after serving a number of
years as missionaries in Korea, at- J
tended he ehapel exereises of the
school Tlllirscljiv ninriiiiur mwl i
b^tli made interesting talks on
the Koreans and their customs.
All were urged to take advantage
of lite religious and educational
advantages open to them as Americans.
Physical and dental examinations
soon are to he made of the
school children.
A change litis been made in the
school hours. The first bell now
rings tit 7 :."?() instead of 8 o'clock
land the sedond bell rings at 8:20
instead of 8 :ItO. The children
have ten minutes, from 8:20 to
8 :d() for assembling in their
rooms. At 8:dl) all are ready for
the rolleall. The change in the
hours permits the school to let
out earlier in the afternoon. The
si hool authorities request all pa
nill.^ Ml UIIMTNT lllf L'llilll^r in I
I In* hours ;m<l sot* that tlu-ir t* h i I - I
(Iron reach the school house oil j
time. |
An interestinjr game of football I
was played in Fort Mill yester- 1
II ay afternoon between the second
teams of the local graded
school and Wintlirop Training
school. The best the Fort Mill 1
hoys could do was to emerge |
from the game with a 10 to Oj
score against them.
The first quartern' examitia- '
J ions w ill begin next week. Most
of 'lie examinations will be held
on Thursday and Friday.
tfrom Boll Weevil Section.
The editor of The Tillies Tues
day was pleased to receive a visit
ll'em the Hon. It. I). Carter of
liamherg. former member of the
State boils* of representatives
.Mr. Carter is one ul the leading
lawyers of his section of the Suite |
ami is a brother id' .lesse F. Car- (
I V I j Wilt# t 41 lilt Wlllllll 41 lt"?
voles ol In m>; Hoc*it'll am aissociaite
justice ol tilt* St;i11? supreme
eourl ait I lie laisl session of the
(Ielierail Assembly. At the lit'J'J
session of the (ielierail Assembly '
ite will aijrnin lie iioiiiiuaite?l for
membership on the supreme
bench, there halving been no eleetion
ait the session this year to fill
the vacancy caused h\ the tleatli
lest .laiuuairy of Associate .lustice
Hydride.
.Mr. Carter saivs boll weevil eontlitious
in his section of the State
are sut-li thait the farmers ami
others aire extremely discouraged
over the outlook. As a sample of 1
the tlest met ion wrought by the
cotton insect in Bamberg county,
Mr. Carter cited his own experience
in farininjr this year. He
owns a*11< 1 operates a three horse ;
farm near his town from which
he will gather not in excess of
three hailcs of cotton. I nder
normal conditions the land would
have produced 'J.~> bales.
Doctors Want Their Pay.
In one South Carolina town at
least. the doctors arc tired of
waiting indefinitely on a slow
|>a:vili?r public to settle with tliein
for professional services they
have rendered. Recently ill** !
doctors of Oran?rei>ur,rr have been
running in The Times and Democrat
an advertisement under the
lit ailing. "Your Doctor and His
tin-nit st Problem." in which they
s; v. among other things. "Your
?i or tor is n lininnn being. lie needs
money. He's always ready and
willing yet you make liim wait
longer for his money than anyone
else. His refusal tt> answer your
e\ery beck and call may mean
life or death. Yet when the danger
is over von pay everyone else
before von think of him. If ho
refuses your call at night, you go
into a rage, although lie has a
perfect right to do it. You pay
other bills because you have to.
Tine, a great litany appreciate
their doctor ami pay as thev go.
They do it because they know it
is right. A man who only pays
because he has to is only one degree
removed from a dead beat ?
while a dead beat and a thief are
on par." j
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NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. |
Current Items of Interest From
the Yorkville Enquirer.
Scores of cx-scrvicc men of j
York. Chester uml Lancaster
counties were in Uoek Hill last
week to appear before the government
cleanup squad which is
passing upon compensation claims
of soldiers. The squad began j
work in Rock llill Monday morn- j
f.,.r .....I I ... 1... 1 O 1- I
><ii mm Ullivumru OJIIUIIHIV. it |
is stated that the examiners found
large numbers of ex-soldiers in
this seetion suffering from various
causes and filed their claims
with the government.
Frank Roach post. American
Region, of Rock Hill. Perry (Jill. I
post commander, is anxious to
have ex-soldiers from every section
of York county in Rock Hill
on November 11. Armistice day,
as guests of the York County fair.
Frank Roach post is cooperating
with the fair association in try- !
ing to get every white 'ex-soldier
?d" York county to come to Rock
Hill that day. A big dinner will
he served free of charge to all 1
soldiers and a most attractive
program is being arranged. Secretary
Fewell of tin- fair association
says that dinner will be prepared
for no less than otH) exservice
men.
"Sweet potatoes seem to be .1 j
drug 011 the Yorkville market." J
said last Tuesday a former who I
brought 2.*? bushels into town to ;
sell and who couldn't do it. "I
tried every store in town this
morning and every one of them
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<1111-4111,1 nil ppi ICO 1WII1 poia1
If York county farmers arc
going in for the culture of sweet
potatoes on o big scale some arrangements
are going to have to
he made for the sale of them. No
doubt there are many cities with- j
in va radius of 100 miles of here I
that would he glad to have all
we York county farmers have if 1
they also know about it." Also, if |
this farmers should have potatoes j
for sjile next February. In* will ,
have no trouble finding buyers.
Several thousand more fruit
trees wil) flourish on York county I
f<u ins next year as the result of j
a campaign for the planting of j
more fruit trees which Miss .In- i
mi it n Neely, York county wo-I,
man's home demonstration agent, i:
has jnjst completed in conjunction
with the chamber of commerce
of Hock Hill. During the
campaign, which closed last
Thursday. orders were taken
from farmers for 8.800 strawberry
plants, 2.22(1 peach trees, 1">0
pear trees, 7 plum trees. 7.70 up
pie trees. 78 pecan trees, 92 clter- ,
ry trees. 2 quince trees, 18 figs,
2-1 grape vines ami loo berry
plants. These trees and plants
will he distributed about Decern- I,
her 1 to Yorkville, Clover, Shu- ]
ron. Fort Mill and Hock Hill.
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That the textile industry is (
looking up by reason of the fact <
that tin* itcmund for cotton goods
is growing and at a profitable 11
price, is indicated by the fact that '
a number of the largest cotton i
mills in York county have re- | j
ceiitlv increased the wages ol
their textile employees. Three of i
the largest mills in Kock Hill in- i
creased wuprs from i:? to *20 per I j
rent last week ami the Cannon i
Ma tin fart urinp rompany of York- , j
villr increased wapes of its emplovers
It) per cent, effective with ji
the hrpiuninp of operations Men- ]
lay morninp. Tin* Arcade ami
Arapnti cotton mills of Koek Mill I:
increased the wapes of their employees
10 per cent last week and ?
the I>1 lie Itiieklr cotton mills of
I lock 11 ill raised wapes 21) per
cent last week. It was learned !
Monday that other textile plants |
in York comity have a voluntary |
wapc iiicrc. se under considcra- t
t ion. <
134 Years Old. ' '
Wrinkled Meat, Indian, known |
to tourists as plain John Smith of i
Cass Lake. Minn., recently eele- 1
lira ted his 134th birthday, and i
some think he may even be older I
than that, as the skin on his face >
is almost ossified. The aped In- I
dian is a veteran of nine tnarri- I
apes and six battles with the I
Sioux. He has the war bonnets t
of six Sioux chiefs, whom he savs t
he killed in buttle. |(
farmers in bad shape.
Senator Hitchcock Qives Sample
of Republican Prosperity.
Speaking in the Senate of the
United States last Saturday on
the bill "to reduce and equalize
taxation," Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska read the following extracts
froiu a letter he said he
had just received from a Nebraska
farmer as a sample of the
promised nrosneritv tli?? R??r?:ih.
A r ^ ~ r^"
lican party has brought to the
farming interests of the country
since it assumed complete control
of the government on the
4th of last March:
"Permit me, as a plain, ordinary,
hard working Nebraska
farmer who has been practically
made a bankrupt along with
thousands and thousands of other
poor tie ?ils of farmers who have
been exploited by economic reformers
and uplifters both in and
out of Congress until we are flat
broke?permit me to say:
"At central and eastern Nebraska
points we are offered lb ,
.v 1 U A- A* - - X
iu jo ior new corn. uecemher
corn in Chicago is 4ti j
cents, which means that it takes |
two bushels of corn to pay the
freight and commission of one
bushel, and then we can buy
three tons of soft coal for $15.
After we pay the shelter, we can
get a ton of very ordinary coal
tor three tons of good she .led
corn delivered at the elevator,
and if we should be so reckless us
to want hard coal we can get it
for per ton. After paying
three cents per bushel to the
shelling machine, we can buy a
ton of hard coal for from 150 to
200 bushels of shelled corn, uceording
to the locality.
"I have seen good butcher
cows, shipped from this town. 00
miles from Omaha, bring the shipper
as little as $1 per hundred."
One of the causes to which
Senator Hitchcock attributed the :
present suffering of the country ,
was "because the railroad rates
have been put so high as to ab- 1
solutely prohibit tbe shipment of j
goods to market in the Western
States."
The Scarcity of Eggs.
Country eggs arc now almost
us hard to oOiain at the grocery ;
stores in Fort Mill as is frequent- j
ly the case iu the dead of winter
and the few dozens that are offered
for sale are quoted at a ,
lllll'H ii Pimnil "ill >
!' ? vuuu "V vrum il ;
which is prohibitive for many ,1
t'uinilies. But even at that price 1
I here is practically no profit for
I he grocery man in handling thein 1
for he usually pays 50 cents in
trade for the eggs.
"The scarcity of eggs in Fort
Mill," yesterday said a local gro- 1
iery man, "is due largely to the j
feet that the country round about ]
is thoroughly combed for thein j
every week by hucksters and I t
others who take them to the near- ]
b\ cities for sale, frequently at n i
profit of not less than 20 cents a
dozen for themselves. The gro- i
eery men of Fort Mill could have !
an abundant supply of cold stor- !
age eggs always on hand, but i
eggs that have been preserved cn j
ice quickly deteriorate whthi they ]
arc taken out of the refrigerators i
mid when they reach us they arc i
invariably of an inferior quality, i
frequently being so stale e.a to ]
render them unfit for use. Tnc ?
|m ople of Fort Mill know this and 1
most families here therefore re- (
fuse to buy cold storage eggs." i
Baby's Deatll' Due to Poisoning.
The two months' old son of j
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Cohen died ]
Sunday night as a result of car- \
liolic acid poisoning, the drug ;
liaving been administered by mis- \
take, it was thought, by the <
hild's nurse, who, however de- j
nied having given it to the child. 1
The unfortunate occurrence hap- [
;?ened early Thursday forenoon J
while the parents of the child |
were away from home. As soon t
is they were informed that the ]
t>aby was ill, physicians were t
summoned and everything i ossi- 2
Die done to save its life. The |
ittle hotly was taken to Cclum- j
lia Friday for interment af*er a j
oroner's jtiry had found that >
here was no no criminal intent (
?n the part of the nurse. t
, THE PHILIPPINES.
Facts Worth Knowing About
Country's Far East Islands.
"The Philippines, 7,000 iuiles
from the Pacific coast of North
America, furnish the greatest
stake ami the most difficult ter-i
riinriul 41? 1 * *
-> v in i |fiuuit'ill Ol (I1C UI11I04J
States in the Pacific," says a bulletin
of the National (Jeorgraphic
society.
"This is no tiny island territory
like some that fly the Stars and
Sripes in "inid-Paeifie," continues
thj bulletin, "but a country of
nearly 115.000 square miles?a
greater area than that of New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland combined
j or among the islands, greater
than the three large southern islands
of Japan upon which the
life of that nation centered while
it grew to imperial stature.
"This far-away territory of the
United States is inhabited by
0 million people of many races
and different religions, less than
u quarter the present population
01 the three most important Japanese
islands. But the tropical
Philippines, with their ample
rainfall and luxuriant vegetation,
are eapable, in spite of their
mountainous character, of supporting
a much larger population
than tlicv )i:iv?? nt iiri>uu??
"Magellan, who sailed almost
around the world, and whose
name has been given to the famous
strait to the south of South
.America, discovered the Philippines,
sailing among them from
across the Pacific in 1521. lie
was killed shortly afterward in a
skirmish with the natives. Magellan,
though a Portuguese, was
operating for Spain, but the
Spunish were slow in asserting
their sovereignty. They eaptured
the native city of Munilu in 1570
and founded the Spanish city the
Hollowing year. The Dutch attempted
time and again to capture
the archipelago; Chinese and
Japanese pirates made raids 011
the island cities, and in the 16th
centurv^fc .Japanese slutguu actually
demanded that the* Spanish 1
governor of the islands acknowledge
the sovereignty of'.Japan.
The British captured Manila in
1762 and held it until the following
year, but thgjr control did
not extend outside the city. In
addition the Spanish had to cope .
with the piratical "Moros?Molu.minedan
Malays?of the southern
islands, who were continually
raiding the more developed lands
to the north. Finally insurrections
broke out. and it was in the
mulst of one of these that the
1'iiited States took control.
"Since pacifying the islands,
the United States has given the
Filipinos steadily increasing po- J
litical control of their atfairs. {
Education has been the center of
the American policy in the is j
lands. A very small percentage '
d1' the natives were literate in 1
1898; numerous languages ami
dialects were in use and only a j
small percentage understood j
Spanish. It was determined to |
make Knglish the common language
and.to open the necessary
public schools to reach the great |
mass of children. Itv 1917 morel
than 4.000 primary schools were 1
iti operation in charge of lit,1177
Filipino and 417 American teaeh;rs.
About half the estimated total
of the children of the islands,
300,000. were enrolled in that
'ear. By 1920 tlie enrollment had '
'cached 791,020.
"The trade of the Philippines (
las increased tremendously since ,
1899. In that year the combined ]
otal of exports and imports was
32 million dollars; in 1917 the (
total was 101 million. Nearly J
ivery man in the world who uses (
one navs tribute to the IMiilin
Mnes, for 'Manila hemp' is one ,
>f the best rope materials known.
It is harvested from a Species of
>anana tree. Nearly 47 million
lollars worth of it was shipped in
L917. Coconut products?'meat'
md oil?come second. Much of
America's butter substitute is
nade from Philippine coconut oil.
\s a producer of sugar, the 1'hilppines
cannot yet be compared
vith the famous 'sugar isles.'
'uba and Java, but its produeion
entitles the group to be clam)
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UNIT NOW IN SERVICE.
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Headquarters Company of Third
Battalion Mustered In.
Organization of the headquarters
Company ot the Third battalion.
First regiment, S. t'. N. O.,
was completed Monday evening
and the 44 men who are to compose
the company were mustered
into the federal service by Col. K
R. Day, acting for both the fednrol
*%*-! ? a
v.u. uihi oiuif governments, at
the uriuory of the Frank Koach
Guards in Koek Hill. The eotupany
eontiuaiuler is Arthur C.
Lytic, first lieutenant, of Fort
Mill, who recently was transferred
to battalion headquarters
from the local National Guard
company. The company hearquarters
will be in Fort Mill and it is
expected that the company equipment.
to be shipped from Atlanta.
will arrive within the next
month.
Among the men who have enlisted
for service in the headquarters
company are several
World war veterans. Conspicuous
among the number is Willie II.
Niins of Fort Mill, battalion sergeant
major, who for gallantry
in action overseas was awarded
the American distinguished service
cross and the llntish military
medal, the latter prestened to
him personally some mouths ago
by the Prince of Wales in Washington.
Mr. Nims is a lieutenant
colonel on the staff of Governor
Cooper.
The names of the other Fort
Mill members of the company.
with their rank, follows:
First Sergeant?Douglas Ninis.
Sergeant. Chief Observer ami
Scout?Thomas II. Hoik.
Mess ami Supply Sergeant
Thomas A. Ferguson.
Corporal?William 1). liodgers.
Privates, hirst Class lloy O.
Pass, Thomas B. Black, Mason
Morrow, William A. Parks.
Privates?.John A. Broom. .loltn
lj. Crowder, Olin L. 1 )eas. Thomas
F. Harris. William F. Ilamuioud.
William II Kimhrell. Mack K.
Langley, David W. Metiuin,
Clyde II. Merritt, 1 ley ward D.
Potts. Fred M. Wiiulle!
MONEY FOR COUNTY.
Delegaion Authorizes Commissioners
to Borrow Funds.
Steps to relieve the pressing
shortage of funds in several departments
of the York county
government were taken Saturday
by the county legislative delegation.
The delegation authorized
the hoard of commissioners to
borrow the necessary money,
promising that the act would be
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( m-ii ur aiiinorny given ior
the transfer of balances in 1 ? partinents
where all tlie appropriations
have not heen expended to
those whieh have run out of
funds.
The shortage of funds eoneerus
several departments of the governinent.
anions these being the
county home and jail. Tin re is
also insufficient money with whieh
to pay jurors and witnesses ami
a shortage in the fund for roads
and bridges.
The situation is the result of an
net pussed at the last session of
the General Assembly prohibiting
the transfer of unexpended balances
in the departments of the
government in whieh there is a
surplus to those in which there
is a deficit, a custom whieh bad
obtained for years. The act was
passed in the interest of economy,
but it was impossible to estimate
the exact amounts necessary
for the different departments.
(Ml with Hawaii. I'orto liiro ami
Formosa amon^ tin- world sweet
eliers.
"Commercially. Manila, on a
,'oinmodions hay with a ?rood harbor,
lias an excellent strategic
position. It is a sort of oriental
ienter. less than a thousand miles
Froiuiinportant Chinese ports and
Irss than 1.5(H) iiiih-s from southern
Japan. Nouth<*rn Korea, Singapore
and tin- ports of tin* Dutch
Ki:st Indies. It is estimated that
within a radius of J.5(H) miles
>f Manila live three-quarters of a
Pillion inhabitants more than a
third of the total population of
Che earth."