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1891. FORT MILL, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1931. " " iinnp.ryM.
PAIR PROSPECTS GOOD.
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Promise Next Week of Best York 1
County Event Yet Held.
The 1921 York County fair, to
be held in Kock Hill Wednesday. 1
Thursday and Friday, November
9, 10 and 11, promises to be t Inbest
agricultural and industrial
exposition of the county's resour- !
ces yet .held, with a larger and .
ikiii i" > <ii it-ii cuiirci mil in CSIIIOIIS.
Nine or ton home demons!ration
ami community club booths, h
showing the handiwork and products
of us many different sections
of the county, will vie with
each other in trying to win one
of the three prizes amounting to
$150, in addition to which all
non-winning booths will he given
substantial sums. It is expected
that the work of the club girls,
under the direction of Miss .luun-x
it a Neely, Koine demonstration
agent. win surpass anything tliev
have heretofore undertaken at the
fair.
There will lie on exhibition a
large number of thoroughbred
horses, cattle, swim*, other livestock
and poultry. In addition
to the county exhibits, club hoys
of Lancaster county are planning
to put on display several truckloads
of purebred swine and per- >
haps other exhibits.
The Blue Buckle, Aragon. Arcade,
Wymojo. Helen and Lookin
ore cotton mills are among the1
industrial plants which will have
intcrsting exhibits of their prod- |
nets, in addition to which tliev
also will put on display interest
iug exhibits of the handiwork ot
the men. women and children of
their villages. j,
There will he a varied assort-'
incut of field crops, the best tlu^
"county affords. The fiO-eur corn
exhibit is attracting considerable1
attention among the farmers; $40
in cash prues is being offered for
the best display of products of
one farm. For several years York
^ county has had the champion corn
grower among the club hoys of
the State and they arc preparing
to keep up their reputation along
this line.
Friday will be "Armistice and
Education day" at the fair and
the various American legion posts
of the county are cooperating
with tin* fair association to make
the occasion momentous. Several
thousand ex-service men.*the
members of patriotic organizations.
oroiuinent citizens and
school children arc expected to
take part in the parade through
the streets of ltoek Hill on that
day. There will lie a sham battlebetween
the Prank Roach (Inards
of Rock Hill and the Tom Hall
(inards of Fort Mill at noon. A
complimentary dinner to the ('onfederate
and World wai* veterans
will he a feature of the day's exercises.
The horse races each day of
the fair promise to be the best
ever seen in ibis section and
plenty of excitement is perhaps
in store for football entJnisisats
Wednesday when the teams of
Winthrop Traininjr school and
York hij;h school meet at the fair
grounds.
An amusement company, with
1f> shows, said to be one of the
best on the road, has been eiipaped
for the fair.
A eonijrejjat ional inciting has
been called by the session of the
Fort Mill Presbyterian church to
he held at the conclusion of the
morning service next Sunday. It
is stated that the principal pur
pose of the meeting is to consider
extending a eall to a minister to
fill .the vneanev create^ some
months ago hv the resignation of
the Rev. .). B. Black. The statement
was made Mondax l?y an
officer of the church that the committee
recently appointed to make
recommendations to the congregation
looking to the calling of a
pastor would submit the name of
^ the Rf?v. Mr. Visor of laiurel Hill.
N. C.
Thieves a few nights ago hroke
into the storeroom of the Heath
Motor company in Fort Mill and
stole $200 worth of automobile
tires. No arrests have heen made
in connection with the tlicit of
the tires. 1
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TURNS FROM COTTON.
Southwest Georgia Most Prosperous
Section of State.
Writing to The Times a few
Jays ago from Albany. Ga.. A. V.
\V illiamsou, traveling salesman of !
Fort Mill, who was recently in
Mjulhwest Georgia ami there oh-|
set*veil forming conditions as af-j
leeted by the boll weevil, said. )
"The farmers hereabouts have almost
quit raising cotton, and it is1
the most prosperous section of j
the State. Some farmers told me I
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, ?? vmimi in* * i imriv i w vur |
ion. It is a brant if 111 picture to
see the cattle and hogs on the
farms down here and the leftover
crop of peanuts and velvet beans
for the stock and for market.
With his letter t<> The Times
Mr. Williamson incloses a dispateh
from Moultrie, tin., to an
Atlanta paper in which it is stated
that "since the rains Colquitt
countyTariuers have started work
plowing in cotton stalks as part
of their plans to combat the ravages
of tin* boll weevil next year.
'I lie county demonstration agent !
started a campaign several weeks
ago with a view of getting as
many farmers as possible to destroy
their staiks, citing government
figures to show the advan
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' 11 I I I ?l 1 ? ? I M I I I | MMIlfW Willi ?? |
step in this connection. lit* ?11*- i
c laVcd that jrovermnent tests have I
shown that when 11.000 hull weevils
were forced lo winter qnar- 1
lers on October 1. only *J7 ofthcin
(less than 1 per cent) lived
through the winter. Of d.OOO
forced into winter quarters on
October I IS survived: wh<*n
9,.000 had their feed taken from
them on Noveinher 1, 291 lived
through the winter.
"A lar?re tmniher of Colquitt
county farmers have hecn destroying
their cotton stalks early
in tin fall and many of them
have asserted that it is the best
known method of fijrhlinjr the
toll weevil.
"In late September. 191!), .1. A.
Williams, one of the l?i?;jr,-si planters
in Colquitt county had his
stalks plowed in and last year lie
made a bale of cotton to the acre.
No weevils made their appear
siiift* in I?is fields until tin- pest
began its Into summer flight."
Itidorses Anti-Carnival Law.
"I consider tlm law passed by
the York delegation at tin* session
0 t lie i it nera I Assembly last year
preventtug carnivals and traveling
lent shows setting up for business
in this eounty one of the
lust pieces of legislation that has
been placed in our statutes in a
long time.** a day or two ago said
Col. T. U. SpratI of fort Mill in
speaking of the law. "So far as
fort Mill is eoneerned." eoutinuetl
t'ol. Spratt. "we do not need
any tent shows of any kind, and
while I hope that the unpleasant
duly of seeing that the law is enforced
here will not fall to me, I
have made up my mind that if no
one else does it. I will swear out
a warrant for the first man who
undertakes to violate the law in
t l.is community."
PLEASANT^VALLEY NEWS.
Mrs. .hums Hall, her daughter
and her soil. Harold Hall, of I lies.
l<r visited relatives in this community
last Kriday.
Miss Helen Heath returned to
1 . .. i ... ma11.....i v i < o..,
I ? I lll'IIM <11 .11 IMIllMU. ?! * ? *
i:r<i;i\. after visit injr relatives in
t his community.
I. '/. Mailes ami Senator S. K.
I!aties atlemleil tin* State fair in
t'olumhia last Wednesday ami
Thursday.
Miss Mary Mailes <?!" Winthrop
eollejrc spelt 1 the Week-end with
her-parents. Mr. ami Mrs. .1. '/.
Italics.
A social affair enjoyed by all
present was a Hallowe'en parlv
riven at the school house last h'ridav
evcninir. The school rooms
i .. . i li I.
Wilt' IH'MHilllM V. 11 II 111 ill' K lit i N.
witches and jack-o'lanterns. ?rivii;?r
i' spooky and weird appearance.
A number of appropriate
recitations aixl dialogues were
tri\ en by tlx- pupils and apple
hohhing and other contests were
indulged in. '"Spinner."
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Link of
Laurens visited relatives in Fort
Mill during the past week-end.
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest From
the Yorkville Enquirer.
The books for the collection of
State jiiuI county taxes will not
be open until November 15. That
is because the auditor has been
compelled to wait for those adjustments
by the State tax commission.
The treasurer, however,
is issuing tags and receipts for
dog taxes now. The dog tax is
separate and distinct from other
taxes, and payment pf the dog
4 : : 1 i t *
ia.\. in eviueiiccti i?v a separate
receipt.
.Josephus Daniels. secretary of I
the navy during the Wilson ad- ,
ministration and now editor of
the iialeigh News and Observer,
the most influential North t'arolina
daily newspaper, has accepted
an invitation to deliver and address
before the student body of
Winthrop college on November
11. Armistice day. The college is!
arranging an Armistice day celc-I
brat ion. with former Secretary
Daniels as the principal attraction.
that will take up practically |
the entire day.
W. I*j. (Jettys of Tir/.ah and several
of his sons_were in Yorkville
Tuesday morning bringing with j
them in a box a strange sea bird j
which a colored woman found in |
j Mr. (Jettys* field Monday after- |
D. A. R. Hold Meeting.
Tlii* November meeting of Knnjiv
11n chapter. I). A. K.. of Fort
Mill. Mrs. Kenneth Nimsregent.
was heltl at the home of Mrs. T.
I'. Spratt last Tuesday afternoon
with l'J of the nieiuhers present
(itiests of the ehapter at the meeting
were Mrs. II. Holt Ardrev and
Miss Fmtna Anderson.
Following the business session
an entertaining program was carried
out. A new program corn- i
mittce. composed of Mrs. .1. I?. j
Spratt and Miss Susie White, was ,
appointed to serve during the |
mnn'hs of December and-lanttary. 1
The hostess, assisted by Flinor !
Spratt. served a salad course dur- 1
inir the social hour which foljow- 1
ed the regular program.
The next meeting of the chap- j
ter will he held the first Tuesday
in December at the home of Mrs '
.1. I.. Spratt and Mrs. F* M. Mack
secretary and treasurer, requests
that all members hear the date in
mind, as no further announcement
will be made of the meeting.
i noon. iin> mm. winch was speck- 1
Id gray in color, with a long bill ;
and web feet, was identified as a
species of gull. and the theory is
that it had been blown inland
from the coast during the recent
storm. The gull appeared to he |
quite vicious, striking repeatedly!
at persons who came in close
proximity to it.
"Well. I have attended my last
Slate fair." said a well known j
York county man who attended j
the fair in Columbia last week. )
"There's mighty little satisfaction
in going to a State fair. Hotels
and hoarding houses are always
crowded; it looks to me like
Columbia merchants put up the
price of everything during fair
week and there is such a jumble
and confusion that it isn't worth
while goings ?nd I think I am
r done.
Referring again to the condition
of .1. S. IJrice. Ivsq., in order
that his many friends may understand
the situation as correctly
av possible, thy ease is put like
this: Mr. Rrice is much beter. lie
is free of fever mid is >is clear of
I 111 iiii 1 as ever. llo out of his!
lied into a chair without help for
I the first time last Sunday, lie is J
going to have to learn to walk '
again, lie is glad to talk to his I
friends when they call and will
even talk business matters when
they do not require reference to
hooks or the making of calculations.
I hit it should not he Understood
that he should he subjected
to a great deal of effort
yet. As to what he can and can- j
not do. Mrs. Itrice is a faithful
guardian and excellent judge and
will see to it that visitors do not
tax him heyotnl his capacity. It
should also he reineinhered that 1
the little hoy. Adolphus. who is
convalescing from an attack of
scarlet fever, is still quarantined
in an adjoining room.
GRADED SCHOOL NEWS.
Pupils Give Program for Parent
Teacher Club.
The October meeting of the
Parent-Teacher club was held .
in the school auditorium Thursday
afternoon. Miss Zeliua Phil- I
lips* section of the third grade i
gave an interesting program, 1
which was followed by a short
business session. The meeting
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Thousand During Decade.
The population of York county
increased about It.000 from 1910
to 1920, according to the last census
figures. The negro population
of the county decreased 1,045
during the decade,giving the
white population an increase of
4.000 during the period between
the last two censuses.
There were 50.5:10 people in
York county on January 1, 1920,
as compared with 47.41 8 in 1910.
Of this number there were 26.150
native whites. 1:1,682 white males
and 12.968 white females. 24.220
negroes, 11.740 males and 12,490
females. In 1910 there were 22,265
native whites and 25.275 negroes.
The population was 52
per cents negro in 1910 and 47.9
per cent negro in 1920.
As to illiteracy, the census report
shows that there were 26.795
persons over 10 years of age and
<>.562. or 17.8 per cent, were illiterate.
In 1910 this percentage
was 27.2 per cent. Of the 19.200
whites in this class 1.120. or 5.0
per cent, were illiterate. Between
the ag?-s of 16 and 20 years. 8()C.
or 14.7 per cent, of the 5.488 were
unable to read or write. Of the
2.521 adult illiterate males, 2.021
were negrrtes. and of the 2.667 illiterate
females. 2.222 were negroes.
The report shows that ther"
were 9.985 families in the county.
riving slightly more than five to
tin* family. There were a total of
?>.4l27 dwellings listed in the county,
or less than a home for each
family.
I). K. I jee of Chester was in Fori
Mill this morning.
doe M. Wheeler, special agent
for the census bureau, reports
York county ginnings of cotton
up to October 18 at 21,740 bales
against 9.790 bales up to the sain"
date last year.
.. i.o in n aut-iuu'd UV UOII1 pu* <
rents anil teachers.
The Rev. Robert 11. Vizer of
Laurel Hill, N. C? conducted
chapel exercises for the school
Monday morning. He read and
explained the 13th chapter of
Corinthians, making his tulk so
interesting that even the little |
folk understood anil enjoyed it. ]
During his short stay in Cort Mill
Mr. Vizer made a number of
warm friends. ,
The first quarterly examinations
of the session were begun '
this morning. The standard of '
the schop! has been raised this j
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;vu., i?/ uvn? uriiij; till- |I1INMII^
mark. To get on tin* distinguished
honor roll pitpils must have an
average of 95 to 100.
As a reward for good work in
school this year, the local Daughters
of the American Revolution
have offered a gold medal to he
given at the end of the year to
ilie pupil in the high school who
makes the highest average in
scholarship.
The football game between Fort
Mill and Wmthrop Training
school which was seeduled for
Friday, November 4. has been
postponed until November 18. i
The game will he played in Rock |
Hill and as there is considerable
rivalry between the schools it is
being looked forward to with
interest. Fort Mill will play Lancaster
on November 10 in Fort
Mill.
Miss Hoffman, head of hom<&
economics in South Carolina, visited
the school Wednesday.
The second year section of th_'
home economics class entertained '
in honor of the high school pupils
and high school teachers Monday
evening. The entertainment was J
in the form of a Hallowe'en par- j
ty. All came masked, several
wearing striking costumes. The '
evening was pleasantly spent |
playing Hallowe'en pranks.
GAIN FOR YORK CONTY.
Census Gives Increase of Threa I
TO OPEN NEW COUNTRY.
Big Things in Store for South,
western United States.
"Tile n?w Mexican harbor at
Rocky point. 011 St. George s bay,
which, dispatches state, soon is r??
be developed, will open to passenger
traffic and commercial development
a rich portion of southwestern
United States, as well as
u part of the North American
L'outinent on the Gulf of Ualifor
m a uromi open sneeT ol water on
the eastern side of the gulf, 200
miles north of tinny inns, n town
o; 23,000 inhabitants, on (Siiaymus
bay, one of the most beautiful
haibors in the world. Roe.ky I
point lies on its northern edge
not far from the month of the
Sonoita river. Front its shores
back into the country there are
vast areas of sand dunes, or los j
incdanos. as the natives eall them.
In faet, this term is applied to
the whole upper part of the gulf
eastvof the Colorado. The mere
name recalls sensations of hurtling
heat, trackless wastes, parch- ]
I'd throats, rattlesnakes and other
reptiles. Though stories of the
fabulous deposits of gold ami silver
existing in this barren region
are rife in the neighboring country.
little is actually known of ,
what wealth it contains, as most
of the prospectors who have ventured
into its lonely reaches have
never returned to tell their stories.
' The whole of this upper north,
western part of the Mexican State
of Sonora is included in what is
locally known as I'apagucira, the
home of the I'apago Indians?a
broad region which slopes toward
the Oulf of California and northward
to the Gila river, and Is
much the same that the tt'ihe held
at the time of the coming of the
Spaniards. The natives are strong
and healthy, possess force of
character, and are industrious
and of an even temper. They
Iiiivp iilmnst cftiiiiili'ti?l\r i
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the white man s garments ami
arc fast acuiring his customs ami
modes of I i v in jr.
"On tlie southern edge of the
Bay of St. (ieorge. a salt deposit,
usually measuring about 325 feet
in diameter but sometimes entirely
covered by the sea. which is a
favorite with the Papagoes. When
they need salt, the customary
method is to ride to the foothills
of Ohujubabi. perform a certain
ceremonial rite peculiar to the
gathering of salt, ami then walk
the 50 miles to the salina in about
a day and a half. There is no
water to be had between the two
alacea. The Pincate salt deposit,
uia that is little known and explored,"
savs a bulletin of the
National Geographic society.
"The Bay of St. George marks
the northern limit of deep water
in the Gulf of California, and
when its new harbor is connected
by a short spur of iruck with the
railroad already in existence,
there will be an all-water outlet
through the Panama canal to
eastern United States for the
mines of Arizona. Once, just
utter the Civil war. the people of'
the Arizona mines had all their I
supplies brought them from California
by water, the ships steaming
down the California coast up
the gulf and the Colorado river
to Yuma, and now it seems that
thj old method of handling their
products will come into vogue
ugain.
"The Gulf of California, of
which Americans hear so seldom,
ranks among the largest of the
world. If it were stretchced out1
iiiiand over our country from
New York harbor it would swal
low up u broad at re toll of country
from :U) to loll miles wide i
back as far as Detroit and itsl
busy factories. It was shown on
the early maps of North America
a" the Sea of t'ortez. since this
bold corsair explored it first. Its
depth varies from 000 to 6,000
feet, its eoast line on both sides is
irregular, and in it are many islands.
Angel de la tiuarda and
Tiburon being the largest. .The
latter island points its rocky crest
7,000 feet above the level of the
sea and is inhabited by a fierce ;
and warlike tribe of Indians, the
Seria, who. its is claimed, have
cannihulist ic instincts.
"The Hay of St. (Seorge itself
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SHOW HOUSE IMPROVED.
Majestic Theatre Building Made
More Attractive.
With the completion within the
next day or two of extensive improvements
which have been under
way for the last two weeks
a the Majestic theater, Fort Mill
will have one of the most atiractive
moving picture lioiuss 01 any
town of like size in tins section
of the country, 'lhe interior of
the building has been remodeled.
one of the most iiimnrt.i?n
ges being the rearrangement of
the screen, \vhic|i will hereafter
be located in the front nt the.
buihling instead of in the rear.
The floor has been surtieieiitlv inclined
to enable patrons to see
equally well from any sent in the
building ami a large fan has been
placed upon the roof which wilt
provide a constant circulation of
fresh air throughout the building.
a*? i --
the efficiency of an automobile al
a saving of from 20 to 20 percent
in pis. In his complaint tin* former
senator claimed that lie had
been grossly deceived and asked
for damages in the amount of
$150,000.
C. E. Spencer Critically 111.
('. K. Spencer, well known
member of the York bar, yesterday
was reported crilicajly ill
from a stroke of apoplexy lie suffered
while at he breakfast 'table
in Columbia Tuesday morning.
Monday Mr. Spencer went to Columbia
from York to appear in
the supreme court to argue a ease
Tuesday.
about 50 miles farther north of
the gulf shore, however, has always
furnished the majjorj portion
of the salt supply of the Papagos
Indians.
"La Paz, the capital of the
southern district of Lower California
and Santa Rosalia. the
shipping point for milli??iis of
dollars worth of copper each year
?both lying on the western coast
of the gulf?probably will profit
by the development of the new
harbor."
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i hi?* urn. i?v iin* way. was torinerly
used as tjle propyl iff at' an airplane
ami local mechanics who
have examined its construction
said it is one of the most carefully
and substantially built pieces
of machinery they bad ever
seen.
Notable among the improvements
which have been made at
the theater since it was closed a
few days ago is the installation
of two new Do Luxe motiogrnph
moving picture machines of tlic
latest model, which will insure an
uninterrupted show at all times
and will prevent the delays common
to many theatres where only
one machine is used. The auditorium
of the Majestic is now l'-o
feet long.
It. \Y. Bradford, owner of the
theater, is making every effort,
he said yesterday, to have the
building in readiness for the regular
afternoon show Saturday.
To Fly Over North Pole.
If his schedule works out. lv
F. Nuulty will be at the north
pole November 14. He is now in
Washington perfect ing plans tor
the first airplane dash to the far
northern point. He experts to
travel from Point Harrow, Alaska,
to the pole in two days.
From the pole lie will run down
the other side of the world, visit
Kurope and jump iiack across the
Atlantic, checking up his 12,00(1
mile journey as he returns to his
starting point in Washington.
Four men will make up the party
and Nuulty says the first day out
of Port Harrow he experts to
make ti()() miles, flying at 50
miles an hour.
Verdict for McLaurin.
In a recent suit in the federal
court in Charlotte, John L. MeLuiirin,
former United States sen
ator from South Carolina, was
awardeil a verdict for $f>li,000
against the Automatic Steam Carburetor
company of Chicago. Mr.
McliUtirin had bought the rights
for certain southeastern States
from the company under the representation
that its automatic
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