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INTEREST IN ELECTION, j
Primary Tuesday Expected to
Bring Out Big Vote.
j The Democratic primary to be
held in Fort Mill Tuesday. De- 1
. cember 13, to nominate candidates
for town offices to be tilled
at the general election on January
10 promises to bring out a
decidedly larger vote than has
been polled at any municipal election
yet held in the town. lTp to
last night 375 citizens, including
many women, had placed their ,
names on the Democratic club
rolls. 4t~is thought tha by Saturday
night the number will have
gone beyond*450. In no previous
election in Fort Mill for town otliccrs
have more than 200 votes
hren cast.
There is much speculation on I
the outcome of the election, es- j
peciallv that for mayor. Thus far
there are two candidates for the
office, A. (\ Lytic and It. l\ Ferguson.
ltoth are business men of
the town and both have friends
who have been at work for them
since their announcements were
made last week. Interest in the 1
rnee is expected to increase with
the approach of the election. ;
Taking the talk heard on the
streets as a barometer, the race
will he close.
In the contest for aldennan-atlarfre.
with two to he nominated.
'i there are six candidates and it is
! not unlikely that a second prima- ,
ry will he necessary to determine ;
the winners. In two of the four
wards there are opposing candidates
for ward alderman. Two
members of the public works coin,
mission are to be nominated, hut
thus far The Times has heard of
only one candidate for the otlice. j
The polls; will open for the pri- |
mary lit 8 o'clock a. m. and close
at 4 o'clock p. in. As soon as the
^ work of counting the ballots is
finished, the executive committee
witl meet and declare the result
; of the lection.
The club rolls will close Saturday
evening and no one will he
,q flowed to vote in the primary
whose name was not placed thereon
before the hour of closing.
Women niav enroll under the
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same rules governing the enroll-I
ment of men, whether they have
eounty registration certificates or;
not.
Attention was called to the fear
expressed by a number of women
that if they enrolled for the primary
they would subjeet them
selves to the prospeet of jury
dbty. Sueh an idea is erroneous.
The laws of the State exempt women
from jury service.
Wants Clean Streets.
"Fort Mill is one of the best
towns of 2.000 people in South
Carolina," yesterday said a citizen
of the place who has visited I
practically every town of import- :
,anee in the State, "hut at that
there is not lacking room for ini- j
provement here." he continued.
"For instance, it gives the visitor
a "had impression of the place to
see trash and refuse matter of
various kinds lying around in the
nur\ in. i ? imiiMI IUM III! I I'll I
amount of money to remedy tliis
condition mul I hope the council
that will take charge of tin?
town's affairs early in the new
year will take steps to this end.
"One thing I regret the Fort
Mill City Democratic eluh overlooked
in arranging for the primary
next Tuesday was to set a
date for a public meeting of those
who are seeking office so that we
could he informed of their ideas of
what the town government should
be. As the matter now stands,
we are asked to go to the polls
and vote for this or that man
without knowing what he propos.
t?* to do to make the town more
progressive, or whether he in*
p' hinds to sit down and do nothing
as members of the town government
in other places sometimes
do.''
Play in Rock Hill.
Arrangements have been made
for a game of football in Rock
Hill Friday afternoon between
the Chester and (Jaffney high
school elevens to decide the championship
of the upper section of
South Carolina. The game will
be played at the fair grounds and
will start at 2 o'clock. i
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LOWER TAX PROPOSAL.
Special Committee to Make Rec- .
ommendation to Legislature.
If tin* special committee on
economy created at the 1921 session
of the (jeneral Assembly can
have its way there will he a reili.etion
in tln> tiiv lew el
something like one-third, according
to a statement of the committee
made public a day or two ago.
Three methods are to he proposed
in the report of the committee
to effect the proposed reduction.
The first will he to
postpone the construction of all
public building operations for .t
year. Hotter organization and
improved operating procedure in
in the State departments is tin'
second plan the committee will
propose and the third is to assess
for taxation under some form all
property now escaping wholly or
partially its fair share of the tax
hurden.
Senator Niels Christ onsen is
chairman of the special committee
and in an interesting letter to
The Tillies tells of the plans of
the committee to bring relief to
the taxpayers. Senator Christensen
does not anticipate that the
legislation the committee will propose
will pass without serious opposition.
however, as he is inj.
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lormeu i iijh parties who aire not
?lisint?*?! already are at work
i*iti?lin?r fault with what the eomiui<thas
done and hopes to do.
BITERS BITTEN.
"Let me tell von a little story
of ai eurd jratne that resulted disastrously
for a huneh of professional!
jrainlders in New Orlnams ai
few veaars ajjro." yesterdaiv saiid ai
Fort Mill main. "At the time I
wais stay in <r for ai few weeks ait ai
hotel in thait city. Ainonjr the
an (piaaintainees I made ait the hotel
v us a man named lieorgo Seott.
wno was one of the thousands of
Americans who rushed to the
Klondike when gold was diseov
ered in that eonntry in the late
'HOs. Seott was an interest in*;
story teller and frequently entertained
his friends at the hotel
with reminiscences of his experiences
in search of the precious
nu tal. Once he said he discovered
very little gold. hut that what lie
lid not learn about poker playin
ir while he was in the frozen
north haul been torn out of* the
book.
"A poker game. promoted by
all round crooks, was then b??i 11 tr
run in one of the hotel rooms.
<hie evening the principal shark
behind the pi me approached
Seott aiml me and asked lis if we
would not like to tatke a hand.
I answered in the nepitive. but
Stott said he might drop in for
a short time later in the evening.
Then I remarked to him that tho
p'liie was crooked and if he took
part in it lie might expect to be
robbed. 'They are welcome to
every cent they can stead from
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'I'll., next ?>vt*n in j; I asked
Si oii it" lu> had taken part in tin*
game ami In* replied that lie had.
"1 started to playing straight. ot"
course.' said he. 'hut in a short
time discovered that that was not
ihe sort of game I was up against.
It took me a little less than JO
minutes to shear them of $.">00. all
tin money they had. Then I invited
them to go out and prow
some more wool.
Gold Hill Happ*nings.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilsoji spent
several days last week with
Mr. Wilson's sister. Mrs. Arthur
(iardner, near Charlotte. N. (
Mrs. F. !!. Wilson ami her little
daughter spent last week with
relatives near Charlotte. N. C.
Mrs. .lohn Patterson visited
her father at Barherville last
week.
Itnuks Patterson is visiting at
Harherville.
Carl Johnson of Charlotte. N.
C. and Sutton Kpps of Flint
Hill were guests of F. II. Wilson
last week.
Clyde Ciinnup of Charleston
spent Sunday with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cumiup.
doe Niveils of Pilieville. N. C.,
spent the last week-end at his |
home in this community.
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FORT MILL, S. C., THURSD
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest From 1
the Yorkville Enquirer.
Information as of December 1
was to the effect that the Rev. Li.
F. McLendon was desperately ill
in the hospital at Tarboro, N. C.
lie' was expected to spend this
week at.Spencer, but instead s?uit
this luessairi*; " l)t>Ki>i>pnlt>lv ill
Trav for me."
The county board of supervisors
of registration issued quite a
number of certificates at its regular
monthly meeting .Monday
and made arrangements for the
annual revision of the record for
the use of the jury commissions
in the presentation of next year's
jury box.
Sheriff K. K. Quinn and Mrs.
Qiiinu both have influenza and
the doctor seemed to be very
much afraid Monday morning
that Mrs. t^uinu had pueui.umia.
Sheriff Ionian lias been sick tor
several days, but lias been trying
to bold out from going to bed .is
long as possible.
Kire of undetermined origin
which was first discovered be- .
tween the ceiling and roof of the
building destroyed the Miller
school building in Bethel township
about 4 >{() Monday afternoon.
School bad just been dismissed
for the day a short time
when the fire was discovered.
'I'Mire has been some talk of
asking (lipsy Smith to come to
Yorkville in April, but as ye'
nothing definite lias been decided
upon. The proposition is tli.it local
individuals guarantee! tb.' initial
expense, amount ing to about
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I wxf. <lllll I 11 < I I III <11111 I I Kill <111.
Smitii will receive for his services
voluntary routribulions.
Mitchell Burris. negro about 45,
kilb'il .lot* (till, anotlit'i' negro of
about tin* saint* age, at Burris'
lioiue on Hose Norton's place,
about five utiles west of Yorkville
Sat unlay evening at 7 o'clock.
Hollowing tlie killing Burris run
away, but be was arrested next
morning at 2:110 o'clock bv Depute
Sheriff t^uinn ami Magistrate
Black.
The merchants' association of
Belmont. N. recently put on a
rat killing contest among the
young people, offering a prize of
for the largest number of rat
tails. The larirest number of tails
brought in by one eonteslant whs
7:!. I?y Leonard Armstrong but
i?? all .~?7J tails were offered. The
I'11ii?mI Stat?'s government estimates
tin. value of property desi
roved by a single rat at $1.87.
and aeeording to this estimate
the rontest lias saved more than
$1,000 worth of property during j
I lie liext 1 'J liioilt lis.
Owners of dogs are just waking
up to the real signifieanee of I
the new dog tax law. Those who
knew about the law at all seemed
to think it would be all right to
defer payment on into .January if
they saw proper. lint now they '
are beginning to realize that j
while other taxes may be post- j
poned into January on a 1 per 1
rent penalty, the $1.*2~? dog tax |
must be paid before I teeeinher HI. I
Nearly '200 !ir? use lags have been
taken out within th.? lnvf ? ?? .1/ I
more than 7"? of them Moutlay, j
Tlit' total number of tax tags is- ;
sut'tl up to tlalf is over 4tK).
Legion Post Elects Officers.
At thf annual mooting Montlav
! night of Eli Bailes post. No. 48,
i Auit'i'ioan Logion. of Fort Mill ,
pt?st officers for the ensuing year j
I were fleet oil as follows: Coin- I
inauiler. Itrice l>. Culp; viee coin- '
i inantler. E. li. White; adjutant,,
! W. It. Ardrey. .1 r.; historian. F.
j M. Maek ; sergeant, Oscar Ham- j
[nioinls; treasurer, \V. It. MeaehI
am. Jr. A chaplain for the post
! will he elected at a future meet1
ing. The new officers are to be 1
; installed on the evening of l)e- '
comber 12.
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Fence Wire Telephones.
Barbed wire fence telephones
are being installed in two communities
in Corson county. S. I)., according
to the county demonstration
agent, who furnished the
plans. The county. 87 miles long
ami sparsely settled, hail little
telephone service until the counly
agent thought of using the ,
fence lines. [
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tO COLLECT DOO TAX.
Fort Mill Town Council Not to Be
Governed by State Law.
So fur as the town of Fort Mill
is concerned, the recent act of the
General Assembly providing that
u dog tax of $1.25 be collected in
South Carolina in lieu of all other
tux on dogs in this State, as was
the intention, if not the explicit
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woruiiij;, 01 iin* aci. wiii nave uo
effect upon the collection of the
municipal dog tax if the will of
the town council obtains. The
matter of collecting the loeul tax
on dogs as heretofore was given
brief consideration at a meeting
Tuesday night of town council, at
which the decision was reached
that- the ordinance of the town
should he enforced since it had
the effect of ridding the community
of several ownerless degs
last year.
The town attorney is understood
to have ail vised council
some time ago that the act of the
General Assembly did not repeal
the local ordinance and the duty
of council was to go ahead and
collect the local tax just as if the
State statute had never been enacted.
Whether the opinion of tnc
attorney was based upon doubt
be oiav have entertained of the
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const mmouaiity ol tin* act or
that tin* verbiage of it was not
sufficiently explicit to set as dc
the town ordinance, The Times
was unable to learn.
In local curbstone legal circles
however, neither construction of
the ^ict was necessary to warrant
the town in withholding the collection
of the tax, the opinion being
expressed that the town bud
all tlie warrant it needed to en*
force local ordinances in its ability
to fine or imprison recalcitrant
citizen#, regardless of State
statutes. The opinion also was
expt esscil locally that no act
of the lienors! Assembly was
binding upon the town council of
Fort Mill until the supreme court
passed upon the constitutionality
of tlie act., ami that town ordinances
in conflict with State
statutes should be enforced until
the same court held that the town
council was exceeding its authorit\
in enforcing such ordinances.
rsain :Y1. \N olte, attorney p'Drtr- ,
al of South Carolina, does not
agree that the town council of
Fort Mill is within its rights in
collecting a local dog tax. saying
that the act of the General Assembly
providing the $1.25 dog
tax shuts out the collection of all
other dog tux in this State, in
an official opinion rendered on
December 5 at the request of The
Times, Mr. Wolfe says:
"The 4dog tag' act has come ji
for more controversy than has
any other piece of legislation in
my lifetime. 1 know, and I hf.ve
wished often that some one would
take the trouble to have some
court construe the act. 1 have
officially consistently construed
the act as imposing the 'tag' license
of $1.25 'exclusive' of all
other taxes, mumnicipul or otherwise;
that is. 'shutting out' all
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. ,?? A% n wi , |1 *1/11 |M ? H I , ill
1 it'll of all other taxes.' It may
mean'in addition to other taxes,'
hut in connection with the rest of
the statute, I cannot see it that
way."
Wins University Monogram.
Robert Potts of Port Mill, who
is a student at Washington and
lee university. Lexington, Va.,
was awarded the university monogram
at tlit* football reception
given during the Thanksgiving
dances in Lexington. He was one
of the university's mainstays in I
foot hull this year. He slill has
another year at the university
and is expected to he even het'er
next year. At Clemson in 1919
he made the " All-Southern" foot,
hull team.
Many Men in National Ouard.
With a total of 132,000 men,
the National Guard units, reorganized
by the federal government.
have reached a strength almost
equal to that of the regular
army, according to an announce
inent of the war department ,
Vigorous efforts are being made
all over the country to bring the
National Guard up to its authorised
strength of 222,877 men. i
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Saving to Farmers.
Henry Ford intends to manufacture
more nitrates than all the
cotton growers of the South can
use if he is allowed to lease from
the government the power plant
at Muscle Shoals. Ala. He will
also standardize fertilizers and
make their use more effective and
cheaper. In addition to this he
also promises to earry on experimental
work for still further
perfecting the manufacture of
fertilizers.
Many farmers are behind Ford
in his effort to lease the plant.
Hardly a day passes but what
there are received in Washington
letters und telegrams from
farmers' organizations asking the
secretary of war find out their
I desires that the project be completed
and the nitrate plant be
put in operation.
I The supply of nitrates is fast
dwindling, according to n report
of the American Farm Bureau
federation. The nriee of Chilean
nit rutes, the chief source of supply
for American farmers, is in
eieasing us the supply is becoming
more inadequate. By completion
of the Muscle Shoals plant it
is claimed that the price will be
lowered, the supply replenished
and the door of competition opened.
thus reducing the price ot'
other commodities.
The proposition of Fort to enter
the fertilizer business, however.
is being fought by packers,
coal men, transportation interests
and fertilizer concerns.
Writes From Constantinople.
Robert B. Lee. son of Mr. and
Mrs. .1. F. Lee of Fort Mill, who
has been in the American navy
for some time, has written *.o
his parents from Constantinople,
where he is stationed for the
present as n fireman on a submarine.
The letter was written November
12. after Mr. Lee hail been
in Constantinople onlv a few
days. He was expecting to leuve
the next ilnv t'or Galatz, Turkey,
where he was t?? remain ten days
and then retnm to Constantinople.
"We are expecting." said he,
"to leave for the States about the
first of the year. We have a lot
of fun over here going to Turkish
dances. I will send you some
pictures of the 'Seven Wonders
of the World' some time real
soon. I was through the place November
7 and saw things there
that were made in the years I
a:.d 2. All the Turkish rulers are
buried there, uud the ones who
were rich have solid gold caskets,
made by hand." Mr. Leo says
his submarine is now burning oil
instead of roul and thut he likes
the former fuel much better.
Pleasant Velley Nrwa Notes.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Heath and
their young son of Midland, N
and Mrs. Louis Markle and
children of Detroit, Mich., are vis.
itinc at the hom?? nf \l
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and Mrs. Markle's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. .). W. 101 ins.
After spending some time with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Elms, Mrs. C. II. Hudson and her
children have returned to their
home ut North Wilkesboro, N.
Mrs. L. R. Therrell and her little
daughter have returned from
Greenville, where they visited
Mrs. Therrell's parents.
Mrs. ,1. \V. Elms, .Jr., and her
children have returned from Norfolk,
V'a.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. P. Dickson
gave a party to the young people 1
of the community last Friday
evening. Progressive converse
tion, games and music were enjoyed
until a late hour. Refresh- '
lueuts were nerved. Those present
wore: Misses Mary Graham, Sadie
Wheeler, Lucy Tiee, Verda Wolfe,
Ida Lee Parler and Ruth Shulor,
Willard Wilson, William Crook,
Walter Patterson and C. E. Pat- '
terson. "Spinner." '
B. F. Wingate, well known in |
Fort Mill as a Steel Creek farmer,
died at his home Monday, fol- '
lowing an illness of several weeks, j
Mr. Wingate was 40 years old 1
and unmarried. The interment i
Mas at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian t
church Tuesday at noon. i
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jl.50 Per Year.
LAND OF THE BANANA.
Republic of Central America Also
Coffee Producing nnnntm
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Coffee made for culture, bananas
for world neighborliness
and volcanoes fertilized the soil
for the new Republic of Central
America. Such generalizations
leave many facts untold, but ibis
one provides a dependable handle
for essential factors in the development
of the three states. Guatemala,
Honduras and Salvador,
which now make up the newest
American republic, according to
a bulletin from the National Geographic
society.
"This new nation has an area
approximately that of Colorado
and a population greater than
that of Massachusetts. Its mapped
outline resembles nothing so
much as a sleigh, with the runners
on the Pacific ocean and
British Honduras perched in the
driver's seat. Its surface eonforlnutioii
may be eompared to an
A tent, with one side sloping
mueh more gradually tlum the
other, and this longer side sag
ging uml almost touehing ground
toward its edge.
"One's geography gets twisted
in thinking of Central Ameriea as
being to the south of us. if it be
remembered that tin east and
west line running through the
new republic could touch Nicaragua
and Mexico at the cuds, and
that going from the Atlantic to
the Pacific means a trip south.
"The ridge pole of the lluatemulu
Andes lies mueh closer to
the Pacific than to the Atlantic.
Along this range volcanoes go
sky-rocketing with disconcerting
frequency. They wipe out
cities, at times, as when (luutcmala's
capital was ull hut destroyed
five years ago. and San Salvador
has won the nickname of 'the
swinging hammock.' Vet volcanoes
are the friends of these
slates. They are the very gushers
of elements which, entering
into the ,soil. have made the vegftutiilll
In Vlinw.i.t
14The sagging side of our tent
slopes gently toward the Atlantic.
Toward its edge are the lowlands.
Scattered tribes of primitive
Indians and negroes from
the West Indies once eked out an
isolated existence here. Now the
region is blanketed with banana
fields. This crop lias bound the
Caribbean side of Guatemala and
Honduras to the Cnited States by
those invisible but enduring ties,
steuiuship lines
"What sugar was to Cuba during
the second decade of the 20th
century, coffee was to (Juatcruala
during the last decade of the
19th. The breakfast beverage of
millions of Americans helped
put up magnificent public buildings
in Guatemala City and San
Salvador and placed pianos,
nographs and other luxuries in
many a Central American home.
It likewise sent a suddenly increased
number of Latin Americans
to colleges and universities*
of the United States to return
better equipped for leadership in
those political and civic iedals
which their countrymen already
were trying t?> follow.
"Tin* constitution of Honduras
does not regard the ballot as a
privilege, but makes voting compulsory
upon the male citizen
who can read and write. II married
he must begin voting at ItS;
if unmarried at 21. The death
penalty has been abolished.
"Salvador's coast is wholly on
the Pacific side of the isthmus.
Uuateinula and Honduras turned
their faces toward the Pacific until
the advent of the banana crop
on their northern plains. The
simple fact has had far-reaching
historical consequences."
Free Government Seed.
United States Senator N. H.
Dial has announced that lie will
be pleased to hear from any of his
constituents in South Carolina
who wish to receive any of the
government's free seed for planting
during the coming spring.
The lists are now being made up
in Washington and any person
wishing to receive these seed
*hould send their name to Senator
Dial immediately ami he will
tee that they receive their quota.
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