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IMMMEMMEII I ill __ m 5 &., J v' ft ii11 if MB Established 1891. aV ^ ^ NEWS ABOUT TOWN, Items Picked Up Here and There By The Times' Reporter. x Miss Martha Dyches to at home from Anderson college for the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Clarence Link of Laurens is the guest of Mr. und Mrs. C. S. l.ink ivi iiic viiridiiiian iiuiiuuj a. A B. .Withers of Jacksonville, Via., Is a Christmas guest at he home of his nephew. Withers Mfcssey. Mr. and Mrs. tV. L* Hall leave this week for Florida to spend the winter at several of the resorts in that Stale. Mr. and Mrs. I J.' M. J.cc and their daughter Mildred left Sunday morning to spend the holidays with relatives at Loughtuun, Flu. Miss Thelniu Ott, teacher in the Abbeville city schools. Is spending the Christinas hollduys with her parents. Dr. und Mrs. A. L#. Ott. At a speciul service In the Fort Mill Presbyteriun church, last Sunday evening by the Christian Fndeuvor society, contributions amounting to 96U.4K were secured for Near Fast relief. The Fort Mill graded school yesterday closed for the Christmas holidays. The session will he resumed on Januury 3. Most of the teachers .whose homes uro in other towns will spend the liolitluys with their families. The annual Christmas service wile bo held at the Kort Mill Presbyterian ?" church next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, at which' a special < uiisiiuo program will l>e rendered and girts from the Christinas tree distributed to membcrH of the Sunday school". According to the ordinance adopted "by the town council ot Kort Mill, execution!! will t?e issued after Juiiuui.. 1, against all property on which the muiitctpul tax lias not been paid, delated taxpayers will save themselves1 the cost by paying up before the first of the new year. Af the recent meeting of the I'.ap tint State convention in tlreeiivllle. Dr. J. W. 11. Dychea of Kort .Mill was j^ elected u trustee of the Itaptist iiosj' pltal In Columbia to succeed tin liev. J It. Smith, pastor of Klint Hill Hupllst church, whose term expired with the last session of the conventioiy. In a game of basketball Kridity between the teams of the Wlnnsboro and Kort Mill schools on the Kort . ^ Mill grounds, the home team was *>, successful, 24 to 0. Kriday evening before the Wlnnsboro girls returned home they were entertained by Air. and Mrs. M. *W. Klnitrfwtl. I'nlon services to be par tieip;. ted In by the congregations of the Ko: Mill Methodist. Baptist and Presbyterian churches will be held at the Methodist church Sunday evening. , January 1, at i o clock. The theme of the service will he, "What'* the matter with the worhl?" In the discussion of the subject the pastor of each of the churches will take pari Patrons and pupils of the hlah school department especially of th ,Fort Mill tcrnded school will learn , with regret that Miss Cfiirolinc i ? rothers, who has taught successfully the history classes for several sessions, will not resume her work after the Christinas holidays. Miss Carolh ers plans to stay with her mother at their home In the Steel Creek section of M^ckJenhiirg county. \ 'Next4-week there will he no Issue of the Fort Mill Times. For years it has been the custom of the pi-(tor to nppear during Christmas week a- it has during all the other w?cks of enyear and the decision to ask the In dulaenee of the renders of the piper that those responsible for lis appeal once might have a day or t>\o oft during the holidays was reacln i i? luctantly. An Important real estate transfer Involving the change in ownership of more thnn too acres of what Is considered nmong the hest land In Fort MM township took place n few day ^ I"** whf1 Karl Fai ls deeded to .1 M .fin Vtiu fn rill ill flip ft.il.l I liM community. Air. Oainhle In turn transferred to Mr. Furls the home in WhltevHIe park, Fort Mill, which he , hough some months iiro front .1. Leo r*l>ps. Mr. KitrIs sohl his farm to he able to devote his entire time to the Ourrlson-Farls Heed eompnnv. Bock vHllr, of which he is one of the proprietors. Three members of the hoard of trustees of Fort Mill school district, v No. 2X, will he elected on January l'> to succeed W. I). Wolfe. W J. Ktmbrell and II. IV Ifnrkoy. The term of office of the new trustees will he six years. There is talk of one oi* more women helnit voted for In the election, which will he open to uuallfled voters only?that Is. citizens v ho bnye paid all State anf county taxes duo by them on Oecemher J1 and who have county rcKlstrntlon certificates, which must he displayed to the election managers before the applicant will be permitted to vote. K. Merritt of Hoyalusa 1,'n.. is In Fort Mill spending the Christmas holidays at the home of his father. Monroe Merritt. Mr. Merritt has mhny friends in the community who are always pleased to welcome him *on-,the vislsts ho ntnkek to his family about once a year. He is a locomotive engineer on the New Orleans ^ Great Northern railroad and his run *w '^ ^between New Orleans and Hosra* ^ov Fort Atill sev^tiflrwral yeprs agp and for some time /' ,& .Worked In the shops of the New ^ Pjauthern with A B. Withers. L--0W0 g'Fort Mill.man. who was masf' tor ^mechanic of that rond at the \ tfmtfc. Mr. M^rltt and Mr. Wltheis r* ,p?t tb Font Mill a day or Mao ago V in a muttbor of r . / s/ "HE F CliHlSTM AS! In his remorseless sweep of tin* ttfc'es old Father Tune has put behind luni another milestone since Tito nines lust wished Its trienus a merry t'hrisiiuus, and the glad Yuletidc season is again here?to set aglow the marts aim luces of the little folk and, lor a Uriel season at least, offer respite from tlie toil uiul care Incident to' the life of all who lend u hand In making this old world a better place in which to live. Saturday evening and all day Sunday mi every land and ellme where there is Christian civilisation, homage will l>e paid the Man of Galilee, who, nearly two thousand years ago, forfeited his life on Golgotha that' mankind might he vouchsafed a better life in the mys?1 terious Itoyond. The precept and e.xample of the lowly Xaxarene are resounding down the corridors of time today as they did so many hundreds of years ago. and consciously or unconsciously the sentiment taught by him of "peace on earth, good will to men,'" alike finds abiding pluee in the mansion of the millionuH-e and the heart of the homeless wanderer tinrng the Christmas season. Christmas! There seems to la something and tindt finable something?in the atmosphere which Iraws us closer o|te to the other and for the time being we forget our disi, i.l,r,l,,t - - ID mill rm rn ill IIM' spirit if Kood fellowship. "t?ur feelings sally forth ami dissipate thcmreix?s over the sunny lundseupe, and we live .iliruiui and everywhere."* It is indeed a beautiful eustoiu mankind so many eenturies axu adopted of ohserviiiK Christinas, for. as ome one lias said. It teaches a man to set his own little watch, now ami hen, by the great eloek of humanity, which runs on sun tune, lint to oberve Christmas as we should we must think less of what we have ?iom toi others and more of what they have done for us. to realize alxvayi that the prineipal reason for our existent e is not what we tire going to net out of life hut what we are going to Kive life, that the world may hi hotter for our having lived in it. If .vo i'iiii add something to the sum of the world's happiness, if we eau Iikii'oii the hurdeiis hearing heavily on some fellow traveler, then we wii. a>t have lived in \uin. Christinas, we ar< told, is tne season for regenerated feeling the season for kindling not merely the fire of ho'spltulity in tjie In.11. hni the g? n iu.1 flame ?if charily to din bc.iri (hiring the Christmas season, as ai no other season of the year, seem? of early love rise green to memory beyond the sterile waste of years, ami the thought of home and childhood, fraught with the fragrance of home unrlllUK JDVS, I'fll 11111IHI I'S till- ill nopiiik spirit. as the Arabian will ometimis waft the freshness of the listant fields to the weary pllttrim of the desert. And amid all the happiness and good elieer of the Christmas holidays our hearts Instinctively turn to the inanjrer cradled Italic of Itethlehein, for to Him alone is the world indebted for th?> charm of a merry Christmas. A pretty old Itosnian folk talc tells us that when this Italic of ItethIcl.cm was horn the sun leaped in the heavens and the stars around it danced. A peace came oyer th ? mountain and forest. Kven the rotten stump stood straight and healthon th?' hillside. The (trass was be flowered with open ttlossoms, incense sweet as myrrh pervaded upland and forest, birds sang on the mountain top. and all Kin c thanks to the grcei CJod. "<t little town of llethlelient, I low still w?*-see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars k<> by; vet in jny dark street shinct.h The everlasting liKht; The hopes and fear* of ml the v..-it Aj'e met lit thee tonight." Ira A. Patterson Head. Ira Alexander Patterson iIum! u .lis home In the Karherx ille se.-'ion oi .-micuster ruiinh' on the aitcrnom to i?eeeuther 15, uKed Nf? years, I inoiilos stnil 1.: days. Mr. Patterson had ne-m .n feeble health, due to the ii unties of age, for the last |w< oi Hue* years, being confined to his hod lathe greater part of the last year IPwas iitarrled to Miss Harriett ;4<>pni< Knnhrell in Novrmher, 1S"?N. and is survived hy his widow, flyt'suns, three daughters. ;iti grandchildren untl tint great-grandchild. The surviving stilts and daughters are: II. I >. Patteison \V. I., Patterson. J. H. Patterson. J. \V. Patterson. I!. A. Patteison, Airs. \V. \\*. Warren of Port Mill township ami Mrs. W. P. Johnson situl Mrs. \V. II. Johnson tit ltoek Hill. Mr. Patterson was a consistent member of the Pleasant Vnllev Hap I tist church, with whleh he united a ! numhor of years ago. lie will he greatly missed hy his neighbors and friends, by whom he mas held In very I high esteem. Intelment took place in the cemetery of Harrison Methodist church Friday afternoon, after funeral service's conducted hy I ?r. J. \V. II. Dyehgs of Fort Mill, assisted hy the Kov. Mr Houek, pastor of . the Harrison nnd Plnevllle Methodist churches. Finest S. Armstrong, former Fort Mill man. who has been making his home at flrent Falls. Chester county, fot several years, has been ?erini?s!y ill recently of bronchial pneumonia and pleurisy. Mr4 Armstrong was able to sit up curly In the week for the first time In several days and It Is now hoped that he will soon be able to bejout again. ORT I V FORT MILL. S. C., THURSP ' M-:ws or YOltK COl'STl*. Ili'iiiv of (irnoral Interest Found In tin* Yorkvillo I'.nqulrvr. According to the books of the coun- | ty auditor, there are only 2S? gold | and silver watches in York county. 'I heir (I vn^ie is $6,420. The total of Stkte and county tnxes paid into the oltlce of the county treasurer up to December 15 was $25,596.02. This takes 110 acmurt cf the taxes paid into the different bunks throughout the county. The total tax hook calls for $632,750.3?. I'p to Monday the doit tax tags taken out numbered 1.050. Poisoned moonshine liquor killed iiinn it ^JUIIIIK lll'uru Wll<> | li\ ?m1 several miles south of York\iMe. | Friday afternoon. While no analysis of the lli|iior had lieett made up to Monday, the theory of physicians is that the stuff the negro drank was made of wood alcohol instead of grain. Hardin lived only a short w hilo after drinking the stuff. Some of the merchants of Itock lllll are agitating a movement to try to get the Seaboard Air i.ine railroad to come to Itock Hilt. The railroad taps the extreme eastern edge of York county some nine miles away from Itock Hill and It Is argued that while the eost of coming into Itock Hill would he grout business that would he obtained there would In a short period of time offset that eost. The management of the Hawthorne m.ill at Clover is laying material on the ground preparatory to the erection of a community house for the benefit of operatives of the mill. The community center will be located near the baseball park which was erected by the mill management last summer and will fill a long felt want in the village. The community house, which will he a large building, will l?e of brick construction and the work will he pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. \V. A. Ilarrett is now rounding out he '.Mith consecutive year of his res I record considered further remarkable by reason of the fact that be has been living in tbe same house during all those years. The 29th year of his residence in the mill village expires on January It. While Mr. Barrett holds the record for consecutive rest. d? nee at the mill, there are others there who have been Identified with It longer than lie has. Among them -;-e .1 It. l'srrtsb and W K. Bitch. a' though 'both haye moved away at times and returned later. Jus. \V. Cannon, owner of the ?'annon mills ot ) orkvilte and one of the leading eotion manufacturers ot tin world, died at bis liome at i'uncord. N i'., Monday evening at ti o'clock, aged about 70 years. lie hail been III for several weeks with complications k* owing out ot heart trouble. The funeral services were to be held at Concord Wednesday. Mr. Cannon was one of tin- pioneers of the Souther:) cotton nui n ufnelit line liwlnstrv mid was. the owner of quite a string of nulls in North Carolina, South Carolina, tieorgia aiul Alabama, aggregating in value many millions of dollars. 11 is survived by his widow and nine ('lildnu. lioek llll members of tiie I'nited linughtirs ot Hit- I'liiifeJeiucy have had no trouble in raising by putnie silbseriplioii i ne sum of tl.SOU, tiie. hit hi nee tine on in - new Confederate iiioniliiieui, wnie.i is reatly to be set up. Ciinuii; eis were busy two days uist \vt ek siilteiiiiig subscriptions to a fund to make up tiie deficit and they met with a generous response from the Itoek Will pub.te. I'p to Friday afternoon tiie sum of $l.fiii<i had lieei, raised and tiie canyassers expressed themselves as being confident the entire $l,Xna would lie raised without t rouble. Prohibition -otlieers operating in Itethesda township Sunday afternoon destroyed a lug moonshine funnier and Iiiiout J,200 gallons of hee^pvhieh | they found on the lands of Peter ilurdin, a nt'Sro who lives about five miles south of Yorkvllle. to the west o' the t'hester roail. While the distillery proper hail been moved recently. Sheriff (Jitinn gave it as his opinion Monday morning that there had been no less than 500 Kalians of liquor made there recently. When ' < odieeis arrived they found/I 1 biK i'.ixi s. each filled with corn mash or beer. Ii was estimated that the boxes would hold at least 200 gallons of mash each and all of them were full, while the stuff was about ready to i<i distilled into liquor. Program for Christmas KxerrlsOs. As has been the custom fAr several years, the Port Mill Baptist Sunday school will render special exercises in connection with the Christmas tree which will he displayed in the church 1 Monday afternoon, officers of the j Sunday school extend the pubic a cor- | d.al Invitation to be present. The ! program of (he exercises, to hog in j promptly at 8:20 o'clock, ftollnws: j 1. Song, "It Came I'pon a Midnight j Clear." Iiy the school. 2. Prayer, "oy tin* llcv. I?r. J W. U. Oychcs, * 2. Song. "Silent Night. Holy Night." hy the Kehool. 4. Il< citation. "Christ masi Pay." byj Mary Klixaheth Mcachatn. f?. Christmas song, hy children. 6. Story. "Tiny und Tint Play Sunt ft Clans." by Clement Potts. 7. Heeitation. "Bethlehem." hy Maria Culp. 8. Song. "O I.lttle Town of Bethlehem." by group of glrla. 9. Distribution of gifts. 10. Dt?mU?lon. * 1 %' / s ~i iff III t AY, DECEMBER 22, 1921. \TOIU,l>*K TIXIKST II\1I.IU>AD. Little Line In lviigluiul Doing ltml ' 1'ubllc Strvitt'. The liksdule railway, in I'usulierla mi. Knglund, seven miles long, with a 1& Inch (uuki'. has features of novelty and interest. At first sight, says the London Conquest, it is uiiticuil to regard it seriou'sly. Nevertheless, it is not a toy or model, hut Is of real commercial utility, ami as un engineering feat on a sniull scale is um?|ue. It is the result ot a reinarKahie uevelo|>ment of the model locomotive beloved of most boys and by many more udults than one might suppose. Constructed in lhTO. the line was originally 2 feet S inches gauge and was used to convey iron ore from mines in the neighborhood of I tool, a village in Kksdule. to Kaveugia.-s, on the coast of Cumberland, where it joined the Furness railway. After serving a useful purpose, both as reirnrilu inlimnil ;in?l " for many years, the mines at I loot were closed down, and alter valiant efforts to 'uiuintuin It, the railway itself fell into disuse In 11'I 3. In i : I however, a company known tis the Narrow Gauge Uailwuys, Ltd., obtained a lease on the line, which they converted to IS Inches gauge, the | original rails, weighing in pounds a yard, being reluid. The line was then equipped with the biggest model locomotives and rolling stock in existence. The line is seven miles long and passes through eharming scenery. There is un excellent service of trains each way. A maximum speed of ?i miles an hour is attained l>y the loeomotives, which are also capable of drawing a load of 17 tons on the lev* I at a speed of 14 miles an hour. The Journey occupies about ;;u minutes and about 75 passengers constitute a full load for a passenger train. I Kacli open coach accommodates eight persons, two abreast, the weight of an empty coach being about 800 pounds. Wind screens and awnings are provided for protection in wet or in hot weather. l-'or winter tru It lift osed coaches arc run that wolgh 2.4UU poll nits imply una mi-ui I- pe. sons Inside and four on end platforms. An ordinary summer train comprises nine open coaches. The most fascinating feature of the Kksdale railway is its onc-quurtci scale locomotives. The most up-todate models are of tin- I'aeifie type. Their weight is three tons each in working order, their over-all length IS feet 2 Inches and height from rail level to top of chimney :i feet S I Aches. There are in all five locomotives. 23 freight cars and 2 7 passenger eoaehes. Port .Mill's Kllit-ifiii Clerk. While a number of mutters of public interest were disi-ussed In the recent primaries for town otticials over which there were varying opinions, such for instance us the proposed repeal of the unti-hogpen ordinance passed by council some months ago anii the salary to he paid the chief police officer of the town by the incoming council, there wus heard no difference of opinion expressed over the quality of the service rendered by the town clerk, t'. S. I.ink, who has held the office several years and who is considered by many the most painstaking and efficient clerk tlie town has ever had. "I do not know how we would have got along without Mr. I,ink's services," yesterday I suid a former member of council. "None of^ us ever provejl star inetii>i...,.f ? 11 . . - - >vm ui tumu li iii iipmi, ne com 111 ued. "und hud ho not been on hand to Kivo as Information about the town's affairs and the benefit of his helpful suggestions, we simply would have made a mess of the town's business." It is presumed that there will be no opposition to Mr. Link when the mot or of electing his successor is taken up by the new council early In Januury. Jl ii Prosperous Business, Fort Mill friends of J. Lee Capps, who some months ago moved from here to Jacksonville. Fla., to enter businesss with his brother, C. L. Capps, in operating a brass and iron foundry in that city, will be pleased to learn that his business is prospering. In a letter received a day or two ago from Mr. Capps l?y one of his Fort Mill friends he sa.Vs that they have Juts closed a $75,000 contract to nantifacture a brass valve to tie used n praying machines to romhat the hnll weevil. other big Jobs which .Mr. t'npps and his brother have on 'and Is the manufacture of a la I'M-' number of brackets for atttomobl.c mirrors and a casting for a i?oj?c?.rn vending machine. , Fail to Freeze Weevil. Three Williamstnn men plachd a boll weevil between two blocks of Ice at the ice factory In that town and let It remain there 24 hAtirs to see If It would freeze. When it was taken out nnd placed In the sun it came to life The men then drilled a hole In a block of lee and put the weevil in the hole. The block of lee was then coin, pletely refrozen and the weevil stayed In It 48 hours. When liberated and again placed fn the sun the weevil again revived and flew away. It is believed to have lit on the farm of the Fort Mill township man who doe* not think the weevil a menaee and who is making no preparation to protect himself against Its Invasion Mr. and Mrs. W.. B. Ardery entertained a number of their friends nt dinner Friday evening, the ocension being in celebration of Mr. Ardrey's 50th birthday. fc Ii,.y ^ \ ' I * TIME! A FAM.KX MFTTROIHILIS. Ten years ago there were nearly 2 million people living in Petrograd. says The Youth's Companion. Not more than seven other cities in the world exceeded tt in size. Today there arc perhaps 600.VUV left; the deaths far outnumber th'e births, and everyone who can get out of the dying city does get out. Week by week the population dwindles. Along the Nevu there Is mile after mile of deserted docks. Crass grows between the puvlng stones; only now and then do you see a lonely schooner deliver ing a cargo of firewood from Finland, or a relief steamship discharging supplies for the famine stricken people of t(h?> city. The streets are empty and fallen irto disrepair. Most of the shyps are deserted; those that pretend to l>e open have little to sell. Four houses out of five are abandoned. Many of the doors swing idly on the hinges; the glass in the windows is broken; the metal that covers many of the roofs lias rusted or corroded. It is a I picture of desolation and discouragement, rust and ruin. The city Is well on the way toward the destruction that has wasted many another ; rich and famous capital. The decay of Petrograd is tin* Inevitable result of he overthrow if the Komanov dynasty. The city was created by the czars and apart from its position us tlie seat of their government has little reason for existing. Peter the (treat built it to he Ids "window looking out on Kurope." and his successors made it a great capital. It Is far from the center of Kussia .n a bleak and inhospitable region Though it has some advantages as a 3eaport during the warmer patt ?<t the year, it Is inferior even in that respect to Klga and l.ibau. which were Included in old Kussia. Koth the revolution and the Bolshevist uprising hegan In Petrograd, hut after the csur was gone there was no possible reason for keeping the seat of government there. l'ower passed at once to Moscow and with it the last chance of prosperity for Petrograd. An .. i-fll-1,.1.. I > - ? -* - ? ? ... if* hiviiv|iuikb irum imp rirsi, It has suffered tin* unhappy fat?* of the royal house that huilt It and maintained It. fltargial Willi Stealing Football. The Iriul Monday' afternoon in Magistrate J. U. Halle's court of Hosier While, negro hoy, charged with stealing a football from the athletic] association of the Kurt Mill graded school, attracted the attention of a considerable number of hoys and men. The prosecuting witness was OouglusH Nints. The football was found in the possession of White, after being out of hand for several days. White said he puid unotlier negro boy, George Potts, for the ball, adding that he had expected to reimburse himself by charging other negro hoys I a cents each for kicking the ball. Potts was put on the stand and admitted that he sold the ball to White, after procuring It. he said, from a white boy named Price, who has moved away from Port Mill. Potts' family paid $7 to compromise the case. Promoter- 'of Town Funerals. The town that never has anything to do in a public way is on the way to the cemetery, says a Kentucky newspapers. The citizen who will tin | nothing for his town is helping to dig its grave. The man that "usscs the town furnishes the cottln. Thu man who is so selfish as to have no 1 time from his business to give public affairs is making the shroud. The man who will not advertise i?< drivitiK the hearse. The man who is always pulling back from any public enterprise throws houuuets on the grave. The man who is so stingy as to lahowling hard times preaches the funeral and sings the doxology. And thus the town lies hurled from all the -sorrow of the world. Women l>o tlie Work. While the men of the savage, warlike tribes of Morocco are busy fight- ' Ing off the Spaniards in the bloody struggle now going on in Morocco, Africa, the women lead miserable livVs. They do all the work. They i I lo/iL> ?? f-?* * l - 1 - * * ' - ??wn ill U'l llll' lillllf, Knilll II1C grUIII, make the lirrad, churn the luitter. hew the wooil, draw the water, do all the plowing ami xowImk and are treated by their lordly husbands even worae than the anlinuls to* which they are yoked to do the field work. Ahlcrmeii-nt-laircc Nominated. In the Democratic primary Tuesday foi the nomination of two candidates for alderman-at-large, John \V. Ounn and Wllburn L. Ferguson were sue- j eessful, the former receiving 206 1 votea and the latter lf>t>, out of a total vote of 310. J. T. Young. Jr.. and 15 W. I trad ford received, respectively, 133 und 112 votes. The election passod quietly, with a decrease of 12."? | votes compared with the vote east in the election on January 13. Form Ministerial 1'itlon. The Rev. J. VV. II. l>yohes. the Itev. W. It. Ilouknight and the Itev. It. II Viaer. pastors of the ltnptlst. Methodist ami Presbyterian churches of Fort Mill, respectively, have organised a ministerlan union, with 1 >r. Dye^es as chairman ami the Itev. Mr. V'iser as secretary. The union held Its first meeting in the study of the Itev. Mr. Itoukntght Tuesday evening Many Fort Mill people were Interested In the announcement of the marriage a few days ago of Dr. J. B. Massey and Miss t'anle Friedhelm of Hock Hill. / / J * ^ * . <\ v:,. i * r \ * v" * % ' ' ; -3 ^ % s 5 J% V ?1 Rfl V>Af V??. . * ClTAOKI. ItlSKS AXK.W. I'iiiikmh Old .Military School to Oih-ul?y Hotter Quarters. | In Charleston is located one of the most famous military schools in the I'nited States. It is a State Institution. estahlislted In 184! and is Known / us the Citadel. Cadets and gradual.-s of this West Point*of the South, as it j has long bean termed, have won com- a HplcuouH honors in four of tin- coun- At try's wars. Many thrilling cxcn.s. too, are connegted with tlie name of the old institution. The first snot of the Civil war. that directed at the Star of the West when site nttiniped to relieve Fort ^uinter. was said to have been from a buttery manned hy, eadets from the Citadel. The standard of education at lite Citadel Is high, and the military .iritl and discipline are of the finest. In the reports of t'nited States instructing officers it is classed in the fust rank of millthry schools. Col. ilnrton, I*. S. A., pays this high tribute to the Citadel: "It is so superior that it must lie classed alone, and can only lie compared to our national academy." South Carolina Is now building a greater Citadel at a cost of L' million dollars. The work already is well advanced. Three of the si\ luiildiiop: are nearly completed. They arc located on a level tract of land along the Ashley river, li>0 acres in all. altd partly within the city limits of char leson. The tract was the gift of lite city to tlie State. As evidence of tlie magnitude of tl?e work under way at the old school a recent issue of The Citadel News, the student out.ii.m....... ..f !... mtion. said: "In order to receive vvltli greater futility the mass of inatorial needed a special line of railway lias been laid Into the grounds. Already more than riint carloads of material have been delivered over this track, in addition to what has been brought by trucks. Fully 2,1100 cubic \ards of concrete have been laid into the foundations and other parts of the buildings, and more than 1 million feet of lumber used in the wo.ah n part of the construction. If the stucco and cement plastering were laid out on one surface, it would cover la acres." t'harlestonians especially, who ha\c | been proud of the proportions of the old Citadel, will have canst tin lai greater pride In the new; for eomI pared with the main building of l he greater Citadel the huge harm. Us in its majestic proportions, with its massive walls and its many thousands of feet of floor spate, the main portion of tilt- oltl Citadel seems hut a pigmy affair. Il will retpnrc fttllv ton miles of electric wiring to light tlio barracks building alone of thu new buildings of the school. Illgli Schools \cc?l More Money. Muj. James I >. Fulp, sttpcriiteudcut of tin. .V 1?I..... 111.. ..... .- t. ... .. ... wuh u visitor in Kort Mill Tuesday, is greatly interested in li:>x i11Hi" tScncrul Assembly at its i'.i'J- scgsloit i In* reuse tlie appropriation allowed the high Mehmils of the State as tuition for iiMn-reslilent |ui|>ils. -The Abbeville blub school," said Ma,|. Kulp, "is losing money everv month hy having to take in |>u|?ils from other districts at per month, the amount allowed by the State tor their tultion. We have "0-odd such pupils # and flic sulaiies of the teachers wo must employ for them is in excess by about > 1 fi monthly of the amount the State appropriates for the purpose. We cannot charge these pupils tuition and it is a losing proposition for us. It seems unfair that the ta* payers of our district should have to provide for the education of hoys and girls from other districts and I hope the Legislature will come to our relief. I have no douht the same condition Is to l?e found In other high schools In tile State.." Vacancy on Itoinl ('ninmiiosiun. The death a few days ago of f\ I'. Ihankenship has created a \aucy hi the Kort Mill township road commission which will perhaps be filled early In the new year by appointment of the governor, upon recommendation of t lie York county Icgis Illtivo delegation. Tin* cominis* on hu? i hiirci' of the road const rue! ion work contemplated under ttie fTfi.mm bond Isnuc approved l>y the voters of the township lit si special election held some months uko. In recommending to the governor the personnel of the com mission the legislative delegation took Into aeeoinit geographical lines, with Mr ISIankenship representing more especially the rSold Mill and Flint Mill sections of tlie township. It Is presumed that similar considerations will he taken into account by the dclngatlon in selecting his successor. I'etltions re. ommending two citizens of the upper section of tin- township for the \ iouncy on the hoard are said to tic in circulation. Warrants Served on Clin*. |?. June-, According to a t'harlcston dispatch Charles I?. Jones of Lancaster w as at' rested Tuesday on five warrants charging him with "fraudulent appro, pr'atlon and conservation" of funds of the Lancaster Mercantile company of which he was president and general manager. In the aggregate sum of IJO.OOO. With trn It. .Tones, Sr.. former chief Justice of the State ?iiprenie court, as surety. Jones was released on honds of $10. OOP. Leroy Springs and John V. Stevens, respectively. president and manager of the concern at the time, made affidavits In support of the wurrunts.