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PLANS OO FORWARD. I
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Federal Aid for Fort Mill Streets
and Roads Assured.
With $110,000 federal aid assured,
Fort Mill town und township
apparently are nearer a solution
of at least a part of their
respective street and roud troubles
than at any' time in the past.
At a special meeting lust Wednesday
of the York board of
county commissioners in the court
house at York the Fort Mill tow nship
road commission. Col. T. It.
ypfratt' chairman, was allotted
$26,000 of the county's federal
?road fund in addition to $10,000
. which .Mi'eud.t hud been secured
from the same source. Added to
the $75,000 voted by way of a
bond issue by the township last
April and the $30,000 bond issue
approved about 18 months ago
by the voters of the town for
street improvements, the township
and town commissions together
will have a fund of $135.000
for the work they contemplate
getting under way within
the next four months.
In addition to grading and resurfacing
several miles of other
township roads, it is understood
that the township eommission
plans to have a. bitulithie road IS
feet wide built between the Catawba
river bridge and the corporate
limits of the town, a distance
of a mile and a half. At the
point where the hard surface road
reaches the town, the paving will
he continued by the Fort Mill
street commission, of which L. A.
Harris is chairman.'and extended
to the town limits beyond mill
No. 1 of the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company. Other hard surface
paving the street commission
purposes to do includes all of
Hall street to the town limits beyond
the Presbyterian church,
besides repairing Main street
'.^ fcnd making as extensive improvements
as the money in hand
will permit to Confederate street
from Main street to the graded
school grounds, a distance of two
blocks. The same material is to
be used in hard surfacing the
streets of the town and the township
road.
.In the interest of'economy, the
township road commission and
the street commission are under
stood to have agreed to let their
contracts jointly for the hitulithir
work. It also is understood that
$10,000 of the the $:U).()00 federal
aid assured the township commission
will be available for use in
putting down the street pa vine
from the river road out White
stryet beyond the upper mill village,
the State highway department
having rendered the opinion.
it was stated, that the paving
is one continuous projeet.
Sustains Serious Burns.
Mrs. Ida May Grayson, wife of
H. D. Grayson, bookkeeper for
the Fort Mill Manufacturing compuny,
was seriously burned about
the faee early Sunday morning
by falling in a faint in front of an
open grate at her home neaf the
graded school building. Mrs.
Grayson was dressing near the
fire. She had complained t?> Mr.
Giayson of feeling unwell and he
had gone into the kitchen on an
errand for her. While out of tinroom
he heard Mrs. Grayson fall
and rushing to her assistance,
found Mrs. Grayson lying on the
floor with her face near the open
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graie. :vi<Miinii hhi was summoned
at once and it is now thought
that Mrs. Grayson's hums will
not prove as serious as was at first
feared.If Mr. and Mrs. Grayson
mowed to Fort Mill about a year
ago from New Knglaud and have
ain6e' made, many friends here
who will regret to learn of the
accident that has befallen Mrs.
Orayson. *
A special meeting of Bethel
presbytery was held in York last
Thursday at which the Rev. II. II.
, ?> Vfi|fr, pastor of the Fort Mill
Preabv terian ^church, was received
as* member from Kayetteville
(N. 0.) presbytery. The ceremony
of installing Mr. Viser as pastor
of the local -church will be on
January l&whcn the Rev. G. \Y.
Nickell will preach the sermon,
I the Rev. J. R., Swan will charge
1 the eongregutFjn. and .1. \V.
k - Thompson, art elder of Oakland
As?iu? Preabfrterian church in
J* Bock Hill will charge the people.
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CHRISTMAS MARRIAOEs!
Several Couples United in Fort
Mill During Holidays..
A marriage of much interest to
their friends ami relatives was
that of Miss Annie Belle Mi'Ma- !
ims, daughter of-Mr. and Mrs. N. j
M. MeMunus of Fort Mill, to Brat,
ten I). Kpps of tile Gold Hill community
at the home of his grandfather.
Hon. S. 11. Kpps, Thutuday
evening, December 22. The
ceremony was performed by the
Kev. 1!rover Kpps ami was witnessed
by a large number of relatives
and friends of the young
couple, to whom a wedding supper
was served* following the
marriage.
Frank 11. Burgiu of Spartan- j
?>urg and .miss .Malta' Mac i aldwell
ot' Rocjc Hill drove to Fort
.Mill from Hock Hill last Sunday
! afternoon ami were married at
I the Presbyterian inaiise by the
i dev. H. II. Viser.
.Miss Mamie Pressley and Robt.
Cordon, well known young Fort
Mill people, were married Saturday
evening; at 9 o'clock by Magistrate
.1. R. Ilaile.
Miss Oma Workman of Hoy kin.
, Kersluiw county, and Ladsou A.
Harncs of Hock Hill surprised
their friends by coming to Fort
..Mill Sunday afternoon to be marj'ieil.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. K. A. Viser. Both
Mr. Barnes and his bride are
members of prominent families.
Benjamin Moore of Fort Mill
and Miss Lola Dixon of Charlotte
were married Tuesday evening.
December 27. by the Rev. R. A.
Viser. pastor of the Fort- Mill
I'reshyterian churcli. The license
for the marriage of Mr. Moore
and Miss Dixon was issued by tin
' .judge of probate on September 27.
At (i:.'!() o'clock Wednesday
levelling. December 21. in the
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Miss (irace Hood and Floyd Bras'
wi'll, both ol' tin* Pleasant Valley j
eonimunity. in ljancHRter county,
! were married bv the pastor of the;
bride. Dr. J. \V. II. Dvehes.
M iss Mary Melaiuprblin. dau^hit
r of Mr. and Mrs. ,). (}. McLaughlin
of Fort Mill, was married
to Dennis K. Parks of Pinejville.
N. ('.. Sunday, December 25,
at the pastorhun of the Fort Mill
Dnptist ehureh. the eeremony bein
?r performed by the Kev. Dr. ,1.
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i.Mrs. Parks lias majiy friends in
Port Mill whose good wishes go
| with her to her new home near
Pineville.
Miss Leila Patterson of Concord.
N. and Karl Bailes of Porjl i
Mill were married on the afternoti
of Deeeinber 21, in York, re-'
I turning immediately to the home i
of his father, .1. 11. Hailes. in Port
I Mill, where, with a number of1
truests. they partook of a wedding
supper.
W. D. Kimbrell Dead.
Heart disease is believed to
have caused the death Wednesday
morning about 11 o'clock of
W. Dallas Kimbrell, well known
Port Mill township farmer, in a
field near his home, two miles
east of town. Mr. Kimbrell was
in the field al work some distancefrom
his brother, .J. H. Kimbrell.
w ho saw him lie down, hut
thought nothing of it. as lie had
not been well for several days.
An hour later the dead body of
'Mr. Kiiubrell was found where
his brother had seen him lie down,
lit* was about (>() years obi and
had lived all .his life in Fort Mill
township. Mr. Kimbrell was a
good citizen and had many friends
who will regret to learn of his
death. The interment was to be
in Flint 11 il1 churchyard ibis 11!"11
ronon.
Liquor Floods Qaffney Street.
Sheriff Wat kins of Cherokee
county and his deputies Friday
afternoon poured into the gutter
of a (laffney street more than
200 gallons of contraband whiskey
which had been seized during
the past few months. Many old
topers standing by condemned
the law which provided for the
waste of so much good "booze"
when it is so hard to procure.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Link of
1.aureus returned home Monday,
after spending several days during
the Christmas holidays at the
home of Mr. Link's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. Link. j
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THE KALIBAB FOREST.
Wonderful Reserve in Arizona
Covers Million Acres.
Northward from the Arizona
town of Fredonia rise the great
gray buttresses and the reddened
tops of Vermilion cliffs; southward
a blue haze hangs over the
purple sage, and the undulating
hills stretch away toward the horizon
until they are lost in the
green crowned top of the Kalibab
forest, which, in its turn, continues
for 5U miles to the-very brink
of the (Srand Canyon of the Colorado..
writes Wyntan Smith in
the Dearborn Independent.
Along the dusty road to the I
desert the cacti grow, some of j
them small spiny round balls,
others, st a Ik like, resemble the
stumps of the old deud trees, and
occasionally may be found the
sharp bristling yucca, or Spanish
bayonet, which looks much like
the common century plant, yet
sends upward from its center a
I few stalks hearing seed pods, or
, peanut shaped shells. Eventually
| a few cedars begin to appear.
thriving as best they can in a soil
that is h;i 1 f powder and half rock,
and only when the slow, even rise
of the plateau begins to make itself
felt and the throbbing motor
works harder do they increase in
size and number, for in less than
MO miles the elevation varies nearly
2.000 feet. From the east a
storm sweeps down the hist dip.
the rain falls in great sheets, the
neighboring hills are smothered
'in a bank of cloud, lightning
tlashes and cracks, yet although
we are only ten miles away the
great rolling'mist toils westward,
and we arrive within the rainy
j lea to find only moist earth ami
a freshened vegetation. It is a
relief to us after the dusk of the
desert and a delight undoubtedly
to the jack rabbits that bolt hither
and thither through the sage
and cellars. The road then ascends
more rapidly, the cedars
grow thicker than ever, scru(?
oaks interfere among them and
, the piuon pines also grow along,
side, all of them scenting the air
mil, together with the fragrance
of tiie inan/.unitu, making the atmosphere
fresh and stimulating.
In such a place and at an altitude
ranging from 7,500 to 9.000
feet above sea level. Uncle Sam
has reserved the greatest soft
wood forest area in the union and
has preserved in it trees that
were already of good growth
when t'olumbus discovered America.
Today these trees tower upward
of 100 and 200 feet, running
to fine spindle points at the top,
hut measuring two, three and
four feet in diameter at the base
a hast' sr1 in the needle mattress
of the hills ami strewn with
cones which have fallen year after
year front the great branches
of the pines and spruces. It is
tite Kabbah forest that here covers
a vast area of 1 million acres j
and grows fast enough to permit I
i the utilization of 50 million board j
feet of lumber a year indefinitely,
j or if cut at once would supply
'ZY2 billion hoard feet, enough to
load a train of cars that would
reach from lioston to Norfolk.
On the fire tower at Jacob's !
Ilnke ojie gains slill another coilI
coptiou of the great forest re-|
I source. South, east and west.
I every slope and hill top is set with
the needle 4ops of the trees. Fair
toward the eastward lies Horsel'oek
vallev. now drv and carrv*
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in<.' no watur, hut far back in geologieal
time onee the basin for
a tributary of the Colorado; and
hack over the route we came may
lie seen tile distant outlines of the
Vermilion cliffs. Slightly to the ,
right is t|ie Nipple, a crater like ,
mountain rising out of the plat- I
eau. and still farther northward ;
appear the termination of the |
great rock layers that came down j
fiom the north, hut which lit (lis-J
taut geological ages have been '
swept off the top of this great
plateau to a depth of o.OOO feet; j
while the great Kalibab itself whs
raised until it reached the aiti- !
tilde where rains often occur at
| intervals of a half hour, sum-'
liter hailstorms are not uiu'om- >
moil, and chilly nights follow cool
' days.
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Miss Hattie Huntley spent several
days last week with relatives
j at Conway.
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ftp*^, JANUARY ft, 1922.
'ra^DTION NEXT TUESDAY. '
Voterp Expected to Ratify Choice
of ^Democratic Primary.
A general election that promises
to be. marked by a notable
lack of interest will be held in
Fort MityiTuesday, January 10,
for a mayof, two aldermen-atlurge,
four ward aldermen and
three members of the public
works commission. While there
are more than 200 citizens of the
town qualified to vote in the election,
it is thought that less than
half the number will trouble to
gc to the polls to cast their ballets.
since it seems certain that no
| opposition will spring up to the
candidates nominated in the Democratic
primaries a few weeks
ago.
Apparently everybody was satisfied
with the result of the uomi
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ticipated in by practically every
citizen qualified to vote in the
general election, and some 250
mure, and there lias been no suggestion,
so far as The Times can
learn, of independent candidates.
To guard against the possibility
| of opposition candidate's, however,
voters in the Democratic primaries
were required to pledge
themselves, under outh, to support
the successful primary candidates.
There was no hesitancy,
the primary managers said, on
the part of anyone to subscribing
to the outh. although the obligu- j
tiou voters take in Democratic
primaries in South Carolina to
"support" the Jiominess is more
often honored in the breuch than
I in the observance, the average
primary voter uparently taking it
| for granted that there will be no
opposition to the purty nominees
and that it would he like carrying
couls to Newcastle to go to
the polls on general election day
to vote for candidates running
without opposition.
Tiqketq for the general election
have been ordered printed by the
town authorities. On the tickets,
of which there will be five, only
the names of the candidates nominated
in the Democratic primaries
held on December l.'J and De
j ceuiDer "JU will appear, as follows:
Mayor?A. C. Lytle.
Alderman - at - Large ?J. W.
( una and W. L. Ferguson.
Alderman. Ward 1?W. C.
Slroud.
Alderman. Ward 2?C. D.Hope.
Alderman, Ward 3?B. D. Culp.
Alderman. Ward 4? (J. W. McKenzie.
Public Works Commissioner?
W B. Ardrey, W. S. Belk, .1. L.
I.yles.
PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS
Miss Helen Heath of Midland.
\\ CM is visiting relatives in this
community.
Miss Mary Bailes of Winthrop
college ami .James Bailes, Brevard
Bailes' and Olin Harris of
Clemson college and Robert Potts
of Washington and Lee university
spent the holidays with their
parents.
The young folk enjoyed an evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
B. .1. Alexander on Friday DuI
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cniiiNT ?.a. uumes aim progressive
conversation were enjoyed.
Refreshments were served. Those
present were: Misses Nancy Graham.
Sadie Wheeler Lilian Pressley.
Verda Wolfe, .lanie Wolfe.
Mary Bailps, Kathleen Hall, Ollic
Hall, Rebecca Hall ami V. A.
Neil, .las. Railes, Brevard BailfS,
Rlinore Alexander Olin Harris,
John Wolfe. Olin Wolfe. Murray j
Bailcs. Clarence Patterson. Walter
Peterson, Tom Culp, Htrond
Kims and Paul Potts,
Miss Mae White, who is teaching
at Camden, spent the holidays
with her parents,
' Miss N. A. Neil of Rock Hill
spent the holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Alexander.
Misses Kthel and Mabel Patterson
spent Christmas with relatives
in Rock Hill and Gold Hill.
A. K. Harris of (iastonia. N. C..
spent the Christmas holidays with
his sister. Mrs. C. M. Blackwelder.
Miss .lanie Wolfe, who is teach- I
ing at Westville, spent the holi-M
days with her parcntR. > I
Miss Mary Bailes entertained a
number of her friends at a par^v
Saturday evening, December 31.
Musjc and numerous games wore
enjoyed. "Spinner,"
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0HRJ8TMA8 ISLAND.
Where the Sun May Yield Import 1
tent Secrets.
Christmas island, in the Indian
ocean, one of the several bits of
land that lonely voyagers have
come upon in the holiday season
and have named accordingly, may
play an important part in revealing
to mankind facta about the
sun heretofore unknown, according
to press reports from London.
The royal observatory of Greenwich
is planning to send to the
tiny island early in the year an
expedition equipped with a good
sized telescope to observe next
September's total eclipse of the
sun. A Dutch astronomical party
may also install its instruments
In ere.
The island is the subject of the
following bulletin from the National
Geoirranhie. sn<?intv
"Christmas island has been de- 1
scribed by travelers as at once 1
one of the loneliest and loveliest i
spots in the world. And its pos- i
session of tree-climbing crabs and
a superscented tree gives it a 1
rffeht to be classed as one of the j
queerest. j
"Java, its nearest neighbor to \
tiie north, is 250 miles away, the 1
little Cocos islands lie more than i
000 miles to the west, Australia is i
1.000 miles to the southeastward, ,
while to the south the waters of |
the Indian ocean are unbroken by l
even the smallest islands until the '
lands around the South pole are *
reached at a distance of nearly i
4 000 miles. The island 12 miles i
long by 9 broad, is in reality the
slopes and top of a huge nioun i
tain peak. Soundings show that <
if the waters of the ocean %were 1
drained away a rouerh nvramid 11
15,000 feet high would stand
alone in a plain, the present island
forming the last 1,000 feet
of its slopes.
"The island is believed to be
unique in that it is propably the
only tropieal island eapable of
sustaining a considerable population
which had never been peopled
until after its discovery by
Europeans. Except where sheer
reck walls occur it is heavily
wooded from the water's edge to
the summit. Coconuts and sago
palms as well as many other trop.
10ul trees grow in profusion. Beneath
them is a tangle of tropical
undergrowth, but in this jungle
are uo wilil beasts ami only u few
harmless reptiles,
"But one pestiferous creature
is omnipresent?u wicked looking '
red crab. Some of these creatures
attain a size of 9 inches
across the back. They do not '
confine themselves to the shore
sands, but range all over the island,and
always in groups. They ^
even climb the trees and feast on
the succulent nipa palms.
"For one of its features Christ- j
inas island may be said to be in- |
f::mous rather than famous. It is .
? A L-l! J * - - k '
v irut*, ueneveu noi to exist else- v
where, which is described by one ,
disgusted visitor as emitting the
most disgusting odor in the ,
world. With a trunk as sturdy ,
as an oak and leaves as graceful
as those of an aspen, it give* to ,
the eye po indication of it* true j
character. But its scent permeates
the air for hundreds of feet t
in every direction; and if one v
is unfortunate enou gh to touch I
its bark or leaves, nothing short j
of repeated scrubbings with carbolic
soap will make him again
fit for human society,
"Christmas island has been r
chosen as the chief observation
point for the 1922 eolips??of the J
sun because it is not only-rin the
belt of totality, bnl the sun will 1
be obscured thet^?^a time when '
it is high in 'he '
pencil of shad Imbaonneet ion :
with which scientistsbasing
high hopes will be touched to the 1
earth iu AbyKNinia, will he drawn 1
over narrow Italian Somalilund. '
and from there on will trace its (
way almost entirely over landless y
portions of the Indian ocean several
hundred miles south of the f
Asiatic mainland. It will cross *
Australia mainly in the unsettled '
northern regions and will he lift- 1
ed in the neighborhood of Nor- 1
folk island, northwest of New
Zealand." I
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C. S. Hutchinson of Sumter'was 1
a Christmas guest at the home of t
his brother, Dr, J. M. Hutchinson, f
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THE NEW YEAR.
Event Brings Serious Thought to '
Older People.
The year that has just closed
means something different to
most every body, observes an ex
change. To some it has brought
great joy; to others great sorrow
; to many, both grief and
gladness in full measure. Many
[>f us have gone along the regular,
uneventful path, filled with
Ihe happiness of love and work
Mid the joy of everyday things,
which, after all, is the best happiness.
T o youth the new year means
n long, pleasure filjed evening
mid the writing of a new date on
their letters. They look neither
Eorward nor backward. They
make resolutions because it seen.*
the correct thing to them to ill.,
rhey keep them sometimes ami it
helps make them better men ami
women, but it is not a serious
matter with them, just as it natural
for youth.
Older folks involuntarily look
hack a bit on the eve of a new
fear?not systematically but with
a general sweeping glance that
isually makes them a bit uncomfortable
at things left undone or
failures to make good sls they had
intended. Maybe there has been
just one thing accomplish^! that
jives them a little warm feeling
found their hearts?maybe not.
The great sorrow or great ,jo\
stands out with more meaning to
Item than to youth. "Tis another
milestone passed.
The new year may not present
."cry bright prospects to some, hut
these same older folks know'that
ihere is something better in store
than what the immediate future
teems to offer?know that uunappy
things can't last ?that
they are pretty sure to lead to
something greater and better
Know that even if they can't uu
lierstaud the rcusou for sorrow
ami trouble that tlierf* is a reason?know
it deep down within
themselves, though outwardly
hey resent and rebel against fate.
I; is not blind faith or optimism
'hat teaches this, hut reason and
Knowledge of life.
Older folks know that the year
is bound to bring happiness and
relief to those who >iri? n.?w
ilig sorrow and trouble.
New Council to Meet.
The new town eonneil of Kurt
Mill, with A. (Lytic at its head
is mayor, probably will be sworn
into office next Tues?ln\ evening,
i few hours after the result of
he town election to be held Tueslay
is announeed. One of the
natters which likely will conic up
for consideration at the first
meeting of the new council will
[>e the election of a police officer
for the town. There are said to
:e a number of applicants for the
dace, which has paid a salary of
|sl50 per month for the last two
fears. It is understood, however,
hat an effort will be made to
idure the salary for the present
'ear,
A town clerk and treasurer
dso likely will be elected at the
first meeting of tlo- now council.
\pparently lliw is no opposition
o tltc reelection of S. Link,
vho has hold the office for a mint
>er of years to the general satis'
Vet ion of the public.
Gold Hill Notes.
The Gold Hill school opened
Tuesday- morning, after tin- holilays,
with a good attendance.
I lie teachers were given a cardial
eeeption by the people at' the
immunity. At 12 o'clock on the
lay of the opening ears and l?ujr;ies
began to arrive at the school
iousc. Many wondered what was
ip. It developed that the people
,vere giving the teachers a surprise
Christmas dinner. A delidons
dinner was served which
ivas enjoyed by everyone.
Following the dinner the sellout
?lee clnb sang several favorite
elections for the visitors. The
teacher* and pupils greatly appreciated
the thoughtfulm ss of
he patrons of the schhol.
The Christmas holidays passed
deasantly in this community. All
he boys ami girls were at home
bom college and all united in
celebrating the event as one big .. .
larnUy. "Boagua."
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