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? Established 1891. SUNRISE IN THE SOUTH. Northern Paper Discusses Prospect of Cotton Famine. A few weeks ago Senator Dial ol South ( arolina rose in his place in (In* I'nited States senate and informed the country thai we are lacing a cotton famine. He presented <t letter from the secretary oi ..gricullure and it sheet of census figures according to which the world's normal needs during year. Wo know also tlial just as soon as tlic people of Kuropc beeouie able to supply even part of their needs for eotton elotli tin* spindles of the world will be worked to their rapacity, the mills will scour the world for raw cot ton. \ ( Prior to 1014 it was thought ' that two pounds of cotton per capita was the absolute minimum upon w hich a civilized community tumid subside. But for seven years, the-cotton experts declare. Kuropc has consumed little more than a quarter of a pound per capita for domestic needs. What will happen when the continent starts to make up the accumulated deficiency? No one knows the possibility of cotton consumption, but this country reveals some of them. That is what is worrying the Manchester mill owners. Our requirements are now close to 7 million bales annually, and our population is increasing. We are finding new uses for cotton anil extending old ones. The automobile industry uses 400.001) bales of the best cotton every year for its out nit 4.1* 'HI iii il 1 i?v11 t iPiw \1 illume |'ll? Ml 9M IIIIIIIUH I II i n. of yards of rot ton cloth goes into hilling. An immense ?|iiaintity i^ used for shoe linings. Hour mill* 11 tul cement factories pack their .products in cotton sacks. Cotton has largely displaced linen for tahlc cloths, napkins, sheets, pillowcases and toweling, fine cotton fabrics arc campeting with silks for women's ami children's wear. Even blanket* arc now made of cotton. A noted inventor recently declared it would he possible to make ear wheels and automobile frames ot cotton that would he stronger and better than those made from steel. The time is in sight when American mills will he able to consume .ili the cotton grown in America, The time is rapidly approaching when the South will have difficulty in supplying the needs of the world. Our cotton plant its have had their troubles and their worries, i . A : r ? i. 11 - ... 4 ? ..i.i/x.. .. imm 11 uir worm renin-* n? vujvy ci long period of peace, as seems likely, they may confidently look forward to an aetive market for f*V ^keir product. The sun is rising over Dixit'. Speaker J. B. Atkinson of the State house of representatives has reappointed \V. H. Bradford of the York county legislative delegation a member of the joint committee on printing. Mr. Bradford has been a member of the printing committee since shortly after the act creating' the com mittee, of which he was thc^aiitbor. was passed in 1916. The others members of the printing committee are Senator Christen? ? ll.innfAiii Sl.inafnv Pt>aFi>f> ni'II Ui IK niltoi i, uviiaivt m. \a? V<. ot Richland and Representative Hughes of Marion. lie.9k' tlie next six months will be 0,532,000 bales. There ale only 4.3 lG,700 bales in sight. says The Country (icntleman. Twelve months ago every warehouse in the South, was bulging with eotlon. There was no market lor tins potential wealth at any priee; the planters were desperaie. the banks wt re desperate. 1 >iii many things ean happen within a Near, and many things have happened. There was a considerable reduction in acreage last spring; lit lit fertilizer was purchased; the weather was unfavorable; the boll weevil invaded great new areas. The crop amounted to only 8,340,000 bales, and t lie price shot upward. Now there is talk of a cotton famine, both here and in England. Whether a real famine develops or not. we are certain there is no overwhelming surplus to plague the growers as there was last fhe F DEFENDS BONUS. Col. W. H. Nims Replies to Arti i cle in The Times of Last Week. Editor Fort Mill Tunes: The gentleman you quoted in the lust issue of The Times assaying that he opposed the adjusted compensation bill now neiore Congress is either not an ex-serviee man of the 3dth ?tivision or a man who held a position that paid aim more than he ever received in civil life. 1 lie justice ol the adjusted compensation bill can re.?dily be seen without citing the nunit rous instances where men ieli good jobs ulul went into the army to serve ior from $.4) it# $00 per month. There is one instance where a man who in civil life earned $150 per month, enlisted in the army and received a salary of $40 per month for three years, making a total of $1.0NO. llad he not gone into the army his total earnings would have amounted to $5,400 in the three years. Now should the adjusted compensation bill become a law, the maximum amount that any one man could receive in cash would be $lj-5, which is less than the legal rate of interest on .$5,400 for two years. The gentleman you quote suggests that small farms might be . II .1 A 1 * A 1 - * - aiioiicii 10 i lie ex-service men from the government lands. lie might also state just where these lands are and what use they could be put to should they he allotted to men who are not farmers. Is it possible for a doetor, lawyer, merchant, butcher, baker or any other man who is not a magician to earn a living on any of the government land that is now available for settlement 1 I venture to say that of the 4 million ex-service men who arc entitled to adjusted compensation if given a clear title to a small farm each, not 2 per cent of them would accept, fol* the reason that they would have no use for a farm. Possibly 1 have taken a selfish view of tlm mutter, but I feel that should 1 be given a bonus 1 would only be receiving the interest on what is due me and so would every other man who served in the World war. W. 11. Nims. Fort Mill, April H. tVT ATnrvri o 1 Vn nrl T r? nrau a AO wvwva A V* AAV* A AAV/A VUOVOi Subscriptions to the proposed memorial to World war veterans of the Fort Mill community now total $2,414. Since the last report of the committees in charge . of the cum ass was published in , The Times two weeks ago, when . the total was $2,210, additional . subscriptions amounting to $204 . have been secured as follows: C. F. C. Miller, Lando, Chester county $11 f?; citizens of Lando, $79; Charlie Armstrong, $5; K. K. McKibben, $5. The various committees working for subscriptions to the memorial are confident thut the fund will be augmented within the next few weeks by additional , subscriptions of several hundred . dollars and that by dune 1, the , date set for the closing of the i canvass, the total amount in sight will be more than $3,500. A source of revenue from which a considerable sum is expected to be secured will be the sale of ; the hisory of the old Fort Mill Light Infantry, known officially | as Company (J. 11 St It infantry. own division, i in* eeiuminee in charge of the compilation of 1I12 history recently has betm in cor* 1 respoiulence with William Hanks 1 of Columbia, who has agreed to 1 edit the copy for it. It is hoped to have the history printed and ready for sale within a few weeks. Signs Telephone Bill.. Governor fooper Monday sign1 ed the telephone rate bill that he ' (had been holding up since the ad1 journment of the Legislature, a ' few weeks ago. The act restores I the scedule of rates charged by the telephone companies previous ' to the increase the railroad coni' | mission allowed last year. It is expected that the telephone com- ( panics will take the matter into , 1 the courts. * , ^ ^ ^ \t aiiuv (allro uiul anmatimAfi I A?a^riiv^r lailin, nwtwv ?? ? not often, of course, it induces a i {minister to accept a call to another church. 'ORT ] t FORT BULL, S. 0., THUR'SB NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Items of General Interest Found in the Yorkville Enquirer. Hock Hill's new Confederate monument, to be built through the efforts of the Rock llill chapter. V. D. C., will be located in the new City park, near the Feniiell infirmary. The name of the park will be changed to Confederate park. The post office department has established a star route service from Gastonia by l'inkney rural station at Bowling Green, S C.. A - I ?l. O ll 1 .1 _ *1 1 1 1. lO I lUVtT, O. V 1 - Illllt'S UllU UUCh, six times u week, one way only. The postmaster at Customs is anthorizcd to employ a temporary carrier at not exceeding $750 annually. The currier will be required to carry first and second class mail only. Messrs. J. I). (Jwin and F. K. Clinton of York county registration boartl had quite a busy session of it Monday at their office 111 ihe court house. Most of the citizens applying for registration certificates were people of Yorkville who desire to vote in the approaching municipal election. Being without friends and money and unable to work. Mrs. Pink 1 Juggins, who is charged jointly with Albert Zimmerman with the slaying of her husband last November, near his little store on the Charlotte road near Yorkville, has found shelter at the county home. Mrs. lluggins was released fioin jail several weeks ugo on bond of $501) furnished by two citizens of Yorkville. ?J. L. Houston, clerk of the pen sion board of York county, said Monday that there were 14 Con* federate veterans in York county who have a net annual income of $1,000 or more a year and who therefore would not draw a pension this year. The recent Genet ul Assembly amended the pension law so that any veteran having a net income of $1,000 or more would not receive a pension. People of Sharon are so orderly and law-abiding that there is no need for the services or a policeman there. Consequently J. P. Hope, who has been employed as policeman there for several months, has tendered his resignation. At a mass meeting of Sharon citizens held last week it was suggested that the policeman should resign, for the very simple reason that no policeman was needed. Hope's resignation followed. . Cncle Sam has increased postoftice box rent at the local otlice. despite the fact that rents as a general thing have a downward tendency. I ntii the quarter beginning April 1 came in. the rent for the smaller lock boxes was 45 cents per quarter. It has been increased to 60 cents per quarter. Boxes a si/.e larger now rent for if> cents a quarter, while the drawers cost $1 per quarter. B. B. Hare of Saluda, agricultural statistician for South Carolina. has issued statistics on the number and value of live stock in South Curolina. lie gives York county 5,500 head of cattle valued at $75,900, 250 sheep valued at $750 and 18.800 hogs valued at $172,960. Chester county has 4.900 head of cattle worth $67,620, 13.000 hogs worth $19,600. Lancaster county has 3,400 cattle worth $46,920 and 12.000 hogs worth $110,400. Can ex-Gov. John Gary Kvans of Spartanburg capture the Democratic nomination for governor? The "dope" around the State house is that "the former governor u' i 11 n iruin fli?? iriihortitit Al'ld! " "S"'" ??.? ? h""v - ?office as tlu* representative of the anti-Blease forces." Stat" house politicians argue that Mr. Evans has been talking ami writing of polities quite a bit during the. past few weeks ami that he is the strongest anti-Blease candidate that could be put out. Formal announcement of Mr. Evans' candidacy at any time wou'd not be surprising. Heavy rains fell "Wednesday night and this morning in the Fort Mill community, wetting the ground so thoroughly that farmers in this section will find it impossible to any more plowing this week. / Mill AY, APRIL 6, 1922. ECLIPSE OF SUN. Moon to Hide Face of Old Sol on September 21. I On September 21 there will be v a total eclipse of the sun, to which t the astronomers of the world are looking forward with intense in- .1 terest. " 1 Everyone knows, of course, v that an eclipse results from the J intrusion ot the moon between | the sun and the earth, which cuts | off the light of the sun. it is an ( interesting and important coinei- j deuce that, although the diaiue- i tor of the sun is about 400 times . as large as that of the moon, the 1 sun is also uhout 400 times as tar ] away as the moon?sometimes a | little more, sometimes a little less. ( The result to the eye is that the | sun ami the moon appear to be of ] about the same size in the sky. Mathematical astronomers have ; so long ami so closely studied the t motion of the moon and the sun. i or rather the motion of the earth j round the sun, that they can pre- , diet eclipses with extraordinary ^ accuracy. They can tell the width | of the zone of totality, which on ; the average is about 150 miles; | the precise second of time when an eclipse will begin and end at , any given place, and how many , seconds the totality will last. No < total eclipse can last more than i eight minutes. Some eclipses last ( hardly tnore than three minutes. The shadow of the moon sweeps along its path with the fright till ( velocity of something like a thou- j sand miles an hour. Astronomers have learned many | other. curious things about cclip- j si'8, us for example, that, if there s has been an eclipse on a portion- s lur day, there will be another 1^ years ami 11 days later. It may i not be total and it will not be in i the same place, bin it will be an eclipse. Another remarkable fact is that an eclipse of a particular kind repeats itself 521 years later 1 on the same day of the same j month. Everyone who has seen a total J eclipse of the sun recognizes it as one of the most impressive und awe-inspiring spectacles that can be conceived. No wonder then that to the superstitious and unlearned peoples of ancient times an eclipse portended frightful things. If it hail been a frequent occurrence, the fear might have worn off, but on the average more than three centuries and a half elapsed between two opportunities to see an eclipse at the same place. The interval is often much longer. There was an eclipse visible in London in 1715, but there had been no other eclipse visible there for more than tiOO years,anil there has been none since. No Easter for Presbyterians. Asking the question, "Shall we ^ Piesbyteriaus observe Easter?" The Presbyterian Standard, Char- , lotte, N. CM answers its own question in part as follows: t "One serious objection to ob- ^ serving Easter is that the Cat holies have got the start of us, and <. they can outstrip us so far that ^ our performance looks poor and . tnwilrv All tin it nt inn is nsmillv a poor thing, ami our lame at- s tempt goes no further than to . suggest that 4we would if we ( could.' "Then what is the use? We } have 50 Sundays in the year in ( which to commemorate the resur- , rection. Easter is not needed for t that. It lias come to be used mostly as a day for showing off new clothes, especially new hats, it is a kind of millinery opening. Few of our good women care to \ observe Easter if they have 110th- t ing new to wear. "On the whole ?. ft would be just as well for us to t follow in the footsteps of our t Puritan fathers." 'I m J* May Fix Teacher Salaries. , Under an aet passed at the. recent session of the Legislature, trustees of South Carolina public ^ schools may fix the salaries of t their teachers without fear of losing the State aid which was pro* c vided for in ail act of the Legisla-|t ture two or three years ago. The ii new law provides that trustees t may use their discretion in paying the teachers. t <3 The Reds will never succeed c because at heart they are yellow. I > Time; GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL, j The names of the following pu- | tils of the Fort Mill graded school vere placed oil the honor roll for he month of March : First Grade?Wilnia Reeves. I? nnie Louise Bradford. Jaequeine Hailes. Martha Bouknight. saw Lee. Frances Mae Mills. Kmily Louise Meaeham. Lest ma ?otts. Helen Phillips. June Kimtroll. Rovd Griffin Hewitt Me Juirt. I>j?vi<I Rogers. A. V. Williamson. Jr., Raymond Dye lies, 'red Harris, Margaret Baker. Beitriee lloneyeutt, Clara Spinks. Wallace Wolfe, Billie Miller. Randolph Roberson; advanced first, Maxell Walker. Kdua Me.'ameron. (\lell Walker, Krwin Hunter. James Wilson, Frank Hancock. Second CJradc- Tjoruia Taylor. Marie Cordon. Marion llarkey, lane Barber. Johnsie Wilkerson. Margie l.ee Ilipp. McConnell Fords, Hilmore Pittman, Inez Annit rong. I'M it h Dates, Troy Cautlien. Jasper Kimbrell. Davit! I'lyh r. Fen ton Rogers. Anne Sims, Matthew Crowder, Blease Harper. Johnnie pinks. Third (irad?Jennie Lou (iar ison. Maria Cu!p, Margaret Wilion. Roehelle Patterson. Harriet 'arothers. Mary Morris. Fthel Miller, James Allen Ferguson. Mevelainl Lytic. Sara Ferguson, lack Brown. Fourth Crade? Sarah Barber. )rell lMyler. l'loy i Pittman. Tilie Mills. Charlie Carter, lona Montgomery, John \nlrey. Lva Dell Dvches, Penrl Honeveutt. Mildred Med I in, Howard Patterion. Clement Potts, (Juy Reevt s. v-rah Neely Th nipr.i n. Fifth (Irad -All:. Bradford. delvin l'artor, Willie iioneyeuli. ,ula Parks. College Student 41 Years. Members of the Culp family of Port Mill have received a newspaper clipping stating that their dative. William Cullen Bryant 'nip ol New Y irk city, has enter d into ids 4 is: year ai Columbia ;ollege, New York. He has ta{('ii nearly all oi the courses offered by the institution and bis mly concern io that in the course >f a few years there will be not line left for him to take and he vill have to leav? eoiicge. A iiutn>er of degress have been awarded o him and the other students i?ve dubbed him the degree of 'Doctor of Perpetual Motion" tccausc be keeps on coining year ifter year. The why of it is thn* vben be started at college a rich incle agreed that lie should re civc an annuity as long as lie vent to school and William has >cen going to school ever since md drawing the annuity. Wedding Anniversary Celebrated. Daughters of toe Confederacy ?f Columbia Saturday gave a dinier to the soldiers of the Confed rate home in celebration of the 18th wedding anniversary of the ir.pcrintciideut of M(t? institution. Senator YV. II. Stewart, and Mrs. D a D. 1 ?!? ? tin. *\iiii rii' m'ssrn course i handsomely cake rintr he dates. "1674-1922." was invented to Senator and Mrs. Stewirt. to whom the day was made loubly happy by the presence of everal of their children. During he day the members of the hoard >f the home living in Columbia ailed to ??xter.l congratulations o che bride and bridegroom of marly a halt century ago. Cats Killing Deer in Maine. Wildcats have wrought havoc vith the deer in the Maine woods W 'infill* in 1 lV.tu.K_ ? HIM I , III I W| 1 | I I I - I W 1 I I I ' ' ? .cot officials. who liavc i?' urned from an extensive tour of he northern part of lit.- State, rhen^vere evident s of wholesale daupter hv llu* noi> eats found in nany coinnninities. Build air castles if you like, fou won't have to pay taxes on hem. Amonp tho?.e who think the ountry is poinp to the Dickens is he office-holder who is afraid he r poinp to be defeated for reelecion. No. the vote of confidence in he British Parliament doesn't inlicate that Lloyd Georpe is-in the lome-baek class. lie never has teen in the out-go class. s. . $1.50 Per Year. ALL DEPENDS ON WEEVIL. Fort Mill Man Thinks Year May Be Prosperous One. "Wfiv il not for tlu? presence of the hull weevil, conditions in York county today would perhaps he as near normal as in any section of the country," yesterday said a well known Fort Mill viiI/ami 10 iiif i'11?it's. "Four of llio t'ul uif is tin- tint' thing which lias held buck business in this section. Last year we made a good cotton crop and while the price did not approach that of the war era. still there was some profit in growing it at from IT to 20 cents. The tiling of supreme concern to the farmers and business meu now is the uncertainty of being able to grow cotton under boll weevil conditions. If the weather this year is not favorable for the weevil, I expect to see a fair sized crop grown in this section, ami to my mind the coming of day is no more certain than that it will bring a good price next full. "A few weeks hence we are going to read in the newspapers of a cotton famine. Before long most of the short crop of last year will have been used up. Business is getting a little better in Europe which means that each day records a slight increase in the purchase of cotton goods over there. In this country most of the cotton mills are busy, except those in the strike zone of New England. It takes cotton to keep cotton null wheels turning, llow ?iui ngnrc imil uie crop this year will lie larger than/that of last year. I cannot see. With this prospect before us, one may expect to see the price of the staple much better next fall than it is now. If the boll weevil does not destroy the crop the farmers of this section hope to raise this year, there is no reason to fear tin* wolf at the door." Graded School Notes. Monday the pupils of the high m-liool department listened to a talk on athletics by it. K. Mell, V M. C. A. secretary. Rock Hill. The preliminary of the girls' contest for the ('at a who association meet was held in the school auditorium Tuesday evening. The five girls in the preliminary were Inez. Wolfe, Hat tie Harks. Flizabelli Ardrcy, Myrtle MeMaous and Mabel Reeves. The decision of the judges awarded first place to Kli/.abcth Ardrcy. Klmore Alexander was recently chosen to represent the hurt Mill school in the Catawba oratorical contest. His subject is "Declaration Day." The meet is to be held in Chester Friday evening. A iiumbi r of Fort Mill people are planning 1o go to Chester to hear the speeches. Tin track meet of Catawba Athletic association will be held in Chester Saturday and several Fort Mill boys will enter it. Miss Mabel Watson of Winthrop college is with the school this week, coaching tJie girls' track team. The Parent-Teacher association will meet this afternoon at 3:lf? in the school auditorium. A book shower for the benefit of the school library will be a feature of the meeting. Friends of the school who contemplate contributing books to the shower but who cannot be present at the meeting are requested to send the books in at once. Poe to Speak in Rock Hill. Clarence Poe. editor of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. ('., has been secured to deliver Friday two addresses to the farmers of York county in behalf of the cooperative marketing of cotton. He will speak in Koek Hill a* 10 o'clock in the chamber of commerce hall and will go from there to York, where he will deliver an address in the cotirt house a! at '2 :J0 p. m. Dr. .1. It. Johnson, president of the South Carolina Cotton associ- * at ion/believes that after the York county farmers hear Mr. Poe they will not doubt the wisdom of joining the marketing association. Some of the oldfashioned folk who 'lowed they just could not ret alomr wit limit n little whis n' * n " ? key in the house now know better.