Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 06, 1922, Image 1
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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.
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\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.
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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.
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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
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The Reds will never succeed c
because at heart they are yellow. I
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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.