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Established IROl"
GREAT CITY ON NILE.
I Cairo Now Whirlpool of World
Cultures.
44 What Bagdad was in days
gone by, Cairo is today, .lust as
the mantle of Home passed west
to London and New York, so the
mantle of the metropolis of the
Arabic speaking world has passed
west and has fallen on the great
city of the Nile, which has taken
011 new interest with the emergence
of Egypt as a kingdom,"
says a bulletin of the National
Orographic society.
44Cairo is a living laleidoscope;
its colored fragments are tumbled
into place not merely from East
and West, but from North and
South as well. White-robed Bedouin,
ill-clad fellah, shiny-black
Soudanese and central African
negro, swarthy Turk, Persian,
Hindu, Mongolian, dusy Moor.
Italian, Greek, Armenian, and
the whiter folk from Europe
America and the antipodes?all
are jumbled together in Cairo,
their various tongues making a
babel that can hardly he duplicated
at any other spot on earth.
44The life in Cairo is almost
what you will. Do you want the
finest of European hotels with the
last word of luxury? They are
there. Do you long for the bazaars
of the true East? You will
find them just around the corner.
Would you see tlu? primitive life
of the humble city dweller, the
inn of the desert wanderer, student
life among Mohammedan
youth, the crowds about the
mosques, the palaces of Eastern
potentates?they are itII within
easy reach. And if you would
journey swiftly and cheaply into
- the past you need only board tin
"electric trolley car ami be whisked
through a few miles of sand to
the pyramids of (Sizeh and the
sphinx.
"The life that ebbs and flows
uloug some of the streets of Cairo
is like nothing so much as a circus
parade back home. Deliberate
camels move along with
brightly dressed riders perched
upon them or with suspended cars
in which are veiled damsels,
while drummers thunder their
rythin and fife blowers emit their
shrill notes. Snake charmers pass
along with their bags of snakes;
magicians perform in some nook;
bullock carts and laden donkeys
compete for space with shining
limousines
"The ul fresco cafe is one of
the most characteristic marks of
Cairo, it is not the more or less
well ordered affair of the boulevards
of Paris. Kidewalks and
streets oevrflow witli seemingly
innumerable chairs and tables
until often a single file of pedestriuns
can hardly force its way
through. One gets the impression
that few people need to work in
Cairo. Even in the mornings the
chairs are filled with apparently
prosperous men sipping coffee or
sweetened water, pnftiing cigarettes
and talking. Toward noon
they disappear for their siestas,
but again at 4 or 5 o'clock they
are out in force and remain far
into the night. Among them circulates
a stream of peddlers offering.
for sale almost every con\t'ii
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mouse traps and underwear.
"The dweller in Cairo who lias
no servant or his gro\ip of servants
is low indeed in the economic
scale. These serving men carry
tiny bundles for their employers,
masters, one might say. They run
aheud of carriages to clear the
way; they fan away the flies, and
one after another they come in
troops into the presence of the
prosperous to bring smoking materials
o" to offer a bewildering
succession of drinks and foods.
Life is hard and a few cents a
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uay sausiies mem. i\<ven me porters
who carry heavy bundles ami
the boatmen who laboriously pole
the Nile craft against the current
4 work 12 or 1$ hours for little
more than as many cents."
J. II. Sutton, well known Fort
Mill township citizen, celebrated
his 71st birthday at his home, >
three miles from town, oh Saturday,
April 15. .Most of Mr. Sutton's
children and a number of
his grandchildren were present
for the event.
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| WRECK ON SOUTHERN.
Five Freight. Cars Demolished ill
Upper Section of I'own.
Three box ears and two flat
ears, all loaded with lumber, part
of northbound Southern freight
train No. 84, which passed bort
Mill at 12:15 p. in. Tuesday, were
demolished by rolling down a 10i'oot
embankment when they left
the track a few hundred yards i
north of the depot at the point
where the sidetrack of mill No. 1
of the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company connects with the main
line. No one was hurt in the accident.
which was attributed by
railroad men to a broken brake
beam. Practically all of the lumber
was salvaged. <
A wrecking crew from Columbia
and section hands began clearing
away the wreckage before 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and in
an incredibly short time hud the
track clear and ready for the passage
of southbound passenger i
train No. 27. due in Fort mill at
5:30 p. m. The track was not entirely
repaired until Wednesdayafternoon,
however, as many broken
erossties had to be replaced
with new ones. W. L. King, superintendent
of the.Columbia division.
came to Fort Mill anil persohully
looked after clearing
away the wreckage and repairing
the track. The accident cost the
Southern several thousand dollars.
Death for Moles.
Fort Mill people and others
who are annoyed by moles damaging
their vegetable gardens will
find the following method effective
fill- emit rrdlitur tlw.tii uliw.u ?
mitvv "
is known that th<> little animals (
pass through their runways several
times a day: Stir unparched
peanuts in the white of an egg j
and while the peanuts are still
stieky sprinkle paris green over
them. Mix well so I hat the poi- ,
son surrounds all the nut. They ,
will dry in about 30 minutes ami (
can then be easily handled. Walk ,
over the ground through which ,
the mole is thought to have last ^
passed and with a pointed stick j
pierce the runway And drop into
i* a poisoned peanut. Then cover
the hole with earth. If the mole
again passes through the runway
it will eat the peanuts and die in 1
a few minutes.
Veterans' Pensions Cut.
According to a statement made 1
to The Times a few days ago by i
II F. Jackson, pension clerk in 1
the comptroller general's office, <
Columbia. Confederate veterans 1
and the widows of Confederate I
vt terans to whom pensions will be '
paid by the State this year will 1
each receive about $f> less than i
they received last year, us a re- 1
suit of the action of the senate in <
ci.tting the pension appropriation <
at the recent session of the (Jen- 1
era I Assembly and of the house I
conferees on the general appropriation
bill,' Messrs. llughcs, (
Sapp and Mease, agreeing to the S
cut, which was adopted by the J
house of representatives us a part <
of the conference report when i
only a few .members were present 1
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10 proiesi on iiic nuuuay me Douy i
adjourned.
Legion Club Elects Officers.
Officers for the Fort Mill American
Legion club were elected as
follows at a recent meeting: President,
Brice I). Pulp; vice president.
J. ,J. Adkins; secretary and
treasurer. Heath Belk; librarian
and member of house committee,
Fred Ritch. Four other members
of the house committee elected
some time ago are: W. T. Barron.
W. S. Belk. Brice I). Pulp and
K. B. White.
The Legion club is a distinct organization
to the local American
Legion post and ex-service men
may be members of the post without
joining the club. Nearly 40
members of the post have joined
the club, however. A drive for
new members of the club is on at
present and ex-service men are
being informed that if they wish
to attend the May banquet of the
club it will be necessary for ^
them to nut in their annlications i.
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for membership at once. The club
has an attractive suite of roms in c
the Stewart building on upper ^
Main street. 2
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The woman whd paints must 1
believe that men love art. e
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NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
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Items of General Interest Found
in the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rats m South Carolina destroy
enough wealth in the course of a
year to pay the State and county
tuxes. People kill rats sometimes
as a matter of amusement, but
very rarely us a matter of business.
The man or woman who
succeeds in arousing the people oi
York county to a real, honest cam. j
paign against rats will have the
credit for having done a great ,
deal for the people.
Ten Confederate veteran* of
York county have died since .January
1 of this year. They are: C.
K. Starnes, Rock Hill, January 1;
J. A. Westbrook, Rock liill, January
26; Robert L. Browu, February
13; P. Newton Peeler,
King's Creek, February 11; Perry
Ferguson, Rock Hill, February 11;
B. Henry Massey, Fort Mill, February
19; Darwin G. Howell, Hickory
Grove, April 6; John J. Faris,
Clover, April 19; Win. M. Ashley,
Clover, April 21 ; W. A. Sherer.
Bullock's Creek, April 23.
Hall Spencer and Martin L?esslie,
prominent citizens of the Catawba
Junction section and members
of the board of trustees of
the school at Catawba Junction,
engaged in a rather bloody fist
tight at the Junction Monday afternoon.
It is said there has been
considerable trouble in the school
at Catawba Junction recently and
that the fight between the two
trustees Monday afternoon grew
out of a disagreement regarding
the conduct of the school.
Catfish and in fact any kind of
Hsh caught in the Catawba and
creeks nearby bring a good price
in Clover and are much in demand
there. Tom Dooling. well
known farmer and fisherman living
near the Catawba, brought
About 11 pounds of catfish to Closer
Saturday morning and he had ,
no trouble in selling them at 20
. cuts the oouud. That is consid
t?red an unusually high price at
I his time ami a number of people
living along the river are making
a pretty good thing of it just
low bringing the surplus fish they
ateh to the Clover market.
Rock Hill's new ordinance
against Sunday selling was put in ,
effect last Sunday ami the city
was closed as tight as a drum.
Drug stores were allowed to open
For a short time Surtday morning i
iml Sunday afternoon for the sale
i>f medicines only. Sale of cigar- |
i?ttes, cigars and soft drinks was ]
tabooed us wus the sale of gaso- i
line. Sale of newspapers was al- <
lowed until 10 a. ra. There were i
ioiue who eluiiued that there was 1
tin increase in church attendance '
l>y reason of the fact that many |
?f those who had been accustomed
to loafing in places that heretofore
remuined open 011 Sunday ]
liad no other place to go. <
Every building in the town of 1
3reat halls is the property of the
Southern Power company ar.d the (
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ottou mills, which arc among '
the largest in the State, manufacture
white goods. Workers have 1
not been worried on account of <
[>oqr business in the textile trude. >
tJoth plants are running now day <
and night and there has never
)een a rumor of a probable suspenlion
of work. Hoth mills are models
in textile plant construction
ind everything possible is done i
for the comfort and convenience
>f the workers. .The mills employ
i community nurse, a physician, J
eachers, school buildings?every- hing
necessary to employees. )
Hock Hill and Fort Mill haVe
lone the right thing in electing
tome women delegates to the j
ounty convention. The logic of ,
he situation is clear. The right j
o vote carries with it the duty to j
rote, and since it is now the duty )
)f the women to vote it is well (
hat they should have a working 1
tnowledge of how the political j
nachinery is operated. The busi- ,
?ess of the county convention this j
rear will be purely of a routine (
lotllltn AA f A? AO
inline au iai as van uv jUUgi'U ^
roin any indications that have <
>een observed up to this time and j
here is no promise of undue ex- }
itement. Nevertheless, the occa- j
lion will be worth while to the
voraen delegates and it is to be
toped that all who have been i
lected will give their attendance. <
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MXif OYEtL AT ATE.
Democrat* Hold County Conventions
Next Monday.
In every county in South Carolina
Democratic county conventions
will be held next Monday.
May 1. At each of the conventions
matters of party interest
will be considered and disposed
of, including the election of county
chairmen and delegates to the
State convention to be held at the
capitol in Columbia on Wednesday,
May 17. Membership in the
State convention is apportioned
to the various counties according
to their representation in the General
Assembly, each county being
entitled to as many delegates to
the convention as double the number
of representatives it has in
the legislative body. York county
has four representatives in the
lower hoUse of the General Assembly
and one senator and is therefore
entitled to 10 members of the
convention.
At both the State and county
conventions officers are to be elected
for the next two years and
rules for the conduct of the primaries
this summer are to bt
adopted. The State convention
is expected to adopt a platform
dealing principally with the shorr
coinings of the national Republican
administration and the executive
committee will then set the
dutes for the county-to-county
canvass and fix the assessment
candidates must pay tor entering
the State primary, including the
amount Congress candidates must
pay. The work of the county conventions
is along similar lines, except
that they have to do only
with candidates for county oftie.es.
As a rule Democratic county conventions
in South Carolina do not
adopt platforms undertaking to
outline the" beliefs and policies of
the party, but content themselves
with the adoption of resolutions
touching this or that phase of the
public business.
The acting chairman of the
Democratic party in South Carolina
at present is Gen. Wilie Jones
of Columbia, who some months
ago succeeded Thos. 1*. Cothrau
of Greenville when Mr. Cothran
was elected a member of the State
supreme court.
Democratic Club Reorganized.
Nothing out of the ordinary occurred
at the meeting of the Fort
Mill Township Democratic club,
held Saturday afternon ill the
hall of the American Legion club,
Airnnni 4 ftiik i>l i<\ti 4 ?i*<\ AlilOll
rAVi^M tilt" rirv:uuii ui i v*\f \fui\
delegates and two women alternates
to the county convention
to be held next Monday in York.
The meeting was called to reorganize
the club for the next two
years and resulted in the selection
of Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick as
president, L. M. Massey and W. 11.
Jones as1 vice presidents and A.
U. Lytle secretary and treasurer.
S. II. Epps, Sr.. was elected as the
[dub's member of the county executive
committee and W. R.
Bradford was recommended to
the county convention for election
as a delegate to the State
convention. Delegates and alternates
were elected to the county
convention as follows: Delegates,
W. B. Meacham, J. B. Broadnax,
W. H. Jones, R. E. McKibben, J.
I*. Crowder, J. R. Haile, ?J. M.
Hutchinson, Mrs. A. O. Jones,
find Mrs. J. B. Elliott; alternates,
W. R. Bradford, \V. B. Armstrong.
W. M. White, W. S. Belk, W. II.
Nims, J. M. Gamble, J. M. Epps,
A. b, Parks, Miss May Sinythe
find Mrs. J. L. Spratt.
D. Parks Hutchison Dead.
Many of the older citizens of
h'ort Mill yesterday learned with
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Hutchison at his home in Charlotte,
N. Tuesday morning. Paralysis
was the immediate cause
>f Mr. Hutchison's death, although
he had been in declining
ical^h for the last six years. Some
rears ago Mr. Hutchison was a
frequent visitor here at the home
>f the late Capt. S. E. White, to
whose niece. Miss Sallie White
Steele, he was married in 1876.
!ie was horn in Charlotte 69 years
igo and was a member of the
Presbyterian church.
Some politicians are^o promisng
that the people are suspicious
>f them.
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HIGH SCHOOL EXTENDED.
Eleventh Grade to Be Established
in Fort Mill.
/he work of the Fort Mill high
school will include an eleventh
grade for the 1922-23 session, this
decision having been reached at a
meeting of the board of trustees
held a few nights ago. in deference
to the wishes of patrons' of
the school whose children will
complete the tenth grade this session
and who wish them to continue
preparatory work for college
at libine. A number of pupils
from other school districts in
this section also wisii to do eleventh
grade work in the Fort Mill
school.
In most colleges in this section
entrance requirements have been
raised to such a standard that it
is now necessary to complete the
work of the eleventh grade to enter
any of these colleges oil certificate.
Graduates of the eleventh
grade of the Fort Mill school will
receive State high school diplomas
which, followed by a sixweeks
course at summer school,
will entitle them to an elementary
teacher's certificate in South Car_
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Killed by Automobile.
Fred Hutchinson, t?."? year ohi
farmer of the India llook community,
whose home was about
ten mites from Fort Mill, was run
down l>v an automohilist on Kliuwood
avenue in itock Hill, near
\\ inthrop college, Saturday night
while lie was returning to his
home in his buggy and was instantly
killed. A Ford ear driven
by a man was seen to strike the
buggy, but the driver turned his
ear immediately toward the city
and sped away without taking
notice of the condition of Mr.
Hutchinson, who died a few minutes
after spectators of the accident
readied his side.
The coroner held an inquest
Sunday afternoon ami the verdict
was that Mr. Hutchinson came to
his death by being struck by an
automobile driven by a party unknown
to the jury. Two negroes
saw the collision, but were some
distance away and could not ree
utilize ilie uriver or me nuinuer
ol' the ear. So far efforts to loeate
the driver of the car have
failed. Mr. Hutchinson's buggy
was only slightly damaged by the
impact, one spoke in a rear wheel
being broken. One light of the
automobile is thought to have
been broken out.
History of Catawba Lodge.
Members of Catawba lodge No.
.r>6, A. F. M., arc looking forward
with much interest to the publication
a few months hence of a history
of the lodge, which is now
being compiled by C. S. Link, secretary.
Catawba lodge is one of
the oldest Masonic bodies in the
upper section of the State, with a
charter dated in 1S5G. Except for
the Civil war period, 1SH1 to 18(if>,
when the work of the lodge was
suspended, it has an unbroken
record of activity and usefulness
to the community. It is the purpose
of Mr. Link to include in the
history the name of every member,
so far as he is able to obtain
it ivlm liuu <1 1
... < IIU nun (II UUJ I I lilt" IH't-ll 21 11 I I ated
with the lodge, along with
much other matter which it is
thought will be of interest to the
craft. The records of the lodge
are practiealv. complete down to
the beginning of the Civil war and
since its close, but little information
is obtainable us to the work
of the body during the war.
New Police Chief.
More Qr less surprise was expressed
in Fort Mill Saturday ]
morning when it became known i
that V. 1). Potts, chief of police i
of the town for the last two years, <
hud tendered his resignation to j
Mayor Lytic the evening before i
ami that it hud been accepted. 1
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the work temporarily. Monday'
evening at a meeting or town 1
council he was elected to fill the <
office permanently. Mr.McManus .
is not without experience as a po- I
lice officer. Preqently he has ]
served the town as such on Katur- ]
days and Sundays during the last I
few years, lie goes into the office t
with the good will of the citizens <
of the town generally. j
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PRIZES FOR BOYS.
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Committee Rewards Industry im . i
Cleanup Campaign.
Thanks to the general cleanup
campaign inaugurated a fortnight
ago by the town council of Fort
Mill on the suggestion of Mayor
A C. Lvtle, several carloads of
old tin cans and other metal runI
ish have been removed from the
premises of Fort Mill homes, from
the rear of Main street business
houses ami from other places since
the announcement was made in
The Times two weeks ago that
cash prizes would be awarded
boys assembling the largest piles
of such rubbish before noon Monday.
April 24.
Immediately the word went
forth that the campaign to make
the town healthier and cleaner
was under way and that there
was the incentive of substantial
cash rewards for the bovs who
showed the greatest zeal in making
the undertaking a success, a
small army nt' knee-pants lads got
on the job in earnest and literally
eomhed tin' town tor eligible rubbish
to make their respective
piles larger than those of their
competitors.
Monday afternoon Mrs. A. O.
.Jones, Mrs. .1. L. Spratt, F. M.
Mack and N. L. Carotbet's, mem*
1m rs of the committee appointed
by Mayor Lytic to award the prizes.
visited the various sections of ^
town and inspected the 60-odd
piles of rubbish of the boys taking
part in tlie campaign, with
the result that the principal prize
of $5 was given to ISarle Steele
and the second principal prize of
$2.50 to Kdward Harris and Henry
Kimhrcll.
Ward prizes of $2.r>0 each, with *
individual prizes of $1, 75 cents
and 50 cents, were awarded by
the committee as follows:
Ward 1. Kugcne McKibben;
Ward 2. Carl Cordon; Ward 3,
Rocliellc Patterson ami .lames
Masscy; Ward 4. Raymond Jaeobs;
$1 prizes. Faulkner Parks,
Hunter and Blair, .fimuiie White,
Willie Honeyeutt. Karle Knight;
75 cent prizes, Lee Potts. Jack
Brown, Wood row Stroud, Virgie
Walker. Dan Broadnax. Jumes
Wilson; 50 cent prizes. Jim Harris.
Klliott Potts, Harry Spinks,
J. I>. Culp, Furinan Merritt,
Nannie Lee Kirkley, Randolph
Robinson. Simon Kimbrell Jiimes
Pees (colored), Tom Porter, Randolph
Carothers, Harry llarkey,
uwcn I'attorson. darland Dychcs,
James Ferguson.
Pineville School Closes.
Pineville, Fort Mill's neighboring
town across the line in North
Carolina, is astir this week over
the closing exercises of its high
school, which began last night
with an entertainment, "A Trip
to Fairyland," and a fairy operq,
" Hosed ream," given by pupils of
the school.
Tonight the graduating exercises
of the school will be held. A
brief address will be delivered by
John A. Davenport, president of
the class, to be followed by the
reading of the class history by
Miss Belle .Johnston, the class will
by Miss Catherine Harnett, class
statistics by Merle Bassett, class
poem by Miss Ellic drier, class
prophecy by Steve Hlankenship.
valedictory by Miss Mary Harkey,
class song by graduating class,
commencement address by the
Rev. YV. 11. Fra/.er, president of
Queen's college, J. 'harlotte. N.
and the presentation of diplomas
by J. M. Holbrook. principal of
the school.
Friday night a comedy drama,
"Always in Trouble," will be
presented by members of the
graduating class, Steve Blankenship,
Raymond Harkey, John Davenport,
Bruce Griffith, Calvin
Hall and Misses Myrtle Smith, Ja
net Buice,' Belle Johnston and
Helen Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Meachain
went to Lancaster last Wednesday
to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Tames Hunter, wTTo died at hertioine
in that town Tuesday. Mrs.
Hunter was the mother of the late
Frank Hunter, who was well /
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?imn u in run .inn ttnu was tor
teveral yearn assistant postmaster.
>f Lancaster while his father was
postmaster.
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