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THE FORT MILL TIMES Thursdays?DernocratlcW. *1. Bradford, Editor and Publisher. The Times Invites contributions on live subjects, but ..does not agree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. ) The right Is reserved to edit every communication submitted fur publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those Interested. Telephone, locai and long distance. No. Hf. , Knfered ut-the postofllce at Fort Mill, S. C., as mall matter of the second class. THURSDAY, MAY, 4 1922. Up in Virginia this week they lire trvillir n voimv U'WIIHII whri * ?o ? " * is charged with hacking to death with u hatchet the wife of a man with whom she was infatuated, and over in Oklahoma u robust sensation has been speeding along for the last day or two over the alleged kidnaping of a minister who says he was knocked on the head, gagged, chloroformed, carried out ot town and dumped unconscious into a ditch by the roadside. The odd tiling about the Virginia case is not the crime itself,, ibr crime is become commonplace, but is in the fact that the husband of the murdered woman is not also on trial for his life, since his relations with the alleged murderess .were not wliai they should have been, unless we have arrived at the point in our civilization where immorality is a virtue and not a vice. But however that may be, Virginia is an old-fashioned State and up there judge and jury have a way ol doing thtfir duty. So we may dismiss consideration of the case with the assurance that if the woman is guilty she will be adequately punished and that if 'there is any substantial evidence to connect the man with the murder of his wife, sooner or later he will huve to tell an Old Dominion" jury why he should not feel the halter draw, dumping across country to Oklahomu we find a new Slate and we should perhaps make allowance for the fftct that out there the people have not yet had time to learn to do things in the conventional way one-expects of the older commonmouWcalths of the country. For instance, in Oklahoma it does not seem to be bad form to use extreme persuasive methods to in duce a minister to leave town for the town's good if he has married a couple in a bathing suit which bore close relationship to the traditional fig leaf nor are citizens of that State bashful about ex pressing the opinion that the same minister went li little too far when he exhibited risk moving pictures in his church. They want him to*1 shake the dust of the town off his feet, to get out of the community at once, and to stay out. The minister does not dtny that he has done tho various and sundry things to which objection is raised, but pleads in extenuation that it was a part of the day's work and will all come out iri the wash, and that there is much ado about nothing. One * . will have his own opinion whether the minister should be held to account for doing things that ? seem odd to well-ordered Stfuth Carolina,-for instance; but there will be oneness of opinion everywhere in passing upon the outrageous charge that the minister's story of being knocked on the head and cuffed about generally is all a lie, that he concocted it himself to get in the limelight and to try to land a job in the mpvies. Frederick Palmer, war correspondent, who has been in~ Ireland writing a series of articles for a syndicate of American newspa-j pers, has been especially struck with the youth fulness of the Irish leadefs, most, of whom are under 40. The moving spirits in adventures like those under way in Ireland have always been young men. When we speak of the "Pilgrim Fathers" it is merely a figure of speech. Most of the men who came over in the Mayflower wpre Vfuino man mnnv a# Oom " " - v* tMV*^ ? . under 80. In the Civil war many, of the major generals on both sides had not reached their two core, years. The leaders in polite '.-^ioal upheavals are usually young men with old heads to counsel ; -J* ~v\% ' . \ * Mrs. W. W. Warren Dead. Mrs. Kate Hale and E. H. Phillips of Fort Mill Tuesday afternoon received a message telling of the sudden death of their sister, Mrs. Florence Warren, wile of W. W. Warren, at her liome at Griffith, near Charlotte. Mrs. Warren had been in ill health for some time but her condition was not regarded as serious and the news of her death came as a shock to her family and iriends. Mrs. Warren was 58 years old and was married to Mr. Warren a number of years ago. She had been a member of the Presbyterian ,church for many years. Mrs. Warren spent most of her life prior to her marriage m Fort Mill and was well known by older citizens of the community as Miss Florence Phillips. Funeral services were held at Fbenczer church, Griffith, Wednesday afternoon and the burial was in the churchyard. Mrs. Warren is survived by her husband, a number of children, one sister, Mrs. Kate Haile of Fort Mill, and two brothers, E. H. Phillips ot Fort Mill and WT. M. Phillips ot Salisbury, N. C. Wilt-Resistant Tomatoes. The department of agriculture at Washington has just issued a bulletin, No. 1015, entitled " Wilt - Resistant Tomatoes," in \\ liieh thi? nrnwpr r?f will find much valuable information. The bulletin may be had upon application to the department or to Clemson college. It gives a history of the development and a description of each of the wilt-resistant varieties and tells how such varieties may be originated. (Jrowers are finding it a valuable gttide in selecting the most suitable varieties for their conditions and for selecting resistant seed tomatoes for their own planting. * Underwood Optimistic. A Washington dispatch says that Oscar W. Underwood, Democratic leader of the senate, who si-ldom risks his reputation with predictions, declared. Tuesday a belief that the Democratic party, as a result of the congressional elections this fall, w'ould capture thehoiise of representatives. This opinion was expressed following a discussion as to the possibility of the Republicans postponing V ? Confi ? The man whp simply as a depos is not availing hirr sources. There should b dence between th positor. You shot at liberty to ask q to your business, feet your business t 'ii i i ues ot all kinds, ai In fact, we wc have you conside anything that dii involves money. And how abou vault - for your p is low." ., First Nat Capital and Surplus Resources . ONE-HA1 |L . - . ~ THE 70RT MlUb I enactment of the tariff bill until1 after the elections. Senator Underwood declared that if that be ; their strategy the b^l would nev. er be enacted because of prospec. tive Democratic successes. As if ; to combat' his views, he was1* reminded that Democratic politii cians had estimated an increase of 80 Democratic members of the ' house, which would be eight short t the number necessary for a re[ covery of power. _ , 1 4 4 If you attempt to dope\ ii , out," was the reply of Senator , Underwood, 4 * with normal mai jorities as a basis, you will >*p' pear to be up against an impossii ble task. You must tiirure with i the tide, with the drift of ^he i sentiment, and it has set in beyond peradventure." Gompers Against Recognition. Samuel Gompers, head of }the ; American/ Federation of Labor, , does not wish to see this country recognize the Bolshevik tyranny in Russia. He thinks it woulibe e. "needless and base betrayaj of civilization." Declaring that the ; public life of this country was being flooded with propaganda and that "predatory international finance has its appetite up and ( believes it sees loot in Russfct," Mr. Gompers asserted that nothing "would be more fraught with disaster to humanity than American recognition of the Bolsheviki power in any form.' He' said Lenine is a bandit merchant ready to "to take what he can get in exchange for the heritage of a people rendered helplesatby him and his." Gappins Loses Appeal. The supreme court of Sopth Carolina Tuesday dismissed the appeal of Jesse Gappins, one: of the trio of Columbia men scnue months ago sentenced to deatnfin Lexington, county for the murder of Brazell, young Columbia transfer driver. Gappins will be resentenced at the May term'o^ court in Lexington. | 1 lie appeals ot S. .J. tt-irby, Who I lived ill Fort Mill township as a boy, and C. 0. Fox, the other members of the Brazell murder trio, have never been completed and'it is understood the State will move for a dismissal of the peals in the hope that ull tte|e men may be resentenced at # | term of court in Lexington fmS , month. dence considers his bank iitory for his funds f iself of a bank's re e the utmost confie bank and the delld feel at all times ^ . uestions pertaining conditions that af- ) i, our ideas on valnn ar\ rvn i?v? gu vrtl* >uld be pleased to r us an adviser on "ectly or indirectly ft t a lock box in our ' >apers? The cost ' I wmMammmtmB ional Bank i j . : $?,uoo.?o i | LF MILLION DOLLARS } ' i ' ' ' ' 3. , ' [ f ." ML 0 ) TMtt I Summer U Hosier We are showing z Ladies' Undergarnien Crepes, Nainsooks, Be . tive prices. Gowns, , , v Teddys, Bloomers, Cc i h 1 Ladies' Silk Stockii grey,.mode, white, sn I - 50c, 75, Ladies' Cotton Hose Misses' Lisle Hose . I Misses' Roll Top He I Children's Sox, in all Ri v Men an gg B. V. D., Hanes, Tucco and Coo Boys' Union Suits .... Men's Cambric Night Shirts Silk Sox, black, brown, navy, gr Cotton Sox . . . ? . PA TTEl ja.war.sz ^b WHEN YOU Bll Of course it is a matter of ir that you get the best and f the price is right. Our busii to week and this fact testifie stock we carry and the price Let us have your next orde confident it wiU not be the favor us. Fort Mill Coopi E. S. PARKS, * _ ' \ / ' ANNOUN To The Building P We are equipped to make c and any kind of Building n fluid cordially invite your inq % We carry. Framing, Floorin Lime, Plaster, Cement, Mol and we can manufacture an Rock Hill Luir ? ./ * r-*. - ; / * PSona 618 . Oakland A EaasaaaBssaaafiaiHBaBB ^ ^ ' ' ? <; - ?*> . - ^ - - * - ( - I " " . 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