Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 01, 1922, Image 1
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^^^Becolation Caused by Observe
|^Htion of London Astronomer.
Hid the latitude of Fort Mill
H^Bangingt Is your home closer
the equator or to the pole than
ouce was
These may appear to be fool^^H?h
questions to the average man.
^^Hie has no'd'ougbt grown to look
j^Hupou* the earth's ''belt" and its {
as lmuovaDie lines even ?
^^nhough they are imaginary. But I
^^Ban astronomer in London wa? l
^Hquotednhe other day as asserting <
^^ that the distance between Naples, *
HH Italy, and the equator has been >
shortened by a mile and a half 1
during the past 51 yeurs, and (
that Greenwich has apparently t
moved half a mile toward the t
tropics in less than two decades, n
V The possibility of such changes >
V in latitude is discussed in the fol- f
lowing bulletin from the National i
Geographic society: '
"There is no question that latI
itudes change, but there is u very 1
[ large, question whether the chan- t
' ges are of any considerable mag- *s
nitude and whether they eontin- 1
Ue for any great length of time t
iu the same direction. The varia- f
tions that have been established c
are due to a slight wabbling of t
the earth like that of a top which c
is not spinning evenly around its t
axis, 'this irregularity does not *
change the direction of the axis c
itselt but does change the point "
of the earth's surface (the pole ?
point) from which the axis emerges.
liy such changes most points
on the earth would have their
positions altered with reference 1
to the poles and to the equator, /
which is always 90 degrees from .]
the pole point and tnereiore toi- r
lows it in any movement which i
it makes. v
's simplest possible n
hid had a Mingle wabhte i
added to it, the pole point would 1
trace a clouded path?that is, it j
would return to the suiue posi-. i
tion again and again after the t
completion of definite, equal pe- 1
riodsL But there are at least two 1
distinct and unequal wabbles u
known: one completed in a year f
and one in about 14 months. Their t
combination causes the pole point r
\ to wander in a rather \ineven y
, vniy, tracing lines that are very o
roughly elipticul and which cross J
and recross each other. But these ,]
wabbles cause only a very slight ?
variation from a steady rotation, c
M Whether there is a progres- 1
live change of latitude hus long i
interested astronomers, in 1900 f
the International Latitude Scry- c
ice was formed uud a string of a
1 stations was established form- t
ing a band around the world, t
Observations were made at all c
the stations for 14 years and tho
information assembled by the
Service has been interpreted in
various ways. The changes ob- t
served in latitude were very t
small and it is recognized that s
th$ possibilities of error due to v
imperfect instruments, inacura- t
oies in atar declinations and the c
human equation were many. One 1
I careful analysis by the United t
States Coast and Geodetic Sur- j
Vey, however, seems to indicate ^
that the pole point is shifting pro- *
- greamvely southward toward the t
continent of North America. This \
would mean in effect that the 1
cities of the United States are fc
moving slowly to the north. jj
"One need have little worry, i
though, for the ^likelihood that c
the North Pole will turn up some t
day in your back yard. Even j
-v though one becomes generous c
With assumptions and assumes t
that there is & decided southward \
movement of the pole point and ?
that it will continue steadily, its i
Jowness makes the assumed shift c
Ojdmh|t negligible. The analysis c
.^ referred to seems to indicate * v
L southward drift of the pole t
I - amounting to a trifle over six f
inches a year. This would amount i
^eflB *han one m^e m 1^,000 f
INsetrdsy was the last day for }
sv v tiitpf uf Port Mill to pay their t
%iMjgWstreet tax. $3, to the town s
1-wPsrt Mill Without penalty, and
^ v the dAee of the to\tn treas&jfcr#.?loaeiW.
late in the afternoon 1
H>but about 60 of the 400 and f
subject to the tax c
Boll Weevil Sprays Useless.
A warning against liquid-spray}r
attachments to cotton poisonng
machinery is issued - by the
United States department of ag ieulture.
Calcium arsenate ap>lied
us a dust, it is pointed out,
s the only certain means yet
'ound for controlling the boll
veevil and any effprt at control
>y" liquid sprays is useless. Spray
i uviacmuems are mereiore not
n:ly unnecessary but an added
mrden.- They increase the cost,
>? machinery and make it more
lifticult and complicated to ope ate.
The liquid spray, even it' it
vere as effective as the dust
ucthod, would be decidely more
ixpensive. It would necessitate
he use of water carts, to feed
he machines, would demand an
tmple and constant water supply
vhich is not available on mosr
arms and in various ways would
nerease the cost of poisoning opu
at ions.
Orchardists and others who
>ave to conduct poisoning operaions
regularly are constantly
earching for poisons that can be
lusted instead of sprayed. Cot
011 growers, it is stated, are very
ortunate in that the only really
'ffective method of controlling
he boll weevil is the dust methv
>d and they should not waste
ime and money in experimenting
vith the expensive spray meth*
>ds that farmers in other lines
ire so constantly trying to get
iwny from.
Death of J. T. Darnall.
The Pineville section of Meekcnburg
county lost u good citi;en
Saturday, June 20th, when
f. T. Darnall succumbed to pneunonia
at his home, following an
llness of only a few days. He
vas reared in Fort Mill township
tnd as a youth attended the old
^ort MiH ir?tdemy; -of-whieh the i
ate Col. A. K. Banks was nrinci
ml. Several years ago Mr. Dartall
moved with his family across
he line into North Carolina and
lad since made his home near
Jineville. He was 47 years old
tud is survived by his widow,
ive children, four sisters and
hree brothers, Mrs. R. L. Ben- i
lett and Mrs. Walter Medlin of
ort Mill, Mrs. 8am McElhaftey
>1! Piueville, Mrs. Will Medlin of
tfaxton, N. C., Walter Darnall,
loe Darnall and Zeb Darnall, all <
>f Pineville. The funeral servies
and interment Vere at Flint
lill Baptist church, of, which
dr. Darnall had been a member
or mdny -years, in the presence
>? a large number of his friends
tud neighbors who had assembled
o pay a last tribute of respect to
he memory of a man whose
leath all deeply deplored.
Basis of Promotion.
F. M. Mack, superintendent of
he Fort Mill graded school, yeserday
said that he had received
o many inquiries from parents
vhose children failed of promoion
to higher grades as a result
their work for the sessiu that
le desired to make an explanation
of the rules governing such
noinotions. "A pupil's final
jrade," said Mr. Mack, "is the
iverage of the monthly or. quarerly
grades throughout the
rear. * For instance, a pupil who
las the quarerly grades of 70, 75,
10 and 85 would have a final
?rade of 771-2. A pupil who
uakes a grade of less than 70 on
>ne subject may be promoted on
rial, or conditioned in that sub- i
ect. A pupil who fails on two
IP innPu uiiliiontu immt pamain in
he Kame grade and take the same
vork oyer next year. Reading.,
irithmetic and English are very
raportant and failure in any one
>1 these clearly indicates a lack
>f preparation for the next high1
grade. Poor attendance was
he cause of the majority of the
allures* during the past year. It
s only the exceptionally bright
mpil who can be absent a large
>art of the time and still make
he next grade. It is also a fact
hat pupils who ate habitually i
ardy are nearly always poor
tudents."
Charles H. Bradford of Fort,
dill is this year a member of the
(raduating class of the pharmateutieal
department of the Medial
College of Sooth Carolina.
NEWS OF YOEpL COUNTY.
IUm of Ckaanl Xatintt Found
in the YorkviUe Enquirer.
There is a probability that Rock
Hill will have six Voting precincts
by the time of the^ holding of the
biate primary election in August.
It was learned Tuesday morning
that D. L. Moss and other voters
will probably petition the York
county Deiuoeratic executive
committee to establish a .voting
precinct #it the Aroade-Victoria
mills in Rock Hill for the convenjpnPP
nf tho mon. unman
era of those two communities.
Rev. J. L. Oates, D. D., for
nearly 13 years pastor of the
Yorkville A. R. P. church, who
on Sunday announced to his congregation
his acceptance of a call
to the pastorate of Columbia A.
K. P. church, said yesterday that
he expected to take up the duties
of his new pastorate about August
1. That, however Dr. Oates
said, is only a tentative date, and
he may go to Columbia a short
time before that date or a short
time later.
"As to how much damage the
boll weevil is going to do in York
county this year, i think depends
largely 011 the weather in June
end July," said County Demonstration
Ageut John R. Blair the
other day. "If there is a lot of
ruin durnu; these two mouths the
weevil will likely increase into
millions and may take a toll of
60 per cent of the crop. If it is
pretty dry 1 don't believe he will
damage the crop wore than 15
per cent. 1 have information that
he is showing up even now in
practically every seetion of the
county."
There is a probability that
C'arhartt mill No. 2, at Carhartt
station, betwene Rock Hill and
Fort Mill, may resume operations
pretty soou. B. M. lvey, manager
of the Carhartt mill in Rock Hill,
who also has charge of the plant
at Carhartt, has just returned
from New York, where he went
on business connected with the
mills. The mill at Carhartt station
has been.* idle for quite a
long while. Hamilton Carhartt,
owner of the two mills, who is
now in New York, expects to sail
for Liverpool* England, in a few
day8 on business in connection
U'ith Ilia mill tkofa
" o *u?it ibivav/*
When the spindles in the new
cotton- mill at Olover begin humming
some months hence, Clover's
population wiM be well cA*er
the 2,000 mark, The cens'.s of
1920 gave Clover a popuation of
1,608 and it is a practical certainty
that the building < of the
new mill village which will house
the employees of the newest manufactory
will, mean at least 500
more people for Clover and-very
probably more. Information is
that since announcement- in The
Enquirer of the- biuldmg of a
second mill in Clover by the
Hawthorne interests^real - estnte
values have gone up considerably.
It is quite probable also that
several new building firms will
be looking toward Clover for a
location.
That textile magnates of the
East, realize that they can no
longer compete with teh spinningmills
of the South in the manufacture
of yarns and are making
plana to build their future mills
a? n i it # . _ ^
in me ooum is ine iniormaiion
brought by. John R. Hart, Esq.,
who has returned from ortiiampton,
Mass., where he couferred
with mill men whom he represents
an attorney in York county.
"The textile business is looking
much better in the opinion of
Massachusetts textile man and
others in the East with whom I
talked," said Mr. Hart Monday.
"While thev are not exDectinir
bom timet like 1919 ami the early
part of 1920, they ore expecting
to tee the textile business* of
the country get back to normal."
Only nine of the 27 members
of the seventh grade of the-Port
Mill graded school were unconditionally
promoted to' the high
school and received certificate! at
the closing exercises of the school
last Thursday evening, the nine
pupils being: Goldie Alford,
Frances Bradford, Bay Hunter,
Louis McKibben, Faulkner Parks.
Owen Patterson, Myrtle Beeevea,
Lueile Robinson and ' Thomas
Spwtt. . 7
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PUUUOTt COTTOK rAWKX.
Commissioner Hcrrit Writ** of
Ortp Conditions in Texas.
. Returning to his office in Columbia
a few days ago, B. Harris,
commissioner of agriculture for
Booth Carolina, wrote for the
press of the State the following
impressions he gained of the cotton
crop prospects for the year
on a trip he recently made to the
Sontlnfest:
On MftV fi I loft mv Affina mill
started on my way to attend a
pure food and drug convention
to -be held in Galveston, Texas,
on the 8th, 9th, 10th and ilth. In
ordeF that 1 might see as much of
the present condition of the crops
as poduble, from .New Orleans 1
went over the suuset Route to
Houston, Texas, and ' in coming
bgck 1 came over the Southern
Pacific railroad to Dallas and
Port Worth. From Fort Worth
1 came over the Texas Pacific by
way of Little Rock and Memphis
through - northern Alabama by
way of Birmingham and horth
Georgia <to Atlanta. "
These two routes carried me
over some of the best cotton lands
in the following States: ThePiedmout
belt of South Carolina and
Georgia, on by Montgomery and
Mobile. From New* Orleans 1
went through Louisiana into Texas.
On my - return trip 1 came
through Arkansas and Tennessee.
1 saw men from every section of
the cotton belt, so 1 got direct,
positive facts in regard to each
section of the great State of
Texas*
In south Texas, where the cotton
is now fruiting, the boll weevil
is reported in greater number
than ever before at this season
of the year and doing greater
damage, as the winter was so
WJUm4|??j&^yn&^ji^jv d it.
1|?" west Texas we hear a great
deal of dope put out by the bear 1
speculators stating what a fine 1
prospect they had there. On the
15th of thiB month they had one
of the worst storms that had ever
been known in that section. It
was reported that at least 30,000
acres of cotton was damaged.
From Houston to Fort Worth,
a distance of 300 milos, 1 traveled
in the daylight?that was on the
18th. 1 crossed four rivers on
that trip and very one of them
was out of its banks and covered
many thousands of acres of the
best cotton land. A great portion
of this land will not be planted
this year; if they have any more
rain it cannot be planted before
June 1.
On my arrival in Dallas 1 called
at the federal farm bureau
office which is located there and
is handling the cooperative marketing
association farm products.
1 saw the president, Mr. Orr, and
found him a very pleasant gentleman
and- well informed as to
crop conditions. 1 asked him
what proportion of the* Texas
c?op there was to be planted
and to be planted over. He said
at least 50 per cent of the crop
up to the 18th of this month, in- s
eluding the flooded districts, was e
yet to plant, and from what 1 r
could see I think he was about ^
right. - 1
1 saw a crreat manv irood farm- t
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era, also business men, and some i
bankers who had lived in Texas 1
for 40 years, and they have keptjc
in close tuoch with agricultural i
condition^; they all said Texas lj
hadt the poorest prospect Tor a']
crop up to this date they had e
seen in 40 years and they could I i
not make anything like an aver-, i
age crop this year, owing to theji
lateness ot the planting and ex-ji
cessive floods and cold, rainy i
weather. I saw some good cotton
dealers who don't, hesitate to say )
that with ideal seasons from now i
on we cannot make over 8 1-2 or i
9 million bales this year. j
Now as to acreage, if. it had not j
been for :the floods and. heavy <
rains Texas would have increased <
15 per cent, but on account of (
the floods die will not more than t
duplicate her 1921 acreage, and ]
I doubt if a&e does that. Arkan- 1
aas cannot increaae on aceount of J
the same conditions existing in i
that State. The only States in- 1
creasing in acreage this year are \
Oklahoma and North Carolina. <
Taking the cotton belt as a whole, 1
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Partial to South Carolina.
J. T. Young, well known business
man of Fort Mill, returned
to his home Saturday after spending
several weeks at Rochester,
Miuu. Asked yesterday if he
thought he would rather live in
that section of the country than
in South Carolina, Mr. Young
answered very promptly in the
iHgative. 441 did uot see in Minnesota
one thing which made me
think 1 would enjoy life up there
tnore than 1 enjoy it here," said
tie. 4'To begin with, the climate
is against Minnesota. During the
winter the temperature frequently
goes to 30 'below zero and sellom
rises above zero 1 was told.
tu . ? ...
ine section ot the State 111 which
L was has less than three months
if summer, real summer, aiul
when I left there last Wednesday
many men were still wearing their
ivercoats, although the trees were
Pressed up in their new foliage
and vegetation generally was in
full flower.
"Rochester is a city of about
12,000 people and is 125 miles
north of Minneapolis. One thing
that impressed tne about the place
was its two excellent daily newspapers,
which carry a big volume
if advertising ami apparently
are read by almost everybody.
The people with whom 1 came in
soutact were not complaining of
the business depression, but 1
noticed that the stores did not
appear to be doing much business.
Returning home 1 spent
several hours in Chicago and 1
was glad when the time came for
ne to leave the city. From what
[ learned by reading the newspapers
while 1 was away, a man's
ife may be worth a nickel in
?hicago, but hardly a dime. The
sity is overrun with crooks and
mtthroats."
Mrs. J. M. Gamble Dead.
Fort Mill people generally
u-ard with sympathy ami regret
fhe announcement of the death
it her home a short distance
lorth of town Tuesday morning
>f Mrs. Blanche Griffin Gamble,
vife of J. M. Gamble. Mrs. Gam)le
had been seriously ill for several
weeks and her death was
lot unexpected. She was the
laughter of the late W. G. Grifin
and Mrs. Griffin and was born
tear Fort Mill on December 4,
LS90. .On June 14, 1910, she was
narried to Mr. Gamble, who survives
her, with four children, the
voungest a baby only a few weeks
>ld. Mrs. Gamble is also survivni
by her mother and three
>r others. Funeral services were
tonducted at the home by the Rev.
R. II. Viser, pastor of the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church.of which
Vfrs. Gamble had been a member
'or several years, and the internent
was in the city cemetery.
.herewill be no increase in acreige
this year., 1 rather believe
here will be a decrease.
1 have said all the time you
vere going to see cotton very
nuch higher, and in 1923 you
vould see cotton higher than it
lold for in 1919. 1 am still of the
lame opinion. We now - have u
1 1 * ?
cai wonu iainine in cotton?the
vorld nearly naked. No one has
sad anything like as many cotton
joods as they need?the world is
tow beginuiug to get uneasy as
:? where tjie cotton fabric is to
some from to clothe it. Every
rard of cotton goods you buy now
rou pay on a basis of 35 cents a
)Ound for cotton and from this
late on you will see a material
ise in price. Don't sell a halo
inless you have to. I receive
nany letters every day now statng
that the boll weevil is suckng
the bud of the cotton.
I want to urge the farmers to
^lant a row of corn every eighth
:cet across the cotton rows. And
emember to let this year be one
rear that you raise everything
rou need 011 your farm for home
lonsumption and be sure to keep
rat of debt. Let the bale of cot:on
you make this yeur be yours
ind sell it when you get ready,
liy prediction is high cotton for
1922 crop. I want to say that the
farmers now have the situation
u their own hands?there will be
10 surplus on September 1. No
jae now for s bale of cotton to
?ver sell without a profit to the
farmer.
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PUPILS ON HONOR ROLL.
List of Fort Mill Children Who
Win Distinction.
The honor roll of the Fort Mill ^
graded school for the last month
of the 1921-22 session, which
closed a few days ago, is as follows
:
First Grade ? Jennie Louise
oraurora, Jacquelyn Bailes, Martha
Bou knight, Sara Lee, Emily
Meacham, Frances Mae Mills,
Lestina Potts. Helen Phillips,
Wiluia Reeves, Inez Long. Dewitt
McOnirt, David Rogers, A. Y.
Williamson. Jr., Andy Morrison,
Raymond Dyehes, Fred Harris.
Second Grade ? Jane Barber,
Johnsie Wilkerson, Marie Gordon,
James Epps, Marion Wilsou,
Marshall Porter, Frank Carotlr
ers, Lonia Taylor, Dorothy O'Kelly,
Marion llarkey,. Gilmore
Pitman.
Third Grade ? Gilbert Gross,
Jennie Lou Garrison, Maria
Gulp, Ethel Miller, Rochelle Patterson,
Harriet Carothers, Annie
Blease Lee, Mary Morris, Evelyn
Robinson, Cleveland Lytle, Eugene
Gordon, Louise Lowery.
Fourth Grade?Charlie Carter, \
Sarah Barber. Odell Plyler, Tillie
Mills, Eva Dell Dyehes. Mildred
Medlin, Howard Patterson, Clement
Potts, Guy Reeves, Sarah Neely
Thompson, Louise Wilson.
Fifth Grade?Allie Bradford,
Lula Parks, Pansy Gamble, Howard
Bass, Melvin Carter, Willie
Jloneycutt, Helen Ferguson, Myra
Kimbrell, Annie McGinuia,
Lois Porter.
Pllliils U'lin rop*<iv?il nprfupf ut.
tendance marks for the entire
session were:
Second Grade?David Plyler.
Third Grade*?Louise Lowery.
Virgil Walker, Maria Gulp, Rochelle
Patterson.
Fourth Grade?Sarah Barber,Guy
Reeves, Elizabeth Wright,
Fifth Grade ? Julia MeCorkle,
Allie Braelforel.
Sixth Graeie?Eva Casey, Joe
Broadnax.
- Mrs. W. A* Hafner Dead.
Many Fort Mill people learned
with regret ye*sterelay of the
death in Gaffney Tuesday of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hafner, wife of the
Rev. \V. A. Hafner, who for several
years was pastor of the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church. Mrs.
Hafner had been critically ill for
some time and hope for her recovery
was abandoned several
days ago. Shy was 39 years old
and before her marriage to Mr.
llafner six years ago was Mrs.
Elizabeth Jordun of Winnsboro.
She is survived by her husband,
one son. Thomas Jordan, 10 years
old, her father, Mr. Beatty of
Winnsboro, and one sister. The
interment was in Winnsboro this ,
morning.
Barbecue for Militiamen.
Sixty members of the Fort Mill
IHt.'i
iu unary company Tuesday en?
joyed a barbecue served by J. J.
Porter in the grove near his store
between Fort Mill and Rock Hill.
During the morning, the militiamen
spent several hours drilling .
and in the afternoon both officers
and men went to the Catawba*
river for an hour's swim. A similar
outing is being planned by
the company for Tuesday, dune
20. Guests of the company at the
barbecue Tuesday included Maj.
,J. C. Dozier, ('apt. Don Matthews
ami Lieut. Pride Simpson of Rock
Ilill and ('apt. Elliott Springs
and Capt. George Potts of Fort- Mm:
Many Hear Debate.
An interesting feature of the
closing exercises of the Fort Mill
selinnl biHt Thiipwiuv ovpnino
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I which was heard by an audience
that packed the auditorium to
the doors was a debate on the resolution,
"That pupils who make
an average of 90 per cent on their
daily work should be excused,
from examinations." John McKee
SpraU and Miss Nannie Lee
Phillips were the affirmative debaters,
while the negative was
upheld by Miss Elizabeth Ardrey
and Stephen Parks. The decision
of.the judges, Mrs. J. W. H.
Dyches, L. M. Massoy and W. R.
Bradford, was in favor of the
negative.
Aa we understand it now, norfnalcy
means less income for everybody.
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