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THURSDAY, JUNE, 15, 1922.
Half sis innnv ?r?rp? r?f A mun I
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can farm lands are planted in tobacco
as in potatoes. This is
shown by a recent government
report. A great racket is kicked ,
up when there is a rise in the
price of*potatoes, but an. increase
in the price -tobacco is taken
as a matter of course. People ,
watch their pennies in buying necessities,
and then throw money
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away on things not absolutely
, necessary.
The age of the average tramp
before the war .Mas 50 years.
.Now. it is 32 years. And the
tramp of 1922 rides on auto
trucks und not on the trucks ot
freight cars as did the tramp ol (
other days. This information lffound
in u report of u New York
welfare organization whose name
M'c have forgotten, und which
really doesn't matter. This asso
elation is seeking a way to reduci
the number of tramps..The quickest
way would be to give them
the jobs they want. Another way
Mould be to kill the wnnderliiK.
which sleeps -111 every human
breast, ami that would be impossible.'
Many a steady working
man is tempted at limes to desert
his job and go out in search
of adventure.
Henry Ford's proposal for tin
ilcvelopuiciit of Muscle Shoals
power plant should he settled in
u business way without so muei.
wrangling into which politics,
consideration is the uiuui bom
of contention. Air. Ford's prop
osilion is either u good one or ?.
bad one lor the government. 1.
ought 'to be possible lo determine
tlie iacls one way or the oihei,
without relerence to whether hi
is u Democrat or u itcpubiicau
Kuiuiueuiy 11 would uu u cosu,>
and wuKiCiui proceeding lor tin
government to undertake to develop
the power pioul according
t ? me usual government methods
it Mr. hord s oiler is not advantageous
to the government, tin
laci should ne ueicfinuieil aim
other bids invited, 'lhe mattei
should not be kept hanging lire
eternaliy. "
it is true that "all work and
in. piay makes Jack u dull boy.'
school children heed relaxation
just us do other people, and it i?
tecogiiized mat athletics lurnisn
lhe most desirable loriu oi relaxation.
.but, tile tluug cau be overlimn-?in
huniir overdone. Dur- I
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nig the school year just eudeu
suiue sehool authorities have car- I
ned the thiug very lar. We uow
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have luierconegiuie lootball coutests,
oa&ebuti contests, basnetball
contests and truefc meets, to i
say hothmg or oratorical eoutesis. 1
All these Mnngs not ouly cos?
money, but m the high school# a* \
veil as the colleges they distract j
the attention ol the students <
lrom their studies, it might be
veil for teachers and principal*
to have a care. The taxpayers j
who support the public schooi |
. ay tern, of whieh the high aehools 1
are a part, are not apt to be aa J
lenient with athletics are are the \
people who Support the colleges. <
Ther are $ lots of World war j
Tetanias who would rather have j
a job than a bonus. J
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Oue thing to be said in praise
>f the average member of the
American Congress is that he is
i gentleman and doesn't think
limself so all-fired selfsuflicient
ib to assume that it is beneath
lis dignity to thank the newspaH-rs
for kind references to him.
\u illustration of this came unler
the observation of The Times
i few days ago when the mail
from Washington brought two
otters to this office, oue from
Congressman Fred Dominick and
lie other from Congressman Jas.
P. Byrnes, expressing their gratitude
to The Times for complimentary
references to tlieju in
hose columns a few days ago.
\ number of similar comiuunicalions
also have been received at
his office from Congressman W.
Stevenson since he began representing
the Fifth district a
I'W years ago.
At the Congress of Vienna Bismark
ovserved that if could iraigine
himself of as.much imporanee
as some people thought
ihemselves he would feel certain
ne wus the boss of all humanity.
Which was one way the German
statesman had of saying some
jolks take themselves entirely too
u-riously.
A fact not as generally known
in this country as it should be
is that in the matter of honesty
the Chinese lead the world. We
may detest the customs of the
Chinese in other respects, but we
are bound to concede their honesty.
With them honesty is not
n principle but a policy, a tixed
irait. They are honest, not from
x moral standpoint, but because
.hey have learned through thousands
of years that honesty pays?
iii prosperity as well as in happiness.
Confucius, philosopher of
'action and reaction,'' made the
Chinese honest by his advice,
'Do not do unto others that
which you would not have them
lo unto you.'' The white man,
n liia transactions, is constantly
ooking for dishonesty, to punish
lr The Chinese- constantly watch
.or honesty, to reward it. Oiu
eason we have so much trickery
jiul thievery in our white civilisation
is that we do not reward
uonesiy with the same enthusiasm
that we inflict punishment
.or stealing. The white race will
grow wiser as it matures mental.y.
We can learn some whole.ciue
lessons from the Chinese,
.10 matter how far we may think
a lira elves ahead of them.
History of York Church.
The 80th anniversary of the
touudiug of the First Presbyteri
at. church of York was observed
.it services last .Sunday morning.
"A History of the First Presoyterian
Church" was the title
of a paper read by Elder G. H.
J'Leary, in which he traced the
record of the church from its organization
down to the present,
oringing to light a wealth of interesting
information. "Eighy
Years of Presbyterian Progress"
was the subect of an illuminating
talk by the pastor, the Rev. R. E.
Gillespie, 1). I)., in which he narrated
in a graphic manner the
forward march and expausion of
the church since its establish
inent. 1 The
church was organized June
10, 1842, with 15 charter members.
The first minister was the
Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs. A Sunday
school was orgauized in 1843,
E. A* Crenshaw being the first
superintendent. The church doubled
its membership in less than
a year, as is shown by 4he first
report to presbytery in 1843. Today
the church has 693 members
and last year it contributed to
lunevolences $8,000, local support
$6,117, making a total for
all purposes of $14,117.
Woman for State Office.
Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake of
Bc-nnettsville Monday filed her
pledge and paid the assessment
to enter the Democratic primary
For State superintendent of education.
Mrs. Drake is the first
roman in the history of South
Carolina to offer for State office.
3he is a graduate of Winthrop
college and is a daughter of forner
State Senator Rogers , of
tfurlfero county.
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*4COAL BLAZE" ON STUMP.
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lie man in South Carolina; he is
well-nigh impregnable. And as
he has announced that he wiji
speak in every county m the coui
monwealtli before the primaries
close this year, the rank and fil^
of the men voters are predicting
a hot time in the old State this
year. As far as the women votk
ers are concerned, there is an ele4*
men of doubt, but Mr. Blease
says he calculates to- get his share
of that vote because he was a
consistent opponent of woman
suffrage, but a warm supportef
of the law when the majority put
it across.
The strength of Blease, by "long
odds the most talked of man in
South Carolina, and the causes
of Bleaseism are results of the
social and economic conditions of
the State, and of the quaint manner
the one political party, the
Democratic, conducts its campaigns
here. The primary is alliiiiportant.
The general election
is a mere form, since there is hut
one set of nominees. A rule of
the party is that caudidates shall
make a tour?of the State and
speuk once in every county. They
generally travel en masse, adhering
to a schedule arranged by the
executive committee.
The round of speech-making
and hand-shaking comes always
in the summer months whett
men's tempers are, at best, eccentric.
But this is a slack luiat
for farmers and South Carolina
is an agricultural State. The
county-to-couuty method is a decided
advantage to the stump
speaker, particularly since ttle
cuiupuigner can usually heat the
metropolitan newspapers to the
audience.
Then, too, in South Caroliuu
polities is more than politics^ ti
is a reeretation, a part of lite, a
thing in which the citizen at large
lias a big interest, a medium
through which men express theulselves.
For this reason a political
fight is usually as welcome ui
the rural districts of South Carolina
as u genuine circus. Mepi
gather at he county seats from
villages uiul countrysides far
away.- Automobiles are parked
with rare abandonment but there
are yet remaining in this StaU;
many buggies and farm wagnnu
and they are in evidence at thfise
political meetings. Another unusual
feature of the South Carolina
political gathering is that
scores of negroes are there, not
that they expect to vote, but they
want to-hear the jokes that they
feel sure they will hear from the
candidates.
At a central place a platform
is erected uud the candidates appear
on it to tell the opening joke
ubout themselves or their opponents,
for the 40th time. Ill past
campaigns generally the opponents
of Blease have spoken firsrL
One after the other they have
their say and then the time arrives
for Mr. Blease to speak. Instantly
there is a wave of animation.
. . .
The one thing that has caused
the comeback of Mr. Blease in
Ul.. l!i! 1 l " ' ?
mo pouucai uomain 01 ftoutn Carolina
polities is the aft"er-the-war
reconstruction, incidental hard
times, due to the cotton boll weevil
and high taxes. Mr. Blease
is opposed to the hard times, the
high taxes . and the floods, of
course, but so is most everybody
else. Only Mr. Blease is smart
enough to capitalize on those distressing
conditions. The Coil
Blaze, announcement is causing
South Carolina to wake up, take
a drink, ask what o'clock, and
show 110 evidence of drowsiness.
And that is what makes the mare
go in this former stronghold of
revolt against what its citizenship
I considered wrong.
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Harried in York.
J. Clifton McElhaney of Fort
Mill and M:ss Alice Patterson of
the Barberville section of Lancaster
county surprised their
many friends Saturday afteriiQou
when they drove to York and
were married by the Rev. J. K.
Walker, pastor of the YorkMeth
otiiHt church., immediately after
the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. McElhaney
returned to Fort Mill
and are making their home with
Mr. McElhaney'a mother, Mrs.
Addie McBlhaney. Mrs. McElhaney
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Patterson and Mr. McElhaney
is a well known citizen
of Fort Mill, who was postmaster
of the town for a short time last
year. They have the good wishes
of a wide circle of friends.
Congress is stHl in session, hot
we*don't know why.
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CITATION. State
of South Carolina?York
County.
By J. L. Houston, Esquire, Probate
Judge of York County.
Whereas J. Andy Tate has applied
to me fqr.Letters of Administration,
on all and singular, the
roods and chattels, rights and
credits of Sallie A. Nivens, late
of the County aforesaid, deceased,
. These are, therefore, to cite
and admonish all mid singular
the kindred and creditors , of the
said deceased, to be and appear
before me at our next Probate
Court for the said County, to be
holden at York Court House on
the 22nd day of June to shew
cause, if any, why the said
Administration should not be
granted*.
Given under my hand and seal
this 6th day of June in the year
of our Lord "one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-two and in
the 146th year of American Indepondehce.
J. L. HOUSTON,
Probate Judge of York Ccfunty.
University of Sooth Carolina
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATIONS
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in the University
of South Carolina and for admission of
new students will be held at the County
Courthouse July 14, 1922, at 9 a. m.
Applicants must not be less than sixteen
years of age. When scholarships
are vacant after July 14, they will be
awarded to those making the highest
averige at examination, provided they
meet the conditions governing the
award. Applicants for scholarships
shouki write to President Currell for
scholarship application blanks. These
blanks properly fillet! out by the applicant
should be filed with President
Currell by July 10. Scholarships are
worth $100, free tuition and fees. Next
session will open September 20, 1922.
For further information write to.
President W. S. CURRELL,
University of South Carolina,
COLUMBIA. S. C.
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