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' ajorxT ( 0 .<) jinn rapt snr ' _____ ; ' vy HO!*AT23 : ^SATTA JIV3S& Yff SSfoo 3TU& K ^ S* ?-i?5rSJkr?va a; :hvW fa \UJ7oU -?^__^v;' The Fort Mtr t Times. * , E?Ublith?d'1891. FO?T KILL, a 0? THPRDAY, JUKE M, 1M2. d-B0>?cT?jg. LAND 07 WOMEN AND WAR. Men Once Almost Wiped Out in Turbulent Paraguay. A country whose male population was almost wiped out oi existence, but which haw "couie back" successfully; where women outnumber men several times over; where cattle graze the year round under palm trees, and where bearded cowboys wear bloomers?such is the Paraguay of today pictured in a bulletin by the Rational Geographic sonlvtv wliinli wus isancrt fill I (twill (7 news dispatches stating that a revolution had broken out iu the litlte South American republic. "Paraguay, which has refused the offered mediation of foreign diplomats and has announced that its army will take care oi the country's latest revolution with rifles and cannon, is living up to the military traditions which have given it the most trpgic history of all the countries of the Americas," says the bulletin. "Next to the smallest republic in South America, with an area only about as large as that of the State of Wyoming, Paraguay in 1865 .had a population comparable to that of extensive Argentina aud huge Brazil, and uuder its military dictator, Fran flBlU IJUpt'L, U1U IIIUrtL J)U?CUU1 army in South America. Lopez believed himself destined to be the Napoleon of the Western Hemisphere and in 1865 led the army of his little country against the combined forces of llrazil, Argentina and Uruguay. "The five year conflict was so bloody and the Paraguayans were defeated-so signally that between two-thirds and five-sixths of the population perished. Of u population that may have passed the million mark, only about 1200,000 women und less than 30,000 men, mostly old nien and young tvoys, were loft. The losses were heavier, probably, than those suffered by auy othe^ nation in modern times. Even today Paraguay is largely a land of women. "Paraguay's history has been filled with conflicts, violence and unusual situations from the first. To begin with, there has been a slighter admixture of Europeau blood than in any other South American country, und the fire of the old Indian blood hus been preserved. A little band of Spaniards sailed up the Plata and Paraguay rivers hi 1536 and in the heart of South Ameriea founded a settlement. They took Indian wives and they and their descendants became the ruling power in the laud, eventually establishing great haciendas on which the Indians worked. "Missionaries who went to the region in 1609 brought the Indi-ana together into settlements oi' their own and taught them to carry on agriculture for themselves. Thia was resented by the half-breeds and the situation "was further complicated by the arrival of other missionaries who detroyed the early settlements. The first comers armed the Indians, expelled the Spanish governor and the later urrivals, and wrote the second unusual chapter in Paraguay's history. For more than 100 years they conducted a sort of 'church state.' Later, Spanish governors who cruelly % oppressed the people came back into power. ''After Paraguay became independent of Spain in 1810 the country entered upon a period of diatatorshinfi and became the her mtl nation of the West. Trade Jgfth outside countries and the presence of foreigners wus strictly prohibited and the country came to be entirely a self reliant unit. A sort of communism was k in. existence for mauy years" a E portion of the land being worked fair the state, the proceeds being ^*^aed for the benefit of the peo/ ^Paraguay is a sort of inland Florida of fertile soil, equable climjke, and an abundance of-fruit af food products. On its rich gam lands vast herds of cattle Mm the year round under palm trim tended- by oowboya who loose, baggy bloomers. Re ? A bibuTthoughts "j - I X ? ftrnmWwk? | THE ASSURED HARVEST?Be not deceived; God la not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.?Qalatiana 6:7. AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY?If ye abide in me. and my words abide In you, ye ahull ask what ye will, and It shall be done unto you.?John 16:7. THE GOLDEN RULE ? Whatsoever /c nuuiu uiai men gnuuiu ug 10 you. uu ye even ?o to them: for that la the law and the prophets.?Mutt. 7:12. ETKHNAL PROTECTION ? The Lord hall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.?Psalm 121:8. * BIN SEPARATES r- Vour tnlQUitie* have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.?Isaiah 69:1. MAKING A* TARIFF LAW. For several weeks the senute of the United States has been struggling with the tariff bill reported for the Republicans by Senator MeCumber, and it looks as if the body will bt^ struggling with it for many weeks toeoine. There is no other issue on which senators, or, for that matter, all men interested in national politics, divide so sharply 011 party lines as they do 011 the tariff. Consequently, whenever either party undertakes to overthrow the tariff law that the other party framed every inch of ground is contested. The controversy in the senate is ulinost interuiiuable. The house, with its convenient rules for cutting off debate, always makes short work of the tariff bill. When the ways and means committee, which prepares the measure, reports it to the house it pre seats a bill in the drafting of which only members of the majority party have taken purt. It is purely a party measure. When it ia introduced u special rule is proposed and adopted that limits general debute to a cbrtain number of duys or hours and forbids the offering of any amendment. Therefore the bill, supported by the majority, is passed exactly as reported pud goes to the senate; but there it is examined as with a microscope. To illustrate the difference the Dingley act of 1897 was only ten days in getting through the house but 4^ days in getting through the senate. The bill now pending in the senate has been discussed more systematically than any previous bijl for, although long deabtes always take place on some items, the present bill was attacked iu the very first item, and the fight has continued on most of the items that come after it. At the present rate it will be months before the senate will reach the last of the many thousands of items in the bill. The Republicans say that the Democrats are filibustering. The Democrats deny it. Both parties have shown thorough knowledge of the use aud supply of the articles they have discussed, and what it cost to produce them. But however closely the disputants may agree on the facts, it does not bring them any nearer together, for the Republicans are bent 011 making a protective tariff and the Democrats favor lower duties und larger importations, holding that protective duties ere. ate domestic monopilies. In. the fight they are making 011 the bill the Democrats assume that in the end the law will be unpopular?there is much evidenc ethat it will be?and they therefore hope that it will be enacted not long before the November elections. Sixty-odd members of the loeal National Guard company marched to the county river bridge, two miles from town, Tuesday morning and spent the day drilling in that vicinity. The day's drill is equivalent to three regular weekly drills. guay by North American interests. "The Paraguay river has a greater flow than the Mississippi, and Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, though nearly r thousand miles from the tea, is a busy port ?f trade with the ootaida world." gKMjji** < ' * ' wjP C ; " ' .. " V .. * ' . EUR . . ' * v NEWS OF YOU COUNTY. Items of General Interest Fott|id in the Yorkville Enquirer. At the meeting of the South Carolina Bankers' association in Asheville, N. C., last week, Col Chas. L. Cobb, vice president and cashier of the Peoples National bank of Rock Hill, wob elected president of the State association. John E. Carrbll, superintendent of education of York county, is teaching in the summer school ? X ? - --- ? ior leacners ai rurraan university, Qreenviile. While he is away the superintendent's office is in charge of his son, Mr. Milus Carroll. Mr. Carroll is teaching practical mathematics in the summer school. Friends of Dr. W. G. Stevens, well known citizen of Rock Hill, have been insisting of late that he enter the race for supervisor of York county. He said the other day, however, that he had no intention of entering the race und that he had no ambition to be director of road construction tor the county. Members of the Rock Hill Merchants' association are fairly well pleased with the results obtained from the big sale put on by members of the association last Wednesday. They were somewhat disappointed, however, because of the iaet that the number of country people in town to take advantage of the bargains offered was not as large as had been expected. At the present time there are 14 prisoners in the York county jail awaiting trial at the July term of the court of general sessions, which convenes on Monday, July 10. A special judge will very likely be appointed by Gov ernor Harvey to preside at this term, due to the death of Judge Ernest Moore of the Sixth circuit who would have presided bad he been living-and m good health. ? John S. Rainey, well known farmer and business man of Sharon, paid $6 for 600 boll weevils last week and he proposes to CQntinue to offer to pay his hands a cent each for the weevils out of his fields for some time to come. Those who took the job of picking weevils at a cent each last week didn't get such a bad bargain after allt because they were not hard to fipd. However, Mr. Kainey figures that it is well worth 1 cent each to him for weevils now. School teachers from all sections of South Carolina reached Hock Hill Sunday and Monday for the annual summer school at Winthrop college. Winthrop college authorities report more than 1,800 applications for admission to the summer school this year. The dormitories at Winthrop, however, can accommodate only 1,200 and only about 200 or more can be taken care of by people in the city who have rooms to rent, 'lhe summer school will be in session about six weeks. A letter from a wealthy friend in another city inquiring about certain gold mining properties in York cqunty, reminds us that there has been very little doing along mining or prospecting lines in this section since about the beginning of the World war. There was some mining activity going mi in the county about the time the war broke out, but it was not long until it was suspended; ' That there is gold in York county, and plenty of it, in the testimony of all the experts and near experts, interested or disinterested,who have ever made investigations. The Hampshire mills of Clover, to be erected in that town by a number of Eastern capitalists, most of whom are" stockholders in the Hawthorn Spinning mills of Clover, will occupy a site just north of the Hawthorn mills^ it was stated a day or two ago. -John. R? Hart, attorney for the mills,, went ty Columbia Monday for the purpose of securing a charter for the new manufacturing enterprise, which is capitalised at 1 million dollars. The plant, i which will very likely be of eon* crete and steel construction, will t be a three story building. I -The modern rule seems to bel [to do others before thpy do ; CAMPAIGN OPENS. Candidate* for State Offices Talk in Cohunbia. Candidates for State offices opened the county to county campaign in Columbia Tuesday. Tbose offering for governor were Uaak.I t;.?t D-. fl\M? 1 iivmu nisi. DCIWI'CU OUV illlU 700 voters were ill attendance at times. There was little entliusiastn and the meeting was devoid of personalities. Oloe L. Blease was the first of the candidates for governor to spfeak. Mr. Blease said that he expects to be governor of all the people if elected, differences which have divided the pepple heretofore will be forgotten. He said he would make no appeal to factionalism and no attempt is to be made to array class against cli^ss. "1 shall not engage in personalities,'* he said, "unless suCh a policy is forced upon me by? some candidate of standing in the race. Neither do 1 propose to rnjike any reference to factionalism unless the issue of factionalism is dragged in by other peo-, pit" . He would abolish all useless offices and commissions in an effort to relieve the tax burden, specifying particularly the State taf commission. He would also cu* down the clerical forces 111 the departments. The tax commission, he said is "absolutely unnecessary. The proper place for the commission is with the comptroller general and he should not only be required but made to perform the woirk. Among other things advocated by the former governor was a purchasing board for State institutions, a water power tax, biennial sessions of the Ueneral Assembly and a 1 mill tax levy for free schools. He advised all women to put their names on the club rolls. frbhlTT. Dtihctfrr\vlis the second candidate for governor to speak. He made about the same spech he hus been making for several years. Senator George K. Laney of Chesterfield said he was making the race for governor as the candidate of no clique.' "1 am a free lance in this race just as I have been a free lance for 20 years in the two houses of the Ueneral Assembly. 1 am tied to no man or woman," he said. Senator Laney stressed with emphasis measures looking to relief in taxation and the enforcement of law. The condition of the people, he said, was not incident to the Legislature. No thiuking man would blame the Legislature for the financial straits in which the people find themselves, lie praised the work of the last General Assembly, pointing to a number of laws it passed in an effort to distribute the burden of taxation. He directed attention to the fact that the larger amounts in the appropriation bill are for the schools, the State hospital and for Confederate pensions, and asked if any one in the audience would cut these amounts. No one answered in the affirmative. Thomas G. MoLeod of Bishopville followed Senator Laney and gave his attention largely to law enforcement and the question of taxes, saying that he regarded law enforcement as the supreme issue of the campaign. If Mr. McLeod had a plan to reduce the tax burden he did not take the audience into his confidence. He objected to smaller appropriation for MlildAtiniiMl niii?r?A)u?i the State hospital and for Confederate pensions. Williau Coleman of Union was the last candidate for governor to speak. He was followed by candidates for lieutenant governor and other State offices. Mrs. Drake, candidate for superintendent of education', was warmly applauded as she came forward to make het^ speech. She is reported to have made a good speech and promises to make the sledding tough for John E. Swearingen, irho is seeking reelection to the office after having quit the race for governor. ~ i O m y If you make it a rule to pay as you go, you will stay, at home ?7% fflnr \i2BK v ,' r ' ILjL.? questions ?"1[ ll ^ and Bible Answers hSa3B5Sar5^]l Which 18 man's best asset?? Frov. 22:1. What is the sad end of those who Have only earthly riches when they coine to die??Luke 16:19-25. Which Is the Eighth Commandment?? Exodus 20:16. Why Is love the fulfillment of the law??Romans 13:8-10. Is there a day of reckoning coining?? Hebrews 9:27. Which Is the Ninth Commandment?? Exodus 20:18. What rules did th? Apostle Paul give for right living??Colossluns 3:12-17What Is the value of godliness with contentment??1 Timothy 6:6-8Which Is the Tenth Commandment Kxodus 20:17. What encouragement did the Lord give Asa at the mouth of Azarlah the prophet??2 Chron. 15:1-7. * BOUND FOB NORTH POLE. The auxiliary schouer -Maud, bearing the Amundsen polar basin scientific expedition, is plowing its way from Seattle, Wash, to Nome Alasku, on the frist leg of a five year voyage through tile Arctic ice packs. Amundsen expects to bourd the schooner at Nome. The'expedition is a resumption of the effort begun by Amundsen in 1918, under auspices of the Norwegian government, to drift past the North pole with the ice floes, minutely studying the phenomena of a vast area never before visited by white men, and to secure data which the explorer expects may revolutionize present day knowledge of this unexplored section of the globe. Amundsen's first effort met with delay in 1920 when the Maud lost a propeller in the ice off the northeastern Siberian coast and was forced to put into Seattle for repairs. Reeenly the vessel has undergone complete overhauling and additional equipment, including two airplanes, a long range wireless outfit and many precise scientific instruments, has been added to the complement. . The expedition, Amundsen has declared, is primarily a scientific one, and while he hopes to reach the North pole?he discovered the South pole in 1911?the study of ocean and magnetic currents, the drift of the ice pack, and movements of the air will be his first objective. Special investigation will be made to determine whether land exists in the neighborhood of the North pole, as some scientists maintain. Much attention will be given to the ocean itself and through holes bored in the ice, the depth of the water, direction and strength of the currents will be measured. Two airplanes, one capable of carrying nine passengers and the other a three-seater, and the wireless outfit are held by the explorer to be the most important items of the vessel's equipment. With the planes Aiuuudsen will make an extensive exploration of the huge area of almost a million square iniles covering the "roof of the world." By meant* of the wireless equipment he expects to keep iq. 4ouch with the world and perhap* to flash the message that, following Peary, he has reached the North pole. Four times daily he will send wireless messages to Washington, giving meteorological data expected to aid measurably i?: forecasting weather conditions throughout the globe. . Amundsen is skeptical of the theory that ait explorer can 4'live on the country" in that part of the world, and the Maud has been stocked with provisions to last seven years. Sixty tons of fuel oil ha^e been taken aboard. "Husky "'dogs, to be used in sledge work after the vessel is frosen into the ice, will join the vessel at Nome. The Maud will be sailed into the ice fields of the north, permitted to freeze up in one of these packs, then drift with it at the will of the Arctic currents. There was a fire in the United States treasury the other day. but there will be no .bargain sale of i damaged money. SHORT NEWS STORIES. Items of Interest From Various Sections of Country. With u record of being present at every session of school for 18 years and never being tardy, Norman J. Young, 17 years old, of ilurlington. Iowa, has just been graduated from the high school. A stove that cooks by the heat of the sun. hiim??R?*?il " ?*???.? ?? and a tank of mineral oil, will be further improved by an employe^ of the Smithsonian institute, at Washington, when he goes to Mount Wilson, Cal., this summer. Broken iu health from the strain of two years' work in the divorce courts, Judge Joseph Sa- , 4>ath of Chicago recently eollapa- * ed. Judge Sabath has heard more than 6,500 divorce cases in the last two years. Beaten by a mob of 1200 angry shop girls because he blew the whistle an hour earlier in the morning to play a joke on them, a Brooklyn, N. Y., man was readied by two policeman and locked up 011 charges of malicious mis. chief. The smallest dictionary in the world, half an inch long, onethird of an inch wide, and half an inch thick, is owned by an Ottawa man, who carried it all through the world war. The dictionary contains 11,000 words and must be read with a magnifying glass. About one-half of each dollar the consumer pays for bread is absorbed in distribution cost, according to a report by the joint commission 011 agriculture, at Washington. The farmer receives only 29.6 cents for the wheat that goes^ into a dollars' worth of . oread. An attempt to kill his own shadow by shooting at it when it appeared against a chimney un der the light of the moon, caused the capture of Patrick Lynch of New York after he had stolen clothing and jewels worth $1,000 from a home. He was captured by an officer who heurd the shot. Fifty-Jinx warrants charging violation of the narcotic law have been issued in connection' with an investigation of un alleged dope ring in the Atlunta penitentiary. A prison physician, three prison guards und scores of convicts aie implicated?in the uffuir, the district attorney charges. A *tree that is unusual may be seen on a farm near Onuncock, Del. The tree was one of several purchased from a nursery and "was bought for an apple tree. In appearunce it is an apple tree. Last y<?r it bore three fine ap-pies, 'rtiis year the tree is filled with cherries and not a sign of an apple. ' The radio threatens to supplant the rural preaehers in Ohio. Rec* ommcndatiouH that churches in rural communities instull radio receiving sets and listen weekly to sprmons from ministers of national reputation were approved by the Ohio Church Federation, in session in Columbus, Ohio. Recent deveolpiuents are pointing to an early settlement of the coal strike in the United State-. The administration is Washington is said to be planning to make a decisive move in a short time to bring about a renewal of activity on the part of the coal miners of the nation, according to hints dropped by certain senators close to The White House, Leaping to earth in a parachute from an airplane 24,200 feet in the air, Cupt. A. W. Stevens of McCook field, near l)aytoii, Ohio, broke the world record for parachute jumping. The drop wan ,Capt. Stevens' first experience in that phase of aerial work, llis plane was whipped about by a 120 mile gale while it was more than four mites above-th-i earth. The ink supply of a large newspaper or printing plant is a constant problem. Some years ago ink was delivered in metal buckets, then larger consumption required it by the barrel. But nowadays in New York, Chicago and other large'cities newspapers and printing establishments receive their supplies from huge tank tracks that force their contents into the storage tanks of tha pr~ro?m- - ?- n . -*' %v - .jji