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lUUblllhed 1891. TOBT ^tS^T'oT'THtnMDA^ JOLY 18, 1g=n??$1.60 Pw T?.
THE BLUE NILE.
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Mighty River That Helps Feed
t Egypt's Agriculture.
The advisability of damming up
the Blue Nile not far from Khartum
in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudair
ho that the rich triangular
region between the two mighty
? forks of the most historic river in
the world may be turned into a
granary for all the Sudan is bev
mg considered by the British
1 A - 1
government, newspaper uispaicnes
say.
"The Blue Nile,, rising in the
highlands of Abyssinia, together
with two other atliuents from the
same source, furnishes the world
famous Nile with much of the
rich sediment which for centuries
has enriched the plains of lower
Egypt during the flood season,"
says a bulletin of the National
Geographic society.
"Down through a region little
known and almost devoid of inhabitants
or any form of civilization,
rushing over numerous cataracts
and rapids, the Blue Nile
cuts its way from its source, the
beautiful broad sheet of water
know n as Lake Isanu. 1 he lake,
which in the future may become
the reservoir for the irrigation of
a vast area, lies 6,000 feet above
sea level and about 2,500 feet below
the normal level of the plateau
in a basin resembling somewhat
the crater of a volcano.
Near it's southeastern corner,
through a great fissure in its almost
inaccessible rim, the river
issues, and circling around the
mountains strikes out in an 850
mile course toward the northwest
to join the chief branch of
the Nile at Khurtuin of Kitchener
fame.
"The vast plains of Scnnar or
^ El Uoaira on^ its left bank are
among the richest on the continent
und it is these that the irrigation
projects, are to develop.
In 8ennar, the Dinder, a Blue
Nile tributary which also rises in
the Abyssinian highlands, adds,
during the rainy season, its sediment
laden flood to that of the
already swollen river, and together
at Khartum they disci large
over 10,0(k) cubic meters of water
per second, thus outdoing the
White Nile . itself during that
time.
"From July to October this
mighty flooding goes on, the waters
of the Blue Nile, socalled be
cause of their clurity and blueliess
ut ordinary seaRons, mingling
their chocolate brown with
the greenish-grey color of the
Vhite branch of -Father Nil us.
44This great difference in the
volume of water from Abyssinia
is due to the heavy rain that
falls in the mountains of the
country not far front its eastern
coast. The Nile system in itself
-may be said to be a simple one,
its basic source being that steady
flowing river from the tropics
which is fed by the great lakes
in the eastern and central portion
of the continent, augmented at
times by a great volume of water
from its Abyssinian affluents.
44Sine 19U2 the inhabitants of
Egypt neur the mouth of the
Nile have hud their water supply
replenished during the season
of low water by the reserve
supply stored at the Assouan
dam.
4 4Long stretches of the area
north Of the Blue Nile are almost
entirely uninhabited, one traveler
reporting that he traveled '86
miles in Abyssinia and had not
seen a dwelling or a sign of civiliaation.'
And even when one encounters
inhabitants in the country
further to the east he finds
them 'unashamed of any crime or
vice.' They perpetrate -their
crimes with perfect indifference
and recount them with gaiety
and laughter as part-of the reg*
UlaT conversation during meals.
"Up in the highlands near the
river's source'despite the burning
tropical heat of the- day, one is
glad to erawl snugly beneath his
' blanket when night has fallen.
The beautiful blue lake eneircled
with mountains and dotted with
islands leaves much for future
TURNS TO PKAGH&8
York Farmer Puts Oat Five
Thousand Trees.
With the boll weevil menace
piompting hundreds of York
county farmers to look around
and consider what money crops
can be produced in this section
besides cotton, there is much interest
in the experiment of Johnson
Cameron at peach growing
oil his farm three miles south oi
York. Mr. Cajxieron is flaying a
pioneer role lor this section of
the State in undertaking to grow
peaches on a commercial scale
and it ^s though that on the outcome
of his venture will depend
whether or not many other York
county farmers will turn to fruit
growing as a means of outwitting
the boll weevil.
Last fall Mr. Cameron put out
5,000 peach trees, 4,000^ of which
are the Elberta variety. They
were set out 011 50 acres of land
protibitnced by competent judges
as well adapted to peaches. No
pains were spared in putting
them out or in fertilizing and
cultivating theiu to assure the
best results. The trees arc now
looking well and two years lienor
will bear their first erop. Some
ol the trees are expected to bear
a small quuuutity of fruit liex*'
year, but 110 yield of consequence
can be expected until 1924.
Air. Cameron "also put out sev
eral acres in apples and an ucre
each in cherries and damsels,
but lie expects to grow thes:fruits
largely for his own use or
for sale in small quantities in tin
surrounding territory. He doe-*
not contemplate ruising other
fruits than peaches on u coininer
cial basis, as he thinks the ven
ture would be very hazardous
lie does not think apples can be
successfully produced here.
Little Time for Enrollment.
Fort Alill citizens urc evidencing
little interest in the State and
county primary to be held the
latter part of August. Up to la??
night less than 2u0 of the bOU
and more men and women of the
community had gone to the trou
hie to place their names 011 the
Democratic club rolls to qualify
for the election. The enrollment
books in Fort Mill us elsewhere
throughout the State close 011
July 25, leaving only ten days alter
toduy lor citizens who wish
to have a vnice in the selection
of State and county officials to
put themselves in positiou to register
theiri choice at the ballot
box. A full set of State officers, a
county treasurer, county supervisor,
county superintendent of
education, couuty auditor, judge
of probate, two county commissioners,
four members of the General
Assembly and a magistrate
ii. each district of the county are
to be nominated in the primary.
Dunlap for Circuit Judge.
Meeting in York last Thursday,
the York County Bar association,
in the- following resolutions, indorsed
Walter Dunlap, Esq., for
the vacancy on the circuit bench
created by the recent death of
Judge Moore of Lancaster:
".Resolved, That the members
of the York County Bar association
unanimously iudorse Walter
M. Dunlap, Esq., of Hock Hill for
the position of judge of the Sixth
circuit to fill the vacancy of the
late Judge Ernest Moore.
"Resolved, That the members
ci inc Dur present to tne Legislature
the name of Walter M. Dunlap,
Esq., as a man fitted for the
high and honorable position of
the judge of this circuit, as a
worthy successor of Judges Witherspoon.
Qage and Moore, and
that we give him our unqualified
indorsement as a man of fine
ability, unblemished character,
and one in every way fitted for
the high office for which we have
indorsed him."
deceptive caim. Hippopotamuses,
which the natives hunt for their
hides, infest its waters.
"The mystery which has always
hung to the Dark Continent
still encompasses much of this
virtually unknown regions, but
its promise is great when man
learns to harness the power it possesses,
to give.water to its thirsty
and dry sections and wrest ftbm
00 TO BKOAMPMEHT.
Fort Mill OompaniM Leave Sun- I
day for Gamp Jackson.
The <9 officers and men who
compose the membership of tne A
iom Hall Guards (.Company K, p
118th infantry, IS. G. IS. C.> auu a
the commanding officer and lb d
members ot the Fort Mill section o
of headquarters company, Third
battalion, 118th infantry, are ex- E
pected to entrain in Fort Mill v
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock lor tl
Camp Jackson, Columbia, to take g
part in the annual eucampmeut s
of the regiment. At Kocfc ?liil c
the special train on which the mi- h
litiamen will leave Fort Mill will p
pick up the Frank iioach Guards
and the section of the headquar- e
tors company located m that city. C
The encampment will continue a
through Saturday, July '29, and J1
the following day the various n
companies 01 the regiment will n
return home. C
Frederick Nims, Jr., captain of ti
the Tom llati Guards, will act as v
major of the Third battalion dur-. d
mg the encampment, owing to tl
the absence of Maj. J as. (J. Do- I
zier, who is with the State cam- d
pcign party as- a candidate for a
secretary oi state. The command n
of the Fort Mill company will b
therefore devolve 'upon F. M. ?
Muck, first lieutenant. \V. 11.
.\iins, first lieutenant, is com- s
mandiug officer of the headquar- ii
ters company. n
liotli Capt. Niius and Lieut, v
Nims have ordered the men of r
their respective coinmunds to re- H
port at their armories Saturday ?
evening to be in readiness to load a
eirly Sunday morning the equip- tl
inent the companies will take to A
Camp Jackson.
A complete roster of the officers
and men of the Tom Halt Guards
follows:
Officers?Frederick Nims, Jr., *
captain ; F. M. Mack, first lieuteu
emt; H. P. Grter, dr., second lieu- j*
truant. *
Sergeants?R. M. Bennett .A. ^
O. Jones, Jr., G. S. Leiumonds, 1
Yancey Potts, J. J. Adkins, W. B. *
Ardery, Jr., C. C. Garrison, J. L. ?
Honeycutt, J. L. tilackwelder. ~ *
Corporals?E. E. Broom, Stan- n
hope Ligon, J. L. Pettus, E. B. n
Honeycutt, W. B. Patterson, llope c
Harris, Ira 'Wilson, A. R. Honey- 0
cutt, R. C. Wright. c
Cooks?Earl Bailes, L. C. Harris. ^
Mechanic?Mason M. Morrow. 0
Bugler?Thomas Hucks. a
Privates?G. W. Ashley, L. B. c
Broadnax, Leroy Cook, A. L. P
Cunnup, John L. Gordon", R. E. v
Hammonds, Jesse G. Harris, H. "
P. Jones, Marion A. Mills, A. M. v
Patterson, H. L. Patterson, D. N. 0
Pettus, E. P. Pettus, H. E. Ross,
L. M. Robinson, A. T. Smith, M.
H. Smith, W: C. Whitesides.
Privates?G. W. Asheley, L. B. f
Barber, Roy O. Bass, T. B. Black, '
J. G. Bouknight, C. M. Bradford,
R. H. Broom, 11. S. Collins, J. M. s
Cook, H. H. Craig, J. M. Creu- ?
shaw, J. C. Cunnup, Bud Duliu, V
G. R. Erwin, H. G? Paris, T. M. "
Paris, E. M. Pite, Claude Gordon, J*
Robert Gordon, 11. J. Gross, Oscar
B. Hood, Charlie lluddlestou, n
Pravor O. Kimbrell, Wm. B. Kim- c
O CI 1^:4-1.:.. t t*t n if? 6
uicu, >o. to. Aiicuiu, <j. *r . r. morrow,
Clarence Merritt, J. B. Mc- |
Cuirt, Luther K. Patterson, J. D.
Pettus, J. E. Phillips, Gladys E. a
Hitch, Ernest Stamper, J. W. v
Steadman, J. 1). Vttughan, Jr., 0
Wm. G. Walker. * r
The following members of the h
Fort Mill section of the headquarters
company aft expected
to attend the encampment: e
First Lieutenant?W. H. Nuns, j
Sergeants?Douglas 1J. Nims, #
Thomas A. Ferguson. I
Corporal?Wm. D. Rogers.
Private (First Class)?Wm. A.
- Parks. "*
Privates?Theodore P. Brown, ,
Olin L. Deese, W. F. Hammonds, (
Thomas F. Harris, Clyde H. Merritt,
H. D. Potts, Fred U. Win- t
dell, Henry S. Elms, John R. t
Pressley, Charlie A, Leaser. Hep- -
ry H. Doater, Charlie W. Moaer. j
Joe K. Bennett and Mias Rom
Hollifield, daughter of Mra. Ltila a
Hollifield of Fort Mill, were mar- e
ried^ Saturday-afternoon in York e
by J. L. Houston, Judge of pro- t
bate. They were accompanied to f
York by a number of frienda and g
aU returned to Fort Mfl! shortly jj
BL0W FOR BONUQ.
toftat <jf MeOnmber Against
Mofsura lor Soldiers.
The recent defeat of Senator
(cCumber in the North Dakota
rimaries is expected to exercise
decisive influence over the solier
bonus measure in the senate
f the Uliited States.
One of the effects of the North
>akota contest has been to proide
agitation for the removal of
Ue bonus irritant from the conressional
situation. There is |
aid to have been a tremendous
hange of sentiment in' both
ouscs of Congress regarding the
roposed law.
Created significance is attachd
to tha defeat of Senator Me- I
lumber In this respect than to
ny previous bonus event. The
forth Dakota senator was the
lost active champion of the bous
measure in either house of
ingress,' and there is much less
ulk noW among senators who
,'ere mofct enthusiastic for immeiate
action on the bonus bill
liau there was before the North
)akota . primary. Out of sucn
iscussioh as concerns it, there i
ppears to be crystallizing a
loveraeilt to dump the present
ill and adopt another for the
x-service men.
Every attack 011 the bill has re-1
mica in moan lent ion ot its origiial
provisions. The cash payiciit
for all bonus benefieiaries
ras dropped in the house of repesentaties.
Changes made by
Senator McCumber and his annotates
in the senate have further ;
tripped the measure of most of
he provisions demanded by the
imerican Legion.
Bank for Pineville.
The Merchants and Farmers
unk is a new institution for
'iueviUe; N. C.f which will open
s doors for business on Septemtr
vith W. B. Meach am of
Virt Mill as president and L. L.
towns of Pineville as cashier,
he bank will be a State institu*
ion, with a capital stock of $15,00,
all of which has been subi-ribed.
Application will be made
,cxt week to the corporation comlission
of North Carolina for a
barter. The btmk will own and
eeupy the building formerly ocupied
by the Loan and Savings
unk of Pineville, which was put
ut of business about a year ago
s a result of peculations of the
ashier, according to the reports
tublished at the time. Mr. Downs,
/ho is to be the cashier of the
unk, is now postmaster of Pineille,
but expects to resign that
iflfice within the next few weeks.
C&rhartt No. 2 Running.
Business men and others of
\>rt Mill learned with interest a
ew days ago that Carhurtt mill
:o. 2, at Carhurtt, three miles
outh of Fort Mill, had resumed
pcrations, after being closed
own for many months. The mill
$ not yef running at capacity,
ut win t>? in operation oil full
ime, >with every wheel turning,
f soon as operatives can be soured
, it is stated. Already sevral
families have moved into the
illage and have gone to work in
he mill. The resumption of work
t the mill means a considerable
cluine of trade for the merchants
f Fort Mill, as many of the optatives
come here to buy their
ppplies;
m m
Sentenced to Eondt.
After pleading guilty in the
ourt of general sessions at York
(onday to the charge of larceny
.mi receiving stolen goods, Geo.
turrage and Horace Chapman,
rhite boys of Fort Mill, were
;iven ftfe months each on the
ounty chaingang by Judge Mc
iowan. Burrsge and Chapman
tere sent to jail several weeks
go to await trial for the alleged
ucft of electrical supplies from
he Fort MB1 Manufacturing
ompany.
Beat to Ohalagang.
Tried Tuesday afternoon before
jury in Magistrate J. R. Haile's
ourt and convicted on the
harge of violating a labor conract,
James Gulp, negro, was
bod $25 or 90 days on* the chaining.
He is serving the days,
'he^proooeuting witness wis W.
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TRANSFERRED TO FILBERT.
State Candidates Not to Speak at
York Court House.
The State campaign meeting
foi York county scheduled to be
held at the court house in York
on August 2 will be held at Filbert
und the visit of the camr\Ql
nrn t\u rt \r r\ mmII
t j iv mm v iiiogc u in
coincide with the annual political ,
picnic, held there. To comply
with the rules of the party, how- ,
ever, the meeting will be called
to order in the court house by J.
A. Marion, county chairman, and
then immediately transferred to
Pursley's grove at Filbert, where ,
the candidates will speak. - j
This procedure was suggested ,
by Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell,
chairman of the State executive
committee, who was asked to
change the place of meeting by
the York county member of that
body, I)r. 1. J. Campbell of Clover.
Mr. Brown said that as the
campaign scedule had been lixed |
by a committee he did not have '
authority to make the change, i
but thought the arrangement outlined
would meet the requirements
of the occasion.
The attendance at .the Filbert J
picnic usually runs between 2,000 !
and 3,000 and this year the
crowd will likely be still larger,
due to the drawing power of the
State campaigners.
Swearingen on Defensive.
The third week of the campaign
for State Ofiieers came to a close
in Orangeburg Saturdav without
anything sensational having occurred
111 the race for governor, 1
further than the charges made
by .John T. Duncan against all
the other candidates . for the
ofhee.
Thus far what many consider
the most interesting development
of the campaign has occurred in |
the race for superintendent of.
education, in which .J. 11. Hope of.
Union apparently has put John ;
K. Swearingen on the defensive
with- the charge that the recent
useless adoption of text books by
the State board of education, of
which Swearingen is u member,
will cost the patrons of the publie
schools more than a quarter of
a million dollars. .Swearingen
is trying to sidestep.
the charge by saying that
the State hoard is responsible
ami by asserting that the State
does not need a former book
agent, referring to Hope, in the
oftice of superintendent of education.
Hope replies that Swearingen
will be glad to get a job as
book agent after the primary
election in August.
Another for Fort Mill.
The Fort Mill ball team won its
eighth victory of the season Saturday
afternoon when it defeated
VVaxhaw 011 the local grounds, ti |
to 2. Up to the eighth inning I
the gaiiie wus tied in a knot, each 1
team having scored twice. Then !
the home boys got u man 011 and
Andral Ferguson hit for three
bases, scoring a runner ahead 0/
him Mint luti?>
MUV? IUU ? OVV1 lllg *|IIUOVl*j
thanks \s more hitting, which
produced in all four runs for the
locals. Waxhaw had already shot
hei bolt and was unable to add
anything to the 2 runs she had
accumulated. Both the pitchers,
Andral Ferguson for Fort Mill,
and Tyesinger of Waxhaw, had
a good afternoon, except the
eighth inning for the latter. Fort
Mill's next game will be with
Clover in Fort Mill Saturday afternoon.
Officers for Junior Order.
Fort Mill council, Junior 0. U.
A. M., recently elected the following
officers to serve for the
ensuing six months' term: S. II.
Sutton, councilor; T. W. Massey,
vice councilor; T. A. Mills, recording
secretary; J. D. Vaughn,
IftKKIttt Milt runnnl in? an/i?numF . T
? ??!/ VWAVIIIIg 'OVV/1 i CAA J | A |
F. Lytle, treasurer; C. D. Hope, I
financial secretary; E. K. Broom. I
conductor; Henry Ritch warden; |
If. 'C. Burrage, inside sentinel;
John O'Kelly, outside sentinel;'
the Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, chaplain
; S. H. Sutton and T. A. Mills, J
representatives to the State council.
? ^
Not much can be done with the
man who miatakes hit prejudices
for his convictions,
TIME TO FIOHT WEEVIL.
Abbeville Paper Says Early Action
Is Necessary.
The boll weevil is commencing
his work in the cotton fields in
earnest, says the Abbeville Press
uud Banner. The time has come
foi the farmer to fight if he
would make a crop of cotton. All
advisers agree that the rapid cultivation
of the crop at this season
is one of flie surest ways of
getting results. The cotton should
be plowed once each week, at
least, and preferably twice each
week. This not only hastens the
crop to maturity, but numerous
boll weevils are knocked from the
stalks, covered up and killed,
while the punctured squares, the
breeding places of the young
weevils, are covered up and destroyed.
Now is the time to apply poison.
It should be applied freely
and frequently. The department
of agriculture recommends that
three applications be mude, one
every four days. In lhat way you
strike at the old weevil on the
stalk and in turn at the new weevils
as they hatch from the punctured
squares. You may not get
every weevil, out igllowmg this
plan, the weevils are not allowed
to remain in sufficient numbers
to do much harm, at least that is
the claim.
But whatever is to be done
unit be done this month and the ? next.
The farmer who is idle,
who is not wide awake to the situation,
and who does not utilize
every human means of fighting
the pest, wilL not grow cotton
this year.
Judge McGowan Thoughtful.
That Special Judge Frank P.
McGowan of Laurnes, who is presiding
over the present teriu of
the court of general sessions for
York county is a humane and
thoughtful judge is evidenced by
a little incident that occurred in
the eourt rooin Monday morning,
says the Yorkville Enquirer.
Two young white men, George
Barrage und Horace Chapman, ^
aged 18 and 21, respectively, tex- *
tile workers of Fort Mill;-\pleaded
guilty to the" theft of electrical
supplies from the Fort Mill
Manufacturing company.
4 4 You boys have been engaged
it, cotton mill work all your lives,
haven't you?" inquired Judge
McGowan.
4 4 Yes, sir," replied the two
boys. ,
44Thought so," said the judge.
Then he wanted to know if Supervisor
Brown was in the court
room. When told that the supervisor
was not present, the judges
said:
441 want the order to get to Su
per visor Brown that he is not to
work these two boys in the hot
sun from morning until night.
They have been accustomed to ^ o ^
working inside a building and
are not used to work in the hot
sun. If required to work oq the
roads from morning until night k.;>?
it might mean the death of them, ?
since they are not used to such - s ~
e;. posure.''
Mrs. Hudgins Freed.
. A verdict of not guilty was directed
by Judge McGowan yesterday
afternoon in the case of
the State against Mrs. Effte Hudgins,
charged in the court at York
with the murder of her husband,
Pink iludgins. The case against
Albert Zimmerman, indicted with
Mrs. lludgim-, for the same offense,
had not been cqjapleted / J
when the court adjourned for the
James 8. Glasscock Dead. M
James S. Glasscock, announce- *
meat of jvhosc serious illness appcared
in The Times of last week, v
died at his home in the Neely's
Oek section of the county last
Thursday. Mr. Glasscock had
been critically ill for several
weeks. He was about 6S years I
old and had lived in York county ' I
practically all his life. Mr. Glasscock
was one of the most proaai>
nent citizens of the eastern see- M I
tion of the county and had represented
the county in the house
representatives. He was a
to-do. farmer and a member
the A. EL P. church.