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Established 1891. V
* # THE RHINELAND
France's Collateral for Oerman
JDebts to Private Firms.
France's proposal to take over
private plants and properties iiv
Rhiueland and in the Kuhr district
unless prompt settlement is
made by Germany of overdue
debts to French firms again calls
attention to that province, which
has aptly been called the ' richest.
jewel in the crown of Prussia."
"The allied zone of occupation
virtually embraces this erstwhile
nower nlant and factory of
the old German empire," says u
bulletin of the National Geographic
society. "The richest
deposit of coal, iron and other
minerals along Europe's busiest
waterway and the consequent construction
of railways in Rhinelaud
make this province the foremost
industrial area, for its size,
anywhere in the world.
"The entire lihiiieland, before
the peace conference, was only a
little larger than the State oi
Mull' 1111 itirtuli i? ?? Piiiiiio
incuts which cut off from the
Rhine province the plebiscite area
of the Saar basin and ceded Unpen
and Malmedy to Belgium
reduced Rhennish Prussia by almost
u thousand square miles.
Of the portion remaining to tiermany
by far the most important
is that known as the Ruhr basin,
a part of which basin extends beyond
the Rhineland into Westphalia.
"A blow to the Rhineland already
effected, though it has attracted
little attention, was the
decision in the spring that work
011 the strategic railways must
cease. As early as 1870 tier many
hud nine railroads running to
the French frontier, and by 1914
three more had been added while
others were double tracked. At
r-^th.e risk of imposing u hardship
^*upon German industries it was
deemed necessary, for the military
protection of France, that
farther railway activity of that
Sort must be suspended.
"Even the American, with his
knowledge of the mines of PcnnNylvimjii
and the factories of
Massachusetts finds it hard to
conceive the concentrated industiialism
of the llhineland. It is
the most thickly populated section
of crowded Prussia. It has
more towns than any comparable,
region of -Germany. It averages
7f> more people to the square
mile than our own thickly settled
Rhode Island.
"Coblenz, the headquarters of
the American army of occupation:
Cologne, of the British;
Mainz and Wiesbaden, of the
French, are four of the notable
-cities, while its great market
town, Aix-la-Chappelle, its iron
city of Dusseldorf, and its miniature
Pittsburgh (Duisburg) are
scarcely less famed. The industrial
shrine of the Ruhr basin is
F.sscn, where the wonder story
of the Krunn boom unfolded ?n i
where the output of big guns and
munitions in general has been
converted intp a stream of locomotives,
farm implements and almost
every other conceivable article
of iron and steel, even to
roller skates. Only 26 miles
, southeast of Mainz is venerable
Worms, the Rhomc of Protestantism,
for there it was that (juther
defied the famous Diet of Worms,
the 400th anniversary of which
was celebrated by Protestant
churches the world over last year.
"To imagine this map speek
which is known as the Ruhr district
one writer to the National
Geographic society suggests thai
the reader think of the Pennsylvania
coal fields packed in this
tiny area; pour in the combined
population of Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Cleveland and St. Louis,
then take a flock of the biggest
American steel mills and railroad
th wvpa you can recall and set |
them down along the Ruhr. To
complete the picture fill in the
gaps with paper, silk and cotton
mills, glass factories, tanneries,
dye, chemical and salt.works.:
Such it the much discussed "Ruhr I
basin, which France,turns to for
a part of the collateral for Germany's
debts to Freneh private
firms."
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ENGINE BREAKS ON BRIDGE.
Accident to Freight Train Crossing
Catawba River.
"My escape from death was
little short of miraculous," declared
the engineer of a through
freight train running between
Columbia and Charlotte Sunday
night when the journal of the
mam right hand driving wheel of
the locomotive wrung off on Catawba
river bridge*, three miles
south of Fort Mill, releasing the
'driving rods, which pounded into
the* crossties and on the cab and
boiler of the locomotive until a
hole was knocked in the boiler,
releasing the steam' and finally
bringing the train to a stop 011
the grade a few hundred yards
north of the bridge. The acciid
t lAiiAinntivn of , nneo
put the uir brakes out of commission
ami the train could not
thus be stopped. The engineer
said he and his fireman thought
of jumping into the river, 40 feet
below, but concluded that it
meant certain death and therefore
decided to stick to the locomotive.
iioth came through the accident
without injury.
Shortly after the train stopped
a negro boy who was beating a
ride on it was dispatched to boin
Mill to inform the section master
here of the accident. The boy
fell into the hands of the night
police officer, however, who figured
it out that he was a suspicious
character ami locked him
up. As a consequence, there was
smile delay in getting the word
to the section master, but the boy
finally convinced the officer ot
the importance of his mission
ami the section master and his
crew left shortly thereafter for
what they supposed was a serious
wreck; but they found the locomotive
still on the track and little
time was required to yet it in
condition to be taken to the shops
in Rock llill.
-Odd Convicts' Club.
Park Row, New York city, has
an annual dinner that is not reported
in the newspapers* The
dinner is held in a private room
at a hotel and the guests are men
past the middle age of life, mosti
!y silver haired ami prosperous
lookin. When they finish their
banquet the doors are locked and
the hotel attendants are excluded.
It is the hour for retrospection.
And time rolls buck to the
days when they wore, not correct
dinner clothes, but prison stripes.
They ure men who have paid the
law's price for crimes and have
Income back."
Each has won distinction in his
field of endeavor. Several are
extremely rich. This unusuul organization
was formed some 20
years ago. A man must be out
of prison ten years and have a
clean record before he is admitted
to membership. No one
knows save the members what is
saiu oeninu me locked doors. Not
even in the pre-prohibition days
was a drink of intoxicating liquor
served. Most of them went down
into the pit through drink and
they shun it now.
Married Tqesday Afternoon.
Miss Annie Elizabeth Parks.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Parks, was married Tuesday afternoon
at the home of her parents
to J. H. S. Pearson of Spartanburg.
The Rev. W. R. Bouknight,
pastor of St. John's Methodist
church, officiated, using the
ring ceremony, in the presence of
members of the families and a
few close friends. Mr. and Mrs.
Pearson left late Tuesday afternoon
for Spartanbrirg, where they
will make their home. Mrs. Pearson
has many friends in Port Mill
who regret that her marriage
tubes her awav from here. Por
several months she had beeu
bookkeeper for the Fort Mill Cooperative
association and was an
active worker in , the Sunday
school of St. John's church. Mr.
Pearson is at present a student
at Wofford college, Spartanburg.
He will enter the Methodist ministry
as soon as he completes his
college course.
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John M. Hutchinson and his
family this week ' moved from
Fort Mill to Lumberton, N. C.,
where^they will make their home.
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NEWS OF YOKE COUNTY.
Items of Oenfral Interest 7ovn4
in the. Yorkyiile Enquirv.
As usual the. county campaign
meeting at liock Hilt last !Saturday
was but sliinly attended,
(he candidates outnumbering the
audience. The Hock Hill people
seldom pay much attention to
county campaign meetings. The
Friday night meeting at the. Ara*
gon Hlue > Ruckle mill, however,
was worth while.
Rural York county is not what
li'ou QH iroawo > n?/\ \l un?r
At ? ?o uv. j caio *a^v. iiAau* VA
the handsome, well kept homes
of the old days show signs of
neglect and abandonment that
are pitiable. True prosperity of
this county depends upon the
prosperity of the farmers and
(here is need for something, to .be
done to arrest the agricultural
decadence now so evident.
Rev. Baxter F. McLendon (Cyclone
Mack) commenced a series
of meetings at Lincolnton last
Sunday afternoon, with an attendance
of 4,000 people at the
opening service. The big crowd
was made up principally of people
of Lincolnton and the surrounding
country, but it was
augmented by hundreds of visitors
from all over North and
South Carolina.
Farmers of the Clover section
who have planted more than 100
acres in peanut* this year say
thut the peanuts are looking pretty
good at this stage and that in
some instances they are about
ready , for harvesting. Experiments
with peanuts is something
new in the Clover section and it'
the yield is good and the price
offered is the least bit attractive
the peanut acreage of the community
will likely be much larger
another year.
"An ugrarian revolution is being
born that will sweep the
South, the West and the entire
nation," declared lion. J. Skottowe
Wanna maker of St. Matthews
addressing the big agricultural
picuie held Tuesday in
oates' grove, Tirzah. "We know
that th'ire is already great discontent
throughout the country
and when discontent is widespread
it is never without justification.
This movement will
have the alliance and sunnort of
the great commercial divisions
directly dependent upon agriculture
and the close cooperation
and support of leaders of thought
who realize the vital necessity of
prosperous agriculture."
There is an opinion current
that county expenses might be
cut down just a mite by doing
away with the services of the
farm demonstration agent and
the woman's home demonstration
agent another year. While W. A.
Bolin is the only legislative candidate
who has so far stated
from the stump that he favors
doing away with the two offices,
it is understood that there are
others pretty nearly of the same
mind. Keports from several of
the counties where demonstra
iion agems are employed this
year is that they will not be employed
for another year. On the
other hand it is reported that
Representative W. R. Bradford
of Fort Mill is being rather strenuously
opposed for reelection because
he refused to support a
proposal last, year to employ a
"boll weevil" farm demonstration
agent at a salary of $1,500 a
year to come off the taxpayers of
York county.
Jury Refuses to Convice.
A trial yesterday afternoon ill
the court of Magistrate J. R.
llaile which attracted almost
as large a.crowd as the county
campaign meeting in Fort Mill
earlier in the day was that of Elmore
Gordon against Webb lleath
j who was charged with beating
i Gordon out of a board bill, which.
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aucuruiug 10 ugures presented as
evidence, amounted to about $20.
Heath contended that the bill,
which he admitted ho-owed, was
not a board bill, but was an account
which he had contracted at
Gordon's restaurant for lunches
furnished him from time to time.
After hearing the evidence, the
jury retired and in about ten
minutes brought in a verdict of
not guilty. .
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Bobert E. Lee at Home After
Virtt to Old World.
Robert E. Lee, sod of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Lee,of Port Mill township,
Vho enlisted, in the navy
severel years ago and has recently
seeji service in foreign waters
aboard the destroyer Fireman,
has been spending, a few days
with his parent* near down. Mr.
Lee left Constantinople 011 July
8 and 14 days later lauded in
New York city. During the last
few mouths he has had the good
fortune to touch at ports in
Egypt* Turkey, Spain, Russia,
Asia, Africa and other countries.
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Old World, Mr. Lee-said to The
Times a day or two ago that with
the exception of Kussia, the people
arc able to get all the food
they need, and. at much lower
prices than similar food can be
bought for in this country. In
Turkey, he said, the workingman
is paid 25 cents a day for his labor
and from this supports his
family. "The Turks," he continued,
4 4 are a very muscular people
and 1 have seen many of the
men over there carying from f>ou
to bOO pounds on their backs.
The Turkish girls dress much
like our American girls.
44The other countries of the
world seem to be trying to starve
out the Russians. When 1 first
went over there dogs could be
seen everywhere. Now there are
few dogs left?most of them have
have been eaten. For some time
the death rate has been very
high in Russia. Many people have
starved to death and humireds oi
thousands have died of disease.
In some sections of the country
dead bodies may be seen lying
in the streets Mild in the public
roads. No effort is made to bury
the corpses.
44In the Holy I^and I saw the
plaoe where-tradition says t'hrist
was. born as well as many other
interesting places one .may read
of in the Bible. In Naples, Italy,
the thing that interested me most
was the National museum, which
was built more than 300 years
ago. It contains many of the finest
paintings and pieces of sculpture
to be found "anywhere in Italy.
There are many excellent
hotels in Naples with English attendants.
44While in Paris 1 went to the
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iojj 01 xiiiL?i lower, me lower is
in the Champs de Mars,' a great
gathering place for tuorists of all
nations. Eiffel tower is 984 feet
high, 200 feet higher than the
Woolworth building in New York
and nearly twice as high as the
Washington monutiiem.
4 4 When we arrived in Turkish
waters we sent our leader in to
get a man to show us where to
anchor. The Turks told him they
were preparing to kill 250 Greeks
that night. They were informed
that it would mean the withdrawal
of the American eonsul and
that the Greek troops would he
allowed to enter the town. The
?a i .-i i 'i
uiccus were* noi molested tn?u
niglit, but the next night when
the Turks thought we hud left,
thoy butchered 300 Greeks. Then
the Greek troops marched in and
I layed havoe with that section of
Turkey."
Mr. Lee left yesterday for New
York, where he will remain for
about 30 days. lie will then sail
for South America, China and
other countries.
Few Attend Meeting.
A crowd which at no time numbered
more than 75 yesterday
heard most of the candidates for
county offices and for the house
of representatives present their
claims for support at the regular
campaign meeting scheduled for
Fort Mill. The meeting was
held in Confederate park and was
presided over by Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick
in the morning and ' by
Hon. S. II. Kppa in the afternoon.
Legislative candidates addressed
the crowd before -adjournment
for dinner and the candidates for
county offices had their say in
the afternoon. The attendance
was disappointingly small.
If coffae really keeps people
awake, it might be a good idea to
serve it jnst before some candidates
begin to reeite their pieces.
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ROAD CONTRACT LET.
Mecklenburg to Improve Highway
to New River Bridge.
Mecklenburg county, N. C., is
to spend $186,000 for hard-surfacing
the public road from the
Charlotte township line to the
Catawba river bridge now being
elected jointly by that county
and York county. The length of
the road to be hard-surfaced is
approximately 11 miles and the
contract for the work, which is
to begin within 30 days, was let
Tuesday morning by the Meeklenlenburg
Highway commission to
the Noll Construction company.
The road will be 18 feet wide.
The basis of pay for the work is
$2.45 per square yard for laying
the concrete base and the asphalt
top and 50 cents per cubic yard
for all necessary grading.
In Charlotte the York road is
regarueu us one oi the most important
running out from that
city and when the York-Mecklenburg
bridge across the Catawba
river is completed it will mean
direct communication for Charlotte
with one of the best sections
of York county and will also
shorten by several miles the distance
between the town of York
and Charlotte. The new bridge
is being built at the old "Buster"
Boyd ferry, 13 miles northwest
of Fort Mill. When completed it
will represent an investment of
about #100,000. a third of which
will be paid by York county unit
the other two-thirds by Mecklenburg
county.
PLANT A FALL GARDEN.
A small amount of time and labor
expended in the preparation
and planting of a fall garden will
bring valuable returns. Aside
fiom the pleasure of having l'resh
vegetables for the table during
tht winter months, the finauciul
saving is worth considering. Following
is a list of vegetables thai
may be included 111 the fall garden
:
Beets?Sow beet seed the first
part oi September. The plants
will stand the winter and produce
beets for early spring use.
Cabbasre?(Jam! ohmis nf the
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Wakefield variety if set now will
form heads before cold weather.
With slight protection, both cabbage
and collurds will carry
through our severest winters.
Kale?Seed sown during September
will produce an abundance
of greens during winter and
early spring. "Siberian Curled"
is a good fall variety.
Lettuce?Sow "liig Host on"
variety for a supply of delightful
salad during fall and winter.
With slight protection firm heads
can be produced.
Mustard ? Seed sown during
September will furnish greens
throughout the lull, winter uiul
early spring.
Onions?Sets of "White l'earl"
variety will furnish bulbs ami
tops during the winter and early
spring. Seeds may be sown from
September 20 to Oetober 10.
Garden Peas?Plant during November
for the earliest spring
pets. "Alsska" is a good variety
for fall planting.
. Radish?"Long White Spanish"
or some of the other winter
varieties sown the last of Sen
tember will remain in good con- j
dition throughout the winter.
Rupc?Though commonly put |
in for pasturage, rape seed sown ,
in September will yield excellent
winter greens.
Spinach?One of the most de-1
liglitful vegetables. Seed sown
the last of September or the early
part of October will produce
greens throughout the winter until
late spring. I
Turnips?This is one of the re-j
liable vegetables that will produce
both roots and tops for win
ter and spring use. Sow seed
September 1 to 20.
At a recent meeting of the
board of directors of the Fort
Mill Cooperative association, the I
resignation of George Fish as1
president was accepted and \V. [
1>. Meaeham was elected to succeed
him. The association conducts
a grocery business on upper*
Main street, of which E. S.
Parks in manager,
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SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Items of Interest- From Various
Sections of Country.
Thieves using automobiles in
one night tore down the bleachers,
fences, grandstand and club
house of the Drifton, Pa., baseball
park and carried away the
lumber.
Apologizing as they searched
through his pockets, three marked
bufidits stole $1,1100 from the
l?ev? Clyde Lowtnan of New Bedford,
Mass., and drove away in
the minister's automobile.
Republican leaders in Washington
are still trying to work out
some sort of a plan to raise the
money to finance the soldier bonus,
thus hoping to frame a bill
that will meet with the approval
of President Harding.
Four copper pennies constituted
the loot obtained by robbers
who carried away a 500 pound
sale irom the railway station at
Stony l'oint. Canada. The safe
was found blown to pieces in a
ditch some distance from the station.
One hundred thousand dollars
worth of high-power automatic
pistols have been stolen from the
government stores in New York
city and many of them have been
sold to crooks, according to a recent
announcement by government
agents.
Hopeful that specialists in
Rochester, Minn., could restore
his sight, ?Iack Lockett., a blind
painter of Dallas, Tex., rode l,f)00
miles on a tandem bicvcle. mi id
I'd by his 12-year-old son, to learn
upon his arrival at Rochester
that his ease was hopeless.
The millions of visitors who go
to New York city annually will
have to tell the police all about
it?where they are from, how
they eaiue, how long they expect
to stay, and where they plan to
stop?if Police Commissioner Enright
succeeds in putting into effect
the pet idea he brought back
from a recent tour of Europe.
Sweeping him off as she would ^
a doormat after she had knocked
him down, a daughter of .Josiah
Smith, 95 years old, of -Sayville,
N. Y.,-*saved the aged man's life
when he was attacked by a
swarm of bees. The bees stung
the old man from head to foot,
but his daugter came to his rescue
with a broom and saved him.
An attempt by Lieut. .1. S. Dooi:?<
i.. I.. t' * i- im
imu-'ui me army iiyuig corps 10
cross the continent in 24 hours
was thwarted at the get-uway at
Jacksonville, Flu., when his specially
constructed airplane was
wrecked. Doolittle had planned
to fly from Florida to San Diego.
Cal., making hut one stop, at San
Antonio, Tex. The flight has
In en indefinitely postponed.
Mrs. A. 1*. Crawford, 71 years
old, of (Jreensboro, N. (\, is taking
a course in Columbia university
summer school, New York
l. ..i. _ u i: it
tn ?, uCTanw Mm* in*iit"vlis mere is
r.o need to prow old mentally.
Fifty years ago she was gradual
eil from Vassar college. Two
of her six children are school
teachers.
A million human beings, waifs /
of a war torn continent, are scat- j
tered throughout the countries of
Europe, derelicts without a country.
They cannot claim the citizenship
of any land. Tim police
register them on a "tolerance /
list," but virtually they are/prisoners.
for they have 110 passports
and only with the greatest difficulty
can they move from one
country to another. Russians
head the list of waifs, there'being
thousands of them in Berlin
alone.
Could Have Eaten Keg.
"When I was a boy my perentsalways
told me that it was wrong
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ago said a Fori Mill man who
had just returned from a trip to
the mountains of North Carolina. _
"Of course there was plenty of
'good stuff' set before me while I
was in the mountains and it certainly
had a fine odor. One old
fellow kept his in kegs, and I
was standing here trying to fig
ure out just how much I would
give for one of those kegs to eat
at supportime tonight."
Men talk of things they want
to sell, while women talk of
things they want to buy.
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