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* MrthbMihsd 1891. - , THE *UH8PEAKABLE'' TURK. Om Wrletr .Claims He Is Here Sinned Against Than 8inmlng. "So you hare been in Turkey! Are they really as terrible as one hears?" I hare answered this unvarying formula at least once a day since my return from the Near East, says a writer in Henry Ford's paper, the Dearborn Independent. Without exception my questioners have entertained an identical opinion of the peoples among whom I was thrown: that the Greeks are an enterprising and worthy people, that the great majority 'of Armenians bare been massacred, and that the Turks are the most villainous and detestable race on the face of the earth. The unanimity of belief would* be almost incredible if I did not keep in mind that my own opinion was similar to theirs prior to the day that I disembarked at Constantinople. There is no better way of setting Cotth the truth of the matter aB 1 saw it than by recalling a aucesslon of various reactions I experienced ip and around Constantinople. It was not surprising to find them almost universally dishonest, for here was the Oriental and semi-Oriental mind confronted by .the incongruous ideals and austerity of our Occidental civilisation. They all cheated flagrantly. I t- i. ii44i. v M uiuie uy nine a ueguu iu uihwtci that dishonesty Could be separated into two different categories?conscious and unconscious dishonesty. In the first category* fell the'Greeks, Bulgarians and Armenians?all those in fact who lived nominally in the Western fashion, who were Christians, and who claimed to despise the Mohammedan faith and civilization. These boys knew well enough the diffei*fence between right and wi'ong as we understand it, and deliberately chose the wrong. They would never admit cheating, even though I had caught them red-handed. , The Turkish boys, on the' other hand, were a novel experience- Quite as dishonest as the others, they could aee no reason tor being otherwise, and were therefore quite free to acknowldge their guilt. They were openly amused at my attempts to inculcate in them the principles of personal honor. It was as if they were -ft listening to a language which had no meaning to them. jAl. mjr b&&d -VM tllS fmcilirtt - ing sua Dewuaering 01 cities, a seeming caldron of race hatred, the battleground of a dozen centuries, and the depositary of some of the most magnificent monuments which have come down to us from antiquity. Of the three smaller cities which make up Constantinople,'^! went first to Pera, the European city. Pera is in the hands of the Westi ern peoples who have raised it in the likeness of their own cities, with department stores, hotels, women's shops, end all the other appurtenances of our mode of living. During the daytime it is harmless enough. Under the cloak of evening, however, It is* transformed into a riot of drunkenness apd vice. Vicious cabarets and foul drinking dens appear in the dim lighted streets, taking possession of Pera like a swarm of nocturnal harpies. Then it is that one sees brawling crowds fighting in side alleys, intoxicated women in the last stage of abandonment, and men knived or murdered by unseen hands. Our much vaunted modernity and progressiveness are found in Pera. but ... our weaknesses are still, more appart, ant. And thla la wjiat we hare E brought to Constantinople, tor the Turks are conspicuously absent from the activities of Perm. Down the hill ia Galata, the shipping Quarter, inhabited principally by Greeks. There are no words adeuate to picture Galata in the hldeousness of its depravity. It is a festering, breeding place of white slav-l ery, disease and opium dens. The worst of it has sprung np siuce the allies took control of the city out of the hands of the Turkish authorities. Befre the war it was no .worse than any seaport of the Mediterranean. Mow It stands a terrible charge against the West?for in Galata the . Turks are as little in evidence as in Pent- ^ ; , .. 4 Thp city of Stamboul presents a striking contrast to the two Euroit peso quarter*. The Turka have kept it wtgfth 'as it has bjten for centuries. Bros#, shaded avenue* lead to the USflMHSMt rtoaohaa and manniMnti M aiwi^o^ which wore erected^ before pf^- Taw jMe streets are hamming with p, .V. flu hghja <rf the shops and basaars, and rai Hq^^; |BhWUh Bora* to indalce latin* v " mtttrtW wtNM^ ^EjS5S^'jri| h^l tit>t& om sttd ,^h|^W ^b<WB ["he f TOWN LEVY INCREASED. v Fort Mill property owners will this year 'be called upon to pay a tax of 20 mills for eupport of the town government, against the levy of 15 mills for the same purpose last year, according to an ordinance adopted by the town council Tuesday night. Speaking last night of the increase in the levy, Arthur C. Lytle, mayor, said council was forced to raise more revenue to meet Indebtedness incurred by a former council, to retire on January 1 a street bond of $1,000 which will then mature and to secure Junde with which to finance the sanitary department, which, prior to this year, had been suppored by monthly or quarterly; collections from property owners. Mayor L?ytle also said since the present council went into office the first of the year more than the usual annual amount had been spent on street improvements, that the streets , of the town were now better lighted than at any time in the past, and ithat the police protedtion afforded the public was more adequute than it formerly was. V District J. o. r. A. M. Meeting. One hundred delegates are expected to come to Fort Mill today tor the meeting at the Amrican I^egoin hall thia evening' at 8 o'clock of the district council of the order composed of the leal councils in York, Chester, Cherokee and Union counties. An address of welcome to the delegates will >be delivered by Arthur C. Lytic, mayor, after whi^h the business of the meeting will be transacted- At the close of the meeting refreshments will be served by the local council of the order. Liquor Found hi Cow Stable. Ninety haf-gallon fruit Jars filled with what was said to be the best grade of Mecklenburg county homjt brew corn whiskey- were taken Suuj day afternoon from a cow stall on thl premises of a negro living on th$ P^nevfll* road, some distance froni Charlotte. The jurs were buried in n omnll ? 1 a Diiian aiuii UIIU Y?erB UIMtUVBIBtl when raiding officers began punching into the ground with a pitrkford. The implement struck a lid and the discovery paved- the' way to the seizure of the arrest* were made. Women Helping Mrs. Olesen. Mrs. Charles 8. Pillsbury, member of the well known milling family of Minnesota, hes been elected chairman of the fir8t-woman-for-senator finance committee, an organization of women created to bring about the election of Mrs. "Anna D. Olesen, the first woman to be nominated for the <United States senate by either of the big political parties. In the membership of the. committee are women from various States, and of Demotim> Ponilhllno n ami w.wwvy ?W|?UU?(VUU nuu IUU*jpOM?V??? affiliations. 'They have undertaken to give (Mrs. Olesen their help by making a nationwide drive for fuuds to bo used fn her campaign. Mrs. Olesen's opponent in the Minnesota senatorial race is Senator Kellogg, Republican. ly fed with propaganda. And ali because Constantinople and the JDar danelle* are the key to eastern Europe and the Near. East. Jealousy and fear have been the motives. They have looked longingly at the fertile tields and oil wells of Ana, boita. '1 hey have wached each otner like preying vultures, covering their greed under the cloak of the Chns, tian banner- it is easy to overlook the fact that Turkey is not .a savage country. It is older than we are. it has a rich civilization behind it, a background of stirring history. Turkey is Oriental and indifferent to progress. Thy have maintained their > empire for 500 years' with fewer chan; ges and ?toss Internal strife than any other county in modern ttimes. It is their right to live as thy see fit, to worship Ood through the word of Mai hammad rather than through the Tnrri nf Phriai I# It la n>n?? ?? iKal. vm v (ft ? 4a IUW1 V tu iuc a I liking. The Turk of the educated class is a charming *cd delightful person, * odnsumiftite toaster of the social, graces which we associate with the status of a gentleman. His home lite is quiet and retired and in social .intercourse he is noted tor his invariable kindness and courtesy. Harems are practically a thing of the past, tor the Tfekkish law requires a substantial property settlement on each wife. " > < ./ L ft ?ut , it is true that the educated claaa 1st a very small fraction of the Tujrktslu people. Titers la no middle n -claaa devoted to commerce and shopkeeping. The bulk of the people are artisan# and- farmer#. Their educa6 tlon Is slight, their mode of llfe simple and theit' deeds few. The Tnrk i Is bo more perfect than the rest of as/ tout, like most of ha, M Is good enough when left atone. That Is all i he wants, lfenatapha Kernel, directing an ill-organised and Ill-fed amy it has been notorious over the trained troops of Orssos that warp equipped OKT FORT MUX, S. C, Trtjl! news''OF' IOBK -COUNTY. Items of GoBoral Interest Found In the York?ille Enquirer. A feature of the York county fair at Rock Hill this year is to be a football game between the Presbyterian college and Davidson college, the game to be played on Thursday afternoon, October 19. Dr. R. H. Calhoun, proprietor of the Calhoun Drug company of Yorkville, sold out Monday to Dr. D- DSheider and Quinn Wallace of Yorkville, the transfer having already become effective. Dr. lamoun will in the future devote his interests to his drug store in Rock Hill According to {Secretary Fewell, a large number of communities are to have exhibition liooths at Hie York County fair, which is to be held in Reck Hill, October 18, 19 and 20. The communities who have already signified their intention of having booths are: F\int Hill, old Hill, Oak Ridge, Sharon, Cotton Belt, Mt. Holly, Dixie and Ebenezer. Former Representative Emmet W. Pursley of Santiago said Monday that he would be a candidate for the of !-. 1 ?. - - ? * - ?vu vi nuiici luivuucui ui me omit) penitentiary, the position to he filled by the next General Assembly which meets in January. It is understood that Mr. Pursley already has the indorsement of the York county legislative delegation in his candidacy for superintendent of the penitentiary. "Fanners of York county j are getling their cotton ginned much cheaper than are those of North Carolina,'" rcmarked'a York county man the other eveniug. "I was in Shelby a few days ago and a ginner told me that the uniform charge in Cleveland county for ginning a bale of cottonunder 600 pounds was $3. The average charge for the ginning of a bale in York county under 500 pounds is ?2, or a difference of 33 1-3 per cent." Registration of men and women voters of York county totals 7,696 according to a compilation of the registration at the 21 general election precincts made by the Yorkville Enquirer Monday from the records in the office of the county board of registration. Accrding to these figures, there are 1,321 more registered voters in the county than there were voters enrolled the primary election last month, the enrollment for the primary having been 6,275. Alleging that their personal conduct vf5s' detrimental to the morale of the chaingang which they had in charge, Supervisor Hugh G. Lrcwn ou Saturday requested the resignation of Superintendent John Robinson and Guards Jim Robinson and Press Corn well. The resignations were promptly forthcoming, the three ofljcials severing their connection yith the chaingang on Saturday night. The county supervisor Monday announced the appointment of i Truman D. Turner of Yorkville as superintendent of the gang and of Chris ChilderB and Norse Norman as guards to succeed the three men, resigned. "Whether the new appointeee are to be permanent or not depends upon developments," said the supervisor, commenting upon the appointments. A ferocious bulldog is to be an important witness in a murder case at the November lerm of court of general sessions, according to a state-* ntent made the other- day by a lawyer interested In the case. The hulldog will be one of the main witnesses in the case of the State against Alma | Williams, a negro woman of Rotk Hill, who, it is expected, will be tried on the charge of killing her husband, Harper Williams, - several weeks ago-. ine woman, li is understood, alleged that Harper - Williams came home under the influence of bad "hooch" on Thursday night, August 24, and sot the ferocious bulldog on her. The dog is alleged to have bitfen her about the knees and legs. Several ox-soldiers and American Legion members of Yorkville and vicinity contemplate attending the annual convention of. the American Legion to be held in New Orleans next month; The convention is to be held October 16-20 and some of the exbuddies are figuring that they can make the trip for $75 and less to the Louisiana city and then come home with money in their pockets. A bulletin issued by State headquarters of the American Legion, requests that all ex-soldiers expecting to attend the convention notify'-Department Adjutant Miller C. Foster of Spartanburg. Filbert, famous York county village, known throughout the Carollnae because of the annual picnic that is K?M W-. ? - ww-nnn, uai?B1411 anuiuur ciaiui to attention. Perhaps the only deaf and dumb postmistress in the State is Uncle "Sam's representative at Fttbort. She is Mrs. OUIe Sriioak Lynn, and for the past ten years or more sho has held the position of po"tm*?ti ess most acceptably, lfrs. Lynn is courteous and polite^anfr she handlea incoming and outgoing mails with quickness and dispatch. The rural mjdl oarrler ont of lUbertt Is Mr. James A. Carroll, -who has held the place for a doxen years er longer. Tftben the rural carrier has business with (he postmistress he Is not always under the neessslty of making kno.wn his host**** in writing. ?i? association With her la the postal, woifcjtoranmger of ytam has gll-, Mill RSQAY, OCTOBER S, 1922, (i)LLAPSE OF COAL COMBIHE. iktrj Ford Puts Crimp la Plans of . Profiteers totteto the Public. Opine weeks ego Henry Ford annotated thai he would not pay the exorbitant prices asked- toy the coal burpus for luel to operate his automobile plant in Detroit. - b olio wing the} announcement the plant was closed and remained closed until the coat men came to their senses by redllMiar tllA nripo nf onal In tlia la at issue of the Dearborn Independent, Forf's weekly paper, the following editorial appears showing just how the profiteers came under when they sawi that Ford had called them and waajin position to make their scheme cost them more than the profits they 1 had expected to wring from, the pub- < lie frould have amounted to: "Fbr the present, industry seems to have put a crimp into the plans of the coal controllers for a wholesale lootlpg of the public- A.single protest brought * the unholy edifice of price exploiting tumbling about the profiteers' heads. The protest was, as must always be expected, viciously tnisihterpreted. The sob -cry was diligently persisted in by the capitalistic orgahs until it became positively nauseating. Interests that had deliberately arranged to wring the last dollar out of the families of America by maintaining all through the winter the menace of empty bins -and fireless homes, were suddenly consumed with sympathy for the poor wnPlrlntrmun u?Knn ' < %v*Bun*u nucu iiiuu^incn tiuacu down in protest rather than submit to the unspeakably wicked robbery j which had been designed upon the American people. Interests that would h&ve kept the country on curbed fires and would hava made fuel" th6 biggest item in this winter's family budget, pretended to be melted ' into pity for the poor employees who 1 sacrificed $25 in wages to save $150 ' on their coal bills. It is the typical ' old. bunk, but this year it was very br.dly stage-managed, in that it was directed against the wrong target. "The effect of the industrial pro- | test was - immediately feltt. At the , time the warning was given that in , three weeks a mammoth Industry : would have to close unless coal conditions improved, coal was selling to manufacturers as high as $9 a ton. When the announcement was made ] the price wavered a little. Then came the cry that it was only 'bluff.' a cry , which arose in the same quarters , whence the 'sympathy' cry afterward came, and for the moment the high j coal price was strengthened again. j As the Anrtinainumi ? ? vk *??*? IflUlOOl UD" (came apparent (nothing is harder (or | the exploiters to understand than a ( straightforward, honeet statement) a break became noticeable. Coal climbod down to $8 and 87. The Saturday ( of the Shutdown it reachod $6.50. On ' Monday it was 85.&0. On Tuesday *it 1 was 84.50. A week later, at this 1 writing, it is offered at 83- if bought on contract (which also plays into 1 the hands of the profiteers) it can bo 1 had at 8350. And a mountain of coal < at that. < "This rapid collapse of prices < shows the artificial nature of the ] whole situation- There was always < plenty of coal. The scarcity was make-'believe. The only dangeous moment came when the government created a real scarcity by announc- j ing 'control' of distribution. The coal ( problem then became an acute trans- , portation problem- When, as' a fur- , ther result of the industrial protest, i the government took Its hands off , and ceased creating a situation which , best suited the gougers' desires, the , retreat 'became a rout, the decline became a collapse. "There still remains the domestic . situation. Big Business oould of , course see that the domestic consum- , er gets just as immediate an advan- , tagc as industry has gained. It is to bf- hoped that the anal dealers' as- ( sedation will see the handwriting on , the wall and not lean too trustfully , on the helplessness of the uaorgan *w biiu iwaerieRS puDlic. There is ( a way to make Big Business the ( friend of the householder In this situation, and if it is once necessary to do so, it will be goodbye to some things that now exist."; Good Tear for Loan Body. { The Perpetual Building and Loan ( 'association of Fort Attn has just- , closed another successful year and ( the annual meeting of the stockhold- | ers will he held tomorrow afternoon , at 3 o'clock at the First National bunk. The report of the secretary shows ' that the association now has asiets of $105,000, of which $80,000 Is paidin capital, and $15,000 profits. In- 1 stallments are being paid on over 1 2,600 shares, which will hare a ralue 1 at maturify of $250,000. 1 The Perpetual was organised in i 1011 with W. B. Mcachara as presi- < dent and J. L. Spratt as secretary- i treasurer, taking oyer the. business of the White Building and Ixmn association, which had fa* operating in Fort Mill for mare than 25 years, j] ' Mora than 00 par cant of "the houses ( erected la Part Mill daring the lest < 2b years hare beep, financed through i the Perpetual aasodatlaa* ^without i thelossto the association of a single < dollar, a reoord of which the officers 1 arejnsUygTond. .. ^ , j Uofc a ^ ^tsist| \ . * TIME; m ROAD FUNDS EXHAUSTED. While the Fort Mill township road commission apparently is still at work on the roads of the township, there is none of the stuff which David Harum called "go-out-and-git-itwitb-which-to-fetch-it," at its disposal in the country treasury and. the law does not empower the commission to borrow funds with which to coutiuue operations. Saturday a statement of the commission's finances was secured by The Times from the county treasurer's office which shows that ou September 15 it had a balance of $15. <2 to its credit, but that since then claims in excess of (he balance have oeen presented for payment which the county treasurer has refused to approve. On July 1 there was in the treasury to the credit of the commission $784.27, from which claims amounting to $768.55 have been paid. There will be a small amount placed to the credit of the commission during the next two or three months from past due tax collections, but this sum will nnt Kn i.i -i? >*wv uu ouiukicui iu uuuunue inc worn on tho roads. The commission therefore appears to 'be at its row's end for some time unless the members continue the work at considerable financial risk to themselves. To Relieve Storm Sufferers. A meeting of tljo recently elected York county legislative delgution was held in York-Saturday at which action was taken looking to rolief from taxation for the current year of farmers whose crops were, seriously damaged by the severe hail storm which visited the western section of the county several weeks ago. At the meeting the delegation went on record as agreeing to introduce u bill at tho next session of the General Assembly exempting from State and county taxation, except the three mill constitutional school tax, all those whose crops were damaged 50 per cent or more by the storm. In the event the bill exempting the storm sufferers from the State tax fails, the delegation proposes to pass u bill relieving them of. the levy for general county purposes.. Steam Plants for Power I'mnnnnv The construction of two steam plant additions that will further provide against contingencies of low water and other emergencies will be started at once by the Southern Power company, acording to a recent announcement of W. S. Lee of Charlotte, vlco president and chief engineer. Coutracts have been closed lor . the necessary equipment and work on the plants will begin ut once. It WW estimated that tfliey will co^t aver 2 million dollars. The two additions are to the Mount llolly steam plant, 40,000 hrsepower. and the Eno steam plant, 20,000 horsepower. This will more than double the capacity of the company's existing steam plunts and will insure for the industries, cities and towns of the two Carolina which depend upon tho company for power as nearly "100 per cent service as possible, it is claimed. Sunday School "ltully Day." Annual "Rally Day" exercises were tield last Sunday morning by the Sun uay scnooi or the Fort 'Mill Presbyterian church at the hour of the usual Morning services. A special program, consisting principally of songs and recitations, had been propared under the direction of F. M. Mack, superintendent, and was participated n ty pupils of the several grades. The part of the pupils of the primary grades, under Miss Marjorie Mills, was especially pleasing to the congregation and exhibited evidence of care[Ql training. Among the musical selections were several choruses and one quartet of mixed voices. The atbndauce at the Sunday school was the largest of the year, the enrollment showing 213 present, and the offering at both services amounted to about $60. Free Trip for Confederates. A camp for the Confederate veterans who will attend the State fair In Columbia during the week of October 23-28 is- one of the forms of entertainment -being planned fir the old soldiers by the fair officials. -In addition to this, the Southern, Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads are oferlng free transportation both to and from the fair co the South Carolina Confederate reterans who will attend the fair. The camp proposition for-the old soldiers at the fair is being promoted by Columbia wpmen with the view of providing a place of recreation for them where they may all gather sod swap reminiscences and otherwise enjoy themselves in the company with comrades of the '60s. Winthrep Training School lieaten. The footbhll team of the Fort Mill high echool went to Rock Hill Friday afternoon and defeated the Winthrop Training school team 60 to 0. The neat game on the schedule of the tubal team la that with the York high School eleven In Fort Mill tomorrow titer noon. The Fort (Mill school is a member of the Catawba Athletic association, njinpueed Of a number of high echool hi the upper eeetlon of the State, and eastern of Ike football eleven say s. $1.80 Per Year. NO SHIPS TET SCRAPPED. I - * . Republican Boast of Economy Awaits luoinuuiitj The one achievement of the Harding administration about which Republicans have boasted loudest and longest ? the disarmament conference?has so far proved to be only a flivver, says a Washington special to The Times. The avowed purpose of the conference was to reduce government expenditures by reducing armament, and when Mr. Hughes proposed his plan for scrapping a number of first line battleships he was acclaimed a great statesman. The trusting people foresuw an immediate rsHllPtiOn In - ?? i?4 &K* I1U1CUI IUAation and believed that the first step had been taken for a general reduction of armaments by all the nations. The Washington disarmament conference, however, like most of the acts of the Harding administration, only raised the hopes of the people without fulfillment. It served the temporary political purpose of helpirtg to restore a fast wuuing confidence in the chief executive. But no buttlesliips have been scrapped, no expenditures have been reduced by reason thereof, and the public la now inLorfned by the secretary of the navy that no battleships will be scraplied until the treatv has heen rutl fled by the last of the subscribing powers. Neither Franco nor Italy has ratifeld the treaty, and so far as known no influence or pressure has been brought to bear on them to do so. .Mr. Hushes has been on an excursion to South America; Mr. Harding has been busy with Ohio politics. It is not strange that the administration has shown no solicitude about accomplishing practical results through the complete ratification of these treaties. Mr. Harding and his advisers were long opposed to the disarmament conference, called into being by a resolution of fc#enatoi Lorah and supported by Democrats. and progressive Republicans. When it was certain the resolution would pass both houses the opposition was withdrawn. Having profited politically for the time being, the administration apparently has let the whole disarmament mutter drift just us the udunuistralion itself has Deeu uniting. The people reposed great confidence in the work of the disarmament conference and were led by the administration to expect immediate and great results. They have been sadly disappointed just as they have been disappointed each time they have believed in the glowing promises of this Republican administration only to find in the end barren result*. ? F1UI1T ?ttVIL >0\Y. One of the most effective steps recommended tor the control of the boll weevil is the early destruction of cotton dtalks. Just as soon as the cotton can be picked, farmers are urged to go into the cotton field and either turn under the cotton stalks or tear them up with u plow. '1 he boll weevil, can not feed on dead cotton stalks. When tbeir food is destroyed they migrate to where they can feed or else go into winter quarters. Whether they are thus driven away Trom the tarm or driven into winter uuuners the urohtthilitleo of their damaging the cotton next .stiasun are greatly reduced. In this section of the cotton belt it is possible to gather much of the cotLou early enougu to permit of the destruction of the cotton stulks before a killing irost destoys them. Three to four weeks earlier in going into winter quarters meatus that the number of weevils killed from starvation and cold will be greatly increased. It is the lust' weevils that go into winter quarters that cause damage to the cotton crop the following year. If all of these were starved out by destroying tho old cotton stalks early there would be an end of the weevil, it ie claimed. Vrhlle it cannot be expected that the old stalks will ever . be destroyed completely enough to eradicate thi weevil, it is true that to tho extent that this is done the number of weevils and their damage wiH be correspondingly reduced. Chopping down stalks leaves Btubs that sprout now growth on which thfe weevil feeds. Therefore the only safe " way is to uproot ttfe stalks or else, with the aid of a drag chain, turn litem uompiousty unuer. ?o long as there is green cotton left in tbe t.eid the weevil will be found. It will crawl into a lqck of cotton or half opened boll to keep warm and come out when the sun shines to feed on the green stuff. Tbe beat authorities urge the farmers not to burn their old cotton stalks, but to let them i*e on the ground and add to the soil the organic matter which it needs. Notwithstanding the fight made by the American Legion for'the sQkUpr /; bonus, F. W. Qalbraltb poet, says . a special dispatch from Cincinnati < to the Baltimore 8*n? Tuesday night ., adopted a resolution expressing ; *