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|HI ? jR"?>UI^Eb III B mm mM? i' " ? The Tlmen Invitee contributions on live mibjeets, but Uoen not ajfree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right If reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. -v On application to the pu^lsher. edves Using rates nie made known to these Interested. v Telephone, locr.? and long distance. No. 112. iSntefed at the postoltlce at Fort Mill, -fv C.-> as malt muter of the second class. - ?> THURSDAY, NOyFJ.M?ER 30, 1922. The whole scheme to establish, tw boll weevil experiment, station ut F lorence with alleged. "exporta" in charge to give the farmers advice as to the most effective way to fight tho weevil is bottomed upon the idea of increasing the power of the college behind it and of providing easy Job3 with good salaries for a lot of men who will do practically nothing to earn tho money thoy ate paid, because there will bo nothing they can do. So far as York county is concercnd, her merpbers of the legislature already have receivod an ox: prcssion of tho people an boll weevil "b::perts.''' The. subject was discussed in the campaign last August and one of the candidates on whom a fight was made because he refused to fritter away the taxpayers' money by agreeing to the employment for th*> county of one of these "experts'' was reeleoted. Neither the Colunfbia State nor the Spartanburg Herald, both advocating the establishment ot the experiment staticn at Florence, has offered a supportable reason why tho Legfsluture should make an appropriation for it. The proposition is one of muny which has been hatched by college authorities and others who nre not interested, even in these trying times, in keeping down the people's tuxes. Tor the city papers to uudortake to compare the necessity a for the services of a doctor for the man who 1h ill with the call for a boll weevil experiment station irn South Carolina is, poor reasoning, to say the most that can be said for It. Admittedly, as its name implies, the <-uly thing the station at Florence could do would be to experiment. Every cotton former in the State already is experimenting along the same lines, and is perhaps doing so tqulte ns intcllingently as the ''experts" could. The Times would not like to give bond that if the "experts" it is proposed to ?employ at Florence shoud discover a sure cure ?tor tho boll woevil they would take the public into their confidence, because it probably would mean an end of their jobs. The whole scheme is mere o rlesa a fraud, but such a fraud as observant people have learned to exnect The State to be asked to promote. It would be interesting to hear The State explain why the people' aro still being taxed to support, the cattle tick eradication work in certain coast counties of South Carolina after the .federal government lias lifted the cattle tick Quarantine from tlio whole State. "The Spartanburg Herald probably has no information on the subject. I A city paper lays stress upon the fact that many of the criminals of this country are foreign born.' The ' same paper might also have, stated that thousands of the country'? best citizens were not -born in America. .There are two vital ckuses which S ' contribute to the present state or lawlessness on the part of certain foreigners resident of this country. First, our immigration laws are entirely too lax. Foreigners are admitted without proper Investigation as to their characters in their own lands. Second, upon arrival in. this country the foreigner, unable to sfeeak our language, is turned loose upon an indifferent public to become a good citixcn or n curse, as his inclination and past training may lead him >\liat this country needs Is a system whereby a foreigner can be taken in 9 hand upon his arrival and converted into a good citixen. - If we are lax In ' our methods of treating the foreigner when he first comes to us, we. should not be surprised If the criminal ele% ruent of our population gains an ascendancy over him before has has familiarised himself with the. benefits to be derived from good citixenB&g^|ship. ' .. 1 = .1 Turkey furnishes the,, world something new in statecraft by staging the first retroactive dethronement on recor* Kemai Pasfc* tor theuUifte n big bos* in he laad of Armenian murders, Urines* and ft* Ant ore gov*raftenW9< wfclc^ he ie the head, bare ioU^ ^ouo^ ed that Saltan Mohammed Vl&ai Wk. ML** -: only been shooed Ucm the roost as ruler of that ancient empire, jmttjt oftbe globe. But somehow they have got away with it in the pest as they aFe getting away . with it today, France is to blame largely tor their latest exploits in butchery. of. the Armenians and Greeks by furnishing ttjpm with arms and ammunition to commit their crimes. Little wonder that Clemeuceftu, former. French premier, now in this country to plead. the cause of a discredited France, ignored the renneat made of h.m while >?? w??? ?t? livering * speech inv Doston * few dgyp ago to tell.why France "has been selling; war. supplies, to the Turks in < the last year.or two. The world was ! tpld three years ago that the day of J the Turk aa a trouble maker in Eu- | i ppe. had passed, that he was a dead { one; bu.t,be seenu to have more lives ! llian a cat, and tpday is b&CR in j Southeastern Europe stronger than \ over, apparently. Turkey is a festering 1 oorp, a mass of decomposition in the 1 world.'s. civilization and will-continue o bp all that until slio is completely crushed by this country or England. tJ't ? ? A French Socialist speaking in Chicago a lew days ago said that Cjomeueeau was no more representative of the groat mass of the French peop^ than Morgap .or Keckefeller is of the American people. And we suspect that there is truth in the statement. . TCI.. T The Fort Al.li lanes is pleased to Uute that tho company in which it finds itself as an opponent of the pructice which has grown up in suiue of the public schools aud collec.eb of the btate of making the text uOfks a secondary consideration to a ?\ inning football team has been joined by Dr. W. M- >Higgs, pre;*.dent of Ciemson college. Dr.. it'.ggs, speaking in Qreenvilie a tew dajs ago, said that "people tlnnk too much of the caliber of a football team put out by u school and top little oil its curriculum or the degree of training for citizenship it gives young men of the country." Thoughtful people will not tiud it hard to accommodate their $cw to Dr. Rlggs. He is the head of an in/ntntion in which there are aoinethine Ilka ? thi.ii>uinfl >vmint men, ana s.uce that institution takes a prominent purl In football, surely Dr. Kiggs is ui position to appraise the effect too much of the game is having on the young men under his charge. Dr. Kiggs did not refer specifically to football at Clemson, but one needs exercise little imagination to divine what was in his mind. Football at CleniBou, as at other colleges in South Carolina, is bciug overdone. Many fathers and mothers do not find .t an easy matter to keep their sous ut these iust)t,ntioni); lor their boys they maka'serious. sacrifices to afford ihem the opportunity to gain an education. Not a few of these boys show their appreciation of the opportunity set before them by frittering a way iheir tune chaeing the shadow .of a .shade that in no circumstances could be beneficial to them in after life. 't : T?C - i t ? because one has a reputation for -ailing the truth is no indication that ills truthfulness is in all cases com.i cndable. Some people with even ilte test, of intentions do, not know liqw to curb thefr tongues. They blurt out the truth upon all occasions, and particularly at the wrong time. There are tlmps when the cause of justice .mU humanity requires the"'suppression of the truth until the proper time , cornea to divulge it. A wise tongue knows when not to wag. Not Strong /or Colic News. "One thing i. like about The Times," a day'or two ago. ro marked, a friend, oft^e paper when. he. cap)*- in. to renew his subscription for another year, "is that you do not print , what appears to me to be trivial' /news; items, i'he Times .is one of two weekly* papers published in. this section which ome, to ray hon>e. The other, paper inak^s a specialty of numerous things 1 cannot find the least interest in. ' For instance, every time a jaby in the community has the colic ihc editor thlnkp it a matter of jiiough interest to tell his readers about it! I am glad that Fort, Mill aas a different kind of paper to that-.*' Baptist Sunday School Program. The following program has been arranged for the Fort Mill Baptist Sunday school Snpday mprning, December 3: 1. Song. No- 305 by the school. 2. Prayer-. 3. Children's song, No. 269. 4. "Our pollen Text,'' by the superintendent. ' 5. Violin and piano duet, by Kenycn Young and Miss Bather M^acham. ' 6. Exercise by a group ,of Juq^orp.' 7. Special Bonf ( by the choir. 8. Class period';' Instrumental music. 9. Song No. S07 by the school, 'Meet die There." 10. .Addreqa by the Rfnr. Dr. pychea IV .Duet, S, L. MeachaVn and jtln Beatrice, Parka, ll Closing song, No. 314, by . the It* tolltlokl be* >Un(a the CM*!date and then the.people frequently ^ ' '' ' , ' - . 4 . , Tag TORT MIL lines In w&lch It i? at nfppent oj)?. rved dates bacj^ to^ l^l^njjien tfe* Plgrim F^hsrs, g^teCfcl fqp-rtl^ Offt, harvest iz^ their njjjr kjgme^iy Bfffpa-. chuaotts, ^>pjpintqA t(^ee days of thanksgiving and (easting. Governor Bradford ordered that the men go Into the woods. In search of gapx?. and along the bhore.i for waterfowl ana fish and that the women bring forth the best of their cellars' store.. Chief Massasolt and other friendly *-?-?-? a^ - * ' ? uwwuf w?^e uiuueu 10 me leasi auo they brought with them five deer as an offering. The dawn of the first day of the feast was heralded by the booming c.' a. great cannon and later a solemn procession filed toward the -meeting houses. Elder Brewster carried the great Bible and Governor Bradford followed in the rear. After the service every -jue sal down to such a dinner as they bad not tasted tor months and the feasting lasted for throe days- Although the first year in New England had been a bard year for the colonists, nearly half their num- j Ler dying under the winter, they felt they had much to be grateful for. The year. 1C22 was fraught with even more, misfortune tor the colonists, but again they declared and observed their day of thanks, and continued to dp so year after year. Later other colonies besides that at Plymouth took up the idea and gradually it became an established custom thoughout New England-. Days of thanksgiving for the colonists were not confined entirely to the ingathering of the crops, for often the preservation of a settlement from attacks by Indians or the passing of an epidemic of sickness gavo just cause for. an expression of gratitude. The custom of a harvest feast pread to New York and the Sototh and carried with it .a r-Lgious atmosphere. During , the Revolutionary war the people, and the Continental army oh ovfvvu uu annual mauKcjlvlng day proclamation of the Continental Congiess, and in 1789 .George Wa hin.ston, as first president, proclaimed a day of rejoloiug for the return of peace and the establishment of the government. Until 1815 the presidents annually called upon the pcpple . to unite in thanksgiving, and then for 47 years days of national thanksgiving were unknown. * In April, 186?, Abraham Lincoln summoned the. people of the Northern States to, rend or thanks to God for victories of the Union army.. Since. then thanksgiving has been regularly, proclaimed by the president. DIcasc Net Out of Politic?. In a conversation with a reporter for the Yorkville Enquirer one day last week while he wa^ in York as au attqrney appearing in the court of general sessions In behalf of William C. Karies, former Governor. Cole L? blease said that "I am not out of politics and 1 will be out only when I am in another world. 1 expect to tight for the hopeat people of, my State so Ions as 1 live, and you mgy mark my prediction that 1924 wfll see a shaking up in South Carolina not equaled since 1890. Now watch that prediction. "God loves the right and the right will prevail," the tormer . governor went on to say. "The few may control for awhile by such means , as have been used in South Carolina since 1912, but the people will yet realise what is going on and will see that their rights are being, dellber uivj diuicu iruui uieiu. i nen mey will fight as they have never fought belore. "1 may be a candidate in 192i and I may not be. That is for those whom I have always fought for . and Always expect to fight for .to decide. It they say they want me for governor, then that goes. If they say they want me for the senate, then that goes. If they say stay out as a can-g didate and fight on the side linos, then there I fight. -"But the governor and a senator are to be elected in 1924 and the people will not be restricted to the. two who will then be holding these two paces. "We are coining in and coming back 87,000 strong to begin with and, we may expect many recruits before the first battle and thousands thereafter. ! "The year 1924," Governor Bleaao said in conclusion, "will be a revelation to tricksters, corporation hirelings, ballot )wx staffers and lobbyists. "There will be no compromise. "On with the dance will be our battle cry/' Heme Paper Tear Chan, A writer in an Eastern newspaper, considering the home paper, says:.. "The hon^e paper Is your .chum.. your pel and Intimate fr^ndthe. big ,city daily is your casual ac*wu|u**pcfs; 1 the magaxtne Is your occasional wis-1 itor. And when It comes to advlcs. I to .tniiV. * cham ?n4 u' tntiimto friend, tint, dont we? "Kw not MPfUrtow? paper net only deliver* cule^.lmt it ,2e tngfed .Jo*, widely then the felicity dmtlle* produced Jhy men po Ur .fway., thet tfpy can't possibly be, In tone* wttH.W community.'* ^ ~ < - : ' j "* _ * -n mcM&i.' . 'vyfii'. CLOTH / . X \ i WR-m ^3|R;.^P^SqB6 ; *' ' > Copyright 1921 Hart Trhaff? fcMarv) Suits and ; " . $i I * / Mutual ?i 1 V t. VU+t. . -f 1 ?. Ti'FPy'i i .11. .1 . Ji I"IM m u?II !. g . ' .... .7?7-i-jj J..I JTT j "Palmet I A Minstrel1 !j| Under the Auepio I FRHhK -* -' . ' - r - h"' I qal&nbar fort mill, baptist j CHURCH. Pruning every Sunday niorninf at 11 o'clock; preaohftig every fltei and third Sunday night; Sunday Softool at 10 A. M. every Sunday. A UWhl Invitation is extended to all vtadtara in town to come. lltrn /** ne WKV %r#9*V9t * i { We haye some real: bargains in Used Cars | (kit we can give lib- I eml terms on. CITYmQ?Of*C<K JfcQCKHILL, S.C OHitnirfBii. PWm?SM< ; ?1?????< 1HKAJ) THE TUBS i VXST.WXK FtnrHOMENE WSfc' " -: " ' ' " ^ - ? :r - - - - - ^ W i.I 11 1 i ? , ^ 1 " v.' * 11 ^gpPl^:: '- " " ' ?- ' v-fei KG SPECIALS . . . . . j Out Clothing Values are better thai}* ever. Truly, a great showing of men's conservative models in serges, worsteds and cassimeres, browns grays, 'navies, O Ar- 1 A wi- Ann & Young Men's Sport Models, also S* plain models, with two- and thr?ebutton fronts, Fifth Avenue styles, all the wanted colors $13.95, $24.95 OVERCOATS Are going great these cold days. New ones in every week; brown and grey belted models, or ^lain conservative sacks, just the coat 0 you want at $9.00 and up. _ I Overcoats for the Boys at 5.00 to $12.00 1 fltv flnnrlo 5tnro t U1J UUUUO U1U1G, I PATTERSONS" ? m i > mm iT^fJ r TlfTT"" "" i~n..-5^-?-ryiii, ,r .r feoFolliesof 1923" j Vaudeville Musical Comedy Revue I "will-be-presented at I CHOOL AUDITORIUM J es of Eli Bailes Post American Legion l NtGHT, DEC. 15th, f ft OA ? 1 4 K aroi^v ociock |j r / ~ " f r i,mm %?' < ^ ii i_ . i* " i " ??w t?|l *0l* ?> ? **? ???? ? ? ?? ' ^ W M MULES I f 2 hftYQ brought to Tort Mill a Fine Lot of: 1 * TDVIfl TiannBSSBE MULES and iomt GOOD t SJBCMPO) HAHD MULES which I am oifavinf ft* | /Mk?| olooo prioee>t the old Milla Stable*. t Li w^a.:hunmjgker 1 fc'HT - i i irtriiiiniuT .'vfVi.. ' 1 -ii WVJk'iSL' * " iiS .. t fA - "TT* ?"*? ' < . ? - v.v. v-. ? ?4??J - f -