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are i probably would
* prac on the cultivation
dH Hh? boll weevil, nor
do n l3 BaperU know much
bow i'i intvorth while for
<ovqrajj?8|E^^BM>d money oh thes9
nior knows more about
the MnS^Pot ?uy of the States
wbijch kihj Men Invaded by the boll
wefsv^. < that have a Bandy
foi , ffik^^H-soil, in a high state of
the cotton will
grt t^HKr with 600 or 600 pounds
*of flH and meal per acre, can
/ be ^ fcatfeyegularly in wet weather
ami m. sand has a tendency to
j hill -IfyiPwung weevils in the fallen
/ Bq|bar?pc::fjBut in the stiff red clay
f lauda? .tlj&f slaty and late white lands,
wt> canonf produce much cotton, and
these lands include about 75 per cent
/, of all the lands in the Btate.
There/are not 25 per cent of the
farmers of the State who can finance
thero?e|rea and they can't get help
otd0i?Pbe. The bank man says they
hafWjjpip much money out and can't
'* - put oat any more; the gnano man
bBTWhsI* plenty of fertiliser and thus
beat the weevil, but they must sell for
cash; the''merchant can't help, and
tbo experts teli us to plow under
f talks well. That will ki}l a few
weeviis, dui won i Kin out tne oreeu
----^fUtlyss thr-whole State is turned over.
If every farmer plants only one acre
It will keep the boll wedvti-going.
As long aa we plant cotton every year
we ortll 'diave the pest with us. They
say" make cotton under weevil conditions;
I say remove the condition and
let all make cotton in that way?by
not allowing any cotton to grow in
South Carolina in 1923. If the federal
government does not put a
(quarantine on all the cotton States
la 1923 and If S^outh Carolina did not
plant anypptton next year and other
States planted, and this 8iate returned
to cotton in 1924, we would
; cotton i? tlut year
than by planting^ in both 1923-24.
My motto it, starve the boll weevils,
or they will starve the farmers
mostly, end. also starve business and
the cotton mills, for If'we go on
planting cotton every year in about
ltfi we mlS be down to 6 million
Oo back over the weevil's
qfdi and ypn will see that where they
tepjHtd. planting cotton for a few
years they are now making cotton,
but are raising more weevils to deittOjr
thatr- future crops. The weevil
lMMt\ covered practically all the. cotton
producinar lands and I suppose will
stay as long as the farmer can be
focted int# planting and . feeding
them and providing a place for them
to ratee fheir young, which Is in the
cotton ' squares and holla. Another
thtne. by continuing to. plant cotton
tot&t
We art ao ued to thinking ol Mr.
John D. Rockefeller and Mr. Henry
Ford an the richest men in the world
that it Is a shock to read that a ;
speaker in the British parliament has :
asked whether that distinction does
not belong to Sir Basil Zaharoft
Probably no one knows what is the
truth of the matter, but it is unquestionable
that no one in Europe, unless
it he Herr Hugo Stinues, has .
anything ike the fortune of Sir Basil
nanaron, says tne routes vompan- {
ion. ,
How many of .our readers have <
Over heard of him? Probably few. He i
is not widely advertised by a talkative
press, as his American rivals
are. He- is Indeed a figure of mystery.
No one knows Just where he
was born. Some say In Constantinople,
some say In Athens, some say
in Russia. His father was certainly
a Russian and his mother a Greek.
He inherited no money to speak of.
He is a naturaized citizen of trance
and his home is in Paris; but he is
in brltish business and finance up to
the. shouders, is a doctor of civil laws
of Oxtord, and was knighted by King .
George. He is the head jot the great
munitions firm of V letters-Maxim,
and the war vastly increased a fortune
already large. He is interested !
in some valuable oil properties in the
Near East and is a rival of the great {
Stanard Oil and the Royal Dutcu i
Shell compauy. He has millions in- ,
vested in shipping, is prominent in j
some of the largest banking institu- ;
tions in France and is a half owner i
of the gaming palace at Monte Carlo.
He is said to have financed the mill- <
tiiry activities of Greece while Veni- i
zelos was in power, and there are <
many who say that his influence <
with Ldoyd George, always 'strong, ,
though carefully concealed, was one j
of the mainsprings of the British pol- j
icy in the Near East. In his charac- <
tcristic secretive way he is generous.
He has given largely to Ox'ford uui- ,
versity, the University of Paris and ,
the University of Petrograd. He
gave the money for the meeting of the <
Interparliamentary commission in
Purls, and he has given a great deal
to charitable causes.
In spite of all that, few persons
outside his circle of business associates
know the man even by sights
He is a tall, slender, gray-haired
man, 72 years old, who always wears
a red carnation in his buttonhole.
He has never married and is said to
avoid women, but so little is he
knbwn that in spite of his unquestioned
power in international business
and finance, and of his reputed
power in international politics, he
could walk the streets of Paris or
London unrecognized. Perhaps he is
not so rich and not so intuential as
he is suspected of being. Ihe very
air of mystery that surrounds him
may lead people to exaggerate his
importance and his power. But he is
evidently a remarkable person whose
story, it it could be told in full,
would no dotfbt be crowded with ill-.
UrMtint. not tn <ta v rnmnntlr> tnrl
dents. Not the least of his achieve- <
ments Is that ,in a n. age ot advertts- 1
lug he has been able to toll the press ?
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Thomas N. Brwln Dead. i
Following an illness ot exactly one '
week of grip and pneumonia, Thomas 't
N Brwln died at his home on lower i
Tom Hall street in Fort Mill Wed
nosday afternoon. Mr. Erwln left his '
work at the Heath Motor company, ?
wl ere he was employed as a machln- <
i*t,_on the Wednesday afternoon pre- 1
ceding his death and went to his
home with a sever cold, which de- l
veloped into pneumonia within a toW \
hours. His condition became critical <
the early part of the week gnd con- i
tinned to grow worse until the end i
came. Mr. Brwin was a member of i
Pleasant Hill Methodist church and. 1
whs a good man. He came to Fgrt i
Mill from Lancaster county to make J
his borne.here about a year ago and i
In that time had made many friends l
In Fort Mill who heard of his deatbi l
?Uh regret. He vu a boat 87 year* i
old and is survived by his widow gild 1
tour children, the oldest of whom is 4
a gtrld 10 years of age. Th9 inter*. 1
ment will be at Harrison Methodist >
ohcrch this afternoon. t
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Woald Ban Women's Collects. \
"Of all the foor things in the world* I
1 ^hink a college for women is the 1
wofct," wrot# Alonso B. See, mflllof*
hire elevator^, bnilder of New Tori
city ia reply to a letter from Add*
phi* college soliciting funds tor.gear t
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g wo?ld bunT all the womin'i ooito- J
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jRKWi OF TOBK COUNTY.
IteMse&C&eneral Interest Found In
ttbflorkiille Enquirer.
Christmas turkeys are being offered
by the farmers at 25 cents and
30 cents the pound. - Police
court fines and forfeitures
totaled about $400 for the month oi
November, according to the monthly
report of R. E. Steele, chief of police.
The majority of the convicts on the
icik county chaiugang have recently
oten inoculated with influenza serum
aue to me xact mat two or more cases
of the malady were discovered among
convicts last week. The county physician
was unable to give the flue serum
to all the'convicts because his
suiply ran out. It was stated Monday
that the remainder would be Inoculated
as soon as another supply
enuld be obtained.
Gilmore Deus and Hall Noisier,
convicts of the York county chaingung
who recently made their escape,
uro still at large. It was reported
lust week that a relative of Deas who
nves in Rock Hill would return the
two men to the chaingung, but so
tar nothing has come of It. Deas and
.Noisier were trusties ut the time they
rm ft*ay on Sunday night of last
week. Both men, who are white, had
been convicted of car breaking in
Rock Hill.
Citizens of Yorkville have 195 hogs
Lo kill this fall and winter, according
10 statistics gathered by R. E. Montgomery,
inspector for the board oj.
nealth. Mr. Montgomery has recently
inspected all of the hog pens in the
town and incidentally has counted
number of hogs in the pens. His
11 ant of 195 of coarse does not include
all of the little pigs, but he
pointed only those porkers large
tn.ough to kill for meat. He estimates
.liai the 195 hogs will average 166
[K.unds each. The total meat supply
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i.iiBtsu uy-' cn.iz.eiit>, according 10 IQiu
Liures, is 32,650 pounds.
The annual convenion of the South
-Molina Baptist association convened,
in Kock Hill Tuesday morning.
1 he sessions are being held in the
r.rst Baptist church in that city and
Jie. convention is expected to continue
through Thursday. vAbout 500
ieU-gates from all parts of the State
ire expected. J. J. Law ton of Hartsvi.'le
is president of the convention
u:u W. C. Allen of Dillon is secretary.
President Alulllns of the Southam
Baptist convention is expected to
lie present and address the convention/
Preparation of a list of registered
sillxens from whom will be drawn
those for Jury duty during the next
year was the principal business to
some before the York county registration
board which held its regular
ncnthly meeting Monday. Names of
Women voters were not included in
.ho list prepared by the board. Few
registration certificates wore issued
luring the day. Members of the regisation
board are iN. J. N. Bowen of
Yorkvlle, J. D. Gwin of Sharon and
P. E. Clinton of Rock Hill.
Senator Hart said this week that
various representatives of the federal
In artment of agriculture had already
begun writing him requesting
i bearing- before the delegation for
York county relative to the farm
bmonstration work for another year
LI has been reported that taxpayers
utboir annual meeting with .the deletion
just before the legislators go
o Courabia for the annual legislative
icssion will probably request that
*PI ropriatious lor the farm demon
itratlon agent and the woman's home
ion. onstration agent be discontinued
ihis year.
^"So tar this year about 1,400 hunting
licenses have been sold in York
put nty," said Dan T. Woods, York
ipt nty game warden, when asked
ibout the matter the other day. "1
ihlnk that compares favorably with
Mies up to this date last year,"' Mr.
Woods went on to say. "The only
record that I have on the matter
lust how Js the bank deposit slips
given me by the various sub^-agencies
'or hunting licenses that 1 have over
tho county. While I sell a good
many licenses myself direct, the great
majority of them are sold by my subigi-nts
over the county. I might add,
>1U ?K_* n>V.ll. 1
n.~ >u?v "unfl wo nun iota aoout as
ouany licenses as we generally do up
to this time, there has been mighty
Ifttle weather (it (or hunting and
Siose hunters to whom I havo talked
tupoit that they haven't had a bit of
luck."
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MeLenden Jeias Baptist Church.
,The Rev. Baxter McLendon, evanKelist
who' Is well known in FY>rt Mill,
lias aflllated himself with Calvary
Baptist church of Wilmington, N. C.,
according to a letter recenty written
truths pastor of that church, the
fter, J. A. Sullivan. ?
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It Isn't hard to guess who's boss
ureund*ths house If you boo the old
on sitting on the front porch with
lis shoes aft
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ISDAV, DECEMBER 7,1922****
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Fort Mill to Meet Gaffney Friday far
Championship Honors.
The football team of the Fort Mill
lugh School will go to Spartanburg
tomorrow morning' to play the Gaffney
high school team for the championship
of the upper section of the
State. The game will be played on
the Wofford college field at 2:30
o'clock and it Ir thought that ( will
be witnessed by a large crowd. A
number of Fort Mil fans are planning
to make the trip to Spartanburg toil
orrow morning in their cars for the
game. The winner of thie game will
play the Thornwell orphanage team
for the championship of western
South Carolina and. will later meet
a team from the lower section of the
St) te, perhaps Charleston, for the
high srliool championship of Soutn
Carolina.
Gaftney has a strong team, as is
evidenced by the fact that last Thursday
afternoon she tied the Hock Hill
eleven. Local- football enthusiasts
believe, nevertheless, that the Fort
!> Ill boys stand an excellent chance
of winning. The local team has an
undefeated record for the season.
They have scored 310 points to their
opponents' 15 in seven games. It was
realized that the Fort Mill team was
a good one when the boys so completely
outclassed the heavy Abbev.ilo
team brougli here for the game
lust Thursday by Major James D.
Full), with the avowed purpose of
"licking Fort Mill.'
Although the Fort Mill team owes
its present position as champion of
the Catawba association to the action
of the South Caroina high school
committee in ruling out Kock Hiil
und Chester, the team nevertheless
deserves much credit for the clean
g, me the boys have played. Coach
Hct th belk also deserves much credit
for the invaluabe assistance he has
given the boys.
Mrs. A. A. Young Dead.
The funeral of .Mrs. A. A. Young,
who died at the home of her son, Alex
E. Young, in Hock Hill last Thursday
n'ght, was held at the home Friday
evening and the interment was in
the Eort Mill cemetery a few hours
thereafter. Mrs. Toung had been in
declining health for several months
ai.d for several days preceding be
death it was known that the end was
near.
Prior to a few years ago, when she
moved to Rock Hill to make her home,
Mrs. Young had lived in Fort Mill for
about 40 years and had many friends
ivre who greatly regretted to hear of
her death. The fneral services were
conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. W. H. ,
Dyches, pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist
church, and the Rev. Dr. R. W.
Alexander, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Roc^ Hill. Mrs. Young
was a devoted member of the Baptist
church and took great interest In
its work. She was 78 years old and
was born in Kershaw county.
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tuuug is survived oy inreo
sons, J. T. Young of Fort Mill, Manly
S. Young of Concord, N. C., and Alex
F5. Young of Rock Hill, and four ;
daughters, Mrs. J. B. Mills of Fort
Mill, Mrs. J. E. Bruce of Winnsboro, i
Mrs. R. V. Macon of Macon, Qa., and
Mrs. E. E. Baker of Atlanta, and by
a number of grandchildren. ,
Delegation to Meet Monday.
A. A. McKeown, district farm dem- ,
onstration agent for upper South Carolina,
came to Fort Mill Wednesday ,
afternoon to consult with Dr. J. L.
Spratt and W. R. Bj-adfor I, York ,
members of the Legislature, relative
to continuing for another year tho
work of the demonstration agent in ,
York county. Recently there has
been opposition expressed by taxpayers
in different sections of the eouuty ,
to the work of both the county dem- <
onstration agent and the woman's ,
home demonstration agent. It is not
yet known what the attitude st the (
legislative delegation will be toward ,
continuing the work of the agents; ,
uui me maiier win oe gone mio at > (
special meeting of the delo-i itlon |
which Senator John K*. Hart has c *11- ,
e?l for next Monday morning at the ]
ciurt house in York, when .Mr. Mc- J
Keown and perhaps others interested
in keeping the work going will be ;
heard. It is certain, however, that ,
the delegation will not reacu a decision
until those who are op? *sed to- ,
the work have been given a hearing. <
mMO for Strawberry Plant
Frank EL Beatty, president of a (
nursery firm In Michigan, haa just ,
paid #60,000. for one RockhlU straw- ^
berry plant, gaining the exclusive ,
right to propagate the berry., The ,
plant was originated by Harlow ,
Rrekhlll of Iowa, and is almost ss t
large as a bushel bosket Mr. Beatty
says he will risk his reputation as ,
an expert that the new plant will j
revolutionise the industry, producing ]
more and bettor harries from early ,
spring aatU snow files.
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BOKM0BS OF EAJETH SHOCKS
Tidal W?tm Also Force of Nature
That Brlmf Disaster.
"The United States has been singularly
tree from recorded earthquakes,
perhaps the 'most disastrous
being in 1811, when a very severe
shock occurred in the Mississippi
valley south of the Ohio, which was
felt in Mew York in one direction and
the "West Indies in another," says a
bulletin of the National Qeographic
society. "This * earthquake changed
tbc face of the earth. A vast extent
of land was sunk, lakes were formed.
and even the course of the Mississippi
river was changed (or a time.
"Most of the earthquakes occurring
of late years can hardly be classed
with the great ones of history,
nearly all of the destruction being
caused by uncontrollable fires. In
the more stable tones long periods
may elapse between shocks, as for
instance, in Kingston, Jamaica, 216
years Intervened.
"The cause of earthquakes and volcanoes
is an elusive problem, not yet
settled to the satisfaction of the scientist.
Tremors of the earth may be
caused by many things. The explosion
of mines, falling in of caves,
slipping in of rock strata, and many
other movements of the earth may
cause them; but for the great shocks
which have occurred almost since the
history of the world began we must
look further.
"Though many times there seems
tc be an intimate connection between
earthquakes and volcanoes, the law
regarding them has not been established.
Some remarkable coincidences
have been observed in late years. The
terrible cataclysm of.Mount Pelee,
which, on May 8, 1902, almost Instantly
killed 30,000 inhabitants, was
preceded by the earthquake which in
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jui>uui y auu April ,ui me same year
wrecked a number of cities in Mexico
anu Guatemala- The distance between
these points is at least 2,000
miles, showing how deepseated must*
have been the disturbance, if, as has
been mutgested, there was a communkatjnt
between them. The great
SinlM^clsco earthquake was precedHHBly
two days by one of the
rao^HfKtent eruptions of Vesuv^p
reconKd in many years. *
"The greatest of recent volcanic
disturbances which blew the top off
of Mount Katmai in Alaska and gave
birth of the wonderful Valley of Ten
Ihuosand Smokes waB preceded and
accompanied by a series of severe
earthquakes."
Admiral Billings described the
great tidal wave which he saw at
Arica, then in Peru, some years ago. 1
He was an officer on the U. S. S Wateree,
which was anchored in the her- 1
bor at Arica at the time of the cataclysm.
"Some time after the initial tremor,"
he wrote, "the sea receded until
the shipping was left stranded,
while as far to seaward as our vision
jvould reach we saw the rocky
uouom 01 me sea, never Deiore exposed
to human gaze, with struggling fish
and monsters of the deep left
high and dry. The round-bottomed
ships keeled over on their beam ends, 1
while the Wateree rested easily on
her floor-like bottom; and when the
returning sea, not like a wave, but
rather like an enormous tide, came
sweeping back, rolling our unfortu- .
nate companion ships over ahd over,
leaving some bottom' up and others i
masses of wreckage, the Wateree
rose easily over the tossing waters
unharmed.
"From this moment the sea seemed <
Lo defy the laws of nature. Currents I
ran in contrary directions, and we <
were borne here and there with a 1
speed we coud not have equaled had 1
we been steaming for our lives. At <
irregular intervals the earthquake 1
shocks recurred, but none of them <
so violent or long continued as the
first. 1
"About 8:30 p. m. the lookout hail- 1
nv. the deck and reported a breaker <
approaching.. Looking seaward, we I
saw, first, k thin line of phosphorescent
light, which loomed higher and >
higher until it seemed to touch the <
sky; its crest, crowned with the death <
lipht of phosphorescent glow, show- I
ing the sullen masses of water below.
Heralded by the thundering I
roar of a thousand breakers combined.
the dreadful tidal wave was upon i
un at last. Of all the horrors of this
dreadful time, this seemed the worst.* i
Chained to the spot, helpless to es* <
cape, with all the preparations made i
which human skill could suggest, ws i
could but watch the monster ware I
approach without the sustaining help I
of action. That the ship could ride i
through the masses of water about to 1
overwhelm us seemed Impossible. We <
could only grip the lifeline and wait <
the coming catastrophe. i
"With a crash our gallant ship was ?
overwhelmed and burled deep beneath I
a semi-solid mass of sand and water, j
For a breathless eternity We were i
aubmerged; then/groaning la every j
timber, the staunch , old Wateree <
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SHOULD GBOW LESS COTTON.
Mr. Lee Tkbki Bell WeeiO a Ffriead
to bitten Farmers.
Editor Fort Mill Times:
Since the writer has received several
requests for another article on
the cotton situation, the farmer's
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general, I have some slight hope oi
doing- a little good; and if I do not
state facts, 1 want some one to call
me.
This is a beautiful, sunshiny
Thanksgiving day over the sunny
South'B cotton fields, and the uppermost
thought in my mind at this moment
is, how thankful we should be
for the boll weevil. It is the most astonishing
thing to me why our experiment
stations ^nd government agents
are strugglng to exterminate the weevil.
Is it not a-fact that previous to
the entry of the boll weevil thul cotton
sold ou the streets of Fort Mill
and all over the heartbroken South
tci 5 cents per pound?
It is always the last 3 or 4 million
bales of the crop that break the market.
It is hard to imagine a race of
people so foolish as to stuggle to
kill something that God seut that
row makes the price of cotton 25
cents rather than 5 cents per pound
A 15 million bale crop means not ovei
10 cents per pound, or 75 million dollars;
a 10 million bale crop means 1
billion 250 million dollars, and with
lets expense?or certainly not more
expense?or a difference of half a
billion dollars.
In other words, the boll weevil.
causes the farmer to get for every
It he got before the weevil came.
Why struggle to grow two bales of
cotton where only one Is required,
and at he same time blight the lives
and happiness of millions of bojsund
girls over our Southland, while the
millionaires In England and New
England wake up at midnight tnd
laugh at the crn*y fools down South?
As I see it, the government is
spending untold thousands to kill the
weevil and thereby keep the South of
our fathers crippled and down and
out- Deny it If you can. No one
has ever accused the cotton farmer
of the ability to look out for himself,
and already they are planning u
bumper crop for next year and signiug
their own death warrant to financial
independence-1-!! the weevil lets
it grow as the farmer plans.
It has been one continual fight
this soason to keep the cotton price
up, even in the face oi two short
crops in succession, and also a short %
crop in Egypt and India- What will
it be, friends, with a big yield all
over the world? If they raise a bumper
crop next year it will be funny
to stand on the Btreet corners and
in our stores and listen to to the cotton
growers talk aq the price tumbles.
It will be like a thief cursing
himself for getting cuught. Remember
that people must eat, but they
can do with mighty little clothes.
Adam and Eve got in trouble over
eating, not dressing, and there's a lot
of Adams and Eves in our midst today
(apologies where due).
The road to happiness and contentment
points to less cotton than ever,
more good things to eat, more good
roads to ride over in Uod's sunlight
and moonlight. And as we dream,
the light of a wonderful day will
dawn over the fair South.
Behj. M- Lee.
Fort Mill, Nov. 30.
utrugged again to the surface, with
ber gasping crew still clinging to
the lifelines?some few seriously
wounded, bruised and battered; none
killed; not even one missing. A miracle
it seemed to us then, and as I %
look back through the years it seems
doubly miraculous now.
"Undoubtedly our safety was due to
me design or the ship which permitted
the water to run off the deck
of the ship as it wouid from a raft or
Floating plank.
"The ship was swept on rapidly for
& time, bat after a while the motion
ceased, and, lowering a lantern over
the side, we found ourselves on shore,
but where, we knew not. Smaller
waves washed about us for a time,
but presently they ceased.
"The morning sun broke on a
scene of desolation seldom witnessed.
We found ourselves high and dry in
a little cove, or rather indentation in
Lhe coast line. We had been carried
some tbree miles np the coast and
nearly two miles inland. The wave
had carried us over the san dunes
bordering the ocean, across a valley,
and over the railroad track, leaving
us at the foot of the soacoaat range
of the Andes. On the nearly perpendicular
frpnt of the mountain our
iwiTifaiur uucvrarea in* mama 01
tie tidal wave, and by maaauramants
found It bad baan 47 faat high, not
Including tha comb. Had* tba wara
carriad ua 200 faat furtbar, wa would
luavttably bava baan daabad to plteaa
against tba mountain Ida."
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