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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
WEST LEADS THE WAY
IN FOREST PROTECTION

Washington. ID. c.. May IA cam.
paign to arouse public sent iment for the
better protection of forests against fire
that promises to become nat ION wide has
been started in the west and is rapidly
gaining headway. it is announced by the
forest service, of the United States de
partment Of agriculture. The govern
ors of a number of western states have
issued prorlamations designating May
23-29 as forest protection week" and
urging all citizens that they unite their
best efforts tn prevent and suppress for
est fires. In addition the movement has
the active support of churches. CONNER
cial associations. rotary clubs, schools.
fraternal societies, and number of 9th
er organizations. The object of forest
protection week is to bring forribly
home to the public the need of care to
prevent fires from starting, and Of encr-
gctic efforts to put out forest fires
quickly, If they do start.
The new movement is unprarcdcnt ed
in this country and will he of much i'm.
portance in Safeguarding the nations
forests and spreading the demand for
their better safeguarding, officials of the
forest service state. The west. they saw.
is now gradually alive to the Importance
of Keeping fire ont of the woods. This
is partly because of the great value of
the present stand of timber. but it is
also because of growing recognition of
the Importance of permanent forests and
stable Industries.
large proportion of the fires which
have in recent years caused the loss of
hundreds of millions of feet of timber in
the west are man caused and prevent.
able. This fact has stimulated deter.
mination to cut down the number of
fires. In aggressive action the west has.
on the whole. decidedly taken the lead
over the east where. in many states. il
is said little effort is made To protect the
forests against fire.
Proclamations calling for public oh
servance of week have been or will b,
issued by the governors of Colorado. Cali
fornia, Idaho. Oregon, Utah. Montana
Wyoming. South Dakota. and Washing
ton. In New Mexico the governor pro-
claimed Arbor Day as fire protection day
The movement is backed by strong pub.
lie sentiment in practically all of the
Rocky Mountain and far western states.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
GONZALES WILL NOT BE
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT

Mrxic" City. May l7.-Gen. Pablo
Gonzales announced formally and def
nitely his retirement from the Mexican
presidential race.
Gen. Alvaro Obregon is the ONLY re-
manning presidential candidate mles,
(gnario IsonillaS should return to Nexi.
" which Is considered improbable. Gon
mlcs action is accepted ~ meaning the
elimination of any chance Of friction
'rtwe"n himself and Ohrrgom. the two
'hirf- military lead,r- nf the Liberal
revolutionary party.
In statement attributed to General
Pabl" Gonzales. the newspaper Universal
ays Gonzales "practicnlly recognizes the
plan Of Agum Prieta." He does not con
>'drr the plan necessary. the paper SAYS
since both he and General Ohregon are
"ndravoring To conduct the liberal revo.
iuti"nary movement along constitutional
lines by having congress appoint an ad
interim president, following which the
presidential candidates can conduct their
campaign and the successful candidut -
take office.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Carranza Forces Surrounded.

Mexic" City. May lit is reported
here that the CarranZa forces are ont
numbered. with no water or provisions.
and are surrounded. They fought brave
v, il was stated. in the face of superior
odds, holding the rebels back while Car
rama and General Murguia. the leaders.
fed to the mountains.
A rebel messenger reached General
Murguia with u note containing safe
'onduct pass for Carranza. if the latter
would surrender. Murgua t're the mes,
sage up.
Carranza's horse was shot from under
him during the fighting. but he secured
4 new mount and led the charge again
The federal forces first expected tu
receive help from General Sabchcz. who
has joined the rebels. When this failed
the federals retreated and in the con,
fusion the forces were cut up. CarranZa
and members of his cabinet being sepa
rated.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
INTERESTING PROGRAM
FOR NAWSPAFER MEN

Unusual preparations have been made
for the entertainment of the South
Carolina Press association at its 44th
annual meeting in Rock Hill on June
and 10. The sessions of the associa-
tion are to be held i'm the Winthrop
College auditorium and the members
will be entertainedain the dormitories
of the college. According to the Rock
Hill Record, one of whose editors,
y. X. Williams, had much to do with
bringing the meeting to Rock Hill, u
record-breaking attendance of news
paper men is expected. The executive
committee has planned a practical
program and there will be a full and
thorough discussion of the every day
problems the publisher has had to face
during the war and the period of re-
adjustment following. The high cost
OF print paper is expected to be con-
sldered at length at the meeting, but
1t IS doubtful whether anything can be
done to relieve the situation. The
program of the meeting follows:
Wednesday Morning Session
Should Publishers Adopt Uniform
Advertising Contract?" H. G. Osteen,
Sumter Daily Item.
THE Labor Problem in the Printing
Office G. c. Muller of The State
company, Columbia.
1.-The Two-tifty Weekly" X. l..
Freeman, Pee Dee Advocate, Ben
nettsville.
Afternoon Session
THE Profit Sharing Plan With EN-
ployes-Have You Tried It," K. M.
Hit, Bamberg Rerald.
"A Fair Advertising Rate for the
Weekly Newspapers. 4. ii. Coker,
Hartsville Messenger.
Thursday Morning Session
THE Newspapers of Tomorrow, :"
Robert Latham, The News and Courier,
Charleston.
''The Value of Modern Accounting
System in the Printing Office" w. b.
Swindell, Greenville Piedmont.
why the Weekly Should Cover Its
Own Individual Field" T. M. Seawell,
Winnsboro News and Herald.
Afternoon Session. -'--
blackboard Demonstration of Cost
Finding" by representatives of "The
Franklin Price List. -
Putting Business Methods Into the
Publishing Buainess. c. p. Brown,
Anderson Daily Mail.
Round table discussion; memorial
service; reports of committees; election
of officers.
Evening Session
'"The South Carolina Development
Board George K. Wheeler.
Annual address by Jason Rogers,
publisher of the New York Globe.
Musical; reception.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Wash Wants Investigation.

Washington, May Ex-senator Walsh
Of Massachusetts, today introduced a
resolution in the senate. providing for
an investigate ion into the relation be-
tween the high prices of necessities and
the concentration of wealth.
The investigation would he made by
five senators. who, he said should an.
thorize the publication of income tax
returns, the showing of extortionate
profits by dealers in food fuel and
clothes. in the newspapers. Senator
Walsh declared the country seemed in
fested with n band of robbers. com
bines and trusts. by tacit if not actua |
agreement, to hold their products for
constantly increasing gain and To ruth
lessly exploit the buyers.
He said as this atrocious material
Ism increases the government. ont side n
few weak and insignificant attempts. ha =
n"f even attempted the solution of the
high prices.
The senator said that newSprint could
be sold at reasonable profit ut three
cents pound. but the publishers could
not buy it for less than six cents.
He contended that the rising wages
played only n small part in the increas-
ed prices.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
FARMERS WANT PARTIES
TO RECOGNIZE NEEDS

Washington. May lit was learned
mere that the organized farmers are
p'nnu'n" to force the recognition Of
their wants in the platforms of the
presidential parties.
The political leaders of both parties
have been warned that unless recogmi.
tion * obtained there is u possibility of
organizing Il new marty
Secretary Charles A. Lyman. of the
national board of farm organizations.
stated today that hundreds of farmers
representatives were going to the con
vcntions working for the planks the far
mers desire. A committee to speak for
two million farmers is affiliated with
the hoard.
Lyman said the reforms desired by
the farmers are: Amend the present an.
t-trust laws giving the farmers the op-
portunity to buy and sell food through
cooperative organizations without the
menace of prosecution and imprisonment
on the CHARGE Of monopoly; new legis.
lation regulating the packing industry.
establishing real competition and stop
ping the exploitation by packers and
farmer stock .raisers: government opera /.
tion of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant
providing fertilizers at a reasonable cost
and thereby removing the American far
merss from the menace of the Chilean
nitrate trust.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Baptists End Convention.

Washington, May 1.-THE Diamond
convention of the Southern Baptist
church, described ~ the greatest in the
history of the church. came TO an end
today with the adoption of the report
"f The committee 0u t,mpcrance and So
cial service aud Of recommended i'm
That the constitution of the Imtc.l
States be 81 amended a. to prohibit
he Us" nf public funds. for the support
of certain in ,::tutinns
An attack on the. national board of
ren~ors was stricken from the report he
fore it, adoption upon the suggestion of
DIR. W. w. Landrum Of RIssellville. Ky.
DIR. landrum argued that the attack
was 'hbelouS i'm character and might
lead to the recovery of heavy damages
from the convention. He agreed with
the spirit which had prompted the state
ment.
Amendment to the constitution to pro.
hibitssth hR- ,tse OF money raised by the
government through taxation or other.
wise for defraying the expenses of sec
tartan institutions was proposed by DR..
j. b. Gambrell. president of the conven.
tion. DIR. Gamhrell declared it his be.
lief that every religious order should
pay its own expenses.
Progress made in the establishment of
II theological seminary for negroes wa
reported To the convention and the pro
ject indorsed hy two negr" Baptist
preachers, DIR. j. w. Bailey of Chicago
and DIR. George q. Bullock Of Washing,
ton.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Kanawha CHAPTER Meets.

Meeting with Mrs. T. B. Spratt as
hostess, an unusually interesting sess-
ion of Kanawha chapter, d. A. R., claim
ed the attention of the members a
few days ago. A report of the recent
d. A. X. congress held in Washington
was read from Miss Susie White, a
member of the chapter who is now in
the government service at the national
capital and was fortunate enough to be
able to attend the sessions of the con-
gress. The report submitted to the
congress by the State regent, Mrs.
E. w. Duvall of Cheraw, also claimed
the attention Of the members, who were
pleased to learn that after the congress
listened to the splendid report of Mrs.
Duvall in which she stressed the work
being done for mountain girls at
Tomassee school, near Walhalla, the
congress appropriated $1,000 for the
school, which is the only one of the kind
in the country supported entirely by
the d. A. X. A feature of the meeting
was the display of World war photo
graphs, principally of the 3Oth division,
in Belgium and France, by Mrs. Spratt,
the photographs having only recently
been received by her husband, Col. T.
B. Spratt. The chapter is planning to
soon ask a silver offering for Tomassee
school.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
LACK OF FARM LAPOR
MAY CUT FOOD CROPS

New York. Nav l3-Ssri riolls shortage
"i food next fall and even higher rri ers
than those which now prevail are in
prospect as Il result of the nation wide
-hnrtage of farm labor. Farmers are su
handicapped by lack of help and the
backward season that acreage devoted
{" staple crops. such as wheat. corn.
oats, rye. and potatoes has been heavily
reduced in every section of the country.
Reports To the Standard Daily Trade
Service. which has made a national sur.
N"y OF the situa tion. Indicate that the
L'bor shortage will probably become
,yrn more critical as harvest time ap.
'r"aches.
Everywhere plowing and planting are
lar behind schedule. In some districts,
i is asserted. reports indicate that not
more than 30 per cent of the plowmg
and planting usually finished at this
time "f the year has been done.
Farm production in New York
tate" the Trade Service asserts. "will
br from IL To - per cent below last
wears output. mainly because of the
lack Of help. In Pennsylvania 81 per
IN adequate supply of workers. and the
prospects are for an even more severe
shortage during the crop garnering pc
riod. The state secretary of agriculture
says the food supply probably will he
seriously affected. In New England the
farm labor supply is from 81 to ~ per
'rnt below normal, and ~ per cent re.
duction in the acreage devoted to gene
raj farm crops is the result. The re-
'lurti"n in market garden acreage is
wen more serious. being estimated at
not less than 80 per cent
''ln the federal reserve district of
which Cleveland i the center the situa
"n is :" serious that bitter struggle
: going on betty the farming and
Industrial organizations for the labor
supply. Manufacturers have comhed the
rarnIs of the district for workers. so that
farm agents say one will not find half IA
i"zen young men ON the farms in full
lays travel. Now the farming organi
/atl"nS are sending recruiting agents
rectly into automobile plants and 9th
y factories i'll IA desperate attempt to
vim back some of their hands.
THE shortage is described as alarm
'ng IN the Chicago district. and heavy
""dn"ti"n in acreage is reported Similar
"nditions are reported from st. Louis.
L: "t'ady help farmers are offering so
/ month and such attractions as short
hours. house. garden. pasture for II
I"rS" and COW, 5n0 pounds of pork
md part of the fruit crop.
I'm th" northwest many farmers are
ABANDONING or greatly reducing their
'Nnal crops and are planting hay and
.iher things which can he handled with
I minimum amount of labor.
The Mississippi Valley is short at
east 100000 men, and grave fears of
he prospect during the harvesting pc.
Rod are entertained. The situation i'm
the South is generally the sam" - ant
"Nlsting III most other I""rE'ie>. On
he Pacific Coast, how""'. he SHORTAGE
of labor apparently j. less acute than
n other sections -
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Army of Census Clerks Busy.

Washington. May II. Aided bv com
ph"ated machines which perform mir
acies of automatic calculation, 1000 ex.
pert statisticians and clerks i'm the en-
pioy of the census bureau here now are
sorting and classifying the grcntrst mass
~ statistical information ever collected
The population of the United States
viii be ready for announcement some
time in October under present pluns. III
rector Sam l.. Rogers said today. This
ln"qn aq ol polnodNI Inol unlluIndod
l0d.WD.O00. will be announced also bv
states. State population Announce.
m"nts will begin to issue from the bu.
reau in about six weeks.
Announcement of city populations be-
"an February 81 and about 600 have
been made. At least 900 more city
population announcements may be- ~
Pected, bureau officials estimate.
congressman. senators. civic organiza
tl"n representatives and urwspaprrm,m
appear Mt the census bureau twice daily
t" r"ceirc city population announce
mrnts. Each by special Telephone or
telegraph arrangements previously set
up. tries to IL" the first T." get ia" new
I" his home town or city of It's new noe
count.
Newspapers extra" on il and crowd.
gather nt bulletin boards. lis biz
news. census bureau officials are told
Local b"oStcrs cheer sometimes
Complaints are flooding the bureau
lhryr" usually from local boostrrS. civic
bodies and sonnet imps irnn ,I,,, n,I.r. al
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Watching Mexican Conditions.

Washington. May lS.-The American
embassy at Mexico City will observe
and report" the developmsr>,s arising
during the reconstruction period in
Mexico. il was stated here today
Should Henry Morgenthau he con
firmed as ambassador to Mexico. he
would he held in this country until the
situation is cleared in Mexico by the
establishment of a provisional govern
mcnt that establishes some semblance
of order.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
COMMISSION ORDERS
TEST FOR POSTMASTER

To fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Postmaster b. FL. Mas
sey of Fort Mill, the civil service COM
mission. I'm response to the request of
the postmaster general, announces that
an examination will be held in Rock
Hill on Wednesday. June l6. The
compensation of the postmaster at
Fort Mill is 81, 500 annually.
TO be eligible for the examinatiop.n
applicant must be citizen of the
United States, must actually reside
within the delivery of the office and
have so resided at the time the vacancy
occurred. Applicants also must have
reached their 2lst but not their 65th
birthday on the date of the examina-
tion to comply with tn. rules of the
civil service commission.
Competitors will be examined in the
subjects of arithmetic and accounts,
with weight of 30 per cent. penman-
manship, 10 per cent; lette, writing,
25 per cent. and business training and
experience 35 per cent. The subject of
business training and experience will be
rated on the applicants sworn state
ments in his application, supplemented
by careful inquiry by the civil service
commission.
The necessary application form and
full information concerning the exami-
nation may be secured from Post
master Massey at the Fort Mill office
or from the civil service commission.
Washington, ID. c., and applications
should be properly executed and filed
with the commission vt Washington in
time to arrange for the examination of
the applicant.
Postmaster Massey rendered his
resignation to the department about
two weeks ago, with the request that
it become effective July |, after serv-
ing 20 years as the head of the Fort
Mill office
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
SALE OF SOFT DRINKS
IN FORT MILL SUNDAYS

An amendment proposed by J. G. Nc
Elhaney, alderman from Ward 2, to the
Sunday closing law permitting the sale
of soft drings in Fort Mill on the Sab
bath between the hours of s and $50
a. m. and and 600 p. m. was adopted
by town council at its regular monthly
meeting last night. The amendment
also permits the sale of gasoline in Fort
Mill on the Sabbath. Besides amend
ing the Sunday closing law, council
passed an ordinance relative to the
parking of motor vehicles on Main
street.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Pension Money Distributed.

Each of the 28l York county Con-
federate pensioners will receive as his
allotment of the 5000. 900 appropriated
for pensions at the last session of the
General Assembly $5s. making a total
for the county of SIG, 299. The pension
money was sent out from Columbia by
the pension commissioner last Friday,
after weeks of delay, due. it was said,
to the failure of the judges of probate
insseveral counties TO forward to the
commissioner lists of the pensioners in
their respective counties.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Should Not Enter Senate Race.
Rock Hill Record.

Rock Hill Record.
We hope there is no truth in the
report that Representative Bradford
of Fort Mill is considering entering
the senatorial race this summer, to
succeed Senator Beamguard, who has
announced that he will not stand
for reelection. Mr.. Bradford is a
mighty valuable man as chairman of
the ways and means committee of
the lower house. and we hope he will
decide to stay in the house where
he has proved himself of great ser
vice to the people of York county and
the State generally.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20

Mrs. Margaret Edwards, wife of
Capt. w. H. Edwards of Chester, died
at her home in that city last Wednes-
day in the ssth year of her age. Mrs.
Edwards had been an invalid for the
last IL years. Her husband, Capt.
Edwards. served one term number of
years ago as superintendent of educa-
tion of York county and is well known
in this section.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Steele Released From Asylum.
Y orkville Enquirer.

1orkVille Enquirer.
William Barron Steele. SO, of Rock
Hill, carpenter, member of a well
known family of that city, committed
to the State Hospital for the Insane at
Columbia several weeks ago. on the
ground that he was lunatic dangerous
to himself, has been released. physi-
clans at the hospital. after thorough
examination. having returned an opin-
ion that he is not insane. Mr.. Steele,
according to Constable w. s. Peters, is
now living with ais brother. John Steele,
at Great Falls, Chester county.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
York to Improve Streets.

A petition asking that the question of
a bond issue in the sum of $27. 900 for
street improvements in York be sub
mitted to the voters of the town for de-
cision is being generally signed and will
soon bear the number of signatures
requisite for the calling of an election,
it is stated. Last year York voted
100000 worth of bonds for cement
sidewalks and asphalt streets.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Women Not to Vote in Primary

Meeting in Columbia yesterday, the
State Democratic convention elected +.
+. Cothran State chairman, indorsed
the Wilson administration, refused to
allow women to vote in the party pri-
mary and selected Governor Cooper,
Senator Smith. Congressman Byrnes
and Ex-Governor Manning delegates at
large to the San Francisco convention.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20

London. May IA Frankfott dis
patch received today states the French
government has demanded of Germany
that she post n million marks as a for
feit and that she. deliver six hostages
as guarantee against demonstrations
when the French troops are withdrawn
from the occupied zones in Germany.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20

Washington. May II 'nonicial ad
ices today from Mexico City said more
fighting is expected between the Car.
rama forces and the rebels. unless Car.
rama accepts the terms offered by Gen
eral Jeconto Trevino, rebel commander.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
Big Club House Burned.

Danville, May 1.-THE Marshall Field
club house, at the company plant a"'r
Spray, was burned Sunday. The build.
ing was of logs and cost about $4,000
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-20
BARRIERS on Strike.

New York, May l7.-Ten Thousand
BARRIERS are on strike here. They are
demanding a weekly wage of $40. with
half of all over $40 taken in during the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

He was an honest and respected
citizen OF this city for $ years.
On Sept. 10. 1891 he was uni
ted in marriage TO Miss Emma
Hawkins, and they lived happily
together for nearly 20 years.
He was a charter member OF
the end Baptist church and served
as Deacon and Treasurer.
He was loving husband. a
good provider. and a Christian
neighbor and friend.
When he realized that the end
was near, he called his wife 10
him and said, BE strong and
trust in the Lord and He will take
care OF you - He further added
II was in jordan, yesterday and
today am crossing, the water is
chilly. but my Father is with me.
He told ooe OF his neighbors
the following:
I'm going away m going to
Heaven, to walk the streets OF the
New Jerusalem and no body can
keep me out. I'm going Home =
He was a member of the Guild
ing Star Lodge. No. so, +. 4 A.
M, also member OF Diamond
chapter No. 81, o. +. S.
He leaves loving wife. BROTH
er, father-in-law and other rela-
tives and friends 10 mourn his loss.
Dear is the spot where christians
sleep.
And sweet the strains that angels pour
o, why should we in anguish weep?
They are bot lost hutgo before. ;"