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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03
NORTH CAROLINA HOLDS
PRIMARY YTORG GOVERNOR

One of the most interesting cam
paigns that North Carolina has passed
through III recent years for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the governorship
may culminat" Saturday in the prima-
ry election. There are three candidates
for the nomination. Cameron Morrison
of Charlotte. q. Max Gardner of Shelby
and Robert \. Page of BiScor. Each
has travelled thousands Of miles over
the State speaking to the voters. Gard
nrr is now lieutenant governor, Page is
II former congressman and Morrison is
Il lawyer who has not heretofore sought
public office.
M"cklrnburg Morrison's home coun-
ty. just across the State line from York
county. is expected to give the Char
lottr man Il big vote. but friends of
Page and Gardner who have recently
been in Fort Mill stated that at best
tn" Charlotte candidate would not get
majority of the Mrcklcuhurg vote.
though they We're willing to cnncede him
Il plurality there. MorriSOn'S friends.
however, ar" counting heavily on the
support h" is SAID to hr receiving from
the Simmnns machine and are certain
h" will hr i'm the second primary.
Gardner is the Youngest of the three
randldatrs. being only - years of age.
but IL" has lived long enough to make a
big success farming and practicing law.
Last year ON his farm near Shelby he
raised 100 bales of crtton on $50 acres.
Mr.. Gardner has not been without his
troubles III the campaign. however. for
the labor unions have been after him.
MIR. Pages campaign extended over
most of the State and he is said to have
made good impression everywhere he
spoke. For several years Mr.. Page
represented his district in Congress,
but voluntarily retired at the expiration
of the term he was serving when war
was declared on Germany, stating that
he could not agree with all the policies
of the president and that he would not
stay in Congress and vote against his
conscirnc, or what the people consid-
cred the interest of the country
If neither of the three candidates re-
c"ivcs Il majority in the primary Satur-
| day the two candidates with the high
est vote will enter the second primary.
| To be held IL few days hence. The best
| Informed politicians in North Carolina
are said to have agreed that a second
: primary will be necessary and that the
race will then be between Morrison and
! Page. with the chances in favor of Page
winning the nomination.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03
Visits Old Home IN ltaly .

j. G.. Sass. we'll known monument
dealer and popular York citizen. who
is known to many people in the east
ern section Of the county, will leave
soon on trip to his old home in Italy
which he left about 30 years ago. Mr.
Sassi plans to surprise relatives and
friends in his native town and for this
reason has not notified them of his
coming. He will br accompanied on
the trip by Mrs. Sassi. The village is
in the rugged mountain country on
the Swiss frontier. being separated
from that country 10y river. Since
coming to York number of years ago
Mr.. Sassi has become successful
business man and a public spirited
citizen who has been identified with
every movement having for its object
the welfare Of the Community.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03
Wants Road Repaired

81 venture the assertion that the
condition of the old State road about
which The Times printed an article u
few weeks ago and in which it was
stated that the road was greatly ia
need of repairs has nothing OH the
Fort Mill-Rock Hill highway" OBJ
served a Fort Mill citizen yesterday.
The public is entitled to more con
sideration than is shown by the authori-
ties in the neglect of this road. What
becomes of the automobile license fund
and the other funds created by law for
the improvement of the public high
ways? should think the people ought
to be given little light on the subject.
The road between Fort Mill and tHt.
Catawba river bridge could be- put in
good condition with the expenditure of
a relatively small amount of money,
but for some reason the work is not
done. | am told that few weeks ago
citizen of this place offered to re-
pair the road without charging the,
county cent of profit for the work,
but the authorities after promising to
see about it never did anything" &"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03
New Telephone Switchboard

=. l." Meacham. proprietor of the
Fort Mill telephone exchange, has just
finished the installation of new
switch board which promises much in
the way of improved service for sub
scrlb"rs. The new switch board is
provided with IA number of features
lacking in the old switch board which
it suppIanted and will accommodate
300 lines. Features of the switch
board are the night alarm. code alarm,
double supervision of all cord circuits
and repeating calls Oh every circuit.
1t was installed with a minimum of
Inconvenience to subscribers, only two
lines being disconnected during the time
the work was in progress. Full duy
and night service is now maintained by
the exchange, which has about 300 sub
scribrrs.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03
Interest in Census Figures.

Crowds gather daily at the census
bureau in Washington to receive the
latest census figures, and then comes
the rush of newspaper men. congress
men and civic organization rrpre-
sentatives to be the first to wire the
count "home."
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES

Japan is proposing to build two battle
cruisers and % other warships. be
ginning with the next fiscal year.
The gross loss II the o. Scrnmrnt i'm
its operation of the railroads during
federal control was $500. AS. 600. ac-
cording to Swagrr Shcrlcy. railroad
administration director of finance
Workmen eXcavating for Il cellar
under the house on the John {. Hardin
farm near Greensboro. Ind, dug up an
earthenware jar which contained
ST. ,325 in gold coins that ranged in de
nomination from s. to $50 pieces
That the president pardon all persons
who. while in the military service dur
ing the World war. We're convicted 10y
courtmartiul of otfrnSrS not involving
moral turpitudr is recommended i'm a
joint resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Schall, Republican. of Minuc-
sofa.
Recent investigation has revealed
that agents of the Russian soviet
government have perfected Il plan to
dissension.' Stern measures to smash
this organization have been decided
upon, according to II report from Lon
don, and wholesale drportationS are
expected.
The State of Montana has the best
all-round public school system in the
United States, according to the rr
suits of comparative study of State
school systems made public by the
Russell Sag" foundation. The results
were computed from data submitted to
the federal government 10y the States
themselves.
A large wildcat being shipped from
Toledo, Tex, to Richmond. Va, broke
out of his cage as the train WAS bowling
along and quickly chased the express
messengers to cover. One of the rX-
press handlers possessed Il revolver
and bombarded the savage animal for
more than an hour before finally killing
it IA it tried to reach him.
Taking otfense at an article in the
Goulosh (Wash.) Enterprise in which it
was stated that meat markets in that
town should be required To put up
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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-03

Pension money for Confederate vet
eIans is now being disbursed.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
statistics" Show Food Cost Less.

1t is without doubt highly gratifying
to the domestic bill payer of Wash
ington to learn from the bureau of
labor statistics that the retail costs of
food in this city during March last
were per cent less than they were
in February. Possibly he did not
notice the fact when he was drawing
his checks. Since then he has drawn
checks for April and for May and so
far as known there has been no public
elamor of jubilation over lessened
bills Perhaps the bureau figures will
show that the checks were on the aver
age actually less for those months than
for March. If they were, in the same
degree as the drop from February to
March, the result to date will have
been q material decrease in the cost
of living here. Statistics Of this
kind will bring a soothing balm, even
though the bank balances may not
show any marked sign of lessened de-
mands upon the family purse.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
Stolen Automobiles.

Maryland has a new law relating to
stolen ears. Under this state statute
any person who is caught riding in a
stolen ear can be held to be guilty as
we'll as the person who actually stole
it. This affects those who buy ears
that have been taken from their true
owners. There is no such thing as the
"innocent purchaser" in the eye of
the Maryland law. Any man who buys
car is supposed to assure himself
Of the right and title Of the seller.
This is an excellent law. 1t should
become of general application. Such
a statute enforced with the fullest
penalties would go far to break up the
crime of automobile stealing, which
has become most prevalent throughout
the country.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

point it will be but a short step to
|completely restored social morale, and
the normal governmental agencies will
once more find themselves in position
to resume control, ,of human affairs.
That is the happier side of the Euro
pean situation. It cannot be denied,
however, that there are many sinister
influences abroad in Europe, which.
through their abnormalfty, tend to make
the future difficult to presage. Yet, In
studying the situation, it is we'll to
keep the pleasant as welh as the un-
pleasant factors in the case firmly in
mind. And there are nome in this
country who will not rejoiee' with the
citizens of Europe in the unquestiened
in their future prospects
as reflected In the betterment Of, their
finances.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
Enforcing Prohibition.

Vice President Marshall has arrived
in San Francisco to attend the demo
cratic national convention, and, ap-
preached for an interview, had, as
usual, something interesting to say.
This was his reply to an inquiry about
the enforcement of prohibition:
"Nothing is so detrimental to the
country as the passage of laws and
the ignoring of those same laws"
If the vets have the lerve-if they
are sportsmen enough to risk their
ease upon platform throw-they will
be within their rights at San Francisco
if they demand the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, and the modi-
fication of the Volstead act in the
interests of light wines and beer. The
appeal is to the country, and the
country decides.
But if they do that, the vets should
also declare in favor of the enforce
ment of the law while it remains on
the books. Mr.. Marshall's remark is
very pat on that point.
A favorite argument of the vets is
that prohibition cannot be enforced.
"Look at the bootlegging." they ex-
claim. "That shows that the people
will not observe this law"
But this is said in way to en-.
courage bootlegging. Violations of the
law are, in effect, patted on the back.
"Go to it," they are adjured. "That
will help the fight for repeal. 1t will
show that the law cannot be enforced,
and that the effort to do so will cause
endless turmoil and commotion and re.
quire an enormous money expense"
The drys have both the fact and
the argument in their favor. The fact
is the existence of the eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead act, and
the argument is that the failure or the
refusal to enforce them will be "detri-
mental to the country" Flouting the
law, if tolerated or encouraged, leads
to chaos.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
Ambassador Jusserand.

The official announcement from
Paris to the effect that Ambassador
Jusserand, despite published reports
to the contrary, is to return to Wash
ington at the conclusion of his con-
templated vacation is most welcome
news. Dean of the diplomats accred-
tied to Washington, the distinguished
representative Of France had builded-
first for the nation he has interpreted
to US, and secondly, but no less surely,
for himself-the highest affection and
esteem. The thought that he might
not return has been a sorrow to his
many personal friends in Washington
and a disquieting possibility to the
nation as whole. Now that the rumor
has been happily disproved the United
States will welcome Ambassador Jus
serand's return to duty, that the
business of developing the relations
between this country and France to a
plane of even higher friendship may
be undertaken with the man best fitted
to consummate such a result.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
of mind in the practice of those quail

of mind in the practice of those quail.
ties with the individuals-ninei in mum
Der at present-who comprise what an
other member has called legislature
and court.
Proof of the difficulty Of the hunt
for an ideal school head is to be had in
the disclosure of the fact that, al
though the member just quoted az
knowledged that the incumbent was
not entirely lacking and merely failed
in "eases,' she had never voted for
Eim for superintendent.
At another point in IL testimony
this witness was asked whether the In
cumbent had been alert to get new
ideas that had been presented from
time to time by the educators Of the
country. The beard member replied.
al would not say he has been slow.
and | would not say he has been alert; /;
| think he has been medium"
1Htie dic ptVpiV IL Voshihetoh "
parents of school children, who would
regard this as high commendation.
They have seen the schools in Wash
ington used as an experiment ground
in the past, with little pleasure. They
have seen "fads" foisted off upon the
innocents in the classrooms to the ut
ter confusion Of their training. and
they are prone to consider medium"
administrator as an advantage. How
ever, the member of the board who has
been quoted does not indicate her own
idea in this respect. Thus the light
she sheds upon the problem now in
hand suffers from refractions. Taking
her testimony as whole, it really does
lot help much in the search.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
European Financial Conditions,

There is one circumstance which
lends brighter tone to the general
prospects of the situation abroad. This
lies in the general improvement dur
ing recent months in the financial con-
dition of the European nations. The
present story may be briefly told. The
German mark has advanced from one
to more than three cents since Febru.
ary, the French franc has advanced
from less than six cents to nearly eight
cents in a similar period and the Ital-
ian Ira has recovered from less than
four cents to over six cents. Even the
hopelessly deprecated currency OF
Czechoslovakia and Rumania has dou-
bled in value since April There seems
to be every reason to believe that the
corner has been turned toward perma-
nent financial improvement in the ar-
fairs of western Europe, and a study
Of the significance Of that fact war
rants optimism concerning the future
health of the old world.
For the effect Of financial improve.
ment of Europe must in the nature of
things extend to every other phase of
her general health. There are many
who believe that her post -bellum fnan-
cial weakness has been more RESPONSE
BILE than any other single factor for
such distressing phenomenon as vio-
lent rises in prices, extravagant specu-
lation. reckless spending Of wages and
capital, encouragement Of saving and
general laxity in political and social
morale. Paper money is now being
steadily withdrawn from circulation In
the majority of the European coun-
tries, and the Inevitable compile
mentary fall in prices and commodi-
ties has already begun to be noticed
Curtailing of speculation and of gen:
cral extravaganza will follow, and q
growing indueement ts saYe, ts Ia.
GREASE production and to plan for the
future will present itself. From that
Evening star., 1920-06-16
America First.

Daniel H. Coakley, delegate from
Massachusetts, said upon leaving home
for the San Francisco convention:
ave are going unpledged. We are
not interested in any candidates; we
are not interested in platforms; we
are not interested in anything except
freedom for Ireland"
We need not take this literally, but
as pleasant emphasis on subject
very near to the speakers heart. He
wants Ireland remembered at San
Francisco, and will doubtless do his
best to that end.
But the slogan at the democratic
national convention, even for the
warmest friends of Ireland, will not
pe Ireland first, but America first.
The delegates are American citizens.
They must be interested in candidates
and in platforms. They have been
called together to put into the field as
a candidate the strongest man avail
dolc OH lHc etIOhScot pidtloiH puiiu
able. If they fail in that they will
fail outright, and any expression as
to Ireland will have no practical value.
America first, because America has
n problem which is pressing and must
be solved. We must put our own
house in order, and in good order, as
soon as possible. Unless we do, our
sympathy will not be sought by any
body, for the reason that we shall not
be able to assist anybody.
This countrys affairs need atten-
tion. They are very much out of
plumb, and are on so large scale
they cannot in their present condition
be neglected without peril to our
selves and others. For this reason,
both parties when the campaign opens
will stress those subjects which have
a direct bearing on domestic issues,
and how those issues may best be
served. We are going to have an
American campaign, with Uncle Sam
and his interests kept in the fore
ground from first to last.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
A Refracted Raw.

A somewhat qualified and not alto
gether Illuminating ray of light is shed
upon the question of school superin-
tendent who measures fully up to
standard by the testimony given be-
fore the Senate select committee by
the board member who spoke fourth
for that body. The most succinct def
milton of capacity given by her was
that embraced in the following pas
sage:
"We look, in a superintendent of
schools, for native qualities-leader-
ship, courage. frankness, ability to
take hold. We expect him to have a
broad educational foundation and ex-
perience. If he is lacking in any one
of these it limits him as an admins
traitor. even in the educational system
alone"
One OF the committee members at
this point asked whether the witness
had found the incumbent lacking in
these qualities, and the reply was:
NOT wholly so, but there have been
eases where it has appeared that he did
not measure up to those as | think he
should have done"
Curiosity being expressed as to the
"cases," illustrations were cited which
subsequently led to further disclosures
and to extended testimony, in which
the superintendent himself presented
his version to show that he had at
least shown Courage" and "frankness. y
It would appear from this members
4sfnition. coupled with the cases given
which showed that the incumbent did
Ast measure up to qualifications, that
leadership, courage, frankness and
ability ts take hold are essential mer:
Is AHly when there is a perfect unit,
Evening star., 1920-06-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
A Striking Change.

A Striking Change.
Upon the old front porch you'll find
A desk with papers strewn.
stenographers take up the grind.
Each summer afternoon.
AL kinds Of busy men draw near
At every time Of day;
The brass band playing loud and clear
Has scared the birds away.
The grassy lawn is trodden bare;
The gate begins to droop;
Each morning brings from everywhere
Another joyous troop.
OF good old times they pause to cheer
With generous acclaim;
But, oh, the old front porch, we fear,
Will never be the same!
Evening star., 1920-06-16
The Humble Check Book,

IL suppose" remarked the p!aintive
person, "that there are men In the
world who can forget about themselves
and rejoice in the success Of Others"
II should hope So" replied Senator
Sorghum. "That Is what many cam
paign contributor is expected to do
after the election is over"
Evening star., 1920-06-16

When the nomination was an.
nounced Senator johnson was not
exactly ready to bolt. But he did not
send up request to the song leader
to start "The End of a Perfect Day."
Evening star., 1920-06-16

The psychological moment in con-
vention is likely to arrive somewhere
about the time delegates begin to think
about catching train that will enable
them to spend Sunday at home,
Evening star., 1920-06-16

Senator Hiram johnson is not the
first American statesman to do an i'm,
mense amount of hard work without
personally realizing the full benefits.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
The Spell of Melody.

"Give me the man who sings at his
work!" said the idealist,
eyes," replied Farmer Coratossel.
"It's all right for man TO sing at his
work, unless he insists on singing
himself to sleep"
Evening star., 1920-06-16

The assemblage at San Francisco
would have given Col. House an op-
portunity to meet most of the coun-
trys expert interviewers, had he not
felt compelled to go to Europe.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

No doubt several Of the nominating
speeches will be filed away in the hope
that they will be useful on some fu-
ture occasion.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

1t may be assumed that the country
has seen the final effort to pass along
the mantle of Theodore Roosevelt as
token of political influence.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

Announcement is made that shoes
will be cheaper. The price of gasoline
makes walking tempting economy as
we'll as valuable exercise,
Evening star., 1920-06-16

The Post Office Department may as
well prepare to handle a sudden in
crease in the volume of mail for Ohio.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

|, Ohio is rather proud of Senator
Harding as another example of her
ability to push along a favorite son.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
Perfectly at Ease,

Once Miss Mehitabel McGlynn,
Because her knees and toes turned In,
Avoided public glare.
But now she finds along the shore,
In similar case, so many more,
She really doesn't care.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

There has been some disbursement
for the idea of operating convention
steam rollers under private ownership.
Evening star., 1920-06-16

An Elaborate Responsibility,
'It's busy life," remarked the man
who was waving 4 palm leaf fan.
"How have you been occupying
yourselfW
"Voting It's eyerybody's duty to
vote. In addition to voting for state,
county and town officers, l voted in
the primaries, got elected as dele
gate and voted over and oyer in the
convention: Of course, I'm going te
yele in the fall election, and ! only
hepe they'll let Ms round out my
record BY putting Ms In the electoral
eellegp:s
Evening star., 1920-06-16
A Reform Effected,

care you content with the nomina=
toni"
eyes," answered Mr., Meektoa. ut
has wholly destroyed Henrietta's faith
in our ouija board. 1t never once
mentioned Harding"