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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-17
Not Candidate for REFLECTION.

E. s. Parks. for the last four years
magistrate of Fort Mill township.
yesterday announced definitely that
he would not ask for Reorganization
In the primary next August Mr..
Parks has filed the office with cred
it to himself and to the satisfaction
OF the community.
Following the announcement of Mr..
Parks friends Of Hon. ]. r. Halle
urged him to become a candidate for
the office and it is understood that
Mr.. Halle probably will enter the
race
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-06-17

ways branded as arrsnt reaction. No
doubt the forthcoming convention at
San Francisco will make the most of
the progressive ferment within the
ranks of the party and throughout
the country to identity Harding with
Wall street .bossism' and the big in
terests.','
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
A PLAN THAT WORKS

GOVERNOR ALLEN. Of Kansas,
~ has been making report to the
Boston Chamber of Commerce on the
working Of the new Court of Industrial
Relations set up by the Kansas Legs
laturc at a special session in January
He told tho Boston business mon that
every ono was surprised At the case with
which tho bill creating the court was
passed. Labor union leaders and en-
ploycrs who opposed the plan were
allowed TO state their objections. Then
representatives of the public stated their
reasons for wishing the court. When
every one had been heard the LCgiSla-
turC straigbtway passed the bill and
adjourned.
As soon as the court was created it
began to function. Both laboring men
and employers have appealed to it tor
the adjustment of their grievances and
its decisions have been accepted in good
faith. The strike organizers will leave
tho state. the governor said. but III"
men who wish to work will remain.
They had 36i strikes among tn" miners
in tho state during tho last thrcc years.
nnd the actual gain was SITS,Sl They
lost more than 1000 900 in wages and
paid S157 900 in union dues and strike
benefits. II is evident that they werC
ready for better plan for settling thCir
disputes.
The new plan. as Governor Allen rc.
marked, is no more experimental than
the establishment Of civil and criminal
courts when the evolution of society
led 10 their necessity. Its purpose is to
secure justice and the machinery pro-
vidCd is framed with that end in view.
Tho governor hopes that the other states
will follow the example Of Kansas.
Thcy may not do it right away. but
when they discover that there is ne
other plan which offers so many nd
vantaCcs they are bound to adopt il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
EFFECT OF A BALEFUl WORD

EXAMINATION is dread term.
~ Not ipfrequently its ominous impli-
cations have checked the aspirations of
the average adult to turn time backward.
and certainly it is blasting TO bromidcs
about the undilutcd joys of childhood
The Bureau Of Municipal Research
gives practical aspect to this universal
shudder when it suggests the necessity
Of some substitution for the fcarsomc
word in connection with civil service
, tests. The more progressive commis-
sions are said to have ceased asking ap-
pllcants for positions about the highest
mountain in Europe. the date Of the
CrusadeS or the favoritc borsP Of Alex.
snder the Great.
Carpenters are Qui2zcd on carpenter
ing, engineers on mechanics. Candi
dates submit facts concerning their spC-
cifc equipments. Often there is no dis.
NAL. silent. pHnicky classroom couclavc
at all.
This movement Of the civil service
tests from the academic to tho prac-
tical commcnds itself to common sense.
What remains Of tho old rigidity is now
an epthet. \ fitting cuphcmism for
Examination j. called for in this
weeks bulletin of tho Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research.
II is argued that tho spread Of truth
about the tests will greatly stimulate
the growth of the civil Scrvirc system.
Most grown ups will probably agrcc
that il examinations have ended with
schooldays. il is bright. cheerful and
heartening to speak right ont aud say 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
PREACHER FARMERS

THERE is nothing new in tho plan of
l. two Episcopnlian Clcrgymcn aud Il
Theological student to live on the IaNd
in Bucks county and earn their keep
with their own hands. while they give
to preaching and other religious work
the time and energy they have +" spare
from sClfSupport.
Men have done tho same thing. not
only over since the foundation Of Chris
tinnity but ever since religion bcrHmC
organized in any way and mon wCrc set
apart to administer it.
The apostle Paul earned his living
a> II tcutmakcr. but he also. when dis.
cusSing the duty of the churches to sup.
port their preachers. said that the
laborcr is worthy of his hire.
The two local cIcrgymcu profess to
be seeking the solution Of an economic
a well aS religious and n social prob
lem. And SO did those who made similar
experiments in tho past. lct the or .
gnmizcd church. with paid clergy. has
persisted and is doing pretty good work
today in spite of all it's hnndicapS. Nu
ono prctcnds that il is perfect. aud no
ono p""truds that il i accomplishing
rs much HS it could il all it, members
realty practiccd what they profess. IT.
imperfect ions, however. arc those in
ovitablc in any institution managed by
human agencies.
Vet it will bC int"rcs ting to watch the
working ont of tho experiment Of com
hlninC farming with preaching in tho
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
THE HUSH-HUSHERS

TN ALL the dank world of rotten poll
l. tics there is no institution so SacrCd
as the well known Veil of Silcucr.
What the people don't know. runs tho
rule, won t trouble them. And. what i
far more important. it won't trouble the
plunderers, the Corruptiouists and tho
tinhorns in office. Break the Veil Of
Silence II you wish to invite II vCritablc
tempest of hate from all friends of in
visible government
Hepburn broke it in the street clean
ing department and there was panic.
The revcred Evening Bulletin awokc TO
sneer its best aud wiring its hands and
object in accents wild. But the streets
were cleaned.
Colonel Mordcn was admoniShcd
clamorously TO keep stiH tongue in his
head. For a week they seemed to have
him properly gagged. The colonel didn t
like it, apparently. lie has begun to
tell some necessary truths.
The question now 10 whether he shall
be shot at sunrise. burned at the stake
or condemned as n disordcrly young man
who, because he refuses to play the
game, is unfit for his job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
A MORAL ADVANCE

WJNHE South, declares DR.. Robert
L r. Motion, principal of TuskogCe
Institute, has taken II definite stand
against injustice toward colorrd people
and the disgraccfuI crime Of Ilnching is
doomed. Coming from such source,
the statement may be a"cortcd as au
thoritativc.
After all despite wars. greed. political
trickery aud all the ills Of human so
ciety, civilization docs move. The day
when lynChing ceases to Sully the good
name Of this nation deserves to be- ono
of the proudcSt in our moral history.
Doctor Motions positively EXPRESSED
hope is a most welcome antidotc for tho
pessimism which reads degeneration in
the aftermath of tho war. \ stcn toward
n fitting operation Of the League Of
Nations is the functioninS Of our own
laws and proper respect for them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

bursts of oratory or by federal ap-
preparation.
Our practical contributions 10 the
world conflict were stupcudous, 1t was
perhaps inevitable that fancy should
have led us in some particulars astray.
Wooden ships will have to be chalkcd
of from the credit account and rclC-
gated among the war follics. As an cx-
travngant though -iutcutioncd Cx-
pertinent the undertaking takes rank
with Thomas Jefferson wild scheme of
supplanting the navy with his flock Of
my defensive gunboats which were pow
CrlCss 10 (orcstall the war Of 1872.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
THE WooDEN-SHIP DREAM

THE thirty wooden government built
Il vessels soon TO be sold here oxen
plily the high cost Of reckless Scntimcu
tAiity. II i doubted that they will
serve any other purpose. although tho
shipping board is said to be still mildly
optimistic,
unquestionabIy the Imagination Of
Americans was fired by the picture Of
transforming forests into commerce ear
riers TO keep trade alive aud food in
circulation during the world war. Rome
with her feverishly wrought timber navy
which challenged Carthage was recalled
The heet that Perry so swiftly built by
The bosky banks of Lake Eric was fur
ther inspirational material. Hard rcali
ties were serenely discounted.
They are damagingly obvious now.
Old time shipwrights, skilled in making
wooden bulls, were rare in 1917 10.
Nayigators ysrsed In the mysteries OF
such craft are unprocurable in sufficient
i,pr,bers Il Is plnin that the age Of
Sl1si sspNot be waved aside W mese
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

|. Peanuts are COOLERS. The word,
said to be derived from Congo or
Angolese dialects, Is current In the
southern United States.
>. South Dakota produces more tin
than any other American state.
j. The French and Indian war ended
with the treaty of Paris in 1863.
4. Uruguay is the smallest of the
South American republics
.. Mrs Browning wrote the narrative
poem Aurora Leigh"
G. Hcphaestus was the Greek god cor
responding to Vulcan in the Roman
mythology.
= kecrudescence means a breaking out
again. Tho word was originally
used of disease, but 1t is now also
used in "A figurativc sense alluding
10 breaking out OF discomfort.
s. Ecru is the color of unbleached
linen.
?. Rcclamc is the art or practice by
which notoriety Is secured.
10 Fellcien Rops was a noted Belgian
painter and etchcr His dates are
lS33-lS9S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
What Do You KnoiU?
QUIZ

QUIZ
|. How many presidential elections
were held while the United States
was engaged in war?
.. What are the dates OF the Repub-
lican and Democratic national con-
ventions this Year,
3. Where Is Stamboul?
T. What is the plural OF the word
Chrysals?
3. Who was Auguste Comtc?
6. What is the meaning of Alaska?
Z. What are the bits of a ship?
s. What prolific English novelist fof
many years filled a position In the
British postofflce department?
Q. What state Legislature has ratified
the suffrage amendment by a
majority of single vote?
10. What is an cntrepot?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
A FoUR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to cohcen-
trate its attention:
The DeldWdrc riUcr bridge.
A drydocE biG enough 10 dCcommo-
date the largest ships.
{ Development Of the rapid transit sy5-
TEN.
A cobuertior hail,
A budding for the Free Library
An Art Museum
Enlargement Of the wdter supply.
Homes 10 accommodate the populd-
ton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

Colonel MOrdcn SAYS that streets
are so dirty that an epidemic may result
IL drastic measures are not taken. May
we not hope, then, for drastic measures?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

The suspicion grows that in charac-
tcrizing France as militari,tr Mr.. Will
son allowed Politics to io>tlc Statesman.
ship from his seat Of Judgment. And
yet. perhaps. it was merely slip of the
typcwritcr-the unfortunate choice of
an adjective that has acquired ignominy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

While the President i, whiting for
something to turn up, the faithful in
the Senate declare, with the wife of the
renowned wilkins, "Ncvcr will we de-
sort Mr.. Micawbcr -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12


If the state of Delaware docsn turn
out to be the Senator Lodge of suffrage
the state Of Washington being one oil
the sure statcs-thc presidential cleo
ton is likely to amaze seasoned party
leaders and confound political prophets.
II will be uncertain to the last. Prior
estimates and prcccdCntS will cease to
have meaning. II is pretty sure that
appeals in tho interest of continuing
peace and policies supposed TO lead to
greater human welfare will cplist the
sympathy of women voters, More than
that no one can say That is why many
elder statesmen arc tolling the bells for
the hour of mourning. They do not
know where they are to get OIL and
neither does any one else,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

Charter trainers who placed an age
limit Of forty five on m,n taking cX-
animation for detective service evidently
considered slcuths leg mcn rather than
hrn In mon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

Not being able to get what they dc.
serve, policemen and fircmcn decide for
the noncG TO take what they can get.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

What the Twenty second ward ap.
pears to need is peace treaty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

II senator's persist they may yet
throw enough mystery about Colby TO
make what Is commqpalges attractive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is
erciusiuelp entitled 10 The use ior
republication Of oil ncrS diSpntchcS
credited TO il or not oihc,.ise credited
IN this paper. and also the local nctcS
pv bished therein.
All rights Of republication OF Spec'ni
dispatches herein arc also reserved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

pretensions of clf.intcrcstcd men. Ihey
learned to see through that sort OF thing
centuries ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

Philadelphia, Friday, March l., 1870
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

Among women voters, on the other
hand there seems to be little room for
party organizers, Women hate meddlcrS
Especially if these meddlors be other
women who presume to tell them what
they should do. If they take advice they
prefer to take it from men Of their
family, But there is much in the ac-
ceptcd order of politics and in the trend
of affairs to strike past n woman's mind
aud offend her conscience. A determined
independence of thought and action
among women at the polls would not he
surprising. War and war makers will
moi be popular among them aud they are
not Likely 10 be fooled By the hollow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

TNHE first good company | met with
l. was made mp o; four little ragamuffin
boys spinning top; in front of an alley
door. Apparently tops have come in
again this year. During the war their
use was n nonCss, ntial Juvenile indus
try, while cap pisN ols and soldier suits
ate deep into every family's Golfers. But
row that tops may be INDUCED in again
a curious and tragic situation seems to
or lath sword top needs a certain
measure of cunning which small boys
that grew up in the days of the war
have never acquired. The consequence
is that these four little fellows with their
four bright blue tops and their four
striped strings presented a very sad
spectacle indeed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
nrLL. 5000 Walnut xFysro~r. M,rN 5000

III ADDRESS M communications 10 ErsninD
Public Ledger. independence square
PHILADELPHIA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

L wcrn swarming everywhere. Down
the last narrowed stretch of FitHwatcr
street whole army Of them wcrc out
breaking M tho melting drifts aud
speeding them along the gutter.
| went north for square and down
Prmbcrton street. whore on ono side of
tn" Cntrapcc Of Workman, court arc
marked in old black ended bricks the
initials G.. NJ. and on the other the
date JTiS. Inside tho entrance. it you
care to look there. is little colonial
ucighborhood. rcrfcctly rrcscrvcd-a
group Of small houses, facing in on
large walled courtyard, grown up with
old trees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
TRAVELS IN
PHILADELPHIA
The Children Of the shot Tower

YESTERDAY. something queer was
L tinglng in the air down Swanson
street way. and that something was un -
qucstionably the first hcsitating dalliance
of spring. All the polyglot kids OF the
little town that lies in sight Of the shot
tower took notice of 1t and crowded
out onto the pavcmcnts. There were
thousands of them every way you
looked; some jumping rope. some
whanging at the old winter drifts with
little tin shovcls, and some wrestling
and rolling over and over on the side
walk and into the cutters.
Now this little shot tower village is
the oldest and most curious part of the
whole city, and believe possesses more
ancient houses still inhabited, and re-
tains more of the cling of bygonc days
than any other ncighborhood in Amer
lea. But this was very plainly a day
for children ard not for antiquities; so
walked toward the river. down the
narrow lane called Fitzwatcr street,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12

Among a host of government con
trolled businesses that operated mt n
loss, IL Is pleasing 10 note that the ship
,pipg haald mads mQllel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-12
EUeninn puhlir GeAaer

CYRUS H. X CURTIS. PRESIDENT
Charles II. Ludington. Vice President: :
John C.. Martin. Secretary and Trea surer
sn,,rp.on Npois pirnn,os SOnn d. "'iS's' 'O''' -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-20
The State of Mississippi,
Gna,afu ne i nfnxnfto

The State of Mississippi,
County of Lafayette.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Clerk of the Board of Sup
ervisors Of said County, viii receive
sealed bids up until II o'clock neon,
Tuesday, June 8, 1920, for the per-
Torrance of. the following. to-wit:
The furnishing of 40 tons Of Ala
bama Lump or Piper coal at the
County Court House; also the building
of 100-foot bridge across Union
branch on the Free Springs and Wyatt
Road, in Beat 8; also the building of
a 4S-foot bridge across branch near
the residence of J. H. Ray, in South
Yoccona Road District ip Beat a.
Also the making of a sece.'s9aal ~ul u,
dex of all lands in Lafayette County,
Mississippi, as required by House Bill
No. 127 of the laws of 1920.
The successful bidders will be re
quired to enter into bond as provided
by law.
All of said work to be done and per-
formed according to plans and speci-
fications now on file in the Chancery
Clerks office.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids and let the same
at public cutlery.
Witness my signature this the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-20
AS THE EDITOR SEES IT.

The editor is popularity supposed to
see everything, hear everything, know
everything and publish everything
that is going on.
But sometimes he doesn't see it
doesn't want to see it-because, being
an editor and trained to weigh all
angles of every question, he knows
that it is better for the community
if he does not see it.
There are many things the editor
does not publish because they con-
tain no element of news, are distress
ing to many innocent people, and
their publication could serve no good
purpose.
Sometimes the editor is criticised
for his fosbearance, but at least some
of his critics do not stop to remem-
Der that possibly the paper is just as
forbearing regarding an incident or
two of their own lives.
There are many things to be con
sidered before putting it in cold
type.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-20
7th day of May, 1920.
w. M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
By G. A. WOODWARD, d. 6.
MAY 10, 20, 27.)
notice.!

To all parties interested in the Ander-
son Drainage District Of Lafayette
and Marshall Counties. Mississippi:
You will take notice that the Dis
trict Commissioners of the above
styled district have filed petition
before the County Drainage Boards
of Lafayette and Marshall Counties,
Mississippi, praying that bonds to the
amount of $75,000.00 to complete the
proposed improvements in the said
district, be issued, and that the
County Drainage Boards of said
Counties. will meet on the 28th day
of May, 1920, at 1 o'clock =. NJ, in
the Court House in Oxford, Miss, to
hear any and all objections to the
same.
Witness my signature this the 18th
day of May, 1920.
w. M. WOODWASR, Clerk.
BY G. A. WOODWARD, d. C.
MAY 10, 20, 27.)
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-20
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that a
special election will be held in Dis
trict No. 5 of Lafayette county. Mis-
sissippi, pursuant to an order of the
Board of Supervisors of Lafayette
county, passed May 5th, 1920, that
the special election will be held in
the lula separate road district, of
Supervisors District No..5, of La
Iayette county. Mississippi, on the
9Th day of June, 1920, at the follow
ing voting precincts in said lula
Road District, to-wit:
lula.
MullenS.
Said election shall be held to ascer-
tain whether or not a majority of the
electors of said lula Separate Road
District are in favor of the issuance
of bonds for the purpose of construct
ing and maintaining certain roads in
the said lula Separate Road District,
agreeable to the order of the Board
of Supervisors aforesaid. Said cleo
ton being held as provided for in
Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1914, and
in consequence of a petition filed with
the Board of Supervisors according to
the Laws aforesaid.
Said petition with the required
number of signers, prays for the is
suance' of bonds on the following de-
scribed territory in said Separate
Road District to-wit:
All of Section 35, and sc, South of
Yocona River, in Township 8. Range
y West, all of section a., south of
Yocona river, east of POtlocona
creek, in Township 8, range 2 west,
all of Section l and 2, Township 10.
range 2. All of Section 3, east of
Potlocona creek in Township 10, range
2, all of Section II and II, Township
10, range 2 West. All of Section 10
east of Potlocona Creek in township
10, range 2, West All of Section
Is and IA, Township 10. range 2,
west, fraction of Section Is, east of
Potlocona creek, Township 10, range
2, West. OF Section %, "a. 25,
26, IS and SO, TownshiP>@Q, range z
West, all of Section 81, south OF f22.,
coma river, Township 8, Range l. AIN
of section 6, 7. Is, 10, 30, 81. Town
ship 10, Range 1.
All qualified electors in the above
described territory shall be permit
ted to participate in said election.
(Signed)
D. T. MITCHELL,
A. M. HALL,
J. M. JOHNSON.
Election Commissioners. Lafayette
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-20
notice.!

To all parties interested in the Four
Mile Branch Drainage District OF
Lafayette County, Mississippi:
You are hereby notified that the pc
tition of w. f. Crouch and others,
praying for the organization of a
drainage district OF the Said -Four
Mile Branch bottoms and it's tribu-
taries has been filed with the Clerk
of the County Board of Drainage
Commissioners of said county, and
that the County Drainage Board OF
Lafayette County, Mississippi, will
meet at the County Court House in
the city of Oxford, Mississippi. on the
10Th day of May, A. d., 1920, at 1
o'clock Z. NJ, where any and all par
ties may appear as their interest sug-
gests.
Witness my signature this the 18th
day of May, 1920.
w. M. WOODWASR, Clerk.
By G. A. WOODWARD, d. c.
MAY 13, 20, 27.)
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-20

disaster may yet be avoided. But if
not checked soon the crash will inevi-
tably come-and then the deluge.
Wholesale assininity has never yet
been known to produce any perma-
nent beneficial results. But it has
toppled kings from their thrones,
overturned republics, and let loose
the widest passions Of ungovenable
mobs. =
The rural population of America is
not overjoyed at the prospect the
cities have forced upon the nation we
revere.