Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
"Dut how fast the years sliI

by allcr one mas passed mIdu,c
Lac. int.c were ,uc words OI q.
rOrt Mill man uttered DAY VI
tMO ago alter ne nau ncaru d Ia
ne boy remark that II seemed TO
hiin as IL /, nau Uecn ages sincc
santa Claus came round last year.
line passes Tor the cnlId as II
does 1or lne man OIL lna.ure cars,
lneir iIvcS are made up OIL uillef-
rnt events, lhey lhnk different
,houSnts, me obstacles they meet
anu overcome VI Idil 10 overcome
are or uIflercnt CHARACTER, they
90 not as ru,e ENJOY the same
p,cLSurrS and Mnile ,he lninSH
.rui bring sorrow 10 me one aisu
suInciinc> BRING grIeI 10 the ON
II. usually the cnIiu 5 ntarlacheS
are tlecling. NOl 50 with his el.
ucr, because he realizes that the
ears lett hlm III winch TO over
,unie disappointment and van-
ished hopes are all too few.
dressings on the ilttie man.
barefoot boy with cheeks OF tan.
mus runs the opening lines OIL
uttie poem we learntu years ago
Wncm The words made no such ap-
peal TO us as they now do. lncn
We thOughl II Waste OF Time ~
grorl1y childhood. What cared
me world. we reasoned. tor .
helpless intle boy III whose vel
Lurr no one outside his own lam.
ny circle was mtereSledT ihr
man was everything, 10 our chiiu
ish way OF thinking. How we
longed to grow big and strong
anu 10 be abie to take up a man 5
duties III life. But now we think
different thoughts, since time has
put behind us almost half cycle
of years, with their Vulnerable
pleasures and limited accomplish
n.ents standing over against myr
lad establishments and anX-
iuuS hours that reach mountain
Gus proportions. Where the man
OF woman who has passed through
the shadows of 30 years who
would not give any earthly pos.
session TO turn back the tables of
time and again stand with the
light hearted care-free little boy
or girl to whom cons seem to pass
between the visits of Santa Cluusi
The impression seems to be
gaining ground throughout the
country that little need be ex-
pccted of the armament confer
ence now in session in Washing
ton. When the conference opened
fortnight ago there was room
for hope that the program pro-
posed by Secretary Hughes would
ge adopted, but as the days
pass there is evident from the
meager reports allowed the pub
lie of the secret sessions of the
conference that the chances of
the socallcd big powers reaching
an accommodation along the lines
suggested by the United States
are growing smaller and smaller.
However unpleasant it may be to
consider the fact. it is an ineSca-
pable fact nevertheless that the
fair engagements proposed by
this country are no longer taken
at their face value when they
have to do with international af-
fairs. Having in mind the atti-
tude of the United States toward
the League of Nations, Great
Britain, without whose assistance
the conference will get nowhere,
wonders whether our word is as
good as our bond. In that coun.
try, as i'll this, there is a univer-
sal desire among the people that
they be relieved of the burden
some taxation necessary to build
mighty battleships and other en-
gines of war; but that country s
representatives in the conference
have thus far apparently assumed
an attitude of hesitancy toward
the American proposals lest they
entertain Greeks bearing gifts.
AS with individuals. so with ma.
tions. One a country mas broken