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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
WORD FOR bob WHITE. y
Correspondent Urges Farmers to
Protect Birds.

Editor Fort Mill Times:
just now when there is being
so much said among the sports
men about the offensive warfare
they soon intend to wage against
our feathered friends, l think it
is time for the farmers to come to
the rescue, especially of the quail.
1t has been proved by experts,
scientists and other people who
know that each quail in the boil
weevil infested territory is worth
$25 for the good he does in exter.
m!nating the weevil alone. Now.
Mr.. Sportsman, do you think that
a covey of ten quail. worth $3.50
to the average farmer. is worth
prOtectingf
Besides this. what would the
country be without it's birds?
believe it is an objectionable sin
for any man, no matter how many
permits and licenses he may have.
to go out and deliberately Grip
pie. MAIN and murder little inno-
cent creatures just for sport. ANY
one who will do the like is not
only violating the landowner s
laws. but is violating the laws of
nature and the Creator. | do not
see in what way any man who
would practice such is different
from other murderous creatures.
if he has sense enough to know at
the time that it is wrong.
So if sportsmen do not wish to
pay tresspass fine they had bet
ter stay out of this corner of the
woods, for these are not my senti-
ments alone. but those of my
ncighbOrs and farmer friends as
well. 1t just fell to my lot to
get the word to those who may
consider violating the law.
S. +. White.
Fort Mill. Nov. 8.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
FOUGHT TOGETHER.
Lee and Grant in American Army
at Chapultepec.

Robert +. Lee and ULYSSES $,
Grant, who later became the ri.
val leaders of the Southern anu
Northern armies during the Civil
war. fought together in at least
one decisive battle of the Mexi.
can war, the siege of Chapult..
pee, on September 1918. lS47.
The hill of grasshoppers -
which is the meaning of the old
Aztec name-stands three miles
southwest of the City of Mexico.
with head reared $50 feet above
the level of the surrounding plain.
The stOrming of the fortress bv
Gen. Scott's army. in which Lee
ana Grant were young officers
the former a captain. the latter a
flrst lleutenant-crumbled the
last OF Santa Annals defenses
and formed one of the most dra.
matte incidents Of the war. Both
officers distinguished themselves
III the siege. where Grant was
brevetted captain. Lee was one
OF the two officers of engineers
who had charge of the arrange
ment of four batteries on near
by hill. Shortly afterward, he
was brevetted colonel.
In the Mexican war Lee was
first with Gen. Wool. for whom
he did excellent scouting. He
held the rank of captain. having
been commissioned to that Office
lime years after his graduation
from West Point. Capt. Lee was
transferred to the army before
Vera Cruz at the personal reques,
OF Gen. Scott, and he arranged
the American batteries so that the
city was reduced in less than
week. After each of the battles
OF Cerro GOrdo. Cherubusco and
Chapultepec, he received promo,
tion, earned by remarkable feats
Of physical and moral courage.
AT the close of the war Gen. Scott
pronounced Lee 1.-THE greatest
living soldier in America.'
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
CALL FOR PASTOR.
Presbyterians Would Secure Ser
vices Of the Rev. Mr.. Wiser.

After hearing the report of the
committee appointed some weeks
ago to recommend a pastor to
take the place made vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. j. b.
Black, effective on October l, a
congregational meeting Sunday.
following the regular morning
services, Of the Fort Mill Presby-
terian church unanimously ex-
tended a call to the Rev. X. H..
Wiser of Laurel Hill, n. c. The
name of no other minister to fill
the vacancy was suggested by the
committee or considered by the
congregation.
The Rev. w. NJ. McPhecters. ID.
d., of Columbia Theological semi
nary, who conducted the services
lin the morning and again in the
evening, acted as moderator. and
F. M. Mack, speaking for the
committee, recommended that Il
'call be sent to the Rev. Mr.. Wiser.
sat salary of $4,000 per year, the
use OF the manse and the expense
incurred in moving to Fort Mill
from Laurel Hill.
MIR. Wiser preached for the con-
gregation at the morning and eve
ming services on October 30 and
remained in Fort Mill until Tues
day morning, November /. He
rs said to have made favorable
impression among the member
ship of the church.
Mr.. Viser's church at Laurel
Hill is in Fayetteville presbytery,
the largest presbytery in the gem
eral assembly Of the Southern
Presbyterian church. His wife
was Miss Margaret Koonce of
Rock Hill, formerly member of
Oakland Avenue Presbyterian
church. They have one child
I, about two years old.
The congregation authorized u.
3. Spratt, clerk of the session. to
sign the call to Mr.. Wiser and to
prosecute it before Fayetteville
presbytery.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Seriously Hurt in Tennessee.

I. i. Crook OF Fort Mill town.
slip was informed Tuesday of
serious accident which had befal-
len his son. w. NJ. "Tot" Crook,
in an automobile accident last
Friday some miles from Knox
vile. Tenn. Mr.. Crook is in a
Knoxville hospital suffering from
Il fractured skull.
According to the information
received by the father of Mr..
Crook, he was in an automobile
at the construction of a road in
Tennessee of which he was in
charge when in some manner he
accidentally backed off high
embankment and fell with the
machine distance of As feet.
The automobile turned over four
or five times in the descent. When
picked up Mr.. Crook had fract-
ured skull and severe decorations
about the head and body.
Mrs. Crook, who was near the
scene, witnessed the accident and
she FASTENED to the aid of her
husband and then placed him in
an automobile and started for
Knoxville, so miles away. On the
way to Knoxville an ambulance
that had been summoned met the
automobile and completed the
trip to a hospital in that city.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Graded School Notes.

The first quarterly examina-
tiOnS of the session. most of which
were held Thursday and Friday,
are over. The honor rolls will BE-
published as soon as possible.
Physical and dental examina-
tionS of the school children were
held this week. Many of the chill
drcn were found to have diseased
tOnsils, adenOidS and bad teeth.
The smaller children considered
the examinations so serious that it
was necessary to persuade them
to go into the office.
Friday the school will have hol-
lday, which is called "school
day at the county fair. As it
also is Armistice day. there will
be big parade in Rock Hill. IN
cluding the children of various
schools in the county. 1t is hoped
that many of the Fort Mill school
children will attend the fair that
day and take part in the parade.
The last football game of the
season in Fort Mill will be played
By the high school team with Ian
caster high this afternoon.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Many to Attend County Fair.

Armistice day, Friday, NOvem-
ber ii, will be observed in Fort
Mill by Il general closing of the
stores and other places of busi-
hess and many Fort Mill people
are expected to go to Rock Hill
during the day TO take part in
the celebration which has been
arranged in connection with the
county fair. The Tom Hall
Guards of Fort Mill will join the
Frank Roach Guards of Rock Hill
III a military display at the fair
grounds, after marching in the
parade through the city.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Federal Aid Refused.

No part of the $5O0,000 federal
aid which was allotted Tuesday
at meeting of the State highway
commission ''in the interest of
the State for road building will
be- available for the roads of Fort
Mill township. Tuesday morning
Col. I. b. Spratt and w. b.
Meacham. ST., members of the
Fort Mill township road commits
sion, went to Columbia and ap-
peared before the State highway
commission IN the interest of
getting federal aid for the con-
structiOn of an 1S foot wide hard
surfaced road from the Catawba
river bridge to Fort Mill, the
other end of the road to the North
Carolina line to be of tOpsOil or
sand-clay;' but in the allotment
OF the federal funds as published
IN the daily papers of yesterday
there was nothing to indicate
that the request for aid for tho
Fort Mill project had been ap-
proved. The township commits
sion is still hopeful. however, of
getting the original $4,000 prom.
ised it /some months ago by the
State highway commission for
use on the local roads.
At its meeting Tuesday the
State highway commission allOt.
ted $4,000 to the Western York
road.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Pupils on Honor Roll.

Pupils of River View school. in
Fort Mill township. of which Mrs.
5. III. Sutton is teacher. who
made an average of 90 OH all
their studies during the last
month and thereby won a place
OF the honor roll are as follows
Ninth grade. Grace Beckett
eighth grade, Mabel Beckett and
Mary Bennett sixth grade. Har.
rison Bennett; fifth grade, Odell
Merritt; fourth grade. Arthur
Beckett; third grade. Juanita
Bennett and Ardell Nivens; sec.
ond grade. Marion Sutton and
nellie Robert Porter; first grade,
Alex Sutton, Jr.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS

. Miss Kathleen Hall of the Har-
rlson community spent the week
end with relatives here.
A number of members of Pleas
ant Hill Methodist church attend.
ed the recent meeting of the Up
per Methodist conference in Lam
caster.
+. ?. Stephenson began his du-
ties IS principal of the Barber.
vile school Monday, October 81.
Mrs. Lavinia Davidson visited
her sister, Mrs. }. X. Hall, in the
Harrison community Monday.
A parent-teacher club was or
ganzed at the local school house
last Wednesday. Mrs. o. w. Potts
was elected president. r. w. Dick.
son vice president, Miss Nancy
Graham secretary and Miss Sadie
Wheeler treasurer. The club con-
templates closer cooperation be-
tween the teachers and patrons
of tie school as well as improve
ments to the school house and
beautifying the school grounds.
Mrs. d. o. Potts entertained a
number Of young people at her
home last Friday evening. The
yourS people enjoyed music, sing.
ing, conversation and numerous
games. Refreshments were serv.
ed. Those present were: Misses
Nancy Graham. Sadie Wheeler.
Lucy Tice, Kathleen Hall, Rebec.
ca Hall, Ethel Patterson, Verda
Wolfe, Thelma Potts, and Lester
Crane, Sam Kell, ElmOre Alexan.
der, Murray Bales, Stroud Elms.
Clarence Patterson. Walter Pat.
torsou. Spinner.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Loses Game, Wins Friends.

The Fort Mill high school foot
ball team failed to win its recent
game against the high school team
of Winnsboro. in WinnsborO. the
score being to o against them,
but they won the good will of
that town by their clean playing.
In Letter to Capt. +. NJ. Mack,
superintendent of the Fort Mill
school, G.. +. Patton. superintend-
ent of the Winnsboro school. says
that he heard "more than one of
our representative citizens remark
on the sidelines that your team
was the cleanest one they had
ever seen on our field
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
GOLD HILL NOTES.

The farmers of Gold Hill are
hoping that rain will hold off for
IA few days longer, as they are
anxious to get heir wheat, oats
and clover in the ground before
il is too late.
s. c. Faris was i'll Friday. but
is again able to be up.
Edgar Jones and c. II. Crook
spent Thursday in Charlotte.
Thursday w. II. Crook went to
Charlotte to secure supplies with
which to finish the repair work
recently begun on the Gold Hill
school building, but the school
will not open Monday as was ex.
pected, on account Of the illness
OF the father of Miss Parler. one
of the teachers.
The Rev. w. c. Owen Of Nash.
Vile. Tenn, is guest of his IN.
cles. w. ii. Crook and c. 7.
Crook. He will leave for his home
Sunday night.
J. II. Evans of Kingstree is Wis
iting S. p. Wilson. b. II. =.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Oil Stove Expiocles.

Explosion of an oil stove early
Tuesday evening in an upper
room at the home of 5. l.. Meach-
am on Hall street resulted in con.
siderable damage to the furnish
ings of the room and the personal
effects of Miss Edna Tmdal. Fort
Mill graded school teacher, who
was occupying the room. Mr..
Meacham's hands were slightly
burned when he threw the blaz-
ing stove through a window.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
FIRST SESSION SATURDAY.
Washington Ready for Big Dis
armament Parley.

The eyes of the world will be
upon Washington Saturday at the
opening of the international con-
ference OH disarmament. Repre-
scntatives Of the world s leading
nations have been reaching Wash
ington for the last week or more
and the capital is taking on fes-
tive air which rivals the splen-
dors OF the old European capitals.
The foreign statesmen who will
participate in the conference,
many Of whom are visiting Amer
lca for the first time, have been
selected because of their personal
prestige and prominence in inter
national affairs. The call for the
conference, issued by President
Harding last summer, met with
instant approval by nearly all the
principal powers invited to take
part IL it. Secretary of State
hughes will preside over the con
ference, the other American rep
resentatives being Elihu Root,
Senator Lodge and Senator I'm.
derwood.
Washington appears to be de-
termlned to make lasting i'm
preston upon the visitors. Special
committees i'll charge of prepara-
tl"ns have been busy for weeks
turning the city into blaze of
glory. Wonderful illumination
features have been installed, un-
slightly buildings torn down. paint
has been freely applied to many
structures and IA uniform plan of
decoration adopted. The plans
call for u greater display of pomp
and ceremony than that of any
presidential inauguration. Friday
and Saturday nights of this week
T25. 900 will be spent for electri-
cal displays. Profiteering by no.
tells and boarding houses will not
be tolerated and regular prices
are to be maintained during the
conference. A social season such
as Washington had never before
known began with the arrival of
the foreign diplomats.
The conference will be held in
the Pan-American building. ono
OF the most beautiful and luxuri-
Gus structures in the country. Tn"
representatives will meet in a
room known as the Hall of the
Americas, a palace room that ri
walls IL beauty and grandeur the
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles,
France, where the peace treaty
ending the World war was sign
ed The building was erected in
1910 at u cost of $l,l00,OOO, of
which the II American republics
contributed $25O.OOO and Andrew
Carnegie the remainder.
Special arrangements have been
made for the comfort and con-
vcnience of the hundreds of visit
ing newspaper men who are ex-
Pected to report the conference.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
Senator Clifton Dead.

John II. Clifton State senator
from Sumter county. died at his
home in Sumter last Sunday, af.
ter an illness of several days. He
had been prominent in the public
affairs of Sumter county for
many years and was considered
one Of the strongest men in the
State senate.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT.
Blue Ridge Mystery Explained as
Electrical Phenomenon.

Tired professors and business
men who sought surcease from
their sorrows in the mountainous
regions of western North Carroll
ma have during the past few sum-
merS given up some of their need
ed hours of sleep to chase what
most of them believed to be moth
ing more than a phantom, or the
fires OF some maker of mountain
dew, but the Brown mountain
tight is now coming into its own
as an accredited electrical phe-.
nomcnon, says bulletin of the
National Geographic society.
Brown mountain inn lies II
miles from Blowing Rock in the
Blue Ridge mountains and though
plainly visible from the inn. is in
an uninhabited and sparsely
wooded section. Suddenly and
without warning light some
times blaZcs out on the crest of
the mountain, slowly moves down
lis side and then fades out; some
time il seems to rise from the top
of the mountain and hang suS-
pended in the air where it fades.
1T has as many whims and
moods as Il temperamental artist,
sometimes appearing several times
during one hi ight. now stationary.
now slow, again swift i'm its flight.
and sometimes il cannot be seen
for comparatively long period
of time. but it usually is most ,rc-
i've when the sky is clearing
after rain. Those who have
studied it in all its guises say
that it often is not unlike the star
from Il bursting sky rocket, and
HAT ii is sometimes red and some.
times yellow. due probably to the
condition of the atmosphere.
Scientists were at first prone
To cavil at the stories which came
ont of the mountains with the
tourists. thinking that perhaps 10.
comotive headlights or mountain
GERS We're playing tricks on active
imaginations. but today DR.. w. j.
Humphreys, physicist of the Unit.
ed States weather bureau. and
other meteorolOgistS of note be-
licve that there occurs around the
mountains crest brush dis
charge of lightning, similar to the
famous Andes lightning.
Perhaps the most remarkable
feature of the electrical discharge
which takes place either from
hc earth or sky ut Brown noun
tain is that il is silent. The same
thing is true of the electrical dis
plays in the Andes. which have
long been known to- scientists and
travellers in the South American
continent as the Andes lightning.
1t appears as Il silent but very
luminous discharge of electricity
along the crest of the Cordlllera
Real in Chile. where thunder
storms are practically unknown
"'rhe same phenomenon has
| ,lso been noted in the Swiss Alps.
One observer. after a long period
of hot and dry weather. reported
| that he had seen a succession OF
mi-circular flashes which shot
Up from u mountain. occasionally
lighting up the group OF sur.
rounding peaks. Such displays
are notable for their likeness in
appearance to the aurora, except
that they do not reach such
| heights
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest From
the Yorkville ENQUIRER.

Demonstration Agent John R.
Blair says that there have been
seven sweet potato h0e,ses built
in York county this year. and
that all of them are practically
full OF potatoes and all are in
good shape.
They are going to have that
forkville- Rock Hill road in fine
shape this winter. During last
winter it took good driving to
get an automobile over the road
between Newport and Tirzah at
the rate of ten miles an hour. but
by Saturday there was no diff
Guilty about smashing the speed
limit to SmithercenS.
Reports have it that the cpl
demic of itch. reported among
school children of Sharon several
days ago. has spread to the east
side of the county and that there
are numerous cases among Rock
Hill school, children. In fact. a
trained nurse is the correspond
cnt'S informant for the statement
that there are many eases i'm
Rock Hill.
1t is about seven miles farther
from Iorkvillc to Charlotte by
way of Glover and Gastonia than
by Rock Hill and Fort Mill, ac-
cording to one automobile party
,hat made the trip Sunday, going
one way and returning the other.
But people who Know always go
by Gastonia because of the roads.
They can make the longer dist
ancc quicker than the shorter dist
ancc. The principal handicap over
the Fort Mill route. it appears. is
the road through the Gold Hill
section of Fort Mill township.
"Oh, yes, my deputies and /
have already been out after hunt.
ers who didn t trouble to provide
themselves with licenses said
County Game Warden Dan II.
Woods Monday. 1--WE have nab
bed several and have IA line out
on quite number of others.
While the number of hunters who
fail to provide themselves with
hunting licenses grows smaller
each year, doubt if the time ever
comes when everybody will obey
the law. However, we are going
to try to tighten down this season
even closer than we did last
w. ii. Minis, commander of the
Eli Bales post. American Legion,
of Fort Mill hopes to have home
3O-Odd eX-Servicc men of his com
munity who are not now mem
bcrS of the post in as members
before the end of the year. Com
mander Minis said the other day
that there are about 20 ex-service
men in Fort Mill and vicinity eli.
gible for membership in the
American Legion and he was
hopeful that all of them could be
made to see the value of member
ship in the Legion before the end
OF the year.
Speaking of the 20 mules and
II convicts included in the chain
gang plant the other day. Super
visor Brown said that the plant
had been handicapped for some
time for lack of as many mules
as are necessary. There have
been times on the road below
Rock Hill when we were unable
to utilize all our convicts to adj
vantage for lack of the necessary
mule power. There was nothing
that the extra cOnvictS could do
that was worth while. but it will
be different now. There is a good
deal of grubbing and cutting over
on the west side clearing the
right of way. There was moth
ing of that on the east road. you
know. | think we will be all
right through the winter and that
IT will not be necessary to get
more mules before next spring. y
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10

A liberal application of paint
and wall finish to the interior Of
the Fort Mill postoffice during
the last few days has added much
to the appearance of the lobby
and work room of the building.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-10

Mrs. Mamie Boyd is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. j. j. Stewart
i'll Mount Holly, n. c.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-08-12
POISON M)LASSES IN BOIL
WE:'/lL CONTROL.

Tallulah, Ia. Aug. while pois-
oned molasses mixture does exercise
a certain degree Of control over the
boil weevil it is generally less than
that secured with plain busted cal
cium arsenate, according to expert
ments conducted by the State Labora-
tory, Tallulah, La.
Under certain conditions it was
found that a much better degree Of
control was secured from the molas-
ses mixture than with the calcium
arsenate, but this result was noted
only in the case Of very small cotton
plants averaging only few inches in
height, and also only during exceed
ingly dry weather. The latter fact
was particularly noticeable and is
probably the keynote Of the variation
in results. It seems quite probable
that during exceedingly dry weather
the weevils visit the droplets Of
molasses-water mixture for the pur-
pose Of securing moisture but do not
follow this practice to as marked q
degree during normal weather. In
other words, the results 80 far indi-
cate that busted calcium arsenate is
superior TO molasses mixture except
during exceedingly dry weather and
on very small plants.
At the present time the growth of
the cotton plants has apparently
reached the point where the molasses
mixture does not give any marked
degree Of control. Our fairly large
scale applications on an acreage basis
showed that it takes at least one hour
and half 10 treat one acre Of small
cotton with the molasses mixture and
this would make the labor cost Of the
application somewhat greater than
that involving the plain dust. In view
Of such results there seems to bel
little reason for using the molasses|
mixture in preference to plain cal
cium arsenaSe at any time and i'll
certainly should not be used on the
cotton plants after they reach the
squaring stage.