Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-15
HERE AND THERE.
Comment and Facts Picked Up
BY The Times Reporter.

WHAT they were some years ago,
Tuesday night said citizen of
the town i'll commenting on the
orderliness of the crowds OH the
streets and around the polls all
day Tuesday as u result of the
municipal primary. Perhaps
the presence of large number
OF women who came up town to
vote had a good effect, but how
ever that may be, the day passed
III most commendable fashion and
was without the slightest display
OF disorder of any kind, and if
there was engendered any ill feel
ing incident to the election have
not heard of it. Why the marked
contrast between this election and
some former elections held in
Fort MILF The question almost
answers itself. Formerly, liquor
was plentiful and easy to get"
The report of the department
OF agriculture Monday forecast.
ing cotton crop for the current
year OF more than 8 million bales
hits the farmers of the South an.
other wallop,' continued The
Times talkative friend. Il was
one of the number who had con-
Guided that at most the yield
would not go beyond I million
bales. 1T the estimate had not
exceeded that number. there is
reason to believe that immediate.
~ after the first of the new year
The trend of the market would
have been upward, and it may
yet take turn for the better. but
with me that hope is about dissi.
pated. Now | am inclined to
think that the farmers who sold
Their cotton this fall as soon as it
was ginned acted wisely. How
the production could reach 9 mil.
lou bales with the boil weevil at
work over practically the entire
cotton States and the limited
amount of commercial fertilizer
used under the crop, confess my
inability to understand. 1t leads
to the conclusion that in some sec
ticHs as least they have learned
now to get the upper hand of the
weevil.'
Well, this was my first effort
to obtain public Office" said one
OF the candidates in Tuesdays
primary, land think it will be
my last. | went into the primary
reluctantly and thought of with.
drawing few days ago. but
stayed in at the solicitation of
some of my friends. | got the
Office | was seeking and little
later on shall perhaps get the
cussing | am told comes to all
o1fice-holders. To my way of
thinking there ism t much to
holding public Office"
The Fort Mill contingent at
the football game in Rock Hill
last Friday between Chester and
Gaffney pulled hard for the Gaff.
ney boys, as did most of the Rock
Hiil folk who were present. but
ali our cheering and encourage.
ment otherwise did not have the
effect of warding off defeat for
item, said Fort Mill man i'm
whose heart the Chester team ey.
identity lacks warm spot. "The
truth is. the Chester team out.
classes every team it has played
since the season opened. They
are not only husky lot. but they
understand the game and play it
Tor all that is in them. My pre-.
dictlon is that when the Chester
boys meet Charleston for the
state championship in Columbia
Friday. Charleston will get the
small end of the score. much as
! would be pleased with the sue
cess OF the low-country lads"
An illustration of how to get
votes by the short speech route
was furnished at the citizens
meeting in the town hall Monday
night. j. F.. Lyles. candidate for