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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
Graded School Notes.

Everyone is back at school after
having two days holiday for
Thanksgiving. Several of the
teachers spent the week end out
OF town. Miss Marie Maundy was
at her home in Shelby. N. c., and
Miss Susie White visited relatives
at Black Mountain, n. G.. Miss
Ethel LOFTS has returned from a
stay of several weeks at her home
In Greenville.
The girls basketball team will
play their first game of the sea
son with Kershaw in Kershaw
Friday.
Miss Martha Watson, student
at Winthrop college, spent Tues
day night with Miss Edna Tindal.
Miss Watson came over to coach
the basketball team.
The December meeting of the
parent-teacher club of the school
will be held this Afternoon in the
school auditorium at 3:15 o'clock.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
News of Pleasant Valley.

Miss Mary Bales. student at
Winthrop college, spent Thanks.
giving with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Il. Bales.
Mrs. Robert Beckett and her
children of Chester spent Thanks
giving with relatives in this com
munity.
Miss Nancy Graham. teacher i'm
the lscal school, spent Thanksgiv-
ing at her home in Lancaster.
Cadet James Bales of Clemson
college spent THANKSGIVING with
ms parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il.
Bales.
Miss Sallic Wheeler. who is one
of the teachers in the Pleasant
Valley school, spent Thanksgiv-
ing with her brother in Charlotte,
n. c.
Misses Ethel and Mabel Patter.
son spent Thanksgiving with rel.
aflveS in the Gold Hill commu-
nifty. "Spinner,"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
COUNTY SHOULD AID.
Rock Hill Paper Favors Work
Under Stewart Road Law.

Says the Rock Hill Record:
Fort Mill township has sold
$4,000 worth of road bonds and
will build a hard surface road
from the river to the town of
Fort Mill. and thence from Fort
Mill to the road leading to the
new bridge across the Catawba
at Wright's ferry. and also TO-.
Bales bridge over Fishing Steen
creek, between Fort Mill and
Lancaster.
This news will be very pleas.
ing and these roads very bcn,ti.
clal. but there is still a very i'm
portant road that is to be built,
and IT strikes us that while Fort
Mill township is lining up to do
tins work on it's own hook the
county commissioners of York
might get together with them and
SO plan the road that is to be
bullt from the North Carolina
line, as provided for by the Stew
art road law. running across the
county by Fort Mill. or approxi-
mately to the present bridge be-
tween here and Fort Mill. lead
ing on toward Bethesda and the
chester county line. 1t looks to
us as IT this would be good busi
ness to get together on this and
each side save some money and
at least build more roads. or
more mileage of road. or build il
better.
(The only hard surface road
the Fort Mill township road com
mission proposes to build. accord
lng to statement printed in The
Times last week from IA member
of the commission. is between the
county bridge across the Catawba
river and the town of Fort Mill.
Federal aid for road buildin" al
ways IS somewhat uncertain and
the plans of the township com.
mission cannot be- worked ont
fully. as this paper understands
the situation, until the commits
sion knows definitely how much
assistance it will receive from the
national treasury. - Editor The
TimeS.)
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
Potatoes From Storage House.

Farmers from the lower section
OF Fort Mill township this week
lave hauled into town for sale to
local merchants several loads of
sweet potatoes taken from the
community storage house which
they built several weeks ago.
Eighteen hundred crates. each
holding | ii bushels, were placed
in the storage house when the po-
tatoes were dug. Examination of
the contents of the crates indi-
Gates that the potatoes responded
70 the curing process. but each of
the crates now contains one peek
less than it did when the pota-
toes were first stored. the heat
maintained for several weeks i'm
the house having caused the
shrinkage.
1t is not expected that the Fort
Mill community. will be able to
consume all the potatoes in the
storage house. The owners of the
potatoes therefore plan to be-
gin making shipments to nearby
cities within the next few days
The potatoes are said to be supe-
riOr in flavor to those cured in
ld-fashioned hills and are retail.
ing on the Fort Mill market at
Fl En ,n, L,nl>
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
FEW UNKNOWN DEAD.
Only 1900 American Victims of
War Now Unidentified

The people Of the United States
apparently have gievn little heed
to the wonderful work of quar-
termaster corps of the army in
identifying thousands who fell in
the World war. The casualties of
the American forces on land and
sea We're roughly 10000. Of
this number the adjutant gener.
al S office records 77,133 as fatal
and occurring outside of the
United States.
"A total of 77.O4s graves are
registered by the cemeterial di-
vision. Of these 42.O9S have been
transferred, all except few hun
dred distributed to countries of
Europe, being brought to the Unit
ed States. There are eight official
American cemeteries. However.
there are close to 500 village bur
lai plots in France. Belgium. Ger
many and other countries from
which soldier dead have not been
removed.
The number of unidentified
American dead is between 1000
and l,50O. This is in striking
contrast to the tragic totals of
other countries. whose unidenti-
fled dead runs into the hundreds
OF thousands. One reason for this
is that at the time of the Amer
lean participation the allied front
was advancing and the dead usu-
ally were behind the American
lines.
Another reason is that the
American expeditionary forces
paid more attention to this senti
mental phase of war. Frequently
burial parties worked under fire.
digging shallow graves and care
FULLY marking them that identity
would not be lost when the body
was removed to permanent
cemetery.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
Issue Many Certificates.

Messrs. Clinton and Gwinn.
members of the York county
board of registration, did not find
many idle moments at their dis
pOsal during last Friday, which
they spent officially in Fort Mill.
When the days work had ended
FOR them total of 2S5 new reg
tstratiOn certificates had been is
sued to citizens of the town. Of
the number. 20 were to women,
who thus took advantage of the
opportunity given them by the
national and State. governments
some months ago to qualify as
voters. Not one of the women
to whom the board issued certif-
icates had ever voted and it was
with reluctance that several asked
Tor the little slip of paper which
would enable them to take part
II elections. Beside the new GER
tificates, the board issued num-
Der of renewal certificates to cit
liens who had lost or mislaid
their old ones. As result of
the cOunty's board s visit to Fort
Mil there are approximately $50
registered voters in town, more
by about 200 than there has been
at any time in the past.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01

The York county chaingang
netted eight recruits as a result
of the November term of court of
general sessions which was held
last week. In addition to these.
one negro boy was sent to the re-
formatory for coloRed youths at
Lexington.
With the announcement this
week of the first of the candidates
for town Offices. interest i'm the
Democratic primary to be held on
December l3 is expected to be
quickened. Up to last night 100
names had been placed on the
Democratic club rolls. which were
opened Monday morning at the
Lytle Drug company's store. The
rolls are to remain open through
Saturday, December 10, and no
one will be allowed to vote in the
primary whose name does not ap-
pear on the rolls.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
Candidates for Office.

"A. {. Lytle and b. {. Ferguson
are this week announcing in The
Times their candidacy for mayor
of Fort Mill. Both are business
men. the former manager of the
Lyle Drug company and the lat
ter proprietor of Main street
GROCERY.
Other announcement in The
Times are those of B. w. Brad.
ford and Jas. II. Young, Jr.. for
aldermen-at-large and Brice ID.
Culp, who seeks seat in town
council from Ward 3.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
LUMBER SHED BURNS.
Fort Mill Lumber Company Suf-
fers Big Loss.

twenty-five thousand dollars
worth of property was reduced to
smoke and ashes in fire which
broke out Tuesday evening at Z
o clock i'll the rear of the main
shed of the Fort Mill Lumber
company, j. j. Bales proprietor.
The shed and it's contents. includ-
ing tens of thousands of feet of
dressed lumber, builders sup
plies of all kinds, two motor
trucks. one four ton Packard,
the other Traffic, were total
loss. There was some insurance OH
the property, Mr.. Bales yesterday
said, but not enough to cover
the loss. Only recently, he ad-
dcd. large shipments of dressed
lumber had been received and
practically all of it was stored in
the burned building.
How the fire originated. Mr..
Bales said he did not know. 1t
was a rule not to allow smoking
in any of the buildings of the
plant or on the lumber yard, but
II is possible that the rule was
overlooked and that cigarette
or cigar stub had been thrown
down IN the building and that the
fire sartcd from it. The blaze
quickly envelopcd the building,
notwithstanding the efforts of
the fire company and numerous
volunteers to check it. The com.
pany was on the ground and at
work in an incredibly short time
after the alarm was sounded
and did good work in preventing
the spread of the flames TO near
by buildings and the piles of un-.
dressed lumber in the yard. A
small lumber shed. not ten feet
from the main shed. was saved by
the efforts of the firemen. al
though they were handicapped by
u shortage of water The debris
continued to burn all through
Tuesday night, "Wednesday and
Wednesday night.
When the fire was at its heigh;
number of electric light wires
connecting with the transformer
house few yards away were
burned in two and the town was
in darkness for more than an
hour, necessitating the closing of
all Main street business houses.
The blaze from the rich pine
lumber was perhaps the most
spectacular Fort Mill had ever
seen. Hundreds of people were
attracted to the burning building
by the flames as they reached
high INTO the air. AT distance
i; looked as if half the town was
burning up. Sparks and brands
fell on many buildings in the
ncighborhood of the lumber yard,
but did no damage.
Yesterday Mr.. Bales said he did
not know what the future of his
lumber business would be, that
until he could settle with the in
surance companies he did not
know whether he would again
put in Il stock of dressed lumber
and builders supplies.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01

Eleven men, six white and five
negroes. are now under death
sentence in South Carolina. This
is said to establish. a record for
the Palmetto State in the mum.
ber of death penalties passed up
on criminals at any one period of
time. The fact that the whites
outnumber the negroes is also
considered new record for the
State.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
PLAN TO FIGHT wEEv11.
Program Suggested to Farmers
of York County.


York county is now infested
with the boil weevil and no one
can predict with any degree of
accuracy just what year or sea
SON the weevil Will do his worst
damage in this section. There
fore every farmer and business
man is urged to plan his farming
and business operations for 1922
OH a. safe and sane basis.
At a meeting in Rock Hill a
few days ago of a number of
farmers and business men with
the county demonstration agent,
j. r. Blair, it was recommended
that the following program be
adopted by the farmers of York
county:
l. Be sure to produce enough
staple food and feedstuffs FOR
landlord, tenants and livestock
with some to sell.
2. Provide a good all-year home
garden ana orchard.
3. Provide cows enough to pro.
duce milk and butter for every
person OIL the farm and some to
sell.
4. Provide at least 100 pounds
of pork per person OH the farm
and some to sell.
D. Also provide an ample
amount of poultry with some to
sell.
To put the foregoing recommen-
dations into practice the acreage
per pillow should be about as fol
lows:
Five to eight acres of cotton
per .plow, according to the size of
the family to cultivate same; five
to eight acres of corn planted
with peas or velvet beans; four
to six acres of oats and wheat per
pillow, followed by peas, velvet
beans and cane for forage; one
acre each of sweet potatoes, pea
nuts and sorghum.
The meeting also recommended
the erection OF at least one sweet
potato house of from 1000 to
5000 bushel capacity in each
school district in the county.
People who have grown cotton
under boil weevil conditions say
it can be grown successfully and
profitably if the following factors
are put into operation:
l. Early fall turning under of
cotton stalks; if impossible to
turn under, cut under with disc
harrow or stalk cutter.
2. General winter cleaning up
of all hedges, bitches, terraces, etc.
3. Thorough and early prepara-
tfon and planting as early as dan.
ger of frost is past, using from
l IL to 2 1-2 bushels of good seed
per acre to insure stand.
4. Planting of approved varie-
ties only, Wannamaker, Cleve-
land and Mexican big boil being
recommended for this section, to
be planted OH early maturing
land.
D. The judicious and liberal use
of commercial fertilizer high in
phosphoric acid and in amonia to
insure early maturing, using fer
tllizer directly under seed, avoid
ing side applications of soda.
8. Rapid, shallow cultivation
until cotton begins to open.
Z. Picking of early weevils and
punctured squares to July 20 ut
least.
3. Sowing of winter cover crops
III cotton fields to maintain soil
fertility and to prevent weevils
h'bernating through winter.
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Graded School Notes.
EypryOne il hack at school after
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01

The best grade of cotton is sell
ing at Is cents on the Fort Mill
market today.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01

r. +. Ardrey, mayor Of Fort
Mill, has stated that he would not
ask to be reelected. Mr.. Ardery
was elected without opposition
TWO years ago and has many
friends who will regret that they
will not again have the opporm.
nIty of voting for him. He has
served the town without financial
compensation, agreeing early in
hls administration to give the sal.
ary to which he was entitled TO
the recorder to escape the un.
pleasantness of presiding over the
police court,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-01
Wasting Money on Roads.

The trouble with the roads of
this community.' said a farmer
who had just driven through the
mud to Fort Mill from his home
III the upper section of the town
ship, lis not so much lack of
work as it is the character of the
red clay. All the dragging and
other work that might be done ON
the roads of Fort Mill township
for the next century would not put
them in condition to withstand
the rains unless they were rcsur-
faced. The roads cut up into
deep ruts and holes come in them
where the water stands for any
length of time following every
rain that lasts for few hours or
longer. We are wasting money
trying TO make good red clay
roads.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02
Northwestern Neus
AUDITOR is
NOTIFIED OF AMOUNT
OF HAIL TAX LEVY

Minot., N. D., Nov. County Audi
tor r.. w. Kennard has received from
insurance Commissioner S. A. Olsness
b following notice of the levy of a
hail indemnity tax a~ggregating So
cents an acre for $40 protection on all
insured lands in Ward county 58l
In accordance with Sections z and
3 81 the State Hail Insurance Law, I,
S. a.. Olsness, commissioner Of insur-
ance, after having carefully ascer-
tanned the amount required for the to-
tai payment of indemnity for losses
caused by hail to crops insured with
the department and after having esti-
mated the various other amounts i'm
cidental thereto, such as interest on
hail warrants, attachments and re-
funds and operating expenses, of the
hail department for the year 1922,
find that it is necessary and hereby
do'levy for the year 1921 a Hail In
surance Indemnity Acreage Tax of a.
per acre for 81 per acre protec-
ton and 1%9~cents per acre for SO adj
ditional insurance, or SO cents for SO
protection.
"You, as county auditor for the
County Of Ward, State Of North Da-
kota, r hereby authorized to spread
on the tax rolls of your county such
hail indemnity tax, chargeable against
every acre Of land insured with the
state for the season Of 1921, In, &C
cordance with the records in your Of
flee, copy of which is now on file with
the department. 1t is understood
that the 3 cent fiat tax is also to be
charged against every acre Of tillable
land in your county subject to such
tax" A.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02
FORT NORMAN FIELDS
FAu TO D
EXPECTED FORTUNES

Edmonton, Alta. Nov. with the
close Of the drilling season, Fort
Norman oil fields on the Mackenzie
river are now the subject xof wide
discussion. I the spring it was be-
lieved they would prove the richest
in the world.
The excitement was caused by a
gusher we'll brought in at Fort Nor
man. by the Imperial Oil company
last fall. The flow was $500 barrels a
day. When the news spread over Can
ada ana the United States, the fever
ish interest promised one Of the
greatest stampedes in history.
Realizing the danger Of many trag-
edies If thousands Of men without
proper provisions or equipment invad-
&c this part Of the world, the govern
ment with the aid Of the Royal Cana
dian Mounted Police kept down the
numbers engaging in the spring rush.
Many hundreds, however, went in.
Prospectors expected to become
rich overnight. All the region about
Fort Norman was staked. A dozen
drilling rigs were transported to the
fields with great difficulty. But at the
lose of the season, the original we'll
'emained the only one hat had struck
oil.
The Imperial company has estab-
,ished permanent headquarters at
Fort Norman and will continue drill
ing through the winter whenever
weather permits. nS "a,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02
THREE BROTHERS
GIVEN SENTENCE
Judge Buttz at Devils Lake
Gives Pen Term to Trio
Of Robbers.

Devils Lake. n. D., Nov. 2.-Three
brothers. aged 81. SO and rs. were
given sentences ranging from ! to 5
years each in the state penitentiary
yesterday by Judge c.. w. Buttz in
district court. They are George. Will
liam aud Clarence Baird of Lansing.
Mich, and were brought here by
Sheriff J. i. Narcotic of Rolette coun-
ty to plead to charges of stealing.
automobile accessories and Jail break
ing.
George and Clarence on October a.,
entered a garage at Rolla and stole a,
quantity of accessories. The sheriff
had been tipped. off regarding the
robbery and arrested the Two men as
they left the garage. Two weeks
later William. the other brother. visit
&c. the jail where they We're confined,
and perfected plans for their escape.
They managed to get out OF Jail, but
were recaptured, the officers also ar
resting William.
When they pleaded guilty here,
George and William admitted par
ticipating in other robberies.
George. the youngest. was given a
sentence of from one and a half to
five years. William was sentenced for
an indeterminate term of from two
and a half to five years. and Clarence
was sent up for n year. They re-
fused to give the authorities.the name
and address , Of their relatives in
Lansing.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02
COPPER DISCOVERED
BY CURIOSITY OF
MINNESOTA LAD

Superior, Wis, Nov. 2.-Curiosity
of Albert Kofal, 14-year-old farmer
lad n school boy concerning the
mineral composition of a rock-like
material protruding from the ground
on hiss mothers farm, resulted in the
discovery of what is believed to be
rich copper bearing ore near Gordon
in the southern part of Douglas coun-
ty, Wisconsin. s..
Professor J.. A. Morrill,, geologist at
the Superior normal school, analysed
them to be rich in native copper.
The rock found may be one of =
series of beds extending into Upper
Michigan, according to persons inves-
tigating the land from which the
specimens were removed.
Young Kofal was going for the
cows n evening early in October
when he stumbled owe the protrud>
ing rock. He went pack to remove it
from the ground and roll 1t out Of the
way into a ditch. when he noticed a
shiny substance on the surface, and
his teacher, Miss Mary Lawler, for
warded it to the Normal school for
examination.
The Kofal farm is three miles from
the now abandoned property of the
tensive exploration for copper ore has
been made. More than $1,000 0 is
said to have been invested in three
incline shafts and a small stamping
mill by a company financed by Fred
f.ertck Weyerhauser. pioneer lumber
man Of southern Wisconsin and Guy
Ter Adams of Duluth.
Professor Morrill, pronounced the
specimen copper sulphide. He urged
further investigation of the amount OF
ore present. Specimens have> been
sent to mining experts in Duluth.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02
Two Held In M'Lean
County As Suspects
In Shooting Scrape

Washburn. N. D., Nov. 2.-walter
Anderson, Harry Skorlot and Joseph
Barlosheveck r held in the county
Jail here in connection with the att
tempted killing of Cor Barnick, a
Russian farmer living lee Max, and
his family, according to word received
here by authorities today.
1t ds alleged that the men are the
three who drove to the farm of Bar
nick about two weeks ago and asked
for gasoline for their automobile.
When he told them that he had none,
they opened fire with rifles and revol-
vers, one hitting Barnick in the head.
1t is believed that the men thai did
the shooting thought hat Barnick
had money in the house and intended
to rob him.
The shooting fray was cut short
when one of. Barnick's children escap-
eded from the house. and ran to a
peighbor's for assistance,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02

Of tho Bismarck Ministerial associa-
ton.
Rev. E. +. Alison was elected pres
ident; Rev. H. c.. Postlethwaite, vice
president, and Rev. c. T. Strut, sec
rotary.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-02
LIFE SAVERS
START IN SEARCH
OF MISSING VESSEL

a rough lake and provided with food
and life saving apparatus, Captain J..
c. Anderson and -four men Of the
United States coast guard set out to-
day in a large lifeboat to search for
the sailing Vessel Rosabelle. believed
to have been lost Sunday with a crew
of nine aboard.
Reports reached the coast guard
today that the Rosabelle was seen off
shore near keEosha. 1t was believed
that the crew might still be aboard.
The vessel was owned by the House
OF David and was bringing a supply
of wood to the colony near Benton
Harhor