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The Washington times., 1921-07-02
Bogus Checks Cause Arrest.

Charged with passing bogus
checks, Corless B. Painter. of Irving
street near Thirteenth northwest. Ia
locked up today In the First Pre-
cinct station, house. More than
$500. 900 worth of '.phoney'' checks
were found in his possession. The
police recovered two checks amount
ing to ss7.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
DEFINITIONS.

According to oil Noe Webster, 20
gee" the name of our Office Goat.
means: "a molding. both concaye
and convex"
According to the same authority
"nictate" means to wink" This
might be of interest to the columnier
who inquired concerning the language
Of winks. CONK.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
AS rule. the correspondence
carried on by the correspondents
is correspondingly salacious.
FRED yETTER.
GIVING INFORMATION,

Maybe II has simply escaped the
attention OF the ice cream makers
that milk, sugar and cream have
fallen TO practically pre-war
prices. Possibly they are waiting
until next winter. when ice be-
comes plentiful. before reducing
their prices. Far be IT from me
to suggest that profits might be
divided with the public for a
time!
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
WAR VETERAN \
OVERCOME BY HEAI

Albert H. LeiOig. twsnty-seven
eran Of the world war, who was
gassed in France, was iovercoms by
the heat yesterday, in his room 1T leO1
thirteenth street northwest. He was
taken to the Emergency Hospital
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
Takes Poison by Mistake.

Poison. believed to have been taken
as medicine. sent Rose Cole. $40 In
diana avenue northwest. to Casualty
Hospital last night. She was found
lying across her bed at 9 o'clock. The
with ear trouble.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
RrGRErs AND REGRETS.

Uncle Longwed-Ive noticed that
them that never gifts married al
ways regrets II.
Young Nephew--Tm glad you say
so. I'm going to be married.
Uncle Longwed-Ive also noticed
that them that gifts married gener-
ally regrets 1t just as hard,
LADY DONNA.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
JULES BAcKENHEIMER.

whassa matter. little
girl2
Little Girl--Tm losted.
Policeman-Why didn't you hang
onto your mothers skirt.
Grill tried to. but i couldn't
rsach en-, PATHE.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
TURN TO Pipes, GIRLS,

To beat Congressman JOHN
SONS bill prohibiting the smok-
ing OF cigarettes, girls, is to
turn to pipes. / know one girl
who has been smoking a pipe
some time. She said she
thought cigarettes would be
taken from her sex. and, be-
lieving in preparedness, she
turned TO the pipe.
EAMON s..
(To attract attention It is neces
sary to be original. Paris wome
iare, and set the styles for tn
world. II, Washington girls wi
unanimously turn to corn cob pipei
or create new and breezy pipes Q
heir own. they will outrivai Pari
md be talked about all over tn
world. Pull out the old corn CO
pipes, girls, and start in)
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
i II Az,

Examination Of LUNGS. heart. stonf
ach. liver, bladder, bowels. or apps.
dix a. seen with your own eyes I, !
$500 at f,9s
y. unssvs x-aay psAzT.. y, N ss,s, .. =.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02

Il 1EARl sEEr -
By BILL PRICE
BY BILL RICE.
THE UNLEAKARLE BIBLKs

Speaking of oddly directed
mail. we received some last
week. My husband sent home for
his Bible. His sister wrapped II
up and directed II. In one corr
ner she wrote:
"BIBLE. guaranteed not 70
leak"
The prohibition officers did not
bother IL. LEoNA MAC.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
THAT 4ANTI-FAGr MEASURE.

''Horrid Congressman from Mississippi.
Be careful what you do.
For some of the girls OF this city
VIII smoke II they want TO.
watch your step" I'm telling you.
Or else you'll get the air;
Look out for Roll Ton Sue,
Cause she'll surely pull your hair.
PANAMA
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
FAMOUS LOCAL WORDS.

These are some Of the famous
words of Anacostia folks;
LILLIAN B.--"Stop"
EDNA C.--'1ndeedH
JAMES B.--"Hello, sweetie!"
NORMAN SAINT we got funT
TOM L.-"Ain't you dun7"
BILLY B.-"Shut up, VIII your"
APE D.-'Lookout, here comes
COP" I. NJ. n.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
OUR DIR. LUNA TICK.

OUR DIR. LUNA TICK.
For one and all with woes and troubles.
Write to our DR.. LUNA TICK.
With good advice.
Both sweet and nice,
He'll come to your aid mighty quick.
HARVARD.
The Washington times., 1921-07-02
Ten REASONS WHY

4. ELIMINATES the so-called
4. carbon 90 spark knock.
s. Will COMPLETELY va
porize under all conditions.
6. Insures the QUICKEST
start
Z. Enables you to throttle
the motor to any speed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
LEGION POST REVIVED.
Nance Changed to "Eli Bailss"
at Enthusiastic Meeting.

With about . score OF former
service men in attendance, the
Fort Mill post of the American
Legion was reorganized at an en-
thusiastic meeting last Wednes-
day evening by the election u
Col. w. IL. Minis commander jas.
n. Young vice commander, and
Brice ID. Culp adjutant. A matter
to demand the early attention Of
the meeting was the motion of
Capt. +. M. Mack that the n,nne
OF the post be changed from r'ort
Mill" TO Eli Baiies," in honor
of one of the Fort Mill boys who
lost his life i'll the World war.
The motion Ell Capt. Mack was
unanimously adopted. The post
then appointed a committee To as
certain the cost of securing and
furnishing quarters suitable for
club rooms and the committee is
to report at an early meeting.
Others matters which claimed the
attention of the meeting was the
proposition to erect monument
on the plot i'll New Unity cemete-
ry wher number of soldiers
who lost their lives overseas are
buried and the competitive drive
now under way to round up every
former service man in the commu-
nlty for membership in the local
post.
Last night it was stated that
the next meeting of the post
would be held next Wednesday
evening at 3 o'clock over Lytle's
drug store and that all ex-service
men are urged to be present. AT
The meeting last week two teams
were appointed to secure new
members of the post. Capt. Geo.
H. Potts is in charge of one team
and Herbert Harris the other.
Last night Capt. Potts team had
secured 25 new members against
II for Herbert Harris.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
Want Road Fund Divided.

A delegation of citizens from
the Gold Hill, Flint Hill and Sut-
ton 's'schOol districts of Fort Mill
township Monday afternoon ap-
peared before j. j. Bales, chair
man of the Fort Mill township
read commission, and requested
that instead of the township road
fund being used as whole TO
work the roads under the juris-
dictiOn of the commission that il
bc split up and that the amount
OF money paid in by each of the
school districts for (which the
committee spoke be returned to
those districts for the upkeep of
the roads therein. Mr.. Bales told
the committee that he would sub
init the matter to the road COM
mission at its next meeting. Fol
lowing the hearing he said that if
the request should be complied
with, the chances were that there
would be less money for use on
the roads in those districts than
the commission contemplated us
ing on them.< ...
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
Cashier Oakley Out.

The resignation of G.. S. Oakley,
for the last two years cashier of
the Savings bank of Pineville,
was accepted a few days age by
the board of directors. Following
the acceptance of Mr., Oakley 5
resignation, bank examiner Wis
tied the bank and made thor
oagh examination of the books.
The bank is entirely solvent, but
since it was decided to change
cashiers the directors, well known
Pineville business men, have sue.
ceeded in getting control Of a
majority of the stock, in the
hands of Mr.. Oakley since he be-
came connected with the institu-
tion. Pending the election of a
cashier, G. v. Walton, from the
American Trust company, Char
lotee, is temporary filling the po-
sition of. cashier.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
FRAMING ROAD PoI1cY.
consress Takes Up Problem Of
Federal Aid for Highxaxs.

Congress has begun forming 8
new policy for federal aid in road
building. The senate committee
on postoffices and post roads has
begun hearings on the bill intro
duced by its chairman. Senator
Townsend of Michigan. The bill
would create national highway
commission and provide for a sys. W
tenn of trunk roads throughout
the country. The house commit
tee plans to take up at an early
date the road bill introduced by
Representative Doweil of Iowa.
A prolonged fight between the
senate and house over road legis-
lation is expected. Senator Town
send believes his bill will be re-
ported and passed by the senate.
Champions of good road legisla.
ton in the house are lining up be-
hind the Dowell bill, which would
furnish more local roads. Indi-
cations are that each house will
pass its own bill and the differ
,ences will have to be threshed out
In conference.
The Townsend bill would per.
init the use of federal funds only
Oh interstate roads. 1t proposes
IN general way north and south
and east and west highways across
each State in the union.
The Dowell bill provides dou.
bic system of State roads. inter
state and intercounty, the two to
fofal at the beginning not more
than 2 per cent of the road mile
age OF the State. In short. the
Townsend bill provides for the
building Of federal trunk line
highways by the government
with State aid, and the Dowell
bill for the construction of inter.
state and intercounty roads by
the States, with federal aid and
federal supervision to insure con.
nected interstate systems and
guard against waste OF federal
funds.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
RED TAPE ERA.
Government Honeycombed b
Useless BoolSlkeepius.

This is no longer government
OF the people; it is government
OF red tape, says Washington
newspaper.
If the United States government
buys a mule, corps of veterina-
ry doctors examine the mule until
the, poor creature is reduced to a
stat of mental dissolution, where
upon said mule is passed on to
the next station of red tapeists,
who measure it's ears, legs, belly,
tail, etc., recording their findings
in several ledgers. Z
BY the time the mule escapes.
it is norlongef tanned or domes.
tieated animal, but is ready for
the widest sections of this de-
mOcracy.
The illustration applies to ey-
erIthing connected with the gov
ernment: it is an endless chain of
useless bookkeeping, to- conduct
which thousands of men and wo-
men are employed.
Washington city reminds you
OF gigantic wheel of red tape.
What is spent for print paper
alone would feed every starving
child in Christendom; tons of
worthless documents are shipped
from Washington; millions of
pounds of stuff leave the public
printer, and hundreds and thou
sands of employees are paid TO
bundle this junk and deliver it to
the mails; and this waste grows
with the years.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
SCHOOL TERM ENDS.
Fort Till Graded School Closes
Session Friday Evening,

- 7
The closing exercises of the
Fort Mill graded school, session
1920-21, will be held in the school
auditorium tomorrow evening, be-
ginning at 8 o clock. The program
will consist of the graduating ex.
ereises Of the 11th grade, an ad-
dress by Prof. w. HI. Ward of the
Greer schools, former superin-
tendent of the Fort Mill graded
school, and the awarding of the
diplomas, certificates and school
honors. The salutatory will be
given by Miss Halle Grigg, the
class history by Arthur Young.
Douglass Jeter will read an essay,
Ladson Mills the class will and
Harman Harkey the class proph-
ecy. Miss Marian Parks will be
the class valedictorian. The ad-
dress by Mr.. Ward will follow the
class exercises.
j. +. Carroll, superintendent of
education for York county, is ex-
pected to deliver the State diplo-
mas to the graduates, to whom j.
b. Mills, chairman of the board Of
trustees, will. present the ccrtifi-
Gates. Bruce IL. Stribling, super
intendent, will then award honor
certificates to the pupils that have
distinguished themselves by hav-
ing perfect attendance records or
unusually high scholarship rec
ords during the session. The S5
gold piece offered by the local
chapter of the d. A. r. to the
high school student making the
best scholarship record during
the session also will be awarded.
Friday night the first of the
commencement .exercices Of the
school were held at the auditorium
which was filled with patrons and
friends of the school, despite the
nclement weather. All the grades
from the first through the sew
enth took part ins the exercises
and all did well. Choosing and
crowning the May queen by pu-
pills of the third, fourth and fifth
grades proved one Of the most
popular numbers ON the program.
The singing of the primary grades
also was greatly enjoyed as were
the features given by the sixth
and seventh grades.
Sunday morning the Rev. L. r.
Mason, pastor of the First Metho-
dist church of Lancaster, preached
the sermon to the graduating
class in the school auditorium.
The choir for the services was
composed of the high school glee
club.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
Crane.Lemmond Marriage.

A marriage of interest to-many
friends of the young couple took
place in Fort Mill last Thursday
afternoon when Miss Eula Mae
Crane, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
A l.. Crane, became the bride of
Grady Il. LemmOnds. The off,
ciating minister was the Rev. w.
X. Bauknight, pastor of st. John s
Methodist church. The wedding
was at the home of the bride s. pa
rents and only few close friends
and relatives were present. Mr..
and Mrs. Eemmonds left the same
afternoon for Charlotte, where
they will make their home. Mrs.
Lemmonds has wide circle Of
friends in the community who re-
gret that hei' marriage will take
her away from Fort Mill. Mr..
Lemmonds formerly lived i'm Fort
Mill, but has made his home in
Columbia and Charlotte since the
close of the World war, in which
he served as sergeant of the
Fort Mill supply company Of the
30th division.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
r. F. D. Convention.

The annual meeting of the r.
+. ID. men of York county will
BE- held in Fort Mill Monday
morning, May 30, in the town
hail. 1t is expected that num-
Der of short talks i'm the interest
OF the service and the carriers
will be made by members of the
organization, following which off,
GERS for the ensuing year will be
elected. A considerable number
OF carriers from various sections
OF the county are expected to at.
tend the meeting and the local
carriers are looking forward with
pleasure to entertaining the wis.,
it0rs, especially since this is the
first meeting the county oassoci-
alton has held in Fort Mill. At
the close of the business session in
the town hall fish fry will be
given on the banks of the Ca
'tawba.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
Millionaire Day Laborer.

Howard Parmenter of Way.
land, Mass, is millionaire who
gets up at 5 o'clock i'm the morn.
ing, works on farm all day and
goes TO bed with the chickens.
lie wears overalls and a slouch
hat, milks the cows, hoes the po-
tatoes and works harder than any
enc else on his farm, for he is not
a gentleman farmer He in
herited the fortune of the late Jon
athan Parmenter, original "over-
all millionaire.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
STATE LAWS PARAMOUNT.
Conflicting Ordinances of Town
Councils of No Force.

South Carolina municipalities
are not clothed with authority to
set aside or through their city or
town councils modify or pass or
dinances in conflict with acts of
the General Assembly, which are
paramount to laws of municipal
bodies just as the laws passed by
Congress take precedence over
State statutes. For the mforma-
ton OF those who may be other
wise informed or who may be en-
tlrely without information on the
subject, The Times prints the fol-
lowing opinion recently written
ON the subject by South Caro-
lima authority:
Any municipality chartered
under the general laws of the
State is purely and simply a
creature of statute Just as any
other, corporation is. and it gets
It's powers solely from the acts
under which it is Incorporated
and it is clothed with only such
authority as the statute law gives
1t. Certainly no town ordinance
Is paramount to a statute pertain
lng to any of the functions or au-
thorlty of that town, and where
there is conflict between the
town ordinance and statute. the
statute is paramount. This is not
only so provided in section 1895.
volume l of the Code of 1912, hut
is a well recognized principle of
law IN connection with municipaI
ordinances.
"The constitutionality of
any ordinance or statute can ,nlv
be determined in the end Lv a
court OF competent jurisdiction.
VI course any lawyer is entitled
to his opinion of the constitution
ality or unconstitutiona|it, of an
act OF the General Assembly or of
an ordinance of municipalitv
but this has no judicial weight
and certainly is not. conclusivc of
the question"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
RAPS COLAHARvEY.
Stevenson Recalls Utterances of
Ambassador at Charleston


In the house of representatives
Saturday Representative Steven
son attacked Ambassador Harvey
for the latter's statement at the
Pilgrims dinner in London that
the United States entered the
war to save its hide-not to save
civilization.
Mr.. Stevenon said that in an ad-
dress in Charleston in 1906 Har.
vey "boasted that some of his an
cestors during the Confederate
war were so yellow they hired
substitutes and that one went to
Jail rather than fight to preserve
the union, adding that he sup
posed the ambassador soon would
be telling the British that his an
cestors had refused TO fight for
American independence.
The following language was at
tributed to Col. Harvey at the
Charleston banquet: y
AT the outbreak of the Civil
war, OF my immediate ancestors
living were two grandfather, my.
own father and nine uncles. They
were Northern men. Not one of
them had ever crossed the Mason
and Dixon line. They regarded
ary form of slavery with abhor-
renee, but not one of those II
men ever lifted his hand against
his white brother in the South.
From their meager store and from
necessity, ii OF them furnished
the federal government with the
sums OF money fixed for the pro-
curement of substitutes. One un-
Gle, perhaps the best able of the
Il TO do so, absolutely refused
and chewed the cud of bitter, re-
Election for nearly two years IN
the county jaik Whether at that
time, under those circumstances,
| should have done as they did, /
do not know, but the facts are
family history and constitute the
basis Of my assertion that | have
an absolute and unqualified right
tn speak to You men of the South
the words of fraternal heart"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26
BONDS FOR RIVER BRIDGE,
Court Expected to Pass on Meek.
lenburg Issue at Once.

The Mecklenburg- York bridge
over the Catawba river seems
nearer realization than ever be-
fore, according to the Charlotte
Observer of Tuesday. :
York and Mecklenburg counties
two or three years ago agreed TO
build bridge across the Cataw-
ba at Buster Boyd" site. be.
tween the two counties. York
county was to pay One-third the
cost OF the bridge and Mcckleu-
burg county two-thirds. York $
money for the bridge has been
available for the last two v,a"s,
but there was doubt of the valid
NY OF the Meeklenburg county
bonds which the commissioners
OF that county decided 10 sell
Tor the purpose and action was
taken in the superior com, .bv Il
taxpayer to restrain the county
from issuing the bonds. The SUI
perior court held that the bonds
were valid and the case was then
appealed to the supreme court.
which is expected to soon render
a decision in the case.
The proposed bridge has been
discussed for several years. 1t
is to cost $4,000. 1t will open
up considerable territory in Beth
G! township, York county, end
VIII be on almost straight line
between Charlotte and York. Ii
the Mecklenburg bond issLe is
upheld by the supreme court work
on the bridge is expected 20 be
begun within the next 'two or
three months.
With the highway improved
from Fort Mill to the point on
the State line nearest the bridge
nhder the proposed $4,000 bond
issue of the township, Fort Mill
business interests are anticipating
taat the building Of the bridge
viii result in the bringing of not
only considerable volume of
trade here from Bethel township.
hut that the improved highway
To- the North Carolina line in the
ntighbOrhood of the bridge also
WILL bring to Fort Mill many far
nters and others from Mecklen-
burg county to purchase supplies
and transact other business. -
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26

The biggest thing in the way Of
. bond issde yet undertaken by
the Fort Mil community will be
determined at he polls on Thurs
day, June 2, when the qualified
resident electors pf the township
60 to thelpolls to pass upon pro-
posed bond issue of $75,OOD for
road improvements in the town
ship. The election will be con-
Quoted in strict conformity to
the law. Every elector offering
to vote will be required 70 pro-
duee and display to the election
managers his registration certifi-
cate and tax receipt showing that
all taxes assessed against him and
cOllectible during 1920 have been
Paid. Herbert Harris, Joe M.
Belk and w. NJ. Wilson have been
named by the board Of county
commissioners as election mana
gers. The polls will open at z
clock a. m. and close at clock
p. m.
The proposed bond issue was
given impetus at meeting of the
citizens of the township in the
Fort Mill town hall several weeks
ago. AT first the talk was of re-
building only the road between
the town and the Catawba river
bridge, Assistance of two miles,
but this talk was abandoned when
it was pointed out that with
bond issue of about twice that
amount practically all the main
roads Of the township could be
improved with top soil or sand
clay.
Following tn recent citizens ;
meeting the York county board of
commissioners agreed, to appro-
pirate $4,000 for road improve
meRts in Fort Mill township and
the county Legislative delegation
agreed to set aside 500, 900 for the
same purpose, which with federal
aid of $4,000 recommended by
the State highway commission
makes a total of $l15,0 600 availa-
bic for road wark in the town
ship If the bond issue is voted.
Under the act of 1920 providing
Tor township bond issues i'm York
county. the money arising from
the sale Of such bonds is expend-
ed under the direction. of three
township road commissioners ap-
pointed by the governor on the
recommendation of the Legislative
delegation. The commission is
authorized to select the roads to
be repaired and to determine the
material to be used i'm the work.
Since the election i'm Fort Mill
township was ordered by the
board of county commissioners
several weeks ago, little discus
sion OF the matter has been heard
on the streets of Fort Mill or in
other public places. Proponents
OF the bond issue say that while
they do not expect the PROPOSE
tion to be indorsed unanimously
at the polls, they do not look for
more than half dozen negative
votes at most. Should the bond
issue be approved and ready sale
found for the bonds, it is expect
ed that work on the section of
road the commission decides to
repair first will be begun late in
the present summer or in the
early fall.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26

rrOniOayl0n enforcement Oflcers
operating from the Asheville, N.
G., headquarters since January
i 1920, captured and destroyed
more than 900 stills, apprehend-
ell . little less than 500 blocka-
ders and destroyed enough whis-
KY and beer to float battleship,
according to summary Of the
work jpet made.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26

The Rev. and Mrs. j. w. III.
Dyches, Miss Martha Dyches,
Hampton Dyches and Miss Ma
rian Parks motored TO Heath
Springs Sunday afternoon to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Nellie f.
Small, widow of the Rev. r. E.
Small, former pastor of the
Heath Springs Baptist church.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-26

w. B. Meacham, Sr.. is spend
ing several days in Greenwood
this week attending the meeting
OF the grand lodge, Knights of
Pythias.