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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest From
the Yorkville ENQUIRER.

was to the effect that the Rev. B.
F. McLendon was desperately ill
i'll the hospital at Tarboro, n. c.
He was expected to spend this
week at Spencer, but instead sent
this message: desperately i'll.
Pray for me-
The county board of supervis-
ors of registration issued quite a
number of certificates at its reg.
ular monthly meeting Monday
and made arrangements for the
annual revision of the record for
the use of the jury commissions
III the presentation of next year IS
jury box.
Sheriff +. +. Quinn and Mrs.
Quinn both have influenza and
the doctor seemed to be very
much afraid Monday morning
that Mrs. Quinn had pneumonia.
Sheriff Quinn has been sick tor
several days, but has been trying
to hold out from going to bed as
lcng as possible.
Fire of undetermined origin
which was first discovered be-
tween the ceiling and roof of the
building destroyed the Miller
school building in Bethel town
ship about i 30 Monday after.
noon. School had just been dis
missed for the day a short time
when the fire was discovered.
T&re has been some talk Of
asking Gypsy Smith to come To
iorkville in April. but as yc.
nothing definite has been decided
upon. The proposition is that 10.
cal individuals guaranteed The i:li-
tial expense, amounting To abou,
S2,IOO. and that in addition Mr.
Smith will receive for his services
voluntary contributions.
Mitchell Burris, negro about A.
killed Joe Gill. another negro of
about the same age, at Burris
home OH Hose Norton's place,
about five miles west of Yorkville
Saturday evening at I o'clock.
Following the killing Burris ran
away. but he was arrested next
morning at = 30 o'clock by Dep
uty Sheriff Quinn and Magistrate
Black.
The merchants association of
Belmont, \. c.. recently put on n
rat killing contest among the
young people, offering IA prize of
~ for the largest number of rat
tails. The largest number Of tails
brought in by one contestant was
I3. by Leonard Armstrong but
il all 5I3 tails were offered. The
United States government: eSII-
mates the value of property de-
Slroyed by Il single rat at $1.S7
and according to this estimate
the contest has saved more than
$1,000 worth of property during
The next - months.
Owners of dogs are Just wax
ing up to the real 81 significance of
the new dog tax law. Those who
knew about the law at all seemed
to think il would be all right to
defer payment on into January if
hey saw proper. But now they
| are beginning to realize that
While other taxes may be post
poncd into January on per
must be paid before December 81.
Nearly 200 license tags have been
taken out within the last week,
more than - of them Monday
The total number of tax tags is
sued up TO date is over 400.
Dat Nnc
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
70 COLLECT DOG TAX.
Fort Mill Town Council Not to Be
Governed by State Law.

CS iai as VIC toWh VI OTt WILL
is concerned, the recent act of the
General Assembly providing that
a dog tax of $l.25 be collected in
South Carolina in lieu of all other
tax on dogs in this State, as was
the intention, if not the explicit
wording, of the act, will have no
effect upon the collection of the
municipal dog tax if the will of
the town council obtains. The
matter of collecting the local tax
on dogs as heretofore was given
brief consideration at meeting
Tuesday night of town council, at
which the decision was reached
that the ordinance of the town
should be enforced since it had
the effect of Kidding the commu-
nifty of several ownerless dogs
last year.
The town attorney is under
stood to have advised council
some time ago that the act of the
General Assembly did not repeal
the local ordinance and the duty
of council was to go ahead and
collect the local tax just as if the
State statute had never been en-
acted. Whether the opinion of the
attorney was based upon doubt
he may have entertained of the
constitutionality of the act or
that the verbiage of it was not
sufficiently explicit to set aside
the town ordinance. The Times
was unable to learn.
In local curbstone legal circles
however, neither construction Of
the act was necessary to warrant
the town i'll withholding the col.
lection of the tax. the opinion be.
ing expressed that the town had
all the warrant ii needed to en-
force local ordinances in it's abil-
ily to fine or imprison recalci-
trant citizens, regardless Of State
statutes. The opinion also was
expressed locally that no act
of the General Assembly was
binding upon the town council of
Fort Mill until the supreme court
passed upon the constitutionality
OF the act. and that town ordi-
nances i'll conflict with State
statutes should be enforced until
the same court held that the town
council was exceeding its author
ity in enforcing such ordinanc es.
Sam NJ. Wolfe. attorney gener-
al of South Carolina, does not
agree that the town council of
Fort Mill is within its rights in
collecting local dog tax, saying
that the act of the General AS
sembly providing the $1.25 dog
tax shuts out the collection of all
other dog tax in this State. In
ar official opinion rendered on
December 5 at the request of The
Times, Mr.. Wolfe says:
1.-The dog tag act has come N
for more controversy than has
any other piece of legislation in
my lifetime. | know, and | have
wished often that some one would
take the trouble to have some
court cOnstrue the act. have
officially consistently construed
the act as imposing the tag IL
cense of $l.25 exclusive of all
other taxes, municipal or other
wise; that is, shutting out al
other taxes-Or. if You prefer. in
lieu OF all other taxes. 1t may
mean in addition to other taxes
but III connection with the rest of
the statute, | cannot see il that
way"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
Play in Rock Hill.

Arrangements have been made
for game of football. in Rock
Hill Friday afternoon between
the Chester and Gaffney high
school elevens to decide the cham
pionship of the upper section of
South Carolina. The game will
be played at the fair grounds and
will start at 2 o'clock.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08

u. r. Wingate, well known in
Fort Mill as Steel Creek farm
ef, died at his home Monday, fol.
lowing all illness of several weeks.
MI. Wingate was 40 years old
and unmarried. The interment
was at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian
caprch Tuesday at noon.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR TAX REVISION

AT last there evidence that Congress really going "
mon the work of tax reimbursement We at least being snow" S
&c tho items in the minds of committeeman for revision ILLS
encouraging 1t porent action and the country wants ac
incidentally it gives something to talk about and some Oh us
thing to cu about For item in the program OIL
going to find favor with every member Of the country
All of this will be mued by press and people and the
stages cause much flow Of Congressional eoquence fna we
be tho hest it is possible to get position that is Impossible
perfection m,. :: s,o
Wherever there repeal there will be rejoicing lla'
alv e of thetax on cecream and all sore ur
cnfeciops dear to the childish stomachs and not without
the atuer organs of appetite and assimilation The rpea Oh W
excess proft tax has merits have other elmnatons
MANY of these items already had popular discussion ana
anproya That which of interest new relates more s
what is to be substituted the raising Of revenue instead Oh
wiped out For conclusvy demonstrated that we are mercy
TO have shifting burdens since there is no posslby OF
present current pecunary responsibility.
That which give the uniated faith in the saon Oh ~
program as outlined that bears the Endorsement Oh he
Of the Treasury beyond controversy that Mr. Mellon as
authority as the country affords and that his policy TO dstro"
10 eotaby as is feasible in behalf OF business conservation anu
public policy the burden bearing among individuals classes anu
corporae interests of the must be approached by all
Of us in full understanding that imperative The best we may
reasonably expect fair deal for all with far deal 1or e
try Let hope that is what we will get
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10

vice, and pays the price. The change
is most surprising. For he is not q
selfish beast; he thinks about himself
the least and, now his brows no long
q rcreased, he's happy, I'm surmising.
With broader means he buys machines
TO, aid the wife with cleaning. The
farmers mate is up-to-date; her la
boris not hemeaning. She has machines
to churn and pump; she isn't always
on the jump. With lessened toll she's
getting plump. Toward higher things
she's leaning.
Let's teach the boys the farmers
joys. Let's teach the girls who're
growing that he who tills the plains
and hills and superintends the now
ing, or she who bakes the farmers
beans is not slave by any means.
Let's tell lit in the magazines; let's
make 1t bright and glowing. Let's tell
the truth and teach the truth, and not
neglect their learning. Let's tell them
how farm life is now: let's fill their
hearts with yearning to live where ma
ture is in bloom: where birds and
flowers conquer gloom. Such propa-
ganda'll start a boom, if I'm not at all
diseerning.-Farm Life.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
FOREST rNCEEDIARY CAUGHT
BY AID OF TELESCOPE.

In July, 1921. Alonzo d. Dole, a pro-
fessional land locator operating in the
Siuslaw country for years was con-
Sicted in the United State District
Court at Portland, Ore. on the charge
Of willfullly setting forest fires on the
Siusllaw National Forest. He was SEN
fenced to four months in the Multi
nomah county jail, and his application
for a new trial was denied.
Dole had long been suspected by
officers Of the Forest Service Of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture Of wilfully setting fires on the
Siuslaw National Forest, but owing to
the sparse settlement Of the great for
est area and consequent lack Of wit
nesses, and the further fact that by
long practice he had mastered the
trick Of Tipping burning match In
the brush along road or trail, even
on horseback, efforts to Obtain evidence
against him were long unsuccessful.
The circumstances in connection
with Dole's arrest and conviction were
somewhat unusual. AS shown by the
evidence, one Of the witnesses was try
ing out ne wtelescope by watching
occasional passers-by on a road few
hundred yards away. While so doing,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
puR1ENT CURIOSITY.

Sheriff Charles Peters of Cook county says that on the
ton that the hanging Carl Wandrer would be something OF
spectacle been refusing admit very prominent men
and society women Chicago who wished to witness the execution
repreve has granted murderer but the fact remains that
people of such quality both and controlled by
purien curiosity to send urgent requests for
seats at hanging.
Refined Christian people who read of the barbare and cruel
ties the specaces which fought against wild beasts
and against other adato which pitched battles were wagcd
between rival fleets sailing mimic and In which, IN
ways the pagan lust of blood manifested marvel that
the most cultivated people of that time among them famous phoso
piers poets and statesmen, could reve in such scenes
day have multitude of people who show pre-
csey abnormal psychology and who not only eager to
witness brutal prize fight the execution of criminal
but who would welcome the return of in which all the savage
and pess sports the Circus Maxmus might be revived
Has what call civilization power itself to qunch this
gerh impulse the human breast which leads and women to
flock spectacle of the prize ring the Jail yard to the sight
Of suffering or the Of crmeP
Some other influence aside from culture moral force
egenerav than anything known to the elegant Greeks the
polished Romans elevate and to plans of
thought feeling before talk of the progress of civilization
day something different from that known to the ancient
world
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
THE FARMERS WIFE.

The farmers wife once led life
composed of toll and drudging. The
praise she got was dearly bought, and
it was scant and grudging. But that
was in the long ago whe mariners
shaved with spade and hoe to make the
pesky garden grow, so we should cease
our judging. The farmers toll to till
the soil made head and limbs both
tired, and tempers, too, were all worn
through, and how his brow perspired!
No wonder, when his toll was done, he
thought of naught but number one. He
had not time to think of fun his bet
ter half desired.
But tractors now are made to pillow.
He reads the advertising Of each de-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
Thompson's Barosma Tablets
Relieve Backache, Sldeache and Kid.
ney, Liver and Bladder Disease,
Or Money Back.

Yes, money back; that's the offer
that J. ]. Woods G Son the agents in
Maysville, make if Thompson's Baros-
I'd Kidney Tablets fail to relieve any
of the above named diseases.
And when you stop to thiRk, that's
most generous offer from the view
point of the afflicted, the sick and the
suffering.
So If you are i'll have the blues,
have lost ambition, have headache or
pains in your side, II your urine is
high colored. and your eyes dull and
complexion sallow, the chances are
that your kidneys are weak and clog
ged up, and that your blood is full of
impurities.
So why wait when Thompson's Ba-
rosma Kidney Tablets are guaranteed
to restore your health?
If you are not greatly benefited take
back the empty box to ]. ]. Wood &
Son and get your money. Price &C
| cents
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
THE MACHINES WE BUILD.

It 10 no fun TO be smashed up by the
machine you have made yourself. More
than one man has gone down that way,
though.
A farmer know told me few
years ago that he was going to make
politics his business for the next few
years. He cut quite swath for lit
tie while; then he Stepped on some
body's toes and the machine he had
built up to keep him In power, grabbed
him by the coat tail and chewed him
up till there was nothing lief of him.
Some farmers act as II they we're lit
tie czars. Don't they SWELL up big and
march roun dtheir farms, lording 1t
over their wives, their boys and girls
and the hired men to beat the band!
That may work for time, but an end
comes to 1t, and right lively sometimes
The young folks put on their clothes
and start out for themselves the hired
men quit, and everywhere they 60 they
tell what mean men they used to work
for; and mother, why she just withers
up like a pretty flower that has been
stepped on and goes over to the para
disc she has so well earned. The ma
chine has done the work 1t was built
for and nobody is to blame but the
man who did not use 1t right.
Machines are all right, on the farm
as in other places. We need certain
rules and regulations. The work of
today must be done today. You can't
wait till harvest time before you sow
your grain and expect much of wheat
crop. Everything in its season. This
is the high road to success.
1t is not the use of the machine that
marks its success Failure; It is its
abuse. Make your machine. Muse it.
but don't let 1t ruin wild. Be master
of your farm, but don't let anybody
know you are. Direct the course of
everything but let somebody else think
he is the main spoke. If you would be
master, serve, and serve like king!
e. L. Vincent, in Farm Life.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
SHALL EARS RETURN7

The National Harresrs Association in solemn cOnvocaton
assembled DEGREES that womn hair Topped and coopd hide
ear shall ao permit the aua appendage
light again after these many Of Punishment What the
will do remains to be
When first abolished dire results were pre-
dcd 1t believed that the hearing would be affected seriously
and malads would flourish light and
centan The prophecies do appear verified
with their of sight, the curiosity ascred
daughters Eve has persisted undated neghboraad
runar uproar of the busy world audible
They know than they did about what going
where.
There is sound eshetc for letting the remain
hiding till have almost forgotten what looks like The poets
concoed many mpasOned posrophs the
oraa would take too much space give citations Is
recall from exile what rightly regarded
and not detriment' philadelphia Public Ledger.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
DRUG VENDORS USE PIGEONS.

New York. Carrier pigeons are
the latest aids pressed into service by
New York drug vendors to supply i'm
prisoned customers, it was revealed
today. Detective Quigley, who arrest
ed Anthony Adamo, an alleged drug
vendor, confiscated $4,000 worth of
drugs and pigeon, Adamo refused to
admit that his pigeon was a drug car
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10

he saw Dole, who was riding by on
horseback, strike matches and flip
TEN, while burning, into the dry ferns
and brush along the roadside, thus
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10

starting fires.
Prohibition is said to be causing an
annual loss of $3O,OOO,oOO to the farm
ers growing barley in Minnesota,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-05
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Charles Pettce of Dorchester. Mass,
visited at \. T. IIilfs over the holiday.
Mrs. Ralph Tyler and two children re-
turned today to their home in Bristol,
Conn. after visiting a week with Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Stockwell.
w T.. Stellman and family. Mrs. l..
III. Stellman and family and Louis Stell-
man and family returned last night from
Weston, where they Spent the holiday at
the Trout club.
Mrs Il. II. AIetcalf left this morning
for burlington to attend the summer
school ut the University of Vermont
Miss Evelyn AIetcalf went to Randolph
to visit relatives during her mothers alb
scnce
Mrs George Draper and daughter Of
Staten Island. y Y. and Mrs c. +
Darling and Mrs. Everett Lockwood o.
Long Island are boarding at T.. b. Cor
belts Mr. and Mrs. SAWYER of Worces
ter. Mass, were guests there over the
holiday Miss Anna Jones Of Whining
ton also is spending the summer at Mr.
ECTbptt'S. .e-.....
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-05
SHOOTING AT SPENCER.
Eylcrist Who Attempted to Quiet Cele
orators Is Seriously Wounded

SPENCER, Mass, July 5.-Charles
II. Green, o., florist, is in a serious
condition at the Worcester Memorial hos
pital from bullet wound in the abdo-
men. which he received about / o'clock
yesterday morning when he demonstrated
with a group of boys who were celebrat-
ing the Fourth outside his home in East
Main street.
James Surprise. 16, son of d. J.. Sur
prise of Grove street. was arrested by
Chief of Police John Norton and Deputy
Sheriff George III. Ramer in connection
with the shooting.
Shortly after | O'Clock Green. with his
son-in-law. Paul Whipplc of Cambridge,
were disturbed by boys about II or 1G
years old The two men went out to the
boys with the intention of having them
stop the noise \ scuffie followed Sur
prise is alleged to have shot Green
Whipple was struck and injured about
the head.
The police came across pile of in
liammable material near the unoccuBied
East Main street schoOlhOuse 1t is the
opinion of the police that the boys in
tended to fire the building but We're
frightened away. Shortly afterward the
fire department was called to extinguish
a monster bonfire on the East Brooklield
road
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-05
Few Accidents in New York.

NEW YORK. July New York Gel
ebratcd the Fourth of July yesterday un-
der broiling sun that pulled the no.
curry in the thermometers M to 93 de
grees mt 3 o'clock in the afternoon and
that drove hundreds of thousands to the
parks. beaches and coast resorts. But
in spite Of the terrific heat, the move
ment of thousands of automobiles. thr
shooting of irecrackers and firearms and
the presence of more than million in
the water. accidents were remarkably
few. Only two persons in the Greater
City died of the heat and only five were
drowucd-two at Coney Island, one at
Long Beach. one at AIamaroncck and
enc at Hastings At midnight the police
had received a report of only one auto
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-05

other. Constantinople has a half dozen
different names. Danzig is Gdansk to
the Poles and Gedanum to some of its
Latin-tongucd neighbors. and easily
spoken TRANSATLANTIC is ErdeIy to Macy
ars and Ardealu to Rumanians.
! he job OF the chronological corps is to
arrive at one name and one spelling for
geographical names. and TO make the APP
pearance correspond as nearly as poSsi-
bic to the pronunciation to make the a IS
and o's. long and short. behave them
selves; TO repress j or put it in its place
and to marshal the c's with all their ac-
cents into uniform international force.
The corps has almost finished with the
acquired African territory. and il has
started on the Arabic Turkish, Polish
and Russian names When it has com
plctcd these tasks why not let it tackle
the subway guards street calls and dis
cover which one of the 10 different ways
Of calling Thirty-third street should be-
adopted?-New York Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-05
OLDEST TREE IN THE WORLD.
General Sherman Tree in California Has
That Honor.

With full appreciation of the beauty.
and recognition of the ma icstic size of
the giant cypress of Mexico. exception
must be taken to the suppoSition that it
is the oldest tree in the world. says
the American Forestry Magazine of
Washington. The housrs of being the
oldest living thing belongs to the Gen
eral sherman tree in the SeqUoia Ma
tional park in California. These MeXi-
can Expresses grow to enormous size and
are believed to attain an age of 1000
years, but it, must be remembered that
the General sherman was n lUsty youth
of | 900 summers when Christ was
born" It's exact age cannot be deter
mined without counting the rings. but
it is probably well in excess of $500
years. The General sherman. greatest
of all the celebrated ScIuoias, with stu
pendous proportions admitting of no eN-
aGgeratiOn, stands UnasSa;led as the
largest and Oldest living thing.
III" Mexican Bad CYPRESS is very
closely related to cur bald cypress. the
magazine continues. While the Mexican
species is not, in general. believed to be
extraordinarily loug-Hycd. Il few isolated
trees have become famous on account Of
their enormous bulk and age. The tree
believed to be the largest aud oldest of
the notable examples of this Mexican
cypress. stands on the church ground
in the center Of the little village Of
Maria Del TuIe which is on the road
from Oaxaca to Guatemala by way Of
Tehuautepec This tree is about 40
feet high and has a maximum. diameter
measured near the grouudl Of 80 feet
Vt five feet from the ground IFS actual
diameter is about - feet. The spread
of the crown is al feet and it's age is
estimated to he about 1000 wears. ~
is the case with a good many Mexican
trees, this cynrcsS. long known and fa-
nous among the inhabitants of the coun-
try. has been known in science only since
1888, and even then If was FIRST described
from trees cultivated in Italy