Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-07-06
BIG CROWD HERE
FOR CELEBRATION
OF JULY FOURTH


Fourth or july in. Fort Milrs history
VI half "a century was successfully
carried out Tuesday, thanks to the
cooperation OF the people of the town
eeneraliy, the Fort Mil Manufactur-
ing company and ELI Bales post,
American Legion. Plans for the Gel
.oration had been under way for sew
.ral weeks, but IL was not until
George fish, general manager of the
Fort Mill Manufacturing company,
returned home from u vacation one
DAY last week and gave assurance
that his company would assist the
people of the town and the eX-service
men In carrying out a program Of
interesting events was the success of
the celebration assured.
The principal part Of the exercises
were on the. grounds of the old Fort
Mill academy. for which a crowd es-
timated at from 1900 to 1000 had
assembled. Many came to Fort Mill
FOR the day from the various sections
or York county and others were here
from Lancaster and Mecklenburg
counties. Music for the celebration
was Furnished by the Tirzah band.
Follow lng a concert at Confederate
park by the Tirzah band, the Fort
Mill and Rock Hill military compa-
MES led the parade to the academy
grounds, where the first feature OF
the days exercises WAS an address by
Congressman w. h. Stevenson, fol-
lowing "a short welcoming address by
Mayor A. {. Lytle and an introducto-
ry spsech ny Coz. 4. B. Spratt, in
which he praised the service Of Mr..
Stevenson as representative OF the
fItth district.
Mr.. Stevenson was greeted with ap-
piause @neh he stepped forward 10
speak. II always gave him pleasure,
ne said, To address Fort Mill audi
ei.ce ..hd ne welcomed the opportu-
nity to come from Washington to be
mere lor the celebration OF the
fourtN. Shortly after Mr. Stevenso.i
Desa.i 10 speak shower came up
anu the audience was forced to seek
sheiter In the acauuiuy ant in auto
noolies, but the shower passed in u
Few intnutes and Mr. Stevenson tuen
resumed his speech, talking priucl-
DAILY VI the eefect the tariff bill the
Congress ~ --now. Ipsssing
viii have ON the people. The steel
trast, the leather trust and the wool
trust are having u big hand in writ
ing the tariff bill. he said, and they
are looking after their own interests.
The Underwood tariff law, passed by
tho Democrats In 1913, was produce
ing several hundred million dollars
more revenue annually than could be
noped for under the proposed Nc
Cumber law and additional tax will
have TO be levied upon the people to
,'Hake up the deficiency.
Discussing the work OF the pres
ent house OF representatives, Mr..
stevenson said 1t had not done much
Tor the people, but he cited one or
Two beneficial measures 1t had pass
cd by coalition OF Democrats and
Western Republicans against the
wishes or the Republican leaders.
He said the extension OF the life OF
the war finance corporation had
given some relief as had the appro-
priation. for farm loans
Following Mr.. Stevenson's address.
the presiding officer, b. d. Culp. COM
nander Of the Legion post, intro
duced Capt. Elliott Springs of Fort
Mill. who made pleasing talk, in
the course OF which he referred to
the work OF George Fish I'm taking
charge OF the plants of the Fort Mill
Manufacturing company when they
were among the poorest mills In the
State. he said, and quickly convert
Ing them into two of the best
Dinner~~was served on long tables
In the grove opposite the academy
and for once. ut least, no. one went
away from a public picnic hungry.
There was plenty OF we'll prepared
food for everybody. After dinner
much interest was created by the
athletic contests, in which prizes
were awarded the winners; but hun
dreds were disappointed when rain
began to fall at 3 o'clock which pre-
vented the competitive drill between
the Fort Mill and Rock Hill military
companies and the baseball game be-
tween Fort Mill and Waxhaw.