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THE FORT MILL TIMES I
PuMlthad Every Thursday.
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Joy riders would better take time J
than do time.
Tho more tho fashions dare the
harder the Willies stare.
One is sometimes tempted to think
that there is too much weather.
There was a tlmo when people objected
to even the peek-a-boo waist.
Ono of the crying needs of the
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?viu >o a oumuaruuca mice 01 watermelon.
Valuable advice to those getting
cubist haircuts: Take out an insurance
policy.
Part of tho trouble about the cabaret
may come from lulling a booze
hop a cafe.
By flying over tho Alps in an ueroplane
one avoids paying tips at Alpine
bostelricB.
At last tho aeroplane has been used
for an elopement Hut it would never
do for a honeymoon.
Lota of men attain success without
ever knowing the difference between
an aura and n hiatus.
Some of those bargain bathing suits
giro the owner tho decorative effect
of a cubist Easter egg.
At somo restaurants one can purchase
French pruneB that have an absurdly
American accent.
Flies have become so scarco and
cunning that it requires rare generalship
to accomplish a swatting.
Still, this would be a good enough
world if there were nothing more serious
than silt skirts to worry about.
Leave the wearers of the slit Bklrt
alone. Sooner or Inter they'll catch
cold and come to an untimely end.
Another balloonist was killed In Seattle.
Will they never learn that the
only safe way to travel is in an aeroplane?
There Is not one dance that looks
better on the face of It tlinn that
"Boll Weevil Wiggle," tlio Btep with
tho kiss.
An Italian is now reported to have
discovered perpetual motion. The
nearest approach to it is the reported
discoveries.
The man who married in secret for
fear his son wouldn't let him must
have great faith in the eilicacy of
early training.
There are few more awful sights in
life than watching a man with false
teeth that fit badly trying to eat green
corn off the cob.
Ho is a shocking pessimist who remarks
that many a Juno bride has
knocked her knuckles on the wash
bonrd hv this time
You arc right, Ethollnda. Many a
man's -chief objection to the styles in
women's dresses this season is that
thoy are not "more so."
A Pennsylvania baby was bom under
the auspices of live grandmothers
and is reported to be doing as well
aa could be expected.
I^ast yonr's corn crop was 2,871,000,000
bushels. Think of the appnlllng
by-product of corncob pipes and husk
mattresses that somebody will have to
use!
The only thing a bull pup can not
bang on to is a whirling auto tire.
The dog that tried it was thrown
Into the branches of a maple treo 30
feet high.
If Chnrles Dickens should visit this
country again ho would no doubt be
glad to discover that chewing tobacco
had ceased to be a national pastime.
A St. i/ouls girl slept uninterruptedly
for six days after playing in a
hard tennis match. Looks as if
there was some good in the game,
after all.
It seems to be getting quite the
raarn to linn Ihn fair ilmnuolo to..
ing split skirts. If it keeps up the
fad may become quite general, for
$25 is a comparatively cheap price
for a good sensation.
However, it would be extremely
gratifying if our estoemed and lovely
fellow citizens would learn that the
danger of getting off a car while facing
to the rear is complicated and increased
by the hobble skirt.
Does the average man delight in
being shocked? Ho goes in droves to
the bathing beuchcs where, as he has
been duly warned, shocks await him.
A noston Judge decided that it is as
natural for a dog to bark as to wag
his tail, nnd that a court order against
barking hns about the same practical
fflcioncy as the celebrated decree of
Canute forbidding the tide to come in.
The roosters throughout the land who
have lately been served with injunctions
will crow over this decision on
natural rights.
DEMOCRATS RALLY
ON CURRENCY BILL
ANSWER OF ADMINISTRATION
FORCES IN HOUSE TO CRITICISM
OF FINANCIERS.
BANKS ENTER A PROTEST
President Wilson Receiving More
United Support Than at Any
Time Since His Election.
Washington.?The answer of the
administration forces in the house to
' the criticisms of the new currency
| bill made by the conference of hankers
at Chicago will he a tightening
I up of the lines and a. more vigorous
| indorsement of the bill as it now
I stands. Informal conferences of the ,
I Democratic members of the house
I currency committee emphasized the
j fuct that the active supporters of the
president's currency plan expect to
I put the measure through the house
without substantial change.
The amendments proposed by the
bankers, it was pointed out by the
house leaders, were all considered in
detail when the bill originally was
! prepared and in the long debate over
I its provisions in the house conunitj
tee on banking and currency. The
proposal to reduce the quantity of re!
serves and gl\e country banks the
privilege of keeping part of their reserves
in the large cities had many
supporters and ultimately may be
worked into the bill in the senate, but
the change is not expected in the
)lOU86.
The bankers will have an opportunity
to present their views openly to
congress after the currency bill gets
into the senate. Chairman Owen of
the senate currency committee said
that while hcnrlngs had not yet been
unuimuu, no expected leading repre- |
sentatives of tlio various " factions" |
amongst the bankers of the coutnry
would be invited to give their views
of the bill to the senate committee.
"1 see a great deal of merit in the
proposal to reduce somewhat the
quantity of the reserves." said Senator
Owen. "We have not discussed
the new legislation sufficiently in committee,
however, to know what changes
may be made in the bill."
SULZER IS PLANNING FIGHT
Governor to Move for Indictment of
Legislators Who Impeached Him.
New York.?An effort wli be made
according to confidants of Governor
Sulzer to procure the indictment of
several members of the legislature
who were most active in the impeachment
of the governor, and also of certain
men high in Tammany Hall who
are not officially connected with the
legislature. One of the charges, it is
said, will be criminal conspiracy.
This is the la-st stragetic move of
the Sulzer "war board," as outlined by
Judge Lynn J. Arnold, one of Governor
Sulzer's most trusted advisors.
During the last ten days lawyers
; who volunteered to assist Governor
j Sulzer have been busily engaged
gathering evidence touching this alleged
conspiracy, and It was announc
eci mat uicy na<l procured sufficient
! data to justify them in placing tlm
matter in the hands of District At!
torney Whitman of New York with
a demand that he lay the evidence at
once before a grand Jury.
Other lawyers and laymen here who
had a hand in the Sulzer proceedings
expressed confidence that their contemplated
move will block the governor's
impeachment trial. They de'
clared tlint when the evidence they
have collected is made public it will
cause the court of appeals to decline
to join the senate in a trial, and that
the whole matter will fall to the
ground, as the senate would have no
power under the constitution to proceed
alone.
One Killed and Fourteen Hurt.
Atlanta.?One negro was killed, fourteen
passengers were injured, two serij
ously and several freight and passen|
ger cars were almost totally destroyed
when northbound freight train No.
19 of the Georgia railroad crashed into
the rear end of passenger train No.
3 as the latter train was pulling out
of Alta I-oma, not far from Decatur.
World's Congress on School Hygiene.
isuunio, in. v.?Nearly every civilisei
ed nation in the world is represented
at the fourth international congress
on school hygiene, which opened and
will continue one week. Leading scientists,
educators and physicians will
participate in the discussions of the
work of giving boys and girls healthy
bodies along with educated minds.
Foreign nations have recognized the
congress by sending delegates and
the United States will be represented
by Secretary William II. Wilson of
the department of labor.
Busy Time for Lord Chancellor.
New York.?Viscount Richard Burden
llaldane, lord high chancellor cf
Great Britain, will have a busy time
during his coming visit to the American
continent. An inspection of the
military academy at West Rolnt, banquets
in New York and Montreal, an
address before the American Bar association
at Montreal and the acceptance
of an honorary degree from McGill
university are some of the events
that will occupy his time. Viscount
Haldane left Liverpool on the Lusitanla.
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ARTHUR R. RUPLEY
Arthur Rlngwalt Rupley, one of the
new congressmen at large from Pennsylvania,
was nominated by the Republicans,
the Washington, the Bull
Moose and the Roosevelt Progressive
parties. He is a business man, and
is forty-five years old.
OVER 100 PERSONS KILLED
CAR LOADED WITH DYNAMITE
EXPLODES IN THE MEXICAN
CAPITAL.
Thirty Bodies Taken From the Ruins
and Many More Bodies Are
in Debris.
Mexico. City.? An explosion on a
gondola loaded with dynamite on the
tracks of a street car company in a
thickly settled portion of Tacuhaya,
a snburb of the capital, killed or injure,
more than one hundred persons,
chiefly women and children. Thirty
bodies already have been taken from
the ruins of the houses. Scores of
wounded are lying in the streets.
The disaster was said to have been
caused by a collision between a car
loaded with iron pipe und a dynamite
car. For a radium of 500 feet from
the explosion scene not a house was
left intact. Most of the dwellings
were of adobe construction, and those
nearest where the cur stood were converted
into heapMjf clay and dust, under
which, it is feared, scores of victims
will be found.
Most of the victims were of the laboring
class, and perished in the collapse
of the houses.
Many tine residences in Tacubaya
and in the conencting town of San
Pedro were partially wrecked.
SENATORS PRESSING O NEAL
Urged to Call Legislature to Settle
the Senatorial Squabble.
Washington. ? Senator Ilankhead,
after conferring with the other members
of the senate, has concurred in
the demand on the governor of Alabama
to call the legislature together
and not endanger the tariff bill by
the absence of one Alabama senator.
As the Democratic majority in the
senate Is only one, owing to the defection
of the Louisiana senators, and
as a senator is very ill and likely
not to be present, it seems that the
situation imperatively demands some
action to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Johnston.
"It appears to me," said Senator
liankhead, "after a rigid and thorough
investigation of the subject, that the
only thing the governor can do to
meet the situation and fill the vacancy
in time to meet the demands here
and guarantee the passage of the tariff
bill is to call the legislature together.
"The legislature is organized and
could in one day pass a resolution authorizing
the governor to mnke a temporary
appointment."
Government Will Soon Fnish Lock.
Home, (la.?The government lock,
about eight miles from Rome on the
Coosa river, will be finished about
September 20, and boats will then pass
through. The work on the lock and
dam was started in 1910, and $271,000
has been expended on its construe
hoii. i. j. rvtsny, who nas been in
active charge of the work, will leave
as soon as it ir completed for Wilmington,
Del., where he will have
charge of other government work. It
is stated thct the lock and dam will
raise the level of the river three feet.
50,000 to Pull Missouri Out of Mud.
Kansas City, Mo.?Fifty thousand
business men and farmers of western
Missouri, it was estimated, burnished
their picks and shovels nnd prepared
to shoulder them to take part in
Missouri's two good road days, the
slogan for which is: "Pull Missouri
out of the mud." Hundreds of Missouri
mothers and daughters and wives
and sweethearts prepared lunches for
the "boys." In many counties the
women have organisations of their
own, and will serve dinners to the
workers.
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HUERTA IS NOW '
FAGiNS A CRISIS
UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE
TO INSIST ON HUERTA'S
RESIGNATION.
DOCUMENT NOT MADE PUBLIC
President Studying the Mexican Situ- '
ation?Lind Makes His
Report.
Washington.?The Huerta administration
in Mexico may reconsider its
rejection of the American proposals to
restore peace 111 Mexico ana arrange ;
a new basis for negotiation with the
United States. Strong intimations to
this effect readied official Washington 1
( along with the information that the
financial condition of the Huerta ad- j
ministration was such that a crisis was !
imminent.
Should the Huerta government decide
to enter into a new basis of dis- |
cussion, withdrawing its contention as
expressed in the Huerta note replying
to the proposals communicated by Mr.
kind. President Wilson in all probability
will not read his message to both
houses of congress, as he intended.
Failure to send any word to the
leaders was interpreted in official circles
as meaning that the United States
had practically given the Huerta government
time to make up its mind
finally as to what it would do.
It is positively reiterated that the
United States will continue to insist
upon the resignation of Provisional
President Huerta, or an announcement
of his intention to do so, as well as
his elimination from the presidential
race in the subsequent election.
President Wilson spent some time
studying the notes exchanged by Mr.
kind and Huerta and preparing his
message. White house officials announced
that no copies of the document
would be distributed in advance
to the press, as has been the custom
for years, as it was desirable to keep
the document abreast of developments
to the last minute. The message may
be modified by dispatches received,
and there also is the possibility that
the president may find it expedient to
postpone delivery of the document.
Reports from Mr. kind declare that
his relations with the Huerta officials
are more cordial than before and that
the Huerta officials manifest a willingness
to find some new ground for
a settlement.
TRY TO DYNAMITE GAYNOR
Enough of Explosive to Wreck New
York City Hall Found.
New York.?A deadly charge of dynamite,
three whole 10-inch sticks and
two halves with a fuse and detonator,
was discovered near Mayor Gaynor's
office window in the city hall. The
bureau of combustibles found that the
explosive was 40 per cent, dynamite,
the regulation blasting proportion, and
the amount found would, if exploded,
have wrecked the city hall.
The mayor, was In his office when
the dynamite was discovered by a
citizen passing through City Hull park.
Mr. Gaynor evinced little interest
when told of the explosive's proximity
and remained apparently undisturbed
at his desk, while police officers hurriedly
drew a cordon about the dynamite
to keep buck an excited crowd.
Mr. Gaynor frequently receives
threatening letters, but he would
make no statement regarding the possible
connection between any previous
threat by mail and the dynamite.
It is just three years ago this month
that he was shot in the neck by a socalled
crank and so badly wounded
that for several days it was feared
he would die.
The dynamite found lay on a basement
door in a concrete moat or areaway
within 60 feet of the mayor's window.
Begs for Life; Husband Kills Her.
Tampa, Fla.?While on her knees
pleading pitifully for her life, Mrs.
Ethel Denson of Key West was shot
to death on the street here by her
husband, Benny Denson. Two negroes
were eye-witnesses to the tragedy, but
were afraid to interfere. Denson, wl >
followed his wife from Key West here
several weeks ago, discovered her
working in a restaurant
Speer Preparing to Fight Charges.
Washington.?Federal Judge Emory
Speer of Georgia, ehnrged with official
misconduct in papers filed with
the house committee on judiciary, will
attend any hearings that the commit
lee may nave 10 take evidence in (Incase.
lie telegraphed to Representative
Hughes irt Georgia, asking
that he arrange for his appearance nt
the proper time. Mr. Hughes Immediately
conferred with Chairman Clayton
of the committee, and later notified
Judge Spcer that he would be
permitted to be present with counsel.
Cole Younger Joins Church.
Lees Summit. Mo.?Cole Younger,
the former bandit, became a member
of the Christian church at a revival
meeting here. When the evangelist,
after finishing his sermon invited persons
in the audience to join the
church, Younger was one of the first
to go forward to the altar rail. At
the conclusion of the service the
evangelist said that those in the audience
who cared to do so might remain
and shake hands with Younger.
One thousand persons came forward
and shook hands with him.
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MRS. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS
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Mrs. Lewis, wife of Senator Lewis
of Illinois, is considered one of the \
most charming women in official society
circles In Washington.
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F1RSTDEP0SIIS COME SOUTH
ALL THE DEPOSITS IN ALL THE
STATES WILL BE MADE IN
TWO INSTALLMENTS.
Federal Cash to Move Crops to Be
Given Banks in ^August and
September.
Washington.?First deposits of the i
government's ?50,000,000 fund to aid
crop movements will be nmdc in the j
Southern states in August and September.
All deposits in all states will
be made in two equal allotments. In j
a statement Secretary MeAdoo has
outlined the treasury department's
requirements for security.
"Deposits will be made." says the
statement, "only in national banks located
in such of the principal cities
of the several states as the secretary
may designate. Such banks must
have an outstanding circulation at
the time of deposit equal to at least
40 per cent, of the amount authorized
by law. It is understood that such
I deposits are made to prevent or mitigate
the financial tension incident to
the movement of crops, and that the
funds received by the banks will be
used in good faith for this purpose.
The banks receiving deposits will be
expected to extend to the banks in
smaller towns sucli accommodations
us may be consistent with sound and
conservative principles of banking, |
and that in all cases the rate of in- !
terest charged such banks will be
moderate and reasonable.
SAYS WILSON LACKS SUPPORT
Some Tart Intimations by the Mexiican
General in His Reply.
Washington.?Intimations are contained
in provisional President Iluerta's
reply to the American note presented
by John Lind that President
Wilson is not backed up by congress
or the American people in his stand
against recognition of the Iiuerta government.
Referring to the attacks on the
Washington administration by mem- 1
hers of congress and pointing to the
official recommendations of Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson advising recognition,
Iiuerta declares he is entitled
to be recognized, lie holds that
the Democratic party's power is temporary,
and argues that the recognition
of his government is a partisan
question in the United States. He intimates
that he reaches his conclusion
on private advices from Washington. 1
rpt,t? tr as _ * -
i ni? until uutuou ??s uDiainoa irom
those who know the contents of the r
lluertn note so fur as it has been deciphered.
The complete note is not
i yet nt hand, but the principal argument
has been placed before administration
oflicials.
Hotel Destroyed by Flames.
Union City, CJa.?The twenty-live
guests of the Reid hotel at this place
narrowly escaped from death when
lire was discovered in the building.
v> it iiiii it i?*w nunuit's aner me tire
call was sounded the hotel was a
mass of flames, and nothing but a
few personal effects were saved. Val- j
iant work on the part of the volunteer
(ire department saved the office
building of the Farmers' Union, a two- !
story $10,000 brick structure, next to
the hotel. The Held hotel was a
frame structure, valued at $4,,r>00.
Motocycle Racers in Crash.
Milwaukee, Wis.?Five motorcycle
racers crashed together here during j
a five-mile race at the motordrome, i
and as a result Fred Bow en of New :
York City is in the hospital with a ;
broken shoulder and serious internal
injuries and four other riders are suffering
from severe cuts, bruises and
minor internal injuries. The most seriously
injured, also in hospitals, are
j James Cox, Dallas, Texas; Olen
' Stokes. Los Angeles; Bert RruggerI
man, Denver, and Lawrence Fleckoni
stein, also of Denver.
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FRANK IS GUILTY
VERDICT OF JURY
ATLANTA FACTORY SUPERINTENDENT
TO PAY THE PENALTY
FOR CRIME. "J
HAS NOT BEEN SENTENCED
The Killing of Mary Phagan to Be
Avenged by the Law.?The Wife of
the Prisoner Collaoces When Vor
diet is Read.
Atlanta, Ga?The jury In the cas?
of Leo M. Frank, on trial for the murder
of Mary Pliagan, found the defendant
guilty. No recommendation*,
were made by the jury.
Judge Houn's charge to the jury,,
delivered immediately after he had
over-ruled a motion of the defense
for a mlstrnil, was terse and direct. _ \
With reference to "reasonable doubt" ' J
he said:
"You are not compelled to find
from the ovidence his guilt beyond
any doubt, but beyond a reasonable
doubt, such a doubt as grows out of
the evidence, or for the want of evidence;
such a doubt as a reasonable
and impartial man would entertain,
about matters of the higehst importance
to himself, and after all reasonable
efforts to ascertain the truth.
This does not mean a fanciful doubt,
one conjured up by the jury."
During the trial much stress was
placed by both sides on the question
of Frank's character. Judge Roan
charged the jury that while evidence
of the defendant's good reputation,
previous to the death of Mary Phagan
was to be considered possibly as.
creating a doubt of his Ruilt, sucb
evidence would not suffice to clear
him if, in the opinion of the jury, other
evidence was sufficient to show that
he had committed the crime charged
against him.
The reading of the charge required
about 20 minutes.
Frank showed no visiblo signs of
emotion when he was informed that
ho had been found guilty. The factory
superintendent's wife wus with the
prisoner when the message 'was delivered
and she collapsed.
More than an hour before Frank
nuo ^iwliiiuu iiic* jury s veraici OI
'murder in the tirst degree was received
with a noisy demonstration by
the crowd, estimated at more than
11,000 persons which had assembled
outside the court house. All spectators
were excluded from the court
room before the verdict was announced.
By agreement of counsel the prisoner
was permitted to remain in his
cell at the county jail. Only laweyrsr,
court otlicials and newspaper men
heard the verdict.
To Use the State Militia.
Washington.?More liberal interpretation
of the constitutional provision
which, in the past, has been accepted
as prohibiting the dispatch of militia
to foreign soil, will be sought in the
coming conference between the staff
officers of the War Department and
the officers of the, militia of the various
states. Denial was made that
there was any significance in the taking
up of the question at this time. A
desire to make the regular army and'
the militia a more effective cimbination,
it was declared, prompted the
department's action.
Thaw Insists on Making Statement.
Sherbrooke, Que.?The arrival of
William Jerome, Harry Kendal!
Thaw's old prosecutor and the assumption
by ex-tJovernor Stone of Pennsylvania
as spokesman here for theThaw
fa mil v were the ehiof iin?oinn
nients of the day In the Thaw case.
If Thaw was terrorized by Jerome's
coming. he succeeded in concealing
his fears. He spoke of Jerome sneeringy,
speaking of him as "Willie."
Of tho lighter incidents of a day of
excitement?exciting principally because
of what might happen?was
Thaw's show of temper over the fact
that his breakfast was 10 minutes
late.
To Investigate Conduct of Speer.
Washington. ?Thorough investigation
of the otflciai conduct of United
Slates District Judge Emory Speer of
the Southern District oT Georgia to
dettermine whether he has been guilty
of any impeachable misbehavior, vfcrs
agreed upon unanimously by the
House Judiciary Committee. Chairman
Clayton will introduce a resolution
asking the House to empower the
committee tn Investigate tlie
and compel the attendance of witnesses.
The committee will report tothe
House its conclusions.
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Victroy Claimed By Both Sides.
Waslilngton.-j-An agricultural currency
amendment to the Admlnistra- *
tion currency bill was adopted by the .?
House Democratic caucus. After sev- >'
eral preliminary skirmashes in which /
other amendments were beaten, the
caucus without a dissenting vote ad^X
opted an amendment, sponsored bojh
by the "Insurgent" continent and vhc.
Dunking and Currency Committer
put paper based on agricultural pro_
ducts on the same basis as '.ommercial
paper that is used fobanking
purposes. ' f
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