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BVF k THE FORT MILL TIMES Published Every Thursday. FORT MILL, 80UTH CAROLINA. The newest dance Is 'called the grape juice wallow. The Joy ride continues to adc. to the summer's tragedies. A man may be self-made, but It takes a wife to finish him. Except for tho words and the music j ragtime songs are all right. A Picture post cards from vacationers I further infuriate the stay-at-homes. You don't have to go to a cabaret bow in a cab. but many people do. Getting killed In an automobile accident is a poor kind of Sunday diversion. France claims the cocktail as a French Invention. France is entirely welcome. New Yorkers are to pension two old street car horses. Why not pensiou them all? For our part, we'd be glad if all the waiters agreed never to accept a tip under $900. Aviation is suffering Just now from machines that show no improvement in flying qualities. A German professor says that New York seems almost tranquil after a brief stay in Chicago. itabblts are said to be fond of turnips. but the rabbit never did qual- j Ify us an intellectual giant. Farmers are planting turnips, not j because anybody eats tbeui. but because it is a habit farmers have. Anyhow, It will be too cold in the wintertime for some of the styleB, so fashion reformers can take hope. ????????????- | A ChloaRo doctor saya eating oniona will reHtore loat hair, but we had rather our bald-headed frlenda reniuin ao. An Inquirer wnnts to know whnt la good for potato buga. He ahouldn't worry about that, but leave It to the buga. After all, about the only way to keep a man from telling you hla troubles la to aturt In und tell him yours 11 rat. It la cruel to muzzle the doga, complains ono dog owner. Oh, well, let us tie the children in the buaemeut, then! A Princeton student admits thnt he corresponds with 16 girls. But aa aoon us he begins to earn u salary he won't. Now n Berunj for the mumps has been discovered. This is what might be described aa swelling medical triumphs. An aviator expects to break the world'a altitude record with three pasaongers. All they get out of it is the altitude. All thlngB considered. moving the crops every fall Is n greater problem than moving the contents of the flat every spring. A man who bought a hop farm in California through a mall-order house found that It was a swamp where frogs abound. Laplanders never suffor from cold feet, hut, on tho other hand, they do not wear silk stockings, or any other kind of stockings. Hereafter French aeroplanes Intended for war use will be provided with heavy armor plate. Pneumatic cushions and reliable springs ire morn needed. One young woman who disobeyed orders uboard ship was locked up and will have to stnnd trial. How different is seafaring from matrimony! A man in New York, seeking to escape an asylum, offered his poetry as evfddnco of his sanity. Tho average court would need no stronger proof to the contrary. Now a Now York medical scientist Rays that tall buildings cause tuberculosis. It is now In order for anothe on? to come forward and declare that - low oneh Induce the mumps. In tho catastrophic matter, though It Is anything but u joking matter, it may be Hald that in the way of human slaughter It is nip and tuck between tho automobile and the aeroplane. Tho icebefg isn't in it. Wedding rings are worn much narrower than formerly. Consequently they are cheaper. 80 look out for a boom in matrimony. Married men who go Joy riding with other men's wives may perhaps plead that they do not wish to endanger their "own wives' necks. Magazines are said to have originated in France, but tbat country should'not. be blamed for the custom of putting a girl in a bathing suit on very magazine cover. E&. GREAT WATERWAY NEAR COMPLETION WORK ON PANAMA CANAL IS NOW ON THE FINAL STAGE. WORK AHEAD OF SCHEbULE Dry Excavation Has Been Completed. Dredges to Do Rest?Waterway Ready for Shipping Soon. Panama.?The dry excavation of the canal has been completed, the steam shovel working in the Culebra cut having removed the last rock. The further excavation of the canal will be completed by dredging. Washington.?Completion of dry excavation on the Panama canal just ten duys ahead of schedule time advanced the work on the gre*;t waterway almost to the final stage. Much digging and cleaning out remains to be done in Culebra cut and along the route, but this will be accomplished by mammoth dredges floating on the surface of the canal. An army of men will be busy during the next four weeks removing steam shovels and other equipment and ma terial, including 36 miles of railroad track from the 9-mile channels in Culebra cut between Gamboa dike ami Pedro Miguel locks. This is prepara lory 10 turning water into the channel from Gatnn lake, on the Atlantic side, on October 5, tlve days in advance of the date set for dynamiting (Jainboa dike. The water will be introduced through four 26-inch pipes extending underneath the dike, and, although the live day period hardly will suffice to till the channel to onethird the canal level, enough would be let in to act as a cushion against the explosion when the dike is destroyed. While the cut is heing cleared of railway and equipment, drilling and blasting will be going on at the bottom of the channel, loosening up rock and earth for the dredges that soon will be clawing away through water. On August 1, 998,000 cubic yards remained to be taken out of the "theoretical canal prism," and since that time the steam shovels have reduced the amount to approximately 650,000 cubic yards, which is left for the dredges. Six of the shovels will be continued, however, in removing material from the east and west banks near Culebra to lessen the danger from slides. MEXICAN OFFICER IS KILLED Killing of Acosta Causes Great Excitement Among Huerta Troops. 101 Paso, Texas.?Lieut. F. Acosta, an officer in General Salazar's federal command at Juarez, crossed the Stanton street international bridge and j was killed by United States Customs I limnortnr T I?"* Tnnalt ? n<l Itnmi.rt-o I | tion Inspector Thomas N. Helfron, utter he liad opened lire on them with a rifle. lie was shot through the mouth and arm, and his horse, from which he had dismounted, was shot through the side. The American oflicers were uninjured. Before crossing the bridge the Mexican had remarked that lie was "going : to kill a gringo." Heifrou was standing at the Ameri< can end of the bridge when Acosta lirst opened lire at him. lie tired back, using an automatic pistol. Jonah hastened to his assistance, and began bring at the Mexican. The Mexican officer was within :i? feet of the Americans before he was killed. Two troops of the Thirteenth cavalry were ordered to the bridge following the shooting, in order to restrain the 1,000 Mexicans who had gathered on the Mexican side of the ; bridge. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, commander of the United States troops, was notified ; of the shooting, and he ordered all troops to be prepared for movement to 101 Paso from Fort .Bliss Southern Men Given Forengn Posts. Washington. President Wilson sent | to the senate the following nominations: To be ambassador to Spain, Joseph 10. Willard of Virginia: to be minister to Honduras, John Kwing of Louisiana. Japanese Clamor for War. Tokio. The assasisnation of Morll ! ar? A 1... ,Hr?.*.?..? ?..* ....I I. I.... I I... <11. \.\ l\'? *?l llir |H?I H U ai 1111' reaii of the Japanese foreign office, has inflamed the masses, nud a draimattC ohapter in the history of the new Japan was written. Fifteen thou sand persons gathered in mass meet ing in Hibiya park, calling for mill tar.v action against China. A majority of these marched to the foreign office and clamored for admission. They de manded the dispatch of troops to Chi na to take such measuers as were necessary to obtain satisfaction. "Eight Convicts Perish in Dark Cell Richmond .Texas.?Fight negro con ivcts, confined in tlie 'dark" cell ol ,cainp No. !> on the state farm at liar lem, near here, were smothered tc death and four others aire' seriously ill from the effects of breathing pol soned nir, but, will recover. Thf "dark" cell on the farm has been a means of discipline since whipping yyais nbolished, and the negroes werr 'Confined ' there for infraction of the rules. The cell is of wood construe tlon about 100 feet long, 7 feet wide and 7 feet high. t / ~l' \%' : CALLIE HOKE SMITH fii jBj^ Miss Callie Hoke Smith, the , younger daughter of Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, will be a debutante , 1 in Washington society next season. ( PELLAGRA STILL A PUZZLE! LITTLE KNOWN OF THE DISEASE ] AFTER TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH. : Southern Physicians Hold Conference to Discuss Causes of the Disease. Spartanburg. S. C.?After two years of research hv a corns of twentv set enlists, the Thompson-McFadden Pel- 1 iagra commission still is ignorant of ( the cause of the disease. This was an- i nounced by Dr. Ward J. McNeaJ of I the New York Post-Graduate hospital, ' a member of the commission, at a con- ' ference here of Southern physicians. 1 Nearly two hundred physicians, stu- I dents of the disease, were here for I the .conference. They came from nearly every Southern state. Doctor McNeal summarized the com- 1 mission's findings thus: "First, the supposition that the indl- 1 gestion of good or spoiled maize is 1 the essential cause of pellagara is not supported by our study. "Second, pellagra is in all probability a specific infectious disease communicable by means at present un- '< known. "Third, we have discovered no evidence incriminating Buffalo gnats in the causation of pellagra, if it is distributed by a blood-sucking insect, the 1 stable fly would appear to be the most probable carrier. 1 "Fourth, we are inclined to regard intimate association in the household and the contamination of food with the excretions of pellagrins as possible modes of distribution of the disease. "If you remove a pellagrin in the early stages of the disease from the endemic locality of the disease, put him in better surroundings and give him plenty of good, nourishing food, regardless of treatment he will get well and stay well. In view of the high mortality of pellagra and the lii'SMimsur leeuug ill regain id 11 mis | should be a comforting thought to us. It should also bo comforting that pellagra is not directly transmissible from one person to another." Build 300 Miles of Roads in 2 Days Little Hock Ark.?Although definite figures were not available reports from all parts of the state indicate that at least three hundred miles of highway were improved during Arkansas' two good roads days, fixed by Governor Hays' proclamation. "The success of the movement exceeded my most sanguine expectation," said the governor. "Next year 1 shall again designate good roads days." Governor Major of Missouri, who aided the Arkansas workers the first day, was forced to abandon his shovel and return to executive duties in his own state. He hired five men to take his place. Taft Heads Bar Association. Montreal, Quebec. ? Ex-President i William H. Tuft was elected president ! of the American liar Association at I th?> elr??se of tli?' nnnmil nesiiinii ilofont. tng (Jen, P. W. Meldrim of Savannah, Qa.. by one vote on the second ballot. It bad been?generally understood that General Meldrim would be chosen as president, but the nomination of former President Tuft complicated matters. On the first ballot, which was by states, Tnft ami Meldrim tied. On 1 the second ballot one vote changed to Mr. Tnft and Meldrim was defeated.. Governors Lead the Road 'Workers. Little Hock, Ark.?Business was for- i gotten in Arkansas while the people worked the roads. It was two "good ? roads" days proclaimed by Gov. G. W. Mays and it was a success, Kvery where citizens wielded the shovel and > pick and the banker put in as long t hours and worked just as hard as the : hired laborers. As a result, hundreds > of miles of state's highways are in' ' better shape than ever before. Governor Majors of Missouri put in a ? good day's work. So did Governor Havs. -J T7f # HOI SPRINGS, ARK., SWEPT BI FLAMES rHIRTY BLOCKS BURNED TO ASHES BY FIERCE CONFLAGRATION. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST ramous Hotels, City Water and Gupply Plants All Destroyed?The Flames Burn Themselves Out. Hot Springs, Ark.?Fire, which started in a negro's cabin at the foot if West Mountain, the southern exreinity of Hot Springs, reduced to a smouldering mas:; of wreckage an irea more than a mile in length and from seven to ten blocks wine in lie eastern section of the city. An iccurate statement of the monetary oss is not possible, but is roughly esitnatod at ten million dollars. Governor Hayes arrived in Hot Springs and will order a military pa.rol of the burning district. United states troops are also expected from Little Rock to add to the guard on lie military reservation. In the path of the (lames were tnanlfacturing establishments, hotels, a lumber of the more pretentious rcsilences and public buildings. All were lestroyed. It is estimated that two thousand persons are homeless. Hut few of those whose homes were burned saved any of their belongings, ind guests of the hotels gave little iced to their valuables and luggage in their efforts to escape with their lives. A police patrol of 250 men were sworn in to patrol the lire swept district. All the homeless have been jared for temporarily and plans have been started to systematize the work if succor. Many offers of assistance In flre-flghting aparatus, financial aid. [ood and clothing have been received, but it is believed that outisde aid will not be needed. Business was pratically suspended except that necessary to provide for the immediate wants of those who suffered the loss of their homes. The lack of light and power prevented the operation of the street ear system, the publication of newspapers and other Industries depending on motive power from the city's plant. General Manager Dillon of the public utilities commission states that a temporary light and power service will he established within thirty days find in throe months the utilities will be working to their capacity again. The natural gas supply was not interfered with. The fire originated in a negro dwelling on Church street, near Malvern avenue, just east of the Army and Navy hospital, and spread quickly to the south and east. A number of small dwellings, dry as tinder, as n result of an extended drouth, were easy prey for the flames, which within a few minutes were beyond control of the local fire department. U. S. IS WAITING ON 1NCLAN Disposition to Receive Envoy Favora bly?May Want to Float Loan. Washington.?Developments in the Mexican situation probably will await the arrival in Washington of Manuel De Zamacona y lnclan, personal en voy of the Iluerta government, to con tinue with the Washington adminis t rat ion the negotiations begun by John Kind, personal representative of I'res ident Wilson in Mexico. Administration officials have not do cided whether they would receive Se nor Do Zanmcona unless he brought positive assurances of Iluerta's elitni nation from the presidential electior in Mexico and was ready to act upor the other points in the American pro posais for the establishment of peace Senor lie Zaniacona's chief connec tion xn i111 the Mexican government it the past has been in financial matter: and his mission is said to contemplate not only the furtherance of the nego tiatlons looking toward peace, but tlu tlonting of a loan that would be en couraged by the American govern ment. He has managed Mexico's finan cial affairs in Europe heretofore atu during his stay here as ambassadoi to the United States in 1911 became widely known and popular with dip lomatic corps. Bandits Make Rich Haul. Columbia. S. C. Three men, eacl armed with two revolvers, held up tw< employees of the J. CI, White Con struction company and a deputy slier iff at I'arr Shoals, twenty miles fron nere, iinu ituiK ironi mem tiii.umi 11 currency which had been intended t? meet the pay roll of the company which is building a huge power dan there. Seven hundred employees o tlio company, together with the slier iffs and deputies of four counties will bloodhounds, are hunting for the rot hers. Banker Wanted for Big Defalcation Washington. Defalcation of $i:>u, 000 in the State National Hank o Fort Worth, Texas, was reported t< Thomas P. Kane, acting comptrolle of the currency by National Hank Fx aniiner Van Kandt. The shortage wil not affect the solvency of the hank The bunk examiner reported that tin whereabouts of Vice President M. I. Woode was unknown. Comptrolle Kane ordered that the facts he report ed to the United States attorney a Fort Worth. The bank's surplus am profits amounted to $232,000. FRANKLIN BROCKSON Franklin Crockson, the new Democratic congressman from Delaware, is the only representative of his state In the lower house of congress. The population of the state is only about 200.COO. 126 PERSONS ARE KILLED WHITE MOUNTAIN EXPRESS, GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR, STRIKES TRAIN. Many Prominent Persons Are Among Victims Who Were Returning From Maine. New Haven. Conn.?Twenty-six persons were killed and nearly fifty injured, some of whom may die, in a ] rear-end collision shortly before seven j I o'clock in the morning on tlie New York, New Haven and Hartford rail-1 road, six miles north of here. The lirst section of the White Mountain Express bound for New | i urn, speeding aiong at pronamy torty miles an hour, in a thick fog, rushed by a danger signal, it is said, and crashed into the rear of the second section of the liar Harbor express, ' standing 100 feet beyond the block , signal. The White Mountain engine cleaved through the two rear Pullman cars, both of wood, splitting them in two : and tossing their wreckage and three- j score of mangled human beings, some { alive, some dead, on either side of the track. | The third car, also of wood and occupied by forty boys on their way j from a summer camp at Monmouth. Maine, was lifted into the air and fell on its side crumpled up and crushing > two of the boys to death and injuring ' others. DENOUNCE CROP DEPOSITS i Alleged That Treasury Plan Will Benefit Speculators, Not Producers. Salina, Kan.?The plan of the treasury department for placing money in various banks to aid in moving crops was eritieised severely at the national convention of the Farmers' Union and 111,. ?Ano?..llni. ? ? - IV.iV >?! M1IIUI1 IIUW|>UII <1 ll-Jllin (II llUi legislative committee which declared l j "it could not see a single benefit in the crop aid plan." The report declared the result of the plan would he that money would not i be loaned to the farmer to enable aim - 1 to market his crop gradually to meet 1 demands of trade, but "would put mor? ' money into the hands of speculators - to buy crops from farmers forced to I sell because they could not get - j money." i The administration currency bill also i was criticised on the ground that it ! would force farmers to sell at harvest time and that speculation would - follow. i A resolution urging a national mar< keting bureau was adopted. Speakers at the convention said the - amount of money the treasury depart3 ment is to place in the various banks - over the coutnry to aid in the moving - ! of crops should be increased to $200, j 000,000 under conditions requiring the 1 1 central banks to loan the money to r | their correspondent banks in the ru3 i ral sections at i per cent, interest and - I rural banks to charge their customI ers t> per cent, for loans. Confidence Men Rob Wealthy Men. ) : Terre Haute, Ind.?With the arrest > I here of George Reed. John Collins - | and Hugh McGinnis of Indianapolis, | on complaint of t'nry Shaw, president ; of the Second National hank, of Honsi ton. Texas, the police declare they have ended the operations of a gang that in the last year has swindled wealthy men out of nearly a quarter i of a million dollars. The work of the I gang, the officials say, closely resembled that of the Mabray swindle syndicate, and included fake prize lights. Mr. Shaw lost $7,f>00. i. Brothers Fight and Go Insane. Knoxville, Ten n.? Matthew and f Luke Duncan, brothers of Frost Itot0 1 torn, in Anderson county, Tennessee, r preachers of the Daptist persuasion, fought, and went insane over an argu1 : ment about the Itibie. This occurred ! after they had fought, both took to e the woods. Matthew was captured ,. ' and taken to Oliver Springs. He fought r savagMv when taken, knocking sever> i al men down before being overpowert i ed. During the night at Oliver Springs d he was lashed to a post for safe-keepI ing. His brother Luke is still at large } WORKING HARD TO SAVE HARRY THAW HOPES OF DEFENSE IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS OUTLINED BY COUNSEL. THE ALIEN ACT IS ATTACKED The Hearing Will Be Unique in That William Travers Jerome, an American Lawyer, Will Appear Before the riciu id ri v/uui Montreal. ? According to J. N Grcenshields, of Tlvaw counsel, one or the main hopes of the defense in tlm Thaw deportation proceedings, aside from the fight against the immigration act itself, is an alleged irregularity in the proceedings taken by the immigration officers. It is contended they did not have a formal order from the Minister of Justice to take Thaw in charge, which the defense claims is necessary under the act when the alien affected has been in the country 10 days. Thaw had been in the country over 15 days when he was surrendered to the immigration officials, and T. It E. Mclnnes, K. I'.., lias m tdo an affidavit that the immigration men took Thaw in charge without proper outhority. He states that before the board of inquiry, he demanded that E. Make Robertson, assistant superintendent of immigration, produce this document and that the latter declined to do so. The second reason cited to Judges Gervais and Cross in the informal application made by Thaw's counsel before the matter was brought into chambers, was the unconstitutionality of the act. The third point was the alleged misuse of the act to supplement and aid the enforcement of law and order in New York State. "Thaw's chances of ultimate freedom are better now than they have been at any time since he was first arrested on a charge of murder," summed up Mr. Greenshields. "The immigration act is full or holes. It is a positive disgrace to Canada." If the judges of the Court of King's Bench prove willing the hearing of tho Thaw appeal against the immigration act may prove to be unique in the appearance as spokesman before the court of an American lawyer, William Travers Jerome. Gambling Charge Not Sustained. Coatcook, Que.?William Travers I Jerome was acquitted on the charge ' of having gamlbled on the station property of the Grand Trunk Railway j here while waiting for the immigraI tion authorities to pass on the case of Harry K. Thaw.. In discharging him the court apologized for the ha initiation to which he had been sub jected. Transport Sails to Mexico. San Francisco.?The army transport Ruford sailed to gather up Ameiienns in peril on the west coast of Mexico, j The vessei is in charge of Charles Jenkinson, special representative of ; the state department. The Buford will fly the lteil Crnsn flo?r a i? believed the ship will ho better able to perform its relief work under the banner owing to the present temper of Mexicans, than under the United States flag. The Huford, it is thought, will bring back between 500 and 1,000 Americans and probably a second trip will have to he made to accommodate all who wish to get away. Large Arrcunt of Cotton Ginned. Washington.?The greatest quantity of cotton ever ginned In the period prior to September 1st was roporte l by the census bureau when it was announced 704,000 bales of the growth of 1013 had been put out from the ginneries throughout the South since ih? beginning of the season. The heavy gainings for this first period o".' the season are the results of cv earl> maturing of the crops and of an effort of the farmers to beat the bo!I weevil. Japanese Newspaper Suppressed. Toklo.?Anarchistic expression in connection with the agitation over the killing of the Japanese at Nanking led , to the suppression of the Nikrou | Shtmbun, an independent newspaper. The journal asserted that the punishment of the spies of Yuan Shi Yai, the Chinese president, had just comi ir.cnced, that the murder of Director Abe of the Japanese foreign odlce was I a "heavenly judgment" and that other assassinations would follow. The I _ mourners of the Japanese cabinet are being protected by detectives. Believe They Will Go Free. San Francisco.?F. Drew CamiletM believes he will escape the penalty of the Mann ahite slave act under which he and Maury 1. Diggs were convicted in the United States district court. "1 believe we shall have no trouble lit getting this verdict reversed by the United States court, of appeals." he said. "Tito only thing the jurors could lind nte guilty of was leaving for Reno with Uola Morris. 1 would have been guilty of no offense If I had not crossed the state line with i her."