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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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| 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
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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.
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CALLIE HOKE SMITH
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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."