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THE FORT MILL TIMES! Published Evecy Thursday. FORT MILL, 80UTH CAROLINA. J The simple life Is not suited for sim- ' pie-minded people. Congress should investigate the nondelivery of that $34.14 per capita. The best thing to do with tho city man who wants to live on a farm is to let him try it. It hns often been said that the way of the transgressor is hard?but how easy to follow! Frank Chance Is to be a moving Dicture fit nr. Tnn hnil HI u htilV loom Isn't better at moving. i Watch the old maids and bachelors flock to Vienna since they are going to start a lottery marriage system. Agnln the meanest man In the world. He refused his wife a nickel to & see a moving picture show. "Let Us Get Closer Together." says the Hirmingham Ledger. Oh. let's wait until the weather gets cooler. It Ib now In order for some patriotic Englishman to donate a cup for International competition In cricket. The woman who woke up and found he was worth n million won't have to worry about the price of a fall hat. Now comes a scientist who says that baldness is due to cutting the hair. He must have a grudge against j barbers. Judging by the summer crop of breach of promise suits there's no heart shattered tliut a greenback cannot heal. Ciprlano Castro Is called a peon. Hut ho has been called so many other things that probably he won't mind It much. The Judge who was granted a dl- ] Torce in his own court refutes the theory that u shoemaker's wife never has any shoes. When a woman In Chicago laughed she swallowed a diamond ring she had been holding in her teeth. She who laughs last, etc Laundered bank notes are said to be lightly longer than unlaundered notes, but the Increment doesn't cover the luundry bill. That Ill-judged craze for knee breeches In certain quarters meets an InHupernble obstacle lb the vast majority of splndle-shankct men. However, the aeroyacht Is not likely to become as popular as the automobile. as the driver camiot readily gel underneath and tinker with it. Some enterprising manufacturer is going to make a fortune some day by placing on the market a popular priced cigarette which Is made of tobacco. The clergyman who believes it would bo better for women to dress in nothing more than bonds of perspl- . ration doesn't claim it's anything more than a belief We hear of ono tolerant gentleman who suggests that quite likely the girls' skirts were all right at llrst, but brunk the first time they were washed. And then split? When the London Inventor of a new gas got ono whiff of his product he calmlv announced that wl'li It travel from planet (o planet, was possible. Ixioka 'iko real gas. Tlio advent of a wonderful "perforated" gown Is reported, but It Is not stated whether It la to supersede the Bllt skirt or whether there is to be both slitting and perforation. Complaint is made that there nre not enougli goats in this country. Of course, every one should have his goat, and to do-that he should not bo compelled to get his neighbor's. Modern baseball players have it easy. When wo played the game over the fence was out. but now when a batter puts one over he getB a home run and an carload of cheering A cyclist In Europe hn3 accomplished the feat of riding nround the world on his wheel, completing the feat in two years and a few days. And now that the fent is ended, the world 1st exactly the name, as far aa the circling Is concerned, aa It was before. In these days some result la expected of unusual feats, or they become little else than n nine-days' wonder. Men who attempt to color a calabash pipe to match the rich brown of the lower howl may appreciate in a small way the trials of the girl who seeks to get sunburned to the hue of tho large frocklo on her nose Tho statement that nearly f?o per cent, of the farms in tho United States now are equipped with tele phones shows how fast this country has moved since 187C. That was the year of tho World's Centennial exposition at Philadelphia, where tho telephone first attracted public attention. FOOD PRICES ARE" ' ON THE INCREASE THE HIGH COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO MOUNT HIGHER AND HIGHER. 30ME COMPARISIONS MADE Three Per Cent. Higher Than Year Ago and Fifteen Per Cent. nigner than 2 Years Ago. Washington.?The cost of living on June 15 was approximately higher than the average between 1890- and 1900, more than three per cent, higher than it was a year ago and nearly tifteen per cent, higher than it was j two years ago. Investigations of retail prices in 40 cities conducted by experts of tlie bu; reau of labor show prices practically at the same level us lust November, when the high records of the last quarter century were reached. Fourteen articles of food were investigated, and compared with the average prices between 1890 and 1900. Every one except sugar showed a marked advance; bacon, which led in the soaring, went up 128.5 per cent. Other articles which showed remarkable advances were: Pork chops 111 per cent.; round steak 102.5; smoked ham 84; hens 76.8; sirloin steak 75.2; rib roasts 75; lard 66:5; corn meul 57.3; potatoes 44.4 1-8; butter 41.3; eggs 40.8; milk 38.4; and flour 28.6. During the same period sugar showed a decline of 8 per cent. During the last year prices of eleven and fifteen articles investigated went up. Hncon advanced 16.2 per cent. ; smoked ham 14.1; pork chops 13.4; hens 11.8; eggs 11.7; round steak 10.1; sirloin steak 9.8; lard 7.2; rib roast 6.8; butter 5.8, and milk 4.1. The other four declined as follows: Potatoes 31.9; sugar 15.2; wheat flour 7.7, and corn meal 3.9. Prices were investigated in Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charleston, S. C.; Chicago. Cin cinimti, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fall River, Mass.; Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Flu.; Kansas City, Mo.; Little Rock, Ark.; Los Angeles, Louisville. Manchester, N. Y.; Memphis, Tonn.; Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Newark, N. J.; New Haven, Conn.; New Orleans, New York, Omnha, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portland, Ore.; Providence, It. I.; Richmond, Va.; St. Louis, St. Paul, Minn.; Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Scranton, Pa., Seattle and Washington, D. C. SULLIVAN KILLED BY TRAIN Sullivan's Body Found in Morgue. Fled From Brother's Home. New York.?"Big Tim" Sullivan, the former powerful Fast Side politician, who has been ailing mentally for a year and who disappeared ten days ago from the home of his brother, Patrick 11. Sullivan, was killed by a train on the New York, New llaven and Hartford railroad. Identification of the body was brought about by a policeman who knew Sullivan. He huppened to pass through the Twenty-sixth street moriFllrt Vl'hon hn unui ? fr?l^^i ..... omw .. ..V>< (IV ou u ?UVC1 UlUl 1UUIV" cd familiar. He did not at once recognize the dead man, but later he decided that it was Sullivan. The Bowery la in mourning, and Its residents formed in little groups to discuss the passing of their leader, Congressman "Big Tim" Sullivan, and to lament the manner of it, while on all sides are heard expressions of regret for the unfortunate circumstances which almost sent his body to a pauper's grave after having laid two weeks' unidentified subsequent to his deatli beneath the wheels of a freight locomotive. _________________ Mrs. Godbee Found Guilty. Milieu.? With the doomed woman sitting stolidly in her chnir in the Jonkins county court house, staring blankly and unbelievingly at the 12 jurors who had just pronounced her guilty; Judge P. A. Saffold, chief of counsel for Mrs. Kdna Godbee, sentenced to imprisonment for life for the killing of Mrs. Florence Godbee. the bridge of her divorced husband, Death Descends From the Clouds. Goldlleld, Nov. Several lives were lost and much property destroyed by a cloudburst at Goldfleld. Goldlleld is located in a basin with the Maiuhal range to the south and two deep Kim-iiva siruung me oast and west sections of the town. Within an hour these gulches were roaring rivers, and all houses in their path were j swept away. The dead are Mrs. L. E. Carmo and child, a laundress, two unidentified persons whose bodies were seen going down the gulches, but were not recovered. Americans Held by Rebels. Mexico City.?One hundred Americans, including a number of women and children, refugees front Torreon, nrc reported to have fallen into the hands of rebels while proceeding overland to Saltillo. The authorities at Saltillo decline to tnke the responsibility of sending a force to their rescue, fearing, they say, that the rob, els might commit atrocities on the refugees which otherwise might be avoid| od. The report comes from an official source at Saltillo. The American embassy. lias been advised. V % \ FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON ?flH # W^jr68S?^SIBIf H Francis Burton Harrison, the millionaire congressman from New York, ' has been selected by President Wilson ' as governor general of the Philippines. ; SENATE PASSES TARIFF BILL VAIN STRUGGLE MADE BY THE REPUBLICANS TO FORCE THE AMENDMENTS. Democrats Presented Solid Front and Only Allowed Such Amendments as Were Suitable. Washington.?The Democratic tariff revision bill passed the senate amid a burst of applause that swept down from crowded galleries and found its eelio on the crowded lloor of tho senate. Its passage was attended with surprises in the tinal moments of the voting, when Senator LaFollette, Republican, cast ills vote with the Democrats, and was joined a few moments later by Senator Poindextcr, Progressive. The Democrats had counted throughout the long tariff fight upon losing the votes of Senators Ransdell and Thornton of Louisiana, Democrats, who voted against the bill because it would put sugar on the free list. Until the names of Senators LaFollette and Poindextcr were actually called, however, no one knew definitely the stand they would take, and their votes were greeted with enthu siastic applause. The vote was 44 to 37 in favor of the bill after all amendments had been defeated. President Wilson expressed great gratification over the end of the long struggle in the sennte. Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, who had piloted the bill through the finance committee, the Democratic caucus and the senate, predicted that its passage would certainly bring immediate stimulus to the commercial life of the country. NEGROES SHOT BY A MOB Two Blacks Shot Up a Store When Raised Bills Were Refused. Cairo, 111.?One negro was killed und another is believed to have been fatally wounded by a posse of citizens near Tamms, 111., following the negroes' attempt to force a merchant of Tamms to accept a bill which had been raised from one to five dollars. When the clerk refused to accept the bill in payment for a small purchase the negroes drew revolvers and began firing as they backed out of the store. The clerk was not injured. Citizens formed a posse and with deputy sheriffs started in pursuit. A running fire was exchanged, but the negroes escaped. Bloodhounds from Anna. 111., tracked them to a field south of Tanuns. Here the lifeless body of one of the negroes was found. The other negro escaped, but is thought to have been wounded. Airship and Crew Drop Into Ocean. Berlin, Germany.?Germany's ambition to maintain a sq-undron of airships as an adjunct to the navy met a rude eheck in the destruction of the L-l in a hurricane in the North sea. The loss of life is variously estimated at from thirteen to sixteen, among the dead being Captain Metzlng, commander of the marine airship division; Captain ilanne, commander of the L-l, and llaron Von Maltznhn. The airship was engaged in reconnoissance work In conenction with the torpedo boat maneuvers. Lives Saved by Ail-Steel Train. New Madison.?An all-steel train probably saved a score of lives when tlie Pennsylvania flyer, New York to St. Louis, was ditched by a raised rail near Wylie's Station, four miles west of New Madison, Ohio. Thirtyflvo persons were injured, three, it is believed, fatally. Running at a terrific speed to make up lost time, the fast train struck the defective rail about fifty feet from the approach to a small steel bridge. The engine hit one side of the bridge, tore it from its foundation and fell with it. HGW MONEY WAS ^ SPENT B* SULZEB GOVERNOR SULZERS BROKER TELLS HOW HE LOST BIG SUMS. WALL STREET TRANSACT.ON ; Notwithstanding Statement of Mrs. Sulzer, Fuller Says He Had No Dealings With Her. New York. ? Governor Su'.zcr's transactions in Wall street from June 27, 1910, till they ceased?at least so fur as one firm of brokers was concerned on July II last were described under oatli by Melville I). Fuller, who said he was Sulzer's broker, in a hearing held by the nine impeachment managers appointed by the assembly. Mr. Fuller, who refused to testify before the Frawley investigating committee concerning certain matters, answered all questions, lie testified that Sulzer had paid him 516,000 in person within a month and a day after the last election and that he (Fuller) had had no dealings with Mrs. Sulzer. According to Fullers' testimony. Sulzer, while a congressman, opened an account with his firm, Harris & Fuller, June 27, 1910. In September he testified Sulzer bororwed $2:1,000 from the firm, giving as collateral 400 , shares of "Hig Four" railroad stock 1 and in November of the same year Sulzer added some American Smelter j stock to his collateral held by the brokers. "Ilig Four declined from 80 to 57 : within a year," Mr. Fuller continued, j "but Mr. Sulzer bought some more of the stock and added Southern Pacific to his holdings." On November 13, 1912, a few days after he was elected governor, Mr. Fuller continued, Sulzer walked into the office of Harris &- Fuller with ten $1,000 -bills in his hand. These he paid on his account, his indebtedness, owing to other transactions, having increased to $50,912. On December 6 Mr. Fuller said the governor-elect paid In nnronn AAA K ?-* - . ... I.VIOUU fU,UVU liiuic lit I'llMll Ull Ills account. Lieutenant Commander Josephtlial of Governor Sulzer's staff visited the office of Harris & Fuller July 16 last, Mr. Fuller added, and closed the account by paying the balance, $26,739. TORPEDO BOAT EXPLODES Two Killed, Three Wounded, on U. S. S. Craven When Boiler Bursts. Savannah, Ga.?A boiler explosion on the United States torpedo boat Craven, off Tybee, resulted in the death of Chief Water Tender McCarffray and Water Tender Milton and serious injuries to Chief Machinist's Mate Swinn, Water Tender Laughton and Oliver Gabbitt. The Craven was steaming in under a good head of steam when the accident happened. Ensign W. D. Lainont was on the bridge when he saw steam shoot up through the hatches and heard the cries of the men in the fire room, who were being scalded by the boiling water. The hatches were at once closed and t lie pumps were set to work pumping the water out. When the hatches were opened Water Tender 1). I). Smith went down at the risk of Ids life and brought out the body of McCaffray. He was badly scalded and lived but a short time. .Milton was dead when brought out. Soon after the explosion the engines of the Craven ceased working and she drifted helplessly until the pilot boat Kstill and the tug Cynthia No. 'J, both of Savananh, went to her assistance. McCacray died before the Craven reached Tybee. Break Threatened in Government Dam Rome. Ga.?The government lock and dam at Mayo's bar, in the Coosa river, now nearing completion, is threatened by a sudden rise of the river. The high water Is endangering the dam, which is not yet completed, and the government engineers fear that the pressure of tho waters will cause the dam to burst and sweep away the expensive construction which has, durj Jng the last two years, cost Uncle Sam I f >'i? nan Bubonic Plague ia California. Sacramento, Cal.?A death from bubonic plague occurred at Martinez, Cal.. according to reports received by the stnte board of health from I)r. .1. 1). Lour of the United States marine hospital service in San Francisco. At the same time a message was received by the board from its secretary. I)r. W. F. Snow, now in Washington. D. C., stating that the federal government had decided to appropriate $40,000 additional to fight the disease. The body of the Martinez victim was examined by Doctor Curry. Postal Clerks Aided in Theft. lA?ndon, Englnnd.?That postal employees connived at the theft of the $62.1,000 pearl necklace which mysteriously disappeared July 16 betweer Faris and London, was established by evidence presented at a hearing. Hut whether the employees belong to the French or English postofttce the authorities decline to divulge. Five men were arrested on suspicion September 2. Three of them, Lockett. Silbennan and Guttworth, were captured at the Hritish museum tube station , . . - - *< -v - i 1 JEROME TRAVERS >/ "* -V^V Who for the fourth time hat won thj national amateur golf championship at the tournament at Garden CUy, N. J. MAYOR CAVSOR B:ES At Sf A SEEKING HEALTH, THE END COMES ON AN OCEAN LINER. Fatal Illness Result of Assassin's Bui let Fired Over Three Years Ago. New York.?The following radiogram was received at Crookliaven from the steamship llaltic: "To Robert A dam son. Secretary to Mayor Gaynor, City Hall. New York City: Father died Wednesday at one ! o'clock. Heath due to heart failure. Notify mother. R. W. GAYNOR." R. W. Gaynor is Rufus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gaynor, who accompanied his father abroad. Mayor Gaynor and his son sailed for Livernool from this citv on board , the White Star Liner lhiltic on Thursday, September 4. At that time Mayor Gaynor was so weak that lie could hardly walk up the gangplank of the ship. Once on board, he sank down upon a couch and could not speak. He attributed his trouble to a recurrence of a throat ailment induced by the bullet of an assassin at Hoboken three years ago. Mayor Gaynor planned to sail for home immediately upon his arrival at Liverpool, thinking that the voyage would restore him sufficiently to take part in the fall campaign. Mayor Gaynor, who, immediately previous to his departure, was nominated for re-election upon an Independent ticket, had planned to make a strenuous campaign this fall. His death will have considerable efTect upon the political situation in this city. At the White Star Line office, it was said that the Italtic should be between 300 and 400 miles off the coast of Ireland. Crookhaven is on the coast of Ireland. There is an important wireless station there. From Crookhaven the death message was relayed to New York. Federal Veterans Meet in Reunion. Chattanooga, Tenn.?Bent upon their lirst peaceful invasion of the South, thousands of Union veterans nrrived here tr? iittenil tlio fiirlvooir^nti. V..V iv.i; 0CTi:ilUl tt.llnual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied organizations. in honor of the occasion, Chattanooga is in gala attire. Citizens* committees throng the railroad stations, welcoming the veterans. Survivors of the Union army which caused the Confederacy to totter in the decisive battle of Chickamauga fought here llfty years ago are greeted with the same cordiality shown the United Confederate Veterans, whose annual reunion was held in Chattanooga last May. Say Botha Forced to Sign. I Johannesburg. ? Sensation stories [ are current regarding the conference between the government officials and mine leaders which resulted in a settlement of the gold mine strike on the Rand on July 5 last. Some of the labor leaders assert that Gen. Louis Ilotha, ex-premier of the Union of South Africa, and General Smuts, the minister of the interior, mines and defense, were compelled at the point I of a revolver to sign the agreement. j General Smuts lias issued a denial of 1 this. Envoy Arrives in Washington. Washington.?Senor Manuel Da Zanineona, former Mexican ambassador to the United States, who is supi posed to be charged with the task of reopening the negotiations between the United States and the Huerta administration for a peaceful solution of the troubles in Mexico, arrived, i with Senor Algara, charge d'affaires of the American embassy. Ser.ro I>a Zamacona did not reveal the character of his mission. He maintained that he had come to the United States on "private business." Farmer Killed by Nephew. Muoltrie, (la. -William Clark, a prominent farmer and landowner, living in this county, was shot to death hv his nephew, Fulton Crosby. Trouble has bc-en narrowly averted for some time between the two, it is said, | owing to a dispute concerning a land line which separated the plantations I of the two parties. This ill feeling , culminated in the killing of Clark, ! who had gone to the home of Crosby ' accompanied by his two sons to further discuss the matter. DEMOCRATS DOWN EVERY AMENDMENT WITH WELL-OILED MACHINERY CURRENCY BILL ROLLS TOWARD COMPLETION. CHARGES OF THE GAG LAW The Republicans and Progressives Fight the Measure Hard But on Every Vote the Line Holds Firm.? The Fight is Near End. Washington.?With well-oiled leglsi&itve machinery working smoothly, the Administration currency bill rblled steadily toward completion under detailed consideration in the House. The chorus of Democratic "noes" quickly disposed of the numerous efforts of Republicans and Progressives to alter the provisions of the measure. Not. a single material amendment was voted into the bill. The debate bristled with charges of "gag law" and "caucus rule" from the minority, with occasional sympathetic replies from the Democratic side, but when the votes were needed the line held firm. Representative Monde-! I of Wyoming and Progressive Leader Murdoch devoted considerable tini 1 to pleading with the Demorsi.xts to "break the shackles" and desert the caucus pledge. Mr. Mundell bicame Involved in a spirited controversy with Representative Stanley of Kentucky, who had something to say about Republican caucus action. Representative Donovan, Democrat, of Connecticut, joined with Representative Murdock in one of liis at* >cks. A rapid-fire of amendments was directed by the minority i-gainst :.. * section of the bill providing that National banks must subscribe a sum equal to 20 per cent of their capital in the Federal reserve bank in their .district. Representative Lindbergh o" Minnesota endeavored to make the subscription 10 per cent of capital and surplus and allow the banks 120 days in which to pay one-half of their subRpHntmiiK ITiwlnr nniPiiHmpnt Him ! Federal reserve banks would have been allowed to begin business as soon us the full $">,000,000 capital had been subscribed without waiting tyr full payment. The amendment, after a vigorous discussion, was voted down. 78 to 29. Several similar amendments were defeated. Ample Hurricane Warnings. Wasnington.?Hurricane warnings i issued by the United States Weather Bureau have resulted In a marked decrease in shipwrecks in recent years, despite the great increase in shipping. Tills is the declaration of the Department of Agriculture, which ca'led the attention of mariners to the fact that the season was now at Its height during which hurricanes might he expected on the Eastern coast of the United States. The bureau's most rece.it efforts to provide ample warning of the approach of tropical storms have been through wireless reports of wind, i weather and pressure conditions from 1 vessels plying in the Gulf and CarribI bean waters. Refugees Bring Weird Stories. San Francisco.?News of the murder of Morris P. Hoot, American superi intendent of the El Ttere mines i?t Topic, Mexico, was brought hero by the steamer Peru which load nearly 100 refugees front Mexico aboard. The mining engineer was intercepted by a few bandits as he was on ltis way to join employees of the company who were preparing to defend the mine property. He was disarmed and cut to pieces. Rushing New Haven Probe. Washington.?Attorney General MoReynolds said he was expediting as much as possible the Government's investigation of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad under the Sherman anti trust law. The inquiry is nearing an end and it is believed the Attorney General soon will be prepared to move against the road with a civil anti-trust suit. Star Witness Cannot Be Found. New York.?Frederick L. Co!well of Yonkers, regarded as a star witness against Governor Sulzer at his forthcoming trial on impeachment charge?, has disappeared, according to announcement by the Assembly Board of Impeachment. What had been identified as Governor Sulzer's signatur "William Sulzer' for "\ir? wnn.m ! Sulzer.'' was under the scrunlty of si handwriting expert. The board heard ' his testimony at a further private examination of witnesses expected to testify at Sulzer's trial.' Has Caused a Slight Stir. Itio de Janeiro.?Edward H. Morgan. , United States Ambassador to Brazil. ! after making a two-weeks excursion i to various states of the Republic, will 'go to the United States on leave of I absence. An incident which caused a ; slight "tir between the American Ambassador arose owing to the Ambassador forgetting to send Invitations to tiie members of the Chamber to attend a hall given by him In honor of Lauro Muller, the Brazilian Foreign Secretary.