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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON
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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
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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
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JEROME TRAVERS
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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.