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THE FORT MILL TIMES Publtahod Every Thursday. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. It's pity there are no fail styles In prices. When we huve women Judges the lawyers won't dare talk back. We hope hobble skirts will not be reduced under the new tariff law. Some men enjoy their Indigestion. Judging by the wuy they brag about It. The latest Idea of luck In New York Is to irct to Hon " tilnv hatnro ?K*? lice Btop it_ ABsurance comes from Panama that the lockB arc safe. Anything with locks to It usually la. Aa a general thing It doesn't Improve a man's chance of going to heaven for him to Inherit a lot of the earth. One wonders what literature and the drama would do without the recruits they draw annually from baseball. a. Pittsburgh man has been fined $50 for winking twice at a girl. Perhaps the first one was caused by a cinder. The lat-sst feminine fashion Is to have their hands In their pockets. Sarcastic husbands will welcome the change. ? England has at last won a sporting championship from us, the women's golf. Is this u tribute to the virility of the militants? Lace spats for women Is a late tyle. but unfortunately they do not displace the old fashioned clothes line recriminations. If the tailors wish to do something unusual why do they not give the men knickerbockers and thus start a fashion worth while? The superintendent of West Point wants football eliminated. Ho seems to think the students could be maimed and killed in a "better cause. Scientists hnve produced something "Just as good as radium," but we shall accept no substitute and shall demand the old fashioned kind The passenger who rode with Pegoud when ho looped the loop shures the fame of the man who crossed Niagara Falls on Ulondln's back. "Fr.cills decensus," says a book reviewer in discussing the latest novel by the author of a former "best seller." which means that he has hit the toboggan. A French dramatist declares that "any dance cnn be made vulgar." True; but the trouble with some is that they are in the category of the self-made. A German paper says that when a diplomat says "yes" he means "per uups, una wnen no savs ' perliaps" ho moans nnd If he says "no" he la no diplomat. A Scotch expert says thnt we nro approaching tho smokeless age. Hut as his prediction applies to locomotives and factories and not cigarettes, no alarm need ngituto the community. If. as a careful statistician asserts. Americans paid $<*>00,000,000 for music fast year. It would seem to a plain person that they ought to have something to show for It?a creditable Eong. at least. A Philadelphia waiter has had a broker convicted on a charge of false pretense In handling $8,000 worth of securities. How many of those who tipped him had that much? Radium is to he put within the reach of the common people. This will help to bring down the high cost of living, as there is such a popular demand for radium. A i'hiladelphlan who undertook to demonstrate how it was possible for a man to stab himself In the back fatally almost succeeded. If he recovers he will Inllit it for irriintad Accidents will happen even In the "snfo" French Juris A sword expert was badly pinked in his 173d encounter, and is in a Pnris hospital. Honor issues should be fought out over a chess table or not at all A noted English surgeon hns discovered that cancer is sometimes caused by conl used for fuel. He might also discover with some more observation that apoplexy is sometimes due to tho coal bills. African cannibals do not like white men as food because of the rank flavor. This would be a sweeter world if the American mosquito were educated up to the same high standard of gustatory discrimination. Creek women in Chicago will send $10,000 to Ciroece to rebuild the homes devastated by tho war. This is In answer to the appeal of the Queen of Greece, who acted on the well known European maxim "When in trouble of any kind, turn to tha United Stateo." . 'ft 1. i BLAIR LEE hitherto been passive, but developed into violent action. London, England.?The question of the British East Indians again has reached an acute stage, nearly every dominion and colony to which these British subjects emigrate either barring them or have legislation which effectually prevents them from entering or remaining in those places. The imperial government, having more to say in the government of the crown colonies than it has in that of the dominions, has tnken steps to make the life of the East Indians in those colonies more bearable. A commission composed of a member of the British Indian government and an East Indian of industrial experience is now visiting the crown colonies to which Indentured immigration is stll permtted The commission will make n thorough investigation into the conditions of employment of East Indians and generally into their position and treatment in those colonies. In the dominions the imperial gov* ernment, which would have Indians treated as are other British subiects. is faced with exactly the same difflculi ty as the Federal government at Washington has in connection with j California's anti-Jananese legislation, j The people of the dominions insist on j having "white men's countries." GLASS IS NAMED SENATOR Is Appointed by Gov. O'Neal to Fill j Unexpired Term of Johnston. Birmingham, Ala.?Frank 1*. Glass, j editor of the Birmingham News, and j president of the Montgomery Adverj User, was appointed United States sen| ator by Governor O'Neal to succeed the late Senator Joseph F. Johnston, j Mr. Glass is one of the oldest and j best-known newspaper men in the j state of Alabama and in the South. | Mr. Glass is n native of Alabama, an j alumnus of Princeton and founded The Blade in Bibb county in 1SS0, j a year later bought the Solum Dally | Times and in 1886 acquired a half inj terest in the Montgomery Advertiser. In making the appointment. Governor O'Neal said: "1 am still of the i opinion that the provisions of the sev' enteenth amendment did not deprive i me of power to till by appointment j the vacancy in the senate of the IJnlt1 od States on the death of Hon. Jo! seph F. Johnston. In the exercise, therefore, of my constitutional power and duty, I have this day appointed Hon. F. P. Glass United States senator from Alabama to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Joseph , V. Johnston." Observance of Tuberculosis Day. Washington.?Observance of Tuber' rulosis Day. December 7, promises to j be more general this year than ever before. Just four years ago the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis established the custom of setting aside one day to direct the nation's attention to the necessity for a universal fight against the great plague and each year since recognition of the custom has been more widespread. U. S. Content to Await Outcome. Washington. ? That the United j States, in its policy toward the pro1 visional government in Mexico is content to await the outcome of the presi stire being exerted to bring about the ,tii -r . i. _ it - I uuniiiiiii m nil- nut'iiii regime was ap! parent in official circles in Washing; ton. Exciting rumors from Mexico City wholly failed to ruffle the calm confidence of President Wilson or Secretary of State Bryan. "The mills of the gods grind slowly," was the declaration of one high official of the government in discssing the question. Jacksonville Greets Waterways People Jacksonville. Fin. Formal greetings by local commercial organizations featured the welcome which the delegates are getting to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways' association's sixth annual convention. Several special trains arrived in Jacksonville, bringing delegates from the North and East. The coastal steamship lines will delivered their quota of delegates on three ves- ' sels which arrived in port from Philadelphia. J. Hampton Moore is the head of a party on a specially chartered stamper from Philadelphia RAGE QUESTION SHAKES EMPIRE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN IN i ARMS AGAINST EAST INDIANS. MAY INVOKE MARTIAL LAW Indians Resent by Striking in South Africa and the Burning of Many Sug.'ir Plantations. Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa.?East Indian residents of Natal declared a general strike, which was accompanied by rioting and the b-.xrning of sugar plantations. The police force is insufficient to deal with the rioters, and white women and children are in a state of terror. Troops have Veen ordered to the disaffected districts. In Durban itself practically the whole East Indian community struck work and became so aggressive that a demand was made for the proclamation of martial law. The revolt of the East Indians was brought about by the exclusive laws i in force neainst them h?*m it im#i I i jrtk . ^ \^|r Mt^^BPffpflHPf ^HH|Rffl|b^ | Blair Lac, the rusw United States senator-elect from Maryland, chosen by direct vote of the people to succeed William P. Jackson, doesn't know when he will be seated. Jackson was I appointed bv the nr?.>mnr t? nu ?..?_L the term or the fate Senator Raynee, which doe* not expire until 1917. WAN1 TIME ON MONEY BILL CURRENCY SNARL IS BEING UNTANGLED BY THE COMMITTEE. Further Time Is Given for the Consideration of Provisions of the Bill. Washington.?The attempt to force tlie administration currency bill through the senate by way of the Democratic caucus was abandoned and the banking and currency committee of the senate was given time for further consideration of the bill. A practical agreement by six I>emocratic senators, half of the committee, and hope for final report soon, was reported to the Democratic conference when it met by Senator Owen and at Ills request the conference took no action. Since the cull for the conference was Issued Senators Reed uud O'Gorman had joined Chairman Owen and Senators Pomerene, Shafroth and Hollis, supporters of the administration measure. despite their votes against some of its orn vision S in tlm Piimnilllon Tlioo/. six Democrats liavo virtually agreed on a bill whicli meets the views of i President Wilson A further attempt to swing Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska in line with his Democratic colleagues. was made in a meeting of Democrats of the committee after the conference. It is probable that the Democrats and Republicans will make a unanimous report on those details of the bill which all approve and then sub- , mit supplementary reports showing , the senate their disagreement on the fundamentals of the hill. The Republicans and Senator Hitchcock have an- , nounced their determination to stand out to the last for the public owner- ( ship of the regional bunks in the new system uud for government control of those bauks. , U. S. AGENT MEETS CARRANZA _____ 1 William Bayard Hale, Representing the 1 President, Confers With Rebels. 1 Nogales, Senora, Mexico.?Crossing ' a narrow little street from the United States into Mexico William iiayard Hale, personal representative of President Wilson, met the Constitutionalist chief. Gen. Venustiano Carranza, and his cabinet and presented to them a definite proposal from the American government. What the proposal was the Ameri can diplomatic agent declined to suy. The Mexican revolutionary leaders also were silent, but tjo those who have been anxiously awaiting the development of the American policy with regard to Mexico it was fraught with oossibilities for the destinies of the war-torn republic and her relations with her northern neighbor. Into a little room of the customs house in which Ceneral Cararnza lias established his "ad interim" capital, the American emissary was ushered to meet the chiefs of the revolution against Huerta. Carurnra and his en- 1 tire cabinet were there and with them Ackten Named Chief U. S. Warden. Washington.?Col. J. H. Acklen of Tennessee was commissioned chief warden of the United States under the recently enacted Federal migratory ird luw. He was appointed by Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture, and is tli#? fir?t h?i>i ?? - office. Colonel Acklen is president of tlio National Association of Came Commissioners. and formerly was game warden of Tennessee. He will have his headquarters !n Washington, aiding tho department in the enforcement of the migratory bird IaV. Track Team Off for Australasia. San Francisco.?Three members of tho American t'.'ack and field team, which is to tern* Australasia, sailed > with Manager F?istace Polxotto. Cobleigh, of New Orleans, the fourth member, will Ic??ve this city ten days i later and will join the party in New Zealand. The athletes who sailed with the tmm manager are Oeorge Par- < ker, jumper, Olympic.Club; Rex Caughey, Hhot potter. Ukiah, Cal., high school, and James Powers, runner, Ilos- i ton Athletic association. The team I will not return until late in March. < I ^ ? * I ARE EXECUTED AS PRISONERS OP WAR STANDING BY GRAVES, TWO PRISONERS ARE SHOT DOWN. TOOK PLACE AT CEMETERY When Rebel Volleys Sounded, Ebave ' and Cordova Tumbled Into Newly Dug Graves. El I'aso. Texas.?Two former. Federal officials of Juarez, who were tak- ! en prisoners by General Panclio Vll-1 lu's rebel troops were executed at j Juare:;. They were Pablo Ebave. an j official in the Juarez police depart- i ment. and Juan Cordova, chief of the I Juarez secret police. The executions took place at the ! Juarez cemetery, the condemned men ! standing on the brink of the newly i dug graves and falling in when the i firing squad shot them. Both men were sentenced to death by General Villa and orders were carried out by subordinates. Mrs. Ebave, wife of one of the condemned men, was present when the sentence was pronounced and pleaded with Villa to pardon her husband, but he refused. A squad of 14 Federal prisoners was taken to the cemetery to bury 89 of the soldiers who were killed in the Juarez battle. One of the prisoners, fearing he was to be executed, tried to escape and was shot by one oi the guards. The rebel officers say there are more executions to take place in Juarez and that all the Federal volunteer army officers will be killed United States Senator Thomas B. Catron of New Mexico called on General Villa at Jufcrez and cautioned him against the wholesale execution of Federal prisoners of war, which has been conducted at Villa at Juarez since the surrender of the town. "I told General Villa that our government had acted very favorably to the rebel government and that it was my opinion that the executions would make a bad impression on the United States government, and probably retard any action toward recognition of the rebels by the United States," said Senator Catron, after his conference with Villa. "He did not say he would desist in the executions, but said it was necessary that it he done, and that it was his duty to his country and orders from superior officers. DEFENDS WHIPPING POST Delaware Executive Tells the Evildoers to Shun the State. Wilmington, Del.?Governor Charles Ft. Miller issued a statement in defense of the whipping post and declared that method of punishment for criminals in Delaware would continue until the law providing for it is reoeiili'it "roi?npillf>i.'i! ..? * , ..gu.U.WU U1 1111.1 8d interference by a member of conKress or of individuals residing in other states." In liis statement the governor says: "The courts and other leKal authorities of the state of Delaware will administers the internal affairs of the commonwealth regardless of any Attempted interference by a member of congress or of individuals residing in other states who are ignorant of conditions and permit themselves to be misled by extravagant and highly colored newspaper articles. "The persons who have written nie numerous letters, some of them abusive and insulting to the citizenship of the state, should pause to consider that state government in America is based upon statutory laws enacted by the people. "I shall uphold the state courts in the administration of the law, and warn evil-doers to give Delaware a wide berth If they wish to escape the whipping post." Scott Is Nominated to Succeed Lynch New York.?At a meeting of printers held here Marsden G. Scott, president of Typographical Union No. 6 ("Big Six") was nominated for president of tin- International Typographical Union to succeed James >1. Lynch, who recently was appointed hy Governor Glynn to be state commission of labor. Robbers Gets $11,000 From Expresc. Tampa, Kla.?Representing himsc f to be an attditor for the Southern Impress company, an unknown man wall ed into the St. Petersburg office < * that company, took charge of th hooka and papers, worked sovern: hours over them and disappeared. >. short time later the agent discovered tliut money orders and travelers.; checks to the amount of $11,000 werv missing. Announcement of the thef? was made here hy Superintendent (}, C. Wolfe of Jacksonville, who was/ summoned 15 Swept Off Flat Car by Limb. Waycross.?When an overhanging limb struck a flat car on the Way cross and Southern between frnvcn'k island un?' Hopkins, in the Okefenokee swamp, fifteen pleasure seekers wore thrown off, "Be being killed instantly, two receivi. *z injuries that arc considered fatty. and several being seriously bruised ar.d cut. The dead: L. B. Lancaster, n*ed 21. Fatally injured: I*. P. Stewart, legs broken, internal injuries; Mrs. 1'. P. Stewart, internal Injuries. Seriously injured: CSeorge Squirt s and J. H. Smltlu ( : : * % : *, . 1 . w ? yfr : . A". ', " REV. DR. W. H. LEAVELL Dr. Leavell of Carrolltnrv Mi? i> tha new American minister to Guatemala, succeeding Reynolds Hitt. He is a son-in-law of former Senator George of Mississippi and is a Presbyterian clergyman. JAPS DO NOT WANT WAR WE MUST KEEP FAtTH WITH THE JAPANESE. SAYS EX-PRESIDENT TAFT. Only Danger of War Is in Our Injustice, Declares Former President. Washington.?Asserting that the \ Japanese government had faithfully lived up to its treaty obligations by keeping its coolie labor from American shores, former President Taft, in an address before the National Geographic Society here, declared that the United States government must keep faith with Japan l?y not discriminating against its people!. "And," he said, "no matter what the reckless and un just acts of thoughtless people in California or elsewhere may be, they should be restrained." "The only danger of a war." be added, "Is in our injustice to the Japanese. They are lighting ttie battle for trade and not for conquest or further acquisition of territory, at least in this direction. All we have to do to avoid : other than business rivalry is to treat them as we would wish to be treated." Critics who have spoken of the probability of an armed conflict between the two countries arid of the iimritne of a great Japanese force on the California coast, the speaker declared, proceed on an assumption that never in I fact will be realized. "Tile transportation of any army ; 9,000 miles across the trackless waste > of the Pacific, with all the chances of attack upon the troop ships that would have to carry them," he said, "is an i idle dream and the Japanese would not deal in idle dreams, even if they coveted our country, as they do not." Did Ape Spring From Man? New York. ?Dr. J. Leon Williams I of London, an eminent authority on I anthropology and geology, arrived from Liverpool with fifteen skulls oi pre historic man. one of which he estimated to be f,00,000 years old. This skull was found by workmen near Folkestone, Kngland, in strata that dated hack prior to the pleistocene era and its existence and discovery have confirmed Doctor Williams in the belief that mqnkind is at least half a million years old. Doctor Williams said the finding of these ancient skulls and other human hones d d not disprove, in his opinion, the poj- 1 ular theory of evolution, but altered it in some degree. Instead of man being a descendant of the ape, Mr. | Williams said, these skulls tend ro confirm the belief that the anthropoid i ape was an offshoot of primitive man. 13 Dead 100 Hurt, in Wreck. Kufaula, Ala.?Thirteen persons I were killed and more than a hundred ! injured, some of them fatally, when three coaches of a Central of ! Georgia passenger train left the rails | at a point seventeen miles south of here and plunged down a steep emlinnlimnnf Tlw. * - ................. . ..V. . ..Ill, ? null OUI1S1Med of live cars crowded with excr"sionlsts, was hn route frotn Ozark. Ala., to Kufaula, where a fair is being held. Among tliose who escaped with minor injuries was Jefferson I). Clay ton, brother of Congressman Clayton. Hundreds Work to Recover Bodies. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.?The rear of a seven-story concrete building Hearing completion collapsed ea Tying with it fourteen men who werr. working on the roof slab. Four \v*re taken from the ruins severely injured and the others are believed to be buried beneath a mass of concrete and twisted steel us^r in the reinforcements. Hundreds of men worked with axes and shovels and with the aid of a big steam derrick removing the debris lb a search for the bodies. tefflfinonal sdnmtsoiool Lesson iBy E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute. Chicago.) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 23 JOSHUA THE NEW LEADER. LESSON TEXT?Joshua 1:1-9. GOLDEN TEXT?"Be strong atia of jood courage." Joshua 1:9. "Nov it came to pass" (v. 1). Tnmgs do not happen in the kingdom of God. they "come to pass." This world, nations, families or individuals were not Bet ir motion by a creator who has gone off neglectful of his creatures, nor has he left them to blind fato or inflexible law. Attention is also drawn to the time, "after the death of Moses." The call was clear and unquestioned, for the Lord "spake." Our highest responsibility is to that call which eomes from the highest source of authority. This call came in the time of great need, Israel is without a leader. Then follow the first words of Jehovah to this newly chosen leader (v. 2) and which constitute his charge, "Moses my servant is dead, now, therefore arise." This suggests a prayerful attitude on the part of Joshua, but in no way is it to be consti-ued that Moses was a hindrance to this forward march of the people of God- Rather that Mn?oo' n-nrlr completed and on the basis of his work an advance was to be made. Obedience to Law. The conditions laid upon Joshua were: (1) Confidence due to this promise of the presence of Jehovah (v. 5). The personal pronoun "I" is used seven times in these nine verses as though God would make confidence doubly assured. But confidence alone was not enough, hence the necessity of "courage" (v. 6). Strength is due to confidence and quietness, Isa. 30: 15. but courage is the active principle which is the evidence of our strength and courage. Conquei'.t was not alone conditioned upon courage (v. 6), but also upon the sure foundation of the word and oath of Jehovah. But strength and courage are maintained by obedience to law whether it be physical, civil or spiritual, hence the words of verse 7, the possession of this land depended upon absolute unflinching, invariable adherence and observance of the law, "which Moses my servant commanded " Confidence ana Authority. But Jehovah never leaves hia own iv. 5). Matt. 28:20, nor does he leave man to blind fate or fortuitous circumstances. Therefore we read in verse 8 the counsel of Jehovah as to the nir^chod whereby Joshua and Israel may " prosper" (v. 7) or according to the margin "do wisely," viz., they shall meditate upon the books of the law. This verse is enough for the entire class session. The leader, be he preacher or teacher, who has any doubt about the word of God, or stands dumb before the empty tomb had better seek s. new vocation for he is the apostle, of a dying, disintegrating class or church and a decadent faith. The origin of man, the mystery of life, the destiny of the soul, demands the voice of confidence and authority not of uncertainty and doubt. True prosperity and wisdom are conditioned upon our taking the word of God as the man of our counsel. the light of our path, our daily meditation. The definite result of such a course is set before Joshua, and in addition he was promised the companionship iv. 91 of lehovoh av** step of the way. It is interesting in this connection to remember that Joshua was associated with Moses in the first experience of war In the history of this young nation. Conclusion. The greatest \esson before us at this time is that continuity of tho purposes of (lod. As great and important as Moses lias been during his 10 years of leadership, yet he was not necessary. The instrument of divine deliverance, direction and discipline, yea, the voice of God to Israel, the receiver of their complaints and of their confessions, yet now he has been removed. What a tremendous blank he must have left. Yet Israel is to go forward, there li to be no halting in its progress. God had been training men for 40 years, one of whose faith failed not at the sight of the giants, one who had fellowship with the old and is now to face the new. We recall the words of John Wesley, inscribed upon his memorial tablet in Westminster abbey, "God buries his workmt :i, but carries on his work." Kach individual in the long succession of leaders has his appointed task, and as he is loyal completes that task thereby preparing tho way for a new leader? The abiding principles that condition each man's success are loyalty and obedience. Tho Golden Text is in substance thrice repeated. First, Joshua was to bo strong and of good courage bocause of the work ahead of him (v. 6); second, he was to be strong and courageous in the observance of the law; and lastly he was to be strong and courageous in order to avoid the perils of fear and dismay which were to beset the path of advance (v. 9). A 3tudy of the remainder of this chapter reveals not only the orderly response of the people but that the people, as well as Qod. also demanded of their leader that he should "be strong and of a good courage."