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j?'. J Established 1891. CUHDT MCU/C CTDD1CC ijlivyix I MAJVViJ kJIV/l\ILnJ FROM MANY SOURCES Chicago has a population of 2,881,827, t a gain in the last ten years of 664,644 residents, according to census figures. A French inventor has sold to the French government the patent on a j new long-range gun which has a range of from 100 to 120 miles. A neighbor who objected to his singing shot and probably fatally j wounded Angelo Lubatti of Ru38elton, Pa. The strenuous exercise of woodsawing had been abandoned by former Kaiser Wilhelm for walking since the Kapp coup failed, according to reports from his home in Holland. Justice Kapper, in the Brooklyn supreme court, dismissed a divorce suit brought by Mrs. Rose Herowitz against her husband, Abraham, because "beating up one's mother-in-luw is no ground for separation." A soft elm tree, with a family of raccoons in its branches, brought William Elson, a Canadian farmer, $168.14, he having sold the lumber for $9K.14 and the raccoon skins for $70. Bouncing from the clothes line of one floor to the floor beneath, William J. Reilly, a New York city fireman, fell from the top of a six-story tenement house and was only bruised. Police arrested Nora Murphy, 22years old; and Grace Tatcher, 19, when they found the young women enjoying their cigarettes on a New York city street. They were fined $5 each in police court. Realizing the difficulty of finding a home in which to live, 70 guests in a residential hotel near London, England, purchased the building when they were given a two weeks' notice to vacate because the hotel was to be sold. The actual increase in- the cost of bituminous coal, under the increased wages granted the miners, should not be greater than 40 cents a ton, accord' ing to Henry M. Robinson, representative of the public on the coal commission. Three girls and four boys were born at Montezuma. Mex., to the wife of Jesus Lopez, a private in the Mexican army. The new arrivals weigh about two pounds apiece, each perfectly developed in every respect. One-half of the "Big Four" in railroading has decided to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors have decided to bury the hatchet after years of fighting and join forces with the GompenT organization, the American Federation of Labor. Fifty-four years after leaving Clarksburg, W. Va., L. W. Grimsley, 78 years old, returned with a comfortable fortune and found his wife waiting for him. Grimsley left Clarksburg in 1866 and went to Fort Smith, Ark., where he engaged in stock raising and the mercantile business. His wife did not know where he had gone and had given him up as dead. The shortage of farm labor will be relieved in part in Tennessee by the parole of prisoners from the penal institutions. Governor Roberts has announced that so many appeals have reached him for assistance that he had decided to parole to farmers every inmate of the State prisons who could comply with the parole requirements. A sentence of five years at hard labor in Governor's Island jail has been imposed on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Philadelphia draft slacker, recently court-martialed. Bergdoll's rights of citizenship are also forfeited A L:. I.i.!? mi **o m icbuu ui iiib cunvicuun. ine sentence, in addition to tfte prison term, provides for dishonorable discharge from the army and the forfeiture of all pay and allowances. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock of Ogema, Wis., probably have the only incorporated family in America. Having no children of their own, the couple assumed the care of 18, ranging in age from 6 to 21. They signed a contract guaranteeing proper care and education of the youngsters and giving each one some stock in the incorporation. The farm will be operated with the view of giving each stockholder a dividend each year. Charging that the American people are witnessing the most extravagant political campaign in history. United States Senator Borah of Idaho has introduced a bill in the senate to require full publicity of contributions and to limit the expenditures of presidential Candida, es in the nrimarv contests. The senator alleges that $1,000,000 a day is being expended to influence election delegates and to control the Republican and Democratic national conventions. At this rate, he observed, the pre-convention expenditures will amount to about $10,000,000. z .t J,'"1 3K?^*vjK' c"- " '; ' rhe f REASONS FOR FOND ISSUE 1 EXPLAINED BY TRUSTEES Voters of the Fort Mill graded school district will be given the opportunity I at a special election next Tuesday, April 1 13, of passing upon the proposed bond 1 issue of $20,000 for school purposes. In 1 connection with the bond election, it iss&id the trustees will ^rece ive $2,000 i from State and county sources to assist 1 in carrying to completion the building program mapped out for the school in the event the bond issue is authorised. So far as the trustees are informed, it was stated last night, little opposition to the bond issue has developed. But the trustees nevertheless consider the voters of the district entitled to the information contained in the following statement of the use to which the proceeds of the bond issue of 1919 was put and their plans for the expenditure of the money arising from the present bond issue: From the proceeds of the $16,000 bond issue voted a year ago, approximately $5,000 was spent for remodeling the old auditorium into six large class rooms, and for repairing, plastering and painting the old building. About $2,000 was spent for the installation of a modern heating plant and $1,000 for desks and equipment for the new rooms. The balance of this bond money has been invested in material for the new hllildinfr TKin mafj?riol luno for a year ago at a much lower figure ! than it could be bought for today, and approximately $6,000 worth of brick, doors, windows and lumber that today would cost around $9,000 is now stored on the grounds and in the basement of the old building. From the proceeds of the $20,000 of bondB which it is expected will be voted on next Tuesday it is proposed to spend about $5,000 in excavating under the old building and installing a modern sewerage system, with three toilet rooms and three other rooms which can be used for class rooms as they mav be needed. The new building will contain an auditorium on the first floor and underneath five class rooms, and will be connected by a covered passageway with the prebent building. It is esti- ' mated that it will cost approximately $10,000 to complete this building with the material already paid for and connect with the present heating system and another thousand dollars to equip the five class rooms with desks and blackboards. The trustees propose to use the remainder of the second bond issue in paying for the dwelling purchased tteveral years ago for the use of the superintendent and in providing a suitable building for the negro school. WILL WRITE HISTORY OF BAPTISTS IN THIS STATE Columbia, April 7.?Baptists of South Carolina will be interested in the announcement from the state Baptist headquarters here that Dr. \V. J. McGlothlin, resident of Funuan University, will write u history ot the Baptist donominu lion in South Carolina. The book will .over about 40(1 pages and will be published by the book depository of the denomination in Columbia. The promise of I)r. McGlothlin to write the history of his church in the tute is the result of overtures made to him bj* n special committee appointed by the General Board of the Baptist State CtHivention, through its committee of Sunday school, B. Y. P. U. and colportage work. Dr. McGlothlin is under contract to write a similar history lor the Baptists of Virginia, but he yielded to the pressure from the South Carolina denomination and will do the U/nrlr f/\r Vw? ?.!? ^ f *L1- -*-1 ~ uio ruuim Ul HUB BUIIB. ACT TO AID SCHOOLS IS TO CO BY THROUGH DEFAULT Columbia, April 7.?An act of the recent legislature, authorizing the appropriation of $40,WO for augmenting teacher*' pay in weak schools and especially to prevent over-crowding oi schools, failed to he effective because of the failure of the committee acting on the annual appropriation bill to put into that measure an item covering this $40,000. State Superintendent of Education stated today that this means that the "over-crowded school act" will be of no effect this year. Dr. T. R. Carotbers Piuet Away, Dr. Thon as R. Cat>thers, beloved | Rock Hill physician, who :?ad p .cticed ! hit pro 'easion in that city for many years, died at his home last T. esday night, in his 66th year, following a long i Iness. Dr. Carotbers wan a nat ve of York county and a member of Ebeuezer Presbyter!* ichurch. Years ago he waa a leader of t.e Tillman fac.ion in politics and represented ; York county one term in the Legislature. Dr. Carothers is survived by his | widow and a number of children. ORT I FOBT MIL!., S. C., THXJ] LEGION'S BONUS BILL PUT UP TO CONGRESS The American Legion's soldiers' }onus bill has been introduced in the louse at Washington by Representative Fordney of Michigan, chairman of the committee on ways and means. i The .bill as introduced by Mr. Ford- , ley follows the lines of recommendations agreed upon at a conference of i the committees of the American Legion, [t provides that former service men | jhall exercise their option in receiving the benefits of one of four plans, land iettlement aid, home aid, vocational training and cash compensation. TV... Kill tl?S ?L_ aug uui auGiiui ilea me appropriation )f $500,000,000 over a period of ten /ears for the land settlement aid scheme, of which $50,000,000 is appropriated for immediate use. The sum of $50,000,000 is appropriated for , tome aid loans and $5,000,000 for vocational training. Tho sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated for the expenses of operation of the land settlement and home aid plans. > No specific amount of money is appropriated for cash bonuses.. The bill provides that, in case any soldier shall not select either of the optional plans ret forth in titles 1, 2 and 3, he shall receive upon his application the sum jf $1.50 per day for each day of his service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1919. SUMTER PREPARES TO ENTERTAIN THE VETERANS Sumter, April 6.?The lariat individual contribution to the fund for entertaining the Confederate reunion has i?een $1,000 given by Col. R. I). Lee. Piiis generous contribution was made through Cnpt. E. Koott Carson, adjuant of Camp Dick Anderson. U. C. V. The people of the city expect to supdement the $1,500 appropriation from * he state by any amount that ia necessary to give the veterans the best time they ever have had. Everything ossiblc will be done for their entertainment and each will have a private home provided for him. The contract has bevn given for decorating the town, xturt house and halls for May 5 and 6, the dates act for the reunion. WOULD REVIVE INTEREST IN ALASKAN MINING Seattle, Wash., April 7.?Stabilisation of the gold atandard, to the end that mining in Alaska nnd the northwest may again be conducted at a profit to mining, financial and general business interests, will be conniderod at the international Mining convention which meets here today for a four-day session. The exhibit of ore and mining machinery is one of the most extensive ever assembled in the northwest. More than 1,500 delegates from the far northwest, western Canada and Alaska, are attending. The convention is conducted under tho joint auspices of the Puget Sound section of the American Institute and Metallurgical Engineers and the Seattle chamber of commerce. CIGAPETTFS WILL RUIN THE COMPLEXION, SAYS SURGEON Washington, D. C., April 7.?Surgeon Gen. Hugh Cummings, medical director of the United States government has voiced an appeal to the American women to swear off the cignrette habit. I)r. Cumming's appeal was based on government reports which indicate that ignrette consumption increased 47 per cent in the United States in the last year. "The cigarette hnhit indulged in by women tends to cause nervousness and insomia, ruining the complexion," said Dr. Camming, in an interview. "If American women generally contract the cigarette habit as reports now indicate they are doing, the American nation will suffer. The physical tone of the whole people will be lowered. "This is one of tlie most evil influ onoes in American life today. The number of American womm who are bei-onimg inveterate smokers is amazing. "I'm against spread of the habit among women not only aa a man but also aa a physician and a public official. "Aa a public official I'm proud to warn ngninat smoking among women, although I admit that in one sense its just aa reasonable for them to smoke aa for men. "The habit liarmn women more than a man. however." A woman's nervous system is more highly urge.nixed than the man's. The reaction on a woman, therefore, ia more intense." SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS NEW SITUATION London, April 7.?The supreme council will meet here tomorrow for the purpose of considering the Herman situation, in view of the recent happenings there, it waa announced today. flreat llritaia. France, Iwilv, (Jreece and Japan will be represented at the meeting. I \ ? < ' ? Hill ' tSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920. FORT MILL F ARMERS I PREPARE FOR WEEVIL The Pork Shorthorn association is the name of an organization recently * formed by a number of farmers living B in the lower section of Fort Mill town- * ship who are planning for the advent * of the cotton boll weevil, expected to v reach this section of the State in force tl about two years hence, by going into n the business of raising beef cattle on a y RCfllfl tarnror tknt ">* h ?voutl 1'IIUV JUb UUUCt bai\CII ? in this community. The association t was formed a few days ago with W. M. t White as president and L. M. Massey ? secretary, and already 23 fine grade a heifers and a registered herd sire have been bought by the members and are t now on pasture. The number of cattle d of each of the members of the as- c Bociation will be cousiderably augment- r ed from time to time and within the $ next year or two many fine herds ol 1 this splendid type of beef cattle are h expected to bo seen in "Tbe Fork-" u There are hundreds of acres of good 8 pasture lands On the farms of the men b composing the association and es 11 pecially on the lands lying along the Catawba river, where vegetaiion can 8 be secured by the cattle throughout v most of the year, thereby reducing " materially the cost of stall feeding c during the winter months. Besides the >' r>rnoiHi?n onri tl |r?voiuvuv niiu ocv.acri.aijr Ui UIL- OOOUCIlt" " lion, the membership, which it is expected will be considerably enlarged within the next few weeks, is composed of the following farmers: E. B. White, S. E. White, H. M. White, Boyce Bennett and J. P. Crowder. OPENING AND CLOSING DATES OF VARIOUS BALL LEAGUES Below arc given the opening and closing dates of the vurious baseball leagues of the country, also the number of games scheduled for each league: National League, April 14 to Oct 3? 154 games. American League, April 14 to Oct 3?154 games. v American Association, April 14 to Oct. 3?ItiH games. International league, April 21 to ^ .icpt. iu?"iiH gnnit'B. . Pacific Coast league, April 0 to Oct. 17?190 games. Southern League, April 14 to Sept. t 18?154 games. Western League, April 20 to Sept. 10 ?154 games. Kastern League,* April 28 to Sept. t 15?130 games. I Central League.* I Three-I League, April 2 to Sept. 12 | ?140 games. j New England League.* South Atlantic League, April 22 to , Sept. 7-W-128 games. Piedmont League, April 21 to Sept. , 8?124 games. 1 Western Association, April 22 to Sept. 0?140 games. I Michigan-Ontario League, May 11 to Sept. 11?118 games. Pacific International League, May 5 to Sept. 0?124 games. Virginia League, Ajril 22 to Sept. 11 ?120 gameB. West Texas League, April 30 to Sept; 1 6?130 games. 1 South Dakota League, May 18 to < Sept. 0?90 games. ' 1 Blue Ridge League*, May 21 to Sept. 11?100 games. Louisiana State League, April 20 to Sept. 6?122 games. Schedules not definitely settled. i JAPANESE IN CONTROL VLADIVOSTOK PORT TODAY, i. - ^ ^ it Washington, April 7.?Reports thai the .Japanese were in full military control of the port of Vladivostok were received hy the state department today from the United States embassy ut Tokio. A few rosnnlti?a ni*A ? ? .v?" in t- * jam v-cu tin it result of Japanese occupation of the 1 port, hot no Americans were injured, < the report stated. I TAPS WILL WITHDRAW FROM SIBERIA WHEN SITUATION CLEARS ' l Tokio, April 7.?The Japanese troops 1 will be withdrawn from Siberia after i the evacuation by the Czechs and when ( :he Japanese in Siberia are safe, whm , condition* in Siberia no longer constitute a menace to Manchuria and Korea, it was officially announced today. ?. Sim*' Charge Ill-advised. ( Washington, April 7.?The charge ( made by Rear Admiral Kims that the navy was unprepared when the United States entered the war was branded as an ill-ad vised and indiscreet attempt to discredit the navy by Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman today. I Admiral Rodman, who is now in command of the Pacific llect, was commander of the American battleship | forces which served with the British grand llect during the war, was the first witness called (o the defense of the navy. ' Never have I seen such efricncy and preparedness as obtained at that time," declared (he witneis, referring to the date of Ameriea's entry into the war. v. ' V times PRESBYTERIANS MAKE 1 FINE YEAR'S REPORT The Rev. J. B. Black, pastor of the 'ort Mill Presbyterian church, is in h [ershaw this week attending the r pring session of Bethel presbytery, at I rhich he and Col. T. B. Spratt, an ii lder of the church, will make perhaps n he best report the church has sub- s litted .to the presbytery in recent c ears. The work of the church has t eon pronounced during the last year, o hough for the first mon h of the year c he church was without a pastor, Mr. I <lack beginning his work eleven months J go. a n*i c a e . % * x ne unuociai report 01 uie cnurcn ior he year just closed shows for the 13 I iilerept causes to which the church t onlributed a lou'l of $12,748, which < epreseuts an average contribution of c 100 for each member with an income. 4 n like manner the report of the ladies' 1 lome and loreign missionary societies < a th,e largest in subscriptions, the total f iggregating almost$1,000. . There.have e teen during the year 11 admissions to 1 nembe step and nine baptisms. 1 The "every member canvass" for I ubscriptions for the current year, J vhile incomplete, shows an amount al- I nost double that of the last regular ^ anvass, and the church has accepted ' ts full allotment for beneficent causes, I vhich is about 331-3 per cent, greater 8 han that of last year. Among the other accomplishments of c he congregation during the past year 1 ire the completion of a beautiful and f nodern manse, located on the church I :roumls, into which the pastor only 1 ecentlv moved with his family and * he purchase of a handsome pipe organ 8 vhich ii is hoped will be ins.ailed in a v ew weeks. The congregation in- 1 leased the pastor's salary from $1,500 0 $2,000, beginning January 1 of the reseni year. Mr. HI nek and the members of his c amily are much beloved by the con- I j legation and the people of the com- li nun ay generally. Uis work during c he snort time he has been in Fort Mill 1 las been effective a id even better re- t lults are expected to come from his s abors during the current year, since he t s now permanent ly installed in his new e lome. t 1 Kershaw, April 7.?Bethel Presbytery onvcned yesterday afternoon at 3:30 I'clock, with Kev. (1. W. Niehell, of ilethel church, presiding as last modera- ] or present. The opening sermon was t iy Rev. John C. Railcy, pastor of ( Khenezer Presbyterian church. It was ( 1 strong, prn.ticul and helpful seriuon .n the l)o<-trine of Adoption. After the sermon Rev. K. Ray Rid ^ lie, of Lowryviile, was elected modern- 1 for, and Klder 11. ,1. White, of Rock i E2H1, assistant clerk. Rev. F. H. Ward i law, of (Juthriesville, is stilted elerk. i Robert F. Davidson, a member of < I'urity ehnrch, Chester, und a student it Davidson college, v.as e.vumln'cd and eceived under the eare of l'resbytery is a candidate for ti.e ministry. , The evening session was devoted to a Sunday school conference, presided over by Riv. Arthur E. Spencer, committee 1 ihairman. Rev. C. \V. MeCully, - oi 1 Shnron, spoke on the "Parents' Respon- 1 nihility for Sunday School and Bible 1 Study." Rev. Wesley Baker, superin ' tendent of Sunday schools and young |H?oplea societies of the Synod of Vir ginia, then addrevaed the conference. This morning routine business wa before flic Presbytery, with the ser mon and communion service at 11 a. in. Almut Oi) members are in attendance. Witherspoon Leaves Gaffney. _ J. Harvey Witherspoon, who some years ago was superintendent of the Fort Mid graded school, but who for ..A?? i i if-, i? J Liirr itini juui Jtni a nan UCtll lilt' 1161 U >f the Gaffney school, has notified the board of trustees of that school that be will not accept the position for another term, notwithstanding his recent reelection at an annual salary of $3,000. Mr. Wiiherspoon is a splendid disciplinarian and is said to have brought the jaffney schools up to a high state of ifficiency. i * America and China on Outside. * The United States of America and China are ihe only two governments of any consequence in the world, eligible to membership in Ihe league of na- ( Lions, which have failed to join. A total of 34 nations now compose i the league. Of these, 22 are original signatories of the treaty of peace, and have, by ratification of the treaty, ! accepted membership in the league of ' nations. 1 Twelve other nations, which were neutral during the War, invited to join the league under the provisions of the treaty, have signified their intention to accept such membership. Venezuela if the only country so inyited which I has not yet acted. ! ' ; IfPfi y. IL25 Per Year rORK BOYS AND GIRLS JOIN POULTRY CLUBS Many York county boys and fcirls ave shown much inforuul ruoonll.1 in nising more and better poultry. Enhus>astic clubs have been organized i various communities and all the nembe s are setting pure bred eggs, ome members purchasing day old hicks and making brooders in which o hover 1 hem. Lessons and literature n making nests for the hens and on aring for the baby chicks have been fiven the club members by Miss uanita Neely, county home demontration agent. Among the clubs recently organized >y Miss Neely'are the following: Fil>ert Poultry club. Union Poultry club, Clover Poultry club, Newport Poulliy :lub, Oak Ridge and Mt. Holly Poultry :lubs, Brandon Poultry club, Fairview Poultry club and the Fort Mill Poultry dub, ?he members of which are as 'ollows: Arthur Bickett, Mabel Bickitt? Grace Bickett, Edward Kimbrell, Millie Bouknight, Margaret Builes, ileeka Bailes, Mary Garrison, Frank iass, John M. Spratt, Gregory Pyches, [. B. Mills, Jr., Coy Cook, Helen Cook, 'hilip Hughes, Myrtle MeManus, Vmirlna I .ink Kmi-onn iKIwm I HcKibben, Ola Mae Starnea, Keebler Hills, Elbert Harkey, D. C. Patteron. Besides the poultry clubs, canning dubs have been organized by Miss vieely since the first of the year in the 'ollowing schools: Oakridge, Mt. Holly. Newport, Lesslie, Massey, Philadel>hia, Laney, Fairview and MeConnellsdlle. The members of all these clubs ire planning to raise in addition to egetables, peanuts, pimentos and seeded fruits. Train Kills Steele Creek Man. Edward Sprat... a well knovtn citizen >f ^he Steele Creek section of Meekenburg county, v he a.most i stantly billed w.ien hie automobile was Btruck >n a Dilwor b crossing in Charlotte Weunes.iay uorning by the passenger .rain from Co'..mnia. C. B. Campcell, mother Steele Creek man, who was in he automobile with Mr. Spratt, was ler ously injured in tne accident, the automobile was hurled more than 100 'eet. Robert L. Erwin Dead. Fort Miil relative aud iriends of EtoOe..L. Erwin were pained to learn Wednesday morning of hiB unexpected ieath at his home in Charlotte Tuesday night from the effects of a pistol Around in the bead. Mr. Erwin was round dead in his bedroom wi.n a revolver in his hand. He was a brotherin-law of M.S. K. F. Crier of Fort Mdl md a splant id citizen He was 49 /ears old and the vice president of the Charlotte Hardware company. GUTHRIESV1LLE PEOPLE WANT 10 INCREASE SCHOOL TAX Yorkville Enquirer. Wiiiilivititr ( Iiii t it will lu> ivnibwtiiltin f> ? another year to employ teacher* for anything like the salary that they have puid during the year just coming to a close and observing further that it in going to take more money for necessary improvements and extension of -crvue in order thai educational progress in their community be not retarded, patrons ot (Juthriesville [School District No. 51, have filed a petition with the York county board of education asking lor the holding ot an election on the question of increasing the ?|nrviui on.uui icv^r nuiu tu iiltmi luilht on the dolutr. 'l'he elect inn will lie ordered and the outlook is that the in* ireMnid ievy will be voted without any opposition. (Juthriesvilic will be the first school district in York county to have such a large levy and one 01 the comparatively few school districts in South Carolina that have more than an eight mill special school tax MINNESOTA'S DELEGATION WILL GO UNINSTRUCTED Minncujiolis, April 7.?Minnesota's 24 delegates to the democratic national onvcntion in San Francisco, will go uninstructed. The state convention lust night voted down the proposition to instruct the delegates to vote as a unit. Washington, April 7.?Included in the number of towns and cities whose population figures were made public today arc Greenville and Spartanburg. Greenville has a population of 23,127, an increase of 40.0 per cent. Spartanhury's increase for the decade was 20.2 her population being given as 22,(138. The population of Mullins, H. C., is 2,370, an increase of 20.9 per cent. London, April 7.?More than two thousand troops of the defeated German communist army, have fled into the British zune of occupation and they huvo been interned by the British, acording to a dispatch received today from Cohlen/..