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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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?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 >'
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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,
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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 '
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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.
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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
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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
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>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.
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* 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. !
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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/..