Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 08, 1920, Image 3
FItlRINOS PROTEST
AGAINST SALE Vo JAPS
MaaiiaJP. I., April i^Tfcr?8 thousand
Filipino farmea^i.headed by the
Provincial Governgff of Riaal, walked
eighteen milesJfLo Manilla from Mariquina,
San fMateo and Mohtalban,
demonstrating peacefully before Governor
General Harrison's office, against
the Hale^of Payaas Hacienda of J 3,000
acres Wo Japanese by its Spanish owners.
, The/estate comprises half of the arable
l^d in the municipalities mentioned,
y'und eighty per cent of the inhabitant?
depend upon the estate for thoir living
The petitioners claim that the Japanes*liave
imposed restrictions on privileges
they have enjoyed for three generation.',
and ignored verbal agreements. Thpetition
continues:
"Knowing, as we do, through tlic
American press, the practices in Korea
Formosa, Minanoa and other places i*
this archipelago, together with concreti
evidences which we have recently sect:
and experienced, and the absolute dis
regard of the law of contract, we simph
cannot live peacefully with them aide
by side, nor would we care to work un
dor them nfter they have taken active
management of the whole estate."
The petition points out that one kilo
meter of the water main from the Mon
talbon reservoir crosses the estate and
that the wanton destruction of forest
lands by the Japanese endangers itv
foundation, therefore the health and
safety of Manila's people are in Japa
nese hands.
The petitioners offer to purchase the
estate, allowing the Japanese a reasonable
profit, but they want three months
in which to raise the money. They ask
Clovernor Harrison to intercede in their
behalf. Present leases expire on May 1
Governor Harrison nppeared oa the
balcony of his office, but-did not com
nut nimseu. it it lesrea tnat unless
tho Government intervene*, serious die
tnrbances will affect the region. Minor
disturbance* already are reported.
DEMOCRATS ARE* OPPOSING
THE PEACE RESOLUTION
Washington ,AprU 0.?Almost solid
democratic opposition has developed in
the house against the adoption of the
joint resolution to declare war with
Germany at an end. It will be considered
next Thursday, two years and
two days since the declaration of war.
This opposition is base*, chiefly on
the belief that the resolution is unconstitutional
in that it aitrogrr tea tt e
authority of the presidc.it to negotiate
peace with 90vorcu;*i powers, brother
objection raised' by frion.ls of
the administration is that .he republicans
themselves are nit satisfied that
congress has tho authciitv to end war
and that the move is intend-^d to embarrass
th*- president and furnish political
capital in the coming campaign.
in me opinion oi democratic leaders
there is no earnestness behind the
resolution. It waa conceived, they say,
as a legislative manoeuver to force the
! president to act upon the peace treaty
ttself, and also to show to the country
'that a republican congress intended to
go as far as possible to effect peace,
even though the president would not
compromise and accept the reservations
to the ponce treaty favored by a majority
of the senate.
' NO SPECIAX RATES FOR
BIG COTTON CONVENTION
Columbia, April 0.?No special rates
will be allowed for the convention of the
American Cotton association, to be held
in Montgomery, Ala., May 18-16, according
to nn announcement made today
by the South Carolina Railroad
Commission.
The railroad commission took up with
the railroads the mutter of special rate*
to the cotton association convention.
This gathering will be attended by between
5,000 and 6,000 people, it is
stated. The commission has just received
advices from the roads, stating
why they cannot grant the special fares
for the convention of planters.
The ronds, state the offcials, are operating
under unusual circumstances for
the six months following return to pri
vate ownership, March I. The govern
ment has guaranteed a certain return in
the railroads for this period, and the
railways take tlie position that it would
not he fair to the government to do
anything that might hinder the lines
from making the best possible showing
for the money invested. For this reason
the request for reduced rates was
rejected. Many requests for special
fares are being declined by the roads,
now, it is stated.
WAIfT TO STAGE BIG STRIKE
TO SAVE EIGHT-HOUR DAY
New York, April .?A general atrike
of the 0,000,000 union workers in the
country against what is termed "a
conspiracy on the part of employers
to do away with the eight-hour day"
is being agitated in this city, it waa
learned yesterday, as an outgrowth of
the strike of harbor workers begun last
week.
Leaders in the Marine Workers' Affiliation
admitted yesterday that the nation-wide
strike was being urged with
the object of getting assurance from
employers that the eight-hour day
would not be jeopardised. The plans,
it wan said, were being submitted to
Samuel Gompers, head of the American
Federation of Labor. Although their
primary purpose is to gain aid for the
striking harhew workers, who charge
that the Erie Railroad, in selling seven
f Its lighters to a former employe of
the company, was merely evading the
Esch-Cummings eight hour law, there is
a broader object of forcing ironclad
agreements respecting bourn from every
employer in the country.
COTTON GROWERS WANT I
LOWER FREIGHT RATES
Columbia,; April fl.?Cotton trsasportation
and especially the securing of a
lower freight rate on Iinters will be the^
principal mutters before conference 01
state railroad commissioners in Mont
gomery in May, during the convention
of the- American Cotton association,
which begins May 13th and continue*
through the 10th, according to an announcement
made by the South Carolina
Railroad Commission today, the meeting
of the commissioners having been
called by the South Carolina commission,
and reports reaching the office of
the commission indicate that there will
be a Isrge attendance of commissioner
from the cotton states.
The commissioners, when they meet
:n Montgomery, will take up the matter
of recommending to the Interstate Com
merce Commission that the rate on lin
tors and re-ginning* l?c lowerd. Th.
present rates on these commodities are
prohibitive, state members of the South
Carolina railroad commission. In man\
cases the freight rate is more than wlait
the commodity will bring.
In addition to this question of lin
inn r.uen uir minuilHHiuiltT* OI I Ml" COl
ton states will discuss the question oi
better protection for cotton in trans
portntion, and also u number of transportation
problems, involving routing,
rates, and the like.
The South Carolina Railroad Com
mission recently sent out a call for the
meeting of all cotton-state commission
ers, to be held with the cotton aseocin
tion in Montgomery. The commission
has received a lurge number of replies,
indicating that many of the cotton
states will be represented by their railroad
commissioners. It is likely that
every Southern state will have representation
from its railroad commission.";1
The questions of cotton transportation
will be discussed jointly, in some in
stances, with the cotton association
members.
WOULD END-LIQUOR TRADE
ALONG U. S.-MEXICAN BORDER
Mexico City, March 22. (By Mail.)? |
Mexico's embarrassing position?that of
having a dry neighbor to the north of
her has no end of worries.
Reports of smuggling difficulties continue,
booxe threatening to supplant the
place of arms and munitions as a source
of contraband trouble. The latest Amer
ican complaint, however, instead of
i coming from the border, in voiced by
the officials cf Galveston, New Orleans
and other Gulf ports. Bailors on tankers
and other steamers from Mexico, they
| declare, are acting as "booze agents'
and are carrying liquor across the gang
planks when they are granted shore
leave.
Mexican authorities have been asked
to co-operate with the Americans in
suppressing this practice, so that
henceforth, according to nn announcement
made here today, every effort will
be made to strip Mexican sailors of bottled
goods before they leave home ports
for the United States.
Fear is expressed here, following the
receipt of communications from Mexican
consuls in the United States, that
the producers of wood ulcohol and other
[ forms of pseudo-whiskey in the States,
hard pressed by American federal authorities,
will attempt to dispose of
their fake stocks in Mexico and other
Latin-American eountries. The Mexi[
cans don't want these bogus goods?
they have plenty of the genuine article?so
the border and port authorities
have been instructed to maintain a
sharp lookout for anything that scents
of imitation feooze.
General Ignaeio Enriqucz, head of the
Social Defense League in Chihuahua and
candidate for the governorship of that
lairder state, offers a remedy for the
intornationl booze problem.
"Make the border dry," aays Enriquez,
"the Mexican a? well aa the
American side." Whereupon violent
protests are heard, both from Mexican
and America nsourees."
"It in a blow to my pride as a Mexican,"
Enriques nays, "that Americans
liould look upon Mexico an a place
where their worst vices may be satinlied.
I am not a teetotaler, but if 1
necome governor of Chihuahua, every
saloon, gambling den and house ?
prostitution on the Chihuahua hordes
will be closed. Enriquer. ir a graduate
of the University of Illinois.
HOW PRESBYTERIANS WILL
SPEND THE CAMPAIGN FUNDS
York, April ft.?The ways in which
the $314,.'(.'19 fund ie being raised by
the Presbyterians in the Bynod of
Routh Carolina will be spent, were announced
here today by the Rev. E. K.
Gillespie, svnodioal manager.
Rynodical and presbyterial causes wlU'
receive 40 per cent of the total, oi'
$125,735. The synods and presbyteries
support quite a number of local in-.j
stitutions which are directly under
their control, and this portion of the
I fund will go to their benefit.
I The assembly's home missions will
receive $00,294. Foreign missions will
receive $104,675. Christian education
and ministerial relief has been allotted
$2.1,675. For publication and Sunday
school extension will be spent $6,387.
Roth the Assembly's Training school and
the American Bible society will he beneficiaries
to the extent of $1,886. The
American Bible society is an organisation,
non-sectarian in purpose and scope,
which has for its aim the distribution
of Bibles to people all over the world:
The Presbyterian Progressive Program
in the synod of South Carolina,
is meeting with wonderful success,
according to Dr. Gillespie. Practically
all th? churches throughout the synod
have held their every-member canvass,
and reports that have come in, have
been optimistic almost to a unit.
WW I ToEO
CHASSIS .pi
$1595^
FACTORY
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THE LOWEST F
The unprecedented demai
est priced 4,000 pound capacit
. unabated.
The Trafflfr Motor Truck C
tending every, ounce of pressuj
Traffic Trucks so as to meet
mand for them. The Traffic
day. The men in the product
Company are exerting themae
l(M>n thi> annnlv tin fn fKo /lor
wMppij up w vtiv* UV.U
' New buildingenare being
ent plant of the Traffic Com
completion, are being used t
into the construction of the T
The factory reports .that i
the Traffic the most popular ai
everywhere in the United Stal
tries, the Traffic has been aoa
Rod Seal Continental 3 3shell,
cellular type radiator; drc
semi-elliptic front and rear spri
122-inch length of frame behint
back seat and cushion regular e
"ALL TRUCKS TR
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-STATEMENT
Of thn -Ownership, Management, Etc^
of- The FoM)"Mlt1 Times, - PaWislrad *
Weekly at Fort Mill, S. C? Required
by the Act of August 24, 1912,
Editor?W. R. Bradford, Fort Mill,
S. C.
Managing Editor?W. R. Bradford,
Fort Mill, S. C.
Publishers ? W. R. Bradford, Fort
Mill, S. C., and J. J. Bailee, Fort Mill,
S. C.
Owners?W. R. Bradford, Fort Mill,
S. C., and J. J. Bailee, Fort Mill, S. C.
Known bondholders, mortgagees and
other security holders, holding 1 per
cent, or more of total amount ofbonds,
mortgages, or other securities: Mortgagees?Savinoa
Bank. Fort Mill. & C.
W. E. BRADFORD.
Sworn to and subscribed beforu me
this 1st day of April, 1920.
W. B. MEACHAM,
. Notary Public S. C.
FOR SALE?"FORD CARS," New
and Rebuilt Also carry in stock Ford
Roadster, Touring and Sport Bodies.
We do high grade painting and top
building on all makes.
PAYNE'S AUTO WORKS,
Charlotte's Reliable Car Market,
26 Blast 6th Street, Charlotte, N. C.
FERTILIZERS
We will have a-car of -Fertilizers
by the last of this week or
the first of next week. If you
need any: more' fort this year's
crop, you had better see me. ; <
- Robert F# Gne?rJr.
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to increase -the production of. . .
the constantly increasing defactory
is running night and time
iou.department of the Traffic carr
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not only in South Carolina is edL
nd the most desired truck, but er w
tea, Canada and foreign coun- raon
iptcd "with open arms." delis
SOME TRAFFIC FI
4x5 motor; Covert transmission; multiple
>t> forged froBt?axle with Timken roller t
ngs; 6-inch thchannel frame; Standard I
1 driver's seat! oil'cud lubricating avatem
quipment. Pneumatic cord tire equipme
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There must be a reason for this extraoi
there is. Motor truck buyers are real
ible to buy a motor truck that will fill f<
known hauling needs?to buy a motor ti
2ted out of units recognized as standard
rudk that is so constructed as to withsU
urd usage and abuse?to buy a motor trt
s absolutely dependable?to buy a motoi
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r iw iwau uu anj ruuuj miu ill. tne sain
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k of like carrying capacity. This is the
and for the frame Truck is daily increai
Due to the fact that iti will be impoasiblc
iflnufacture as many trucks this year as
5 not aide to contract for the number oi
red. For that reason, we will not be in
leyear to make deliveries of Traffic Tri
We therefore suggest that any prospect
ho is going to need^and will want a Tr
th or two, place his order now, so as tc
rery at the time the Traffic is wanted.
MATURES _
disc clutch; Bosch high tension niagr
tearinga; Russell rear axle, internal gear
^sk tires, 34x31-2 front, 34x5 rear; 133
\; chassis painted, striped. and varnishe
nt at extra cost.
CHASSIS?$1495
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s for York County.
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jived this week.
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