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: ' ..'" - _ v^i 1 i Established 1891. SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES , The cotton crop of the South wi" not exceed 10,000.000 Kales* this ve-.w, (\ e\en with favorable weather eondl- ' I tlcjiis, the Memphis farm bureau 11 predicts. I ' The entire stock, valued at >2.000, | 1 U'Uk Htolon hv rahlioru vvlui ontnpoil ? I tore at Klefer, okln., and look ov. erythinu that was movable. The rot - , bcr? blew the safe and took ttio t money and Jewelry It contained. Miss Esther Wlnslow. 3U years old. >, " teacher of l.a Crosse. Wis., in dead j after an attack of sleeping sickness j, which lasted two months. only twice during the two months did she rcKaln consciousness. A piece of llyinK glass from an '| automobile windshield struek John n \V. Thurman, two-year-old son of T. f tl Thiirmnn, of Birmingham, Ala., in i the neck, severing the ju*ulnr vein i and causing instant death. r Jack McKinney and his two sons v swore killed at their home near Oeala. c Ky., an tho result of a feud over tlie ja killing of u dug belonging t?> Seolt l Hansford, who, with his father, John | Hansford, a deputy sheriff, are j charged with the triple murder. > Probably tlie first instance on ree- | ord of any one stealing a tombstone I is reported by W. T. Jones, a farm- t er living near Pothan, Ala. lie says u some one entered the Smith grave- s yard recently and removed a granite , tombstone from a grave there. i A conference between United i Slates army ofllcers and represents- > tlves of the Zeppelin airship tirm of n Qermany is to he held in Washing- t ton, and America may acquire Zeppe v lin patents or purchase one or two f . of the air cruisers as models for fn- a tuyo construction. Miss Sallie Itobertson. IK years old, s shot and killed I.outs Norman at o Montgomery, Ala., while lie was painting the Itobertson home. The gill used a double-barreled shotgun li titled with slugs. The killing re suited from an attack Norman is alfeged to have made on t lie girl several months ago. Two ncgioes boys were recently shipped by express by their mother f?om Topeka, Kan., to I'tali. The rr 51 road compute* suspended iho rule ' which requires crating of all animals sent by express. The boys saw to it that the rule, which provides that animals be fed at junction points, was not overlooked. Approximately 132,000 articles helonging to former members of the American expeditionary forces arc s held by the lout huKKiiKe departK mcnt of the army transportation Hotviop located at lloboken, N. J., and Coventor's Island, N*. Y. The articles riniKC from trunks to bedding rolls, clothinK rolls and small packages. Reports of I ho State hoard of , health show that there was no race suicide in North Carolina so far this your. lUirlng the first three months of 1920. 1.27C more children were horn than during the same period in 1019. Hlrtlis during the lirst three months this year number 1S.205, while deaths during 'he same period numbered only 9.5f>2. The United Stales needs 3.340.000 additional houses, according to Nelson Cunltffe, manager of the St. bonis Housing association, which is building houses at cost for workmen. Although there Is an average of 1,040.000 marriages in this countiy annually, there were only 20.ooo houses built in 19IS. and 70,000 in 19 19. Cunltffe asserts. With Bert l>onaldson, an ex-con\ ict, his feet chained, garbed in prison stripes, and kneeling on the floor of the pulpit beside a low wooden j bench to which he was handcuffed. c the llev. John W. Main, an Atlanta minister, illustrated the manner in . wiucn prisoners at i no cinntiy enmp . were punished. The preacher did not apply the lash, hut hold it up for the edification of his on nit rogation t< 'President Wilson's plea for an Americnn mandate over Armenia o was rejected in the senate by a vote of more than two to one. Thirteen , Democrats cast their votes with the o united Republican membership, and ^ tlie resolution "respectfully decllntug" to grant congressional authority , for the mandate was adopted. 52 to j, 22. in the form drafted by the liepublican lenders. J t] In the 20 years that the movement Lj of farmers of the United States into j Western Canada has been going on, 15,000 of the best farmers of Nebras- j v ka and Western Iowa have crossed 1 | the border, taking with them $50.- | , Pt'0,000. The movement' dwindled to almost nothing during the World war. t I lit bus again opened strong. Dor. : s lag the tlrst four months of 1020. t Nebraska farmers sold out and i n applied for oertillcates to Canada, i Their combined wealth wa$ $1,004.- i 050. a I "HE F III I.I. OF S \LK FOR KliAVK | n teres! lug OKI I'apcr of Ante-BelIn in Trillion tlmi drought to I.iglit. An interesting ol<l bill of sale by ( vhieh Philemon Morris eonteyed to ' lugh M. Parks in Mecklenburg oiuity. North Carolina, for $1,037.50 ' n August 11, 1S58, a negro slave lamed "Simon." about 21 years old 1 . _ * >nii warranted to l?e sound. was rought to The Tlmek office u day >r two ago by S. U Meacham. who m.rricd Miss Bessie Boyd, grand, lerghter of Mr. Parks. The 1 >111 of ' inlo was given to Mrs. Meaehant mute time ago 1 >>* iter mother, Mrs. dumie Boyd, daughter of Mr. Parks. ( md is as follows: 'State of Nortit Carolina, Meekleitlitirg County. "Know till men by these presents: That I. Philemon Morris, of the eounind State aforenaid, In consideration ' i >f the sum of ten hundred and thlr- ' y-seven dollars and fifty eents, to ' i t in hand paid, by Hugh M. Parks f the same county, the receipt ' thereof is hereby fully aeknowledg I have granted, bargained and sold, loi by these presents do grant, ?:.rgain. sell and convey, to the said ' 'ugh M. Parks a certain negro slave mod Simon. about twenty-one 1 cars old. t<? have ami to hold, to 1 tint the said Hugh M. Parks, his ' iclrs, assigns, cxcriitors and admiuisralors forever, free and discharged >f any and all encumbrances what- ' never. And for the better security f the title hereby conveyed, I, for tyself, my heirs, executors, admln: (rators. to and with the said Hugh a. Parks, his heirs, executors, adrtnistrutors and assigns, do warrant he said slave to be sound, and like- * Use warrant and defend the title roni the lawful cluiiu of any und II persons whatever. "In testimony whereof I hereunto et my hand and seal this 11th day * f August. A. ., lSf?8. "Philemon Morris, lly James It. Morris, Attorney in Fact. ' Attest: \V. It. Maxwell." l.lQt'Olt, t'AKI1S. PIKTOI.S 1 'onihinatioii Said to Be Responslble for Cherokee Homicide. t 'arils, whiskey and pistols caused killing In Cherokee county Friday light, when Kd Tate, It Is alleged, illed Will Morris, about seven miles ^ ' out tlnffney. Tate, Morris and an tlier man. it is stated, wore engaged 11 u gambling gunie, Morris losing II of his money, whiskey ami pistol. !? ditmunded of the other men that . hey return his property, it was tilted. This they refused and the :aine ended, the other man leaving . 'ide. Morris followed, it is alleged, ml when he overtook them demandd the whiskey, which, according to "nte, he gave him, and then, he titled, Morris demanded the money . liich they had won from him, *; te then drew his pistol, according o the testimony of the other witless. and shot Morris, killing him tntnntly. Tate was taken to jail ir Jiifl'ney. The verdict of the enroll r's jury was that Morris cante to lis death from a pistol wound at the f iinds of Kd Tate. More I'roiierty oik Tax Hooks. A considerable increase in the toal assessments of property In South t 'nroliua will result this year from | lie work of the State tax commission t 11 putting on. the tiix hooks property t hat liiis heretofore escaped taxation \ ltd new property, hut at the same me the tax levy will he reduced c lid the hurdett of taxation on the i uass of the population thus lighten- ? d. This a lllll'.'irs from llirnro^ >"?' * >? Ing compiled at the office of the t Into tax commission, the commission t avlng Iicriiii the transfer to the q ounty tax liooks of ihe new assessment . The total assessments this car will run close to 14.10,000.000. it < estimated roughly. t m m m r Dinner for Veterans. r Fifty-one Confederate veterans and 1 0 soldiers of the World war, the lat- " rr members of Meech Stewart post It f the American Region. Thursday t Mended the annual dinner given hv o be Winnie Davis chapter. I*. 1>. O., t f York, to the survivors of the Con- ' ( derate war. The veterans, both old nd young, had a delightful time, the ormer exchanging rentinlseences of haneellorsVille and the Wilderness nd the latter of Argonne and ulong be Ithine. The dinner was served in he MeXeel Memorial building. The keel of Ihe world's biggest I'arshlp. the 1". S. battle cruiser .cxington. will be laid down at Quin>. Mass., within the next six months, 'he l.exingtnn is of a class of butIc cruiser which will give Uncle I. m. within four years, a fleet of six ig gun lighting ships unmatched by e.y thing afloat. Her sister ships, be Constellation, Saratoga, Ranger. Constitution and United States, are ileo under contract. - - .-^':*-j?;s ? .?r- r.#fc?..* *?? ORT] FOBT MILL, 8. C , THU MORRISON TO RUN OVER WITH O. MAX GARDNER In the State-wide primary held Saturday to nominate a candidate for governor. North Carolina Demounts failed to give either Morrison, Gardner or Paige a majority of the rotes east, thereby necessitating a wond primary, to be held on Saturday, July .1, in which Morrison y>d Gardner will he the opposing candidates, Paige having been eliminated n the tlrst primary. The latest returns give Cameron Morrison of Charlotte a lead of about !i<>0 votes over O. Max Gardner of Shelby for the nomination, out of a total vote of something like 122.600, if which Paige received .nearly 30,900. Two small counties, Ashe and Hyde, are yet to report the result of he election, but the figures from hese counties will not affect the general result. 1-dite Tuesday night the total vote tor each candidate 'stood: Morrison 17.010. Gardner 46.457. Paige 29,045. The Charlotte papers have devoted much space since the returns of the fUction began to come in from the *tate generally as to whether Morrison or Gardner was in the lead, ippnrentdy thinking that an Important matter in deciding the second 'ontest. When North Carolina has ?one through as many State-wide i/'MiianrK or r>uuiu \ urounn nun in lie lu?t no vear? the Chnrlotte pa:>ers are apt to learn that the leader n the tirst primary frequently falls nehlnd his opponent In the second irlmary. CSnrdner's friends In this section of South Carolina, bordering on Meekenburg, the home county of Morri?on, are confident the Shelby man vlll win in the second primary, while he friends of the Charlotte lawyer ire equally sanguine that the Queen ~"tty will have the honor of furnishng the Old North State with Its next covernor. But whatever the result >f the second primary, ull are agreed hat the nominee will defeut Parker f Monroe, the Republican nominee, n the election next November. 41SHOF l\ V. W. DAKLINflTON PRESIDING AT MKFTIXf. K lloclt Hill IMstricl llodv of C|?|M>r ConfciviMv In Session at St. John's. Bishop IT. V. W. Darlington of A est Virginia arrivel in Fort Mill ast night and is presiding over the esslons of the Rock Hill district onference, meeting for three days it St. John's Methodist church. Conerence opened Wednesday evening it 8 o'clock with a sermon by the *ev. M. T. Wharton of Hickory Ttcve. The sermon this morning vas preached by the Rev. J. E. Mat.tffey of York. Three sessions of he conference are being held dally ind the meetings will Itutt through Yiday evening. There are about lOo Iclcgates in attendance upon the teetlng. The Rev. W. it. Baukilght. pastor of St. John's. stated Ms morning that Bishop Darlington osslbl.v would preach this evening.. Announcement was made this aft noon that Bishop Darlington would > each this evening at 8:30 o'clock. Hall Club Breaks F.ven. One of the hardest fought ball Mmes ever seen on a local lot was dayed last Thursday afternoon beween Fort Mill and Ohodwlek-Hoetins mills of Charlotte. the locals vlnning. 4 to 3. in the ninth inning. "We couldn't hit 'em ajvd we 'ouldn't git 'em." was the terse exdonation vouchsafed by "Whacker" Imlth for the most disastrous defeat he Fort Mill team has experienced his season when it was downed, 13 c 0, by Arugon mills- in Rock Hill Tuesday afternoon. Hc|mi Id leans in Ken-ion. The Republican national convening now in sewion in Chicago, ha? tot yet taken a ballot on the party tominee for the presidency. Wood, owden and Johnson appear to he bout equally strong with the dele;ntes. There seems to he a 'wide diference of opinion In the convention iver the advisatdlity of putting In he platform a plank against the tugue of Nations. Progress no Auditorium* Rapid progress has been inude durng the last week on the completion >f the auditorium for the Fort Mill iruded school and there now seems ittle roont for doubt that the buildug will be ready for use when the all session of the school opens the Irst of September. Work on the milding was begun ten days ago hy lie Rock Hill contractor and since hen the walls have been built up ibout ten feet. Upon examination of lie material for the building placed ipon the grounds a year ago it was bund that the weather had caused ittle deterioration, a pile of salmon irick only being somewhat damaged ly the elements. . . .r.v # .. Har Mill r8day juke 10, 1920. fort Mill post opposes move for withdrawal .. i Fort Mill Post No. 4 3, American Legion. will have none of the mon? or leas IrreRponaihle suggestion recently made In Columbia that the State organization withdraw from the national organization hprauxp of the attitude of the parent body toward ptoposed bonus legislation by ConKress for World war veterans. Sunday afternoon at a meeting of the Fort Mill post tbe proposition was thoroughly discussed by. several members and was finally disposed of on motion of Col. T. H. Spratt that the post instruct its delegates to the State convention, to be held In Spartanburg on Tuesday. June 15. to oppose th?^ proposed withdrawal should It be brought before the convention. The motion was unanimously adopted and the folowing were elected delegates to the State convention: Col. T. B. Spratt. Arthur C. I-ytle. Robert F. drier. Jr.. and L. M. Mnasey. The post empowered the delegates to select their own alternates should any of them find it Impossible to attend the convention. Since the meeting two of the delegates. R. F. drier and I.. M. Massey. finding that they will be unnble to go to the State meeting, have selected R. H. Ardrev and W. S. Belk as their alternates. The proposed bonus for World war veterans, over which there has been a alight schism in South Carolina during the last month, is dead for the present at least. Congress having adjourned Saturday with the bitl recently passed by tbe house in posses, slon of a senate committee, where it will remain In all probability until the regulur session of Congress next December, if indeed it should ever be reported out of committee. Opposition to the bill has been more pronounced in the senate than in the house, where It passed by a vote of 2S5? to 92. The tax provisions of the bill are considered odious by a number of members of the senate and should the bill finally be reported out of committee these senators are expected to make a hard tight against Its passage. Fort Mill Pco|4e 111. Miss Johnnie Crook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Tl. Crook of the Gold Hill section of the township, was taken Monday to a Hock Hill hospital, where she was operated upon yesterday for appendicitis. Another Fort Mill township woman. Mrs. Joseph Patterson. who also lives in the Gold Hill section. wa? operated upon for appendicitis Monday at a Charlotte hospital. Mrs. Patterson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Rlankenshlp and has been married only about six weeks. Both nn t inrita a ro uaid 1Koto antlufnp. torily stood the operation. W. H. Wlndle, well known Port Mill township farmer, who has been ill for some time, was operated upon at a Mock Hill hospital Monday morning. Mr. Windle's condition has been regarded as serious for some time, hut was reported somewhat improved yesterday. He hod been at home only a few days from a Charlotte hospital when his physicinn concluded that he should he taken to Rock Hill for the operation. Offices to Ik' Piled. Yorkville Knejuirer. The following county officers are to he nominated In this year's primaries: State senator, four representatives In the house, clerk of the courti sheriff, coroner, county supervisor^ county commissioners. The treasurer, uuditor, probate Judge and superintendent of education hold ove* two years more. Magistrates are to lie nominated in the different townships. The voters of the different townships have the privilege of nominating township commissionsthree to each township if they see proper. i niew, nowfvrr, inrrf is township action, or action by individual Democrats or groups of individual Democrats in the different townships, the naming of township road commissioners will he left to the legislative delegation to he elected this summer. Mii)ar Fulp in Xcwx|M|M>r Work. Abbeville Press and Manner. The Press and Banner has has beer, fortunate to secure the services of * Major Fulp for the summer. The major is an old newspaper man and knows how the work is done. He finds the work congenial and besides | he feels that The Press and Hun. I ner will be of service to him in sonic ' work he expects to do In the county j this summer, announcement of which will be made shortly. Major Fulp will have charge of the news and business ends of the paper until Sep- ! Toinher, when the schools open. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. I-ee left Fort i Mill Monday evening for a three , weeks' visit with their son. T. K. Lee, In Birmingham. Ala. 1 ' TIME! THK TIMKS FITK IN* MNOTYPF. Mmlrra TypowttlnK Machine Now In Operation In Fort Mill. This week for the first time in the 2# years of Its life The Times Is printed from lines set In its office by its own linotype. The machine was installed a few days ago. and* thanks to the good work of W. Banks Phll.ips of Book Hill, was Boon in running order. Mr. Phillips is an expert operator who has had much experience on weekly and dally papers. The linotype is an Interesting machine and The Times would he pleased to huve its friends who have not seen, or who cure to attain see. the product of Mergenthaler's brain in operation call at the ottice at their convenience for that purpose. It means much to The Times and Its readers for the paper to get away from hand-set type?a slow and antiquated process of composition for newspapers which has long since outlived modern methods of newspapermaking and results in a limited amount of reading matter. It is the purpose of the publishers of The Times to enlarge the size of the paper us rapidly as conditions warrant, which can now be done much more expeditiously than formerly with the labor-saving linotype In operation. Meanwhile, however, it may be of interest to the reader to know that the linotype with all of its virtues must be nursed and tended us carefully as a sick buby, for much of Its mechanism Is delicute and calls for constant care, otherwise it will die down on the Job it was manufactured to do. BACK FROM CAPITAI, I |)r. J. It. I.lllott Attends .Meeting of , Railway Surgeons in Washington. Dr. J. H. Elliott returned to Fort Mill Saturday after attending the ' annual meeting in Washington last week of the Association of Southern Kailway Surgeons. Dr. Klliott wan accompanied to Washington hv Mrs. Klliott. who, with their little son, . stopped at Chathum, Vu., for a ten , days' visit with her sister. Mrs. K. . S. Reed. The meeting of the railway surgeons was held at the New Khhitt hotel and was largely attended, bringing together surgeons from many places on the Southern itailway system. A number of able addresses were delivered. Dr. Klliott says, and the meeting was a thoroughly enjoyable one. Kairfax Harrison, president of the Southern, was one of the men who spoke to the surgeons. Dr. Klliott says he heard little X'lltics discussed while he was in the national capital. The Association of Railway 8urteons is strictly a professional organization and politics is taboo at its meetings. Accident on Concrete Kimil. The YorkvHle Kntiuirer of Tuesday pilots the following account of an automobile accident which occurred Sunday morning on the concrete road between the Catawba river bridge ( and Hock Hill, as the result of which Mr. Carl Davis and wife of Rock Hill are lying in the Sumner hospital of that city, both badly hint and Mr. | Duvls in a dangerous condition: The accident, it appears, was the re?ult of attempt of three cars to pass on the same narrow road, one of the curs being driven by Joseph , Howell In the direction of the river, and the other two in the direction of Rock Hill, one by Mr. Davis and the other by a negro front Charlotte. ] named John Nash. In Mr. Davis' car were himself, wife and others and several children. In Nash's car were n number of negroes from Charlotte bound for a Itlo m aalin? < ?n meeting the Howell ear. it appear*. Davis turned aside to let It | past and as he was trying to get back Into the road his ear turned over. Nash's ear came rigtit on behind and went by without stopping. Mr. Davis was too badly hurt to tell anything about the matter, but Mrs. Davis insists that their cur was strtK'k by the negro's ear. Nash, it is understood, elaims that he did not see the Howell ear at all and as he was sure that he had not struck the other ear he went on without stopping. Nash was arrested at the instanee of Magistrate filenn and on yesterday was being held pending the result of the injuries of Mr. and Mrs. Davis. It was said yesterday that there were no marks on the Davis cur or on Nash's car to indicate that the two hod eome in contact. m m m I Woman for la-gtslatorc. i Miss l.iltian Kxuiu Clement, only I woman candidate In the North faro- I Una primaries running for the Legislature and sold to be the tlr*t woman to ever announce for a legislative office in the South, was nominated in Ashevllle Saturday as representative No. 2 from Buncombe county. 5. $1.25 Per Year SUPREME COURT HOLDS DRY AMENDMENT VALID Monday the prohibition amendment and the enforcement act were held constitutional by the supreme court of the United States in a unanimous decision. While attorneys for the interest" attacking the two measures were granted permission to tile motions for rehearings. the decision was regarded genernl.v as striking a death blow to the hopes of the wets. The court's opinion, rendered by Justice Vandeypnter, was sweeping, it held that the amendment not only came within the amending powers conferred by the Federal const *t utlon but was luwfully prepared and .nowas the law of the land. While rrnnoKi-i e.nun congress Mas limitations in respect to the enforcement of Inws regarding beverages. the court held tliose limits were not transcended in the enactment of the enforcement act restricting alcoholic content of intoxicants one-half of rne per cent. While New York. New Jersey and W.sconsin acts permitting manufacture and sale of beverages of more than one-half of one per cent, alcoholic content were not directly involved. the decision was interpreted as invalidating them. The court said the lirst section of the amendment of its own force "invalidates any legislative act ? whether by t'ongress, by a State legislature or by a territorial assembly?which authorizes or sanctions what the section prohibits." Concurrent power granted by the amendment to Federal and State governments to enforce prohibition, i)i?> court further held, "does not enable Congress or the several States to defeat or thwart prohibition but only to onforee It by appropriate n fans." The decision of the court was set forth in II conclusions covering seven separate proceedings. These proceedings included original suits brought by the State of Ithotle Island directly attacking the constituionality of the amendment. PKKSHIMi TO tJlIT A It .MY iciicial Kx|mh'Ik to i-'.ngagc ' ? Sonicthing More Active. In u letter to Secretary Hiikrr Mon< duy, flen. Jolm J. Pershing. commander of the American expeditiontry forces in the World war. stated that it was his intention lo retire from the army within a few months, fitmoral Pershing declared that he ftlt he could give op his military luties without impairment of tier service and "thus lie free to engage in something more active." The general diii not indicate the nature of rtis future activities. General Pershing usan^eo Secretary r>uker that he would remain in the service until work iutolvid in the rurrylng out of the triiiv reorganization act was completed. lie gave tae added nssttrance that in nov future crisis he would he a! the cu'l of thr nation. l?ecislon of General Pershing to retire came as a surprise in army as well an in nun-mllltary official circles In Washington. The |>rospi>rllvp future details of the A. K. F. eoieinunder have never been announced, hut several time* he has been n?*?!.tinned In connection with the odice ot chief of staff. General Pershing will roil re with the rank of full general, that title having been conferred upon lilic for life hv Congrexd. lie wunhl not reach the retirement age until lit-'I. CViisiis l)l>H|i|xiluh Mew York. As usual New York city folk are disappointed in the tiKures of the 1!'20 census. The census I.m ft edits the metropolis with f?,fi2 I I I Inhabitants. which Rive them mi in. crease of growth in ten yea is ?>f practically IX per rent. The small Increase Is attributed hy statisticians to two causes the stoppage during Hit war of the intlux of iiuiniKraiits. iriany of whom each year made New Yerk their home, and to the heavy emtgdation of foreign born usidcnts [luring the war and since that tunc. However, as near as it can he ascertained. New York continues to he tit largest city in the world. I .onion. which for centuries held this iixtlnction. Is credited with approximately 4,500,001 people. 1/tiM's Shetland Pony. J. B. Mills. Jr., ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mills, has had little peace of mind since his Shetland pony disappeared. Saturday night. RIYorts to locate the p<?ay have thus far proved futile. A tlrst It was thought that the pony hail xtrnyed off and would tie easily lolated. hut now "J. B." is conli.lent that someliody lias stolen it lie will he gruteful to any one for Information which will lead to the recovery of the pony.