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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
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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
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>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 '
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>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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mill
r8day juke 10, 1920.
fort Mill post opposes
move for withdrawal
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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.
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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.
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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.