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The FoRf lSi Times. E?t?bll?h<>d 1891. ~ TOBT JCLL, 8. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1920. LITTLE NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES Terence MjoBwtney, lord- mayor of Cork, the most- prominent of the Irish hunger strikers, died in Brixton " prison Monday. McSwiney had been unconscious for several days. He was entering upon the 74th day of his hunger strike as a protest against a sentence of two years' imprisonment on several charges, Including one of having seditious documents In his possession. In the Oeorgia Democratic convention. meeting tn Macon Monday, < Thomas E.' Watson, party nominee for the United States senate, and Thomas W. Hardwlck, party candidate for governor, both declared that Oeorgia Democrats were pledged to support the Democratic nominees for president and vice president. The convention went on recora an ?i?posing the Treaty of Versailles as brought back by President Wilson, however. Senator Harding has "wiggled and wobbled off the League of Nations platform and consequently there Is no longer any uncertainty as to a Democratic victory election day," Vice i President Thomas R. Marshall told a 'Chicago audience Monday. "Senator Harding docs not stand for anything i and does not even Buy what he will try to do except to call together a board of wise men," continued Mr. Marshall. The Republicans should have nominated a trust company for president; then wo would know who these wise men are on Its board of directors." Governor Cooper Tuesday received a message from Governor Parker of Louisiana In which he was asked to Issue a proclamation calling on ginners throughout the State to close 1 down for 30 days, beginning November. Governor Porker Is asking all i Southern governors to follow this idea In an effort to raise the price of cot ton. The low prices being paid for cotton and cotton products are serious to the South and Governor Parker sees little progress uhead unless the staplo advances to some where near tta .true worth. The (TOdictlon that the Republican party will be overwhelmed In the election next Tuesday was made Monday by Governor Cox In a telegram to Michael A. O'Leary, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic State committee. "The groundswell for the league and Democratic ticket." the telegram said, "Is about to overwhelm the Republicans. The most reprehenk alble and untruthful campaign In po? tltteirt history 1s at the bring ot dei-r feat. Now is the time to redouble vmir ftffnrt If nuoh uront nffnrt n? . you have nvado can be redoubled." Declaring that the reaction In cotton quotations of the last ten days had saved the farmers of Alabama *16.000.000. Miles C. Algood, State commissioner of agriculture of Alabnma, Tuesday afternoon urged the cotton farmers of the South to "stick to their guns" and hold their crop for a price that will ylold a fair margin ot profit." He declared that the cotton holding * movement was spreading steadily over the belt and the action of business men. bankers and mer- , chants In aiding the farmers' In the serious crisis that threatened is commended. Patrick J. Hanley, known In the Massachusetts State prison as "Corkey tho Silent," who was* committed 1n October. 1895. as a habitual crlm 1nnl, and has refused to utter a word ' for the last ten years, was to he released yestorday. His sentence, which wns prolonged by attempts to escape 1 and counterfeiting schemes within 1 the prison walls, has expired. Han- 1 ley took a vow of silence after a fellow prisoner revealed to the warden 1 a secret plan with which Hanley had 1 entrusted him. 8lnce then he has 1 communicated with his keeper* only 1 by signs and In writing. King Alexander of Greece, who had been critically ill for soveral days, dlod In Athens Monday afternoon at 6 o'clock. His death was due to wounds received when a pot monkey attacked him early Ih October, the king being badly mutilated, i Alexander succeeded to the throne i of Greece In June, 1917. when his i father. King Constantino, abdicated ' In response to the demand of France, Great Britain and RurbIb, the three i powers which had guaranteed the i constitutional liberties of the Greek I people. Premier Venlxelos on last Sunday expressed himself as confl- | dent that Prince Paul, Constantine's third son, would not be prevented by his father from taking the throne, i an the latter would learn from the i coming elections that there was no < prospect for htm to again become ] the ruler of the country. i Rntors Air Service. Gerald G. Johnson, son of J. W. , Johnson of Fort Mill, Tuesday morning reported at the army recruiting aiBllon in luiumi>iu ior enuanneni in the air force of the country. Mr.. Johnson eomo time afro quallfled for Appointment as a (lying cadet. He la to he sent at once to'the enlisted pilots' school at Arcadia Fla., for entrance In the class beginning November 1. The period of enlistment for flying cadets Is three years, but th#y J are required to servo only that part of V three years necessary for the comple- 1 tlon of the course in flying training, approximately ten months, according to advices which Mr. Johnson has Just received from the war department. Recontly Mr. Johnson has ' been employed as an oil salesman In i Baltimore, Md. During the World war he spent a year in the service at a flying school at Dewey, Okla. i n FAILS TO QBT UOOfBE. MlMtiM Show Afeat Bamjpa Iat? fltitt Statute. Thin b a law in the South Carolina *tatikm?. paaaed at tb? 1920 aeaaion of tha General Aeaerablr. providing that no "carnival or tent ahow or a uk*. nature, or traveung a now nhHiMngi undor tent," shall exhibit In York county, except during fair week within the Incloeure of the York County Fair association. Circuses are not included In the previsions of the act- and "may be licensed for a term not exceeding M hours, in any one year." Tuesday an agent of a traveling minstrel show giving its entertainments under tent came to Fort 1(111 from Charlotte. N. C., expecting to be able to present his show in Fort Mill, after being assured before he left Charlotte, he stated, that license would be granted him here. After reaching Fort Mill hk Inspected a number of sites considered suitable for the tent and was about to conclude arrangements to put on his show In Fort Mill when It was suggested to htm that he might do well to consult the county authorities relative to the county license. He was advised by the county official with whom he talked to consult the 1920 nrtfa r\f tho Oone>m 1 A aonmhlv n a the bent evidence of what It would coat him to Rive "hie minstrel show In Fort Mill or elsewhere In York county. The anti?o*rnlval act for York county provides that "any person, firm or corporation violating the terms of this act shall be fined a sum not" less than $500 and three months Imprisonment for each and every offense." After reading the act the agent of the minstrel show said he could not afford to pay $500 and spend three months In prison for the privilege of giving his show one time in Fort Mill. Tuesday night he returned to Charlotte In none too good humor with the town, which he said had put him to considerable trouble and some expense, when it should have been known by the town authorities that, shows such as his ware not allowed to exhibit in York county." The anti-carnival act for York county was published In full in The Times several weeks ago. NOW OWNS HOME. W. B. Mntrtun Trlh of Bimwm of Fort. Mill Man In Savin*. . W. B. Meacham, president of the. Savings Bank of Fort Mill, was lellIni a party of friends a tow days ago f a good -piece of work -he did * few yea re ago when <he Induced .a cltlxon of the town to save Ms drat $10. which continued to grow until the man became a home owner and Is now said to own other property. "Mr. B. we will call him." said Mr. Moacham. "came Into the - bank one day and was complaining about how much It cost him to keep hia family supplied with food. I asked htm If It were not possible fqt him to reduce his expenses without depriving his family of .any of the necessaries of life. He replied that he did not Ifnnw Virvxxr to lie Id T -* ? ?.w.. MWff %w uu 14. l^CAl A (IBR6Q mill If he had any money In his pockets and he said he had a little. Then I suggested to htm that he leave $10 with the bank and that if h* found during the following week that he could not get along without the money he could come to the hank and get It. The week passed and the $10 remained with u?. The nort Saturday Mr. B. came In and I asked him how he had got along without the $10. He replied tht he had not only got along all right but that he had another $10 bill to put with the first ane to keep It company. Prom that day he became a regular depositor and had saved almost enough to buy n nome ror nimaelf and family when one day he came into the hank and said that he wished to buy a piece of property bat did net haw quite Bnough money. The bank loaned him the balance, which haa Ion# since been repaid." Baptist Women to Meet. The Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of South Carolina will hold lta annual conference in Citadel Suare church, Charleston, November 10-12. The railroads of the State have grant* ed the certificate plan for those attending the meeting-?that is. one fare going and one-third fare returning. provided 250 certificates are returned. Certificates will not be granted for tickets costing less than 76 cents. Delegates and visitors to the convention are urged to secure Ktich certificates upon purchase of their tickets from local agents. If certificates can not be secured from local agents, receipts for fares can be secured and these will he substituted for certificates. The certificates should l.A .? ? ? v?? ?.*? *i?c vv?iw|>viimiig ncrictary of the convention at the first icasion. New Fat* for Brewery. Since the advent of prohibition, brewertea la thle country have under, gone strange < metamorphoses. One (treat brewing establishment In New York city haa been transformed Into a mushroom factory. Its subterranean vaults?tunnels cut through soMd rook, tn which thoasands of barrels of beer were formerly stor. od?are now occupied by neatly-built mounds of rich loam, which, as beheld by the curious visitor; stretch In long perspective down. cool, dimly lighted corridors. The former brewery supplies hotels end restaurants, as well as the pub. Ilo market*- with mushrooikis. from l.tfO to 1,S*e pounds of them being gathered dally throughout the year. NOW HAS ? MEMBERS. J Tom Hall Guards Making brogues* Gratifying to OAorn. "Unless bod luck to o degas* that we have no reuon to expect overtakee ua the reoent ruling of the war department that National Guard companies to remain Hi the service after June i. next, must have a minimum enlisted strength of tu men win not affect us, for *e now hav* 79 men In our company and have reason to believe that by Christmas we will havs 100," last night said Arthur C. Lytic, first lieutenant of the recently organied Tom Hall Guards of Fort Mill, now a unit of the National Guard of the United States. "For a new organisation our company Is fast rouhdtng Into shape,"/ continued Mr. Lytle, "and when our uniforms and guns arrive, some time during November, It hi hoped, we expect to make a creditable show , in our first public drill. We are fortunate In having In the company a dosen of more former service men, all of whom are proving of great as sisiance to the omcers In giving the men the necessary Instruction In marching. Monday night for the first time the company was out on Main street for a few minutes and all showed to advantage the Instruction they had been given In the armory." The National Guard ta new on a mucji more attractive basis for both officers and men than it was pror to the World war. In the days of the old National Guard there was no compensation for attending drills and the companies were none too well equipped. Now both men and officers are paid for attending drills. 48 of which must be held during the year, and the equipment, tnotudtng clothing. Is considered liberal. Two members of the Fort Mill company, Andral Ferguson and Marie Railes. will leave on December 14 for Camp Jackson for four months' lnInstrurtion at the cooks' and bakers' school. While taking the course each will be paid about $<0 a month, besides being supplied with army clothing and rations. banquet fok stockholders. Owners of First Nagoaal Bask Meet Thin Evening. This evening at 4:30 o'clock many of the 40 stockholders of the First National Bank of Fort Mill will assemble at the bank to attend a soctal meeting, during which a banquet, prepared by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- \ wci win oe aervea. , The program of the evening** exer else* folows* Addresea: Subject, "The Firat National Bank, from the viewpoint of? "A Stockholder." W. B. Ardrey: "A Merchant." O. W. Potts; -'X Farmer," Jno. M. Harris; "A Cotton Dealer," J. B. Mills; "An Agriculturist," I.. A. Harris; "A Horny-handed Son of Toll," J. Li. Spratt; "The Bank's Attorney," B. J. White; "A Newly Enfranchised Stockholder," general remarks. Menu?Oysters, celery, pickles, olives, turkey, rice, gravy, ohanhorrt?H, beaten biauuit, macaroni, dressing, oheese straws, coffee. Col. T. B. Spratt, president of the bank, < states that the meetng and banquet are in the nature of a celebration of the closing of the most prosperous year in the bank's history of ten years of unusually successful business. The bank began buslnees in March, 1*11, with a capital of $25,000 and its last published statement showed resources of more than half a million dollars, sflth capital and surplus of $60,000 and undivided profits of $7,500. COTTON PICKERS OETI1NO RICH. Texas Negroes and Mexicans Ordering J Motor Cars. An Austin special says that many cotton pickers In Texas are making ' 910 to (IS a day or at the rate of |60 1 to $75 a week. A cotton picker re- 1 celves on an average as much for one ( week's labor as the average school ' teacher In Texas Is paid for a month's 1 Instruction work. Thers Is a big 1 shortage of both cotton pickers and school teachers In Texas. As a result * of the scarcity of cotton pickers the price of picking has advanced from < 75 cents a hundred pounds to 91-50 i ni>u ft tt nunarea pounan, ID some ' localities of west Texas, where labor I is at a bis premium, as high as 13 a hundred pounds is offered. When it is considered that even 1 children IS to 15 years old can pick < * 0 and more pounds per day. while I men and women who are expert at t the business can average 300 and ' some even more than 400 pounds per I day, the profitableness of the labor i n?ay be realised. Many instances are 1 known of Mexican families making a 1 total of $60 to $00 a day picking cot- i ton. The name is true of many ne- i gro families. . < Two white men applied for jobs on i the farm of Clay Mel^aurln near | O'Donnell, Texas, recently. They were < set to work picking what is known as I "hollle" cotton and in two days had i mads Ifi* nr. tit mk>i ? "We want a higher rate of pay.? < they told llcUurin at the end of the i second day. ' 1 "I will not pay It." they were In- i formed. I Both men quit work. 1 Never In the history of Texas way l the farm labor element an prosperous f as now; never before were they as arv- I rorant and Independent In their arttl- 1 tude toward their employers. Orders i for motor oara have been placed by i many cotton pickers stare the- pree- ( eni softnon opened,.hut the more eoo- < nomtcal are placing their earnings In I hanks. I SHORT ITEMS OP NEWS PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN A number of employees of the Fort Mill cotton mllla attended the South?rn Textile exposition. In Greenville, at week. Capt. 8. W. Parke and Capt. F. Murray Mack are among the Fort Mill citlsena this week attending the kate fair In Columbia. A Hallowe'en bos party, to which Lhe public Is Invited, Is to be given Saturday evening at Pleasant Hill ichool In Mecklenburg county. Mrs. Agnes Harris and Miss Mary Karris of Charlotte. W. C., spent Sunlay at the Palmetto hotel as the ruesta of Mrs. W. F, Harris. W. D. Grist and James D. Grist, edl. or and chief rannNnr r#?noi>ilv?lv >f the Yorkville Enquirer, spent sevsral hours In Fort Mill Saturday afternoon. D. P. Brown, superintendent of mill No. 1, Fort Mill Manufacturing company, spent several days In RalBlgh. N. C? last wqek attending the S'orth Carolina 8tat? fair. Readers of the Foft Mill Times will earn with Interest that Billy Sunday, ioted evangelist, will address a mass meeting In the city auditorium. In ""harlotte, on the evening of December 21. Arthur Young has the distinction jf being the first citizen of Fort Mill to view the town ffom an airplane. Lost Thursday he roi()e with an aviator from Rock Hill Fort Mill and returned In a plane *that was at the county fair. Mrs. James B. Black and Mrs. R. 5Y. Klmbrel! will entertain at a Hallowe'en party tomorrow evening at the Presbyterian manse, the guests being the teachers of the graded ichool and the children of the young people's sooietles of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church. Hunting In York county without a license proved expensive for four Mecklenburg county negroes who tvere arrested a few days ago by W. P. Wlndle, Fort Mill township game warden. The negroes were required to put up $26 bond each, which they forfeited rather than go to triol. Closing exercises of the Maaaey - viiuui, w iiirn wax iirKHiuxeu t>y N. L. Carothem several months igo. are to be held Sunday afternoon it '3 o'clock and will consist-of Bonus and recitations by the children. The Sunday school was organised to run >nly during theaatmmer months. W. H. Wlndle. well known Fort Mill :ownshlp farmer, a few days ago unlerwent another serious operation at i Rock Hill hospital for an organic trouble from which he has suffered tor several years. Mr. Windle's coalition was Buoh. yesterday, however, that he was brought home from the hospital. Mrs. Albert Bishop of Indianapolis, [nd., recently spent a few days In Port Mill with her brother. Dr. J. R. DesPortes. Mrs. Bishop says that Inlianapolls, like the balance of the ttate of Indiana, ia a hotbed of politics just now. Both Mrs. Blxhop and ier husband expect to vote for (lov?rnor Cox next Tuesday. The Rev. J. B. Black announced 'rom the pulpit of the Fort Mill Pres. | >yterian church Sunday morning that | evlval services will be held in the hurch during the eight days begin- ' iing uecemner 11. The preaching will be done by the Rev. Trig* A. N. rhomaa of Kansas City. Mo., evangol?t for the Southern general assembly. R. Springs Parka Monday morning tgaln became manager of the store of the Port Mill Cooperative association, tucceeding his brother. Capt. 8. W. Parks, who resigned from the poslton a few weeks ngo on account of he pain he was undergoing from the wound he received in the attack of the SOth division on the Hlnden burr line on October 8. 1918. Miss Kathleen Crowder, 12-year-old laughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Crowder of Fort Mill township, was taken to a Itock Ulll hospital Monday and >perated upon for a se-lous attack of appendicitis. Her condition la said to be satisfactory and the attending bhyslclan expresses the hope that she will be able to return home In a few lays. Pat Murphy, well known Southern railway conductor, who has many Friends in Fort Mill, will soon be able :o return to his run between Columbia and Ashevllle, after undergoing a icrlous operation a few days ago at a Rock Hill hospital. Up to a few been for several years between Cononths ago Mr. Murphy's run had lumbla and Charlotte. Not one Fort Mill woman, so far as rhe Times is able to learn, Is quailfled to vote in the presidential elec Lion next Tuesday, due to the fact ' :hat none applied to the county I board of registration for the necessa- ' ry registration certificate, in other Lownshipa of York county hundreds >f women are registered and many ire expected to improve upon the opportunity they will have next TueaJay for the first time to cast their ballots. There is said to be much lulet Interest among the. women of die county in the presidential election ?nd In Hoek Hill and other towns they are expected to swell the vote for Governor Cox. A few negro wowen also are registered In York coun. ty and these doubtless will vote for Harding. Democratic leaders of the 4tate are anxious for a large majority 'or the party candidates and the hope s expressed that the total Democratic rote will exceed 100.000. Four years igo the Democratic vote In Sduth Carolina for president Wilson was I1.84C.'While.Hughes, the Republican candidate. Deceived only l.SSO votes, the smallest vote he got In any State tn the Union. NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Item*) of General Interest Clipped From (be Yorkvtlle Enquirer Scores of York county people tiro in Columbia this week on account or the State fair which opened Monday and will come to a close Friday evening. | When they pleaded guilty before Magistrate A. J. Quinn of King's Mountain township recently to charges of hunting without license. Hamp Wright and John L.ee Knox, colored. J were sentenoed to pay fines of $10 each. J J. E. Webster, former probate judge j of Cherokee county, was killed In Greensboro last Sunday by being run over by an automobile, and Mrs. Web. ster Is In a. hospital not expected to live. Mr. Webster was 72 years of | age. Columbia police have been asked t n Maiwh fni> Imta ..An., wkl*. 1 who are missing from their homes at York. Mason L. Jackson and Bon J Sadler are each about 16 yeara old ami are supposed to have left home to Join the navy. A houns reduction of 4 0 per cent , was announced to employees of the ' Cannon Manufacturing company last Friday by the management, the re- j ductlon effective November 3. The mill Is closed at present because of market conditions, suspension of ope- ' rations dating from last Friday for n period of ten days. Employees estimate that the bonus reduction of 40 per cent amounts to a straight wage reduction of about 20 per cent. U. E. Steele has declined appointment as a policeman on the force here to.which place he was elected at a meeting of the town council several j weeks ago. Mr. Steele, who Is now a member of the Charlotte police forco, has notltled Chief of Police J. Cal Steele that be will not take the place here because of th.5 fact that he prefers his present work to night duty, which would be required of him should he come here. York county Methodist ministers will preach their final sermons for the present church yenr next Sunday preparatory to the meeting of the Upper South Carolina conference, whloh Is to be held InTTnlon next week. Rev. J. E. Mnhoffey of Yorkvllle and Rev. H. A. Whltten of Clover will on Sunday conclude four years' service at their respective churches and under the rules of the conference cannot he returned to their nrnon.it mo I torates. i DRAGGING OANAI* FOR BODY. MIm RUsabcQi Beamguard Missing in Columbia. According to The State of Wednesday the Columbia canal was being dragged and a close vigil kept In an effort to locate the body of Miss Elizabeth Beamguard. telephone operator at the State Hospital for the Insane, whose home formerly was at Plover. Miss Beamguard disappeared from the hospital Monday afternoon, leaving a note that her body would be found In the canal. Shoe tracks on the bank of the canal pointing toward the water, but none returning: the finding of a hat which has been Identified as belonging to Miss Beamguard, and the statement of two persons that a young woman of her description was seen In the vicinity of the canal bank Monday afternoon, lead the city police and county authorities to believe I that Miss Beamguard's body Is in the canal. I Siitnrrifiv nltrV*# Vfu? * ? ' ....... t-iiMiKunni re- , celved a telephone nicssnge from the young man whom she expected to marry. Baying that he would not ?ee her again. She became hyatcrlcal and was put under the care of a woman physician at the hospital. At j 2 o'clock Monday afternoon she left | her room at the hospital to go up town. A letter was received by the woman doctor at 6 o'clock saying that when the letter was received the writer would be In the river. . Furr Out on Bond. After being released several days ago from the Camden Jail, where he | had heen held for abot two months on the charge of having married some time ago a Kershaw county girl wYilla ho ?I uuruujr mi a n wire, james ("Honk") Furr came to Fort Mill from Rock Hill last week and spent I several dnys here with relatives. According to the Camden Chronicle, ! Magistrate Nicholson of that city I several days ago gave Furr a preliminary hearing and he was admitted to hond In the sum of 11,500. At the hearing Furr was represented by j Thomas F. McDow of York and the Interests of the prosecution were looked after by Mendel Ij. Smith. Furr is still wearing the uniform of the American navy, in which he Is i said to have enlisted nfter getting into the alleged trouble for which he j Is to he tried in Kershaw county, presumably at the next term of court, j I'aprr VrohrHla on Way. An unusunl novelty will be placed ' on tho ranrket soon In the form of a paper umbrella, according to the New York Sun. It is said that this new (angled rain shelter will be a ery satisfactory substitute for the i traditional alpncn or silk It will re- | tal for 60 cents, thereby cutting the cost of umbrellas down to a sum that thould he considered distinctly nominal these days of the $8 and |10 variety. The color of the new umbrella | will l?e black and the paper of a composition absolutely waterproof and 'crackles*. It will havo a steel frame, wooden knob handle und a ring at the lower end of the "stlpk^' Those In oltVfe of the manufacture of the nov. elty say It will be durable and that It will roll as Hinall as a silk one. j SMITH FORTUNE VANISHES. Story of Good Fortune for Rook Hill Man Allotted to Be Hoax. The Rock Hill Herald one after, noon last week printed a story of , good fortune which M. J. Smith of that city reported had route to him I by the death of an uncle In Concord. N. C., who wns allotted to have made Smith sole heir to an estate estimat| ed to be worth a quarter of a million dollars. Tuesday afternoon The Herald said that Smith's story was "one ; of the smoothest schemes brought to j light In some time, and that the man I "Is now being hunted by officers on the grounds of giving worthless I checks." The Herald also says that not only did Smith "fake the storv nbout the fortune, but he yesterday started the report that It. I*. Sweat was dead, accompanied relatives to Columbia to bring back the body of the deceased and had friends here make arrangements for the funeral today" (Tuesday). "After starting the report that Mr. Swent was dead," The Herald's story continues. "Smith went to T. W. Rrooks and gave a check on n local hank for >400. which Mr. Rrooks cashed. . . . He also secured $2 00 from T. E. Cnto. Accompanied by the father of Mr Swent and other members of the family he went to Columbia and on arriving there, placed the members of the family In a transfer nnd directed them to the hospital, saying he wbuld follow in a few minutes. This was the last time he was seen. "Mr. Rrooks, on finding the check was of no account had a warrant Issued for the nrrcst of Smith nnd it is believed he will speedily be brought here for trial. I-ast week he gave Mr. Rrooks a check on a Concord hank for something like |2.0, the amount of his bill. This also Is worthless," KTTiTJED IN CHARIJOTTE. Fort Mill Vrarm Kluit (a lwili l?? North Carolina City. A homicide In which n Fort Mill 7negro. Dave Reed, lost his life occurred In Chai lotte last Friday when he was fatally shot by Bertha Witt, also a negro, who was said to have been driven out of Fort Mill some time ago for selling liquor In the community. According to the statement secured by the Charlotte police from the woman, Reed knocked her against a nble at her home and she grabbed a pistol and tired one time at the nian, killing him instuntly. The body of | Reed was brought to Fort Mill and interred in tho township Sunday afternoon. The Mecklenburg county coroner's jury empaneled Monday to investigate the death of Reed found that he came to his death from a piBtol wound inflicted by Bertha Witt. A number of wlttnesseH were examined at the hearing. All said that they were not in the house when the shooting occurred, but were on the outside and knew nothing about the cause of the shooting. They said they hr-ard the shot and later the Witt woman came to the door with a pistol | in her hand and said she had shot Reed. The woman is in Jail without bond, where she will reniuin until the next ession of superior court. Fltdi In Sugar Creek Dying. From some unknown cause large i numucrs or nsn arc dying in Sugur creek, which separutes the lower section of Fort Mill township from Lancaster county, according to a report brought to The Times office yesterday afternon by Capt. F. Murray Mack. People in that section of the township are of the opinion that the tlsh arc being killed by dyestuffs or chemlcaLs dumped into the creek from cotton mills in Charlotte. Much of the Charlotte sewage also Uows through Sugar creek to the Catawba river. It la suggested that the matter he called to the attention of the county game warden for whatever action he feels Justified in tukiug. Nlglit S< "tiool for PtaicvBlc A nikfht HPhnftl fnr tho 11 Htorn ?n AH eratives of the Phndwlck-Hosklns mill in Pinevllle was opened Monday night, with John Holhrook, head of the Pinevllle put?lle school. In charge. Twenty-six pupils reported for the course of instruction, which Is to he given two nights n week. There will he some delay in the work of the classes getting under way. however, due to the nonarrival of the text hooks to he used In the school. (ioo<l Program Given. The program on "Soul Winning" was well rendered at Pleasant Vullcy Baptist church last Sunday afternoon hy the members of the Fort Mill Baptist Young People's union. Several ears were well tilled with members of the union and visitors from Fort Mill who attended the exercises. Walter Patterson, president of the Pleasant Valley union. In a few words expressed appreciation for the service i rinn-i fci >>y iiiv run irnii young people. Hallowe'en Party Knjoyed. The Hallowe'en social given In tho Burma room of the Baptist ehureh by tho Young People's union. Tuesday evening, wus a decided success. About 50 wero present, including a number of Port Mill guests and a number of members of the Pleasant Valley union, all of whose members hnd "boon invited. The room was tastefully decorated and lighted In keeping with the occasion. A number of games were entered Into with zest, witch tales were told and refreshments served. x oar * COX GAINING GROUND & WITH HARDING LOSING Opinion that Cox hnci a strong lead ? In the presidential race over Hard- ?! Ing Is expressed In n letter which W. P. Houseal (tha "Dutch Weather " $jjj Prophet) of Columbia hps Just re- V ce I veil from 's son. FhlwaVd vj seal of Dayton. Ohio. tn> from Mr. Houseal to his fathFr?-**^|M^ V ed In The Times several * he predicted the election of G^v^2nor Cox and said that he woulijgmrry Ohio. Mr. Houseal now wrltip that as the contest Is "entering tno last lap and will soon he on thej home stretch. It Is going to he a gfeat. fin- _ ish. with the Democratic donkey,' showing his heels to the G. O. P. ele-Stg phant; and that It could not be otherwlse slnco Harding has waged a^HHl campaign thnt was all wronK from the standpoint of good politics. If xato;-'-he had stayed at home he would have been elected, hut ho has follow* J ed In the footstops of Mr. Hughes and will share the same fate." Mr. Houseal further says: "The 'round robin' Hcpubllcans will not save the day. The public will not believe llorah and Johnson on the one hand. Taft and Hoot on the othor and, moreover, they are not going to vote for a man who does not know himself where he stands. Whenever I ask a man why he Is going to vote for Harding he hums and haws and finally admits that It is for no other reason than that he Is a Republican. But I find the women In theso Hepublican households nre not going to be. dictated to by their 'hubbies' and they are doing their own thlnklng.^^^^ The Republicans set up a howl 1S1G and said that the women.flR California elected Wilson. They wul have the same story to tell In 1920, except that It will be the women of America who will elect Cox. "This town Is politically dead from n Republican standpoint. On the other hnnd the Democrats have bldod their time and have gone to work in earnest. The first delegation of Repnhlleans which went from Dayton for the 'front porch' ut Marlon num- * ** hered 2.000. This morning (October 18). after three weeks of campaigning to master a crowd to gq to MgrIon, 22:i (I counted them) marched to the stutlon and 30 of them wore negroes. On the other hand, 2,000 men marched to Memorial hall last . iuesuay ntgnt to Hoar Hourke Coch- v ran and standing room was at a premium. Tonight there will he a torchlight procession preceding Morgcntliau's speech and the town will *c'Wt loose* when Koosevclt gets hero tomorrow night. In every neighborhood Cox rallies are being held every night. Yet two months ago-the Repuhlicans were betting that Harding would carry the county. "The New York Times' correspondent said In a conversation here Saturday that Friday in Indianapolis th^ crowd Just sat and looked at Harding as they would a freak and manifested j little enthusiasm. On the other hand M the same city went wild over Cox when he spoke in Indianapolis. "It is going to be a tight race In this State. Cox is getting atronger every day and if the election were a month off it would be a landslide for the Democratic ticket. I tlrnily believe Cox will c.nry Ohio and Indinna. To say that he will not carry Kentucky Is nonsense and when the G. O. P. claims Tennessee Is sounds like the wall of a dying cat." Mr. llouseal gives significant evidence of the trend of the women to Cox when he writes that a Dayton woman (Democrat) spent two days In registering 70 women who will vote ror ? ox. The opinion of Mr. Houseal that the women of America will eloc.t.? Cox Ih corroborated by T.ouis Seibold. well known political correspondent of the New York World, who. Bays that a straw vote conducted in Iowa. South Dakota and Nebraska by the Siotix Pity Journal, rabid Republican paper, shows 800 for Hording and 797 for Cox. whereas In the same territory of the upper Missouri valley (embraeed in the same States), where The Journal has a largo circulation. n similar straw vote four years ago showed Hughes .450 and Wilson 8 5. The same correspondent then goes on to say this about the woman vote in South Dakota: "At Edgemont, 8. D,. the women of the community refuse to do their shopping with mer chants who display portraits of Hard. * ing and Ooolldge in their windows, in all its hlstoiy Kdgcmont never Knew a Bemocrntlc officeholder. The same has proven true In a number of western towns of Nebraska." Mr. Helhold also declared that the drift In these Ktntes is away from Mnrdin# because the Republicans have appealed to the Herman vote on account of the opposition (supposed In many eases) of the German element, to the I.eaguc of Nations. Bismarck, Neb., and Hamburg. Iowa, are cited by Mr. Seibold as two German local. ' Itles In which this type of propaganda hns been used. A straw vote taken In both places early in July showed Cox in the lead, 800 to 700. He c?n hardly get a vote in either place now. "The effect, however," says Mr. Seibold. "has been anything but beneficial to the Republican ticket In the unner Missouri vallev." The dutn about the trend to Cox In the foregoing paragraphs Is furnished hy W. P. Housenl of Coltlmhla. It has t>ecn glennod by Mr. Housenl from one of Mr. Selbold's speclnl letters, sent from Chicago to o syndicate of .newspapers and was published in the Itlchinynd Dtnpateh on October 20. Thereby it is seen how two statements in regard to the woman vote by different men, who never saw each other, agree in toto.