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.