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SHORT NEWS STORIES .
FROM MANY SOURCES
Current Events Gathered Here
end There and Boiled Down
For Times Readers.
At Tampa, Fla., Sunday, L. "H.
MeQowan leaped from an automobile
running 56 miles an hour
to an airplane. It was the second
time the feat had been accomplished.
Ontario Monday voted for bone
dry prohibition on a referendum
to stop the importation and sale
of intoxicating liquors in the
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{I1UT HILT ur U IIUIJUI II^ UI1UU1LHilly
placed at between 125,000 and
200,000. These figures were predicated
upon an estimated total
vote of about (>00.000.
Republican leaders of the national
house of representatives
have determined that the army
must be reduced to 150,000 men
during the next few months on
account of the heavy government
expenditures. The army appropriation
bill will provide for only
150,000 men when introduced in
the house this week.
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, noted
prohibition worker, set out fifoiu
New Y^rk Saturday on a campaign
to dry up the whole world.
He sailed for England that day
and left behind this parting shot:
"Drink while the drinkin' is good
for, in three years, driukiug will
/ be a lost art in the United States.
I expect to live to see the whole
world bone dry." lie plans to
visit many European countries before
returning to this country.
In the United States district
court in Greensboro, N. C., Monday,
Judge Boyd set aRide the verdiet
rendered some weeks ago in
the case of Mrs. Florence Varner
against her husband, 11. B. Varner
of Lexington, N. ('.. for reasonable
subsistence. Baxter McRary,x
negro. was named corespondent
by Varner in his action
^against his wife and his name figured
prominently in the trial of
A^rs. Varner's suit for subsistence,
in which the jury found for Varner.
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The Florida house of representatives
Monday adopted the senate
resolution calling for an investigation
of certain official acts
of former Gov. Sidney J. Catts.
A committee of five is to inquire
into the rumors that the former
governor received money to influence
his appointment of certain
State officers and in the granting
of pardons and that, while governor
he committed unlawful acts.
The resolution provides that if
the rumors are substantiated the
former governor shall be prosecuted.
A. Paris dispatch says thut the
war machine of France is ready
to swing into action at a moment's
notice. That notice is expected
to be given on May 1. or immediately
thereafter, if Germany fails
to meet the reparations demands.
If Britain. Belgium and Italy
refuse to go with her, France is
prepared to invade the Ruhr valley
single-handed, and ulwo to occupy
part of Westphalia. Saturday
a thorough-going program of
military ami economic coercive
I measures was approved by the
French cabinet. Marshal Focli
will be given a free hand the moment
the word "act" is given,
which will he tantamount to a
new declaration of war on Germany.
Games for Pineville.
The season of the Mecklenburg
County Baseball league is scheduled
to open on Saturday. May
14 with Hunterville playing at
Pineville, North Charlotte at .Mat,
thews, Cornelius at Dixie ami
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er dates for the Pineville club are
a? follows: May 21 at North Charlotte;
May, 28. Matthews at home;
June 4. at Atherton ; June 11, Paw
Creek on home grounds; June 18,
'Cornelius on home grounds; June
25, at Dixie; July 2. Ht llunters^
ville; July 9. North Charlotte on
home grounds; July 16. at Matthews;
July 23. Atherton on home
* grounds; July 30. at Paw Creek;
August 6. at Cornelius; August
10, Dixie on home grounds;; August
13, Huntersville . on home
grounds; August 17. at Jluntersville;
August 20. Matthews on
home grounds; August 24, ut Atherton;
August 27. Paw Creek on
home grounds; August 31, Cornelius
on home grounds; September
23, at Dixie.
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BURIAL OF THREE SOLDIERS
Bodies of World War Victims In- ]
terred Last Sunday.
The bodies of three soldiers who j
lost their lives in France while
fighting with the Fort Mill company,
118th regiment, 30th .divis- J
ion, arrived Saturday from over
seas and were interred Sunday. '
following exercises in their honor. ?
Sunday afternoon several hun- !
dred people attended the exereis- 1
es at Confederate park for Pri- '
vate Clyde \V. Stevens of Fort
Mill and Corpl. Fred T. Miller of
Lundo, wliich began with a prayer
by the Rev. .1. \V. 11. Dyches.
YVilliutu Ardrey. himself and exservice
man, then paid a tribute i
to the memory of the young sold- :
iers, after which the bodies were
taken to New Unity cemetery and
interred in the plot of the Fort
Mill post, American Legion* under
whose auspices the services i
were held. It was estimated that
as many as 200 citizens of the
Lauilo section of Chester county
wane to Fort Mill for the exercises.
Corpl. Miller, whose home
was in that community, was a
popular young man and a faithful
soldier, lie joined the Fori
Mill company while it was stationed
at Chester iloiug guard du
?i.:? fifavmiu
ill linn nrv; I iuii. i i nun ? m* * * ? <
also had an excellent record as
a soldier and his many friends in
Fort Mill welcomed the opportunity
to honor Ids memory by attending
the funeral.
Sunday morning the body oi
Corpl. Carey L. Faris. son of Air.
and Mrs. 1. L. Faris of the upper
section of Fort Mill township, wat
interred at Flint llill church. The
exercises at the church in honor
of Corpl. Faris were under the
auspices of Fort Mill post, American
Legion, and a tribute was
pi*ill to his memory by ('apt. Geo.
l*otts. The pastor of the church,
the Kev. .J. R. Smith, also took
part in the exercises. Corpl.
Faris was the first Fort Mill soldier
to lose his life in. action overseas.
Appreciation of his record
as a soldier and the great sacrifice
he made for his country was
attested by the large number sr.
Flint Hill church Sunday to honor
his memory.
VOTE ROAD BOHDS. j
Mecklenburg Citizens Appove $2,. j
000,000 Issue.
In tlu? election heUl in Mecklenburg
county, N. C.. Tuesday,
the proposed road bond issue of j
$2,000,000 was carried by a ma-,
jority of 2.701 votes in a total
vote of 8.290. The eitv of Charlotte
voted strongly for the bond
issue, but in the county eigl^t 'of
the 14 townships voted against
the proposition, Pineville and
Providence being among the dissenting
townships. Steel Creek
township, just across the line from
Fort Mill. township, gave a majority
of 44 for the bond issue.
Magistrate Glenn Dead.
Thomas B. Glenn, magistrate of
Kbenezer township died Sunday
at his home in Tirzah from the
effect of injuries he received recently
while working on an engine
at the ginnery of which he
was manager. Mis condition was j
not considered serious until Sat- >
urday, when* he grew rapidly
' worse. The funeral was held j
Monday morning and the inter- i
ment was in Kbenezer church- |
yard.
Mr. Glenn had served as inagis I
trate of Kbenezer township for J
many years and was one of the
most popular officials in the county.
Surviving are his wife and
six children, his mother. Mrs. S. .T. I
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<ii<-iiii 111 i iirsirr, i? o oroiliei * I
iinil two sisters.
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Magistrate Marries Couples.
Magistrate .1. It. Haile Sunday j
afternoon performed his tirst mar- i
riage eereinony since assuming,
the duties of his ofHee two months
ago. the parties being Miss Nan- i
nie Helle ltailey and Gurnip 0,
Freeman, hoth ot Fort Mill. Wednesday
morning he received-a
hurried call to come from The
Times office to his store to officiate
at the marriage of Miss Doeia
Sweet of ltoek Hill and Giles Mason
o^ Charlotte. N. who exl>?
essed a desire to have the knot
tied as expeditiously as possible,
a? he was not sure the vouug lad.\'s
relatives would not arrive to 1
interpose objection.
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WORK OF YORK COURT.
Many Cases of More or Less Interest
Disposed of During Week.
Special to The Times.
York. April 20. ? Convening
Monday morning with Judge J. S.
Wilson of Manning presiding,
2onrt this week, with ooily a few
xceptions has been a monotonous
oiccessiou of trials for relatively
minor offenses, cases of housebreaking
preponderating. Despite
the number of stills captured in
York county, whiskey cases were
fewer than usual at this term.
Alexander Moore, Alius* Mote
Moore, charged with the killing
of .1 niln (ilcnti in Vnrt Mill town
ship Inst February, was acquitted
Wednesday afternoon, the jury
deliberating only a few minutes.
Moore was indicted for murder,
h?it after the testimony had been
concluded Solicitor Henry said he
would not ask for conviction of
murder but of manslaughter as j
the result of misadventure or
criminal ca r? 1 essness.
Another Fort Mill case tried
Wendnesday was that of Claude
Gordon, charged with attempted
criminal assault on an 11 year old
girl, resulting in a directed verdict
of not guilty. At the conclusion
of the State's testimony Solicitor
Ilenrv announced that he
did not feel warranted in asking
for conviction and asked the court
to direct a verdict of acquittal.
The testimony of the State's witnesses
was rather vague and often
contradictory. The two principals
in tju? e^sve are residents of
the town of Fort MiMFloyd
Hunter and F?wl find pre.
Rock Hill youths of 1# and 17
years, respectively, pleaded guilty
Wednesday to t)?e charge of
housebreaking ami drew sentences
of six mouths mudi- Tb^y
were caught burglarising tlpe
store of the ./oflUHOu-Hlaukeiiship
Grocery company. Hock if ill,
.1. YV. Fisher of Fort Mill was
convicted of ussault and batteFy
Tuesday afternoon hut the pussii.g
of sentence on hint was tie- ,
ferred. *
A. I). Burgess of ltock Hill was
convicted of assault of a high autl
aggravated nature autl carrying
concealed weapons and sentenced
to serve three months or pay a
tine of $7f>. The fine was paid.
Burgess, a Rock Hill textile worker.
had n row with a neighbor resulting
from a quarrel between
their chiidi m und according to
the State's witnesses held his pistol
on his neighbor while applying
to him various and sundry
uncomplimentary .epithets. No
shots were fired and no blows
Were struckSamuel
Miller, negro, who shot
ami dangerously wounded Walt
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1* Barnes. merchant of the Mc<'?
nncllsvillc section, when caught
in the night in the hitter's store,
pleaded guilty to the charge of
assault and batery with intent to
kill and was sentenced to sprvp
three years, lie drew an addition:
al sentence of six months for eiin
tering a ph a of gnilty to the
ch-irgc of housebreaking and larceny.
Andrew Dunlap. Fort Mill negro.
pleaded guilty to two indictments
for housebreaking and larceny.
drawing a sentence of 18
months for one offense and two
years for the other.
In striking contrast to the other
ju Iges who have presided here
ri ently. Judge Wilson, In passing
sentence on persons convicted
In re this week, has left no part of
i' suspended during good behavior.
All drawing a sentence must
serve their time unconditionally.
After choosinir I'nritv Preshv.
terian church. Chester, hs the
in xt place of meeting, and clect-i
irg officers fpr the ensuing year,
tlie Hcthcl Presbyterial auxiliary
closed a sueepssful two days' sesr
sion here this afternoon. Officers
elected were: President, Mrs. I,
H. II ayes. Kershaw; vice president.
Mrs. K. J5. Oilllespie, YorKi
secretary, Mrs. PretJ R. Culvern,
Kershaw. The meeting was attended
by 7:1 official delegates and
registered guests.
J. H. Hwinnie. R. M- Anderson,
J. li. Poag and Joe M- Taylor
are among those seekiug appoint*
ment as magistrate of Ebenezer
township to succeed the late T. B.
Olenn. The legislative delegation
has recommended no one yet.
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SEEKING SIGNATURES.
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Road Bond Petitions Now Being
Circulated.
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting
of the committee appointed several
days ago to solicit signatures
of freehold voterR of Fort Mill
township to petitions requesting
the board of county commissioners
to order an election to determine
whether the township would
agreee to vote bonds for road improvements.
the amount of the issue
the committeemen decided to
ask the qualified freeholders to
?JU|((?w\ the voters generally to pass
noon was set at jK7f? (SMt Th?*
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committee also decidpd that it was
not within its province to incorporate
anything in tlie petitions
relative to the order in which the
roads should he improved as had
been suggested, taking the position
that the taw specifically says
the expenditure of money arising
from the sale of township bonds
is left to the discretion of thp
commission appointed for that
purpose. The committee proppses
to complete the canvass for
signatures to the petitions by
Monday afternoon if possible.
The act providing for township
bond issues for road improvement
specifies that one-third the freehold
voters of the township must
petition the hoard of county commissioners
to order the election.
There are About 875 freehold voters
in Fort Mill township and it
will therefore require the signs-,
tures of 125 of these before the
county commissioners can order
the question to an election. It is
thought that with the proceeds
ot the *75.(KM] bond issue, the $80.000
the county has agreed to give
the township and the $10,000 federal
aid recommended by the State
highway commission, practically
an ttiH important highways of the
ti wnship can he put in first class
condition.
KM, T. w/otJLP DEAD.
Pleasant Valley Woman Succumbs
to Long Illness.
Mrs. Blocker Bailes Culp, wife
of Thomas \V. Culp of Pleasant
Valley, Lancaster county, died at
a sanatorium in Asheville Saturd
iy evening, following an illness
of several months and the body
was brought to Fort Mill Monday
morning for funeral services and
interment that afternoon ut
Pleasant Hill Baptist church, the
services lupng conducted by the
Rev. W. R. Boukniglit and the
Rev. J. W. II. Dyehes.
Mrs. Culp was a (laughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. .1. P. Bailes
and was 43 years old. She had
spent her entire life in the Pleasant
Valley community, where she
had many friends who were distressed
to hear of her death. Mrs.
Culp had been ill for several years
and some months ago went to
Asheville in the hope that the
mountain climate would help her
regain her health. She is survived
by hep husband, three brothers.
J. .1, Bailes of Fort Mill. Sennmr
W. ft Mail... >...! 1 V
I ol Lancaster county, and one sisj
t< r, Mrs. Robert Bryant of Wil|
mington, N. C.
Dead Man E. M. Hughes?
T. J. Hughes of ^owell, N. 0\,
came to Fort Mill last Friday in
an effort to identify the- man who
was killed on the traek of the
{Southern railway Saturday night,
April 1). by passenger train No.
2H, two miles north of town, and
left here Saturday positive iu the
belief that the man was his brother.
K M. Hughes of Marion, N.
(\ Mr. Hughes said K. M- Hughes
luul brought a load of apples from
Marion to Pineyille, N- C\, atul
that after selling the apples had
seut his train back to Marion and,
he supposed, had then undertaken
to walk the railroad traek
from Pineville to Fort Mill. H?
whs not certain the dead roan had j
not been robbed, as no money was j
found in bin clothing, and that '
perhaps be bad been murdered j
and the body placed on the rail- |
road tracU to be Htruek by the i
passenger train in an effort to 1
cover up the crime. So positive ,
was Mr. Hughes that the uniden- i
tied man whose body was buried
in New Unity cemetery Monday, i
April 11, was that of his brother
that he did not think it worth i
while to? have it disinterred for i
identification.
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NAMES ON PENSION ROLL.
Fort Mill Veterans and Widows
to Receive State Aid.
The total amount of money to
be divided among the 122 Confederate
veterans and the. 282 widows
of veterans living in York
county when thfe pension roll was
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p.v(ioiai u u'w weens ago is $iu,920.
acording to a statement sent
to The Times by H. P. Jackson,
pension clerk ,?n the comptroller
general's oftiee, Columbia. Of the
number of veterans ami widows
to participate in the pension fund
the following live in Port Mill
townsh:
J. M. Armstrong. Win. II. Arm ?
strong, John ?). Ashe. S. 1*. Blankenship.
Win. P. Boyd, Robert
Bnrns, J. 11. Colthrap, James P,
Kpps. H- H. Kpps. J, S. Kiinbrell.
B. Jlenry Massey. A- H. Merritt.
Bowman Merritt, R. A. P. Merritt.
J. C. Haville. K. Shannon. Ira O.
Smythe, James Spratt, Pallas
Stephens, R. S. Torrenee.
Widows of veterans: Mrs. Cyntl.ia
Abrrnatlmy. Mrs. Imeretla
Alderson. Mrs. Marv Massey Audrey,
Mrs. Rllen Ratios. Mrs. Matilda
Bayne, Mni. R. J. Bennett,
Mrs. M- M? Bennett. Mrs. Ivmra
II. Drakeford, Mrs, Oetavla Pelts
Mrs. Alice lroiie Harris. Mrs. Eliza
.Johnson. Mrs. Ellen A. .lours,
Mrs. But tin Kimbrell. Mrs. Mary
B.-McCloUand. Mw. Harriet Banks
Mark. Mrs. H. H. Mills, Mrs. Alice
Mull, Mrs. Susan Patterson. Mrs.
Rebecca E. Shaw, Mrs. 1). \v
Smith. DEATH
ERD8 ILLNESS. *
A. Baxter Bailes Passes Away at
Charlotte Hospital,
Following an illness of several
weeks, A. Baxter Bailes, well
known citizen ami Confederate
veteran of the Pineville section of
Mecklenburg county, whosexhomo
was a few miles north of Fort
Mill, died at a Charlotte hospital
Monday morning, aged 70 years.
Mr. Bailes was horn on May 2.
1842. a son of Billy Bailes and
Mrfc. Polly Blue Bailes of York
county. At 18 years of age he
volunteered for service in the
Confederate army and was severely
wounded at the battle of
Gettysburg.
Mr. Bailes spent nearly all his
life on his farm near Pineville and
was noted for his generosity and
kiinHteartedness,. lie was first
married to" Miss Nancy RuSsell.
\<fio died many years ago. and of J
this marriage is survived hv the.
following, children*- W. O. Bailes.
1). Vic. Bailes ami Sam Bailes,.ull i
residents of this* section. Following
the death of his first wife,
Mr. Bailes was married to Miss
Dixie Blankensfiip, who, with the
following children, survives: Mrs,
W. 8. McClelland of Charlotte,
Miss Ida Bailes. teacher in the
public schools of Oast on ia, A. U.
Bailes. Jr., Mason Bailes. Lillian
Bailes. Klmie Bailes, Leonard
Bailes and Boyce Bailes,
The funeral services were held 1
at the home Tuesday morning and
the interment was at Flint Hill <
Baptist church.
Play Binjs Around Visitors. i
The curves of Andral Ferguson ?
proved too elusive for the Oreat
Falls hatters Saturday afternoon l
am) the hoys from the riverside j
town went.back home with an 11
to 0 score to think over. I |?
to the fifth inning neithe team
had scored and it then looked as I
if the game would be elose all the *
wav. but in the fifth the Fort
Mill boyH got next to the visitors'
pitcher him! from then on hud lit* '
tie trouble in mussing things np
for tiiin him! his mutes. Wilbur
Ferguson caught his usual good i
game for Fort Mill aiul the other
members of the team contributed !
their part to making the contest a {
one-sided affair. (Ireat Falls
changed pitchers in the seventh
inning, but things continued to
break the wrong way for them. !
Fire Destroys Barn.
D. Victor Hailes, whose farm is i
a few miles north of Fort Mill
just beyond the State line, sustained
a loss of several thousand
dollars last Wednesday morning i
when his barn, three horses, two
mules ami a large quantity of i
feedstuff and practically all his j
farming implements were destroy- <
ed by tire. There was no insur- i
ante on the building or contents, i
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$1.60 Per Year.
MONEY POWER SCORED
BY SENATOR LAFOLLETTE
Wisconsin Member of Congress
Says Interests Have Taken
Control of Government.
Speaking in Washington eitv
Saturday night at a mooting
the Pponlu's I 4 ? --
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Senator Robert M. lmfolletic
of Wisconsin declared that tin*
great issue before the American
pople today is the control of their
own government.
"A mighty power has been
budded in this country in recent
years, ho strong, yet so insidious
and far reaching in its influence."
Senator Lufollcttc said, "that
men are gravely inquiring win tiler
its iron grip on government
and business can ever he broken.
"Again and again il has proved
strong enough to nominate the
Candida Irs for both political parties.
It has dominated the organization
of legislative bodies. State
and national, and of the commit
tees which frame legislation. Its
infhu nee has been felt in cabinets
or in the policies el' minimis!ra
lions and has been ctvarly seen
in the appointments of prosecuting
attorneys ami judges. This
great power which has taken
from the people control of their
own government is the product of
monopoly and organized greed."
Declaring that never before
had the national capital attracted
So menacing an army of lobbyists
seeking from the representatives
of Hlie people unjust eoueessious
to special interests. Senator Lafollette
named the 19 great coin
patties or financial powers which
maintain extensive orgaui/al inns
in Washington."
Senator lmfollette charged that
"the first weapon of these organizations
is "personal influence."
ai.d added: "The high salaried
agents of the packers, coal associations
and other great trusts
ami monopolies cultivate the acquaintance
of the individual
member of Congress. Tltey shower
him with compliments. They
give him flattering publicitv in
their trade journals. They flood
his ofiice with data and statist ics
plausibly setting forth llieir side
ol every public question."
Adoption hy Congress of a
H? ?I percentage return. "which
forced tin* in l erst at commerce
com mission to increase the annual
transportation Idil of the nation
l>v hundreds of millions of
dollars,"* Senator Lafollettc said
was a striking example of the
normoiis power which can h *
marsludled hy a single interest."
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Death of Young Woman.
Miss <>1 lit* hell. 17 year old
daughter of Mrs. hessic hell, who
lives in the village of mill No. li.
Fort Mill Manufacturing company.
died <it her home Sat unlay
afternoon at I:.'{() o'clock, following
an illness of several months,
which hegan with a severe attack
of influenza she suffered more
11.nit a your ajjo. Miss Hell was
a member of a Methodist church
i:i Lam-aster ami tin* interment
was in that town Sunday afteriiooii.
Announcement of iter
hath caused general regret in the
village and to lier friends in town.
She is survived by her mother
ii.d a sister. Mrs. Callie Smitli.
Gold Hill Honor Roll.
The honor roll for the (Sold Hill
|Mihlic school. Miss Until Shuler
tad Miss Ida Lee Purler, teachers,
for tin- month beginning March
IS and ending April L~> is as follows
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First Grade Xnimnie Oshorne.
Second Grade Minnie Abernathv
Theli.o. Mi'Ki'imv
Fourth (initio?-.lot* Ahernathy.
Sji in in if Hoyd. .lames Hoy. I. ('has."
1 i.lump. Osborne.
Fifth (initio?Raymond 1'atter<011.
Sixth (initio?Luoy Crook. Mssie
4'uiiiuip. Miirtlrio Colt harp,
Lillian Warrni.
Sovontli (initio Mae I'oytl. Louiso
Warren.
Williama Reappointed.
Tuesday (iovornor Cooper reappointed
(). K. Williams of Hook
Milf agent for the Catawba Intliiiik.
Mr. Williams litis been State
ujront for the Catawhas for several
years and his service as sueb
is said to have given general satisfaction.
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