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The Washington times., 1916-07-20

Tomorrow's War and Navy matches
the Departmental League teams into
competition. The race Is close Navy
can get within striking distance Of
the War team, which Is leading at
present.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Grant huSt Face Chair.

The Staying of Jesse It. burst
at Johnson. Edgefield county,
nearly ten years ago is to be
avenged On April Ia. After de-
liberating one hour and a half
the jury in the Joe Grant case
returned verdict Friday after
noon of murder in the first de-
gree. Judge Moore fixed April
Ia for the electrocution of Grant,
which date will mark the tenth
anniversary of the homicide.
Immediately after the verdict
was rendered counsel for the
defendant made a motion for a
new trial, which was overruled
by the court.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
After the Tigers.

There was consternatio1 in
the ranks of the blind tigers and
suspected blind tigers Of the
town the last week when a
wholesale roundup of the gen.
try was made as result of the
operations of two colored de-
tectives. There were a dozen or
more hailed before the mayor
and this resulted in the town
treasury being enriched some
thing like $50. Two of those
convicted were given 80 and
6O-day sentences. All of the
defendants were colored and
about half of the cases are vet
to be tried.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Ebenezer Calls Mr.. McLees.

Of interest to Fort Mill people
generally is the announcement
that the Rev. r. G. McLees, of
Chatham, Va, has been called
to the pastorate of Ebenezer
Presbyterian church, four miles
north of Rock Hill. Ebenezer
has been without a pastor since
the resignation of Rev. Mr..
Dendy, several months ago. The
call to Mr.. McLees followed a
congregational meeting at Eben-
ezer Sunday, the vote for a
pastor being unanimous for Mr..
McLees.
Rev. Mr.. McLees Is well known
in Fort Mill and vicinity. He is
a brother-in-law of Mrs. j. B.
Elliott and aside from his ac-
quaintances formed by a number
OF visits here. he has preached
in the local Presbyterian church
several times in the last few
years. His many friends in this
section hope that he will accept
the call to Ebenezer church.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Can't Hold the CompaaIes.

The departments of justice of
the Federal government at Wash
ington has notified Senator Till
man that nothing could be done
to prevent the fire insurance COM
panies from withdrawing from
South Carolina. Commissioner
F. H. McMaster had asked Sena-
tor Tillman to ascertain if the
Federal government could pre-
vent the wholesale withdrawal.
A large majority Of the COM
panies have announced their in
tention to discontinue doing busi-
ness in this state. as a result of
the passage of the anti-compact
law.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Billy Sundays Challenke.

Opening his service in Balti-
more Sunday, the Rev. Billy
Sunday delivered this challenge
to the forces of evil:
Come on! Come on, you
forces of iniquity in Baltimore
that have made the church a sin!
Come out! / defy the every
dirty one of you! Come on, you
traducers; come on, you triple
extract of infamy; come, you
assassins of character; come on,
you sponsors of harlotry; come
on, you defamers of God and
enemies of the church: come on,
you bull-Hecked, beetle-browed,
hog jOwled, peanut Drained,
weasel-eyed four-flushers = you
false alarms and excess bag
gagged; in the name of God, l
challenge and defy you!"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Negro Was Worth 100000.

Levi Kirkland, who lived near
Westville, Kershaw county, died
last Wednesday morning, at the
age of 20 years. He was good
negro and at all times peaeeable,
quiet and unassuming. He was
also very industrious and frugal,
and possessed excellent business
judgment. Though a slave prior
to the emancipation and with
only the meager rudimen.s of an
education, he managed to gather
a fortune approximately, per-
haps, of about 500, 900, largely
represented in land. of which he
had accumulated some 5000 or
more acres.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Local Veterans Invited.

Capt. j. w. Audrey of this
city has received from the Rock
Hill Chamber of Commerce an
invitation to the Confederate
veterans of the township to
attend the annual State reunion
to be held in Rock Hill on
March 25 and &c. Rock Hill is
making elaborate preparations
for the entertainment of the
old soldiers when they visit that
city, and those who intend to
attend the reunion may be as
sured Of much better time if
they will communicate the fact
at once to Mr.. w. r. Timmons.
who is the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, Rock
Hill.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY
BRIEFLY PARAGRapHED
tYorkville Enquirer. friday }

tiOrkViiie Enquirer, Frlday.)
Governor Manning has reap
pointed Mr.. o. X. Williams of
Rock Hill. to be agent for the
Catawba Indians.
President Wilson on Wednes-
oay sent to the senate his nomi-
nation of V. Brown McFadden to
be postmaster at Rock Hill.
No, the county hasn't bor-
rowed any money this year yet, ;"
said Supervisor Boyd Wednesday.
Thus far it hasn't been neces-
sary although it doubtless will
be before taxes come in again."
THE southern part of Clover
where the Clover oil mill is To-
Gated and where the new cotton
mill is being built has been
christened South Clover" re-
marked Clover man yesterday.
People have already begun call
ing it that and the name will in
all probability stick"
DR.. Robert M. Crawford, son
of DIR. T. A. Crawford of Rock
Hill, was badly injured in the
wreck of a special car in which
he was travelling with a number
of of Red Cross agents who were
giving first aid" lessons over
the country. The wreck occurred
between Grenada and Greenwood
Miss.
Gasoline has advanced one cent
a gallon in the past few days and
is going higher. So the oil men
say and so most of the consumers
of the stuff believe. The retail
price throughout the county va
ries anywhere from q to 80 cents
a gallon. Yorkville is the high
est market in the county, and
this is said to be due to the mu-
nicipal license tax which was i'm
posed on oil companies and local
dealers some time ago.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Death of Former Resident.

Relatives in this city Thursday
received intelligence Of the death
on Wednesday of Mr.. l.. M.
Dinkins, which occurred at his
home in st. Petersburg, Fla.
The despatch merely stated that
Mr.. Dinkins had died. but it was
known that he had been in i'll
health for a year or more.
Mr.. l.. M. Dinkins was for
years a resident of Fort Mill
township and was widely known
throughout this section. For
many years he operated Dinkin's
ferry, on Catawba river, three
miles south of Fort Mill, and
through this work became ac-
quainted with people from a
wide scope of the country. Mr..
Dinkins moved with his wife to
st. Petersburg, Fla, about Is
years ago, his daughter, Miss
Mamie, having married Mr..
Caldwell Henry, a prominent
business man of that city. Mr..
Dinkins was 70-odd years of age
and is survived by his wife and
a daughter, Mrs. Henry, of
st. Petersburg, and two sisters,
Mrs. Alice Sutton and Mrs. Lizzie
Ormand, both of Fort Mill.
Mr.. Dinkins was a man who
was highly esteemed by all who
knew him and the announcement
of his death was received with
keen regret by his many friends
here.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
UNCLE sam is AFTER
VILLAS BANDIT MOB

AS the result of a raid early
Thursday morning upon the
border town of Columbus. N. M. +.
in which a number of United
States soldiers were killed and
wounded and several civilians
met death, the Administration at
Washington has decided to send
an army of approximately 5000
into Mexico to kill or to capture
Francisco Villa, leader of the
bandits. The United States
troops will enter Mexico as soon
as necessary arrangements are
completed, probably before the
end of the week.
The raid on Columbus. Thurs
day morning by Villa was un-
expected by either the troops
stationed there or the civilians
and the MeXicans had done much
looting and murder before the
people could put up an effective
defense. "
The war department at Wash
ington has been practically as
sured of cooperation by the
Carranza government to capture
Villa and the movement of
United States troops does not
mean armed intervention of
Mexico, the dispatches state
The situation, however, is a very
grave one and the people of this
country will watch with great
interest the outcome of our
governments action.
Official reports from the bor-
der yesterday contained no word
OF important troop movement.
Before he went to the cabinet
meeting. Secretary Baker said
he had nothing to indicate when
the expedition into Mexico would
start.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Cold Wave Expected.

That cold wave of intense
severity would invade the South
last night was stated in a Wash
ington despatch of yesterday,
and if the weather clears, frost
was predicted as far south as
northern Florida this morning.
The cold wave, it was promised,
would be preceded by general
rains throughout the South.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.

week at 2.45 per cent.
Wade Hampton Gibbs. formerly
mayor of Columbia, has been
appointed Federal Inspector of
Indian affairs throughout the
United States.
Governor Manning has not yet
signed the two quarts a month
law. The act will not go into
effect until twenty days after he
has signed it.
During the month of February,
PIP cases were tried in the
Greenville police court. During
the month 81 persons were ar
rested charged with drunken
ness.
Up to Thursday 80 fire insur-
arce companias doing business
in South Carolina have an
nounced their withdrawal from
the state owing to the anti
compact insurance law.
The Chick Springs hotel is to
be sold at auction on April 3.
The Chick Springs hotel which
is located near Greenville, has
been operated two seasons and is
one Of the most popular resorts
in the state.
The Piedmont & Northern rail-
way has taken an option on lot
in Gaffney upon which it pro-
poses to build a depot.
The city council of Anderson
has petitioned Governor Manning
to call a special session of the
legislature to repeal the anti
compact law which has caused
several fire insurance companies
to leave the state.
Orangeburg will have a new
factory for making brooms and
mattresses.
For sheriff of Williamsburg
county there will probably be
Eine candidates to succeed Geo.
j. Graham. who has had the
place for fifteen years.
Southern Railway Office at
Spartanburg reports an increase
of $50, 900 in its freight business
there for February of this year
over the same month last year.
Newton D. Baker, the new
secretary of war, was a pupil
of Rev. DIR. w. H. X. Pendleton,
of Spartanburg, when the latter
taught in a male academy in
Virginia some years ago.
Arch B. Calvert. of Spartan
burg, has bought the old White
Stone Springs property at
auction, paying therefor Sc, $50.
Laurens. having oversight her
rights and permitted her charter
to expire. a movement is on foot
to put the city under commission
form of government.
The liquor stock left over in
the Orangeburg dispensary was
sold to Heyman of Augusta for
Sd, TAO. 1t invoiced $11, 900, but
the trade is considered a very
good one under the circumstan-
ces.
st. Matthews is making an
effort to get the Parr Shoals Co.
to run power line through that
town on the way from Columbia
to Orangeburg. so that St. Mat
thews many have electricity for
many uses.
Fred H. Dominick of New
berry, who made a big run for
congress in the third district two
years ago, has announced his
candidacy again. Mr.. Dominick
declines to be sidetracked for the
place of solicitor now held by
Mr.. Cooper.
S. H. Mclean, travelling pas
senger agent of the Southern
railway. carried to Charlotte for
the Birth of a Nation" more
than l, 100 persons from York
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
CONGRESSMAN FINLEY
STANDS BY PRESIDENT

Representative Finley. dean of
the South Carolina delegation in
congress. and speaking for it.
ON the i'su' o warning Ameri-
cans off of armed ships. >aidin
Washington Tu 'sday:
In this most serious crisis in
our international relationship the
South Carolina delegation feels
that it should not interfere with
the president in the exercise of
his constitutional duty and right
to conduct as he deems best.
with all the information before
him, the diplomatic negotiations
OF the government with foreign
countries. Even if it desired TO
interfere congress has not be-
fore it the diplomatic cores
pondence so essential to an IN
telligent decision on the oues-
tions involved.
Congress alone has the power
to declare war and if the time
comes when diplomacy is ex-
hausted. the president will SUBJ
NIT all the facts and circum-
stances to congress and we can
then decide whether or not they
constitute sufficient cause for a
declaration of war.
The South Carolina delegation
stood solidly behind the presi-
dent.
The Elks of Greenwood have
leased the most beautiful resi-
dence in that city for their home.
The Greenwood lodge is made up
of the representative citizens.
Columbia lovers of good horse
flesh are planning to attend the
horse show in Camden. March
80 and 81, and special trains may
be operated.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16
Five Candidates for Governor

Three persons having already an
nounced their candidacy for gov
ernor, there are now five aspi-
rants for the place, as follows:
Richard l. Manning, Robert A.
Cooper, Cole L. Blease, John M.
DesChamps and John T. Duncan.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-03-16

Cotton was quoted on this
market yesterday at IL 3-8 cts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
WITH CAIF-BRANDING
Carlsbad Current

(CarISDad CURRENT
Preparations are going forward for
the big calf branding to be pulled off
Christmas and the day following In
Carlsbad and the prizes will bring
some of the most expert ropers In the
world to this town and also a large
crowd of spectators for all know that
when Carlsbad does get busy there is
something doing every minute. The
business interests of the town will all
profit more or less by the people com
ing to the roping and as is often said
"many hands makes light work il
would be no more than right for all
to assist the promoter of the enter
prise, Y. r. Allen. in the work Of pull
ing off this affair, or lat least boost for
it from today until Christmas morn
ing. There are hundreds of people
who never saw a calf roped and brand
ed and to see possibly fifty calves
handled by the best ropers will be a
treat to every person from the east or
south, where none of this character
of work is done. There will also be
some broncho riding that will be of
much interest also and possibly few
horse races. That Carlsbad will have
the biggest crowd for many years Is
a certainty.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
SUPREME COURT
MAY ANNOUNCE
ACTION ON MOTION
Assent to Expedite Hearing in
AdamSon Law Certain; De-
CiSion by January | Is
Thought Unlikely,
fsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wpEl

fBY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WPEl
Washington, Dec lO.--Tomorrow
the supreme court is expected to an
uounce action upon the motion to ex-
pedite the hearing of the Missouri,
oklahoma & Gulf railroad case, test
ing constitutionality of the Adamson
law Assent is regarded certain, but
final decision before the law becomes
effective January 1 is considered
hardly possible.
This week, the court is scheduled
to hear arguments in two cases at
lacking legality Of labor organizations
the United Mine Workers and the
American Flint Glass Workers un-
ions Both come from West Virginia
in suits Of the Hitchman Coal com
pany the Eagle Glass Manufacturing
to enjoin union leaders
from organizing their employees. The
cases raise other questions Of the
freedom Of contract ana responsible
ity Of union officials for actions Of
union Of members
Another labor case before the court
tomorrow is an offshoot Of the cele
brated "Danbury hatters' case. D.
+. Loewe, Danbury, Conn, hat man
who was awarded heavy
damages against members of the
United Hatters' union for boycotting
his hats during a strike claims about
$4,000 interest on union members
bank accounts attached pending the
litigation.
The court expects to hear argu-
ments later in the habeas corpus pro |
ceedings of United States District At
torney II. Snowden Marshall, of New /
York, to avoid appearing before the I
house of representatives to answer
charge growing out of inn
proceedings against him.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
LIKELY TO
REGAIN MINING PRESTIGE
(socorro ChieftalnD

If the price Of silver keeps advanc-
ing the mines in the vicinity of So
zorro will again become producers, In
the early sos the Socorro mountain
was active and made a most credta-
BILE production Of silver, The ores
are believed to be Of a sufficient grade
to permit Of the successful operation
of a number of the properties at any
prize above 10 cents, but II will re-
quire more than that to induce CAPT
talists to put in the capital necessary
to open up the properties and erect
the necessary reduction plants, but af-
ter once starting operations will con-
tinue down to 70 cents or less. The
Socorro mountain is a silver treasure
house and a little more encourage
ment will bring renewed activity.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11

ly with stockmen running cattle and
sheep on the open range Mr.. Bell
continued. "Since then there has
been a revolution in livestock meth
DDS. The open range has practically
disappeared and in the change the
scrubby steer and the scrawny sheep
has been replaced by high-grade
stock
The farmers have changed meth
DDS fully as radically during this
same period. When / was first here
the stockmen and the farmers ap-
parently had no interest in common.
Each attended to his own affairs with
out any regard to The other. Today
the farmer finds he needs the stock
mans sheep and cattle to eat other
wise worthless feed. The stockman
also finds the farmer a desirable
neighbor when grass is short to save
his high-grade stock.
New industries are also coming
into this section: dairymg, hog-rais-
ing, and full feeding on the farms
In fact, no farming community Ions
prospers without these industries our
bank recognizes their importance anC
will encourage their development We
hope to make this bank an important
factor in promoting livestock farming
and allied industries in the valley and
on the plains. | believe that this
section with the new methods com
ing into practice among the stockmen
and the farmers will become an inn
in other words, a producer of wheat
and other grains and finished meat :
FnimaIS"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
RELIEVES DEFEATED CANDIDATE
WILL COME BACK FOR MORE


Some one said, following the second
defeat of Bursum for the governor
ship, that he was done for and that
this would he his final effort to reach
the executive chair in this state With
the above conclusion, however, We
could scarcely agree, for it appeared
to as that IL he ran this time for "a
vindication. TO wipe out the stigma of
his first defeat, following the same
line of thought there now existed a
double reason for him to again make
the race for governor. If he is cor
rectly quoted in the following from
the Las Vegas Journal, we were near
en- right than some thought:
II O. Bursum will come back, and
openly avows it. Il will stay in the
game till I skin the whole bunch Of
traitors that defeated me, he said in
the Alvarado lobby the other night
I don't count this defeat as anything
against me; it's against the fellows
who brought it about, and ! win con-
tinue to run till | skin the whole
bunch. Then you think the demo-
Gratis did not defeat your he was
questioned. Yes, he answered, they
did defeat me, but they did not do 1t
alone. Come back? or course III
come back, and III stay in the game
til / have the last one of them
skinned said the twice defeated gov
ernor IN prove their statements
were lies and III never give up till |
show up the men that beat me for the
towards and traitors that they are
Mr. Bursum was interrogated regard
ing the famous libel suit, but request
ed that his reply be withheld. as the
matter is in the courts and he pre-
ferred not to discuss IL m print, Mr.
Bursum is in earnest, and being in
earnest, is the best friend the demo-
Gratis have in New Mexico
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
SENSE UPHELD
BY SECRETARY LANE

SPECIAL coRRtsPoHoEHea TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, Dec. To- That horse
sense" may on occasion go as far as
a statute in deciding federal land
cases, is affirmed by the secretary of
the interior, in an opinion just re-
ceived by the various land offices. The
land involved is located in the Mar
tnez canyon in the Santa Barbara
forest, and was opened to settlement
on August 10, 1914. Jose F. Arial
claimed the entire tract of 1874 acres
upon which a good spring is located,
but the land office found that his
watch was a few minutes fast and
that he got upon the land before
o'clock, the hour set for the opening.
The land office, however, gave Arias
40 acres, to Abram Ramirez so acres
and to Miss Anita Quartz Ia acres
upon which the big spring is located.
Arias appealed and lost the 40 acres
gwen him by the land effice Taking
the appeal to the secretary Of the in
terror, Arias received back his 40
acres, while the rest of the 1874 acres
was distributed as above.
The opinion Of the land office said:
We found a condition that necessi-
@ted the exercise of a little horse
sense in the disentanglement of the
contest Not that we have con-
Tempt for the reasoning and a disbe-
uet of the philosophy of the law and
Precedent but we are going to dare
70 decide this case on its merits rath-
ef than on narrow rules, metaphysi-
cal subtleries and fanciful niceties.
Here we have a beautiful fertile
u'ue valley canyon where the sun
snlhe itself is a valuable asset, settled
respectable and industrious
spanish people. We are going to rec
Onmend that these God-fearing peo-
pe forget their animosities, forgive
.aeh other, live in peace and har-
rOny' cultivate the soil and resume
'ef former happy relations.
ana Secretary of the Interior Lane
thought so, too.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
JONES LOSES ON
LIBEL SUIT To
CLEAR SUSPICION

icy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Red Oak, la, Dec. ft.-The jury
in the case Of former State Senator
f. f. Jones against J. n Wlkerson,
a Kansas City detective, charged with
libel in the circulation Of alleged ru-
mors connecting Jones with eight axe
murders at Nillisca, Ia, in 1912, re-
turned a verdict for the defendant at
12:15 o'clock Mountaineering. Jones
sued for 100000 damages The case
was given to the jury at 1895 o'clock
Saturday night.
Fifteen ballots We're taken.
The trial lasted twenty-five days
twenty-one OF which were used in OK
animation Of witnesses. Jones test
flied in his own behalf he "Snew he
was suspected in connection with the
murders" and brought the suit TO
clear his name of all suspicion. Six
members of the Moore family and two
persons visiting with them, we're
murdered one of the victims. Joseph
Moore. was a business rival of Jones,
Two witnesses testified during the
trial to hearing Jones and three other
men plotting the murder Of the Moore
family. Witnesses for Wilkerson were
used in an attempt to show money was
Maid the murderer at Grant, Ia, the
morning following the murders. Jones
asserted his intentions were to have
the murderer run down"