Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-08-05
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES

Globe mills in Gaffney, was electro
cuted Saturday morning while he was
using a machine for cleaning the
dust from room In the mill. His
death was instantaneous. He was "a
years old and had just taken out an
insurance policy for $4,000, which
will be paid to his widow.
Eugene ". Debs. Socialist candi-
date for president. who Is serving n
term in the Atlanta penitentiary,
has put his foot down on the move
ment started by friends to obtain
n pardon for him from President
Wilson. Debs says he does not want
a pardon so long as his comrades
''are held criminals and convicts.'
Seven hundred and fifty school dis
tricts in South Carolina have voted
original school levies this year or
raised existing levies to provide ad-
ditional school funds as the result
OF an act OF the General Assembly
this year. The revenue added to
school receipts in this way through
out the State will exceed n million
dollars. according to statement just
given out by the education depart
ment in Columbia.
The Democratic party's war chest
Is open to contributions OF any
amount, George White chairman OF
the national committee, announced
In Washington n few days ago. Party
leaders. Mr.. White said. will exam
Inc the source rather than the
amounts of all contributions. Peace.
progress. prosperity, will be the B.
word slogan of the Democratic cam
paigners." Mr.. White said. adding
that with this slogan the party should
be "Coxsure" of victory.
Uncle Sam is in the fight of his
life against John Barleycorn, says
Buck" Bryant, writing to the Char
lotte Observer from Washington.
Moonshining Is on the increase and
crime Is rampant in consequence of
the activity OF the booze mills. Peo-
pie coming to Washington from the
South assert that liquor Is more
plentiful in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and other States
In that section than It has been since
the dry laws went into effect.
John ]. Mitchell, president of the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank. Chi
cago, predicts lower prices and, along
with the end OF skyrocketing, a gen.
eral improvement in business condi-
tions. Food prices are coming down."
he said, land that Is an encouraging
feature. 80 far as the public, the ul-
innate consumer. Is concerned. Oats
that sold week ago for $1.15
bushel have fallen to IS cents n
bushel. Corn is off 40 cents bush
Il. Wheat has dropped 25 cents n
bushel and -four has declined rs
cents n barrel"
A. Lessen. proprietor OF n small
grocery store in New York city, Fri
In the penitentiary In Atlanta. hav-
ing been found guilty Of violation of
the section OF the Lever act provid-
Ing against boarding foodstuffs. Fed
eral Judge Howe in imposing SEN
tence said he might have chosen the
alternative OF fning Lessen $4,000.
but he did not want to put the dol
lar mark on the Judgment Evil
dence was produced in the trial to
show that Lessen had boarded more
than 100000 pounds of sugar.
Barton county. Kansas. Is the
banner wheat county of that State
this year with an estimated yield of
100000 bushels valued at nearly
IL million dollars. 1t has n popula-
tion OF $4,000. which means It's
wheat output this year Is worth
$640 per capita for every man, wo-
man and child in the county, to say
nothing OF the corn and other
products. 1t has had no labor
shortage. and much OF the threshing
has been finished and the floating
labor has been altering away to Ne.
braska and other fields. following the
ripening grain
Said to have been born 144 years
ago. the year the Declaration of In
gt.
which Is now government reservation
and which he still calls home. Do
mingo Jacinto. chief Of n tribe Of
Digger Indians in Laguna mountains.
California. was one OF the specta-
ttors at recent Independence day
celebration there. Accompanied by
his daughter, n granddaughter and a
great-grandson. he evinced keen in
terest In the program. He Is said
TO he older than the pines and other
trees which make Laguna Mountain
resorts playground for the resi-
dents of Imperial and San Diego
counties. California. Although fee
BILE he can walk. hear and talk with
out difficulty.
At what point alcoholic content
cider and fruit juices may be regard.
ed as actually intoxicating Is a uues-
tion on which John F. Kramer, fed
eral prohibition commissioner. has
refused to pass. "Home brewed beer
containing more than one-half Of l
per cent is legally intoxicating.
whether II Is physically Intoxicating
or not" Mr.. Kramer said. "but in the
case OF cider and fruit juices. made
In the home for use there. enforce
ment officers must prove that they
are actually intoxicating to be ilie-
gal. The difficulty. OF course. will be
to prove that so conclusively as to
convince n jury. especially in wet
community Cider and fruit juices