Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-08
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES

proprietor of a jcwelry company am
took $1,000 worth OF jewclry.
The hands and feet of captured
officers were cut OFF and the eyes Of
others were gouged out by Bolshe-
wiki at IVanoVku in southern ItuSsia.
according to the testimony of lioutN
Commander kn"hlcr. an American.
Asserting that his cotton crop has
been untouched 10y wccvil% though
surrounding plantations have suffered
Tucker Gibson of Texas Parish. La.
attributed his good forum" to the
presence of hundred Of toad frog
that have covered his plantation.
State headquarters of tn" South
Carolina department of the \mCricHn
Legion have been transferred from
Columbia to Grccnvillc and the exec
utiNc work of the organization as
smmcd by w. K. Watkins Of Green
Vile. tn" newly selected state adiu-
tInt.
a "rohhcr'S syndicate" which has
looted freight cars at Danvillc. Ky.
of $l25,NO0 worth of goods within
thIe" month" nnd sold th"m i'm va
IiCuS towns through 'drummerS.
has been unCarthcd. Arrest Of he
tween - and so DanNillc persons
i" expected as II result of an official
inquiry.
Irving and Herman Arthur. negroes
arcd ~ and 20 years. brothers. who
Friday shot and killed their landlord.
j. II. Hodges and his son. William
Hodges, on the lattrrS place north
east of Paris. Texas. were burned at
II stake on the fair grounds in Paris
Tuesday night at = o'clnck having
been taken from jail by Il mob ear
Her i'm tho evening.
who witnessed the atrocities.
The nr"t hale Of the l9"0 cotton
crop. shipped to Now Orleans. La.
f'Cm t,dinhurg. TEXAS. was sold at
auction for 81 0O0. Of which 500
Ncnt TO the Tulane c"llcGc cndow-
r,nt fund and $500 tn the grower
IL" bale. which weighed so pounds
was about week earlier than tn,
itr"t bale Of last year.
Final figures on The lat cotton
CROP based on revised ginning re
l"rt$ for the season placed tie out
rut at ll.32l.i4l running bales
counting round as half bales, tn"
census bureau announces. That
Uuantity was equivalent To ll.ilq.79-
halc* Of 500 pounds gross weight or
l".92%.5l2 bales Of 500 mounds nc,
mad" after the last ginning report or
tn" 1919 crop was issued in March.
NftCr one year of national prohi-
htlon. which WAS tn" law of tn" land
Ton that period at midnight June 30.
officials of the bureau OF internal
revenue. charged with the enforce
nCnt OF the federal statutes against
intoNicants, express themselves as en-
"oGraGed by the manner in which the
citizenship of the country has oh
served the law. and confident that
the second year of aridity will mark
tho disappearance of the moist spots
row on the map of the United States
Armed rebellion 10y the working
Classes against the capitalist govern
mCnt' is 4 plank in the platform
accepted in secret convention of the
newly formed TnitCd Communist
party. held recently in tn" United
states at the request OF the Amstcr-
dam. Holland. headquarters. accord
inH to documents and reports In the
bands of the department OF Justice
The report states that tho United
communist party promulgated a dec
I3ratton of revolutionary principles
asserting that the final struggle bc
tween workers and capitalists will
take the form of civil war, and that
II Is the function of the United Com
munist party to familinrizC the work
ing class With the necessity Of armed
resurrection the only means
through which the capitalist can he
oH crthrOwn.
Near Augusta. Ga. officers who
have hCCn handling the express rob.
berry Of last Wednesday when il * al
legged hy tho authorities two bandits
...Nll,
scngcr stole $59.725. the pay roll of
tho marines at Paris Island. which
was being shipped from Atlanta
through Augusta to Port Royal have
r'ade the statement that all Of the
money had been recovered Ernest
Hart. Millodgc Derrick and W. j.
Quhttl"hnum. who. the police say.
confessed to the rohbcry are i'm Jail
Imhcddcd in Il tooth of Kahl Abdul
syrian shipyard worker of Chester.
IA. diamond worth 5000 was
found hy n dentist to whom Abdul
had gone to have his teeth cleaned.
The jewel was handed down hv his
father. and it was the custom, Ab-
dul said. to imhcd II in Il good tooth
for preservation. The father had
worn the jewel inserted between the
TWO large front teeth. in kecping
WIN custom or his tribe. I'pOn
his death. in 1910. Abdul fell hcir
I" tn" diamond and has carried It
since.
william J.. Cooper. blacksmith.
and Oscar Godfrey. horse trader.
killed each other i'm Spartanhurg
Tuesday night in pistol duel at
Finl"y's stable. Just off North Church
street. There was no eve witness
hut police officer hearing the shots
IL in number. ran to the scene to
ind Cooper dead and Godfrey dying
Godfrey was still swapping his emp
tied gun at Coopers hodN Ench