Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-29
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES

Just as the national political pot
this year contains candidates for
president of the United States who
are newspaper publishers so does the
State of Arkansas boast of having a
real live, progressive newspaper man
as n candidate for governor. John
a. Riggs, publisher of the Hot Springs
New Era, one of the best dailies in
Arkansas is making an active race
for governor His slogan of God
first, Arkansas next" is winning many
friends for him.
Defender Resolute gave the British
challenger. Shamrock w, the worst
drubbing of the 1920 regatta in the
final race of the series off Sandy Hook.
n. j.. Tuesday. winning boat for boat
by 13 minutes and As seconds-and
the Americas famous yachting cup
remains American property.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer agreed with representatives or
the coal industry ut n conference in
New York Tuesday to appoint COM
mittcc which will fix the maximum
price for bituminous coal 1t Is
agreed that individuals and firms ex-
acting profits beyond the fair margin
subject to investigation and fixed by
the committee will be prosecuted un-
der the Lever act.
Price breaks doubled in violence in
the wheat market in Chicago Tues
day those of the day before. An eN-
treme loss Mt one time of 16 cents a
bushel was the record as compared
with cents loss Monday. Financial
strain was again the chief reason as
cribed. Corn and oats shared more
or less the collapse of wheat. but in
,,,,t yrnir
market scored n general advance.
The village OF Weston. Wis, had
long wanted church, but never could
afford one until prohibition came.
Even then it's citizens were not veal
thy enough to erect Il building, but
the man who for years had served
liquors with a free lunch came for
ward and said he had decided to go
into another business. He offered the
use of his saloon and dance hall for
the church. and his home for the par
sonage. The first Sunday the church
was open he came into town from his
farm, took drink of water from the
town pump and sat in the front row
during service.
The reputation of grasshoppers rs
destructive insects is well established
in Kansas. but Francis Callahan or
Abilene has what he claims Is the
record hopper" story. Francis de-
clares that grasshoppers consumed his
nav check He had obtained the
check in town and while cultivatirg
corn discovered that the check had
become soaked with perspiration. He
laid 1t on the ground to dry out. An
hour later when he returned to get
his check he found only n few REM
nants and n number of grasshoppers
deyourng what was left. AS evil
dence. Francis produced the tattcrcd
remnants to his emloycr and got n
new check.
What he says he believes to be n
flaw proof will has been made and
fled In the Office OF the clerk of Polk
County, Ia, by Theodore Mantz, n
Des Moines lawyer. Mr.. MantZ die
tatcd his will into n talking machine.
and had 1t recorded in wax. At the
end of the dictation, C. II. Miller. n
lawyer. and II. w. Brandt, n court re-
porter. testified into the machine they
were witnesses to the making" of the
will and spelled their names in full as
the witnesses. The record then was
put on machine and reproduced the
voices Being pronounced correct by
Mr.. Mantz, he took it to the clerks
ouite, lut DON containing IL seal
ed in wax and filed. Mr.. Mantz has
instructed Mrs. Mantz to take the
case to the highets court of the coun-
try IL the validity of the will should he
questioned.
Another sinner has returned to the
fold. writes Buck" Bryant to the
Charlotte Observer from Washington
Hoke Smith. of Georgia. who did all
the harm he could during the con-
sideration of the peace treaty, now
announces himself for the senate. and
IL standing squarely or the Democrat
ic platform. Jim Reed is trying to
break back into the party i'm Mis-
souri,. These are considered straws
that show the course of the wind
senator Vance used to tell story
about the calf that left it's mother
and ran off after an old steer. The
owner OF the cow and the calf when
asked what he was going to do about
1t said "thc little fool will come back
ut feeding time" The mischief max
ing Democrats, who cherished the
congratulatins OF Henry Cabot
Lodge. the South -hater. are now seek
ing the support of real Democrats.