Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-11-11
f. LITTLE NEWS STORIES.
Short Items OF Current Interest From
Various Sources.

snort Items OF Current Interest From
Various Sources.
Raw sugar dropped to LA cents a
pound. a new low for the season, in
the sugar market in New York Tues
day. The price reflected heavy slack
ening demand and Is a loss of more
than II cents from the highest of the
seasons quotations. last May.
Michael Weiss and Clifford Kirby
were killed In the American Mineral
company's mine, about three miles
from Gaffney. and a young man
named Philbrek was severely injured
when a tunnel, in which they were
working 'caved in about o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The men were
working 90 feet under ground in what
Is known as tho old lead mine.
Daisy Chappcll. negress. plunged
down the elevator shaft in the Liberty
National Bank building in Columbia
Tuesday night from the eighth floor
TO the first. and saved herself from
death by clinging to the cable that
draws the cars up and down. The
woman was painfully burned about
the hands and arms. but escaped Sc
rious injury.
In report issued in Roanoke, Va
Monday by officials of the Norfolk St
Western railway relative to the coal
supply from fields in their territory.
coal operators in tho Pocnhontaa ter
ritory were quoted as fearing that
mines will be compelled to close
down by the first OF the year because
OF lack of orders.
Il. II. McLnurin, Bcnncttsvilc bank
er who disappeared from ITS home
Monday leaving n note intimating that
he intended to take his own life. has
been traced as far as Atlanta and
from that city he wired his wife Tues
day afternoon, "ENcrything is all
right; don't worry" Mr.. McLaurin is
a on OF former. United states Senator
John l.. McLaurin.
The supreme court OF the United
States Monday delivered an opinion
In which it holds that the removal of
lawfully acquired liquor stored in
commercial warehouses and transport
tation OF such liquor to tho home of
the owner is not prohibited under the
Volstead act. There is Il difference
Of opinion as to the full significance
OF the decision and certain test suits
will be necessary to clarity it, 1T is
said.
Thirty-five governors and ~ gov
ernors-elect. among thd number be-
ing Governor Cooper Of South Caro-
lima. have definitely signitled their in
tcntion OF attending the 18th annual
governors conference to be held at
Harrisburg. Pa. December l. and Q.
For the first time in almost four
years flour sold Mt the mills in Min
neapolis Tuesday under the $40 q bar
rel mark.
In Kansas City Tuesday Ban Il.
Johnson. president of the American
league, declared war to n finish on
the new National baseball league,
formed In Chicago Monday, which
Includes three American league clubs,
the New York Yankees the Chicago
White SoX and the Boston Red SoN.
Johnson dcclcrcd that the American
league would establish new clubs In
New York. Chicago and Boston to
take the place of the bolters.
Nearly 5000 bodies Of American
soldiers who died or who were killed
IL France during the World war have
been shipped to the United States and
turned over to their nearest relatives
and 1,S00 more await shipment Mt
French ports. according to an an-
nounccmcnt OF the United States
graves registration service. The work
OF removing the bodies OF fallen
Americans Is expected to be complet-
ed by next summer. Nearly 60 per
cent of tho bodies of American off,
GERS and enlisted men buried in
French soil will be returned to the
United States, It is further announced.
Five hundred delegates from all
parts of the country are in attendance
upon the eth general convention OF
the United Daughters OF tho Confed
eracy in session in Asheville, \. G.
Corruption OF employees and Off
Cials OF tho shipping board of the
Emehgency Fleet corporation, graft
In purchasing supplies for and in re-
pairing governmcnt-owned merchant
ships and the use of political or other
influence in obtaining contracts for
ship construction and the ALLEGATION
or completed vessels to operating
companies are among tho maze OF
charges made in report submitted
to a house committe OF Congress on
shipping board operations by two for
mer employees OF the board