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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
lBY SEVERE RAINSTORM

The heaviest rainfall this section
has seen since the destructive storm
Of July 16, 1916. fell last friday
morning between and 10 O'Clock.
II is thought that the precipitation
in the eight hours amounted to
nearly five inches. The rain literally
came down in torrents and the
streets of the town and country re Ids
were flooded. rendering travel cx-
tremely difficult for several hours.
Many residences sprung leaks for
the first time and the storm other
wise caused much discomfort.
The rainfall cost the Southern rail-
way considerable sum and disar-
ranged the train schedules for about
2C hours. The most serious damage
for the railway was n washout one
mile north of Fort Mill where the
culvert was unable to accommodate
the volume of water rolling down
from the hillsides and section of
fill 40 feet long and 30 feet deep was
washed away at 10 o'clock Friday
morning. within a few minutes after
northbound passenger train No. sc
had passed over 1t. When the train
reached Fort Mill fear was expressed
that tho track was about to give way
above the culvert and the engineer
was directed to cut his engine loose
II ON the coaches and run it over the
track. This he did and reported that
the track would still bear the weight
Of tho entire train. The train then
left for Charlotte. but at PinevilIe
the engineer reported that the track
was about to give way at the culvert.
"A \,
out occurred. Late Friday after
noon n force of hands arrived on
the scene and began to build n tenn
Torary trestle over the washout.
Work was continued throughout the
night and by o'clock Satu;dov morn
Ing the first train passed over It, At
oher points near Fort Mill the track
of the Southern was reported weak
cned 10y the heavy rainfall hut at
none of these places was any mate
lial damage done.
The service of the Southern Power
company, which supplies the electric
power to operate both the Fort N'll
cotton mills, was cut off all day Fri
day rs result OF the storm and nei-
thcr mill was able to operate it's ma
chincry that day.
Considerable damage was q .ne
the streets Of Fort Mill by the heavy
r?infall. On Confederate street n
culvcrt was washed out and Sec
ton OF sidewalk paving about 10 rcct
long fell in.
Fortunately the Catawba river did
not overflow it's banks and there
was little damage to the corn in the
river bottoms. Many creeks and
branches in whose bottoms corn was
growing did overflow their banks.
however. and In these places the crop
suffered considerably.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
NO HAY IN PHILIPPINES.
Humidity Makes II Impossible to Cure
Grass I'm Islands.

Grass cannot be cured I'm the Phil
ippines. because Of the great humidi-
ty. AS a consequence IT is cut fresh
every day and brought into towns and
cities for sale at n stipulated price
per carga. two bundles weighing about
l25 pounds. 1t Is cut with n small
homemade knife, and washed in run
ming water before placed in the bun
die. American horses cannot live on
II but native horses eat II and grow
fat. Guinea grass and Bermuda are
the commonest kinds OF grasses
grown for horse roughage in the is
lands.
For American horses and mules hay
Is imported into Manila from the Pa
cific coast states and brings about $75
Il ton. oats sells for about the same
price. On account of excessive rains
oats cannot be grown in the islands;
rust affects II. Corn grows we'll: Fill
ipino farmers can harvest three crops
a year from n single piece or ground.
To keep II. II is necessary to leave IL
In the husk: otherwise weevils destroy
1t. II is tied in bundles and hung on
bamboo poles and huskcd and shelled
as needed. Corn mills are now being
established in the Visayan islands.
where the natives prefer corn meal to
rice as n staple food.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
First "Molasscs Special"

What railroad men declare is fast
time for freight train was made by
" molasses special from Key West.
Fla. to Memphis. distance of 1929
miles. says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. Actual running time was
five days.
The train was loaded from a Gu.
han steamship and handled out OF
Key West hy the Florida East Coast
railroad. At Jacksonville II was given
To the Atlantic Coast Line and
hauied to Dvcrman. Ga. where II was
delivered to the Atlanta. Birmingham
Atlantic and hauled to Atlanta.
From Atlanta II wasaoih use &? O.
from Atlanta to Memphis Ii was
hauled by the Nashville. Chattanooga
x st. Louis railroad.
Ii Is said this Is the first train of
molasses ever handled from Cuba to
the United States.
The shipment amounts to about
100000 gallons of black strap mo-
lasses valued at 100000. The freight
charges on 1t are about $4,000. and
II will make 1880 tons of mixed
stock feed. or about 353 carloads.
The molasses will he used in the
different feed plants located in Mem.
phis. After the feed is mixed IL will
be shipped from Memphis to various
dealers over the country
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
Yankee Eregs in Paris.

Two thousand former American SOL
diers are adrift in Paris. Most OF
them are jobless. while a few work
just enough to keep them In food and
clothes. The majority gain their liv-
Ing by questionable means. following
the races. touting dance halls and
worse places. while large number
are living in degradation In the APP
che quarters of Paris as thieves. ac-
completes OF female crooks and In
other criminal pursuits.
Officers of the Paris post, American
Legion. declare that nothing less than
regiment OF military police can clean
this situation up. The French police
appear to be powerless before the su :
perior vigor and initiative of the for
mer American soldiers. The Paris
post OF the legion. numbering about
900. can do nothing against them and
the situation grows worse from day
to day.
These men. left overs. are part OF
the tragedy or the war-the lotus eat
ing sediment of the American army
Some OF them stayed when the army
came home. Others returned, but
drifted back to Paris. During the
war most OF the American soldiers
got a taste OF life in the French cap
ital. the uniform being an introduce
tion to almost any circle. The highest
paid army in Europe. the Americans
had practically everything their own
way. Now things have changed and
the former heroes have sunk to the
lowest depths OF degradation. Men
arc constantly drifting back to Paris.
where they still find some looseness
and the same license. but the life they
knew before has passed and they soon
drop into the darkness OF life of
crime until the prison doors open for
them.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
Established 1891.
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES

When Mrs. William Yancy of Car
diff, Ala, ignored the objections Of
her sons, Ross and william. to her
second marriage, the boys shot and
killed William Yancy, their step
father. The shooting took place af-
ter short visit of Mrs. Yanry tc ner
former home.
Governor Cornwcll of West Virginia
has issued n statement. in which he
sys he will not call n special session
of the Legislature to enact special
legislation permitting women to vote
in November, in view of the fact
that the Legislature failed to act on
his suggestion to pass such law
IT the last session.
Five wccks of horse racing, be-
ginning October 10 and ending No
Ncmb2r 27 will bc n feature of the
South Carolina circuit fairs. The
program starts ut the Dillon county
fair, having it's second week at the
State fair in Columbia. the third
week nj the Spartanburg county fair.
tho fourth week at the Orangeburg
county fair, and the fifth week at the
Lee comfy fair ut Bishopville.
Mrs. Clara Jorgenson. who had
hocn asleep ut the Racine, Wis,
county asylum for more than TWO
years, rcgaincd consciousness by
hearing child's voice. A sister-in-
law OF Mrs. Jorgenson visited the
institution. bringing with her her six
year old son. II Is thought that the
child awakened the memories In the
woman's mind that restored her to n
normal condition.
Eggs may be all right to ship
whisl<Cy in, hut tho baggage smash
Crs must handle such cases with
care. At n station in West Virgin
In SoTnc OF tho CgEs broke and n pro-
hibition inspector foud three cases OF
dOctOrCd eggs. Each egg had been
carefully blown" from the shell.
After vhiskCy had been poured in.
the aperture had been sealed with
cement
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
SAW sUPER-CANNoN's WORK.
James T. Young, Jr., I'm Paris Dur
! ing World War.

Noticing in The Times Of last week
the statement that the super-carnor
with which the Germans shelled
Paris during the World war was
made of pieces of worn-out guns.
James T. Young, Jr., of Fort Mill.
VIII" wa: stationed in the Freneh h
capital for five months during the
war as a member of a Washington
city company of the 51st enSinee -,
said that he did not know how the
Germans managed to put he zig gun
together. but that he did know of
his own personal knowledge that
shells from 1t reached Pa,is. zone
day while I was stationed IN Pans"
said Mr.. Young day or two ago.
81 heard one OF the super cannon
shells coming: there was no n,istak-
ing their peculiar whining noise once
one had heard 1t. was crossing
the Seine at the time or orc OF the
many bridges that span the river in
Paris. Looking Downstream I saw
the shell fall on houseboat and
cut 1t as fairly in two as carpenters
could have done. Ordinarily the
shells from this big gun did no
great amount of damage but in my
opinion nothing that occurred dur
ing the war shook the morale Cf the
French people as II did. The de-
structivencss OF the bombs from the
German Ieppclins that were drop
ped on Paris was much greater than
that of the super-cannon SHELF.
I saw In that city all that was
loft of n fic-sto~y building after II
Zeppelin bomb had exploded in It.
Anticipating Zeppelin raids. the
roof Of the building had been plas-
tered with Several feet IF concrete.
but when the bomb scll on the roof
il went through the concrete as easily
rs one can puncture n piece of tissue
paper and did not stop until II reached
the floor of the third story. There
II exploded. The three upper s.o,ies
CT the building were literally carried
away The mos. destructive eXplo-
sion that occurred in Faris al Iring
the World war. however. wiped out
tho big hand grenade factory thero
and besides claiming hundreds of
lives wrecked Il big section o. the
city. In every direction from the
factory buildings for several blocks
were completely ruined by the eN-
Elosion. which occurred only few
days before the Germans began their
last big drive on the Western front.
Many believed that the explosion
v as caused by German spies. but nc
ore connected with the factory lived
10 explain anything about the cause
OF Il ="
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
HOW FORT MILL VOTED.
Small Number OF Citizens Register
Preference for Public officials.

tpt ItsiutS.
In Fort MIL as elsewhere through
cut York county little interest was
shown In the Democratic primary for
state and county officials Tuesday
and the vote here was smaller than
II has been In the primary for years.
OF the $50 citizens whose names were
on the club rolls only 249 troubled
To go to the polls and vote. The Aus
traiian ballot. used In the primary
for the first time. proved a puzzle to
n number OF voters and some Of
u ese failed to mark their tickets cor
rectiy. still others deposited their
county tickets In the State box, and
vice versa. All OF which resulted
in hhe Fort Mill vote counting for
less than it really was.
The vote in Fort Mill for the coun =
ty ticket was: For Congress. steven
son. 23l: solicitor. Henry 233: State
$, nate. Hart 235; House OF reprcsen-
tatives.' Bradford. Cnrothers. Mitchell
and Pursley each 1877: clerk of court.
Clinton 20. Latimer 1874 McMackin
10: sheriff Quinn l40. steele "a:
county supervisor. Boyd 3s. Brown
"a. Gordon 73. Lee S5: county COM
missioner. Kirkpatrick l6O. Lumpkin
16O: coroner. McCorkle 234.
III III" race TOT magistrate or fqrt
MIL township +. s. Parks. incumb-
ent. war beaten by ]. II. Halle. the
vote being Parks 119. Halle l2l.
In the election for United States
senator and State officers the vote OF
Fort Mill was as follows: For United
States senator Irby II. Pollock &c.
Smith lI3. Warren 25; governor.
Cooper 230; lieutenan' governor. Co
hen "a. Harvey 1l9, Mauldin "a: sec
retary ~ state. Dove 233: attorney
general. Wolfe 23O: comptroller gen
eral. Duncan 231: state treasurer.
Carter ?29: state superintendent OF
education. Swearingcn 229: adjutant
general. Marchant ll2. Moore 1909:
c"mmis'ione Of agriculture. Harris
229: railroad commissioners. McCas-
Kill SS. Moss 15. Shcaly Ga, Smith 81
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
BUILDS OWN RAILROAD.
Kansas RrcIuSc Works Alone on Line
for Thirteen Years.

Working steadily for 13 years Ru-
dolph Myers. so years old, of Jet
more. kans.. has pushed his railway
l2 miles across the plains toward
Garden City, so miles away. without
any other labor than his own and
that of small grading outfit and
four mules. Thirteen years ago My
crs built a galvanized tin hut three
miles west of Jctmore and has since
lived II hermit life, working each day
on his railroad.
Myers buys his right OF way mile
ut n time and improves II as he goes
Surveyors lines have never been
used in the work. but the grade is
straight and uniform. Civil engineers
who have seen the work say that the
cuts and fills are constructed accord
ing to approved methods for such
work Myers does not resent inspec-
ton, but will volunteer no informa-
ton. ut will volunteer no informa-
tiOn.
beginning IL few miles west of Jet =
more the road will sooOn connect
with the abandoned Nickle Plate line
which was built east from Garden
City in the boom days. The track
has been removed from this grade
There Is no railroad between Gardne
City and Jetmore, bu My1rs has
given no intimatino of what he nlans
to do when the road is completed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
TIE END OF THE WORLD.
Picture Of whnt Will Happen Whcr

tfr sun Ceases To Shtnc.
Whcr tho sun goes out-a catas-
trophc that II bound to bc-man-
kind Will have long ago disappear
vi. thinks Anatolc France. The last
Inhabitants of earth will he as des-
ttutC and ignorant, as feeble and
dur-wit'cd rs the first. They will
have forgotten all the arts and all
the sciences. They will huddlc
wrctchCdly in caves alongside the
ElaciCrs that will then roll their
Transparent. masses over the half
ohlitcra:Cd ruins of the cities where
men now think and love. suffer and
hope. All the clms and lindcns will
lac hCcn killed by tho cold. and the
frs will hC left sole masters OF the
frozen earth.
Tho last desperate survivors of
humans Eird-lCSpCratC without real
i2ir" why or whCrCforc-will know
nothing of us. nothing of our genius.
nothing OF our love; yet will they be
cur latest born children and blood VI
our blood. \ feeble flicker OF the
regal iutClliEcncC OF nohlcr days,
still linrCrinG in their Quilted brains.
viii for Il while vet enable them to
hold thc!r empire over tho bears that
have multiplied about their subter-
rdncan lurking places.
Peoples and races will have dis
arpCarCl beneath the snow and ice.
with tho town. tho highways. the
gardens Of tho old world. With pain
end difficulty \ few isolated families
VIII keep alive. Women. children.
old mon. crowded pcll-mell in their
noisomC caves, will peep through fls
surcs In the rock and watch the
sombcr sun mount tho sky above
their heads: duh. yellow CLEANS will
fIt across his disk. like flames PLAY
ing about y dying brand, while
dHZzlinE snow OF stars will shine on
all tho day long in the black heav-
ems. through the icy air. This is
what thcy will soc: hut in their heavy
witlcsanc css they will not so much as
know that they soc anything.
ono day the last survivor. callous
alike to hate and love. will eXhale to
tho unfriondly sky the last human
breath. And the globe will go roll
ing on. hearing with 1t through tho
silent fields of space the ashes of hu-
manity. the poems OF Homer and the
august remnants OF the Greek I"ar-
hlcs, frozen to its icy surfaces. No
thought will ever again rise toward
tho infinite from the bosom of thi.
dead world.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
TWO YET TO ELECT.
Clerk and Supervisor Candidates En-
ter Second Primary.

Less than 5000 York Democrats
went tn the polls Tuesday to express
tncir choice of officials for State and
county for the next two years In no
county campaign in recent years has
there been so little interest manifest
cd rs in tho campaign which preced-
cd the primary this year and the
general Indifference az to the result
OF the primary Is reflected in the size
Of tho vote-2,72S. Complete returns
from the dozen or more precincts
throughout the county show the fol-
lowing results Quinn is renominated
for sheriff. Latimer and McMachin
go into the second primary for clerk
of the court. Hart Is nominated for
t''e State senate as are Bradford. Ca
rothers. Mitchell and Pursley for the
house OF representatives without op-
position. Brown and Glenn ORION
will run over for county supervisor
kirkpatrick and Lumpkin .upopposed
arc renominated for county comm.is-
oners. and McCorkle is recommend.
cd for coroner. also without opposi
ton.
The York county vote for each OF
the unopposed comfy and State can
didatcs follows:
County Ticket.
Clerk OF Court-Clinton 278, L.ati-
mer l.22S. McMackin POS.
Sheriff-Quinn 1896. steele $40.
County Supervisor-Boyd 466 Brown
1892. Gordon 653. Lee 1916.
State Ticket.
Lieutenant Governor-Cohen 279.
Mauldin 1854. Harvey 796.
Adjutant General - Marchant 836
Moore GAG.
Ra'lrnad Commissioner-Mc
40. Moss PAT, Shealey 1859. Smith
h65.
United States Senate-Irbv $50.
Pollock 335. Smith l.6O1 Warren
5S1.
The candidates for State t-ca "urer
attorney general and comptroller
general had no opposition.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
FEDERATION OF LABOR
COMMITTEE FOR COX

Organized labor's bipartisan po-
litical campaign committee. compar-
ing the public records OF the Repub-
lican and Democratic presidential
nominees, declared In q report made
public Monday that Governor Cox
had shown himself possessed of n
fuller understanding OF the needs OF
the working people"
The report, signed by Samuel Com
pers. president: Matthew Woll. vice
president. and Frank Morrison, sec
retary OF the American Federation Of
Labor. is the first ever made on
presidential candidates by fedora
ton committee.
Taking up the senatorial record
OF Senator Harding. the committee
declared that on Is measures deal
ing with labor his score stood: Fa
vorabie :. unfavorable 10. paired un-
favorably l.
The Republican nominees vote on
labor Issues during his term in the
state senate OF Ohio. as reported by
the committee. stood: Favorable 6.
unfavorable o. In this connection
the report said:
Senator Harding's record In
Washington affords better oppor-
tunity for analysis OF his Legislative
views than does his record in the
Ohio senate. by reason OF the fact
that his term OF service extended for
longer period OF time. during
which ne was called upon to consid-
er n wider variety Of measures"
Reviewing overnor Cox's record
the report said that while governor
of Ohio he had "acted upon SO meas
ures of interest to labor without
acting on n single one adversely to
labor. As member OF the 62nd
Congress the governor was recorded
as voting favorable to labor on two
measures. the only ones listed.
After reviewing and quoting at
length from the utterances OF the
candidates on labor issues in their
speeches OF acceptance. the commit
tee summarized its findings i'm this
language:
'Therc can he but one conclusion
base! upon II careful and impartial
survey OF the actions and declarations
OF the candidates. Governor Cox
has shown himself possessed Of a
fuller understanding OF the needs OF
the working people reader re-
sponse to their necds and to their
proposals and broader statesman
ship in his public discussions OF the
problems OF the industrial world.
I'm addition to his superior un-
derstanding. Governor Cox Is the
candidate on platform which labor
has declared marks measure of
progress not found in the Republican
PLATFORM
Not only in the specific utteran-
ces relating directly to questions held
paramount by labor Is the Compari-
son favorable to Governor Cox. His
progressive and constructive view
point holds throughout his declara =
tions on public questions. though he
slips at times into that ambiguity
which unfortunately has marked to n
greater OF less degree the platforms
OF both parties and the utterances
Cf both candidates"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
Safety OF the .tirplanc.

The airplanc ia the fastest machine
man has ever built hut fast as II is,
las not yet caught Hp with its repH-
t'tion for danger. That reputation
was acquired when tho plane was In
its infancy. when man was just be-
ginning to master the air. and in the
mind of the average man II has not
yet bech downed.
Tho British air ministry collected
statistics on all commercial flying I'm
that country for the last seven
months of 1919 The results amazed
even pilots and cnginc"rs. who long
had regarded the risk I'm flying rs
rcgli"ihlc. ''hc figures covered 8B,-
go flights by a03 machines Of to-
tal iimc In tho air OF s.'6s honrs.
during which time $4,000 miles
W"r" Travelled. In all this flying, In
good weather and bad ono passen-
ger was killed In every 1856 pas
~ nVcr hours In the air. To put/it
differently single passenger might
eNnect 4" Rv about lSH. 600 milee-4-
~ timcs around the wnrld-bcfore
becoming the victim Of fatal
crash. That sounds nh"urd 10 tho
lard"rlHn. yot tho Hritiah govern
Mort e.anfs hack Of tho figures.
Coming nearer hom" Ggures COM
piled by tho postohicc department
miles flown with the loss OF three
pilots. Tho" pilots. or course, ran
MANY risk, for they carried the mail
through rain. snow and fog that
blinded them.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
Invited to Reunion.

Sir Auckland Geddes. British am
bassador to the United States, has
been invited to attend the second
annual reunion OF the 3Oth division,
which Is to be held In Asheville. N
g.. September 2S-29. and there Is
said to he reason to expect that he
Will be present and make q talk
members OF the Asheville committee
I'm charge OF the reunion plans have
announced. Sir Auckland has heen
asked to speak on the relation OF
the 30th division and it's work to the
Eritish army with whom the Ameri-
can boys were connected during
their memorable campaign in Flan-
ders
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
cox SURE WINNER.
South Carolinian In Dayton Writes
OF Presidential Campairn.

Edward Il. Houseal of Dayton.
Ohio. we'll known to many South
Carolina newspaper men as IL for
mer member of The State staff.
writing to his father, w. p. Houscai
Of Columbia, the Dutch weather
prophet" comments on the outlook
for the election of Cox as follows:
1T Is amusing to read the vari-
ous editorials in the Republican
newspapers. There are two views:
- that Cox came out sQuarcly for
tho Wilson league (2) that he
Lever stated where he stood but
lodged the issue. Any fair minded
person. reading only these Republi-
can newspapers. can surmise in IA
twinkling that the G. o. p Is fight
Ing for it's life and is making the
campaign as nasty as ii can. The
fact Is. Jimmy Cox Is not only goirI:
TO win this election. but by the Bag
gcst majority of electoral votes ever
accorded Democratic candidate.
THE day Cox was nominated odG:s
at Wall street were three to one
against him. Now no one Will give
two to one. Before election day
Cox will be a ten to eight favorite.
Wall street admits that 1T makes
li.tle difference who is elected.
which is another way of saying that
Cox is the better man.
Il talked with travelling men go-
ing and coming to Detroit. to Buff
falo. to Rochester and back to Day
ton. They say that Cox will sweep
the country One epublican from
Boston offered to hct one to two
that Cox would carry Massachusetts,.
He bet even money that he would
carry New York. New Jersey. Rhode
Island and Connecticut. 1t looks like
'cinch.'"