Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-08-26
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES

Ahc hohoSo"C 1iObio Va WI. ohe
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan at
Asheville. N. c.. has been sold to j.
T. Horney of Canton. N. c., for $780,
900.
Less than l per cent. Of 24,0O0.-
900 men registered In the United
States during the World war were
deserters, occording to the war de-
partment. The actual figure was
1921.
Arthur jackson. as years old. Of
Chicago. stepped into a shoe store
to ask the price of n pair OF shoes
on display in the window. They are
$14.50 without the war tax" the
clerk told him. Jackson dropped
dead.
After President Wilson leaves the
White House, March 4. he will con-
tinue to make Washington his home,
according to report which has
gained wide circulation in the CAPT.
tai and has not been denied by any
member of the presidents encourage.
Richard ]. Foran who survived the
World war with % wounds he got as
n member of the 30sth machine gun
battalion, was killed by lightning
near Paterson, N. j.. while seeking
shelter beneath tree in a severe
wv hau
left Foran n moment before he was
killed.
President Wilson has issued the
: call for the first meeting of the
League of Nations. The date set
for the meeting is November Is, and
II Is understood that Geneva will be
the meeting place. The call has
been sent to Sir Eric Drummond
the league secretary, who must make
the text public.
Sentence Of one year in the federal
prison at Atlanta and a 5000 fine were
given l.. T.. Bullock, former chief Of
police OF Covington. Ky. Bullock
resigned as police chief after his con-
Viction on indictments charging COM
plicity in the theft OF IA barrels OF
whiskey from n distillery at Latonia.
KY, last January.
At least $4,000 immigrants Il week
are expected soon to begin passing
through Ellis Island. according to
Frederick A. Wallis, immigration
commissioner. Steamship companies
have. reported. he said, that the in
coming tide for the next few years
will be limited only by the capacity
of the westbound ships.
Contingents of the United States
army are being maintained in ten
widely separated sections of the
world. Out of a total strength Of
2OS.S70, units in continental United
States comprise $4,000: In the Phil
ippines. 0,0003 Germany. 1880: Ha =
wall, 1900: Panama. 1850: Porto
Rico. 1900; China. 1900: Alaska,
$50: France. 1873. and England Is.
Francisco villa. surrendered Mex
ican bandit. lived within stones
throw Of some OF Pershing's troop
ers when the American punitive ex-
pedition was made into Mexico in
1916. Villa has once more confirmed
reports that he was wounded. say
ing that his leg was broken in three
: places by Carranzistas within five
days after the Pershing expedition
had entered Mexico.
Weary of the sitting quarters in
the hotels at the foot OF Pixies Peak.
Colo, hundreds OF Usage Indians
have been granted the right to live
In tepees on n plot of land reserved
for them at Austin's Bluff. Colo. The
Indians, rich from the returns OF
their oil lands in Oklahoma, though
possessed OF high priced motor cars.
and able to afford the luxuries OF
spend their summer in the open
The super-cannon with which the
Germans began shelling Paris March
22. 1918. was just pieces Of old worn
Gus guns put together, instead OF a
startling new invention. according to
American army officers who were
permitted recently by the Germans
to visit some of their huge armories
1t was actually just neat bit Of
patchwork that startled the world
when the terrific explosions began
detonating in the streets OF the city
of Paris.
Authority to destoy the $4,000 900
gallons of liquor now stored in bond
ed warehouses in the United States
Will be asked of Congress. when II
reconvenes. by Prohibition Commits
sioner Kramer. who would take this
measure to remove temptation from
whiskey thieves and bootleggers and
to make II easier to enforce the
Volstead act. II would he necessary
for Congress to compensate the own
ers Of the liquor II 1t granted tne
request OF Com missioner Kramer