Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-03-17
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES
Current Events Gathered Here
and There and Boiled Down
For Times Readers.


Birmingham, Ala, and the
country for so miles araund was
shaken Sunday morning by an
explosion in the Dolomite coal
mines. No one was injured.
The Chicago police will use gas
bombs hereafter in fighting fugi-
~tives who have barricaded them
selves and offer battle to the po-
licemen. The bombs contain iron
nuts, formaldehyde, sulphuric
acid and permanganate of potash.
"The gas will force the criminals
into the open air in hurry
said Police Chief Fitzmorris, in
explaining the latest method Of
dislodgmg criminals.
The nations divorce story for
1920 is one which far overshad
ows the broken ties of any other
year, according to statistics just
published. The> palm for break
ing the divorce record goes to
Seattle, Wash. with 2,43O. At
lanta comes into prominence as
the "Reno of the South" and
shares the distinction with Sa-
vannah, where the courts, when
put to it, can turn out divorces
at the rate of one a minute. -
Sixty million frecrackers arc
being manufactured in Hongkong
to be shipped to American boys
to celebrate next Fourth of July.
Married IA times in three years.
a deserter from both the army
and navy and now serving a term
in naval prison comprises the
alleged war record of Harold
Hammond, 20 years old. This
was revealed in New York city
in annulment proceedings brought
by the first and second women
he married.
The nations gratitude will be
shown for the bravery and valor
of its soldiers who fought in the
World war by bringing home
from the battlcfields of France
the body Of an unknown soldier
and interring it with elaborate
ceremonies in Arlington ceme-
tory, near Washington. Legisla-
tion supported by the American
Legion for that purpose has be-
come a law. While details have
not been worked out, it is the
plan to have the ceremony in
Arlington May 80. i'm which Pres
ident Harding and all the officials
OF the army and navy and repre-
sentatives of foreign countries
will participate.
A liquid poison so strong that
three drops will kill anyone whose
skin it touches has been discov-
cred bv the chemical warfare ser
vice of the war department. it was
announced Saturday. Sprayed
from appliances, two tons of this
annihilatinq poison would cover
an area 100 feet wide and seven
miles long, destroying all life
within the district not protected
bv special covering. The chem
ical warfare service is now devel-
oDing protective clothing to make
the wearer impervious to the
poison. 1t an be easily manu-
factured and the United States
could make several thousand tons
a day if necessary plants were
built.
I'm line with the campaign Of
the Southern Cotton association.
the manager of y the Mississippi
convict farms has announced that
he will reduce his acreage to cot
ton this year by as near one-half
as possible-planting just enough
to keep the convict force of 1,200
well exercised. Heretofore the
State has cultivated 10000 or
more acres. The land thus re-
leased from cotton will be put
in corn, sweet potatoes, peas and
oats, and it is also proposed to
raise a sufficient number of hogs
to furnish all the meat the con-
victs will need. Mississippi has
lost over 81 100000 on her cotton
crop OF the last two years, all of
which remains unsold. =.