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Daily picayune., 1921-06-16
GOOD HEALTH HINTS
Oklahoma Farmer Gives Sound Ad vice on Avoiding Sickness.-- Used ck-Draught
 30 Years.

Cameron, Okla.-"I have usel Thsdford's Black -Draught for about thirty years. and certainly ought to know by this time what good medt cine 1t is," says MT. T. L. Bostier, . well-known farmer of this place. Mr. Bostier has passed his three-score-ano- tenth year, but declares his health still is good, land can say Black' Draught did its part"
 Where there is a lot of malaria, . liver medicine is necessity, and l have never found one better than Black -Draught," continues the OklAr homan. Tt is one that know to be reliable. I sure use 1t for the uver. stomach, constipation. indigestion, anA 1t has done mo world of good We use it for the family, and 1t Eivss satisfaction.
 Most trouble, or sickness, comes from the liver, and if taken In ums can be avoided. That Is why I u1s Black -Draught as l do. l am much pleased with results obtained"
 Thedford's Black-Draught is purely vegetable. It acts on the bowels. gent iy stimulating the liver, and helps in- crease the normal flow of bile into the sntestines. It assists in the digestion of food. and relieves constipation in prompt and natural way.
 Ask your druggist for a package to- day. Insist on Thldfords. NC-139
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16
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D. L. McRae made business trip to Amity today.
 Miss Lucille Thomas, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. K. Thomas, returned this morning to her home ill Emmet.
 Dr. l.. l.. Langston left last night for his home in Homer, La. While here he was the guest of pr. and Mrs. M. Il. Kennedy. He is Mrs. Kennedy's broth CT.
 Jess F. Morris was elected president of the Epworth League Conference of North Texas Conference last week at the conference, which met in Dallas.
 MT. Morris was reared i'll Nevada county and was formerly resident of our city. We feel very proud of the honor conferred upon him as an ex- precision of his character and ability.
 Rev w +. Evans, pastor of the Methodist church in Newport, Arkan- sas, will preach at the Methodist church in Prescott next Sunday even ing at eight o'clock Mir. Evans was for many years a citizen of Prescott and he still has a host of warm friends here from whom he will receive a most cordial welcome. While here he will be the guest of his relatives Mir. Ira Gee and family.
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

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 Advertising copy for use in the week. " Picayune should reach this office not later than Wednesday morning.
 Any erroneous reflection upon the esnan cter, standing or reputation of any individual, firm or corporation ap- gearing in The Picnyune will be promptly corrected if brought to the attention of the publisher. Statements sf facts however will not be retracted
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16
THE BALL GAME
 OF YESTERDAY
The Score of the Famous Game of the East vs West, was II to 3. Favor of the East.

Yesterday afternoon quite large crowd of baseball fans and interested spectators witnessed the game between the East and West sides of the city.
 The West side was the first at the bat without a score. The East side coming to tn ebat made three scores and all through the game the East side boys outclassed the West. Jack Jones who pitched for the East side. deserves a great deal of credit for the result of the game.
 With such fielders as Algia billiard and Fred Fuller, how could the East side help winning for they received SO many flys from the West side CD
 The West side boys did some good playing, but were just outclassed by the Fasteners.
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16
Criminals Exploit Mentally Deficient.


 Psychiatrists have long recognized the tendency among mental deticients towards criminality. It appears that this tendency is now being discovered and exploited by the criminal classes themselves. Al q recent meeting of the Societe Clinique de Medicine Men tale, reports the London Lancet, Drs. Marcel Briand and Borel presented a. boy. aged fourteen, who had on two occasions been used as a tool of a professional thief It is clear that If this practice is at all widespread many mentally deficient children with out criminal tendencies in the first place may very soon acquire them. These children, incapable of moral Judgment, as they often are, should be specially protected by society, which in defending them will at the same time be protecting its own interests.
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16

Miss Carol and Dwight Scott ar rived last night from Fayetteville, where they have been attending the University Miss Allene Johnson ac- companied them and was the guest of Miss Carol last night, leaving this morning for her home at Foreman.
 Mrs. W. NJ. Hart and granddaughter Geraldine Murphy, have gone to Little Rock for visit with relatives. They were joined at Prescott. by Mrs. Hart's mother, Mrs. NJ. J. Duke. Later they will visit Mir. and Mrs Alvin Hart at Pine Bluff-Eevening Herald (Hopc).
 The Census Bureau reports that in the population of Texarkana, Arkan- sas and Texas. as enumerated in Jan nary, 1920. there were 910 persons 10 years of age or over who are illiteratc n the sense of being unable to write, including f29 native whites. 2S foreign ,oln whites and 753 negroes The pe" .entage of illiteracy in the total pop Ilation 10 years of age and over is 5.5, which shows decrease since 1910 when it was SS For the native white he percentage is 12, for the foreign ,orn white. "A and for the negro 15,7.
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16
Rich Thief Returned JewsIs.

San Antonio, Tex.-Making a Init !n oil" following the theft of S3,0OO worth of diamonds from woman GUS toner of the Cross National bank al- most a year ago, an unidentified thief returned all except three Of the gems to the bank.
 The thief promised in note that accompanied the diamonds to restore the three gems which he Is now using"
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16

Cecil Parker. who has been visiting his brother, Fletcher, for the past few days, returned this morning to his home in DeQueen
Daily picayune., 1921-06-16

Instead of once a woke, the Picay me will come to you 6 times a week
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Entered as second-class matter Jan aary 5, 1921, at the post office st Pres ',stt, Arkansas, under the Act of March s, 1S7p."
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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
Mecklenburg Bond Eelection

Some interest is felt in Fort
Mill in the election to be held in
Mecklenburg county, N. c., on
April l9 to pass upon the pro-
posed S2,000,000 road bond issue
ior that county. The act provid-
lng for the election was passed at
the session of the North Carolina
Legislature last February. There
seems to have been little demand
Tor such an election, Judging from
statements made at the recent
antl-bond meeting held in Char
lctte. The act also provided that
supervision of the county roads
should pass from the board of
county commissioners to a county
road commission, the person
mel OF which was named in the
act. The Mecklenburg members
OF the Legislature have been Sc
yerely criticised for what oppo-
nents of the bond issue declare
was high-handed legislation for
which they are responsible.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
BURIED AT OLD HOME.
Walter o. Leazer, World War
Victim, at Rest in Fort Mill

In the presence of perhaps as
many as a thousand people, fu-
reral services were held at Con-
1rderate park, Fort Mill, Sunday
a. atternoon at 3 o'clock for First
CIass Private Walter o. Leazer.
orld war victim, whose body
rrrlved Saturday afternoon from
Camp Jackson, Columbia. where
II had been taken from Hoboken.
n. d., after deing disinterred in
France and brought home for
final burial. The funeral services
hogan with song by a select
choir, which was followed by
PRAYER by the Rev. j. B. Black.
Willie II. Minis then believer an
address in which he praised the
gallantry of the young soldier
whose memory was being honored
and the heroic work of the COM
mand to which he belonged. Com
pany G, 1lSth infantry, .3Oth di-
vision.
Following the services in Con-
fcderate park the body was ia
ken to New Unity cemetery and
inferred beside those of his COM
rades, Sergt. Tom Hall and Sergt.
Eli Bales, in the plot of the Fort
Mill post, American Legion. The
services at both the park and the
grave were under the auspices
OF the Fort Mill legion post.
Walter o. Leazer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. ID. A. Leazer of Fort
Mill, lost his life in action in
France on Octoh"~ g 1918. He
was a model soldier, for whose
record his comrades have onlv
praise. He volunteered for ser
vice overseas with the Fort Mill
company at the outbreak of hos
tilities with Germany and was the
youngest of the Fort Mill boys
who lost their lives in the conflict.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
Cotton Acreage Locally.

The consensus of opinion Of
farmers and others who are in
position to know what is happen
ing in Fort Mill township is that
the cotton acreage hereabouts
will be cut not less than % per
cen. perhaps more. this year. due
in no small measure TO the fact
that commercial fertilizer is hard
to obtain. The fertilizer compa-
mes are requiring cash or banka.
bic paper before they will supply
their product to the farmers. and
as neither is plentiful at the pres
ont time, the consequence is that
there is decided falling off over
normal years in the use of fertili-
zer. There was a recent slump in
the price of fertilizer, but the de-
cline has sot stimulated its sale
locally. Ordinarily during the
spring there are more than 100
carloads of commercial fertilizer
shipped into Fort Mill for use in
the cotton crop of this section.
but not more than half dozen
cars have been received here thus
far this season.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
VERDICT FOR M'N1NcH.
Twenty Thousand for Owner of
Charlotte Brick Plant.

Saturday afternoon the Meek
lenburg county jury which for
three weeks had been hearing the
evidence in the superior court in
Charlotte in the suit of S. S. Nc
Ninch against the American
Trust company of that city awar-
ded the plaintiff $4,000 of the
100000 damages he claimed was
due him as a result of the sale by
the\ defendant company of the
Charlotte brick plant, located at
Grattan, two miles south of Fort
Mill, for much less than the ac-
tual worth of the plant and in vi
olatlon of an agreement he had
with the company. Attorneys for
the company at once gave notice
of an appeal and Saturday after
noon next was set by the presid-
ing judge as the time he will hear
their arguments.
Considerable interest attached
locally to the outcome of the suit.
Numerous Fort Mill citizens ap-
peared as witnesses in the ease.
A few years ago the Charlotte
brick plant was a live enterprise
and its operation brought an ap-
preclable volume of trade to Fort
Mill merchants. But the business
did not continue to prosper and
a mortgage was given upon the
property, including valuable
tract of adjoining land, by the
owner. Mr.. McNmch. to the Amer
lean Trust company. This mort
gage was foreclosed and from the
sale of the brick plant and land
about $25, 900 was realized. barely
enough to cover the mortgage of
the trust company. Mr.. McNinch
claimed that the property was
sold at a great sacrifice and con
trary to an understanding he had
with the company as to its sale.
Hence the damage suit.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
VISITS "PEoNAGE FARM"
DEATH TRAP FOR BLACKS
Former Fort Mill Man Sees
Graves of Alleged Victims of
Big Georgia Planter.

Floyd Smythe, until few
months ago a resident of Fort
Mill, who is now making his home
at Covington, Ga, writes his ia
ther, Ira G. Smythe of Fort Mill,
that within the last fortnight he
has seen some Of the graves of
the IL negro es John Williams,
wealthy Georgia farmer is al
legged to have killed or had killed
on his plantation in Jasper and
Newton counties, Ga. Williams
plantation is only few miles
from Covington.
Following the peonage investi-
CATION on Williams place a few
months ago by federal agents, he
and negro, Clyde Manning, who
is said to have confessed to help
ing Williams kill some of the ne
grocs, We're arrested a few days
ago on federal warrants charging
peonage and both have since been
indicted in the State courts for
murder.
Williams. it is charged, made
it practice to visit the courts I'm
Jasper and Newton counties and
pay the fines of negroes convicted
of crime upon the promise of the
negroes to repay him in work on
his farm. Once they had gone to
work OH the farm they were vir-
tualiy prisoners, being guarded
by armed men while at work and
locked up in stockade at night.
according to the stories.
Clyde Manning, Williams ne
gro foreman, is said to have con-
fcssed that, under direction of
Williams, of whom he stood in
great fear, he killed four negroes
with an axe, all of whom, along
with the others of the II, were
put out of the way because Will
hams feared they would tell some
thing relative to labor conditions
on. his plantation. On one occa-
sion negro known as big jim"
was taken to pasture and put
to work digging well, accord
lng to the story. When the well
was about six feet deep Williams
touched Manning on the elbow.
aiming knew what that meant.
ne grabbed an axe and struck
Big jim. a terrific blow on the
head as he was standing up in
the well. big jim" crumpled I'D
al the bottom of the well and
his body was found in that posi-
ton when Manning showed the
officers where they would find his
grave.
Williams and Manning are now
hrmg tried at Covington for the
murder of one of the II negroes
they are charged with having
disposed of.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
Engagement Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Mills have
issued invitations to the marriage
at their home in Fort Mill on
Wednesday afternoon, April 20,
c. their niece, Miss Frances Jo-
scphine Smith, to Avery Clarence
Crayton. Miss Smith is q former
teacher in the Fort Mill graded
school and is popular with a wide
circle of friends in Fort Mill.
For some time she has made her
home in Charlotte. Mr.. Craven is
a business man of Charlotte.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
ARKANSAS PEOPLE SUFFER
FROM GOOD ROADS LAW
State in Bad Shape as Result of
Heavy Taxation for High
Way Improvement

Many South Carolinians have
complained of the inefficiency of
the State highway act passed at
the 1920 session of the Legisla-
ture, and much of the complaint
appears to be justified by the fail
ure of the act to produce the i'm
proved highways needed through
out the State; but whatever the
shortcomings of the South Carroll
ma highway act, it has had no
such effect as the socalled good
roads law passed few years ago
IL Arkansas, where, correspon-
dent of the New York Times re-
ports, that thousands of Arkan-
'sas land owners are today facing
financial ruin as the result of the
enactment of socalled good roads
laws. He quotes Governor Nc
Rae, the new executive, as declar
ing that "this road business has
turned out to be the greatest dis
aster that has ever befallen the
people of Arkansas
The ambitious good roads law
enacted in Arkansas was given
wids and generally favorable
publicity OH Its initiation under
an earlier State administration.
The New York Times was prompt
ed to investigate it's present con-
dition by reports reaching Wash
ington to the effect that Arkan-
sas land owners were in many in
stances being taxed "in the name
OF good roads almost to the point
where the lcvies amounted to
practical contiscation of the prop
critics. y 1t was added that the
federal highway bureau had
withheld a large part Of the allot.
ment Of good roads money to Ar
kansas pending revision of the
State road laws.
After visiting counties in east.
ern, central and western Arkan-
sas, The Times correspondent re.
ports that evidence of the truth
OF the reports that came to Wash
lngton was everywhere easy to
Obtain. Mortgages were execut.
ed which were filed within the
last ten days-mortgages given as
security for money to pay road
taxes that in some instances
amounted to approximately 10 per
cent of the total value of little
farms and homes worth less than
%l'ooO.' He cites. among other
specimens, the case of "a widow
whose total gross income was less
than $4,000, and whose road tax,
due the 10th of April, is So. 800,
Millions of dollars" he adds.
have been expended on roads
that In the judicially expressed
opinion Of Assistant Justice Hart
OF the State supreme court, be.
GIN nowhere and end nowhere" :"
Governor McRae was elected
on platform pledging reform of
the road laws, but charges that
ms efforts to secure remedial leg.
lslation have been blocked bv the
opposition of the State senate,
containing many holdover mem
bers.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07

tative Bradford was not at the
delegation meeting, hi "'nder-
standing being that the delega-
tion was to come to Fort Mill
township to inspect the condition
Of the road the county was asked
to improve and that later in the
day yesterday a meeting &c ~"
delegation was to be held in Fort
Mill to consider the matter.
The Fort Mill committee was
lot authorized to either accept or
reject the proposition of the leg
islative delegation and after re-
turning to Fort Mill yesterday
afternoon the members decided
TO issue the call printed herewith
for a public meeting in the. town
hall Saturday afternoon at 4
O'Clock when the whole township
road proposition will be consid-
cred.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
Preparing for Pageant.

Winthrop college is preparing
a pageant of South Carolina his
tory which will be presented on
the campus on the afternoon of
Nav 6. Practically the entire
student body Of more than 1000
Young women will take part in
the pageant, which will present
the history of the State in II
dramatic episodes, portraying in
beautiful scenes important epochs
in the life and growth of South
Carolina. Indian scenes. life
among the pioneers. the lords
proprietors. Revolutionary histo-
ry, scenes from the Civil war. re-
construction times. with the Red
Shirt riders are to he produced
with every effort after historic
accuracy.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
York Jail Full.

Thirty-three prisoners are in
the York county Jail awaiting
trial at the April term of court.
which convenes on the 1sSth in
slant. This is said to be the larg-
est number of prisoners in the
York Jail IN nearly a score of
years.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-04
WhatPueblo Needs

"Pueblo needs hngs-bu docsntf' said Major
John A. Martin yesterday.
'What do We nee
"That' different Pueblo Of civic center and
other hall auditorium
located declared Major Martin.
with the of the be located opposite
the old hail. have the for of the most beautiful
civic ccncrs of city in the state of Colorado
Of the should do the thing. The
should be of architecture the architecture of the
Memorial hall.
Spanish style peculiarly adapted TO locality
The local topography make Spanish
Mission architecture the public buildings 1t time
planned the third the old halthe
third floor will when the officials removed their
and the building to be of Mission
"The conform With
Spanish type. This work could be a nominal
And the problem making for
Along in block grpnp
buildings could
and small parkpa laid out In the place suitable memorial
Greek outdoor nmpiheatcr be erected
On the considerable
could grown this with
promenade walk along the bank.
"While city attorney had interview
channel smooth sheet the bed Of
the thru the of Pueblo This
Martin.
Tho Arkansas tho present looks
tinuedM Martin
can persons coming Pueblo places
the Arkansas Also the
tion of the along Union
"Puebo needs the filthy sacks
block noh with the CENTER
the old hall after the Spanish STYLE insist
that the state erect state the Spanish Mission
architecture
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-04
20 PCT. WAGE CUT
FOR DAY LAbORERS
ANNOUNCED BY GARY
More Than 10000 Persons
Affected By New
Reduction

New York. May 3.-A reduction OF
about 20 per cent In wages for day
labor. effective May l6 and an eauit-
cluding salaries. was announced today
by Elbcrt II. Gary. OF the board OF
directors OF tho United states Steel
Corporation. II is estimated between
$4,000 and l75.oo0 employees will be af-
fcctcd.
Mr.. Gary also stated that the cor
poration had found no practicable
basis for tho entire abandonment Of
tho l2-hour day in the immediate
future. He added that the l2-hour
shift had been eliminated in certain
departments and that efforts would be
continued with the expectation OF
eliminating this feature within the
next year. He expressed the opinion
that he did not believe the corpora
ton could satisfy tho employees with
any shorter limit.
During 1920 the average WACO of eIn-
ployes was 1856, as against Ss.l2 in 1919
according to corporation figures. Total
salaries and wages disourscd by the
Steel Corporation in 1920. when tho
employees numbered 2s7.o00 aggregated
$5Sl $50. .925.
pcration officials estimated the aver
aS, cut in wages at approximately
$40 per day per man. Roughly. this
will affect a reduction in the pay roll
calculated on tho present number OF
employees OF not less than $3.50. 900. .00C
annually. Today's announcement fol-
lowed a two days conference with ex-
ecutive heads OF the subsidiary COM
panics of tho corporation. Reduction
in the prices OF certain products aver
aging approximately 81 ton were an
nounced by Mr.. Gary on April IL. The
heaviest reductions were recorded in
tin plates. which dropped from $40 to
Sl25 a ton while the minimum decrease
affected four by four and heavier bill
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-04
BLACK HAND MEMBERS
TELL PRACTICES

Scranton. Pa. May s.-Driven to dcs-
peration five members OF an alleged
blackhand gang confided to the author
tiles today some of the practices of
tho band. fourteen OF whom were ar
rested last night
The informcrs. according to tho coun-
~ authorities. had sought tho aid and
protection OF officers and had told of
their being required to puncturc their
own wrists and suck their own blood
as n test OF loyalty to the black hand
group.
They also told OF tho gangs plan
for selecting a member when n cutting
or killing" was planned.
The informers told tho authoritic.
that the gang did not center its efforts
on cxtorting sums of money from cit
teens but engaged in ransacking freight
cars and business places. The revenue
derived went into the treasury OF the
gang.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-04

London. Eng. May %.-(By the rs
Rociatcd Prcss)-A new German oIac'
to the allies was tclcgraphcd Tuesday
from Berlin TO the German amhassa-
dor at Paris for communication to the
Ycparat,ons commission according to a
statement ascribcd by the London
Times to good authority"
The terms are not known, but the
Times says 1t Is believed they are ap-
proximate to acceptance OF the allies
decision at Paris January %.
It is presumed the offer will ne
forwarded 10 London and placed be-
fore the supreme council Wednesday.
London. England. May dry Tho
Associated Press)-The supreme conn
ell reached q complete agreement to-
day on tho ultimatum to be sent to
Germany by tho rcparations commit
tee not later than May s. Tho ulu,
matum expires six days latcr. Tho
drafting committee tonight is com
pleting the document, which will he
finally passed by the council tomor-
row and then handed to the repara-
tlons commission which will forward
the last word of tho allies to the Bcr-
lin cabinet.
The total sum Germany will be called
on to pay has been increased to $3.50.
00c, 900 pounds sterling by the ln1IiA'An