Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-10
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Items of Interest From Various
Sections of Country.

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distance of 1920 miles. In less
than three years the Pacific high
way will be completed from the
Canadian line to the Mexican
border.
When he undertook to brush
Il mosquito off his foot with
gun he did not know was loaded,
Hervery Kimball, II years old, of
Lewiston, Me-, shot off the heel
OF his foot. The mosquito was
not killed. The bullet so shat
tered the boys foot that amputa-
ton was necessary.
Radio is one big mainstay of
the United States postoffice de-
partment i'll establishing safe
and speedy air mail service.
Plans are now being made by the
department to install radio tele-
phones on all mail planes, thus
lOtfsetting much danger of night
flying and day flying in inclem-
ent weather.
An American scientist is caus-
n.g Il big scare among the people
Of southern Europe and northern
Africa. He has predicted that
these lands will be swallowed up
in August by Il big earthquake
and the people believe him.
Slight earth tremors which have
followed his prediction appear to
sustain the theory.
w. ID. Normandic, 81 years old,
had smoked all his life and when
he moved to Zion City, ILL.,, re-
Gently he refused to obey Wilbur
Glenn NOliva $ local rule against
the use Of tobacco. TO escape the
watchful police Normandie did
his smoking in bed. He died
few days ago of burns suffered
when the bedclothes caught fire.
Cutting IL cross deep into his
barred breast, Gabriel Johannes, u
religious fanatic, attempted to Of
fer himself as ''human sacrifice
of blood on the altar of St. Pat
rick's cathedral, New York city,
at the moment the Rev. Patrick
DAILY was uttering the words of
consecration during the mass.
Fifteen hundred in attendance a,
the service looked OH.
Government officials who are
dealing with the coal strike as
Scrt that the effect of the strike
will be long felt and that at least
Il year will be required for the
country TO get back to normal
fuel conditions after the men re-
tlirn to the mines. The strike
has resulted thus far in a short
laec Of not less than 30 million
tons of antracitc coal, according
TO the figures of the United States
geological survey.
Praying in public is not an Of
Tense against the civil service
rules of Portland, Ore. Therefore
George Winters, an old employee,
is to get his job back. Winters
was discharged because he per-
sisted i'll praying loudly as pre-
amble to opening his lunch pail,
Il custom which proved objection
able to his foreman and fellow
workers. The civil service COM
mission ruled that Winters had a
right to pray if he wanted to
and ordered his reinstatement.
There are more than 1O,5OO,-
O0C motor vehicles registered in
The United States, according to
figures compiled by the National
Automobile Chamber of Com
mercc. This means an automobile
or motor cycle to each ten per-
sons in the country. A survey of
the automobile plants shows that
in June the motor industry pro-
duced in excess of 2SsOO0 motor
vehicles, which is II per cent
greater than the previous record
of 256,000 in May. indicating
a production in 1922 of more
than 2 million motor vehicles,
Ninety-six year old Benjamin
p. Range Of Haddam, Conn, is
the driver of his own automobile.
He is the oldest man in that State
to apply for drivers license.
Discovery of an almost trepi-
cal valley with rivers of boiling
water, many mineral springs, alb