Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-06-22
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Items of Interest From Various
Sections of Country.

at every session of school for l3
years and never being tardy,
Norman j. Young, II years old,
OF Burlington, Iowa, has just been
graduated from the high school
A stove that cooks by the heat
OF the sun, harnessed by a mirror
and a tank of mineral oil, will be
further improved by an employee
OF the Smithsonian institute, az
Washington, when he goes to
Mount Wilson, CAL, this summer.
Broken i'll health from the
STRAIN OF two years work in the
divorce courts, Judge Joseph Sa-
bath of Chicago recently collaps-
eel. Judge SABBATH has heard more
than $500 divorce cases in the
last two years. FL
Beaten by mob of 200 angry
shop girls because he blew the
whistle an hour earlier in the
morning to play a joke on them,
Brooklyn, N. Y, man was res
cued by two policeman and lock-
ed up Oh charges of malicious mis-.
chief. ..
The smallest dictionary in the
world, half an inch long, one
third Of an inch wide, and half
an inch thick, is owned by an
Ottawa man, who carried it all
through the world war. The die
tlonary contains IL 900 words and
must be read with a magnifying
glass. :.
About one-half of each dollar
the consumer pays for bread is
absorbed in distribution cost, ac-
cording to report by the joint
commission on agriculture, at
Washington. The farmer receives
only 29.6 cents for the wheat that
goes into dollars worth OF
bread. =.
An attempt to kill his own
shadow by shooting at it when it
appeared against a chimney un
der the light of the moon, caused
the capture Of Patrick Lynch of
New York after he had stolen
clothing and jewels worth $1,000
from a home. He was captured
by an officer who heard the shot.
sFlfty7Six warrants charging
violation of the narcotic law have
been issued in connection with an
investigation of an alleged dope
ring i'll the Atlanta penitentiary.
A prison physician, three prison
guards and scores of convicts ale
implicated Gin the affair, the dis
trict attorney charges.
A stree that is unusual may
be seen Oh a farm near Onancock,
Del. The tree was one of several
purchased from nursery and
was bought for an apple tree. In
appearance it is an apple tree.
Last year it bore three fine APP.
pies. This year the tree is filled
with cherries and not sign Of an
apple.
The radio threatens to supplant
the rural preachers in Ohio. Rec E
concentrations that churches in
rural communities install radio
receiving sets and listen weekly
to sermons from ministers of ma
tional reputation were approved
by the Ohio Church Federation,
III session in Columbus, Ohio.
Recent developments are point
ing to an early settlement of the
ceal strike in the United State-.
The administration is Washing.
ton is said to be planning to make
a decisive move in short time to
bring about renewal of activity
on the part of the coal miners OF
the nation, according to hints
dropped by certain senator's close
TO the White House.
1 Leaping to earth in a para.
chute from al airplane 24,23G
feet in the air, Capt. A. w. Ste
vens of McCook field, near Day
ton, Ohio, broke the world record
for parachute jumping. The drop
was Capt. Stevens first expert.
ence in that phase of aerial work.
His plane was whipped about by
a 120 mile gale while it was more
than four mhes above. the earth.
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The ink supply of a large news
paper or printing plant is con.
slant problem. Some years ago
ink was delivered in metal buck.