Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-03-30
Domestic

A bottle containing a note purport.
Ing to be signed by an engineer on
board the navy collier Cyclops, which
disappeared in 1917, has been picked
up northeast of Cape Lookout light.
house, near Beaufort, N. c. 1t states
that German submarine was close
by and that all hands had been or.
dered on board the U-boat and that
the ship was then to be torpedoed.
In an effort to rescue a woman
trapped by fire in rooming house
In New Orleans, Fireman Oscar Vidal,
"a. lost his life. The body was found
In bath room after the flames had
been put out. Fifteen persons in the
building escape. but one man SUI.
fered broken limb and several WON.
en- were slightly burned. Property
damage was insignificant.
Harry Shuford, 80. prominent cot.
ton mill executive of Gastonia, N. c..
and brotherin-law Of George w. VII.
son. prosecuting attorney. was found
dead In his room In hotel at Besse.
mer City. after he had returned from
visit to his fiance. A bullet hole
In the right temple and a Jagged
wound on the head were found on the
remains.
Because four young women in his
congregation giggled right out in meet.
ing, Rev. George Robertson. pastor Of
negro church has hailed them into
police court on charge of break.
ing up a church service. The magis.
trate continued the case until he could
consult law and precedents on gig.
Cling.
8. A. Keller. president of District 10.
United Mine Workers (Tennessee), is.
sues an appeal for congressional In.
vestigation OF the threatened eviction
OF coal miners. their wives and chill.
dren Of eastern Tennessee and south.
eastern Kentucky. He states that not.
withstanding the union had a signed
agreement to run to March 81, 1922,
the miners voluntarily, December, 1921,
accepted a reduction of $3.50 per day
IN wages, and now the mine owners
want to make further reduction in
wages.
1t is stated In New York that hun.
dreds Of railroads have instituted In.
junction proceedings against the gov.
ernment by counsel in connection with
the rate order promulgated by the in.
terstate commerce commission, effec.
tive March 1. which the petitioners as.
sert is arbitrary and outside the pow.
ers OF the commission.
Governor J. B. A. Robertson, of
Oklahoma, submitted to arrest at Oh.
mulgee. Okla. on charge of accept.
ing bribe to permit operation OF an
insolvent bank.
Convicted OF stealing $31 900 worth
Of assets in bankruptcy proceedings
Jacob Harris and Joseph weiner.
wholesale jewelers.. were bound for AT.
lanta penitentiary to serve sentences
OF year and day each.
Williams Simmons and Homes John.
SON, sawmill workers. were burned In
death while asleep at Dierks' Ark
when fire destroyed the westbrook
hotel. 't
The lugger World, together with her
crew OF nine men and cargo of whisk.
ey. said to be worth $4,000, fell into
the hands OF federal prohibition
agents on Lake Ponchartrain, near
Milneburg.
Miss Elsie. Smith. 10. and Alphonse
Boyer. %, were found in the irving
room OF the Maple silk cbmpany's
plan. each with bullet wounds In the
head. at Paterson. N. J.
Workers In some OF the mills affect.
cd By the strike were attacked nv
strike sympathixers In the Fairiawn
district at Pavtuckst. r. L
I. -0ensrai" Jacob 8. coxey. Of Mas.
si1lon, Ohlo. who LED sCoxey.s army.
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