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SetionOnecion One .Wages toSEPTEMBER 7,a1921to VOL. XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921 T Q HARDING IS PL[ASLD WITH ADMINISTRAION President in Letter to Senator McCor mick Reviews Achievements of Congregs With Much Satisfaction -Praise for Republicans In Com munication From White House. Washington, Sept. 6.--President Harding in a letter reviewing the achievements ' to date of the Repub lican administration, particularly with reference to congress, declares that "surveying the national situa tion as a whole, it is plain that we nre working our way out of a welter of waste and prodigal spending at a most impressive rate." The letter, made public today, was written by the president under date of August 29 to Senator McCormick of Illinois, and, it is understood, will be used in the campaign in New Mexico, where Senator Bursum, ap pointed to fill out the unexpired term of Secretary of Interior Fall, is a candidate for election. The letter, it also is understood, is considered by Republican leaders as a reply to attacks on the legislative record of the Republican congress by Chair man White of the Democratic na tional committee and other leading Democrats. "We have made progress towards retrenchment and greatly increased efficiency," the president asserts. "I can not but account it a monumental accomplishment which has marked the work of the extraordinary s sion down to the time of its recess." Looking to the future, Mr. Hard ing in his letter expresses the con fident hope that congress after the recess and before the end of the ex traordinary session will "adopt bothl the tariff and taxation measures and that along with these it will pass the bill to permit funding the debt owedi us by foreign governments." "This, I hope," the president adds, "will shortl yb e followed by arrange ments under which the debtor na tions will begin paying interest on. their obligations. Likewise, I am! confident that the bill faciliting the funding of the debt of railways to the United States will become law during the extraordinary session, thus insuring a large and immediate. demand for employment of men now idle." The president in beginning his let ter expressed thanks to Senator Mc Cormick of the Illinois senator's con-| gratulations on the accomplishments of the administration, as expre!ssed in a letter addressed to the pre,*dent un der (late of August 24. The Republican congress preceding the advent of the present administra tion is credited by Mr. Harding withi having "patiently and assiduously la bored to reduce expenditures," with I a result "which we can summarize in the statement that -the appropriations for the current fiscal year will aggre gate of $4,250,000,000 an(l that this is $750,000,000 less than the expendi tures for the previous fiscal year." The president after reciting as ex travagances incident to the war" the expenditure of $3,500,000,000 by the shipping board, between $5,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 for aircraft, artil lery and ammunition, and between $1,250,000,000 and $1,500,000,000 for the railroad administration. adds. "It is gratifying to be able to say, therefore, that probably no other government in the world has dur ing a similar period so drastically reduced expenditures as has the gov ernmient of the United States during the past two years on the insistence of the Republican congress. More over, I am happy to assure you that the administration departments are now in full sympathy with the )Io gram of rigorous and unremitting economy, through which, I beneve, we will be able (luring the next year to turn back into the treasury so large a sum that the aggregate of taxation may be reduced to $3,500, 000,000 a year. 'Half the present total expendli tures of the government arises from wars, of the past. Similar b~urdens aeimposed upjoni the taxpayer of other countries, and a wvell nigh uni versal protest against a p)ossible. repietition of gigantic conflicts gives rise to the common hope that the conference in November may lighten the burdens of both armament and taxation, not only for this but for other lands. "Almost without exception the gov ernments of other countries are facedl with great deficits -.. -.. We must not overestimate our good fortune and the prudence of our congress wvhich permit~s us to b~aiance revenue and expendliture at n time whena dleficits are the rule throughout the world. We shall h~e greatly aidedl in a policy of progressively reduc ing evpenditure by the budget law, Republican in origin, dlesign, enact ment. andI execution . . . . 1 (do not hiestate to say that ini o'rdinary times it alone would have been considleredl a highly credlitable chief product of a year's legislative program. Yet in a time of such legislative activity an the present it is only one among many measures of the first import anco to be enactedl. It was quickly fol lowved by the enactment of the immigration law, calculatedl both to limit the influx of population d urig a period of depression andl to hasten the day wvhen we may effect the true Anericanizationi of all new comers to our shores. "The series of measures looking. to the amelioration of conditions in I the great agricultural industries would( in other times have constitutedl a strikime lvislaiv productwo a . MINERS KILLED IN'EARLY FIRING Two Bodies Taken to Charleston Coal Field of West Virginia is So Quiet That Some Troops Will Leave Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6.-The bodies of two coal miners, said to have bee) killed in last week's firing in the vicinity of the boone-Logan county line, were brought to Charles ton today. Members of a committee in charge of the bodies gave the names of the dead as Dewey Bryant, Lynchburg, Va., and Keener Williamson, Hen rietta, Ky. Both men, it was said, were formerly employed at the Jo chin, W. Va., plants. West Virgini.'s coal fields were reported quiet tonight at the offices of Governor Morgan. It was de clared that no indications of renewed r'fle firing in the recently disturbed region had been received (luring, the day. Quiet has likewise returned to Mingo county, where firing- across the Tug river from the Kentucky side took place last week, it was said. War department orders were re ceived at the headquarters of Brig. Gen. 11. H. Bandholtz directing the return of the Twenty-sixth infantry to its home station at Camp Dix. The Eighty-eighth aero- squadron was likewise ordered to return to Lang ley field, leaving only nlanes to act as messengera in West, Virginia. Williamson, W. Va., Sept. 6.-The cLce against 14 mmi indicted on charges growing out of the death of W. J. Ferguson, one of seven pri vate detectives killed in Matewan in May, 1920, during a clash with towns men today, was put over until tomor row on account of the failure of sonic of the attorneys to arrive here. Forty-six of 50 veniremen summoned from Pocahontas county under a law enacted by the last legislature mak ing it possible for men of one county to be called into another for jury duty, answered today's roll call in the Mingo county circuit court. From these it is hoped to obtain a jury to try the men. During last winter's term of court 700 Mingo veniremen were called be fore a jury was selected to ty those expected to go on trial tomorrow and others on an indictment charging complicity in the death of Albert C. Feltz, one of the seven who died as a result of gunshot wounds sucered during the fight. At that time all the defendants were acquitted. Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6.-Corp. Alexander C. Hazelton ,the only sur vivor of five army aviators, who fell in the wild of Nicholas county Sat urday, was reported today by physi cians at the hospital at Montgomery a. in better condition than indicated by earlier bulletins. They declared, however, that he was not yet out of danger. A more careful diagnosis of the fier's injuries disclosed, attending physicians said, that neither leg was broken, but that internal injuries, pronounced serious but not necessa rily fatal, had causedI loss of control of the muscles of one leg. -- 0 COTTON MEETING Manning, S. C., Sept. 5, 1921 Editor Manning Times, Manning, S. C. Dear Sir: Please allow me a little of your valuable space to call the attention of the farmers to a meeting of the Cotton Growers association to be held in Co lumbia, Friday, September the 9th for the consideration of the cooperative marketing plan now being pushed throughout the State. The principal speaker will be the President of the Oklahoma association which has been organizced with 400,000 bales pledged to be handled through one association for the next five years. The fixing of the price for this cr'op will also 'be taken unde11r conisidleration. T1his is a very important meeting, and .I urge every man that is interest ed im securing a better method of handling the cotton crop and realiz ing more money out of the sales and (h mim.nmg the waste and extra ex piense now incurred(, to bc on handl at this meeting to be held at Craven Ihall FridIay, the 9th at eleven o'clock. I urge the attendlance of at least one mian from each district to lay aside his work and att1nd this meeting. It will richly lie wvorth the time and ex pense mncurred to meet with the far mer's all over the Si dt and exchange views with them, now is the time to hioost the price of cotton as twenty cents is sureoly the minimum price for cotton at the presen'!t condlitions. The c'all is for v'oluntLeers to attend this meetimg. Y'ouirs trul Iy, F. C. Tfhomas, res('ide'nt County Association year's session. These include the lawv for control of the packing idlus.. fry, the act for the regulation of grain exchan.tes aind the law for the C xtension of cr'edits to farmer.e through tile war finance corporation to enable them to carry their own er ops until the markets will absorb (hem. Tlhe establishment of a vet crans' bureau insures a consumma tion of thosc r'eformos in caring for our disabledl men wvhich werc inau gurated by executive o'rderi. We have establishied peace and are seek ing to establ)1ish the generous produtc Lion and profitable e!xchange of food stuiffs andl commodities undler the con dition of peac? anad corollary assur ances of gc'! *.ag~ec and general emi ployment." PROMINENT YOUNG COUPLE UNIIED IN MARRIAGE On T!:ursay, September 1st, at five o'clock in the Methodist church of Manning a beautiful wedding cere-' mony was solemnized when Miss Julia Adelaide -Wilson became the bride of Mr. William Theodore Lesesne, Jr. The church was tastefully decorated in Smilax, ferns, marigold, golden glow and yellow daisies, which ef fectively carried ou the color scheme of green and gold. Just before the appointed hour Miss Isabella Thomas attired in brown silk lace over satin took her place at the piano and play ed "Water Lily" by MacDowell. At five o'clock to the strains of Lohen grins wedding march the bridal party entered the church, the bridesmaids by the right aisle, the groomsmen by the left, crossing in front of the chancel and taking their places with in the cheincel in two rows, brides maids standing directly in front of the groomsmen. The bridesmaids dressed in. fluffy yellow organdies, carrying organdie hats filled with yel low (isies, rolden glow and ferns, e:me down the right aisle and the groomsmen on the left in the follow ing order. Miss Janie Marion Wilson and Mr. Hugh Ryon, Miss Sue Sprott and Mr. Norwood A. Hall, Miss Tora Bagnal and Mx. Hiarvin E. McFaddin, Miss Sarah Lesesne and Mr. J. 0. Covan, Miss Lila Foy and Mr. Sam John Brogdon, Miss Lillie Brogdon and Mr. Frank Dwight. Next came the maid of honor, Miss Margaret Wilson, sister of the bride, wearing brown satin trimmed in wooden beads and carrying cream gladiolas. Following the maid of honor was the dainty little r'ng bearer, little Re becca Lesesne, dressed in a frilly yel low orgaalie and carrying the ring in the heart of a sunflower. The bride, wearing a lovely coat suit of navy blue tricotine and a chic hat of navy duvetyne faced with duve tyne of tomato shade and carrying a shower boquet of brides' roses and lilies of the, valley, entered on the arm of her brother, Mr. I. Laurens Wilson and the groom entered from a side entrance with his best man, Mr. Morgan Sauls. The bride and groom were met at the alter by Rev. C. B. Smith, pastor of.the Methodist.church of whieh-.the bride is a member, performed the very impressive ceremony using the ring service. During the ceremony Nevim's Love Song was softly played on, the piano by Miss Thomas. The bride is a graduate of Winthrop Col lege and <ne of Mannirg's most popular and attractive young ladies. The groom is a prominent young business man of Manning. Immediat ly after tl-.e ceremony the bride and groom motored to Sumter where they took a t-:ain for the mountains of North Carolina for a stay of several weeks. The out-of-town guests for the wed (ing w-re: Miss Lila Foy of Spring field, Miss. Sallie Clowny of Co luuii bia, Miss Lillie Brogdon of Harvin, Misses Frances and Elis Hawkins of Hartsville, Miss Elizabeth Fletcher of Winston-Salem, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sauls of Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Lesesne of Sum merton, Mr. Morgan Sauls of Winston Salem, N. C., Mr. Frank Dwight of Eastover, Mr. J. 0. Covan of Willing ton, Mr. Hugh Ryan of Wedgefield, Mr. Sam Jno. Brogdon of larvin, Mr. iarvin McFAoddin of Hagerstown, Mr., Mr. Ernest Cunningi~m of Savannah, Ga., Mir. and Mrs. E. Van Wilson of Iari'igton. BULLET IN FACE IN.JIURIES SHERIFF Kingstree, Sept. 6.--Sheifif H. S. Gamble wvas last night shot in the face andl painfully wounded by a negro, Mose Salter s, it is alleged, Salters was emplloyedl on the farm of C. W. Cowv ard, three miles east of this place. The negro heca me a busivye yesterday afternooin andl thir(atened the lives of Mr. Cowardl andl his faiily. Sheriff Gamble was summonedl by telephone. When he went to the negro's home on the Coward plantation, he wan. told by Salters' wvife that the mn was not at home. Sheriff Gamble startedl to search the house andl as lie opened the door of the cook room, a shot fired from the dlarkness of the room struck him in the face, the hall entering his cheek and shattering several teeth. Sheiriff Gamble was hurried hack to town and just as h was leaving the scene in his car the negro was seen to junm1 out oif a wmdiow of the cook room and plunge into a dense coin field. Blood hounds wvere' wiredl for at Newbherrv anad arrivedl he'--> at H o'clock this mior;'ing. In the meantim a11 posse55 of citizens were on the lookout durii li4g the night for the man, who is still bemng sought for in the swamps. -- ----- --... MEMORIAL, IN PLACE Richmond, Va.. Sept. 6.---The Co lonial Dames of Virginia today placedl a memorial on the sp~ot where Alex ander Spcotswood, colonial governor of Virginia, anid his Knights of the Golden Horseshoe had first view of A nglo-Saxons of tihe land b~eyondl the mountains, knowvn as tihe Shen anldoah v'alley. On tile summit of Swift Run, Septembler 6,. 1716, Spots wood andm his kn ight s d ranlk to the health of the king. The shaft com mlemlorates this nnique event. The prepairations for tile unveiling of the s'.aft have been in the hlandls of a conuniittee' of the Colonial D~ames so eelty, who ar descendants of Spots woorl. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Of TWENTY YEARS AGO September 11th, 1901 Rev. F. W. Gregg left this morning for Fowler. Mrs. A. L. Lesesne has returned home from the Springs. Mr. Bright Robinson of Columbia, is in Manning, on a visit to his sister, Mrs. S. I. Till. Died on the 31st, inst., Mrs. Alice Hodge, wife of Mr. L. B. Hodge, aged about 35 years. D. Hirschmann's store will be clos ed on Saturday, the 14th, on account of the Jewish religious holiday. On last Friday night the ginnery of Mr. John P. Felder, of Felders, was destroyed by fire. Prof. B. M. Geer of Furman Univer sity, who is visiting his college mate, Mr. R. J. Alderman at Alcolu, was in Mannii last Monday. Mesdames Henry and Bates, who have been visiting the family of Mr. C. R. Harvin, have returned to their ihomes, at Gadson and Eastover. The cotton yield prospect in this county is not as bright as the favor able seasons gave hope for. Many farmers claim th.t the fruitage is very disappointing. Married last evening in the city of Charleston, Mr. J. D. Bradham of Manning, and Miss Marion Kruse of Charleston. The bride taught school at Paxville several terms. Miss Pet Wilson has won a scholar ship at the Presbyterian College at Columbia. Ten scholarships were of fered to the Presbyterian girls of the State, to be decided by competition examination. Cards are out announcing the com ing marriage of Mr. Glenn Wells of Columbia, and Miss Meta Brown of Manning. The ceremony is to take place in the Methodist church Wed nesday morning at 8:30 o'clock and the couple will take the train for Co. lumbia. Died at his home last Monday in Greenport, Long Island, Mr. Morris Appelt, aged about 70 years. The de ceased is the father of Mr. Louis Ap pelt of Manning and Mr. Henry Ap pelt of Darlington. The editor of The Times sineerely appreciates the kind words of condolence that friends have expressed to him on learning of his bereavement. - 0 - NEGRO F"ERIIYMAN DIES OF INJURIEN R. lingh Helser Strikes Negro in Self Defense in Georgetown County Georgetown, Sept. 5.-Last Tues day afternoon, when about to cross the Sampit river at Georgetown, en route by automobile to McClellan ville, a party consisting of R. 'Hugh Belser, R. B. Belser, R. D. Epps and E. R. Richbourg had a very unfor tunate experience with a net.gro for ryman, when Hugh Belser was fore ed in self defense to strike the ne gro over the head with a cable stick, fracturing his skull, from the et'ects of which the negro died Thursday ught. The ferryman, Ed. Smith, as tes tified to in the magistrate's court in the trial of the case held Satur day before a jury of 12 white citi w"ns, was asked civaV to take the party over' the river withou'. delav, but instead of obeying or making any .excuse for keeping the party' waiting, turnedl upon Mr.. iHelser anol cursedl him, at the same time pick ing up a heavy billet. Before the negro could strike, Mr'. Helser' picked up a cable stick and( admninisteredl a blow that d isabledl his assailanat. Thet negro would have fallen from the ferry flat into the river, hut wvas caught by Mr. Helser and pulled io( the flat where everiy attention was giv'en him until the arrival of Dri. HI. D). Beckman. lHe was thein taken to D~r. Sawyer's ofilee where an operation wvas performed by Dr's. Beck man, Sawvyer and Gail lard, and afterward(s taken to the Atlantie Coast Line Rail roadt conmpainy's hos pital. A fter giving instructions that everything piossible should be (lone to save the negro's life, Mr. Belser andl associates reported the matter to the sheriff's ofmee, giave biondo for appear'ance ini case of neced, and( proceedled on their way to Me Clellanville. The unanimous verdlict of the jury was to the effect that Mr. Helser act ed ent irely in self dlefense. lie was found not guilty and( exoneraited (if all blame in the matter. C.ELEJBRATiES EIGHIrETH'J BITHlDAY LAST SATURDi1A Y Mirs. E. V. Burns of .Johnson's Crossing, celebrated her 80th birth. (lay larst Saturday at the home of Mr. .Joe .Johnson. A pie'nic wasi given in her honor andl all her clhildrmen, andl grandch'ildrien, as well ats many others, gathered to help her celebrate. Mr's. B~urnis receivedl many lovely gifts and at noon, dlinner was ser'vedI on a long ta ble placedl under the trees in the yard of Mir. Jfohnson. A fter dinnir sonigs were suing and at the close of the afternoon a pr'ayeri was offered in hehi'lf of Mi's. Bui'ns, then al left, leav'ing behiind theam wishes for an.. other such av neut yar. SEES OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMAGOGUES Citizen of Sunimerton Asks Why Re publican Party Can Not Inflate Quite recently the newspapera re port that Cole L. Blease has the ambition to become governor of South Carolina, and will probably make the race next summer, in order to take advantage of present eco nomic conylitions and the high rate of taxatidf. John L. McLaurin' made the charge not many months ago that Woodrow Wilson had deflated the currency for the sole purpose of electing Cox to the presidency of the United States, and even now J. S. Wannamaker is yelling on the house tops that the federal reserve board deflated the currency for the purpose of robbing the cotton growers of the South. It appears to me, in this connec tion, that the curse of the South in general, and of South Carolina in particular, has been the perennial demagogue. I do not believe that Woodrow Wilson or the Democratic party or the federal reserve board have had anything to do with present economic conditions or the deflation of the currency, because similar economic conditions as prevail in this country, also prevail in other coun tries, beyond the jurisdiction of the Tnited States, and, in fact, all over the world. It is respectfully submitted that the economic con(litions which now prevail in the United States are due to the fact that the nations of the world having ceased to engage in war, have likewise ceased to pur chase the raw products of the world, the result being that the selling price of raw products has fallen im mensely all over the world. If Wood row Wilson deflated the currency and reduced the price of raw products, why in the name of common sense can not Gamaliel Harding inflate thc currency and increase the price -of raw products? In other words, sinec the Denvcratic party had nothing tc do with the decrease in the price of raw products, for the same reason the Republican party can not increase the price of rav products. But there is a duty for the gov ernment to perform, that is to enact laws and to enforce policies which will make everybody deflate at the same time, and if we are to have de flation, then force everybody to de flate. If the price of raw tobacco prolucts is so low that the tobacco farmers can not make a decent profit, it ther becomes the duty of the government through the instrumentality of the federal trade commission, to deflate the purchasing price of cigars, ciga rettes and all other forms of manu factured tobacco. If the tobaccc farmier is compelled to deflate be cause of worldwide economic condi tions, then let the governm(,nt forde the tobacco manufacturer to deflate since if I can secure my cigars at a cheaper price, I have no serious oh. jection to selling my raw tobacc for a cheaper price. If the live stoel mian must sell his hides on a tdeflate< economic basis, then it becomes th duty of the government to force th. shoe manua facturer to sell his shoes at a dleflated price. But there is another reas;on whieh causes financial depressions fron time to time, and that is the prin ciple of action and reaction. All of us have known men who toileti hard all of their life and as n aresuIlt ac. cumulated fortutines, aonly to hav. these fortuties dissipatel d in the next generati'n 1ad the children of the rich lbecome the pauipers of succeed ig generations. The people of the I Unitel States are too much inclined to pit the blame of financial panic anad financial depr-ession otn the gov' etn ment, wheat, to at very hiarge ox ent , finaincialI panics are dlue to the fast and ext ravaganit living of the. people themsielves. Th'e greatest ats set. of any people is the recogit ion of the principle that it is their mor-al dut (y to work harid, to prcactice econ omiy atnd to (do ever-yth inag int decency andl mi order, atal that it ntion~i of people wvill rean exactly what it sows. TIhe dlemagogu( anevera otfer's the( p~cople any kind oif remedy for finani cial depresstin, anid the demmtaggu imvarmitily takes as his sole text the question of excessive tmtxatiotn. I de not think the people of this coutry or the people of South(1 Cartolina ar-e miuch interestedl in the question of a redutction is t axattion, butt most of us whlo ara- initerested in goodl roads, goodl schools anid chlaritable inlstittu (ions atre willing tot paty taxes until it hurts, provideda the taxes are its GesdOn it basis of quital ityv. Sev ct-al years ago I purchased 350 acraes of swamp~ land in this c-ounity at and fotr tihe sum of $10 Per aer-e, anal ever smeec my lantdsm have bec n assessed iby tihe aititot- tof Cla rendon coun tty at anal f-ia the suam of $3,500). At. the :,ame time I madec tht-oir(-lur chs a ftrienda of inte purch't5ae (150 acr-es of vet-y finae lou td in thiis coutty at antd for thte sum of $200 per itere, antd ever siree th~e hm itls of my friend( have been-t assessmed byV the auiitot- of Clareandon countity t tand1( fotr the sum11 of $3,000. I havy nt-ee prot estedl at patying taxes on $3,500) wor-th of landl butt I fthinak the( auidito(r of Clartend~on cotunty ma it his :assist an thonh l comat pel mty friend toI pay tr xes oni lii $130,000 wvorth~ of latnd. The paiist. 12 months have futrnishted the der-mgogues wiith a goldlen oppor tin ity anad we wvill hena- more of the-m ina tihe next 12 monaaths, and many oif theml have alrieady anda wvillI lher-nafte; atl tain ptosit ins of prom i tience by reason of the misfortunes of the peoplhe. I wotuldl rather- lie the (editor- Of a gtood (aily nom--ptpe STRIKES STILL ON, ALTHOUGH AT END Only Small Increase in Operatives at Work DISCUSSION GOES ON Question at Issue Now Scenis to Be Procedure That Must Be Followed Concord, N. C., Sept. 6.-Only a small increase in the number of operatives at work in the cotton mills was reported this morning, fol lowing the vote taken Saturday night by union members, to return to work today. The vote Saturday night was not to determine if union members would return to work immediately, union officials state, but to determine if the strikers would return in a body, provided all old employees were given their jobs back. 4 Following the advice given by Harry Eatough, organizer, at a Labor (lay mass meeting, about 200 "ormer employees of the Gibson mill march ed to the mill gates in a body. There they were tohl that only in dividuals who had unplied to the sup erintendent for work would be ad intted. They then turned about and marched off in a bo'ly. Before leaving C -ncord James F. Barrett, president of the North Caro lina Fedreation of Labor, made pub He aln affidavit sig.ed by 75 mem bers of the textile union, addressed to Gov. Cameron Morrison, in which each affiant alleges that he was stopped by uniformed policemen with drawn billies when he report ed to the Gibson mill this morning and calling on the governor to take action to stop such discrimination on the part of the law offlicials it is alleged has been engaged in by the Concord police force. Police officers alleged that nobody who applied to the superintendent of the Gibson mill for a job was denied intrance to the mill property but that they had been instructed by the mill management to keep back all per sons who did not have jobs in the mill. Barrett stated that he had talk ed with Governor Morrison over the telephone this afternoon but he re fused to comment on the conversa tion. It was rumored that Barrett asked the Governor for troops to pro tect those persons who wanted to go back to work from the policemen but he would not confirm nor deny these rumors. The mill manageminent has made no statement but officials of the mill in.. timate that no emlployees had been kept (ut and that those personIs who have not asked for their jobs back are no longer considered eniployees of the mill. ----- --- "SIlNS''ERS PARTY" A unique "Spinsters" party was oive m honor of Mirs Beulah Wilson, a bride elect, by the Misses Appelt on Monday afternoon. Upon their .1rrival the Spinsters were served iced tea bv Miss Cecil Clark, who as sisted the hostesses in entertaining. The living rooms and porches, Where tables were arrangl for the gamzie of Ol Plaid," were decorated in a pro. fusion of' yellow autuimn flowers. Af ter mu oe (ffort on the nart of the pyers not. to iss Pamela phiems nofou:id to have been the mwt coInfirmwied "Old Maid," and was awardell a gray tfabley to eiviole! her lovely hours. After the gamino . eious refresh meIts of' block creain and rake, which carried out the color scheme (f yellow rnd white, were sc Ived. 'TeI thle s'n th all gather r d aound the guies'. of hionor t~o bidl lher' good bye andil reeie i h .er parting words of advic.. Jusit es she wasu r lnost d iss--lved1 in tears, the door of a bird enge tin ni ne over her head Iopened anid out. fell a shiowe r of dainty hj.nd'tkerchiefs to (ath h'iter tear's. Lest tniey be teo dIisconsola te, cachi spinst er was' giveni a peep into the future, b1v means of e'levir li ke verses at It:.(ched to :sters bearin g tho names of the guiest s. 'lTien thi 'eeest of honor was presented withI a lovely bunch of untors. . Those en jo n. thiis lovely event. besidles the honjoree andl hostess. ('s, were:~ Mi ses Atice Wilson, Paine la Bradhiam, I rein Plowder (0> ra Bag.. nal, AlIine Riegby, Corin~ne Barfield, Sue \l. S jr ott, Margare(t Wi soin, Sue Sprott , Myrile Roman, Ltn y Johnson, Carolyn and JTeanet to Plowden, Irma Weimberg, RitA Hluggiins, Isabella &oaCcil C lark, M t-tie Ven ning, IRos( Ervi ', Li hi Ma rgarct Dicksmu a nd~ l Mrs.John S. WVilson. Marri'iedl on Mondi y. Septembol> Mr. S. B. D~avis of Silver, and Miss M'vaodo Frierson oif near Mannime; the ceremioniy wans performned by Rev. L. B. McCord. Mrs. L. Brinkley of G;eorgetowni, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. C. K. Jianoks, left this iWednesday) mornmiii for a stay in I I (ndersonlvillec N. C. Mr s. Brown anldl houghter, Mildred, Lom se anad Fr anocis returni'ied honie Tuesdlay fromalu Duuants, 5. C. than hold any poit ica posit ion in the gift of any people, but if I weire a newvspaiper edlitoir, I would w id my pen foir ((tnaIi ty in the asses:s nient of taxes, for e'qua lit y in the selling price of raiw prioducts andiu the ( PUrcha:sing pric of manuiifactuired produi( s, and' finalIly, I he greatest; ofI hem :ll, death -.eud damnat8ion to the tolitical1 de ma gogue.- The Stadtt. J. ,J. Canrtey.