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^ vor^lll. NO. 7 ?5 " UNION.'s. C.i'b.A^^\Y, APB1I, 21. I!)-J(> ~ ' ~ 3c I'EII coi'T ^ 1 W H II n C8UJHU TESTflU Admission on the part of Privat ' Roy E. Sanders, Company C, Fort: eighth infantry, charged with the kil ing of William S. Chaplin on the nigl of January 19, that he fired the fati shot that caused the death of M Chaplin and testimony from Privat Roy Janusz of the Forty-eighth it fantry, who was a member of th guard patrol on the night of* th . tragedy, that Sanders fired the sho featured the reopening of the court martial at Camp Jackson yesterda; Private Sanders was arraigned an placed on trial at 10 o'clock in th morning, the entire day being cor turned in his case. After the introduction of more tha a half dosen witnesses by the prose cution and two witnesses by the de fease,'the trial > was brought to dose shortly after 5 o'clock. No vex ^ diet was announced, but a convictioi of some nature was apparent. Th verdict will have to be reviewed b; the judge advocate general before i ,J>v is made known to the public. Sand ers was tried on two charges, one fo murder_and the other for wilful negli fence and utter disregard for life am , ' property in that he fired five shots a an automobile driven by. Tom Rufl negro transfer driver. The court tool the case, at 6:80 o'clock and at 6:6< announced that a verdict had boei reached. Dtrmg the afternoon, the defense Capt. K. S. Snow and Cole L. Blease made a hard fight for their client Their main points were that the bul let that killed Mr. Chaplin was rico cheted and that Sanders was absolute ly obeying orders when he shot a the car in which Mr. Chaplin was rid ing. The bullet was admitted as evi dence and testimony tended to shjgv that it had hit some hard surface be fore entering the car. The missile presented a one side< wedge shape, showing that it h*?d beei i shaved off and flattened in sonn way. - Private Sanders said he h?i fired directly at the eenter - of th< moving machine, but some distance below the rear light, this point wai _ JS A| A * > ww or wio^wong- ngnt* crt tne do ftlwrf-^TSe State. N<" G18T GEE bv*j*^ Missionary to China Manning, April 23.-?Special?Th< funeral services of Mrs. N. Gist Gee of Soochow, China, whose death oc cured last night shortly after 9 o'clocl at the home of her brother Joseph E Davis, were held this afternoon fron the Davis residence at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Gee, previous to her marriage was Miss Clarabelle Davis, a daught er of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Davis, o Summer ton. Eighteen years ago sh< when to China as a missionary am was married there a year later b Prof. N. Gist Gee, of the Soochow University. She returned to Americi a short time ago to receive medica / treatment at the Mayo clinic. Whei her condition Wirn* uriAm ?ka removed to the home or her brothei where ehe died. Two young daught ere of Mrs. Gee arrived in Americi two we/ks ago and were at her bed when ?he died. The husband and son will arrive ii America on April 28, having beei sumoned from China when her condi t'on was known to be serious. Mr* Gee also leaves a baby girl sevei months old, who is being cared for b; a miss5' i *y family in Soochow. Mri Gee is \ ^survived by her father an< mother, three brothers, Dr. T. F Davis and C. B. Davis of Summertor and J. E. Davis of Manning, and flv sisters, Mrs. Sue A. Pitts and Mrs. F R. Dingle of Summerton; Mrs. C. H Sprott and Mrs. J. D. Gerald of Man ning and Mrs. M. B. Stokes, who is ii Korea as a missionary. The body of Mrs. Gee was laid t rest in the Manning cemetery. Ther f were mar>y floral offerings from al parts of the state.?News and Courie WILL YOU COME AND HELP? Once more the women of Unio; have been asked to help in pushim forward a good work. If you are willing to help, come t the Chamber of Commerce on Mori day afternoon at 4 p. m. Miss Reba Crawford, an official c th? Salvation Army, will speak t a croup of workers from 4 to 4:80 an ? and in that half hour she will hav some interesting things to tell us. Come and hear the message. Mrs. J. W. Mixson,, Chm. Woman' Com. WEATHER REPORT For 8. C. Fair to-night and Bur day. Cooler to-night- Moderat northwest winds. J. G. Young, of Winston-Salem, f C., is spending the week-end at th hem# of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gault o South street. Mia Ruth Oault, < Converse Collage, is also home for tk husk-end,-'- . VW?^ t,. . , TWO WAR VESSELS it; . SMIJM MEXIC1 te ' Washington, April 23.?Two war J- ships from the Pacific ueet were en 1- route tonight to Mexican waters to it protect American citizens and hiteril ests at Mazatlan and Topolobampo. r. They were dispatched from San Diego :e today on orders from the navy dei partment after a request for protects tion had come from state department ie~ representatives at those two Mexit, can Pacific ports. fc- A similar request came from the j. government agent at Frontera on the d Gulf coast but was not acted upon e pending further investigation of the t- situation there. The cruiser Sacramento is at Tampico only a short disn tance away. i- The exact situation at Mazatlan and s- Topolobampo was not known here, a There had been no report of disturbances at either place and latest adn vices said a federal force of 358 men e and two cannon had arrived at May zatlan. t Sonora state forces in rebellion - Against the Carranza government, are r known to be pushing on toward Ma zatlan, the most important Mexican i gateway on the Pacific. This force is t' now well south of Topolobampo, but whether a detachment had been dele ployed to make an assault there was 3 not clear. ji At the navy department it was said that the cruiser Salem and destroyer !, No. 276, the ships ordered to Mexico, i, were under instructions to investigate the situation. There are extensive - American interests at Mazatlan where - the Mexico-California Steamship com pany has its terminal. Word has been t received at the offices of the company - that both of the Mexican ports have - been closed. r The cruiser Sacramento was at - Frontera on April 19, and remained a short time. Some uneasiness was felt 1 there at that time. i George T. Sumtnerlin, American i charge d'affaires at Mexico City, who i h?s uccii consulting with Secretary i Colby at the state department, left tos night for Mexico City and it was unj derstood that his departure has been - hastened because of the situation in Mexico. In official circles today it was reputed that Genmez, former federal commander at! manded rebel forces in the Mexico oil fields,'fiad joined forces against the 6 Carranza government. They were ref* ported on April 21-22 to be attacking the federal forces at Tuxpam. It also c was said in official circles that Colo* nel Gallegos, commander of the fed1 erai forces at Linares, wuevo Leon, had rebelled with his entire garrison. ' This town is on the Monterey-Tam" pico division of the National railroad and commands an important section ? of the northern part of Mexico. 3 AT THE RIALTO 7 1 Nazimova has what is in effect a triple personality to interpret in "The 1 Red Lantern" which comes to the B Rialto theatre on April 29. ' She appears as Mahlee, a Eurasian " giri (that is half white and half 1 Chinese)' in which the racial traits of the Orienta 1 and the AngloSaxon conflict in momenta of elemental pas1 sion; and also as Blanche Sackville, 1 W 1I_?- _1_1 it ? ? ? nn ?>ngiiBn gin, me natural aaugnter of the father of Mahlee. As Blanche, '* Nazimova, for the first time on the I scfeen appears as a blond. ^ Tho famous Russian artist put in ' seven solid weeks working for the , camera, toiling conscientiously and ' without stint. At the conclusion of ' "The Red Lantern" she was glad to f take a rest of a month before under(* taking her next feature production, " "The Brat" a A CORRECTION 0 Mr. Jim Belue requests that we cor? rect a statement made in a recent issue of The Times in an article in rer ference to the capture of the six distilleries in Union County. He says that the statement that one of the stills captured and said to have been II located upon his plantation was in re? ality op a neighboring plantation and not on his lands. We cheerfully make 0 the correction. H m ^ F1R8T BAPTIST CHURCH .f ? This church invites you to worship ^ to-morrow. Sunday school meets at 10:46, large and enthusiastic Baraca .class for men in main church auditorium. Services of worship with 8 nrMrhinr hr th? n*?tnr nf 11 m and at 8 p. m. The themes for the sermons will be " Making Excuses and Compelling to Come" and "The Last Ten Minutes Before Death and im th? First Ten Minutes after Death." * The fe. Y. P. U. meets at 7 p. m. The pastor and congregation extend an earnest and cordial invitation to the public to attend all the srevices ie ? n Mrs. Homer Gentry and little son, *f Dan, of Greenville, are the guests oi 10 their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilborn on feast Main street. STRIKERS PREFER JAIL I RATHER THAR WORK Cleveland, Ohio, April 23.?Five hundred striking railroad switchmen , at a mass meeting late today agreed unanimously to go to jail rather than return to work after officials of the department of justice requested the strike leaders to notify the men that all of the approximately -,500 strikers would be arrested if they did not return to work by tomorrow morning. This was after John Sawken, department of justice agent, who attended the meeting, had demanded that the strike leaders order the men to return to work or themselves go to jail. The governmont warning given to Frank J. O'Rouke, president of the Cleveland Yardmen's association by Sawken brought a noisy demonstration from the men at the meeting. " I have just been informed by the department of justice representative that every man of us will go to jail, unless we go back to work," O'Rouke said at the meeting. "Every man who wishes to avoid arrest by returning to his job will kindly rise and leave the room." Not a man moved. "Every man who chooses prison bars to starvation wages will rise," O'Rouke said. The 600 men rose in a body cheering and scouting. "We will all go to jail,-' they shouted as their leaders tried in vain to quiet them. The government officials next move haa not been decided upon early tonight. District Attorney Wertz, who authorized the presentation of the ultimatum, was hoping tonight the men would return to work without making it necessary to invoke drastic measures. Nearly 800 strikers attended tonight's meeting at which a rising vote to remain out was taken. Several strike leaders advised the meeting saying they did nut call the men out and had no authority to order them to return to work. The meeting was orderly and adjourned without incident. Several federal agents attended the meeting. MILITARY COURT ^ ACQUITS JANUSJi | S. Chaplin. Private Hoy Janusz of Camp Jackson who was tried last week for the murder of William S. Chaplin, a Columbia business man, on the night of January 19, was acquitted, according to the official verdict avuiournvu at the camp yesterday. After the close of the trial last Friday it was inferred that the soldier had not been convicted, but the verdict was not known until yesterday.? The State. Senator Johnson Has Wide Margin Butte, April 24.?Senator Johnson had a wide margin over his opponents for the Republican nomination in Montana's primary on the unofficial returns. In the absence of the Democratic candidates the votes were written in for McAdoo, Debs, Hoover, Bryan, Wilson and others. No Official Session . Today San Remo, April 24.?Members of the supreme allied council held no official session this morning, wishing to discuss the German question and reach adjustment of the points of view, before taking it up officially. New York Senate Legalizes Sale of Beer Albany, April 24.?The New York senate passed a bill to legalize two and three quarters percent beer and the bill was sent to the assembly for concurrence. The hill will lpcwliTfl fniir per cent beer, but twelve per cent wine failed of passage. HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock, Mass and sermon at 10 o'clock. You are invited to attend these services. N. A. Murphy, Pastor GRACE CHURCH At the morning hour, 11 a. m., Dr. John G. Clinkscales, of Wofford College will speak. You are invited. L. P. McGee, Pastor A. E. HILL IN UNION A. E. Hill, of Spartanburg, was in Union yesterday in the interest of , his campaign for Congress. Mr. Hill , was busy shaking hands with his old friends and meeting new ones and telling them he was in the race for , Congress. He is a former Union r County boy, having lived here in his I boyhood days, and his race is watched with keen interest. f % a Ml UlfpeD Will LOB OUKIMTS Waahington, AJ^Hl 23.?Senator Hitchcock, of Nehnska, withdrew tonight from the rMa for democratic leader of the senafwthtiS virtually assuring the selecjtjqpji Wf senator Underwood of Alabama, ,^t the Democratic conference calledjjMr Tuesday night. Senator Hitchcodt's announcement was made in a letter to senate Democrats. He said withdrawal from the fight would coalface to Democratic tarmony and wO&Ur 'accord with his individual planB wfllch would not permit him during remainder of the year to undertake work of mi-1 nority leader w$ufa.'devolved upon him with the retifcflbent from the senate of the late Sejfator Martin of Virginia. The withdrawal Aof the Nebraska bre^<:s the deadldhs which developed when the first eff<gn Was made to select a successor t&tteinator Martin. "I now desire terminate this deadlock," wrote Jsehator Hitchcock, ''and hereby witMmrtr my name from 1 the contest. Thi?')ld)l conduce to Democratic haimdw^and will accord with my individtsttrpl^ns which will , not permit me, dutfng the remainder , of the yeajp to undefjfake such cvontin- ' uous sorvite in thw senate as I have i had during the paw Jfi months. "The year durinmfhich I have act- ] ed as Democratic BmddT. has been one of responsibility qfft difficulty but one ] of pleasure also, jyause of the con- ] amoinuuii oiivwu on iiany colleagues, ( whether they agragl with me or not. "I desire particularly to thank those ] who have suppor|ra me in the contest and to say to alfrw it I ahall he glad, , in resuming my pofc tion as vice chair- ( man, to cooperate'! i heretofore, with , the chosen leaded^ ?' Senator HIUISm k's friends ex- ] plained that the V^fernaidential cam- ( paign would taksethe senator away ( from Waship^nlBt'frequent intervals and that airfdrarhin this he would j make frequent vwp to^his summer ( home in MassaenMtta and consequently would a^maesire to under- f take the duties dftjeadership. * The withdrawal !& theNebraska .c senator caused auArise in political % circles here. Ho tfre admin- * leadership, he would continue as the ( administration spokesman should the i treaty fight be renewed. J WILL' LECTURE ON I SALVATION ARMY s j i 1 JS rak 1 M g i llSHf ' **Z-:'" ^^HBHHHRQ OLiHHBffi^S HHHH I^BHHHH On Monday evening, April 26, at 1 tho High School auditorium of this ' city, Miss Reba Crawford, daughter 1 of Brigadier A. W. Crawford, di- 1 visional officer of the Salvation Army 1 in the Southeast, will speak on the < "Work, Progress and History of the Salvation Army" since its inception 1 by General Booth in England some 50 ' years ago.. i ' 1 CAREM NEWS Mrs. John Carter and children and Mrs. A. B. Carter have returned from a visit to "relatives in Gaffney. Hays Hyder spent the week-end with relatives in Hendersonville, N C. Claude Mitchell, of Union, was a visitor at Mrs, S. C. Gregory's last Sunday. Miss Lois Gregory is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. J. J. Anderson, of Carlisle. Mrs. S. E. Gregory and daughter, Miss Lelia. were visitinc in Union Sunday. < Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hughes and family spent a few pleasant hours at Mr. R. H. Carter's Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mra. J. J. Anderson were visiting on this route last Sunday. There was a large crowd of young folks at Carem Friday night in spite of the bad weather and everyone reported a nice time. Miss Pearl Anderson spent last week with'relatives in Carlisle. Sam Gregory spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. S. C. Gregory, on route 3. Billie Mrs. J. L. Woodward and Miss Valerie Woodward, of Carlisle, are in the [city today, thfc guests of friends. I # # ' # * " fOH FREMITI c/uiuur IS GIVENjVS FREEDO Paris, April 24?Jolfcph Caillau former premier, who was\convicted ? correspondence with the lenemy, hi been set free. * SIMPSON-HUDNELL. A wedding of interest and unusui beauty was solemnized .in the Firs Presbyterian church at Laurens Wee nesday evening at 6:30 when Mis Harriette Simpson, youngest daughte of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Alexande Simpson, became the bride of Mr. Hil ton Hudnell of Newbern, N. C. The church was artistically decoi ated with trailing ivy, ferns . an sprays of spiras and dogwood, th organ rail being banked with these Tall vases of spirea were placed her and there among the ferns, giving beautiful setting for the bridal partj The ceremony was performed b; Rev. G. C. Squires in the pr ^sence o a large gathering of friends and rela tives. Mrs. Luther" Roper rendered th wedding music and at the first note if Lohengrin's march the ushers cam town the aisles and took their places rhese were Jean C. Mitchell, o Spartanburg; Tom Easterby, Dr. Johi 3. Morgan, of Union, and Henrj Franks. The following were groomsmen David Smith, of Newbern, N. C. Harry A. Rear, of Washington, N. C. Tames C. Todd, Kemper Morgan an< Tohn W. Willbanks ,of Union, an* Dixon F. Pearce, of Greenville. Mrs. John S. Morgan, of Union, onl} lister of the bnde, was dame of hon >r, and wore a handsome dress o white georgette beaded in crysta with a most becoming hat of whit* ace braid with touches of green. Sh* :arried an armful of white roses 3ther dames were Mrs. Robert R Junn, of Crawfordville, Ga., and Mrs Jenry Franks, of Laurens. Mrs Sunn wore a lovely costume of Nib freen georgette with picture hat o freen maline and carried an armfu >f exquisite pink roses. Mrs. Franki vas becomingly gowned in pink georfatte with dainty pink hat with mahie trimming and also carried bis ?lh^ roses. Miss Carolyn Fleming Was maid nl lOTior and wore a, girlish dress oi ->ceTcK^ceftTte"- ov? Iress wearing a white hat witl 'eather trimming and carrying ar irmfull of white roses The brides maids were Misse: Jelene Hudnell and Blossom Hudnell listers of the groom; Miss Paulin< look, of Columbia; Misses Lilla Todd l.ucy Vance Darlington and Claudii Darlington. The bridesmaids were dressed ir ovely dresses of silk and georgette ir pastel shades of pink, lavender ?reen and blue and wore becoming big lats of tulle and. lace in the sam< shades. They carried bunches o1 sweet peas tied with pink tulle. The bride entered with her father vho gave her in marriage, and wai net at the altar by the groom and hi! oest man, Mr. J. M. Williams, 01 Washington, N. C. She was a ra liantly lovely picture in her brida obes of white satin and lace. Th< jodice was of chantilly lace with pear srimmings and beautiful cascades o ace draped the skirt and a handsom< ;rain of satin fell from the shoulders Her veil of filmy tulle was held ove ler dark hair with a band of pearl: and tiny orange blossoms, and as i fell over the train, was caught with i bunch of valley lillies. She carried i bouquet of bride roses, with showe: of swansonia. Immediately after the ceremony thi bridal party and a few friends wer entertained at an informal receptioi at the home of the bride's parents oi Hampton street. Mr. and Mrs. Hudnell left immedi ately afterwards in their car for ai automobile trip through North Care lina. After May 1 they will be a home in Newbern, N. C., where Mi Hudnell is engaged in real estate busi ness. Both the bride and groom are pleai antly remembered in Greenville. Mi Hudnell was a lieutenant in the 81s division and was stationed for aevers months at Camp Sevier and Mrs. Hud nell was for several years a student a Chicora College while that institutio was in that city.?Laurens Advei tiser. "Economy Parade" In New York Toda; New York, April 24.?"Fath< Knickerbocker" girded his loins i denims patches today and take hi first serious punch at the high cost c good dressing. The economy parac of all classes of citizens marchc through Columbus Circle to Twent; tnira street over isigntn avenue ar back again via Broadway. GREEN STREET Sunday school at 10 o'clock, preac ing at 11 a. m. and also at 7:30 p. i Come out and hear the new chori led by H. G. Foster. f. * > TOHUDO KILLED 223 Mi ANBJNJUBED 7l x, \ Birmingham, April 24.?The losa of lMe in Tuesday's tornadoes in M is sissippi, Alabama and Tenneas stood today at 229, with seven dr^d injured and property loss at s? >17,1 million dollars. The Red Crc s i. id in pr the homeless and injured. il j ? ?* Orqer Forbidding l* ^ Wearing of Overal IS > _ Chicago, April 24.?Civilian ei r iloyes .of the Great ljakes Trainii I- Station arc forbidden to wear overal unless tVey are too poor to purcha other apparel is the order posted t d day. V * An Agreement Reached e a New York, April 24.?An agre r* ment was reached between Alls y Ryan, the chairman of the Stutz Mi f tor Company | and Shorts protects * committee by \ which Ryan is to a cept five hundred and fifty dollars e share. e Man Full of "Dope" j Spends Night on Wire 1 Module, April 24.?After spendin f the night on the electric wires at th intersection of two principal streel : in the business section, Charles Sar 5 ders, a lineman, descended safely thi > morning into the arms of a waitin 1 policeman who had pleaded fourcee 1 hours with liim V>! perilous position. The officer sai V Sanders was crazed with narcotics " Sanders told them he feared lynchini ' at the hands of the crowds who ha 1 "fathered watching his antics. e - m 2 BUFFALO BOOSTERS The editor of The Times got severs letters this week from "Buflfal . Boosters," students of th? Hutchin 5 son Central High School, at Buffalc f N. Y., and it is such a novel way o 1 boosting a city that we are passing i on to our readers. "It pays to advertise," and thes . young boosters will have more peopl ; moving to Buffalo than the citjA ca accomodate. The letter is as follows r M. Rice, Esq., Editor of th t Times,Union. S. C. \ f DfcirSH*; V ^ l We are trying to "Bosst Buffalo. \ The way we have decided to do this i by making Buffalo known all over th j country as the wonderful city it is. , The 04,000 school children of Buffal 5 are each sending a letter to all th , important newspaper editors of th i country. The school which I attenc Hutchinson High School, is as usut i doing her share in this as she does i i every other affair which benefits th , community. The school s the larges j of its kind in the country It is use ? by 2,300 day school students and b [ 2000 night school students and b many other people, so that it is bt mor ucnrl nlmAof 11** Tf 1 3 very modern in equipment, absolutel 3 fireproof, the water in the di-inkin f fountains is electrified. It has th . best equipped gymnasium and swirr ] ming pool in the state and has a 1 j brary of 30,000 volumes which j used by the students. It is als f prominent in athletics and has f, basket ball team which is known a over the state. It is a school worth r of a city like Buffalo, Buffalo is a wonderful home cit; j. We have a great number of comfori a able homes with fine shade trees an a large front lawns, in fact, Buffalo hs r more shade trees than nny other cit; We have many benefits for the peop in the homes, some of which are o fine market, museums and a board < G health which does its work well. Buffalo has many amusements fc the people. It has many fine theatre tennis courts, golf links, parks ar base ball diamonds, all for public us n Buffalo is a great industrial cent* and the largest grain terminal of tl ^ Great Lakes, being at the head < Lake Erie. Buffalo engineers havir watched the growth of Buffalo in tl past say that it will take in all tl vicinity to Niagara Falls and ha1 p* the entire Niagara river as a wat front. ^ If you are interested in the thinj I have told you, I hope you will t< it to your citv through your paper. n Yours truly r* J. Douglas Clucas, Jr. WILL MOVE TO CHESTER y S. Fram, the shoemaker, is arran ing to sell out his shoe repairing shi and, in about sixty days, will mo ,n with his family to Chester, S. < |g . where he will go into the dry goo i business. He has purchased the bui ? ness of Mrs. Annie Baer, of that pla< The business is dry goods, notions ai millinery. id . p. CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY Sunday school at 10 o'clock. S< b- mon and congregation meeting at n. o'clock and every member is urg in to be present. L. W. Black welder, Rector % RICKS AT WASHINGTON 4 00 HAVE AN JVC ON BO ;i of Washington, April 24.?While the is- American cruisers were en route to ,pp - ? \.ia.\U>?rt? in Mexico to- . ^<n _?/-ere was lacking any indication !V? of the altered course of the Un ted >88 States government. The officials are watch:ne the situation with apparent equanimity. It is unofficially declared that any move by the United States is Is 'mprobable unless it is necessary by menace to American livesn * ** Attitude of Allies 1,8 Towards Germany se ?" San Remo, April 24.?Complete agreement with respect to what the 1 attitude the allies shall adopt toward Germany in connection with carrying out the peace treaty has been reached e" bv Lloyd George and Millerand, it is T . in stated. o- ? Twenty Men Rescued ^ CA" From Grounded Vessel Reaufort, S. C-. Anril 24.?Twenty men on the yacht "Elfay." wh'cli was g o-rui'nded in Ocracoke inlet during the nirht were taken off by the life savers. Three men refused to l^ave the "essel, which is believed to be safe. ;! Tohn?r>n Have an Fve ^ i? To Make England Dry < g 4 n Westerville, Ohio. April 24.?Wil- * s "am "Pussyfoot" Johnson, was civen j ? roval welcome by the Anti-Saloon League headquarters on his return ^ *rom England, where he l'terally d ' ave an eve to make England dry. \ ' Walker D. Hines Resigns Washington. Anril 24.?Wnlker D. | i] Hmes, d;rector general of the rail- 1 o "oads. has resigned to he effective on i- May 15. President Wilson has ac>. cepted his resignation. f ' " ?" t Railroad Workers Tired of Delays vy e e Washington. Anril 24.?Th??re i? a n warning against further delay in s ^t: Ming the wage demairfs of two mile 'ion railroad workers - *. Timothy - \ Shea, t.h<* vic-V-K^^^?^flfe^ocoboard todaf. the men were Ted upon^^p^^ s -"-omises and are dead, dog-tired | e delays. ' ? tf o HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE V 1 e Yu ? The residence of Jim Wallace, yv' Q \r j colored, located in the northern sec- y .i tion of the city, was destroyed by fire V n yesterday afternoon. The entire t e building was burned to the ground ^ and all his heavy furniture was also } ^ burned. He was able to save some of y the bedding and trunks. He had a v small amount of insurance, but not nearly sufficient to cover his loss. He ? has for years been a waiter in the <qI y hotel here, and by frugality and good fij I mnnaffrmanf V, n / ! V\nan cV.1.. . V.... 1J g iiiMiu.^vuiviiv iiuu uttu uuic tu UUIIU mg e him a home. His loss is a very hard : piece of misfortune. ^ SLAYER OF MARKOE |o BROUGHT TO COURT ^ New York, April 23.?Faltering, shabbily dressed and with a weeks growth of beard on his pale face, Thomas W. Simpkins of Duluth was t" arraigned today in an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree for shooting Dr. James Wrigl * y Markoe last Sunday as the distinj0 guished surgeon was passing the p, . f n fashionable St. George church. In a weak, quavering voice the itinerant printer, who is said to have es>r caped from five insane asylums, acs knowledged that he had neither counitj ces or the funds to engage one. Former Assistant District Attorney Neilson Olcott and Joseph S. Rosalsky 1C were assigned to defend him and pleading his case was postponed until next Monday. 10 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ic vo Rev. Jno. F. Matheson, pastor of er the First Presbyterian church, will preach tomorrow at 11 o'clock, upon ^ the text "If a man die, shall he live ' again." Job 14:14. The public is cordially invited to hear this sermon. Mrs. B. E. Lemmond has returned to her home in Spartanburg after a visit to Mrs. R. A. Jones. K- *" "* op Miss Alice Rembert,, who has been ve the guest of Miss Fanny Duncan, has C., returned to her home in Spartanburg, ds * ?1 si- . Miss Grace Rodgers, of West :e Springs is shopping in the city today. nd * Henri Going, of Columbia, was in th? .city for a few days this weak on business. Mrs. James W. Ladd has returned ?^ 5r* from a visit to her parents, Mr: and Mrs. A. J. Bell in Greenwood. ;ed . ?. France has ordered 5OQ,000 tomb , stones to mark her soldiers (craves. - 'i