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THE UNION DAILY TIMES
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VOL. in. NO. 771 UNION, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920 5c pER COPy
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UHION WILL HUE
1 HEW in
Arthur C. Atkin, of Spartanburg
was in Union yesterday and has at
ranged to establish here a Wizar
bakery. This concern has a baker;
in Spartanburg, Columbia, Gastonii
ana is planning to enter other terri
tory. The concern is the ownfr o
thcWizard Vacum Oven, and is some
thing new in the bakery business. Th
location of the new bakery has not ye
been determined, but Mr. Akin says i
will be started here in a very shot
time.
UNION HARDWARE CO.
ERECTS HANDSOME SIGI
The Union Hardware Company ha
erected a handsome glass awning an<
has had "The Union Hardware Corn
pony" in large brass letters put alonj
the front of the awning. If you fai
to find your way to this progressiv
store it will not be their fault.
MRS. J. F. FARR BETTER
Mrs. J. F. Farr. of Snartanburo
who has been very ill for some tim<
is thought to be improving today. Sh<
was formerly Miss Lilie Gault and ha
many relatives and friends throughou
the county who will be interested ii
her condition. Her sister, Miss Lull
Gault, spent*last week at her bedside
MUSIC RECITAL TONIGHT
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The annual music recital given b:
the pupils of Miss Genie Boinest, in
structor^ at the city schools, will b
given this evening at 8:30 o'clock a
the high school auditorium.
The program is a splendid one an<
varied enough to please the most fas
tidious. The medal presented eacl
year by the instructor for the pupi
making the greatest advancement, i:
to be given tonight and the "Dance o:
the Fairies" led by, little Miss Juditl
Cohen completes a delightful pro
gram.
Demand Action on
Soldier Relief Bil
Washington, May 25.?More thai
one hundred Republicans are ready t<
act if the leaders postpone the con
sideration of the soldier relief bill be
jrunu AliUI oua^
-Carranza Buried at
Dolores Cemeterj
City, May 25.?The body o
^flBBvfent Carranza was buried a
cemetery in accordance witl
MjWft expressed wishes. The provis
president, De La Huerta, wil
TSav the oath of office .on June 1.
Carload of Potatoes
Switched About 17 Day*
Chicago, May 25.?Three squads o
federal" agents order a trail of twenty
four carloads of potatoes said to hav<
been switched around on. the railroa(
tracks here from five to seventeei
days without an attempt to unloa<
?them.
Airplane Pilot Sold Out
And Flew Away
Des Moines, May "25.?The police
are searching for an airplane pilQi
who i? said to have landed here fron
* Canada with eighteen cases of liquoi
which he sold in two hours for tw<
N hundred and fifty dollars a ease.
No Clue to Escape
Of Draft Dodger
Philadelphia, May 25.?The militarj
authorities, department of justice
agents and the local police have
apparently made little headway toward
fixing the responsibility or ob
turning a clue toward the escape ol
Grover C. Bergdoll from the arms
guards last Friday. ^
Johnson Leading.
Wood in Oregon
Portland, May 25.?Senator Johnson
is leading General Wood by nine
hundred and fifty-threev votes in the
Oregon presidential pjrimary with
three thousand votes still out, according
to the Portland Oregoniar
figures.
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Mrs. W. E. Spears, who was operated
on at Steedly'g hospital for tonsilitls
a week ago, is still quite sick at
the hopie of her sister, Mrs. R. A.
Brown, at Charlotte, N. C.
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CHICAGO ffifCOMES
I MUjntM SOUTH
Chicago, May 24.?Big business in
- Chicago stopped for a while to hear
d what the 135 men from the South Aty
lantic states had to say.
i, There is more than a competitive
i- feel Lag with New York here. The
f great city of Chicago feels that it
' should be a center of business in the
e world and it somewhat resents the
t preeminence of New York. Furthert
more the present congestion of freight
t in New York is causing great loss to
Chicago. Therefore the more eagerly
methods of relief are sought.
All the Chicago papers give ac*
counts of the visit of the Southerners
and tell what it means. The Chicago
8 News 8a ys:
* "An invigorating breath of South
Atlantic sea breeze wafted into CM?
cago today and whispered a message
1 into the ears of the perplexed busie
ness man. And the message was
given instant attention, for it told
that along Southern coast of the
United States there are five great seaports
filled with waiting ships for all
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" jimu oi meiwona.
!? "Hie message was brqught by a
e delegation of business men, bankers
8, and chamber of cohimerce representa*
lives from four Southern states?
n Georgia, Florida, North and South
a Carolina. They explained upon ar!*
rival that they are not engaged in a
'booster trip,' but on an errand to
point out how money could be saved,
shipping to Latin-American, European
and Oriental ports facilitated
B and a more solid business relation bet
tween the South and the North cemented.
j Tell Plans at Dinner.
"The delegates are passing the day
, in the city qg the guests of Chicago
j business men. Their program conB
sista of a sightseeing tour over the
f city, luncheon at the Stockyards inn,
1 more aut0 riding and dinner in the
. ball room at ,the Hotel LaSalle. At
the dinner they will tell the Chicago
business men their plans, according
to James H. Cowan, collector of cus
toms at Wilmington, N. C.
* H 'We want to show Ijhe business
mten of the Middle West that we can
handle their business with greater
0 dispatch than the Northern ports,'
said Mr. Cowan. 'We have five great
ports. They are Brunswick, Ga.,
Charleston, S. C., Wilmington, N. C.,
| Savannah. Ga.. and Jacksonville Fin.
There is never any ice in these ports,
T the? are always open, and can accommodate
the largest type of ocean gof
ing vessel.
' New York Congested.
a " 'It isn't our object to take ship"
ments away from New York or other
1 North coast ports, but at present New
York is in a frightful condition.
Freight is congested. Some of the
Middle West shipments have been
$ standing unloaded for more than a
month.
f " 'This is our message to the Chi
cago and Middle West business men:
e Our ports have moderate terminal
i rates; the interstate commerce comi
mission has established a parity rate
1 with the Eastern ports; our banKers
are ready to extend foreign credit;
there is no labor trouble in our ports,
and they can be reached by all the
r main truck lines.
*' 'But our message is also a warns
ing. We are trying to establish closer
[. business relations with the North so
j that when the European ports once
f again get on their feet they will not
, be able to gobble up all the South
American trade. America can not
compete with Europe if the business
men insist on utilizing only the North
Atlantic coast ports.
" 'Another important thing that we
are showing is that Chicago, Charlesr
ton and Pernambuco, the first South
5 American port, are in a direct line.
8 Why should a shipper send goods to
New York and then down to Pernam'
buco, or any other South American
port> when he can ship direct?'
Plenty of Room There.
"Some of the interesting features
of the Southern potts are: Charleston
terms itself the 'Plumb line port
of Panama.' It has a water front of
15 miles, with a ship channel 500 feet
wide and 30 feet deep. Brunswick,
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. v.?, una a imiu^iucKea namor 01 ill
i square miles. The distance from the
i Municipal docks to the harbor en
trance in Savannah is 22 and onei
quarter miles. Wilmington has n
deep fresh water front. All of the
' ports are connected with the West by
? the truck lines."
Mrs. Edward J. Arthur left this
, week for a visit to her mother, Mrs.
H A. Salley at Salley's.
WEALTHY DRAFT DODGER
HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED j
Philadelphia, May 24.?CoL Thomas
Q. Donaldson of the inspector general's
department and CoL Alexander
B. Coxe of the army general staff
corps arrived here today to take up
the local angles of the war department's
inquiry into the responsibility
fox the eseare of Grover G. Bergdoll
from two army guards here last Fri- ,
day. Bergdoll at the time was on an
alleged "treasure hunting" furlough.
No trace has been found of the fu- <
gitive by the federal and civil agents
searching for him. Rumors of all
sorts reached the federal authorities
today, one of them to the effect that
Bergdoll had planned to leave the
country. This was grven some credence
by Harry NP. Pierce, divison superintendent
of the department of justice,
who received a report from Atlantic
City that the yacht Emma C.
said to be owned by Bergdoll's mother, <
has) rTiuonnooM/1 :
?.?r)?.uivu Aivui iv* niuunnKB >
there a few hours after his escape. i
Mr. Pierce requested the authori- i
ties at Washington to warn all coast j
guard revenue, lighthouse and other |
government agents to watch for the ;
yacht along the Atlantic coast. (
A report was also received that the
fugitive ha been seen in Atlantic City
late Friday afternoon, Jput this could
not be confirmed.
George Gale, harbor master at Atr i
lartic City, said tonight" there had 1
been no such yacht moored there, and i
D. Clarance Gibboney, local counsel
for Bergdoll, denied that Mrs. Berg< <
doll owned one. ' . i
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Washington, May 24.?Both the <
army and intelligence corps and the 1
department of justice were forewarn- j
ed that Grover C. Bergdoll. draft 1
evader, planned to escape from cus- i
tody, Attorney General Palmer de- <
clared in a statement tonight, disclaiming
responsibility of the de- <
psrtment of circumstances which per- ]
mitted Bergdoll to get away. Infor- ]
mation that r. plot with an escape
view was under way, Mr. Palmer said, .
was first obtained by the army au- ;
thcrities and was given by them to (
his department. \
The department of justice received
a letter from one of its special agents (
dated April 30, Mr. Palmer added, "to
the effect that Bergdoll would make
application for a writ of habeas corpus
which would take him temporari1
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ly uuk ui uiie nanus 01 me war depart
ment and place him in the custody of ,
a marshall or deputy marshall, that
pending these proceedings he would |
attempt to make his escape or, if al- |
lowed l^il, would jump his bail bond. 1
"The bureau of investigation made j
its plans, therefore, to prevent any ,
escape ia case of application for writ ,
of habeas corpus. No si^ch application
was ever made and Bergdoll did i
not come within the jurisdiction of the
department of justice in any manner
that would warrant our interference. ,
FIRST CAR GEORGIA i
PEACHES SHIPPED ;
To4he Editor of the Union Times:
I am authorized to hand you the following
statement by our publicity
ageni, iv. jo. regram: J
Atlanta, May 25.?The first car of <
Georgia peaches for the 1920 season 1
containing: 400 crates from Reynolds, 1
Ga., is today speeding: on its way to 1
New York in a special train over the !
Southern Railway. The car arrived in
Atlanta at 1:25 o'clock this morning:
after being iced at the Southern In- *
man yards arid left for the market at ^
2:10 p. m. The train being handled
behing a fast passenger locomotive
as second section of train No. 36. All '
arrangements have been completed f
for the transportation of the Georgia t
peach crop and from now until the
close of the teason the Southern RaiW ,
way will be sending special peach j
trains out of Atlanta everv nicht. on
fast passenger schedule.
C. W. Futch,
Agent So. Ry. Co.
NOTICE 1
The Ladie3 auxiliary of the First
Presbyterian church will meet Wedncs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
Ladies parlor,
Mrs. B. B. James. ^
Secretary. 1
WEATHER REPORT
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For S. C. Showers probably to- (
night and Wednesday. Gentle to ]
moderate shifting winds.
Mrs. F. E. Linder is visiting her <
sitter, Mrs. W. M. English in the i
Gcf.hen Hill community. i
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MMDS OF DO W
; SPENT HI MICH
Washington, May 24.?(By the Associated
Press.)?Evidence that $404,984.78
had been spent in behalf of
Governor Lowden, Republican, Illinois,
marked the opening today of the
senate's investigation into pre-conveation
campaign expenditures. Frank
H Hitchcock, former postmaster general,
who appeared as the Representative
of General Wood threw but little
Vght on the general's campaign
expenses and Senator Harding's
manager was not heard today. He
Will be examined later as will a number
of Wood managers, including
C*t. William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati,
A. A. Sprague of Chicago,
Horace C. Stebbins of New York and
John H, Price of Cleveland.
L. Jj. Emerson, secretary of state
tor Illinois, was the spokesman for
Governor Lowden. He was armed
erith records and cancelled checks and
gave figures, names, dates and localities.
Of the total spent for Governor
Lowden, he said, $379,176.78 was
Contributed by the governor him
elf. ^Friends gave $35,825, he testified,
before collection* were stopped
Mi orders from Mr. Lowden,
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AT THE RIALTO THIS WEEK
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A program selected with infinite
core will be the program offered to
the patrons of the Rialto theatre
starting today.
For today and tomorrow the gracious
Mary Pickford in her production
of John Fox Jr. novel "The Heart O'
the Hills" "jjith "The Country Hero"
will make t ) the program. In the
"Heart O' the Hills" our Mary goes
in for one of the roles that has made
her America's sweetheart, and in it
she does the very best work of her
career.
On Wednesday the comedy will be
changed and "Can You Beat It" will
be given instead of "The Country
Here" which is unfortunately contftfeted
for elsewhere. The management
insists that "The Heart O' the
Hills" with either of the comedies is a
dcuble bill worthy of any theatre in
the country.
Thursday another double bill will be
offered and will give the lovers of the
romantic drama a chance to see SesBue
Hayakawa in "The Devil's Claim,"
Larry Semons in "Losing Weight," a
convulsive concoction produced by Vitagraph
is another feature for Thursday.
Friday will usher in the Wm. Fox
Super-special "Should Husb^nls Forgive"
and also the laugh making farce
"The Price of a Good Sneeze" together
with a Prizma, naturally colored
scenic, especially booked for the
children and called "Old Faithful."
Saturday one of the Rialto's four
time programs will be given and it
will consist of the tenth part of "The
Adventures of Ruth," the fourteenth
episode of "Lightening Bryce," the
god drama "Hell Bent Haskell" and
"My Dog Pal," a comedy full of merriment.
MISS BLACKMAN TO WED
Jonesville ?The Rev. and Mrs. S. T.
Blackman announce the engagement
>f their only daughter, Mary Helen,
to Lieut, Com. Cleveland Shirley,
United States navy, the wedding to
take place on Saturday, June 26.?
Sunday State.
Mrs. E. W. Pago and Mrs. McFayre,
)f Chester, spent the week-end with
Mrs. D. J. Gregory, on route 3.
Miss Ruth Cohen, who has been
jtudying at Winthrop College this
session will return home Friday for
;hc summer holidays.
Miss Belle Gault, who has been in
Washington. D. C. for some months.
las returned to her home at Jonerille.
Mrs. Maria L. Murphy has been
juite indisposed for several days at
:he home of her son, C. T. Murphy, on
South Mountain Street.
Mrs. John K. Young and Miss Theo
lfoung, who have been the guests of
Mrs. S. M. McNeel in York for the
venter months , have returned to
Union.
The prediction that America will
lave the greatest navy in the world
jverlooks the fact that we shall have
10 schoorfers.
When a fellow is trying to mobilize
mough courage to kiss a girl he isn't
ible to think of germs.?Detroit Journal.
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MOVEMENT UNDER WAT 10
AVENGE CJWS DEM.
El Papo, May 25.?Villa bids defiance
to new Mexican government
' and again becomes an outlaw.
Mexico City, May 24.?Adolfo de la
Huerta, governor of Sonora, wae
named president ad interim of Mexi.
co by extraordinary session of con.
gress this evening. He received 224
votes against 28 for Pablo Gonzalez.
{ Gen. Antonio Villareal was the only
, other candidate. The extraordinary
, session had been fixed for 3 o'clock
this afternoon but did not begin work
. until 6 o'clock because of the lack of
a quorum. After one hour and a half
of balloting Governor de la Huerta
received the necessary two-thirds mejority.
The new incumbent holds office
under the "Agua Prieta plan" and has
already postponed the presidential
elections from July 4 to September 5
under authority of the "Agua Prieta
plan," which makes him supreme chief
of the liberal constitutional army. He
exercised the same authority in calling
the extraordinary session.
Washington, May 24.?Official interest
in the Mexican situation was
intensified today by reports of a widespread
reaction resulting from the
killing of Venustiano Carranza, the
deposed president. These indications
were accompanied by information that
the defacto government might, have
to face almost immediately not only
the problem of reducing Villa, the
long time rebel leader, to submission,
but also more important armed opposition.
Reports reached Washington today
from the Mexican capital that men
prominent in political affairs were
suspected of preparing to take advantage
of the indignation caused by Carranza's
death to lead an avenging
movement as did Carranza when Madero
was assassinated in 1913.
EAST UNION
All the delegates who went to
Washington have returned, reporting
a fine time while there.
Mrs. J B. Bobo, Ezell Eller and
Gladys, of Clinton, spent a few pleasant
hours with Mrs. Bobo's sister,
Mrs. M. H. Hall, Sunday.
A. O. Sims and family spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. Frank Clay.
G. G. Wilbanks has moved from our
midst to take charge of the slasher
room at the Union mill.
Ottaray will soon be making fancy
work as the Darlby Heads are arriving
daily.
John Palmer w'as hurt in an accident
late Saturday afternoon while
unloading coal at the ice plant.
M rs. J. M. Strickland, Mrs. Hugh
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vviiiviuta auu uwie uttuKiu^r, Avumeil
spent the week-end with reltives at
Jonesville.
Little Catherine Garner is able to
be out again after several weeks illness.
The Ottaray school children had
their annual picnic Friday afternoon,
also the "Dittle Girls' Club."
R. B. Wallace has returned from a
visit to his parents at Chester.
D. H. Hall had the misfortune of
fracturing a bone in his foot Saturday,
taking a misstep while descending
from a ladder.
Well, as I never know much news,
will be off. Juneburg.
[BUFFALO LOSES TO WHITMIRE
In a very excited and interesting
game of baseball the strong Buffalo
team lost to Whitmire by th'e score of
4 to 3. Buffalo had the game won up
to the eigth inning when three errors
with two hits won the ?ame for Whitmire.
The Buffalo's outhit the Whitmire
boys, getting nine clean hits off of
Thomas, while Young for Buffalo
gave up four.
The feature of the game was the
hitting of E. Smith for Buffalo, he
getting three hits out of four times
up.
The Whitmire boys, with their
manager, Mr. Gordon, are a gentlemanly
bunch of players and will give
any team a good game. _
A Fan.
TIIE MISSION
At the Episcopal church last night
Daddy Hall delivered a very impressive
sermon using the 1st paragraph
of St. Mark, casting out devils. Mr.
Hall has had wonderful experience
with all classes of people and will interest
you. Come out and hear him.
I Services at 8:15 p. m.
loiiif letm
riisi m death mm
Lexington, May 24.?Mack Thomp;
son, a 14 year old negro boy, was today
convicted of attempted criminal
assault upon the person of a nine year
k old white Kiel and was sentenced by
1 Judge DeVore to be electrocuted June
' 25. The jury was out less than an
; hour, returning just before reaching
1 their final conclusion to receive some
instructions from the judge. In sentencing
the prisoner Judge DeVoTe
said that he could not understand why
men of the black race would continue f
to perpetrate or attempt the crime of M
criminal assault in the South, and perticularly
in South Carolina, where fSI
1 there was no chance whatever for gg
them to escape death for the offense.
Appointed Mediator ^
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Washington, May 25.?The department
of labor announced that .5. W.
Bridwell had been appointed mediator
of the Central of Georgia Railroad
clerks' strike.
Convention Meets
To Elect Delegates
Baltimore, Md., May 25.?The
Maryland Republican convention is
meeting to elect delegates to Chicago.
The delegates will be instructed
for General Wood in accordance
with the result of the preferential
primary.
San Antonio, May 25.?With an
element opposed to sending negroes
as delegates in almost complete control,
the Texas Republican convention
is meeting to elect delegates to
Chicago.
Chalreston, May 25.?General fair
weather prompted the election of officials
is the forecast of a large vote at
the statewide primaries.
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Awating Ultimatum
Sent to Villa
El I'asso, May 52.?The troops of
the defacto government are disposed
at strategic points while the leaders
await the ultimatum sent to Villa to
decide whether he will retire to private
life.
Will Not Ordain
vWomen in Church
| McKonzie, Tcnn., May 25.?The
Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly
is informed by the committee
that eighteen presbyteries voted favorably
and twenty-nine adversely on
the proposal to ordain women as elders,
deacons and ministers.
Bryan Takes Issue
With Wilson
Washington, May 25.?Wrft. J.
Bryan took a flat issue with President
Wilson on the question of the
American mandate for Armenia, declaring
that ''any mandate is impossible."
Investigating Committee
Hears J. W. Beller
Washington, May 25.? J. W. Beller
of Washington, appearing for Senator
Owen, Democrat, told the senate committee
investigating the presidential
candidates' expenditures that the
Oklnhoma supporters of the senator
had raised seventy-eight hundred dollars
and twenty-six hundred dollars
was given through the Washington
headquarters.
Gov. Harding's Response
To Senate Inquiry
Washington, May 25.?Economy
in individual expenditures, reduction
in non-essential loans by the banks,
increased production and improved
transportation are needed to reduce
the cost of living and deflate credits,
so Governor Harding of the federal
reserve board declared in responding
to the senate resolution of inquiry.
Campaign Expenses
Paid by Supporters
Washington, May 25.?.John F.
Lucey, manager for Herbert Hoover,
told the senate invest/ignHion committee
that sixty thousand dollars, exclusive
of the California primary expense,
had been spent in the campaign
for Hoover for the Republican
presidential nomination.
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