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THE UNION DAILY TIMES
ESTABLISHED B^Si 1950?CONVERTED TO T^HE I^NION DAILY Tl&itfs OCTOBER 1. 1917 '
VOL. III. NO. 786 > < - I OKI ON, SC., 1&20 . 5c IMS It COPY
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COMPROMISE
BOLT 01
' s
Chicago, June 10.?Rescuing the
party by eleventh hour compromise
fro* a threatened split on the league
of nations issue the Republican national
convention today adopted a
i /. . platform and then adjourned to nomi.
* nate a candidate tomorrow.
. Ilkrmony on the league issue was
reached after many hours of heated
Mgjt?#tati<ms evolving about .the sub"
"jcotaisittee on resolutions but bringing
Into consufUtion first and last virtually
gll the big meit of the party. In
the $nd the' irrecoifelables and mild
reservationa accepted a treaty plank
* drafted by El'hu Root before his departure
for Europe several weeks ago
.kilt, lwviwt) in *nmc rtotaila tn maaf tli/r
views of the contending elements.
T It condemns President Wilson's
league convenant, upholds the senate
in itfe rejection of the treaty and indoreses
the principle of tin international
peace concert in harmony wit6
American traditions. .
After impatiently marking time all
day for the resolutions committee to
, compl?t?~4te work the-third conveTi|
tioh Bseoived with cheers the yeadfig
of the platform by Senator ^Watson of
Indiana, the committee jsKairmait ^and
adopted, it was a great chorus of
cheers. It nearly drowned out f milnority
report presented by Edwin J.
Gross, the Wisconsin member Of the
commitee and sikned only by h^pself.
The substitute provided flat rejection
of the league idea, advocated government
ownership of railroads, and
contained other- proposals which the
convention voted as "socialistic.". \
The relative chance of the presidential
candidates apparently .^as lit***
tie affected by the platform afcree
merit and on convention eve there was
irf'tvfdence no development which
... changed the .fftpatiota wjth Wood,
Johnsonfand XpWden' leading, but
witi|?pt any one of ttfsnv having
> ' , treaty plank bad no reflex on any of
the candidates except possibly in the
case of Senator Johnson. He will not
now appear on the convention floor
and that ?t is a disappointment to his
supporters who had believed that the
appearance of their leader in a treaty
fight would help his fight for the nomination.
In accord with the plan to finish up
the conventions work on a skip stop
schedule, it was agreed to convene
at 9. a. m. and to hurry through the
t nomination speeches and remain in
continuous session until a candidate
is nominated. The plan seemed ac
ceptable to most o/ the campaign
managers and it suited the delegates
because they are worn out and anxious
for the big show to end.
The convention held two sessions
today. Meeting first at 11 a. m. it
quickly adjourned when word was
brought that the work of the resolutions
committee still was uncompleted.
The second session began at 4 p.
m. and then two hours were whiled
away in mus:c, speeches and cheering
before Senator Watson hrought in the
platform.
INDICTMENT QUASHED
BY JUDGE MACK
(By The Associated Press)
New York, June 11.?Indictments
charging profiteering against the
American Woolen Companies, of
New York and Massachusetts, and
William Waa/1 n??noi/lnnf
panies, have been quashed by federal
Judge Mack. The judge sustained a
demur or Charles E. Hughes, special
counsel for the defense, which held
that woolen goods did not constitute
wearing apparel and therefore did
not come within the meaning of the
Lever act.
TURNER?G A ULT
Miss Essie Clio Turner and Mr. L.
H. Gault were united in marriage at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Turner, of Blacksburg,
S. C., Sunday, June 6. Rev. It.
H. Meadows being the officiating
minister.
The bride is an attractive and accomplished
young woman and Mr,
I t Gault is being congratulated upon his
good fortune.
Mr. Gault is a member of the
Union Marble Co. firm, coming here
to engage in the business at the first
of the year.
Vera, the little daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. J. F. Johnson, is seriously
ill at the home of her parents.
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PREVENTS
: REPUBLICAN!
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Mill* HO DEFEJtTS
WHITE Mil FBI rtiC
Coliseum, Chicago, June 10.?Th
selection of Henry Lincoln Johnsoi
an Atlanta negro, as a member of ft
Republican national commift^e froi
Georgia was confirmed toda$r by
vot# of the Georgia delegation, take
onlhe floor of the convention. He gc
12'votes against three for his opp<
rtent, Roscoe E. Pickett, a white mai
T. At 4:40 o'clock Chairman Lodg
took the platform and directed ih
Secretary to call the roll of states fo
nominations for members of the ns
iional committee. Most of the cdm
Anittee have been elacted, by th^j
delegations and the changes. .'hav
been announced. -^Califomi
Woe rallpH tho .rfflpcfltinn nnaaor
The first^j?Tftpu8 came with the cal
of Geo^riri. The nime of Henr
J^yjeOtn Johnson, the .Atlanta negr
who figured Jn thesenate campeig
expenditures investigation as havin;
Lowden funds in Georgia, was pre
sented a protest was made from th
delegatinon. Chairman Lodge rule
that any dispute could be taken u
later.
After a musical the conventio
turned to the Matter of deciding wh
is the new national committee ma
from Georgia. The secretary call?
the roll of the delegation.
The vote wa? 12 for Henry Lsncol
Johnsoq) to three against him. Sen
ator Lodge declared Johnson elect?
and put it up to the convention !
signify . its approval. There > Was
loud chtyrus of aye# and a loud choru
of noes. Senator jLodgV broke th
wrangle by whacking for order. Sen
#tor Lodge announced .however,
Johnson was declared elected.
tion that the vute of the state delegs
tion settled the question.
Ill REMAIN III SESSION .
UNTIL NOMINATION IS MAO
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, June 11.?Late gettin
under way the convention met at 9:5
under agreement tc stay in sessio
j until a presidential candidate b
l nominated. Prespects point to a
I all day, and possibly, a night sessioi
j For the first time since the conver
i tion began candidates for the pres
1 dency were missing from the floo
1 Butler, of New York, gave proxy t
;a woman; Sproul dropped in a fe1
minutes saying he would return fc
! the balloting; Johnson's friends sai
they didn't expect him to show hin
1 self in the Coliseum. The Wood pe<
pie were claiming: victory by a thir
or fourth ballot. Predictions of othc
t candidate managers are less definit
At 10:06 Secretary Degan ws
, calling: roll states for nomination
Alabama passed, Arizona yielded 1
Kansas for the nomination of Woo<
Governor Allen placed Wood in nom
nation. Before the nominatin
speeches the convention by risin
vote and uproarous applause adoptc
a resolution on the inexpressible los
by death of Theodore Roosevelt.
Allen was greeted with cheers an
the waving of Wood pennants, hal
and handkerchiefs. His speech wf
frequently interspersed with a]
plause and Wood's achievemenl
were recounted. Wood was secondc
I by Frank K. Knox, of New Ham]
j shire, and Mrs. Douglas Bobinson, c
j New York.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITOR
All persons holding claims agains
i the estate of T. Carlisle Perrin, d<
ceased, must present same dul
proven to me, and all persons indeb
ed to said estate must make paymei
to me.
G. C. Perrin,
Administrator Estate,
T. Carlisle Perrin, Dec'd.
June 11-18-25.
RENNER HEADS
AUSTRIAN CABINE
; (By The Associated Press)
Vienna, June 11.?The Austrii
cabinet is headed by Chancellor Rei
. ner, who has held office most of tl
time since the armistice was resijfi
ed, /
STORMY SCENES
j IN LABOR MEETING
j." Montreal, li ne 10.?Th* AAericaft
Federation ofLabopfh its annual
vtuition here- today wiped'out the
"color lifle" rnd warned its affiliated
. international ^nionVthat negro wodfc
r era must be given full And equal mem!?
bership with whilfe men.
The ted oration's action came at the
ie Mid of4* stoi my session which nearly..
?? r<6jrolfcedin a "face war** between delay
% gates from the Southern states and
ft the negroes /nd their sympathizers,
a Rejecting ( the recommendation ?#
n its organization committee the feds?t
ration foi* -"the first time in history
>- threatened the autonomy of an affiliate
i. ed union by requesting the Brother^
e hood of Railway Clerks to give
e nc^t'ro freight handlers, express <m?
r sjfction employees full membership
i- /and eliminate from its constitution
[J the words 'white only." jfc
# f -The coi ttee's report of "non cbjb>
e currence" c. the ground that the. fed*
a eration had no power to interfere witfy
I. the constitution of an affiliated union
I] immediately drew the fire of the negwfc
y delegates and those of several Norttt^j
o ern states, chiefly Illinois and Ne^
n York. Tb$re was a voluminous ex-,
g change of oratory^ in whirfi j^
!- negroes charged taxation withaj|?
e representation," and "discriminatl<^i,d
to which ther opponents replied wnb
p accusations cf betrayal by . negvo
workers of the whites in past labor
S diaputs.
o Indignation pf tlie negrp delegdk*
n was tipotsed bcvepil times dUrhmpAfi
d debate when a pea ke rji r eferreA ~to
them *as j&igger freight hkhdfcta"
n and their objection such remarkS^Sfas
0 thej^e -of the word "niggcrf*
a Irifer to tbg race. ? i. j
1 'IT WAS DOQA^r |
JT it was cDogari Arthur 'hSfjUH
* over Union this Veek?hm?st id
1
Ing' receptfttft he' would have Jpeqn
i- given. The coionel was driving tme
plane and was coming from* Fayetteville,
N. C., to Columbia, S. C.
kind although Union is not on the
main route, the plane come over
r here, didn't it,
* Another trip is in view and peraps
we may yet get a chance to fly,
for the Colonel said if there had
g beer, a landing place, he would have
0 stopped in this?the best town on
the map and looked around a bit.
e The Times knew it was Dogan for
he did some stunts that no other bird
n
1 would have known to do and his little
* sister said he flew so low that she
. thought he was after a chicken on the
roost.
? Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Colton and
r little daughter, of Charlotte, N. C.,
fj are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
' H. Burris on South street.
>" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
d .
>r The meeting is growing in intere.
est. Ijist night the church auditolg
rium was full and ran over into the
g Sunday school room. Rev. J.
' Powell Tucker, is preaching with
great effectiveness and power. Mr.
.' Wolslagel is singing the gospel in a
very winning and winsome manner.
K The sermon?subjects for the next
>f duy or two will be: "An Old Fash:d
ioned Home." For this evening,
js "The Test of Love;" for Saturday
morning, "The Rod of God's Power;"
1(j for Saturday evening, "Following
,s the Gleam;" for Sunday morning, "Is
the Bible Scientific?"; for the mass
IS '
meeting at 3:30 Sunday afternoon,
and "A Pla'u Talk to Young Men"
congregation extend a cordial and
^ pressing invitation to every body to
J~ come to the services.
)f ? ,.
GAME POSTPONED
The base ball game which was
? scneauied to come off at the city park
this afternoon at 6:15 o'clock belt
tween the Union Concert Band and
-- the Union Mill team, has Bfeen postly
poned until a future date. The mant
agera are very sorry to make this
it announcement, but many of the players
were at work until after 6 o'clock
and could not make the date. The
date will be announced later.
WEATHER REPORT
Fair tonight and Saturday with
P little change in temperature. Gentle
shifting winds.
m TIMES BULLETINS
n
?e The Times will post bulletins from
ri- the Republican national convention
up to twelve o'clock tonight.
\
CITY COUNCIL )
7 ELEfcTS OFFICER^
aipeteting of the 5ity council
.flight and again. aV> noon
Arthur, Cflty Clerk and |
Skelj^i Iips
Whiaenafct, Jkaeper. I o
Johes, Boyd Hippy, M. S. '
FOfe BRIDGE '
r # oVbr savannah \
tijjfgi* People Ready to Cooperate In >
RK: \. N^ro|oct. t
CMlmittfee From TKU? State Adresses ^
. vlMneai * Men. 9f ^Savannah? v
^aunties Work .Together. . ^
..-'ftterest in the construction of 3 ^
b?ce ,?wr the Sawanfeah^j rivet
|wch .^ridce tvould open a fertile *
atftfcionof South Carolina, !# ate*4$y, ,
ymwiug in the city-of Sai^nnah ac- .
jftgWing to newspaper aacouu& frotn ?
that city. Tlie exact fccation of the
bafcIge has not yet been decided upon, *
attd some time will elapse before' de- .
Mite steps towards the erection of ^
t^e structure will be taken.
$%?he Georgia allotment "of federal [
i?fi funds has already been appoi?ion- **
for different undertaking^ fdr the *
wssent year, but next year<tbere is a "f
pMfribility of getting assistance from e
flUs fund from Georgia. a
?The following account of a meet- p
fftjf recently held in Savannah is tak- ''
jfatrom the Savannah Morning.News: 11
jw^'Much int%aut,Wi|js eyidenced yes- b
#rd*y ?t the'.moCtmg *of the South 1
j^na >ndge-^^tee ^ kgil ^
near Savannah As possible, but the ('
court of last resort was considered b
the army engineers and the object of b
building a bridge at some logical point' 11
in this section was regarded as more r
important than the question of exact *
location. The meeting was held at the 1
borad of trade rooms. d
"The South Carolina committee an- *
nounced that $300,000 is assured from *
their state for the bridge and resolu- v
t.ions were adopted petitioning the ^
Chatham county commissioners to ab- *
pear personally before the state high- v
way commission to ask assistance in a a
joint survey with the South Carolina | s
committee relative to a site and the I
cost of construction. Another resolu- {
tion was passed expressive of a fa- 5
vorable sentiment in the community
toward the proposed bridge and pro- '
viding that after the survey the county
commissioners should sumit to the
people tht question of a bond issue
for the erection of the bridge.
"It was stated that it would be impracticable
to build a bridge farther
above Savannah than Beck's ferry, 27 ^
miles away. An explanation of the
Georgia law in regard to the construction
of bridges between counties
was made, which showed that the provision
is that the stream shall be no
wider than 1,000 feet. Following this |
explanation, county attorney, George
W. Owens, was asked to prepare a
Kill to present at the next session of
the state legislature with a view to
emend this feature of the law.
"J. P. Wis?, secretary of the South
Carolina bridge committee for the
counties of Jasper, Hampton and
Beaufort, made the principal talk for
the South Carolina delegation, fully
covering the work that has been done
by his state, *and stating that the
Chatham county action is being looked
forward to with much interest. The
three counties have made arange
ments to furnish $50,000 each and
through federal aid the state of South
Carolina will furnish a sum equal to
the combined amounts of the three
counties making the total $150,000.
"B. H. Gratf, engineer for the first
district of tns state highway department
of Georgia, said he thought
there was a good chance of the highway
commission bearing part of the
expenses, and although the $2,700,000
allotted 1o Georgia of federal
funds this yctr already had been apportioned
for different undertakings,
there might be a possibility of getting
assistance irom me nignway commission
next year. ' ,
"Several jnrhusiastic talks were
made all of which showed the necessity
of a bridge connecting this section
of Georgia with South Carolina.
?The State.
REPUBLICAN P
A DO I
I I 1 ! i I
Ml 10 ill OFFICERS
. i emkhr df uw
By H. P. McGorss
Washington, June 10.?The followng
statement relative to the decision
4 the,. United States Supreme Court
p upholding the constitutionality of
halsth amendment to the constituiop-of
the United States and the natnonal
prohibition act was issued by
he Commissioner of internal revenue,
Villiam M. Williams, today:'
"The immediate effect of the decison
of the supreme court of the Unied
States declaring the 18th an^endnent
to tlje Constitution and the - naional
prohibition act eonstitutKihal'
vill be to give a decided impetus to
ne eniorcement or jne. prohbition
?? .
"ft ha8'been truly said 'that the,
iitcessfirt administration of JUiy* law
epsndfe'supbti public sejvfenb'ent. The
Lm?*tcmti>pftojle are .jaw abiding peo|e.
T)jeir sentiment demand
he obeery^MKlfof the profjIBtbioa^aw
iuawffi other laws.. . * *
^tlltlserts who have heretofore
asslvely Acquiesced in the prohlbi*
Ion act, pending the decision of the
Jnited States supreme court, now
lay be depended upon to becotrte acive
in cooperating wjth federal,
tate and municipal authorities in its
nforcemer.t. In communities where
ttempts are made tor thwart the law,
mblic opinion?the opinion -of the'
iw-abiding. citizens always in tj}e
aajority?will be, of greajt . aid:
mging to justice the violatera of
he law, ? .
"The bureau .is advised that notwithstanding
fhe fact that the naiotyd^-acthas
been in effect since
^^^^r^^rnany peraw
requres to be imposed upon vioaters.
The law makes it mandatory
ipon the commissioner of internal
evenue to impose certain double
axes and penalties upon evidence of
llegal manufacture or sale. '.The adlltional
taxes are separate and apart
rom fines which may be imposed by
he courts and have no connection
vith the prison sentence which may
>e given under law. For instance; A
>erson manufacturing and selling, in
violation of tne federal and state
itatutes, ten gallons of distilled
ipirits might be liable without court
jroceedings to maximum assessments
>f taxes and penalties amounting to
58,124,25."
NDICATION OF
DEADLOCK BETWEEN
THE BIG THREE
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, June 11?With the platForm
out of the way most of the
lelegates met today to name a presdential
candidate. The nominating
speeches were first and to get these
>ut of the way the convention met at
) o'clock instead of at 11. Further
steps toward eliminating the useless
>ratory was taken in connection with
the seconding speeches. Under the
rule adopted each candidate may be
seconded in two five minute addresses.
He may have as many seconders
as he likes, but if more than two
none who speak for him may talk
more than two minutes. Under this
plan the first ballot should be reached
by the midafternoon. The balance
of power is still to lay with more
than five hundred uninstructed dele
^ates. Despite the days of missionary
work among the lieutenants of
the leading candidates, it is learned
that little is known of their state of
mind. It remained for the first ballot
to reveal any decisive drift of
sentiment among the rank and file of
the party. Up to the time the convention
assembled there i? every indication
of a triangular deadlock between
Wood, Johnson and Ltowden
which would be shown on the first
ballot, for that reason the dark horse
promoters are busy throughout the
night planning and working to prepare
to attempt a coup if the opportnuity
came.
F. J. Mabry and wife have moved
to Union from North Carolina,
where they resided for the past year.
Mrs. Mabry is in very poor health,
and it is hoped that residing in
Union may benefit her health.
ARTY
'TS PLATFORM
Coliseum, Chicago, June 10.?After
adopting the report of tlffe resolution
committee and thereby adopting
its platform the Republican national
convention at 7:35 tonight adjourned
until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
There was no fight in the convention
over the platform with the hard
fought plank on the league of nations.
An attempt to substitute a
minority report went down under a
land slide of noes.
When the convention reconvenes
tomorrow it will be under an agree- ' ?
ment to nominate a presidential can- ,
didate before it ends itg session. All
the nominating speeches are to be delivered,
all the second speeches will,
be liriiinted \to tw</ for each nominee
and to five'minutes each.' ;
Under tlyrt; agreement the convention
must/mish .its balloting before it
adjourns'tomorrow bight, leaving the
nopimaiipn of a vice president for
Saturday. * '
The much discussed plank on the
league oj. which '
had batised a long delay in bringing
in the platform before the convention.
As finally, agreed upon in the
TfgfjutimiM i.nmniittrr and accepted
by the cenVenTIbtr tt~hfuanfijmthe
vjte*? of fh? .conflicting element^; ""
some of which* had threatened to bolt
the party.
The plank on the league of nations
says:
Foreign relations SA" League of
nations:
iThe foreign policy of the administration
has been founded nnon no
principal and directed by no definite
conception of oar nation's rights and
obligations. It has been humiliating
to America and irritatng to other na- M''
tons, with the result that after a f ;
period of unexampled sacrifice, par
motives are suspected, our moral influence
impaired, and our governWe
favor a liberal eind generous v
foreign policy founded upon definite
moral and political principles, characterized
by a clear understanding of
and firm adherence to our own rights,
and unfailing respect for the rights
of others. We should afford full and
adequate protection to the life, liberty
and property and all international
rights of every American citizen
and should require n proper respect
for the American flag, but we should
be equally careful to manifest a just
regard for the rights of other nations.
A scrupulous observance of
our international engagements when s
lawfully assumed is essential to our
own honor and self respect, and the
respect of other nations. Subject to
a due regard for our international obligations
we should leave our coun
try free to develop its civilization
along the line most conductive to the
happiness and welfare of the people
and to cast its influence on the side
of justice and right should occassion
require.
Washington and Monroe
The treaty plank put the Republicans
on record for "agreement
among the nations to preserve the
peace of the world" and declared the
covenant for the league "signally
failed" to accomplish peace.
The treaty plank further declared
that the league covenant "repudiated
to a degree wholly unnecessary and
unjustifiable'' the policis of Wash
ington and Monroe.
'"The unfortunate insistence of the
president upon having his own way
without any change" the plank f declared,
"required senators to vote
their own judgement," or "submit to
the commands of a dictator."
SARDIS
Rev. L. P. McCiee will preach Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 p. m. at Sardis
church and Sunday school will be
held at 2:30. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend both services.
Miss Marie Thompson, of Spartanburg
is the guest of her cousin, Mrs.
J. H. Gault on South street.
Harry Arthur, a full fledged senior
of the South Carolina Military
Academy, will arrive today to spend
the summer holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Arthur on
East ain street.
J. T. Littlejohn, Jr., arrived in
Union today and will bo here for
several months. He is representing
the National Map Co., of Indianapolis,
Ind.
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