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FINGJBR PRINTS ACCURATE ** . a Says Man Who Has Been Studying v Thtm for Years I b Detective Frederick Kuhne, says t the New York Evening Post, for near r 'Cl> twenty years attached to the bureau ii ot identification at police headquar- c ters, who was retired on a pension the t other day, says that he now begins ii ta realize the nature of the burden fi be has been carrying while serving r the city as an identification expert. It a was a burden, he says, of vague fear the fear that some time, some where ri a case might turn up for a man or wo- e man having the same sort of finger v prints as another person. 1; Mr. Kuhne has made a science of I the identification of criminals. He c is a graduate of the College of the a City of New York and has written a ? book on the subject of finger , rints ^ that has everywhere been accepted F as standard, "that the chanse of two ii persons turning up with the same b linger markings is about equal to taking a million pins and scattering c them over a floor then gathering up e these pins, scattreing them again, and v having every pin lie in precisely the ? same spot it occupied at the first scattering." fc Mr. Kuhne said that the ' finger I print was nature's one means of show- o ing absolute originality. The only 1 analogy is the leaves of a tree no two of which in their markings are ver d alike. There are individuals, he point- d ed out, who look absolutely alike as to i feature, who have the same-manner of I speech, who are similar in many ways r but in finger prints nature insists up- c on. variation. t This suggested to Mr. Kuhne a t story. "One day," he said, "we brought p formers?to headquarters. We had one of them talk to a police inspector, then took occasion to distract his atr tention. In that time we withdrew t the twin to whom he had been talk- i ing and switched the over twin on f him. The inspector returned to the a conversation, having not the slightest ? idea that he was now confronting the r same person with whom he had origi- c nally been speaking. These twins v 'were the same in every respect Their Bertillon measurement tallied to a dot. Their voices had the same manner. Yet when we took their finger prints the difference wa3 so marked that only half a glance reveal- c ed that difference." * Kuhne has the honor of making s the only mdentification of fiinger s prints which has led to a conviction of ? murder in the first degree in the his- c tory of the police department of this city. J A E mmm A HAS O BEGIK ? OF CA NISHE CONC1 UNLE! MENT A. W. PI' W. F. FA J. J. GAP S. R. GA JUI). LIT JOHNNIF LEWIS Unior k. ' t * ? t* ' ' T - ' . <9 fc- ^ ~ ' .*. .?s : . 1 . . . "The case," he said, "was that of . colored man natried Roberts who ras employed in a novelty house on Iroadway. The safe was robbed. The ! ureau of indentification examined 1 he safe and found a finger mark, a ' ight index finger, as it mark, a right 1 ridex finger, as it turned out. This ^ ne mark wc photographed and took ' o headquarters. It looked like an 1 nside job and so the employes of the ^ irm were all finger printed. Roberts' ight index finger corresponded ex- ' ctly. But the firm fired him. ( Some time later a jewelry sales- 1 nan named Vogel was found murder- ' d in a store on Clan 3treet. The body ' tas down in the cellar, where evideny preparations had been made to iurn it. Upstairs was found a gold igarette case, which was indentified s having belonged to the murdered lan. On the case was a finger print, Ve powdered the print and photo;raphed it. While we were examinng it a detective walked into the ' mreau. "You know," he said, that that olored fellow. Roberts who has turn- ^ d up in the Broadway safe robbery worked on the places where Vogel vas killed." ' "Well," I said to him, 'go out and ring him in; for we've just compared toberts' fingpr print with the print m the cigarette case and both are aike." So Roberts was arrested, was in- ' iicted, tried and convicted of murler. Kuhne *ays that often mysteres are cleared up this way. Finger >rints take off a window in a hotel oom where robbery or some other rime has been committed have led o the indentfication of the perpetraors. SOW IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF YOUR RHEUMATISM If you are troubled with rheumaise get a bottle of Chamberlain's ( .liniment and use it according to the >lain printed directions. You will be lurprised at the quick relief which it iffords. No internal treatment is reequired in esses of chronic or musular rheumatism. All you need is to ise this liniment freely. NOTICE i An election is hereby to be at Tinkr Creek school house June 19, 1920, or the purpose of voting an extra pecial tax of 4 mills for general chool purposes. The trustees will ict as managers and the rules gov>rning general elections will prevail. County Board of Education. Tune 1-11 tRIVI mericai Soi rdered another dru tning at once a nvassers asked to ac :d blanks and instruc srn to the farmers o 3s there is a continl . you owe it to your rTMAN, Carlisle. lRR, Adamsburf?. NER, Kelton. RNER, Kelton, Route 2. TLE, Kelton, Route 2. 2 N. GALLMAN, Union, Route 4. > M. RICI i County Brar 4 * * M. , ' ^ . . .1 CALEB GLOVER, C. S. A. S< (There recently died in Orangeburg 5. C., Caleb Glover, an ex-slave, who j, served faithfully through the Confed?rate was as body servant for his foung master. Col. Olin M. Dantzler. He was faithful even to death, and :arried his dead mater's body home 0 to St. Matthews, S. C., after Colonel Dantzler was killed on the battlefield, th The Daughts"? of the Confederacy ut honored him by enrolling him a sol- ui iier of the "Lost Cause" and placing nl \ cross of honor on his bosom. Scores pi if white friends attended his funeral.) OC He was black, I know, and his hair th kinked tight, vi And the gait of his feet was lame; re Rut ever and ever his soul was white 1J And he honored a good man's name, sc They had tried him long but he stood m the test la For the heart that he owned beat true; pi He was only a slave but he did his U best? cc And a king but his best can do! pi He was only a serf of the olden day 14 But he ranked on the knighthood w roll, cl For fetters were never yet forged to 8t stay oi The God in a good man's soul. U He was true to himself and his task tn and Gol, And true to the land he loved, te And there on his breats neath the cold p; grey srd, g, The worth of his life is proved. cc He was black I know, and his hair iv kinked tight, . ei And the gait of his feet was lame; m But ever and ever his soul was fc white? g] How sweet were my own the same! d( James Edwin Kerr. pj - vm STOCKHOLDERS MEETING it Notice is hereby given that a meet- di ing of the Stockholders of the Union E Grocery Co., of Union, S. C, will be ni held at the Union-Buffalo Mills ti store at Union S. C on thn 91 ?t ftnv of June, A. D. 1920, at 11 o'clock a. ei m. a? That this meeting is called for the pi purpose of passing a resolution au- sj thorizing the said Union Grocery A Company to go into liquidation, wind of up the affairs of said company and P dissolve. L. L. Wagnon, Secy., Treas. and Manager of ^ Urion Grocery Company. 0] Union, S. C., May 20, 1920. p( May 21-28-June 4-11. a] ' m ' ~ U] Colored embrofdery on white collar ci and cuffs makes a dainty fiuish for g wash dresses for little folks. c< ^ I FOl =T1 n Cott ith Caroli VE for members in uni campaign for memi t in their respective :tions. please do not f union county. the s jation of our struggi :self to come in and f ORUS T. BEIjUE, Union, Rou WILL GAULT, Kelton, Route BERNARD FANT, Santuc. W. D. LANCASTER, Jonesvil I. W. WHITE, Jonesville, Rou H. N. SPROUSE, Jonesville, I R. C. IjITTLE, Jonesville, Ron i I, Sec. L ich s lONEERING IN TENNESSEE A Bidder Who Did Not I'nderstand the Terms. (From the New York World.) Morristown, Tenn., June 5.?All of this section of the country is laughing over the predicament of Asheville, N. C., real estate auction firm found itself in here a few days ago. The firm was commissioned to sell one of the most valuable lots in town situated on Main street, in the center of the city. The sale was extensively advertised and the presence of a brass band imported expressly for the occasion end the offer of a free dinner for all brought out a record breaking crowd. The owners ot the property had placed an upset price of $250 per front foot on the Iqt. The sale started and the bidding was brisk, the figures named soon being recorded. Then the bids gradually increased until $265 was offered and the lot "knocked down." The purchaser was elated at his bargain; the owners were more than satisfied with the price realized and the auctioneer was over pleased with the g.eat success of the sail. The crowd was treated to fox trots by the band, invited to dinner and thanked for attending the sale and dismissed. Then came the awakening. When the office of the successful bidder, who happens to be the local express agent, was visited /to collects the initial payment that individuals asked how much he would be required to pay down. "The total amount of your bid at $265 a from. foot figures up a little more than $18,000," said the auctioneer. "You are expected to pay , *1. A.?1 ...u: 1 ? CHOOL ATTENDANCE INCREASES IN PHILIPPINES nrolment This Year la Expected to Be 800,000, as Against 700,000 in 1919. rrom the Christian Science Monitor.) In 1918 there were 600,000 pupils in le Philippine public schools, all ling English, from the first grade j. In 1919 there were 700,000 pupils 1 attending without any legal comllsion. This year there will be 800,10, due to the 1918 appropriation of le Philippine legislature, which proded $15,000,000 additional to the igular school revenues for the years >18-'23 as a part of a comprehensive :heme to provide in the islands no atter in what part of the archipego he may live, saps "School Life." In 1918 there were twenty-five Filino government students in the nited States pursuing post-graduate airses at the expense of the Philipne government: In 1919 there were 10 such students. This year there ill be 175 fellowship students, exusive of several thousand private! udents. who nre pithor mnkinrr thnirl vn way through college in the nited States or whose expenses are et by their parents. These increase in voluntary atndance of Filipino children in the hilippinc schools and of Filipino svernment students in United States dleges and universities are indieate of the Filipino trust and dependlce upon public education for the aintenance of a sound democratic irm of government when the confess of the United States shall have jcided that the time is ripe for ranting an independent form of go?rnment. The continue spread of English and s exclusive use in the schools are incative of the Filipino faith in the nglish language as the best national edium for preserving and transmitng ideas of true democracy. There are now 350 American teach s, principals and superintendents isisting the army of Filipinos emloyed in the largest single school rstem under the American flag, mericans luve a right to be proud f the educational record in the hilippines. Asbestos is the queerest mineral in ie world, and is rapidly becoming le of the most important. It is imervious to the fiercest heat, and can iso withstand acids which would eat p almost any metal. Today its prinpal value is for packing marine enines, and there is nothing else to >mpare with it for this purpose. ? Ml ie on As: ina Divis ON COUNTY. IN OBEDI &ERS. BELOW WE COMMUNITIES, ANI) EA REGARD THIS MATTER ] PLENDID VICTORY ALR ,E. WE HOPE TO ENLIST ] IELP THE CAUSE. te 4. R. M. WF J. D .HA] . ^ ? JESSE F. 1., Route 2. H c. WI1 [oate 1. JOE E. S te 1. J. ROYD iOWNDl Con ? . * ' ' ' ''\L. biic-iuuu i?juu.v, wnicn win De $6,000." "Six thousand dollars!" exclaimed the astonished near purchaser. "Why, man alive. I only bid $265 for the whole lot." What the populace down here is trying to figure out is who the laguh is on. A London dispatch says: "The perfume drinking habit by society women is increasing alarmingly, say London chemists. The government has advised the Institute Control to check the vice." Wouldn't that make a dandy argument against Prohibition if it were the New York or Chicago society women who had taken to the perfume drinking habit??Fashion Notes. Pink crepe narrowly hemmed wit! black satin and embroidered in black satin leaves is one of the newer effects in lingere that appeals to those seeking the unusual. iMBI * suuauv ion ENCE TO THAT CALL, W ANNOUNCE THE 1 CH CANVASSER WILL B LIGHTLY. IT IS OF MOST EAI)Y ASSURED WILL B1 EVERY FARMER IN THE IITE, Santuc, R. F. D. 1. MCOCK, Union, Route 5. WHITMIRE, Union, Route 2. L.BURN, Union, Route 2. MITH, Union, Route 2.^ LANCASTER, Jonesville, Route 2. BS BRO\ inty Chatrmai 5X ' BIG BOOZE POURING I Anderson June, 9.?There was a booze outpouring at the county jail this morning. Sheriff King and his deputies disposed of $5,400 worth of whiskey in about 15 minutes. A hundred and thirty-five gallons were poured into the gutters the street literally running with whiskey: After tinwhiskey ha 1 been poured into the street it was set on fire. A five gallon can explode, blowing out tinstopper and the top of the can but it did not hurt anyone. Most of the whiskey was in gallons cans, and it was of all colors and conditions. Sheriff King said some of the stuff had eaten through the containers and he was afraid it would destroy the cement floors of the cell, it was so powerful from the chemicals which were in some of the ' supposed" corn liqour. Panniers caught up in puffs add tinnecessary bouffant effect on some of the newest skirt models. CONVENIENT AND SAFE No need for matches when you have Delco-Light. Just press a convenient button and you have immediate light?bright, clean ! and safe. Just snap a switch and have electric power for operating i light machinery. WRITE FOR CATALOG J J. E. KIRBY DEIC01I6HT /Hoc*./or* i iflvwy JFTarmT' URS t I n I >n E ARE VAMES E PUR- | VITAL E .LOST MOVE- | y VNING 1 . * ? " : . ' >A.