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r??* V . M, M w * ii-? I m i = The Union Daily Times i, ;. | rKt3S ? ? . t i ilil " S _ X day. J DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Ettabluked in IBM?CoBwarte d to The Union Daily Times Oc tober 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY J Unt i i -tntinniM- L_ ? VK?;-x-v?-:-f:+wmf ? i Liiu-jgaaaae m mi mu i in. i>i . . i i VoL LXXII No. 1409 Union, S. C., Monday Afternoon, <June 19, 1922 3c Per Copy - ,. 11 i igMKggMMBaeaaea?BuiJua^j.L JJLLU- 1 1 ?- * | OLD VETERANS I ON TO RICHMOND Richmond, June 19 (By the Associated Press).?Reviving in memory c the days of '61 to '65, Richmond op- t rened wide her gates to the surviving b ' * band of gray coated men who by their u valor made immortal the armies of tl L<e# and Jackson. Late today the pro- a gram of the reunion week opens with v _ the annual convention of Confederates J of the Southern Memorial association, followed tonight by the opening ses- o: sion of the Sons of Veterans. The re- n union proper opens at 10 o'clock to- n morrow morning. b . ir Richmond, Va., June 18.?Rich- tl mond, one time capital of the Confed- c< erate states, tonight is ready for the p arrival of the great guard of the n United Confederate veterans, the w Sons of Veterans, the Daughters of ti the Confederacy and the Confederate Southern Memorial association. Doz- 1? ens of special trains are speeding to- r< ward Richmond, the mecca of the old ti ^^.Confederacy, each bearing its quota .w of delegates. A few reached the city tl today, scattering groups coming from n Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Okla- ir VtAWlfi xwVril/v Af V?ov rtovfa * !%? ?? ) wiiva |/ai vo ui uuc ouuvii w and Southwest are represented in the w thrones already here. The larger tl delegations, those from Atlanta, I Memphis, Birmingham and other ol Dixie cities,^are expected tomorrow, n As a fitting prelude to the official d ^opening Tuesday morning of the Unit- it ed Confederate convention, the his- p toric Confederate Memorial institute, y< or Battle Abbey, which houses the $1,- f< 000,000 art collection of Judge John ui Barton Payne, a gift to the state of ni Virginia, will be the scene tomorrow y< I afternoon of the formal presentation ei of the art gallery of R. E. Lee camp, n< No. 1. Confederate veterans, of 16 life ei !' * sized portraits of persons prominent si and distinguished in Richmond and m Southern war annals. Equally distin- r< guished speakers will make the pre- nr Mentation addresses. d fc; Tomorrow afternoon will see the w opening of the convention of the Con- v: federated Southern Memorial associam tion and tomorrow night the Sons of Veterans will begin the first of a four oi day-convention in the city auditorium, w the official presentation of severa! scores of sponsors, maids oTTion- & or and chaperanes by Senator Pat f< g Harrison of Mississippi. nuaresses 01 welcome win. oe maae ^ at both the session of the Confederate ri States Memorial association and the is Sons of Confederate Veterans by Gov. si E. Lee Trinkle and Mayor George tl Ainslie on behalf of the state of Vir- tl ginia and the city of Richmond, re- a< spectively. ei The city is in a riot of color, and a di holiday spirit is in the air. hi o: Buffalo Wins From Lockhart sa The fast Buffalo nine defeated the tl Lockhart team at the Buffalo park & last Saturday by a score of 9 to 3. P Though the Lockhart team had to call d' on Spartanburg league to get Clyde e< Gatchel to" twirl the old pill for them ti this did not faze the Buffalo boys. ei Young Moseley pitched good ball 01 for Buffalo striking out 13 of the ol Lockhart batters. White Gatchel sue- si ceeded in striking out only three of si the Buffalo men. The feature of the game was the t< hitting of Malone for Buffalo with tl four hits out of five times to the bat, a two being for three bases. n score Dy innings: r< Lockhart 000 200 100?3 tl Buffalo 033 002 01 ?9 d< Buffalo will play Whitmire at the si Buffalo park Saturday, June 24. Any h one wishing to see a good fast game tl come to Buffalo Saturday. p * * w Death of T. J. Lackey ci Mr. T. G. Lackey died at his home tl at Excelsior Mill yesterday morning 1? about 4 o'clock, and will bfe buried in A North Carolina. ? He is survived by a wife and seven children, most of them grown. He was ci a good citizen, and was held in high p esteem by all who knew him. He had k been sick for a year or more prior to his death. e b .Hughes Addresses h Commencement Exercises Ann Arbor, Mich., June 19.?A plea for "a new sense of responsibility in . matters of international concern" in the United States as a most certain basis of promoting peace in the world was made here today by Secretary Q Hughes at the commencement exer- ^ cises of the University of Michigan. ^ Constant efforts "to create suspicion, ^ distrust and hatred" must be frowned ^ upon, he said. t( Hundred Persons y Injured in Fight i Berlin, June 19.?A hundred and twenty persons were Injured, some r seriously, in a tight between members c f ^ of the patriotic society and a party I '* of communista at Chemnitz on Satur-j v day, according to newspaper reports. ' <] k, ..* WARD HEARS OF PROPOStD STRIKE Cincinnati, June 18 (By the Assoiated Press).?Formal notice was erved tonight on the railroad labor card by the chiefs of ten railroad nions of their intention to go hrougn with a strike in event one is uthorized by the 1,225,000 workers rhose wages are to be reduced on uly 1 on orders of the board. Coupled apparently with the action f the rail union leaders was a statelent that the "railroad workers have , o alternative except to fight," made < y John L. Lewis, leader of the striklg coal miners, who will meet with la rail union lpnHprn TiinaHaw in onsider joint strike action. He als'i , ledged the miners' aid to the rail ; len, but declined to state definitely rhat aid might result from joint ac on. 1 The notice was sent to the railroad ibor board in the form of a letter j Biterating the rail union leaders' at tude on the threatened walkout, , hich was first definitely asserted in leir statement issued here Thursday , ight. The previous statement also icludes the declaration that an over- i helming vote was being cast for the alkout. In their letter to the board ] ie rail men said: "When there occurs a miscarriage [ justice of Buch colossal and perma- , ent injury to railway labor as your ] ecision will bring about, the only ] leans of remedy which the injured ( arties have is to refuse to accept mir decisions. This procedure is per;ctly legal. While it should only be 1 sed as a last resort, our membership j .ay decide it to be fully justified by ] our denial of elementary and long , stablished right and by the seriousess of the situation which you have j reated. Your decisions have been j ibmitted to a strike vote of our j lembership and we are awaiting the \ esults of their action. Should our lembers decide not to acceut your ] ecision or in other words to strike, e shall sanction their action and adise you accordingly." Mr. Lewis, the miners' chief, while sserting unwillingness to discuss the utcome of .the coming conference 1th the rail men, said the miners will do anything that is helpful and MMtttKttve for fh? railroad men and >r the miners themselves." "I am convinced," declared Mr. ewis, "that the railroad men and the ink and file of the railroad organ:ations frankly recognize the neces- * ty of making a fight regardless of le consequences. And in that fight ley will have the whole souled and ctive cooperation of the mine workrs. The nature of that cooperation anon/la nnrvn nirnnmclortnoa Vuif f Ka elp of the mine workers will not be f small consequence. The presidents of the rail unions lid in their letter to the labor board lat they had done everything to vert a strike, pointed out that no apeal was possible from the board's ecision and asserted that the uions' intentions were that the transportaon law required a living wage for mployees at the bottom of the scale f occupations, with higher rates for ther workmen, according to their till, hazard of employment, responbility, training and experience. In making wage reductions, the oard was told that it had established le principle that "just wages must wait the complete satisfaction of ailroad ownership in the matter of 1 ehabilitation and profits." Further, le board was told that in its last ecision to cut the wages of clerks, ignalmen and stationary firemen it ad stated as a "basis of action the leory that labor can not be comletely freed from the economic laws 'hich likewise affect the earnings of apital." "This means nothing more or less," tie letter said, "than the treatment of ibor as a commodity whose value < uctuates according to the demand for nd the supply of labor." As the result of the board's deisions, the letter said, the lowest paid mployees "have been degraded be>w a level of bare animal subsist- ( nee" and the earning capacity of the 1 mployees in the higher grades has ' een reduced "below a standard of ealthful and decent living." Starks Austin Dead i Mr. Starks Austin died yesterday 1 Walaco Thomson hospital late yesterday afternoon following an operaion early on Sunday morning. On Saturday he was on the streets, f Union, and was suddenly seized nth a'severe illness. Little hope of is recovery was entertained by the hysicians and surgeons, for it was ound that he was stricken with internal hemorrhage. Mr. Austin is survived by his wife, /ho was before her marriage Miss lessie Kitchins of this county, and >ne child. The burial will be Mondav after loon at 4:30 o'clock at Salem Baptist hurch, Santuc. Mr. Austin had many friends who rill be grieved to learn of his sudden loth. PANCHO VILLA GOES TO WORK Mexico City, June 18 (By the Associated Press).?Pancho Villa, the for mer bandit, is a peace loving, hard working contented rancher, without political ambitions and imbued with a sincere desire to help his people, according to an impression gained by the correspondent of El University 1 who recently visited Villa at his Canutillo ranch. Villa is described by the correspondent as a home loving man, who arises at 4 o'clock in the morning and spends his day and the hours far into the night in personal supervision of his ' ranch in the state of Durango. The I one time bandit has established i schools for his people and has set up 1 a code of morals which he enforces with the same severe discipline of his i bandit days. All religions and creeds ore respected at Canutillo. Liquors : nnd gambling are barred, and everv man is forced to perform his quota, of work. i Villa is studying English and so , are his three children. The former 1 railed, whose illiteracy has been proverbial, has a special tutor who each night instructs him in the Spanish i language and the rudiments of ele- . mentary education. True to his word to the government, Villa is definitely , out of politics. To the correspondent he stated emphatically that he would ( riot mix in the congressional elections | of next month or enter the lists dur- j ing the next presidential campaign. , Agriculture is his hobby and he is at- , tempting to make his ranch a model ( in modern farming. Villa wishes } Mexico to live in harmonious accord ^ with the United States. The correspondent describes Villa ( as the leaven for good that he says is working in Durango and as an ex- ^ ample of patriotism seldom followed in the republic. Embassy Ordered to Hunt for Murderers ( 3 Washington, July 19.?The Ameri- , can embassy at Mexico City was in- , structed today by the state department to request federal and local Mexican authorities to make every to apprehend the murderers of , Warren ?. Harvey, an American, who was killed Saturday near Tampico. Harvey was paymaster for the Uni- ( maed Oil company. Io Press Ratification Of Treaties Paris, June 19 (By the Associated Press).?Premier Poincare, it is un- , ilerstood, has decided to press parliament for immediate ratification of treaties negotiated at Washington conference without reservation of any character. Vessel Reported Lost London, June 19 (By the Associated Press).?The admiralty announces the , drafter of the Blue Sky which left , Portsmouth June 12th for Invergor- . don, Scotland, is presumed to be lost , with ell hands. The vessel carried a lieutenant, two midshipmen and 11 men. Marriage Announcement The following cards have been received in Union with cordial interest: Mr. and Mrs. William Dobson announce the marriage of their daughter Jaumta ^ieo to Mr. George Hubert Aull on Saturday, June the seventeenth nineteen hundred and twenty-two Gaffney, S. C. At Home " after July first Clemson College, S. C. Death of Colored Girl Eloise Duncan died Friday, June 16th and was buried the following day at New Chapel. She was 18 years old and the daughter of Columbus and Fanny Duncan. The end was not unexpected, as she had been ill more than three months. She was well thought of by both white and colored and was industrious and painstaking. Circle Meetings Circle No. 1, Mrs. C. H. Peake, chairman, will meet at Mrs. W. T. Beaty's at 5 o'clock Tuesday after noon. Circle No. 2, Mra. Culp chairman, will meet at Mra. H. A. Dunbar's at 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Circle No. 3, Mrs. L. L. Wagnon chairman, will meet at Mrs. Chas. R Smith's Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Circle No. 4, Mrs. Isabella Foster chairman, will meet at Mrs. Ethal Smith's Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Circle No. 5. Mrs. W. S. Nicholson chairman, will meet with Mrs J. A. Chambers at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. HARDING STANtlS BY MELLON Rv Hucrk W Washington, June 18.?A, tdrew W Mellon will not be forced I at of the treasry either by Demod its who criticize his position regqjj ding the bonus and his support of 1 igislation in which "big business" favor; or by Republican politiotf is... who, hard pressed for re-elect! n, insist unsuccessfully that he disp nse patronage in their districts for 1 heir private advantage. This fact is definitely sM ablished. Further, it is learned do ilusivfely that the president is fond < Mellon, believes him a great busirt M secretary of the treasury, and x ill stand by him indefinitely. If Melt ? should leave the treasury, it wtH as result of his voluntary action, andlonly after efforts of the presideM to dissuade him have proved futitt. ? And vet Mellon i? the Siac* n? popular member of the cabinet with congress. He has outraged. the radical of both parties who wbuld put "big business" entirely out]of business and by legislation ntake the poor man rich. He has arrayed against him every Republican who insists that every Democrat be "fired" from service in the department of the treasury. ii Soon after Mr. Mellontassumed charge of the treasury department, it Decame evident that he would proceed in accordance with business^ policies rather than political policie^. There were some very valuable men in the department who were giviSg valuable service. They were 'hold overs" from the Wilson administration. This fact encouraged influential congressmen to appeal to president for a gradual "weeding} out" of the personnel. The president was informed that .these 'hold oyer" Democrats were agents of W. :G. McAdoo, and as such reported daily tq Joseph P. Tumulty, alleged to be tbe confidential man "on th,e ground" of the former secretary. It is not kflown to what extent the president *.J>elieved the stories thus unfolded. A.t any rate, Elmer Dover was mppc nted as assistant secretary of the ti jssury. Elmer Dover is essentially a politician. *1? ja * **** Hanna school. He^had served as sec retary of the Republican national committee and knew the advantage from a partisan standpoint, of giving employment to the faithful residing in the districts which arc "close" between Republicans and Democrats. With congressmen silently encouraging, he started on his course of "weeding out." He struck a heavy blow against the government printing office. By executive order, that office was cleared out without notice It created a sensation. On account of Democratic protest, Republicans rallied to the president. Thus encouraged, Dover, it is understood, let it be known that all other departments, especially those under the supervision of the secretary of the treasury, would be cleared out?"for the good of the service." Mr. Mellon, it is understood, was not greatly in favor of the political move against the printing office. He is said to have concluded that Dover would be checked in his operations against employees of the treasury, D. H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, stood with Mellon. The impasse resulted in a row. The president was appealed to. He attempted to compose the situation. The element behind Dover, however, was not satisfied. This element prepared a list of Democrats employed in the treasury, and sent it to the presidenl with request that Dover, as axe-man be permitted to proceed. Mellon stood firm and denounced the propaganda. The president took sides with Mellon. Severe Storm A severe rain and wind storm passed through the county yesterday af ternoon between 3 and 5 o'clock Quite a number of trees and limbs were blown down, many roofs showec up leak and the lightning playet about at a lively pace. So far as wc have learned there was no serious damage, no accident to life or limb. The storm passed from north t( south, and at times the rain was s< severe that it amounted almost to t cloudburst. To Sing in Revival L. G. Sumner of Buffalo left tod.13 for York, where he goes to lead thi singing in a revival meeting planm>c with the Charlotte Street Baptis church, of which Mr. Trogdon is pas tor. Mr. Sumner was the leader of th< singing in the recent Haggard meet ings in Gaffney during which 120< people joined the churches. Miss Mabel Alverson left today foi the summer school at Winthrop col lege. ? % 1 STOREY URGES I PASSAGE OF BILL Newark, N. J., Juno 18.?"With men . over striking for higher wages or less i work would a strike for life and lib' erty by the negroes in the South be wholly unjustifiable?" i Launching this question at the 30th annual convention of the National As, sociation for the Advancement of Colored People in the armory here this afternoon, Moorefield Storey, head of the association and former president of the American Bar association, urged passage of the Dyer anti-lynching bill now before the Unite States , senate. "Lynching," the speaker said, "goes en because it is safe. It flourishes as I Henry Watterson said, "as an opportunity to indulge in spectacular murder when there is no fear that th>? next grand jury will return murder indictments.' But when the people of rthe United States undertake in dead i earnest to stop lynching it will disappear. i "Serious conflict may be in store for . us," he continued, "and may be provoked by racial preiudice. Thus far, | in every crisis the negro has been uniformly loyal. We do not lose their support when the country needs loy-li J* ' ' ~ ~ any, ior wouia nor. iz,UUU,lHK) loyni and contented negroes be a bulwark against national disaster? And would not the same people, exasperated by outrages and the persistent denial of right, be a dangerous reinforcement to any malcontent?" Speaking with Mr. Storey was Roy. resentative Madden (Illinois), champion of the anti-lynching bill, who declared that nothing was being aske l for the negro that did not belong to him and nothing but the simple justice and equality of opportunity which is the birthright of all citizens. Seven hundred negroes paraded through the center of Newark prior to the meeting. The convention will continue until Friday. Death of Mr. Glenn Barnett Mr. Glenn Harnett died at his home five miles north of Union, June 7th, and was buried on the following day at Duck Pond cemetery. Rev. L. M. Rice conducted the funeral. | s Mr. Btfrnett been to- iH health. I for -some time. His mother and father preceded him to the grave several years ago. Four brothers and four sisters survive him: Charlie and , H. J. Barnett of Union, Oliver BarI nett of Jonesville, Carrie Barnett of Laurens, Misses Fair and Miranda Barnett of Union, Mrs. Ann Nix and Mrs. Margaret Crawford of Jonesville. Mr. Barnett was a very industrious man and was also a good neighbor. He will be greatly missed by his neighbors and loved ones. Head of Auto Ordnance Company Indicted i Trenton, N. J., June 19.?Col. Mnr, tellus H. Thompson, vice president i ana active neaa 01 inc auio urunance company, of New York, has been ini dieted by the federal grand jury here [ on the charge of conspiracy to ship ! arms to Ireland in violation of the neutrality laws. The announcement i was made today by Assistant United States Attorney Arrowsmith. t France Will Take Part in Conference Paris, June 10 (By the Associated i Press).?France is to take part in the I conference at the Hague with the 1 Russian delegates beginning on June 26, it is officially announced from the , foreign officer this morning. If the political questions are introI duced, however, the French delegates : will promptly withdraw. Lenine is Improving Moscow, June 19 (By the Associated Press).?Premier Lenine's eon. dition is given in a bulletin signed . by the German, Dr. Plemble, and oth? er physicians under the date of June 1 16, as improved. It said the patient 1 had left his bed and feels well and > impatient over the orders of the doc5 tors. > Minnesota Voters > At the Polls Today i St. Paul, uJne 19 (By the Associated Press).?The Minnesota voters went to the polls today to nominate party candidates for the senate, con gress and state officers, in the pri' niary election that is to determine to ' a large extent the effectiveness of the new party convention law. t " U. S. Senator Hale Seeks Renomination p Portland, Maine, June 19.?United 3 States Senator Hale sought renomination today by the Republicans at the Maine state primary today. Hf i" was opposed by former Congressmen - Guernsey and former State Senatei Edwards Davies. ? WEATHER CAUSES COTTON TO DROP _ \ New Orleans, June 18.?A reactionary tendency took possession of the cotton market last week mainly hecause of the advent of dry and hot weather in the belt, and prices were lower from the opening, although there were strong recoveries in the late session and highest prices were raehed on the last session of the week. Prices were under the closing level of .the preceding week the whole week through, standing at their lowest 96 to 104 points under and at their highest 18 to 28 points under and closing at net losses of 26 to 32 points. July traded at 21.44 at its lowest, came back to 22.16. In the spot department middling closed at 21.88, showing a net loss of 27 points. A year ago middling closed at 10.75 cents a pound. Dunne almost thi> ?>nii?-? greater part of the belt experienced dry and hot weather which, according ' to reports to local brokerage concerns, 1 allowed the cultivators of the crop , to make fast progress and was considered to be favorable weather fo.* J the plant as well as the most eflfective thing to hold the activities of the boll weevil down. Toward the close of the week rains in south Texas caused buying flurries which carried the market to its highest levels. Th' better turn in weather conditions was mainly responsible for the selling of 1 the week and much liquidation of the long side came. 1 New selling was not carried on ag- i gressively because of the showing ofi < statistics. The census bureau report a on American mills for May brought 1 the market support as its consump- a tion 495,074 bales against 440,714 during the same month last year. Further support was derived from British board of trade returns for May, ponding textile exports from England at < 14,200,000 pounds of yarn abainst 8 - i 500,000 pounds the same month last . year and exports of cloth at 443.000.- i 000 yards against 140,000,000 while i some of the heaviest buying of the \ weekly cotton statistics on Friday i-i j this market. According to the state- i ment, world takings of 228,000 bale? against 130,000 this week last year ' while the total visible supply of ] American jco^tpn in _the world was. re- ? dueed to 2,666^954 bales against 4.313,827 a year ago. ( PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Frazier and two. < daughters. Misses Ivittie Lee and i Thelma Frazier, of Raleigh, N. C., i have been called to the bedside of < their mother, Mrs. Mary L. Willard, i of Academy street, who has been quite ill for some time. Mrs. K. F. McBride and little dough- < tor Carrie Bell, of Rockingham. N. C . are visiting their mother, Mrs. Maryj I,. Wiir-nrd. on Academy street. M \ and Mrs. Lewis Gilliam have ietur*:"d from their honeymoon trip and are at home to their friends on South street. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Young (Ruth . Gault) of Greenville, spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gault, on South street. Miss Virginia Owens of Winnsboro i is the guest of Mrs. T. L. Estes. Mrs. Gloria Davis of Greenville is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Emsl'e Nicholson. Calhoun Young has returned from a. few days' visit to hister, Mrs. Hunf-v Gilliam, in Hendersonville, N. C. Mrs. L. B. Jeter, Jr., and Mrs. Ryan Jeter of Santuc are shopping in Union ( today. Albertus Arthur and others will leave today for the Y. M. C. A. camp at Tippecanoe. Mrs. Frank Phelps, who has beer, visiting Mrs. Chas. B. Counts, left today for Augusta visit her aunt before returning to her home in Atlanta. Masons Warned Not To Join Ku KIux Klan New York, June 19.?Supreme Court Justice Tompkins, Grand Master Masons, of New York state, in a statement made public today, denounced the Ku Klux Klan and warned members of the Masonic fraternity that they can not be both Masons and members of the Klan. Connecticut and Massachussetts Grand Masters recently issued similnr announcements. Today's Cotton Market Open Close July '22.30 22.90 October 22.20 22.85 December 22.08 22.01 January 21.83 22.45 March 21.75 22.27 M Y Rnntu 9a 9K " - "'I? * ?' * Local market 221)0 I Mrs. J. J. Colson is visiting in Newberry this week, the guest of her children, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Gault. Rev. H. W. Stone has declined the call to Buffalo Baptist church and will remain with Mt. Joy, Philippi and Tabernacle churches. GUNBOATS USED BY GENERAL SUN Kikuiang, Province of Kiangsi, China, Jane 19 (By the Associated Press).?Fighting continued throughout Sunday in some places outside Canton, the soldiers of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the southern government, making brave efforts to defeat those of Chen Chilinir Min? their government has collapsed entirely and Sun has fled. Chen, one time adherent of Dr. Sun, control Canton, presumably in behalf of Wu Pei Fu, whost plans for a convocation of the old Chinese parliament Chen forsook I)r. Sun to embrace. Dr. Sun, who fled Canton Saturday, still as at Whampoa, Kwangtung province, where he sought refuge on a Chinese gunboat. Whampoa is on the Canton river near Canton. Severe fighting continues in Kiangs; province, whose conquest Sun planned as a means of reaching the valley of the Yang Tze. Jjast Saturday a junk load of ammunition exploded as the jutik was floating down the river ut Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi, killing 50 persons. Advices received here do not make clear whether the junk had been set adrift by Sun's men or was being used by the defenders of the city to transport munitions. Forces of Dr. Sun and of Wu Pei Fu, who are carrying on the defense of Nanchang and Kiangsi province in behalf of the Peking government, have fought a battle around Kianfu. about 50 miles southwest of NanL'hang. Hundreds of Wu's wounded are coming down the Kan river from the battle area to Nanchung, where all the hospitals are full. Important Meetings There will be a joint meeting of Hross Keys an I Sedulia Sewing clubs at Sedalia school house Wednesday, June 21, at 3 p. m. Instead of a sewing lesson canning will be featured as each club girl, it. order to complete her course, has to do a certain ".mount of canning by government directions. After the canning lesson Mrs. W r. Beaty, chairman of Union county league of Women Voters, will lecture an "Citizenship." This is a timely subject and ' every woman "fn both communities is urged to attend this meeting. Miss Melba Ilollis, who represented the Cross Keys club at the state short course at Winthrop college, will give m account of her trip and she has many interesting facts to relate. No club girl can atlord to miss this meeting. * * * The Kelton Home Demonstration club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. Sanders Thursday, .lune 22, at 3 p. m. Demonstration: "Planning Meal." Alter the denlonstration Mrs. W. T. Beaty will lecture on "Citizenship, and Mrs. Jack Ilolcomb will tell about her trip to Winthrop. She represent c (1 her club at the state short cours-June 8-1G and has a very interesting message for her club. Every woman in the community is urged to attend tVtio m nof mrr fnv it io t It .? t tVt**\ can hardly afford to miss. Union Gay and Festive Union was gay and festive la?t week and many delightful parties have been given. Wednesday afternoon Miss vr nice Barron entertained at a i .? den party complimenting' her i .o.'in Mrs. Williams, of Lexington. Baskets of beautiful yellow daisiewere hung from the tree md > i'reshments were served from small tables covered with lace and holdieg vases of yellow daisies. Yellow sher bert was served with cake and marshtnallows dipped in yellow iein Tiny yellow, ruffled parasols were pr<\^ nted the guests as favors. Mrs. Felix Goudelock entertained at a card pavty Saturday morning and numbers of guests enjoyed tho occasion. The rooms were decorated with Si.mmer rosr<! and the hostess served : ulad with ices. Mrs. Virgil Hawkins was hostess Saturday afternoon at a card party and prizes were presented for top score and consolation. Mrs. F. H. Garner won first, and Miss Virgini a I^oe Poole the consolation. Ice cream, cake and mints were served. Belle Bennett Circle The Belle Bennett Circle, which meets Tuesday afternoon at G o'clock, with Mrs. JI. A. Dunbar, will have as its honor guest Miss Kugene Smith, formerly of this city, who ha? been a deaconess in Fort Worth, Texas, for about 11 years. She will make a talk for the circle, and it is hoped that a large number of the members can be present and have the privilege of hearing her. J Wesley Greer, who has been quite sick at his home on South Church street for several days, is much improved.