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u j=. the Union Daily Times . T PRFSS *t* y continued warm 10X T 1 ~ " 1 X niirht ami Sunday. ? | 1>AILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Eitablithed in 18M CofwU d to Th< Mhion Daily Timo? Oc tolitr 1, 1117 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I f 'H*'i' *Ni| > H1 'i' !' !' !' <?t y ! WYVV V VVYW v Vol. LXXII No. 1414 Union, S. C., Saturday Aftertrtjjl June 24, 1922 3C pcr Copy btKIHAN MINISTER IS ASSASSINATED Berlin, June 24.?Dr. Walter Rathenau, the German minister of foreign affairs, was assassinated today. He was shot and instantly killed as he was leaving his residence in Grunewald, a suburb, for the foreign office in an automobile. The assassin escaped. The official announcement pf his death was made in the Reichstag. The murderer, who was driving in a motor car, slowed up as he neared Rathnau and shot twice, then putting on high speed the assas i rs ! - am cscnpea. nainnau was the guest at a dinner last night of the American Ambassador ^ Houghton and this morning B the American embassy promptly hoisted the flag to half mast on account of the assassination. News of the assassination caused pandemonium to break out among the various party groups at the Reichtag. In 1 jr the commission on taxation, , which had ju3t convened, two , socialists jumped up shouting i to Dr. Karl Helferrich, "You are the assassin." Helferrich hastily left the committee ; room. The fatal shot struck Rathenau in the chin, half a dozen ] other bullets perforated his back. The assailants also threw hand grenades, injuring < his body. Following the ssassination it was announced this afternoon, the government immediately issued a decree for i the establishment of extraor- 1 QHolkilUi as. - - * - ----- Still Refusing To do His Duty Chicago, June 24.?Counsel of the Illinois Coal company, whose mine buned Thursday and the non-union miners slain at Herrin today sent a ] . telegram to Adjutant General Black < ' requesting that troops be sent to Wil- \ liamson county. The attorneys charg- i ed that the sheriff is still refusing 1 to do his duty. i m f Schooner Wrecked , On Sable Island s i Halifax, June 24.?The schooner < Puritan out of Gloucester, a prospective contender in the international < tishermen's races next fall, has been < wrecked on Sable Island. Advices re- < ceived here state that seven men 1 reached the shore, but that 15 are t missing. J ] Value of Cotton Exports ] A ? ! /./?? 1 ^ increases oy ^io,uuu,uuu Washington, June 23.?Exports of cotton increased in value by $15,000,000 during May, as compared with the same month last year, according to reports issued today by the commerce department,. Raw cotton exports during May aggregated" 469,000 bales, valued at $46,~ 000,000, compared with 477,000 bales, worth $31,000,000 in May, 1921, while for the I* months ended with May raw cotton shipments aggregated six. million bales worth $544,000,000 worth $570,000,000 during the corresponding period of 1921. Exports of cotton cloths during the month aggregated 60,000,000 square yards, valued at $8,000,000 compared with 40,000,000 square yards at $5,000,000, in May, 1921, while for the 11 months' period the total was 550,000,000 square yards, worth $60,000, 000 as' against 508,000,000 square yards valued at $136,000,000 during the 11 months ended May, 1921. Four Killed After * x . 1 1 C l.Ll I/vmDusning ^unnauioa < Belfast, June 24.?Four of the 1 Irish Republican army men were killed and several wounded at Cushenhall, in the county of Antrim, when they ambushed a party of military and special Ulster constables. The 1 irown forces suffered no casualties. # ^" Rev. and Mrs. States Jolly and children of Greenville are spending some, tinie with relatives in Union. A city is judged by its people. What would a person think of Charleston if he met you ? It pays to spread a good opinion of your hom? town. ^ Although live stock insurance has been in vogue for many years it is only recently that policies have been issued covering poultry. H . W. 0. W. TO MEET AT HENDERSONVIIXE Hendersonville, N. C., uJne 24.-? Hendersonville during the greater part of July will virtually be the national headquarters of the Woodmen of the World. For three weeks beginning July 3, the sovereign executive council of that great fraternal and insurance order will be in session here, and during this time the site for a national home for ill and disabled Woodmen will be selected. Ilender. ronville is making a strenuous bid for this institution on wh ch will be spent several millions of dollars. Other cities in the 1 .and of the Sky are likewise bidding for the home. Duncraggan Inn, a fashionable mountain resort hotel, will be occupied solely by the Woodmen officials. Telephone, telegraph and radio services have been installed for their convenience, and indications point to the transaction of a large volume of business. Bond sellers of the east and north will be attracted to Hendersonville by these Woodmen officials who expect to buy, in the course of their it-guim uuiiniega, many millions oi dollars worth of bonds, securities, etc. Sovereign Commander W. A. Fraser, the supreme official of the order, will preside over the council's sessions. He and his 30 or more associates have never before held a council meeting outside the city of Omaha. 1 Their coming to North Carolina there- 1 fore, means much to Woodcraft in the 1 southeast. The North Carolina Head Camp < will hold its annual meeting in Hendersonville, beginning Friday, June ] 30, in order that it might formally i weicome the distinguished visitors. 1 On July 4, a gigantic Fourth cele- ] bration is to be engaged in by the cit- ' izens of Hendersonville, operating through their board of trade. 2 Governors Morrison and Harvey and United States Senators Overman nnd Sheppard will, with Mr. Fraser, be the speakers. i Railroads are offering attractive 1 week-end rates to Woodmen all over 1 the country who want to come to Hen- ^ dersonville for this occasion. Indica- < tions point to a large Florida, Georgia * Many Tennesseans also are expect- ' ed to come to Hendersonville to greet ' the high officials of this great order. ( I Three Deaths in Brief Storm i I Winnipeg, Man., June 23.?Three ' I ? J iL _ - e ? _ 1 1 ivuuwii ueains scores 01 injureu ana extensive property damage was the ' ioll of a half hour electrical storm of ' lurricane violence that passed across ( Manitoba early today. The province vas recovering tonight from the ' short but fierce blast which swept lown from eastern Saskatchewan, striking Brandon, Portage la Prairie, 1 Winnipeg and Lydiatt, then passing ^ )ver the Ontario boundary. Brandon escaped without serious 1 lamage but Portage felt the full force 1 >f the blow. Public buildings, ' . hurches, hotels and residences suf- ' fered severely. Snapping of high :ension wires started a fire that de- J stroyed three grain elevators of the Vletcalf, Forsyth and Premium com- ' aanies. The Methodist, Anglican and Pi esbyterian churches were unroofed ' ind otherwise hudlv danmeed. An infant girl was crushed to leath in the collapse of a house in Portage. ( Accompanied by a rainfall of tropi al violence, the wind struck Winnipeg at 84 miles an hour with terri- | tying electrical disturbance. Terrific *usts of wind shook the city to its foundations. Roofs ' were carried iway from many structures. An ice warehouse toppled in a heap, hun- ' Jreds of trees were uprooted or stripped of branches, windows were driven in like paper, telegraph and telephone wires were broken down, adding an element of danger which later in the morning cost the life of Garfield | rnce, a, wno graDDeu a live wire ana was instantly killed. In half an hour [.he storm passed on. At Lydiatt, where the home of Mrs. , Pauline Kormrie was dismantled, her nine months old baby was killed and Mrs. Kormrie and an older child were brought to Winnipeg seriously injured. The Canadian Pacific railway station was shi/ted from its foundation, a railway sleeping car was overturned and several employees injured. Farm buildings and crops also suffered. The rain was accompanied by hail * in some areas, causing heavy damage to crops. The damage in Portage will reach the $1,000,000 mark, according to a report received here tonight. No estimate of the damage in the outlying areas is available. Frost and Wesley Walker and Ben Crawford left this morning for Columbia to visit at the home of Mrs. J. Frost Walker, Sr., for several days. Mrs. Carl Riblett and children,TVfiss Glady Harris and Merle Harris are visiting friends in Hendersonville, N. C. * GERMANY HAS |! A HUGE ARMY' ! Washington, June 23 (By the Associated Press).?Germany laid before 1 the Genoa conference figures showing 1 that there are today under arms in * Europe nearly a million more soldiers ' than there were when it was on the t verge of the world war in 1913. Ac- t cording to the German statement, f which has just reached Washington. I there are now in Europe a grand to- * tal of 4,736,000 men under arms, com- 1 pared with 3,726,641 in the year 1913. t While the mighty German army of i 700,000 men of 1$13 shrunk to the li 100,000 soldier? allowed by the Versailles treaty, the French "army, which i in that year numbered 883,001), this i vpar stnnH<! of WHO nno '- * ^ ?--? v wwyvw> vritcvc o l crmy has increased from 40,000 to !: 300,000 and Belgium's from-54,041 to c 113,400, the statement shows. Rus- t sia's vast army, whichs in 1913 num- t bered 1,845,000, now is raWd at 1,- r (500,000 men. England shows a slight s increase from 248,000 to 27-7,000, t while Italy reduced her forces from 275,000 to 264,000. o New armies appear in the German 1 statement. Poland, for Instance, an p unknown power in 1913, is now ap a peering with an army of 300,000 men. v Then there is Esthonia with 25,000, i Finland with 28,000, Lettonia with u 25,000, Lithuania with 25,000 and Czecho-Slovakia with 250,000, all unknown as military forces before the c world war. p Finally it was shown to the Genoa n conference that while in the year j] 1913 the Ferman army comprised 20 t< per cent of the total armies of Eu- u rope, compared with 23 1-5 per cent n tor France, at present the German percentage is tut 2 per cent, against jj 18 V6 per cent for France. t] IT >lock Land Bank u To Do Business Here ti We are glad to announce that the ^ First Carolinas Joint Stock Land ^ Bank, with former Congressman Leyer, until recently a member of the Federal Farm Loan Board, as presi- ^ lent, and with offices at Columbia, S. C., is to do business in this county. ? rins^facs had become connection with this instiL..i.i _t- -1-. 1- Ai * * L.UUUH as aDHtraci attorney, and lor the time being as its local representsfive in the county. When asked for a w statement as to methods of operation and terms of loan Mr. Hughes e said: ^ "The First Carolinas Joint Stock C( Land Bank is chartered under the ^ Federal Farm Loan Act and is op- 8 'rated under the same Federal super- " /ision of the Federal Farm Loan Board. The present paid in capital >tock is $'250,000 and $'25,000 surplus, rhe bank operates very much along e' ,he same lines as does the Federal c< L,and Bank of Columbia and under the S same supervision. It makes loans ?'< . 1 1 il ? * 1-- 4l iniy on improved agricultural lunus; <-? t does not loan on city property. The 111 proceeds of these loans must be ap- a1 plied for general agricultural pur- ei loses. The loans are made direct to V :he borrower, and the borrower is for- a ridden to take stock in the bank. Any p person is eligible for a loan through f< this institution if in addition to his other work he is at the same time V actually farming. w "The bank will accept applications n for loans from $1,000 to $25,000. p Loans cannot be made in excess of ti SO per cent of the appraised value of a the land and 20 per cent of the ap- p praised insurable value of the build- a ings, such appraisals being made by lj officials of the government. The in- c< terest rate is six per cent, payable semi-annually, to which is added one per cent to authorize or kill off the ]< debt over a period of 33 years. In s other words, for seven per cent in- ? terest and principal are paid in 33 t years and the debt is discharged. Re- 0 payment of principal may be made n at any time under regulations issued i, by the Farm Loan Board. The bor- n rower through this bank is responsi- s ble alone for his own debt. There are no commissions that may be charged under the law, nor are there renewals. "I have become connected with this institution because of the financial strength of the men back of it, nota- t bly among which are J. Pope Mat- ( thews, president of the Palmetto National Bank, Columbia, S. C.; W. B. Drake, Jr., president of the Merchants National Bank, Raleigh, N. C.; A. W. McLean, wealthy planter and banker of North Carolina; Thomas & Lump- ^ kin, outstanding lawyers of the state; , and Mr. Lever, the president, whose } activities in behalf of agriculture for 20 years are known to every one. I , feel confident that this institution is < going to serve a most useful purpose ( in helping the farmers of this county to pay off on the instalment plan the r losses suffered in the recent depression. The Federal Land Bank and r this bank are acting in the closest harmony to take care of all the needs of agriculture in the county." , Miss Jane Graham Harper, of Spartanburg, is the guest of friends in j Union for a fortnight. i HARDING RrtiETS STRIKE OlIBREAX Washington, June 2^B-Along with )fhcial expressions ol^Hp'et for the nine strike outbreak^K . Illinois, it vas made known tod^^shat the adninistration still was ^Rising efforts o bring about a sef^Bienty pf the >ituminous coabstrilUnHkyugh a conerence between ttite parties and las some hope of ^Hess. There vere White Hoi^se i^Hlations that >ublicity for the det^Kof the atempt might not be and that letails consequently be withPresident Harding- ^^Ksaid to dedore the Herrin even^BId to realize n them evidence of tESftter hostiliy arising out of t^Hbtrike while Secretary Davis, wh^^Hp twice in uuicicmc null VIIV QUl'lllg he day,, issued a statflBBt declaring hat those responsiMl^Ksr the outages in the Illinois^^Hhing town hould be punished fullest exent of the law. ' ffl The president is a^Htlng another fficial report on thtfj^Bpnts in the lerrin held which hS^Esaid to exec t shortly. Lab^B^ department gents have been iil^Hptant touch rith strike developndj^BSpince April ] when the miners put in all 1 nion fields. 1 r JL Herrin, 111., June 28-|By the Asso- i iated Press).?Scores vf men em- ] loyed at Willianiso^i^Kbunty coal i lines to guard and :fcS|) the mines I l shape during the sflHt quit, work I anight under threstl|^bpn certain < nion miners, but shaB' nfter midight they returned f?,vrork when ] lugh Willis, mine JBsn disrtict . oard member, perssiffiy promised 1 lem protection and- .^Bkced union liners to guard them jftn any fresh utbreaks. Absence f? these careakers on the job thsM|flp, agreement f operators and min||^Heials would ave meant ruin for. fptons of dolirs worth of mines tfi&gh flooding. Springfield, 111., JuqKss (By the issociated Press).?-AijHtlftary board f inquiry composeq^Hfive Chicago ] fticers of the IlUnpjjj^&tional guard 1 idjutant General Black late today ' Dllowing a telephone conversation i rith Governor Small. i The appointment of the court, Gen- < ral Black said, was made after he < ad explained to Governor Small that ! onditions at Herrin were quiet and 1 lat he had instructed officers of th?* f uard that had been mobilized to hol.i leir men at call, but to permit them < ) return home to sleep tonight. s i Chicago, June 23 (By the Associat- I d Press).?Legal action for the re- 1 avery of damages sustained by the < outhern Illinois Coal company as the ' ?sult of the mine riot at Herrin and le destruction of the company's strip 1 line there will be started immedi- 1 tely against the United Mine Workrs of America and the county of ' Williamson, in behalf of the company < nd the families of its dead em- ' loyees, Follotte W. Bull, attorney ' or the company announced tonight. ' The suit against the United Mine ( Vorkers, the attorney pointed out, 1 rill be the first test suit under the ( ecent Coronado decision by the su- ' reme court, holding labor organiza- ! ions liable for damages. The suit 1 gainst the United Mine Workers will ' robably be filed in the federal court 1 t Indianapolis and that against Wil- 1 amson county at Marion, 111., th ounty seat. ! Augusta, Ga., June 23.?It was earned here last night that J. E. Ihoemaker, manager of the Lester trip mine at Herrin, 111., was among hose who were killed during the dis rders at the mine last Wednesday 1 light. Shoemaker was a brother-in- ' aw of Audley Hill, one of Augusta's aost prominent citizens and wholeale merchants. , m , 1 New Candidate I hereby announce myself a candi. late for the House of Representatives md pledge to abide by the results of he Democratic primary election. Robt. W. Beaty. Mon-Aetna Services Rev. W. M. Whitesides of Columbia will preach Sunday morning at 11 a. n.. Preaching Sunday night at 7:30 ). m. by the pastor. Sunday school at 9:4B a. m. We r* 1~ ~ 1^..* >vere on in our aununy ocuuui ium Sunday but let's try and get back to <00. Come and bring some one else. B. Y. P. U. Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening at i:30 p. m. H. Haydock, Pastor. Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Barton have returned from a visit North. Miss Frances McDow has returned from a visit to her sister Mrs. L. B. Jeter, Jr., at Santuc. TWO LEADERS It DEFEND LINCOLN; Richmond, Vn., u.Ini 23.?Abraham f incoln was no more the instigator sc of the Confederate w:.r than Jefferso.; ei Davis was responsible for the action ti of the Southern people, according to of j. statement issued tonight over the to signatures of Gen. Julian S. Carr of a] Durham, N. C., commander-in-chief of tl the United Confederate Veterans, and lil Gen. S. B. Howry of Washington, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, ranking department of the so veterans' organization. dc Denial that they had voted for the vt resolutions censuring Lincoln, "passed pi in som.- confusion," about the time of si> adjournment of the veterans on Wed- th nesday, came from the ranking offi- an ctrs. General Carr and General How- ed ry deplored that any ill feeling should su i rise because there is "no necessity lor any temper or ill will or animosity ed to the memory of the president who lei felt that it was his duty to enforce bu the laws of the United States as he understood them." In this statement pithey declared that they felt that they ea were "expressing the sentiments of 0f Leo many prominent men now residing tht in Richmond and in the South yet re- wt niaimug here to leave any doubt as to th how our people generally feel about "V the matter." wa The resolution for which General pri Carr and General Howry disclaim any cjv responsibility was adopted Wednes no lay. It was embodied in a renort of 1 Ihe "Rutherford committee,' which ias as its aim the elimination of bias- <$). 2d history textbooks from S rthern y1( rchools. The report commended roj pamphlet written by Sol. linger W. cr, Jackson of Curryville, Ga., and pub- joc ished by Miss Mildred Rutherford of pjj \thens, Ga. The pamphlet with the ,j1( .me. "ine 1 rutn 01 TRe war Uonspir- an ley of 1861," the report declares, an 'presents the official evidence gaih- :{, ired principally from the United ()f itatcs government archives, whicn- j proves that the Confederate war was ieltberately and personally conceiv- j ^ ?d and its inauguration made b> w \braham Lincoln and that he was personnally responsible for forcing , the war upon the South." The report continued by stating ^ Lhat "seritimeht has been so aroused ' ^ Lhat perverted Yankee histories will no longer be used to instruct our children ; that the young will now be ^ taught that the South was right; yea, jternally and everlastingly right in ^ ighting for those principles upon vhich our glorious country was , -ound?l? Sh' ise i n .1 it vitnvitij v_/<ii i unu uuiit'iai iiuwiy , ieclare the report was adopted in . \ some confusion and that the part S1< whicb has aroused sueh a storm of protest was "in a mass of verbiage" . , which seemed to hold President Lin- ' :oln responsible for the Confederate a ihm war. Over the signatures of Gener.'lj Carr and General Howry the state < ; ment follows: "Gen. Julian S. Carr of Durham, \'r C., commander of the United Confed t srate Veterans, and Lieut. Con W( Charles B. Howry of Washington, 1>, or C., commanding the department of the ^ Army of Northern Virginia, stated to-' Jay that neither one of them voted, pj ror certain resolutions passed in sonv > confusion about the time, or shortly before, the adjournment of the vetor ! sens Wednesday in a mass of verbiage which seemed to hold President Lin- ~ oln responsible for the Confederate war that Abraham Lincoln had no more lcsponsibility in bringing on the war than Jefferson Davis had for the sentiment of Southern people in resisting coercion." Japanese Approve Treaty Tokio, June 24 (By the Associated Press).?The Japanese privy council A? today unanimously approved the Al luadruple treaty recommeneded at the Ai Washington arms conference. The B1 treaty was sent to the prince regent lit for ratification. He promised that Bi this formality would be carried out. Dt ? F1 First Cotton Bloom Or Ge The first cotton bloom of 1922 re- Or ported in Union county was brought He to The Times office yesterday by He Wade James. He said although this Isl stalk was free from boll weevils there Ja< were plenty of them round about. La 1 1 " I -a Summer School All high school and grammar grade pupils who expect to attend J.he sum- A mer school are requested to meet at A the hiprh school Monday morning, June w 26, at 8:30 o'cjock with their books, ready for work. is Today's Cotton Market tl Open Close tl July 21.50 21.41 October 21.55 21.40 h December 21.30 21.24 January 21.15 21.10 bi March 21.05 21.02 fi . I* N. Y. Spots 21.90 n' Ix>cal market 22c n 40 SYMPATHY IS SHOWN DEAD Carbon Dale, June 24 (By the Asleiated Press).?More than 150 min s fronY llerrin district passe?l trough here early today going out the coal fields. They are believed i be union men. Those that could be jproached would give no reason foi ie exodus. The names of tin- men kewise were not available. Herring, III., June 2U ( My the Asciated Press).?Ilerrin's unhonored ad are piled cold and stark in the icant store building that has been essed into service as a morgue ice yesterday's mine battle. Past em filed an unending line of men id women, young and old, barefootboys and little girls, bright in their miner clothes. They lifted muslin cloths and peerat pale faces and at the wounds ' ft by pistol bullets, rifle balls and 1 ..I...L .. a. IVUM1UI. 1 They lingered, then reluctantly essed on to some adjoining horror, 1 ger to miss nothing. Never a word ' pity from the crowd! These were e enemy slain in a labor war. These 1 tre the men who came to take away ! eir jobs. Outsiders, enemies. 1 /ell, it served them right." That ( is the attitude of the town as ex- 1 essed by its men and women and its ' ildren. Tears, none. Sympathy. ! t nm h. These were the enemy. x The dead of a half dozen national- ' L*s, with sloping foreheads of the ' iv, high profiles of the native born. ' ? long moustaches of eastern Ku pe, lying at peace for all the 1 >wds, the laughter anil the sullen ' >ks. Bricks beneath their heads for ' lows, pick boxes for their beds, -v jv lay waiting the call of friends * il relatives who loved them once d have lost touch with them in the ' issitudes of transient labor. Most N them, it is safe to say, will he for- * tten in the potters' field, their 1 agre courses run, their stories tin c ed. They came here because they nted a living and because other r n wanted to make money. They died, hunted across the fields, ined, shot at, tied and dragged wn dusty country roads, because ' ler thousands feared these men uld take away their living. Fhe trees are green in Herrin and > birds are singing and the crops ening in the summer sun. From ^ morgue the crowds drift to the Iboards in front of the pictun 0 r >w, to see what the posters prom ; to the drug store for soft drinks, >n home for supper. Only the outlers show surprise and horror, ople here say: 'This is our business. Sorry, but r ? done. Let us alone. We will ^ ndle this all right. We're good r?ple to get along with good a.- 1 ybody if you mind your own busi*s. We'll attend to ours." ot Springs, N. (!. .... f?.9Q| endersor.ville, N. C 3.301 Round trip tickets as above are ' eek until September 23rd, 1922, wil iginal starting point on or before | sale.. No stop-overs allowed. For further information call oj cket Agent or address: < R. C. COTNER, District Pussenger Agent. Spartanburg, S. C. * SUMMER EXCl (FROM UN! ?v., SOUTHERN RAI > , | theville, N. C $ ">(*>;?! lantic City, N. J 1 iderson, S. C ii.60 I ack Mountain, N. C. . . . O.CtM aufort, N. C 22.10 evard, N. C I I ?nver, Colo 80.25 at Rock, N. C 4.25 'eer, S. C 2.75 orgetown, S. C 10.70 eenville, S. C 2.50 ndersonville, N. C 4.40 >t Springs, N. C 7.90 e of Palms, S. C 12.30 rksonville, Fla 21 85 ke Toxaway, N. C 0.85 ke Junaluskn, N. C 7 20 PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bolton and Mis: nnie Bolton left this afternoon fo. sheboro, N. C., to spend sometinu ith relatives. Miss Ella Mae Brown of Manning the guest of friends in Union this eek. Miss Brown is on her way t. le mountains 01 iNorin t aronnn 101 ie summer months. Jacob Cohen of Spartanburg is a nsiness visitor in Union to<lay. Miss Sarah Koon, of Koute 1, rought The Times iolk some beauti j1 ripe tomatoes today. This young idy has wonderful luck growing torntoes and is planting for the emery. DEATH CLAIMS WM. ROCKEFELLER Tarrytown, X. Y., June 'J4. -William Rockekfi'llir. tin* oil magnate, and brother of John D. Rockefeller, Uied here shortly before 7 o'clock from pneumonia. He has been ill since Sunday, his condition had not been made public. I'raet ctlly the entire Rockefeller family was assembled at his bedside when the end came. William Rockefeller had been in ill health for many years. The state of his health, in fact, and his where..bouts, became a matter of intense public curiosity in 1!)12-'IR when the congressional committee investigating the "money trust" desired him as a witness. 1I(. could not be found. For months the sergeanl-at-arms of the house of representatives led a search which was fruitless. The financier's Fifth Avenue house in New York was besieged by subpoena servers, detectives, reporters and an idle throng for lays; his residence at Tarrytown, N. V-., the Standard Oil ollices on Broad,vay and his clubs, were watched with>ut avail. When attorneys representing him finally capitulated by accepting the uibpoena for him, it was disclosed hat he was in his Southern cottage n Jekyl Island, near Brunswick. Cla., ut his physicians emphatically mabiained that to ask Mr. Rockefeller to iiiswer questions t n a witness stand vas to invite his death, lie was subect to such spasms <>f coughing that -peech above a whisper was likely to trangle him. The Pujo committee, still deternined to get h:;. testimony concerning in alleged manipulation of the cop ;er market with H. H. Rogers sexeral :ears previously, arranged a special sitting in the financier's cottage at fekyl Island, but h.td proceeded with ess than a dozen questions when the vitncss was seized with laryngeal spasms and pa'sy. The committee was inable to continue without fear of ausing his death. It was then that his physicians adnitted he was suffering from a caner of the throat. The subpoena-servers' search for dr. Rockefeller, which, it was estinated, cost the government many -housands of dollars,-- was the most . :onspieulous feature in newspaper listory of his latter 1 ifo. Although he active head of the Standard Oil Company of New York from its esablishment in 18)51 to 11)11 and one f the richest men in America, his .rominence was overshadowed by that f his elder brother, John D. Rockeeller, the founder of the Roekeller nterests in oil, and for many year* he head of the parent company. They weie both born at Iliehf?>rd. Tioga county, New York, on tin-:* atners farm; \\ ilram cm .May Ml 1841, two years after the hirth ?>t lohn. In Cleveland, O., to which the family removed while the lo ot hot vere hovs, William heeati his no 1. .0, ile career in the produce comm. i< business, as did his hrother. and >d the latter soon after he became n crested in oil, aboip 1 >>'.2. The e ahlishment, soon afterward. . ranch oftice in New York, led t( ,l removal of William Rockefeller hat city to take clia-v- ' I i. . hat time until his retirem. i < loll lie was the active hand t Jl < New York company (In May 2.r>, 1 St", i h< w mcVnei (o Almira Geralcluie c.< <i ; . held. Conn. Ih- hati two - : . dauu'htc rs, William (i . Ihi . C >1 G., wife of Mar. t-litis 11 l.'nima, wife of Dr. Da* :d '1 V Jr. Vlartha Chapter Wins Honoi At the meeting of the Grand ' i'.ap ter. Order of Eastern S tr. helci in Columbia this week, Mart*.a Chapter No. 79. of Union, should feel honored by the appointment of her thy Matron, Mrs. (!e? . T. Keller, : the offices of Grand Warder one. Psti ' Deputy Grand Matron. Onh W\ Matrons and Past Worthy Motion are eligible to fill these places in thw fraud lodge, and Martha Chapter should feel proud that her Worthy Matron was selected from among a large number eligible for these appointments. Investigation of Mine Massacre llerrin, June 24 (By the Associated rress).?stale military investigation of the Lester Mine massacre which took between 26 and 40 lives was begun here today by the board headed by Maj. Gen. Milton Foreman, of the state militia, acting under Governor Small's orders when chief executive became aroused over the failure of the local officials to take steps. Comment in the streets expressed a resent over the sending of the military board. Mrs. John K. Hamblin and children left this week for Tryon, N. C., to spend some time. Misses Sara and Catherine Wagnon left today for Columbia to visit Miss Gertrude Walker foh a week. J